In front of the hill was a pond of about thirty or forty acres, and as the wooden cart passed by, bubbles gurgled up from the bottom of the water.
Chen Shi thought to himself, "There must be a Prince’s Tomb beneath this mountain!"
"This mountain is called Xiaoqingqiu, and it’s covered with many trees. Our Hu Village is located on this mountain."
Hu Feifei told Chen Shi, "There is a big tomb under the mountain, but it has already been emptied, looted by grave robbers."
As the wooden cart entered the village, there were fertile fields at the foot of the mountain where corn, mulberry, and rice were grown, and chickens and ducks flocked together. The villagers were often handso n and beautiful won, dressed brightly and speaking elegantly. There were also so aged elders with white hair, but they were still sprightly.
However, in the village the fox won were honored, while the status of fox n was sowhat lower.
The village even had a private school, where a fox spirit that looked like a Scholar, very human-like, taught a group of little foxes how to read and write and to cultivate magic.
They often appeared human, only the little foxes looked like foxes, but they too stood upright, walked on two feet, wore neat little clothes, and learned to speak like humans.
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They were not yet capable of Transformation.
The elder of the Hu Village ca to et them, and upon seeing Hu Feifei, he bowed deeply and asked, "Grandma has arrived! What kind of strange wind blew Grandma to Hu Village today?"
Chen Shi watched in amazent as Hu Feifei quickly explained, "Our Fox Clan is divided into main and collateral lines, and I am from the main line, so my generation is higher, not my age. Don’t call ’Grandma,’ understand?"
She reprimanded the village elder, "You made sound old!"
"Okay, Grandma Feifei."
The elder led them into the village, where the handso n and beautiful won ran out and knelt down, bowing to Hu Feifei, exclaiming in unison, "Greetings to Grandma Feifei!"
Hu Feifei had a worried look and muttered, "This is why I hate visiting the fox clan’s village..."
The fox spirits looked at Chen Shi, and the elder inquired in a whisper, "Is this gentleman your grandson-in-law?"
"What grandson-in-law?"
Hu Feifei scolded, "Have you ever seen a grandson-in-law without even a whisker? This is Brother Chen of the Chen family! The sworn brother of Clan Leader Xiao Liang, he’s part of the Chen family. Now you know how to address him, right?"
"Grandpa Chen of the Chen family!" the foxes bowed to Chen Shi.
Chen Shi was at a loss.
The elder asked, "Grandma Feifei, how is Elder Chen?"
Hu Feifei replied, "He passed away."
The elder joyfully said, "Heaven has eyes! Now, our clan leader won’t be led astray!"
Hu Feifei glared at her, repeated the matter of rescuing the girls and asked, "Can you arrange it?"
"We’ve got it covered!" the cultivators of the Fox Clan declared, thumping their chests confidently.
Chen Shi brought the girls forward, took out three thousand silver notes as their living expenses, and said, "Please take much care."
He was still worried and stayed in the village to see how the fox spirits would arrange things for the girls.
The fox spirits chopped wood and fired bricks to build houses for them, and sent fox spirits to buy pots, pans, ladles, and daily necessities like bedding. So also took the girls to the private school to teach them how to cultivate.
Soon the girls beca familiar with the fox spirits and did not feel out of place.
The fox spirits also felt a closeness with them, noting their graceful manners and charm, even more fox-like than the fox spirits themselves.
Seeing this, Chen Shi was relieved.
Just then, a little fox ca running quickly and called out, "Grandpa Chen of the Chen family, Grandpa Chen! There is an official outside looking for you!"
Chen Shi was montarily stunned. "An official looking for ? I don’t know any officials in Yudou."
He walked out of Hu Village and saw an official standing outside the village, looking travel-weary, as if he had co a long way.
"Chen Shi."
Zhuge Jian, hearing footsteps, looked up and smiled, "You’re in trouble again!"
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