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Chapter 428 Heiwo Township ([-]) Tianlei Mountain ([-]-in-[-] chapters for subscription)
Feng Caimei has thick eyelashes, a straight nose, and a pair of dimples on her face. She is a woman who still has charm.

If it is a cultivator, at her age, there are many people who are as beautiful as flowers.But for mortals, especially women of civilian origin, because of the hardships of life, overwork, premature aging is the norm.

So when she saw this woman for the first time, Yang Zhen was very surprised at her well-maintained face.

After a while, he understood why.

This woman has a pair of skillful hands, and is good at weaving various bamboo wares with patterns and patterns of Wu nationality, such as bamboo baskets, baskets, bamboo chairs, etc., which are unique in shape, simple and mysterious.Even the dignitaries in Chongzhou, and even monk families, like to put a few pieces as decorations in their rooms.

In addition, there is rhino candy.This is a kind of mortal fruit with an extremely hard shell. After being boiled and soaked in sugar water, it tastes sweet but not greasy, sour and astringent with a little fragrance, it contains but does not melt, and has an endless aftertaste.

However, because the outer skin is too hard, it is quite difficult to chew, so folks often use hard objects to pierce many small holes on it, so that it can be softened evenly during soaking, and the taste is better and lasts longer.

The Xi'er candy made by Feng Caimei is different.

She never made small holes, but used long needles to carve flowers, birds, beasts, mountains and rivers and many other patterns on the shell, which are elegant and exquisite, and instantly turned this kind of mortal food into a high-end product with great artistic beauty. Since it has grown exponentially.

Even when Yang Zhen saw it, she couldn't restrain the admiration in her heart, so she bought more than ten catties at once, and planned to give it to Yue'er and others to taste.

With these two skills at hand, Feng Caimei can live happily without leaving home.In addition, she has a peaceful personality and a peaceful mind, so it is not surprising that she does not look old.

But what surprised Yang Zhen even more was her family composition.

"This pair of girls," she pointed at the two girls in the room: "One is called A Zhu, the other is called A Zhi, they are the children of the eldest brother, and they are sixteen this year!"

Yang Zhen looked over and saw two girls in the corner, almost identical in appearance, one was dressed in green and the other was red, and they were lowering their heads, learning to carve rhinoceros peels.

Hearing her mother mention her name, the one in green, who should be called Azhu, looked over with a pair of big eyes.After meeting Yang Zhen's eyes, he suddenly smiled, revealing a row of white teeth.

"Those two," Feng Caimei pointed towards the door, and there were two boys, one big and one small, cutting bamboo pieces outside the house: "The big one belongs to the second brother, and the small one—"

She hugged a five or six-year-old girl beside her, with a hint of shame on her face: "Like this little debt collector, I don't know if it belongs to the eldest brother or the second brother."

The eldest brother and second brother he mentioned here are two men in the family, and they have no blood relationship with each other.Among them, the eldest brother can hunt in the mountains, and the second brother is the deputy captain of the patrol team in the village.He was among the welcome team organized by the village chief in the morning.

Is this a matrilineal society?Yang Zhen muttered in her heart.Compared with the situation at the village head's house, where the old village head is completely in charge, there is a wife and a concubine in the family.

It seems that this black soil tribe is very interesting, and there are paternal and matrilineal families.In other words, whoever can earn more money will have the final say in the family, and whoever is eligible to find more spouses.

Then, Yang Zhen asked about the income and expenditure of the past few years, even children's enlightenment education, etc. Feng Caimei answered them one by one and was very cooperative.

There are more than [-] people in Aishan Village, who mainly produce food, herbs, animal skins and bones, as well as weaving products and rhinoceros candy, as well as a small amount of spiritual grain.Every once in a while, the Black Tu family will send caravans to trade.Except for grain, the others are local specialties and are very popular in other places.

The Feng family is considered a wealthy family in the village, so after reading the records, Yang Zhen proposed to visit those poor families.

The guide was the youngest son of the village chief. After thinking about it, he took a group of people to another house at the head of the village.

Pushing the door open and entering, the house is really barren, except for the stove and the tableware for eating, there are almost no other belongings.

Hearing the voice, it was an old man named Jin who came out to greet him.There are also two boys in the family, a ten-year-old and a seven-year-old, looking around the house.

The child's father died at the mouth of a beast five years ago, and the mother remarried.Without a strong labor force in the family, life is naturally tight.Fortunately, there are often subsidies in the village. Although it is difficult, the two children are not hungry.

Now the eldest is able to work in the fields, and the second can also help with housework. The family is much better than it was five years ago.

Yang Zhen recorded these situations one by one.Hei Tuyue was no stranger to this.

Afterwards, I visited a few more families, some of whom lived in a well-to-do life, and some of whom were poor.But even the poorest of families can barely make ends meet with the help of the village.

This made Yang Zhen sincerely respect the old village chief.

After he told Hei Tuyue how he felt, the woman didn't have any strange expression on her face.

"Not only Aishan Village, but all the villages in Heiwo Township do this."

On a hillside outside the village, Heituyue looked at the grassy field and said calmly:
"In Heiwo Township, everyone is useful and cannot be left alone. Especially in a place like Aishan Village that lives next to monsters, once there is a wave of beasts, everyone needs to take up arms. Even the elderly , can also help cook and deliver water..."

"Are there a lot of animal hordes in this place?" Yang Zhen asked.

"A lot. There will be a wave of small ones in about ten years, and there will be a wave of medium-sized ones in about a Jiazi. As for the large-scale beast swarms that have swept through several counties, and even the entire Chongzhou, there have been four or five times in the past 1000 years..."

The small animal hordes she mentioned only wreaked havoc in one village and one township, such as the village destruction that Tian Tiezhu encountered.The most powerful monsters here are only the first-order middle-top grade.However, due to the large number of them, it is usually necessary to dispatch the county guards to wipe them out.

Further up is the kind of medium-sized beast horde that plagues one county, or even several counties. This requires the coordination of the state palace and the unified command of the Zhenyao Palace, and the masters of the Zifu are dispatched to wipe it out.

As for the large animal swarm, it was a major event that shocked the entire Yunxiao Sect.

"When was the last beast tide?" Yang Zhen asked.

"Twelve or thirteen years ago, the scourge was in the north, and Aishan Village was in the south. It was far away, but it was not affected. At that time, there were almost no survivors in two villages, and more than [-] people died. To this day, I, Heiwo Township, have no fully recovered."

"When we have almost recovered and the monsters have bred countless new ones, then there will be a new wave of beasts."

"For 2000 years," Heituyue said with a sad smile, "our Heitu family, or the whole of Chongzhou, has been in this cycle of death, struggling to survive without end."

"This is a competition between two species," Yang Zhen murmured, "a competition for survival, an irreconcilable contradiction."

Hei Tuyue didn't hear what he was saying, the evening wind blew across her cheeks, and her long hair blew up with the wind, which also brought her into a sentimental mood.She continued:

"The Aishan Village you saw was also rebuilt 50 years ago. At that time, more than half of the people in the village died. The Feng family and the Jin family you went to today all migrated from outside."

"In order to survive, our black soil clan has always encouraged more children, even monks. Only in this way can our clan continue."

"You asked me why the Jin family's mother abandoned her child and remarried. That's the reason. If the mother doesn't want to remarry, she will be stabbed in the back in this village."

"How is she doing in her new home?" Yang Zhen asked.

"Two more children were born." Having said that, Heituyue showed a slight smile on his face.

……

Yang Zhen plans to stay in Aishan Village for a few more days.

That night, he neither stayed at the village head's house, nor did he stay at Feng Caimei's house, even though the two daughters of this family were pretty and lovely.

He chose the Jin family to stay overnight.Most of the houses in this village have almost the same layout and size, and it can be seen that they should be built uniformly.Although the Jin family is poor, they also have a front yard and a backyard.He found a side room in the backyard, but it was quiet.

The next day, Yang Zhen came to Feng Caimei's house and went hunting in the mountains with her "second brother".

Aishan Village is named after a mountain, and to the east is a stretch of rolling hills, the highest peak of which is only [-] zhang, which can only be regarded as hills in Xu Country.

It is rainy in the mountain, and it is often surrounded by clouds and fog, so it is named Mishan.

Every day, the village organizes a number of hunting teams, each with as few as ten people and as many as three or 40 people. Some go to the wilderness, some go to the deep mountains, and it is common to spend the night outside.

If it was just yesterday, Yang Zhen would be very surprised, the wild is so dangerous, and ordinary people can't protect themselves, so how dare they go out to hunt on their own initiative?

After Hei Tuyue's explanation, he already understood that this is the competition for survival.Beasts cannot gather in packs, or are not these organized, armed mortal opponents until they become demons.Every time one more beast is killed at this time, the opponent will be weakened by one point, and one point will be gained when the beast tide comes in the future.

What's more, the hunted beasts can bring food and money to the village!

Yang Zhen's hunting team only has ten people, which is naturally because there are three monks among them, and their strength is strong enough, so there is no need for more candidates.

Their destination is Mt.

The team set off early in the morning, stepping on the morning dew, facing the morning glow, and entered the misty, clear and quiet mountain forest.

Feng Caimei's second brother is an experienced old hunter. Under his leadership, the team quickly found the trace of the beast.

Those herbivorous beasts pose little threat to humans even after being demonized.If they encounter cubs or pregnant female animals like this, they will usually be lenient.

And those ferocious beasts, big or small, male or female, will be hunted and killed after seeing them, and will never be let go.

With the assistance of several monks, the hunting team had a good harvest in a short time, killing twenty or thirty of various beasts.

What made them even more happy was that Yang Zhen took out a few storage bags and put all the prey in them, so that they could continue to move forward lightly.

Gradually at noon, if it was usual, with such a harvest, he would have been able to go back home, but today is still unfinished.

"Let's catch a few whip snakes." In the team, a burly young man named Ahu suggested.

The Rattle Whip Snake is a low-level monster snake with a length of two feet.The tail is very powerful, and it is thrown out like a long whip.With a whip, the prey is often stunned or even directly killed by it, and then becomes the belly of this monster.

However, the meat of this monster snake is delicious, tender and refreshing, and it is often a delicacy on the human plate.

On weekdays, the hunters in the village would rarely dare to attack the evil snake. Aren't there three monks present today?All the people became more courageous.

"Well," the second elder brother murmured, "It's late spring now, and it's the season for the monster snakes to mate. I heard that every time this time comes, there will be thunder from Thunder Mountain that day. If you are not careful, you will be caught In the lightning strike—”

He looked at Hei Tuyue, and then at Yang Zhen: "Even monks are not spared."

Hei Tuyue suddenly lost interest, but Yang Zhen's interest came.

"Thunder?" He looked up at the sky without a single cloud: "Does it thunder even on sunny days?"

"Hit." The second brother was very sure.

"Apart from Tianlei Mountain, are there any other mountains that you mentioned as Tianlei?"

"I have not seen it."

"I'm afraid it's not Tianlei," Yang Zhen pondered secretly: "For extraordinary things, there must be extraordinary things. Could it be that there is something treasure in Tianlei Mountain?"

"I'm going to take a look." He said immediately.

"Master," Heituyue guessed what he was thinking: "Lei Shan that day, I heard that the master uncle of Baoyuan Palace and the immortal head of Chongyun Palace have come to investigate, but nothing was found."

"I still want to go and have a look." Yang Zhen was determined.

The lightning strike between the sky and the earth was at most at the level of the late stage of Qi training, so it didn't do much harm to him.

Under Yiyi's tempering, or ravaging, his body was strong enough to withstand the lightning strikes in the mid-stage foundation establishment, far exceeding his ability to withstand other mid-stage foundation establishment spells.

After his repeated insistence, the team finally split into two. The second brother, as a guide, led Yang Zhen and Heituyue towards Tianlei Mountain, while the others returned the same way.

……

There were only three people left in the team, so Yang Zhen simply took out the flying boat.This time Hei Tuyue didn't refuse any more, and boarded the bow with that second brother.

This place is quite close to Tianlei Mountain, and after crossing a mountain top, you can see a dark blue bare mountain peak.There are bare rocks everywhere, occasionally clusters of weeds can be seen, and small animals such as hares can be found among them.

The second elder brother guided Yang Zhen to land on a flat ground.After getting off the flying boat, he looked around nervously, as if to run away at any time.

"Don't be afraid," Yang Zhen comforted him, "I'll deal with just a few whip snakes."

"It's not a demon snake, it's a thunderbolt," the second brother explained, "This thunderbolt disappears without a trace, maybe it will explode around me, and it's impossible to guard against."

"Is it so powerful?" Yang Zhen frowned, her spiritual consciousness spread around, but she didn't find anything unusual, and there was no special smell in the air.

Under the feet, however, was a kind of black moss.This kind of moss is very common in black soil, and the locals call it black moss.

As for the surroundings, his consciousness gradually extended to the distance, and there was still nothing abnormal.

At this time, Yiyi, who hadn't spoken for a long time, called out: "Brother, behind the boulder in the distance, there are two snakes fighting!"

"Fight?" Yang Zhen asked while taking out a gourd, Gululu pouring a few sips of water for herself.

"Well, just like you and sister Yue'er."

"Push!"

Yang Zhen spit out all the water in one gulp, almost choking to death.

(End of this chapter)