Returning to my hometown to inherit three mountains: Don't stop me from raising pigs

Chapter 257 Cause and Effect

"Where did you go just now?" Gu Chang asked curiously.

"I've been here for a long time, but I haven't seen anyone."

"Everyone else in the village is busy with farm work or hunting. Few people are at home at this time," said Shen Long.

Gu Chang nodded, no wonder.

"Xiao Chang, look, what is this?" Qi Tianming excitedly took out a basket, in which there were a lot of black things that looked like wood ears.

"Stone ears?" Gu Chang said in surprise.

"Yes, it is the stone ear! Shen Long took us to dig it up."

"Uh...what's going on?" Gu Chang looked at Shen Long, a little confused.

Gu Chang knew that the stone ears must still be there, and what Shen Long said before was just a lie to them.

Gu Chang just didn't expect that Shen Long would believe Qi Tianming and his second uncle so quickly and even take them to dig stone ears?

"It's a long story, just listen to us slowly." Qi Tianming said with a smile.

"Do you know why the villagers were so wary of us when we came here last time?"

"I've always been curious too." Gu Chang told the truth.

"A few years ago, a middle-aged man who came to explore the mountains accidentally fell and sprained his foot while climbing the mountain near Yaling Village." Shen Long said.

"Luckily my father was nearby collecting herbs, so he brought him home, treated him, and cooked a meal for him, which included this stone ear."

"However, I didn't expect that it was because of this stone ear that my father was indirectly killed."

"What's going on? What happened?" Gu Chang asked in shock.

"The outsider who sprained his foot returned to the village after his foot healed. He brought a lot of things with him, saying that he wanted to thank my father for saving his life."

"My father was very happy at the time, but later I found out that he came back for Shi Er!"

Speaking of this, Shen Long's eyes were filled with anger.

"He pretended to want to buy my father's stone ears, offered a very high price, and even followed my father to the cliff where the stone ears grew."

"My father was very happy at the time and thought it was a good thing to increase the income of the villagers!"

"However, what I didn't expect was that after this man knew where the stone ears grew, he secretly brought a few people to steal and dig for them!"

"When they were discovered by my father, they were secretly digging stone ears. The stone ears on that cliff were almost dug out completely!" Shen Long's voice was filled with anger.

"We have lived here for so many years, and every villager knows that stone ear is a gift from nature. We pick the big ones and keep the small ones, so that we can always have delicious stone ear."

"For decades, the villagers have always followed this principle, and the stone ear resources have not only not decreased, but the scope has continued to expand!"

"Now, this group of outsiders, only caring about their immediate interests, have completely destroyed the rock wall. It will be difficult for the stone ears here to recover in a few decades!"

"The angry father was hit on the head by falling rocks from the mountain while chasing them and died soon after!" Shen Long's voice was a little low.

"So, after this incident, everyone in our village is wary of outsiders, especially those who come for Shier!"

"In our opinion, these people are bastards who will do anything for their own benefit!"

"It was also them who indirectly killed my father!" At this point, Shen Long clenched his fists in anger!

Gu Chang was silent for a while, patted him on the shoulder, and said: "This kind of selfish and self-serving thing will eventually be punished!"

Shen Long nodded without saying anything.

Seeing the atmosphere was a bit sad, Gu Chang changed the subject and said, "Isn't the cliff destroyed? What are these stone ears?"

"In fact, there are two cliffs where the stone ears are grown. This one is from the other one, and its quality is better." Shen Long said.

"Fortunately, my father only took them to the smaller cliff. Otherwise, all the stone ears would have been extinct!"

"So that's it!" Gu Chang said thankfully.

"Then aren't you afraid that we are the same as them?" Gu Chang asked curiously.

Shen Long smiled and said, "I have heard about your deeds when I went to other villages, but I didn't know that you were Gu Chang. I believe that this little bit of Shi Er is not worth what you did."

Of course, there is another reason that Shen Long did not say, which is that since Gu Chang sincerely helped Shi Tou, Shen Long has already believed him!

Gu Chang was happy. He now discovered the benefits of being famous!

If he had known this would happen, he should have revealed his name right from the start!

"Hey, I am Zhao Zilong from Changshan. Who dares to fight me to the death..."