Chapter 40 What the hell is Batman? When Zhao Erniu saw that Gu Chan didn't say anything, he felt a little worried. He couldn't make medicine, but Gu Chan could. If he offended Gu Chan here, she would take Ma Zheng to do it on her own later. The money they earned from the sales would be less, but he wouldn't get a share of it! So Zhao Erniu didn't dare to speak too loudly, but asked cautiously, "How about this, give me more, how about we split it 40% and 60%?" "Okay, Siliu! From now on, the task of collecting herbs will be left to you two. Ma Zheng and I will not be responsible for collecting herbs." Gu Chan went with the flow. She had wanted to teach Li a lesson before, but never had the chance. Now that the opportunity has come, she must give this scheming woman a good beating. Li was obsessed with money and didn't realize she would be punished. She turned around and said happily, "It's settled. Isn't it just picking herbs? It's not a difficult task for us." "Okay, my wife has said so, so it's settled, 40% and 60% respectively. From now on, the herb collecting business will be ours." Zhao Erniu patted his chest in agreement. Gu Chan nodded slightly, appearing calm.
It was precisely because of her expressionless expression that Zhao Erniu and his wife could not tell what she was thinking at the moment. Gu Chan didn't say much about this issue, and asked, "By the way, did we find any silver in the yard today?" "What silver?" Zhao Erniu pretended to understand even though he was confused. "When I got up this morning, my grandfather told me that he found a silver ingot weighing twenty taels in the yard. I don't know who threw it there." Gu Chan deliberately brought this up. Ma Zheng followed up and said, "Yes! My grandma also said that she found a silver ingot worth 20 taels this morning. How strange!" "Did every family pick it up?" Zhao Erniu touched his chin and muttered softly. When he picked up the silver in the morning, he discussed with Li not to tell anyone about it. But judging from the current situation, it seems that not only the couple picked up the silver, but everyone in the village should have picked up the silver. Gu Chan rolled her eyes and said in a low voice pretending to be deep, "It seems that someone also threw a silver ingot in your yard. This should be related to what I heard in the county yesterday." "What's the matter?" Zhao Erniu became interested. "I heard yesterday that a knight came to the county, specializing in robbing the rich and giving to the poor. He was nicknamed 'Batman'. I think he must have come to the village last night and delivered money to every household." "Oh! This is a big deal! You wait here, I will go talk to the village chief and ask him to tell everyone to keep the matter of obtaining the silver a secret and to protect this mysterious knight well." As soon as Gu Chan finished speaking, Zhao Erniu hurriedly replied, then stood up and quickly ran out of the house and went to the village chief's house. Gu Chan covered her mouth and laughed. Ma Zheng reached out and scratched the back of his head, muttering, "What a weird name! What the hell is Batman?" "Of course the names of the knights are very strange. How can a little kid like you understand them?" Gu Chan pretended to be serious and scolded. Ma Zheng nodded and shut his mouth tactfully. At this time, Li suddenly looked at Gu Chan and said, "By the way, there is something I forgot to tell you." "what's up?" "Now everyone in the village knows that you studied veterinary medicine and cured my calf, so the village chief asked me to tell you to go and see his old hen today. It hasn't laid eggs for two months." Li said in a flattering tone. Gu Chan waved her hand disdainfully, "Tell the village chief that I'm busy today. I have to rush to the county government in the afternoon to deliver spiritual herbs to the county magistrate! The county magistrate might invite me to dinner or something, so how can I have time to see his old hen?"
"You found the magical herb?" Li was surprised. "Aren't we going into the mountains soon? I must find one to send over! Otherwise I'll be beheaded. Today is the first day I have to send spiritual herbs." Gu Chan said unhappily. Li smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go talk to the village chief at noon. When you are free, you can go and treat his old hen." Gu Chan just nodded quietly and didn't want to pay any more attention to Li. This scheming woman wanted to control her before, but ended up being controlled by her instead. She is now eager to deal with Li and has no mood to waste time talking to her. Seeing that Gu Chan ignored her, Li could only shut her mouth awkwardly and continue cooking. After an incense stick of time, Zhao Erniu ran back, sweating profusely. As soon as he entered the yard, he said to Li, "Wife, the village chief told everyone to keep the discovery of the silver a secret. He has sent people to notify every household in person." "Okay, got it. Then come and have breakfast! Eat quickly and then go into the mountains. Today you have to pick herbs and make pills to sell. I have something else and can't go. I can only accompany you into the mountains tomorrow." Li said as she put the prepared food on the table. Zhao Erniu walked over and sat at the table, inviting Gu Chan and the others to come and eat. Of course Gu Chan was not polite. She took Ma Zheng and sat over, picked up the bowl and started eating. After eating, he took six taels of silver from Zhao Erniu and divided them among them. He gave two taels of silver to Ma Zheng, and then the three of them carried their bows and quivers and left home and went into the mountains. Since she had been into the mountains once before, Gu Chan was familiar with the route this time. The journey was peaceful and there was nothing much to say, except that the mountain road was undoubtedly rugged and not easy to walk on. After entering the forest, Zhao Erniu looked at the bow on Gu Chan's back and said, "Let me try your new bow. I want to see if it works." "Okay! Let me take a look at this new bow and see if it's easy for you to use." Gu Chan replied with a sneer. After saying that, she immediately took off the bow and handed it to Zhao Erniu. When she was buying a bow in the weapon shop yesterday, she realized that Zhao Erniu was bragging and that his bow did not weigh sixty stones at all. Now that the opportunity has come, she must teach this fake a lesson. Zhao Erniu didn't pay attention to Gu Chan's expression. After taking her bow, he immediately got into a driving position, holding the bow in his left hand and the string in his right hand, and pulled it back hard. But when he pulled the bow, his face changed immediately, because the bow was really heavy. He only pulled it a little bit and couldn't even pull half of the bow, let alone pull it fully. Gu Chan laughed and said, "What's wrong, Master Erniu? You ate three big bowls of breakfast and you're still not full? You can't even pull a sixty-stone heavy bow? Weren't you so awesome when you went into the mountains that day?" "This shouldn't be possible! Your bow weighs sixty stones, and mine also weighs sixty stones. How come your bow is so much heavier than mine?" Zhao Erniu frowned, looking at the bow in his hand, confused and bewildered. Gu Chan and Ma Zheng looked at each other and both looked at him with mockery. (End of this chapter)