Exile at the beginning: I rule the world by drawing cards

Chapter 26 Chen Ergou is missing
After the children left, Qin Mengshang struggled to dig up the konjac with a small hoe.

The wild konjac is larger, and it took me a long time to dig it up before it was uprooted. After a rough measurement, it weighed about seven or eight pounds.There are a lot of konjac shipped, so I guess I need a big wooden basin to hold this one. Fortunately, the pot at home is big enough to cook konjac.

Not long after, Meng Tian also came over with prey. This time there were no rabbits, only two pheasants, but he also held a gray puppy in his arms.

Meng Tian put down the little thing and said: "My lord, I will eventually find this dog in the deep forest to the west. It has a disability in its left foot and cannot stand. It should be that the wolves were abandoned in the cave. If my lord doesn't dislike it, you can keep it in the cave." In the courtyard.”

The little guy was lying on the ground dying. He looked smaller than Jinbao. His left back was twisted in a weird posture, and his gray fur was stained with blood.

Qin Mengshang reached out and touched its head. The little guy was quite fierce. It stood up tremblingly and was about to bite.

Maybe it's because there is a dog at home, and seeing the little guy's weak appearance makes him feel distressed.

"It's okay to raise one, but there's no harm in raising two. It's just a good idea to bring them back to Jinbao as a companion,"

Qin Mengshang picked up the little wolf cub. The little guy probably didn't feel any hostility, so he put down his guard and didn't open his mouth to bite again.

It was still early when he returned to the village, and Qin Mengshang carried his things to Old Man Hu's house as usual.

Old man Hu was sitting in the yard weaving bamboo baskets. When he saw her coming to the door again, he put down his things and came over, "What good things did you bring this time?"

"Unlucky today, I only caught two pheasants. Let's see how heavy they are."

Old Man Hu weighed it and went back to the house to get a scale.

Two pheasants weigh four pounds and eight taels, which is calculated as 65 Wen.After he counted the coins and came out, he turned around and caught a glimpse of the little thing sleeping in the basket on his back. He raised his eyebrows and said, "Picked it up on the mountain? Is it a wolf or a dog?"

"The dog," Qin Mengshang said vaguely, "is lame on its left leg and was thrown up the mountain by someone."

Old Man Hu took a closer look and found that the posture of the left hind leg was really weird. He also saw that there was a big black man underneath the little guy. He couldn't help but ask: "What are you digging for?"

"Konjak is the head of Konjac."

When Old Man Hu heard this, he was surprised, "Why did you dig this thing back? It's poisonous! During the famine a few years ago, Lao Qian's grandson dug up a piece of konjac in the mountains and brought it back. After eating it, he suffered from vomiting and diarrhea. , still foaming at the mouth! Fortunately, a barefoot doctor passed by at that time and saved the person, otherwise he would have died!"

Old Man Hu repeatedly advised her to throw away the things quickly.

This was dug out after a lot of hard work. How could Qin Meng Shang be willing to throw it away?
"This is edible, as long as it's taken care of."

Old Man Hu didn't believe it. He was already half-buried, and he had never seen anyone still alive and kicking after eating konjac.He also thought that the Zhou family had to rely on his daughter-in-law to go hunting in the mountains to make a living. I was afraid that the blame would not be revealed again, so I gave her some advice.

"I heard that Dr. Lu used to collect konjac as medicine. In this case, I will go to town tomorrow to help you find out if Dr. Lu is back. Your konjac looks quite big. It should be sold for three to five hundred yuan."

Qin Mengshang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He had planned all the business opportunities for her, for fear that she would be eaten.

"Uncle Hu, I know what to do with konjac. I hope you can try it when it's ready."

Old Man Hu: "..."

His grandson hasn't gotten married yet, so he doesn't want to leave so soon.

Qin Mengshang smiled, picked up the basket and left the Hu house.When passing by the village, I saw a lot of people gathered at Li Zheng's house from a distance.There were people standing inside and outside the courtyard. The men had gone to work and had not yet come back. Most of them were women.

As I got closer, I found that Mrs. Ji was also there, and Widow Zhang was standing on the other side of the crowd.

When Widow Zhang saw Qin Mengshang coming, she rolled her eyes, cursed secretly and left.

Qin Mengshang was too lazy to pay attention to her. He walked to Ji and asked, "Sister-in-law Zhao, what happened?"

"What can it be? Isn't Aunt Zhu making trouble for her son again?"

Mrs. Ji was still carrying the vegetable basket and was about to go back to cook when she heard some movement at Li Zheng's house and quickly turned over to watch the excitement.

Qin Mengshang looked inside.

Li was sitting on the threshold, his old face full of ravines tightly wrinkled, looking at Zhu who was rolling on the ground, helpless.

"Why are you crying here? He's as old as Ergouzi. Doesn't he know he's coming back? It's not dark yet, so I don't know where he went for fun."

At first, Ms. Zhu made a lot of noise about her son's blindness, which made the whole neighborhood uneasy. It took a few days to calm down, but who wants to come to the door again today to say that her son is missing?
He was right, and he should take care of the affairs of the village, but could he take care of Chen Ergou's legs?

Mrs. Zhu sat on the ground and clapped her thighs, crying: "It would be fine if my two dogs didn't come back for a day, but it's been a day and a night, and there's still no sign of anyone! The village is so big, and I've also asked the doctor in the town. The people at the hotel said that he took the medicine and left the day before yesterday. How could this good, living person disappear for no reason?"

After hearing this, Qin Mengshang and Ji had a tacit understanding and wanted to go together.

Chen Ergou appeared on the river embankment yesterday afternoon. How could he suddenly disappear?
Not only they saw Chen Ergou yesterday, but many people in the village also saw him:
"Aunt Zhu, I saw your two dogs fetching water from the well yesterday afternoon."

"Yes, I saw it too. At that time, I asked him if his eyes were feeling better. He told me that he had just changed the medicine and it was almost healed."

"I'm afraid Ergouzi has been delayed for something. He might be back in the evening. Aunt Zhu, don't worry too much."

Although Mrs. Zhu is not a very good person at ordinary times and always likes to argue over trivial matters, she is an orphan and a widower. Chen Ergou is blind in one eye and has not come back for a day and a night. This is really worrying.

Everyone tried to persuade them, and Mrs. Zhu finally rested.

Old Mrs. Chen stepped forward to help her up and said comfortingly: "Go back first. If she hasn't come back tonight, we will look for her again."

Mrs. Zhu was persuaded to leave, and the spectators gradually dispersed.

Qin Mengshang and Ji went back together. Ji thought of seeing Chen Ergou on the river embankment yesterday, and for some reason, she felt very panicked.

When he was almost at the door of his house, he pulled Qin Mengshang and said, "Meng Meng, do you think nothing will happen to Chen Ergou? He almost drowned in the river last time. Will he -" this time?

"Sister-in-law, don't worry. There are so many people working on the river embankment. If he really falls, someone will definitely see him. Besides, didn't someone just say that they saw him fetching water from the well in the afternoon?"

That's true, but Qin Mengshang himself also had doubts in his heart.

Yesterday, I saw that the direction Chen Ergou was going was towards the upper reaches of the Xunjiang River. The embankment was built along the river, and the land above was deserted for a long time. What else was he going to do?
Mrs. Ji sighed deeply, and the two of them went home with their own concerns.

(End of this chapter)