Chapter 67
◎Go down the mountain to pick up the express◎
Chapter 67
After listening to the senior's explanation, Tang Tang understood the trouble of acquiring the mushroom workshop and did not dwell on it any further.
"Okay, then we'll wait for the official results before we see if we can harvest them. If not, we can get some fungus spores and grow them in the mountains near Daxi Village. We have our godmother watching over us, so there won't be any problems."
Tang Tang said this and waved his hand, indicating that it would not be a problem in the future.
If Ying Huai heard what she said, he would probably shake the tree canopy a few more times, and a few strings of locust seeds would fall and hit her on the head.
Can the mutated mushrooms be considered normal? What if they grow on his body?
And the most important thing is, once those mushrooms are planted on the mountain and their spores are everywhere, when the villagers want to eat mushrooms, they go to the mountain to pick them. But when they come back, how do they distinguish them? Should they eat them or not?
It’s so confusing just thinking about it, but Tangtang is still unaware of it.
However, the senior sister thought of this after hearing what Tang Tang said. She smiled at Tang Tang and didn't focus on growing mushrooms on the mountain.
"Let's put this idea aside for now and talk about it later."
As she spoke, she changed the subject.
"Tangtang, I have a question. You were fine up there before, so why did your mother ask you to stay down for a few days? Did something happen up there?"
The senior wanted to ask this question when Tang Tang followed her down the mountain, but she and Tang Tang were only acquaintances before, not familiar with each other, so she didn't ask.
After spending these days together, she already knew Tang Tang's personality. Tang Tang didn't mind these inquiries, so she didn't try to hide her feelings and asked directly.
"Well, I didn't know the reason at first, but I've had a guess these past few days. It might be related to you, Senior Sister."
When Tang Tang heard the senior's question, he turned around and thought for a moment, then decided to speak directly.
"I fell into a drainage well when I was going down the mountain. Did you know that, Senior?"
Tang Tang tilted her head and asked the senior if she still remembered.
"Well, it was my dad who asked someone to come to my house and get a ladder to help you up here."
Upon hearing this, the senior student recalled the appearance of Tang Tang when she saw him in the town before. He was in a very disheveled state, with his whole body covered in mud from the bottom of the well and emitting a foul stench. It left a very deep impression on her.
"Well, I guess it's impossible for Senior Sister to forget, hehe..."
Tang Tang smiled foolishly, turned around and continued to explain why he went down the mountain and the main reason why he fell into the well.
"So your luck was constantly fading, and your mother was a little anxious, so she tried to arrange blind dates for you everywhere?"
After hearing Tang Tang's explanation, the senior student understood who the person was who beat her ex-husband that her relatives had heard about.
Considering Tang Tang's temper, it's not surprising at all that she got beaten up by her ex-husband.
After all, Tang Tang's temper is not really gentle. Because she is loved by her family, she is optimistic, cheerful and confident. She has a very positive outlook on life, and has the flexibility that is unique to girls. It is not surprising that such a girl would take direct action when she meets a scumbag like her ex-husband.
It was her. If she hadn't been blind and couldn't see that person's flaws, she would have just gone up and kicked him a few times now.
"Did you finally find the person who could stabilize your luck?"
After listening to Tang Tang's words, the senior student began to ask curiously about what happened next.
"No, my mother wanted to continue arranging it for me, but things suddenly changed drastically outside. Not to mention going down the mountain for a blind date, even the people in the city, uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters in the village were called back with their families. They haven't come out of the village since they returned."
Tang Tang shook his head. "Initially, I had no idea what the consequences would be if my luck dropped. I didn't even know there was such a thing as losing luck. It was only when my luck really hit rock bottom, and even my daily life couldn't function because of bad luck, that my mom finally explained the reason to me."
"Then I stayed at home for a long time, waiting for my abilities to awaken so I wouldn't have to worry about getting killed. Only then did I start going out.
As for the person my mother was expecting to appear at the beginning, there was no trace of him at all."
After Tang Tang finished speaking, he turned to look at the senior, with a light flashing in his eyes.
"But, Senior, have you noticed that I'm usually unlucky?"
After hearing Tang Tang's last words, the senior student subconsciously followed her words and began to recall the days when Tang Tang stayed next door to her house after coming down the mountain, and how she was when they went out to play.
I found that although it seemed like she had a lot of bad luck, it basically didn't affect her. At most, she would trip when walking and stagger a few steps.
There was really nothing else. Even the incident when she first saw Tang Tang in the town and he fell into the well never happened again.
There are a lot of people in the town recently, and the town defense team is more concerned with the mutant animals and plants outside, so they have no time to maintain some of the facilities in the town. Usually, the residents of the town take care of them themselves. In this case, if something breaks down, as long as it does not affect travel and there is no danger, no one will go to deal with it specifically.
According to what Tang Tang said before, she has been unlucky to a certain extent. If her luck is still the same as before she went down the mountain, Tang Tang should run into something every two steps in the town and be in a state of constant unluckyness.
"So your luck is starting to improve now?"
The senior student thought about that and asked hesitantly.
"Hmmmm, my luck seems to have returned to the time when it just started to spread."
Tang Tang nodded heavily.
"From what you said, it seems to be because of me?"
The senior student asked again.
"Yeah, it's probably because of you, Senior. I don't know the reason, but ever since I met you, it seems like my bad luck has started to improve, and it finally stopped at the time when I first saw you in town."
There was also confusion in Tang Tang's eyes. Obviously, she didn't quite understand the reason.
According to what the godmother said to Ms. Mei Zi at the beginning, someone with a compatible fate would help her restore her luck and keep it in a relatively good state.
But it seemed that it was not the case when she was next to her senior sister. Her senior sister could not make her luck rise, but could only make her luck return to the state where it was dissipating at the beginning, and then it would stop moving.
It's like locking the health of a monster.
After listening to Tang Tang's words, the senior student concentrated on thinking about her recent situation. Tang Tang said that his luck had improved because of her, but she did not feel any impact on her life because of inadvertently improving Tang Tang's luck.
In fact, it is also good for her to spend more time with Tang Tang.
Either life has become much smoother, or improving one's abilities has become smoother.
Even finding mutant mushrooms in the mushroom greenhouses has become much easier.
"I don't think it will have any impact on me. Tangtang, if you want to continue playing at the foot of the mountain, you can continue to live in my house so that it will be convenient for you to come and visit me. I'll keep the apartment upstairs for you to live in."
The senior student thought about it for a long time, but still couldn't figure out the reason. Since she couldn't figure it out, she gave up thinking about it. Anyway, it was a good thing for both of them, so she just let it go.
"Okay, okay, but I can't play at the foot of the mountain for too long. My parents are still up there. If I don't go back for a long time, I'll miss my mom."
Tang Tang nodded happily and curled up on the sofa to continue watching her senior sister handle her work.
The brothers who came down the mountain were taken up the mountain by the defense team assembled by the town leader. After everyone left, the leader found the mayor's office and explained the situation to the other party.
A gathering point for people with special abilities was opened in the town at the foot of the mountain. When the mayor appointed him as the head of the point, he specifically told him that those people needed to be carefully watched.
In summary, we need to pay close attention to the villagers coming down from the mountain and the people with special abilities who come specifically to join the team.
At that time, he didn't quite understand why he had to pay special attention to the villagers coming down from the mountain.
Until now, he saw a group of people coming down from the mountain to buy groceries and find doctors. Most of them were people with special abilities, and the remaining few were not. Their physical fitness was visibly good.
It can be seen that they went down the mountain to find people with strong abilities and good health.
Those who came down the mountain were the most capable. Are there still those with lesser abilities on the mountain? Or are there still those with equally strong abilities who stayed behind to defend the village?
A simple calculation and a glimpse of the number of people with special abilities that might appear on the mountain were enough for him to understand why the mayor had given such an instruction at the time.
"Mayor, it has been sent up the mountain."
After the secretary passed the message, he was quickly led into the mayor's office. As soon as he was led to sit down, he started with a summary.
"Well, you did a good job, and responded quickly."
The mayor nodded with satisfaction after hearing his words.
This time the captain was able to gather so many people so quickly and mobilize the doctor who had previously bluntly refused in front of the group going down the mountain. A big reason was because the mayor gave the order.
In addition, the town’s defense team can ensure the safety of medical personnel going up the mountain to the greatest extent, which is why the doctor agreed.
"I'm glad nothing happened. But, Mayor, there seem to be quite a few people with awakened abilities in the village on the mountain..." After hesitating for a moment, he spoke out.
Hearing the mayor's praise, the director did not feel proud. After all, it was his duty to do well. He was able to sit in his current position because of the mayor's promotion. If he had not done well, the mayor would not have put him in his current position.
"I know this, but there's nothing we can do. The village on the mountain won't let us in right now."
When the mayor heard what the director said, he understood what the other party meant. He knew more than the director and understood why there were so many people with special abilities in Daxi Village.
But as he just said, if the people in the town want to go up the mountain, they can forget about it in the short term.
Not to mention anything else, it is the locust tree on the mountain that protects the village. If the locust tree disagrees, even if they bring people up the mountain to build a new village outside the village next to Daxi Village, they will not be able to obtain protection and can only consume their own manpower and resources to defend themselves.
The environment on the mountain is completely different from that at the foot of the mountain.
After all, the area at the foot of the mountain is where people have lived for many years, and there are far fewer mutated plants and animals there than in those places on the mountain where few people walk all year round.
Relatively speaking, it is also much safer.
The town at the foot of the mountain is the best place for them to survive at this stage.
He would not rashly start the work in the mountains unless he was 100% sure that he would be protected there.
After talking about the group of people going down the mountain, the mayor began to change the subject and talk to the captain about other things.
"This time, the higher-ups have given us some indicators for mutant crops. We can't guarantee whether or not there will be mutant plants among those crops. Take your people and ask the people in town who have fields if they're willing to plant them. If they're really afraid of the risk, you can take your people and plant the remaining seeds yourself."
The mayor said this, placing a document in front of the headman.
Looking at the documents handed to him, the captain was speechless.
He is just the leader of a point for gathering people with special abilities. Why is he starting to do everything?
Shouldn't this kind of land be cultivated by someone specifically hired?
"Don't even think about refusing. Take a look at the file first. It contains information about those mutants."
After all, the mayor had been sitting in this seat for so long that he could still see some of the micro-expressions. In addition, the person opposite him didn't try to hide anything. It's not like he was blind, so how could he not see it?
"Well, okay, wait a moment, leader."
After hearing what the mayor said, the head of the department did not delay and lowered his head to read carefully.
This document does not contain any nonsense, but is mostly filled with data and information. Just by looking at it, you can tell that this must be a document produced and issued by the research institute.
"Is there energy in food?"
Looking at the line of words that ranked first in this set of data, the captain didn't bother to read the series of nutritional values marked at the back that were much higher than normal food. He suddenly looked up at the mayor.
"Now you understand why I want you to grow it yourself instead of having it grown in a specialized planting base?"
Seeing his surprised look, the mayor remained calm and even had time to lower his head to take a sip of tea. It was obvious that he had anticipated the expression that the director might show later.
"I understand, I understand! Mayor, you really are this!"
The head of the department gave the mayor a thumbs-up, smiled widely, and exuded a happy mood.
"Don't be too excited. This mutant is new. Although the research institute says it's a relatively stable research variety, it's still new and was only planted during research. There's no guarantee it won't mutate into something aggressive. Be careful when planting it."
Seeing him like this, the mayor felt that his eyes were hurt, so he waved his hand and signaled that he could leave.
"I understand. I'll go find someone in town who has farmland, and we can farm the rest on our own."
Seeing the mayor driving people away, the district chief didn't think of staying any longer. He was still waiting to arrange the seeds and start leading people to select the land where these crops could be grown.
"Don't even think about trying to plant more. These grains are quite troublesome to take care of. After all, they are new to farming and need to be carefully tended to. You, the defense team, also have to keep an eye on the mutated plants and animals outside, so you don't have that much time to spend in the fields."
Seeing people about to go out, the mayor still reminded them to prevent them from taking these seeds with them and losing their sense of proportion in thinking about the imaginary food.
Although he knew that it was unlikely that the store manager was inconsiderate, he still had to give a reminder when it came to the seeds with energy and the food for the people with abilities after their abilities were enhanced.
"I know, don't worry, Mayor!"
The head of the department also understood the mayor's concerns, turned around and made a solemn promise before leaving.
The seeds from the town have arrived, and the seeds that Captain Dai specially gave to Village Chief Dai have also arrived. The village chief of the upstream village found Village Chief Wu as soon as he knew about it and started discussing how to go down the mountain to get them.
Anyone who goes down the mountain to get seeds must come from both Shangyou Village and Daxi Village.
"Don't worry, it won't delay anything. We'll be down the mountain tomorrow. We haven't heard of anything being lost at the official delivery center."
Village Chief Wu heard that Village Chief Dai on the other end of the phone sounded a little anxious, so he looked at the sky outside and said something to comfort him.
"Actually, I'm also anxious to get it right now. How about this? I'll ask the young people in our village to go down the mountain and get it. Is that okay with you?"
Hearing that the village chief had just finished comforting the other side, he began to anxiously go down the mountain to get the goods, Tang Rufeng next to him wanted to laugh.
But we also know that the village chief is hoping to see the mutant seeds with his own eyes, and now he has placed all his expectations on the seeds, so it is normal for him to be a little anxious.
That is, isn’t it a bit risky to go down the mountain to get it now as the village chief said?
Thinking about this, Tang Rufeng turned his head and looked out the window. It was already late. Even if he took people down the mountain now, they would have to wait until tomorrow morning to come back. In addition, if they went down the mountain now, it would start to get dark by the time they reached halfway. The mutated plants and animals on the mountain at night were much more dangerous than during the day.
Tang Rufeng would not agree to let those people on the mountain who have not yet fully controlled their abilities go down the mountain.
Obviously, Village Chief Dai on the other end of the phone had the same idea as Tang Rufeng.
"You just told me not to worry, but you turned around and became more anxious than me. I still wanted to send more people down to ensure safety. You want to go down the mountain right now? It's so dangerous on the mountain at night. No way!"
Village Chief Dai on the opposite side directly refused and turned around to persuade Village Chief Wu to abandon his previous dangerous idea.
"Don't worry, there will be no problem!"
When Village Chief Wu heard what the other person said, he knew that the other party had misunderstood. After making an assurance, he reached out and put the phone on the table, and moved closer to Tang Rufeng with expectation in his eyes, obviously planning something.
"Village Chief, what do you want to ask? Tell me and I'll help you with some advice."
Seeing the village chief's expression, Tang Rufeng subconsciously shifted his gaze towards Captain Qingzhi. Then he realized that the village chief had previously said that the younger generation in the village should go down the mountain, but he hadn't asked his own captain to go down the mountain...
"Um, Rufeng, can Qingzhi come down the mountain now?"
The village chief's next words directly broke Tang Rufeng's thoughts.
Captain Qing is a young man in the village???
"I can go down the mountain, but it's too far away. It will consume my abilities and the captain's ghost energy as well."
Although he had some complaints in his heart, Tang Rufeng still answered the village chief's words seriously.
Now his abilities have been enhanced, and Captain Qing's ghost power has also been enhanced compared to when he went down the mountain before. Now it is very easy to go down the mountain to get something.
"That's right, Village Chief, aren't you afraid of scaring people by asking Captain Qing to go down the mountain to get something?"
Although he was unwilling to admit it, Tang Rufeng knew that Captain Qingzhi was now in a ghostly state. Coming down the mountain in the middle of the night to knock on people's doors, wouldn't that scare people to death?
"What's the big deal? Just put some more clothes on him. It's dark at night, and if someone sees him, just think they were distracted. No one will pay attention."
After hearing Tang Rufeng's words, the village chief lied.
Actually, is there a possibility that is… even more terrifying…?
Village Chief Dai on the other end of the phone stopped talking after hearing what Village Chief Wu said.
He knew a little about Tang Rufeng's abilities in Daxi Village. After all, there were only two villages on the mountain, and the younger generations in the village were in close contact. Tang Rufeng didn't intend to hide it, and they would mention it in their daily conversations, so he knew it was not surprising.
So now, listening to what Village Chief Wu said, letting the ghosts go down the mountain to get things is possible!
You don’t have to worry about being attacked by mutated animals and plants in the mountains at night, and you won’t get injured or go missing due to the attack.
Obviously, letting Captain Qing go down the mountain to pick up the goods is obviously the best option at the moment.
The two village chiefs made up their minds, and Tang Rufeng couldn't persuade them. In addition, he also had expectations for those mutant seeds, so he finally agreed to let Captain Qing go down the mountain.
Captain Qingzhi was watching from the side with a smile on his face, without any objection at all. Obviously, he wanted Tang Rufeng to make the decision.
"Come on, put this on. It covers your whole body and won't scare anyone!"
Hearing Tang Rufeng's agreement, the village chief hurried home, rummaged through the boxes where he kept his clothes when he was young, and took out a cloak that he hadn't worn for many years, and handed it to Captain Qing.
This suit was bought when he was young and married to Grandma Shitou. Military uniforms were popular at that time. He had a good family and a good job, so he didn't want to borrow from others. He collected cloth coupons and asked a tailor to make him a suit.
It's the kind of cloak that you wear over a military uniform. It looks so impressive and handsome, matching his aura of being the most hated man in the village!
A long cloak was stuffed at him, and Captain Qing had no choice but to hold it back with his ghost energy.
In fact, if he were to say, he could just go down the mountain now. He wouldn't waste time and could talk to people in the light before the sun sets completely, which wouldn't necessarily scare them.
But the village chief didn't listen and focused all his attention on how to make Captain Qing look less scary.
He put on the cloak and looked at the big hood on his back. He used his ghost energy to bring it up and put it on his head. Well, now he couldn't even see his face clearly. As long as the other party didn't look at him closely, he shouldn't be scared.
But if you are really that curious and take a closer look, and find that the face under the hood is transparent, then there is nothing you can do.
Tang Rufeng and the village chief were standing by and watching Captain Qing put on his cloak. The village chief's eyes were shining as he looked at him.
"Hey, it's been so many years, I thought this suit would be put away forever, boy, you look half as handsome as I did when I was young!"
The village chief looked at the figure wearing a cloak and standing there with an upright posture, and seemed to see himself when he was young, with a feeling of emotion between his brows.
After hearing what the village chief said, Tang Rufeng glanced at his own captain who was tall, straight and handsome, then turned around and looked at the village chief who was half a head shorter than Captain Qingzhi and had a wrinkled face. He said nothing, his eyes full of doubt.
"Okay, get down the mountain now!"
The village chief turned his head to look at Tang Rufeng, curled his lips in embarrassment, and hurriedly urged Captain Qingzhi to go down the mountain.
After hearing what the village chief said, Tang Rufeng stopped talking and released some of his abilities to Captain Qing.
"Be careful. There are already some people with special abilities in the town below the mountain. There's no guarantee that some of them won't affect your ghost power."
Tang Rufeng thought of something and saw Captain Qingzhi was about to leave, so he hurriedly gave him some advice.
"Well, I understand. Don't worry, I'll be back in the evening."
Captain Qing listened carefully and then took the pickup code and went down the mountain.
【Author’s words】
I simply fixed some typos, and that's it! Happy reading, my dears! Hugs to you all!
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