boyutpedia Chapter 197 Entering the Urn
Chapter 197 Entering the Urn
After that, Lin Dajiang fed the chickens and ducks himself.
After a few days, the separated chickens and ducks were full of energy and laid an egg a day.
Seeing that there was no problem with the chickens and ducks, Lin Dajiang discussed with Li Taohua, then called the two brothers Li Shan and Li Qiao to the back of the chicken coop and repeated what he had said to Li Taohua at the beginning.
Li Shan and Li Qiao were so shocked that their jaws dropped.
The appearance was exactly the same as Li Taohua's back then.
Although I doubt it, the fact is that there are densely packed earthworms in the ground.
Li Shan's scalp tingled. "Dajiang, are these...are these really the earth dragons you raised? There are too many!"
"Brother, if you go back and try the method I told you, you will know whether you can raise earth dragons or not."
Unlike Li Shan, Li Qiao looks at the earth dragon as if he is looking at real gold and silver.
This is a treasure. With the earth dragon, how much food can be saved?
His wife was worried about the dowry for her son. The family is living a frugal life now, and with the underground dragon, they can save some money.
"Dajiang, you are amazing. How did you think of raising earth dragons? You are really amazing, even the older generation doesn't know this."
Lin Dajiang smiled and said, "Big Brother, Second Brother, didn't you figure out your hunting skills by yourselves?"
Lin Dajiang told them the method of raising earthworms. Li Qiao had no time to chat anymore and hurried back to Shadi Village with Li Shan.
The two men went home, got a hoe, and went to the back of the house mysteriously.
They planned to follow all the steps Dajiang mentioned, and if they could raise earth dragons in Shadi Village, they would tell their parents the good news.
Until now, Li Shan was still a little skeptical.
He even wondered if the land owned by Lin Dajiang's family was a good place for Feng Shui, otherwise how could there be so many earth dragons growing there?
If Shadi Village is not suitable for raising earthworms, my parents and two younger brothers will be disappointed.
They didn't even tell their wives about this and kept it a secret.
It happened that everyone in the Li family was busy and no one noticed anything wrong with Li Shan and Li Qiao.
Besides, Li Shan and Li Qiao were both holding hoes, so when we saw them, we would have thought they were going to the fields.
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After raising earthworms in large quantities, Lin Dajiang asked his brother-in-law to buy two hundred chicks and one hundred ducklings from Shadi Village.
"Why is Lin Dajiang buying chickens and ducks again? What's going on?"
"Didn't he buy hundreds of them last time? Why don't his chickens and ducks eat food? Even if the chickens and ducks are still small, hundreds of them can eat a lot of food in a day!"
"Didn't the Lin family buy a piece of land at the foot of the mountain? They raise chickens and ducks freely and let them find food on their own, right?"
"Come on, chickens and ducks raised that way can never grow big, they are so skinny. The last time Ruyi Restaurant came to buy Lin's chickens and ducks, they were so strong, how could they be free-range!"
"What's going on? Does the Lin family have no money for food? We have 20 chickens at home, and it costs a lot to feed them every day. The Lin family has hundreds of chickens. Don't they feel sorry for them at all?"
"You think the food that Lin Dajiang uses to feed his chickens and ducks is not the money given by the young master of Ruyi Restaurant? Don't they have a cooperation? Do you think it is possible that it was Master Gu who made the connection?"
"That's really possible. It's said that Master Gu is as rich as a country. This little bit of money is just a drop in the bucket!"
"How can Dajiang be so blessed!"
"Don't be envious. Isn't it because Xiaoman is a lucky child? The fortune teller in the village predicted it. Have you forgotten it? Don't be envious now. If Xiaoman were in another family, he would have died long ago. Who would keep a fool in a famine?"
After these words were spoken, everyone fell silent.
Ten years ago, there was a famine in Jialin County. The Lin family was wealthy, and they managed to raise a fool intact.
At that time, more than a dozen families in Shanglin Village could not make ends meet and had to sell their children to survive.
"You can say that Lin Dajiang deserves to enjoy his life. Although the Lin family is wealthy, the third brother Lin is a bloodsucking person. In order to raise the twins, Lin Dajiang saved his food rations for the kids. He became so thin that he was almost skin and flesh. It was scary!"
"Oh, Dajiang is so strong now, he's completely changed. By the way, the taste of Lin's sausage is really good. When the Chinese New Year comes, I will ask Dajiang to buy some for me."
"I heard that Ruyi Restaurant sells sausages to the capital. We actually eat the same sausages as the officials in the capital, hehe."
"Dajiang has finally gotten his reward after all the hard work! We can't envy him... Well, I have to go and open up the wasteland. I'll open up as many rows as I can. I can plant more crops and sell them for more money. Otherwise, my wife won't be willing to buy such expensive sausages."
"Let's go, I'm going to work in the fields, open up more wasteland and save some silver."
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"Sir, there is a report from Dayi Town about a villager absconding with money."
The trusted yamen runner presented the petition to County Magistrate Zhen. He flipped it open and frowned after reading only half of it. When he finished reading the whole thing, his expression became solemn.
After a moment's thought, he seemed to have thought of something, and his brows relaxed a little.
He looked at his confidant meaningfully, "It's true that even if you try hard, the flowers won't bloom, but if you plant willows by accident, they will grow into shade trees. Wuwei, secretly send more people, don't alert the enemy, I want to see who is behind all this."
Nearly ten similar cases have occurred in Lin'an Prefecture, and this is the second case in Jialin County alone.
The confidant sighed a little, and after a moment's hesitation, he said, "Sir, this time, the other party found innocent villagers as middlemen, and most of the people who were deceived were poor villagers. About 60 households in Shanglin and Xialin villages were deceived."
County Magistrate Zhen narrowed his eyes, his expression gloomy and unclear, "Since they are villagers, why are more than 60 households willing to hand over their money?"
"Sir, you don't know that this middleman is a scholar who used to work as an accountant in Dayi Town."
Zhen County Magistrate understood that in the eyes of ordinary people, scholars were superior even if they did nothing. Shanglin Village probably had few scholars, so the villagers trusted this man so much.
"Sir, the middleman involved in this incident is the third brother of Lin Dajiang, the sausage maker in Shanglin Village."
"Oh?" County Magistrate Zhen raised his eyebrows. "Since the family is doing business, why would the brothers be deceived?"
"Sir, it is said that the Lin family has an extremely biased old lady..." The confidant told everything he had heard, and finally shook his head and said, "Sir, there are many villagers involved, and it is really a big deal."
"You are doing this..." County Magistrate Zhen asked his confidant to come over and whisper something in his ear.
Suddenly, the confidant's eyes lit up, "I will arrange it right away."
After saying that, he turned around and left in a hurry.
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Inside a low old house in Jialin County.
"Li Niang, didn't you say that making money with the boss is a sure thing? Why did you lose it all? What do you mean by lost it all? More than a hundred taels of silver were lost?"
The ragged man climbed onto the shoulders of the woman in fancy clothes in disbelief, and used force with his ten fingers, causing the woman to scream in pain.
"Sanlang, business is all about gain and loss. You don't know that the boss lost everything this time."
After saying this, tears started to flow down her cheeks, and she cried like a pear blossom in the rain. "The world is not peaceful nowadays. The bandits we encountered this time were extremely vicious. It's a blessing for the boss to be able to escape with his life. What do you want from me? You know, I also invested 20 taels of silver this time, which is all my belongings."
"Didn't the boss say that he encountered bandits last time and luckily escaped? Wouldn't he hire a martial artist with better boxing skills to escort him this time? Why would it be like this again?" Lin Dahe refused to believe that all the money he and the villagers had paid to him wasted.
"Sanlang, the mountain bandits are brutal. When the time comes, those martial artists will only save their own lives, so how can they care about their property? I am a weak woman, and I have to invest all my belongings in them. How am I going to live in the future..."
Lin Dahe was extremely anxious. He felt his hands and feet were numb and weak, and his heart was beating wildly.
Now that the silver is gone, how is he going to explain to the villagers?
No, he needs to ask his boss for clarification!
It's impossible for more than one hundred taels of silver to disappear just like that!
Lin Dahe's eyes were red, his brows were knitted, and he said in a deep voice: "Li Niang, take me to see the boss."
"The boss is still in a coma, you won't be able to get anything out of him if you go there." The woman bit her red lips with her pearly teeth, her eyes were red and tears were streaming down her sides. She seemed to be unable to bear the burden, and she covered her face with a handkerchief and cried silently.
Lin Dahe reached out to wipe away Li Niang's tears, only to see that her pretty face under the handkerchief was covered with tear marks, her eyes were red and swollen from crying, and her shoulders were shaking slightly uncontrollably.
Her pitiful appearance made the frightened Lin Dahe want to hug her in his arms and comfort her.
"Li Niang, don't cry..."
"Sanlang..."
The woman cried so softly and pitifully. Lin Dahe felt that his heart was broken when he saw Li Niang crying. It was more painful than losing more than one hundred taels of silver.
"Sanlang, I am sorry for you. If I hadn't introduced you to the young master, you wouldn't have..."
Lin Dahe's protective instinct took over, and he couldn't bear to hear the delicate woman say the rest of the words. He put his finger on her lips and said, "Shh, Li Niang, this is not your fault. If you want to blame someone, blame my bad luck."
Lin Dahe didn't know what possessed him. He felt a strong desire to protect the woman. He reached out and took her into his arms. "Li Niang, I will take care of you from now on."
The woman was so touched that she leaned on the man's arms like a dodder, looking up at her fair and pretty face, "Sanlang, you are so kind. Sanlang, then I... am yours."
Lin Dahe only felt a "boom" and his blood boiled. He pinched Li Niang's jaw with his tiger's mouth, looked at the red mark on her skin, and murmured: "Li Niang, give me a son."
A gust of wind blew, the wick swayed, and with a "pop", it went out completely.
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"Open big or small?"
"big big big."
"Small."
"Turn it up!"
"Open small!"
......
It’s actually small!
Lost again!
Lin Dahe's eyes were red, and it was obvious that he had lost the fight.
After losing his only remaining two taels of silver, Lin Dahe left the gambling house in a daze.
Suddenly, a man in brocade clothes blocked his way.
The other party frowned, as if confirming Lin Dahe's identity, "Excuse me, are you the brother of Lin Dajiang from Shanglin Village?"
Lin Dahe was startled and stepped back instinctively when he heard the words Shanglin Village.
When he retreated to the corner and saw that the man in brocade clothes didn't seem to have any ill intentions, he breathed a sigh of relief, "So what?"
"That's good. The last time I went to Shanglin Village, it was the eighth day of the first lunar month. I wanted to come to your eldest brother's house to discuss a business, but he had a banquet at home that day. I should have visited him the next day, but something happened at home and I had to give up. Who knew that the family business was always busy and I happened to run into you. I would like to ask if you can help me put in a good word in front of your brother and give me half of the sausage business?"
Lin Dahe was suspicious, "You want to cooperate with my eldest brother?"
"Yes." The man in brocade clothes took out a bag of silver and waved it in front of Lin Dahe. "I have tasted the sausages made by the Lin family workshop. They are really delicious. If you can say a few good words for me, these fifty taels of silver will be yours. If you can promote cooperation, I will give you another hundred taels of silver."
what?
Lin Dahe glanced at the shiny silver in the purse.
Is there such a good thing?
Lin Dahe, who was originally penniless, showed greed on his face. If he had fifty taels of silver, he would give it to his boss and would definitely be able to earn back the money lost by the villagers.
When he earns money, he will go back to Shanglin Village and return the money to the villagers.
In this way, the hole can be filled.
Lin Dahe was secretly delighted, pretending to be embarrassed, and said hesitantly: "My brother has always had bigger ideas, and I am a person of low opinion, so I may not be able to help."
"That's fine. You just need to say a few good words for me. When I have sorted out my affairs at home, I will come to visit you in person."
Hearing that the other party was going to pay a visit, Lin Dahe's heart skipped a beat. Wouldn't that expose his conspiracy?
But the current situation does not allow Lin Dahe to care about anything else. He only wants to make the money back. Only in this way, Li Niang's delicate body will not suffer with him, and the money of the villagers can be repaid.
After weighing the pros and cons, Lin Dahe thought, at worst he could explain it to his elder brother later, and his elder brother would definitely forgive him.
So Lin Dahe took the silver, left a note, and hurried to inform Li Niang.
The night was as cold as water. A man in black jumped down from the wall. He frowned and watched Lin Dahe go away. "Will the fish take the bait?"
The man in brocade clothes flicked his hand and slowly tore off a piece of skin as thin as a cicada's wing. He rubbed his brows and said with a mocking tone, "Whether you will take the bait or not, we will know in two days. Wuwei, let's go."
The man in black nodded and followed the young master.
The officialdom of Jialin County and even the entire Lin'an Prefecture seemed clean, but in fact it had long been filled with chaos.
The young master brought few people from the capital, and the hidden forces had other important tasks to attend to. Unexpectedly, the young master actually did it himself and engaged in deceptive activities.
I wonder what the old lady in the capital would think if she knew this?
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Lin Dahe took the silver and returned to his residence, "Li Niang, I said I would let you live a good life with me."
As he said this, he shook the purse in his hand.
"Sanlang, your matter..."
"Here are fifty taels of silver." Inside the purse were five silver ingots weighing ten taels each.
Lin Dahe took out one of them and handed it to the woman, "Li Niang, I only have fifty taels of silver now, I'll give you ten of them. When the boss gets better, you take me to see him, and I'll definitely make a comeback with the remaining forty taels. Then Li Niang won't suffer if she follows me!"