Quick Transmigration: Saving That Cannon Fodder

That beast dares to covet Ayu, he's dead meat.

It wasn't until the two of them left the woods that Qingyu remembered what the man had mentioned about Chen Yun.

Isn't that the name I just saw on the tombstone?

Qingyu ran over to see, and sure enough, it was.

So, this Chen Yun was killed by that deputy village chief?

The drone that Akahoshi took down earlier didn't capture any footage of Wenfang's situation, nor did it record any audio.

The live streamers were so engrossed in discussing the two of them that few even noticed the strange grave.

The two did not stay there for long. Clearly, someone had deliberately placed the grave deep in the woods. Because the woods were dense and dark, the villagers probably did not dare to come in.

Qingyu planned to wander around the village, and if possible, he wanted to visit the village chief's house.

Gejia Village is not large, with only about a hundred households.

The houses were mostly built with yellow mud and straw. Although they looked sturdy, the windows were small, and the inside was dark and damp.

Every household has a small courtyard, and some of the courtyards have new bamboo fences, as if they were just put up recently.

As Qingyu and Chixing walked together, they could always feel the strange looks from the villagers.

He spoke quietly to Akahoshi.

"Did you discover something?"

Akahoshi had wanted to say this for a long time: "Everyone here is male."

From the elderly to three-year-old children, almost all of them were men.

It's not that there aren't women, but they're all women in their forties or fifties who are grandmothers.

The people here make a living by farming, and the inn where they stay is decorated to be reasonably livable. However, it was unexpected that their houses would be so much worse than the inn.

And these people's clothes were all dirty, probably because they worked in the fields all year round and the dirt couldn't be washed off.

Continuing on, they encountered Chi Yu, Ming Xi, Fan Xiaowei, and Wang Pingyang.

"Hey, you guys came here to look for it too?" Chi Yu saw his ancestor and thought he should follow them.

"How's it going? How many missions have you found?" Qingyu asked them.

Fan Xiaowei greeted them and told them about what had just happened.

It's likely that he and Wang Pingyang found the task card and went to complete it.

It was a task to help the villagers carry water. After much difficulty, I found a family and explained that I would help them carry water.

As a result, the people there wouldn't let them into the yard, saying they were raising pigs inside and were worried it would frighten them.

"It's just a pig, isn't it? I raise them at home, why would I be afraid? I explained, but they still wouldn't let me in. That's really strange."

In the end, they still couldn't complete the task and had to try other people's homes.

"What? Your family raises pigs?" This was the first time Mingxi had heard him say that his family raised pigs.

Fan Xiaowei said with a proud look, "Of course, my pig weighs 400 jin (200 kg)."

Mingxi had never seen a large live pig before, so she couldn't help but be curious.

Wang Pingyang, who was standing to the side, burst out laughing: "Hahaha, guess where his pig came from?"

"Don't say it!" Fan Xiaowei hurriedly covered his mouth.

The two were college classmates and had visited each other's homes before.

Wang Pingyang tried to hide, but Mingxi quickly pulled Fan Xiaowei aside and urged Wang Pingyang to continue.

"Hahaha, the miniature pig he bought before, after being raised for a while, weighed 400 jin (200 kg). Hahaha, he went to the seller to argue, and the seller told him to return it and exchange it for a smaller one."

"Pfft, hahahaha"

Mingxi and the others couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Qingyu found it amusing: "Then why don't you change?"

Fan Xiaowei looked aggrieved: "What if I get a smaller one and then raise it to adulthood?"

Chiyu: "Hahaha, that proves you're a pig-raising expert."

"Hahahaha"

The group burst into laughter again.

The commotion they made attracted the attention of others, and Zhu Sen and Wen Yanqing walked over in confusion.

In addition, a villager was also with Wen Yanqing.

The villager looked honest and simple, and was about the same age as them.

But the way he looked at Wen Yanqing was strange.

At least that's what Qingyu thinks.

"What are you doing?" Wen Yanqing asked.

No one answered him, so Zhu Sen spoke to them first: "We have already completed a task, and the task was not difficult."

The task they were assigned was to work with the villagers to pick a basket of vegetables.

There were many vegetables in the garden, and they randomly found a boy from a family to help them finish cooking.

This boy is the one next to Wen Yanqing.

“You guys are pretty quick. We still need to find more people to complete the mission,” Wang Pingyang said.

Wen Yanqing immediately said, "Then you should look for him. His name is Ge Tiezhu, and he's a very nice person."

He smiled brightly, and Ge Tiezhu's eyes never left his face.

"Alright, Brother Tiezhu, how do I get to your house? I can fetch water for you." Wang Pingyang was a very outgoing person and started talking to people as soon as he went up to them.

Ge Tiezhu's Mandarin is not very standard, but with Wen Yanqing patiently translating, they are still able to communicate effectively.

After saying that, the group followed Ge Tiezhu to carry out the mission.

Wen Yanqing didn't want to follow, as he wanted to find more mission cards, but when he saw Qing Yu there, he wanted to go over.

If something happens, the attention will be on his side, and he'll get more screen time.

Qingyu ignored him and strolled along, chatting with Chixing as they followed.

Upon entering Ge Tiezhu's courtyard, a commotion could be heard coming from inside the house, sounding like shouting and cursing.

The group looked at each other, while Qingyu stared in the direction of the closed room.

Ge Tiezhu hurriedly called out, "Dad, I'm back. Are you taking care of Grandma again?"

The noise inside the house subsided, followed by a man's rough voice:

“Oh, your grandma isn’t eating again, so I’m just trying to persuade her to eat more.”

As he spoke, the door opened, and a man in his forties or fifties came out, indeed carrying a bowl in his hand.

Looking at everyone, he smiled and said in broken Mandarin, "Inside is my paralyzed mother. Sigh, she hasn't been eating for days on end. It's so worrying."

The others chuckled and offered a few words of comfort, but only Chi Xing and Qing Yu exchanged a glance.

If they hadn't seen and heard those things in the grove, they probably would have believed that story, but now... they have to think more carefully.

Wang Pingyang borrowed their wooden buckets and went to fetch water with Fan Xiaowei.

Qingyu followed her toward the well.

This well is the drinking water source for most people in the village. I don't know if it's because there's a water shortage here, but none of their households have a well.

Even if there were, the well opening would be very small, probably to prevent children from falling in.

There was a shed above the well to shelter from the rain. Qingyu looked up and saw a corner of a card on a pillar.

His eyes lit up, he patted Akahoshi's arm and pointed up: "Look."

Akahoshi's lips curled up: "You have good eyesight."