funbook-pk Chapter 167 The Little Snake's Return Gift
Chapter 167 The Little Snake's Return Gift
Lin Feng and the little snake clashed head-on.
This little snake isn't resistant to stress either; could it have some kind of intelligence problem?
Half an hour later, Lin Feng, relying on the endless true energy illuminated by the sun and moon, gradually gained the upper hand.
Lin Feng continued to tease him, "If you're a man, then fight it out head-on. We're not going to run away."
Lin Feng could sense that the little snake's power was getting weaker and weaker.
The energy from the fish I just ate has probably already been used up.
The little snake gradually lost its strength and slowly began to lose ground.
Lin Feng pressed the little snake to the ground and rubbed it. The snake's body was as hard as iron, and it would be difficult to be hurt by ordinary swords and knives.
However, Lin Feng's fist was imbued with internal energy, making it far more powerful than ordinary swords and knives.
The little snake, in pain, darted away.
Lin Feng said, "Didn't we agree that we couldn't run away? Why did you run away?"
The little snake landed behind a rock some distance away, poked its head out, and said, "Who told you that, you idiot?"
Lin Feng smiled. It seemed that this little thing wasn't stupid. He just didn't know where it learned to swear. Could it be that such things were in the inherited memories of demonic beasts?
"What kind of man runs away if he can't beat someone?"
"I'm not a man, I'm a child."
"You're not female, are you?"
"You look like a woman to me, he's a real man."
"No matter who you are, you can't beat me. You ran away, so you're my defeated opponent."
The little snake retorted, "Who said I ran away? I was just too weak. I didn't eat enough. Bring me more food tomorrow, and we'll fight again when I'm full."
"Row."
Lin Feng finished practicing his skills and left the valley.
Taming a snake shouldn't be rushed; you have to cultivate a bond with the animal gradually.
Lin Feng went down the mountain in the afternoon.
After descending the mountain, he summoned the Ma Yi Guards to search for Zhang Xiaoyu's whereabouts.
He told everyone that Zhang Xiaoyu hadn't returned after going up the mountain last night, and instructed them not to search too far and not to enter the valley.
The search continued into the night, at which point Lin Feng ordered all the hemp-clad guards to return home.
The Black Mountain at night is quite dangerous for ordinary martial artists.
The search for Zhang Xiaoyu was just a show; we can't let a few of our brothers actually get hurt because of it.
That evening, Lin Feng took Zhou Haitao and Lin Hu to Zhang Xiaoyu's house.
He didn't tell Zhou Haitao and Lin Hu the truth. Both of them thought something had happened to Zhang Xiaoyu, and their eyes were red with sadness.
The three of them arrived at Zhang Xiaoyu's door. Zhou Haitao said, "How are we going to tell Sister-in-law Zhang about this?"
Lin Feng also felt this was a difficult situation, but since Zhang Xiaoyu had already left, he could only say that she was missing.
Let's be honest.
Lin Feng went in and started lying, saying that Zhang Xiaoyu had gone missing after going up the mountain alone, and that he had mobilized the Ma Yi Wei (a type of guard) to search for her for a whole day but they couldn't find her, and that she was probably dead.
He didn't mention that Zhang Xiaoyu went up the mountain with him and disappeared; he couldn't take the blame for that, fearing he would incur people's jealousy.
Sister Zhang held her child and cried for a while, then begged Lin Feng to send people to continue the search. Lin Feng agreed to lead the Ma Yi Wei (a type of guard) to search every day.
Lin Feng asked his mother and wife to go and bring Zhang's wife and her child to his home.
When her mother heard that Zhang Xiaoyu had gone missing on the mountain, she was also very sad.
“Sigh, this Black Mountain is too dangerous. People can disappear without you noticing. That’s how your father died.”
Xiao Feng, be careful, don't always go up the mountain.
"Mother, I know."
In the following days, Lin Feng spent his time either fighting with the little snake or leading the Ma Yi Guards to search the mountains.
This matter alarmed the city lord's mansion. In order to improve his relationship with Lin Feng, the newly arrived city lord mobilized the city lord's mansion, the city guards, and the yamen to help Lin Feng go up the mountain to find the person.
A large group of several hundred people searched the mountain for two days without finding anything. Everyone agreed that Zhang Xiaoyu might have encountered a monster and been eaten.
The news of the large-scale search of the mountains by Qinghe County officials spread like wildfire and became common knowledge.
Aunt Zhang naturally knew about this. She knew that Lin Feng had done his best and had no complaints.
She herself knew that without Lin Feng, she and her husband might not be alive today.
In this day and age, it's perfectly normal for people to be alone.
Zhang's wife gradually accepted reality.
Lin Feng used the excuse that Zhang Fengye was his godson to keep Zhang's wife and child at his home.
After much persuasion from her mother and wife, Zhang's wife finally settled down.
Lin Feng's family lived in the inner city, and their living conditions were incomparable to those outside.
Moreover, it's dangerous for Sister Zhang, a widow and orphan, to live alone.
The key is that Lin Feng can provide his children with the best living conditions and the best education.
As time went by, Zhang Xiaoyu's story faded from public memory, and everyone assumed he had died on the mountain.
Half a year has passed in the blink of an eye.
The past six months have been unusually peaceful in Qinghe County, as the lives of the people have greatly improved because they no longer have to pay protection fees.
During the Spring Festival, Lin Feng's family returned to Xiahe Village. Many more people moved into Xiahe Village, making it a thriving place.
Many families in Qinghe County secretly keep a memorial tablet for Lin Feng, hoping that he can live forever.
The people all know that without Lin Feng, the people of Qinghe County would not have the good life they enjoy today.
The economy of Qinghe County has become increasingly prosperous.
In the past, gangs collected protection money, and all the wealth ended up in the hands of the gang leaders. These people didn't spend much money; they just took whatever they wanted by trickery and force, without having to spend any money at all.
This has led to the economic downturn in Qinghe County.
Now that the gangs that collect protection money are gone, the wealth is distributed among the people.
In the past, people lived in poverty and couldn't even afford daily necessities. Now that people have money, they naturally start to consume, and the economy of Qinghe County has prospered as a result.
Most of the outer members of the Ma Yi Wei stationed in the countryside would choose to teach the people martial arts. The people could learn martial arts from them by paying very little money.
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In this way, people who want to learn martial arts will no longer have to travel a long way to the city to learn.
These martial arts schools all went out of business because they couldn't make money off their students.
Lin Feng didn't care about any of these things. Once the Ma Yi Guard was on track, he had a lot of free time.
Besides spending time with his family every day, he goes up the mountain every day to fight with small snakes.
For the past six months, the two, one human and one snake, have been fighting every day, and their relationship has become very harmonious.
In the world of snakes, there's no such thing as being obligated to someone for eating their food.
The little snake now leaves the valley to hunt, but he looks forward to eating the fish that Lin Feng brings him every day.
Lin Feng discovered that this guy was ungrateful, so he stopped bringing food to the little snake every now and then.
Lin Feng stopped bringing fish to eat, and the little snake realized that eating fish every day wasn't a given, but rather a result of Lin Feng's care.
So the little snake caught a few big rats and gave them to Lin Feng as a thank you for giving him the little fish to eat.
Lin Feng was both relieved and speechless. "It's fortunate you're a snake. If you were a dog, you'd probably bring me two piles of shit."
In the past two days, the higher authorities have issued a notice instructing the four leaders of Qinghe County to prepare for the martial arts competition.
The lord of Qinghe County was parachuted in and had no need to participate in the martial arts competition. The county magistrate, knowing his own abilities were not up to par, also withdrew from the competition.
Of the four leaders, only Lin Feng and the general of the city guard signed up, which freed up two spots in Qinghe County. Lin Feng secured one for Sun Yu so that he could have a companion.
The day before he went to the county town to participate in the martial arts competition, Lin Feng took two large fish baskets up the mountain, and the baskets were filled with small fish that the snakes loved to eat.