"Chief Wu, what do you think of this place?" Now that he had finished dealing with the matter, Si Cheng had time to chat with these elders.
"Great, this is much better than we imagined. We really have to thank you." Chief Wu was increasingly satisfied with the place and more and more grateful to Si Cheng and his group. If they had taken a sip, with their abilities, they could have easily claimed this land for themselves.
"That's good. There are a few things I need to tell you. We'll be going down the mountain early tomorrow morning." Si Cheng has been away for a while, and all the farm work at home has fallen on his father-in-law. There's another round of weeding coming up soon, so he wants to get back as soon as possible.
"So fast. It's a pity we haven't settled in yet, otherwise we should have treated you to a proper meal."
"I'll definitely come and bother you again when I have the chance. I forgot to bring your people with me when we went to the plains just now to familiarize ourselves with the route, but there's a shortcut to the plains behind here." Si Cheng only remembered this issue when he returned.
"Oh, there's a shortcut here?" Chief Wu and his group looked around, but apart from the steep stone walls, they couldn't see any other path.
Si Cheng pointed to a cliff face not far away, "If you climb over here, there's a plain behind it. I just checked out the wild boar's den over there, and there's a natural cave inside. You can choose to build a sheep pen there."
Chief Wu squinted and looked in the direction he was pointing, but saw nothing but steep rocks.
Seeing that Chief Wu and the others were still confused, Si Cheng simply led them a little further ahead. "See that little crevice over there? There's a beehive there, but we already took some honey when we first came here. If you want to continue harvesting, you might have to wait a while. We only discovered the world behind it when we were taking honey."
"It's not a wasp, is it?" An old man turned pale at the mention of wasps, probably because he had been stung by wasps before.
"No, it's just a common mountain bee. If you don't bother it, there shouldn't be any problems."
"That's good. But that mountain is so steep, how did you manage to get up there?"
Si Cheng hadn't expected them to ask such detailed questions.
“It has a grappling hook,” he explained, making sure they didn’t understand. “It’s a tool we used for rock climbing before.”
"There are so many tree trunks and branches outside. We can make a big ladder to use for now, and then build a staircase when we have the chance later." Chief Wu immediately thought of a temporary solution. As for the situation on the plain, they would have to explore it themselves when the time came.
"There's one thing you need to be especially careful about when you get there: there are a lot of reptiles there. It's best to bring a snake repellent kit if you go." Si Cheng didn't want these people to come to him for medicine again in a few days.
"I'll make sure everyone who goes out carries a medicine kit with them at all times." Chief Wu didn't want the medicine kits he had acquired at great expense to go unused, lest some accidents occur later.
“And this lake,” Si Cheng pointed to the large lake again, “there are many fish in it. We can catch some to improve our lives. I believe you all know about fishing methods, so I won’t go into details.”
Si Cheng thought for a moment, "And that green area, we'll go there tomorrow to dig up some more plants. You can have someone follow us there tomorrow to find out where it is."
"This is my understanding of this area; you'll have to explore the rest yourselves in the future."
"It's already very good that they can tell us this much; they've already made things very convenient for us." Chief Wu was already very satisfied. The fact that they could tell them so much had already saved him a lot of trouble, and they had learned a lot from them during their long stay in Pinghe Village yesterday.
"By the way, Village Chief Si, please don't cook tonight. Just have a simple meal with us." Chief Wu had originally planned to treat them to a proper meal tomorrow, but since they were going back early the next morning, he had no choice but to postpone it to the evening.
"No need to be polite. We're out here all day, so a quick bite will do. You have a lot to prepare here too. We'll definitely come and bother you again when we come up the mountain next time." Si Cheng noticed that everyone here was busy as soon as he entered, and he didn't want to add any more burden to them.
Chief Wu also felt that it was inappropriate to greet them so hastily, so he said, "It's settled then. We'll visit each other often in the future, and you must come over next time you go into the mountains."
"Of course." The two exchanged pleasantries for a while before going off to attend to their own business.
The villagers from Xin San Village who had huddled in a corner as soon as they entered felt uneasy. They had been so focused on getting there that they now realized this was the newly established Xin Jiu Village.
The conditions here are much better than when they built their village before, and it is said that it was Village Chief Si who discovered this place.
"This place is really nice, like a paradise. And it's so much better than our village. If all this land were cultivated, how much land could there be?"
"Even if this place is nice, I don't want to stay here. Who knows how many wild beasts are lurking in these deep mountains? I think I will definitely never come back here again."
"Yes, if we hadn't happened to run into Village Chief Si leading them into the mountains, and instead wandered around like this, we might have lost our lives."
"Even if we're alive now, what good will it do? We don't know how we'll explain it to their families when we get back."
After he finished speaking, they all fell silent. This time, they had gone up the mountain on their own, and the village might not even know that they had gone into the back mountain.
It's all their fault for being too greedy. The last time they brought back supplies from the mountain, each family shared some, but they didn't get much in their hands. So they started thinking about how things had gone smoothly before and forgot about Captain Liu's instructions.
Several of them sat there with their heads in their hands, and no one said a word.
In contrast to their silence, Yun Jianying and his group blocked the entrance and exit, and checked it thoroughly. Only after finding it completely blocked did they return to the lakeside with peace of mind.
"Come on, help hang these strips of meat up," Wu Yong and the others had been processing the wild boar. Of course, they had dug a water pit on the side before processing the wild boar, and now they were using the water from this pit to process it.
"Should we build another fire? It feels like there's nowhere left to roast." Yun Jianying noticed that the area around the fire was already densely covered with wild boars, and there were still a few wild boars left to deal with next to Wu Yong.
"Yes, but I don't know how we're going to get it back tomorrow after cutting it up like this." Wu Yong looked at the pieces of pork and felt a headache coming on. A whole wild boar could be dragged back, but now that it's broken up, he didn't know how to transport it.
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