Chapter 20 This Sacred Land Will Soon Bear the Surname Wang! (Seeking Monthly Pass)_4

On the tenth day, an overwhelming sense of anxiety had filled the entire village.

To save food, the villagers spontaneously changed from having two meals a day to just one, and only ate a little when they were desperately hungry.

In order to reduce consumption, the villagers decreased the frequency of their outings, almost never leaving home except for necessary work. The babies couldn't get enough breast milk and cried loudly from hunger, casting a gloomy cloud of misery over the entire village.

At this rate, not to mention the harsh winter, they were afraid they wouldn't even make it through the month.

However,

Just when the villagers were on the brink of despair, Wang Licui returned.

A full hundred able-bodied men, chanting in unison, dragged a simple wooden raft made of logs toward the village. On the raft lay a mountain of game, seemingly dozens of animals.

Because the game was so heavy, each step the young men took left shallow pits in the frozen soil.