Chapter 997: The So-Called Ordinary (1)
An Xiaoyu was captured by the mountain wolf!
No one thought that among the mountain wolves they had killed, there would be one who pretended to be dead. Regardless of whether this wolf really pretended to be dead, or secretly hid in the corpse and was lazy only to find that his companions were gone, or was knocked unconscious at the time and woke up now, in short, this is a living wolf of the mountain wolf.
He rushed out of the entity, bit the back of An Xiaoyu's neck, picked up An Xiaoyu, who was already two laps smaller, and ran towards the outside of the village quickly. The speed of this mountain wolf was so fast that they didn't even react, only an exclamation remained.
Although the young people in the village were more or less unconvinced by the administrator, they still liked An Xiaoyu very much. Who doesn't love a cute little girl? So at this moment, everyone in the village, except for the administrator, began to get anxious.
"Archery! Shoot it! Someone grabbed the longbow beside him, but was stopped by the person next to him: "It's still holding Mingyu, can you shoot accurately?" β
"Tamamori! Tamamori's archery is the best! Everyone looked at the Administrator, but the Administrator just shook his head, and just when everyone was wondering and anxious, the people who were still staring at the Timberwolves suddenly screamed, and they saw an image that made them unbelievable.
I saw that An Xiaoyu, who was held in the mouth of the mountain wolf, actually took out a black short knife from his arms, and gently sent the blade back hand, and poked it directly into the ear socket of the mountain wolf, straight into the handle. Taking advantage of the direction in which the mountain wolf fell to the ground, An Xiaoyu landed steadily on the ground, and broke open the mountain wolf's mouth with the other hand to break free.
The hand holding the knife habitually turned, and the mountain wolf's not yet dead body couldn't help but convulsions and curled up, An Xiaoyu was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that this was not the heart of the usual enemy, so he couldn't help but stick out his tongue, and reached out to pull the short knife out of the mountain wolf's ear.
was stabbed into the head from the ear, no matter how hard the skull of the mountain wolf was, it was impossible to keep the fragile brain. An Xiaoyu gently left the wolf corpse like this, raised his hand and shook off the blood on the short knife, two or three times, leaving a bright red mark on the snow.
The short knife was held in An Xiaoyu's young hand now, and it seemed a little unsized, especially the way he shook the knife this time, which looked a little naΓ―ve. An Xiaoyu was worried that the power was not so easy to control now, and even the blood on the blade could only be shaken off in three strokes, and the administrator smiled heartlessly.
This laughter woke up the whole village, they stood among the corpses of mountain wolves all over the ground, looked at An Xiaoyu who put away the short knife over there, and looked at the administrator who was standing at the door smiling, and finally began to understand. Why did you go out to keep an eye on An Xiaoyu, why did An Xiaoyu be taken away by the wolf in the mountains and forests, but the administrator was not worried at all.
It turns out that these two people are not simple characters.
The old lady was the first to react, clapped her hands and said loudly: "Quickly check if there are still mountain wolves alive, those who are alive will make up for it, take one or two heads with the family, let's pack up our things and leave quickly!" β
Only then did the people around them react, and they only had one day left to escape from the place that had been targeted by the wolves. Even now that the wolves had receded, they were still on their backs, and the feeling of being stared at by ferocious beasts made them fearful.
In fact, the corpses of the wolf at the scene have been taken away by the wolves, and when the wolves retreat, they are used to bring the corpses of their companions, or go back to mourn, or bring them back as food, in short, the corpses have been taken away a lot. But as far as the eye can see, the yards of every house in the village are still full of gray and white.
It was impossible for them to skin all the wolves and take away their fur, but they could only do their best to dispose of one or two while they were packing up, and before noon they had to leave the village and go to the town. Because of the distance from the village to the town, it takes half a day to reach it by all the might.
And as soon as noon passes, not only will they be able to cultivate enough, but the wolves will also recover from yesterday's fierce battle, and then they will inevitably be discovered by the wolves again.
By the time the day dawned completely, the rest of the family had already packed their bags and pulled out the few horses they had in the village. Of course, this weather was with a climbing plow, where several families got together and put things on the climbing plow, and there were a large number of freshly peeled wolf skins that were still frozen with blood on them.
The other families had at most one or two, and the caretaker was skillful and powerful, so they brought four complete wolf skins and put them on top of the neighbor's aunt's climbing plow. An whispered "reluctantly" and sat next to the wolf skin with the clay pot that was forced over by the administrator, sulking.
Among these wolf skins is the one she killed herself, and she stabbed it into the ear, and there was no skin that hurt a little at all, so the appearance was exceptionally good. Just this one wolf skin, there are several scarred ones on the top, not to mention that last night's action by the administrator was always killed with a spear, and the other wolf skins also looked very good.
Seeing these complete furs, the lady next door couldn't help but be amazed: "How does this look like a man-machine?" The people in the city are better than us in the mountains! β
But at this time, no one is in the mood to respond, and of course no one is in the mood to say goodbye to the peach pit sprouting. People who are light and breezy on weekdays are now sad. An Xiaoyu has seen such an expression, and the people of the Eastern Wilderness will be like this when facing the beast tide.
Wolves and beast tides are different, even if the beast tide has passed, they can rebuild their homes without worrying about the beast tide coming back, and they don't have to worry about the beast tide coming soon. But the wolves will definitely not stop until they achieve their goal, and they have already left the mountain, who knows if they will go back?
Everyone was worried, which made An Xiaoyu feel a little sluggish. Originally, she caused this heavy snowfall, and now the wolves are also aiming for themselves. The caretaker didn't even plan to do anything now, and left with her and the villagers, intending to seek refuge in the town.
In her heart, she felt that she should take care of these things, but every time she wanted to speak, the administrator's eyes would warn her. An Xiaoyu had no choice but to lower her head again, looking at the soil that had begun to frost in the jar for a day and a night, and was in a daze.
The lady next door likes little girls very much, so no matter whether An Xiaoyu can kill a wolf by herself, she still regards An Xiaoyu as the baby on weekdays. Reaching out and touching An Xiaoyu's head, the eldest mother whispered comfortingly: "When spring comes, everything will be fine." β
"Hmm!" An Xiaoyu couldn't bear to let the eldest lady continue to worry, and raised her head to reveal a bright smile, like the sunshine that she hadn't seen for a long time, which made the hearts of the people around her slightly warm.
They looked back at the small mountain village behind them, and said in their hearts that they would come back, so the whip sounded, and before the wolves could react, they were about to leave the valley. Heavy snow will obscure their tracks, and as long as they leave the valley and turn a few corners, the wolves will not catch up.
A few thin horses pulled the climbing plow, and on the climbing plow were piled up with their things, as well as the old men, women and children who were no longer able to walk. Of course, there is also Yanagiko, who was injured a few days ago and is now inflamed and unconscious. In just one day, Yanagiko's wound had begun to fester, and it happened that this time she went to the town and sent her to the hospital.
An Xiaoyu was also thrown on the plow, and the administrator asked her to look at the wolf skin on the plow, and not let others drop the bag. But she knew that this was the administrator's punishment for placement, and in order to punish herself, she still killed a wolf after all, although it was not a big problem.
She knew that the administrator was a very principled person, saying that she was an ordinary person, and An Xiaoyu must be an ordinary person, but now that she was a little unusual, the administrator began to be unhappy and began to have a small mood, so she didn't let An Xiaoyu lie on his back.
The people of the village followed closely to the ploughs, and the young men armed with bows, arrows, hunting knives and spears stood guard around to watch out for the sudden attack of the wolves. Although they also knew very well in their hearts that even if they were next to them, if the wolves really came, they were destined to die under the wolves.
But fortunately, the wolves did not come.
When they walked out of the mountain, the wolf howl behind them was no longer so clear. Moreover, they also encountered a caravan entering the mountain, which was the caravan that had sold them before, and after learning the news of the mountain wolf's den, the caravan immediately decided to turn around and return to the town.
The caravan's humble wagons accepted their goods, two small trains were freed up, and the things brought by the villagers were put on them, and the exhausted old and weak women and children were placed in the cars, and Liuzi also received the anti-inflammatory medicine they had given them, and it didn't take long for the expression on her face to be less painful.
An Xiaoyu sat on the edge of the train, looking at the administrator who was following behind. In such heavy snowfall, the speed of the wagons is not necessarily faster than the speed of the horses. What's more, these cars are just dilapidated old-fashioned trucks, or wheels, not hovering vehicles.
Such a car is very bumpy on the road, but An Xiaoyu enjoys this feeling of swaying very much.
Caravans generally operate in such a way that several carts drive over with goods, then park at the mountain pass, and are pushed up the mountain by the shoulders of the people. After changing the mountain goods, put the mountain goods on the car, and then go to the next mountain pass.
They had hardly a week to spare, and the nearby mountain passes had been covered by them for seven days, and there were caravans from other towns. These trucks are probably the most broken in town, and I don't know how long they lasted.
The leader of the running merchant was right: "It's not easy to live." β
An Xiaoyu opened her mouth, looked up at the snowflakes that were fluttering one after another, and looked at the snow on the shoulders of the people around her and the white flowers on her hats, and then she became in a trance, when did she start to ignore such a thing? Is it after coming out of the Eastern Wilderness? Or after becoming a master?
How difficult the life of ordinary people is, An Xiaoyu knew before, because she was an ordinary person, and she was a child of the Eastern Wilderness, one of the most barren places in the empire. But later, she began to worry about the empire, began to worry about aliens, began to intrigue with all kinds of big people, and her heart was full of high-level contradictions.
And these people who are rolling down in the dust and covered in the falling snow, what kind of hardships they still have is no longer the mainstream tone of An Xiaoyu's life. Now she began to understand why the administrator had to let herself live an ordinary life, and she understood what the true meaning of life was.
The true meaning is always in the source, no matter what kind of person you are or a practitioner, your source is always in ordinary life. Before you become one of these high-end tens, you are an ordinary person, and you will be just as miserable as everyone else, and you will be as worried and sorrowful as everyone else.
The main thing is that no matter what your identity or strength, you will always have to work hard for life. Or to live, or to live better, or to live longer, or to live longer, or for some unknown meaning that only you know.
And in this, all that runs through is only the word "alive".
An Xiaoyu sniffled, let out a long sigh, pulled out a long white mist in the snow, and when he looked at the administrator again, the eyes of the two people met, and there was a little more smile. An Xiaoyu no longer thinks about the short knife in her arms, let alone the jar in her hand, she enjoys such a gloomy life.
With the trucks to share the goods and people, they were much faster, and before evening they finally left the mountains and the woods in the middle of the town, and when they saw the asphalt road, everyone cheered and even cried with joy.
An Xiaoyu also cheered along, looking at the town that was getting closer and closer, and breathed a sigh of relief.
Although the town is a town, the town near the imperial capital really doesn't look like a town in other places. There are very few villages, only towns exist, like small satellite towns that surround the imperial capital. In the vicinity of a metropolis like the imperial capital, the construction of the town will certainly not be backward, but more advanced.
And it is so advanced that the gap between the rich and the poor has widened. Anyway, the rich people have gone to the imperial capital, who would want to stay in the town? People think that even if they live in the slums of the imperial capital, it is better than in such a town, which will make them inferior.
Many of the people who remained in the town were people who could not even enter the slums and had to rely on nearby farms, processing plants, or freight bases for their survival, plus some of the people who were sent to manage the town, as well as those who were responsible for managing the farms, factories, and freight stations.
So the town was divided into two distinct parts, one was the original inhabitants of the town, who lived on these urban properties and lived on the outskirts of the town. The buildings on the periphery are the original houses of the town, the highest is only four stories, and many of them are old.
The few remaining people are people who are really connected to the interests of the imperial capital, they think that they are condescending to this place, they think they are superior, and they have never looked down on the aborigines of these towns. Of course, it doesn't deduct their wages or infringe on their rights, but it rarely takes the initiative to help.
They live in the center of the town, which is the so-called development zone built by demolishing the original center of the town, and the development zone has the style of the outer city of the imperial capital, which is already very prosperous compared to the original area of the town, and it is the prosperous economic center that these townspeople who can't even go to the imperial capital yearn for.
An Xiaoyu They are of course going to the periphery of the town, and the caravan is all low-level personnel, otherwise they would not choose this kind of business that comes and goes in the wind and rain. And this time the attack of the wolves has actually caused them to lose a lot of benefits, but fortunately, the wolf skins brought by the villagers have made up for them.
Wolf skins are in high demand, whether it is a mountain forest or a grassland, few people will take the initiative to provoke wolves, and it is naturally impossible to get too many wolf skins. Many of these materials were requisitioned by the empire and used as military resources to make high-end military equipment.
Therefore, they can completely skip the town's commercial network, but go directly to the military base not far from the town, and exchange these wolf skins for the income of the empire's clear price, without worrying about being cheated. Of course, the ones that benefit the most from these wolf skins are the ones of the administrators, and according to the old rules, they have to charge 10% of the hardship fee.
Of course, the villagers agreed, and the administrator didn't think it mattered.
By the way, the caravan also planned to pass the news of the wolf attack to the military base, according to the villagers' description, the thousands of wolves were no longer able to be handled by the town's defense system and garrison, and needed the military's firepower to encircle and suppress them.
Hearing them say this, the residents of the village breathed a sigh of relief.
The caravan arranged them in the caravan's empty warehouses, and everyone lay on the floor. There are also a lot of low wooden shelves for heavy boxes in the warehouse, which are just right to use as beds. The administrator and An Xiaoyu were separated into separate sheets. The old bedding distributed by the caravan is a set for them, which can be regarded as free for them to use on weekdays.
The people of the village were grateful, and the caretaker reminded the caravan before they left, telling them to drive a sturdy car, preferably with a firearm. They must be able to apply for carrying firearms from the garrison, after all, it is the suburbs, and it is when wolves are infested.
The people of the caravan didn't care very much, they thought that the wolves would definitely not arrive tonight, but the administrator faintly reminded them of the time when the wolves appeared strangely in the mountains and forests, so they took it to heart, took a few guards with them, and drove a large truck.
After watching them leave, the people of the village were completely at ease.