Chapter 6 Hope

"Toxin resistance!"

"Well done Erqing!"

Zhou Qing was overjoyed.

"Puff!" Qingsi Gu was a little proud, and at the same time thanked Zhou Qing for his help just now.

"My boss and you, the second boss, are all our own, so you're welcome!"

Zhou Qing said with a smile.

The next moment, Qingsi Gu said that he had not finished eating the big centipede.

"Go ahead."

Zhou Qing released the green silk Gu and returned to the grass.

Only most of the body of the three-foot-long centipede was left, and the other half had disappeared. It was obviously eaten by the green-threaded Gu.

Whoosh!

The green silk Gu fell on most of the centipede's still struggling body, and soon most of the body stopped moving.

The body of the green silk Gu opened and swallowed most of the body from the middle.

When it had eaten its one-foot-long tail, Zhou Qing suddenly realized: "Er Qing, wait a minute!!"

"puff?"

Erqing bit off the part in his mouth with a click. Although he was puzzled, he still stopped.

"Such a long centipede must have high medicinal value. Leave some for me to sell for money. I haven't had a full meal in many days." Zhou Qing said hurriedly.

"Puff!"

But Qingsi Gu said that eating this big centipede would greatly help its growth and wanted to eat it.

"Okay, you can eat it and catch other centipedes later. Leave a few for me."

Zhou Qing sighed.

"Puff!!" Qingsi Gu expressed her gratitude and got closer to him.

"Hehe." Zhou Qing grinned. In fact, he was not planning to compete with the green silk Gu. The price of the dead centipede would be very low. The main reason was that he wanted to test the obedience of the green silk Gu.

Sure enough, although Qingsi Gu was very eager, she still listened to him.

Now I still feed it, but it has to have a grateful heart.

This is critical.

"Leave me some centipede poison." Zhou Qing picked up a small wine jar and collected the centipede blood and venom that fell on the grass leaves.

This thing is so poisonous if it falls on your hands, if someone eats it.

A cruel look flashed in Zhou Qing's eyes.

Next, Zhou Qing spent the entire afternoon catching centipedes on the mountain.

But I never caught any centipedes over a foot long.

Most of them went into Qingsi Gu's stomach. He kept three large ones and put them in wine jars, planning to take them to the drugstore to sell them in exchange for a full meal.

Seeing the sun setting in the west, Zhou Qing loaded dozens of kilograms of mulberry leaves into the basket and returned home.

While collecting mulberry leaves, he also encountered a green snake with bamboo leaves that was more than a foot long, but it also got into the belly of the green silk Gu.

The toxins of these poisons seem to have no effect on the green silk Gu.

Moreover, the skin of the Green Silk Gu looks very fragile, but its defensive power is amazing. It was bitten several times by the poisonous fangs of the Bamboo Leaf Green Snake, but the skin was not even broken.

I was bitten by a giant centipede just now.

[Progress: Growth Stage (326/800)]

The growth progress of Green Silk Gu has improved a lot. Of course, most of it was contributed by the giant centipede.

On the way home, Zhou Qing felt that there was hope in life and his steps were much lighter.

When he passed by the stream carrying a basket on his back, grandma was still washing clothes. She didn't know how many basins of clothes she had to wash a day.

"Aqing!"

Grandma noticed him and walked over and handed him a steamed bun.

"Grandma, I have something to eat! You can keep it for yourself." Zhou Qing declined quickly.

"Take it, kid, life will be even more difficult if you live alone in the future." Grandma looked a little sad and stuffed the steamed bun into his arms.

Zhou Qing hesitated again and again and accepted the steamed bun.

"Thank you grandma."

Dafeng Pharmacy.

"Three ordinary live mountain centipedes for two cents."

Looking at the centipedes crawling around in the wine jar, the medicine shop owner tilted his head and glanced at the dusty Zhou Qing.

"What? Two cents? Such a big centipede should cost at least one cent, right?" Zhou Qing was stunned.

"If you don't want to sell it, take it away." The drug store owner waved his hand.

Zhou Qing gritted his teeth.

"I sell!"

After a while, Zhou Qing walked out of Dafeng Pharmacy with an empty jar and two copper plates.

"Pooh!"

Zhou Qing stood at the door and spat lightly.

Fortunately, I didn't leave the big centipede for sale just now, otherwise the price would definitely be lowered, and it wouldn't be worth a few cents more.

Dafeng Rice Shop and Dafeng Medicine Shop are both properties of the Zhao family.

If Zhang Dahai is the tyrant of the slums, then the Zhao family is the king of the entire Black Mountain Town, truly domineering in the fish and meat village.

"One day, I have to change my name!"

Looking at the word "Dafeng" on the signboard, Zhou Qing secretly made up his mind.

"Ah Qing, do you want to buy some buns? How about giving you a penny cheaper? I'll pick the two biggest ones for you!"

Zhou Qing smelled the aroma of meat next to the steamed bun stall for a while, and Sun Erlang, the steamed bun seller, waved to him.

"Gu~"

Zhou Qing's stomach growled and he swallowed.

He couldn't remember the last time he ate meat.

His reason told him that he should save the money first, but his stomach told him that he wanted to eat meat.

Screw your sanity!

Zhou Qing gave two cents to Sun Erlang in exchange for two steaming meat buns.

One bite made him want to cry.

fragrant!

The minced meat in the buns was actually mixed with tofu and green onions, but the smell of salt and oil made him think about it for a long time.

When making wild vegetable soup, he would only dip his chopsticks in a little salt. As for the oil, he would only eat it once every few days.

These steamed buns are even more delicious than the steamed buns I had this morning!

"It's delicious. If you come back next time, I'll pick a bigger one for you!" Sun Erlang smiled when he saw Zhou Qing devouring the food.

"Wow~ delicious!" Zhou Qing ate the whole bun.

Then, he picked up the second bun and stuffed it into his mouth, and suddenly paused.

He thought of grandma.

"Bring one to grandma tomorrow."

Zhou Qing put the buns away, took out the steamed buns and started eating.

Seeing this, Sun Erlang poured him a bowl of tea.

"Thank you, Uncle Sun." Zhou Qing drank tea and ate steamed buns.

Although this bowl of tea tastes so bland that you can barely taste the tea, he usually drinks cold water at home.

After all, drinking boiling water requires burning firewood, and chopping firewood is also very physically demanding.

"Alas, water is not valuable." Sun Erlang waved his hand.

After Zhou Qing had eaten and drank enough, he picked up the basket and hurried toward home.

After arriving home, Zhou Qing breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the lock on the silkworm house was intact.

He opened the silkworm room and looked at the checkered clusters.

I saw that some silkworms that spin silk quickly have formed cocoons as big as a thumb.

"So fast? It seems that these silkworms are no longer ordinary silkworms!" Zhou Qing was delighted.

Get better!

After seeing all the silkworms, Zhou Qing's eyes fell to the ground.

The wine jar contains the blood and venom of a giant centipede.

At night.

Xin'an Lane was dark and silent.

The Kuhaha people have already fallen asleep, just to save a dinner.

But Changle Lane in the center of the town is brightly lit.

The rich men and ladies, protected by their servants, visited the night market.

The Datong Casino located in Changle Lane was also bustling with people.

Through the door curtain, you can hear the shouts of the gamblers inside.

Two strong men in black shorts stood at the door, one on the left and one on the right, looking fierce.

The man with a sinister face on the left is Zhang Dahai.

They all come from poor backgrounds. These scoundrels, who have learned boxing for a few days but have insufficient qualifications, will basically work in gambling houses, restaurants, brothels and other places.

After all, they are good at dealing with ordinary people.

At this time, in the dark alley opposite Datong Casino, a young man dressed in sackcloth was staring at Zhang Dahai with cold eyes.

Zhou Qing stood in the alley and looked at Zhang Dahai for two quarters of an hour.

During this period, he watched Zhang Dahai throw the gambler out of the gambling house and go to the corner of the alley next to the gambling house to urinate.

After a moment, Zhou Qing frowned, retreated, and completely disappeared into the darkness.