After Jiang Xiaoyu returned to the village to report the news, the villagers took action upon hearing the news.
Fifty or sixty people, men, women and children, were milling around the giant pancake, with shock and joy written all over their faces.
"What is this? It's golden and bigger than my yard!"
"It looks like food, and it smells delicious to me."
"How about taking a bite and trying it?"
Jiangjia Village has suffered from severe droughts for many years. The villagers have only been able to eat half-full meals in the past few years. They all look malnourished. At this moment, they all gulp secretly when looking at the huge fried noodles.
Jiang Erhu, who was carrying an ax and was about to go up the mountain to chop firewood, had a face full of shock.
"This pancake is really big. It is estimated to be enough for the people of Jiangjia Village to eat for ten and a half days."
Jiang Xiaoyu made a hug gesture: "My brother-in-law and I found this. It belongs to our family. Just give one basket to the neighbors!"
"this……"
Village Chief Jiang stroked his beard and pondered, unable to make a decision for a while.
Jiang Axiu glared at her younger brother: "Don't talk nonsense, let uncle and grandpa make the decision in everything."
Mrs. Xu, whose face was full of joy, echoed: "Xiaoyu is right. Each family will be given two baskets."
After hearing the news, more and more people came to watch the excitement in the village, and almost the whole village came out.
I heard that this huge piece of bread was discovered by Mr. A Xiu, and everyone showed envy. A family might have to eat this strange bread that is bigger than a house for half a year.
Master Jiang pondered for a long time before making a decision.
"I just tried it. This pancake looks like a giant dried noodle. Although it looks thick and long, it can be broken with a little force."
"Each family breaks off three bamboo baskets and goes back, and gives the rest to Erhu and Xiaoyu for temporary storage. When someone has no food, they can come to the old man to ask for it."
Mr. Jiang was highly respected and the villagers nodded in agreement.
"Okay, then do as the village chief says."
At this moment, Zhu Renxia was put into the box by Zhu Changan.
But in the eyes of the villagers, he seemed to have fallen from the sky and landed on the pancake.
"Old Master."
There were regulations in the Ming Dynasty that the clan could not demote themselves after getting married, otherwise it would be disrespectful to the Ming royal family, so Zhu Renxia could not follow Axiu and call him "uncle grandpa".
"I asked the gods for this. He said that this piece of bread was given to the entire Jiangjia Village. I think it would be better for everyone to share it equally. When I finish eating, I will ask for it from the Heavenly Lord."
As soon as Zhu Renxia finished speaking, the people cheered.
"Master Zhu is such a good man. Xiu'er is really lucky to have found such a husband in eight lifetimes."
"Thank you Mr. Zhu, thank you to our good son-in-law in Jiangjiacun!"
"Does Mr. Zhu still plan to take a concubine? Our Chunmei has reached the age to find her husband's family?"
"Our Xiang'er can also be my concubine."
"You two, stop talking nonsense. Axiu is one of the most beautiful women in the world. Does Mr. Zhu like your daughter? Break the noodles quickly. If it's too late, it will be gone!"
The people rushed forward, breaking pieces of fried noodles into pieces and putting them into bamboo baskets.
Now that Zhu Renxia has spoken, Master Jiang can no longer stop him. He waved his hand and said: "Since my grandson-in-law said so, let's divide it equally among everyone!"
Jiang Axiu cast an admiring look at Zhu Renxia and felt that she had seen the right person.
This piece of bread was so big that more than 200 people in the village came together and took nearly a whole morning to carve it up.
On average, each family received more than a dozen baskets, enough to feed a family of five for half a month.
Jiangjia Village was full of laughter and laughter, and all the villagers looked at Zhu Renxia gratefully.
After noon.
A team of more than 20 people rushed into Jiangjiacun from the west. The leader was Fatty Tian, who had been frightened and fled a few days ago.
I saw him still riding the white horse, holding a steel knife, and shouting loudly and arrogantly.
"Everyone in Jiangjia Village, come out and hand over Jiang Axiu and that man who knows magic!"
"If you dare to protect me, I will definitely leave you with no chickens or dogs in Jiangjia Village!"
Behind Fatty Tian was a Taoist priest with a goatee. As he walked, he shouted, "Where is this monster, pretending to be a ghost here, and comes out for me, Yun Zhongzi, to take a look?"
This person is what Fatty Tian relies on to dare to attack again.
It is said that he is a well-known Taoist master in Sizhou who is good at dealing with all kinds of evil spirits. Fatty Tian spent a lot of money to hire him from Fanjing Mountain.
Zhu Renxia was having dinner with her sister and brother Jiang Axiu at the village chief's house, and she couldn't help but frowned when she heard the shouts.
Jiang Erhu went out to see what was going on and hurriedly came back to report to Master Jiang.
"Dad, it's bad, that Fatty Tian is back with a group of scoundrels!"
Jiang Erhu said out of breath, "There is also a Taoist priest in their team who is nearly ten feet tall. He looks like a capable expert."
Mrs. Xu had a worried look on her face: "Fat Tian is here well prepared, with Niubi standing by to help. I wonder if Young Master can summon the gods to help?"
Master Jiang stood up angrily: "Xiu'er, follow Master Zhu and run away from the back mountain. I'll go out and take a look!"
Jiang Axiu was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she shook Zhu Renxia's lapel to urge him.
"Sir, please run away from the back hill quickly. I'll hold Fatty Tian back!"
Jiang Xiaoyu wiped his nose and begged: "Brother-in-law, I want to follow you to Guilin."
Zhu Renxia was amused by his brother-in-law's cowardice.
"Dirty boy, what about your heroic spirit the past few days? Aren't you planning to find the Tian family and stab Fatty Tian to death? Why are you following me to escape now?"
Jiang Xiaoyu said proudly: "It's never too late for a gentleman to take revenge. I don't kill him now because I want him to die even more miserably in the future!"
"You are really good at talking. I hope your future nephew will not follow you!"
Zhu Renxia patted the hem of his clothes and stood up, and said to Master Jiang: "You all stay in the room while I go out and summon the gods for help?"
"Will the gods be at your beck and call?"
Master Jiang looked worried, "What if the gods fell asleep, went to heaven to attend a meeting, or traveled around?"
Zhu Renxia remembered that Chang'an Tianzun told him that he would protect him secretly. He just said it in the morning, so he wouldn't break his promise in the afternoon, right?
"Don't worry, old master."
Zhu Renxia patted Master Jiang on the shoulder, stepped over the threshold and came to the courtyard, "If Tianzun cannot be summoned, it will not be too late for me to take Xiu'er and escape."
"Well……"
Xu scratched her head and ears anxiously.
Because she knew that if Zhu Renxia ran away with Jiang Axiu, Jiang Fuzi's family would be the unlucky ones.
"Erhu, if Young Master can't summon the immortal, shall we flee for our lives?" Mrs. Xu tugged on Jiang Erhu's sleeve and said.
Jiang Erhu frowned: "I ran away, what will dad do?"
"My father-in-law is already old, so Fatty Tian shouldn't give him any trouble." Mrs. Xu whispered.
Zhu Renxia came to the yard and turned his head to the sky.
Just as he was about to summon Chang'an Tianzun, he saw that familiar face.
"Don't worry, I'm watching from heaven!"
Zhu Changan was about to go out to buy some vegetables and rice when he noticed a group of neatly dressed men rushing into Jiangjiazhuang.
Judging from the posture of this team, it can compete with Xie Baoqing's team.
He hurriedly walked over and took a closer look. The person leading the way was the fat son of the local magistrate of Liping Prefecture.
"What a stupid beast, you ran away last time, but I didn't expect that it would come to die again. It's really great!"
Zhu Changan lit a cigarette and told Zhu Renxia: "You go out and meet them, and I will help you establish your authority in front of the villagers."
"Thank you, Heavenly Lord!"
Zhu Renxia was overjoyed and immediately asked Master Jiang to follow him out.
"Village Chief, Tianzun has been summoned by me. You can rest assured and follow me out to check!"
There are more than 200 people in Jiangjia Village. As the village chief, Jiang Fuzi cannot be a coward.
He touched the crutches, cleared his throat and said: "Okay, I will go out with you to meet this fat man!"
Jiang Erhu picked up the wood-cutting ax and said, "I'll go with him too. We have a labor force of forty or fifty in Jiangjia Village, so we won't be afraid of him even if we fight him!"
