Shrek and his party were taken to his residence by the old man. The old man's residence was not small, and it looked like he did not live alone. However, the window sills of other rooms were full of dust, and they might have been empty for a long time.
There were six memorial tablets placed in a small room with the door open on the side. The small room was very clean, and it looked like it was cleaned frequently.
The old man tidied up the room and arranged the accommodation for Shrek and his party, and then went to the kitchen to prepare some food for Shrek and his party.
The Shrek Seven Monsters also quickly stopped them and explained that they had already eaten.
Maybe the old man had been alone for too long, so he was a little excited to see Shrek and his group, especially when he looked at Ma Hongjun, his eyes were particularly kind.
Perhaps fatness affects the image of the fat little Ma Hongjun in the eyes of his peers, but he is unusually fond of the elderly.
During the chat, Shrek and his party learned.
This area is close to the edge of the Star Forest, and the area next to it is the territory of a group of wolves. Generally, wolves will visit their village when they are short of food.
And all his family died at that time. He was the only one who survived
This caused considerable losses to the village, and later the villagers began to spontaneously build wooden fences to defend against wolves.
Only the first wolf in the wolf pack can cross the fence, but the wolves cannot cross the wooden fence and enter the village. Therefore, the first wolf will not cross the fence alone to find food. Instead, he leads the pack and stays outside the fence and refuses to leave. In this way
People in the village also dare not go out to cultivate the farmland outside the village.
Later, the villagers had no choice but to throw some animals out of their homes to feed the wolves. After the wolves got the food, they had no intention of continuing to surround the village and turned around and entered the forest.
Since then, the village chief has made a decision. He requires each household to raise some animals. Once the wolves arrive, they will draw lots and decide to use twenty households' livestock to satisfy the wolves and let them
I was able to leave when I was full.
The wolves seem to have developed a habit. They come to the village twice a year. Each time as long as the village provides enough food, they will leave immediately with the food in their mouths.
Today is the day when the wolves are coming. In the evening, everyone will gather in the village square, and the village chief will publicly draw lots to decide the twenty families who will donate their livestock.
Hearing the situation in the village, Ma Hongjun clenched his fist with one hand and solemnly said to the old man, "Grandpa, don't worry, if that wolf pack really dares to come today, I promise to turn them all into roast wolves."
The old man laughed heartily when he saw the chubby Ma Hongjun talking so thoughtfully, but he did not take Ma Hongjun's words seriously, he just regarded them as comforting him.
"Dong dong dong..." The ancient bell rang. The old man's expression was a little stiff. After saying a word to Shrek and his group, they gathered in the village square.
Xiao Wu was the most curious one. She was very curious about the lottery process, so all the Shrek Seven Devils followed the old man to the square.
The heads of every household in the square have come here, and people’s faces are a bit sad and helpless.
One of the middle-aged men lamented and said, "I don't know which 20 families will be unlucky this time. I hope it's not me, otherwise life will not be easy in the past two years!"
Others also echoed.
One of them, a slightly younger middle-aged man, said angrily, "I'm just confused. Ever since the lottery started, I've never seen Old Ghost Zhang (the village chief) draw me. I don't know how he did it."
Yes!" After saying that, he spat on the ground.
After hearing this, Oscar began to wonder how the village chief did it. He didn't believe in good luck, so he also kept a cautious eye on this lottery.
I saw a fat middle-aged man walking on the stage with a big belly. There were two strong men next to him, one of whom was holding a lottery box.
This middle-aged man with a beer belly is the village chief Zhang Hun, but people in the village generally like to call him Zhang Laogui.
The middle-aged man coughed a few times to signal for silence. Soon the noisy square quieted down after he coughed. He looked at the quiet square and raised the corners of his mouth slightly. It was obvious that he was very satisfied with his authority in the village.<
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"Folks, the wolves are coming again tonight, and we have to quickly draw lots to decide which twenty households will provide livestock to the wolves!" Old Ghost Zhang said angrily.
The people below didn't speak, but they didn't object. They were obviously used to this system. Old ghost Zhang had seen it many times and didn't care. He winked at the strong man holding the lottery box. The strong man understood the idea and brought the lottery box to the first row of villagers, asking each of them to shake it. Then he put it on the table.
Old Ghost Zhang rubbed his hands, and then put his hand into the lottery box. All the villagers' eyes were focused on Old Ghost Zhang's hand, even the Shrek Seven Devils were no exception.
Zhang Laogui took out more than ten pieces of paper, and then read out the names on the paper one by one. The faces of those who read the names would turn pale, and even some with poor mental endurance would collapse to the ground.
Crying loudly. Only the old man who entertained Shrek and his party did not show the slightest sadness on his face. Maybe he really has no interest in living alone
However, Old Ghost Zhang did not sympathize with them. Instead, he grabbed a few more pieces of paper and read out their names.
When Old Ghost Zhang read out the twenty names one by one, everyone else breathed a sigh of relief.
Then Zhang Laogui turned the lottery box over, opened the chassis of the lottery box, and then read out the names in the box one by one. Every time he read out a name, he would raise the note high for the villagers to see. When he
After reading out your name on the last piece of paper, raise the last piece of paper high.
Oscar looked at the note held high and found that the middle of the note was actually thinner. This also made Oscar feel that something was wrong.
Naturally, the villagers did not discover this problem, and even if they did, they probably wouldn't care. After all, it doesn't prove anything.
Oscar's eyes flickered, and he pushed past other villagers and walked to the front row. Everyone else in Shrek also saw Oscar walking forward, and followed him to the first row.
Tang San asked Oscar curiously, "Brother Ao, have you discovered any problems?"
Oscar shook his head slightly.
"I'm not sure yet. I need to look at the lottery box to determine if this guy is up to something!"
Seeing that everyone was about to leave, Oscar no longer had any scruples. He jumped onto the stage and looked into the lottery box.
Old Ghost Zhang looked at Oscar looking at the lottery box, and without any panic in his heart, he yelled, "He is not from the village. Aaron and Ah Hu will drive him out quickly."
The two strong men immediately prepared to push Oscar off the stage, but how could these two men defeat Oscar? Oscar pushed the two strong men away with a light push on his shoulder. The two strong men were also overwhelmed by Oscar's huge strength.
I was shocked.
I saw a chill on Oscar's face and a fierce look in his eyes. Old Ghost Zhang glanced at him and snorted, "I see, no wonder you are afraid that I will look at the lottery box. If we draw lots like this, I will probably never win you!"
The rest of Shrek also came to the stage and looked at the lottery box for a long time, but didn't see any clues.
Ning Rongrong pursed her lips, kicked the air, and said complainingly, "What! I've been looking for a long time and found nothing. Oscar couldn't have made a mistake, right?"
However, Tang San noticed a small white scrap of paper on the top of the lottery box.
Although he didn't know how the village chief cheated, he was certain that everything must be related to this scrap of paper.
Seeing Oscar coming to the stage and arguing with Old Ghost Zhang, the villagers who were about to leave gathered together again. It seemed that they all wanted to watch this good show!
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