"Grandpa Third, I..."
Little Fatty Li Lei's timid words brought Old Man Qian back to reality.
Old Man Qian's angry expression disappeared in an instant, revealing a kind expression as if he was bathing in the spring breeze. He rubbed the little fat man's head and said, "I must have scared you. The third grandpa is either angry with you or suddenly a little angry. You are the most Be good, did you not understand anything Teacher Xiao Sun said in class today? And how is your timid elf egg doing?"
The little fat man nodded slightly, thinking of something and said: "Grandpa Third, this morning, the timid worm's elf egg suddenly vibrated a few times. Is it about to hatch?"
Old Man Qian rubbed the stubble on his chin and said, "There are some differences in the specific hatching of different elf eggs. Generally speaking, your cowardly elf egg will hatch within five days."
The little fat man jumped twice excitedly, and then he couldn't help but admire his heart and said: "Grandpa Third, that Mark really brought back a lot of green caterpillars..."
"I told you not to mention that brat I don't know, why do you still mention him?"
Old Man Qian glared at the little fat man and rubbed his forehead. He felt extremely irritable when he thought of Mark.
He clearly gave Mark a lot of advice and told him not to run around blindly. The next morning, he went to the tomato garden to help drive away snakes and get acquainted with the people in the village.
As a result, Mark disappeared the next morning and only left him a note.
You know, he was already prepared in his heart. Mark was a wild boy, so he thought it would be enough to leave Mark at home for a day.
As a result, Mark didn't even stay for a day and disappeared directly.
In fact, it’s okay to disappear.
Mark has been surviving in the wilderness for many years. Logically speaking, he shouldn't be worried, but because of the pomelo fruit tree, how could he not be worried?
In fact, in the days after Mark disappeared, he took the time to go to Qingxi Forest to look for Mark twice, and asked ranger A Kang to help keep an eye on him.
The result was obvious. In the vast forest, Mark was not just wandering around the village like an ordinary insect-catching boy. Naturally, he couldn't find any clues.
Well, actually it’s not like nothing was found.
He accidentally picked up a yellow armband with the Thunder logo, which belonged to the Thunder group that had been causing a lot of trouble recently.
It's okay that I didn't see this thing. After seeing it, Old Man Qian was obviously more worried.
It is precisely because of the above reasons that after hearing the news that Mark appeared again, Old Man Qian breathed a sigh of relief and quickly became angry.
Of course, besides being angry, there was another emotion in Old Man Qian's heart. He was inexplicably proud and proud.
After being angry for a while, Old Man Qian suddenly asked: "Great-grandson, that brat you just mentioned that I don't know. You said he brought back a lot of green caterpillars. How many did he bring back this time?"
Little fat Li Lei picked up his fingers and started playing with them.
"Many, many, many!"
The little fat man failed to count the number, so he opened his arms and gestured.
Old Man Qian said: "More than a hundred?"
The little fat man nodded repeatedly: "Yeah, more than a hundred!"
Old Man Qian frowned: "More than a hundred green caterpillars again?"
Mark brought back more than a hundred green caterpillars before, which can be explained by luck. Now he brought back more than a hundred green caterpillars this time. Is it also luck?
Old Man Qian was still thinking. Niu Xin, the profiteer at the entrance of the breeding base, seemed to smell something. He narrowed his eyes, suddenly smiled, and trotted towards the west of the village.
Old Man Qian also suddenly realized something after the fat profiteer ran away.
He didn't care about the fat little Li Lei next to him, and got up and chased after the profiteer Niu Xin.
Then, Old Man Qian stopped in front of the gate of the breeding base.
——The door has been locked by Lin Erniu.
Looking around along the fence of the gate, Lin Erniu could no longer see anyone. Apparently he followed his instructions and went to lock the gate of his house quickly.
"This idiot, if you ask him to lock the door, just do it. Can't you just wait a little longer?"
Old Man Qian's mouth twitched slightly. He glanced at the sharp wooden thorns above the door, and then looked at his old arms and legs.
He had the intention to use strange power or flying legs to let the elves take him over the fence, but he felt that even with the help of elves, this kind of climbing over the wall was not something he could bear at his current age.
Old Man Qian finally ran towards the back door of the breeding base and decided to go around through the back door...
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On the west side of Qingxi Village, as Mark returned to the village with more than two hundred green caterpillars, he was quickly surrounded by villagers.
The praises and admirations from the villagers were overwhelming, far exceeding Mark's expectations.
From the villagers' words, Mark heard a rumor.
It seems that more than two hundred years ago, a powerful insect trainer came out of Qingxi Village. Like him, he also had the feat of catching a group of green caterpillars at once.
But as they talked, the villagers began to cover up this topic.
It seemed that the village chief, Old Man Qian, had ordered that the villagers not be allowed to discuss this insect trainer from two hundred years ago.
In addition, Mark also heard some villagers' comments about his father Maro. It seemed that his father Maro was very good at catching insects when he was young and almost won the ranking in the insect catching competition.
Not long after, several insect-catching boys arrived, shouting at him in amazement, saying that he must participate in the insect-catching conference in the Fallen Leaf Province, and then become a disciple of Master McKendy.
There were more than two hundred green caterpillars, which made the insect catching boys completely forget about being beaten by the fool. They looked at Mark with eyes filled with admiration.
In fact, not only these insect catching boys, but also the villagers looked at him with enthusiasm and friendliness.
Otherwise, as Qingxi Village relies on green caterpillar textile industry for its livelihood, eight out of ten villagers have been insect catchers when they were young. Seeing the feat that Mark has accomplished, they are naturally full of good impressions.
Mark also learned more about the village's customs from the villagers' words.
Yes, if you can make your debut in the Insect Catching Competition in this village, it will be more glorious than being admitted to the Elf Academy, or joining the gym and becoming a gym apprentice.
Mark also had more guesses about Old Man Qian’s identity.
Although Sanshu Qian once said that he was an insect catching boy when he was young, old man Qian attaches far less importance to the insect catching conference than ordinary villagers.
Mark speculated that Old Man Qian either came to this village to live in seclusion with his elders, or he traveled to various countries when he was young, so he was well-informed.
Mark was still thinking when he suddenly saw a fat man with a beard running over from a distance.
The fat man is in his forties, looks honest and honest, and his eyes look extremely sincere.
"Young man...Young man, I've finally caught up. Let me take a breath... By the way, I'll give this to you first."
Mark took the business card handed over by the fat man. It had the words "Sanshan Town Eastern Suburb Farmers Market" printed on it, and his name was Niu Xin.
"Mr. Niu Xin, what are you doing?"
Niu Xin panted for a while, took a deep breath and said: "For 200 yuan each, I want all of you green caterpillars!"
The surrounding villagers were in an uproar.
For no other reason, the price Niu Xin gave was too high, far exceeding the purchase price of wild green caterpillars from the green caterpillar breeding base in Qingxi Village.
An elderly villager came over upon seeing this and enthusiastically helped Mark negotiate the price.
Originally, the price of 200 yuan was already very high, but Niu Xin did not expect to relent further, saying that it was okay to purchase it for 210 yuan, and it seemed that there was still the possibility of relenting.
"Little brother, you should be able to see my sincerity. 210 yuan is really a lot."
Niu Xin further persuaded.
Looking at the performance of the surrounding villagers, he already felt that he had a chance to win, but he saw the insect-catching boy opposite shook his head.
Mark shook his head and said: "Sorry, this is not a matter of money. These green caterpillars of mine are only sold to the green caterpillar breeding base in Qingxi Village."
"Little brother, you can really think about it again. I'll add another 5 yuan, no, 10 yuan..."
"No need to persuade me anymore, I won't trade with you."
Niu Xin was about to continue saying something when he suddenly heard an angry shout from behind.
"Mark, you brat, if you dare to sell the green caterpillar to this profiteer, I will be wrong about you..."
