Chapter 235: An Official Willing to Serve as a Ruzi Niu

After more than an hour, Yu Hongdou sat tiredly on the stone brought by Qian Sanmei.

In the bucket beside her, there were a few small fish as long as three fingers swimming.

On the other side of her, Tan Yanlin’s bucket was full, and the turtle that was caught at the beginning had been transferred to another bucket.

Even more miserable than Yu Hongdou was Tan Langxiu. His water bucket had been confiscated by his younger brother, and all he had with him were a pair of rotten straw sandals and half a broken wicker basket.

Mo Shougui stayed far away from them. In the bucket were two grass carps of similar size, each weighing six or seven pounds.

“It seems that I really have no luck in fishing today.” Yu Hongdou had to admit that she could not sit still and had already thrown the fishing rod to Qian Sanmei.

“I’m going to fight Mo Ding.” Yu Hongdou announced loudly, then stood up and ran away.

If she was provoked any further, she was afraid that she would get jealous and release all of Tan Yanlin’s fish.

Not far from Woxia, three old friends stacked on top of each other are still there, two of which have turned gray and can no longer be signed.

The only green left was the pile of graves given to Yu Hongdou’s “Notes on Clearing Up Wrongs”.

Judging from the time and content of the cases recorded in the notes on clearing injustices, Yu Hongdou roughly guessed that the person who gave the notes should be the great contributor to Wu’an County today, Lord Wu Lu, the City God of Wu’an City God Temple.

I just don’t know why Lord Wu Lu ended up being buried in a desolate mountain or a mass grave.

Thinking of the help that “Notes on Clearing Wrongs” had given to her father, as well as the various talismans she had signed in the City God Temple, Yu Hongdou felt that she should burn some incense sticks later.

[Sign-in location: Taoyuan Village, a pile of graves on a barren hill. Does it cost 1 point to sign in? ]

Yu Hongdou signed in, wondering what other surprises it would bring her.

[Successful sign-in: Obtained 1 poisonous skeleton. ]

“???!” Yu Hongdou looked at the news in shock, wishing she could go back and slap herself for doing that.

After opening the system backpack with trepidation and looking at the last slot in fear, Yu Hongdou fell silent.

[Poisoned skeleton: The remains of Lord Wu Lu who was willing to test poison in order to treat the people affected by the epidemic. ]

As expected of him, he is the City God. Yu Hongdou admires him but feels sad.

He sacrificed himself to test poison for the sake of the people, and was finally buried in a pile of graves in the desolate mountains, without even a decent grave.

If she were to be such a willing and hardworking official, Yu Hongdou would probably kill everyone equally.

Although he didn’t know the purpose of Lord Wu Lu leaving this piece of skeleton, but seeing that Yu Hongdou’s status would turn gray and he could not sign in after signing in this time, he decided to keep this black jade-like skeleton for the time being.

After putting down the check-in location, Yu Hongdou could finally eat shrimps with peace of mind. Last time, her mind was not on this. The two plates of shrimps for dinner were all made by Yueming alone.

When Yu Hongdou thought of the two plates of river shrimps she had last time, her mouth was watering.

I patiently imitated Yueming’s actions last time, put the gauze net in, and watched the shrimps swim over one by one. The sense of accomplishment was much greater than fishing.

……

As the sun sets, Mo Shougui returns with three young boys and girls.

Yu Hongdou was humming a random tune and walking leisurely in the front. Behind her was Lord Wangwang, who was holding his head high and looking very proud.

The puppy didn’t know about the competition for honor among the fishermen, he just felt that his master was in a good mood, and the master promised to give him the fish swimming in the bucket. Behind Yu Hongdou, Qian Sanmei was carrying a bucket with a smile on her face. Although her daughter didn’t have much luck in fishing, her ability to catch shrimps was beyond expectations. The whole bucket was full of shrimps, enough to make three dishes.

“I’ll make you some drunken shrimps and some fried river shrimps when I get back.” Yu Hongdou waved her little hand, looking generous as if she had a whole shrimp pond behind her.

“Okay, let’s make boiling fish with this fish.” Mo Shougui replied. He caught three fish, all of which were about the same size, so they were perfect for cutting into fillets.

“I’ll treat these as spoiled fish.” Tan Yanlin was not to be outdone. The fish he caught were not as big as Mo Shougui’s, but they were more in number.

“……”Tan Langxiu, the only one who gained nothing, remained silent.

Yu Hongdou laughed like a goose, and when Tan Langxiu looked over, she ran away quickly.

When she got home, Yu Hongdou saw the long-missed village chief. He was talking happily to Yu Sanlang and Yu Song. There was a familiar tall man beside Yu Song.

“Cousin!” Yu Hongdou looked at the tall man with some surprise. It had been a long time since she saw this cousin from the Cao family.

Cousin? Tan Yanlin and Tan Langxu raised their eyebrows at the same time and looked at the man who was almost six feet tall.

That’s right, this dark-skinned boy is strong and muscular, and his physique looks like a strong man.

“I’ve never heard of this cousin.” Tan Yanlin said lightly.

“…”Tan Langxu glanced at his brother. So what if he had heard or seen it?

Tan Yanlin smiled and took the initiative to step forward and get to know this “new” cousin.

“This is my eldest cousin Cao Su from the Cao family, from my aunt’s family. My aunt’s family has four cousins ​​and two cousins.” Yu Hongdou didn’t wait for Tan Yanlin to ask, and took the initiative to introduce him when she saw him coming over.

“Hello, cousin.” Tan Yanlin greeted politely and started chatting with this iron tower-like cousin with some enthusiasm.

As the next generation head of the Cao family, Cao Su was definitely not stupid. After chatting for a few words, he realized the young man’s temptation.

After a few words exchanged between them, the two top students suddenly laughed.

Cao Sulu figured out the intention behind Tan Yanlin’s test, and Tan Yanlin also got the information he wanted.

This cousin is thirteen years older than Hongdou and is already married, so he is truly a cousin, unlike the first one on the list, whose real cousin status is still debatable.

The dinner was very lively. Cao Su held the wine bowl and tried to pour wine for the two noble young men from the capital. These men had been running in the mountains and forests all year round, and they drank dry-boiled high-purity grain wine. Even if the two brothers of the Tan family were tied together, they had never drunk more than them.

Fortunately, they were not stupid and knew how to pretend to be drunk. They found an excuse and quickly hid back to rest. Cao Su laughed a few times at the two brothers who fled in panic, and then he started to eat his meal seriously.

After eating and drinking, Mo Shougui returned to his room to rest, while Cao Su appeared in Yu Sanlang’s study, along with Yu Song and Yu Hongdou, brother and sister.

“There’s news from Jining.” Cao Su went straight to the point and stated the purpose of his visit.

As the successor, he had to stay at the base camp and be responsible for the trade between Cigou Village and Yuwangzhai and the other two places, ensuring the food and clothing and safety of the villagers. He was also responsible for contacting and communicating with various forces so that he could take quick action when something happened.

The news from Jining was also received yesterday. The Cao family had not been there for long, so the only information they could get was from recent years. These pieces of information were scattered, but when they were put together, Xu Da, who was as smart as a fox, deduced many clues…

Cao Su and Xu Da felt that there were some things that they had to discuss with the Yu family first, so as not to catch them off guard.

This statement aroused the emotions and curiosity of the three members of the Yu family.

It turns out that these old stories actually hide so many mysteries and have such a long history.