Martial Arts: Start by Obtaining the Wild World

Chapter 36 0036 When disaster strikes, everyone has their own thoughts

Jinqiao Village is a small village with a total of 56 households and 231 people.

The Jin family is from this village, with 26 households; there are 13 Li families, 16 Chen families and only one Cheng family with five people.

As the village chief and the current clan leader, Jin Fumin has considerable prestige and power.

He asked someone to notify the Jin clan members in the village in order to discuss and arrange some new decisions.

As for the people with other surnames, such as Li and Chen, he did not notify them. Even Cheng Guanghai, who only had one household, would not be notified after seeing what happened this morning.

While everyone was discussing, Jin Fumin looked at them and coughed. When everyone quieted down and looked at him, he slowly said:
"Everyone, you should all be aware of the situation in the village. Today, refugees are attacking the village, which is a very bad phenomenon.

This means that our village is beginning to face external dangers. In my opinion, this situation will become more and more frequent.

I estimate that there is not much food left in your homes. Now a large number of refugees have gathered outside the county town, and entering and leaving the city are greatly restricted. In addition, the prices of rice, flour and meat have skyrocketed, and the price changes every day.

So we have to save ourselves and ensure that our Jin clan can continue to survive!"

Hearing this, a member of the Jin clan raised his hand and asked, "Clan leader, what should we do next? Shouldn't we notify the people with the surnames Li and Chen? After all, they are from the same village."

Before Jin Fumin could speak, his son Jin Detian spoke first.

"Not for now. The purpose of calling you here today is closely related to your life and safety. I'm sure you don't want to put your own safety in the hands of outsiders, right?"

Jin Detian has never had a good impression of people with other surnames. He always feels that these people with other surnames took away their unique resources and wealth after coming to Jinqiao Village.

He also didn't understand why his father agreed to accept these people.

However, as the future village chief and the future successor to the clan leader, he is still able to be decent to these outsiders in the village.

But in this special period, he doesn't trust that people from other families will work closely with the Jin family.

Jin Fumin nodded, and seeing that no one objected, he continued:

“Although we have lived together for more than ten or twenty years, we should be treated specially in special times. The purpose is to ensure the continuation of the bloodline of the Jin clan!
Our next goal is to protect our own families. Tomorrow, I will count all the men in the village and assign them jobs.

The Jin clan members went into the mountains to hunt, while the other clan members patrolled the village to protect it.”

Jin Deshui on the right was a little confused: "Dad, why not the other way around?
"After two days in the mountains, three people died and five were injured. This is really dangerous."

Seeing the other people also looking at him inquiringly, Jin Fumin said slowly:

“Yes, it is more dangerous in the mountains, but our goal is not this, but meat!
When you go hunting in the mountains, you can hide some of the meat outside the mountains, and then take it back at night and distribute it to each family. What you bring back during the day will be distributed to all the families in the village, so that we can get more.

We must now use all means to store food and ensure that our Jin clan can survive. Do you understand?"

At the end of his speech, Jin Fumin glanced at his two sons.

The two sons followed suit.

Hearing this method that was beneficial to all of them, the Jin clan members had no objection.

"Also, what happened tonight must not be revealed to anyone. Anyone who reveals it will be expelled from the family tree!"

Now, everyone's faces became serious.

Being removed from the family tree is already the most severe punishment!

"Don't worry, Chief! If anyone dares to reveal it and let my family starve, I will kill him!"

This matter concerns the life and death of the family, and the person who spoke first had a fierce look in his eyes.

Now, the others also expressed their opinions.

……

In the south of the village, where the Li surname area is located, several people were also gathered in one of the houses.

"Brother Ming, many people with the surname Jin went to the village chief's house tonight. We didn't receive any notification. It seems that something is being hidden from us."

The leader, Li Ming, a middle-aged man in his forties, said calmly:

"There's nothing much to say. These past two years have been difficult, and almost exhausted everyone's patience. When disaster strikes, everyone will run for their own lives. No matter what they discuss, we must be prepared."

"How?" asked another.

Li Ming was silent for a moment, then whispered:

"I guess the Chen family is also discussing the refugee issue today. The Jin family has more people than us. In this case, we can try to contact the Chen family first to see if we can cooperate. If we join forces, even if the Jin family wants to do something, they won't dare to use their power to overwhelm them.

The people who died in the past two days were all from our Li and Chen families. Not only did the Jin family not show any reaction, they also had hidden thoughts. Using this as an excuse, the possibility of our cooperation is not small."

Someone asked, "What about Cheng Guanghai? Although they are just one family, both father and son are good hunters, especially the boy in his family, who has quite a lot of skills."

Li Ming thought for a moment and said, "Together! As long as he has power, it's worth winning over. If he doesn't want to, forget it. I'll go ask him in person later."

...

East of the village, Chenjia area.

Just as Li Ming guessed.

When some people saw that the people with the surname Jin were going to the village chief's house, they also had their own ideas and decided to go to the house of the more prestigious Chen family.

The invasion of other villages and the impact of refugees made each family have different thoughts.

It seems that the originally united village was just an illusion.

Half an hour later, Cheng Guanghai, who was cleaning dirt at home in a corner on the east side of the village, heard a knock on the door.

In the main room, Cheng Zhou, who was full of worry, heard the knock on the door and stood up immediately. She hurried to the yard and saw her husband coming out of the warehouse.

"Who?" Cheng Guanghai gestured to his wife.

Cheng Zhou nodded in understanding and took the two children into the inner room.

Cheng Guanghai knew that it was not his son knocking on the door.

"Brother Cheng, it's me, Li Ming."

A slightly heavy voice was heard.

Cheng Guanghai's face paused.

Of course he knew Li Ming, but he didn't know what he was doing at his house at this time.

But since you are here, there is no reason to turn you away.

He immediately brushed off the dirt on his body and went over to open the door.

"Brother Ming, why are you so sudden? Come in and sit down."

Li Ming hadn't come to see him at night, which made Cheng Guanghai a little confused. But he guessed it was related to what happened today.

Li Ming didn't stay outside either and walked inside.

Cheng Guanghai glanced outside and closed the door casually.

"Are my brothers-in-law and nephews asleep?"

Cheng Guanghai rubbed his hands in the wooden barrel in the yard to wash off the dirt on his hands, and replied:

"Yeah, sitting there is also a waste of energy. It's better to go to bed early to avoid being hungry early."

Li Ming nodded without commenting:

"That's right, my family is the same. There's nothing to eat, so I can only save my energy."

Entering the main room, Cheng Guanghai asked Li Ming to pour a cup of guava tea, and after sitting down, he asked:

"Brother Ming, is there something urgent here?"

Li Ming took a sip of tea and looked at the tea in his hand with some surprise: "What kind of tea is it? It's quite good."

Cheng Guanghai smiled and said, "My son got some leaves from the mountains, dried them and used them to make tea. It's really delicious and quenches your thirst."

Li Ming put down the cup in his hand, laughed and praised: "Zong Yang is great. Not only has he learned your skills at such a young age, but he has also surpassed you. As a father, you gave birth to a good son. Who wouldn't envy the Cheng family for having a good son?"

Hearing this, Cheng Guanghai couldn't hide his smile and waved his hands: "No, it's Yang'er who is more motivated. As a father, I don't have much to teach him. But your Kunhe is the same now. He can stand on his own. By the way, I heard that he is getting married soon? What date..."

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