Cultivation Begins with Caring for Sister-in-law Chapter 33: Plucking the Feathers as the Goose Flies

Zhang He is no fool; he can understand the aning behind Chen Mo’s words.

"Brother Mo, this..."

Zhang He wanted to say sothing, but Chen Mo interrupted him directly, "Don’t tell , I don’t want to know."

Zhang He hardened his heart. Since it’s done, there’s no turning back: "Brother Mo, not even a day has passed yet. You wait here, I’ll be right back."

"I didn’t say anything," Chen Mo said coolly.

"I... understand."

Zhang He left.

When it was getting dark, Zhang He ca again.

Chen Mo didn’t pay attention to him and continued practicing his sword by himself.

[Sword swing count 1, Demon-breaking Saber Technique experience 1.]

[...]

Zhang He walked up to Chen Mo, wanting to say sothing, but the latter spoke first, "As I said, don’t tell , I don’t want to know."

Zhang He’s heart sank, thinking Brother Mo was still not satisfied.

But Chen Mo’s next words set him at ease.

"Have you eaten?" Chen Mo asked.

"No...not yet."

"Then stay and eat with us."

"...Ah? Okay, thank you, Brother Mo, thank you, Brother Mo."

Zhang He knew that this ant Brother Mo agreed to let him follow along.

...

While having dinner.

Zhang He kept his head down, eating the millet rice, not daring to say a word, and didn’t dare to take the bear at and bear blood from the bowl.

But just the rice alone already felt like a delicacy to him.

Chen Mo picked up a piece of bear at for him, and Zhang He was instantly grateful. However, just as he was about to eat, Chen Mo suddenly spoke, "You can follow , but there are a few harsh words I must say beforehand."

Zhang He quickly put down his chopsticks, sat up straight, and listened intently.

Han Anniang picked so vegetables into her bowl, then silently took her bowl and left the kitchen, heading back to her room.

After Han Anniang left, Chen Mo said, "First, you can’t use my na to cause trouble in the village, especially don’t look for trouble unnecessarily and bring problems."

Chen Mo had seen plenty of such things.

When his father first ventured into society, he made many "friends," but these friends didn’t help his father much.

Once his father’s career was successful, they used his father’s na to cause trouble everywhere, fighting with people.

There was a ti in a bar where they even cracked soone’s head open trying to steal soone’s girl, almost landing his father in jail.

But by then, the relationship had been long established and deepened, making it difficult for his father to resolve.

Chen Mo was also afraid of encountering such things, so he had to tell Zhang He in advance.

If he ever found out Zhang He had such tendencies, he would not hold back.

Zhang He nodded, "Brother Mo, you can rest assured about that."

"Secondly, in the future, you have to listen to in everything. If I tell you to go east, you can’t go west," Chen Mo said softly, noticing the change in how he was addressed.

Zhang He patted his chest and promised, "From now on, my life is yours, Brother Mo, I’ll absolutely follow your commands."

Chen Mo nodded but hardly believed Zhang He’s words:

"Third, starting tomorrow, train with ."

Since he intended to find a little brother, naturally, he couldn’t choose soone who couldn’t fight, so good physical health was a must.

Of course, Chen Mo wouldn’t teach Zhang He the Blood Nourishing Technique and the Saber Technique.

Just pure physical training.

Well, the main purpose of Chen Mo doing this was to have his own eyes and ears in the village, after all, his sister-in-law was just a woman, and it wasn’t suitable for her to act outside.

Chen Mo wasn’t worried about betrayal.

Zhang He had a family of five, with elderly, a wife, and children.

These were Zhang He’s weaknesses.

If Zhang He were just a loner, no matter what he did, Chen Mo would never agree to it.

"Okay." Zhang He nodded again.

"Well, go ahead and eat. Following , I can’t promise much, but as long as I have food, so will your family." Chen Mo said.

...

Ti flew by, and the sky darkened and brightened twice.

During this ti, Chen Mo took Zhang He into the mountains once through the snow, initially thinking it would be fruitless.

Since the heavy snow had long sealed the mountains, and the snow was chest-deep.

At this ti, the prey were hiding in their dens, not coming out. Finding their dens and catching them was almost impossible.

But on the outskirts of the mountains, he saw that gray fox again.

This was the third ti Chen Mo had seen the gray fox.

It seed the gray fox also recognized him.

Possibly due to escaping the first two tis, the gray fox was less wary of Chen Mo, the two-legged beast, and upon seeing him and Zhang He, it didn’t run imdiately. Instead, it leisurely sniffed here and there in the snow, seemingly searching for prey.

This amused Chen Mo.

He had Zhang He distract the gray fox’s attention and told him not to scare it away.

Then he secretly hid behind a tree, laid down the hatchet, and took the dagger from his waist. At this ti, his power was 38 30.

The power bonus from the dagger was slightly less than the hatchet.

Chen Mo gripped the blade end of the dagger, aid at the gray fox’s position, and then threw it fiercely.

With enough power, the speed of the thrown object wouldn’t be slow. The fox, being very sensitive, vaguely sensed it and wanted to dodge, but it was too late.

With a howl, the gray fox was pinned right onto the snow by Chen Mo, and after a few cries, it beca silent.

"Brother Mo, impressive, such accuracy," Zhang He ran over, picked up the gray fox, and brought it to Chen Mo.

Pulling out the dagger from the corpse, Chen Mo recalled that he played darts before crossing over, and played well. Although it wasn’t a dart, the technique used with darts could be used for throwing sabers, and the result was satisfactory.

Wiping the blood off the dagger in the snow, Chen Mo put it away and said, "Before spring, it’s unrealistic to go hunting in the mountains again. After returning to the village, take the gray fox to Butcher Song’s house, have him skin it, and bring the fur to . You and the Song family can split the at, then go to Dadong Lake and find out how they collect the fishing tax."

"Got it, Brother Mo."

...

Zhang He’s efficiency in getting things done was good.

Early the next morning, not only did he bring the skinned fox fur, but he also found out about Dadong Lake.

Chen Mo nodded silently. Assigning this task to Zhang He was also a way to test him.

Firstly, to test his greed.

Secondly, to test his ability to handle matters.

Of course, Chen Mo wasn’t afraid of any tricks being played.

He had kept an eye on the fox’s pelt the entire ti.

According to what Zhang He found out.

Chen Mo first learned that the entire surface of Dadong Lake was frozen, making it more difficult to fish than before.

However, the tax hadn’t decreased, but instead, increased.

If you want to fish at Dadong Lake, you have to pay ten cents first.

There’s also a ti limit of three hours; once the ti is up, regardless of whether you’ve caught any fish, you must either leave or pay another ten cents.

Additionally, catches under fifty kilograms are not subject to additional tax.

Exceeding fifty kilograms, for every ten jins over, one cent is charged.

But this isn’t the most crucial part; the most crucial part is that after you pay those taxes, you still can’t take the fish you catch away imdiately. You can only sell them to the Qinghe Gang.

If you want to take them away, the Qinghe Gang will charge the tax again based on your catch, one cent for every ten jins.