From the family treasure tree to build an eternal family

Chapter 22 Communication (Seeking follow-up reading)

In a closed mountain village, interpersonal relationships are very important.

However, Xu Fugui was busy raising so many children and was not good at socializing. He rarely attended other people's weddings, funerals, and other banquets.

This is also a way to save money and trouble.

He and the villagers are just casual acquaintances who nod and greet each other when they meet. The advantage is that he will not offend other families and has no enemies. The disadvantage is that when he encounters problems, he can't find anyone to help.

There are pros and cons, and it's hard to judge.

Xu Xiaogou was different. He followed Du Hai to practice martial arts for eight years, from the age of seven to fifteen, and got along very well with the children who practiced martial arts with him.

He is a righteous man with a talent for martial arts, so he is naturally very popular.

Teenagers are at an age when their minds are pure and it is easy for them to develop deep feelings for each other. They practiced martial arts together day and night, and their friendship was deep.

Therefore, Xu Xiaogou has many good friends, and he usually goes out for a stroll in groups, calling his friends.

After a while, Xu Xiaogou brought a group of seven or eight people to the medicinal herb field.

Among them are twenty-year-old Zhang Zan, seventeen-year-old Li Mo, and the two brothers Du Yong and Du Meng from the Du family... basically they are a few years older than Xu Xiaogou.

The only person present who was one year younger than Xu Xiaogou was called Zhao Shuai.

Xu Xiaogou was worried that a conflict might break out, so he called in people with great kung fu skills and did not call those younger friends with weaker kung fu skills.

"Everyone, lie in ambush next to my herb field tonight. If anyone dares to steal, beat them up! They're looking for death by trying to find a lantern in a toilet to steal my herbs!"

Xu Xiaogou raised his fist.

"Fuck! Those refugees are going too far. Do they really think the people of Baihe Village are easy to bully? They don't even know how to restrain themselves when they come to our territory. They deserve to be beaten to death."

Zhang Zan echoed.

"That's right, we should give them a good beating so they won't dare come again."

Several people responded one after another.

Xu Xiaogou clasped his hands together and said pretentiously, "I, Xu Xiaogou, will never forget the great kindness you have shown me today. I will keep it in my heart and repay you with gratitude one day, even if it means risking everything."

"Dude, why are you saying that?"

"Go away, you're still acting like an adult."

"Brother Gou, just treat me to some beggar's chicken later."

The person who spoke was Zhao Shuai, who had a very good relationship with Xu Xiaogou. However, he was slightly weaker, and Xu Xiaogou had not originally called him. It was Zhao Shuai who, upon seeing Xu Xiaogou and the others coming together and learning about the situation, insisted on coming along to help.

Xu Xiaogou smiled and said, "No problem, I'll treat you guys to a good meal later."

It was already dark at this time, and Xu Xiaogou arranged for them to guard around the medicinal herb field.

The Xu family has a total of 20 acres of medicinal herbs, including 8 acres of Kuyewu, which is a very large area.

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Xu Xiaogou returned home and told Xu Fugui about the "support" he had found.

"Good, good, good."

Xu Fugui patted Xu Xiaogou's shoulder approvingly.

He didn't have many connections in the village, but he didn't expect Xu Xiaogou to call so many helpers who knew martial arts.

"Daniu, Sangou and I will go out to guard the fields. Jiazhen, you and the children stay home and lock the door. If it's too chaotic outside, don't come out."

Xu Fugui arranged that if someone's target was his herb farm, there would definitely be a lot of people coming.

Those people must have picked all the blackbirds in one night, and also dug up the iron root grass next to the blackbirds.

"Well, you must be careful. Safety is the most important thing. Losing some herbs is okay."

Jiazhen instructed the three of them.

No matter what, money is not as important as the safety of family.

"Got it. We'll be careful."

Xu Fugui took Da Niu and San Gou out of the courtyard and stood guard near the medicinal herb field.

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It's quiet at night.

Near Baihe Village, a group of people quietly gathered. They were all recruited by Sun Ye and Wang Bo, and there were more than twenty of them.

"Let's make it clear in advance. I discovered the medicinal herbs, and I took the risk to plant the drug in his house. After this is over, each of you will give me 40%."

Sun Ye explained again.

"Don't worry, Mr. Sun. We have an agreement in advance, and everyone must abide by it. I just want to know, is that medicinal herb really that valuable? One plant costs 500 coins?" "How could I lie to you? One plant is worth at least 500 coins."

"How much does his family have, enough for us to share?"

"It's a full eight acres of land. It's hard for us to dig it all up at night, and you're still worried that there won't be enough to share? Oh, and I remind you, dig it up with the roots and don't damage the leaves, otherwise the quality will be bad and the price will be discounted."

Sun Ye reminded.

Then someone spoke softly, his tone filled with worry: "Mr. Sun, what if we are discovered?"

They were just refugees, not thieves or bandits. They had made this decision out of sheer desperation.

Therefore, they were very panicked at the thought of stealing medicinal herbs worth 1,600 taels of silver from someone else's house.

"What are you afraid of? If we're discovered, we'll retreat. There are so many of us, so let's split up and flee. I'll cover your retreat, so they won't be able to catch us. I've found out that the family only has one child who has practiced martial arts for a few years, and the rest are ordinary people.

Besides, I put a whole bag of sleeping pills in there, so they'll definitely sleep till noon."

This is Sun Ye’s confidence.

If there was an expert at home, he would definitely not dare to do this.

"Let's go!"

Sun Ye led the way and headed towards the Xu family's medicinal herb field.

The arrow is on the string and there is no turning back. Even if some of them want to back out, they have to follow the crowd.

After a while, they arrived at the Xu family's herb field in the dark.

Looking around, you can see large areas of neatly arranged medicinal herbs.

"This is the withered leaf blackbird. Everyone go and dig it up separately."

More than twenty people spread out and went into the medicinal herb field, holding sacks, herb hoes, shovels and other tools in their hands.

Seeing the five-leafed blackbird plants, even if they still had doubts in their hearts, all they had left was greed.

It was as if they saw a pile of silver lying in front of them without any protection.

Sun Ye was holding a stick in his hand, and Wang Bo followed him with a sack and a rope in his hands.

"Come on, let's go to the kennel and kill the dog. Dog meat is very nutritious."

Sun Ye was furious and prepared to tie up Dahei and beat him to death.

The two of them sneaked up to the doghouse, but found that there was no movement.

"Where's the big black dog?"

"Maybe he went off to play somewhere else. Never mind, let's go dig for herbs."

The two of them slipped into the herb field.

At this time, in the darkness.

Xu Xiaoniu was lying on the ground, and Dahei was lying beside him.

"Shh, wait a minute."

Xu Xiaoniu saw the sneaky figures in the field, and he grabbed Dahei's mouth to prevent him from making any sound.

Until Xu Fugui's loud shout broke the silence of the night.

"Stop it! Catch the thief!"

"Wang Wang!"

Dahei roared and rushed out first.

Next came the people lying in ambush around.

"Oops!"

Sun Ye and others who had just started stealing medicinal herbs were discovered before they had time to pick a single Kuyewu plant.

Suddenly, everyone was frightened and fled in panic.

"How was it discovered?"

Sun Ye couldn't figure it out. He didn't care about anything else. He plucked the dead leaves in his hand and stuffed them into his arms, then ran away under the cover of night.

He had said before that if they were discovered, he would cover for his companions.

That was his lie. They had nothing to do with each other. They were just a temporary couple and were using each other.

He has a background in martial arts and can definitely run faster than his companions.

(End of this chapter)