Somewhere in the wilderness 600 kilometers north of the G011 base, there is a small village located between the Jiuqu Mountains. The first owner of the small village was named Xu, and the village got the name Xujiazhai. Xujiazhai covers an area of 2,750 acres. Looking down from the top of the mountain with the widest view, the first thing that bears the brunt is the row upon row of ancient houses located on the small plain surrounded by mountains.
The ancient houses were built two centuries ago. The houses are all built of yellow mud bricks, the roofs are paved with tiles and dovetailed eaves, the doors are made of rough wooden boards, the door knockers are made of iron, and the steps at the door are made of stone. When you exit the door, there are long pavements paved with stone slabs. The tall houses can reach three or four stories, and the crowns of the lush trees sandwiched between the houses can sometimes reach the top of the dovetail eaves.
There is a wide river at the southern end of the house group. The river flows from the mountains to the west, flows through the nearby mountains, flows through the plains, and is directed into the river channel of the village. On both sides of the river are very high river walls and railings on the river walls. The lush canopy of trees is reflected in the river, giving the slightly turbid river a rich yellow-green color.
The house group occupies 90% of the small plain surrounded by mountains. One end of the mountain range near the cottage houses was dug into terraces by the former villagers. The clearly layered terraces are yellow-green in color. The soil is fertile and the crops grow luxuriantly, giving people a deep impression. A deep sense of peace of mind.
At the upper end of the terraces, near the top of the mountain on the side of the village, there is a circle of horizontal artificial fences. There are stone pillars erected every 5 meters on the fence. The space between the stone pillars is covered with a large area of copper metal mesh. The copper metal mesh itself has limited blocking power, so the villagers collected a poisonous thorn vine that grows in the mountains; The extremely painful substance contained in the poisonous thorn vine can kill most animals in the mountains. The villagers transplanted the poisonous thorn vine into the soil outside the copper metal mesh, and allowed the ready-made poisonous thorn vine to twine and grow on the copper metal mesh to form a defense against animals. A barrier to invade the cottage.
Outside the endless mountains is undeveloped land spanning several kilometers. The land is barren and sparsely populated. This has made the villagers in Xujiazhai isolated from the outside world for two centuries, living in self-sufficient mountains.
Today, there are still more than 600 villagers living in Xujiazhai. Most of them are descended from their ancestors. Only a very small number of residents are outsiders who fled to the remote Xujiazhai.
Wu Qi, Gao Yuan, and Guo Baibo are among the very few outsiders who "fleeed" into Xujiazhai.
At dusk, the orange-red sun in the west is about to set. A man wearing a yellow vine cloak came back from the mountains to the east. The man's left hand was dragging the body of an 800-kilogram iron-cracked brown bear, and his right hand was holding a three-foot-long knife. The blade of the three-foot-long knife There were several dried blood stains hanging on it, and there was a faint smell of blood.
The man has a handsome face, unlike the mountain villagers in the village, and his obsidian eyes are extremely beautiful. He is Wu Qi.
The carcass of the brown bear dragged in Wu Qi's hand until it was broken was his prey this afternoon, and it was also his, Guo Baibai and Gao Yuan's dinner.
Wu Qi walked to a certain part of the fence, put down the things in his hands, reached out and grabbed the densely entangled vines, lifted them up, and then used his other hand to lift up the copper metal mesh under the vines, squatting He got in, dragged the long knife and the body of the iron-cracked brown bear in, and put down the metal mesh.
This is a method that only the villagers know how to enter the fence. There are only three places on the entire artificial fence where non-toxic vine nets are inserted. The villagers spray a potion mixed with poisonous thorn vine juice on the non-toxic vine nets to cover it up. The smell of non-toxic vines makes it impossible for animals that want to attack the cottage.
After entering Xujiazhai, Wu Qi stood on the top of the mountain range, overlooking the entire group of old houses in the village. From here, you can see almost all the houses at a glance, as well as the intricate paths between houses. There are old, young, young and middle-aged villagers, and female villagers walking on the paths, or sitting on small stools. Chatting in front of your home.
White smoke rises from the chimneys of countless houses, and the smoke lingers above one old house after another. It's time for everyone to cook. Half an hour ago, there were still villagers working in the terraced fields, but now most of them have gone home, and there are not many people in sight.
An old house on the east side of the house group, closest to the east entrance, is the temporary residence of Wu Qi and others.
Wu Qi dragged his prey down the path between the terraces, walked to the bottom of the terraces, stepped on the stone bridge across the river at the entrance of the village, and walked to his yard.
At this time, children in twos and threes ran from the other end of the path, playing and playing. The children are all wearing simple linen clothes, their skin is healthy and light yellow, they have sufficient nutrition, and their bodies are very energetic.
Several children were playing together, and Wu Qi happened to look up at them. When one of the boys saw Wu Qi looking this way, he also showed his big white teeth and smiled and waved to him. Children wave by waving their whole arms, which may seem a bit exaggerated, but this is exactly how children show their affection.
Wu Qi nodded and smiled. The other children also saw Wu Qi and greeted him from a distance of more than ten meters.
They were not afraid of the huge carcass of the iron-cracked brown bear that Wu Qi had dragged along, nor were they afraid of the blood-stained long knife Wu Qi held in his hand. In the values of the children in the cottage, hunters who can kill powerful mutant animals to obtain animal meat to feed a family or even a group of people, and also reduce the threat of mutant animals near the cottage, are heroes in Xujiazhai.
This is indeed the case. Ever since they settled in Xujiazhai, Wu Qi often went out of the village and went to the mountains alone to hunt powerful mutated animals and obtain a large amount of high-quality animal meat. Wu Qi exchanged large amounts of high-quality animal meat for the furniture, food, condiments, clothing and other daily necessities they lacked from the villagers.
When they had no shortage of daily consumables, Wu Qi still frequently went out to hunt mutant animals. They often couldn't finish the meat they hunted, so Wu Qi would cut the meat into several portions and give them to those who often helped them. The villagers are very generous, or give it to the neighbor's children.
This is one of the reasons why children like Wu Qi very much, but the main reason is that they like and admire Wu Qi, a strong, good-looking, and gentle big brother.
Perhaps there is some "misunderstanding" due to information asymmetry, but Wu Qi has indeed never shown an angry face. He always has a calm appearance. When the children greet him, he will quietly respond with a soft smile, and continue to drag the giant prey weighing more than half a ton forward with ease. His rattan cloak is almost never stained. Over blood.
After greeting the children, Wu Qi walked to the door of his house, opened the door and walked in.
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ps: 14 o'clock in Chapter 2.