When there is no need for food and clothing, people are always lazy, and the villagers of Xiaotong Village are no exception.

When the carriage of the dragon adventure group drove into the gate of Xiaotong Village, the villagers lying on the boulder just glanced at them lazily, then turned over and hummed a little song again.

Leo poked his head out of the car window and shouted to the spring lacker, "Hey!

As if he hadn't heard, the slacker on the stone kicked off his drooping shoe, and pulled a stick of grass from the grass next to him and put it in his mouth.

"Hey. Leo shouted again.

Isenus patted Leo on the shoulder, shook his head, and said, "Forget it, the people here don't seem to be the same as the ones we've seen." ”

Leo closed the window, and helplessly picked up a piece of jerky from the small table and stuffed it into his mouth.

"If you're not going to find the hotel from the villagers' mouths, should I go or Paul?"

"Don't use your legs, just use your senses. Isenus pointed to Leo's head.

"Let me use my Sanctuary abilities to find an inn? Leo frowned, but did as Esenas wished, scanning the entire village.

I didn't know if I didn't know, and it wasn't until Leo's Sanctuary ability covered the entire Xiaotong Village that Leo realized that the lazy man at the door was just a silhouette of Xiaotong Village.

The tall and sturdy houses in Xiaotong Village seem to tell the wealth of the village.

But the houses were only tall, neither as elegant and luxurious as the manors of the human aristocracy, nor as wild and simple as the dwarven cities.

What these houses do is nothing more than high, taller, big, bigger, and there is a bit of hollowness in the sameness.

If these houses only made Leo feel the taste of the village, then the spirit of the villagers made Leo feel terrified.

Even in the spring when the seeds should be sown, in all the houses, people are lying idly on chairs, beds, and floors, looking lifeless. Only the little ones are still slightly interested in looking for insect tracks in the dirt.

Leo swallowed.

Such a rich and decadent village is obviously unreasonable.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Leo at this time.

"What's wrong? is there anything going on in this village?" asked Ente.

Leo's face easily reminded him of the village that had been used as a sacrifice by the Sky Church.

"No, it's nothing, it's just that maybe I'm too sensitive. The shock and confusion on Leo's face slowly calmed down, and he took the whip from Omoni's hand.

"This village is full of hotels, but—" Leo paused. "I think we need to pick a better one. ”

Leo refused to say anything, and the rest of the people had to open the window and look out.

Soon, everyone fell silent.

Rizanka spoke, and she said, "I never thought that the rich and the poor could coexist in such harmony. ”

Little Paul was puzzled by what he was looking at and asked the team's jack-of-all-trades: "Isennas, why did this village become like this?"

"Because of a windfall from heaven. Isennas, who had already done a lot of homework, gave the answer.

"Windfall?" repeated Paul Jr. "But I've also gained a lot of money with you, and I can't afford to waste my life like the people in this village. ”

"They're far from you. Isenus gestured to the side of the street.

In a short street, almost half of it is occupied by hotels.

"If I'm guessing correctly, most of the village's income comes entirely from accommodation. As a village where six avenues meet, there is a great demand for accommodation from outsiders, and if there is a demand, there must be someone to meet the demand. ”

"But it was clear that there weren't enough places to stay, so people gave up on other industries and put all their energy into building shelters. ”

Little Paul shook his head. He didn't see what it had to do with the state of the villagers.

Leo seemed to understand what Esenas meant, and he asked, "Because they don't have to worry about survival at all, so they have nothing to do?"

"To be precise, it's because the hotel's income is too high, which discourages them from trying other things. ”

"If you work hard for a year and can barely fill your stomach, but the people in the same village just build a random hut and can cover your income for a year in a month, what will you choose?"

Little Paul subconsciously replied: "Of course it's a hotel." ”

"And what are you going to do with the rest of the time?"

"Perhaps, read a book and go to the mountains and forests to play?" little Paul thought about when his village was not yet in the midst of war, and it seemed that adults were busy most of the time in the fields and forests. There is very little free time.

"And what about a year or two from now? Are you still going to do this?"

"No, I thought, maybe I'll leave the village. ”

"Wait until you're done spending the money and then come back in disgrace?"

Little Paul thought about it, but still shook his head, such an ending is really unacceptable.

Unconvinced, he retorted: "Why do I have to come back in disgrace? If I have a large sum of money, I can live a better life outside." ”

"Quite right, that's where you're better than them. Isenus snapped his fingers. For example, if you still open a hotel, how do you ensure the freshness of your ingredients? how to increase the probability of tourists choosing your hotel? how to solve the relationship with the local tax officer, and how to properly handle the competition with other hotels?"

"If you want to study, which city is the best for you, how do you find a teacher, and what are you going to do after you study?"

Little Paul was smashed by a series of questions from Esennas.

Isenas looked at the tall and unaesthetic buildings outside the carriage and asked one last question: "How can you be sure that you will earn more outside than here?"

Little Paul was speechless.

"What a pathetic bunch of people. Lizanka looked sympathetically at the village. "It's not so much that they have food and clothing, but that they are bound to inns and wealth. ”

In this era, because of the lack of information dissemination, many times, having money can only ensure that one's life is worry-free, but it is impossible to imagine what the excess wealth can be used for. Maybe you used to be able to eat only one steak a day, but now you can eat a table of steak and that's it.

The satisfaction of money does not necessarily increase the level of spiritual abundance.

Little Paul pondered for a moment, and then asked, "What about the lords here, why didn't the lords come and build here?"

"Because it's a transportation artery. Isenas shook the map in his hand. "This village connects six lords and three churches, if you were one of the forces, who would you choose to give such a place to?"

"Myself. Little Paul blurted out.

"Unfortunately, everyone else thinks the same way. Esenas shrugged habitually.

Because of the checks and balances of many parties, is this place so deformed?

Leo sighed.

This village, you can't get out by yourself, others can't get in, you have to stay here from generation to generation, and the lack of spirit can make people look like a corpse more than starvation.

Leo, who was in a somewhat depressed mood, pointed to a dilapidated hotel: "This hotel, it seems to be interesting here." ”

The inn that Leo pointed to looked very old, the old wall tiles seemed to have been repaired many times, and although the wooden doors had been painted with clear paint, the traces of wind and rain on the door panels could still be seen.

Lizanka pushed it away with a big grin, shouting, "Is there still a guest room? Hey, is there anyone else?"

In the room, an old man came out slowly, and said with a mouth that had lost a few teeth, "What's the matter, little girl?

"How do I know. Lizanka sat down in her chair, pointed to the party behind her, and said, "Look, seven people, a cat, two horses." How much is the accommodation?"

"One gold coin a day, with three meals. Horses I would feed with a mixture of wheat and black rice. The old man said unhurriedly.

"Good. Lizanka nodded in satisfaction, turned to Leo and shouted, "How is it? Captain, this price is not bad, right?"

Leo darkened his face, looked at the old man's strange eyes, lowered his voice and said, "Since you still know that I am the head of the regiment, don't go past me to make some decisions!"

"I'm helping you with part of the work. Rizanka blinked innocently.

"Thank you very much, but now please stand behind me and take care of Wei Du. ”

Leo stepped forward and met the old man's suddenly enlightened face.

"So you're the head. ”

"Doesn't it look like that?" Leo pressed the two gold coins on the table and said with an expressionless face, "Two days, four rooms, and the lady was alone just now." ”

"Alone?" said Lizanka cheerfully, "I like it, Leo, don't use your abilities to spy on me." ”

"Who would be so boring!" Leo stammered as he explained to the old man who was registering with a clear look, "Don't listen to her, I..."

"I know, I know, young man. The old man smiled and handed over the four keys.

"But why did you choose my hotel?" the old man asked with some curiosity, "My hotel is not as spacious as other people's, nor is it as brand new as other people's, if it is not for no other choice, who will come to my bad old man's shabby hotel?"

Leo was silent for a moment, and then spoke: "To say a very offensive word, living in those lifeless hotels is no different from living in a grave. ”

The old man fell silent.

After a while, he spoke, "You're right. ”

He stood up, stroked the wind chimes at the door, and said, "Hey, young man, I'm the only one running this inn, I haven't spoken to anyone for a long time, would you be interested in having a drink with me?"

Leo smiled slightly and said, "As long as there is wine, we are friends." ”