"Uncle, they're here to travel." Xie Ling was very respectful, and his voice was obviously much better than when he spoke to Wu Huashi.

"You're here for a tour?" The middle-aged man asked, looking at the three of us, gesturing to the stool next to him.

"Sit down, I personally suggest you go during the day and come back during the day. When my father comes back, he will arrange a place for you to live. "When the middle-aged man faced us, he didn't look as serious as before, but he didn't smile either.

This middle-aged man's name is Xie Ping, according to Xie Ling, this Xie Ping's legs are because when he was young, he went to Wuling Mountain, and he didn't come back for a long time, and he was found later, so he found some Xie Ping on the edge of a cliff, and Xie Ping's legs had already been broken at that time.

We sat in Xie Ping's house, because the few of us didn't speak, which caused the atmosphere to be very awkward.

Xie Ling went in to help Wu Hua cook, but didn't come out.

Tan Wen was the first to break the silence of this moment.

"You just said that you would arrange accommodation for us, is it possible that there is no hotel or anything like this?"

I saw Xie Ping smile bitterly and said: "It's not nothing, I also planned to open it before, but I was stopped by my father, that is, the village head, who thought that things from the outside world would bring ominity to this village, even including paper money." ”

"But these things are naturally available in the village now, but my father is very resistant to them. I always refused to use these things. I'm sure Xiao Ling told you too. Xie Ping explained.

We chatted and chatted, and Xie Ping's father returned.

I got up and looked at Xie Ping's father, who was full of white hair, but his eyes seemed to be shining, and his age, and he was already approaching eighty.

"Who are they?" The village chief walked into the house, frowned, and at first glance noticed us, and seemed to dislike us greatly.

"Ah, father, they're here for a tour." Xie Ping looked at his father, I don't know if it was my delusion, or if it was already there, but I saw a trace of fear flash in Xie Ping's eyes.

"Since I'm here for a tourist, after registering, let's find a place to stay." Saying that, the village chief didn't pay much attention to us, and put down the hoe in his hand, as if he had just returned from the field.

Seeing that the village chief agreed, Xie Ping smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth and looked at us. In his mouth, he shouted Wu Hua in the back room.

"Hua ......, don't be busy yet, go to our family's book to register outsiders, take it out, and record it."

Wu Hua walked out of the kitchen, did not untie the apron on his body, walked to the table behind Xie Ping, squatted down and took out a bunch of keys, and then hurried out the door.

A few minutes later, he walked in with a notebook.

"You just have to write down your contact information and name on this." As he spoke, he handed us a pen.

I thought, since I came here, I also obeyed the rules of other people, and I registered without thinking about it, and when I registered, I glanced at it, and the one who registered before us was called Yang Zhou, and I naturally didn't pay much attention to this name.

After registering, Xie Ping left the three of us at his house for dinner, and it happened that we were also hungry, so we did not hesitate to eat at his house.

Unconsciously, after eating, it was already more than ten o'clock in the evening, Xie Ping picked up his mobile phone, made a call, and after a while, a middle-aged man came.

Xie Ping said to us that we are in the middle-aged man's house tonight, I don't know what this middle-aged man's name is, but I know that Xie Ping calls this middle-aged man the third brother, so naturally I can guess the relationship between the two.

As we were leaving, Xie Ping suddenly called us to stop.

"Remember, don't go out at night, this village has a curfew, you must remember." When he said this, Xie Ping's face was very serious.

I was wary because the driver had said the same thing.

"Let's go." Xie Ping's third brother looked at us and said.

Rural people are always very enthusiastic, and the three of us followed Xie Ping's third brother to his house.

His family is not like Xie Ping's family, Xie Ping's third brother's house has a total of four rooms and a kitchen, and the three of us are arranged in the same room.

There was a very large earth dog tied to the door of his house, there was a lot of dirt on his body, it seemed that it had not been cleaned, this earth dog was very fierce, and when he saw us, he opened his mouth and bit wildly, but fortunately it was chained.

When we entered the door, the dog barked at us, and Xie Ping's third brother roared, and the dog quieted down.

"Our family, four rooms, the south two live in our family, and the north two usually use when picking up guests, so you can live in the north two." Xie Ping's three said and pointed to the two rooms in the north, and then Tan Wen handed over the two keys to Tan Wen.

The three of us discussed it, Tan Wen and Chen Bei lived together, and I lived alone in one room.

I didn't think about it, after a day's travel, I was naturally very tired, almost fell asleep, and the next day I had to go into the mountains.

Although I fell asleep upside down, I slept so lightly that the slightest movement could wake me up.

When I slept late at night, I was woken up by a dog barking, only to hear the wild roar of the dog on a leash at the door outside the room, I almost exploded, covered my ears with the quilt, and slept until about half past five in the morning.

I was woken up by an exclamation, and I was furious, and then the door to my room rang.

"Who?" I asked out loud.

"Chen Bei is gone!" I heard Tan Wen shouting outside.

Hearing that Chen Bei had disappeared, I woke up with a wit. I quickly got up and opened the door, because I didn't have the habit of taking off my clothes to sleep outside, so I didn't need to put on clothes.

After opening the door, Tan Wen rushed in.

"When I woke up today, Chen Bei was gone, I slept very hard last night because I was too tired, I didn't expect ......" Tan Wen was a little annoyed, and he blamed himself for sleeping too deeply, and I was actually a little panicked.

"Maybe he's out, don't worry." I comforted Tan Wen a few words.

The two of us packed up our things and went to the door of Third Brother Xie Ping and knocked on the door.

Xie Ping's three opened the door and rubbed their eyes, seeing that it was us.

Then he asked, "Oh, it's you, what's wrong?" ”

"One of us woke up today and disappeared." Tan Wen hurriedly asked.

"Gone?" Xie Ping's third brother frowned, obviously a little incredulous.

"Wait for me." So saying, he went into the house, and after a while he got dressed and came out.

It was still past five o'clock in the morning, and the sky was not very bright.

"You can go with me to the village chief first." Xie Ping's third brother said, and led the two of us towards the village chief's house.

For this kind of village, the average villager is angry very early, but when we walk on the street, the street is deserted, there is no one, and the morning is a little cold, and a cold wind blows, and I shiver a little.

When we arrived at the village chief's house, Xie Ping's third brother knocked on the door vigorously, and the village chief was woken up, opened the door, and saw that it was us. , with a clear hint of displeasure on his face.

"Come in."

"Oh no, uncle, one of them is gone." Xie Ping's third brother said excitedly.

"Gone? When was it discovered. The village chief frowned and asked solemnly.

"When I woke up at five o'clock this morning." Tan Wen hurriedly replied.

"Didn't you look around?" The village chief was still frowning.

"I looked for it, but I didn't find it, and besides, we are not familiar with the village, so it is impossible to run around." I said hurriedly.

"Again?" The village chief sighed, he seemed very uncomfortable, and his brows gradually relaxed, but his face was still not very good.

"Did any of you go out last night?" The village chief asked, looking at the two of us.

We all shook our heads, not including Chen Bei, of course.

"He should have gone out last night, otherwise it wouldn't have been." What the village chief said was so obscure that I didn't understand what he meant.

"That way, I should know where your friend is, but don't get your hopes up." The village chief said with a calm face.

"What do you mean?" Tan Wen was also a little unhappy, what is it called not to hold up hope, is it possible that people will hang up after sleeping here?

"Then don't be in a hurry, stay with me, and when the day is completely light, I will go out with you to look for it.

Tan Wen and I were very anxious, but the village chief said so, so we could only wait.

This incident also alarmed Wu Hua and Xie Ping, who were sleeping, and the two of them looked at me and Tan Wen anxiously, and couldn't help but comfort.

"Maybe your friend is fine, don't think about it, when my father is ready, you are looking for it, and you can't do it in such a hurry."

It was seven o'clock in a flash, and it was already dawn at this time, Tan Wen and I hurriedly got up and wanted to go to the village chief.

To be honest, the reason for coming here is actually because of Chen Bei, but now that the main owner is lost, who is not in a hurry.

"Let's go!" At this time, the village chief walked into the house, looked at us and said, for a few hours, the village chief just said that he was going to prepare, and then left.

Now the two of us stood up, and when we walked out the door, there were already five or six strong men standing outside the village chief's house, each with a hoe for the ploughing field, as if ready to set off at any moment.