Chapter eight hundred and eighty fifth step to the sky
Xiaoye Village is just a small village with more than 30 households. It is completely inconspicuous among the hundreds of millions of villages in Canglang Dynasty and cannot even be found on the map.
The area where this village is located is not suitable for the growth of crops for unknown reasons. Almost all the villagers living here make a living by raising livestock. Throughout the year, they sell the fattened livestock to the town in exchange for a year's living supplies.
Canglang Dynasty is located in the north of Chen Dynasty, and the climate is relatively cold. In this cold season, heavy snow freezes the world, and it is extremely difficult for people to travel. Such a season is not suitable for people like Xiaoye Village who make a living by raising livestock.
It is undoubtedly a disaster for people. There is no food for people, let alone livestock.
The entire Xiaoye Village, which has dozens of households, is now shrouded in a shadow of despair. A large number of livestock have frozen to death and starved to death, which has simply cut off the livelihood of these villagers in the coming year.
Shanwazi's family is an ordinary family in Xiaoye Village. His family raises five beef cattle, thirteen pigs and more than one hundred chickens and ducks.
With the advent of cold winter, disaster has also befallen his family. So far, nearly two-thirds of the livestock have completely died, and the remaining ones are dying and they don't know when they will die.
There are three people in Shanwazi's family, his parents and Shanwazi. However, only his parents are at home, and Shanwazi works as a helper in the town and cannot go home all year round.
"Damn it, what are you going to do? I was thinking of buying livestock for my son to get a wife next year. Now I have nothing. In addition, the dynasty is at war and taxes are higher than in previous years. How will I survive next year?" Shan Wazi's father
His eyes looked painful.
Shanwazi's father was just a village man who didn't understand the basic principles. He spent his whole life thinking about how to live a good day.
A woman stretched out her hand to caress a cow that had just died, and said with tears in her eyes: "Dad, isn't he working in a restaurant in town? Let's see if he can ask the manager of the restaurant to freeze and starve these animals to death."
Sell it to them? Otherwise there is really no way to survive."
"Mom, it's not like you don't know. It's no good. The blood of animals that freeze to death and starve to death is not drained out, and the meat is generally not eaten by anyone. No one wants it at all," Shan Wazi's father sighed.
"Are our family's livelihood going to be cut off like this? What will happen next year? Shanwazi works as a helper in a restaurant and is still an apprentice. There is no hope of earning money," Shanwazi's mother Liushenwuzhu said.
Shanwazi's father's eyes were uncertain, and he gritted his teeth and said: "If it doesn't work out, I'll call some people to go into the mountain. If I can collect a precious medicinal plant and sell it, I'll have everything!"
"Daddy, you can't do that. It's freezing cold, and there are wild beasts in the mountains. What if something happens to you..." Shanwazi's face changed drastically.
Similar conversations took place in most families throughout Xiaoye Village. During the disaster years, the lives of the people at the lowest level were extremely difficult, and they often had to fight hard for food!
On this day, the tranquility of Xiaoye Village shrouded in clouds was broken by a burst of noise.
"Uncle Dashan, Uncle Dashan, come out quickly. Brother Shanwa is back. It's amazing. Brother Shanwa has become a big shot and he has guards!"
A half-year-old child ran one foot at a time in the snow, his face was red from the cold, and he fell down in the snow from time to time without even noticing. He ran towards Shan Wazi's house with an excited look on his face, shouting loudly at the same time.
Hearing the shouting, Shanwazi's father and mother didn't know why, but they went out anyway. When they saw the child, Shanwazi's father asked anxiously: "Goudan, what happened? Did something happen to my Shanwazi?"
"It's okay, it's a good thing, Uncle Dashan. Brother Shanwa is back and will be there soon. You will know later," the child said incoherently.
The child's loud voice alerted other villagers, who came out of their homes and came to Shanwazi's house to see what was going on.
Amidst the chattering among a group of villagers, a group of people came from outside the village, not many, just a dozen or so.
The leader looked very young, and the clothes he wore shocked a group of villagers. In the past, only big shots in the town could afford to wear such clothes.
Not to mention, there was a group of burly men behind this young man, all of them holding knives and swords, looking very cold.
The arrival of a group of people made the villagers mute their voices a lot and seemed very scared, especially the big men with weapons, whose aura made people afraid to look directly at them.
"The person in front seems to be Shan Wazi, right?"
"What seems to be, basically, why is he dressed so well? Didn't he say he was working as a helper in the town? Could it be that he got rich?"
"There are guards, you can reach the sky in one step!"
During the low-pitched discussion, Shan Wazi, who was dressed like nouveau riche, quickly came to his parents and knelt down in the snow and said: "Dad, Mom, I'm back. You don't have to suffer in the future. I'll take you to town later."
Go up and enjoy the blessings!”
Facing such a son, Shanwazi's parents simply dare not recognize him.
Shanwazi's father said anxiously: "Son, you didn't do anything bad, right?"
"Dad, how dare I do something bad?" Shan Wazi immediately shook his head and said.
"Then why..." Shanwazi's father looked at Shanwazi and the guards behind him.
Shan Wazi understood. He was born in a small mountain village and had his own cleverness. He rolled his eyes and said, "Mom and dad, let's go into the house and talk!"
Then he said hello to other villagers and went into the house. After some narration, Shanwazi's father and mother accepted such an absurd fact with a dreamlike mentality. Their son was lucky and suddenly became rich. A lot of money, not only in the town, but also in the town.
I bought a house and had my own guard!
I was still worrying about life before, but I suddenly became a master!
Soon after, Shanwazi left some things with other villagers and took his parents away to enjoy the happiness in the town.
After they left, the villagers simply exploded. Why did Shanwazi become so prosperous all of a sudden?
After much discussion, no answer could be found, the mountains were blocked by heavy snow, and with nothing to do, someone came up with a bold idea to go to the town to find out how Shan Wazi got rich, in case he himself had the same luck.
Ever since, several villagers went to the town in groups...
Situations similar to Xiaoye Village have been happening in various places in Canglang Dynasty these days, both in the countryside and in the city.
Inexplicably, some country people suddenly became rich, some beggars also became rich, some servants from wealthy families also became rich, and some rich people became richer and richer.
Although this kind of situation happened a lot, it didn't happen much when spread across the entire Canglang Dynasty's huge territory.
There is little information in the countryside, and many places do not know that the Canglang Dynasty is a hot topic nowadays.
This topic only appeared during this period, but once it appeared, it quickly became popular among the public.
In a restaurant in the town, while people were eating and drinking, they were not talking about who and so had made breakthroughs in cultivation, nor were they talking about some anecdotes that were far away from ordinary people, but about things that happened around them, so and so.
Got rich.
"The mountain boy in Xiaoye Village has become rich. With 30 million yuan, he suddenly changed from a waiter in a restaurant to a rich man. I heard that he bought a house and hired guards, although the guards didn't have much training.
It’s a powerful force, but it’s quite bluffing if you pull it out!”
"What are you talking about? The old beggar in the west of the city is enviable. He suddenly got 100 million yuan, and now he became a master in the blink of an eye. I heard that he married several beauties like flowers and jade. I am so envious to death.
personal"
"Hey, I heard that after knowing about this incident, Mr. Wang from the county town spent almost all his family wealth, but he didn't get any of it. He went bankrupt and hanged himself!"
"That's because he is greedy and has bad luck. I heard that Mr. Liu, who is also from the county seat, spent one-third of his family wealth on a gamble, and his wealth suddenly increased tenfold. Do you think it's irritating or not?
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Similar topics are happening everywhere, some are envious, some are jealous, some are gloating, but in short they are all talking about the same thing.
People are talking about who and so got rich and so and so went bankrupt due to greed, but the government can't control that much. Taxes are pouring into the treasury. If you do something, hey, hey, wouldn't it go to your own pocket?
"Everyone, go and check it out, the latest results are out!"
I don't know who shouted. In the restaurant and on the street, there was a sudden silence for a moment. Then countless people ignored what they were doing and gathered somewhere. The crowd surged and the streets were almost deserted.
"Brother Zhang, how much did you buy? If it's right, will you make a fortune? Then don't forget about me, brother."
"No, I don't buy much. It all depends on luck. Don't worry, if I get rich, I will definitely not forget you. We will enjoy the hot food and drink spicy food..."
"Shopkeeper Liao, you bought a lot, right? Humph, don't be too greedy, you may lose everything!"
"Humph, I want you to take care of it. This is not gambling. How can I put all my belongings into it out of jealousy? On the contrary, you, I heard that you want to sell all the family heirloom swords to make a small fortune. If you don't win, I will look at you.
How can I explain to my ancestors!"
"We'll see...!"
The results of the latest issue are out, and people are excited. I'm afraid someone is going to get rich, but some greedy people are probably going to get it.
In Canglang Dynasty, every town has a shop like this. It is not big, but there are no goods displayed inside. There is only one clerk operating equipment that ordinary people cannot understand. I heard that it is something refined by the legendary Shinto monks.
There are martial arts masters on the side to protect and prevent chaos.
There is a couplet next to the door of the store, which expresses the luck mentality of almost everyone in the Canglang Dynasty today.
Buy more, buy less, and buy as much as you want.
If you win early, you will win late.
At first, people had no idea what the store was for, and there were no goods on display.
However, this humble and weird shop became popular among the people in just a short period of time, radiating to the entire Canglang Dynasty.
At first some people didn't know why, but after entering and being introduced by the clerk, they found out what kind of "Dynasty South Expedition Welfare Lottery" this is. You can spend a small amount of money to contribute to the country. Maybe you can get rich instantly if you match the numbers.
If you win, two coins can be exchanged for 10 million coins!
Someone bought a few numbers with the attitude of giving it a try, and then won and made a fortune. Then this so-called ‘Dynasty Southern Expedition Welfare Lottery’ became popular...