Chapter 136 The Village Chief's Decision
We're about to set off, so while we still have time, everyone's busy preparing our rations.
Now that the weather is cooler, it's easier to store dry food.
So everyone prepared to make a little extra, so that they could have a quick bite to eat while traveling.
As dusk approached, after Mu Chengle had climbed the tree at the cave entrance and looked around countless times,
"She's back! My sister's back!"
Seeing Ning Bao and the others returning from afar, Mu Chengle excitedly called out and hurried over.
Hearing his shout, everyone ran out.
The village chief couldn't help but raise an eyebrow as he looked at the well-organized hunting party.
"Ningbao caught all of these, right?"
Ningbao nimbly jumped off Lingling's back, proudly tilting her chin up and patting her little chest.
"Yes, I arrested the village chief."
"Ningbao is really amazing!" The village chief smiled and gave Ningbao a thumbs up.
"What are Ning Bao's plans to do with these prey?"
Previously, the village chief had planned to have Ningbao lead the way while the other villagers did the work themselves, but now all the big, valuable prey are being caught by the Mu family's little kid.
If we continue to divide it equally as previously agreed, it would be clearly unfair.
Therefore, the village chief did not mention the matter of dividing the spoils equally; everything depended on the Mu family's decision.
He asked Ning Bao because Ning Bao was the one who caught the prey, and Ning Bao must have already discussed how to divide it with Shen Junshan and Mu Chunping.
Ning Bao was a little puzzled by the village chief's question.
"Village Chief, didn't you say before that the prey would be divided equally?"
"The prey that Ningbao catches will definitely be divided equally among everyone."
"Oh, right, this horse can't be divided."
Village Chief, this horse is not prey. Its name is Chixiao, and it belongs to Grandpa Zhou. Grandpa Zhou entrusted Chixiao to my care, so Chixiao cannot be taken away.
Aside from Chixiao, the other village chiefs sold off their goods. Don't forget to give Ningbao a share of the silver later.
Ningbao wants to buy flower ribbons for her mother, grandmother, and aunt; meat for her grandfather; and wine for her father and uncle. She says her grandfather isn't well, so he should eat more meat and not drink alcohol.
And for the older brothers, we need to buy them steamed buns and candy, as well as books and pens…”
Ningbao counted on her fingers carefully, and the more she counted, the more she realized.
"Oh dear! There are so many things to buy, Ningbao needs to earn lots of money in the future..."
Hearing Ningbao's words, everyone in Li Guizhi's family felt warm inside. Ningbao, a little child, already knew how to care about everyone in the family.
The village chief was filled with envy. Although he also loved his own granddaughter, it didn't stop him from also liking Ningbao.
but…………
The village chief glanced at Mu Chunping and Li Guizhi.
“Ningbao, there’s quite a lot of game here, worth a good amount of silver. Why don’t you go back and discuss it with your family first…”
Everyone is poor now. The prey that Ningbao brought back today is worth a lot of money. If it all belongs to Mu Chunping's family, their lives will be much better in the future.
But if it's handed over to the village, the amount of silver received when divided among everyone will definitely be much less.
Ningbao is still a child, so the village chief thought it would be better to let Mu Chunping's family discuss it again, so that no one in the family would have any complaints about Ningbao over this matter.
After all, Ningbao isn't their biological child...
"No need. Ningbao says we'll split it, so we'll do as Ningbao says." The village chief had barely finished speaking when Li Guizhi raised her voice without hesitation.
“Dajiang, let’s do it the way you said before you left, splitting it equally among the people. Our whole family has no objections.”
Mu Dasheng glanced at his wife and then nodded.
"Yes, Uncle Village Chief, we have no objections."
The village chief pondered for a moment,
"Alright, since none of you have any objections, let's split it equally."
"By the way, Ningbao, will these prey return to normal?"
Or will they always be this obedient?
Ning Bao scratched his head.
"Village Chief, I've taken control of their souls. They'll stay like this unless I intervene."
"Does the village chief think they're too stupid?"
"No. I don't mind, they're fine as they are." The village chief shook his head repeatedly, thinking that since they were going to eat meat and sell it for money anyway, it didn't matter if they were a little silly.
"Since these prey can be controlled, let them live for now, and knock them unconscious on the last day before they leave the forest."
That way the meat will be fresher and we can get more money from it.
Although they can sell more live prey, herding such a large herd of prey into the city is too conspicuous, and it would be bad if people found out about Ning Bao's abilities.
Even the village chief has his limits; he can't put Ningbao in danger for a few taels of silver...
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