"Who?" Xie Chao turned his head and asked.

Su Jingchen turned his head and saw a rickety old man standing at the door, he put his hands behind his back, looked at the two of them with a smile, and asked in Yunzhou Yayan, "Are the two guests from Zhongzhou?" ”

Su Jingchen stood up, scratched his head, didn't know how to speak, he didn't understand Yunzhou Yayan, he didn't even know what the old man said, let alone how to answer, he just felt that it was very impolite for people to sit on the ground when they spoke, so he stood up.

Xie Chao got up slowly, came to the old man, bowed slightly to him, and then replied in a straight Yunzhou Yayan, "Exactly, is there something wrong with the old man?" ”

The old man smiled and stroked his gray goatee, and said, "You two haven't eaten yet?" ”

"I'm about to eat," Xie Chao turned his head to look at the poor pieces of chicken, hesitated for a moment, or said, "Do you want to eat some together?" ”

Just such a little meat is not enough to stuff my teeth, and now that the three of them have shared it, it is really time for you to come, old man, Xie Chao did not smile on his face, but he had already scolded in his heart.

The old man stretched his neck and looked at their fire pit, and couldn't help laughing, "I'm afraid that such a little thing is not enough for the two of you to eat, so it's better for the two of you to get together in the cold house, I'll prepare a few side dishes for the two of you, and by the way, I have something to discuss with you." ”

Xie Chao was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart I haven't been to your village either, do you know me? He looked back at Su Jingchen again, could it be that old man, do you still know Brother Su? That's even more impossible, according to your development, are you going to entrust us with a mission of nine deaths? You want us to sell you for a meal? Think beautifully!

"Okay!" Xie Chao grabbed Su Jingchen and said to the old man with a smile, "Then let's talk while walking?" ”

Sell your life, it's important to fill your stomach first.

Su stood up for some reason and walked out of the door behind the two.

At the door, the hunter who entertained them at the beginning was standing at the door, and when he saw the old man coming out, he said hello casually, and the old man also smiled and nodded, and the hunter didn't say anything more, and turned around and left.

Thinking that after arranging them here, the hunter went directly to the old man, although Xie Chao didn't say anything, he couldn't help but raise his vigilance.

The old man suddenly smiled and said, "You don't have to be careful, you are distinguished guests in our village, so naturally we will not do anything unfavorable to you." ”

Xie Chao nodded slightly, but Su Jingchen still followed behind them for some reason.

It seems that it's time for Lao Xie to teach me a few words of Yunzhou Yayan, Su Jingchen thought in his heart.

The three of them walked on the gravel-paved path, turned two corners, and arrived at the old man's house, no wonder the old man found them so quickly, after all, there was only one room between the two houses.

Su Jingchen looked down at the stones on the road, saying that it was the stones, but in fact, even the places where they were exposed to the ground were the size of a fist, and the rest of them were deeply sunk in the mud, probably so that his feet would not get stuck in the mud when walking on a rainy day.

The old man stepped forward, opened the door, and welcomed Su Jingchen and Xie Chao in.

The houses in the village are all about the same size, and they are almost the same, and the entrance is a wide open space, and the fire pit is located in the middle of the house, and there will be a room on the left or right

The walls are covered with all sorts of things: air-dried meat, clothes, common tools, and so on.

When the two approached the door, the old man slowly followed, he closed the door, took down the hanging cigarette gun from the wall, and groped for the dry yellow tobacco from a small bamboo cabinet, slowly put it on, and then walked over to sit by the fire with Xie Chao and Su Jingchen.

A pot of crispy rabbit meat was simmering on the fire, the rich soup bubbling and the aroma swirling with light smoke and mist before filling the room.

An old white-haired woman, who was also rickety, was walking from the northwest corner of the room with a wooden bowl containing some small unknown green leaves, to which the old man had added some seasoning, holding the bowl with one hand and grabbing the contents of the bowl with the other and mixing it well.

The two young people in front of the meeting, the old woman suddenly laughed, she looked at the old man first, and asked in an authentic Yunzhou dialect, "These two are guests from Zhongzhou?" ”

The old man nodded and agreed softly.

Hearing this, the smile on the old woman's face became even stronger, she put down the bowl, wiped her hand on the waist cloth a few times, and stepped forward to look at Su Jingchen carefully, like that, it seemed to be looking at whose little daughter-in-law.

Looking at it, the old man raised his hand and gently rubbed Su Jingchen's cheek, and at the same time, he kept saying something in his mouth, and a special aroma permeated around Su Jingchen's nasal cavity, probably the taste of the bowl of unknown wild vegetables. Because Su Jingchen couldn't understand the old woman's words, and he couldn't speak Yunzhou Yayan, he had to sit in place, smiling awkwardly, he was not too disgusted by the old man's behavior.

When the old man's hand was let go and he stepped aside, Su Jingchen asked Xie Chao in a low voice, "What did that old man say?" ”

Xie Chao smiled and replied in a low voice, "You are good-looking, more intelligent than those girls in the village, in Zhongzhou dialect, Yushu is in the wind, and your appearance is extraordinary." ”

Su Jingchen smiled embarrassedly, and asked again, "How do you say 'thank you' in Yunzhou dialect?" ”

Xie Chao told him in a low voice, and Su Jingchen immediately raised his head and said "thank you" stiffly and crappily, making the two old men giggle.

Su Jingchen scratched his head embarrassedly, turned his head and asked Xie Chao, "What's wrong?" Am I wrong? ”

Xie Chao was also holding back a smile and said, "It's right to be wrong, it's just not serious." ”

"What's wrong...... Su Jingchen scratched his head, and began to reminisce about the 'thank you' he just said, this was the first Yunzhou word he had learned, and he had to say it no matter how he said it.

After reciting it silently in his heart a few times, Su Jingchen couldn't help muttering, "I think it's pretty good." ”

The old man borrowed fire from the fire pit to light the smoking gun, took a deep breath, slowly exhaled it, and enjoyed it, as if he was experiencing something most beautiful in the world, Xie Chao saw it, and immediately laughed, "Old man, can you smoke this smoking gun for me two puffs?" ”

Xie Chao is also a smoker, in the battle of Luo Hai, he threw away his cigarette gun, as early as when he was in the wind and thunder village, he was already itchy, and wanted to find a person who could smoke in the village, and buy a cigarette gun with him, but he walked around for so long, he didn't find a smoker, and he didn't even smell the smell of smoke, and now he saw the old man's smoking gun, he was naturally itchy, and wanted the old man to give him two puffs, if he could, he even wanted to buy this smoking gun, although he didn't have much money, but he flickered

Human skills are a must.

The old man didn't speak, just took another puff, then handed the cigarette gun to Xie Chao, then he cleared his throat and said, "Then let's talk about business while eating." ”

Saying that, the old man picked out a few somewhat charred bamboo tubes from the fire with a wooden stick, and after cooling them on the ground a little, he handed one to Xie Chao and Su Jingchen, although Su Jingchen didn't quite understand what the old man meant by handing him the bamboo tube, but he still said "thank you" in the broken Yunzhou dialect, and then took the bamboo tube, he didn't think that the surface of the bamboo tube was still hot, Su Jingchen was scalded, and almost threw the bamboo tube out, but fortunately, after jumping a few times back and forth on his hand, he still fell to the ground safely, and he had to scratch his head, Looking at the old man with a sneer, the old man didn't say anything, but motioned for the old woman to hand over the bowl of wild vegetables she had mixed.

Xie Chao just finished taking a puff of cigarette, he laughed and said, "Old man, your tobacco is very authentic." ”

The old man smiled and said, "It's all home-grown." ”

Xie Chao handed the cigarette gun back to the old man, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "Bamboo rice?!" Just now he was immersed in his own world, wanting to die, and now when he sees the bamboo rice, he can't help but be surprised, this is a special delicacy in Yunzhou, and he can't forget it after eating it once.

"Bamboo rice?" Su was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look at Xie Chao, Xie Chao's words just now were in Zhongzhou dialect, he looked down at the burnt bamboo tube in front of him, and didn't understand how such a thing could make a delicacy that surprised Xie Chao.

"Hey, watch my brother teach you!" Xie Chao picked up the bamboo tube, blew off the ash on the surface, the old man handed Xie Chao a knife, Xie Chao said thank you, gently scraped off the burnt skin on the surface with the knife, and then gently knocked the bamboo tube with the back of the knife, and finally used the knife to draw a few small seams on the surface of the bamboo tube, and finally directly removed the upper surface of the bamboo tube, the crystal full rice was exposed to their field of vision, and the fragrance of the bamboo and the aroma of the rice were also integrated, and immediately filled the whole room. Just looking at it makes you have an appetite.

"It's snake meat." The old man said lightly.

"Snake meat is good!" Xie Chao held the bamboo tube in one hand, and with the other hand, he couldn't wait to grab the rice and stuff it into his mouth, making a sound of enjoyment while eating.

"Try this." The old man held the wild vegetables in front of Xie Chao again, Xie Chao hesitated, grabbed a few slices with his hand, and stuffed them into his mouth with rice.

"Delicious!" Xie Chao was sincerely admired.

"This thing can only be eaten in our small village, even if you go to those big villages, you may not be able to eat it!" The old man proudly said, "This is specially made by my mother-in-law!" Yunzhou is the only one. ”

And Su Jingchen was still looking at the bamboo tube and worried.

"Yunzhou people eat like this," Xie Chao glanced at Su Jingchen, afraid that he would dislike the way they ate, so he had to explain to him, "Yunzhou generally doesn't use chopsticks, don't dislike it." ”

"How so?" Su Jingchen smiled and said in his heart I just think this bamboo tube is too hot......

Probably because she was afraid that Su Jingchen would not be used to it, the old woman found two small wooden spoons and handed them to Xie Chao and Su Jingchen.

"Try rabbit meat again." And the old man said,

Xie Chao nodded, and asked while eating, "Then what do you want to say about the right thing, just say it." ”