The village chief divided the young men into two groups. One group went outside the village to bury the bodies, while the other group patrolled the village with their weapons.
Although Zhang Liang only had one arm, he had been on the battlefield before and was assigned to the patrol team.
The hunter saw Zhang Liang staring at the corpse in a daze and poked him." Ryoko, what are you staring at? Let's go."
"Oh, oh!"
Zhang Liang came back to his senses and found that Qin Feng was surrounded by the women. He could only suppress his uneasiness and leave with the hunter.
"Qin Feng, how many people are you going to find to help?"
"Can my girl come? She's very fast at spinning. She doesn't need to be paid. She just needs to take care of her meals."
"Qin Feng, when will you be able to finish the new spinning wheel?"
...
The women asked at once.
He didn't care that only two people had died in this courtyard, and the blood on the ground hadn't even dried yet.
That was true. Everyone had seen many dead people, and the living had to continue living.
In another ten days, the wild vegetables would be gone, and they would have nothing to do.
Having nothing to do meant that there was no gain.
They weren't afraid of work or death. They were only afraid of hunger.
In the end, Qin Feng promised to make the spinning wheel as soon as possible so that everyone would have work to do. Only then did the women leave in satisfaction.
In order to leave a good impression on Qin Feng, a few hardworking women even dug a few baskets of soil with hoes before leaving, carefully covering up the bloodstains.
"Master, your hands are already like this. How can you make a spinning wheel?"
Guan Hanyan asked worriedly after the women left.
"I can't do it myself, but I can find someone else to do it."
"The carpenter in town is pretty good," said Qin Feng."Just ask him for help."
"No! The spinning wheel can't be passed on to outsiders, only you can do it."
Tang Dongdong immediately objected.
"Dongdong, even if I don't do anything in the future, how much can I do by making spinning wheels?"
"If you want to bring down the Zhou family, it's impossible to count on me to be the spinning wheel alone. Sooner or later, you'll have to find someone else to help." Qin Feng said.
"When we earn money, I'll go to the city to buy some carpenters. When the time comes, I'll just hand them over to do it."
"But before we buy a carpenter, you're the only one who can make the spinning wheel," said Tang Dongdong.
"Carpenters can be bought?"
Qin Feng thought he had heard wrongly.
" Of course, there are specialized peddlers in the city. Some families have committed crimes and were sold by the government. There are also some families who encountered urgent matters and sold themselves to raise money."
"Carpenters are rare, but you can always find one if you ask around," said Tang Dongdong.
Qin Feng immediately thought of the scene in the ancient TV series where he sold his body to bury his father.
"Won't the carpenter you bought leak the secret?"
" If you sign a contract, their lives will be yours. If they dare to leak the secret, the government won't care even if they kill you."
" But carpenters are considered craftsmen," said Tang Dongdong." They're usually more expensive. Moreover, we have to pay taxes after buying them. We can't afford them now."
"Dongdong, how about this?"
Qin Feng said," We won't hand the entire spinning wheel over to a carpenter. We'll just hand over the more troublesome parts to them. When they're done, I'll bring them back and assemble them together. This way, it'll save effort and won't be leaked. What do you think?"
"This is a good idea."
Tang Dongdong thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.
" Alright, I've finished making the relatively complicated parts a few days ago. Hanyan, go find Brother Liang at dawn and ask him to help you hand them over to the carpenter in town."
"Alright."
Before Guan Hanyan could go look for him, Zhang Liang came by himself after the patrol.
He didn't enter the courtyard. Instead, he stood at the door and waved at Qin Feng.
"Brother Liang, I was going to look for you tomorrow." Qin Feng walked out with a smile.
"Why are you looking for me?"
"I want to invite you to the town tomorrow to find a carpenter to make something."
"Alright, this is a small matter." "Do you know the bald man today?" Zhang Liang asked in a low voice after looking around.
" I don't know him." Qin Feng shook his head." Who knows where Xie Guang found his friends."
After saying that, Qin Feng immediately realized that something was wrong.
Zhang Liang had specially made a trip here. Clearly, there was something wrong with this baldy.
"Brother Liang, do you know him?"
"If I'm not wrong, he might be a bandit."
"Bandits?"
Qin Feng's heart skipped a beat.
To the mountain people, bandits were like a shadow that hung over their heads.
Every year, the bandits of Tieguan Mountain would come to the village to collect grain. If anyone resisted, the consequences would be very serious.
More than twenty years ago, there was a village nearby that suffered a flood. The villagers had a very small harvest. If they handed it over to the bandits, the entire family would starve to death.
So that year, the villagers rebelled and beat out the bandit team that came to collect grain.
The next day, a large number of bandits came.
In order to establish their dominance, the bandits killed all the men in the village, and the women and children were taken to the mountains.
Until now, the village was still deserted. No one dared to enter in broad daylight.
If Baldy was a bandit from Tieguan Mountain, then the situation would be serious.
Brother Liang, how did you find out that he was a bandit?"
Qin Feng asked curiously.
Logically speaking, the village chief was the most familiar with bandits in the village. After all, they had to deal with them every year. Why did no one else recognize that Bald Man was a bandit, but only Zhang Liang?
"Because I saw the brand on his wrist."
"That's the mark of the Cat Mountain bandits," said Zhang Liang.
"Cat Mountain bandits?"
"Where is Cat Mountain?" Qin Feng almost laughed out loud.
The host only remembered the bandits of Tiegan Mountain. He had never heard of the bandits of Cat Mountain.
Even the bandits 'names were extremely domineering. Azure Dragon Village, Ferocious Tiger Ridge, and so on. It was very scary.
Cat Mountain Bandit, was he serious about such a cute name?
" Cat Mountain is to the north of the county government. A few years ago, I went there to do some work and saw the bandits of Cat Mountain. They all had a brand on their wrists, exactly the same as the one on Baldy's body."
" I see." Qin Feng heaved a sigh of relief." It's good that you're not a bandit from Iron Pot Mountain."
Bandits were divided into territories. Otherwise, if you came to collect them, they would come to collect them too. There would not be so much profit even if they sucked the commoners dry.
The few villages near Haijiao Village were the territory of the bandits of Iron Pot Mountain. The bandits of Iron Pot Mountain would not be willing to let other bandits cause trouble.
"Qin Feng, the bandits of Cat Mountain are more difficult to deal with than the bandits of Iron Pot Mountain!"
Zhang Liang said," The bandits of Tieguan Mountain make a living by collecting food. The bandits of Cat Mountain make a living by robbing and robbing. Although there are only a few dozen core members, they are all good people. Every one of them has killed someone." Unless it was absolutely necessary, Iron Pot Mountain would not offend them.
Moreover, if Iron Pot Mountain knew about this, they might even help Cat Mountain catch you."
After Qin Feng heard this, he could no longer laugh.
He understood what Zhang Liang meant.
If the Cat Mountain bandits came to Haijiao Village to collect food, the Tiegan Mountain bandits might risk their lives.
However, if the Cat Mountain bandits only came to find trouble with Qin Feng, Iron Pot Mountain would definitely not interfere.
After all, Iron Pot Mountain didn't want to see anyone killing bandits.
Otherwise, if you kill one today, I'll kill another tomorrow. Who would be afraid of bandits?
Who would honestly hand over their rations?