Chapter 5 Special Mission!
The residents of this Beijiao Village have been dying. So far, there are only 16 households and 40 people left, and they are all native villagers. As for why they never leave, on the one hand, it is due to the deep-rooted local complex, and on the other hand, it is because of the shortage of labor at home, so there is nowhere to go - no village will accept these women and children who waste food.
Among these less than 40 people, half of the old guys over 50 years old accounted for half, and half were either women or children. Even the only three left men died after being attacked by the mountain guard dog today.
After hearing this news, Xu Dong subconsciously showed shock and turned his head to look at the man next to him: "Since they have almost lost their ability to work, who depends on who will survive?"
The North Point Big Bear sighed deeply and said nothing.
Xu Dong thought for a moment and couldn't help but feel 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 bear beside him? Thinking of this, his senses towards the sheriff suddenly changed greatly.
The mountain guard dogs attacked the village on average once a month. After today's battle, Beijiao Village will usher in at least about thirty days of peace. This attack caused Beijiao Village to suffer heavy losses. Not only did the two middle-aged men die under the mouth of the mountain guard dog, but the number of injured more than ten people. More importantly, almost all the livestock raised in the village died, and most of them were gnawed and eaten to the point of being left with bones.
It can be seen that the customs here are generally the same as the world where Xu Dong was in his previous life, and they all pay attention to being buried. Xu Dong and Da Xiong helped transport the bodies to the cemetery at the end of the village, and then dug a hole to bury them. Then, under the instructions of Da Xiong, the traps near the village were repaired again - in fact, these smart mountain guard dogs had almost never triggered these traps.
According to Uncle Big Bear, although the trap has little effect on mountain guard dogs, it is better than nothing.
When they handled these aftermath work, Xu Dong found that all the villagers were busy. They gathered the dog corpses in one place, then set up a fire, skillfully removed the hair and broke the trunk. Then someone picked up the bone-cutting knife, cut the dog meat into large pieces, and distributed it to each household. The person who obtained the dog meat immediately put it on a straw rope and hang it on the eaves to air-dry it as a grain storage.
It is obviously not the first time they have divided the dog meat in an orderly manner.
At this moment, a girl who was helping with a ponytail saw the North Point Bear and ran over immediately. It seemed that she had encountered something particularly strange. She said, "Dad, we just found ten dog corpses in a house. The man who killed the dog was so smart that he actually set up a simple trap with a water tank..."
This girl is between sixteen and seventeen years old, with beautiful eyebrows and beautiful eyes and extremely fair skin. The so-called whiteness covers three ugliness, which immediately gives people a bright feeling.
As the girl was talking, she glanced at Xu Dong next to her father, and suddenly let out a "ah" sound. From this point of view, it is not difficult to see that the girl is very smart and immediately knew that the older boy in front of her might be the person she kept praising just now.
For a moment, my face blushed to my neck, and instead showed a bit of a cute temperament.
The Big Bear in the North Point smiled slightly and introduced it to both parties.
But what made Xu Dong speechless was that such a lovely little girl was actually called Shengnan.
In the Dachen Empire, most people do not have a surname. Only nobles or people with certain influence in the local area can be given a surname. For example, Big Bear in the North Point is because he is the sheriff of his village, so he is fortunate to obtain this surname. If his descendants do not have the ability to inherit his position, they are still not worthy of enjoying the surname North Point.
Since he knew this regulation, when he reported himself to his home, Xu Dong called himself Xiaodong.
The dog meat was quickly distributed completely, and even Xu Dong himself got one. After the belly was opened, there were fifty kilograms of flesh and blood.
During this period, something happened unpleasant, and even worsened.
The village chief of Beijiao Village actually packed up his soft and left overnight. It is said that he was going to take office in Nanjiao Village, which was suffering from floods and was being rebuilt after the disaster. The village chief was no one else, but the owner of the village villa, the old guy who peeked on the eaves but did not dare to face the enemy together.
Although this village chief is actually not popular, the law of the Dachen Empire, the village manager plays an important role in the survival of the village. Once the position of village chief is vacant for more than thirty days, the village will face a bleak situation where either it is annexed by other villages or the villagers are assigned elsewhere.
No matter which ending 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. Then after thirty days... Xu Dong's ending was naturally the dust returned to the dust and the jewelry returned to the pawnshop.
Of course, the position of village chief can be supplemented by recommendation or appointment of superiors. However, the biggest problem is that the system of this village is not enough to be sufficient as stipulated by law - it must have fifty households or one hundred and ten people. In other words, in principle, North Point Village is no longer enough to be called a village, but just a settlement.
Even the stupidest guys in the village know what the village chief's departure means - it means that in the near future, they will move to other places like goods, and they will lose their ability to work and will never encounter a kind and righteous neighbor like the North Point Bear.
In other words, once North Point Village is erased, what awaits these villagers is a tragic death!
I ate dog meat at night. For these farmers, meat is a luxury word. Except for the ignorant children who are eating voraciously, others are like wax because of the heavy feeling in their hearts.
That night, Xu Dong was placed in the woodshed at the Big Bear House in North Point. He woke up early the next morning. To be precise, he should have been awakened by the strange noise in the yard. Last night, he tossed and turned and couldn't sleep until one or two o'clock.
Replacing Big Bear's old clothes and putting away the shirt and pants that he identified as village characteristics. Xu Dong rubbed his sleepy eyes and pushed the door out. A cool breeze hit, but he was a little cold and had no sleepiness.
A scene in the yard attracted Xu Dong's attention.
The North Point Big Bear held the dark iron rod in his hand, and there was a shelf in front of him, with a piece of cloth hanging on the shelf, and he kept swaying the iron rod to attack. What's strange is that whenever the iron rod touched the long cloth, it would float up.
Xu Dong watched carefully and was shocked. It turned out that the iron stick contained powerful power, and the strong wind made the long cloth unable to stop floating. With one stick and two sticks, Xu Dong asked himself that he could barely do it even if he was a little familiar with it, but each stick could carry a lot of strength, which was incredible!
After fifteen minutes, Uncle Big Bear finally stopped moving. At this time, his whole body was wet, and his exposed upper body was even more greasy and shiny, making his developed muscles even more dazzling, and there was no reason to remind people of the bodybuilder on the screen.
When he noticed Xu Dong, the North Point Big Bear nodded and smiled, "Are you awake? Did you sleep well yesterday?"
Xu Dong could only smile bitterly. No matter who knew that he only had thirty days to live, he would not sleep well.
"Uncle Big Bear, I want to know something. This is very important to me. Please tell me." Due to the urgency in my heart, Xu Dong simply went straight to the point.
The North Point Big Bear smiled calmly, "If I knew, I will tell you all."
Xu Dong pursed his lips, "From the spacious and sturdy village road and the number of houses, I can see that this village was once very prosperous. I can't figure out what exactly caused it to decline so much that even the village chief ran away."
North Point Big Bear is not only a local sheriff, but also a native villager. He sighed and told the story.
There were only twenty or thirty indigenous households in the original Beijiao Village. Later, a villager accidentally discovered the iron ore at the foot of Huiyun Mountain. This news leaked somehow. As an important resource, iron ore naturally attracted official figures at the first time. Following the official, there were civilian consortiums and other civilians who heard signs of wealth.
Taking this as an opportunity, the small North Point Village suddenly developed in a burgeon.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. Even the experts who were officially specializing in mineral exploration believe that the iron ore that could be mined for at least 30 years was actually silver-bar wax gun tips, which were not useful. In just ten years, the iron ore was exhausted.
With the withdrawal of official or private financial resources, the development momentum of Beijiao Village was instantly curbed. However, Beijiao Village was backed by Huiyun Mountain. Although Huiyun Mountain was the dividing line between the Dachen Empire and other countries, the natural resources inside were quite rich. A large group of mining miners turned into hunters to go up the mountain to hunt, and it was easy to make a living.
Therefore, North Point Village still maintains considerable prosperity.
Just two years ago, it was exactly the year when the local villager of North Point Big Bear became a sheriff. Somehow, the forest rangers on the mountain suddenly died one by one. The village chief discovered this situation and immediately thought of the neighboring countries that were friendly and harmonious with the Dachen Empire. He believed that the other party secretly knocked on the scoundrel and stopped the villagers from going up the mountain to hunt by killing the forest rangers.
However, as soon as the investigators who were good at this checked, they found that the body was full of biting marks from mountain guard dogs, which ruled out the possibility of neighboring countries endangering the border.
The mountain guards didn't know what was going crazy, and they bit all the forest rangers to death from the beginning, and then attacked the passing hunters. Over time, the hunters did not dare to go up the mountain, so they had to find another way out, and from then on, the chapter on the migration of villagers in Beijiao Village began.
The mountain guard dogs even run down the mountain to attack the villages regularly. Although their number is much smaller than that of residents, these mad dogs are good at joint attacks and can always kill many residents whenever they attack.
And they were extremely cunning and even the guards had no choice. They organized several climbing up the mountain to clear the enemy, but not only did they make no achievements but also killed several people, but they simply ignored them.
As a result, the situation in Beijiao Village became worse and worse until Xu Dong saw it at this time.
"I won't say that anymore! It's heartbreaking to say it." Uncle Big Bear slapped his butt and stood up from the stone pier in the yard. Suddenly his eyes lit up and he looked at Xu Dong with a burning look, "Xiaodong, if you can kill ten mountain guard dogs, you must have some ability under your hands. Let's work with Uncle Big Bear?"
Working with him? Is this the meaning of a competition? Xu Dong subconsciously shook his head and waved his hands - what a joke, both sides are not as strong as the same weight. Wouldn't he begging him for trouble? How could Xu Dong do such a loss?
But at this moment, Xu Dong felt his mind tremble, as if his silent phone suddenly received an incoming call. This feeling was clearly a signal stimulated by the task system!
At the same time, a piece of information suddenly passed by:
You interact with the plane aboriginals and trigger this special mission...
Rejecting this task will not be punished, but it will cause the indigenous people to decline your senses, causing unpredictable changes...
Chapter completed!