Chapter 228 An Unexpected Acquaintance

The chief beckoned to A Miao and said, "Come here." "Chief A Ka!" Xu Shiguang shouted, "Didn't you want to build roads to your village? This man can help you if you are able to kill the vermin." Chief A Ka turned to Shen Xinglan in surprise and asked, "May I have your name?" "Shen Xinglan," he answered solemnly. "You can ask for anything as long as you can save my wife." Chief A Ka was very excited. After all, their village was in a remote mountainous area with bumpy roads. During the rainy season, floods would strike this region, so they could not go out for as much as a few months. "Can you help us build roads?" "Yes." "What about a dam?" Shen Xinglan walked up to A Miao, supporting her by the arm, and then said, "I will do anything as long as you can kill the vermin." "OK!" Chief A Ka stood up and said, "Wait a minute!" She staggered into the bamboo cottage excitedly. After a while, she returned back unsteadily with a black pottery jar in her