Chapter 11 The God of Land Wants a Virgin

"magician?"

Zhu Chongba's heart tightened, "What's going on?"

Tang He hurriedly told Zhu Yuanzhang every word of the strange thing that had just happened.

The more Zhu Chongba listened, the more he felt something was wrong.
He blinked and asked suspiciously:

"You mean the demon who was dressed in strange clothes, had short hair, walked very fast, and used a bunch of rice ears to lead the two cows away with magic?"

Tang He nodded and said with some fear:

"I've never seen anyone run so fast, and he didn't even respond when I called him."

Zhu Chongba slapped his thigh and said excitedly:

"Come here, mother! That's a god!"

Tang He: “Ah?”

Zhu Yuanzhang ran out of the house, but halfway back he put the silver in his pocket.

"Why are you in a daze? Come on, follow me to find them!"

Tang He followed in a panic, his mind a mess.

Fairy? The fairy that Chongba said he met? Why did the fairy steal our cows?

By the time the two men arrived, many cowherds had already dawdled back to the edge of the village.

The grassy slope where the cattle were grazed was not far from the village, so even if they dawdled they could not delay for too long.

Now the sun was about to set, and the landlord Liu Xiaode had already hurried out of the village to look for them.

Several people stammered and reluctantly told the story. Liu Xiaode was furious when he heard that two cows were missing.

"You little beasts, you ate my food and lost my cows?! I'll beat you to death! Those are my cows! Damn it! Two cows! Even if I sell your whole family, I can't even afford a cow leg!"

He picked up a wooden stick from the side and hit the third sister with it.

Seeing this, Zhu Chongba widened his eyes and roared, "Stop!"

But the stick still hit the arm of the thin and dirty third sister.

The third sister cried out in pain.
Zhu Chongba kicked Liu Xiaode to the ground with a flying kick and shouted angrily:
"Didn't I tell you to stop?"

As a landlord, Liu Xiaode had never been treated like this before.
He stared at Zhu Chongba with eyes wide open in disbelief and roared:
"How dare you hit me, you little bastard?"

Zhu Chongba sneered: "Why not? I am not your tenant now."

To put it bluntly, landlords are also farmers, except that they have large amounts of land to rent out. In theory, their social status is no different from that of poor farmers.

However, the tenants depended on the landlords for their livelihood, so they naturally did not dare to use violence against them.
But Zhu Yuanzhang is rich now, so he is naturally not afraid of Liu Xiaode, and he does not expect to buy Liu Xiaode's land.

Liu Xiaode was so angry that his voice became shrill:
"They lost my cow! And I beat my own servant! What does it have to do with you? When you were a kid, you lost a calf of mine and I haven't come to you to settle the score yet!"

Zhu Chongba sneered, took out 20 taels of silver from his pocket and threw it on the ground.

"Damn it, we've bought your two cows and your third sister! Are these enough?"

Liu Xiaode's eyes lit up, and the corners of his mouth cracked as he looked at the huge sum of silver. Wasn't this the money he had just spent two days ago?

At this age, even a cow is only five taels of silver each. Including the calf and that dead girl, it is less than 5 or 15 taels of silver. I have made a fortune.

He rolled his eyes and looked at Zhu Chongba who was about to speak.
Zhu Chongba seemed to know Liu Xiaode's character and angrily shouted:
"If you dare to raise the price, we won't buy it! What the hell, you want to raise the price?"

Liu Xiaode was frightened by Zhu Yuanzhang's momentum.
He withdrew his evil thoughts, hurriedly picked up the twenty taels of silver from the ground and muttered:
"Who wants to raise the price? I asked you when you will go to get the indenture. You are so proud of the little money you just made. You deserve to be poor for the rest of your life."

Money is saved, this is what Liu Xiaode’s father taught him since he was a child.

Zhu Chongba's eyes widened with anger and he raised his fist and gestured at Liu Xiaode.
Liu Xiaode was so frightened that he took two steps back and shouted angrily:
"If you dare to do that again, I'll tell the inspector!"

Zhu Chongba snorted coldly, helped his third sister up and walked towards the village. The remaining cowherds cheered.

Liu Xiaode cursed angrily:
"Shout! What the hell! If you keep shouting, I won't let you go herding cattle tomorrow! You are a bunch of idiots who are always causing trouble but can't do anything good! Why don't you drive the cattle back quickly? Don't you want to eat?"

The group of cowherds were suddenly silent and dared not say anything more.
At this age, it is a luxury to be able to make a living, and they dare not offend the landlords like Zhu Yuanzhang did.

……

Zhu Chongba took his third sister back to the dilapidated house.
He pulled open the third sister's sleeve, and a bruise appeared on her arm.

"Damn Liu Dezi!"

Zhu Chongba cursed angrily, "You evil-hearted thing!"

The third sister choked up and looked at Zhu Chongba and stammered:

"Brother Chongba, I, I, I won't cry anymore. I can cook and wash clothes. Please don't throw me away."

The third sister has been weak since she was a child, and is not at all as strong as those sturdy little girls in the village.

Nowadays, a girl like her who is not strong and looks like a loser is not even qualified to be a child bride.

It was a great blessing for her to be chosen by Liu De and sold to his family as a slave. This was also because she was a girl and still young, and didn't eat much. For someone like Zhu Yuanzhang, he wouldn't even want her even if she sold him to Liu Xiaode.

Zhu Chongba's eyes sparkled.
"Don't worry, we won't sell you out. We'll find you a good place."

The third sister looked at Zhu Yuanzhang anxiously, tears in her eyes, and said nothing.

She didn't even dare to mention returning the silver to Zhu Yuanzhang. 20 taels was enough to sell her 40 times.

Not long after,

Zhu Chongliu ran in from outside.
He glanced at the well-behaved Third Sister and immediately turned to complain loudly to Zhu Chongba:
"Zhongba, you are so confused! That's twenty taels, how can you just..."

He had already heard the villagers mocking Zhu Yuanzhang for his squandering of his family fortune.
20 taels of silver could have bought many slaves to farm the land, but it was just lost in vain.

Everyone said that their family would become nouveau riche in just a few days.

The third sister beside her trembled all over, with some fear in her eyes.

Instead, Zhu Chongba gave a soothing look and then pulled Zhu Chongliu outside the house and whispered:
"Brother! That's not the case! Tang and the others have encountered a god!"

Zhu Chongliu was stunned:
"God? What god? Are you talking about...hiss? Are you talking about the God of Land?!"

Zhu Chongba smiled crookedly: "Who else but him, with strange clothes, short hair, and brisk steps, can easily lead the oxen away with rice ears?"

Zhu Chongliu was overjoyed when he heard this: "So the Earth God didn't leave?!"

Zhu Chongba also nodded repeatedly: "He definitely didn't leave!"

"I originally thought that I would have no contact with the Earth God in this life. Now it seems that you have thought about what the Earth God said to me before he left?"

Zhu Chongliu thought for a moment.

"You mean..."

Zhu Chongba: "Yes, that is to say, we have something good to bring to him! At that time, we thought we were so poor that we could not afford anything good. Later, he saw those few rice seeds and rewarded us with so many treasures. Now he has even personally brought two oxen to work the field."

"That is to say, the God of Land likes us mundane things very much!"

"And don't forget what the God of Land said when we were talking about working like cows and horses."

"He said I'm not a virgin. I'm not, but my third sister is!"

"Twenty taels of silver is nothing. If the land god throws an axe at random, it will cost ten taels. If we serve him well then..."

Zhu Chongba's eyes flashed with burning gaze.
The more Zhu Chongliu listened, the happier he became.
"That's right! Let's ask Grandma Wu to get someone to wash Third Sister's clothes. You go buy some new clothes. We'll go find the God of Land tomorrow!"

(End of this chapter)