The following morning, Anping Village held an emergency meeting, and the entire village went into a state of preparedness.
The disaster brought by this hailstorm has only just begun. People are in a panic, grain shops are closing down and people are fleeing, the city is under lockdown, bandits are rampant outside the city, and the people are suffering terribly.
Many villages were looted, and the villages near Anping Village formed an alliance, offering help to those in need. However, Anping Village was an exception; the unfortunate Anping Village was excluded and had to fight alone.
There are reasons why the nearby villages don't form an alliance with Anping Village.
First, Anping Village's recently booming business is quite well-known in their county. Isn't this just asking to be used as a target? Only someone who's tired of living would ally with their village.
Secondly, Anping Village is poor, with far fewer manpower and resources than other villages. They don't have enough people, few usable iron farm tools, and little stored grain. How can they possibly wage a protracted war?
The village chief was so worried. He had dealt with people all his life, but he hadn't managed to find a single outside help.
At this moment, Anping Village is bustling with activity.
An elderly man with limited mobility is whittling bamboo to make bamboo arrows.
The bows were prepared in advance; the village had prepared quite a few beforehand. Because bamboo bows are not very lethal, and the authorities had inspected them, it was not considered unauthorized hoarding of weapons, but rather a legitimate defensive measure.
These days, their country is constantly at war, and the elderly who have survived to this day are all people with their own wisdom.
There's no place to hide in the mountains now, because of the hailstorm; many ferocious wild animals are roaming the mountains.
Anping Village organized a trip to the mountains to find food, but they encountered a pack of wolves, resulting in the deaths of three people, and almost all the remaining people on the mountain were injured.
Chen Kai thought about the upcoming flood. Rather than hiding outside and facing attacks from wild animals and bandits, it would be better to stay in the village and protect it together.
The village's self-defense force is patrolling; adults are making traps, and children are helping to dig them.
The village chief's grandson led Chen Kai and the others to a warehouse in the village to collect their "weapons".
When the warehouse door opened, Chen Kai was dumbfounded; this was the so-called "weapon".
A huge pile of long sticks, a huge pile of bamboo bows, a huge pile of stone axes and stone hammers, and all sorts of strangely shaped weapons.
How poor is Anping Village? They're full of primitive weapons. We're in the Iron Age now!
The village chief's grandson proudly said, "See these? These are all our village's weapons, aren't they plentiful!"
“My grandfather often said that it’s better to be prepared. Although our village is a bit poor, we still have weapons for defense.”
"Look, this stick is really sturdy, it hurts a lot when you hit someone, and this bamboo bow was carefully selected, it's very durable, and this..."
"Alright, Chen Nong, hurry up and move all these things out." Chen Kai interrupted him.
That's it? Not to mention shells, explosives, landmines... there's not even a single piece of metal, let alone weapons.
Looking at the "weapons" that had been brought out, the village chief's grandson suddenly said enviously, "If only our village were as wealthy as Peach Blossom Village. My grandfather told me that Peach Blossom Village applied for a lot of bronze weapons, and the village also raises a lot of wolfhounds, enough to form a patrol team."
Dazhu said enviously, "I heard their village even has an archery team. It's good to be rich!"
Chen Kai thought to himself, "This is going to be a pay-to-win situation," but he still said, "Don't envy other villages. Sooner or later, our village will have equipment too."
On his way back, Chen Kai saw that traps were being dug at many intersections. At one intersection, Chen's eldest daughter-in-law was directing people: "Stick more sharp bamboo sticks down there, and then pour in the runny kind of manure. Even if it doesn't kill them, it will disgust them to death."
Upon hearing this, Chen Kai's face turned extremely ugly, and he quickly took a detour, as he did not recognize the person.
As they passed through the village square, rows of stone stoves were set up and boiling water.
Looking at the boiling water, Chen Lao Er's wife said, "This fire can't be stopped, and the water can't be cut off. If those bandits dare to come, we'll splash them with hot water and scald them to death!"
The village girls looked at Aunt Chen with admiration. What a brilliant idea!
Along the way, Chen Kai was truly amazed; everyone was willing to use any dirty trick to survive.
After returning home, Chen Kai stretched and shouted, "Chen Nong!"
With his modern ingenuity, he has plenty of ideas for setting traps.
Upon hearing his uncle's voice, Chen Nong immediately ran over and asked, "Uncle, what's wrong?"
Chen Kai asked, "Chen Nong, have you ever collected poisonous plants?"
Chen Nong frowned and said, "I have indeed collected some poisonous things, but, Uncle, you can't just play with those poisonous things."
Chen Kai said with a smile, "Don't worry, I won't eat it. We'll turn the poisonous plants into food and feed them to those big bad guys."
Chen Nong's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly, "Uncle, this is a great idea! Let's poison them!"
Chen Kai continued with a laugh, "So, bring out all the poisonous stuff you have."
He knew all too well that his little nephew had quite a collection of things.
As expected, after more than an hour of searching, Chen Nong found four cartloads of poisonous plants.
Chen Nong said breathlessly, "Uncle, these are all the poisonous plants we have, nothing else!"
Chen Kai swallowed hard. Good heavens! What kind of weirdos are they in that family!
Unexpectedly, Chen Nong, who usually doesn't seem to cause much trouble, is actually a guy who hides his true abilities. He really dares to hide so many poisonous things. Doesn't anyone in the Chen family care about him?
Chen Nong said regretfully, "It's a pity there's so little. There are many poisonous plants on the mountain. If I had known they would be useful, I would have collected more and hidden them away."
Chen Kai and Xiao Tian looked at Chen Nong speechlessly. You still think this isn't enough?
A suffocating atmosphere enveloped Anping Village, where the villagers waited with great anxiety.
As evening fell, the deathly silence of Anping Village was finally broken by the sound of horses' hooves.
"Whoa—"
A burly, tall man, though looking somewhat disheveled, pulled on the reins and gazed at the distant mountain village.
At this moment, smoke was rising from the chimneys of Anping Village, making it look so peaceful and serene.
A shifty-eyed man exclaimed excitedly, "Looks like no one else is coming to snatch it yet. This piece of meat is ours! Boss was right!"
This group of people are the infamous, ruthless bandits who have been making headlines recently.
Because this group of mountain bandits was large in number and well-equipped, the government could not suppress them and could only let them run rampant.
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