The misty world. It is already the middle of winter. The people in the village are getting more and more happy because the Chinese New Year is coming!
Every Spring Festival is a day for them to celebrate grandly. Starting from this day, the village no longer sets a curfew. From this day on, everyone can feast until dawn and visit freely at night. Red lanterns will be hung on the streets.
A faint red light will shine on the street, allowing people to see the road clearly.
At this time, it is also the time when it snows the most. Thick snow will cover roofs, streets, and freeze rivers and fields. People have nothing to do, and most of them will hide at home and sit around the stove.
This year, Fengwu’s tea-frying technology allows everyone to drink hot tea in winter. It’s a very pleasant day to warm up by the fire, chat, eat snacks and look at the snowy scene outside.
Some time ago, Feng Wu worked hard for a long time and finally produced a lot of tea leaves for sale. Now these tea leaves are used by villagers.
Today, several craftsmen in the village gathered at the village chief's house, drinking tea and chatting.
As the only tea fryer in the village, Feng Wu was also invited to the village chief's home. At this time, she didn't know what was going on and was chatting with the tailor Aunt Li.
There were not many women among the craftsmen, and Aunt Li had the best relationship with Feng Wu. Because Feng Wu gave her many very beautiful styles of clothes. After all, Feng Wu was a princess, with many beautiful clothes, and she had insight into aesthetics and styles.
"Auntie, what day is it today? Why are everyone here so much?" Feng Wu asked Tailor Li in a low voice.
Tailor Li also whispered: "Today is a day to discuss merits and demerits."
"On merits and demerits?" Feng Wu blinked, showing a confused expression.
Tailor Li whispered: "It's just to judge others' quality. Everyone does this every year. We rate others' quality and then tell it to the Grand Shrine God during the big festival."
When Feng Wu heard this, she was startled, and then she remembered something. She said, "This is not good, isn't it because you are judging other people's rights and wrongs behind the scenes?"
Tailor Li nodded and said, "Yes, but this is the rule of the village. The village chief said that only by commenting on merits and demerits can we know whether he has contributed to the village. If he has merit, he will be rewarded, and if he makes mistakes, he will be punished. This is only fair.
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After she said this, she continued: "I think the village chief is right. If you don't comment, everyone will have little motivation. And in fact, it is not a big deal and it won't affect anything."
She thought about it and said, "You are a newcomer. If you can't shamelessly say bad things about others, then just praise them. That's okay."
Feng Wu stopped talking after hearing this. She understood that this could not be without problems. Brother Zhang had already told her many things. One of them was that the people here would change their identities in the next year.
Those who do well will maintain their human body, or return to human form. If they do not do well, they will be reduced to beasts. If they do not do well as beasts, they will become chickens, ducks, fish, and become meat on the chopping board.
Let others slaughter you.
But what she didn't expect was that this score was not judged by God, but by everyone.
Feng Wu looked at the people here. There were about thirty people here, all of whom were craftsmen. Most of the farmers and woodcutter people were not qualified to come. In other words, this is where the future of others can be determined.
More than thirty people!
Everyone drank tea for a while, and then the village chief said: "Everyone knows what day it is today, and everyone can speak freely if they have anything to say."
After he finished speaking, someone stood up and said: "Village chief, this time I want to talk about Wu Dali in the village. This boy doesn't work hard. The last time he drove the cattle by my house, he actually let the cattle poop in front of my house.
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"That's ridiculous! He doesn't even take care of his cattle, so I'm going to give him a thumbs down this time."
Feng Wu looked at this man. She recognized this man. He was the paper poster master in the village. He made almost all the lanterns and lanterns in the village. She didn't expect that he was such a stingy person. What does cow shit have to do with people?
?Hate others because of such trivial things?
The village chief nodded and asked, "Did he clean up later?"
"It was cleaned up, but he just didn't do it right." The paper poster still said.
The village chief nodded and took a pen to write it down. Just like that, everyone started talking about it, mostly trivial things. In fact, it is difficult for big things to happen in the village.
They spoke one by one, and soon they arrived at Feng Wu. Feng Wu pondered for a moment, then stood up and said, "I don't have any problems here, so I won't talk about it."
Among those who could abstain, several craftsmen abstained.
After she finished speaking, she went to Tailor Li next to her. Tailor Li stood up. She smiled first, and then said, "I don't have anything to say to other people, but here I want to criticize Feng."
Wu Meizi. She obviously knows the styles of many beautiful clothes, but she just hides them. I think this is not good, because then everyone will have no beautiful clothes to wear! She should be more generous."
Her words shocked Feng Wu. She never expected that Tailor Li, who was usually nice to her, would say bad things about her at this time.
Then at this time, Tailor Li smiled at Feng Wu and said, "Sister, don't blame Auntie for talking about you. Auntie is just such a person, outspoken. Don't mind me."
After she finished speaking, she sat down with a smile on her face. Feng Wu was also confused. Did she really not understand the consequences of speaking bad words here, or did she really think it was harmless.
If it's the former, then Tailor Li is really bad. If it's the latter, then she's not that bad, but just a little stupid.
When the village chief heard this, he frowned, and then said: "Feng Wu has just come to the village, and I don't know you very well. How can I talk to you about everything? You are going too far, and Feng Wu's cooking skills are first-rate, and his work
Diligent and kind to others. It's not as bad as you said."
The village chief was defending Feng Wu, and the others nodded after hearing this, thinking that what the village chief said was reasonable.
So the village chief said, "Since everyone agrees, I won't write this down." Hearing the village chief say this, Tailor Li also laughed dryly and said, "I will just express my opinion. In fact, I am right."
I don’t have any bad feelings towards Sister Feng Wu.” After saying that, she smiled at Feng Wu.
The matter was revealed like this, and not long after, more than thirty people finished speaking. Most of them commented on those who were not present, and few commented on the craftsmen who were present.
After the meeting, the village chief stopped Feng Wu and said to her meaningfully: "Feng Wu, don't be nervous. This is the kind of person Tailor Li is. He will come here once a year. You performed well, and so will the Grand Shrine God."
Satisfied.”
Feng Wu nodded to the village chief and said, "I understand, I actually don't care too much."
The village chief nodded, then waved his hand for her to leave.
When Feng Wu returned home, he told Zhang Cundao what happened today. After listening to her words, Zhang Cundao analyzed: "According to what you said, these craftsmen are the 'high-level' people in the village, and they have the right to vote for others..."
"But it seems that these craftsmen will not have their memories completely cleared...especially the village chief, he may even retain the memory of each year..."
In fact, think about it, if you clear all the memories of craftsmen, what will happen to those crafts? It may be that most of the memories are deleted, and then a little memory is left. What is left is not a memory, but a little reminder.
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Only in this way does it make sense.
While Zhang Cundao and Feng Wu were talking, suddenly a dog barked from the backyard. Zhang Cundao's heart moved and he hurried to the backyard.
In the backyard, the master was fighting with a big bad wolf. The big bad wolf was obviously no match for the master. After being bitten by the master a few times, he thought of retreating and ran away.
The master didn't chase it, just watched it escape.
Zhang Cundao looked at the retreating figure of the big bad wolf and suddenly said: "I understand what's going on these days."
Feng Wu said strangely: "What's going on?"
Zhang Cundao smiled and said: "Since the beginning of the Lunar New Year, there will be no curfew in the village. Everyone can move freely. There will be more people walking around the streets to drink tonight. What will happen if a wild beast attacks at this time?
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When Feng Wu heard this, she understood immediately. She said: "According to the rules, if a wild beast bites a villager to death, then it can replace the villager as a villager next year, and the villager who was bitten to death will become a villager no matter what the evaluation is.
Beast!"
"So the days from New Year's Eve to New Year's Eve are the last chance for the beast!" Feng Wu figured it out.
Zhang Cundao nodded and said, "Yes, that's it. It seems that the next few days will be uneven."
Zhang Cundao estimates that in the next few days, foreign wild beasts will frequently attack the village. These wild beasts may have a voice telling them that as long as they kill a villager, they will be able to benefit greatly. This kind of message may be engraved on the
In my heart.
Zhang Cundao said: "In the future, we'd better not go out at night. The wild beasts here are not ordinary wild beasts. They are all injured but not dead. If they are really cruel, we may be in danger."
Deep down in Zhang Cundao's heart, he had considered that swarms of wild beasts would attack the village at night. Without special weapons, these villagers had few options against the wild beasts. If they wanted to survive, they could only unite to protect themselves.
In Taoyuan Township, the competition between humans and beasts all depends on numbers. Whichever side has more numbers has a greater chance of winning. If there are hunters with bonuses, they may be able to deal with a few more beasts. But after all, there is only one hunter.
How many people can he protect?
Zhang Cundao looked at the sky, called Feng Wu into the house, and locked the doors and windows.
In addition to their family, some families also began to make preparations. The master chef who opened a restaurant in the village took out a few pots of chicken, duck and fish meat and placed them in the front and backyard. He bowed to the chicken, duck and fish meat and whispered: "Eat it."
Don’t come to my house for my food, go to someone else’s house.”
The pastry master also prepares the pastry. Anyway, the craftsmen in the village are more or less prepared. On the contrary, the farmers and woodcutter families are ignorant and stay up all night drinking and having fun...