"What happened inside the green mountains? Why do these villagers gather to watch?" the middle-aged scholar asked calmly.

"Sir, how many villagers are selling mountain pears here..." The man replied with a strange expression.

"What's so good about mountain pears!" the girl suddenly muttered.

"There is also a big snake!" After the big man finished speaking, he gestured with his hands, "It's four feet long!"

"What?" Not only was the middle-aged scribe shocked, but the girl was even more frightened and almost fell off the horse's back. Several other burly followers also exclaimed in surprise.

"Uncle Liu is right. Isn't the four-foot snake about to become a dragon?" After the girl exclaimed, she showed an incredible look on her face.

"I didn't read it wrong. The snake was still hanging on a wooden rack for sale, and its head was cut to pieces. I asked the villagers who sold it. It was killed by a young man in a small river village twenty miles away. He was only fourteen years old..."

"There is such a heroic boy in this remote mountain. I'll go and take a look!" The middle-aged scholar turned over and dismounted, and the girl couldn't wait to jump down. The other three followers also dismounted and protected the two in the middle, then pushed away the onlookers and squeezed into it.

Although the onlookers were not satisfied with these guys rushing inside, they did not dare to act rashly after seeing their outfits and expressions, and cursed and let go of the way. Therefore, the group of people quickly reached the center. When they saw the big snake hanging on the shelf, their hearts were no less shocked than those of the villagers around them.

"Who killed this big snake?" A moment later, the middle-aged scholar's eyes fell on Chen Xu and others.

"Haha, you guys come from other places, you're scared. This is the hero who killed the big snake..." Niu Dashi, who had been in charge of helping collect money, pointed at Chen Xu with his money bag and said proudly.

"It turns out that he is a young hero, he is disrespectful!" The middle-aged scholar actually bowed to Chen Xu and bowed.

"Dad!" The girl pulled the middle-aged scholar's sleeve robe in dissatisfaction.

Chen Xu looked at the strangers dressed clearly different from those around him and were carrying swords. He was slightly surprised and pretended to clasp his fists and said, "I dare not, this big snake and Shan Pi were both injured after fighting. I accidentally discovered it and then hacked the big snake to death. Shan Pi was also entangled by the big snake and suffocated to death. I just happened to pick up a bargain!"

"Young man doesn't have to be humble and slight. Even such a big dead snake requires great courage to get close. Today, I can see such a big snake and a young hero like Young Man. It's not a waste of time. By the way, do you want to sell this snake?"

"Sell!" Niu Dashi and several villagers standing next to him nodded quickly.

It was already past three o'clock in the afternoon. If you couldn't sell it today, you would have to carry it back. Moreover, there were more than 20 miles of mountain roads when you went back, and it was not only rugged but difficult to walk, but it might also attract beasts for food in the evening.

"Then how much do you plan to sell this snake?"

"Five hundred...uh, eight hundred coins for belts!" Chen Xu first stretched out five fingers and then quickly added three. According to the experience of later generations, people who asked this question usually pay.

"Eight hundred coins, well, the price is very fair!" The middle-aged scholar nodded and ordered the middle-aged man next to him, "Qingshan, pay!"

"Yes!" The middle-aged man untied a leather pocket hanging on his shoulder, took out two strings of yellow new copper coins from it, took out two hundred pieces from it, and handed them to Chen Xu after untiing it.

"Thank you!" Chen Xu shivered excitedly, and then handed the money to Niu Dashi, who was trembling and could not stop.

Eight hundred yuan is not too much. The wild boar meat sold at this time is almost two thousand yuan, but it feels different. This is a big deal completed in one breath, and it also makes a stone in everyone's heart fall into the ground.

Although snake meat can be taken back to eat by oneself, for all the people in Xiaohe Village, snake meat is far less delicious than fatty wild boar meat. For Chen Xu, money is more important than meat, even more important than food. With money, everything will be available. This first pot of gold is his primary task for seeking a safe retreat for himself. It seems that what has been completed is almost done.

"Little Langjun, I will not bother you if I have to hurry up and say goodbye!" Seeing that the transaction was completed, the middle-aged scholar no longer planned to get close to Chen Xu. After clasping his fists, he ordered his men to lift the snake up and leave quickly.

"Hmph!" The girl who was walking at the end rolled her eyes at Chen Xu fiercely and followed her, making Chen Xu'er two confused and didn't react for a long time.

I didn't touch her, why did this little girl roll her eyes at me?

However, he quickly threw this unreasonable idea out of the sky. At this time, there were only a few dozen kilograms of lean meat left in the basket. It didn't matter whether it was sold or not. So he waved his hand and said, "Uncle Ma, let's buy some salt and prepare to go home!"

Uncle Ma looked up and looked at the sky, and nodded. It would take an hour to go back, and it was almost dark when it got home.

So a group of people began to pack up their things, and the onlookers quickly dispersed because of the big snake being bought, and they all went home.

Qinghe Town is the largest and most prosperous market town in nearby villages, but in the eyes of Chen Xu, a person who has been more than two thousand years later, it is no different from the primitive society. There is only a narrow street, with bumpy pits on the streets all covered with sand and soil, and there are low and dilapidated thatched huts on both sides, with short and small eaves. There are many young children hiding in the room and looking out secretly.

"Why are there so many children in the town?" Chen Xu asked curiously.

"Because the government encourages childbirth, there are many children born in recent years. I heard that having one child can be exempted from the 2-day land tax for a family. So after Xing'er married me, we will have one every year. After five, our family will not have to pay the land tax!" Niu Dashi explained next to him.

Chen Xu's face instantly turned blacker than the bottom of the pot. He looked at the knife inside the vine basket and held back. He twitched and said, "Do you think this is okay?"

"No problem! You see, one is exempted from 20% and two is exempt from 40%..." Niu Dashi said proudly after breaking five fingers, "Five just save the land tax!"

When Niu Dashi calculated, several villagers, including Uncle Ma, nodded repeatedly, and felt that there was nothing wrong with this calculation.

So Chen Xu sighed in his heart and nodded.
Chapter completed!