Nanfeng Village, located at the southernmost tip of the Longze Continent, is dominated by tall mountain peaks, so it is named Nanfeng.

It is also because of its topography that the whole village is surrounded by tall mountains, which makes it difficult to get around. There is only one winding official road between the village and the outside world, although there is a big road, but it is also tortuous and undulating, and it is extremely difficult to walk.

Outside the village is a thousand miles of wilderness, but even in the middle of the wilderness, the village is still quiet and peaceful, unaffected by the barbaric atmosphere of the great wilderness.

Nine teenagers and two young girls were rushing to the Steep Wind Cliff, forty miles from the village, to hunt and kill the Wind Wolves.

This was their task this year, and when the village reached the age of twelve, they had to form a team of no more than twenty people to hunt a yellow-level beast in the misty forest dozens of miles outside the village. In this hunt, Ye Qin is the captain.

The children were on their way, and in the village, everyone received a notice from the village chief to assemble in the village's council square.

The village chief looked at the villagers who came one by one, and his face was solemn for a while.

"I have gathered you here today to tell you one thing. ”

"The quadrennial national selection for entry-level monks will come to our village in half a year, and we must seize this opportunity because this is the last chance for our village. Village Chief Huang He announced loudly.

"What last chance?" Hearing the village chief's words, the villagers below looked suspicious.

Huang He replied: "Since the novice monks in our village have not been able to enter the selection of teachers over the years, for several years in a row, not a single entry-level monk in our village who can be selected has entered Changping City to study. So the committee decided that if none of the initiation monks in our village could be elected this year, we would simply cancel the quota in our village and give it to other villages. ”

"So this year is the last chance and we have to take it and not give up our places. ”

As soon as they heard that their village might not be eligible to participate in the monk selection next time, the villagers below immediately exploded!

"What? Disqualify us. It's not fair, we're already behind, and if we block the way for our descendants to move forward, won't it cut off the way for our village?"

"That is, although it is true that the situation in our village has not been very good in recent years, the four-year monk selection is the hope of our whole village, and it can't just be gone!"

"Yes, village chief, you have to think of a way!"

"That's right, village chief, think of a way!"

“......”

Looking at the crowd below, the village chief was leaning on his strong crutches and bent his back, and the folds on his face became more compact.

"yes, it's time to figure it out! Huang He was worried in his heart.

......

"Village Chief, why don't we all collect money and go into the city to buy the martial arts classics for the children!"

Suddenly, a voice came from below.

At first glance, it turned out to be Zhao Tai, a "rich businessman" in the village.

"Don't say it, this is indeed a way, Zhao Tai, seeing that you are usually oily and slippery, you can still think of a good way at a critical moment. We can't afford to buy a high-level martial arts cheats by ourselves, but it's still okay for everyone to buy a copy together. A villager said.

"yes, that's true!"

Suddenly, everyone seemed to have discovered a lighthouse on the sea, and they suddenly became enlightened.

"Zhao Tai is right, village chief, we can all raise money together to buy martial arts classics and come back for the children to study, before the selection meeting begins, so that their strength can reach that of a beginner monk. Although martial arts classics are very expensive, if everyone pays together, there will always be suitable martial arts classics that we can afford. ”

"yes, yes. ”

......

The village chief listened to the following opinions, thought about it, and felt that this is indeed a better way to maximize the chance of keeping the place, although it is very expensive, but for the sake of the future of our village, such an expense is worth it.

Seeing that the villagers below were still discussing fiercely, after a long time, the village chief pestled the cane and said: "Quiet" and "Quiet"

Seeing that the villagers were looking forward to it, the village chief Huang He relieved his tone and said to the villagers below: "We must grasp the selection this time. So I decided that we would all contribute the money together, and then send a few representatives to Changping City tomorrow to have a look, and buy a good martial arts classic to come back for the children to study. What do you think?"

"Agreed, agreed......"

"Just what I want......"

Suddenly, everyone agreed with the village chief's opinion and bought martial arts classics.

"Okay, since everyone has expressed their attitude, then tomorrow I will send Ye Hu Ye Long and your two brothers to Changping City to have a look, find a suitable martial arts classic, it's okay if the price is a little expensive, buy it back as soon as possible so that the children can learn as soon as possible." The village chief said to Ye Long and Ye Hu behind him.

"Okay, let's go home and get ready, and we'll leave early tomorrow morning. Hearing the village chief's arrangement, the two brothers Ye Long and Ye Hu replied.

The matter has been resolved, and the stone that weighed on everyone's hearts has become a little lighter.

Just as the village chief was about to announce the adjournment of the meeting, someone suddenly spoke below.

"Wait a minute, village chief, I have a question. ”

Standing in front, Zhao Tai, who was fat and oily, shouted loudly again!

"Zhao Tai, what questions do you have?"

Thinking of a way out of the village, the village chief also became extraordinarily polite to Zhao Tai

"Village Chief, let's pay for martial arts classics for the children to learn. However, everyone in the martial arts classics does not know its price, and if everyone shares these expenses equally, I have no opinion, but considering the living standards of some people in our village, he will not be able to make up the money even if he goes bankrupt. So there will definitely be someone who has some extra money, so can the children of the other family who have the extra money have a little more privilege in the martial arts classics?"

After listening to his words, the village chief and the other villagers below instantly understood the reason why he proposed to buy martial arts cheats. It turns out that I'm waiting for everyone here, it's really no business!

As the only businessman in the village who has business dealings with several other villages, Zhao Tai is wealthy, and his family's income is better than that of other people in the village, and it is no exaggeration to say that he is the richest person in the village. He can't buy a martial arts classic alone, but if everyone shares the cost equally, it will not be much for him, so he wants to give a little more money than everyone else, so that his son Zhao Ton can have more advantages in learning martial arts classics, so that his child can win at the starting line.

After listening to Zhao Tai's words, the village chief Huang He didn't know how to answer his words for a while.

Although Zhao Tai's request was excessive, what Zhao Tai said was true, someone had to give some more money, otherwise some people in the village would not even be able to open the pot after giving out this part of the money.

According to Zhao Tai, letting his son have an advantage in the martial arts classics is extremely unfair to the other children in the village. After all, everyone has to rely on what they have learned from the classics to participate in the selection after half a year.

The village chief Huang He doesn't speak, but it doesn't mean that the other villagers can't speak, not all the villagers are so poor, and there are other families who live well, although they are not as "rich" as Zhao Tai's family.

"Why do you let your children take advantage?" Ye Wuji, the hunter in the village, spoke. Ye Wuji is one of the more well-off families in the village, and there is only one son in the family, Ye Tan.

With his sturdy physique and excellent hunting skills, Ye Wou-Ki has a lot of harvest every time he goes hunting, and his life in the village is relatively relaxed.

So when he heard that Zhao Tai wanted to buy a cheap price for his son, he immediately disagreed.

Zhao Tai looked at Ye Wuji, who was staring at him with blazing eyes and slightly anger. This person, who is against himself everywhere on weekdays, will really intervene at a critical moment.

Ye Wuji usually takes good care of the other people in the village.

The extra prey of his own family, Ye Wuji will distribute it to the poor families in the village.

And every time Zhao Tai arrives in the village and someone is gone, he will propose to buy their land, livestock, etc. from this family at a low price, and then sell them to make the difference. Naturally, the only ones who suffer are the poor families who sell their land and livestock.

Fortunately, every critical moment, Ye Wuji would come out to sabotage Zhao Tai's good deeds and give the family a few days' rations.

After getting the grain, these people naturally would not sell their things at a low price, so in the village, Zhao Tai hated Ye Wuji to the core.

But there is nothing to be done about him.

Although he can also give his son Ye Tan some extra money to ask the village chief for a cheap advantage, will he do this? Obviously not!

"If everyone is like Zhao Tai with their own little calculations, what about other people's children?" Zao Wou-Ki thought to himself.

"Zhao Tai, we are all from the same village, we have lived together for so long, we can't do things too much. You are not the only one who has money, if you don't want to, you can choose not to buy it yourself, but your son who we buy doesn't want to use it. But if you choose to pay, you can't ask the village chief for such a bargain. There are only a limited number of places in the tryouts, and if your son gets a spot because he takes advantage of everyone, how unfair it will be to the other children. Ye Wuji said indignantly.

Your own family also spent money, but made a wedding dress for your child in vain, if it were you, would you be willing?

Seeing that some people came forward to oppose Zhao Tai, there were many voices against Zhao Tai below. Gradually, there was a one-sided trend.

Everyone began to vigorously oppose Zhao Tai's request, and at the same time, Ye Wuji's status in the hearts of the other villagers also improved a lot.

In fact, it's not just because everyone came out against Zhao Tai because of this incident, in normal times, Zhao Tai, as a businessman, can be said to be unprofitable and not greedy, and often harms everyone's interests because of a little benefit.

Most of the people in the village also hated him very much, so naturally no one wanted to stand on his side in this matter.

Helplessly, Zhao Tai saw that the situation was not good, and knew that it was impossible to seek any benefit for his son today, so he stopped talking. just stared at Ye Wuji viciously.

When the matter ended, the village chief Huang He breathed a long sigh of relief.

In the end, the matter was settled perfectly, and Zhao Tai agreed to give some more money with some other people, and no longer asked for cheap to take advantage of.

At that time, the village chief announced the adjournment of the meeting.

And Ye Tan and the others, who were hurrying outside the village, didn't know anything about what was happening in the village.

At this time, all everyone's thoughts were completely on rushing to the steep wind cliff.