Chapter 27 Ahhhh! snake!

  After returning to the Earth Temple, Ji Zhao, leaning against the corner, seriously thought about ways to make money.

  Drought year after year, several nearby villages, only the villagers of Shanghe Village by the river, live a little better, at least every household can barely eat.

  Other villages were severely affected by the drought.

  Ji Zhao thought for a while, then knelt devoutly in front of the statue of the Lord of the Earth.

   "Grandfather of the Land, I beg you to be merciful, and ask the Dragon King to let the rain fall sooner!"

  Ji Zhao knew that calling the wind and rain was not within the jurisdiction of the father-in-law of the land, but she still held a pious heart and earnestly bowed to the statue of the land three times.

   After staying in the Earth Temple for a short rest, Ji Zhao was going to go out for a walk to see if he could catch more pheasants.

  Walking four or five miles to the east, she only saw barren hills.

  Ji Zhao sighed in frustration.

   Hiss hiss~

  Just as Ji Zhao was about to stop to rest, he suddenly heard a rustling sound.

  She caught a glimpse of the rickety reeds in front of her, held her breath and approached cautiously—

   When she saw it clearly, she was completely dumbfounded!

  I saw a thick red snake opened its mouth wide, and quickly bit the pheasant's neck!

  The pheasant was still struggling in pain, fluttering its feathers all over the floor!

  Finally, the pheasant gradually gave up struggling.

  Ji Zhao picked up a sharp stone from the ground, and seized the right moment to rush up!

  The snake returned to the west before it could swallow the whole pheasant.

   Panting heavily, Ji Zhao first pulled the pheasant out of the snake's mouth.

  Finally, he coiled up the dead snake and put it in the cloth bag on his body.

  Snake gallbladder is a treasure, maybe it can be exchanged for some silver.

  At dusk, smoke rose from every household in Shanghe Village.

  Ji Zhao came to the Shen family compound again with a full pannier on his back.

  Zhao Lanhua was feeding the chickens in the yard, when she heard Ji Zhao's voice, she hurriedly responded.

   "Mother, I found a lot of wild shepherd's purse!" Ji Zhao put down the pannier in a hurry, and said happily, "I also found a wild hawthorn tree in the back mountain!"

   "Come here and wash your face!" Seeing her sweating profusely, Zhao Lanhua greeted with a smile.

"Eh!"

  Ji Zhao quickly washed his face, and instantly felt refreshed.

   "Mother, what kind of luck is this, A Tao? I also went to the back mountain with Aunt Osmanthus in the afternoon, but I didn't find anything." Second Aunt Shen stared at the full basket of shepherd's purse, envious.

  Zhao Lanhua frowned thoughtfully.

  A Tao's luck, isn't it too good?

   "Mother, let's eat dumplings stuffed with shepherd's purse?" Second Aunt Shen suggested with a bright smile.

   "Okay." Zhao Lanhua readily agreed.

   "Mother, can you take me to the county again tomorrow?" Ji Zhao thought for a while, but still spoke out the plea in his heart.

   "Go to the county seat? What to do?"

   "I want to sell snakes," Ji Zhao lowered his head and took out the dead snake from his bag, saying with a bright smile.

   "Ahhhhh! Snake!"

  Sister-in-law Shen is most afraid of snakes, she screamed in horror!

   "Second sister-in-law, don't be afraid, I have already killed this snake!" Ji Zhao gestured anxiously, "If you don't believe me, touch it, it's completely cold..."

"Stop!" Shen Erlang, who had just returned home, heard his mother-in-law's screams, rushed into the kitchen in a hurry, threw away the snake in Ji Zhao's hand without saying a word, and raised his arms to beat him up She said, "You poisonous woman, how dare you scare my wife with a snake!"

  Ji Zhao subconsciously raised his arm to dodge, but the expected slap did not fall.

  (end of this chapter)