Chapter 22
"He said that he lost something and was in a hurry to go back and find it?" Song Tie scratched his head: What is he looking for? His expression looks scary.
Fan Ke, who had been languishing since last night and now seemed ready to take off, said: "My only means of transportation! You must wait for me right here! I don't have the money to buy you another one right now! Damn monkey, damn naughty kid! I haven't even paid off the money yet, and now I have to pay for repairs. This impoverished life of cultivating immortals is simply unbearable!"
"Fan Ke, run slower, you're going in the wrong direction, why are you going to the village entrance..." Song Tie shouted at Fan Ke's back a few times, but got no response: "Forget it, he knows where my blacksmith shop is, and he's not likely to get lost. Qiao Qiao, you said you wanted to buy arrows, right?"
We were all adults, and the village was safe, so nothing should happen. Really, young people love to dream of getting rich by picking up a bargain. Needless to say, he was probably going to look for that flying board.
Fan Ke: I am the original owner of the board, the original owner!
"Yes, my budget is limited. Tell me the unit price of the arrow first." Bei Qiao hung the fried dough sticks and chicken legs on the umbrella handle and touched the purse at his waist: after deducting the cost of breakfast and chicken legs, there were still forty-nine cents.
"Iron arrows are twelve cents, and I can give you seven cents for wooden arrows."
Bei Qiao was silent for a moment. "Does it support cash transactions?" Trading with otherworldly currency was out of the question. Forty-nine copper coins could only buy seven arrows at best, and there was no way she was going to spend all her money on something like that. She'd only been in the game for three days, and her Engel coefficient was still maxed out, making her feel constrained about buying anything.
Song Tie didn't care: "Okay, but it will be limited." This is a limitation set by the game, and Song Tie cannot change it.
Song Tie had some spare materials on hand, so he sold Bei Qiao five wooden arrows and two metal arrows at a low price through the bank's online banking system. He also recommended that Bei Qiao learn how to sharpen wooden arrows online: "Carpenters have unpolished wooden arrows. You can buy them and sharpen the tips to use them." If you want to save money, there are always more solutions than problems. Bei Qiao didn't plan to become a killer, so there was no need to rush to purchase powerful arrows.
"Okay, thank you, Sister Tie. How long will it take to get it?"
"Don't worry, with my skills, it will only take three days."
After settling the bow and arrow issue, Bei Qiao asked Song Tie about yesterday's hunting trip. Knowing that Bei Qiao also wanted to go up the mountain, Song Tie suggested that she wait a few more days, as Hunter Xin would be back soon. It would be safer for everyone to go up the mountain with Hunter Xin.
"He'll probably be back tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, and he'll go hunting in the mountains that day or the next. After all, the villagers can't go without meat all day..."
"Uh, sorry to interrupt, but the meat in the village... is all hunted? Doesn't anyone raise livestock and poultry?" Bei Qiao felt that this was a bit illogical.
"No, some people raise livestock and poultry, but our village is special. To ensure air quality, livestock and poultry are raised at the foot of the mountain. We have to go there to take care of them. The most basic hunting service is catching chickens with our bare hands." Song Tie felt a little regretful because she did not meet the basic hunting qualifications. She could only watch others running around chasing chickens. "Hunting is a professional requirement for hunters. It's not necessary to catch any prey. Everyone just wants to go up the mountain."
"So yesterday's hunt was..."
"A group of people chased a rooster for a long time without catching it. They got so angry that they refused to go down the mountain and go home, insisting on fighting the rooster to the end. In the end, the village chief shouted them back with a loudspeaker. But it was already late, and it started raining halfway. Even though we had prepared umbrellas and raincoats in advance, we still got soaked."
Yesterday's situation can only be described as a lose-lose situation. A large number of people failed to catch the chicken and ended up covered in dust and looking very embarrassed. Although the chicken was not caught, it was also exhausted. After everyone left the chicken coop, it collapsed on the spot and was so tired that it did not even get up to crow this morning.
Song Tie turned his head with regret to look at Yuanshan in the distance: "I originally wanted to go hunting at the foot of the mountain, but who knew that all the players who signed up were otakus and housewives with terrible sports skills. The village chief didn't allow them to go any further into the mountains, because if they went there, they would be no different from feeding the beasts."
As for the decision to leave the mountain early, Song Tie had tried to persuade her, but unfortunately, no one listened. Fortunately, everyone was not unreasonable. They didn't blame her for catching a cold from the rain, but were determined to get back at the chicken. Otherwise... Qianqian would definitely be furious when she came back.
Bei Qiao: "...Is there no hunting that is not so basic?"
"Yes, it's just like what I said at the beginning. As long as Xin the hunter leads the team, we can go hunting in the mountains. But if you want to join the team, you have to get Xinji's consent and spend money. After joining the team, if you can't keep up with the team on the mountain, Xinji will not be responsible. As for an outsider like me, I can lead the team, but the team members must have the ability to survive in the wild to be approved to go up the mountain. Otherwise, it will be like yesterday. We can't get the approval of the village chief and can only catch chickens at the foot of the mountain." Song Tie also wanted to go up the mountain with Xin the hunter, but she has a lot of orders recently and can't continue to slack off.
After thanking Song Tie, Bei Qiao walked around the street with the fried dough sticks in his hand, and chatted with a few players who had a good chat with him last time. Then he went home, left the chicken leg to Dudu, put down the cold fried dough sticks and went straight to the village entrance: Let’s not talk about whether to find a board or not, there are so many people at the village entrance, it’s good to join in the fun and exchange information.
"Oh, there are a lot of people." When he reached the village entrance, Bei Qiao stopped and stood under the huge sign with the village name to avoid the sun.
The large tree at the entrance to the village, rumored to have damaged the flying board, was already crowded with players. Some squatted on the ground, rummaging through the grass, while others climbed up the tree and scoured the branches. With the tree as their center, they searched every nook and cranny for hidden objects. If damaging the environment didn't reduce their luck, they would have dug up the ground to search more thoroughly.
"Could it be that those two kids are lying? There's such a small place here, and we've searched it back and forth several times, but we didn't find a board, let alone a mouse." Nanyi came here early in the morning and didn't even go to the grocery store. As a result, he had been busy from morning till now but found nothing.
The player next to them, also searching, shook his head. "Who knows? We can't rely on that horse anyway." Not long ago, they heard through the forum that the horse had returned home on its own. Although not an old horse, it was very good at finding its way back home, and had returned home earlier than the two children.
"I won't look for it anymore!" Nanyi jumped up from the ground: "I'm going crazy from the mosquitoes in the bushes!" As a person who attracts mosquitoes, he has been bitten seven or eight times on his body, which is painful and itchy.
"Me too...ah, help! There are worms!"
"What are those worms... Help, there's a snake!" What worms? Can't you just say snake?
Nan Yi couldn't describe what it felt like to see a snake crawling out of the grass under his feet. At this moment, he felt his mind go blank and he was completely unable to give orders to his body. For a moment, he didn't know whether to fight back or run away.
Nearby players screamed and stumbled back, while a few brave players grabbed rocks and threw them at the snake. Although a few of them missed and hit Nanyi, this chaotic attack still managed to disrupt the snake's attack. Bei Qiao also picked up a few rocks nearby and threw them, accurately hitting the snake's head.
With everyone adding fuel, the fire grew higher. Before all the nearby stones were used up, the snake was finally buried firmly under the stones, with only the tip of its tail sticking out from the edge of the pile, moving unwillingly.
"Is anyone injured?" Bei Qiao held down the still trembling Nan Yi: "The snake has been subdued, don't run." If someone is really bitten, strenuous activity will make the snake venom spread faster.
"I, I, I think I got bitten... Was it a poisonous snake?" Nan Yi's legs softened and he sat on the ground. He lifted his trouser leg to reveal the wound on his ankle and took a look. He gritted his teeth and began to squeeze the wound: "The blood is red... But now I feel numb all over."
"Judging from your wound and the color of your blood, the snake should not be poisonous. If you are worried, you can go to the clinic to see Qi Zhi and take the snake with you." Bei Qiao put down the umbrella in his hand, used a wooden stick to poke the stone on the snake's head from a distance, and then picked up a stone that was convenient for him and hit the snake's head wildly until the snake was knocked unconscious and stopped moving.
Bei Qiao tied the snake's mouth with a dead vine on the ground, pushed away the stone pressing on the snake, stepped on the snake's head, pinched the snake's seven inches with his left hand, and quickly tied a knot with one hand while holding the snake's body with his right hand. After a while, he had woven the snake into a short and rough snake chain.
Seeing that Bei Qiao had taken on the task of dealing with the snake, the other players volunteered to take the weakened Nan Yi to the infirmary. However, after such a long struggle, everyone was running out of energy. It was unrealistic for one person to carry Nan Yi, a grown man, that far. Nan Yi also refused to be carried like a princess by a group of grown men: "Can't you just carry me on your back?"
"No, I can't use you as a cushion when I fall." The players who were on good terms with Nanyi came over with a playful smile and tried to lift Nanyi up together.
"Hello!"
"Hey, stop arguing. Here's a piece of rotten wood. Let's use it to carry Nan Yi to the clinic."
“Good idea!”
By the time Bei Qiao finished tying the snake and lifted it from the ground, several enthusiastic players had already carried Nan Yi to the clinic on a tattered piece of wood they had dug out of the ground. They were running quite fast, but...
Looking at the group of players running away, Bei Qiao tilted his head and looked at the inn that had already opened not far from the village entrance, with a puzzled look on his face: Wouldn't it be faster to borrow a wheelbarrow from Aunt Ding? Are they too tired to think?
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