Chapter 1502: Strange Village (Part 1)

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"Cheng, where are we now?"

Kyler stuck his head out of the car window and asked Su Cheng who was driving.

"Let me see……"

Su Cheng drove with one hand, took out the map with the other hand and began to look at it seriously.

Su Cheng's driving skills are quite good. Even with only one hand, he can easily control a carriage pulled by two horses.

"We are now in Soma County."

"Soma County..." Alyssa chewed the name, "I seem to have heard this name... and I heard it more than once."

"It's normal that you have heard of this name." Su Cheng said with a smile, "Soma County is a well-known and wealthy place in the south of our country. It is said that its economy is more developed than in the south of our country."

Su Cheng's words immediately raised the expectations of everyone in the carriage.

Even Su Cheng's chest was filled with anticipation for this wealthy place that had long admired its name.

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"Mom, look."

Teresa pointed her little finger out the window.

"Someone!"

The carriage is now driving on a fairly wide field.

On both sides of the field are neatly cut rice fields.

What Theresa was referring to were the farmers working in the rice fields.

"Um……"

Looking at the farmers working in the rice fields, Su Cheng's brows gradually wrinkled.

Because Su Cheng noticed something strange.

Others who noticed something strange were Kai Luoer, Alyssa, and Alan.

Only Theresa and Maria, who were silent about the world, were lying on the car and boat, looking curiously at the farmers working in the rice fields and the still immature rice seedlings.

"Brother..." Alan whispered to Su Cheng, "Why...are all the people working in the fields old guys...?"

What Su Cheng and others noticed was that the people working in the rice fields were middle-aged and elderly people in their 40s and 50s.

You can even see a few figures with white hair among these middle-aged and elderly people.

Looking around, I didn't see any young adults.

"Ah, Su Cheng, look, there's a village ahead."

Alyssa, who has the best eyesight among everyone, said this while pointing forward.

Su Cheng narrowed his eyes and looked forward intently.

It was discovered that just as Alyssa said, faint, sharp-edged lines appeared on the horizon ahead.

Only buildings have such lines.

Su Cheng could still barely see a few streaks of smoke rising from these lines.

"...It just so happens that our horses are about to rest." Su Cheng said softly, "Let's go to the village in front and stop for a while."

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The villagers in this rural village are very friendly.

After seeing that Su Cheng and others were just ordinary travelers, he generously let them into the village and provided Su Cheng and others with a place to stay and rest.

After entering the village, Su Cheng's brows remained furrowed and never relaxed.

It's not difficult to tell from the appearance - this village is a quite wealthy one.

The houses are all solid wooden houses, the roads are clean and neat, and the villagers are all wearing decent and neat clothes.

It's just that - certain scenes in this village are exactly the same as what I saw in the rice fields just now.

That is - there is no figure of any young and middle-aged man...

Only middle-aged and elderly people and children travel around the village.

As soon as Su Cheng parked the carriage in an open space designated by the villagers, an old man with white hair and beard, about 60 years old, greeted Su Cheng and others with a warm smile.

"Travelers, welcome to Owo Village. I am the village chief of Owo Village-Kev Myso."

"Good afternoon, Mr. Village Chief." Su Cheng responded to Ke Fu with a smile, "Thank you for providing us with a place to stay in your village.

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"It's just a small thing, you don't have to go to such trouble to express your gratitude to us." Ke Fu smiled and waved his hand, "We are very happy that you can come to our village. We haven't seen young people for a while."

"Having young people like you visiting our village can also make the atmosphere of our village more dynamic."

Hearing Kefu's words, Su Cheng couldn't help but pursed his lips.

"... Mr. Village Chief, I have a question to ask you."

"Well, you can ask me all you want, and I will tell you everything I can answer."

Seeing that the village chief had said this, Su Cheng stopped being polite and asked directly to the village chief:

"Village chief, why are there no young people in your village?"

After hearing Su Cheng's question, the smile on the village chief's face suddenly froze.

Just when Su Cheng began to blame himself for saying something wrong, the village chief slowly put away the smile on his face and sighed softly.

"...Why else...isn't it because the country has been at war these years..."

"About half a year ago, all the young workers in our village, both men and women, were taken away by the state."

"It seems like they were all dragged east to transport supplies."

"It is said that the war is over, but we don't know when these children will be able to come back..."

"I just hope that these children who were taken away by the country can come back alive and well..."

After that, the village chief sighed again.

"Were we dragged to transport supplies?!" Su Cheng's eyes widened and he exclaimed, "Mr. Village Chief, this is Soma County, right?"

"Yes."

"Soma County is the richest county in the south of our country, right?"

"The richest... I don't know if it is the richest county in the south of the country, but our Soma County is indeed relatively rich compared to other surrounding counties."

"Even the richest villagers in Soma County were dragged to the battlefield to transport supplies?" Su Cheng's face was full of shock.

"Yes..." Kefu's face was full of bitter smiles, "The city that governs our village is Cannes, which is not far from here."

"At the beginning of the war with the Frankish Empire, the mayor of Cannes came to the villages under his jurisdiction and told us: the labor force currently recruited by the country is completely sufficient, so we don't have to worry about the young and strong people in the village being pulled to the battlefield to transport supplies, let us continue to live in peace."

"However...only half a year later, the mayor suddenly told us-the civilian labor recruited by the country is not enough, and the young and strong people in our village have to be recruited to the battlefield to transport supplies..."

"Although we don't want to, we have no choice..."

"After all, this is the order of the country, how can we disobey the order of the country...Alas...damn war...I really hope this is the last time the young and strong people in our village are recruited to the battlefield..."