The early morning sun brought a touch of warmth to Chuyang Village, and Mo Chen felt a little leisurely when he walked on the road, but he did not forget his purpose, today he was going to walk all over Chuyang Village to see if he could find some clues to explain everything that happened last night.

Along the way, the little lilac beside her kept chattering, like a little finch that couldn't stop its mouth, and she knew every household in the village, every flower and every grass very well, so she would give Mochen a decent introduction after walking a few steps.

Mo Chen and the villagers also greeted each other, in the face of Mo Chen, many villagers still had an inexplicable sense of vigilance, and only those who were a little enthusiastic would come forward to say a few common words, and most of them just nodded, and then left quickly.

Mo Chen observed these villagers one by one, thinking quickly about the reactions of these people in his mind, and after understanding each household, he always felt that something was wrong, and he seemed to have missed something, but he couldn't think of what it was for a while.

"Brother Mo, this is my Aunt Chen's house, and Aunt Chen's family has two children, a boy and a girl, the boy is called Xiaobao, and the girl is called Xinlan, they like to play with me the most on weekdays. It was almost afternoon, and the two had already walked to the last house, and Little Lilac stretched out her hand to introduce it, and then jumped up and knocked on the door.

Aunt Chen, a boy and a girl, the child...... Mo Chen was stunned, he finally understood why he felt wrong.

He and Lilac traveled to hundreds of households in the village, but none of them were still alive with a family of three!

The most basic composition of a family is to have a man and a woman, and if there is a husband, there should be a wife, which is the basic element of a family. But I walked all over the village today, and every family I saw was only a single father with a child, or a single mother with a child, and there was no family of three with all the family.

The same is true of Lilac's house, she didn't see her father yesterday, only her mother Xiniang was alone at home.

Even if your other half goes out or dies, it should only be a minority, how can this be the case in the whole village?

Thinking of this, Mo Chen suddenly felt a trace of coldness, he watched Little Lilac step forward, and snapped the door knocker, and then the door was pushed open with a creak, and a four or five-year-old boy walked out.

Mo Chen looked at him, and suddenly remembered that he was one of the two children he had seen at the entrance of the village yesterday.

Then the other girl yesterday should be his sister.

"Sister Lilac, you're here to play with Xiaobao!" Xiaobao pushed open the door and saw that Lilac was knocking on the door, and immediately jumped and jumped happily, hugging Lilac's leg.

"Hey, Xiaobao, your mother. Lilac squatted down and reached out to pick up Xiaobao.

"My mother went out with her sister, saying that she would only come back in the evening. Xiaobao wiped his nose, was amused by Lilac, and was laughing, when he suddenly saw Mochen standing behind Lilac.

I don't know why, as soon as I saw Mochen, Xiaobao had no smile on his face, his mouth pouted, he actually struggled to fall to the ground, turned around and ran home, no matter how Lilac shouted, it was useless.

"Alas, Xiaobao!" Seeing Xiaobao running away without looking back, Lilac was a little overwhelmed, she didn't expect Xiaobao's reaction at all, and suddenly didn't know what to do.

"It's okay, probably because I'm too scary. Seeing that Lilac was a little at a loss, Mochen smiled lightly.

"No, Brother Mo, Xiaobao is usually very well-behaved, I don't know...... And the people in the village, they all ......" Lilac heard Mo Chen's self-deprecating words, and she didn't know what to do.

She is not blind, she accompanied Mochen around the village today, and she didn't fail to see the vigilance of the big guys against Mochen, but she didn't know how to explain. Now seeing that Xiaobao, the most well-behaved and cute on weekdays, also reacted in this way, her heart suddenly became anxious and chaotic.

"Haha, I understand, the big guy is just used to living here, and he will naturally have such a reaction when he sees strangers. Mo Chen patted her little brain, and there was comfort in his tone.

Lilac rubbed her eyes, her eyes were a little red, and when she heard Mo Chen's words, she lowered her head and didn't know what she was thinking.

Seeing Lilac's appearance, Mochen shook his head, then he raised his voice and stretched out his hand to his side and asked, "What are these two things?"

Mochen stretched out his hand and pointed to the two strange characters pasted on the left and right on the door, he had already noticed that since the morning, there were no couplets or door gods on the doors of every house they had passed, there were just these two strange characters, which looked like an ancient script.

Mo Chen had never learned about ancient literature, so he just silently remembered this at first, but now it is just right to change the topic.

Sure enough, hearing Mochen ask herself, Lilac immediately raised her head and looked at the words on the door, and then said: "I heard my mother say before, these two characters seem to be one is the word "chop" and the other is the word "ear". Both of these characters are written in ancient Chinese, so few people recognize them. ”

Mo Chen secretly wondered in his heart, what do these two words represent, why did Chuyang Village neither paste couplets nor stick to the door god, but instead pasted these two words on the door?

He threw the question to Lilac, but Lilac shook her head and said that she didn't know either, only that it was a tradition in Chuyang Village.

Since Lilac didn't know, she didn't bother with it for the first time, and the time came in the evening, and the two turned around and left and returned home. The bride at home was heating a meal, and when she saw the two coming back, she hurriedly beckoned the two to come into the house for dinner.

The rice is white rice, the dishes are chicken, duck and fish, and there is a small pot of soju, after eating, the bride also brought a basket of freshly picked apples and distributed them to the two.

"Hiccup. Mo Chen returned to his room, sat at the table and burped, secretly surprised that Xi Niang's craftsmanship was no worse than that of Guose Tianxianglou.

Just thinking about it, Xi Niang knocked on the door outside, and Mo Chen's face was serious, "Come in." ”

"Baby, are you eating okay?" Xi Niang pushed open the door and entered the house with a smile on her face, put a new oil lamp in her hand on the table, and then sat down.

"My mother-in-law's skills are really good, I didn't expect to be able to eat such delicious food here, but it was surprising. ”

"That's good, are you used to living in this house?"

"Well, habit, I was looking for a break to find you. Mo Chen's voice responded, and then he reached out and felt a gold nugget on himself.

"I couldn't get it last night, and now that the cloves aren't there, you can take it. With that, Mochen put it on the table as soon as possible and pushed it in front of Xi Niang.

"Baby, do you think your mother-in-law looks like a person who is greedy for money?" Xi Niang smiled slightly and didn't take it.

Hearing this, Mo Chen shook his head and smiled, "Of course, my mother-in-law is not a greedy person. After saying that, Mo Chen's face changed, and he said coldly: "I'm afraid you have other plans." ”