HPDBC Chapter 0073 Midnight Horror, The Thief
Chapter 0073 Midnight Horror, The Thief
"Brother Gu, you take good care of your own flock of sheep. Old Ma and I will take care of watering your 80 mu of land. You don't need to worry about it."
Dong Jun and Lao Ma exchanged a glance and volunteered to help him water the plants.
Gu Tong did not refuse, thanked him, and drove away.
The interests of the four of them are already closely intertwined, and their mutual exchanges can actually deepen their relationship.
the next day.
Gu Tong took the sheep out to graze in the morning, and during his lunch break, he checked the panel and saw new information.
[Effective work (irrigation), Shennong value +8]
Shennong Value: 300 points
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Dong Jun and Ma Dongwen had already watered his 80 mu of land, which was considered effective work, and thus he received a profit.
Although the profit wasn't much, he was still very happy; even flies and mosquitoes are meat, after all.
He did a live stream in the morning, took a one-hour break at noon, and then continued the live stream.
"Herding livestock sounds idyllic, but it's actually quite tedious and boring. But there's no other way. I just settled here and have no connections, so I have to start with the most basic things."
Gu Tong pointed the camera at the blue sky, white clouds, snow-capped mountains, grasslands, and lambs scattered among the grass, and then chatted casually with her fans.
Growing rapeseed, alfalfa, and raising sheep are not ways to make big money, but they can guarantee a basic income.
He has been thinking about future development these days, such as breeding and planting high-value cash crops, but that's a matter for later. The most important task at present is to pay off the loan and settle down in Nasu.
"We'll be moving to new pastures soon. We're very strict about the balance between grass and livestock here, in order to prevent destructive grazing."
After a long chatter, Gu Tong gave a preview of the transhumance and grazing.
Public pastures are artificially divided into several zones, with strict grazing capacity and grazing times. Once the time is up, grazing must be moved to other areas, and the previous area will be closed off.
Therefore, he will be going deep into the natural grasslands next month, which will take a lot more time to go back and forth.
【Traveling with the Birds】: "Skiggy, why don't you bring a tent and stay in the wild tonight? That way you won't have to travel back and forth."
【Lonely Swordsman】: "I think the little bird isn't thinking about the greyhound, but rather about satisfying its own quirks."
[I Don't Eat Donkey Meat]: "Agreed! These few dozen sheep aren't worth all that hard work!"
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Gu Tong heard everyone's discussion through the voice broadcast, and then said with a smile, "It's not necessary to go through so much trouble. Besides, I have to feed the lambs concentrated feed every night. It's so inconvenient to live in the wild."
The afternoon live stream ended amidst everyone's laughter and banter, and Gu Tong and Xiao Shitou herded the sheep back home.
The migration will take place next month, and by the end of this month, his 50 mu of alfalfa will be almost ripe and ready for the first harvest.
He's going to be busy again.
night.
Gu Tong edited a video and uploaded it, then went to bed early.
After arriving in Nasu, his life became very regular, he stopped staying up late, and his sleep quality improved dramatically.
In the middle of the night, Gu Tong was startled awake by the loud roars of Little Stone coming from the yard.
He jumped out of bed, threw on a coat, and rushed out. Little Stone would never behave so unusually unless something was wrong.
"Little Stone, come here!"
Once inside the courtyard, he casually picked up a shovel and called Little Stone over.
Seeing that the other party was still shouting towards the farm machinery shed, Gu Tong understood what was going on and carefully walked over with the dog to check.
"Snapped!"
Gu Tong arrived at the farm machinery shed, reached out and turned on the light switch, instantly illuminating the surroundings.
Tractors, rotary tillers, stone pickers and other agricultural machinery were parked quietly in their original positions, and there was nothing unusual about the surroundings.
But near the courtyard wall by the farm machinery shed, Gu Tong saw a wooden frame that wasn't there before.
He went back to get a flashlight, took Xiao Shitou out to check, and sure enough, found some messy footprints near the courtyard wall.
Gu Tong immediately went back inside to check the security camera footage and quickly found the reason why Xiao Shitou kept barking. Just twenty minutes earlier, a dark figure had scaled the wall and entered the yard, with a clear target: the farm machinery shed.
At this moment, Little Stone appeared. The man first threw something at Little Stone, probably meat or a bone, but Little Stone didn't even look at it.
The man then tried to attack the little stone with the wrench in his hand, but the little stone cleverly ran away.
Perhaps worried about disturbing the owner, the man then found a wooden frame in the yard to stand on and hurriedly climbed over the wall to leave.
"Who is this? Wearing a black hood and holding a wrench, climbing over the wall in the middle of the night, either to steal farm machinery or to cause damage."
Gu Tongteng stood up abruptly and went back to the courtyard, where he found the things that the man had previously discarded.
As expected, it was a piece of meat. Using the knowledge he had thoroughly mastered from the "Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica Basic Chapter," he quickly determined that the meat had been poisoned.
He returned to the room and carefully examined the masked man frame by frame in the surveillance footage. Activating his proficient [Identification] skill, he finally matched the man's image with someone in his mind, confirming his identity.
[Identification] Skills are not only applicable to "things" but can also be applied to people.
Of course, to identify a person, Gu Tong needs to have a memory of them, meaning he must have seen them before, otherwise he cannot make a comparison.
"You bastard! So you know I called to report him for gambling? Humph!"
Gu Tong slammed his hand on the table, then took out his phone to report the incident to the police.
He didn't say anything about sabotage, only that someone had broken into the farm at night with the intention of stealing agricultural machinery.
Attempted crime is still a crime, and if evidence can be found, it's likely enough to warrant a prison sentence.
Police officers from the local police station arrived quickly, inquired about the incident, and reviewed the surveillance footage. They specifically took the piece of meat as evidence. They also collected evidence of the footprints outside the wall. Before leaving, they told Gu Tong to wait for further news.
Gu Tong didn't touch that piece of flesh with his hands, so he might be able to extract the masked man's fingerprints from it.
In addition, when the police asked him if he had offended anyone or had any suspects, he gave the name "Yimingjiang" without hesitation.
Since the other party has come to retaliate, the news that I reported Yi Mingjiang for gambling must have been leaked, so there's no need to hide it anymore.
morning.
Upon receiving the news, Dong Jun, Ma Dongwen, Ai Kebai, Kurban, Ilyas, and others all came to Gu Tong's house.
"Brother Gu, your place is quite secluded, so you'll have to be extra careful in the future. How about I come and stay with you for a few days?"
Dong Jun kept rubbing his hands, feeling increasingly frightened as he thought about it.
If someone breaks in and it's targeting the agricultural machinery, that's one thing, but what if it's targeting Gu Tong himself?
Ma Dongwen patted Gu Tong on the shoulder and handed him an alarm. Someone had given it to him; he'd installed it at home, but after learning about Gu Tong's accident, he'd disassembled it and brought it over.
"Xiao Gu, I'll find you two more puppies later. One dog isn't enough, you can raise two more."
Ilyas was furious, but he didn't show it. Instead, he planned to send Gu Tong two more sheepdogs.
Gu Tong expressed his gratitude to each of them. At that moment, he realized that everyone was genuinely thinking of him, and not just saying polite words.
Kurban thought for a moment and said, "Aikbai, Gu Tong was bothered by the thief for half the night. You go and help him herd the livestock today."
Aikebai nodded, and disregarding Gu Tong's objections, rode his horse and herded the sheep to Xiaodonggou Ranch.