It was originally a small village on the outskirts of the forest among the high mountains in the northwest of the hot summer region.
Later, due to the relocation order, the entire village moved to a plain.
The population is about three hundred people. Judging from the population size of Yanxia Kingdom, a village like this is not unusual.
The livelihood of this village mainly comes from crops. Even if it has been moved to a more populated area, it is still quite remote. Even the patrol team takes half an hour to get here. Except for some travel friends who occasionally come here to enjoy the scenery, it is basically
No outsiders will come.
In this deserted village, time seems to have stood still.
The village is busy from morning to night. There are no colorful neon lights like the big cities. The villagers here basically live a life of working at sunrise and resting at sunset.
The first thing Yang Xiaoyue did when she got up in the morning was to fetch water from a nearby well. Today was a school holiday, so she had to help her family with work and move to a new place. The facilities were not very complete and there was nothing left to do.
A child from a poor family has already become the head of the family, and at the age of sixteen she has to take on a lot of responsibilities.
Fetching water is a girl's job. The first job is done when the big water tank at home is filled with water.
At this time, my mother will prepare breakfast for the family of four to enjoy together. They eat rice porridge, pickles, and sometimes noodles for breakfast.
After the meal, we go to the fields to farm with our parents. My ten-year-old sister will collect some dry firewood nearby or help with work in the fields. At noon, everyone will take a break for lunch.
Lunch was prepared with dry food, and then they continued working in the fields, and returned home for dinner as the sun set.
Dinner is a very homely stir-fry. If you want to eat meat at this time, it is not an easy task. You can only wait for the patrol team to distribute it door to door.
After dinner, everyone used the kitchen light to chat and mend damaged clothes. They went to bed around eight o'clock, ending a tiring day.
Yang Xiaoyue has lived such an ordinary and simple life for sixteen years, and has continued like this, studying, helping her family with farm work, and practicing cultivation, which has only recently emerged.
Sometimes she also wonders, when will this kind of life end? A travel friend from the city once described to her the prosperous life in the city, which made her yearn for it.
On this day, as usual, Yang Xiaoyue got up and went to the well to fetch water. The water was poured into a small bucket. It took about three trips to fill the big water tank at home.
"Huh~"
Although the bucket filled with water was heavy, Yang Xiaoyue still lifted it as usual.
If the bucket were bigger, it might be possible to reduce the number of trips back and forth and make it easier, right? But I probably can't lift such a heavy bucket.
Yang Xiaoyue thought so as she walked on her way home.
Suddenly there was a strange roar.
Looking in the direction of the sound, the air seemed to be boiling, and there was a hot breath, and a feeling of terror emerged in Yang Xiaoyue's heart.
My ears also heard the sound of wood being destroyed, followed by a wailing sound.
There was also a roaring sound, which was like the hoarse sound of a beast being strangled by its throat, but it was definitely not the cry of a beast.
No wild beast can scream so desolately and horribly. Yes, just a roar made Yang Xiaoyue feel terrified.
Yang Xiaoyue couldn't help but feel a chill running down her spine and couldn't believe it. She would rather believe that this was an illusion, but this was definitely not a human cry.
Several uneasy thoughts appeared in my mind,
He shook his head to get rid of the terrible thoughts.