Zhao Chuan didn't have any money, he was in a hurry to escape.
Zhao Chuan didn't know how to go down the road.
During this period before the Mid-Autumn Festival, matchmakers from outside the mountains came from time to time to propose marriage to Xiaoyue, but the Zheng family was not in a hurry at all. The old couple were anxious about their son Dazhu's marriage.
Dazhu is already 16 years old. Logically speaking, he is already a young man. It is time for him to contribute to share the family's worries. However, Dazhu actually lived a pampered life under the care of his parents and sister. He only knew how to eat well and dress well, walk around when he had nothing to do, and open his mouth when there was nothing to eat.
"If you work hard for a while, you will be able to save all the expenses for Dazhu's wedding!" After dinner that day, Zheng Peng planned to buy a house for his son in the town outside the mountain, marry him a wife, and do some small business. , not letting his son engage in his ancestral business as a herb collector.
"Uncle Zheng, this is a good idea, but the expenses are quite high, and running a small business is quite troublesome..." Zhao Chuan reminded kindly, but he felt that Dazhu's appearance was not suitable for business.
"It's okay. No matter how hard we work hard recently, once we save enough money to take care of Dazhu's affairs, I will promise Xiaoyue to you. It's not easy for you to be a lonely child wandering around, so you can be my housekeeper. Son-in-law! You see you are an honest boy and quite capable..."
When Zhao Chuan heard this, he immediately complained. Zheng Peng's little calculation was really good. He saved his life and wanted to work for him for a lifetime. What's this?
According to this approach, this family of four will wait for Dazhu to get married and have children. If he marries Xiaoyue and has children, the seven members of the family will have to support themselves. What is going on? It's a lot of pressure.
Besides, I don’t owe this family anything. They obviously owe me Zhao Chuan. I just stayed here temporarily for a while, so they arranged for me. Is it because I, Zhao Chuan, feel sorry for me because I am lonely? Where is this?
Zhao Chuan had long known that this family wanted Xiaoyue to betrothed to him, but he did not expect that they had such thoughts, and he could not accept such a pitiful marriage for him. Besides, I had never wanted to take this order before.
I have not avenged a great revenge, so I will not consider these things for the time being, at least I will not consider personal issues until I have achieved great success.
Zhao Chuan felt a little confused in the next few days. It was not because Zhao Chuan did not have an affair with his children. After all, he was a passionate young man with a lot of energy. He was afraid that the spiritual energy in his body would wander randomly due to distraction during practice. He almost went crazy a few times. This made Zhao Chuan confused and troubled.
It’s time to leave the Zheng family!
Zhao Chuan thought about it and made a decision, but before leaving, Zhao Chuan wanted to contribute some more to the Zheng family so that they could save enough money. This idea is not because of the Zheng family's son Dazhu, but because of Xiaoyue's care for herself over the past year. This kind of care reminded him of home and Qinglian, his childhood sweetheart.
At noon that day, Zheng Peng and Zhao Chuan came to a place they had never been to before, and unexpectedly found a wild ginseng. Although it was not too old, it was not a problem to sell it for 12 or 80 taels of silver. You must know that times are not good now. The annual salary of a county magistrate is less than one hundred taels. It is good to collect medicines for three taels of silver a month.
The two men were so happy that they hurried home after picking wild ginseng, because this rare thing had to be sold to apothecaries while it was still fresh, and if it was not in good condition, the price would drop.
The two men went home happily. It was rare to come home so early.
As soon as they stepped into the courtyard, the two of them were stunned.
I saw Xiu'e lying unconscious in the yard. Zheng Peng called Xiaoyue several times but there was no response. After Zhao Chuan rushed to rescue her, Xiu'e slowly woke up and cried that some monsters with hideous faces had snatched Xiaoyue away. Yue, just went down the mountain!
monster? Zhao Chuan was a little puzzled. Although he was not a mountain dweller, the Zhao family village where he had lived since he was a child was very close to the mountain. He had never heard of mountain monsters. Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio were just ghost stories told by storytellers.
Zhao Chuan looked at Zheng Peng, who also had a confused look on his face. He said that his ancestors had been collecting medicine in this mountain for generations, and he had seen a lot of wolves, insects, tigers, leopards, exotic flowers and herbs, but he had never heard of any mountain monsters.
Regardless of whether there is or not, since the person has been robbed, it is better to chase him quickly.
Zhao Chuan stood up and chased after him. Zheng Peng put down his backpack and followed him. Zhao Chuan is very confident in himself. After a year of practice, although he has encountered a bottleneck in his kung fu, he has also made a lot of progress.
Zhao Chuan had spiritual energy cultivation, his organs were much more sensitive than ordinary people, and he was even more familiar with the surrounding terrain. He was firing on all cylinders, and after half a stick of incense, he heard Xiaoyue's crying and cursing in front of him.
When he got closer, he realized that it was five people dressed as hunters dragging Xiaoyue. Zhao Chuan shouted.
But when a few people turned around, Zhao Chuan was so frightened that he became alert and obedient. It was not an exaggeration to say that they were mountain monsters. Although these guys were in human form, their faces were too scary. I really don’t know what they were born from. .
Some of these guys have pointed heads and ears, red eyes, flat noses, flat mouths, and fine hair on their faces, some are as skinny as a stick, and their faces are as black as black coal, and some have no skin on their faces, revealing dark green rotten flesh. I really don’t know if they are human. It's strange.
Several guys were surprised at first, but when they found out that they were chasing after a wild boy, the black-faced guy in the lead laughed loudly, turned around and walked over a few steps and cursed: "Where did this wild kid come from? Get out of here! Or I'll take yours." Little life!"
Seeing that a few guys could speak human words, Zhao Chuan felt a little reassured, they were nothing more than a few evil people.
Zhao Chuan didn't talk nonsense. He wanted to test the effect of his kung fu during this period. He stretched out his arm and made a palm, but only used half of his strength.
Just hearing a scream, the black-faced guy flew backwards a foot away and fell to the ground. The other four people each showed their weapons as if they were facing a powerful enemy.
Seeing that Zhao Chuan was about to strike again, one person quickly turned the knife sideways and pressed it against Xiaoyue's neck.
Zhao Chuan didn't dare to act rashly when he saw this.
"Ouch, ouch! Come and help me, my waist is about to break!" The black-faced guy on the ground screamed in pain.
At this time, Zheng Peng came over. Although he was a little surprised to see a few people dressed as hunters, he hurriedly raised his hands and said: "Brothers from the mountains, I am Lao Zheng, who collects medicine. I am a fellow villager who relies on the mountains. Why do you treat me like this?" The little girl snatched it away?"
"Bind your dog eyes! Who is your Shanren brother? We are entrusted by the government to handle the case, get out of here!" The black-faced man on the ground held on to the tree next to him, climbed up with a groan and cursed again.
"The officials are handling the case, get out of here!" The other four people followed, shaking their swords.
"Isn't that right? Why would a member of the official family come to this mountain and rob civilian girls?" Zhao Chuan looked up and down at the few people with cold eyes.
Zheng Peng tugged at the corner of Zhao Chuan's clothes and whispered that they were really from the official family. The waist knife was the official standard. The black-faced leader was still wearing official boots and had a government badge hanging on his waist...
Seeing that Zheng Peng was a little scared, the dark-faced man simply pulled off the Orion skin coat outside, revealing the official clothes underneath, with a proud look on his face.
