Chapter Ninety-Six: The Village
Ten kilometers away, only twenty minutes, a few people appeared at the entrance of the village dryly, only to find that the houses here are very special.
I was used to seeing a square house, and it was the first time I saw a round house.
"It seems that it should be a Mongolian village, but it is not a nomadic yurt, like a permanent resident here, I don't understand!" Yi Ming shook his head, thoughtful.
"No matter how much he has, let's buy some food and drink, right? Let's go, go in first, just do what Lin Qiudu said, politely, I will bow three times when I see people, I don't believe it......"
"Do you want other people's families to thank you?" Xiao Qi's words suddenly made everyone laugh.
What is the matter, if it is known, they must not be beaten out?
"Don't make a fuss about your joke, we'll be solid when we follow behind. Lin Qiudu smiled and walked to the front side by side with Yiming, Lin Miao and Xiao Qi staggered in the middle, letting Lu Yunfan and Zhuang Zhuang press the rear again.
The village is deserted, and although the weather is nice, there are still very few people outside, and occasionally a few women in Mongolian costumes walk around doing chores.
Lin Qiudu propped up the bicycle, walked to a middle-aged man and said: "Sister, we are riding by here, the water and food have been eaten, I don't know where to sell it, we want to buy some." ”
Lin Qiudu's single knife made the woman look at him vigilantly for a while, and then looked at the few people behind him, they were really all riding bicycles, and there were two girls, and they were suddenly vigilant, and they owed a slight debt to Lin Qiudu.
"Welcome, lovely people from afar, please come with me. ”
Without much verbal communication, the woman led Lin Qiudu towards her house.
Several people were also very polite when they saw each other, and they all relaxed their hearts, pushed their bicycles to the outside of the house, and followed them in.
The interior of the house was very simple, with a large wooden bed resembling that of a Han Chinese on one side and a heavy wooden table on the other, with a large cauldron propped up in the corner next to the table.
The fur of an unknown animal was covered on the floor, and beyond that, there were bits and pieces in the corners.
The woman was so happy with their arrival that she poured a bowl of milk for each of them when she came into the house.
It turned out that this was indeed a Mongolian village, but after a long time, and it was very close to the villages and towns of the Han people, they slowly lived here for a long time. First, the climate here is suitable, suitable for grazing, and secondly, it is also close to Han villages and towns, which is convenient for buying some daily necessities.
Looking at the furnishings in the room, several people who were already thirsty were already unbearable when they saw the fragrant milk, and they all picked up bowls and drank it, but as soon as they entered it, they found that it tasted strange, and it was not milk at all.
A few big men were better, Lin Miao also covered his mouth and forcibly swallowed it, but after Xiao Qi took a big sip, he squirted out violently, and the hostess who provoked him laughed.
It turned out that the host did not pour them milk, but very dry mare's milk wine. Yiming wanted to remind everyone, but it was too late, according to their habits, this bowl of wine must be drunk, and it was very rude to refuse.
Yiming hurriedly explained, and looked at them vigorously, and everyone reluctantly drank it.
After drinking the mare's milk wine, the owner introduced himself with a smile: "My name is Aina, and you are welcome to come to my house as a guest." With that, he smiled and opened the cauldron beside the table, and served them fragrant mutton, as if he felt that he would restrain the guests here, and turned and walked out of the room.
Yiming thanked Ayina's back, then picked up a piece of meat and munched on it, looking strong and swallowing saliva, but he didn't dare to start directly.
"Do you want to ask first, how much does this meal cost, I think the mutton is quite expensive?"
"Don't want money, let go and eat. ”
Yiming's heartlessness is very inconsistent with his character, so none of them believed his words, just looked at the mutton and wondered.
Maybe it was because of the wine, and soon they felt that their bodies were hot, Lin Miao pursed his lips and tore a small piece of mutton and put it in his mouth with some doubts, and looked at Lu Yunfan with some incredulity.
"How's it going, is it delicious?" Lu Yunfan asked.
"It's delicious, is it really okay?"
"Don't worry, if Ayina asks for money, it's all on my head. Yiming's face was flushed, and he snorted, and the flesh in his mouth made his face deformed.
"Eat, eat, we have enough money, don't be constrained. ”
Although Lin Qiudu didn't know how much of Yiming's words were true or false, the first thing now was to replenish his physical strength first, so he simply didn't care about it so much, and persuaded everyone to eat first before they were full.
As soon as he spoke, he grabbed the mutton and stuffed it into his mouth, if he wanted to say that he was not hungry, it was false, Zhuang Zhuang was already hungry and trembling all over, and the moment he saw the mutton, he almost didn't resist the temptation, even Xiao Qi didn't care about his image at all after hearing Lin Qiudu's words, grabbed a large piece of mutton and stuffed it into his mouth.
It seemed to be their best meal in days.
Full of wine and food, several people burped and left the house, looking for Aina's figure, such a warm hospitality, so that each of them was very grateful in their hearts, and discussed how to thank each other.
Not far away, several similarly dressed women were chatting, as if someone had informed Ayina that they had finished eating and walked out of the room, Ayina turned around and ran towards them with her waist twisted.
Lin Qiudu greeted him and said, "Aina, thank you for your hospitality, please ask how much it costs, we will pay you a lot." Lin Qiudu said and took out his wallet.
"No, no, you are guests from afar, we don't recycle money to entertain guests, do you still need to drink some mare's milk wine, there are many more, you can drink it happily." ”
Remembering what Yiming had just said, the host's wine could not be refused, and when he heard that he was still letting them drink, they all showed embarrassed looks.
Yiming smiled and said: "Thank you Ayina for your hospitality, we like your wine very much, since you refuse to accept our money, it is better to let us do what we can, it can be regarded as a thank you for it." ”
"There are men to do the hard work in the village, but during the day they have to go out to graze and hunt, so they are not in the village, if you are full, you can rest, and when it gets dark, the men come back and drink more happily, and you will stay in my house tonight." ”
"Thank you Aina, but we still have to hurry, we have to get to the town before dark, we like your mare's milk wine and lamb, if you don't mind, we want to buy some to take with us on the way. ”
Lin Qiudu saw that as Yiming said, Ayina would not ask for their money at all, so he couldn't help it, so he came up with such a solution.
This time, Ayina gladly accepted, and they often took some of the animal skins they hunted and the beef and mutton they raised to the town in exchange for some rice and daily necessities, and they could sell some to them and save them a trip to the town.
So a few people unwrapped the package, took out a few plastic bags, filled more than a dozen catties of mutton, and filled the water bottles they carried with them with mare's milk wine.
Lin Qiudu added some money according to the market price and handed it to Aina, but Ayina said that he would not charge more, and in the end he had to stop.
But when they were ready to set off again, a sturdy man appeared at the entrance of the village, riding a tall horse, with two large packages full of patches hanging on his horse.
Lu Yunfan was a little familiar with these two large packages, but he didn't remember where he had seen them for a while, but Zhuang Zhuang seemed to be very familiar, and when he saw the man on horseback, he shouted happily.
"Ataza, why are you here? Do you live in this village?"
"yes, Zhuangzhuang, we meet again!"
Ataza rolled over and jumped off the horse, smiling and smiling with a big hug.
Lu Yunfan then remembered that this guy was the same person last night, but it was too dark at night, he didn't take a good look at Ataza's appearance, and he didn't care about it at all, if it weren't for the two big bags full of patches that made him have some impressions, he wouldn't have thought that this guy was the man who fought with the wolf last night, Ataza.
Yiming's flushed face did not retreat, and he also bumped Lu Yunfan's shoulder with a smile, although he didn't say anything, but some shy ridicule was self-evident.
Lu Yunfan complained bitterly, he thought that he would never see each other again in his life, but before the day was over, he came face to face with this guy again, thinking of the cow he had just bragged about not long ago, his face was hot.
"The more you are afraid, the more you ......" Lu Yunfan turned his head to the side and didn't look at him, hoping that even if it embarrassed him, it would be a little later, and not be so fanfare.
"Do you know?" Xiao Qi asked him puzzled.
"I guess we met last night, right?" Lin Miao asked incomprehensibly.
"Well, yes, sort of. Lu Yunfan didn't have to answer Xiao Qi's words, but he still coped with Lin Miao's words ambiguously.
Ataza laughed and punched his strong chest.
"I wanted to make you a friend, so I said goodbye to my mother. ”
"I'm willing to make you a friend, but what are you doing saying goodbye to your mother?" Zhuang Zhuang was also very happy to meet Ataza again, let alone his savior, but he didn't understand the meaning of Ataza's words.
"Don't say anything, go to my house first, I'm going to drink with you tonight, according to your Han people's words, it should be a drunken party, right?
"Okay, I'll introduce you to my friends!"
Zhuang Zhuang is also a person who has seen the legend of the Condor Heroes, so he naturally knows what it means to worship as Anda, and he is naturally very happy to be able to make friends with his life-saving benefactor.
introduced them one by one, and when it came to Lu Yunfan, Zhuang Zhuang waved his hand and said: "You know him, his name is Lu Yunfan, you saved the lives of the two of us last night, and we haven't thanked you yet." ”
"Haha, it turned out to be you?" Ataza directly hugged a bear, expressing the excitement in his heart, but last night Lu Yunfan looked through his luggage, obviously this guy left in a huff, why did he not remember that incident when they met? This made him very puzzled.
"What happened last night?"
Since he had just reconciled with Zhuang Zhuang, Lin Qiudu didn't know why he was left alone last night, and he didn't know what happened to them after Lu Yunfan went back, although the embarrassment when they came back also made him worried, but at least the two of them were fine, so they didn't ask more, and now suddenly an ataza jumped out, or their savior, so he couldn't help asking.
"Whatever it is, put it aside first, come home with me, I still have Eji's sake at home, and we will talk while drinking." ”
Xiao Qi rolled his eyes, and Qi Qiran whispered to Lin Miao: "I still want to drink, I'm Di Niang, the people here are too enthusiastic, right?"
Lin Miao pursed her lips and smiled as a reply, Lu Yunfan and Zhuang Zhuang both knew people, if they wanted to invite them back to drink, they would naturally not give this face, and it didn't hurt to stay for half a day, anyway, there was food and drink.
But when Ataza returned, the people of the village were not overly enthusiastic, although Ataza's face was full of excitement, and he had to greet and salute every person he saw.
Zhuang Zhuang felt strange and asked, "Why don't they look very friendly to you?"
"Haha, whatever they do, if you want to know, of course I'll tell you, but we're going to go home first, and I'll give you stew. ”
Ataza's house was in the northwest corner of the village, and it was clear that no one had lived in it for a long time, with a few people parking their bicycles and opening the wooden door to enter, which was covered with dust, simple furnishings, and even layers of cobwebs hanging in the corners.
"Haha, I'm sorry guys, I haven't been back here for a few years, you guys find a place to sit first, and wait for me to clean up. Ataza was a little embarrassed, and wanted to invite his friends to sit down, but it was so dirty that he couldn't even find a place to sit.
"Is this your home?" Zhuang Zhuang looked around, suddenly rolled up his sleeves and said, "Your home is my home, I'll help you clean it up together." ”
"Feifan, come, let's come together. "Zhuang Zhuang didn't forget to pull Lu Yunfan, after all, they all inherited Ataza's favor, and it was natural for them to clean up the house for others.
Lu Yunfan stubbornly had no choice but to join in, as soon as he acted, Lin Miao also pulled Xiao Qi to prepare to help, but Xiao Qi was very unhappy.
"Your husbands and wives are with you, and you are pulling me. ”
"People have said that we will stew meat to eat, what's wrong with doing some work? Besides, at a glance, you can know that he is a bachelor, if he really marries Zhuang Zhuang, he can be regarded as our own person, right?"
Xiao Qi pouted and did not refuse.