Jiang Qinyu smiled and said, "I was overthinking it."
With the current manpower and resources, it is indeed very difficult to open up such a road, but it is not without options.
However, the risk factor is too high and the manpower required is also too large, so it is not suitable for the current situation.
“Sigh,” Village Chief Li patted his chest, “Look at you, I thought you wanted us to build a road underground back to the village!”
Jiang Qinyu thought to herself, "That's exactly what I was thinking, and I already have a plan in mind, but unfortunately, the current situation doesn't allow it."
In her past life, in order to go against her scumbag father who was cheating on her with multiple women, she randomly chose an engineering technology major in college, and blasting technology was just a small part of her professional skills.
With grain in hand and no worries in his heart, Village Chief Li led everyone back to the cave where they had rested earlier. He waved his hand and said, "You all get a good night's sleep. I reckon the villagers will be here tomorrow night. Let's rest for half a day tomorrow!"
They had been working hard for several days, and if they didn't get a proper rest, Village Chief Li felt that his old bones would soon fall apart.
But in reality, Village Chief Li is not even forty years old. He got married early, and his three sons got married early because the family was well-off. So at his age, he is already a grandfather of two children.
Jiang Qinyu had no objection to this. She hadn't had a proper sleep since arriving here, so this was a good opportunity to catch up on her sleep.
...
While Jiang Qinyu and the others slept soundly, Dingshui Village remained brightly lit all night, with many people still awake until the next morning.
Chen Shao and the village elders gathered together to discuss how to deal with the wild goats and tigers. Liu Yazi went from house to house calling on the old women to boil water and remove the fur.
When they returned, Village Chief Li roughly said that Chen Shao and Liu Yazi were responsible for handling and keeping an eye on the game they brought back, and that they would divide it up after everyone had returned.
"Most of these sheep are intact, but we need to figure out a way to remove their hides properly," an old man said, stroking his beard.
Chen Shao quickly said, "Grandpa Jiang, Sister-in-law Lu said that wool is a good thing, so we should keep it too."
"What does she need the wool for?" Grandpa Jiang asked Chen Shao, puzzled.
Chen Shao shrugged. "I don't know either, but Sister-in-law Lu is an educated person, so it would definitely be useful to her if she wanted it."
"Alright, we'll keep it for her." Grandpa Jiang nodded.
They had all heard that the eldest daughter-in-law of the Lu family deserved great credit for bringing back so much game and a lot of grain this time.
These days, wherever Chen Shao and Liu Yazi go, they never forget to say something like, "My sister-in-law Lu is amazing."
When Chen took Shufan and Pan'er out, the village children became much more enthusiastic towards them.
"What should we do with this tiger?" someone asked, pointing to the tiger that had been hacked to a gruesome state.
Everyone was terrified at the time, so after the tiger was caught in the net, apart from Meng Tianze and Li Dachui shooting, the rest of them went up and slashed wildly.
Grandpa Jiang stamped his foot in anguish, "What a bunch of idiots! Do they even know how much silver a whole tiger skin is worth? They just chopped it up like that! When Jiang Dacheng comes back, I'm going to give him a good beating!"
Chen Shao quickly explained on everyone's behalf, "Grandpas, don't be angry. You have no idea how dangerous the situation was. We had just dealt with these wild goats when the tiger came. Everyone was exhausted at that time. If it weren't for Sister-in-law Lu keeping us calm, we might have been in serious trouble..."
He embellished the story and recounted it again, until the group of old men were stunned and stopped talking.
"Anyway, this tiger was an unexpected bonus. Uncle Village Chief said we should keep as many as we can, and we shouldn't think about selling it for money. Let's get through this disaster year first," Chen Shao said, still feeling quite pleased with himself.
He can brag about his three-day experience in the mountains for the rest of his life.
After arranging the water, Liu Yazi sat down to rest and asked, "Gentlemen, have the people going up the mountain been taken care of? We need to get them up the mountain as soon as possible; Uncle Village Chief and the others are waiting!"
"You brat, do you think your grandpa is more capable than you? It was all arranged long ago. This time, it was your Uncle Zheng who led the men into the mountains. He was injured in Qinggang Mountain before, but he's recovered these past few days. When he saw you guys come back yesterday, he couldn't wait to rush into the mountains last night." Grandpa Jiang raised his hand to hit him.
Zheng San was an outsider in Dingshui Village, but the Zheng family was kind and easy to get along with, and had a good reputation in the village. Moreover, Zheng San was as strong as Lu Yanzheng. When they went to Qinggang Mountain to seize grain, he was one of the main forces and was also the most seriously injured.
However, since they were all superficial injuries and the patients were young and strong, they recovered almost completely in just three days.
Liu Yazi dodged slightly. "Grandpa, please take it easy. I was just asking. If you hurt me, our village will be missing a young man to guard it!"
"You little rascal!"
Everyone pointed at Liu Yazi and burst into laughter.
“Speaking of this,” Chen Shao suddenly said, “before I came back, Uncle Village Chief and Sister-in-law Lu told us to be careful. At that time, the leader of Qinggang Mountain ran away. Has anything unusual happened in the village these past three days?”
“We’re worried too, but we haven’t let our guard down at all these past few days. There are patrols day and night, and we haven’t found anything unusual,” Grandpa Jiang said, frowning.
Another old man muttered, "If you ask me, you're just being too cautious. That one-eyed leader doesn't even know who we are, so how can he retaliate?"
“Yes,” someone immediately chimed in, “I heard he was injured at the time. It takes time to recover, right? He might have been crippled and wouldn’t have been able to come to us at all!”
Chen Shao frowned, then looked at the old men seriously. "Gentlemen, you can't say that. It's always good to be careful. Remember how we were caught off guard by the people from Qinggang Mountain? We can't make that mistake again."
“Ah Shao is right, folks, we have to tell everyone in the village about this. We can’t let outsiders have a chance to harm us.” Liu Yazi nodded in agreement.
The old men looked at each other, and then Grandpa Jiang spoke up, "Alright, we'll listen to you young people. How about we build two... you know, lookout towers at the village entrance?"
“It’s not impossible, that thing can be set up quickly,” Liu Yazi pondered, looking towards the village entrance, “Why don’t we also put some traps or something on the only road leading into the village…”
Once this line of thinking took hold, everyone's enthusiasm was immediately ignited. Thus, unbeknownst to Jiang Qinyu, Dingshui Village was developing into an impregnable fortress, which also won a crucial turning point for the impending crisis.
Let's return to Jiang Qinyu's side.
On this rare day, Jiang Qinyu woke up earlier than Village Chief Li and the others, mainly because the snoring from the cave next door was too noisy. Combined with the birdsong outside the cave, Jiang Qinyu couldn't pretend she didn't hear it.
But this also shows how tired Village Chief Li and his team have been these past few days. Once they relax, they can sleep soundly until the sun sets.
After tidying up, Jiang Qinyu tiptoed out of her small cave, intending to find a new water source.
"Sister-in-law, where are you going?" Meng Tianze's voice suddenly came from behind.
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