Once everyone was seated, the village chief began to introduce himself.
"Greetings, leaders. My name is Mo Hua, and I am the village chief of this chicken village."
Liu Xiaogang also hurriedly introduced himself.
"Hello, Village Chief Mo! My name is Liu Xiaogang, and I'm here to carry out rural poverty alleviation work in your village."
"Hello, Mr. Liu! Hello, Mr. Liu!"
"Mr. Liu, have you eaten yet? If not, I'll have someone prepare something for you."
After I finished speaking, I got up to call someone to prepare a meal for them.
Liu Xiaogang stopped them in time, "Village chief, village chief, we're not hungry yet, let's talk about something important first."
"Oh, right, right, right." Village Chief Mo nodded several times with a smile and then sat back down on the bench.
Liu Xiaogang glanced at Sun Hai, exchanged a look with him, and then smiled and spoke to the village chief.
"Well, Village Chief Mo, if we want to carry out poverty alleviation, we need to start with the actual situation of this village."
Could you please tell me some basic information about this village?
Village Chief Mo nodded several times.
"Our village, just like its name suggests, is mainly about raising chickens in every household."
Almost everyone raises one or two chickens, and some even raise more than a dozen.
"Also, our village has a population of about fifty-odd people. Although it's not a large number, there are quite a few young people, including more than a dozen strong young men who can work."
The village chief explained the entire village to everyone in detail, including the average wealth per person, the harvest this year, and even the dogs kept by the villagers.
Ye Ciqing was utterly bored by what he heard, and listlessly observed the house with his head drooping.
Suddenly, he noticed someone peeking at him from outside the window.
She was a pretty, pure-looking girl who looked about the same age as me.
The girl quickly pulled her head back when she realized that Ye Ciqing had discovered her.
Ye Ciqing curled his lips into a wicked smile and tossed his hair in a very flamboyant manner.
It seems my charm is truly irresistible; even the little girls in this small village can't resist it.
He crossed his legs, struck what he thought was a very cool pose, and continued to exude his charm.
"Village Chief Mo, please wait a moment, may I ask you a few questions?"
Liu Xiaogang, who was also getting annoyed by what he was hearing, finally couldn't help but call a halt to the other person's conversation.
Village Chief Mo stopped rambling. "Go ahead and ask, sir."
Liu Xiaogang took a deep breath and organized his thoughts.
"Does your village have any culture or customs, such as worshipping certain gods or holding certain activities?"
The others also perked up instantly, eagerly awaiting Village Chief Mo's reply.
Village Chief Mo was stunned for a moment, then suddenly beamed with joy again.
"Boss, that's a great question! Besides raising chickens, the most distinctive feature of our village is its culture!"
He slapped his thigh and began to tell everyone with great enthusiasm.
“Our village worships the true God.”
"A true god?" Liu Xiaogang frowned and looked at the village chief with a puzzled expression.
The village chief continued to explain, "This is truly a god! This god really exists!"
I've seen it before!
The village chief of Mo Village looked very confident.
But this aroused suspicion among the others. Their years of experience in carrying out missions led them to conclude that the "god" the village chief spoke of was definitely not simple.
"Could you elaborate on this god?"
Liu Xiaogang narrowed his eyes and asked again.
The village chief continued to answer, his spittle almost landing on Liu Xiaogang's face as he spoke.
"This god is in the valley not far from our village. He usually doesn't come out to see people. He's very mysterious."
His only notable trait is his love of food, especially rice wine and chicken!
Every month, we send some people to offer sacrifices to Him.
Then God will use His divine power to protect our village.
The members of the investigation team exchanged glances, nodded simultaneously, and stood up.
"Village chief, well, we won't bother you any longer. I've got everything sorted out here, it's time for me to go."
He started to walk towards the door, but the village chief grabbed him.
"No, boss, look how late it is, let's have dinner before we leave."
"Oh, really, no need. We have something urgent to attend to."
Liu Xiaogang pulled his hand back and quickened his pace.
Just then, a rumbling sound came from the crowd.
Everyone froze, their eyes turning to Xinglan, who was clutching her stomach.
Xinglan gave an awkward laugh, "I'm a little hungry..."
Hearing this from behind the crowd, the village chief hurriedly invited them, "Yes, you all look hungry, why don't you have a meal here?"
"I want to eat too."
With Hera, the team's darling, already speaking up, Liu Xiaogang looked at Sun Hai, unsure of what to do.
Sun Hai was actually a little hesitant. Logically speaking, it would be better to observe here for a few more days.
But he was afraid that the villagers were up to something and could endanger the safety of others.
Seeing that they were wavering, the village chief pressed his advantage, "Don't worry, the food in our village is pretty good, and if you want to stay longer, you can stay here overnight."
Tomorrow happens to be the day we go to offer sacrifices to the gods.
"Um?!"
"Can we go with them?" Liu Xiaogang asked excitedly, and the others all looked at Village Chief Mo.
The village chief was startled by them.
"Yes, that's fine, as long as you don't do anything disrespectful to God."
"Okay, we'll spend the night here."
Without further hesitation, Sun Hai answered for Liu Xiaogang.
"Oh, that's good." The village chief smiled kindly and led everyone to a relatively large empty house.
"Xiao Hua! Quickly prepare food for our distinguished guests!"
Once inside the house, the village chief called out to the door.
"Coming!" a clear, energetic girl's voice replied.
Then a girl with jet-black hair and a pure-looking face pushed open the door and entered.
Ye Ciqing raised an eyebrow and recognized the girl who had been spying on him.
Xiao Hua noticed Ye Ciqing's gaze and shyly looked away.
"Please have a seat, everyone... I'll go prepare the food."
After saying that, she ran into a huge kitchen and started calling on the others to get busy.
Watching her retreating figure, Ye Ciqing smiled again.
Seeing everyone just sitting there, the village chief felt a little embarrassed and scratched his head.
"Sorry, the food might take a while. If you'd like, you can take a stroll around the village."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone ran away in a flash.
"..."
"This village is quite large. We'll split up, but everyone must make sure there's someone with them and no one can act alone."
Do you understand?
"knew!"
Sun Hai nodded, and the special investigation team began investigating the village.
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