Seeing this, the others quickly handed over a second hoe. In this way, three hoes were worn out before a deep trench was finally dug at the bottom of the mountain.
Everyone was puzzled. If they were digging, why keep digging deeper? Was the soil inside necessarily looser?
Si Cheng didn't offer any further explanation. He simply stood on the hillside and told everyone to step back. He took out his hammer and awl and tapped a few spots on the mountain. Suddenly, a section of the entire mountainside collapsed. Only then did everyone understand what had happened.
"What are you waiting for? Hurry up and fill the hole, or it will get dark and you won't be able to work properly."
We'll backfill all this soil first, but that will only partially cover it. When the ice melts, we'll have to backfill it again.
When they returned to the village, the cremations were almost finished. Fortunately, they had seen Si Cheng and the others go to the neighboring village to exchange for oil, so they went with them and got some as well. It was thanks to this oil that the cremations were completed.
Since everyone had things to do the next day, they went to bed early.
The next day, almost everyone in Majia Village came out. The elderly, children, and the wounded gathered together to wait for everyone to return.
Seeing this, everyone understood Majia Village's ulterior motives. Although they felt a little uncomfortable, they could still understand.
The entire county town was deserted, with nothing but piles of ruins and not a single person in sight.
Following the general location, everyone arrived at what used to be the town center square. This area had been a refuge for residents, with numerous shacks of varying sizes erected there. However, it was later occupied by Wolf Boss and his gang, becoming their base.
Si Cheng and his group secretly arrived at a wooden shed with a faint glow of firelight. Peeking through the cracks, they saw about a dozen young people playing cards and drinking inside.
These must be the remaining staff. Monkey stepped forward and knocked on the door.
"Who is it? It can't be those refugees coming to beg for food again, can it?"
"We've rejected them so many times, but these people just won't give up."
"I wonder when the boss and the others will be back? Let's see if they dare to come after the boss returns."
"Why don't we give them some food? Otherwise, they might not be able to survive."
"What? You're starting to sympathize with them? Before, weren't all these people looking down on us like we were the scum of society? Now the tables have turned, why aren't they still so arrogant?"
"Little Fish, since you feel so sorry for them, why don't you go and chase them away? We can't make that decision anyway. Let them go back inside and stay warm so they don't have to freeze outside."
Si Cheng and the others listened quietly outside. Seeing that no one was coming to open the door, Si Cheng kicked the door open.
Before they could react, they swarmed forward and subdued them.
"Don't move, or this gun I'm holding won't be used lightly." Yun Tao pointed at the people on the ground with the pistol he had borrowed from Si Cheng.
"Who are you? How come you have handguns?" one of the bald men asked sharply.
"You mean this? It was given to us by Brother Wolf." Yun Tao stood there shaking his leg, imitating the villain on TV, and said disdainfully.
"Impossible! My brother won't even let me touch him, why would he give me to you?"
"I don't know, why don't you go ask him yourself?" Everyone watched Yuntao's performance while suppressing their laughter.
"You bastard, let me go! Or wait until my brother gets back and you'll be sorry!"
“Your brother isn’t coming back. He went back to his hometown and is giving us everything here.” After saying that, he squatted down and patted his face, saying each word carefully, “Including your lives.”
Upon hearing this, the people on the ground began to struggle violently, and the people who were holding them down almost lost control.
"Alright, I'll stop teasing you. Your wolf boss has been completely wiped out by us. Now we're here to take over this place. If you know what's good for you, cooperate with us obediently, and you'll suffer less later."
At this moment, the people behind them also came in. "Why waste time talking to them? Let's hurry up and finish moving our things and leave. Don't waste time here."
Si Cheng ignored them and singled out the one named Xiao Yu.
"Now I'll ask you questions, and you'd better be honest, or you'll suffer less."
The boy named Xiaoyu asked Sicheng directly, "Did you really take care of Boss Wolf?"
"Yes, see that gun? It was confiscated from him."
"Then ask away. I'll tell you as soon as I know the answer."
The bald man on the ground started yelling again, "You little fish, you always looked honest, but I didn't expect you to be such a coward. Don't be fooled by them. My brother has so many men, how could they possibly handle us?"
Big Bear slapped him across the face. "Shut up! It's your turn to talk!"
"Are you all here?" Si Cheng continued to ask.
"No, there are still some people guarding the road leading to the city. As soon as someone comes from outside, they will take a shortcut back to notify us."
"How many people are left in the town now? Where do they live?"
"Besides us, some of the original residents have gathered in the south of the town. We don't know the exact number, but there should only be a few thousand left. Many who could stay with relatives nearby have gone there. A large number of them have frozen to death."
Everyone was surprised to hear that there were only a few thousand people left in the county, after all, there were originally hundreds of thousands of people, but now there are only so few left.
"Why are there so few people? Not many people have come to rely on the countryside."
Xiaoyu's eyes immediately reddened. "A number of people died during the earthquake, and some went to the city. Those who stayed in the county had nowhere to go, and then a sudden drop in temperature froze a large number of people to death. Now there are corpses everywhere outside, but most of them are covered by ice."
"And some of them died because of you, you bunch of executioners, you all deserve to die!" the people of Majia Village said bitterly.
Xiaoyu quickly shook her head, "I didn't hurt anyone, and I didn't want to join either, but if I didn't join, I wouldn't be able to survive. It's all because Boss Wolf and his gang were too ruthless. They took all the supplies, which led to so many people freezing to death."
"You're talking nonsense. If you hadn't shamelessly followed us around, we wouldn't have taken you in." Hearing this, the men lying on the ground were also indignant.
"Won't the people in the town resist? After all, there are still several thousand of them." Yun Xun and the others found this unbelievable.
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