After one night, most of the villagers knew what had happened the previous night.
Everyone is watching and waiting to see what decision the village will make today.
Early in the morning, the village leaders gathered to discuss countermeasures.
However, no matter how they discussed it, there was no perfect solution. In the end, only Sicheng's solution was the most practical at present.
When I went outside, I saw that the area was full of villagers.
"Village chief, should we go and drive them away?"
"Yes, we all brought our weapons, we're not afraid of them causing trouble." These were the words of a few young men who seemed to thrive on chaos.
But as soon as they finished speaking, their family members grabbed their ears and pulled them aside. "You brat, what are you saying? Just listen quietly. Kids have ears but not mouths."
"Be gentle, your ears are about to fall off." The arrogant voice just moments before immediately became humble and submissive.
A burst of laughter came from the side, which softened the tense atmosphere.
Second Grandfather and the others also looked at Sicheng and the others, wanting to hear their decision.
Si Cheng hadn't expected the villagers to be so impatient this time, and he immediately told everyone the results of their discussion.
"I believe everyone knows what happened last night, and you must be feeling angry. But this is something we can't avoid going forward. Even if we drive these people away now, other people will come one after another."
All the villagers seemed to be deep in thought when they heard Si Cheng continue, "But we don't welcome those who caused trouble last night to stay outside the village. We'll drive them away in a moment."
“Are we supposed to keep an eye on the mountain for them every day from now on? How long will our village have to do this thankless task?” Some people didn’t think that simply driving these people away would solve the problem.
Si Cheng also provided an answer to this question, "You don't need to worry about that. We will notify those who want to stay outside for a long time to go up the mountain and find some thorns to fence off the area. After watering and irrigating for a period of time, once the thorns have grown, we believe the wild animals on the mountain will not come down. As for the man-made disasters, we can't worry about them. They will have to rely on themselves in the future."
“This is a good idea,” Second Grandfather and the others thought this was the best solution at present. “With thorns as a protective barrier, at least we can stop those wild animals. In the future, when these thorns grow, they will form a natural barrier.”
"However, this also has a drawback, which is that these thorns reproduce too quickly. If we don't control them, it won't be long before the area is completely covered by them, and then it will be troublesome to clean them up." This was a problem that Si Cheng had thought of that morning.
"Then let them plant the thorns further away. That way, they might be able to clear some wasteland. Otherwise, making them go up the mountain every day to find wild vegetables and mushrooms to make a living is not a long-term solution." My second grandfather and the others have been thinking about how these people outside the village will make a living in the future.
They had originally hoped to make a living by fishing on the lake, but given their current skill level, that seemed unlikely.
However, there isn't suitable land nearby for planting. They could build a terraced field like Xin San Village, but the mountainous terrain here is far inferior to that area. Otherwise, Xin San Village wouldn't have chosen that side instead of being built near Pinghe Village.
However, if we use thorns as a barrier, we can clear some land around the barrier. This way, we can prevent the thorns from spreading and still get some harvest.
While a meeting was being held in the village, Old Zhao and the others outside the village were anxious to go to Pinghe Village to ask what was going on.
Ever since those people violently kicked down the door last night, Old Zhao and his men had a bad feeling, fearing that they had angered Pinghe Village this time.
They even wondered if they could drive all of them away.
They finally made it to dawn, and it was almost time to help them install the steel pillars, but there was still no sign of anything happening in Pinghe Village.
Everyone became anxious, but no one dared to ask.
As time went on, everyone became more and more anxious. Was this thing, which was about to succeed, going to fail at the last minute?
"Uncle Zhao, should we go over and ask?" Wang Qiang was the first to lose patience; waiting for the sentencing was the most unbearable time.
"Sigh, let's wait and see. No news is good news." Old Zhao sighed. It was only with great difficulty that both sides had started to coexist peacefully, but unexpectedly, those people caused such a commotion, and everything was back to square one.
"Those guys who led the kicking down the door left early this morning, probably afraid of being retaliated against later. But they left us with a mess. We can't let them come back next time." Wang Qiang was furious when he said this. "These cowards, if they're so capable, they shouldn't have provoked us and then run away, pretending we don't know what they're up to."
"Uncle Zhao, if Village Chief Si doesn't help us, then all our hard work will have been for nothing." Chen Xudong thought about how he had been working day and night to tie up the iron pillar, and he was worried that it might all come to nothing in the end.
"What we should be worried about now is whether they'll take their anger out on us. After all, so many of us surrounding this village entrance are putting a lot of pressure on them." Old Zhao looked at the gate of Pinghe Village. Apart from the guards on the wall, there was no movement at all. "Let's wait and see."
After saying his last few words, Old Zhao turned around to check the traps he had set yesterday. No matter what the harvest was, they were the hope of him and his grandson.
The people who had gathered there sighed when they saw Old Zhao leave, and went to find their food for the day.
Perhaps influenced by Old Zhao and his group, or perhaps feeling that some people had gone too far yesterday, the entrance to Pinghe Village was no longer as noisy as usual. Everyone was moving quietly, afraid that the noise they made would provoke further dissatisfaction from the villagers.
Standing on the observation platform, Huang Suicheng looked at the cautious people below and felt a pang of sadness. If his family hadn't chosen this place, they might be in the same situation as them now.
"This damned world, people have become so humble." Huang Suicheng told Liu Zhijian to watch the movements of the people below the wall; they both knew what these people were worried about.
"There's nothing we can do about it. Our village is only so big, and it can't accommodate so many people. Besides, some of them really went too far last night. There are quite a few people with ulterior motives mixed in here."
Liu Zhijian was not as sentimental as Huang Suicheng. In his opinion, Huang Suicheng, this university professor, had probably read too many books and become stupid. He didn't understand the ugliness of human nature in some people in reality at all, and he was not as insightful as his wife, Dr. Xia.
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