I became a big shot in the quick transmigration world.

Chapter 774 Assessment Mission: Encountering an Old Acquaintance (5)
When Yu Muhuai stopped to deliver his welcoming speech, the 44 people behind him also stopped.

They looked around, gazing at their surroundings with curiosity.

Although we just experienced some unpleasantness, the fresh air and simple environment are a sight to behold that you can't find in the city.

Blue sky and white clouds, green mountains and clear waters, gray bricks and black tiles, small bridges and flowing water.

Everything seemed so harmonious and natural, giving them a completely different and fresh feeling.

"The air here is so fresh. I feel like my lungs have been cleaned up as I walked here."

"The environment here is so beautiful! You can't find such refreshing scenery in the city. I bet you can see a sky full of stars at night in the village, right?"

“Hey, let’s take a group photo. Come on, I want to take a picture in front of the stone tablet with the three characters ‘Zhu Kun Village’ engraved on it.”

"You're so unsophisticated. What's the difference between this and a tourist photo?"

"Tch, we could be considered tourists anyway. We can just post it on WeChat Moments with the caption 'I was here'!"

As the students talked, they took out their phones, ready to take selfies or group photos.

Only then did they realize something was wrong.

"Huh? My phone has no signal."

"Mine doesn't have it either, signal zero."

"Me too! There are still places without network coverage? I thought communication signals covered the whole country."

"Alright, stop making a fuss. There are no cell towers nearby, so there's no signal. We'll have a signal when we go out tomorrow, and it won't affect taking pictures anyway."

"Yes, yes, take a picture quickly."

The group started snapping photos.

Even Fang Wenjing, who was being helped, felt that her foot was not in so much pain anymore, and asked her classmate to take some pictures for her to remember the occasion.

A girl excitedly approached Luo Ji and shyly asked to take a photo with him.

Luo Ji didn't turn his head, and said calmly, "I don't like taking pictures."

He easily declined the offer.

So the girl had no choice but to walk away dejectedly.

The group lingered at the entrance of Zhukun Village for about ten minutes before continuing to follow Yu Muhuai inside.

Once everyone had actually entered the village, they felt the temperature suddenly drop by several degrees.

Someone couldn't help but shiver and muttered, "It's definitely colder in the mountains, much colder at night than in the city."

It's around six o'clock now, which should be the time when people are preparing dinner.

But in the vast village, not a single chimney was emitting smoke, and there was no smell of cooking food at all.

There was absolutely no trace of human warmth or human connection to it.

Someone pressed their empty stomach and suddenly felt a little hungry.

The houses in the village are all ordinary tile-roofed houses, and they are all only one story high.

There are many houses, but very few people walk around the village.

Occasionally, a few villagers would pass by, but when they saw this group of outsiders, their expressions remained unchanged, and they showed no curiosity whatsoever.

It was as if I were looking at a pile of dead objects; I remained completely unmoved.

It was so calm it sent chills down your spine.

Everyone felt something was strange, and Meng Guochao was also very curious, so he looked at Yu Muhuai and asked.

"Ahua, do many people usually come to your village? It seems like the villagers see outsiders all the time, so they're not curious at all."

My mind went completely blank.

Hmm, there is no answer.

It should be part of unlocking hidden storylines.

Yu Muhuai twitched the corner of his mouth and made up a reason: "Fortunately, it's summer vacation now, and people come to sketch, so the villagers are used to it."

Meng Guochao nodded knowingly, without doubting the authenticity of the statement.

Yu Muhuai quickly led his group to the village chief's house. The village chief's house was the only high-rise villa in the entire village; all the other villagers lived in single-story houses.

This small villa has five floors, occupies a large area, and has a yard surrounded by a wall.

The construction of the villas is similar to that of some new rural areas in other cities, grand, spacious and classy.

The houses of all the ordinary villagers around were small, low-rise houses typical of impoverished mountain villages.

The two seem completely incompatible.

Standing outside the rather conspicuous small villa of the village chief, Yu Muhuai called out a few times.

The sound of dogs barking came from inside the wall.

Soon, the iron gate was opened from the inside.

A middle-aged woman opened the door.

Yu Muhuai looked at the middle-aged woman and gave her a seemingly innocent smile.

"Sister-in-law Zhu, could you please call out to Grandpa Village Chief? I need to speak with him."

The woman called Sister-in-law Zhu glanced at the group of people opposite her who were clearly from the city, said nothing, just nodded, and then went back into the courtyard.

She didn't close the door, and a big yellow dog crawled out from inside.

The big yellow dog wasn't shy at all when it saw this group of strangers.

It wagged its fluffy tail and came up to the students, sniffing here and there, walking around them, its tail wagging friendly.

Some students were initially a little scared when they saw the big yellow dog coming.

But seeing that it wasn't afraid of people at all, they felt like teasing it.

The big yellow dog is also very clever. When someone wants to pet it, it will go over and sit down, obediently accepting the petting.

When someone makes a teasing sound, it wags its tail and goes over to play along.

The arrival of the big yellow dog dispelled the unease in everyone's hearts.

As an uninvited guest from the outside world, it's inevitable to feel a little uneasy when suddenly arriving in such an unfamiliar mountain village.

Especially when you first arrive, there is no smoke rising from chimneys, no bustling mountain village scene.

There's something strange about it that I can't quite put my finger on.

But seeing that even a big yellow dog is so hospitable, the people in the village must be nice too.

No one paid much attention to what had happened before.

Soon, Sister-in-law Zhu came again.

This time she opened the iron gate completely, wide enough for a car to enter.

She smiled and said to the forty-odd people outside, "Everyone, come in. The village chief said to come in and talk if you have something to say. Don't stand outside."

Then she waved, signaling everyone to come in.

Yu Muhuai smiled at Sister-in-law Zhu, then turned and beckoned Meng Guochao and the others to go inside.

At this time, Fang Wenjing, who had been bitten by the snake, did not experience any obvious discomfort except for some pain in her legs and feet.

Strangely enough, the dizziness, nausea, and vomiting I had just experienced due to poisoning gradually subsided after I approached Zhukun Village.

If it weren't for the redness and purple discoloration around her ankle, she would have doubted whether the snake that bit her was actually venomous.

The village chief's yard was very large, enough to accommodate 44 visitors.

Including Yu Muhuai, the village girl, there are 45 people.

There is a tall mulberry tree in the front yard, and a straight poplar tree by the wall.

The big yellow dog outside followed them inside.

At this moment, apart from the big yellow dog, there was no sign of human presence in the entire courtyard.

Logically speaking, in the countryside during the summer, people like to go out to cool off in the evening.

Wish you sweet dreams and good night (づ￣3￣)づ╭～
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