"What's wrong?"

Yu Dan and Shili had already come to them, and Yu Dan couldn't help but ask when he heard the movement of the two of them.

Si Boyan smiled lightly: "It's okay, let's go in." Look here, you have to be careful. ”

"Be careful of what?"

Suddenly, a man jumped in front of them.

This man is about forty years old, with a sharp beak and monkey cheeks, a pair of eyes that glow shrewdly, and two mustaches. Looking at the appearance and tone, they are all locals in this Chuancao Village.

Behind him, the villagers were all jealous, as if something good had been taken first.

"It's rare for outsiders to come here, and the people in our Chuancao Village are very welcoming, and a few visitors don't have to be afraid to worry. My name is Meng Qigu, and my ancestor is from Chuancao Village,"

The person who accosted Chang Le and them continued to introduce, and after speaking, he turned his head to look at the villagers. The villagers immediately smiled very kindly and warmly.

This scene, in the eyes of Changle everyone, looks even more weird.

What's going on in this village?

"I don't know where they came from and where they're going?" Meng Qigu asked enthusiastically.

Si Boyan remained immovable, and Chang Le didn't reply. Yu Shan on the side couldn't wait, so he explained his intention.

"I'm Yu Dan, I'm from the Jinshan River, and I'm here to ask for medicine on the mountain behind your village."

Meng Qigu's eyes rolled and he put it on Yu Dan's shoulder.

"It turned out that I was going to collect medicine, it's not a problem, I can send you to the mountain pass. Hey, little brother, are you injured? Alas, then don't rush into the mountains, rest here for a while, and wait until your injuries are healed before you go. There is a miasma in that mountain, which can easily erode the wound. ”

Yu Dan's teachable look: "I see...... so"

"In that case, let's rest for a few days." Si Boyan took Meng Qigu's words casually, "Dare to ask, is there an inn in the village or anything like that?" ”

"There are generally no outsiders in our village, and there are no inns." Meng Qigu explained enthusiastically, smiling like a flower, "However, if you don't dislike it, you can go to my house to live for a while." Look at you like nobles, you should pay some silver taels ......"

"That's as it should be." Si Boyan looked at Shili, "Shili." ”

After they went south, the gold and silver brought by Si Boyan were all controlled by ten miles. Because of this, Shili will take it seriously as the maid of Cheese Boyan, and do his best to fulfill the responsibility of the maid, ignoring Chang Le, the original owner, at every turn.

Chang Le also understood a truth from this, the rich are the uncle!

Shili stepped forward half a step, faced Meng Qigu, and said, "I don't know how much silver is needed?" ”

When Meng Qigu saw this posture, he was even more happy, his eyes swept between them, and his fingers pinched.

"There are five people in total, so twenty-two and one nights are enough."

Shili had just taken off the money bag, and when he heard this number, he immediately tightened the money bag in shock. Chang Le couldn't listen to it, and was very dissatisfied with this domineering price, so he went back coldly.

"Five people twenty taels, one night in a high-end inn in the capital, one person at most one or two nights. You've quadrupled it here, isn't it a bit of a profiteering? ”

"Huh? Is this the price in the capital? Meng Qigu was not angry, he was still smiling, and said, "That girl, you don't know the price of our here." We are here, because of the remote location, there is little communication with the outside world, and it is expensive to get anything. Moreover, the things I give you for use are not cheap to sell at a price. Twenty taels and one nights, it's really not expensive. If you go to other villagers' houses, their conditions are not as good as ours. ”

Everything is the way, and Changle has no place to refute it.

Si Boyan stretched out his hand and patted her on the shoulder, let her dissipate her anger, and waved her sleeves towards Shili and said, "Shili, I will give this eldest brother twenty taels." ”

Shili and Chang Le both watched the twenty taels hand over very painfully.

When Meng Qigu gave money in Shili, he also peeked into the money bag.

Shili grabbed the mouth of the money bag and pinned the money bag back to his waist in dissatisfaction.

Meng Qigu's eyes flashed, he smiled kindly, hid the silver in the depths of his arms, and patted the place where the silver was placed when his hand stretched out. I felt that the silver was indeed in that place, and I was relieved.

"A few people came here, they should be tired, go to the eldest brother's house to rest and rest. Seeing that the sky is dark, I will go back and ask my sister-in-law to cook a good meal for you, and then heat up some of our own medicinal wine. That medicinal wine, after drinking it, it's a ...... to strengthen your body."

Chang Le and the others walked all the way to the interior of the village under the guidance of Meng Qigu, passing by the houses of each family.

The houses in this village are mainly lined up on both sides of the road.

There is smoke wafting in every house, and there is a faint strange smell, which is indescribable, not fragrant or smelly, but it just feels strange.

When the villagers saw them, they greeted them very warmly.

When they walked by, Chang Le turned back uneasily, and found those old people, children, and young people standing at the door, watching, and their smiles gradually became a little eerie and sly. Chang Le was startled, and in the blink of an eye, the villagers were smiling like sunflowers.

In this way, it makes people feel even more uneasy.

"What's wrong with this girl? Is it uncomfortable? ”

Meng Qigu found out that Chang Le was wrong, and immediately sent his first concern.

Chang Le shook his head, leaned closer to Si Boyan, and barely smiled.

"I think I'm a little tired."

"That's it, we'll be here soon, and the girl will insist on forbearance." Meng Qigu said with a smile, "After a while, you will drink a cup of our slim grass tea, and there will be absolutely no fatigue at all." ”

Chang Le pursed his lips and smiled, his hand in his sleeve tightened, his nails pinched his arm, he pretended to be calm, and said softly: "Thank you." ”

Glancing slightly, I saw the strange smiles of the villagers. Obviously, she wasn't hallucinating just now, and the people in this village are just weird!

"Don't be afraid, I'm here." Si Boyan tilted his head slightly, and comforted Chang Le in a low voice.

Chang Le looked up at Si Boyan, stared at it for a while, felt that his eyes could indeed give people a sense of reassurance, took a deep breath, and nodded.

Meng Qigu's house did look good, much better than the houses of other villagers.

Wu Ze found the back door to stop the carriage, and the rest of the people pushed open the wooden door and entered. Inside is a quadrangle, it looks quite big, there are a lot of rooms, and it is neat and tidy everywhere.

There was a large fire pit in the middle of the courtyard, and in the fire pit there was a kind of thatch, and there was no open flame, only billowing smoke. It seems that the main thing in the household is smoke. And the smoke was not suffocating at all, and it smelled the same peculiar smell that had been smelled on the road before.

"Mother-in-law, there is a foreigner coming, hurry up and pour some tea to entertain!" Meng Qigu shouted in court.

"Alas, I've been waiting for a long time."

As she spoke, a woman in her mid-thirties smiled brightly, and poked her head out of a house on the left with a wooden table. Five cups of tea were served on the table. It seems that he was prepared for a long time, knowing that they would come.

"Mother-in-law, why do you have to let the guests sit in the room first." Meng Qi scolded the woman strangely, and explained to Chang Le and them with a smile, "This is my mother-in-law, called Yingniang." If you don't dislike it, just call Shengying sister-in-law. ”

"Hello sister-in-law."

Si Boyan was as kind as a stream, and said hello first. Chang Le and Yu Shan also shouted.

"Oh, you're welcome, come into the house, and talk when you come inside."

Sister-in-law Ying enthusiastically gave up her position, and Meng Qigu beckoned them to enter the house.

It just so happened that Wuze also entered the courtyard with their baggage, and the baggage was full of their valuables, which were usually guarded by Wuze.

They went into the house, and there was a low platform with a carpet of animal skins, and it was warm to sit up.

sat around the low round table, Chang Le was Si Boyan on the left, Shili on the right, Yu Dan and Wuze on the left of Si Boyan, and Meng Qigu was cross-legged opposite Si Boyan. Sister-in-law Ying leaned down and handed them the tea.

"Is there heating down here? It's so comfortable. ”

Chang Le liked the place where they were sitting now, and they all wanted to lie directly on the ground and sleep well.

"The bottom is hollow, and there is a stove hole outside the house, and the wood is burned to warm this table, and the fire is also added with scripture grass, which has the effect of calming the nerves. This side of Chuancao Village is relatively humid, so it is also dampness. Meng Qigu explained, and persuaded Chang Le to drink tea, "This is what I said about the slender herb tea, you can taste it, you can relieve your fatigue." ”

"Uh-huh, okay."

Chang Le took a sip of tea, and the feeling of warmth and coolness was very comfortable. After half a cup, the whole person's body really relaxed a lot, and most of the fatigue was relieved. Immediately, I felt that this tea was very magical.

"It is worthy of being a village of medicinal herbs, and it is inseparable from medicinal herbs everywhere." Si Boyan sighed with emotion, pointed to the fire pit burning in the courtyard outside, and wondered, "What is burning outside?" Along the way, it seems that every household is burned. ”

Chang Le tilted his head and pricked up his ears, and he was also very curious. She began to think that the cigarettes were cooking cigarettes, and that each family was cooking at the meal, but now she realized that it was not at all.

"Ladies and gentlemen, it's warm in this room, and I'll hang your cloak aside."

Sister-in-law Ying took the time to come over to remind her, and Si Boyan also untied their cloaks one by one and handed them to Sister-in-law Ying. Meng Qigu took advantage of the time to explain.

"The one that burned was drunken grass, which was used to repel insects. It is also because of the humidity here, and the surrounding mountains and forests, there are more kinds of insects. But don't worry, with this drunken smoke, the insects won't enter the room, so you just have to live in peace. If you really get bitten by some worm, just tell us that we have medicine here to heal you. ”

"When we came, we heard that there is a very powerful and strange insect in your village?" Si Boyan asked along the topic.

"This girl, give me the cloak."

Yingniang came to Chang Le. Chang Le handed the cloak out, and when he looked up, he found that Sister-in-law Ying's eyes were bright and scary.

Chang Le followed her gaze and saw the ruby chain he was wearing. At that time, after Si Boyan put it on her, she forgot to stuff it into her clothes.

"The girl's chain is worth a lot of money, isn't it?"

It was Meng Qigu on the other side who spoke.

Shili turned his head and found the greed hidden in Meng Qigu's eyes, turned his head and arranged his clothes for Chang Le, stuffed the gem chain into her clothes, and explained with a smile in his mouth.

"It's not worth much, it's just a good-looking stone."