Madmen don't keep diaries

Chapter 9 009 The Owl People's Village Building
When talking about these things, Miao Gensheng's expression didn't change much, as if he was used to it.

"We the Owl People were among the first to surrender. After so many years, everyone has become accustomed to it."

"I've been in Fancheng since I was born, so I don't have much idea about the Linyin tribe's past. But I heard from the elders that a long time ago, the Linyin tribe lived in the forest, and their villages were built high up in the trees."

Shunzi interrupted and said, "That's right, the village building we live in was built by the Owl People."

Miao Gensheng nodded. "Besides that, owl people naturally prefer the night. We have more energy at night than during the day. Look at me, I was born to work at night. At that time, the Linyin tribe was best at hunting in the shadows of leaves."

Miao Gensheng grinned: "That's how the Owl People got their name. You humans think we don't sleep at night, just like old owls squatting in trees."

No wonder Shunzi said that Feng Xiaohu specially recruited Miao Gensheng to come in to guard the night. So this is the reason.

Feng Xiuhu finally understood.

"So all the people living in the village buildings are owl people? It's fine if I didn't see them during the day, but why didn't I see any at night?"

When Miao Gensheng was talking about those things just now, he didn't seem to care much, but when Feng Xiuhu brought up this topic, his face turned unhappy.

Miao Gensheng lowered his head and said nothing, and Feng Xiuhu didn't understand what was going on.

He looked at Shunzi: "What's the matter?"

Shunzi explained quietly, "At first, they were, but later all the Owl People were driven out by the Rat Tail Gang."

He knew what Feng Xiuhu was going to ask, so he continued, "The Rat Tail Gang is the most ruthless gang in Bocheng, and they're the ones in charge of the elevator."

Miao Gensheng added softly, "...the elevator was also built by us Owl people."

Shunzi glanced cautiously outside the door, and seeing it was firmly shut, he continued, "After the village building was built, this place was occupied by the Rat Tail Gang. Now, most of the people living here are their people, and the remaining vacant houses have been rented out by the Rat Tail Gang at high prices."

Shunzi pointed at his feet and said, "That's where we live now. After the church chose us for the choir, they needed to go downtown to collect offerings, so for convenience, you went to see Lame Mouse Boss Yuan. Since you were the squad leader, doing errands for the church, Yuan was the boss and rented this room to us at a low price."

Feng Xiuhu rolled his eyes and asked, "Does He Da Ge live here?"

Miao Gensheng sneered, "Come on, He Dage was at odds with Boss Yuan before he became squad leader, yet Boss Yuan was willing to rent the place to him. Do you think He Dage would dare to live there?"

Feng Xiuhu had an idea in his mind. It seemed that this city was a mixed bag. In addition to the Rat Tail Gang, there were also many "stragglers". He Dage's gang was obviously one of them - and he was probably one of them too.

He discovered a key problem: "Why doesn't the church ask Boss Yuan to be the squad leader? He has connections and a reputation, so collecting offerings would be much easier than for me and He Da Ge."

Shunzi and Miao Gensheng couldn't help but look at each other. Shunzi whispered, "He also collected... but he collected it on behalf of Lady Fengyu."

Feng Xiuhu exclaimed that it was wonderful. He thought that collecting tribute silver and making a profit in such a poor place like Dicheng was cruel enough, but he didn't expect that there was something even crueler - making a profit twice.

"So the temple also has a choir?"

Feng Xiuhu sat cross-legged on the bed with a spectator's mentality.

Miao Gensheng sneered twice: "The temple doesn't do these fancy things to whitewash the facade. They just collect it directly, and nominally call it the weather tax."

……

The next morning, Feng Xiuhu was woken up by Shunzi.

He had something important to do today. Not only did he have to ask He Da Ge to get the two streets back, he also had to ask him for an explanation.

After dinner last night, Shunzi went to find the choir brothers and informed them that they had something to do early this morning.

Shunzi told Feng Xiuhu that the brothers had arrived early and had already gone up one after another and were waiting for him.

As he spoke, Shunzi handed over a piece of cake.

Feng Xiuhu took a bite and found there was no filling inside. Shunzi said, "We have to save money. We have so many brothers to support. If we spend it all at once, we won't even have dry biscuits to eat next time."

Last night, while Miao Gensheng was out, Shunzi had already taken Feng Xiuhu to see where the money was hidden. All the silver plates were there, and the two fragrant deer antlers were lying in the box intact.

So Feng Xiuhu was very dissatisfied with this breakfast: "In such a big city like Fancheng, are you still worried about not being able to find money?"

"It's not that easy to find a job..."

Shunzi muttered softly.

Feng Xiuhu was thinking in his mind that the painting hanging in the church yesterday should be worth a lot of money.

As usual, Miao Gensheng stayed behind to guard the house, while Feng Xiuhu and Shunzi took the elevator to the lower city.

Coming out of the elevator, Feng Xiuhu discovered that the person operating the winch outside had been replaced. At the same time, the narrow corridor was completely blocked, almost entirely by Owlmen—a sea of ​​purple as far as the eye could see.

"What's going on?"

Feng Xiuhu pointed and asked.

Shunzi said, "The owl man has finished work."

"They all come back from the factory area. After the workers get off work during the day, the owlmen go to the top at night to earn money."

The two of them squeezed out with the crowd, and many people cast their eyes at them as they talked.

It seems that many people know Feng Xiuhu. Feng Xiuhu heard whispers.

“I really got beaten…”

"Listen to what he asks."

"My brain is not right."

"He Da Ge was too ruthless."

"Anyway, they're not good things..."

"Han Shunzi is a pretty good person."

Shunzi was terrified when he heard this. He looked down and saw that Feng Xiuhu was almost unable to suppress his anger.

Just before Feng Xiuhu was about to burst into a swear, Shunzi anticipated the situation, grabbed Feng Xiuhu's shoulder, and yelled to the people around him, "Don't talk nonsense! My brother wasn't beaten!"

The corridor fell silent, and everyone looked at Shunzi.

Shunzi's face gradually turned red as he was stared at by so many people. After a long while, he managed to utter, "My brother...was infected in the mental hospital!"

"Oh--"

Everyone was in an uproar.

Shunzi turned around to look for Feng Xiuhu, but didn't see him. He looked down and saw that Feng Xiuhu had almost buried his head in his crotch.

"Brother, what are you looking for?"

Sunja bent down and asked.

Feng Xiuhu covered his face and replied, "Dignity."

(End of this chapter)