Taoyuan

There are too many people in the field and it can't be done easily. Maybe it's because Hou Bai finally suffered a lot and repented. In short, since the peach thieves were interrupted by a leg and had to go back with their feet crossed, they never lost their memory. The thief came to patronize the peach trees planted around the Taoyuan Tavern, which also allowed Hou Bai to enjoy the peaches when they were harvested.What was left from his mouth was divided among the wealthy guests who passed by to rest in the tavern, adding to the income of the tavern.

So, Hou Bai finally happily dissipated the worry of "what if the nearby villagers are angered and come to make trouble" behind his mind.

Winter is over, and the weather is getting hotter and hotter every day, and the big sun like a stove hangs in the sky every day, making people anxious.

The tavern has adapted to the time of day and changed its opening time to before Chen in the morning and after Wei in the afternoon.

Although God still has trouble with people, there are still many people wearing bamboo hats and straw hats to cultivate in the fields from morning to night.

"Let me tell you, the weather this year is actually better than in previous years." It was the leisure time in the store, and Hou Bai stood under the eaves with a tea bowl in his hand, squinting his eyes slightly and looking into the distance, "A few years ago, at this time , the creek next to our tavern should have started to reduce its flow. I went to see it this morning, and its water level has dropped by less than half of last year. It's going to dry up completely."

"That's really great, a little bit of moisture is good for everyone!" Hearing the good news, Jiaojiao was the first to join in with a happy face.After all, she was a water snake demon, a poor little demon who almost died of drought and sunburn.

"That's very good. While there is no shortage of water at this time, Hou Bai, remove all the curtains in the tavern, and transport them to the stream to wash them." Listening to their conversation, Yu Tao suddenly remembered the tavern's opening date. The curtain, which has been in use now and has never been cleaned, put down the script and shouted to Hou Bai outside the door.

"Ah, the king really likes Uncle Hou." Xiaoxiao sighed enviously, and Jiaojiao pursed his lips and looked at Hou Bai.

For some reason, Hou Bo's figure seemed a little stiff.

Is it because you are too happy?

"Okay, okay, come right away." Hou Bai complained in his heart, and while answering loudly to Yu Tao who will send people, he lowered his head and rubbed the top of Jiaojiao's hair vigorously, and said a word in a low voice in response. With her, "Jiaojiao is still young, when you grow up and learn the skills, the store will naturally value you. Be good, go in and play, remember to drink more water, it's hot outside."

"...Can I help you, Uncle Hou? I quite like staying by the stream, even in the water in my original form!"

Shopkeeper Yu's attention is really not a good thing. He just likes to keep squeezing his subordinates to work. Jiaoyou... Why are you so stubborn?Seeing the little girl's face full of unconcealable wishes to "make contributions and be praised by the king to reach the pinnacle of demon life", Hou Bai couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth, both relieved and sad: "Okay, you will come with me."

The author has something to say: I am so happy to find that my collection has increased by three~!Just as a New Year gift [enough

Happy New Year's Day everyone~ Come on in 2017~

☆、Mutual benefit

Taking stock of the account books of his tavern over the past few months, Yu Tao's mood is getting better and better.

When he accepted Chu Qiuming's suggestion and agreed to allow the guests to pay their bills with various goods instead of gold and silver, he was still worried about whether the tavern would lose money.Although the current profit on the ledger is not as neat as it was when the cashier was the only cashier, it is obviously much richer.

Thinking about it this way, when he followed old man Yu to open a tavern in Beidi, he really didn't know how much money he lost.

The old man doesn't know how to do business so well. Fortunately, he met himself, a righteous monster who obeyed karma, who was able to help him.Otherwise, let alone the last wish of making the tavern flourish and open all over the nine counties in the world, it is his ancestors' blessing to keep the tavern open in this year.

...Although he became the shopkeeper himself, after returning to his hometown and reopening the tavern, he is not much better than him.

Chu Qiuming's idea is quite useful.

Perhaps, their backyard can be expanded and a variety of dishes can be ordered. If the guests can't eat, they can take it to the county town to exchange for other useful things. If this continues, it feels like they will soon be able to save enough money to open a second tavern!

So, when Chu Qiuming came back, he found that Yu Tao's attitude towards him was so kind that he was in a hurry.

He cared about whether he was tired on the road, and whether the room assigned to him was comfortable in the hot weather!He even smiled to himself!It's so rare to see him smile...

Just like the spring breeze blowing, the peach blossoms are trembling slightly, so beautiful.

Dazed by the gentleness and initiative and the faint smile, which is rare for a monster in his heart, Chu Qiuming, who was flattered, struggled to maintain a semblance of reason:

After watching hysteria for others, he was not tired at all when he walked back under the sun!

His room in the backyard is fine except that the place is a little smaller and the light is a little darker!

So, shopkeeper, do you need my help?

"No, why do you think so?" Looking at him strangely, Yu Tao shook his head, "Your face is very red, drink some water, did something happen?"

Chu Qiuming subconsciously touched his hot cheeks, took the teacup he handed over, and laughed: "Yeah, I don't know where all those evil spirits suddenly came from. There are many more people who are unlucky to be possessed."

Since Chu Qiuming and Yu Tao "cured" Mr. Jiang in the county mansion, and explained to him the cause of his illness, the county mansion quickly issued a plan to teach the people to prevent the epidemic from spreading. The sun's notices spread all over the county.

The County Magistrate Jia of Nanyuan County, through the relationship of his family relative Jia Zhen, knows more things. For example, this round of epidemics that can make people change their temperament, become irritable and hurt people is actually caused by those strange things. It happened out of trouble; for example, there was an important person in the county who had the disease, and it was finally cured by two young people with strange magic powers; another example is that the two young people were Yu Tao, the owner of the Taoyuan Restaurant next to the official road in the north of the county. And the resident Daoist Chu; for example, Daoist Chu should be an authentic disciple of the Taoist sect, and Yu Tao is just a layer of gold plated because of his friendship with the two of them... and so on.

Since there is such a thing near the water, when the epidemic situation is discovered in his county, of course he must invite Taoist Master Chu to take a good look at it, so as to prevent the little devil from making trouble.

The county magistrate Jia, who had promised Jia Zhen to take care of the boy surnamed Yu in the Taoyuan Tavern earlier, spoke with confidence——

He actually ordered his servants to take care of the tavern.If it wasn't for his intentions, how could the yamen servants simply take over the thieves caught by the waiter in the tavern?How could it be that no one organized to go to the tavern to fight the autumn wind to collect protection money?

Mutual benefit, no better.

Chu Qiuming was often invited by Yamen Liu to go to various places in the county to see the conditions of patients who were suspected of being infected by the disease by their relatives and friends, and were bundled up and exposed to the sun.What's more, he often wears peach charms made by Yu Tao for "just in case", but he has never encountered ghosts beyond his ability.

"However, I always find it strange... Those who are possessed have less and less alienated temperaments." Thinking of the peasant woman who went for treatment today, Chu Qiuming frowned slightly.

According to the farmers in the village, the possessed woman lay in the house for six or seven days because of a miscarriage. The relatives and neighbors who went to visit her never noticed anything wrong with her temper. Cursing and howling was also used as a way to vent after aborting a child.It wasn't until one day that her husband lost a bucket of food while gambling outside, and when he came home, he picked up their son angrily and wanted to beat her. Then she became emotional as if she had been poked to the point of explosion, and regardless of her illness, she got out of bed and beat her The man threw himself on the ground, sat on him, covered his mouth, and beat him so hard that he couldn't turn over.

If his son hadn't been so frightened by this scene, he cried and ran to pull the neighbor over to stop him in time, the man would almost have been beaten to death.

After the farce was stopped, the villagers discovered that the peasant woman seemed to be fascinated by her mind, and her reaction to other people's words was intermittent. If she caught someone, she wanted to beat her up.

After the discussion of the peasant woman's natal brother and her mother-in-law, the village tied the peasant woman and put it in the sun on the grain drying field for nearly half an hour, and finally drove out a few traces of the disease from her body.

"Why did it take so long?" Yu Tao was surprised, frowned and looked at Chu Qiuming, "Is there any evil thing that is not afraid of the sun? Or is that evil thing in the peasant woman's body extremely powerful?"

"The strength is lower than that of ordinary Yin spirits that can possess, and the ability to charm the mind is not that strong. It should be that the sun's restraint on it has weakened... the worst possibility." Wiping his face, Chu Qiu Ming sighed helplessly, and then cheered up again, "But don't worry too much, at least shopkeeper, if you encounter this kind of ghost who is good at concealing in the future, you will probably think it smells bad. You can detect it from the outside.”

"This time at the peasant woman's place, the peach charm you gave me was still so hot that it almost dyed my clothes into a peach wood fragrance."

There was a moment of silence in the tavern. Hou Bai and Jiaojiao stepped into the tavern with a basin of wet curtains in their arms: "Shopkeeper, are there any racks for drying clothes in the courtyard? I'm afraid that the curtains that were washed today will be taken away." Can't let it dry."

"There are still a few in the warehouse in the west room of the yard. If it is still not enough, you can tie a few ropes out temporarily." After thinking for a while, Yu Tao replied while taking out the warehouse key from the drawer under the counter and throwing it in Jiaojiao's arms. On the basin you are holding.

"Jiaojiao, since your talent can call out water masses, you can also try to see if you can suck out the water from the wet curtain."

"Okay, Brother Yu!"

The author has something to say: New Year~

New atmosphere → caught a cold =. =

☆, Repair the tavern

In the blink of an eye, the world seems to have entered the scorching summer season.

Before the government could remind them, the people inside and outside Nanyuan County had already changed their daily routine to the nocturnal mode, preparing to survive the hot and dry half year.

Yu Tao followed the rhythm of the world, and also completely changed the opening time of the tavern to evening.

Under the eaves not far away, orange-red lanterns exude warmth in the thick night; lamplight, candlelight and human voices faintly leaked from the open door, making the two who followed Hou Bai anxiously entangled all the way The mason finally put his heart in his stomach.

Noticing the sudden relaxation of the two of them, Hou Bai was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't laugh or cry: "I said, why did I seem to be absent-minded when I talked to you all the way... You don't think I'm the kind who tricked you out to do something. People who live and then rob?"

"No, no, it's just that it's the first time we've gone out to work outside the county with strangers, and we're walking at night, so we're a little nervous." Hou Bai's tone was quite kind, and the two masons were the more The mature young man with a round face hurriedly mustered up the courage to wave his hands to deny, "I'm just a little nervous, it's fine when we get to the place. Your Uncle Hou has a great reputation in the county, and my younger brother and I both know that you won't cheat us."

The two brothers had enough to eat, but the whole family was not hungry. In the past years, they often went to the county to look for work during the slack season. They heard a lot of heroic deeds about Hou Bai from the streets and alleys.

From the mouths of the people in the county town, it can be heard that this thin, smiling uncle Hou is not as talkative as he looks.I heard that he was originally a robber in other places, no, the identity of a grand robber, the kind of green forest hero who specializes in robbing the rich and giving to the poor. He is very capable, drinking and eating meat.I also heard that because of the bad times, the robber's work was not easy to do, and he was targeted by the local government again, so he left his hometown and came to their Nanyuan County.I heard that because the owner of the tavern took him in when he was down and down, he simply became a waiter in the tavern to repay his debt of gratitude.

Although Hou Bai is now doing business for a living, he has never lost his good skills. There are not many local ruffians in the county who have not been taught by him. I heard that someone was beaten by him and his legs were broken. It's blood, most of my life is gone!

Even when some people scare disobedient children, they will bring up his name: "If you are disobedient again, Hou Bai will arrest you and take you to the county government to be punished!"

...Following behind such characters, he really couldn't help but not be nervous, his brother almost scratched his arm green at the beginning.

In case they have something that doesn't go his way... No, let's work hard with 12 points of energy.

Not being able to read minds, let alone what was going on in the hearts of the two little plasterers behind him, Hou Bai was quite happy to know that he was famous in the county, walked into the tavern with a smile, turned around and greeted them: "Come in, I'll bring You see the shopkeeper, and he will tell you what to do in the next few days."

"coming?"

Hearing the sound coming from the door a long time ago, Yu Tao came out from the back kitchen, handed the dishes in his hand to Chu Qiuming, and at the same time swept past the three people at the door, the two behind Hou Bai were carrying their burdens, covered in dust The fluttering young man stopped.

"Are these two the plasterers you hired?"

"That's right." Hou Bai nodded, and reached out to pat the round-faced youth beside him on the shoulder, "Although they are young, I have inquired about them, and their work is better than most of the other craftsmen in the county. "

"Well, follow me to the back, Hou Bai, you can watch in the hall."

"Shop, isn't this tavern newly built? Why is it going to be repaired again?"

The person who made the inquiry was a regular customer among the only one table of guests in the hall at this time. Yu Tao turned his head and glanced at him, and while leading the two young craftsmen who looked a bit nervous to the backyard, he explained to him A few words: "The place in the backyard of the tavern is too small to use it, so I had to ask someone to overhaul it and expand the yard."

This thought had been circling in his mind for a long time.

In the past, the place where only vegetables were grown was restricted, but it was not too inconvenient.But under the current situation, Chu Qiuming, who wants to live here, is not very satisfied with his room; the last time Hou Bai went into the warehouse to find a clothes rail, he rummaged for a long time, and he also pointed out that the warehouse was too small, so the row of rooms to the west It is the best way to rebuild with the fence.

"From here to there, everything can be knocked down. You can figure it out. The area surrounded by this yard should be at least twice as large, and the house after completion should be bigger." Pointing fingers The two plasterers marked out a large area, and Yu Tao told them the only request.

"Um... ah."

After being pulled hard by the younger brother, the round-faced young man managed to get his mind off the lush and juicy vegetables in the yard, but he was startled by the swipe of the owner's finger: "Shopkeeper, it's too much work to do this." Heavy, just the two of us, I'm afraid..."

It's too dark, isn't he really wrong?

"Chu Qiuming and Hou Bai come back to help you when they have time, can't they?" Yu Tao pursed his lips, feeling a little annoyed.

If Hou Bai was asked to invite some craftsmen back, let alone how much extra wages would be paid, even arranging the accommodation of the craftsmen would become a problem.

"Hou Bai is also a mason. He is strong, and he should be able to help you a lot. There is also Chu Qiuming to help. It doesn't matter if it takes more time."

"That's good, the two of us will take over the job." Heaving a sigh of relief, the round-faced youth quickly nodded and agreed.

Since the manpower and construction period provided by the master are acceptable, they naturally have no objection to the matter of getting an extra day's wages for an extra day of work.

Satisfied with the deal, Yu Tao led them into Hou Bai's room, lit candles, and pointed to them the two small couches, one tall and one short, in the dim wing room: "Before the yard is repaired, it will Just live here, if you want anything, you can go to Hou Bai in the hall, and the daily wages are based on the market...do you have any questions?"

"No, it's fine, it's all suitable." Hearing this, the round-faced young man froze and shook his head repeatedly.

The conditions offered here are already better than those they have worked with in the past.

...Anyway, Hou Bai seems to be quite polite to them, as long as they behave themselves, he won't do anything to them, right?

Watching the shopkeeper turn back to the hall, the round-faced young man let out a breath slowly, and looked at his younger brother with a smile: "The candle lamp in their house is really bright, I'll move it closer, let's pack our luggage first."

The author has something to say: sleepy, good night~

☆, upstream draw water

The sun has just set, and the clouds in the western sky are orange red, the afterglow is still there, and the afterglow is still there.

Awakened by the sound of working outside, Chu Qiuming groaned in a daze, rubbed his face slowly, turned over from the mat, dressed and washed.

"Chu Dao has grown up. Coincidentally, porridge and rice are still prepared in the hall."

"Well, good." Dazed by the hot air outside, Chu Qiuming finally woke up, his eyes were clear, and he smiled at Huang, the plasterer on the other side of the yard, "The heat on the ground is not yet hot. What about Sanquan, why did you come out to work so early? Are you healthy? Waiting to start work later will not delay anything."

"It's okay, we're all used to it, we should do more while it's still bright, working with a lantern at night is not as clear as daytime, and we need candles. When my brother comes back from fetching water, it's almost dark I can cool down and work." Huang Dahan shook his head foolishly, wiped the sweat off his forehead, and continued to work with his head down and his shovel.

His hands were covered with mud, leaving a few mud marks on his wet forehead.

Chu Qiuming took a few more glances, and walked around the messy courtyard to look for dinner in the hall.

"Hey, I'm going to call you if you don't get up again, it just so happens." Hou Bai, who had just finished his work at hand, saw Chu Qiuming coming over, and greeted with a satisfied smile, "There is food for you on the table, I Go to the backyard to help later, and call me if you have anything to do ahead."

"Aren't Yu Tao and Jiaojiao here?" Hou Bai and him were the only ones in the place where everyone stayed most often. Chu Qiuming looked around unaccustomedly and asked a little strangely.

"Yeah, who let the creek next to it be dried up in the past few days, the well water in the yard alone is not enough." Hou Bai poured himself a glass of water, and replied, "The water needed for mixing bricks and mud There are too many, the shopkeeper took Huang Er to the upper reaches of the stream to have a look, maybe we can find the water source... I just went out for a while."

It is really troublesome for ordinary people to tear down a yard and rebuild it.

I think when he and the store owner first returned to Nanyuan County to repair the tavern, all kinds of small spells and his half-bottle of water as a bricklayer performed their duties. Whether it was demolition or construction, it was very convenient. The whole house has been refurbished to the point of departure, and it has been very good since I have been living in it.

... The only bad thing is that after the incident, the store was sluggish for several days due to excessive energy consumption.

Heck, it's a pity that their tavern has gained some fame in Nanyuan County. Although the business is not very good in the hot summer season, they can't use their power wantonly when they are very likely to be discovered by ordinary people in the past. .After all, there are more people than monsters, and there are even fewer people like Chu Qiuming who can calmly live with them under the same roof after knowing that they are not other races.

Sighing deeply, Hou Bai glanced at Chu Qiuming: "As for Jiaojiao, she has been yelling for the past few days that she feels that she lacks water, and she has transformed into her original shape and soaked in the water jar in the back kitchen. You eat slowly, and I will go." Look at what Huang Da is doing."

"Brother Hou, you can give him a wet towel by the way, it hurts to sweat all the time while working." Nodding, Chu Qiuming suggested to Hou Bai who was taking off his apron.

The pulling force from the sleeve pulled Yu Tao's mind back from the layers of mountains and forests covered with the afterglow of the fire.

Turning his head, he gave a questioning look to Huang Er, who was walking side by side with him, and followed the pointer of his other hand to look at the bottom of the stream about Zhang Xu away.

...What is he trying to say?

Before going out with him to find water sources, Yu Tao originally thought that Huang Er, who never talked to them, was because of his introverted and silent nature, but he didn't think that he was actually just hoarse and unable to speak, but in essence he was very lively, often compared to him. Saying something with gestures can be said to be talking and laughing.

Watching him finish making gestures carefully, Yu Tao thought for a while, and said half-guessingly: "The source of this stream is in the forest near the cliff, and we are not far away. What you showed me is this stream Is the soil in the road? It looks dark and wet, and the stream at the source should not be broken...someone is coming, walk slowly."

As soon as Yu Tao finished speaking, two farmers with farm tools in one hand and a bucket in the other came out from the other side of the forest, and they were taken aback when they saw them.

"...It's shopkeeper Yu, you also go to that mountain stream to fetch water?"

Both were acquaintances, the farmers who often went to the newly opened field on the hill behind the tavern.Among them, the one who shrank back even told himself that Hou Bai had his leg broken because he came to steal peaches from the tavern.

Yu Tao glanced at the man, nodded: "There is not enough water in the tavern, come here to have a look."

"Hey, so are we. The crops in the field above just point to these buckets of water to water the field."

The two teams chatted one after another, and walked together to the mountain stream at the source of the stream at a distance.

The further you go in, the cooler the surrounding air becomes. The slanting and protruding mountain wall casts a heavy shadow on the ground. Looking at it in the dim light, it looks like a giant beast is waiting for its prey with its mouth wide open.

Following behind the farmers who were driving in front of them, Yu Tao, while paying attention to the rustling movement from the other end, took out a fire pocket and lit it, and gave it to Huang Er.

When we walked out of the cave and entered the mountain stream, the sky was getting darker, but we could still see a group of more than a dozen people carrying lanterns, gathering around the water source in an orderly manner to collect water.

"Why are there four new ones here? Didn't Xiao Hu say that not many people know about this place?"

"The one on the left looks like the person from Wang's Village. Didn't someone from their village also get assigned to the land halfway up the mountain? I guess there was this person when Xiao Hu found out."

"What do you guys think of these guys? There are only a few of them... Newcomers, go to the back and line up! It will be your turn when the first ones are done."

A few people around heard the movement and turned their heads to look, there was a little commotion, and they said again and again.

Yu Tao noticed that the faces of the two farmers beside him were not good-looking, and his heart moved, he looked around and looked around, and walked to the end of the line to stand still.

After a while, the two farmers followed and lined up behind him and Huang Er.

Moving his ears, Yu Tao frowned slightly and turned to stare at the two people behind him with ugly faces: "What did you just say?"

"Uh, ah, what's the matter, Mr. Yu, you got it wrong, right?"

"I didn't say anything just now, what's wrong?"

... If he had heard clearly, he would not have asked any more questions.

After hesitating for a moment, Yu Tao put the vague words behind him, and patiently waited for the water-drawing team to move forward.

The author has something to say: Wow, it’s the first time I experienced JJ’s pumping, it’s so exciting o(*￣▽￣*)o

☆, keep working

There was a lot of chicken and dogs jumping around in front of them, and the two farmers who were originally in line behind them rolled up their sleeves and squeezed into the crowd at some point, blending into this group fight with the same village.

Yu Tao picked up the bucket he had brought, and took Huang Er, who was full of wonder and hesitation, to the side where he would not be easily affected by the fight. He watched the people who came out of the same village throw fierce old fists at each other, and looked at the acquaintances. While fishing in troubled waters, the two farmers tried their best to get close to the source of the stream.As an outsider, one can see the ridiculous situation at a glance.

"Ah, ah..."

"It doesn't matter, the water here won't stop for the time being, we can wait until they finish fighting." Noticing Huang Er's anxious appearance, Yu Tao turned to comfort him, "Although this group of people fought happily , but they obviously left a lot of thoughts on the water outlet, if someone wants to go there at this time... Ah, look."

The farmer who wanted to make a profit from the fisherman was grabbed by the neck by someone cursing before he really got close to the water source, and he was brought back to the battle circle with his fist.

In such a dim light, store, can you really see what's going on over there?

Squinting his eyes and looking hard, he couldn't see the specific movements of the large group of people clearly. Huang Er rubbed his eyes, rubbed the soles of his shoes on the ground, and settled down hesitantly.

He really heard that the reason for the chaos started was that the few people at the front of the line saw that the water gushing out of the water source was getting less and less, and they were eager to squeeze others away to let themselves come first.The people behind were already waiting impatiently, thinking that there was still enough water, so they could wait; but when they heard that they might have used up all the water in front, they started to yell anxiously and excitedly.The words were rushed, three or two sentences were scrambled into a ball, and now I don't know what's going on in front of me.

Shopkeeper Yu is really calm.

The crescent moon is half-hidden among the thin clouds, the brilliance is hazy, and it is difficult to walk at night.

Chu Qiuming, who was striding up the stream, noticed a few figures suddenly appearing at the corner ahead, and he saw the first figure by heart, so he quickly opened his mouth and shouted to them: "Yu Tao, the shopkeeper!"

"Nothing happened, right? Why have you been there for so long?"

Unexpectedly, someone would come out of the tavern to look for them, Yu Tao stopped for a moment, noticed the anxious look on Chu Qiuming's face, and replied slowly, somewhat at a loss: "It's okay... But because there are many people waiting to get water in the mountain stream, I spent a lot of time queuing."

"That's good. If I can't wait in the tavern, you guys are a little worried, so come out and have a look."

Chu Qiuming took a few steps closer and looked the two of them up and down. Just as he was relieved, he saw the faces of the two farmers who were following behind Yu Tao and the two of them...the faces were red, swollen and purple, stained with mud.

Chu Qiuming had seen this kind of situation a lot, and when he thought about what Yu Tao said, he immediately understood what might happen at the water source.He let out a secret sigh and loosened his brows, reaching out to take the barrel from Yu Tao: "Did you meet these two on the road?"

"Yes, yes, I happened to meet two of you on the way, and walked along with me. Well, it's getting late at night, and we're still rushing to work in the fields, so we'll pass first. See you guys. Before Yu Tao could introduce them, the two farmers who followed them in fear along the way interjected, and said goodbye to them with a smile. Go halfway up the mountain.

"...Let's go back too." Looking at their backs, Yu Tao started walking again.

When the group returned to the tavern, the work in the backyard had stopped for a long time because there was no clear water to mix the mud.

However, Huang Da didn't care about explaining to the masters, and hurried over to help his younger brother, concerned: "Xiao Er, what happened to you when you went out this time...why is there a footprint on your clothes? Who beat you? Does it hurt?"

Restraining his brother's hand that kept arranging his clothes, Huang Er repeatedly shook his head, smiling to comfort his elder brother.

At that time, the shopkeeper waited until the group of people in front of him were almost beaten, and took him to the front to get water. Some people who were beaten to the ground and were unwilling to drag them into the water along the way were kicked by the shopkeeper alone. Lie back on the ground.The footprints on his body were neither painful nor itchy, probably because they were affected at that time, so it wasn't a big deal.

Huang Er patted his elder brother's hand, pointed to him the four full buckets of water they brought back, and explained to him what he encountered along the way.

After a lot of tossing, the tavern resumed its usual rhythm. The two brothers, Huang Dahuang and Huang Dahuang, went to the backyard with buckets to continue working, and Chu Qiuming followed; Yu Tao and Hou Bai stayed in the hall.

After waiting for a while, no one came to the door. Hou Bai originally wanted to continue to help the two brothers who started work, but they respected the old and loved the young and invited them to rest. Now he squatted on the threshold of the backyard and looked at the craftsman surnamed Huang. The brothers were working with Daoist Chu while chatting with the shopkeeper standing next to him with arms folded.

"Shopkeeper, you didn't do anything to those people who fetched water from the stream, did you?"

"What can I do to them? It's just a little lesson." Looking down at Hou Bai, Yu Tao raised his eyebrows.

Compared with the scenes of scrambling for water sources that he encountered in those years in the Northland, the scenes in Nanyuan County can only be regarded as small fights.Besides, under the restriction of the law of heaven, it is difficult for their monster race to do anything to mortals.

But... "Hou Bai, I remember you are not from the human race."

"I...um." Shocked by the shopkeeper's words beyond the sky, Hou Bai choked for a moment, rubbed his face vigorously, sighed softly, moved his lips and wanted to say something, but in the end he was speechless. Be right.

"Okay, why is that so?" Pursing the corners of his lips, Yu Tao changed the topic and asked another matter, "Didn't you say that this year's drought will be much less than previous years? I just checked at the mountain stream Let’s see. It’s probably because the sun is still strong during the day, so there’s no way to store water in the channels, but the water sources in the depths of the mountain stream are indeed quite abundant. At least we don’t have to worry about running out of water when we build the backyard this time... If those people don’t It will be widely publicized.”

"Huang Er's strength is still a bit weak, and his small face is hard to use. From now on, we and Chu Qiuming will take turns to fetch water there."

Hou Bai, who was still immersed in the mood of reflection, nodded quickly in response.

"Shop, did you call me?"

Not far away, Chu Qiuming, who had changed into light clothes and was handing tools to Huang Da, turned his head to look at him questioningly, Yu Tao smiled and shook his head.

The author has something to say: yesterday’s time was taken up by writing the report, so there is no update_(:зゝ∠)_

It’s been a long time since I wrote so many words by hand at once. The writing is so slow and my hands are so sore... This reminds me of the fear of being dominated by liberal arts test papers in high school

All homework for this semester has been completed√

PS. Thank you for the little angels who left me a message to cheer~(@^_^@)~

☆, wind and rain quietly

There was a slight drizzle in the gray sky, and the drought and heat that lasted for a long time turned into an even more uncomfortable humid and sweltering heat because of this rain, but it was also a long drought that made people happy.

The entire Nanyuan County was full of vitality because of the rain.Even though it was still daytime, there were sporadic people on the official road again. They didn't hold umbrellas or shelter from the rain, and their whole body was soaked by the drizzle, but they laughed happily.

Seeing a familiar carriage approaching from a distance, as if it was about to stop in front of the tavern, Hou Bai identified it, and while tilting his head, he called out to the shopkeeper who planned the yard with the Huang family brothers, and dropped the bag in his hand. Taohe jumped off the railing to meet the guests.

"Shopkeeper, the previous customer named Jia Zhen is here again."

When Yu Tao changed into a robe and approached the hall, Hou Bai had already brought Jiaojiao to welcome Jia Zhen and his servants into the tavern, and served simple food and wine.

Taking a few sips of light and moist wine relieved the unbearable itching in his throat, Jia Zhen followed suit and waved to Yu Tao who had just come in from behind: "Nephew, come and sit down, I am here this time for some important things I want to tell you."

I haven't seen him for a while, Jia Zhen's whole body is very thin, and his expression is also wrapped in a heavy sense of grief, giving people a feeling of emptiness all over his body.

Surprised in Yu Tao's heart, he couldn't help asking: "Sir, what's the matter with you? Is your health not good recently?"

"Why do you call me Mr. again?" Jia Zhen smiled wearily, shook his head, and tried to cheer up a little bit, "I'm fine, it's Mr. Jiang, Mr. Jiang...just a few days ago, he suddenly fell ill. Dead, cough cough, hahaha, cough cough..."

Waving away the old servant who wanted to pat his chest for him, Jia Zhen poured several glasses of wine and drank them all. He covered his face with his sleeves to calm down, and then lowered his voice and said softly: "Pingyuan County It's over."

"A few days ago, there was news that Qingyuan and Dingning counties formed an alliance, with Qingyuan County Tao County as the main guard. The two families sent a total of [-] troops to invade our Pingyuan County."

"Lord Ruojiang