Lin Xiaodong pointed behind Luo Hongfu: "Did you see those fences when you came?
The village chief has enclosed all the land outside the village, saying it belongs to his village, and no outsiders are allowed to enter, collect grain, or collect herbs."
Luo Hongfu got angry when he heard this, and turned around and yelled at Geng Weijie: "How outrageous! Whether it's food or herbs in the valley, every plant and tree belongs to everyone, why do you want to lock them up?"
Geng Weijie scratched his head and said stiffly: "For the convenience of management."
Luo Hongfu cursed angrily: "The grain in the valley is grown by oneself, so it's up to you to take care of it?
What do you care about?"
Geng Weijie argued: "Hongkou Village will take over the land around Hongkou Village, and Fengbao Village will take over the land around Fengbao Village. This way there will be no chaos."
"Presumptuous! They are all the land of Dali Kingdom, what is Hongkou Village and Fengbao Village?
What rights do you have to take Fengbao Village as your own?"
Pan Xiaoxing pointed sideways at Geng Weijie and said: "He sealed up our Hongkou Village with railings, and the land and food allocated to us were not enough to eat. He is from Fengbao Village, and he just wants to bully our Hongkou Village!"
"As the head of two villages, you actually favor one over the other, and even engage in this kind of land enclosure to prevent the people from harvesting food. How audacious!"
Unexpectedly, Luo Hongfu did not speak for him at all. When the matter was exposed, Geng Weijie panicked and pleaded: "Sir, I know I was wrong. I was confused for a moment!"
Pan Xiaoxing shouted loudly: "Why didn't you have this attitude when you called some twenty people to chop us with knives?
Now you know you regret it, you know you were wrong?"
Luo Hongfu glanced at the officers and soldiers he brought and shouted: "Take them away!"
Geng Weijie's legs were weak and he was pinned to the ground by officers and soldiers.
Luo Hongfu turned around and said to Lin Xiaodong: "I will report this to Mr. Dai when I go back. Just go and tear down the railings outside the village. If anyone dares to stop them, just come to me in the county town and I will bring the officers and soldiers to tear them down in person!"
"Thank you, Mr. Luo."
Lin Xiaodong lowered his head.
"Let's go!"
Luo Hongfu shook his head and escorted Geng Weijie back to the county seat.
The villagers were so happy that they cheered: "Go and tear down his fence!"
A circle of fences were all knocked down in one afternoon. Lin Xiaodong looked at the mountains of wheat with cold eyes: "There is more food growing on the mountains than can be eaten, but there are still people who want to fight for it, not for themselves, but for themselves.
It’s to prevent others from eating.”
"It's really hateful."
The villagers happily harvested grain, and Yu Huiying could go up the mountain to collect medicine again. Luo Hongfu took Geng Weijie to the county town for punishment. Soon after, the two villages elected a new Li Zheng, knowing that the people in Hongkou Village knew the Taoist priests and the county officials.
Sir, the people in Fengbao Village will never dare to bully them again.
In the evening, the villagers hosted a banquet for Lin Xiaodong and the other two people to express their gratitude and have a good drink. On the morning of the next day, Guo Chuxiu said that he was going home, and Pan Xiaoxing wanted to play with him. Lin Xiaodong was worried and wanted to leave too.
Yu Huiying, Jiang Yongning and the villagers all came to see her off. Yu Huiying took Lin Xiaodong's arm and reluctantly said, "Brother Lin, are you leaving again? Come home and won't stay for a few more days."
Lin Xiaodong nodded: "Well, I will follow you to Junior Sister Guo's house in the county. It doesn't matter. I will come back often in the future."
"Then take care of yourself on the mountain!"
Jiang Yongning pointed to Lin Xiaodong's thatched house and said, "Don't forget, fellow villagers, you will always have a home here."
Lin Xiaodong nodded seriously: "Don't worry, I won't forget it."
The three of them left Hongkou Village and went to Guo's house in the county seat.
After Guo Weixiang took back the silk, he returned to the county to pay off his debts, restarted his business, gradually made up for the deficit, took back the Guo family mansion, and his life was back on track.
Arriving outside the gate of Guo's house, Pan Xiaoxing said excitedly: "What a big house! I didn't expect that Senior Sister Guo's family is so rich! Why can't you see it at all on the mountain?"
Guo Chuxiu looked at Lin Xiaodong with tender eyes and said: "Thanks to Senior Brother Lin. If he hadn't paid off my father's debt, my Guo family would have been completely bankrupt. I would have to go home to farm, and I would no longer be able to go to the mountains to learn Taoism."
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"Yes, yes, Senior Brother Lin, well done!"
Pan Xiaoxing patted Lin Xiaodong's arm.
Guo Chuxiu said to Lin Xiaodong: "Senior Brother Lin, the money I owe you can only be paid back slowly in the future."
Lin Xiaodong waved his hand: "Junior Sister Guo, you and I are both pure cultivators, and money is only an external possession, not worth mentioning."
The three of them entered the courtyard, and the waiter went to announce that Guo Weixiang, Feng Cuiyi and his wife came to pick him up in person. When they saw Lin Xiaodong, they were very kind: "Xiao Lin is here! Come on, come on in and talk!"
Several people went to sit down in the hall, and Guo Chuxiu introduced: "Father, mother, this is the daughter of Taoist Linquan, my junior sister Pan Xiaoxing."
Guo Weixiang raised his eyebrows and said in surprise: "Oh?
Are you the daughter of Linquan Taoist?
So young!”
Pan Xiaoxing chuckled: "Well, my father was already very old when he had me."
"Okay, okay, old man has a son. Madam, you go to the kitchen and ask the chef to cook some good dishes. Let's entertain Xiao Lin and Miss Pan tonight!"
Lin Xiaodong and Pan Xiaoxing stayed at Guo's house for three days and visited various places in the county. They were so unhappy that they said goodbye and returned to the mountain on the morning of the fourth day.
After leaving the city and walking on a quiet path in the bamboo forest, Pan Xiaoxing pouted unhappily: "The city is so fun! I don't want to go back to the mountain!"
Lin Xiaodong smiled and said: "Junior sister Pan, you are the daughter of the head of the clan. How can you, a pure cultivator, touch the hearts of mortals?"
Pan Xiaoxing stuck out his tongue: "Do you think I want to go up the mountain?
It’s my father who insists on letting me go up the mountain, but doesn’t care about me when I go up the mountain.”
Guo Chuxiu said with a smile: "Junior sister, the master doesn't care about you because he is worried and is afraid that people will gossip. He doesn't really care about you."
"It's so nice down the mountain, and the county town is so lively. When I go back to the mountain, I can only meditate and practice Qigong every day."
Pan Xiaoxing said helplessly.
Lin Xiaodong suppressed a smile and said: "The county is good, but everything costs money. Your senior sister Guo paid for the expenses for our trip these days. But if you really stay in the county, you have to make money to make a living. Then
But it’s not fun anymore.”
Guo Chuxiu nodded: "Yes, although it is a bit boring to go up the mountain to practice Taoism, it is quiet and relaxing. Although life in the county is good, mortals always have worries about life, old age, illness and death."
"Junior sister said it well."
Lin Xiaodong applauded.
Guo Chuxiu's face turned red and she glanced at Lin Xiaodong.
While they were joking, two Taoists, one old and one young, walked into the bamboo forest nearby. The older one was in his fifties and the younger one was in his twenties.
The older man walked up and stopped Lin Xiaodong and asked, "Are you Lin Xiaodong?"
The visitor was unkind, Lin Xiaodong said coldly: "Yes, I am."
"Did Shi Hongliang die in your hands?"
The young Taoist priest asked from behind.
Lin Xiaodong understood that it was an enemy who came to the door. He looked at the Taoist priest who was in his fifties and thought: "This man came to the mountain when he was twenty years old. He has been practicing Taoism for thirty years now, so there is no need to be afraid of him."