The new era of chaos begins in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 5: Rural Taibao, Sharpshooter on the Ridge ([-])

Since the incident involving Chen Congfang's demon transformation, Chenjiacun has regained its peace.

Chen Ergou lay on the bed board for more than half a month, his muscles aching and numb, and his whole body felt uncomfortable. Only his once-depleted physical strength had recovered a lot.

Er Gou was not lying on the bed in vain, he begged his mother to borrow books from the village chief Chen Zongfu's house. The only people in the village who had books were Goddess Cai of the Earth Temple and the village chief's house.

Although Cai Shenpo is married into the Chen family, no one dares to visit her when they have nothing to do, and the same goes for borrowing things.

It is said that the books in the village chief's home were gifts from nobles of the same clan. A large box of books would be taken out to show off during festivals, and he would name his children according to the books.

It’s just that Chen Zongfu is also ignorant, he only knows a lot of big characters, and he made a lot of jokes when he was wearing Zhang Guanli. The son was named "Cong Fang", so Fang caused such a disaster.

Perhaps out of gratitude that Ergou had taken the trouble for the village chief and his family, when Ergou and his wife came to borrow a book, the village chief Chen Zongfu not only readily lent it to him, but even generously presented him with an abridged manuscript of "Taiping Guangji: The Heroic Chapter" Chen Ergou.

Ergou Madam is extremely grateful for this. Even though Ergou Madam is illiterate, in the eyes of her and almost all the villagers, any paper with words on it is a sacred and precious thing. Let alone a book full of words.

Because of this incident, Chen Ergou had a very good sense of the village chief.

But on this day, an angry voice suddenly sounded at the door of the house: "You son of a bitch! You son of a bitch! The old man has been waiting for you for more than half a month, and you are so damn good! You still have to wait for the old man to ask you what to do!"

Chen Ergou couldn't help shivering when he heard the yelling, he hurriedly got up from the bed, and was about to go out to meet him.

Ergou didn't spend half a month in vain, he learned a lot about things in the village from his mother's nagging, and the key points were Goddess Cai and that violent old man back then.

This old man is not an outsider, but a cousin of Mr. Chen Ergou. He ranks seventh in the family. When he was a teenager, he was recruited to follow Chen Zhizhong, a famous minister in the Renzong era, to suppress Wang Lun's rebellion (this Wang Lun was not Wang Lun of Liangshan Po). He was extremely brave. .

Of course, the reason why Qibo was able to follow Prime Minister Chen Zhizhong was that a distant relative in the family was a general in Chen Zhizhong's house. In ancient times, when generals led troops to fight, they usually recruited brave men from their hometown to serve as their personal followers, including Qibo. The descendants of a group of clans included in this group benefited from the honor of being related to each other.

However, the original group of Chen family disciples were not ashamed. There were a number of brave men among them. Qibo was considered one of the best among them, but he was not the strongest.

The strongest guy is an elder from the village chief Chen Zongfu's branch.

That guy really pushed hard, charged into the battle, and took credit for capturing the flag. Not to mention his achievements in escorting the commander out of danger several times, and even leading a turnaround, it was enough for him to embark on the same journey as other members of the same race. A different path.

Let's talk about the Qibo himself. This Qibo suppressed rebellions and bandits internally, and fought with the Xixia people externally, fighting decades of old wars.

It's just that for some reason, the seventh uncle always came to talk about being a teenager, and in the year when he knew his destiny, he gave up all his achievements and brought a pretty widow back to the village to settle down.

You guessed right, that pretty widow is Goddess Cai. According to Ergou, that old chicken woman was very aggressive when she was young. All the old and young men were bewitched by that coquettish hoof.

Fortunately, the seventh uncle was good at beating, and he almost beat up all the men in the village, including the guard dog with a handle. After that, no one dared to take a look at the beauty of Goddess Cai.

The seventh uncle and Goddess Cai did not live in a house in the village, but in the earth temple at the entrance of the village.That Goddess Cai has some miraculous abilities, and the two of them cooperated perfectly with each other, and they have done a lot of great things to exorcise evil spirits and demons in the ten miles and eight villages, and they have a great reputation.

As a result, no one dared to offend him, and he was nicknamed the "Three Hundred Miles Demon-Suppressing Taibao".

When the demon-suppressing eunuch from the countryside came to visit, Chen Ergou really didn't dare to act recklessly.

Just like Ergou's mother said, this seventh uncle is really not easy to get along with. If he is provoked, not to mention humans, even cats and dogs will be beaten severely.

Especially this fellow has passed the age of seventy and can do whatever he pleases without transgressing the rules, but he is still alive and kicking and can kill a cow with one punch. Big girl and little daughter-in-law, well, no one can do anything except sue Goddess Cai.

Chen Ergou didn't want to be beaten. He didn't even have time to put on his hemp shoes or put down the book in his hand, so he hurried out to greet him.

In front of Uncle Qi, Ergou Changji lay on the ground, and said in his mouth, "Oh! Uncle Qi will forgive you! My nephew is here to greet you, old man!"

It was the first time for the old guy to see such a respectful and courteous junior. He was so surprised that he had no time to get angry. He just crossed his hands and said angrily: "Since you brat can walk, why don't you come to visit me?!"

Er Gou stood up, pretending to be remorseful, and said: "My little nephew is in good shape, and I'm about to prepare some gifts and come to thank Uncle Qi, but it's my nephew's fault that Uncle Qi waited impatiently! If Uncle Qi is not angry, he can beat me to vent his anger."

The old guy saw Ergou bowing his head and looking submissive, but he shouted in a sullen voice: "You are a well-behaved bitch, and your words are so arrogant that you won't be angry! Let me ask you a question, old man. , what gifts have you prepared to come to thank me?! The old man will see if he likes it, and if he does, he will just take it away. "

"This..." Ergou was really confused at the moment, he just made an excuse and said casually, who would have thought that this old thing would ask directly with a red mouth and white teeth, where would he go to inspect the gift for him!
But if he directly said that he was not really prepared, not to mention that it would appear that Ergou was too hypocritical, he would have to ask for a good beating, so Chen Ergou's brain was working at an unprecedented speed.

Suddenly, he had an idea, and said: "Uncle Qi, you also know that I have no strength to restrain a chicken. Although I have thousands of clever ideas in my mind, it is always difficult to put them into action. Therefore, this gift must always be considered in the long term. I beg my old lady to search for more, in short, it will be ready one by one in a few days."

The old guy was not easy to fool, he stared at the bull's eyes with two copper bells suddenly, but it was like a diamond glaring, and said with a sneer: "You bastard, are you trying to coax the old man!"

Ergou shook his head repeatedly and said: "How dare I fool Qi Bo? I must know that your old man's fists are not vegetarian. I learned some skills from Yi Ya (a famous chef in ancient times) in the book, and I just want to show off my skills to honor all the elders. , It’s just that we don’t have the ingredients, so it’s difficult to realize the plan.”

The old man snorted, raised his eyebrows and said in a concentrated voice: "You son of a bitch, what you say is not true, but cunning. Usually, you are quite honest. I don't want to see you in just a few days, but you are used to talking about words like this. A veteran scholar who has been working for decades is nothing more than this. Could it be that you are a literary genius?!"

But Er Gou was startled and said quickly, "Qibo really looks down on people! I borrowed a lot of books from the village chief's house. Although I have been bedridden these days, I have been studying hard and learned a lot from books." Reasonable, speaking and doing things are naturally very different from the past.”

The old man smoothed the gray beard under his chin and said calmly: "I guess what you said is right. Let me ask you, you want to prepare a gift to thank me. What ingredients are you missing? Let me see if I can get it for you. "

Er Gou rolled his eyes and pretended to be happy and said: "I have a lot of shortages, such as lamb ribs with meat, large pieces of beef tenderloin or venison rump, seventeen or eight catties of red carp... and rice wine, Soybean paste (soy sauce), vinegar, fine salt, flax, sesame oil..."

"Wait! Wait! Are you trying to amuse the old man! Who can use such extravagant things to eat?!" The old man suddenly became impatient after hearing what Ergou said.

It should be noted that what Ergou mentioned, except for rice wine and vinegar, which are more common, the rest are almost rare things that are scarce in the countryside.

Mutton ribs with meat are the essence of a sheep, and the people who can casually eat lamb ribs with meat these days are almost all the families of Zhu Di, a noble family.

Not to mention beef tenderloin, cattle are one of the most precious means of production these days, second only to the fundamental thing of land, killing cattle is a serious crime that is expressly prohibited, even powerful and powerful families dare not brazenly You can't eat beef, let alone a large sirloin.

There is no limit to venison, but it needs a sufficiently skilled hunter to get it.

There is a saying: Qin lost its deer, and the whole world pursued it.

Although this remark reflects the situation of fighting for hegemony in the world, it also reflects the fact from another aspect that hunting deer is not an easy task, and it is difficult for hunters who are not truly outstanding to gain anything.

Let's talk about the red carp weighing [-] or [-] pounds. A large fish of this size can be considered a dragon species. As the saying goes, it is difficult to raise a real dragon in shallow water. It can only be found in large rivers or vast water pools.

I want to explain here, don't compare it with the flooded carp in a lighthouse house. That guy's stomach full of hormones and heavy metals is purely obese.

The truly pure and natural wild red carp, once it grows to the level of more than ten kilograms, has a body shape somewhat similar to that of tuna in the sea, and it definitely lives up to its name as a dragon species.

As for soy sauce, fine salt, flax and flax oil, they are not luxury items that ordinary small households can afford.

Uncle Qi is a person who has really seen the world, so he naturally knows that it is more difficult for a poor boy in the country to get together than to reach the sky.

It's just that he didn't know if the two dogs were really ignorant or fearless, or if they were just shaking the old man on purpose.

(End of this chapter)