Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 20 The Unassuming Sam?
As soon as Fila finished speaking, lines of information appeared in front of Li Wei.

[The professional chef is exercising the authority of the head of the household.]

The head of the household believes the family should focus on hunting and gathering to prepare for the coming winter, but because she didn't consult with family members beforehand, some disagree, which lowers her standing.

[Warning: Work tasks assigned by the head of the household have the highest priority. Unless unforeseen circumstances arise or the task is outside of rest hours, it is not recommended to perform any unrelated work before these tasks are completed.]

You can choose to go hunting or gathering, or both. Whichever you choose, once you reach ten units of the required tasks, you will complete the task and receive double experience points and five family contribution points.

[Friendly reminder: All voting and plot-driven death scenarios will be suspended until the tasks assigned by the head of the household are completed.]

[Friendly reminder: Exercising the authority of the head of the family will increase your level completion rating if it has a positive impact on the future development of the entire family, and vice versa.]

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And that was the end of it.

Penny didn't say anything more and went straight back to her room to rest, as did Fila.

Li Wei and Sam were still awake. He was still whittling a wooden spear by the campfire. This time, Fila readily gave up the dagger. Since she had chosen the hunting and gathering route, she couldn't just leave without even a dagger.

Sam sat across the fire, holding a large wooden stick, seemingly lost in thought.

“George, I think we can go deeper into the forest tomorrow. I saw a deer a couple of days ago.”

Sam spoke up, seemingly wanting to take the lead. He had grasped the essence of this game: it was all about logic, logic, and damn logic.

And he actually saw a deer.

“I would rather go fishing. There are many fish downstream in the stream, and there are wolves in the forest. We are currently unable to deal with them; it's too dangerous.”

Li Wei said without looking up, "I've not only seen fish, but I've actually caught them. Sam is far from taking the lead."

However, this also created a disagreement between the two, so Sam still insisted, "We need more prey, George. By winter, your sister might have a child, and you'll be an uncle."

I'm going to be an uncle, what the hell?!
Li Wei looked up in surprise, not because he found the words funny, but because he was horrified. This Sam was pretty awesome.

It wasn't the kind of awesomeness that allowed him to get Penny pregnant, but rather his ability to quickly find such an excuse.

Yes, the addition of a new member to the family is a big deal. Although there is only a certain possibility, as Penny's brother and the child's uncle, Li Wei could not possibly remain indifferent.

If he dares to remain indifferent, it will contradict the logic of the plot, which is equivalent to the plot of a TV series being too brain-dead, and the audience will curse him.

After all, they are a loving family.

This decisive move left Li Wei with no way to object.

After thinking for a moment, he could only say, "The forest is too dangerous, and that pack of wolves might ambush us, so we need to be fully prepared."

"Of course, leave this to me. Can I borrow your knife?"

Sam stood up, took the knife from Li Wei, turned and went to the makeshift warehouse. A moment later, he had a simple hunting bow and three bowstrings in his hand.

"Praise Penny, she's so skillful. Do you know how to use this hunting bow?" Sam said with a smile.

Li Wei shook his head, but in his heart he was thinking, "Penny is a professional craftswoman, so making a simple wooden hunting bow would be a piece of cake for her. So she's not only skillful, but also damn small-chested and brainless. Besides, is Sam's primary profession a hunter?"
No wonder he's so confident.

"Young man, I need some materials to make wooden arrows. Could you find some for me?"

Sam sat there with an air of authority, looking quite like a brother-in-law.

Li Wei didn't say anything more. It was no use saying anything. Sam had already taken the initiative. Besides, it would be great if two people could cooperate when going out hunting. All the harvest would be distributed fairly according to their efforts by an invisible rule.

The wilderness is not a place to be reckless.

After working through the night, Li Wei, together with Sam, made twenty featherless wooden arrows and four wooden spears before returning to his room to sleep.

When Li Wei woke up early the next morning, he found himself alone in the small house.

He didn't think much of it; it was only around five in the morning, the time he woke up every day. Fila should have already cooked the vegetable porridge, and Penny and Sam...

Wait a minute, Li Wei rushed out of the house, only to find that Penny and Sam were nowhere to be seen in the courtyard. More importantly, the four wooden spears he had made last night were also gone, as was the simple hunting bow.

In the courtyard, only Fila was still meticulously cooking vegetable porridge. When she saw Li Wei come out, she smiled at him and said, "My poor child, you must be exhausted from cultivating the fields these days. It's alright, you can rest for a day. Your sister and Sam went out hunting before dawn. Come and have breakfast."

Damn it!

Li Wei's head was spinning; she was furious.

However, he quickly calmed down, realizing that anger would only cause him to lose control and would not help the situation.

In fact, at this moment, he finally realized that he still did not understand the core of this mission enough.

Without allies, it's common for those who are allies one moment to stab each other in the back the next.

Because everyone has their own profession while playing different roles.

For example, if he is a farmer, and he wants to achieve greater development, he must find ways to gain more family contributions and strive to become the head of the household before he can formulate a development plan related to agriculture.

For example, if Penny is a craftswoman, then the priority should definitely be to develop handicrafts, such as blacksmith shops.

Fila is a cook, so the hunting and gathering development path is closely related to her.

Sam is most likely a hunter, which would complement Fira's chef.

Only by understanding these things can we understand why, even though Sam betrayed Penny last night and Penny was furious, she abandoned Li Wei with Sam today. It's because she wanted to complete the main quest issued by the head of the family as quickly as possible so that she would have enough time to do her own things.

Last month, Li Wei was implicated because of his farmland reclamation project.

If he gets bogged down by hunting and gathering quests again this month, his main career development will be indefinitely delayed.

This is a war without the smoke of gunpowder or the flames of blood.

"Thank you, Mom! I'm not tired. Can I go collecting with you today?"

Li Wei quickly adjusted his mindset; his immediate priority was still to complete the hunting and gathering tasks as quickly as possible.

(End of this chapter)