In the evening, Tieyong and Wang were talking in the bed.

"Is the story of the snake demon true?" Wang asked.

“Eight/nine are inseparable.”

"Then what should we do? Otherwise, don't let the lamb look for it..."

"Let's take a look."

"What else can I see? That's a monster, what if..."

"It shouldn't be. If the snake demon eats people, Xiao Yang and Niu Niu can't wait for me to save them. Since the sheep has been fine, the snake demon is probably a good monster."

"Whether it is good or bad, it is also a monster. No, I can't let the sheep find that monster anymore."

"Don't be fooled, is this something you can stop? That's a monster. Monsters have magic. Once they are angry, who can stop it?"

“…Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...”

"It's okay, haven't I said everything? If the snake demon really wanted to eat people, it would have eaten it long ago. We won't wait until now, so we will relax and let the lamb find it and look at it later."

Zhang Xiaoyang didn't know the worries of his uncle and aunt, so he woke up early in the morning. After washing up, he took Zhang Niu Niu out, and she wanted to go to play with snake monsters.

After a few times, Tieyong turned a blind eye to this matter, and even Wang, who was originally worried, said nothing. In addition to Zhang Xiaoyang coming back safely every time, the most important thing is that Zhang Xiaoyang would bring back some wild animals, including frogs and fish, and from time to time, he would bring back a rabbit or pheasant.

The Han Dynasty is now in a sign of troubled times. The officials of the court are corrupt and have extremely heavy taxes. Places like Tiejiabao have annual grain taxes that are as high as 60% to 70%. After working hard to plant a year, the remaining grain will be difficult to make up. If this is the case alone, it is not bad. The key is that the men in Qingping County will come to catch the autumn wind from time to time, and each one treats Tiejiabao as fat and takes a few bites.

In addition to farming, people from Tiejiabao are also one of the important items to enter the mountains to hunt. However, now there are fewer and fewer wild animals outside the mountains, and the harvest of prey is also less and less, which makes Tiejiabao look glamorous outside, but the inside is like Wang Xiaoer celebrating the New Year, which is worse than that of one year.

But the people of Tiejiabao have not yet been recruited. This is the case with the general environment. With hundreds of miles of Qingping County, bandits are rampant. The officials in Qingping County have no place to exploit them, so they can only make a knife at Tiejiabao, because only Tiejiabao has food and money, if you don’t exploit them, who will you exploit?

In such an environment, it is becoming increasingly difficult for Tieyong's family to raise three young people. The wild game that he used to eat has gradually become precious. The things Zhang Xiaoyang brings back every day are like timely help, greatly alleviating the pressure on Tieyong's family.

It is said that people are short-lived and eat people with soft mouths. Now his family can have meat every day, and it is all thanks to the snake demon. Liu Dalu has not done anything bad. What else can Tieyong say? He can only ignore it.

Liu Dalu didn't know what Tie Yong's family was thinking, but he knew that Tie Yong's attitude had changed, because there was another little kid who came to play with him today. This is Tie Ge, Tie Yong's kid.

Tiege is only six years old, he is chubby and very festive, with collagen on his face. The fat boy is still running and sucks twice from time to time, looking a little silly.

As the eldest sister, Zhang Xiaoyang was very happy to share her experience with others. She held Liu Dalu's head and shook it hard a few times, "Brother, look, snake monsters are very good. You don't have to be afraid of him. Come here and touch the snake monster. In the future, you and the snake monster will be friends."

Liu Dalu was speechless and allowed Zhang Xiaoyang to torture him. I have to say that such "torture" was very effective. After the fat boy Tiege came up and touched Liu Dalu a few times, he smiled and soon became no longer afraid of Liu Dalu.

"Snake monster, let's go, take my brother to our secret base today." Zhang Xiaoyang has the potential to be the eldest sister and issued an order to Liu Dalu.

The secret base is located in the lower reaches of Xiaoqing River, not far from Liu Dalu’s temporary residence. There is a corner of a cliff, forming a cave. Outside the cave is a dense bush, and there are several flat bluestone slabs in the cave. Zhang Xiaoyang and Liu Dalu have worked hard for several days and cleaned up a piece of it. Now it is used as a secret base to hatch bird eggs.

These bird eggs were found by Liu Dalu. Zhang Xiaoyang was whimsical and said he wanted to hatch the birds, so Liu Dalu followed her, so as long as Zhang Xiaoyang was happy.

Liu Dalu first caught a fish in the river and handed it to Zhang Xiaoyang. Zhang Xiaoyang would roast the fish. This is Liu Dalu's food. He still likes to eat cooked food, usually eating once every three or four days.

After grilling the fish for Liu Dalu, Zhang Xiaoyu took Tiege to see her baby. These so-called babies are actually some fun things, such as strange-shaped stones, some shells, and flower baskets that Zhang Xiaoyang wore by himself. Zhang Niu Niu and Tiege are young, have pure minds, and are the most playful when they are, they can play with a bug for a long time without getting tired of it, let alone Zhang Xiaoyang's baby. The two little kids shouted loudly, and Zhang Xiaoyang was so happy that he smiled.

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"Fourth uncle, why are you here? Please sit down."

Tie Yong's wife Wang quickly brought a small stool from the house, asked the fourth uncle to sit down, then took a bowl of water into the house, and then stood beside him, feeling uneasy.

The identity of this fourth uncle is not simple. He is the elder of the Tie family, the eldest son of Tieyong, and the current Li Zheng of Tiejia Village.

"Fourth uncle, are you looking for Xiaoyong? I'll do it right away..."

"Daughter-in-law Tieyong, you don't have to work hard anymore. I have asked someone to notify him." The fourth uncle looked at the yard, looked at the pickled salted fish hanging on the edge of the yard, smashed his mouth, but said nothing.

Wang's heart sank, but he didn't dare to speak.

After a while, Tieyong hurried back, his face full of sweat. He looked at Wang first, and Wang glanced at him and looked at the salted fish hanging. Tieyong was like Wang, and his heart sank, but he smiled and said, "Fourth uncle, why are you here?"

"I want to tell you something." The fourth uncle said slowly: "Xiaojiu, you can sit down too." Tieyong ranked ninth in this generation.

Wang brought another small stool for Tieyong, and Tieyong sat honestly in front of his fourth uncle.

"Where is your niece?"

"Go out." Tie Yong said in a muffled voice.

"Are you going to find the snake demon?"

Tie Yong raised his head suddenly and then lowered his head: "...Yes."

"Xiao Jiu, what do you think of this snake demon?"

"ah?"

"Ah what, what do you think?"

"Xiao Jiu thinks...that snake demon is really a good person."

"Do you have a good personality? Yes, your family eats big fish and meat every day..."

"Fourth uncle..."

"Okay, I'm not trying to say anything when I come here. That snake demon, well, that snake demon, don't worry about it."

Wu Yong didn't quite understand what the words meant, so the fourth uncle had already gotten up and walked out.

The fourth uncle is the Zong Lao of the Tie family and lives in the ancestral house of the Tie family. When he returned to the house, the fourth uncle looked at a document placed on the table and suddenly cursed: "These are goddamn."

The general idea in the official document is that bandits are rampant, but the county town is lax. As a member of Qingping County, Tiejiabao has to donate some money to support the bandit suppression.
Chapter completed!