Yunxun and his team also gathered at the office at the village entrance. Everyone sat there quietly, looking at the desktop in front of them, trying to find something interesting on the board.
"Are we going up the mountain or not? Give us a straight answer." The bear, who couldn't stand the silence any longer, spoke first. "Does sitting here doing nothing really solve anything?"
"How are we going to get there? How can we leave this village, young and old, behind?" Hou Yunhai asked impatiently.
"But what if some terrible animal comes up the mountain and we don't take precautions? What if it breaks into the village?" Yun Qiao also agreed to go up the mountain. Besides being a little tired of staying in the village for so long, she was more worried.
Huang Suicheng said, "Anyway, we will listen to everyone. If you say to go up the mountain, we will go up the mountain. If you say to stay in the village, we will stay there obediently."
"Why are you all so indecisive? Whether you go in or not, you have to take a side. What kind of neutrality is this?" Sun Shaolei scolded them irritably.
The village is now divided into three factions because of this incident. Yun Qiao and his group advocate going up the mountain, while Hou Yunhai and his group have considered more and feel that protecting the village is the most important thing at this time.
Another group completely followed everyone's arrangements without offering any opinions.
The reason we gathered here today is because we found a lot of animals in the ditch behind the mountain. If we hadn't had someone guarding the area, they would have been killed by the wild boars at the bottom of the ditch.
"The fact that so many animals were chased down to the bottom shows that the animals on this mountain are not to be trifled with. It would be very unwise for us to rush in like this." Wu Yong also did not support everyone going into the mountain.
"Are we just going to stay here and wait? The kids at home have been nagging us to go to the back mountain to pick wild fruits every day, and are we just going to watch the wild vegetables on the mountain wither and die?" The tone of the voice made it clear that the first part was the main point, and the second part was just an afterthought.
Because everyone has different opinions, they have been arguing about this matter for several days.
Hutiao Village and Xinsan Village are also not at peace. The frequent activity of animals in the surrounding area has made everyone feel insecure, and even their usual activities of going to the mountains to pick wild vegetables have been stopped.
Thanks to the growth of that thorny bush on the mountainside, the safety of Hutiao Village is not a concern for the time being, because even the fiercest wild beasts cannot cross that thick natural barrier.
"We can't possibly survive on just this little bit of wild vegetables. We should join forces with several villages to go out and clear some more, otherwise we won't be able to make a living." Looking at the pitiful thin layer of wild vegetables at the bottom of the basket, Liu Huatian felt very uncertain. It would be too difficult for a family to make a living with just this little bit of wild vegetables.
“But I heard them say that the animals coming down from the mountain now are all driven down by wild beasts. I wonder what kind of wild beasts could make so many animals panic and run away?” Wang Qiang also expressed his concerns.
Wang Dali, "Your 'hearing' probably refers to Pinghe Village, right?"
Wang Qiang nodded, "I overheard the people on duty on the city wall chatting. They're discussing whether or not to go into the mountains."
Wang Dali directly turned his body to face the mountain in front of him, saying, "The mountains on our side are very different from the mountains behind them, and they don't seem to be directly connected. The situations on both sides are completely different."
"So what do we do now? Village Chief Si isn't home, and Pinghe Village is unlikely to come out to help. With the strength of our two villages, do you dare to easily go into the mountains?" Liu Huatian stated a fact that everyone knew. It was precisely because Pinghe Village couldn't come out to help that everyone felt uncertain.
Old Zhao said, "Can we rely on them for the rest of our lives? Besides, as you said, animals often fall into the trenches they dug in the back mountains. Their back mountains are much more dangerous than ours. They won't leave the village easily until they've dealt with the situation in the back mountains."
"But if we don't go into the mountains to find some wild vegetables to supplement our diet, the little bit of wild vegetables around here simply won't be enough to feed so many people."
In short, due to the influence of the surrounding animals, everyone's food supply is running low. We can't expect them to waste the unripe crops in the fields, can we?
"Uncle Zhao, why don't we go ask Xin San Village? See if they want to form a team to go into the mountains?" Liu Huatian looked at Old Zhao expectantly.
Of course, the mountains he was referring to were not the mountains behind Pinghe Village, but the mountains next to them or behind Xinshan Village.
Old Zhao said, "There's no need to ask. Xin San Village won't be going into the mountains this time. The terraced fields behind them are enough for them to deal with. They have no reason to risk their lives for us."
Upon hearing this news, everyone present was disappointed. "If all else fails, we'll form our own team and go out. We refuse to believe that so many of us can't handle those animals."
"Get every household involved, and they don't have to go far. As long as we can harvest enough wild vegetables and mushrooms, we'll come back immediately." Many people were worried about food supplies, and since neighboring villages couldn't provide any help, they had no choice but to grit their teeth and persevere.
Having made the decision, they acted immediately, quickly organizing the villagers to gather tools and prepare to first clear out a nearby mountain area.
Pinghe Village had no idea about their plans. After another discussion, most people disagreed with going into the mountains. Instead, they wanted to widen and deepen the ditch behind the village and set up animal traps on the side closest to the village to prevent animals with good jumping ability from rushing into the village.
It may not seem like a big project, but it actually took the people who stayed in the village many days to get to work.
Early in the morning, everyone brought their tools to the ditch behind the mountain as usual. Before they even got close, they heard a wailing sound coming from inside the ditch. Well, they knew without even looking that another animal had fallen in.
"Looks like I can have an extra meal at noon again today. It's just that the food prices have gone up lately, and I feel like I've gained some fat around my stomach." Yun Zhizhong patted his belly, and it seemed that he really had gained some weight.
“You’re just not exercising,” Yun Zhixin, his older brother, bluntly pointed out. “Look at everyone else, they all have abs, but you’re all flabby. You don’t look good standing next to us.”
Yun Zhi said, "I'm not as lazy as you say, okay? Although I haven't been exercising, I haven't neglected the farm work at home. This sudden weight gain can't be blamed on me; it's probably because the food has been too good lately."
Looking at his younger brother who was still making excuses, Yun Zhizhong said firmly, "Starting tomorrow, I will call you to exercise together every morning. Even if you can't develop abs, you have to lose this excess fat. Otherwise, if you go out with this physique, people will think that our Pinghe Village is very rich."
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