There is a small bell hanging at the head of the stone village, which is specially used to gather the villagers.

Generally speaking, if there is nothing urgent and important, the bell will not be rung.

Because if it's just an ordinary trivial matter, the village chief will just let everyone notify each other, and only when there is a necessary big event, it will be like this.

So when everyone heard this voice, they hurriedly threw down their work and hurriedly gathered at the entrance of the village.

After Old Man Bai finished speaking, the whole family immediately set out.

"I really don't know what's going on? The people are so nervous. ”

"I don't know, anyway, as long as you don't ask us for silver, that's acceptable."

"Could it be that the village chief is going to explain our tax increase again?"

"No, didn't this spread the word a few days ago? Everyone knows, there is no need to ask everyone to come out because of this. ”

“……”

Compared with those groundless speculations, Bai Jinli probably has a spectrum in her heart.

After she went to the village chief, the village chief did not take what she said to heart.

But if the person who went to find the village chief was Master Yang, the result would naturally be different.

Mr. Yang has been an old man for so many years, and his character and reputation are good, and he is very worthy of the trust of the villagers.

In the past, if any family received a letter or needed a reply, they would ask Master Yang to do it for them.

There are not many people in the village who know how to read, but Yang Fuzi is the most educated, and every time he helps others, it is free.

If she was not mistaken, the village chief was going to say exactly what she had mentioned earlier.

After arriving at the entrance of the village, almost every family appeared here.

The black-pressed crowd occupied a large area, and everyone was a little uneasy talking to each other.

A cacophony of noise hung over the surroundings.

"Ahem, everyone be quiet, quiet!"

Ji Ping, the village chief, saw that the people were almost coming, he stood on the big stone under the tree where the bell was hung, and after knocking again, he cleared his throat and spoke.

As soon as his words came out, everyone instantly fell silent, and all eyes were on him, quietly waiting for his next words.

"This time, I am in a hurry to gather everyone here, because I have a very important event to tell you. Recently, it is better for everyone to go to the mountains less, especially the children in the village, and not to go into the mountains. “

"Why, village chief? If you don't let people go up the mountain, where can you chop wood? ”

"That's it, how many times have we been to this mountain, how can we say that if we don't let it go, we won't let it."

"Why? My family lives by hunting in the mountains, if you don't let me go into the mountains, what can our family do? ”

"That's right, eating is a problem these days, and everyone still expects to go into the mountains to dig some wild vegetables or something to satisfy their hunger. Wouldn't it be clear that we would all starve to death if we were not allowed to enter the mountains? ”

One by one, the voices of discussion and complaints rang out again.

"Quiet, what are you anxious about, listen to me first!" Village Chief Ji Ping waved his hand, and everyone quieted down even if they were unwilling.

"There's a reason why we don't let people go into the mountains. I heard that there have been bandits in the depths of the mountains recently, they are extremely vicious, if they meet, life and death are unpredictable.

And those bandits are very likely to be abducting and selling children, and it would be terrible if they accidentally lost their children if they didn't pay attention.

Think for yourself, which is more important than the mountain in life?

If someone really doesn't listen to the persuasion and has to go into the mountains, don't blame me for not reminding you if something happens. “

The village chief finished what he was going to say this time, and then began to observe the reaction of the crowd.

"There are bandits, how is it possible? Didn't you say before that there were tigers and jackals in the depths of the mountains? None of us have seen it.

If the bandits were really hiding in the depths of the mountains, wouldn't they have been eaten by tigers and jackals? “

"Yes, village chief, we have lived in Stone Village for so many years, and we have never heard of any bandits, where did you get this news from, is it really fake?"

"Aren't bandits murderous? How can you still abduct children? Shouldn't child abductors be traffickers? ”

"Even if there are bandits, it's in the depths of the mountains, and we usually walk around the place where we just entered the mountains, so there shouldn't be a problem, right?"

"The village chief has said that there is danger, so don't go. Why is it that entering the mountains is more important than life? ”

"Hey, if you can live well, who doesn't want to stay at home all day and enjoy the blessings! The problem is that if you don't go into the mountains to find a living, you won't be able to live at all. ”

“……”

"Village Chief, is your news accurate? But I heard that the government issued an official document? Uncle Wang, who finally went out, opened his mouth to ask this question.

"There's no news from the government yet, so I've asked someone to go and investigate. Bai Jinli from our village saw the bandits with his own eyes when he entered the mountain today, where can there be a fake. ”

As soon as Ji Ping's words were finished, Bai Jinli was surrounded by everyone's eyes.

She couldn't help but want to scold her mother.

What does this cheating village chief want to do?

Why did you push her out without saying a word, this is because you are afraid that you will be scolded, so you use her as a shield?

"What? See the bandits? So what did she smash? Didn't the bandits kill her? ”

"This Bai Jinli has always liked to play tricks on people, this time the news won't be deliberately said by her to deceive people, right?"

"Bai Jinli, did you really see the bandits? What does it look like? Why did the bandits let you go? ”

Facing the suspicious eyes and questions of the above, Bai Jinli had no choice but to speak.

"Naturally, I'll tell you when I see it with my own eyes. As for why I'm okay, it's not because I'm smart enough to hide in time before the bandits show up and not be discovered by them.

Those people are really fierce, don't go into the mountains if you can, otherwise there will be danger, I mean, if you don't believe it, then forget it. “

"Pear, there is such a thing, why don't you tell me, ah? When did you meet the bandits, are you really okay? ”

Mrs. Li was very worried when she heard this, and took Bai Jinli's hand to look up and down, left and right.

"It's okay mother, I hid well, those people didn't find me."

"That's good, that's good, in that case, you must not go to the mountains again in the future."

"I know my mother, don't worry." Bai Jinli nodded.

"Okay, I called the big guys here today to talk about this matter, and now that the matter is over, everyone is gone, let's get busy."

After Ji Ping, the village chief, finished speaking, he got down the big stone and prepared to go back.

"Village Chief, do you really believe Bai Jinli's words? Wouldn't it be a bit too cautious to rush to do this without an official document from the government?

Everyone relies on the mountains to eat the mountains, and if you don't let everyone into the mountains, this is a little unreasonable. Uncle Wang walked over with a look of disapproval.

"I didn't think about what you said. But compared with human life, in the end, life is the most important, Uncle Wang, what do you say? Ji Ping asked rhetorically.

"Hehe, village chief, you're right."

Uncle Wang smiled with a hint of mockery and did not continue to say anything.

Seeing that the village chief was gone, the people in the village began to disperse.

They were still discussing this on their way back.

Sister-in-law Lin in the crowd couldn't help but start to wonder, is this thing true or false?

She just learned that the reason why the Bai family can eat meat is because they went into the mountains to dig herbs to earn it, and then the village chief mentioned what Bai Jinli said that it is best for everyone not to enter the mountains.

Could it be related?

Could it be that Bai Jinli was afraid that others would also go to the mountains to dig herbs and steal business with them, so she deliberately pulled it out?

She was still thinking about going into the mountains in the afternoon to dig up herbs according to the molds of those stolen herbs, what should she do now?

To go or not to go?

Compared with Sister-in-law Lin's entanglement, Bai Jasmine at this moment didn't believe Bai Jinli's words at all.

She thinks that her sister-in-law made such a fuss with great fanfare just to prevent her from having the opportunity to dig herbs in the mountains to make money.

I'm afraid that she will dig up too many herbs and make too much money, which will surpass her.

She just quarreled with Bai Meng today, and scolded her sister-in-law.

Bai Meng must have sued her sister-in-law, and her sister-in-law guessed that she wanted to pick herbs and sell them for money, so she made such a move.

Tsk, my sister-in-law is really much smarter than before, and she knows how to use such a big reason to coax people.

Hmph, she Bai Jasmine knows Bai Jinli very well.

Although everyone said that her sister-in-law had changed during this time, she felt that it was all an illusion.

The sister-in-law is the original sister-in-law, but it's worse than before, and she's good at hiding her badness.

She doesn't care, others don't dare to enter the mountain, she dares.

was troubled by these things, and the people of the Bai family didn't have time to rest at noon.

After finishing the work in the dry land, it is time to go to the paddy fields to plant seedlings.

The people of their stone village mainly live by growing grain, and in addition to wheat, there is also rice.

These were also known to Bai Jinli not long ago.

It stands to reason that rice is grown in paddy fields and wheat is grown in dry land, and the two require different environments, so they have to be distinguished.

But Stone Village is so magical, both crops are available, and the yield is not high.

Rao is like this, everyone is still very busy.

At this time, the Bai family had just finished their work in the dry land and were about to go to the paddy field to plant seedlings.

Because the time was relatively short, except for Mrs. Li and Bai Jinli, everyone else went to work in the field.

The crops of this season, one day later, are different.

Bai Jinli went to the backyard to sort the herbs she picked back and began to dry.

After all this, she realized that the bird she had caught a few days ago had flown away on its own.

Forget it, if it's gone, it's gone, anyway, she doesn't have the habit of walking birds to amuse now.

After more than an hour of busy work, Bai Jinli went back to the house and began to clean up the house.

She had to wipe all the desks and cabinets she moved today, and then put the pens, papers and other things she bought.

"Pear, are you busy?"