Chapter 22 Were you the one who carried me down the mountain?
Lin Xiaoyue rolled her eyes and turned on the boast mode,
"County Grandpa, you are truly a bodhisattva-hearted man, great master of the sky! Having you here is a blessing to our people. My godfather and his family will have to rely on you more in Dongyuan Town in the future!"
Wu Zhongkui was so flattered by Lin Xiaoyue's sudden flattery. He could tell that this girl wanted him to help Chen Maowu more. He hadn't seen such a smart and well-spoken girl for a long time!
The smile on his face began to look kind, but for the sake of the dignity of the county magistrate, he still said with a straight face: "Okay, this is nothing. As long as your father and his family are honest, everything will be fine."
Lin Xiaoyue felt that the county magistrate did not take the previous mutual hostility to heart, so she breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said, "Thank you, magistrate, let's go first. We will wait for your good news tomorrow!"
But the guard on the side felt uncomfortable. Looking at Lin Xiaoyue and others leaving happily, he couldn't help complaining: "County Master, we are also afraid of it at night! Don't worry, I will take you there as soon as daybreak."
Follow the brothers up the mountain, and you will definitely know the result when you get up."
Wu Zhongkui glared at him and cursed: "You are not a woman. What kind of place is the Yamen? If you are afraid of this, what are you doing? Besides, don't you have anything else to do tomorrow? Either take people up the mountain or get out now.
!Where does all this nonsense come from?”
The servant was angry and helpless. Without this job, he would have no income, and there would be many mouths waiting for food at home!
"Yes, my subordinate will take people up the mountain right now!"
Lin Xiaoyue, who was walking at the end, actually heard all the conversations between the police officer and the county magistrate. It really shows all kinds of life, and some people are actually just paper tigers!
Tonight the policemen will move the bodies down from the mountain, and she will leave tomorrow. Where should she go now that she is free?
After dinner, the sky became darker and darker, and the little bugs screamed outside. Inside the house, Lin Xiaoyue didn't want to trouble the two elders of the Chen family to clean up the house, so she decided to share a bed with Chen Yunyun for one night.
Chen Yunyun was the happiest when she found out. She was the only child in the family. Having a sister she could chat with was her long-cherished wish. Now her wish has come true. At the age of twenty-two, she is like a three-year-old child, dancing happily
They talked non-stop around Lin Xiaoyue.
"Sister Lin, where are you from?"
"What are you going to do when you come out this time?"
"When will you come to our Dongyuan Town again?"
"How about you stay a few more days? Anyway, my parents like you very much!"
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Regarding the previous questions, Lin Xiaoyue has some cassettes. If you don't tell them, you will be sad. If you tell them, they can only be lies! Alas, once some lies are told, countless lies must be used to cover them.
"I'm coming back from visiting relatives in the north. My home is right next to Yanxi Town. If I have a chance, I'll pick you up and play."
Chen Yunyun silently made a note of Yanxi Town in her mind. She asked with a smile: "Where is next to Yanxi Town? How about I go back with you and stay with you for a few days? I am so bored at home alone.
!”
Lin Xiaoyue's head is getting bigger now. How can she know where it is? Now she doesn't even know where the door of her home will open!
She reached out to touch Chen Yunyun's head and coaxed patiently: "It won't work this time. I have something going on at home recently. I will come to pick you up when the matter is over."
Chen Yunyun tilted his head and asked with some disappointment: "When? Will you forget us when you leave? Our Dongyuan Town is too poor, and many people don't like to come to us."
"Actually, our place was better in the past, and Bandit Mountain at that time was not what it is now. Bandit Mountain was originally called Lushan, and there were many small animals on it. I remember when I was young, my father would catch a rabbit and come back to accompany me when he went to collect firewood on the mountain.
Play and sometimes hunt a lot of prey.”
Lin Xiaoyue found it very strange. According to what Chen Yunyun said, Bandit Mountain should not be deserted!
"Then why is it now so bare?"
Chen Yunyun sighed and said: "One day, Qiu Caishen suddenly came to our place. He collected a lot of bandits and became the king of the mountain. They did too many bad things and were afraid that others would raid them. So they simply found
People cut down all the trees on the mountain, pulled out all the flowers and plants on the mountain, and caught prey whenever they saw it. They went back and forth like this, and then nothing really grew on Lushan Mountain, and it became a bare stone mountain."
Lin Xiaoyue also felt very sorry after hearing this. A good mountain was ruined like this, and it was not as good as the haunted Yangming Mountain.
In fact, how can there be any ghosts in this world? Most of them are caused by people! Often when they scare people too much, people really think there are ghosts!
She patted Chen Yunyun's head and said comfortingly: "Don't be sad. There will be no Qiu Caishen and no bandits' den in the future. Everything will be fine! Go to sleep. Let's go see the corpses of the bandits together tomorrow!"
Chen Yunyun turned his head, blinked and asked: "Sister Lin, why are you so sure those bandits are dead? If they are all dead, how did I get to the foot of the mountain? Was it you who carried me down?
But this is a great thing, there’s no way you wouldn’t tell me!”
Lin Xiaoyue almost bit her tongue off. Sure enough, she would be wrong if she said too much. She really convinced herself that she was such an idiot!
"How could it be me? You also saw the place where the fire was. It's so high. How can I, a woman, carry you down? You see, my hands don't even have calluses. How can I have any strength? Stop thinking nonsense. If I
If I can do such a good thing, I have been beating gongs and drums for a long time, and I wish everyone would know about it. The county magistrate can even give me a lot of silver rewards!"
Chen Yunyun touched Lin Xiaoyue's smooth and tender skin, and she seemed to be convinced.
"Sister Lin, I believe whatever you say! As long as you promise to pick me up after a while!"
Lin Xiaoyue nodded in a funny way and said: "Don't worry, one month at the latest, I will come anyway, and you can stay as long as you want!"
When Chen Yunyun heard the affirmative answer, he felt relieved. The sleepy boy got the opportunity and crawled up twisting and twisting.
Lin Xiaoyue dozed off on the bed for a while, and after Chen Yunyun fell asleep completely, she entered the space.
She emptied Robber Mountain today, but she couldn't take away the food or the money. She had to distribute it in packages to ensure that every household could get it!
But how many households are there in Dongyuan Town?
After much thought, she decided to go to the county government office and take a look at the county annals. Maybe there would be records in it.
The space sensed Lin Xiaoyue's thoughts and took her directly to the place where the county government kept the county annals.
Opening the county annals, it says that Dongyuan Town originally had a population of one or two thousand people and four to five hundred households. However, because Qiu Caishen and his brothers often went down the mountain to burn, kill and loot, all those who resisted Qiu Caishen were killed, leaving a few
All the wealthy people have moved away, and some have gone to live with relatives. Now there are only 205 households in the town.
With so many families, it would take several days for her to distribute things alone!