Reclaiming Wasteland: Carefree Mountain Farmer

Chapter 70 Clan Prestige
Beijiwu still eats alone, enjoying the most abundant meat, eggs, and dairy products all by himself.

After Beijiwu finished eating, the others divided up the meat, bones, and leftovers in order.

Li Hong was in charge of distributing the food.

Li Hong gave some of the remaining broth and bones to Gao Conglian. Because Gao Conglian was breastfeeding, she received more food than Jiang Rong and the others.

Secondly, it's the children.

Children should eat more so they can grow up quickly.

Then there are the women who sleep with Beijiwu; these are all potential pregnant women and definitely need extra nutrition.

Ma Tuchai received a piece of spare rib with bits of meat still attached. After chewing it for a while, she quickly asked curiously, "Is this pork?"

Jiang Cao soaked a steamed bun in meat broth and ate it. After swallowing the crumbs, she said, "It's pork. Haven't you ever eaten it before?"

Ma Tuchai said smugly, "I've eaten quite a lot. Do we eat meat every day here?"

Li Hong said irritably, "You wish! We're lucky if we can eat meat once a month, let alone every day! You're dreaming!"

Even in the Yang family, Ma Tuchai couldn't eat meat every day, but she could manage to eat it once a month.

After being scolded by Li Hong, Ma Tuchai laughed and said, "I was just asking. I saw that they were serving wolf meat in the canteen yesterday, and they're serving meat today too. I was just asking."

Jiang Rong introduced the new woman, saying, "The gentleman often hunts game, so he can often have meat since he came here. The canteen only provides food, but there isn't much meat yet, so he brings his own eggs and meat."

"If someone has eggs and meat, they can ask the cook to make it for them; it's not something to be so ostentatious."

Li Bing immediately said, "When the master takes the meat and tells people to work, they obediently work. The villagers all listen to the master, the clan chief. When guests come, they bring wine and eggs, and prepare vegetables and pickles to entertain them."

While eating her snack, Ma Tuchai listened attentively, learning about the dominant position of Beijiwu here.

After eating and drinking his fill, Beijiwu rode his horse to inspect his territory.

The villagers are still busy plowing the fields, going to work in the fields after breakfast.

The oxen haven't eaten their fill yet; they'll only start working once they've eaten their fill.

Cows are much more intelligent than humans. They need to rest for a while after each plowing session, to drink water and eat grass.

Beijiwu led the horse to a nearby wasteland, letting it graze on the ground.

In the northwest of the village, there is a mountain. Beijiwu looked at this mountain peak, which is more than 20 meters above the ground.

Behind the hilltop are even more mountains, one after another raising the altitude from a few hundred meters to two or three thousand meters.

There are no rivers within a radius of twenty miles, only a small stream that passes by.

This stream is the lifeblood of Beitian Village.

If there is a drought upstream, then the more than 100 people in Beitian Village will have to go upstream to find water to drink.

The arid and rain-scarce Northwest region makes water resources a crucial battleground between villages.

Downstream tribes have no water to drink, so they don't care whose water it is; whoever is powerful owns it.

Beijiwu asked Mu Chuanliang, who was walking over, "Have you finished cultivating your fields?"

Mu Chuanliang walked over quickly and honestly replied, "Not yet, it will take another two or three days."

Beijiwu said unhappily, "Hurry up, in addition to the farmland, we also need to find a way to dig a pond to store some water for raising fish or irrigating the farmland when necessary."

Preparations for land reclamation also need to be made; Arctic Martial currently has many things that his subordinates need to do.

Although Beijiwu could do these things on his own, such as drawing water to his own fields and reclaiming land for himself, the problem of feeding himself was not his problem.

Arctic Martial needs everyone's help to solve problems for the entire village, rather than just doing good deeds for others in isolation.

Mu Chuanliang didn't understand Beijiwu's good intentions, and nodded, saying, "Yes, clan leader! The land at home can be cleaned up in two or three days."

After answering Beijiwu's question, Mu Chuanliang asked, "Chieftain, that Tuoba Niu is a skilled master. He has brought people to help us. Should we have them treated well?"

Beijiwu frowned. "Wasn't it supposed to be food and lodging provided? I remember staying at your house."

Mu Chuanliang replied, "They are staying at my house. But according to their custom, when a few men come to our village to visit and help out, shouldn't we arrange for the women of the village to entertain them?"

Beijiwu looked at Mu Chuanliang with complicated emotions, unsure of what to say for a moment.

Mu Chuanliang quickly said, "Chief, you misunderstand. I had no intention of letting Jiang Rong leave. Now Jiang Rong is your woman. I mean, aren't there any other women in the village?"

Beijiwu waved impatiently and turned to look in the direction of the village. "The mountain farmers have no concept of women accompanying male guests. All women are my women. I can arrange marriages for them with men in the tribe, but I will not allow outsiders to have any of them."

"From now on, regardless of gender, all men and women of the mountain peasant tribe must refer to themselves as slaves."

"Everyone here is mine. Tuoba Niu and his men are here to work for me, not to act like royalty!"

Beiji Wu became increasingly angry and decided to go find Tuoba Niu and give him a good slap to cheer him up.

Without hesitation, the Arctic Warriors mounted their horses and headed towards the village commune.

A thousand words are not as effective as one action.

Beijiwu didn't know how to boost the self-confidence of the more than one hundred people in Beitian Village, nor did he know what kind of explanation would make them understand his thoughts.

Since they treat Tuoba Niu as a distinguished guest, we can simply tell them that this view is wrong.

Beijiwu didn't understand things like propriety, righteousness, integrity, and a sense of shame. He just thought that if he beat up Tuoba Niu and the others, the Shan Nong tribe would view the relationship between Tuoba Niu and the Shan Nong tribe in a proper way.

At the highest level, it is the clan chief's responsibility to provide correct guidance on the external attitude of the entire Shan Nong tribe!

beat!
Beijiwu rode his horse to the commune and smelled the smell of alcohol as soon as he entered the courtyard.

Tuoba Niu and several men from Changchengtun were fast asleep in the courtyard, along with men from the Beitian family.

Having eaten and drunk their fill, and with nothing else to do, these people naturally slept soundly.

In the courtyard, there were old women picking peas, sunbathing, or sitting at the door drinking porridge and eating leftovers.

Arctic Martial Arts had come here to show off, and now they easily found a reason to attack.

"Damn it! I'll teach you guys to slack off!!"

With a shout, Beiji Wu walked over, picked up a square table with one hand, and smashed it down on the four people sleeping on the ground.

When he shouted loudly, Tuoba Niu, who was sleeping, sensed something was wrong.

As soon as Tuoba Niu sat up, he saw a dark figure pressing down on him.

not good!

boom!
The square table landed heavily on Tuoba Niu and the other two, knocking Tuoba Niu, who had just sat up, back down instantly.

The other two were also covered by the table, but they quickly got up in pain and fear.

The men of the Kitada family also got up, looking at Kitatake in horror.

Arctic Martial rushed up and grabbed the person who hadn't been hit.

The young grassland man was grabbed by Arctic Warrior. Just as he was about to struggle, Arctic Warrior slapped him across the face.

Snapped!
The grassland man was instantly stunned, his head buzzing as if a thick log had been hammered into the back of his head, and his whole body went numb!
Arctic Martial slapped him again, knocking the grassland man to the ground.

The man coughed up blood, his head spinning, and he couldn't stand up.

Beijiwu looked coldly at Tuoba Niu.

"Master Wu, spare my life! Master Wu, spare my life!!"

Tuoba Niu was no match for Beiji Wu and couldn't even conceive of resisting.

Not only Tuoba Niu, but also the two men from the Beitian family quickly knelt on the ground.

"Chieftain, spare our lives! We beg you, Chieftain, spare our lives!"

Arctic Warrior yelled, "Get to work! If you dare to drink and sleep here in the commune again, I'll chop your drinking hands into mincemeat!!"

Tuoba Niu and the others breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that they had survived a great calamity and nothing else mattered.

Everyone assumed he was beaten for drinking and slacking off, and no one dared to drink or sleep in the commune again.

The news of the men from Changchengtun being beaten by Beijiwu spread quickly. Not only Mu Chuanliang, but even Beitiangen stopped mentioning entertaining these people.

Strangely enough, after Tuoba Niu and the others were easily beaten up by Beiji Wu, they changed their attitude.

Not only did they correct their attitude and position, but the mountain farmers also corrected their attitude.

The attitude of the clan chief towards outsiders determines the attitude of the mountain farmers towards outsiders.

(End of this chapter)