Chapter 225 Better to have nothing than something bad – that applies to me too.
Paman's originally gloomy expression returned to normal when he saw Qin Suisui and the others.
He leaped into the air, lightly touching the ground a few times, and in the blink of an eye, he was standing in front of them from a hundred or two meters away. He looked Qin Suisui and Zanzan up and down, and only after confirming that they were both alright did he speak: "Why are you so late? Did something happen on the way?"
Qin Suisui realized that Paman was worried about them because he found that they had arrived much later than usual, so he came out to pick them up.
She shook her head: "It's nothing, I just rode a little slower on the road. Senior brother, did something happen?"
Parman didn't hide anything from her. He frowned and nodded slightly, then said in a deep voice, "Last night, wild boars suddenly came down the mountain and destroyed the rice fields. I was afraid you would encounter wild boars on the way, so I came to meet you."
Zan Zan was at the age where he was very combative. When he heard that there was a wild boar, he remembered what his friends from the Snake Spirit Brigade had said about fighting wild boars in the deep mountains. His eyes immediately lit up: "Wild boar! Wild boar! Zan Zan wants to fight a wild boar!"
Qin Suisui chuckled and patted his head: "You're not even as heavy as a wild boar's leg, and you still want to hunt wild boars."
Zan Zan pouted, but didn't refute.
Fortunately, the wild boar was spotted in time when it came down the mountain, and the rice paddies were not damaged much. So the village was not affected, and there was still a joyful atmosphere as everyone prepared for tomorrow's prayer festival.
Paron and Huang Weimin were sitting in the courtyard drinking tea. After the Snake Spirit Brigade moved out of the deep mountains, the relationship between the two brothers returned to what it was before.
Previously, during last year's typhoon, Huang Weimin's children deliberately abandoned him alone in a dilapidated house, where he was disabled, in order to make it look like he had been crushed to death by the house. He was eventually rescued by Pei Jiuyan.
After his injuries healed, he severed ties with his children.
Because Pei Jiuyan was involved, the organization intervened, so Huang Weimin did not suffer any loss. He now lives alone in the old house he and his wife renovated. His unfilial descendants have to give him alimony every month. If they dare not give it to him, he will make a scene at the organization. So his life is relatively good.
Moreover, after Palon and his family moved out, Palon took Paman to visit his children a few times, intentionally or unintentionally. Knowing that these people were snake charmers, his children dared not neglect them.
Paron tried several times to persuade Huang Weimin to move to Sheling Brigade and live with him, but Huang Weimin refused. His wife had passed away, but their memories remained, and he wanted to cherish those memories until the day he died.
Palon had no choice but to pick him up to play from time to time. Tomorrow was the Mountain Orchid Festival, so Huang Weimin was naturally picked up in advance.
Seeing Qin Suisui and the other person arrive, Paron hurriedly waved to Zan Zan: "Zan Zan, come here quickly, Grandpa made you a toy."
Upon hearing that there were toys, Zan Zan couldn't wait for Qin Sui Sui to hug him and hurriedly jumped off the back of the bicycle. Fortunately, Paman caught him and prevented him from falling.
After thanking Parman, he hurriedly ran towards Palon: "Grandpa Palon! I brought you candy too!" He then tore open the wrapper of a coconut candy and stuffed the brownish-red candy into Palon's mouth.
Palon's eyes crinkled with laughter. He quickly opened his mouth to take the candy, then hugged Zan Zan tightly, calling him "my good grandson" repeatedly. He even took out the spinning top he had carved himself and presented it to Zan Zan like a precious treasure.
This spinning top was made from boxwood that Palon specially found in the forest. It spins very stably, is very durable, and its surface can be made extremely smooth. High-end spinning tops sold in department stores are usually made of this material.
It's clear that he really likes Zan Zan.
Qin Suisui tilted her head to look at Paman: "Senior brother, Master likes children so much, why didn't he get married?"
Qin Suisui had never seen her master's wife. She thought that her master's wife had passed away many years ago. However, she later learned that her master had never married.
Paman paused in his carrying, glanced at Qin Suisui, and then spoke in a low voice: "My master's beloved woman has already married another. It is our tribe's tradition to choose the less desirable over the better." I felt the same way, but he didn't say the last sentence.
"You brat, what are you doing bringing so much stuff? If you need anything, your senior brother can go out and buy it himself! How much money did you spend buying all this stuff?" Paron yelled as he watched Parman unload the things from the back of Qin Suisui's bicycle.
Besides carrying Zan Zan, Qin Sui Sui's bicycle also had two baskets on either side of the seat, filled with fifty catties of white rice and white flour, a bucket of peanut oil, and ten catties of salt.
The white rice and white flour were both grown in her own space. After her space was upgraded, the area of the black soil quadrupled, including an additional paddy field and a dry land. In addition to planting the mountain rice that Paman had given her, Qin Suisui also sowed some ordinary rice seeds.
The flow of time inside the space is different from that outside; a batch can be harvested every month. So far, she has harvested several thousand kilograms of rice and wheat.
Moreover, the space also has a one-click processing function, which directly hulls the rice and stores it in the warehouse.
The rice and noodles produced in this space have an exceptionally good taste.
The peanut oil was also pressed by herself after growing it in her space. If she bought it outside, such a big pot would indeed cost a lot of money, but she didn't have to spend any money. However, she couldn't tell Palon that, so she could only chuckle and say, "Master, thanks to you, I developed another antidote a couple of days ago, and there's a reward for it!"
Qin Suisui was right. Every time she developed an antidote, the organization would give her a certain reward. This was not only for her, but for all the researchers in the laboratory.
She developed three antidotes this month, and I estimate that the amount will be quite substantial when she gets paid in a couple of days.
"You should be grateful! You have such a good apprentice, more considerate than your own child, and you still have such a long face every day! I don't know who you took after!" Huang Weimin, as the eldest brother, couldn't stand his younger brother Palon's smug attitude of getting a good deal while pretending to be innocent.
Paron snorted coldly. He knew that Qin Suisui was filial. Almost every time she came, she would bring them some daily necessities, which were mostly things they needed. It was clear that she really cared about them. He had made a good choice in taking her as a disciple!
Tomorrow is the Prayer Festival, so almost every household has put aside their land clearing work today and is preparing for tomorrow.
For the Snake Spirit Brigade, the Prayer Festival is an even more important festival than the Spring Festival, as it foreshadows whether they will have a good harvest this year. Therefore, almost every household brings out their treasured smoked meat, mountain orchid wine, and mountain orchid rice, just waiting to cook and enjoy them the next day.
As night fell, Qin Suisui and Zanzan were sleeping in her room. Half asleep, she suddenly heard a rapid whistling sound coming from outside.
Even Zan Zan was startled awake.
After calming the little one down, she quickly put on a coat and went out to see what was happening. She saw Palon and Parman carrying longbows and running towards the door.
Outside, there were already about a hundred strong men, just like Parman and his men, shirtless and holding longbows, waiting outside.
Palon raised his longbow and shouted, "Warriors! This is a test from Lord Serpent Spirit! Let us take up our weapons, protect our rice paddies, protect our homes! Tomorrow at the harvest feast, let these wild beasts become our delicacies!"
"rush!"
"rush!"
"rush!"
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In an instant, the shouts of the warriors echoed throughout the wild forest.
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