Little Fatty Li Lei’s timid words brought Old Man Qian back to reality.
Old Man Qian's angry expression disappeared in an instant, revealing a kind expression as if he was bathing in the spring breeze. He rubbed the little fat man's head and said, "I must have scared you. Grandpa Third is either angry with you or suddenly a little angry. You are the most
Be good, did you not understand anything that Teacher Xiao Sun said in class today? And how is your timid elf egg doing?"
The little fat man nodded slightly, thinking of something and said: "Grandpa Third, this morning, the timid worm's elf egg suddenly vibrated a few times. Is it about to hatch?"
Old Man Qian rubbed the stubble on his chin and said: "There are some differences in the specific hatching of different elf eggs. Generally speaking, your timid elf egg will hatch within five days."
The little fat man jumped twice excitedly, and then he couldn't help but admire his heart and said: "Grandpa Third, that Mark really brought back a lot of green caterpillars..."
"I told you not to mention that brat I don't know, why do you still mention him?"
Old Man Qian glared at the little fat man and rubbed his forehead. He felt extremely irritable when he thought of Mark.
Obviously, he gave Mark a lot of advice and told him not to run around blindly. The next morning, he went to the tomato garden to help drive away snakes and get acquainted with the people in the village.
As a result, Mark disappeared the next morning and only left him a note.
You know, he was already prepared in his heart. Mark was a wild boy, so he thought it would be enough to leave Mark at home for a day.
As a result, Mark didn't even stay for a day and disappeared directly.
In fact, it’s okay to disappear.
Mark has been surviving in the wilderness for many years. Logically speaking, he shouldn't be worried, but because of the pomelo fruit tree, how could he not be worried?
In fact, in the days after Mark disappeared, he took the time to go to Qingxi Forest to look for Mark twice, and asked the ranger A Kang to help keep an eye on it.
The result is obvious. In the vast forest, Mark is not just wandering around the village like an ordinary insect-catching boy. Naturally, he has not found any clues.
Well, actually it’s not like we haven’t found anything.
He accidentally picked up a yellow armband with the Thunderbolt logo, which belonged to the Thunderbolt Group that had caused a lot of commotion recently.
It's okay that I didn't see this thing. After seeing it, Old Man Qian was obviously more worried.
It is precisely because of the above reasons that when Old Man Qian heard the news that Mark appeared again, he breathed a sigh of relief and quickly became angry.
Of course, besides being angry, there was another emotion in Old Man Qian's heart. He was inexplicably proud and proud.
After being angry for a while, Old Man Qian suddenly asked: "Great-grandson, that brat you just mentioned that I don't know, you said he brought back a lot of green caterpillars, how many did he bring back this time?"
Little fat Li Lei picked up his fingers and started playing with them.
"Many, many, many!"
The little fat man failed to count the number, so he opened his arms and gestured.
Old Man Qian said: "More than a hundred?"
The little fat man nodded repeatedly: "Yeah, more than a hundred!"
Old Man Qian frowned: "More than a hundred green caterpillars again?"
It can be explained by luck that Mark brought back more than a hundred green caterpillars before. Now he brought back more than a hundred green caterpillars this time. Is it also luck?
Old Man Qian was still thinking, and the profiteer Niu Xin at the entrance of the breeding base seemed to smell something. He narrowed his eyes, suddenly smiled, and trotted towards the west of the village.
Old Man Qian also suddenly realized something after the profiteer Fatty ran away.
He didn't even care about the fat guy next to him, Li Lei, and got up and chased after the profiteer Niu Xin.
Then, Old Man Qian stopped in front of the gate of the breeding base.
——The door has been locked by Lin Erniu.
Glancing around along the fence of the gate, Lin Erniu could no longer see anyone. Apparently he followed his instructions and went to lock the gate of his house quickly.
"This idiot, if you ask him to lock the door, just do it and wait a little longer, can't you?"
Old Man Qian's mouth twitched slightly. He glanced at the sharp wooden thorns above the door, and then looked at his old arms and legs.
He had the intention to use strange power or flying legs to let the elves take him over the fence, but he felt that even with the help of elves, this kind of climbing over the wall was not something he could bear at his current age.
Old Man Qian finally ran towards the back door of the breeding base and decided to go around from the back door...
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On the west side of Qingxi Village, as Mark returned to the village with more than two hundred green caterpillars, he was quickly watched by the villagers.
The praises and admirations from the villagers were overwhelming, far exceeding Mark's expectations.
From the villagers' words, Mark heard a rumor.
It seems that more than two hundred years ago, a powerful insect trainer emerged from Qingxi Village. Like him, he also had the feat of catching a group of green caterpillars at once.
But as they talked, the villagers began to cover up this topic.
It seems to be an order from the village chief, Old Man Qian, not to allow the villagers to discuss this insect trainer from two hundred years ago.
In addition, Mark also heard some villagers' comments about his father Maro. It seemed that his father Maro was very good at catching insects when he was young and almost won the ranking in the insect catching competition.
Not long after, several insect-catching boys arrived, shouting at him in amazement, saying that he must participate in the insect-catching conference in the Fallen Leaf Province, and then become a disciple of Master McKendy.
With more than two hundred green caterpillars, the bug-catching boys completely forgot about being beaten by a fool, and looked at Mark with eyes full of admiration.
In fact, not only these insect-catching boys, but also the villagers looked at him with enthusiasm and friendliness.
Otherwise, as Qingxi Village relies on the green caterpillar textile industry for its livelihood, eight out of ten villagers have been insect catchers when they were young. Seeing the feat that Mark has accomplished, they are naturally full of good impressions.
Mark also learned more about the village's customs from the villagers' words.
Yes, if you can make your debut in the Insect Catching Competition in this village, it will be more glorious than being admitted to the Elf Academy, or joining the gym and becoming a gym apprentice.
Mark also has more guesses about Old Man Qian’s identity.
Although Sanshu Qian once said that he was an insect catching boy when he was young, the importance that old man Qian attaches to the insect catching conference is much lower than that of ordinary villagers.
Mark speculated that Old Man Qian either came to this village to live in seclusion with his elders, or he traveled to various countries when he was young, so he was well-informed.
Mark was still thinking when he suddenly saw a fat man with a beard running over from a distance.
The fat man is in his forties, looks honest and honest, and his eyes look extremely sincere.
"Young man...Young man, I've finally caught up. Let me take a breath... By the way, I'll give this to you first."
Mark took the business card handed over by the fat man. It had the words Sanshan Town Eastern Suburb Farmers Market printed on it, and his name was Niu Xin.
"Mr. Niu Xin, what are you doing?"
Niu Xin panted for a while, took a deep breath and said: "For 200 yuan each, I want all of you green caterpillars!"
The surrounding villagers were in an uproar.
For no other reason, the price Niu Xin offered was too high, far exceeding the purchase price of wild green caterpillars from the Qingxi Village Green Caterpillar Breeding Base.
Upon seeing this, an elderly villager came over and enthusiastically helped Mark negotiate the price.
Originally, the price of 200 yuan was already very high, but Niu Xin did not expect to relent further, saying that it was okay to purchase it for 210 yuan, and it seemed that there was still the possibility of relenting.
"Little brother, you should be able to see my sincerity, 210 yuan is really a lot."
Niu Xin further persuaded.
Looking at the performance of the surrounding villagers, he already felt that he had a chance to win, but he saw the insect-catching boy opposite shook his head.
Mark shook his head and said: "Sorry, this is not a matter of money. These green caterpillars of mine are only sold to the green caterpillar breeding base in Qingxi Village."
"Little brother, you can really think about it again. I'll add another 5 yuan, no, 10 yuan..."
"No need to persuade me anymore, I won't trade with you."
Niu Xin was about to continue saying something when he suddenly heard an angry shout from behind.
"Mark, you brat, if you dare to sell green caterpillars to this profiteer, I will be wrong about you..."