It's better to fall in love

Not long after, the woman brought the food to the table.She went down after finishing her work, and she still had to weave some bamboo baskets, so that she could subsidize her family.

No way, this year's harvest... alas.

Bai Jiu and the others looked at each other, then lifted their chopsticks and started eating.The dishes look very fresh, they grow them at home, they pick them and fry them now.

Taste is ok, not as good as food in rest areas and malls, but not much to complain about in this condition.

During the meal, other people asked Bai Jiu if he wanted some for Xiao Si.Bai Jiu shook his head and told them not to use it.

He just poured out a little water and lightly poured it on Xiao Si's leaves.The thin rhizome of the four-leaf clover trembled twice, as if nodding, as if thanking.

The sky was slowly getting dark, and it wasn't actually too late, but there was already silence outside.After eating, they walked out of the house, wanting to go around the village and find out the situation.

There are no street lights, only the bright moonlight shrouds the small village.Fortunately, Bai Jiu and the others have more or less night vision ability, so there is no need to worry about not being able to see the road clearly.

It was too inefficient to act together, and it was not safe to act alone. After discussion, they were divided into two teams.Lingse and Yincui head east, while Bai Jiu and A Qiang head west.

Ah Qiang was a very good companion, but it was just too boring. He didn't say more than ten words during the walk.Bai Jiu felt bored, so he lowered his head and chatted with Xiao Si in a low voice.

Little Si's leaves were dotted with silver light, which was particularly bright in this dark environment.In order to avoid being exposed, Bai Jiu asked him to take off the luster on his body, but later Bai Jiu discovered that this behavior seemed unnecessary at all.

It was strange that they had reached the end of the village, but they didn't even meet a single person.

Bai Jiu rubbed his head, not quite understanding why.Don't humans go out at night?

Looking at A Qiang in a blink of an eye, he also frowned, with some doubts in his expression.

"It's not right." That's all he said.

Judging from the size of this village, the number of villagers here should be around 100, no matter how bad it is, there should be seventy or eighty.So many people, but they can't touch any of them?

After listening to A Qiang's analysis, Bai Jiu also felt strange, but now there is too little information, and they can't draw more conclusions.

Returning the same way, they went to join Lingse and Yincui on the other side.On the way, from time to time, they could hear voices from the next room, and they could also see lights that were turned on.

There are still people.

Back in the woman's house, several people gathered together to share information.Naturally, Bai Jiu had nothing to gain here, and Lingse and Yincui had nothing to gain, but the difference here was that they met someone.

"We met an old lady," Lingse said, "it's nothing special, but we met her alone when we walked all the way, so we went up and had a chat."

"That old woman is very nice!" Yin Cui blushed with excitement, "She gave us dried sweet potatoes and praised me for being pretty!"

She giggled, obviously such a compliment was very useful to her.

"And then?" Bai Jiu asked.

"Um, there's no more." Lingse spread her hands and said, "I've already said it's nothing special."

"..."

The discussion was fruitless, and the atmosphere cooled down for a while.In the end, Ah Qiang comforted everyone and said: "It's okay, this is only the first day, it's normal to find no clues."

When he said that, Bai Jiu became interested. "Is it normal to not find clues on the first day?" He was eager to learn more.

"Well... not all of them, but generally speaking, clues are not placed in obvious places." A Qiang thought for a while, and added: "It's just that generally speaking, it's not all right."

Bai Jiu dragged him to chat a lot, seeing that the time was getting late, it was time for them to go to bed.Yin Cuilai stayed in their room and didn't want to leave, but in the end she was carried back to her own room by Lingse.

When Lingse closed the door, Yincui still had a resentful look on her face, as if Lingse was some kind of scumbag, and she herself was a poor little girl who was abandoned by the scumbag.

Early the next morning, several people got out of bed.Walking out the door, the woman and the old man were already busy.

Seeing them coming out, the woman hurriedly greeted them: "It's just right, the meal is ready, come and eat."

They ate breakfast around the table, and not long after, Yincui also came down from upstairs, yawning.This family seems to be in a good family situation. They live in a small double-storey house, and the rooms of their group are all on the second floor.

Halfway through the meal, another woman suddenly appeared from the room on the first floor. She looked like she was in her 20s, with an ordinary appearance, but her face was always worried.Seeing them, the woman was also surprised, and then subconsciously looked at the woman.

"Lan Lan is out?" The woman came up to meet them and introduced them, "Lan Lan, these guys are here for a trip, and they will stay at our house for the next two days." Turning her head, she pointed at Lan Lan again and said: "This is my daughter, Li Lan."

Everyone greeted each other, and Li Lan returned the greeting with a smile.Aunt Li brought Li Lan a pair of bowls and chopsticks, and the big guys had breakfast together, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.

After eating, they divided into groups like yesterday, and went to the village to look for clues.Perhaps it was because it was dawn, and this time they finally saw people.

The villagers carried hoes and walked towards the farmland together.If the harvest is not good, their mood will naturally not be beautiful, but no matter what, life has to go on as usual.

Passing by Bai Jiu and A Qiang, the villagers couldn't help but take a second look.In such a small village, the villagers all know each other. Now there is a new face, and it is such a good-looking new face, which is naturally extremely eye-catching.

But... Bai Jiu frowned uncomfortably, he always felt that some of them had strange eyesight.

This made him give up the idea of ​​approaching him, but stood still and waited for them to pass by.

But Bai Jiu didn't want to talk, but those villagers came to talk to them.A middle-aged man came over, smiled and waved at them and said, "You have a face? Are you from outside?"

Bai Jiu let out a "huh".

"Yo, that's really rare." The man stuck his hoe on the ground, "We haven't had anyone come here for a long time."

Before Bai Jiu could reply, he continued to ask, "Are you the only two here? It's not safe for two people."

Bai Jiu didn't want to talk to him, but human beings always have some inexplicable manners, so he could only resist his temper and answer: "No, we have other companions."

The man is still asking: "When did you come here? Is there a place to live? Why don't you come and live with me, I still have a few vacant rooms in my house."

A few of the other villagers seemed to have thought of something, and looked at the man with complicated eyes.But they hesitated for a while, but still said nothing.

The man was too enthusiastic, Bai Jiu instinctively felt uncomfortable.Ah Qiang came out in time to make a rescue: "No need, we already have a place to live."

"That's it, okay then." The man looked a little disappointed, but he nodded and let them go.Bai Jiu pulled Ah Qiang and left, but he always felt that there was a hot gaze watching him behind him, and when he looked back, the man was still looking at him.

Seeing him turn around, the man grinned at him.Bai Jiu's heart skipped a beat, and he quickened his pace even more.

After walking a long way, this feeling of being on the back disappeared.Bai Jiu exhaled, only then did he realize that his palms were sweating.

The four-leaf clover in the pocket jumped, as if to comfort him.Feeling the tremor in her chest, Bai Jiu felt that she had calmed down a lot.

"Brother Aqiang, what's going on with these people? Can you see anything?" He asked Aqiang first.

"It's not sure yet." Ah Qiang said.He is too stable, he will not speak easily when he is not sure about things.

After making a big circle, they came to the entrance of the village again. Looking out, there were a few people scattered in the farmland, working under the scorching sun.There are men and women among these people, but they have one thing in common, that is, they are all older middle-aged people.

There was no other abnormality, Bai Jiu and the two looked at it for a while, then left to go to other places.After wandering around the village, they discovered another problem: Although it is already daytime, there are still very few people outside. I don’t know if most of the people didn’t come out, or this is the only thing here. people.

Wandering around, they suddenly bumped into Lingse and Yincui, and the four of them sat in the shade of a tree and started exchanging information again.

"There are so few people here." Ling Se said, "There shouldn't be only so few people in such a big village."

"But the people here are very enthusiastic!" Yin Cui added excitedly: "Hey, many people praise me for being beautiful!"

The other three were silent for a while.Can a word of beauty make her happy like this?Then should they also boast a few words?

Yincui started to talk to them again and again how many people praised her and what they said respectively. Lingse held her forehead helplessly and it took a lot of effort to stop her from talking.

Bai Jiu thought for a while, and added another discovery: "I feel that there are very few young people in this village. Well, I mean the humans in their prime."

Indeed, after walking for so long, most of the people they met were middle-aged people, followed by the elderly, and a few children, but there were no young people in their 30s and [-]s.

In fact, Li Lan was the only young man of this age they had seen since entering the village.

"Speaking of which, this is really strange." Ling Se mused, "But it's also possible that young people have gone to work in big cities, so we don't see them here."

"Is that so?" Bai Jiu was still a little skeptical, even if it was so, then it was too thorough, right?

They still wanted to talk about something, but a villager suddenly passed by not far away, and they stopped talking.For some reason, the villager's expression looked complicated. He took two steps towards this side, as if he wanted to tell them something, but after struggling for a long time, he turned his head and left.

Bai Jiu and the others looked at each other. This person should know something, right?

But they went up to say a few words, and they didn't get any information, but this person reminded them both inside and outside, that they should go home as soon as possible and don't stay in the village.

But how could Bai Jiu and the others leave?The task is not complete yet.Seeing that they couldn't be persuaded, the villagers sighed and stopped talking.

Until he walked far away, Bai Jiu was still thinking.The man must be trying to tell them something, but what exactly?

After thinking about it for a long time, Bai Jiu couldn't figure it out, so he had no choice but to give up.