Chapter 157 The Return of the Great Sage
The monkeys on the mountain are becoming more and more rampant.
When they first appeared in front of people, they were very reserved and just secretly dug potatoes in the potato fields.
Before Xia Wu could come up with a good idea, the village workers who went to pick vegetables discovered early the next morning that the potato field that had been dug up by monkeys yesterday was damaged again today. Not only potatoes, but also corn. The corn was rudely broken by the monkeys before it had time to grow into corn kernels, making the field a mess as if a strong wind had passed through.
Potatoes were also damaged a lot. Those hateful monkeys just kept digging at the potatoes. After one bite, they threw them aside and said they were not tasty, but they continued to dig at them.
Many small potatoes that had not yet grown were exposed and became abandoned potatoes.
The employees all came from farming backgrounds and knew how to cherish food. When they saw such a tragic scene, they almost cursed the monkey to death.
These damn monkeys just came down the mountain and had to waste food. Isn’t that infuriating?
Yang Guofeng immediately went to the county forestry bureau to report the matter, and the reply he received was that monkeys should not be harmed. As for the crops that were destroyed, they could make a statistics and apply for subsidies from the higher authorities.
This is not good news, and it cannot even be considered a solution.
First of all, the presence of monkeys is definitely long-term. Once they realize that there is a stable source of food in the village, they will not leave here, and the monkey problem will continue.
Secondly, no matter how much compensation the Forestry Bureau gives, it cannot make up for the losses caused to Xia Wu. She is not short of money, but she loves food. She wants to use the limited land to grow more delicious and healthy food so that more people can eat the food produced by Taoyuan Villa. It has become her dream.
However, before the dream could be realized, a group of annoying monkeys showed up to cause trouble, and the food that was supposed to be eaten by humans was wasted in the soil. Anyone who has farmed would be amused.
Xia Wu knew that the Forestry Bureau couldn't offer any better advice. Furthermore, this land originally belonged to all living things. If it were a long time ago, perhaps humans had encroached on the animals' land...
Xia Wu prepared herself mentally for a long time. She could accept the monkeys' presence nearby, but she could never accept the monkeys wasting food!
Low pressure permeated every corner of the village, and everyone was worried about how to deal with these naughty monkeys that came down the mountain.
I don’t know who posted the news to the forum, but the latest post quickly became a popular post.
The village's ecological environment has improved, and the monkeys have come down the mountain and started destroying the food on Yantou Mountain. Does your family have any idea what's going on?
1L: Oh my god, there are monkeys. Are they the golden, cute, and polite ones?
Original poster: [Picture], this is the kind that will pull people’s hair, snatch people’s food, and steal your toilet paper while people are taking a shit.
2L: You idiot! The destructive power is too strong. Is the damage to Yantou Mountain serious?
3L: It seems to be very serious, and they only appear in Yantou Mountain. It is reported that potato fields, corn fields and vegetable fields have been destroyed by them, and the sunflowers planted by Xia Xia seem to have been attacked by monkeys in the past two days.
4L: No one cares?
5L: The Forestry Bureau actually doesn’t have any good way to do this. After all, monkeys don’t understand the law, and they don’t know what it means for private property to be inviolable, right?
6L: Oh my god, that’s too bad. How can we solve this problem?
OP: That’s why I’m posting this to ask you guys, is there any good way to solve this problem?
7L: I have a plan that may be able to solve everyone’s urgent needs!
8L: Good brother from the seventh floor, please come over here quickly~
9L: As we all know, monkeys and cows became sworn brothers a long time ago. Aren't there buffaloes on the mountain? Let the buffaloes persuade the monkeys to stop, otherwise they will be suppressed by the Five Finger Mountain. Don't let this tragedy happen again!
10L: How could I deserve to be on the same forum with all of you, the dragons and phoenixes? Beet! Get out of the hospital!
OP: Don’t go off topic!
11L: Sun Wukong should not be a macaque, he should be a golden monkey at least. And the Bull Demon King is not a buffalo, you are wrong.
12L: Is this the key point? Didn't you notice the original poster's reply? He went to the toilet and the monkey stole his toilet paper, so how did he wipe his butt?
Yang Shuhua was speechless as he watched the post gradually go off track. Zhao Jing, now his girlfriend, patted his shoulder sympathetically and said, "I told you it's no use looking for forums. Remember to close the window next time."
Although the post later returned to normal and people started looking for ways to solve the problem, none of their ideas were very good.
Even Jiang Xun couldn't find a better idea this time. He had encountered similar situations before, but those people were ordinary farmers. They received subsidies when their crops were destroyed. As long as they got the money, it didn't make much difference to them whether it was given by the government or earned from selling grain.
What the village should pay more attention to now is the increasingly rampant monkey population.
These monkeys became more and more daring and even went so far as to cause damage in the village.
You have to know that there are many elderly people and children in the village. If you are not careful and anger the monkeys, you might get hurt.
People who keep dogs in the village don’t have to worry about these problems for the time being, because monkeys are a little afraid of dogs. Once the monkeys approach, the dogs in the village will start barking.
That night, Xia Wu was sleeping on the mountain when he was suddenly awakened by the violent barking of dogs down the mountain. The dogs in the village were barking loudly at the same time, mixed with the shrill screams of monkeys. Xia Wu hurriedly got up and went out, and Ji Yunzhou got up too.
Standing on the mountain, they could clearly see that everyone in the village had been woken up by the shouting. People started turning on lights one after another, as if they were going out to check what was going on.
Xia Wu heard the majestic cry.
"Let's go! Go down the mountain and take a look!"
Xia Wu hurriedly drove Ji Yunzhou down the mountain.
There have been monkey troubles these past two days, so she left Jindou and Heidou on the mountain to patrol. Nothing has happened so far. Now it seems that the group of monkeys have gone around the mountain and into the village.
Weifeng was moved to the cowshed some time ago. Xia Wu was afraid that the monkey would run into the house and cause trouble, so he sent Weifeng back home to guard the house.
I didn’t expect there would be such an unexpected gain.
Xia Wu drove very fast and arrived at his doorstep from the mountain in about six minutes. The sound of the high-powered accelerator made the monkeys nearby start to riot again, and then they scattered and fled.
There were a lot of people gathered at the door of Xia Wu's house. Liu Guizhen turned on the large incandescent lamp at the door, illuminating the surroundings. Weifeng was surrounded by people and occasionally roared.
"Xiao Wu is here!"
Xia Wu pushed through the crowd and walked in, and saw Weifeng lying on the ground with a monkey in its mouth. No matter how Yang Guojun tried to dissuade it, it refused to let go.
"Weifeng, let go, there is no danger anymore," Xia Wu squatted down, touched Weifeng's dog head, and asked it to let go of the monkey.
Weifeng finally loosened his grip and dropped the monkey to the ground.
It was a small and skinny little monkey, with its hind legs bitten by Wei Feng. It looked like it had some lacerations. It lay on the ground unable to move, wailing constantly.
The monkeys had not gone far and seemed to be in a state of commotion. They had lost the little monkey and wanted to take it back.
However, there were many people at the moment, and they brought their dogs with them. The dogs kept barking at the monkeys, scaring them so much that they dared not come forward.
After figuring out what was going on, Xia Wu became very worried. Although these monkeys were at fault, they were only acting according to their nature. Besides, he couldn't just watch the little monkeys die.
Xia Wu called Jiang Xun and said, "Monkeys have entered the village. A little monkey was bitten on the hind leg by Wei Feng. Can you handle it?"
Jiang Xun knew how to treat these wounds. He asked Xia Wu to take the monkey to the cowshed and get a medical kit.
Xia Wu took the little monkey away and asked the villagers to go back and rest. Fearing that the monkeys would come back again, she asked Weifeng to stay at home.
Ji Yunzhou was driving, and Xia Wu wrapped the little monkey in cloth and held it in her arms.
The little monkey was really small, only the size of two palms when held in the hand, and very light. It did not make a shrill scream when bitten by the dog. Instead, it made a helpless, soft wailing sound similar to crying, like a child, with one claw tightly grasping Xia Wu's clothes.
Xia Wu really didn't like those monkeys that wasted food, but when he saw the miserable appearance of the little monkey, the softest part of his heart was touched again.
The road on the mountain is not easy to walk on. Once you reach a certain place, you have to walk the rest of the way. Ji Yunzhou followed Xia Wu with a medicine box.
Jiang Xun had already gotten up. The dim light was on in the room. He had cleared out a table and when he saw Xia Wu and the others coming, he immediately asked her to bring the monkey over.
"Leave it to me."
There seemed to be the cries of a group of monkeys not far behind him. Jiang Xun carefully checked the injuries of the little monkey. After disinfecting and stopping the bleeding, he needed to suture it. Simple sutures were not difficult for Jiang Xun. Xia Wu and Ji Yunzhou were responsible for holding the little monkey down so that he would not move.
There is no anesthetic, so I can only sew it up.
Xia Wu felt pain just watching. The little monkey treated her as someone to rely on. Its upper body clung to Xia Wu, its two little claws tightly grasping her clothes, and then it cried and howled.
"Do they think you're their mother?" Jiang Xun sutured the wound and began to put the finishing touches on it. It was getting light outside, and he teased Xia Wu with a smile.
"It's still a little pitiful. I'll just treat it as a mother. Can I send it back to the monkey group?"
"Wait two more days. If we go back now and it rains, the wound might get infected."
Xia Wu followed Jiang Xun's advice and decided to temporarily adopt the little monkey for two days.
"Then leave it here with you? You will take care of it."
Jiang Xun quickly waved his hands, "No, I can't be a nanny, and look, it's obviously going to want you."
As soon as the little monkey's wound was sewn up and it was released, it immediately climbed onto Xia Wu and hung on him like a little monkey pendant.
Xia Wu: “…”
He looked at Ji Yunzhou in embarrassment, "What should we do then?"
Ji Yunzhou tilted his head and looked at the child who looked a bit like a two or three-year-old, as if he could see through his and Xia Wu's future child.
It seems like a good idea to accumulate experience in raising children in advance?
"Then let's keep it first."
Xia Wu had no choice but to agree to take the little monkey back.
"So what does it eat?"
Jiang Xun checked the little monkey's teeth again. "The baby teeth haven't fallen out yet. It must be still breastfeeding."
Xia Wu frowned, "I can't give it that."
"Haha, buffalo milk is great. Just a little bit will make it full."
That's about right.
Raising a monkey is much easier than raising a child, but the monkey is too small and its mouth is too small, so it cannot eat from an ordinary discarded milk bottle. Xia Wu asked around in the village and finally found a retired water bottle for premature babies from a household.
Pour the warm buffalo milk into the bottle and place it on the left side of the little monkey. It immediately holds the bottle with its two little black paws, immersed in drinking the milk, and makes a chirping sound with its mouth.
Xia Wu watched the little monkey drinking milk, and her previous bad impression of the monkey suddenly became much less...
Good, so cute!
Xia Wu adopted a little monkey, and the news soon spread throughout the village. Everyone worked together to find a milk bottle for the monkey. Xia Wu fed the monkey in the yard by the well, and everyone came to watch.
"This little thing is just like a little child, and it's quite cute."
"Wow, it even knows how to hold the bottle, just like a child!"
"He's funny-looking, with big eyes!"
The elders in the village commented on the scene, and the children surrounded Xia Wu, shouting, "Great Sage! This is the Great Sage!"
"Nonsense, the Monkey King should be a golden monkey, its hair is golden!"
"What kind of monkey is this?"
"A monkey?"
"Can't it be the Great Sage?"
"What if it grows up to be a good monkey like the Monkey King?"
The children chattered back and forth, their childish words filling the air. Xia Wu smiled and asked, "Do you still know Sun Wukong?"
"I know. Journey to the West is shown on TV every day. My mom even showed me the cartoon Monkey King!"
"Sister Xiao Wu, please give the little monkey a name!"
"Yes, let it stay in the village. Look how pitiful it is, its legs are bleeding."
The little monkey ate milk for a while and finally felt full. It closed its eyes while feeding, and was very intoxicated just now. Now that its stomach was full, it finally opened its eyes and looked at the chattering human children around it.
Xia Wu didn't spoil the fun, "What should we name the little monkey?"
Xia Meng, who was in her second year of middle school, suddenly said, "It's better not to give it a name lightly. After all, if you give it a name, it will become a bond, and it will be difficult to separate it in the future."
She looked sad and seemed to have a deep understanding.
But no child paid any attention to what she said.
There are not so many futures and separations in the world of children. They like the little monkey and want to give it a name to show respect.
"Sister Xiao Wu, the little monkey thinks you are his mother, so you should be the one to choose the name."
"Yes, the little monkey will definitely like the name you gave it."
Xia Wu frowned. Children speak without restraint. She didn't want to be the little monkey's mother. She looked down at the little monkey, and the little monkey happened to look up at her. As long as the little monkey was awake, its claws would grab something on Xia Wu's body.
Only in this way can it feel safe.
Xia Wu softened her heart again. It seemed that being a mother to the little monkey temporarily was no big deal.
"Then let's call him the Great Sage," Xia Wu said.
"Great! The Great Sage is here!"
"We have the Great Sage in our village. No demons or monsters dare to come here, or he'll beat them all to death with a stick! Hey! Ha!"
Some sentimental children even started punching and kicking, which made Xia Wu frown again.
This is obviously because he ate too much.
After the Great Sage was bitten by Weifeng, I don't know if the monkey group was frustrated because of this, but they did not appear in the village for the next two days. There were Jindou and Heidou on the mountain again, so Xia Wu requisitioned the big dogs in the village to patrol the mountain day and night. Although the local dogs in the village only knew how to guard the house and did not know how to drive away monkeys, the monkeys did not appear on the mountain.
It was as if they had never been there, and they didn't want the unfortunate little monkey who was captured to disappear again.
Xia Wu had no way to send the Great Sage back.
He had no choice but to raise the Great Sage himself.
Raising a monkey is much easier than raising a human child. Although Xia Wu has never raised a human child, she knows that it is absolutely impossible for a human child to climb freely on an adult while still breastfeeding, even without support.
The Great Sage stuck to her all day long, and even at night he would sleep in the grass nest next to Xia Wu.
It became more difficult for Xia Wu to wake up at night.
There was already a Ji Yunzhou by my side, and now a little monkey came along.
She was caught between these two guys and couldn't get up at night to feed Brother Snake the spiritual spring water.
There was no other way, so Xia Wu had to discuss with Brother Snake and change the feeding time from spiritual spring water to once a week, feeding more each time.
Brother Snake actually understood and accepted it.
Ji Yunzhou's grandfather brought his old comrades to Yanggou Village and lived in the white building.
Ji Yunzhou wanted to go back to visit and bring Xia Wu with him.
The two brought some things that were easy for the elderly to digest, such as honey and local chickens raised at home.
The Great Sage stuck to Xia Wu like a little tail and followed her. As soon as they entered the white building, a big dog suddenly rushed out and ran towards Xia Wu. The Great Sage was so scared that he screamed and climbed on top of Xia Wu's head.
"Thunder! Sit down!"
A fierce roar was heard, and the majestic and ferocious dog suddenly became quiet, sitting obediently in the same place and not moving anymore, but its eyes were still staring straight at the trembling Monkey King above Xia Wu's head.
A man about 1.9 meters tall walked out. He was wearing a sleeveless vest on his upper body and overalls and boots on his lower body. He looked heroic and seemed to be very capable of fighting.
He strode over with an apologetic look on his face. He held down the large German Shepherd and said to Xia Wu and Ji Yunzhou, "You must be Mr. Ji and Ms. Xia, right? I'm sorry that the thunder startled you."
The man's name is Sun Dehong, and he is a police officer. Although Mr. Ji's old comrade has retired for many years, he still has his own police officer.
It was only after meeting the old man that Xia Wu understood why Mr. Ji and Ji Yunzhou valued her so much.
Even someone like her who didn't know much about that circle recognized Mr. Ji's comrades.
This guy is definitely a heavyweight.
Old Master Wang was in a wheelchair and seemed to be in poor health, perhaps having suffered a mild stroke. When he saw Xia Wu and Ji Yunzhou coming, he looked at Xia Wu and said with some difficulty, "Your grandson has found you a good granddaughter-in-law. You are blessed."
Xia Wu was flattered and quickly handed over the gift he had brought.
She was a little embarrassed. "It's not something precious, but it should be good for your body."
For Mr. Wang, there is no shortage of valuable things he has not seen. His life has come to the final moment. Money, power, fame and fortune are no longer important to him. Only good health is the most important thing.
Old Master Ji said to him, "Let me tell you, this is a good place, a place of great feng shui. If you stay here for a few more years, maybe your illness will be cured."
Mr. Wang smiled helplessly: "I have lived to this age, I won't force it."
There was a chef in the White Building who cooked the ingredients Xia Wu brought at noon. They were delicious, but unfortunately, Mr. Wang was physically restricted and couldn't eat many of the dishes. He finally ate two potatoes that were soaked in the flavor of chicken and said happily, "I can't expect to live a hundred years, but it would be great if I could still eat normally. This chicken is well-raised, it smells so good!"
Mr. Ji wiped his mouth and said with a smile: "Yes!"
While eating, Mr. Wang learned that a group of monkeys had come to Xia Wu's hill to cause trouble, and that a fight between monkeys and dogs had occurred in the village. He had something to say about this.
"If that doesn't work, we can ask people to send retired dogs here and find a good place for them to retire."
Xia Wu was overjoyed and promised that if the monkey came again, he would call the old man to tell him about it.
She was just a little shocked when she first saw Mr. Wang, but after a meal, she found that Mr. Wang was no different from an ordinary old man. He could tell jokes and was eager for health.
Xia Wu already had a lot of experience in getting along with the elderly. She told him some things about the village. Listening to her talk, Grandpa Wang even ate two more bowls of rice.
Even after Xia Wu took Ji Yunzhou to say goodbye, Old Man Wang was still praising Xia Wu, saying, "This girl is good, kind-hearted, and has a big vision."
The way he looked at Mr. Ji seemed to be saying, "You are lucky, old man."
Old Master Ji raised his head proudly: "So what do you say? Otherwise, I wouldn't have brought you to this beautiful place. I'll take you for a walk in her village when I have time. You should relax a little. You don't have the bitterness and hatred of the past anymore. You should enjoy life. Why can't you let it go?"
When Mr. Wang heard his friend say this, he just smiled bitterly and didn't explain much.
He wants to enjoy life, but unfortunately his health is not as he expected.
Xia Wu really felt a little sympathy for the old man. He made such great contributions and suffered so much when he was young, but now that he was old, his body was like a machine that was scrapped due to overwork, which made people feel distressed.
"We have to find a way to make the old man better first, and then we can nourish him with food!"
Xia Wu said to Ji Yunzhou.
Ji Yunzhou smiled and nodded: "Grandpa Wang likes you very much. If you persuade him a little more, he will eat more and his health will probably get better."
That's the truth.
Xia Wu nodded and held the little monkey in his arms, thinking that the beehive on the mountain should be full, so he decided to harvest some royal jelly and give it to Grandpa Wang.
I don’t know if grandpa can cure Mr. Wang’s stroke.
When returning to the village, Xia Wu saw Yu Guoqing again. Yu Chong was walking in front with a red bucket, as if he was going to catch snails. Yu Guoqing followed behind his youngest son with a flattering look on his face.
Yu Chong turned around and yelled at his father impatiently: "Are you annoying?! Can you please stop following me?! I'm so annoying!"
Just as he saw Xia Wu and Ji Yunzhou coming over, Yu Chong suddenly ran away with an embarrassed look on his face as if he had been seen in such a shameful way.
Yu Guoqing stayed where he was, smiling awkwardly. He rubbed his hands like a fly and said hello to Xia Wu, "You guys were out on some business. Are you back?"
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