Cross-country exchange

Just as Xia Yu was looking for clues about Jizhu's disappearance, the Zhao family in the village soon heard howling, the crying was miserable and earth-shattering.

There was nothing wrong with the Xia family, but by coincidence, the Zhao family also raised a flock of chickens.It is not uncommon for farmers to raise chickens, but in Hexi Village, after the incident of Cao's chicken plague, there are many fewer people raising chickens.

That's why Xia's raising chickens and pigs has become a topic of conversation in the village, and it is precisely because of this.After the Xia family's chickens and pigs disappeared, Xia Dong and Xia Lei would first focus on the families who raised their families.

A few days ago, in order to find the chicken thief, Xia Dong quietly found an excuse to enter Zhao's house, and chatted with Zhao's grandmother for a long time, and the friendship was established in this way.

Therefore, after something happened to the Zhao family, Xia Dong had no choice but to come to condolences, although he still didn't know what terrible thing happened to the Zhao family.

When eating, Xia Yu alone put the soup in a bowl and handed it to Xie Yun.After taking care of the pregnant woman, Xia Yu went back to the main house to have dinner with everyone.

"Is Xiaoyun full?" Father Xia raised his head and asked.

"Well, his appetite isn't very good recently. I'll prepare some food for him later." Probably because of a fall before, Dr. Mu suggested that he should lie down on the bed and rest at the end of the first month, doing housework or something. Don't touch it for now.

Xie Yun wanted to get out of bed and walk around, but because of Dr. Mu's warning, he just lay on the bed obediently.I go to sleep after eating, but I can't eat anything with a fishy smell. Once I smell it, my stomach will be noisy like something, and I want to vomit.

Xia Yu also had a headache, and in the past few days, he changed his way of feeding him whole meals, Xie Yun kept muttering that he couldn't eat.Xia Yu thought, it doesn't matter if he doesn't eat much, so it's not bad to let him eat a few more meals, small meals often.

"Guess what I found when I went to Zhao's house today?" Xia Dong asked mysteriously, thinking it was funny.At the beginning, he thought that someone from the Zhao family had died and cried for mourning.Who knew that the other party's house had also been burglarized after going there, and all the old hens that had been brought up with great difficulty were all stolen.Not only that, but the chicken thief also walked away with the eggs laid by several hens, leaving none of them to the Zhao family.

In the countryside, poultry is considered a family asset, especially a hen that can lay eggs, which is a very big potential stock. If you take good care of it, it will lay an egg for you every day.Eggs can also be sold, and they are very nourishing.Unless it is a last resort, the general family is not willing to take the hen.

That's why Zhao's grandma cried so sadly.

Xia Lei didn't care about these things, he slurred his words while eating, "In this case, the suspicion of the Zhao family is eliminated."

Xia Dong suddenly realized, yes.

Xia Yu also nodded, "It seems that this thief has a very big appetite. If we don't find him quickly, there will be another family of victims in the village."

Xia Yu bought those chickens and pigs for less than two or three taels of money, so he didn't feel bad.It's just that he has always believed that since something happened, blindly annoyed and blamed himself will hurt the body, so it's better to accept it calmly, and then think of a remedy.

So the poultry was gone, and he didn't say a word that was superfluous.

"Our family has twelve chickens and two pigs. The Zhao family seems to have three old hens and two roosters. So, this thief is really abominable. He doesn't know how to accept it when he is good. Could it be that he is bullying the people in our village? Are you honest? Boy Xia, we have to think of a way to stop him from harming others." Aunt Xia calculated carefully, and it was still worth a lot of money.And after these few days of investigation, Father Xia has determined that the one who stole the chicken is definitely not someone from the village.

"Well, father, let's eat first, let me think of a way." Xia Yu agreed casually.

After the meal, Xia Yu really took it to heart.

"Fourth brother, besides the Zhao family raising chickens, how many other families are there in our village? Tell me all about it."

Xia Dong had checked everything out a long time ago, and now that Xia Yu asked about it, he said everything in one go.

Xia Yu was thoughtful, "Well, thank you fourth brother, I'll go around the village."

Things go back a long, long time.

In the hidden cave on the mountain, there are scratches all over the walls, one by one, very cruel.Of course, this is all the work of a certain monkey.

Ever since Xia Yu dug away the things he was asked to guard, the white monkey waited and waited for an unknown number of days.There is no sign of anyone waiting.

In particular, a jar of preserved meat buried in the ground also disappeared.Only Xia Yu and Luo Liang knew about this cave, and the white monkey could smell people's breath, so they knew Xia Yu took it without even thinking about it.

A monkey's patience is really limited. When it is waiting for Xia Yu, its patience is exhausted. It is used to eating delicious meat, and its mouth grows sloppy.Now that the meat is gone, the white monkey is extremely irritable and quite angry.It is a terrible thing for a monkey to get angry. First, it slammed into the Java wall, the lime was flying, the wall was not broken, but the sharp claws were smoothed, and it even made itself covered in dust. The white monkey instantly turned into a gray monkey. .Most importantly, getting angry is a very physically demanding job.After it loses its temper, there is no delicious barbecue to comfort itself, and it has to find food by itself, which is called a big fire.

It can be seen from this how strong the white monkey's dissatisfaction with Xia Yu is.

So on a dark and windy night, the white monkey hopped down the mountain, and came to Xia Yu's house familiarly.

Intuitively, the white monkey felt that Xia Yu was not at home, so he scratched his head very unhappily.

The white monkey wandered around Xia Yu's house. First, it wandered to the backyard, which was full of vegetables, and occasionally saw a few "grass" planted from it.If Xia Yu knew the vision of this white monkey, he would definitely be laughed at.In its eyes, the precious medicinal materials turned into worthless grass.

Treat medicinal materials as nothing.

The white monkey jumped up to the tree for a while, and jumped up to the roof for a while, and walked lightly, but it didn't attract anyone's attention.

Just as it was having a great time playing, suddenly there was a strange noise from the pigsty.

"hang (er~) hang (er~)"

The white monkey was shocked at first, and then pushed the pig's nest away with its paws. The blood-red pupils lit up, exuding a coquettish and magnificent beauty in the dark.

food!

The first reaction of the white monkey was that although the two pigs were much smaller than the wild boars in the forest, their taste was somewhat similar to the barbecue they ate before.

A monkey that had been starving for a long time stared at the two shivering piglets in its nest like a wolf, with a transparent silver thread flowing down the corner of its mouth.

Just when the white monkey hit the idea on the two pigs, the inner world of the two pigs was also churning...

Little sow: who is this?Why did you open our door.

Little Boar: I don't know.

Little sow: Its eyes look terrible, well, I'm afraid.

Little Boar: Don't be afraid, I will protect you.

The corner of the white monkey's mouth was grinning, with a rippling smile, meat, meat, I finally have meat to eat.

Seeing the fat on the two pigs shaking non-stop, the white monkey stuck out its tongue. It wanted to use some violence, but when it came to the mountain, violence could easily arouse disgust.

So he grinned and participated in their conversation.

White Monkey: Are you still used to the food here?

Looking at the food in their pig bowl again, the white monkey secretly rolled its eyes and stuck out its tongue in disgust.Sure enough, it is a low-level creature, and this kind of thing can be eaten.

Little sow: ...

Little Boar: ...

The white monkey made persistent efforts and said: I have better food than this, are you willing to follow me?

As soon as they heard the food, the eyes of the two pigs lit up, and they forgot for a moment the sense of threat that the white monkey had brought them.

Little sow: It says there is something delicious, let's eat it.

Little Boar: Well, well, listen to you.

The white monkey abducted the two moving food very smoothly, and his heart was full of joy.Just when I was thinking about whether it should be roasted suckling pig or steamed suckling pig, hey, I made a new discovery.

After the white monkey opened the chicken coop, it saw a nest of chicks, and its eyes immediately became heart-shaped.

Twelve chickens, six cocks, six hens.

Among the dozens of chickens, one hen is the king of chickens.It looked at the white monkey contemptuously, and by the way despised the two pigs behind the white monkey.

Chicken King: What are you waiting for?How dare you open the door of the palace without authorization, and retreat quickly.I forgive you the crime of disrespect.

White Monkey: ...

There are even more creatures than it, but the chicken should also be delicious.

The white monkey smacked his mouth, and the saliva almost flowed down.

The white monkey's eyes widened in surprise: Why don't you have a red crown on your head?The red crown is a symbol of the royal family.

The rooster king slapped it directly, and the white monkey quickly jumped away, and that slap slapped the door of the chicken coop.

Xia Dong inside the house heard the noise, and pushed Xia Lei who was sleeping soundly beside him. Seeing that there was no response from the other party, he put on a piece of clothing and put it on the door to listen, and then went back to the room in doubt.

White Monkey: Follow me and you can get the red crown.

The red crown has always been the rooster king's longing. When it was first born, it was forcibly separated before it had time to ask its father.Now that the answer is so close, there is no reason to give up.

Chicken King: I will follow you!

Chicken Chengs: You will follow the Chicken King to the death.

The white monkey was jumping in front, followed by a group of chickens and two pigs. On the dark road, a group of creatures were busy on their way.The white monkey almost looked up to the sky and screamed, but it didn't expect such a big gain from going down the mountain.

Well, let it figure out what to do with the meat.

Is it steamed, braised, or grilled?

It's better than barbecue!

After returning to the cave, the white monkey gave up the place to the group of creatures, thinking about when he could attack them.Next, the white monkey was stumped by a big problem.

Barbecue has always been Xia Yu's strong point, he only knows how to eat.

As a result, the sound of "cluck, cluck, cluck" and "hang(er~)hang(er~)" came from the cave every day, and the white monkey was so noisy that one head was two big.Every day there is a roar and a rattle from the cave.

There were many more scratches on the wall, all of which were extremely deep.

Xia Yu arranged around the chicken coop unhurriedly. He took his time and seemed in no hurry.On the contrary, the grandma of the Wang family was anxious and restless.

"Xiaoyu, does this method really work? If it doesn't work, I will be tossed here. You make it difficult for me to walk."

Xia Yu would not expect too much from others, and said honestly, "Grandma Wang, things may not be as bad as you think."

The chicken thief didn't appear every day. Judging from the time it appeared in Xia's house and Zhao's house, it seemed more random, with no rules to follow.

If it is said that it is very impractical to find someone to watch every day.

Xia Yu also made a trap. If the chicken thief didn't show up, the trap would be fine.But if he appeared, Xia Yu decided that he would not be polite to him.

Xia Lei chimed in and said, "Grandma Wang, don't worry. Aren't we taking precautions for the future?"

Grandma Wang couldn't say anything else, after all, she took the initiative to help.

On the way back, Xia Lei couldn't help complaining, "If you didn't take the initiative to help, little brother, I really don't want to go through this muddy water."

What kind of attitude is that? It's like a dog biting Lu Dongbin and not knowing a good heart.

Xia Yu smiled and comforted his sixth brother, "Maybe the chicken thief might not steal their house."

Even though he made the same trap in every house, smarter people would keep silent, but if it was like Grandma Wang's yelling, that trap would really be useless.

Xia Lei curled his lips, thinking that it would be best to steal all the chickens from their family.

But it turns out that the chicken thief really didn't come.Several families felt that the chicken thief might not come, so they removed the trap that Xia Yu had set next to their chicken coop ahead of time.

Especially those who belonged to Grandma Wang's family, who complained while withdrawing, "I don't know what this Xia family boy is doing. He has been doing it for a long time, but it is useless at all."

A few days later, crying came again from the village.

Xia Yu and Xie Yun stayed quietly in the room, one concentrated on carving, and the other sat on the bed and concentrated on making clothes.

When Xia Lei came in, he saw such a harmonious scene, and couldn't bear to disturb them.

"Sixth Brother, why are you here?" Xie Yun has been flustered recently, but everyone in the Xia family has their own affairs, so he is too embarrassed to harass others.So I took up needlework and made clothes.