At dinner, the table at Ayilaide's house was a little barren.

Because of the loss of Eden as a water source, the surrounding area can cause hunters to hunt a drastic decrease in small animals, or migrate, or die of thirst, or be preyed upon by other beasts of prey that are better at hunting than humans.

And if you want to expand the range of hunting, you will inevitably encounter fierce monsters that are struggling to the death, and the battle of trapped beasts is more terrifying than ever.

If this continues, the village will follow the water shortage, and the village will enter the food shortage.

"Alas!" Ayilid sighed.

Hearing his sad sigh, his wife, Mrs. Ayilaide, and his son, Arreas, stopped their movements and looked at him in a daze.

"I'm sorry. Arreas said apologetically.

"I sigh, not because of you, Arreas. Ayilid said lovingly.

"But, Daddy, if I could be of any more use. ”

"You've worked hard, my son. It's this dilemma that is too much to be able to do. ”

"Knock knock. At that moment, there was a sudden knock on the door.

Who will be this time?

With questions in mind, Ayilid got up and walked to the door and opened it. Appearing in front of him was a guard wrapped in a thick blanket.

As dusk wore on, word soon spread in the village that Ayilid had relieved the widow, and Mrs. Ayilid and Arreas had heard about it. At this point, they saw that the guards couldn't help but think that Palyusis was planning to trouble Ayilaide, and their hearts immediately became nervous.

"Sorry to interrupt, Lord Ayilaid. However, Lord Paliusis, please go and talk about it. ”

"Bang!" Hearing the guard's words, Arreas slammed his stool to the ground with a look of rage.

"Sit down. Ayilid turned to her son.

"But, Daddy. ”

"I said sit down! ”

In the midst of his father's shouting and persuasion, Arreas had no choice but to pull up his chair and sit down again.

"Let's go. After talking back to the guards, Ayilid took his thick blanket from the low cabinet at the door, draped it on, and walked with the guards into the cold of the night.

At night, only the guards in the village braved the cold to patrol in case of accidents and, more importantly, to prevent anyone from stealing water. In the past, there was no need for this at all, and the night would be very calm.

It was the imminent crisis that caused this situation, or the dominance of Paliusis. Would it be different if the village chief was still awake? Would it be different if Barrett hadn't left?

Constantly thinking, Ayilaide's thoughts finally returned to herself.

"What is the captain looking for me?" he asked the guard who was leading the way in front of him suddenly.

After being slightly stunned, the guard replied hesitantly: "This, this, sorry, I don't know." ”

"Yes. ”

Regardless of whether the guard didn't know or couldn't say, in short, Ayilid didn't intend to embarrass him, so he kept his mouth shut and stopped asking.

After a period of silence, Ayilid came to the earthen house guarded by the guards. This was not needed before, and probably Paliusis understood everyone's dissatisfaction with him.

"Lord Ayilaide has arrived!" reported loudly, as the guard knocked on the door.

The door was opened by the son of Paliusis, Rausis, who was also Barrett's betrothed. This relationship also played a role in Palius' acquisition of power in the village.

"Good evening, Uncle Ayilaid, my father is waiting for you in his bedroom. ”

Rausis said politely.

"Hmm. Nodding in response, Aylade walked into the house and headed straight for the bedroom on the left. Behind him, the guards closed the door and stood guard.

In the bedroom, Palyusis was sitting on his bed and doing his business, his paperwork spread out beside him.

"You're here?" he said, looking up as Ayilid walked in.

"What the hell is going on? It can't be for the widow at dusk, right?"

"I've heard about that, too. As he spoke, Paliusis patted the straw mat and motioned for Ayilid to sit down, but the latter was not polite. "Although I have always had a problem with your method of appeasement, today's matter is not serious enough to be formally dealt with. I came to you to discuss something with you. ”

"What. ”

"The drilling of the new well is still too slow at the current pace. I hope you can divide the hunting party in half. ”

"What!" exclaimed Ayilaid, "Reducing the number of hunters will narrow the scope of our hunting and further reduce the harvest! Do you know that the grain bank is already in a state of making ends meet, Paliusis, do you want the food shortage to come sooner?"

"As long as the new well is dug successfully, all problems will be solved! Until then, we must learn to be patient!"

"What are you going to do?"

"Food restrictions. ”

Expected and unexpected. Ayilid was stunned for a moment, and then her voice became louder.

"What are you thinking! Is this going to provoke a riot!"

"This is the best way to get through this now! I have a duty to protect this village. Or do you have a better way?"

If I knew, I wouldn't have let it be the way it is. This was what annoyed Ayilid the most, not because of Palius's personal ruthlessness in sacrificing himself to save the village, but because of his own uselessness.

"But, Paliusis, even if you limit your food, the contents of the grain store will not stop dwindling!"

"Go into the woods and gather the fruits. ”

"It's not an oasis, it's just a small forest! The number of fruits is limited, and it's not yet ripe!"

"As long as you can swallow it, it's enough. ”

Ayilid was speechless, and it seemed that Paliusis was hard-hearted.

"If I don't agree, what are you going to do?

"For the time being, I won't be like that. But if things get to that point, I won't hesitate. ”

"Then we don't have anything to talk about!" Ayilid got up angrily, walked to the bedroom door, and turned his head again.

"Palius, don't you think you're looking more and more like the tyrants of old?"

Leaving this last sentence behind, Ayilid angrily snatched the door.

"The tyrant left behind the prosperous age. Paliusis muttered and picked up the papers.

It didn't take long for Rausis to walk in.

"Father, Uncle Ayilaid, he ......"

"Leave him alone. I control the guards, and I don't need his consent when necessary. As he spoke, Palyusis glanced at his son, and saw that he was a little worried. "What are you thinking?"

"Nothing. I'm just thinking if the village chief wakes up and sees the village as it is......"

"He'll understand. And you, my son, you should understand more. Your father did all this not for the rights and interests of our family, everything was done so that the village could be preserved. This is the duty of the captain of the guard. ”

"I understand, father. ”

At this point, Palyusis believed that when it was all over, the villagers would understand his present coldness and praise his determination and wisdom. However, there was one thing he didn't know, that is, Li Mengxi and his party were rushing towards Eden Village at an alarming speed.

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