Now, the man stood beside Yin Lan, watching her intently, listening to her speak, nodding occasionally, and even smiling at the end.
Widow Ye was almost furious.
You're so smug now, but wait until you get hit by a wild boar, then we'll see how arrogant you'll still be.
The preparations for the pig slaughtering team proceeded smoothly, with villagers spontaneously helping out, some cutting down trees and others whittling wood. Soon, they had gathered about a hundred logs.
The ten members of the pig slaughtering team each carried ten poles, and also brought their own hoes, shovels, and other iron objects that could be used as weapons. The villagers also contributed a lot, and everyone carried a load.
The pig-slaughtering team, Yin Lan, and the village head were about to head up into the village in a grand procession.
Some villagers even wiped away tears, because they felt that they might never come back.
Some people said that since the wild boar incident had caused such a big fuss, why didn't they wait for the county to send troops down instead of going up themselves?
Just then, a man rushed back from outside the village, panting, and said, "My wife went back to Changmao Village early this morning." His wife had married into the village from Changmao. "She went back to tell us about the situation here and give the family a heads-up, but she found out that the situation in Changmao Village was even more serious. The village head of Changmao Village went to the county town early this morning to explain the wild boar attack, but when he came back, he said that the county magistrate said that not a single penny of the taxes owed could be reduced, and a group of refugees had come from outside. The county soldiers were busy fighting them, and the county magistrate was in a hurry to go to other places to get reinforcements. He couldn't take care of this at all."
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