The fox has no bad intentions

Chapter 416 Black Deer Herd
Chen Peipei drove the old pickup truck, carrying A Qing and An Sheng, towards Changxi Town.

Different towns have different festival customs. For example, the customs in Changxi Town are based on the extended family unit. However, due to certain reasons, the extended family has become smaller.

Nowadays, we spend more time returning to our ancestral home to celebrate the holidays with our parents and neighbors.

Although there have been some changes, this does not prevent Changxi Town from still having a strong festive atmosphere.

"Ah Qing is back! We can start building the tower now!"

Upon seeing the old pickup truck return, Old Chen was overjoyed, as if a savior had been found, and immediately shared the good news with the villagers.

Other villages can start their tower-building custom whenever they want.

However, this is not the case in Changxi Town and the surrounding areas. Every year before and after the festivals that require celebrations, the number of small animals and wild beasts in the mountains and forests will surge, coming to beg for food.

Human societies have fixed holidays.

It seems that there is a tradition among the small animals that they will go to the villages and towns to beg for food during festivals.

Behind Changxi Town are tea mountains and mountain streams, and there are many strange animals. Everyone can talk about the habits of the animals. Sometimes, if they are not satisfied with their food, they will bump into some folk items in the village, which is hard for the villagers to bear.

The matter itself is small, but the implication is very bad.

Various species of muntjacs or sambar deer are all classified as first- or second-class protected animals in China. If they butt you, you'll have to apologize to them afterwards. Otherwise, they might just lie down in front of your house, which would be very upsetting.

Old Chen had such an experience.

He doesn't want to experience that again.

"Quickly! Quickly invite Ah Qing to sit down, eat, and then prepare meat and fodder for the negotiations!"

As soon as A-Qing got off the bus, before she could even stand properly, the village elders invited her to the ancestral hall for a meal.

"Hey?"

Ah Qing was taken aback, feeling that something was wrong. Although she had needed Ah Qing's help before.

But for some reason this year, Ah Qing could sense that the village chief and the others were very anxious; their anxiety was written all over their faces.

Surrounded by villagers, Aqing arrived at the square in front of the ancestral hall, her eyes immediately widening in surprise.

"They're taking the roof off! They're on the roof!"

On the blue brick and stone tile walls of the ancestral hall, a group of uninvited guests arrived. They were small deer with black fur all over their bodies and white patterns around their fan-shaped tails.

But the most eye-catching thing is...

These black muntjacs have a tuft of yellow hair on their heads.

There were about thirteen of them in a group. A group of adult black muntjacs led their cubs and hopped around on the ancestral hall, lifting the tiles of the Chen Clan Ancestral Hall and licking the moss. The old people in Changxi Town were terrified, fearing that the ancestral hall would be overturned and that the black muntjacs would fall to their deaths inside.

Old Chen contacted the Forestry Bureau.

The Forestry Bureau's reply was very simple: there are about 1400 black muntjacs in Xiadong, and the national population is probably less than 10,000. It is one of the key protected animals in Xia that is not widely known.

You'd better not scare them; they're timid, but incredibly strong—they can easily overturn a shrine.

Now, after much anticipation, Ah Qing has finally arrived.

"Old Chen, Old Chen, what sins have you committed? No wonder you were in such a hurry to bring A-Qing back." An Sheng looked at Old Chen and let out a soft moan, her expression strange.

"I told you, you shouldn't have notified the Forestry Bureau to send An to the mountains! See, karma has caught up with you!"

Old Chen: "."

Although he couldn't understand fox language, he had spent some time with Master Fuli.

Judging from his expression, it was easy to tell that Master Fuli was probably teasing him.

"Hey! Friend!" Ah Qing handed the little fox to Chen Peipei, climbed the stairs to the top of the wall, raised her hand, and greeted the group of black muntjacs who had somehow gotten onto the roof, saying:
"I have delicious food and drinks here, would you like to come and experience it? It'll make you feel very comfortable. You are all honored guests of Changxi Town!"

The black muntjacs are more than just honored guests; they are practically the lifeblood of Changxi Town.

The village committee staff only hoped that A-Qing could end this three-day tug-of-war.

Isn't it just about having good food and drinks?
Lion Head Goose, Maozi, or Wuliangye liquor—take your pick, just don't knock over the shrine in the house.

“man——”

Upon hearing Ah Qing's words, Wujin Deer could also understand from the image in its mind that Ah Qing was extending a friendly invitation.

But they still shook their heads and made a series of "manman" sounds towards Ah Qing.

"Ah Qing, what did those kidnappers say?" Old Chen and the others waited anxiously for the outcome of the negotiations.

If that really doesn't work, then we'll have to use twenty-six tranquilizer guns for sniping.

"Uh, they said thank you, but they seemed to be looking for something. The terrain here is high, and you can see very far, so..."

Ah Qing, who was straddling the wall, barely managed to analyze the words of the black muntjac and told the village committee why the black muntjac had climbed onto the ancestral hall.

The black muntjac is quite polite and will say thank you.

They didn't intend to damage the ancestral hall; they were just hungry while searching for something and took a break to nibble on the moss. They didn't intentionally tear at the roof of the ancestral hall.

"Ah Mao! Your house is thirteen stories high!" Upon hearing this, Old Chen immediately turned around and looked at the villager whose self-built house was the tallest and most luxurious in the village, and spoke to him.

"Come on! Take them to my house, I'll lend them my rooftop as an astronomical observatory!"

A Mao, who was called out by Lao Chen, was stunned for a moment, then shook his head with a helpless smile and agreed to borrow the rooftop of his house to handle the matter.

"Ah Qing, we've borrowed a higher building. You can let them come down first. We're fine with a written agreement," Old Chen said, looking equally helpless.

“Okay, I’ll talk to them.” Ah Qing continued to communicate with the black muntjac.

"Scent? Where is the scent?"

An Sheng looked at the group of black muntjacs on the roof of the ancestral hall with a strange expression.

Ah Qing's translation is actually quite accurate, and could even be described as concise and to the point.

But there's one thing that I don't know whether Ah Qing didn't hear or didn't notice.

One of the little black muntjacs said that a very special plant fragrance permeated Changxi Town, luring them and the sika deer herd down from the mountain.

Even some omnivorous wild boars have come.

They all came seeking the fragrance, but the scent permeated the entire town of Changxi, yet they couldn't find it. So they went to the unlocked ancestral hall and used its height to search the village.

The only plant fragrance that An Sheng could think of that could be so attractive to animals was a spiritual plant.

But he had only been away from Changxi Town for a few days. In just two or three days, what kind of spiritual plant could grow so fast?

and.

The fragrance they described, they themselves could not smell.

"That shouldn't be the case! A fox's nose can tell who peed just by sniffing a telephone pole, and whether the person across the street has prostatitis."

"If it really has the fragrance of spiritual plants, how could I not smell it at all?"

An Sheng muttered to himself, complaining.

(End of this chapter)