Huh? Isn't this an adventure kingdom building game?!-Chapter 48: I Actually Became the Big Boss?

Understanding the village chief’s new regulations, some families are happy while others are worried.

Some families, who only care about themselves, eat recklessly when there’s food and dig for wild vegetables when there’s none. Now, faced with disaster and no food at home, the village’s adjustments have relieved their worries about meals, and they joyfully praise the chief’s wisdom.

However, families that have scrimped and saved behind the big clan’s back to store up food for emergencies are both annoyed and helpless, secretly praying that their hidden grain wouldn’t be discovered and confiscated.

"We’ll work, eat, and rest together. For those assigned, the only concern is how to cook and how much, without worrying about anything else;

The villagers with appointed tasks only need to listen to orders and work, no need to think or worry about anything else.

This is what it means to unite our hearts and strength, gathering everyone’s power, to conduct the sacrificial ceremony as soon as possible, so our village can be stable again!"

The village chief raised his arm and roused the villagers, some responded enthusiastically with cheers, while others remained silent, too angry to speak.

"Mom..." Lin Chunxi was worried that the rabbit meat would be discovered, nervously tugging at her mother’s sleeve, her palms sweaty.

Qiao Mei patted her shoulder and whispered, "When the meeting ends, run home quickly. They probably won’t pay attention to the kids. If you can make it home, throw everything into the collapsed part of the alleyway house; no one has lived there for a long time, so it should be safe from inspection."

After a moment of noise in the square, the village chief signaled for silence again, "Now I’ll announce the list. Those named should listen for their task assignments and groupings. Children over fourteen have their groups and tasks; those under fourteen will help their families with work..."

Lin Chunxi, just at the age to be grouped with a task, was anxious and slowly moved next to her younger brother, seizing a moment while many people were chatting to relay their mother’s words.

"Got it, leave it to me!" Lin Chunsheng glanced around. Nearby, some younger kids were gathered, playing with stones. He sidled over, pretended to watch for a while, and when no one noticed, he sprinted home.

He buried the rabbit skin and meat underneath a collapsed straw hut using dry sand. As long as it didn’t rot, even if it got dirty, it could be washed several times and still be edible. If found, it’d be big trouble.

He also washed the floor with water to ensure no trace was left, then ran to the burned-down Wan Mingchuan’s home, using a twig to rummage through the ashes.

"You’re not dumb after all, found anything good?" Not long after, a group supervised by He Family people came over, He Yaozu, wearing silk clothes, sneered with his teeth showing, "Anything found that isn’t completely burnt has to be handed over to the village."

Lin Chunsheng’s face got covered with soot. He turned to see some of He Yaozu’s men carrying rice, flour, pots, and pans, some with firewood, seemingly resources forcibly requisitioned from various households.

He even noticed half a bowl of oil, wondering which family scrimped and saved it, only to have it seized. freewebnσvel.cøm

"The beams are all burned up, nothing left," he mumbled in response, tossing the twig aside and doubtfully asking, "What are you doing?"

He Yaozu shook his head, feeling smug, "You wouldn’t understand, kid, go find your mother! From now on, work will be scheduled during the day, and everyone will live in caves at night until the sacrificial ceremony. Those with ruined homes must accept their fate first."

He signaled to his men to go door-to-door searching.

"That’s the firewood my mom worked hard to gather, what are you doing?" Lin Chunsheng followed them as they searched through the straw house, taking vegetable patties, dried wild greens, remaining food, pots, bowls, and even the firewood stacked in the corner. As they left nothing, he exclaimed, "You took our pots and food, how are we supposed to eat?"

Finally, the glider remained only as an empty straw shed and barren yard, He Yaozu motioned them to move to the next home, impatiently saying, "I’m not discussing with you, ask your mother!"

Two people glanced into the collapsed yard, He Yaozu sneered, "That house was emptied right away; you’d better hurry, soon you all have to dig canals, can’t blame anyone else if you go hungry."

The houses at Riverfront Village’s edge, where ordinary villagers lived, were scoured clean. Meanwhile, the central clan residences didn’t even yield a single stick of firewood. Watching the divine statue pile up more and more classified supplies, the He family’s elder sneered coldly, "See? What did I tell you?

They didn’t utter a sound when asked to share the burden. In reality, doesn’t every home have some hidden stash? They could probably scrape up two pounds of flour from a rat hole. We’ve been too lenient with management before, overfed them, and that’s why someone like Wan Mingchuan emerged, ungrateful scoundrels! We shouldn’t have let his grandfather and grandson live in the village from the start."

"It’s not too late to realize now. Thank goodness that kid didn’t come back; he’d eventually incite the commoners to cause trouble," the Wang family elder sneered, "Your granddaughter, I heard, cried her eyes out when she heard Wan Mingchuan was dead. You must keep an eye on her, ensure she doesn’t sneak off to Cat Hill.

Blunt stick only saw the blind man spit fire, but no one witnessed that kid killed, if he were still alive, it’d be troublesome. While controlling the villagers, we need to quickly scavenge resources for the sacrificial ceremony; also, send people to watch Cat Hill closely, if that kid’s found, eradicate him at all costs!"

The damage to the divine statue already affected the control that the three major families had. Wan Mingchuan asked for land redistribution, ignoring the three families, nearly inciting unrest.

They were struggling to find an excuse to completely control the commoners’ actions and beliefs, making them willingly serve the three families for generations, wasn’t this convenient?

Wan Mingchuan didn’t return after going to Shuiyun Lake, while the blind man living there is peculiar, perfectly useful to frighten the timid commoners.

An overnight multi-layered strategy to ensure the three families leverage the wilderness’s fears to maintain absolute power and status.

"Don’t worry, the three of our families are grasshoppers tied on the same string, understanding the principle of shared glory and loss, I absolutely won’t let the foolish girl do anything silly." The He family elder glanced at his dark and plump granddaughter, pondering to find her a sturdy and obedient man as a son-in-law soon.

The Xu family’s son-in-law even became village chief; Riverfront Village has many young people willing to join the three families, marriage alliances should always be carefully considered to enhance family influence.

If no suitable option arises, consider the wanderers; those homeless roaming the wilderness, if they survive, they must have some skill.

Riverfront Village lost too many strong laborers due to calamity, can’t immediately accept too many wanderers to avoid forming factions. Balancing control has always been an art, requires thorough planning, while more pressing matters need prompt resolution.

The He family elder nervously watched the increasingly growing stack of supplies, debating whether to delay the ceremony by neither confirming nor denying the issue, or confessing to the other two families?