"That's easy. We'll occupy four thousand mu of land. Even if he can measure ten thousand mu, we'll only take four thousand mu. Give me the map, and I'll see what we should do."
Zhang Xiaobao had already come up with a plan according to his own ideas. Who knew that when he arrived at the place, the situation here was different from what he imagined. The measurement method was too primitive. The original six thousand mu of land turned out to be about five thousand mu after the measurement.
The main reason was that this place was full of hills, so it was not easy to get an accurate number directly. Those who came to measure were not serious, but Zhang Xiaobao had to be more careful. He was afraid that Li would come to make trouble.
Faced with this matter, Zhang Xiaobao had to make a new plan. He took the map from Wang Juan's hands and looked at it carefully. He began to make arrangements for the people around him, especially those who were responsible for recording things.
"This mountain and the one next to it need to be circled. In the future, it will be the place of Zhang Family and Wang Family. Don't go over there. Go over there. Choose that ridge. Yes, that place. Don't go down."
Zhang Xiaobao was carried everywhere. Everywhere he went, he circled an area. Even when it was night time, he did not circle all the areas. He could only wait until the next day to continue.
The people were confused by Zhang Xiaobao. Finally, they returned to Zhuangzi before it was dark.
At this time, Pomegranate and Li Cheng's two cars had already arrived. After hearing that Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were back, Pomegranate did not say anything. She was relieved, but Li Cheng was puzzled.
How could the two children come back on a horse? Unless the horse often ran between two places, it would not know the way.
He wanted to find someone to ask, but the villagers had already left. The people in the inner courtyard didn't know anything. When Li Cheng encountered this situation, he took out some money from his bosom and wanted to bribe the people in the inner courtyard. Just as he was about to hand it over, he suddenly remembered that it was impossible to bribe the people of the Zhang Family and Wang Family with this little amount of money. He could only take it back and continue to wait in this place.
Li Cheng did not mention that he wanted to visit. Naturally, the inner courtyard would not let him in. He came to inquire about the news, so he could only wait outside.
He knew that Zhang Family and Wang Family went out to choose a place in Zhuangzi. He thought that the hidden master would also go with them. He just wanted to see who was so powerful.
At dusk, Zhang Xiaobao and his entourage finally returned to the manor. Li Cheng originally wanted to approach them and ask them some questions. He had even thought of an excuse, which was to come and congratulate them. However, he found that he did not bring anything with him, only a few pieces of silver. As a result, it was not appropriate for him to approach them, as the gift was too little.
The only thing he could do was to carefully observe everyone, trying to find the expert among them. He looked at them one by one, and found that none of them looked like an expert. His thoughts were simple. An expert, of course, had to look like an expert.
First of all, the others should be around the master. He saw that everyone was around Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan. The two were sitting on the shelf and sleeping. How could they be masters? Even a fool would know that it was impossible.
Then the next thing was to find out who the masters of the two Zhuangzi often looked at. As for who to talk to, well, he had already grasped this matter. The two main families often looked at the two children, so the people who talked to each other were naturally the matters between the two families.
"Let me ask you. What do you think a master should look like?" Li Cheng really couldn't tell which one was the expert, so he had to ask the carriage handle beside him.
When the driver heard Li Cheng's words, he was stunned. Then, he said, "I think that if he is an expert, then he must be unwilling to speak. Moreover, when others look at him, they feel like he is a servant. My previous master was like this. He was very good at driving a carriage, but when you look at him, people always ignore him. Young Master, you can take a look. Which one of those people is always hiding behind others and never speaks?"
"That makes sense. Well, you go and feed the horses first. Wait for me at the Restaurant Between the Clouds and the Water. I will go there when I see clearly."
When Li Chengyi heard this, he felt that this was indeed the case. Those experts were always hiding in places that others didn't pay attention to. After giving the order, he stared at the group of people. As he stared, he suddenly discovered something.
That was, among the four people who were carrying the shelf, the last one always showed half of his face, as if he was afraid of being seen by others. And no one went to talk to him. The other three who were carrying the shelf would occasionally chat with him.
Following the procession back, Li Cheng felt that he was right. This must be the last person. When they were outside the courtyard, Li Cheng stared hard at that person, wanting to remember his appearance so that he could find someone to draw it for the Young Marquis. Just by looking at that person's appearance, Li Cheng knew that he didn't look tired at all when he put on airs.
Only such a person could possibly teach Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan to be the two people who were running first on the ranch.
"Look at his eyes, I must look at his eyes." When Li Cheng stared at the man, he also walked beside him, wanting to see what the last one's eyes looked like.
"Well, that's him. His eyes give people a hazy feeling at first sight. There is always a smile on the corner of his mouth. If he is not a master, who can do that?"
After some observation, Li Chenggong was finally able to analyze the situation. He carefully memorized this person's appearance and didn't dare to tarry. He directly headed for the Water Cloud Restaurant. Since they had already entered the courtyard, there was no way he could continue to follow.
He thought that when he arrived at the restaurant, he would let the driver and his horse rest for a while and then rush back overnight to tell the Young Master this important information.
"Big Mute, I already told you at lunch today, don't drink so much. If you hurt the young master and the young lady, you won't even be able to pay for your own life. Alright, you should go back quickly. If I had known earlier that you would drink like this, I wouldn't have let you put on airs.
There is some food here. When you leave, bring it back to Xiao Mute. I heard from Doctor Pang that your son may be cured. In the future, do more work. The owner will pay for it. You are so pitiful. "
When the team entered the yard, Steward Zhang ordered the last one who put on airs, who was also the master that Li Cheng thought to be.
"Ah, ah, ah." Da Mute heard Steward Zhang's words and smiled more honestly. He opened his mouth and spat out a few syllables, while his hands also followed.
"You are welcome. Who asked you to be the farmer? Do your job well. Go." Steward Zhang waved his hand and let Da Mute leave. At the same time, he sighed. Da Mute had been mute since he was young. He was a good person and smiled at everyone. In the end, he gave birth to a son who was also mute.
Fortunately, Doctor Pang said that this illness may be cured. The owner agreed and all the money would be paid by the owner. Unfortunately, Da Mute loved to drink. He did not need to drink too much. After drinking a bowl, he would become muddle-headed and would not speak. When he drank too much, he would smile, giving people an unfathomable feeling. Later, everyone got used to it. As long as he smiled like this, he would definitely drink a lot.
*****
Night slowly fell. Today, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan did not get up to study. They lay there with their legs propped up to minimize the friction. When they could not sleep, they chatted.
"Xiao Bao, look at how round the moon is. There is Chang 'e and Jade Rabbit on it." Wang Juan looked at the moon outside through the open window and said to Zhang Xiaobao.
"Yes, there is also Wu Gang. He is chopping trees over there. If I had to say, this person is stupid. If he were to chop with an ax, he would not put something in the gap. Otherwise, the tree would not be able to grow back. How silly." Zhang Xiaobao echoed.
"I think he drank too much. The osmanthus wine must have too much alcohol. He drank it all the time. Of course, he did not think of putting something in it, or there was nothing to put in it." Wang Juan helped Wu Gang correct his name.
Zhang Xiaobao shook his head and disagreed. "How can there be nothing to put in it? Can't the Jade Rabbit's medicine be put in it? Even if those things are too little, there are medicinal materials. For example, Sichuan pepper is also a kind of medicinal material. As long as there is a place on the tree and the Sichuan pepper is put in it, the tree will die.
Then the tree will die, and it will die from the roots upwards. The hole will be smaller, and it won't be easy for others to find out why the tree died. Before the tree dies, it will regrow the hole. I've tried it before, and it's very useful. "
"Really? Whose tree did you try it on? "Wang Juan asked curiously.
"On the mountain behind the orphanage. Originally, we could go to that place casually. There were a lot of wild fruits on the mountain. Later, it was contracted by someone and a lot of fruit trees were planted. We just wanted to pick some mountain red. We were not going to steal his fruit, but he did not let us pick it.
He surrounded the entire foot of the mountain, and there was only one road. We didn't think too much about it. We picked up some mushrooms and were going to sell them for money. He led two dogs to block us at the foot of the mountain and took away all the mushrooms we picked up with great difficulty. He accused us of stealing. "
When Zhang Xiaobao was talking, he felt that there was no jumping feeling on his leg. He knew that there was no pus, so he was relieved.
"Oh, he bought the mountain. It is indeed his place. Then what happened?" Wang Juan asked again.
"Then? Then we took the small awl and secretly went there with the Sichuan pepper. We drilled a small hole on the fruit tree, put the Sichuan pepper in it and blocked it with mud. Who let him rob our mushrooms? "Zhang Xiaobao said with grievance.
"You are so wicked. You are breaking the law. It is not easy for him to buy the mountain."
"But he did not spend money. He is the nephew of the district chief over there. Go to sleep. There is no Chang 'e."
"There is. But you did not see it. It is an immortal. Otherwise, how can we come here?"
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