What surprised Lin Che was that on the first floor of the house, there were actually livestock. There was a black cow and several boxes of bees.
"You even raise poultry here? Are you afraid they'll get lost?"
Wujiu nodded. "Getting lost is the least of the worries. It's not easy for a family to raise something, so they guard it like a treasure. The biggest fear is that there will be many wild beasts coming down from the mountains. If we don't guard it, we're afraid it will be eaten."
Lin Che was puzzled again and said, "I can understand raising some chickens and ducks for food. But look at this cow. There are also tools for plowing the fields. I see that everyone in the village has practiced martial arts. Do they still need cows?"
Wujiu led them out of the first house and walked along the path into the valley.
"For strong young men, plowing the fields is no problem. But in our village, there are still many elderly people. Many more have become disabled while hunting. Almost every family with oxen has a disabled person."
These few simple words instantly made the atmosphere solemn.
Because they saw oxen working the land almost everywhere they went.
This group of people live in such a village and live a hard life.
Walking further ahead, I saw rows of smooth and flat stone tablets leading to the innermost part of the valley.
These stone tablets are engraved with ancient texts and strange patterns.
Wu Jiu turned to look at Lin Che, his eyes filled with deep guilt.
"You are not the first to come and recruit us to conquer the world. You will certainly not be the last."
"The stone tablets you see are engraved with the names of the warriors who died in battle in our village. Most of them are cenotaphs. Once they left the village, they could never return."
"I've sent batch after batch away. Now, do you still want me to continue sending them to their deaths, to conquer the world for a stranger like you?"
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