Chapter 45: Mysterious Phoenix Mountain
After breakfast, the village chief Wang Zhengyi came to the Su family with a pipe and a worried look on his face.
"Brother Su, what do you think we should do about this?" After the village chief explained his purpose, he asked straight to the point.
Old Man Su didn't expect that the village chief would come to ask for his opinion on such a big matter.
It turned out that the village chief's wife and Mr. Liu, the county magistrate, were distant relatives.
Master Liu analyzed the pros and cons of all the situations and leaked the information to the village chief's family.
Then the matter came before the village chief.
The village chief also knew that this was a serious matter, so he didn't dare tell anyone else and quietly came to discuss it with Old Man Su.
He knew that County Magistrate Zheng had been to the Su family.
"What else can we do?" Old Man Su said with a wry smile, "If that's what the county magistrate wants, what can we ordinary people do?"
The village chief also knows this, but the other villagers in the village are afraid that they will not agree.
After all, there weren't many fields in their village, and every household depended on the food to survive.
What's more, food prices are soaring now.
If we sell some grain, we can get a lot of money.
One year is equivalent to several years.
"I'm afraid the people in the village won't agree." The village chief sighed and said helplessly.
Isn’t food the lifeline of every family?
Who is willing to give it to others for free?
After listening to the village chief's words, Old Man Su thought for a moment and said, "Whoever disagrees, let them find a way to preserve their own food and see if they can do so."
"What can we protect?" The village chief raised his voice, tapped his pipe, took a deep drag, and said, "In the entire county, only our village's crops have not been damaged. Everyone in the county is watching our village. At least no one died last night. After all, every household still has food now. If it were to continue for a few more days, I'm afraid..."
I am afraid that the people will become bandits and not care about human lives for the sake of food.
Old Man Su raised his eyelids and glanced at the village chief. "Don't you understand everything? Why did you come to me to talk about it? If you just talk to the villagers like this, won't everything be settled?"
village head,"……"
Doesn’t he just want to find someone to take the blame?
"Isn't it... that the reason why the crops in our village can be preserved is thanks to your little girl." The village chief said with a shameless face.
Then, he saw Little Tangbao walking towards him with his short legs. He smiled at Little Tangbao like an old fox and said, "Isn't it, Fuya?"
Little Sugar Baby, "..."
She obviously has a sweet name, why do people in the village always like to call her Fu Ya?
Old Man Su picked up his little girl and walked away from the strange uncle.
He then glanced at the village chief and said, "Don't take my daughter as a scapegoat! We all know each other!"
They are all from the same village. How could he not see what the village chief is thinking?
Old man Su got angry and spoke rudely to the village chief.
It was the village chief who touched his bottom line and wanted to drag his little girl into the water.
The village chief's thoughts were exposed, and he didn't hide them anymore. He just threw it out and said, "Then come with me to gather everyone in the village, and you come...Okay, I'll tell everyone."
The village chief said this, feeling helpless.
As you can imagine, there will be a lot of complaints in the village.
As the village chief, he might be scolded and criticized.
"Oh! If there wasn't that damn tiger on Phoenix Mountain, everyone wouldn't have had such a hard time in recent years. Even if they encountered a locust plague, they wouldn't have taken such desperate risks and risked their lives." The village chief suddenly turned his head to look in the direction of the mountain and sighed.
Old Man Su deeply agreed.
Daliushu Village was originally located at the foot of Phoenix Mountain, and villagers used to go up the mountain often to hunt.
It is said that you can live off the land you live on, and this is absolutely true.
Phoenix Mountain is rich in resources, including various mushrooms, wild fruits, and medicinal herbs, which have greatly benefited the villagers of Daliushu Village.
Even during those years of famine, no one starved to death in Daliushu Village because it was close to Phoenix Mountain.
But now, a huge white-browed tiger with hanging eyes appeared on Phoenix Mountain.
This tiger lurks on Phoenix Mountain. It is extremely ferocious and has killed countless people.
So much so that, even though it was close to the mountains, no one dared to run up the mountain.
Of course, at first there were some people who were dissatisfied and wanted to hunt the tiger.
However, after entering the mountains, not only did they fail to kill the tiger, but they returned in a panic with heavy casualties.
At the same time, there were also some people who wanted to go to the mountains to dig some medicinal herbs with a lucky mentality, but once they went in, they never came out again.
It's really strange. It seems like this tiger is guarding Phoenix Mountain specifically and doesn't let anyone in.
No one who goes into the mountains can escape the tiger.
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