I am doing meritorious deeds in Liaozhai

Chapter 77 Elm Village

The fish made by Qiu Niang is indeed different from that made by Jin Da.

Song Yushan and the others had a great time eating.

Jin Da also discussed with Qiu Niang how to make fish, and got inspired.

After eating and drinking enough, before and after the time, the boat docked at a ferry.

"Follow this road and turn over this hill, and you will see Yushu Village," Qiu Niang said.

Song Yushan waved goodbye to Qiu Niang, got off the boat with the three demons, and went in along the narrow path by the river.

Qiu Niang didn't leave either, Song Yushan chartered a boat for three days, so in the past few days, Qiu Niang's family would wait for them to come back at the Yushu Village Ferry.

Although the path by the river is narrow and bumpy, it should be frequently walked by people, and the dirt is very solid.

Song Yushan walked quickly, turned over the hill, and saw a small village.

The houses and fields are well arranged.

There is also an old elm money tree at the head of the village. The purple-brown flower clusters are almost integrated with the trunk. If you don't look carefully, you won't notice that it is blooming.

Now that it was time for lunch, and after a little rest at home, many people went out with farm tools on their shoulders.

From a distance, I saw people on the mountain road entering the village.

There were few outsiders in the village, and everyone stared curiously.

It's a goose, a cat, and a woman, how weird it looks.

"Could it be a peddler who sells goose seedlings?"

"Which goose seedling salesman will come to our village? The supply of goose seedlings in the county is in short supply."

"Eh? Isn't that Fu Man Zhai's gold shopkeeper?"

"That's right, Miss Song's family has raised a big white goose, and I heard that she can read!"

"That's the Miss Song family? A lady from a great family, why is she dressed like a knight?"

"Shh, don't dare to talk too much. Miss Song's apprenticeship is Baishi Street Granny, who is very skilled in martial arts. Xu's second child who gossiped about her was broken in the street. I heard that she is also a witch, and she knows ghosts and gods!"

Everyone didn't dare to gossip anymore, "witch" and "wild ghosts and gods" are enough to make people taboo.

So when Song Yushan and the others entered the village and stopped under the old elm tree, no one dared to speak rashly, only dared to watch from a distance.

Song Yushan touched the trunk of the old elm tree, the top of the tree shook rustlingly, automatically without wind, as if responding.

This is a tree with enlightened wisdom.

This was Song Yushan's first time seeing an enlightened plant demon.

Different from animal monsters, plant monsters, even if they take shape, it is difficult to leave too far away from the place where they grow.

Because their incarnations are not body incarnations, but a humanoid avatar.

However, many plants have extremely long life spans, and the chance of becoming a demon is higher than that of animals.

The dryads that grow near human villages and towns like this, even if they have not yet transformed, make them more knowledgeable and closer to humans than the animal monsters in the mountains and forests.

There is no need for reeducation.

Song Yushan greeted the old elm tree, but the old elm tree couldn't speak, so he shook off the most energetic bunch of elm flowers on the tree and gave it to her.

If it is a plant demon with strong demonic power, it can also inject demonic power into a section of branch, leaf or flower of itself. If someone takes this branch, leaf or flower away, they can also use this support to see some things in other places.

But what the old elm tree gave was just ordinary elm coins.

Song Yushan thanked the old elm tree and put the elm money in his hair before continuing on the journey.

Although she had seen the map before coming and knew the general direction, the map was still too rough. She planned to go up the mountain at night when Master Ni came, so as not to waste time and waste time.

However, Song Yushan didn't plan to stay in the village for too long, her hearing was beyond the reach of ordinary people, and the whispers they thought they were whispering were all blown into her ears by the wind.

It is not surprising that the people in this village treat her with respect and distance.

Except for those who are acquainted with her, the attitude towards her in the county is similar to that of the people in Yushu Village.

Her image in the hearts of the people in the county is only better than that of her mother-in-law back then.

It's just that the mother-in-law voluntarily escapes from the world, does not want to make close friends with others, and rarely goes out.

And although she has gradually lived in seclusion since practicing cultivation, because her family runs the only bookstore in the county, all scholars cannot avoid her.

So I can only go to the bookstore, and keep her at a respectful distance at other times.

However, it has been three years since the mother-in-law passed away, and there has not been a single case where she has been asked to deal with demons and ghosts.

Beating up Xu's second son before only made the county people think she was not easy to mess with, but no one thought that she had inherited her mother-in-law's skills and was a powerful "witch".

After all, the "witch" is still old and looks more convincing.

I didn't know it before, but the rumors about her changed again, and it began to spread that she has ghosts and spirits.

It's getting closer to the truth.

Song Yushan shook his head, walked through the village, and went to the mountain on the east side.

After going up the mountain, along the mountain stream, to a beautiful rocky beach, Song Yushan said, "Let's settle down here first!"

The little orange cat stretched out its claws and volunteered to catch prey for everyone for dinner.

Grinding its claws for a thousand days, using its claws for a while, it's finally its turn to perform!

There were only one person and three demons present, and indeed only the only cub, the little orange cat, had hunting experience. He was invincible in the back garden of the Song Mansion, and chickens and ducks shunned.

Although Song Yushan was a little worried, he still nodded.

The little orange cat is not like the big white goose, it is a vegetarian, and it is not like Uncle Jin who is good at defense. After leaving her, if he has money in the town, he can still buy meat, but in the wild, he can only hunt by himself.

Song Yushan didn't want to raise it as a pet cat, she couldn't be responsible for it for a lifetime, and keeping it like this would be harming it.

Now here is not far from the village, the danger is relatively low, you can give it a try.

However, Song Yushan still drew a range for it, and it was not allowed to run too far, and it would call when it was in danger.

The little orange cat burrowed into the forest full of confidence.

The big white goose squinted at the classmate, so it didn't have to be so tired. It swayed and lay down in a clean grass under the shade of a tree.

It only needs to brew for a while, and it can lay a few eggs for the night's rations, without having to venture into the forest.

You can also take advantage of laying eggs to review what you learned yesterday, today's test is really bad!
This made him a good student who had always been a good student feel unwilling, and he must be ashamed to take the exam next time!
Jin Da once lived in the mountains and forests for a long time.

He is huge, slow-moving, and not good at hunting, but he knows where to find delicious wild fruits and vegetables, and even fungi.

He went out with a big pot on his back, just wanting to pick up some mountain products to make some fresh food for the young lady, so he also went into the forest.

Song Yushan turned the green bamboo Qiongzhi into a stick shape, wanting to hunt for some game like the little orange cat, and roast it for dinner at night.

Everyone dispersed and acted independently, but they were all near the mountain stream, and if there was an accident, others could hear it if they shouted.

(End of this chapter)