Thanks for the feedback and playing!
I was aiming for a more creative interpretation of the theme, and in the process think I came up with a bit too ambitious of an idea. I definitely think more special events like monsters attacking, houses burning down, and so on would make the player feel like they are way more important and that the village needs them. If I were to further develop this, I would definitely want to make the "critical" danger-level events things like monsters attacking the village!