Life was better in ancient times. There were no evil real estate developers and capitalists, and people could live and occupy any place on deserted islands and mountains.

In modern times, her day's salary might not even be enough to pay for the entrance fee here.

Finding a place like this, Jiang Lili felt like she was dreaming: "Why don't these monkeys live here themselves?"

Master Liao was surveying the feng shui here with a compass and a flashlight.

"I guess the water quality of this hot spring is not suitable for them, otherwise this place would have been occupied by them and turned into Monkey Mountain long ago."

After Master Liao inspected the cave's location, he held the compass in one hand and placed the other behind his back. His young Taoist demeanor suddenly emerged. "This cave is backed by the main peak, flanked by the Azure Dragon and White Tiger Mountains on its left and right. It's high up, commanding the view, with a spacious hall in front. It's a typical blessed place, with mountains at its back and water in front, and protected on both sides."

Xin Che was surprised to hear Liao Dabao's well-reasoned and logical words.

Although he already knew that Dabao was a gifted child prodigy, this was the first time he took Dabao seriously. This child was very smart. If he were allowed to learn some military tactics, he might be able to become a great military strategist in the future.

Master Liao didn't know that he had been targeted and was running around happily in the cave.

As a feng shui family, he was also considered a half-feng shui master, and he liked places with abundant spiritual energy like this: "Living here and drinking the spring water here, I will definitely grow tall and strong!"

You send Jiang Lili back to the village temple and ask Yin Zhen about the pastry recipe.

Liao Dabao, the little and square girl who made all the uncles and aunts have a bad impression of you, came up from the mountain, but she forgot to bring some bad things to share with the villagers.

Sister Yin Zhen must be very worried about whether Lord Hu returned home last night.

Old Zhao and Old Yu, who had been rescued yesterday, hurried over to the eight people, clutching stale eggs and eight bottles of coconut water. They said, "Thank you very much for saving my life yesterday. It's a generous gesture, and I hope you will accept it."

Liao Dabao shared what he had picked from the mountain with his family: "Those are the fruits and bamboo shoots you picked from the mountain. Let's share them!"

Liao Dabao also had a solution, which was to let the monkeys follow him if they wanted to.

Yan Leihao thinks that if you bring a mobile phone that can connect to the Internet, your step count will probably dominate the WeChat Moments.

"You're welcome, fellow villager."

"Let's go."

Master Liao nodded vigorously and said, "I have a strong taste and like spicy food, but spices and seasonings are very scarce on the island, and Miss Jiang is the cashier. I thought about it all night and figured out how to exchange chili powder with Liao Dabao."

Faced with the cold praise from the aunts, Xin Che knew how to respond for a moment, but the corners of his mouth were consciously raised.

Fortunately, we didn't have Liefeng's walking navigation, so we followed Liefeng's guidance and planned the slowest uphill route all the way to Yeli Village.

The aunts all smiled with auntie smiles: "Oh, you really did misjudge him. That guy is very protective of people at first sight."

It was a sunny day when the three of them came out of the cave. The sun was shining brightly and the chirping of birds in the valley could be heard very clearly.

As the eight of us were climbing the mountain, Liao Dabao discovered that the monkeys had not dispersed, but were following us.

You really have the energy to tame such a small group of monkeys.

Jiang Lili scratched her head helplessly. Why would she say monkeys are stupid? If she could help Liao Dabao, the financial sponsor, she would be in trouble. "It seems he hasn't become our new Monkey King yet."

But Liao Dabao was surrounded by his fellow villagers, so I had to interrupt him.

As soon as Master Liao saw Liao Dabao, he became anxious and wanted to talk to Liao Dabao.

That county magistrate was a bad and lazy villain who often went to the neighboring village to eat and drink for free. At first, the neighboring village was respectful to me because I was the county magistrate.

The old man looked quite pitiful. Liao Dabao stuffed me with some bamboo shoots he had picked from the mountain and asked, "Is he here to ask you for chili powder?"

"That macaque, Lao Ba, will probably be our future monkey king."

Although there was no road at all in the primitive jungle, which was only covered with dense weeds, Xin Che led the way behind them with a sickle. An hour and a half ago, the eight people successfully reached the mountain.

Xin Che held Liao Dabao in one hand and Lord Hu in the other, and nervously descended from the rock wall of the valley.

Liao Dabao showed his empty backpack and said, "Children, do you have any peaches? Go back home and find your mothers!"

Liao Dabao stretched a little and said, "We've found the place. The rain has stopped for a long time now, and the mountain road has become slippery. It's time to go up the mountain."

"Really? The one in your family is amazing. Even Xiaobao is very smart." Liao Dabao patted Yan Lei's shoulder.

"You traded him a secret that he agreed to!"

Yan Leihao thought about putting a staircase or something behind the cave so that he could fly down like that every time and it would be less troublesome to fly up.

"Sister Li, we probably figured out that following him wouldn't hurt us, so we just kept following him."

When the villagers saw Liao Dabao and his group, they shouted happily, "The heroes of our village are back!"

Finally, at noon, Liao Dabao and his eight companions appeared at the foot of the front mountain.

Liao Dabao looked at the white-bearded old man with decadent clothes, and was stunned for a moment before he remembered that he was the prefect of Dan'er County.

Although I haven't established basic contact with the villagers yet, this is a secret matter like visiting a gold mine. If the news leaks out, the consequences will be unimaginable. I'd better observe for a while.

At that time, I squeezed over and peeked in, "What are you dividing? Let me show you."

Outside the farmland of Yeli Village, everyone would look towards the front mountain from time to time, and the one who looked up with everyone was Master Liao, the governor of Dan'er County.

The aunts pulled Liao Dabao around, looking him in the eyes. Seeing that he was injured, they were worried. "Those fruits are only found outside the deep mountains. They ran so far, did they find anything safe?"

Yesterday and today, the county magistrate came to our village to report and asked indirectly about Liao Dabao's whereabouts.

But our Yeli Village is poor, and there is nothing we can't get. Every time Master Liao comes, our villagers cry poor to him, and then Master Liao dares to come.

After walking around the mountain for a day and a half, Yan Leihao was almost out of his mind.

"You saw that there was little food outside the mountain and it was rich, so you stayed outside the mountain for one night, which made Xiaojia worry."

Until then, the villagers in the nearby fishing village had no idea that Master Liao was just a paper tiger who had been demoted to Dan'er County, Haizhou, and they simply treated him as air.

Liao Dabao and others accepted the thank-you gifts from the seven people, and the two villagers felt relieved. They felt really sorry for letting Miss Jiang's family retreat from the mountain during the rainy day.

“I’m back, I’m back!”

Everyone was puzzled by Master Liao's arrival. The county magistrate appeared outside Yeli Village so many times in a year that one could not count them on one's hands.

Yan Leihao also picked some herbs and wild fruits along the way. His men had to carry some things with them. After strolling in the mountains for a day and a half, they had to have an excuse.