Locked: God is the matchmaker, neither you nor I can escape

Chapter 549 Inspection Notes (4)

Xin Ye went to the children to share candies, while Yan Yiyi went to the women to inquire about what wild vegetables and fruits there were on the mountain, and whether there were any large animals, indicating that they wanted to go up the mountain to hunt and pick wild vegetables.

When the women saw that their children were given candies, the smiles on their faces became more sincere, and they answered Yan Yiyi's questions more patiently and carefully.

The village chief and Hua Murong both noticed the actions of the two men. They were chatting with smiles on their faces, but each of them had his own thoughts.

Hua Murong: Are you going to take action now? No wonder they are a young couple. They both like to run to the mountains.

Village chief: Today is really an eye-opener. Are these nobles too kind? Are they planning something bad? But apart from being poor, there is nothing wrong with them that is worth their attention.

Hua Murong inquired about the nearby villages, walked around the fields with the village chief, and then said goodbye and left.

The last carriage was difficult to enter the nearby village, so Yan Yiyi asked someone to drive the carriage along the road, and they and the constables went on horseback to patrol.

I visited several villages in succession, and I can only say that there is no poorest, only poorer. The last village was located in a mountain valley. There were less than ten households and less than fifty people in the entire village.

Although there are few people here, a lot of wasteland has been reclaimed and planted with sweet potatoes. Looking at their appearance, they are thin but not skinny and weak, and their complexions are pretty good.

It's probably a realistic description of living off the land.

Every household here has a hunting bow, and many households raise hunting dogs. With the help of hunting dogs and the unity of the village, hunting is not difficult for them. Bacon and leather are hung in many yards.

However, it is troublesome for them to go out of the mountains, so most of the prey they kill cannot be sold and can only be pickled.

With sweet potatoes as their staple food, they no longer have to work hard to sell food outside. After all, sometimes the food grown in the fields is not enough for their own consumption. Moreover, when the harvest is poor, they can pay taxes with silver, but during the years of bumper harvest, they can only pay with grain.

There are only a few rice fields in the village, and after paying the grain, they don't have much left, so they basically have to go out to buy grain.

There is no main road leading to the outside of the village. This small path was built by generations of ancestors, and it also requires crossing two mountains. It is impossible for the dozens of people in their village to build a road.

Perhaps they had never thought about building roads, as it not only required a lot of manpower and time, but also money, which they could not afford. The main reason was that they had the inherent impression that building roads was the court's business.

When they arrived at Da'ao Village, it was already late, so the group decided to stay in the village, staying in different villagers' homes. At the same time, they all took on the task assigned by the county magistrate - to inquire carefully about the daily life of each household and their expectations for the future.

The mountains here aroused Yan Yiyi's interest, not because of anything special, but mainly because the mountains here are continuous, and most of the villagers in the deep mountains have not set foot there, so it is very convenient for her to do whatever she wants.

In particular, this village is very poor. If there was no benefit, the court would not build a road for such a small village alone.

People outside are short of meat, but the villagers here have so much meat that they can’t eat it all. It’s really like dying of drought or flood.

Sharing what is available is the foundation of economic development. Given Yan Yiyi's intention to cheat, Da'ao Village became the first target chosen by Yan Yiyi.

As for the "new species" that have been discovered, we need to go to the mountains in person and conduct a thorough investigation before we can make a conclusion.