Mugui

Chapter 86

Yang Mu decided to stay in the county for one more night today, and to go back to the bandits' cottage tomorrow, at least until the decoration here is completed before moving in.

At noon, when Yang Mu had finished making two ovens and was lighting firewood to dry them, the cook from the Jin Mansion came.

Yang Mu happened to be cooking, so he cooked more than a dozen dishes and taught the cook every detail.

Yang Shitou looked at more than a dozen dishes on the table, and he was dazed. He asked cutely, "Is it Chinese New Year today?"

Yang Mu rubbed his soft hair amusedly, and said, "You can still eat delicious food during the New Year!"

The cook had tasted every dish, and she was astonished. She saw this dish from beginning to end, and it seemed that there was nothing special about it except for the fire control and the order of the seasonings.

If it is special, it is that there are a few strange powders that she has never seen before.

It's not really anything special, just powdered coriander, basil, toon and fennel.

There are a lot of these spices in the back mountain of Zhupo Village, but no one picked them. Yang Mu transplanted a lot of them to the ancestral house, and some were dried and ground into powder.

Those transplanted spices were killed by a fire, and now only the powder remains.

Yang Mu distributed some spice powder to the cook, thinking about going back to Zhupo Village some other day to transplant some spices into the house he just bought.

But Lin Xiao was busy all afternoon, and finally bought fresh bamboo shoots and milk for Qiuqiu.

Qiuqiu is very happy. He can drink pots of milk and eat bamboo shoots. He feels that Xiongsheng has reached the peak.

Hei Daya ran around in the yard with a small sandbag he found somewhere unknown, and used it as a toy for himself.

Yang Mu looked at the yard he had just acquired, and felt a little bit embarrassed. When the yard is finished, he will move out of the bandit's den and live here.

Anyway, the rebuilding of the ancestral house is a huge project, at least a month or so to complete, plus decoration, it will take even longer.

……

Cockscomb Mountain.

On the evening of the second day after Yang Mu and others left, the bandit army finally returned.

The cottage that had been quiet for four or five days suddenly became lively.

Seeing that Yang Mu and the others did not come to greet her, Cao Mudan didn't say anything, her face was already a little disappointed.

Chunhua and Xinghua told several people that Yang Mu and others had gone down the mountain, and Cao Mudan had a smile on his face.

Xinghua was originally smiling, but when she saw the three people tied up behind the bandits, the smile on her face froze.

Those are her parents and brother.

Her three close relatives, the bitter and indifferent faces when they sold her before were gone, replaced by a cautious and sad look.

They were all thin, and the faces of their father and brother were bruised.

Cao Mudan shouted to the bandits: "I have snatched three coolies! Let them work for us from now on!"

The bandits laughed loudly and joked.

After a while, Xinghua bit her lip and ran away.

Her three relatives didn't dare to raise their heads from the beginning to the end, so naturally they didn't see that Xinghua was among the bandits.

A female bandit in the crowd walked around Xinghua's brother twice, and said with a smile, "Boy, you look like a dog. If you don't want to be a coolie in our cottage, you can still be my son-in-law."

Xinghua's elder brother was trembling and kept hiding behind his parents, not daring to speak at all.

Wu Dawan smiled at the female bandit: "Young man doesn't know the taste of soft food. After he works for a few days, he will know that it is most comfortable for you to marry him."

All the bandits laughed.

……

When Yang Mu dragged his family back to the bandit's stronghold, they were once again stopped by Er Niu on the watchtower.

Yang Mu looked at Er Niu's squinting eyes and looked at them eagerly, and really wanted to give him glasses.

"Er Niu, it's me, Yang Mu!" She shouted loudly.

Er Niu is very good at distinguishing people by hearing voices, so he hurriedly greeted the village to open the door.

Under Er Niu's loud shouts, all the bandits knew that Yang Mu had returned with Mr. Yazhai and his younger brother, so they put down their work and came over.

With the experience from last time, Yang Mu was less fearful this time. He greeted everyone and headed towards Cao Mudan's room.

Wu Dawan ran out happily, saw Yang Mu and the others, hurriedly embraced Yang Shitou with a smile on his face, and said to Yang Mu, "Come in, your grandmother has prepared a gift for you!"

Yang Shitou still liked this grandfather who was always smiling, and he happily pulled his beard.

Wu Dawan was not angry either, and led Yang Mu and his wife inside.

Cao Mudan stretched her neck to look around the moment before Yang Mu came in, but when Yang Mu appeared, she immediately looked away, looked left and right, as if she didn't care.

After Yang Mu and his wife sat down, Xinghua smiled and came to serve tea.

Cao Mudan had been building up in her mind for a long time, and when she finally wanted to take the initiative to talk to Yang Mu, she suddenly heard a loud cry outside the door.

"My lord, you are back!"

Outside the door, a mountain stepped over the threshold with its head bowed, and walked in quickly. It was Lu Shan.

The voice was so loud that it knocked down a lot of dust from the roof.

Cao Mudan's face turned dark when he saw Lu Shan. This big guy has not stopped fighting with others these few days. He beat up all the bandits in the cottage, even Fang Fugui.

Last night she couldn't stand it anymore, she had a fight with Lu Shan, and she was actually at a disadvantage. You must know that she is the peak of the seventh rank, and a master who has faintly entered the sixth rank!In the entire Baiyun County, no one is her opponent!
Then Lu Shan can beat her, there is only one possibility, Lu Shan is a sixth-rank master!
Lu Shan saluted Lin Xiao beamingly, and stood behind Lin Xiao very naturally.

The bandits present were all stunned, this big man who had beaten all the invincible men in the village, actually saluted the villager?
This is the first time Cao Mudan has seriously examined her grandson-in-law.

She knew that Lu Shan was Lin Xiao's companion, but she didn't know that he was the master and servant.

With a sixth-grade master as a servant, what is the identity of the master?
There was no emotion on Lin Xiao's face, and he said softly to Yang Mu: "Didn't you say that grandma prepared a gift for you? You talk to grandma, and I'll go out for a while."

Just now Lu Shan blinked at him, obviously he had something to say.

Yang Mu knew that Lin Xiao must have something to deal with, so he nodded and said, "You are busy."

Lin Xiao got up, bowed hands slightly to Cao Mudan and Wu Dawan, and took Lu Shan out.

Seeing Lin Xiao disappearing at the door, Cao Mudan told the surrounding bandits to go out. Fang Fugui wanted to hug Yang Shitou a long time ago, but Wu Dawan kept hugging him.Now that it was finally in his hands, he cheerfully took Yang Shitou and raised his chin to let Xiaodouding pull his beard.

When only the grandparent and grandson were left in the room, Cao Mudan asked, "What is this kid's background?"

Yang Mu didn't know whether Lin Xiao still needed to hide his identity, so he could only shrug his shoulders, expressing that he didn't know.

Cao Mudan looked at her husband who picked someone up and asked, "Do you know?"

Wu Dawan was stunned. When he was picking someone up, that kid was unconscious. He only thought he was beautiful, so he made a good-looking man for his grandson-in-law.

(End of this chapter)