Chapter 209 Chapter 209 The Wolf is Coming
The chestnuts on the mountain are all wild chestnuts. The trees are tall and not taken care of. Some chestnut shells have worms. Xu Yunfan didn't know this. After almost touching worms several times when he reached out to pick chestnuts, he never went there again.
The chestnuts at home were given to him by Qin's children, who knew that he loved to eat them.
Xu Yunfan is popular with everyone, from the 80-year-old to the toddler, everyone is friendly with him.
But Xu Yunfan did not take chestnuts for free. He would give copper coins or candies when they were due. He was quite generous when he gave.
"Why don't I go?" Qin Run didn't expect Xu Yunfan to go to the slaughterhouse to select pork. Even if the slaughterhouse was clean, the smell would definitely be strong and Xu Yunfan couldn't stand it.
Xu Yunfan shook his head. "I'll go. We need a lot of meat and seasonings this time. I have to go find Lao Meng."
He was worried about Qin Run going. Zhang Jingdu said that Jing Yezhe wanted to deal with him. Who knew who he would send next time?
Although Qin Run looks tall and strong, he has not received any formal training. He can fight with the men in the village without being at a disadvantage, but he will definitely suffer if he fights with other martial artists.
Another thing is that at that time, seasonings such as pepper and star anise were not sold in grocery stores and were only available in places like clinics. Xu Yunfan had to pickle a lot of bacon this time, so he naturally needed a lot of seasonings. If he bought them from Dr. Meng, he could get a purchase price and save a lot of money.
Xu Yunfan followed Sun Wu to the slaughterhouse first. Qin Run had informed the manager of the slaughterhouse a few days ago that one pound of pig intestines could hold two pounds of meat. He needed five hundred pounds of pig intestines and one thousand pounds of fat and lean pork. Of course, he would need to buy more after a while.
Wow, a thousand kilograms of meat, this is a big deal!
The manager of the slaughterhouse was so happy that he didn't sleep well that night. He prepared the freshest pork and pig intestines for Xu Yunfan that day.
Such a generous customer and a customer known to the young master, how could the steward dare to neglect him? After the village chief carefully examined it and confirmed that it was fresh pork, Xu Yunfan gave the money and said, "Steward, prepare this amount for me next week and I will send someone to pick it up."
The steward smiled from ear to ear, "Okay, Master Xu, don't worry, the goods you want are guaranteed to be absolutely fresh in our slaughterhouse."
"We've been working together for so long, I'm absolutely confident about this. I'm just inexperienced, but I need so much meat today. I'm not going to eat it directly, it's going to be very useful, so I asked the village chief to check if the meat is fat or lean enough for me."
village head:"……"
This businessman is really good at speaking. Not only does he clear himself with just a few words, but his partners are also very happy to hear it.
The manager sent the person out with a smile, and finally gave Xu Yunfan more than ten pounds of meat and bones.
Xu Yunfan collected the bones and arrived outside the Jishi Medical Clinic. He found that there were quite a few people standing outside the clinic. However, these people did not look like they were there to cause trouble. Instead, they looked like they wanted to ask for help but did not know how to start the conversation.
These people included both old and young, but Xu Yunfan discovered that several of the adult men were disabled without exception. Some of them were using crutches or were missing an arm, and their bodies were more or less covered in blood.
"What's going on?" Xu Yunfan turned and asked the village chief.
The village chief glanced at the dozen or so people in tattered clothes and said in a low voice, "I'm not sure, but they're probably not refugees. I haven't heard of any disasters happening anywhere recently. But if they were beggars, they don't look like it."
A beggar wouldn't have that look.
Because they are used to groveling, they are always cautious when looking at anyone, for fear of being insulted, driven away or beaten. Some of them even have a fawning look. This group of people, especially those men, obviously look disheveled, but their backs are still straight and their pride is still there, but their eyes are full of vicissitudes and desolation.
Don’t know?
Forget it then.
"Uncle, please help me watch the meat. I'm going to the clinic to buy some things. We'll go back later."
Xu Yunfan gave a few instructions before going into the clinic. When he got there, he didn't see Doctor Meng. Instead, he saw several pharmacists with pale faces gathered outside a room.
Oh, that’s a place for doctors to “do their job”.
Xu Yunfan asked the medicine boy outside the door, "What's going on inside?"
As someone that even Doctor Meng of their clinic admired, the pharmacists naturally knew Xu Yunfan. "Doctor Xu, Doctor Meng is busy in there. A patient's arm was bitten by a wolf. The blood is all over the bed. It's terrible."
"Wolf?" Xu Yunfan knew there were wolves in the mountains. There were not only wolves but also large beasts and blind bears. However, he had heard of them but had never seen them with his own eyes. These animals usually lived in the mountains and rarely left. They would only come down to attack livestock and villagers in the winter when they were short of food. Now in December, since they were still in the area where the snow had not fallen, there should be no shortage of food in the mountains. "Why did this wolf come down the mountain? The snow hasn't closed the mountain off yet."
Medicine boy: "The wolves from Dashan Village came down the mountain and injured some villagers before. Now it's not snowing yet, but these wolves are so arrogant. What if the mountain is closed due to heavy snow? So the master put out a reward. Three female wolves were killed in the pack, and the others escaped. These beasts are the most vengeful and have a strong desire for revenge. Look, three female wolves were killed by the wolf pack. It has been a month. The villagers thought the wolves had gone into the mountains, so they went up the mountain to chop firewood for the winter. Unexpectedly, they were surrounded by the beasts. They finally saved their lives, but their arms were bitten so hard that there was almost no good meat left. If the bleeding is not stopped..."
Dashan Village is surrounded by mountains. Unlike Dali Village, which has vast land and fertile soil, it is considered a big deal for villagers to have five or six acres of land. In addition, the path leading to the village is not wide, and transportation is inconvenient. There are mountains and forests on both sides of the path. Villagers have to form groups before they dare to go out. Therefore, unless people from other villages are talking about wives, few people will go to Dashan Village.
Xu Yunfan had never been to Dashan Village, so naturally he didn't know what the situation was like there. "So that's how it is. The person outside the clinic was also injured by a wolf?"
"No, they are villagers from Dashan Village."
"Ah?" Xu Yunfan glanced at the entrance of the clinic and lowered his voice. "Isn't it difficult for them to come out? Why are all the people who come here inconvenient?"
"Doctor Xu probably doesn't know that Dashan Village didn't exist. It's a village that only existed more than ten years ago. More than ten years ago, our Dayan Dynasty had a fight with Dashang. There was no eye on the sword on the battlefield. Some people never came back, and some came back as cripples. Once a person is disabled, he is useless and becomes a burden, without a home or relatives. In order to accommodate these people who are not tolerated by their relatives, the court established Dashan Village. Some people brought their wives and children to live in Dashan Village. I heard from my father that the court gave these people a sum of money, but the injuries on their bodies need to be treated and nursed back to health, and dozens of taels are not enough. Most of the men in Dashan Village have some injuries on their bodies, so they naturally can't earn much money. Therefore, Dashan Village is also a well-known poor village. If someone didn't often help them send them necessities of life such as salt and cotton, the men in Dashan Village couldn't get married."
Xu Yunfan understood that most of the men in the mountain village were heroes of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
"Have those wolves been dealt with?"
"No, I heard he escaped again. I believe that in a couple of days the yamen runners will come to the village and ask the village chief to inform the villagers not to go up the mountain."
Xu Yunfan: “…”
If he doesn’t go up the mountain, what will happen to his charcoal?
But human life is more important than anything else, so Xu Yunfan asked the medicine boy to get him some medicine. At that moment, Doctor Meng came out. The medicine boy didn't care about getting the medicine and hurriedly asked, "Master, was it successful?"
"No, the wolf bit the man so hard that the bleeding won't stop. Quick, go get some charcoal."
Dr. Meng is going to give people a "teppanyaki" meal!
The so-called "teppanyaki" uses high temperature to make various tissues of broken limbs or wounds, especially blood vessels, instantly solidify and carbonize to form scabs when burned by high temperature. The broken blood vessels are thus burned closed, thereby achieving the effect of stopping bleeding.
However, this method of stopping bleeding is not something that most people can bear. Therefore, this method is only an option when necessary.
"How long has the person been in there?"
Xu Yunfan suddenly spoke, which made Doctor Meng, who had not noticed Xu Yunfan, seem to see hope all of a sudden. He didn't say anything and directly pulled Xu Yunfan in.
After entering the inner room, Xu Yunfan started fighting without asking any questions.
The village chief waited outside for quarter of an hour, but Xu Yunfan still didn't come out. He went in to ask, and found out that he had already been taken away by Doctor Meng.
When the village chief heard about the wolves, for some reason he felt very uneasy. Dashan Village was a little remote, but the mountains near them were connected. Who knew if the wolves would rush to the mountains near their village?
The village chief was panicked, but when he thought of Xu Yunfan, he seemed less panicked.
For the village chief, if you follow Xu Yunfan, you will have meat to eat. If you go against Xu Yunfan, no matter if you are a human or an animal, the end will probably not be good.
Look at Li Yunfei's family. Not only has Li Yunfei been deprived of his status as a student, but he and his two cousins have also been banned from taking the imperial examinations. It can be said that they are finished.
Li Baoshan and Li Baohe's hopes were gone. Not only did the brothers not reflect on whether there was something wrong with their education, they even blamed each other.
Because Li Yunfei slandered the president of a key academy for doing shameful things, and Li Yunqi tried to use his external power to suppress others, and the person he suppressed was County Magistrate Zhou's nephew, County Magistrate Zhou was furious. Not only did Li Yunqi's future get ruined, but even Miaoyin was implicated.
Upon learning about Li Yunqi's maternal family, County Magistrate Zhou wrote a letter directly and had it delivered to the provincial capital. When the Zhou family in the provincial capital learned about this, Zhou Tongzhi didn't care much at first. County Magistrate Zhou was just a small county magistrate and there was nothing to be afraid of.
But when he took office the next day, the prefect sullenly scolded Zhou Tongzhi and told him to take care of his family. He gave Zhou Tongzhi the status of Tongzhi so that he could do things more conveniently, not for himself and his family to abuse his power. You said you were bullying people by taking advantage of your power, why did you bully Zhou County Magistrate's people? Don't look at Zhou County Magistrate as just a small county magistrate now, to put it bluntly, he has someone above him, the reason he became a county magistrate was just a formality, to get some performance gilded, because he might be transferred back to Beijing one day. How dare you, a small Tongzhi, provoke such a person? You really don't know what you are talking about.
Zhou Tongzhi was frightened and was so angry that he beat up his concubine when he returned home that night.
The grandmother-in-law that Li Yunqi mentioned was just a child adopted by Miaoyin's parents in their early years. However, adopted children can never compare to biological children. For Miaoyin, the adopted daughter was very beautiful and accidentally caught the eye of Zhou Tongzhi, which led to Miaoyin's current status.
Now that the adopted daughter is out of favor, the Miao family's business is naturally affected. Miao Yin is very angry and can't help but blame Li Yunfei and other members of the Li family. But she didn't give face to Jin Manlou before and picked a fight with Yunrun store. If Zhou Laoer wasn't busy, would he let him go?
Now Jin Manlou is determined to get his revenge. It would be strange if Miaoyin's business could be doing well with all the obstacles on her side.
The Li family has had a hard time recently. Li Yunfei is such an arrogant person. He used to look down on others, but now he is too embarrassed to return to the village. The brothers Li Baoshan and Li Baoshan have started quarreling again. Aunt Li can't find her son, so how can she find Xu Yunfan?
Even Sun Tiantian's family has to take a detour when they meet Xiao Qin's family now. As proud as they were on the day of Sun Tiantian's wedding, they are now as embarrassed.
In the old Dali Village, the Qin family was like an old ox, working the most but being the quietest. Ever since Xu Yunfan came, anyone from the other two families who dared to make trouble was dealt with. The Qin family was considered to have risen up, and even people from other villages would envy the Qin family.
Damn it, just because she has a brother-in-law, look at Qin, now she has copper coins in her pocket every day, and because she works for Xu Yunfan, there are so many people who envy them and treat them politely.
It was herself, because her husband was from the Qin family. Even though her surname was Sun, Xu Yunfan was good to their family and the Sun Mu families. It was obvious that Xu Yunfan was protective of his own people, but he was clear about gratitude and resentment and would not kill everyone with the same stick.
The village chief thought that Xu Yunfan was a bit of a mysterious person, and it seemed that none of the people he knew or was on good terms with were simple.
Such a powerful person, even animals would get nothing out of it if they messed with him.
As it turned out, the village chief was right.
Xu Yunfan doesn't just hold grudges against people.
Half an hour later, Xu Yunfan came out with a bag of things. Before leaving, he glanced at the man from the mountain village who was dressed slightly better than a beggar.
On the way back to the village, on the ox cart, the village chief protected the backpack beside him to prevent it from rolling off and asked, "Did a wolf really come down from Dashan Village?"
"Really? I went in and saw that the man was bitten by a wolf. Go back and tell Brother Dayou and the others not to go up the mountain for the time being. They've already chopped enough firewood. If they keep cutting more, the mountain will be completely bald."
The village chief laughed, "You're exaggerating! You said we can't just cut wood in one place. There are more than a dozen people chopping wood here and there. They're brave enough to go deep into the woods, chopping here and there. Without the big trees to block the way, the small trees will only grow more lush. How can the wood be bald?"
Xu Yunfan was still worried. "Then let's not go for now. The wolves are not easy to deal with. Call them back and make bacon and sausage for me."
The village chief felt very relieved after hearing these words. "Okay, we'll listen to you."
Xu Yunfan has so many factories, and most of the people he employs are from the Qin family. There are only a few people left, but it is impossible for there to be a situation where there is no work.
Qin Run was good at business. He had sold the sweet potato flour to several nearby cities. As soon as he received the money, Qin Run immediately paid back Qi Xiu Ze and the other two. The money had just arrived in their pockets, but Qi Xiu Ze and the other two hadn't even warmed up yet. Qin Run carried Xu Xianqing around the cowshed. Dozens of cows were currently adapting well, so he immediately became active again and asked Qi Xiu Ze to get him dozens more sheep and a dozen cows.
It was Xu Xianqing's first time seeing cows. When a few cows came running towards him thinking it was time to feed them, he was startled and shrank back into Qin Run's arms, holding onto Qin Run's clothes tightly, "Scared~"
Qin Run quickly comforted him, "Don't be afraid, those are cows. They are locked up and can't run away. Don't be afraid, Xiaobao."
It was impossible for Xu Xianqing not to go out and meet people when he came to the Xu family. Last night, Qin Run specially carried him around the Qin family. As expected, everyone who saw Xu Xianqing, whether they were men or women, came up to him.
Everyone was talking at once, some asking where the child came from and why he looked so much like Xu.
When Qin Run told Xu Yunfan the story he and he had come up with, everyone believed it without much doubt.
I can't help but believe it! This child looks like Xu Yunfan, and you can tell at a glance that he is from the Xu family.
There were also some people who didn't want to ask too much, so they just asked Qin Run how the children of the Xu family were born?
Xu Yunfan is so handsome. Look at this child now, he is like a little fairy boy, white and chubby, with a rosy face, big and ignorant eyes, a few fleshy dimples on the back of his hands, and his little arms are segmented like lotus roots. He looks like the grandson of every woman's dreams.
When everyone asked about the little guy's name and found out that the name was different from the names they usually gave their children, they were all very envious.
Rich families are just different.
Not only is the child good-looking, but the name is also nice. Although it is not clear which two characters it is, it is much better than Xiaoniu and Xiaohua. After all, children from wealthy families are certainly not named as casually as theirs, because they are well-educated.
But they didn't know that the name Xu Yunfan gave to Xu Xianqing had no meaning at all. He just picked whatever characters he wanted. The name was just a code name. He definitely wouldn't let him think about it.
Sometimes, loving a child does not necessarily have to be reflected in the name. Xu Yunfan found an excuse for himself and named the child.
"Oh, this child is so pretty, and the name is nice too. What's the child's nickname?"
"What nickname?" Although Qin Run remembered that he grew up in the village, he had only been in Dali Village for eight years. He and Anger didn't have any nicknames, and even Xie Baizhou and the others didn't have any. Therefore, Qin Run had never thought of giving his child a nickname.
Aunt Qin: "Nicknames are like those of my children Dadan, Erdan, and Xiaozhuzi. The older generation said that children are young and their lives are fragile, so they need to have a humble name to suppress their fate."
It is better to believe it than not to believe it. Qin Run took Xu Xianqing home and told Xu Yunfan to give Xu Xianqing a nickname.
Xu Yunfan was overwhelmed. "Give me a nickname? What nickname should I give you?"
Qin Run: "Just like Dadan and the others."
Xu Yunfan was silent for a moment. He really couldn't come up with a nickname like that. "Well, I've given him a formal name. You can choose a nickname. How about that?"
"Are you really going to get it for me?" Qin Run's eyes lit up.
Xu Yunfan: "Could it be that there is still something false? A gentleman's word is as good as his bond. Run'er, what nickname do you want to give your child?"
"Xiaobao."
Qin Run blurted out this nickname without thinking.
Xu Yunfan: "...Xiaobao? Why this name?" He thought that Qin Run would give Xu Xianqing a common nickname like Gouwang or Tiezhu.
Qin Run recalled the surprised look he got when he saw Xiaobao's face being wiped clean by the vegetable seller. At that look, he only thought of buns, white and plump meat buns.
It's just that nicknames like Xiaobao and Baozi seem a bit unpleasant, so Qin Run simply replaced it with Bao. This was what Qin Run thought when he came back carrying Xiaobao on his back. When Xu Yunfan asked him today, Qin Run blurted out the name naturally.
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