Chapter 33 Trap Passive
The time for building the house was set.
Ye Beixiu and Zhang Juexia went to Jinshui Town again at the agreed time. They first found an official and got the deed to the barren mountain.
The two officers were very polite to Zhang Juexia and Ye Beixiu.
Zhang Juexia took the opportunity to get close to them and invited them to visit their mountain home when they had time.
The two officers immediately agreed, "People in your area make a living by hunting. If you hunt wild game someday, you can ask us brothers to come and have a taste."
"I just don't know your names, brothers?"
"His name is Zhang Wei, and mine is Liu Qiang. If you two encounter anything in town that you can't handle, you can come to the government office to find us brothers."
Zhang Juexia smiled and responded, "We're going to build a house soon. Once it's finished and my husband's leg is healed, I'll definitely invite you two brothers to our house for a drink."
Liu Qiang was older than Zhang Wei. He pointed at Ye Beixiu and looked at Zhang Juexia and said, "We brothers have remembered what your wife said. I'm afraid we can't miss this dinner."
Ye Beixiu nodded and bowed, "As long as the two officials don't mind, I will definitely invite you to my home for a drink."
Liu Qiang patted his shoulder and said, "Don't call us 'official master' anymore. Your wife already calls us 'big brother'."
"Yes, my two officers, brothers."
Even Zhang Juexia laughed at Ye Beixiu's words.
This is the first time for this person to deal with government officials. It is not easy to do this. Take it slow.
She said a few more polite words and then took Ye Beixiu to buy other things.
The family had to build a house, and there would be many people to eat every day. Before coming to the town, she specifically asked Wang Guilan. Wang Guilan suggested that she buy more cornmeal, steam cornmeal buns, and stew a dish every day.
When stewing, add more meat. If people come to your house to work and don’t have enough to eat, they won’t have the energy to work.
Zhang Juexia and Ye Beixiu went to the grain store again. When the shop assistant saw them, he smiled so hard that his teeth disappeared. "What would you like to buy, gentlemen?"
"One hundred kilograms of cornmeal and thirty kilograms of white flour."
"Okay."
This time, Ye Beixiu did not put it in the backpack. He asked the boy to help him put it on Ye Yunhai's ox cart.
They then went to the brick kiln and woodworking factories, informed them of the start date of work, and had the materials delivered to their homes.
After finishing these, they walked around and bought some things they needed for the family. Then they came to Ye Yunhai's ox cart. Seeing that it was the two of them, Ye Yunhai whipped the bullock and said, "Get in the cart and go home. We're waiting for you two."
Ye Beixiu chased him and asked, "The grain store has delivered the grain."
"It was delivered a long time ago. It seems that the construction of the house is almost ready. When is the start date? Do you still need my help?"
"No need. We found a professional house builder. They have people under them."
"That's fine, just talk if you have something to say."
After returning home, Zhang Juexia put the food away and went up the mountain to chop firewood with Ye Beixiu.
They cut down some small trees about as thick as their arms and carried them home to build a shed.
Zhang Juexia watched Ye Beixiu's skillful technique from the side and asked, "You've built this kind of shed many times, haven't you?"
"In the past, when we went into the mountains, if we couldn't find a decent cave, we would build a shelter. It was a good place to sleep and keep warm. If it rained, we could cover it with tarpaulin to keep out the rain."
"Then you have to build it well. We have to live here for a month or so."
"Just wait and see. I know my craft well."
After the shed was set up, Zhang Juexia packed his things into the shed one by one.
But she was troubled by the money. She didn't know where to put it.
Seeing his young wife's worried look, Ye Beixiu laughed and said, "Just put the silver in the shed. I'll fix the door and we'll lock it on weekdays."
Zhang Juexia was still worried, "Will this work?"
Ye Beixiu whispered in her ear, "I'll dig a hole in the shed. You put the silver in the hole, and then we'll lock it. It will definitely be fine."
Only then did Zhang Juexia feel relieved.
After the two of them finished all these, there were still one or two days left before they could build the house.
Ye Beixiu decided to go into the mountains again, after all, there were traps he had set up inside the mountains.
As for hunting deer, they didn't dare to hope for such a good thing. If there were pheasants or rabbits, they could make a dish for everyone when they built the house.
Zhang Juexia went up the mountain with him. She wanted to pick some peppercorns and wood ear mushrooms and then see if she could find something else. If she could find anything good, she would move these good things to her own mountain.
Ye Beixiu is a person who prefers to get things done early, no matter what he does. Zhang Juexia also has this idea. Before dawn, the two of them had a simple breakfast, put on their backpacks and went up the mountain.
Before going up the mountain, Zhang Juexia specifically asked Ye Beixiu, "Is there no game on the mountain we bought?"
"There aren't many. This place is too close to the foot of the mountain. These little creatures are very smart and won't seek death on their own initiative."
"Then you should have everything else, right?"
Ye Beixiu didn't understand what this meant, "What are the other things?"
"It's just pepper trees, herbs and stuff."
"I think there should be. I haven't noticed it before, but there are quite a few wild fruits. There should be some on the jujube and hawthorn trees. Let's go check it out in a while, and you'll know."
"When we get back, we'll catch some more fish to eat while we build the house."
"Um."
When they reached the farthest trap, the two were full of hope, but it turned out to be empty.
Ye Beixiu also comforted Zhang Juexia, "Good luck doesn't always come. Let's go down and take a look. Maybe there will be a surprise."
Zhang Juexia didn't feel disappointed. "Let's go to the next place and take a look. I hope there will be two pheasants. That way, we can have fried chicken for our first meal the day after tomorrow."
Ye Beixiu picked up the backpack and said, "Okay, let's go to the next place."
Arriving at the densely packed traps, Zhang Juexia walked ahead. She ran over, tiptoed, and peeked inside. "Husband, there really are pheasants in there this time, more than one."
Ye Beixiu was about to jump down and pick up the pheasant. He looked around and asked, "Madam, was this trap moved when you came here?"
Zhang Juexia shook his head. "I saw it from a distance, and it didn't move."
Ye Beixiu felt around and said, "Someone has tampered with our trap."
"How could that be? Aren't they afraid?"
"Look here, someone must be injured."
"They deserved it. They set someone else's trap."
Ye Beixiu said nothing. He scooped up the three pheasants from the trap with a net, tied them up, and threw them into the backpack. "Let's go down the mountain."
"You're not going to rearrange it?"
"Until we figure out who set these traps, we won't do it again. Setting them up will only make things worse for others."
"But how do we know who moved it?"
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