Chapter 122: You Are Not In Exile You Are Clearly Traveling!
Chapter 122 Changing Course
"Xiao Xue, get me a smoke bomb and a tear gas bomb!"
Chen Yuan rolled up his sleeves again and walked towards the black pig. "I refuse to believe it can still resist me."
"Um..."
"Dad, are you serious?"
Chen Xue misunderstood again, "Isn't this too much respect for it? Smoke bombs and tear gas bombs are much more expensive than selling it!"
Chen Yuan also realized his mistake. He was just acting impulsively earlier; he knew the price of tear gas bombs, several thousand taels each, while the black pig was only worth one or two taels.
"I'll help too!"
Chen Xue took out a crossbow arrow and found something to use as a barrier in front of her to avoid being hit by the rampaging black pig.
"Look at me, I even forgot about this weapon."
Seeing the crossbow arrow in Chen Xue's hand, Master Chen slapped his head and quickly went to the warehouse to fetch more crossbow arrows.
Madam Chen and Xiao Die also came over with crossbow arrows to help.
However, only Chen Yuan and Chen Xue had large crossbow arrows, while the other two had smaller ones.
The smaller crossbow arrows were still powerful enough; although they couldn't kill the black pig, they could injure it and make it bleed to death.
The four of them took up positions and attacked the black pig.
But the black pig was too fast and managed to dodge several attacks. Chen Yuan could only chase and attack at the same time.
What was supposed to be a simple pig slaughter turned into a hunting session, unexpectedly.
"Grunt!"
The black pig seemed to be enraged, turning its head and charging towards the group. Chen Xue and the others were frightened and hurried back into the house.
Seeing that the hunters who had attacked it before were scared away, the black pig became even more arrogant.
It strutted around outside the house, patrolling arrogantly.
Whenever Chen Xue and the others came out, the black pig pretended to attack, scaring them back into the house.
"This won't work, we can't keep this up."
"I'll distract it while you attack."
Chen Yuan opened the door and turned to Chen Xue and the others.
Before they could refuse, he stepped out.
The black pig saw Chen Yuan coming out and nudged the ground with its nose before charging towards him.
Chen Xue and the others attacked without hesitation, and when the black pig approached Chen Yuan, he raised his crossbow arrow.
Seeing that Chen Yuan wasn't following the expected pattern, the black pig tried to stop but ended up being hit by everyone's attacks.
Chen Yuan's crossbow arrow pierced its head directly, while Chen Xue and the others' arrows were stuck all around its body, making it look like a hedgehog.
However, despite this, the black pig didn't fall.
Chen Yuan had to raise his crossbow arrow again to deliver the final blow.
"Hoo!"
Seeing the black pig fall to the ground, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"I wonder if this black pig has become wild because it was released."
"It's a good thing we dealt with it."
Chen Xue wiped the sweat from her forehead and suddenly spoke, "It feels like we're celebrating the New Year!"
"Normally, families kill pigs for the New Year. Shouldn't we wait until New Year's to do this?"
Madam Chen also realized, "Come to think of it, it's almost time. In a few months, it will be New Year's."
"Shouldn't we prepare some New Year goods then?"
Chen Yuan also smiled. Before he discovered the space, he might have been immersed in guilt all the time.
But now, he just wanted to make his wife and daughter live better. Although it might not compare to their previous life, it would definitely be better than life in exile.
So he worked tirelessly every day to turn the space into a paradise.
After slaughtering the pig, Chen Xue's family naturally didn't skimp. All the convicts in the Chen family were given a share, and Xu Tian was invited to join them.
But not inside the space.
When other convicts smelled the aroma of meat coming from the Chen family, they didn't envy them. After all, they also had their own share, and they didn't suspect that the Chen family had gotten their share the same way they did, by having Xu Tian buy it.
As for Xu Tian, he thought it was the meat that General Pingwei had given them. He had asked Master Chen if he wanted him to bring supplies when he returned to the county town.
Thinking that Chen Yuan had no money, Xu Tian planned to pay for it himself, but the Chen family said there was nothing they needed to buy.
During dinner, Chen Yuan and Xu Tian exchanged a lot of experiences. Chen Yuan hoped Xu Tian could quickly grasp the leadership of the team and manage it well so they could reach Nanman as soon as possible.
If they had been afraid of Nanman before, now they were looking forward to it, especially after Chen Xue mentioned the unexploited treasures in Nanman.
Although he was surprised that his daughter knew so much about Nanman, Chen Yuan had gotten used to it.
Xu Tian was touched to hear Chen Yuan sharing his experiences and even knelt down to express his gratitude.
It's worth noting that inheritance was highly valued in ancient times.
Even father and son might not receive the father's experience, let alone him, who had no relationship with Chen Yuan at all.
Chen Yuan did not agree, but Xu Tian still considered himself a disciple and treated Chen Yuan with the same respect as before.
However, it was clear to everyone that Xu Tian's attitude was even more respectful than before.
Not only Xu Tian, but Zhao Guang also brought some game to the Chen family.
A pheasant and two rabbits.
Obviously, he had put in a lot of effort to catch these game, especially in winter with such heavy snow, it was evident how difficult hunting was.
He was now considering changing sides and joining Chen Yuan's camp, especially since it seemed that General Guo had given up on him, as he hadn't sent anyone to find him in so long.
In addition, he was also worried about his family's safety and wanted to rely on Chen Yuan's strength.
After seeing the relationship between General Pingwei and Chen Yuan, he had already made up his mind to join Master Chen.
After much hesitation, he finally made up his mind when he didn't see anyone from General Guo coming.
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