After a few days like this, Liu Qingyi suddenly thought of the ferocious monster he saw that night, and his mood that had just improved became heavy again. He thought that he knew nothing about this other world, and that dog-like monster The origin of the monster actually became a worry for him.
Early the next morning, he saw Luo'er carrying a wooden box to deliver meals. He hurriedly welcomed her back into the house and asked Luo'er in detail about the origin of the terrifying monster he encountered that night.
After listening to his description, Luo'er thought about it for a moment, then laughed and said: "What the young master saw that night should be the wind-bone beast in the village chief Xu Jin's uncle's house. In our entire village of Humiao Village, it was probably the wind-bone beast." There’s only one end.”
Liu Qingyi was greatly surprised when he heard what Luo Er said. There was only one Wind Bone Beast in the whole village. This shows that this beast must be extremely rare. He couldn't help but ask: "What kind of monster is that Wind Bone Beast? Is it very powerful?" "
Luo'er said: "That's the power of the legs raised by a big family in the village. It's very fast. It's said that it also has the blood of spiritual beasts, so ordinary people can't hurt it at all."
"Spirit beast? What is that?"
"I'm not sure. It should be a beast that is more powerful than ordinary beasts. I heard from the village chief Xu Jinshu that there are even more powerful monsters above the spiritual beasts. My brother encountered this when he went on a business trip to Mangdang Mountain. Fucked the big demon..." Luo'er said this, thinking of his brother who was buried in the mouth of the big demon, his eye circles turned red again.
Liu Qingyi felt pity in her heart and said angrily: "What kind of harmful corvee? Isn't it okay if I don't go?"
Hearing this, Luo'er raised his head and looked at Liu Qingyi. He seemed to be hesitant to speak. Finally, he slowly lowered his head and said in an inaudible voice: "If there are men in the family, the village will take turns arranging to go to Yinyuancheng." As for the corvee business, if there is something happening in the village on weekdays, men from each household will be drawn out, but now... now..." Luo'er said and glanced at Liu Qingyi again, and continued: "It's the end of the year, and every household has to send its men to go to Yinyuan City to do errands. The village chief said that we... our family... should also go and practice."
"Well, I understand." Liu Qingyi nodded, then thought about it, and said curiously: "Wait, your family? Isn't your brother a bad demon? There are no boys in your family anymore, where else can you go? Selecting people for training?" After Liu Qingyi said one sentence, he seemed to think that the village chief was ridiculous, so he actually grinned twice. Then he thought about Luo Er's brother's recent death, and it was a bit inhumane for him to laugh at this moment. , and quickly shut his mouth.
Originally, what he said was clear, but there was no response from Luo Er, and he couldn't help but feel a little surprised. When he turned his head, he saw this woman looking directly at him. Her thoughts changed slightly. The original relaxed and carefree look on her face immediately disappeared, and her face gradually turned pale.
He raised a finger to the tip of his nose and looked at Luo Er with questioning eyes.
When Luo Er nodded slowly, he finally jumped up in shock and walked back and forth in the firewood house several times, murmuring: "I knew it, I knew it, there is no such thing as a free lunch. If I don’t have free food, I shouldn’t wander around in the woods and let them see me.”
Luo'er ignored Liu Qingyi, who was suddenly agitated. He straightened the corners of his clothes expressionlessly, glanced at him lightly and said, "You should eat first. After eating, follow me to the village chief's house. Now you are counted by him." As a member of our family, if you are not happy, you might as well take this opportunity to argue."
Liu Qingyi was full of worries, and this meal was really tasteless, almost like chewing wax. After eating, he followed Luo'er and walked down the mountain, wishing he could find a chance to sneak out of the village.
As he walked along, a wry smile appeared on his face again, "Man? Are you still going to do something? Just now, Luo Er seemed a little unhappy. He was rescued by her mother and daughter, and now he is counted as The male in their family is also reasonable. If I try to argue and shirk this issue, wouldn’t I be an ungrateful person?" After thinking about it like this, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and follow Luo Er, making up his mind that the male would only If you can recognize it first, if you are asked to do any errands, you can just pretend to be stupid and refuse them.
After walking with Luo'er for about ten minutes, the two came to a settlement. There were about fifty mud houses, thatched cottages, and stone houses arranged irregularly in two rows, with a wide mud road formed in the middle. Some villagers driving unnamed livestock and carrying fishing nets were walking back and forth on this dirt road in twos and threes.
One of them, an old man and a young man, looked like farmers. When they greeted Luo'er in a friendly manner, they looked at Liu Qingyi with some curiosity and paid attention to Liu Qingyi's "fancy clothes".
People here are generally dressed as farmers in ancient costumes. The modern clothes Liu Qingyi wore actually looked a bit nondescript. Just when he felt a little embarrassed, the two of them had already walked to a white stone house.
"Well, this is the village chief's house." Luo'er introduced him and walked in first. Liu Qingyi paused at the door and looked at the animal lying on the right side of the door. This time I saw it clearly. This animal was the wind-bone beast that scared me in front of the wooden house that night. This thing, which was as big as a cow but looked like a dog, was lying next to the door to bask in the sun, its silver armor shining in the sun. The cold light exudes a sense of strength.
'Looking at it this way, this beast is not as scary as that night. 'Liu Qingyi thought to herself, then raised her feet and followed Luo'er inside.
The interior of the house is a wooden structure. Sitting in the main hall is a middle-aged man with a serious expression. He has a square face and big ears. Some wrinkles appear on his forehead. His face is somewhat similar to that of a young man standing next to him.
Luo'er came in and called out "Uncle Xu", then called "Brother Tianbao" to the young man next to him. Liu Qingyi roughly guessed that this was the village head of Humiao Village named Xu, and the young man next to him was most likely his nephew or something.
When Xu Jin saw Luo Er coming in with Liu Qingyi, he nodded slightly, looked at Liu Qingyi and said, "Are you the young man that Agu and his daughter rescued from the lake?" Seeing Liu Qingyi nodding numbly, Xu Jin asked Jin asked again: "Where are you from? You don't look like you are from a nearby village."
Liu Qingyi shook his head, pointed at his head, and said, "I don't remember."
Xu Jin looked at Luo Er, then at Liu Qingyi, and finally a smile appeared on his face and said: "I don't care where you come from, since you were rescued by her mother and daughter, you are considered to be part of their family." Now I am a man. Now the day to pay the New Year's coins is approaching, and every family is busy collecting the New Year's coins and tributes. From now on, you can help their family do this, and it can also be considered as adding a strong labor force to their family."
Liu Qingyi continued to act stupid and was stunned, and said hesitantly: "I have forgotten everything and I can't do anything. Following them will only become a burden."
Luo'er heard this and said coldly: "My mother and I don't need to bother, we can handle it without anyone's help!"
Xu Jin said solemnly to Luo Er: "How can that be done? You and your wife saved him, so it is natural for him to become the male of your family. Besides, the end of the year is coming, and you have one more person in your family, so you can do more fishing. It is also a good thing for Murakami to receive tribute. If there is something he doesn't know, I will ask Tianbao to teach him." After saying this, Xu Jin turned to Liu Qingyi and said, "I have been talking for so long, but I still don't know you. What's your name? Have you forgotten this?" When asking such questions, Xu Jin looked at Liu Qingyi with burning eyes, and a few hidden smiles appeared on his face.
Liu Qingyi's face turned red and he replied: "I happened to remember this. My surname is Liu Qingyi."
The village chief Xu Jin waved his hand and said without any doubt: "Xiao Liu, it's settled. From now on, you will be regarded as the man of their family. You will help the Luoer family with their work, go to the lake to collect the catch, and pay the tribute of special products on time. When the time comes, the matter of escorting the coins will naturally fall on you."
"How can you do that? I don't understand anything?" Liu Qingyi said with some resistance in her heart.
"If you don't understand, you can learn. Why don't you just catch a fish and I'll let Tianbao teach you." Xu Jin said.
"Well, okay." Liu Qingyi was finally defeated.
After hearing the arrangement made by the village chief Xu Jin, Luo'er didn't say anything. Seeing Liu Qingyi's repeated pushback, she couldn't help but glance at Liu Qingyi resentfully, lowering her head and not knowing what she was thinking.
Seeing that he had fallen into a trap, Liu Qingyi was no longer vague, so he asked Xu Jin about the origin of the tributes and the tribute coins. After hearing his explanation, he understood what the tribute coins and tributes were. The so-called Sui coins, that is, the village pays a certain amount of Yuan coins to the main city throughout the year, which is similar to the taxes and fees levied by ancient countries on grassroots villages. The so-called Yuan coins should be the common currency in this world.
The villagers in the villages under the jurisdiction of Yinyuan City work hard every year, hunting and fishing and selling them to Yinyuan City to earn yuan coins, and a large part of them are handed over as annual coins, and the rest is the village's source of livelihood.
Because Humiao Village sent out animal trappers this year, several men from the village died on Mangdang Mountain. The annual coin task was almost halved, and the village was only asked to hand over part of the lake's specialty red-mouthed fish as a tribute.
