A month later.

Fengcang Village.

Fengcang Village is a small village, with only two or three hundred households in total, which is indeed very small compared to other villages in the vicinity!

Why is this village called Fengcang Village?

The reason is probably because there is a mountain near the village, which happens to be called Fengcang Mountain.

I don't know if it's the first Fengcang Village or the first Fengcang Mountain, this is impossible to verify.

The villagers of Fengcang Village are simple and kind, self-farming and self-eating, and they are happy!

The whole village is surrounded by a large bamboo forest, which is a unique scenery. There is a lot of bamboo planted outside the small courtyard of each house.

Because of the abundance of bamboo, the houses in the village, as well as the tables and stools, are all made of bamboo. The villagers here weave all sorts of things out of bamboo.

A few miles away from Fengcang Village, there is a slightly larger town. Every day, the town's market is very lively. The villagers of Fengcang Village are accustomed to compiling all kinds of daily necessities, and then selling them in the town, exchanging a little silver tael, and then buying them into food and some daily necessities.

Fortunately, the other villages near the town are not rich in bamboo, and no one follows the villagers of Fengcang Village to grab business.

At night, the moon hangs in the sky, with the rustling sound in the bamboo forest, which has a unique flavor.

The rustling sound is the sound of the wind blowing and the bamboo moving.

This kind of sound is the sound of heaven to the villagers of Fengcang Village.

Bamboo is one of the four gentlemen, and its unique temperament is loved by literati and artists!

Under the influence of bamboo, the villagers of Fengcang Village can chant a few lines of poetry and recite a few words from the elderly to the seventy-year-old and the children of seven or eight years old.

Bells

Bells

A voice that did not fit the temperament of the village sounded at the east end of the village.

Bells

Two voices, very different. The first type of "bell" sound is completely different from the second type of "bell" sound, and it is a different sound. The first is very loud, the second is very dull. The first "bell" sound is equivalent to the sound of a sledgehammer smashing iron, and the second "bell" sound is equivalent to a small hammer hitting something.

Bell, bell, bell

Voices kept coming from a small courtyard.

Yes, that's striking iron!

The sound of the bell came from the house of the only blacksmith in the village.

The blacksmith's family was surnamed Zheng, and there were five people, young and old, and now, it has indeed become six. Not long ago, they took in a young man in his twenties.

The courtyard is big and chic. The ground in the courtyard was littered with various tools, mostly sickles and axes. It's no wonder that there is no way to grow a lot of food near Fengcang Village, and the villagers rely on bamboo to make money, so sickles and axes are their production tools!

But now, there are a lot of broadswords and spears among these many iron tools!

"Erwa, Sanwa, take a rest and drink some water!" an old man carried a pot of water and put it on the ground, shouting at the two naked men.

"Second uncle, you put the water there! We hit this knife, and we will drink it immediately!" said a naked man who stopped the big hammer in his hand.

The old man sighed and walked away.

"Aoki, control the wind volume, don't be too big!" said another big man who stopped the small hammer in his hand and said to the young man pulling the bellows.

"Got it, third brother!"

The young man known as "Aoki" answered.

Aoki is not from Fengcang Village, he was picked up by Uncle Zheng in the heavy rain. Uncle Zheng was kind-hearted, and when he saw Aoki standing motionless in the heavy rain, he took pity on him and took him home!

There are three brothers in the Zheng family, the two iron-strikers are the second and third, and their eldest brother is indeed not at home now, and went to Fengcang Mountain to collect iron ore.

The three brothers of the Zheng family, one is kinder and more honest than the other, but unfortunately they are all bachelors, and none of them have a family.

Uncle Zheng is the second uncle of the three brothers of the Zheng family.

Uncle Zheng left home when he was very young, so the three brothers didn't know that they had this second uncle since they were young!

A few years ago, Uncle Zheng suddenly came back and said that he was the second uncle of the three brothers, which frightened the three brothers. Fortunately, Uncle Zheng didn't lie, and he couldn't be more proficient in the Zheng family's ancestral iron-striking technique, which made the three brothers open their mouths in shock.

Their Zheng family has been blacksmiths for generations, and their ancestral iron-striking skills are very powerful, and the iron tools they make are very sharp! What makes the three Zheng brothers even more surprised is that the second uncle who suddenly appeared also brought a little boy of five or six years old.

The three brothers of the Zheng family are not snobbish people, since they have recognized their relatives, they have not complained, and they take good care of this second uncle!

Since then, Uncle Zheng has really returned to his hometown and began to enjoy his old age in peace! When he came, he brought some silver taels with him, and gave all of them to the three brothers, so that they could marry a daughter-in-law. After all, these three people are all his nephews, and it is useless for him to keep his money, so he must let the three of them inherit his Zheng family!

The three brothers of the Zheng family thought that the five or six-year-old boy was the grandson of their second uncle, and they hugged him every day to play.

In fact, whether it is his grandson or not, only Uncle Zheng knows best in his heart! But he didn't say it explicitly, and he didn't break anything!

The Zheng family was not wealthy in the first place, and they all relied on iron to make a living, and there were more Zheng and the three brothers, and they didn't say anything, after all, this old man was their second uncle.

But Uncle Zheng took it upon himself to take Aoki in.

No matter how good the temper of the three brothers is, they are a little dissatisfied, but the second uncle is an elder after all, and it is not easy to say it clearly.

Fortunately, Aoki's kid is capable, and the three brothers slowly accepted him. The three brothers wondered why a body that looked so thin could have so much energy.

Striking iron is a technical job, and it can't be learned in a day or two, so the three brothers asked Aoki to pull the bellows. Compared with others, the bellows are a little less technical.

Aoki never complained, didn't talk much, pulled the bellows vigorously, and squeaked the huge bellows!

"Erwa, what about Xiaotian, have you seen it?" "Uncle Zheng searched for a few times in a few rooms, and then said loudly.

"Xiao Tian should go to play nearby, don't worry, he should be back in a while!" Zheng Erwa shouted.

Uncle Zheng snorted, and his heart was a little more relaxed!

Crunch

The door of the courtyard was pushed open.

The four men in the courtyard swept towards the door at the same time.

"Is Blacksmith Zheng at home?" shouted a middle-aged man in his mid-forties and forties.

"It turned out to be Brother Li! Why is Brother Li here today?" the second baby was a little smarter than the third baby, and said hurriedly. This Brother Li is also a villager of Fengcang Village, and he rarely comes here.

"Of course I came to your house to fight something!" Brother Li said with a smile.

The tools in their hands were also coming to an end, and the two babies quickly ended it, and then threw the red-hot knife into the cold water.

Zizizizi

Water vapor kept coming out of the fiery red broadsword. Little by little, the fire faded in the water.

Zheng Erwa pulled a stool for Brother Li to sit down, and poured water for him later.

Zheng Sanwa picked up a dry cloth and wiped the sweat beads on her forehead and went into the house.

Aoki still sat still.

"Why are there a few more people in your family?" Brother Li pointed at Uncle Zheng and Aoki Dao.

"Hehe, that's my second uncle!As for this person, he's Aoki, the guy I just invited to help!" Zheng Erwa said politely. Now that business is coming to the door, you must be polite to your guests.

Brother Li sighed and completely lost interest!

"Brother Li, what do you want to fight?" Zheng Erwa said straight to the point.

"I just want to hit a sharp weapon, a big knife or a spear, but it must be sharp!" Brother Li said.

"Oh?" said Zheng Erwaqi.

"What's the matter? Is it difficult?" Brother Li frowned, thinking that this matter would be difficult to handle! As he spoke, he took out a few taels of silver from his body and put them on the table.

"Brother Li, I didn't mean that!" Seeing that Brother Li had misunderstood, Zheng Erwa hurriedly explained.

"What does that mean?" said Brother Li curiously.

Zheng Erwa said: "I can't hide it! If in the past, I couldn't get a single job of fighting weapons for a few months, but now it's only been a little over a month, and I've taken on dozens of pieces! Brother, I strike iron at home every day, and I don't know what's going on outside?"

"So that's the case, no wonder!" Brother Li said.

"Brother Lao has this matter, since the brother is curious, as the elder brother, I will tell you casually! This is nothing, and it is not a bandit or robber, but in the past month or so, there have been a lot of wolves in our vicinity! No, have we all started to prepare sharp weapons to defend ourselves!" Brother Li said lightly.

When the word "wolf pack" came into his ears, Aoki's eyes flashed with a special brilliance.

Zheng Erwa and Brother Li were discussing things, so naturally they didn't notice Aoki's abnormality.

"Wolves?" Zheng Erwa exclaimed.

"Yes, it's a pack of wolves, the number is not small, they are all dozens or hundreds of horses!" Brother Li said with a gloomy face.

"We are here on the plains, and we can't even see a wolf in normal times, so how can a large number of wolves suddenly appear?" Zheng Erwa said puzzled.

"I don't know about this, who knows what's going on! There are already wolves moving around Fengcang Mountain!" Brother Li said.

"Big brother!" Zheng Erwa said in a low voice. The eldest brother Zheng Dawa is collecting iron ore in Fengcang Mountain, and he probably doesn't know about the wolves.

"Erwa, as an elder brother, I advise you, your family is prosperous, so let's prepare some sharp weapons as soon as possible! It won't be long before the wolves will enter the village!" Brother Li said.

Zheng Erwa's face was uncertain, and the dark clouds were not dispersed!

"We're not hunters, how can we stop those wolves?" said Sanwa as she came out of the house.

Brother Li is no stranger to Sanwa, and beckoned him to sit down.

"Sanwa is right, we are all ordinary people, how can we be the opponents of the wolves! But you don't have to worry too much, the government has begun to increase the number of people, and we are thinking of countermeasures!" Brother Li said.

"What ideas can they come up with?" said Erwa with a gloomy face. Those officials in the town are not as strong as him, and relying on them to drive away the wolves is simply a fool's dream!