Chapter 14: Tribute

In front of Wang Chenglong's house, the villagers were still scolding and complaining, because they were afraid that after the mountain god was provoked, they would contribute more tribute to the mountain god this time.

Half an hour later, it seemed that the villagers were also a little tired of scolding, and began to disperse on their own.

Zhou An glanced at Wang Chenglong, who was standing at the door and kept saying good things to the villagers, and left with Zhang Chuxue and Sun Xiang, and when he returned home, Uncle Dong was still building the wall, and he was not interested in what happened to Wang Chenglong's house just now.

In half a day, Uncle Dong repaired all the courtyard walls, and this old house can be regarded as having a home.

After lunch, Uncle Dong sat alone on a small bench basking in the sun, and Zhou An and the three of them also walked out, and there was no extra small bench at home, so they sat on the ground and basked in the sun together.

"Do you suspect that what I said is false, young man?"

Uncle Dong suddenly spoke, which made Zhou An and the three of them stunned, but then, Zhou An nodded with a smile, and said all the things that Wang Chenglong said to him, and specially talked about the fact that Uncle Dong's family was the messenger of the mountain god.

Zhang Chuxue and Sun Xiang didn't know these things, the two looked at Zhou An in a daze, and then looked at Uncle Dong, and they were even more curious about Wangri Village, someone must be hiding something, but what puzzled the two was that the four of them had only been in the village for a day, how could Wangri Village achieve a high degree of unity, and everyone cooperated in this play.

This is also where Zhou An is puzzled, although it seems that Wangri Village is very weird, but so many villagers seem to have all discussed it, no matter what the problem is, they can get things back.

Just like this time, the village was divided into two factions, some people believed that Uncle Dong was the messenger of the mountain god, and some people believed that Uncle Dong really wanted to help the village.

"Uncle, can you tell us if you saw that thing when you went to pay tribute to that thing, or how did you come back safely?"

Zhou An asked directly to the point.

Uncle Dong took a puff of dry smoke and spit out a large cloud of smoke, as if he had fallen into a memory, it had been too long since he went to deliver tribute for the last time.

"I just remember that when I carried people on my back, I had to carry a bow and arrows in my hand, so I walked very slowly."

"These tribute-giving processes have been handed down by my ancestors, and yes, our Dong family has only been in this village for three generations."

According to Uncle Dong, after his ancestors hunted wild animals, he did lure out a big guy from the Fallen Sun Ridge, but it was indeed him who made the village what it is now.

Because in the beginning, the tribute was just some cattle and sheep or something, not a person, and it was because he shot that thing with an arrow that the tribute became a person.

In the early days, the village was too poor, and things like cattle and sheep were things that every household regarded as treasures, and Uncle Dong didn't want to make the village like this because of the fault of his ancestors, so he chose to shoot that arrow.

"If I had known that it would eat people, I wouldn't have shot that arrow."

While speaking, Uncle Dong's face showed a strong sense of self-blame, compared to people, what are cattle and sheep.

"Uncle, do you dare to take me to send a tribute, just treat me as a tribute."

I don't know what's going on, Zhou An finally chose to believe Uncle Dong, maybe because the emotions in Uncle Dong's eyes are real, these villagers in Wangri Village are not quite right in his opinion.

Listening to the words that came out of Zhou An's mouth, not only Uncle Dong was stunned, but even Zhang Chuxue and Sun Xiang were stunned, the two of them knew that Zhou An had the ability and would find a way to get rid of the thing that came out of the Fallen Sun Ridge, but there was no need to be so tough, at least they had to figure out what that thing was.

As for Uncle Dong, he was directly stunned in place, when he encountered this kind of thing, he had never seen anyone who took the initiative to rush forward, who didn't shrink his neck and retreat.

And suddenly, Uncle Dong remembered, he didn't seem to know what Zhou An and the three of them were doing in Wangri Village.

Zhou An shook his head, and asked Uncle Dong to ignore their purpose, just ask him if he dared to go, if he didn't dare to go, he could tell him the location, and he would touch it himself and take a look.

Who would have thought that this Uncle Dong is also a man of temperament, even if he slapped his chest.

"Your uncle and I are not old-hearted, and we are not poor!"

"But you can think about it, I don't know if you will come back if you go there, don't blame me when you die."