The answer to the original equations is (1, -9). You can solve that by using substitution by moving the 4y over and substituting that equation for x on the second part of the top equation. Using elimination, the second set of answers will give you the same, (1, -9)!
Well the way I see it is he started with 4 villager so I would see the equation to be
1.13x times 17+4 would equal the amount of villagers he could have which would be 23.21 as for the equation it would be 1.13x times 17 plus four equals the number of villagers total