Reborn as a Cube Man in the Late Ming Dynasty

"Whew, luckily I ran fast, I almost got caught!" Zhang Yongyuan said with a look of relief.

"So I wasn't mistaken, that fragrance was coming from every household! Damn it, it must be the people from Liu Village who cut off our water supply and diverted a new waterway to another place, trying to kill us."

He gritted his teeth and muttered under his breath, "Fine, it was you people from Liu Family Village who were unjust and ungrateful first, so don't blame me for being impolite. These fish were rightfully mine!"

This room is pretty good. If I get discovered, I can still escape. I'll go in and get my things after everyone leaves.

He walked to a thatched hut on the edge of the village and quietly hid there.

The midday hour passed quickly, and the villagers finished their lunch and left their houses.

Only after everyone in the house had left and there was no more noise did Zhang Yongyuan sneak into the house.

As soon as he entered, he saw the roof beams piled high with large, pickled fish.

Wow, this fish is huge! But it's mine now!

Zhang Yongyuan sniffed it greedily, wishing he could stick his nose right up to it.

Let's leave this fish here for now and take it with us when we leave.

He reluctantly moved away and began searching the room.

"Look at this huge vat of water, just as I thought." He casually picked up a gourd ladle floating on the water and filled a bowl to the brim.

Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh.

The water flowed down his throat, splashing a puddle on the ground.

"Wow, it's been so long since I've had such a satisfying drink."

Zhang Yongyuan let out a comfortable sigh of relief.

He took out the leftover fish from the cupboard, picked up a small piece, and chewed it.

"It smells so good! I haven't had fish in so long, I've almost forgotten what it tastes like."

He smacked his lips, swallowing quickly, occasionally spitting out fish bones.

"Huh, that's all?" Zhang Yongyuan scraped the bottom of the bowl with his hand and slurped it up.

"Mmm~ This was really satisfying." He put down his bowl with lingering enjoyment, then stubbornly searched through the cupboard again, but ultimately found nothing.

What a poor wretch, he doesn't even have a single copper coin.

Oh well, what's done is done. The big prize is yet to come!

Zhang Yongyuan stared at the fish, leering as if he were looking at prostitutes: "Babies, hahaha, you're all my babies. Come on, let me take you away! Back home, I'll pamper you properly."

He quickly grabbed two and held them in his arms.

"Hey, it's pretty heavy~ It feels good! It's a pity I can't carry this third fish, I really wanted to take them all home."

Holding the two fish under his arms, he peeked out, looked around, and seeing that no one had noticed him, hurriedly headed towards the edge of his village.

"A thief has come to our village to steal fish!!!" came the child's exclamation from behind.

run!

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"Damn it, all you took were two fish! We gave them back, why are you still chasing us! You've chased us all the way to the village entrance, is it really necessary?"

Panting, Zhang Yongyuan finally made it into the village. Seeing the hesitant man outside, he breathed a sigh of relief and lay down on the ground.

"You're too scared to come in, are you? Is this all?"

Those people circled around the village a few times before reluctantly returning.

In his attempt to escape, Zhang Yongyuan threw away all the fish he was holding; they were too heavy to move.

In other words, aside from eating some leftovers at the beginning, he had almost wasted his time.

"Damn it, this won't end here. But I'm afraid I can't get revenge on my own."

He rolled his eyes and grumbled, then grinned wickedly.

"I've got it! I'll just tell the village chief. If he finds out about this, won't the revenge for Liu Family Village be avenged?"

He ran to the village chief's house and saw that his village chief had just returned from outside, carrying a basket on his back.

What a perfect coincidence!

He waved excitedly and shouted, "Village chief, I've come to see you!"

I'm so unlucky, I just got home and this little devil is bothering me.

Zhang He frowned, tucked the rotten vegetable roots in the basket behind him, and hurried back to his home, closing the door tightly before Zhang Yongyuan arrived.

"Village chief, what are you doing? I've come to tell you something important. Why are you locking me out?"

You can't expect anything good to come out of a dog's mouth. I'd rather believe the sun rises in the west than believe you, Zhang Yongyuan, would have anything important to discuss with me.

Zhang He put down the basket on his back, carefully took out wild berries the size of goji berries, and placed them on the table.

Keep these, boil them in hot water, and give them to the kids to drink.

A rare smile appeared on his wrinkled face.

Zhang He completely ignored Zhang Yongyuan's meaning. He estimated that, according to the usual situation, Zhang Yongyuan would leave after shouting for a minute or two.

"Oh dear, what a pity. I was just saying I'd finally found some information about water. Since the village chief isn't welcoming me, then I'll be leaving!"

Footsteps could be heard fading away outside the door.

What, water?

"etc!"

Zhang He quickly opened the door, only to see Zhang Yongyuan standing there with a grin.

"Where is it?" Zhang He asked hurriedly.

"I don't want the money you borrowed last time. Just consider it lost, okay?"

Zhang Yongyuan didn't speak, but just smiled and looked at Zhang He.

"Tell me, what else do you want?" Zhang He sighed and asked helplessly.

"Village chief, lend me another ten coins. I've been having good luck lately, and I'll pay you back double later, how about that?" Zhang Yongyuan said quietly.

"Don't even think about it!" Zhang He glared angrily at Zhang Yongyuan. "You don't farm the land, you have to ask the villagers for food, and now you're thinking of borrowing money? You're dreaming!"

If this money ends up in this gambler's pocket, I'm guaranteed not to get a single penny back.

Zhang Yongyuan wasn't annoyed at all; he just stood there quietly, looking like he had Zhang He completely under his control.

"Fine, fine, I'll lend it to you!" Zhang He gritted his teeth and soon took out a small bag of copper coins from the house.

Looking at Zhang Yongyuan, who was counting money with his head down, Zhang He asked, "Now, can you tell me?"

Satisfied, Zhang Yongyuan put the bag away and nodded: "Of course."