Naruto: My name is Naruto Nianma

Chapter 192: Old Age (5)

After saying that, Tatsuki left, leaving Jiraiya and Menma in the dark room.

The two of them chopped some firewood near the village, lit a fire, and sat down to rest.

Jiraiya asked: "How's it going, Menma, have you thought of what to do?"

Menma shook his head and said: "There is currently insufficient information. We don't even know why they don't have enough food, so we still need to investigate the information before we can make a decision."

Jiraiya nodded and said, "That's it. Let's have a good rest tonight, change clothes, and then go investigate the information tomorrow."

Menma hummed, opened his backpack, took out the storage scroll, took out a set of clean clothes, changed out of the rags on his body, and threw them aside.

Early the next morning, Menma and Jiraiya said hello, took off their weights and walked into the mountain.

Jiraiya stayed in the village to repair the house.

At noon, Menma returned to the village carrying a killed bear.

If it weren't for Jiulama's perception, he might not have been able to find the bear.

Naturally, such a big movement could not be hidden from the people in the village. Everyone came out and looked at Menma with envy and fear.

Menma ignored everyone and went straight to the place where he lived.

When Jiraiya saw Menma coming in carrying a bear, he asked seriously: "Menma, are you going to help the villagers get food like me?

This method won’t work! "

Menma shook his head and said, "No, just watch it, Master!"

With that said, he took out his kunai and skinned the bear and cut it into pieces.

Because the temperature is very low, there is no need to worry about the meat quality deteriorating for a while.

After doing all this, Menma wiped his hands with the snow outside the house, carried two pieces of bear liver, and came to Tatsuki's house with Jiraiya.

At this time, Chen Ping was filled with fear. What kind of monsters had he provoked?

The old one can cause an earthquake with just a stamp of his foot, and the young one has the strength to tear bear bears apart.

He opened the door tremblingly and asked the two of them to sit down in the back room.

The smell inside the house was turbid, and the whole family, young and old, huddled together to keep warm.

Menma threw a piece of bear liver in front of Chen Ping and said, "This is today's rent. In addition, if you answer a few questions for me, I will give you this piece of bear liver too!"

Chen Ping was overjoyed and no longer afraid. He quickly stepped forward and hugged the smelly bear liver on the ground tightly, as if he was afraid that Menma would regret it: "You ask, you ask!"

Menma asked: "How many people are there in your village? How many men and women are there who can work?"

Chenping replied: "There are 193 people in the village, 41 children, 129 adult men and women, and 23 elderly people."

Menma nodded. It seemed that this village was the same, with a custom of discarding old people who had lost the ability to work.

Then, he asked again: "What is your food? What is your annual output?"

Chenping smiled bitterly and said: "We eat whatever food is available. Rice, mice, wild vegetables, wild fruits, snakes, mushrooms, and even grass roots and bark."

Menma asked: "Then you don't farm?"

Chenping replied: "We planted it, but we didn't have farm tools and could only use wood and stones, so the yield of the land was very poor."

Menma asked again: "Why don't you go out to work now and every household is hiding in the house?"

Chenping gave him a strange look and said, "What can we do when we go out? It's so cold outside and we can't find anything to eat. Once we catch the cold and get sick, we'll basically die.

So we only go out to bask in the sun during the warmest time at noon, and stay indoors the rest of the time to reduce consumption. "

Menma secretly smacked his lips inwardly, taking it for granted again, and then he continued: "Tell me about your family!"

Tatsupei was a little confused about Menma's jumping thoughts, but for the sake of the other piece of bear liver in Menma's hand, he pointed at an old woman and replied honestly:

"This is my mother Alingpo."

Then he pointed to the woman next to him: "This is my woman Ayu."

Then he saw the man next to him secretly touching Ayu's thigh with a dirty hand. His expression suddenly changed, he stood up and slapped her in the face.

Amidst the man's cries of pain, Tatsuki calmly introduced to Ma: "This is my brother Risuke, he's a little confused."

Then he pointed at the two young men and said, "This is my eldest son Kashang Ji and my youngest son Liu Ji."

Menma asked: "Your brother Risuke and your two sons are not young yet, aren't they married yet?"

Chenping shook his head and said: "Risuke and Rukichi are the second sons and are not eligible to get married. As for my son, it is because the food in the family is not enough to feed another woman."

Menma fell silent upon hearing this.

At this time, A Lingpo said: "It doesn't matter. I will go up the mountain next year. Then I can save food and find a woman for Kashengji to come back."

Chenping also fell silent.

Alingpo continued to ramble on: "When the time comes, I will first help Kasunji find a woman, and then let Risuke and Liuji have a taste of women. In this way, I can go up the mountain with peace of mind."

Menma's chest felt tight when he heard this. This backward and ignorant village seemed not to know what privacy and shame were, and they openly talked about human relations in public.

So Menma stood up to say goodbye, and Tatsuki also stood up to see the two of them out, but his eyes were fixed on the bear liver in Menma's hand.

Menma casually threw the bear liver to Tatsuhira and led Jiraiya out the door.

After going out, Menma took a deep breath and held it in his chest for a long time before spitting it out heavily.

"How's it going? Do you have any ideas?" Jiraiya asked.

"It's a little late, let's talk about it when we get back!" Menma said as he walked.

Returning to the hut, the two sat in front of the fire and began to discuss the next plan.

"Menma, you can talk now!" Jiraiya said.

"Yeah!" Menma nodded, "It's actually very simple to solve this village's problem, that is to give them enough food!"

Jiraiya was startled, and then objected seriously: "No, I have done this before. This can only solve a temporary problem. Over time, the same tragedy will happen!

So you better..."

Menma shook his head and interrupted Jiraiya: "Master, listen to me first!"

Jiraiya heard this and closed his mouth, waiting for Menma's words.

Menma opened his mouth and explained: "Master, my approach is different from yours. You provide them with food directly, but I don't. I will provide them with ways to obtain food.

In this way, they can still use this method to get enough food after we leave. "

"Oh? Tell me?" Jiraiya became interested and sat up straight.

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