Reborn from the apocalypse, Pei Shaorong had only one thought in his mind: kill that despicable couple, collect supplies, and prepare for the end of the world!
One year later...
Pei Sha...
There is little entertainment in this village, so everyone passes the time by gossiping. Not only the women in the village gossip, but the men are no exception.
The news that Blacksmith Pan came to the Mo family to break off the engagement spread quickly, and the topic everyone was talking about in the past two days was the Mo family.
It was difficult to predict Mo Xiaobao's marriage in the first place, and after what happened to Blacksmith Pan, there was really no chance of marriage at all. Even Blacksmith Pan disliked him, so other men would be even more embarrassed to marry Mo Xiaobao.
Hearing the discussions in the village, Old Man Mo was extremely angry. Now that Mo Xiaobao couldn't get married, he had to support her. He must have done something wrong in his previous life. Not only did he not have a son to see her off at her grave, but he also had to support a little brother for the rest of her life.
He was wailing in his heart. Even though Mo Xiaobao was his own son, Old Man Mo was very upset and disliked him. He made him work in the fields all day long. He couldn't just raise him for nothing!
Mo Xiaobao had no objection to Old Man Mo asking him to do the work, because he had been doing it before anyway. Although he was not a male, his father had always treated him as a male, and he was used to doing the work. Rather than marrying the blacksmith Pan, he would rather stay single and work at home all his life.
Although it was a consolation, Mo Xiaobao was still a little sad in his heart. Right now, there was really no man in the surrounding area who was willing to marry him.
After two days of sadness, Mo Xiaobao put all these troubles behind him and ran to Brother Lin's house whenever he had time every day. He had to make the clothes as soon as possible and return the three strings of money to Brother Pei.
Even though the three strings of cash were not used to break off the engagement, the money had already been taken away by his father, and there was no reason for his father to take the money out once it was in his hands!
Mo Xiaobao's marriage was settled, and Pei Shaorong was in a good mood. He put his mind back on making money.
After processing the prey in the space, Pei Shaorong continued to set up a stall in the town to sell skewers. His income each time was almost stable at around two hundred coins.
Of course, only he himself knows how much income he has. He is the only one in the town who can earn so much by selling skewers.
Others made some money, but not much. After a few days, several people selling skewers closed their stalls and stopped doing business. It would be better for them to do odd jobs to earn money than those who work from dawn to dusk.
You know, you can learn from Pei Shaorong and go hunting in the mountains to get pheasant and mountain rabbit meat, but for pork, you have to buy it because the cost is too high.
The town’s favorite kebabs are pork kebabs. If they don’t sell pork kebabs, the business will be much worse. But if they sell pork kebabs, the cost is too high and they won’t make any money at all.
However, Pei Shaorong did not have this worry. There was too much meat in his space, and he could not eat it all. He also wanted to use up all the pork feed in the space, and then he could enjoy some delicious ancient natural food!
With several fewer kebab shops in the town, Pei Shaorong's business became even better. In the end, his income from kebabs could probably stabilize at around 300 coins per sale.
The villagers knew more or less that he sold skewers, but they still didn't know how much he earned. Since he was a foreigner with no land and made money by hunting in the mountains and selling skewers, no one paid much attention to him.
However, Aunt Qin came to ask him about it and kindly reminded him that the right thing to do was to find a proper job and save some money to buy land and farm, as being a small trader would not last long.
It has been a month or two since Pei Shaorong moved to the village. The Qin family is the one he is most familiar with. Although Aunt Qin is sometimes snobbish, she is actually a very warm-hearted person.
Pei Shaorong did not refute Aunt Qin's advice, but nodded in response. He did not plan to do this business for a long time.
"Brother, you look really nice to me. Hey, how old are you? I think you are not young anymore. How about I find you a wife?"
It was rare to meet a young man as honest and good-tempered as Pei Shaorong. Aunt Qin liked him very much and joked with him with a smile. Aunts like her liked matchmaking the most.
"Don't be in a hurry, Auntie. Who would marry me when I have no money or land? Let's wait two years and see..."
Pei Shaorong chuckled, and his honest and simple appearance made Aunt Qin like him very much. It was rare to find such an honest and good-tempered young man. She would go back and see if there was any suitable girl or boy in the village to introduce one to her brother!
After sending Aunt Qin away, Pei Shaorong began to clean the cellar. This was originally built into the house. Villagers would build this kind of cellar whenever they built a house. It was a very good choice for storing food and sundries.
Pei Shaorong naturally had no plan to store grain in the cellar. He felt it would be safest to keep the grain in his own space!
He planned to empty out his special space and free up some things that could be placed outside, such as some outdoor supplies, which would no longer need to be placed in the space.
Especially his modified Hummer, which took up too much space in the space, so he wanted to free up the space to go up the mountain to collect wild fruits and some mountain products.
Pei Shaorong has already made up his mind. He wants to transport the wild fruits and mountain goods from the mountains in exchange for silver!
At this season, there is an abundance of wild fruits and mountain products on the mountains. Although villagers will go up the mountain to bring back the good wild fruits and mountain products, they are basically from nearby outskirts.
If you go deeper into the mountains, you will find many ferocious beasts and the mountain roads are rugged. No one would take risks just for a few wild fruits, so if you go deeper into the mountains, you will find large quantities of wild fruits and mountain products.
With the convenience of space and relying on his own skills, Pei Shaorong was very confident that he could safely enter and exit the mountains and bring these things out.
There is still a lot of sugar in my space. I can make the wild fruits into various candied fruits. These are precious snacks. So many wild fruits are all free. I just need to give some sugar, and the money is simply picked up for free.
This is a normal human society. What is needed for food, clothing, housing and transportation is silver. There is no shortage of food anyway. Pei Shaorong doesn't feel bad about consuming things in the space at all. Anyway, he cannot use up all the things in the space in a short period of time.
After cleaning the cellar and freeing up the Hummer and some other things from the space, Pei Shaorong went up the mountain to pick wild fruits and mountain products.
Although the main purpose of going to the mountain this time was not hunting, Pei Shaorong still set up a lot of hunting traps after going up the mountain, and then began to collect wild fruits and mountain products.
Of course, I don’t collect everything I see. There are so many things on the mountain that I can’t take them all. I try to pick the delicious and good-looking fruits.
Pei Shaorong would not let go of nuts like walnuts and pine nuts. Since manpower was limited, Pei Shaorong tried every possible way to collect them.
In the village, people pick nuts such as walnuts and chestnuts by hitting them on the trees with a long pole, and then pick them up one by one on the ground and put them into a basket.
When he got to Pei Shaorong's place, he directly set up a big fishing net under the tree, and used a long pole to knock down all the walnut nuts. When the fishing net was pulled in, there was a big bag!
Pei Shaorong did the same thing with fruits that could withstand falling, like hawthorns. As for those that couldn't withstand falling, he could only do it himself one by one.
Pei Shaorong also took a lot of pheasant eggs, bird eggs and other things from the mountains. The deeper he went into the mountains, the more things he found, which made Pei Shaorong's eyes sparkle.
However, Pei Shaorong also knew that the deeper he went in, the more dangerous it would be, so he knew when to stop and did not dare to go too deep. If he encountered a ferocious beast, he would not have much chance of escaping.
This time he stayed in the mountains for a long time, almost half a month, before Pei Shaorong returned home with a space full of things.
If it weren't for his limited manpower, he would have been able to collect more things, but the things he collected this time were quite a lot, enough for him to not have to go up the mountain for a long time.
Pei Shaorong took a large backpack and put some things in it to cover up the truth, then went down the mountain and went home contentedly.
Just after walking out of the back mountain and before entering the village, Pei Shaorong saw a man and a teenager arguing on the side of the mountain path.
The man had a lewd look on his face and was making advances towards the boy. The boy was holding a package and his face was red with anger. He held a wood-chopping knife in his hand and made a threatening gesture towards the man who was taking advantage of him. It was none other than Mo Xiaobao who had not been seen for more than half a month!
Er Gouzi stared at Mo Xiaobao up and down, with a vulgar and lewd look on his face, and talked to him with a grin on his face.
"Oh, it's Abao who's here. Do you miss your brother? I haven't seen Abao for a few days. He's become handsome and cute..."
"Go away!" Mo Xiaobao glared and was about to leave with the package in his hand.
Er Gouzi didn't care, and blocked Mo Xiaobao's way with that playful smile on his face. "A Bao, why are you so fierce? No wonder no man wants to marry you. But Brother Gouzi likes hot girls like you, they're exciting!"
"Abao, it's a pity that I wasn't there when you fell into the river. I heard from Lengzi that you were very white. Come, let your brother see if that's true. Is your body as white as that of Widow Chen..."
Hearing Er Gouzi compare himself to the most coquettish widow in the village, Mo Xiaobao was furious. He pulled out a wood-chopping knife from his waist and waved it in front of Er Gouzi, shouting:
"Go away! Don't come over here! Have you seen my knife? If you dare to mess with me again, I'll kill you!"
Suddenly, Dao Ergouzi in front of him was startled. He was stunned for a moment and then he was not afraid anymore. He continued to laugh at Mo Xiaobao and bravely pounced on Mo Xiaobao.
"Good Abao, come here. Today, Brother Gouzi will let you have a taste of being a man. Tomorrow, I will make sure you will never forget me..."
Er Gouzi smiled obscenely and grabbed Mo Xiaobao's hand and was about to push him to the ground, scaring Mo Xiaobao so much that his face turned pale.
Just as Mo Xiaobao was struggling hard and was about to cry, Ergouzi screamed "Ah--" and flew off his body.
When Mo Xiaobao raised his head, he saw the tall and strong Pei Shaorong standing in front of him. His eyes suddenly turned red and he burst into tears.
"Woo woo woo, Brother Pei..."