Chapter 5: Special Mission!
So far, there are only 16 households with less than 4o people left, and they are all native-born villagers. As for why they did not leave, on the one hand, it stemmed from deep-rooted local feelings, and on the other hand, because of the shortage of labor at home, there was nowhere to go - no village would accept these women and children who wasted food.
Of these less than 4o people, half of them are over 5o years old, and the remaining half are either women or children. Even the only three remaining men in their prime, after today's attack by the mountain dogs, died only Uncle Bear himself.
After Xu Dong heard the news, he also subconsciously showed a shocked face, and looked sideways at the man next to him: "Since almost all of them have lost their ability to work, who will survive?" ”
The North Cape Bear sighed heavily and did not speak.
Xu Dong thought for a moment, and couldn't help but be slightly moved, could it be that the livelihood of nearly forty people fell on the shoulders of the man who was as strong as a big bear beside him? Thinking of this, his senses for this sheriff suddenly changed greatly.
The average number of mountain dogs attacking the village is once a month, and after today's battle, the village of North Point will be at least about 30 days of peace. The attack caused considerable damage to the village of North Point, not only two middle-aged men died under the mouth of the mountain dog, but also more than 10 people were injured, and more importantly, almost all the livestock raised in the village died, and most of them were eaten to the bone.
It can be seen that the customs and habits here are generally the same as the world in which Xu Dong lived in his previous life, and they all pay attention to entering the soil for peace. Xu Dong and Da Xiong helped carry the body to the cemetery at the end of the village, and then dug a pit for burial. Then, under the instructions of the Great Bear, the traps near the village were repaired again - in fact, these clever mountain dogs barely touched the traps.
According to Uncle Big Bear, although the trap has little effect on the mountain dog, it is better than nothing.
When he returned to the village after dealing with the aftermath, all the villagers in Xu Dong were busy. They gathered the carcasses of the dogs in one place, then set up a fire, skillfully dehaired and dismantled, and then someone took a bone cleaver and cut the dog meat into large pieces and divided them equally among the families. Those who get the dog meat immediately thread it with straw rope and dry it under the eaves to dry it as a store.
It's obviously not the first time to see them methodically divide up this dog meat.
At this time, a girl with a ponytail and was helping saw the North Cape Bear, and immediately ran over, as if she had encountered a particularly special thing, and squeaked and said: "Dad, just now we found ten dog corpses in a house, and the person who killed the dog was so clever that he actually set a simple trap with a water tank......"
This girl is between sixteen or seventeen years old, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and extraordinarily fair skin.
When the girl was talking, the corner of her eye caught glimpse of Xu Dong next to her father, and suddenly let out a soft "ah". From this point, it is not difficult to see that this girl is very smart and clever, and she immediately knows that the big boy of the same age in front of her is probably the person she has been praising just now.
For a while, he blushed to the heel of his neck, but showed a bit of a lovely temperament.
The Big Bear in North Point smiled slightly and introduced it to both sides.
But what made Xu Dong speechless was that such a lovely little girl was actually called Shengnan.
In the Dachen Empire, ordinary people do not have surnames. Only nobles or people with a certain degree of local influence were allowed to bear the surname. For example, the North Point Bear was fortunate enough to receive the surname because he was the magistrate of the village, and his descendants would not be able to inherit his position.
Since he knew this regulation, when he reported to his home, Xu Dong called himself Xiaodong.
The dog meat was quickly distributed, and even Xu Dong himself was given one. After disemboweling, there are fifty catties of flesh and bones.
During this period, it was not pleasant to give birth, and it could even be called worse.
The village chief of North Point Village actually packed up his soft and left overnight, and it is said that he will take up his post in South Point Village, which has been damaged by the flood and is rebuilding after the disaster. The chief of the village was none other than the owner of the country house, the old fellow who peeked from the eaves but did not dare to face the enemy together.
Although the village chief is in fact unpopular, in the laws of the Dachen Empire, the administrator of the village plays a pivotal role in the survival of the village. If the post of village head is vacant for more than 30 days, the village will face a desolate situation where it will either be annexed by other villages or the villagers will be assigned elsewhere.
And no matter which outcome it is, it will be an extremely bad blow to Xu Dong - North Point Village will no longer exist.
Without North Point Village, there would naturally be no so-called prosperity of North Point Village, so thirty days will pass...... Xu Dong's ending is naturally dust to dust, and jewelry to pawnshop.
Of course, the position of village head can be supplemented by recommendation or appointment by a superior. The biggest problem, however, is that the size of the village is simply not enough for the number required by law - there must be 50 households or 110 people. In other words, in principle, North Point Village is no longer enough to be called a village, it is just a settlement.
Even the stupidest of the village knew what the chief's departure meant—that in the near future they would be moved to live like goods, and that they would never be able to meet a benevolent neighbor like the North Cape Bear.
In other words, once North Point Village is erased, what awaits these villagers is a tragic death!
At night, they ate dog meat, and for these peasants, meat was a luxury word, except for the ignorant children who were gobbling it up, and the others were like wax because of the heaviness in their hearts.
That night, Xu Dong was placed in the firewood house of the Big Bear family in North Point. The next morning, he woke up, to be exact, by a strange noise in the yard. Last night he tossed and turned, and didn't fall asleep until one or two o'clock.
Replacing Da Xiong's old clothes and putting away the shirt and pants that he characterized as a village characteristic, Xu Dong rubbed his hazy sleepy eyes and pushed the door out. A cool breeze hit, but it was a little cold, and there was no sleepiness under the spirit.
A scene in the courtyard caught Xu Dong's attention.
I saw that the bear in North Point was holding the black iron rod, and in front of him was a shelf, on which hung a long cloth, and he kept swinging the iron rod to attack, and the strange thing was that every time the iron rod was about to touch the long cloth, it would float up.
Xu Dong watched intently, and was suddenly shocked, it turned out that the iron rod contained powerful power, and the strong wind made the long cloth completely unable to stop fluttering. With one stick and two sticks to play this kind of power, Xu Dong asked himself if he was a little more familiar with it, he could barely do it, but each stick could carry a lot of strength, it would be incredible!
After fifteen minutes, Uncle Big Bear finally stopped moving, at this time he was soaked all over his body, and his bare body was even more shiny, and his muscles were even more dazzling, reminiscent of Mr. Bodybuilder on the screen for no reason.
Noticing Xu Dong, the big bear in North Point nodded and smiled, "Wake up?" Did you sleep well yesterday? ”
Xu Dong could only smile bitterly, no matter who he knew that he only had thirty days to live, he would not get a good night's sleep.
"Uncle Xiong, I want to know something, this is very important to me, please be sure to sue me." Due to the urgency in his heart, Xu Dong simply went straight in.
The Big Bear of North Point smiled calmly, "If I knew, I would have told you everything." ”
Xu Dong pursed his lips, "From the spacious and sturdy village roads and the number of houses, I can see that this village was once very prosperous. I don't understand what the reason is, it is so decaying that even the village chief has run away. ”
North Point Bear is not only a local sheriff, but also a native villager. He sighed and spoke.
Originally, there were only twenty or thirty aboriginal households in North Point Village, and later some villagers accidentally found an iron mine at the foot of Gray Cloud Mountain. Somehow, the news leaked out. As an important resource, iron ore naturally attracted official figures for the first time. Immediately behind the authorities are private consortia and other ordinary people who smell the signs of wealth.
Taking this as an opportunity, the small village of North Point suddenly became popular.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, and even the official experts who specialized in the exploration of mineral deposits believed that the iron ore that could be mined for at least 30 years turned out to be a silver-rod wax gun head, which was useless. Within ten years, the mine had dried up.
With the withdrawal of official and non-governmental financial resources, the momentum of the North Point Village Exhibition was immediately curbed. It's just that Beijiao Village is backed by Gray Cloud Mountain, and although Gray Cloud Mountain is the dividing line between the Dachen Empire and other countries, the natural resources in it are quite rich. A large group of miners turned into hunters who went up to the mountains to hunt, and it was easy to make ends meet.
As a result, North Point Village is still quite prosperous.
Just two years ago, the year that the local villager of the Big Bear in North Point became a sheriff, somehow, the rangers on the mountain suddenly died one by one. When the village chief saw this situation, he immediately thought of the neighboring countries that were friendly and harmonious with the Dachen Empire, and thought that the other party secretly knocked out the sticks and killed the forest rangers to prevent the villagers from going up the mountain to hunt.
However, when the investigators who were good at this road checked and found that the corpse was full of bite marks from mountain dogs, they ruled out the possibility that the neighboring country was in danger of bordering Hài.
The dogs didn't know what was crazy, and they bit all the rangers to death at first, and then attacked the hunters who passed by. Over time, the hunters did not dare to go up the mountain, so they had to find another way out, and this opened the chapter of the migration of the villagers of North Point Village.
The mountain dogs even run down the hill at regular intervals to attack the village. Despite their much smaller numbers than the inhabitants, these mad dogs are adept at combos, killing and injuring many of them in each sortie.
And they are so cunning that even the guards are helpless. They organized several expeditions to the mountains to clean up, but not only did they not achieve anything, but they took a few lives, so they simply ignored them.
As a result, the situation of North Point Village deteriorated until Xu Dong saw it at this time.
"Don't talk about that! It's heart-wrenching to say. Uncle Big Bear patted his ass and stood up from the stone pier in the yard, suddenly his eyes lit up, and he looked at Xu Dong hotly, "Xiaodong, you can kill ten mountain dogs, you must have some ability under your hands, and Uncle Big Bear will have a hand?" ”
Hitch a hand? What does this mean by competition? Xu Dong subconsciously wanted to shake his head and wave his hands - what are you kidding, the body shape of the two sides is not a heavyweight, wouldn't it be self-inflicted to fight him? Where is Xu Dong willing to do this kind of loss-making thing?
But at this moment, Xu Dong only felt a tremor in his mind, as if the muted mobile phone suddenly received a call, this feeling was clearly a signal of the task system!
At the same time, a piece of information flashed by:
You interact with the natives of the plane and touch this special quest......
There will be no penalty for refusing this quest, but it will cause the aboriginal to have a decrease in your senses, causing unpredictable changes......
Do you accept it?
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