eurekapd Chapter 244: The Vigilant Yaling Villagers
Chapter 244: The Vigilant Yaling Villagers
When Gu Chang and the other two saw the mother and son washing clothes by the stream in front of the stone house, the fat boy who was about four or five years old also saw Gu Chang and the other two.
He said to his mother, who was washing clothes with her head down, in surprise: "Mom, someone is coming."
After hearing what her son said, the woman looked up curiously and saw Gu Chang and the other two.
An expression of nervousness and panic suddenly appeared on his face.
There are very few outsiders coming here. Sometimes, there are no outsiders coming here throughout the whole year!
The sudden appearance of Gu Chang and the other two made the woman who was washing clothes feel a little helpless and she didn't know what to do.
Gu Chang walked a little further forward and said, "Hello, is this Yaling Village?"
"Yes, who are you?" the woman asked with a red face and a hint of vigilance.
Gu Chang smiled and said, "I'm from Shangouzi Village in the east, did you know that?"
"Shangouzi Village? Are you from Shangouzi Village?" Hearing that they were from Shangouzi Village, the woman showed a warm smile.
The woman knew Shangouzi Village. Some people who lived here came from Shangouzi Village in the past!
But when she turned around and saw how Gu Chang and the other two were dressed, she became suspicious again. Since when did the people in Shangouzi Village start dressing so well?
In the past, this Shangouzi Village was not much better than Yaling Village. It was also a poor and desolate place!
The villagers are all as small as potatoes, extremely poor. I have never seen such a generous person!
Could he be pretending to be from Shangouzi Village?
The woman couldn't help but feel a little alert.
"What's the matter with you guys coming here?"
"Oh, that's right. We hope to buy some stone ears. I heard that you produce stone ears here..."
Before Gu Chang finished speaking, the woman's expression changed immediately and she shouted sternly: "Go! Go!"
"We don't have any stone ears here, and you're not welcome!"
"We have no more stone ears to sell, let's go!"
"Go quickly, don't let me see you..."
The three of them were stunned as they watched the woman transform from a shy and timid woman into a brutal and terrifying warrior in an instant?
How is this going?
"If you don't leave, I won't be polite!" The woman's expression became more and more excited.
The woman's excited behavior made Gu Chang and the other two a little surprised. What was going on?
"Xiao Chang, let's go first." Gu Guoqing looked at the woman and said.
Gu Chang nodded. In this situation, he could only leave for now and talk about it later.
"sorry for disturbance."
Gu Chang and the other two turned around and walked away slowly.
The woman behind glared at Gu Chang and the other two with angry eyes until they disappeared into the cracks of the rock wall.
……
Gu Chang and the other two quickly walked out of the cliff.
"What's going on? Why did this woman immediately become hostile when she heard the word 'stone ear'?" Qi Tianming asked curiously.
Gu Chang shook his head and said, "I don't know what's going on either."
Gu Guoqing pondered for a moment and said, "I'm afraid something must have happened here before, and it's related to the stone ear."
“So, as soon as she heard about the stone ear, the woman immediately turned hostile!”
"What is going on?" Qi Tianming was a little confused.
"I don't know either. I'm afraid only they themselves know." Gu Guoqing shrugged and said helplessly.
"Let's go!" Looking at the Yaling Village, there is no need to go in for the time being!
Their high vigilance towards outsiders was beyond Gu Chang's expectations.
The three of them walked to the car and drove back the same way.
Along the way, Gu Chang was thinking about how to get in touch with the villagers of Yaling Village?
What they didn’t know was that not long after the three of them left Yaling Village, several villagers returned from the mountains.
They brought some wild fruits and a few rabbits that they had gathered.
On their backs, they carried a small basket of something black that looked very much like wood ear mushrooms.
This is exactly the stone ear that Gu Chang and his friends are looking for!
……
Not long after, the three of them drove back to Zhumao Village.
At this time, it was just after two o'clock.
Gu Chang and the other two walked into the village committee compound and were shocked to find that the door of the office was locked.
The village chief, Yuan Zhongli, has also disappeared.
Gu Chang thought about it for a moment and guessed that Village Chief Yuan had also gone to dig bamboo shoots!
Gu Chang shook his head helplessly. Forget it. He would ignore him. It was still early. He might as well walk around the village and see if their village was still using bamboo products and think about how to develop these products in the future.
Coincidentally, not long after leaving the village committee compound, the three of them saw an old man in his seventies or eighties, who was weaving a bamboo basket in front of the door!