Longevity starts from Liaozhai

Chapter 4: Zheng Tu
Mrs. Zheng Tu called Zheng Tu, but she was a middle-aged man with big arms and round waist.In fact, the profession of butcher should not be underestimated.

For the development prospects, if you say it small, you will be a tyrant in the city;

However, Zheng Tu in front of him was just starting his career, and his influence was limited to the neighboring villages of Qin's Village and Zheng's Village.

Recently, I have started to think about doing a big business, and I am going to sell meat in the city.

His voice was bright and bold, and Qin Chuan opened the door, "Brother Chuan, I'm Zheng Tu from the next village, I wonder if you recognize me."

Qin Chuan nodded, "I've heard about Brother Zheng's name for a long time. Have Fourth Grandpa told you about me? Could it be that we have to go to Fucheng earlier?"

Zheng Tu waved his hand, "Master Qin told me about this, and there are still some days before we leave. I heard from Mr. Qin that Brother Chuan can paint, so I would like to ask you for a favor."

Qin Chuan said: "There is still trouble for Brother Zheng in the future. If you have something to say, if you can do it within your power, Qin will definitely not refuse."

Zheng Tu: "Even though Brother Chuan is a scholar, he speaks so frankly, so I'll just say it straight. I saw that in the Dragon King Temple, the portrait of the Dragon King that you re-inked is better than the original one. There is a new Stove King in our village." Temple, I would like to invite you to paint a portrait of the Stove King. Don’t worry, we have prepared the pen, ink and inkstone for you, and we are waiting for you. As for the fee for the brush, what do you think of [-] Wen?"

That's a high price.However, Qin Chuan charged [-] Wen for refilling the portrait of the Dragon King, so [-] is a reasonable price.

Zheng Tu was considered a somewhat knowledgeable person in their village, and when he saw the portrait of the Dragon Lord, it was not much worse than the statues in those big temples around the city.

At this time, I went to the city to invite a sour scholar to come to the village. Regardless of the quality of the paintings, I had to entertain them well, which was very troublesome.

What's more, for those who have a reputation as a scholar, it is not easy for them to make irresponsible remarks on other people's paintings.

Qin Chuan didn't have such worries, he was a villager, he didn't see him when he looked up, and there was a favor behind him to send him to Fucheng, so he wasn't afraid that Qin Chuan wouldn't concentrate on painting.

Qin Chuan smiled and said: "This is a good thing. I was worried that I would not be able to spend enough money to go to Fucheng to study. Brother Zheng can be regarded as a solution to my urgent need."

Zheng Tu said: "I heard that you have come to our village to buy chicken every day recently, Brother Chuan ate it all by himself?"

He knew that Qin Chuan earned five hundred coins from the Dragon King Temple's Temple Zhu Qin Fang, which was considered a small fortune in the village.Recently, I bought chickens every day, and saw that there were no chickens in his yard, so I naturally ate them myself.

What a luxury.

He is not willing to eat meat every day.

Qin Chuan nodded, "The body is too weak and needs to be replenished."

Zheng Tu looked at Qin Chuan for a while, laughed and said, "Your complexion is indeed much better than in my impression. You're a half-child, you'll kill me. What's more, Brother Chuan is studying hard, it's time for you to replenish your energy."

Qin Chuan exchanged greetings with him for a while, then simply cleaned up, carried Ying Ning and followed Zheng Tu to Zheng Village along the dirt road.

On the way, Ying Ning in Qin Chuan's arms suddenly started crying.

She always liked to laugh, and she didn't even cry when the fox girl left. Qin Chuan felt a little strange in his heart.Zheng Tu didn't know about this, he only heard that the baby Qin Chuan adopted was said to belong to a fox girl.Of course, gossip is always spread in the village, who knows if it is true or not.

He saw that Ying Ning was very cute, and he didn't take those rumors to heart.

Hearing Ying Ning crying, he thought it was because the baby was hungry.

He was about to take out a malt candy from his bosom and give it to her.

Maltose is a sacrifice to the Stove Lord. When he came, he came out a little.

The pork sacrificed to the Stove King was all produced by him. With this little maltose, Zheng Tu is full of confidence!

Zheng Tuzheng took out maltose and was about to pass it to Qin Chuan.

Qin Chuan snorted, "Be careful."

Strange to say, for Qin Chuan, a weak scholar, this low shout made Zheng Tu feel as if the big bell in the temple was ringing in his mind, very vigilant.

Zheng Tu was startled, and suddenly saw a wolf appearing on the road behind him.

The wolf seemed to be extremely hungry, its eyes seemed to glow green, staring in the direction of Zheng Tu and the others, and the saliva in its mouth seemed to be about to flow out.

Qin Chuan's heart shuddered, the wolf was not staring at the two adults, but Ying Ning.

Could it be that Ying Ning provoked it?

Whether it is or not, it is impossible for Qin Chuan to abandon Ying Ning.

After all, Zheng Tu is a pig butcher, so he is quite courageous.

"Brother Chuan, you run with me, no, you go ahead."

He stood in front of Qin Chuan, showed the butcher knife he carried with him, and gestured to the wolf.

Seeing the butcher's knife, the wolf took a few steps back. Zheng Tu felt relieved and hurriedly urged Qin Chuan to move forward.

But just as they moved forward, the wolf followed immediately.

Zheng Tu said angrily: "I knew I would have brought a piece of meat with me when I went out, but now I can't get rid of this beast at all."

Although he was quite courageous, he was still afraid of a wolf.

If it wasn't for not wanting to leave Qin Chuan and Ying Ning behind, he must have managed to run away.

He was really helpless, so he gestured viciously at the wolf with a butcher knife, hoping to scare the wolf away.Who would have thought that the wolf would not retreat this time, but approached a few steps forward instead.

Zheng Tu was really helpless, and said in a low voice: "Brother Chuan, I will find a way to stop it, you run faster. I can't stop it for too long."

Qin Chuan nodded and walked forward.

Zheng Tu counted a few times in his heart, and prepared to slash at the wolf, hoping to scare it away a few steps, and then take the opportunity to run forward.

Unexpectedly, the wolf saw Qin Chuan holding Ying Ning and was about to leave, so he immediately chased after him. Zheng Tu happened to block the way, so he turned into the wolf and rushed towards Zheng Tu.

When Zheng Tu encountered a sudden change, he couldn't help but feel soft.

The butcher's knife in his hand couldn't be blocked in time.

Seeing that the wolf was about to pounce on him.

He even smelled the stench of wolf mouth.

Unexpectedly, the hungry wolf howled.

"Brother Zheng, chop it quickly."

Seeing the hungry wolf howling in pain, Zheng Tu was shocked when he heard Qin Chuan's words, and he slashed the wolf's neck with the butcher's knife. He stimulated his potential with this knife, and unexpectedly slashed down and embedded in the wolf's neck. It was not good for a while. pull out.

Hungry wolves can't die anymore.

Only then did Zheng Tu realize that there was a stone embedded in Hungry Wolf's eye.

Zheng Tu: "Brother Chuan, was it you who threw the stone just now?"

Qin Chuan said: "I am weak and afraid of being bullied, so I practiced flying stones. Fortunately, I was lucky just now and hit it in the eye, otherwise we would be in trouble."

Zheng Tu narrowly escaped, laughed loudly and said, "Damn it for cooperating with this bastard, met me and Brother Chuan. We made a small fortune today."

It turns out that wolf skins are very expensive in the market now, Zheng Tu looked at the size of this wolf, and reckoned that the wolf skin might be sold for more than a dozen taels of silver in Fucheng.

He and Qin Chuan jointly hunted it down. Zheng Tu valued Qin Chuan's courage. Under the circumstances just now, he dared to throw flying stones, even if he was lucky.

What's more, he is about to take the college examination, so he might become a scholar soon.

He told Qin Chuan about the wolf fur market.

Qin Chuan said: "I heard that wolf meat is a great tonic. Why don't you give me the wolf meat, and brother Zheng just give me a fraction of the wolf skins you sell."

Qin Chuan's energy-reinforcing skills need not be limited to chicken. Wolf meat is more tonic than chicken, and the effect will only be better.It could be said that relying on these wolf meat, he can improve his physique to adult level as soon as possible.This wolf came just in time, it was really sleepy and came to give a pillow.

However, although wolf meat is of some value, it is still inferior to wolf skin, Zheng Tu naturally does not want to take advantage of this.He heard that Qin Chuan was going to study in Fucheng, and he thought he wanted to stay in Fucheng regardless of whether he passed the exam or not.

With Qin Chuan's painting skills, even if he fails the examination of scholar, he can still have a living in Fucheng.

Zheng Tu originally had the intention of going to the prefectural city, so naturally he wanted to make friends with Qin Chuan, a fellow villager, so he would have some support in the future.

He said: "I can't finish the meat at home. I'll take care of the wolf meat and send it to you. As for the wolf skins sold, I'll take [-]%. What do you want, brother Chuan?"

Qin Chuan said: "Then I would like to thank Brother Zheng for his kindness."

He was eager to eat wolf meat for nourishment and improve his physique, and the wolf skin was really a side issue.

After this incident, Zheng Tu became closer to Qin Chuan, carried the wolf corpse on his back, chatted and laughed with Qin Chuan all the way, and soon arrived in Zheng Village.

I met a villager on the road, and I called Zheng Tu over to help, and I couldn't help bragging about his bravery just now.

The village also became more lively because of Zheng's slaughter of wolves.

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