After listening to Li Jincheng's story, the village chief went back and forth, trying to come up with a solution to the problem. But even if he tried hard, he couldn't think of a way.
In the end, he had no choice but to sigh: "Hey... Jincheng, please get up. This is not your fault. Even if there is no Tiger King, our Lijia Village will probably not be able to survive this winter."
Although the village chief did not explain in detail why they could not survive this winter.
But those present knew full well why.
Because the tax day is coming soon.
The last time they paid taxes, they had to sell everything to make up for it. But even so, there are less than 30 adults left in the entire Lijia Village.
Plus, it hasn’t rained recently.
This season's harvest will definitely be affected.
At that time, if the taxes are not paid enough and the corvee cannot be exempted, and the remaining prime men are all captured and sent to serve, then their entire Lijia Village will be really finished.
What we are facing is not just as simple as starvation and cold.
There was also bullying from some rogue gangsters.
The fields you have worked so hard to cultivate in the coming year will eventually become someone else's wedding dress.
All kinds of tragedies followed one after another.
Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that Lijiacun is over.
"Village chief, I..."
Li Jincheng stood up, gritting his teeth and wanted to say something, but he was quickly interrupted by the village chief: "Since the monster wants to trap us, it might not be a bad thing for our village. At least... at least they You won’t watch us starve to death and freeze to death, right? Maybe we can live longer this way..."
The village chief's self-comfort made Li Jincheng feel even more guilty.
Da Zhuang's sister-in-law and Cuihua also felt sad.
Yang Yang was confused and didn't know what everyone was talking about.
At this moment, the villagers suddenly shouted from outside the house: "Er Gou is back! Er Gou is back! Er Gou is back with Mr. Huang and the Black Tiger Gang! They said they would help us deal with the monsters on the mountain. ah!!"
Several people in the room looked at each other.
After being stunned for a moment, the village chief said excitedly: "Let's go out and take a look!"
…
the other side.
The entrance of Lijia Village.
Li Ergou happily brought Huang Fugui and the Black Tiger Gang back to Lijiacun, shouting as they walked: "Master Huang has brought people to deal with the monsters! The elders of the Black Tiger Gang are all martial arts masters. We No need to be afraid of monsters anymore!”
After shouting, he did not forget to turn back to Huang Fugui and the Black Tiger Gang and express his gratitude: "Mr. Huang, all the men of the Black Tiger Gang, you are so meritorious. Your kindness to our Lijia Village will be remembered in our hearts. !”
Huang Fugui and the leader of the Black Tiger Gang were sitting on two chairs and sedans respectively.
The two chair cars have the same speed.
The two of them ignored Li Ergou who was leading the way and chatted to themselves.
Huang Fugui said with some worry: "Gang Leader Chen, Lijia Village is ahead. You and your brothers really have no problem dealing with monsters, right?"
Gang Leader Chen smiled heartily: "Hahahaha! Mr. Huang, you can rest assured. According to Li Ergou's story, those monsters are just monsters that have been incarnate for less than half a month. Such wild monsters are even passed down by the Immortal Family. None, at most it’s just that the speed and strength are stronger. For those of us who practice martial arts, it’s not a problem at all. Moreover, the advantages of our warriors don’t stop at this..."
As he said this, Gang Leader Chen turned his eyes to the side, which was a long wooden box that could only be lifted by the combined efforts of four gang members.
Contained inside is a Guandao, which is also his exclusive weapon.
Huang Fugui followed his gaze and thought, since Gang Leader Chen could handle such a heavy weapon, there should be no problem, so he felt relieved.
Soon, the group entered Lijia Village.
The villagers of Lijia Village began to gather here in twos and threes.
Among them were the village chief and Li Jincheng and his party.
Seeing the village chief and Li Jincheng walking together, Li Ergou was startled at first, and then greeted him excitedly: "Brother Jincheng! Are you okay? And Cuihua, Yangyang, are you okay too?"
The village chief said urgently: "Er Gou, don't talk about this yet. They are..."
Li Ergou reacted and quickly introduced everyone excitedly: "Village Chief, our Lijia Village is saved! This is Mr. Huang from the Huang Mansion in Xuanyang City. And this is Mr. Huang who hired a lot of money to help our Lijia Village annihilate The leader of the Black Tiger Gang of Monsters, Uncle Chen. Mr. Huang and Mr. Chen, these are the village chiefs of our Lijia Village. And these others are Cuihua, Yangyang, and Brother Jincheng. They were the ones who were killed by the tiger before. The demon has gone up the mountain."
At this time, Huang Fugui and Gang Leader Chen had already gotten off the sedan chair.
Huang Fugui, who had no reaction at first, suddenly flashed a trace of evil in his eyes when he heard that Cuihua and Yangyang in front of him were the untouchables who indirectly killed his son.
He asked very rudely: "Weren't you captured by the tiger demon and brought up the mountain? How could you come back alive?"
Cuihua and Yangyang were frightened by Huang Fugui's eyes.
The sisters huddled together subconsciously, not daring to answer.
The village chief couldn't do anything, so he had to tell the cause and effect.
The villagers were in an uproar after hearing this.
Everyone didn't expect that the tiger demon had already used them all as a food reserve.
Li Ergou was also a little frightened by the news, but he quickly reassured everyone with a smile: "No need to be afraid! No need to be afraid! Since the uncles of the Black Tiger Gang are here today, the tiger demon It’s no longer a problem!”
After hearing this, the villagers became less panicked.
Gang leader Chen stood next to Huang Fugui and mocked: "Hey, I didn't expect this tiger monster to have a low IQ. He actually knows how to store food for the winter. This is difficult. Mr. Huang, look at the price..."
Huang Fugui's eyes were still staring at the two sisters Cuihua and Yangyang: "Hmph! As long as you can kill those monsters, I promise you double the reward!"
Gang Leader Chen laughed heartily: "Hahahaha, Mr. Huang is really quick to talk! In this case, I, Mr. Chen, must satisfy you."
With that said, Gang Leader Chen stared at the two sisters Cuihua and Yangyang and walked towards them.
Gang leader Chen is about 1.89 meters tall.
In front of Zhao Lei, this figure is not worth mentioning.
But in front of these villagers who don't have enough to eat and sleep without warmth all year round, he is already considered the strongest among the strongest.
The two sisters were so frightened that they hid behind Li Jincheng.
Li Jincheng realized that something was wrong, so he deliberately stood in front of the two sisters and raised his hand to Gang Leader Chen: "Gang Leader Chen, I'm Li Jin..."
But before he could finish his words, Gang Leader Chen slapped him to the ground.
All the villagers were shocked by this scene.
The noise stopped abruptly.
Gang Leader Chen held up Cuihua's chin with two fingers: "Little girl, you look pretty fresh~"
Cuihua was so frightened that she quickly retracted her head.
Seeing this, the village chief took a few steps forward and tried to stop him: "Gang Leader Chen..."
But what came was also a slap from Gang Leader Chen.
The village chief was slapped to the ground, his head hit the ground, and he passed out immediately.
The villagers suddenly became chaotic.
Some stepped forward to help the village chief.
Some stepped forward to help Li Jincheng up.
Some stood there shivering, not daring to make any unnecessary movements.
At this time, Gang Leader Chen hugged Cuihua to him and shouted: "Why are you arguing?! We help you deal with monsters, and you make our brothers happy, isn't that too much? Brothers! You think so? no?!"
"yes!!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the brothers of the Black Tiger Gang began to attack the villagers of Lijia Village...
