novelaction Chapter 105 Autumn Hunting
Chapter 105 Autumn Hunting
After hearing Shen Cuiyun's words, Chen Changfan realized that he had been careless.
When he killed someone before and carried Yunniang down the mountain, his clothes were stained with a lot of blood, and he actually forgot to change them in advance.
"This is not my blood. I killed a bandit in the mountains."
Chen Changfan said truthfully.
"Are there really bandits in the mountains?" Shen Cuiyun had only heard that there were more horse bandits before, and didn't know much about mountain bandits.
She originally thought that there would be no one living in such a remote and poor place, but she didn't expect that there actually were people there.
Chen Changfan nodded and briefly introduced the surrounding situation to her. Only then did Shen Cuiyun realize the danger.
She knew how ferocious the horse bandits were, but they were just minions in front of the mountain bandits, and the mountain bandits would not easily take action. Once they did, they would probably loot an entire village.
In fact, the bandits were even more terrifying than Shen Cuiyun had imagined. Chen Changfan didn't want to make his wife worry too much, so he didn't tell her too much.
Tomorrow he will have to keep an eye on the progress of the stairs and stone carving. After he has built the stairs, he can start to bring his wife and daughter in.
After all, there are only nine days left before the hail disaster.
"By the way, we're moving in a few days. Please buy some necessities in advance. If you don't have enough money, please tell me."
Chen Changfan thought that Shen Cuiyun was considerate, so it would be more appropriate to let her buy daily necessities, and he felt more at ease.
"There's so much money at home, it's more than enough to buy some daily necessities."
Shen Cuiyun said this with full confidence.
After all, what she holds in her hand now is not a few hundred copper coins, but several hundred taels of silver, so it is not surprising that she has this confidence.
It seems that in just half a month, her life has changed drastically. Although she doesn't return to the village now, it is still conceivable that the villagers must be extremely envious of her.
Her husband was capable. Not only did he make their life prosperous, he also brought her and their daughter to live in the city.
Every time she met Aunt Liu, she was always respectful. After all, she could have a good livelihood now thanks to Chen Changfan's advice.
As for her in-laws' family, she guessed they were also trying to come over.
But they had already moved out of the village, so the family couldn't find them, and their husband should have warned them.
So she was never harassed by that family again.
Come to think of it, since they have already separated and clearly stated that they don't need to be raised or buried when they die, they should completely cut off ties with the other side. Don't just watch the young couple here live a good life and then come over to seek refuge with them.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but reveal a faint smile on the corner of her mouth, then she mustered up her courage, stood on tiptoe and pecked her man lightly on the face.
Her man has given so much for her, and her heart is completely devoted to Chen Erlang.
It was the first time that Chen Changfan saw this girl so proactive, and his interest was immediately piqued. However, the little girl in his arms was always hanging on him, and he had all his skills but couldn't use them.
"My dear, the baby is hungry, please feed him."
Chen Changfan handed Luoluo to Shen Cuiyun, whose milk was overflowing due to adequate nutrition.
The little girl was sucking milk subconsciously, but she was not hungry at all.
After eating for a while reluctantly, Luoluo felt sleepy and fell asleep with her mouth open.
"This child fell asleep while eating..." Shen Cuiyun couldn't help but complain as she heard the milk dripping.
She had just gently placed the child on the bed when she felt a hungry tiger pounce on her...
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The next day.
"There are still eight days left. We need to speed up the process."
After Chen Changfan settled the fish stall affairs, he headed straight for Xiaofeng Mountain.
There were many more figures on the construction site, including two stonemasons who had just tied the ropes around their waists and were slowly going down into the pit to chisel the stone wall.
Chen Changfan watched for a while, then picked up a hammer and pickaxe and dug deep into the bottom of the pit to start digging.
This is a classic key problem in engineering projects, and the two-sided excavation method can greatly improve work efficiency.
Fortunately, he had marked the excavation points on the rock wall in advance, so there would be no problems as long as he excavated according to the points.
As for the occasional falling rocks overhead, Chen Changfan had already taken that into consideration.
Putting a few fishing nets across the top can stop most of the falling rocks.
Clang clang clang!
At the beginning, Chen Changfan's excavation speed was quite slow. Later, he finally clicked on the skill point of [Stonemasonry], and then directly used the encounter points to deduce it to perfection, and the excavation speed increased a lot at once.
Near noon, he met two stonemasons in the middle. Looking at the remaining workload, he estimated that most of the work could be completed, so he asked the two stonemasons to continue working while he went upstairs to rest.
As for the two stonemasons, when they discovered that Chen Changfan had carved the stone wall quickly and well, they suddenly felt a little embarrassed.
"This boss's craftsmanship is better than ours. If we don't work hard, we won't be able to ask for the wages."
"I think we should go back and redo what we just did. It looks like we didn't do it properly..."
After they discussed it, they seemed to suddenly become more motivated.
Chen Changfan had just come up to rest for a while when he saw a thin, middle-aged man riding a horse towards him. The man was a disciple of Mr. Chai, and he seemed to have some impression of him.
After seeing Chen Changfan, the man quickly dismounted, not even bothering to wipe the sweat off his forehead. He bowed to Chen Changfan and said, "Captain Chen, my master Chai has invited you to go hunting in the West Mountain. It took me a while to find you."
"Hunting? Not interested."
Chen Changfan's mind flashed with the image of a group of rich young men chasing a rabbit through the woods, and he suddenly lost interest.
The middle-aged man was stunned, as if he didn't expect Chen Changfan to refuse so quickly.
He was delivering a message on behalf of Mr. Chai, and that time the other party came running immediately. Who would have thought that the young man in front of him would actually reject him outright.
If Mr. Chai had not instructed him to invite Chen Changfan, he would probably have turned around and left in anger.
"Captain Chen, my master, Mr. Chai, said that they have found traces of a man-bear today and would like you to join them in the hunt. If you can capture the man-bear, he will buy it for one thousand taels of silver."
The middle-aged man was about to persuade him, but he saw Chen Changfan had already ridden on the pony. "Lead the way."
The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, then quickly mounted his horse.
I didn’t expect this person to be so fickle. I don’t know what Mr. Chai saw in him?
The middle-aged man didn't understand, but Chen Changfan knew it clearly.
He owed Mr. Chai one thousand taels of silver, and he bluntly said that the hunted bear could be bought for one thousand taels. His purpose was very obvious.
He hoped that he could hunt the man-bear, but as to why he did so, he was not entirely sure at the moment.
After a while, the two riders arrived at the West Mountain. From afar, they could see many people holding longbows and riding horses. It was obviously the scene of the rumored autumn hunting.
"Brother Chen, we've finally got you here. Our hounds have already located the man-bear. We're just waiting for you to arrive so we can head into the mountains."
Chai Feng has changed his previous elegant image. Today he is wearing a dark red hunting suit, an iron bow on his shoulder, and a chestnut horse under his crotch, looking majestic.
In contrast, Chen Changfan's clothes were stained with a lot of dirty stone powder, his bow was thin and his arrows were short, and even his mount was much shorter than others, which immediately attracted the contemptuous looks of many guests.