Chapter 63: The God of Guifang

"Don't cry, child. Sometimes, seeing through human hearts and balancing human nature is also a form of wisdom."

He reached out to stroke Li Li Boyang's slightly warm red hair.

The old village head genuinely liked this child who had brought change and prosperity to the village.

Even though some of the boy's ideas were fanciful.

But it was undeniable that they could indeed bring benefits to the village.

The old village head's only worry was that Li Li Boyang seemed never to consider the problem of human fickleness, but instead thought about everything from a higher, more detached perspective.

As long as he was alive, he could help the boy deal with the malice stemming from human nature.

But the old village head could not live forever; he was not even sure if he could live until Li Li Boyang came of age.

If they were not careful, perhaps the village would lose more than just a priest of the Mountain God.

Falling from goodness into evil, from a heart full of passion to seeking revenge on society...

Similar stories existed in this era, and the old village head knew this well.

"I know that."

"The reason I want to keep the 'Hygiene Brigade' is actually to have them sow and harvest together."

Li Li Boyang did not rush to refute the old village head's words; he simply slowly voiced his own thoughts.

"After all, there is only one Ya Tun, and it was borrowed from the Mountain God."

"Every year when spring arrives, various reasons prevent us from maximizing the utilization of the Ya Tun."

"The strong young men are responsible for working in the fields, the experienced elders for imparting knowledge, and the women in the households for delivering meals and caring for the children..."

"As long as everyone in the village is mobilized to work with division of labor..."

"The overall harvest of the village next year will surely be much higher than it is now."

Drawing on experience from a past life, this was indeed a method to maximize individual strength within an agricultural civilization.

"You want to establish clan property?"

Although he understood it a bit vaguely.

The old village head, as expected of the most knowledgeable person in the village, quickly grasped Li Li Boyang's thoughts.

"That probably won't work. Although our village doesn't have many people, there are still some who are lazy and cunning."

"If you do more, he will naturally find a way to do less..."

"Over time, everyone will feel wronged, and then the village will split apart."

In fact, the old village head had spoken quite euphemistically.

Events from ancient times to the present all show that before productivity and production relations reach a certain level, establishing clan property can only be considered a temporary measure.

"I know you care about the situation of Qi Wa's family, but we have already taken sufficient care of them."

"If their situation affects the other families..."

"I fear that even with my prestige, I cannot suppress the younger generation."

Sighing softly, the old village head, as the head of the Li Family Village, knew the situation of Qi Wa's family better than anyone.

"Even uncles, aunts, grandfathers, and grandmothers have conflicts and disputes; let alone those who are merely 'outsiders' sharing the same surname."

Hearing the old village head say this, Li Li Boyang couldn't help but blink his eyes.

Because these were indeed problems he had thought of but had not deeply considered.

However, this did not prevent him from proposing a concrete solution.

"Wanting everyone to unite is simple; it boils down to a common crisis or common interests."

"As long as the results of everyone working together are greater than individual efforts..."

"Then even if there are occasional signs of discord, they will be enough to be covered up."

"Besides, I do not mean for everyone to give up their own small plots of land."

"I just think that if a person with prestige and sufficient fairness can be chosen to preside over the overall situation, it should allow everyone to live a better life."

"As for those lazy and cunning fellows?"

"Just don't let them use the Ya Tun, is that not enough?"

"Changing personal loans into a fixed system, I think this is the best way to utilize the Ya Tun."

Li Li Boyang's explanation clearly exceeded the old village head's ability to understand.

The old village head, whose brain had frozen, spent a long time gradually understanding his meaning word by word.

"Don't cry, child, do you want to be the village head?"

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Leaving aside how the old village head arrived at the conclusion that Li Li Boyang wanted to be the village head.

At this very moment, in Li Li Boyang's home, a handsome-faced youth was pacing back and forth, making no attempt to hide his current anxiety.

"Has he not returned yet?"

Looking up at Chen Yun, who was doing needlework, E Tu could no longer remember how many times he had asked this question.

"Judging by the time, he should be returning soon."

Rolling her eyes helplessly, Chen Yun, who could no longer remember how many times she had answered this question, replied thus.

Unlike the others in the village.

Chen Yun knew E Tu was a spirit creature and was clear that his current form was merely a transformation.

In the past, every time E Tu came to the village, he would bring some strange and peculiar items.

Only this time did E Tu arrive in great haste.

He did not even bring a single scroll of the books his own son liked most.

From this, Chen Yun could roughly guess that E Tu must have come with a request.

Standing from a mother's perspective, Chen Yun naturally did not wish for Li Li Boyang to get entangled in E Tu's troubles.

Yet she was equally clear about her own child's divine peculiarities and did not intend to become a stumbling block in the child's growth.

Let alone that the thunderstorm and hurricane in the distance were so conspicuous and exaggerated; Chen Yun naturally could not pretend not to see it.

"You came from Gao Village Town; what exactly happened over there?"

After a moment of silence, Chen Yun ultimately could not hold back and put down the needlework in her hands.

That soul-stealing storm was sweeping toward this direction.

The strange phenomenon produced by the interweaving of lightning and Lei Ting was even more terrifying.

"That is the god of the Guifang State..."

Turning to look at Chen Yun, whose eyes faintly revealed a color of worry, E Tu spoke very frankly.

"The Guifang State began conducting large-scale human sacrifices three years ago; they have now appeared nearby."

"Perhaps before long, they will enter the mountains and recklessly capture mountain villagers..."

The tone paused slightly before E Tu continued speaking.

"You are of the Chen family and were almost selected as a 'human sacrifice'; you should know the horror of such human sacrifices."

"Among these hundred lands and myriad mountains, your son may be the only person capable of stopping this disaster..."

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