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As Chu Huai proposed to purchase agricultural and livelihood products, the attitude of Lao Wang’s family towards him became more enthusiastic.
Seeing that he had a good appetite and there was no more food on the table, Lao Wang asked his wife to cook a large pot of noodles and make a few omelets. Their guest must be entertained and happy.
Chu Huai was also not polite and let go of his stomach to eat.
The abilities that he had before rebirth came with him and as an awakened person, he has a lot more appetite than ordinary people.
He rested at Lao Wang’s house that evening.
After breakfast the next day, Lao Wang took them to the village chief’s house.
Whether it is buying jade stones or agricultural products, it is related to the interests of all people in Zaoer Village, and it is not a small business.
The village head of Zaoer village is a fat old man in his fifties with a gentle face and a smile like that of a Maitreya Buddha
It is said that Chu Huai will not only buy a large amount of jade stones but also pre-order agricultural and homemade products in the village next year. The village chief, like Lao Wang, was also extremely excited.
In fact, there are a lot of mountain products produced in their village every year, but because of the terrain, they can only rely on the villagers to travel through the mountains and rivers to carry them to the nearby small towns and villages to sell them.
The price of this kind of sale is naturally not high, so every family has to suffer from poverty.
It was only two years ago that Li Guojun came here accidentally, letting them know that the stones in the mountains could also be sold for money, and relying on Li Guojun’s sales, they got a little more subsidy.
Now that the big business of Chu Huai has come, the village chief takes it very seriously.
Not only were the more prominent and prestigious elderly people in the village called over to greet them, but they were also very honest and sincere when talking about prices. The prices of jade, wool, and agricultural and homemade products were all actively cheaper.
Chu Huai had no opinion on this, and he was naturally willing to save some money.
As for the scheduled purchase of agricultural and sideline products, he was indirectly helping the villagers here to stock up on food. The price didn’t matter, he only gave a deposit of tens of thousands of yuan.
However, the villagers are required to vacuum-pack all agricultural and homemade products and Zaoer village does not have a machine to do it.
The village head was a little puzzled about this, and wondered, didn’t the food factory take the food and packaged it themselves?
But just vacuum packaging is not a big deal, so the village chief didn’t ask much in the end, he simply nodded, and memorized his requirements and delivery time in the notebook seriously.
The other villagers all stood by with simple smiles and watched the excitement, full of yearning for a more prosperous future life.
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He found that the village in this mountain was very peculiar, it was indeed a poor valley, but it was still different from others.
This is not simply poverty, but more like a backward village with a complete social system.
The system and customs of clan ancestral halls are still preserved here. Many idle elderly people are practicing calligraphy with brushes, and most of the villagers seem to be quite literary.
In addition, there is a Taoist building that looks very old in the village.
Chu Huai couldn’t tell how many years that Taoist temple had existed. He only felt that it was solemn and sacred. The signs on the temple were those used in the Qin period as small seals.
If it was not built deliberately in the later period, then it has been passed down thousands of years ago.
It is hard to imagine that a Taoist temple have been preserved in such a complete way under such open-air wind and sun without professional maintenance, and it is really strange that the government has not yet listed it as a “Protected Site”.
“What will we do when we move out? The air, water, and soil outside are not as good as here. Our ancestors have been rooted here for generations. Being poor makes things a little inconvenient, but life is still comfortable…”
The village head didn’t explain much to his question, he just smiled and answered so.
“That’s being said, but the mountains are really remote. If there is a natural disaster then it would not be easy to rescue you, if you were in a town then there will be government agencies there and they will also provide some kind of care. The national policy has become very good.”
The village chief didn’t explain much, and Chu Huai didn’t go into details, but he tried his best to persuade the village chief to bring people out of the mountain.
When there are only zombies in the early apocalypse, a mountain village like this far away from the crowd is the safest.
But when the mutant beasts appeared later on, the only place for humans to survive on was the base, and such barren mountains and ridges all became the nests of the mutant beasts.
He can only help the villagers to collect food for the early start of the last days, but it would be better if everyone is willing to move out now.
However, the villagers in Zaoer village are very stubborn, and they simply reply to him they don’t want to go out anyway.
“It’s okay. People in our ancestral home know Chinese medicine. You can go see them if you are sick. Don’t worry about natural disasters. We are blessed by our ancestors; our village has not suffered a disaster since ancient times…”
Everyone spoke with such pride that Chu Huai had no choice but to give up.
However, Li Guojun came and told him quietly, don’t look at the poor and broken Zaoer village, the villagers here are terribly stubborn, and no one can match their temper.
In fact, the government originally wanted to develop the village because of the ruins and the Taoist temples, but it angered everyone. The villagers tied up the government officials directly and hung them onto the cliff to frighten them for a few days.
After that, the official went back and became ill, with sores growing all over his body overnight, which couldn’t be cured no matter what.
In the end, someone suggested that the officials should come back to the Taoist temple in the village to worship there so that their illnesses would heal. After that, the government gave up the idea of protecting the site and allowed the villagers to develop freely.
Li Guojun said it so mysteriously while Chu Huai also listened in deep thought.
Others may still doubt whether these rumors are exaggerated, but he has seen all kinds of strange things in the last days, he understands that these things are true.
It seems that this Zaoer village should have an expert with them so the villagers are confident and they will not move out of the mountain, so he can only bless them silently.
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After discussing the transaction with the village chief, Chu Huai continued to live in the village and waited for the villagers to dig jade stones.
Li Guojun left on the third day after getting his cheque for the toll.
There is no internet in the mountains, and the signal is not good. In addition to practicing Kungfu, Chu Huai’s daily life consisted of just wandering in the village.
The village chief also knew that people like him from the city were not comfortable with the boring life in the mountain village, so he specially sent someone to accompany him to watch the scenery everywhere and pass the time.
Out of curiosity, he was very interested in the ancient Taoist temple in the village and euphemistically expressed whether he could visit it.
Originally, the villagers did not allow outsiders to visit their Taoist temples, but Chu Huai didn’t look like a bad person, and he allowed them to make money, so the village chief agreed that he could observe at the door.
As for whether they could enter or not, he heard that in the Taoist temple, no one in their village can enter except for people in the ancestral family.
Chu Huai didn’t mind and enthusiastically followed the village chief’s son to visit. When the end of the world comes, he was afraid that he would not have this kind of leisure and opportunity.
The village chief’s son is Luo Xuebin. He has a simple appearance and an honest personality. He is very good at talking and he basically knows the answers to most things about the village.
The history of the village is no secret, so he had no qualms answering Chu Huai’s questions.
He heard from the other party that their village has a history of thousands of years, and it is true that only people in the ancestral lineage have the things passed down from their ancestors, before others later on joined the village.
Therefore, as the most solemn and sacred Taoist temple in the village, only people from the ancestral house can enter.
And the people in the ancestral house are also very powerful, with profound knowledge and superb medical skills- the whole group is a group of awesome experts!
“But there are fewer and fewer people in the ancestral family. The patriarch went out a few days ago and has not returned yet…”
Luo Xuebin gave him popular rumors about the long history of the village, and he also sighed.
“Why are there fewer and fewer people?”
Chu Huai listened with great gusto and wanted to visit the so-called ancestral home line from the other party’s mouth.
In the last days of the last life, Taoist priests and monks were the most powerful beings. If he could make friends with them, it would be good to ask the other party to teach him some skills without asking for a treasured magic weapon.
After the end of the world, the things that were once regarded as fanciful and contemptuous have returned to their glorious era.
Although he has a superpower, he is only of the speed element and has no attack power. If he can learn the legendary ancient martial arts, his chances of survival in the end times will be much greater in the future.
“I don’t know. People in the ancestral house don’t get married. They don’t marry women in the village. They don’t bring them back when they go out to find a wife. They only bring their children home. I heard that it is an ancestral rule…”
Luo Xuebin scratched his head as he was not particularly clear on the reason as to why this was so.
“Your village really has a long history…”
Chu Huai listened with a smile and admired but did not delve into it, so as not to inquire too much and make the villagers unhappy, he continued to wander around and visit.
He wondered how he could meet the expert here and make friends.
In the next few days, Chu Huai ran around the Taoist Temple without incident, hoping to meet an expert and beg for a life-saving talisman.
But unfortunately, although the legend of Zaoer village is very mysterious, there is no mysterious expert in the village as he imagined.
He met the so-called ancestral family members of the village, but those people at best knew Chinese medicine and painted Taoist symbols but they did not have the power of Taoism or ancient martial arts that he remembered seeing in the last days.
He even tried to secretly scan them with his abilities, there were no strong energy fluctuations in those people, and there was no one hiding.
Also, there is not much of that kind of powerful expert in the last days, how can he be run into one so casually?
Although he didn’t meet an expert, he gained a lot in Zaoer village.
He checked the jade stone that the villagers helped him dig out with his abilities, and not surprisingly, most of the stones contained jade.
Although most of the quality is ordinary, there is also a small part of good jade, the value of which is far higher than the cost he spent, and there are also some unexpected delights of the best jade.
There was not much time, and half a month was wasted in Zaoer village. After the stone purchase was completed, Chu Huai was about to leave.
Due to the inconvenient transportation in Zaoer village and the inaccessibility of cars, the village head organized the villagers to help him carry the stone to the foot of the mountain so that it was convenient for him to call for transportation.
When the villagers returned, Chu Huai was not in a hurry to pack the stone into the space and leave.
Instead, he stayed at the foot of the mountain at night, making sure to check that there was no one around before waving his hand to use the space. The end of the world has not yet begun, so he must act carefully.
But as the saying goes… accidents are inevitable.
“I have seen through you, you have that mysterious space, you are Zifang-jun!”
A small head suddenly appeared behind the big stone not far away, holding a flashlight and swaying at him naughty and grinning.
Chu Huai saw clearly who was on the other side, and suddenly he felt a bit fearful and angry.
He was a little irritable and had always been cold towards others so he said, “Can you please stop following me!”
Thanks for the chapter!
Oh? Who’s his little stalker?
Little head? Who??
Hmm, so the men in the ancestral family never marry, they just disappear down the mountain for a while and then come back with a kid. Glances at tags How very mysterious, I wonder why they do that.
This comment of yours made .me check the tags more carefully 🤭
Guess the ancestral family people can conceive !!! That must be it..
Someone said there are mpreg, so with the men going out and coming back with children, how’d they even get pregnant in the first place 😳🤨