This NPC has something

Chapter 22
Lin Xi looked at Li Xiaomeng, who was eager to try, and smiled dotingly, "What's the matter, Xiaomeng, are you interested in these bandits?"

Li Xiaomeng nodded, opened his watery eyes wide, and looked at the remaining bandits, the desire in his eyes was undisguised.

Lin Xi shook her head with a smile, pointed to the other silent village chiefs, and said, "Have you noticed that many village chiefs are not interested in these bandits?"

After hearing this, Li Xiaomeng came back to her senses and looked around at the frowning players. She couldn't help but become curious. It stands to reason that the player's village chief would be eager to rob the refugees after he discovered them!

Lin Xi pointed to the rest of the bandits again, and asked, "Xiaomeng, have you noticed that this batch of bandits is a bit special?"

Li Xiaomeng settled down, looked at the bandits vigorously, and then replied with some uncertainty: "Are there many old and weak women and children?"

Lin Xi nodded approvingly: "That's right, this group of bandits are all old, weak, sick and disabled left over by our detection skills, and they have no one to rely on."

"For some villages, the old, weak, sick and disabled are a drag. They cannot do farm work, and they have to consider their food rations every day. Healthy people can do better things they can do."

"And those children don't know how many years it will take to grow up. It is not a small risk to cultivate this unknown little guy for so many years. No one will like refugees whose efforts are not proportional to their benefits."

Li Xiaomeng suddenly realized that this was the case. She remembered that there were several such villagers in Qian Village before, but they all ran away later.

Li Xiaomeng then looked curiously at the men among the bandits, pointed at them and asked, "Aren't there still some grown men here?"

Lin Xi shook his head with a smile, and said: "If you want to use investigative techniques, you will find that these men basically have no attributes, and they have no room for growth. Each of them has at most the power to restrain chickens. I know how weak his body is. Most of such men are physically weak or sick. What do you think is the use of recruiting such a man back? Spending money and resources to see a doctor for him?"

"Oh……"

Li Xiaomeng nodded, gaining a lot of knowledge.

……

Li Chengqian was a little surprised, and there was a mutual selection in the end?Not bad, then I can choose this one named Li Xiaomeng at that time, and I can observe them up close.

After waiting for a while, no player came forward to introduce his village. Li Chengqian was dumbfounded. What do you mean, his group of people are disliked?

After waiting for a while, a veiled girl walked up to the bandits, and said in a soft and moving voice, "Hello, I am Lin Yanran, the head of Fengxian Village. There are more than [-] villagers in our village, and we are located at At the foot of Fenghuang Mountain in the west of Wan County, the food in the village is sufficient at present, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. If you have nowhere to go, welcome to join our village!"

As soon as the words fell, the whole valley suddenly boiled.

Lin Xi nodded and said, "It turns out to be her, no wonder."

Li Xiaomeng blinked her curious eyes and asked, "Sister Lin Xi, is there anything special about her?"

Lin Xi nodded with a smile, and said, "You also know that the place where our players land has something to do with the real coordinates. As for the reason, I don't know yet. It may be that the game is for our acquaintances to keep warm."

"So this setting causes us to often run into people we know nearby, and I know this Lin Yanran."

"She is the eldest lady of the Lin family. We met once at a reception. This person is very strange. How should I put it, she seems to live in her own world and likes to help others. Now she is in control of the Lin family's charity fund, and her life style is very different. It’s a bit out of tune with the world right now.”

Li Xiaomeng nodded with some confusion. She couldn't understand why it was so special to like doing charity. I guess Sister Lin Xi had something else she didn't say?

After Lin Yanran finished speaking, she scanned the rest of the bandits with her cool and beautiful eyes, and stayed on Li Chengqian for more than a second with some doubts, before returning to her place.

After Lin Yanran, some village chiefs introduced the situation of their own villages one after another, most of them were villages with a population of several hundred.

Seeing this, Li Xiaomeng was a little puzzled again.

"Sister Lin Xi, didn't you say that these bandits are a drag, why do these big forces recruit them?"

Lin Xi laughed and said: "This is a watershed problem. For a village with a population of one or two hundred or even less, due to the small population base, absorbing a few such old, weak, sick and disabled is a big problem. The burden, according to our terms, is that their productivity can't keep up."

"However, for those villages with a population of several hundred or more, absorbing a few or even dozens of old, weak, sick and disabled people is not a big problem. For these villages, the most important thing at the moment is to attack villages with a thousand people."

"Didn't you notice that the initiators and discussants of the so-called Wan County Alliance this time are all the village chiefs of the thousand-person village. The village chiefs of other villages have no say in the distribution of tasks and rewards. It is conceivable that the final reward It must be these discussants who will take the big head."

"If there is another event next time, if you want to get more benefits, the best way is to join the deliberative group, and the starting threshold for the deliberative is the Thousand People Village, and the threshold will only get higher and higher in the future."

"Oh..." Li Xiaomeng suddenly realized, it turned out to be the case, and after saying this, she immediately understood.

Gradually, fewer and fewer villages went out to recruit bandits. Li Xiaomeng recalled what Sister Lin Xi said and thought about the actual situation in her village.

There are no old, weak, women, sick or disabled in Qian Village, except for five or six able-bodied men, a few farming women, and a village chief Niu who is in charge.

At present, the small treasury can still maintain the village for a while, and when the first wave of rice harvest comes, life will be much easier.

Li Xiaomeng's mind was spinning quickly. The other villages didn't want these burdens. Is it because they didn't tap the potential of these old, weak, sick and disabled?
The old, weak, sick and disabled cannot do physical work, but they also have advantages. For the elderly, the biggest advantage is experience.

For example, raising livestock, many young people have little experience in this matter.For example, what is good for pigs, what is healthy for chickens, and so on.

As for Qian Village, after the food crisis is resolved, livestock will definitely be raised.

As for the advantages of young children, they are their potential and future. After the village develops, children who grow up in their own village will have a strong sense of belonging to the village, which will definitely be much more loyal than those refugees who join midway.

Moreover, some children who have been trained well may become the pillars of the village when they grow up.

As for those thin men, Sister Yang Xi said that they were probably the weak and sick. Such people were indeed a burden and trouble, but looking at these bandits, there were not many men of this age. In terms of profit, it was worth the risk.

Li Xiaomeng had made up his mind, so he walked up to the bandits under the surprised eyes of Yang Xi and Zhou Mingyu. Before he could speak, he saw Li Chengqian, who stood out among the bandits, and felt a little surprised.

Although Li Chengqian was a little dirty at this time, his eyes were bright and full of energy, and he didn't look like a useless man at all.

Without thinking too much, Li Xiaomeng slowly opened his mouth and said, "Hello everyone, my name is Li Xiaomeng, my village is very small, there are only a dozen people at present..."

"boom……"

Before Li Xiaomeng finished speaking, there was a burst of laughter from the crowd. For other villages, a village with only a dozen people still wanted to recruit these old, weak, sick and disabled. Aren't they afraid of dragging down their own village?

Li Xiaomeng's face became more and more red, but she insisted on continuing,

"Although the village is not big, everyone gets along in harmony. If you are willing to join our Qian Village, we welcome you." After speaking, he ran back quickly.

"..."

After the village chief's recruitment declaration was finished, the man from before came up again. He cleared his throat, signaled everyone to calm down, and said:

"Okay, now that the village chiefs who are willing to take in these bandits have finished talking, let them choose their favorite villages."

The whole valley suddenly fell silent, and those villages that had not been recruited also looked at the bandits curiously, wondering which villages these old, weak, sick and disabled would choose.

At this moment, a scene that surprised them a little appeared. The bandits turned their heads to a man at the same moment, as if they were waiting for him to make a decision.

All the village chiefs were surprised, didn't they say that the leaders of this gang of bandits have been found out, why does it seem that there is still a leader at this moment?Is there a fish that slipped through the net?

Many players immediately used scouting skills, that's right, they have no talent, no strategy, and they are still weak men with only the power to restrain chickens.

At this moment, many people faintly feel that this person is not simple.

Li Chengqian found that almost all the bandits were looking at him, and he couldn't help feeling a little helpless. At the same time, he also felt the eyes of the players around him.

"Everyone, we have lived together in the cottage for so long, and now it's time to say goodbye."

"Don't be afraid of these strangers. Their villages are the same as your previous villages. And judging from the current situation, whichever village you choose, there should be no life-threatening danger."

At this time, a dirty, thin and frail little girl of about four or five years old in the crowd pulled Li Chengqian's sleeve, raised her head and looked at him and said:
"Then teacher, where are you going, take me with you!"

Li Chengqian knew that this little girl was said to have lived in a village after the sudden change in the world. She had no relatives in the village and ate food from hundreds of families.

He looked at the little girl's longing eyes and couldn't help but feel a lot softer in his heart. In the village, he had the deepest feelings for his students.

Li Chengqian touched the little girl's head, and said softly, "Xiao Mu, just follow me."

After finishing speaking, he smiled at the girl named Xiaomu, then raised his head and continued to say to the others: "According to what I just learned, it is most secure for everyone to go to those villages with more than 300 people. The productivity is enough to support a few more people who are unable to farm.”

"After you go, in order to prevent others from reading gossip, you can apply to the village chief to do what you can. I know that you all still have the ability."

"Grandma Li, isn't your chicken particularly fat?"

"Uncle Wang, aren't you good at handling weddings and funerals?"

"Brother Yang, don't you know how to do small crafts?"

"..."

"As for me, I plan to go to the village called Li Xiaomeng. His village has only a dozen people. It may be very difficult in the past, but I want to go to her to deal with some things because of some personal reasons, so you don't have to follow me. You know, this small village can't support so many people."

"..."

When the bandits heard this, they felt much more at ease. Li Chengqian helped them analyze the pros and cons and gave them a way to live. They were all experienced and knew that living in a big village would definitely be more secure than a small village.

After all, these people didn't spend much time with Li Chengqian. Li Chengqian was either teaching in the village or going to Wumingting to read. It's impossible to say how much inseparable feelings they have. At this time, he just wanted Li Chengqian to help him come up with an idea.

On the contrary, the three remaining children had the deepest affection and attachment to Li Chengqian. Judging by their expressions, they planned to follow Li Chengqian away.

(End of this chapter)