How come other people can accept this kind of loss, but these elderly people can’t?
Tantai Yao couldn't understand this.
She comes from a noble family and has been pampered since she was a child. She has never been exposed to the world of ordinary people, so she can't understand anything.
However, Yun Luo and Long Qi both understood after listening to the village chief's words.
"Yes, everyone else in the village is the same, there is no difference."
The village chief smiled bitterly, "But other people's families don't have many people. Even if they lose some crops, they can still struggle to survive. But these elderly people have at least a dozen people in their families, and they don't have this season's crops for food.
But you will starve to death."
"!!" Tantai Yao's eyes widened in shock.
Based on the environment in which she grew up, it was simply unimaginable that someone else would starve to death.
However, among ordinary people, this is a cruel reality.
People farm and grow crops, and they rely on the weather for food. They work hard for a whole year, and at most they can only get enough food and clothing.
In the event of a natural or man-made disaster such as a tide of monsters, the crops in the fields will definitely suffer heavy losses. People with a small population can think of ways to survive.
But if there are too many people in the family...
Once winter comes and there is not enough food to fill the stomach, people will really starve to death.
Moreover, the first to starve to death are often the elderly...
Because the elderly have no ability to work and are frail and afraid of the cold, winter is like a gate of hell for them.
The villagers all know this.
Therefore, some old people in the village would rather risk the monsters eating people and not leave until they have harvested the crops. This may not be without their selfish motives.
It can be said that they are thinking about their family's food rations, or it can be said that they are thinking about their own lives.
No one wants to die.
Even the elderly are the same.
The loss of some crops has little impact on other villagers.
But for the elderly with large families, it means they may starve to death this winter.
Therefore, they chose to take a chance and wanted to delay harvesting more food for two days to ensure that they had a greater chance of survival.
However, their luck was so bad that after a few days of delay, the monster attacked the village.
It’s normal for other people to hold grudges.
Because they could have left early to avoid this disaster, but they stayed because of the old people's request, and in the end their family was ruined.
Tantai Yao finally figured out the reason and was speechless for a while.
She felt that the old man and the villagers were actually right, but a mistake caused irreversible consequences.
The villagers were full of resentment and wept every word.
The old people themselves have also lost their family members and regret it...
"But, what happened has happened. No one wanted it. Even if you beat them to death, it will be useless... Everyone, please calm down."
Tantai Yao was dumbfounded for a long time, and could only persuade her like this.
"Did our family members die in vain?!"
The woman in the village asked sharply, tears falling down as she spoke.
"My husband and children were bitten to death by wolves. What was wrong with them? Why were they the ones who died..."
"My mother is gone too..."
"My parents and my wife are gone!"
"Why should our family members die? If we had left earlier, this wouldn't be the case!"
Looking at the mournful villagers in front of her, Tantai Yao was speechless for a moment.