"Ah... Help... Help me..." Zhou Laosi was almost caught by the cobra, but the snake suddenly turned a corner, which obstructed the cobra's vision and caused it to pause.
In the end, Zhou Laosi was safe, but the villagers in the distance immediately became the target of the cobra's attack. Those villagers reacted quickly and ran away screaming.
But they were clearly not as fast as Cobra. Just as Cobra was about to catch up, Zhou Erfu suddenly stood up and shouted, "Fourth brother, this woman is yours."
Zhou Erfu had been eyeing that cobra for a while and was about to grab a stick to beat it, but he wanted to teach Zhou Laosi a lesson, so he didn't act immediately. As a result, his mother called him over to squeeze out the venom from Zhong Mailian.
Grass...a type of plant.
"Watch me!" Zhou Erfu swung a thick wooden stick and rushed towards the cobra. In no time, he leaped up and struck the cobra precisely on its vital spot.
He then struck it several more times until he was sure the cobra was dead before he stopped.
Hehe, I can make snake soup tonight.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, especially the villagers who had been chased by the snake. They were extremely grateful to Erfu; the boy was incredibly brave and had the makings of a hunter.
On the other side, Zhao Guihua, holding Xingxing, asked in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Xingxing, can this Zhong Mailian poison be cured? Can you find any antidote herbs?"
Xingxing thought for a moment and replied in a low voice, "After Fourth Brother squeezes out the venom, we'll drag her into the ditch to wash her wounds, and then we'll find a doctor to treat her."
That's the image that came to mind. As for finding herbs to help Zhong Mailian detoxify, Xingxing never even considered it. Zhou Laosi and his wife were too wicked; she didn't want her mother and brothers to gather herbs to save her.
Zhao Guihua suddenly realized, "That's right, she's already done enough. Why should she suffer more? What kind of medicine should she gather for Zhong Mailian? Helping her control the snake venom and preventing her from dying immediately is already quite charitable."
"Sifu, drag your fourth aunt over here. The venom has been squeezed out. Clean the wound. No, Zhou Laosi, this is your wife. What are you standing there for? Hurry up and clean your wife's wound, then take her to the doctor in town."
Zhao Guihua glanced at Zhou Laosi, who had urinated in fear of the cobra, frowned in disgust, picked up her daughter, and prepared to go home. She didn't care whether Zhong Mailian lived or died anymore. If Zhou Laosi didn't want to remain a bachelor, he should know what to do.
Zhou Dafu, Zhou Sanfu, and Zhou Wufu collected all the silver they had dug up and put it in their baskets. They couldn't wait to go back, so when they saw Zhao Guihua was about to leave, they immediately followed her.
Zhao Guizhi picked up Ruru and said to Zhou Sifu, "Sifu, let's go home. Just leave your fourth aunt to your fourth uncle."
"Yes, Fourth Brother, hurry up and follow me, let's go back and kill the snake." Zhou Erfu said happily, holding the snake by its seven-inch mark and wrapping its body around himself.
The villagers who had originally intended to continue digging for silver had lost their will to dig. Terrified by the enormous and ferocious cobra, they decided to go home and calm down before trying again.
The cobra looked to weigh about eight pounds. It was entirely black and shiny, with a flat head covered in patterns. It looked very venomous, and its meat was more delicious than other snake meat.
Back at the stream at the end of the village, Zhou Erfu chopped off the snake's head with a single stroke.
"Fourth brother, burn the snake's head." Even if a venomous snake dies, its head is still alive, especially since the venom on its fangs won't dissipate. The best way is to burn the snake's head to prevent anyone from accidentally touching it and getting hurt.
Zhou Sifu used two sticks to prop up the snake's head, took it to a dry place nearby, and then found a pile of dry grass and branches to burn the snake's head to ashes.
After he finished burning the snake's head, Zhou Erfu also finished killing the snake, peeled off its skin, and dug out its internal organs. "Fourth brother, hurry back and get a bowl to put the snake's gallbladder in."
Both the snake skin and snake gallbladder can be sold later.
The Zhou family members were sitting in the main room, counting the silver they had dug up. It was all ingots worth fifty taels each, and there were six of them, which amounted to three hundred taels.
“I think Aunt Zhao Xiu also dug up more than a hundred taels, so we should have the most.” Zhou Sanfu raised his eyebrows, quite proud. Their family had a little lucky star, which no one else could compare to.
Zhao Guihua clicked her tongue a few times, "I never thought that we could dig up silver in our Yegou Village. I think the village will definitely not be quiet from now on. Everyone will probably be carrying hoes and digging for silver in the ground and on the hills."
"As long as they don't collapse the mountain, it's fine. We don't need that little bit of money anyway, so let's not join in the fun." Zhao Guizhi thought that it wouldn't be a bad thing if the villagers could dig up some silver, so that her sister's family wouldn't stand out too much and attract jealousy.
When he bought a cow, the villagers were already envious. If he were to build a brick house or something, they would probably feel even more resentful and would definitely come to ask Old Master Zhou where he got so much money.
Human nature is the most vulnerable to temptation; wealth can easily corrupt people's hearts.
A common man has no responsibility, but possessing a treasure is a crime.
Now that everyone has found money, no one should envy anyone else. Even if someone envies another for finding more, no one will do or think anything out of line, since everyone has benefited anyway.
In the afternoon, while stewing snake soup, Zhao Guihua also put some wild ginseng whiskers into a small earthenware pot and stewed them together with the snake meat. This was specially made to nourish Chen Shunping's body.
"Why are you pulling out ginseng roots again? Shunping is much better now. Keep those wild ginseng and don't touch them. What if they don't fetch a good price later?" Zhao Guizhi felt very guilty.
“We have money now, so we don’t need to worry about the cost of a wild ginseng. Health is the most important thing,” Zhao Guihua said in a good mood. “You and Chen Shunping will be going to town in a few days. I’m thinking of getting you two married so that it will be more legitimate for you to live together.”
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