Rebirth of Shuangshu

Chapter 103
When Lin Xiaoxiao left Niu Shou Mountain, the villagers had already moved to live in Taoyuan.When Hu Zigui and his party left, they even told the village chief not to move back to the village for a while.

Everyone has lived in the cave for a long time, and they have realized the benefits of being warm in winter and cool in summer, so they don't really want to move out.

Later, when spring came, the village head took everyone to farm outside Taoyuan.

There is not much land suitable for farming in Taoyuan. There are only a few acres in total, all of which are planted with sweet potatoes.Millet and other crops still need to be reclaimed and cultivated outside the Taoyuan.

At first, the sweet potato vines in the village were exchanged by Lin Xiaoxiao from space.She taught everyone how to save seeds and raise seedlings.Now the village has their own sweet potato seedlings, which they can grow by themselves.

The environment of Niu Shou Mountain is much better than other mountains.There are many types of vegetation here, and there are sufficient spring water on the mountain, so irrigation and drinking can be guaranteed.

Later, the weather with high temperature and little rain appeared, and the impact on Niu Shou Mountain was not particularly great.It just requires people to go farther to carry water to irrigate the fields.

At this time, Gongshugou's family moved to Niushou Mountain.

Because of the severe drought, Jicheng lacked water.

Hua Guo wants to pay compensation to South Korea, and the officials will pass the money on to the Chinese people in the city.Poll tax, all kinds of miscellaneous taxes, have more than doubled.The worst thing is that the government stipulates that those who fail to pay taxes will be directly converted into slaves.

Wooden bicycles are limited by craftsmanship and production time, so it is difficult to increase a large amount of income in a short period of time.The franchise store model has also been saturated around Jicheng, and there have been no new stores for a long time.

Gongshu Gou saw that the head tax of the whole family was not paid in full.Never give up individual family members and make them slaves.

In the end, Gongshu Gou was so heartless that he closed the shop and left.

It can be seen from this that the war between Swimming Country and South Korea had a great impact on Swimming Country.Not only is the compensation paid to people, but the key is to cause long-term losses to the population and development of the major cities in the country.

Gongshugou left Jicheng, followed by a group of disciples and their families.It's all because I can't live in the city anymore.

Gongshugou brought a dozen people to Niushou Mountain.It also brought the latest news from outside the village.

Only then did the villagers know that the outside world had turned upside down.The food shortage caused by the drought is so severe that people are already starving to death.

This kind of situation is unbelievable in previous years. I only heard that people died in winter before, but it turns out that people will die in spring as well.

In fact, the drought would not have reached this point. The key is that the officials sold the grain reserves, leaving no buffer time.

In addition, there are several mountains in Huaguo that are less affected by the drought, such as Niu Shou Mountain.If the government can organize people to use these mountains, it can also alleviate part of the impact.It's just that the nobles of the Hua Kingdom only thought about protecting themselves, and didn't even think about helping the common people.

Knowing the situation outside, everyone began to prepare for the long-term seclusion in the cave.

Gongshugou and others first lived in idle houses in the village, and while farming with the villagers, they dug holes in Taoyuan.

In June, a batch of millet was snapped up.It was not yet harvest time, but it has not rained for a long time, and the mountain is still affected.After discussing with the village elders, the village head decided to harvest ahead of schedule.

Although the harvest has been reduced by nearly half, it is enough to provide enough food for these people on the mountain this year.And there are spare sweet potatoes, enough for the villagers of Niu Shou Mountain to eat without leaving the mountain.

What really affected Niushou Mountain was the slave hunting team.

Around the middle of June, the slave hunting team came to the outskirts of Tancheng.There is more than one slave hunting team, including official ones and private ones from nobles.

With luck, the official slave catchers were able to redeem people with money and goods.

With bad luck, the aristocratic slave hunting team will snatch people and belongings together.

The village chief had the foresight, and clever young people went down the mountain to inquire about the situation every day.After learning that there was a slave hunting team at the foot of the mountain, they immediately decided to close Taoyuan.

All people and supplies were transferred to Taoyuan, and then the passage between the village and Taoyuan was sealed with gravel and mud.

In this way, the only way to get in and out of Taoyuan is the back mountain.That passage was narrow and long, easy to block and easy to defend.

The village chief's decision was too decisive and too timely.

Not long after the passage was blocked, a slave-catching team came to Niu Shou Mountain.

This group of people is not from the official family, and they don't know if they come from a certain noble family.After failing to catch the villagers, they actually occupied Niu Shou Mountain, quite like occupying the mountain as king.

They used the village as their base and occupied the houses of the villagers.The original fence of the village was strengthened, and Niushou Mountain was transformed into a cottage.

This approach coincided with Lin Xiaoxiao's original idea.It also matched what Axiu's father said.

Because of the appearance of this slave hunting team, the villagers became more cautious in Taoyuan.

I usually keep my voice down when I speak, and I don’t speak if I can’t.Also try to reduce the number of fire cooking.

For this reason, the village only cooks rice once a day.The original three meals a day were changed to two meals, and the afternoon meal was served cold.

"Where's the water? Is it boiled?" Lin Xiaoxiao asked eagerly.

"Everything you drink is boiled," the village head replied. "Shannv said that water must be boiled before drinking. We all remember it."

After listening to the village chief's narration, Lin Xiaoxiao let go of the big stone in her heart.

Now the food and medicinal materials stored in the village are sufficient.

There are only two problems: the slave hunting team in the village, and the springs in Taoyuan have less water.

In contrast, the second question is more important.

There are two natural springs in Taoyuan, and there is no problem in supplying drinking water for the whole village.However, after half a year of no rainfall, the water output from the two springs began to decrease.

In order to protect the spring from pollution, the villagers built wooden houses on the spring to protect the spring inside the house.

Lin Xiaoxiao is not a real god, so she can't increase the water in the spring.But she has a lot of drinks, spring water, ice cubes, fruits, etc. in her warehouse. The only problem with these things is the storage after they are taken out.

Lin Xiaoxiao slapped her head, regretting that she forgot to build an ice cellar in Taoyuan.

Without an ice cellar, Lin Xiaoxiao could only put her things in a cooler cave.If the cave is filled up, the water will probably last the villagers for about a month, as long as they save on drinking.

Fortunately, the spring is not completely dry.

It would be better if it rained within a month.If it doesn't rain after a month, then Taoyuan won't be able to stay.

But the whole country is suffering from drought, and Niu Shou Mountain has been less affected. Where can we go if we leave here?
Lin Xiaoxiao thought for a while and said to the village chief: "I have taken the edict from the emperor, and I can find a place as a fief. Now I am traveling around the world and want to settle down in a suitable place. If you are willing, wait until I find a suitable place. I will bring everyone to live in the fief."

"Yes," the village chief wanted to kneel down, but was stopped by Lin Xiaoxiao, his eyes were a little moist and he said, "If Meng Shannv never abandons me, we would like to follow Shannv from generation to generation."

What the village chief said was really the truth of the whole village.

Everyone is superstitious.When following Lin Xiaoxiao, adversity can always be turned into good luck, and the villagers have experienced it firsthand.

This matter is settled for the time being.All the villagers have to do is to stay in Taoyuan as long as possible, waiting for Lin Xiaoxiao to come again.

"I came here in a hurry today, so I can only leave some water and food for you. The slave hunting team in the village, let me find out the truth, and you wait for me for now."

"Do you want Mei Ya Wu Yong and the others to follow?"

"No, it's safer for me to come and go alone."

After saying this, Lin Xiaoxiao teleported away.

From Taoyuan, teleportation to the outer village is only a hundred meters away, and it will consume five points.Lin Xiaoxiao didn't feel distressed after spending too many points tonight.

The transmitted location was under the tree in front of her original house.It happened that the shadow of the tree covered the moonlight and covered Lin Xiaoxiao's figure.

Lin Xiaoxiao's house is at the highest point of the village.It's just that her house was built later, and she went to Huaguo's capital city after she didn't live for long.The house was probably left unused afterward, and it looked a bit dilapidated.

Probably because of this, the slave catchers didn't take a fancy to this house, and didn't even bother to put the sundries here.

It was nearly midnight now, some people had gone to sleep, and some people were drinking and playing around in the house, only two or three people were guarding the fence.

It may be too safe, there are no patrols in the village.The people in the guard tower were also sleeping soundly with their big knives in their arms.

It has been a month since this slave hunting team appeared.And these people don't intend to leave yet, and even have the intention of staying here for a long time.

Lin Xiaoxiao felt that there seemed to be some problems with this slave hunting team.

Lin Xiaoxiao changed into black at this time, and when she put on the hood of the hoodie, she turned into a nightcrawler.Creeping, hiding in the shadows and weaving.Hide under a window at the back of the house and eavesdrop.

Lin Xiaoxiao came here in a wretched way.There is no way, she is not a professional in espionage, so she can only come here based on feeling.

After some inquiring, Lin Xiaoxiao concluded the identities of these people: These people are not Hua people at all, but Koreans disguised as Hua people.

The Koreans bought an aristocrat from the country of Hua.Under the banner of that nobleman, these people searched for property and captured slaves in the territory of Huaguo.

These people were originally soldiers in the South Korean army, more valiant than half of the slave hunting team, and had never met an opponent, so they were so arrogant that they didn't send people to watch the night.

Today, only half of the original slave-catching team live in Niu Shou Mountain, and the other half is escorting the captured slaves to South Korea.

That is to say, now there are only slave catchers here, no outsiders.

They were right.The fence in front blocked the enemies from outside.It's a pity they don't know that the enemy is coming from behind.

Since the belongings of these people are ill-gotten gains, Lin Xiaoxiao will not be polite.

Perhaps these people were so trusting of each other that the doors of all the houses were left unlocked.This is convenient for Lin Xiaoxiao.

She walked from house to house, putting everything she could get into the warehouse.Don't pick and choose, try to loot everything.

Lin Xiaoxiao found that the wells in the village had dried up.

These people did not know where to get a jar of water wine, and directly took the water wine as water to drink.No wonder everyone slept so hard.

Water wine is of course better preserved than water.Lin Xiaoxiao didn't want to leave them alone.

Lin Xiaoxiao even touched their warehouse.

There are boxes of gold, silver and jewelry inside, and there are even bronze wares.Lin Xiaoxiao didn't know how to distinguish the purpose of the bronze wares, so she only guessed that this group of people probably robbed the big family.

In line with the purpose of not letting go or missing, Lin Xiaoxiao emptied their warehouse directly.

Those who were drinking and playing also fell asleep, and Lin Xiaoxiao didn't let them go.

In the middle of the night, around two o'clock in the morning.

The whole village can only hear the sound of insects and snoring one after another.

Lin Xiaoxiao came to the center of the village contentedly.

There was a flat land, originally empty, and occasionally the villagers would light a bonfire and eat barbecue or hot pot here.

Now there is a huge pyre here.All the firewood these people burnt is taken from here.

It seems that for them, no rain is good.All the firewood was placed in the open air.

Lin Xiaoxiao squinted her eyes, and decided to leave a memorial for these people.

Lin Xiaoxiao took out a few plastic bags from the warehouse.The plastic bag used to be at home, and now it contains pollen.

These pollen are colorful, red, yellow, purple, and so on.She collected it from a wildling village.

These pollen are usually used as dyes.Lin Xiaoxiao took it away and wanted to try dyeing cloth.

The pollen also serves another purpose.If several kinds are mixed together and ignited, the pollen releases a very exciting gas.

Certain wildling tribes use it in ceremonies to achieve certain purposes.

Lin Xiaoxiao put on a mask and scattered several bags of pollen on the woodpile.

When the group of Koreans wake up at dawn, they will first find that everything around them has disappeared, only the clothes they are wearing are left.Later, when they searched, they would find that all their hard-earned money was gone.

When they gather together, they will find that the pyre has become colorful again.The more dazzling the color, the more it stimulates their nerves and gives them a greater impact.

When they fell asleep, the things around them disappeared, and there were more inexplicable things.

I really want to see their frightened faces with my own eyes.

The reality is more effective than Lin Xiaoxiao expected.

When these people woke up and found that the things around them were missing, they thought they had recruited thieves at first.They thought someone had put drugs in their drinks, and that's why they were all in a coma.

But when they found the woodpile, they thought it was the ghosts in the mountains.

Someone checked the colored pollen on the firewood: "What kind of powder is this, so bright in color? It must be left by the mountain elves and wild monsters."

Someone made an association: "Do you still remember the scene when we first entered this village? The house and everything in the room are all intact, but there is no one, not even a corpse."

Someone went on to say: "At that time, there were no footprints in the village, and it didn't look like someone was evacuating in a hurry."

Some people continued to think: "Could it be possible that the villagers who used to live here were all captured by mountain spirits and wild monsters?"

"Oh, our things must have been taken away by the wild monsters, and they will catch us next. I heard that the people who were eaten by the monsters don't even have bones left."

"The color on these firewood must be the mark made by the mountain monster, and it will follow the mark to find us."

"Shut up!" The leader of the slave hunting team yelled, "Come here, light a fire, and burn all these firewood, all of them."

(End of this chapter)