Chapter 96: The Miao Family Receives Guests

  Thanks for the support from Da San and Da Si, as well as ngstone two brothers!

  Chu Jiaqiang came to Miao's house in Chi Gui Town again, this time he was here to help the villagers buy some high-quality fruit seedlings.

  At this time, the Miao family had many guests, with three cars parked at the entrance, two off-road vehicles and one black RV. It was clear that they were all wealthy people, as the car brands were all well-known brands.

  Chu Jiaqiang suddenly realized that the little property he had in Chujiacun could make him the richest man, but once he left Chujiacun, he was nothing. Any car in front of him was not something he could afford to buy.

  However, Chu Jiaqiang doesn't have to compare with others. As the saying goes: Comparing with others will drive you crazy! There's no need for such comparisons, it's just self-inflicted suffering! Just keep your mindset balanced and being your wonderful self is enough.

  Moreover, if we're talking about wealth, I'm definitely richer than them. I carry a vast space with me wherever I go, and the treasures inside are beyond compare. In terms of luck, I've already surpassed them by far, so there's no need to envy others.

  Chu Jiaqiang didn't rush in, but instead gave Miao Huo a phone call to notify him first. Standing outside for a while, Miao Huo hastily ran to the door and saw Chu Jiaqiang, immediately breaking into a smile.

  "Brother Chu, honored guest! Please come in." He opened the unlocked iron gate.

  "Has Miao's family got a guest? I won't be disturbing them, will I?" Chu Jiaqiang asked.

  "Haha! No big deal! They're just some acquaintances, and this time they're planning to take me on a trip into the mountains." Miao Huo didn't dodge the topic at all.

  "Oh? Going into the mountains? What for?" Chu Jiaqiang was somewhat surprised, it seemed that these rich people who were bored out of their minds were going in to have some fun and kill time.

  "Hehe! Nothing much, everyone just wants to take their big dogs into the mountains for a walk and exercise their bloodlines. It's just hard to find a suitable mountain! There don't seem to be any deep mountains with fierce beasts around here, which is what's been troubling me!" Miao Huo said as he walked ahead.

  "Fierce beasts? Wild boars, wolves, and leopards count as such, right? It seems like there are some in the mountains! How can they be hard to find?" Chu Jiaqiang responded. He didn't know now, but a few years ago he had seen the shadows of wolves and leopards. In the village, there was still a rule that fewer people should not go too deep into the mountains because there might be packs of forest wolves, or even tigers. Listening to what the elderly said was very frightening, but who knows if it's just to scare people.

  Miao Huo suddenly turned around, his eyes excited and disbelieving as he stared at Chu Jiaqiang.

  "Little brother, where have you seen him?"

  Chu Jiaqiang was startled, his body slightly leaning back, and he frowned: "There are leopards climbing trees in our village, I've seen them before. According to the old folks, there are tigers, bears and whatnot deep in the mountains."

  "What a great place! Let's just go to your place then. Such mountains are really rare nowadays, wild boars are still relatively common, and big mountains all have their shadows. Tigers? Should be South China tigers, right? Wow, so rare, must go take a look." Miao Huo immediately became interested.

  Chu Jiaqiang smiled: "That's more than welcome, if you can get rid of a few wild boars, the villagers will be even happier. After all, those things are notorious for destroying crops and making people resentful."

  Chu's family had recently heard the old village chief complain that many people's sweet potato fields and cornfields in the village were eaten and destroyed by wild boars. It was indeed annoying, as wild boars often moved in groups of old and young together, eating their fill but not stopping there, they would also dig up the land, just like plowing it, leaving your crops completely ruined before leaving.

  "That's settled then! Haha! By the way, little brother isn't just coming to visit us this time, is he?" Miao Huo asked in the end.

  "Indeed, there is something, preparing to buy some more fruit seedlings."

  "Not enough?" Miao Huo was taken aback. Later, Chu Jiaqiang called him to prepare more fruit seedlings, saying that they would fill the entire valley with them.

  "This time it's not for me, but to buy for the villagers. Just want some peach trees and pomegranates, let's choose water peaches! What's good about pomegranates?" Chu Jiaqiang asked.

  Peaches and pomegranates are not high-end fruits, but these two kinds of fruits start to have harvests around the second year of planting, and the villagers don't want to wait too long.

  "Pummelo is now a popular variety in Taiwan, it can bloom and bear fruit very early, with high yield, but the price is also relatively expensive." Miao Huo introduced.

  "That's it, just like this!"

  The lion who was resting under the fruit tree saw Chu Jiaqiang, got up, walked to Chu Jiaqiang's side, and rubbed his head against him, showing affection.

  Chu's family strongly and unreservedly gave it a spiritual energy, patted its head: "The lion looks more majestic!"

  At this, Miao Huo felt a surge of joy. He could also feel that the lion had changed, as if it had suddenly matured. Everyone who came to him was envious, and there were not a few people who wanted to buy it at a price. Those who asked for the lion to be mated with their own animals were endless. The dogs from the households next door would tuck their tails and hide behind their owners when they saw the lion, which really gave Miao Huo a sense of pride.

  Entering the house, Miao Ye and Miao Ya, two little rascals, were not there. It was said that they had been sent to their grandmother's house. The two little troublemakers gave Miao Huo and his wife a headache, so they simply threw them out to their maternal grandparents' home for a while. Anyway, their grandmother was happy, and their own ears were also clear.

  Apart from Miao Huo's wife, Mo Xiu, there were four other people, three men and one woman. Miao Huo introduced everyone to each other. The man wearing gold-rimmed glasses was called Wen Qiu, who looked very well-educated and had a lot of substance. Next to him was a bald-headed man named Liu Yang, a very sunny person with a smile on his face all the time. The remaining pair were siblings, the brother handsome and the sister pretty, the brother's name was Ye Qijun and the sister's name was Ye Xiaoshuang. Ye Qijun looked very generous, while Ye Xiaoshuang still had some childishness that hadn't been shed yet, her scrunched up nose was very cute.

  "This time the location has been determined, let's go to Chu Lao Di's turf, it is said that there are wolves, leopards, tigers and dog bears, I'm just afraid our big dog can't handle it." Miao Huo smiled.

  Ye Xiaoshuang suddenly covered her mouth and exclaimed, "Really? There are wolves, leopards, bears, and tigers? How can there be tigers in the south?" It seems that this beautiful girl only knew of the most famous Northeastern tiger.

  The Northeast Tiger is larger in size than the South China Tiger and has a stronger attacking power, making it the undisputed king of the mountain. However, the South China Tiger is not bad either, as the story "Wu Song Fights the Tiger" refers to the South China Tiger.

  Others were shocked, as far as they knew, the South China tiger was already on the verge of extinction, with a wild population even lower than that of the giant panda. How could there still be one in this place?

  The South China tiger is a subspecies of tiger that lives in the south of our country and is the most endangered species among all existing species of tigers. It is a first-class protected animal in our country.

  "Are you sure it's a South China tiger?" Wen Qiu asked with furrowed brow.

  Chu's family shook his head: "I don't know, I haven't seen it. The old people in the village said that only deep in the mountains can you find them. And if there really are tigers, they must be South China tigers, North-Eastern tigers wouldn't possibly run to the south. Wolves aren't rare, many places have them. Leopards I've seen too, but not big ones. Sun bears I haven't seen either, but I've heard the sound of bears calling from deep in the mountains."

  Wen Qiu nodded and began to ponder.

  "I heard that there's a rumor outside that the South China tiger has gone extinct, at least no one has found any trace of them in recent years," Liu Yang said.

  "Isn't it said that there are at least three families of South China tigers in Meihua Mountain and its surrounding areas?" Ye Qijun asked in puzzlement.

  "That was ten years ago, and in the past three or four years, they have almost disappeared. I don't know if there are any left in the deep mountains you mentioned, after all, you also said that it was an old man's discovery decades ago. Decades ago, South China tigers were very common and not rare at all."

  Miao Huo finally came back to his senses and exclaimed in surprise: "Is the South China Tiger that rare?"

  "It's even rarer than the giant panda, no way! I have to tell my uncle about this, such important news and I forgot to tell him, he'll definitely scold me to death." Wen Qiu immediately took out his phone and called his uncle. Mainly according to Chu Jiaqiang's description, deep in the mountains, it indeed existed before, and there were few human footprints, maybe it still remains.

  Liu Yang told Chu Jiaqiang that Wen Qi's uncle, Wen Chengli, is a well-known biologist in the country and often goes to various places to investigate the actual situation of endangered species.

  Wen Chengrui received the message and immediately asked Wen Qiu to wait for him, and they went into the mountains together.