Xia Beifeng hesitantly walked into the room that the old lady lent him, and stood in the middle of the room and looked around.

The furnishings of this room are still good, not as bad as the messy bunch of bonsai in the yard.

In one corner of the wall is a large carved bed. It may be that no one has lived in it for a long time, the bed is empty, there is no bedding and no bed curtains or anything like that. The bed was covered with dust, and I couldn't tell what it was made of, but just looking at the workmanship, it should be worth a lot. There is a desk under the south-facing window of the room, and the four treasures of the study are neatly placed on the desk, and it is believed that the workmanship and bed should be made by one person. In the corner of the room are two blue and white porcelain vases, and there are several old calligraphy and paintings hanging on the walls around it.

Although I haven't seen anything too distinctive in the room for the time being, it can give people an idea of who used to live in this room. But Xia Beifeng still faintly felt that the previous owner of this room should be a young girl.

He approached the desk and stretched out his finger and swiped twice on the tabletop. Two distinct marks were left on the tabletop, revealing the crimson tabletop beneath the dust.

The ash on this table is at least three feet thick. Xia Beifeng looked at the dust on his fingers for a while, sighed, clapped his hands a few times, rolled up his sleeves and prepared to start cleaning the room.

He opened all the windows to ventilate the room, then turned around and went out to find water.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw the blind child, who was standing in the courtyard with a bucket of water, looking at him.

"Is this for me?" Xia Beifeng approached the child, squatted down and asked him.

The kid nodded, put down the bucket and turned to leave.

"Uh...... Thank you. Xia Beifeng looked at the child's back, thanked him quite embarrassed, and returned to his room with the bucket.

There was also a tattered rag in the bucket. Xia Beifeng scooped up the rag, wrung it half-dry, and began to wipe the table and the bed.

After a while, the child carried a broom into the house again, and lowered his head to help Xia Beifeng sweep the floor.

I'm a little flattered that you're doing this to me!

Xia Beifeng watched the child sweep the floor with a "hum", and carried a set of embroidered bedding over to help make the bed. I feel like I don't like it.

Now it's so good to me, you won't just come in in the middle of the night with a bunch of things that don't know what to do, and eat me separately.

The kid ran diligently, and after helping Xia Beifeng tidy up the room almost enough to live in, he pulled him by the sleeve and pulled him into the yard.

"Huh?" Xia Beifeng put down the rag, and the child who was puzzled, "What are you going to do?" Is there anything for me to see? ”

The child continued to pull Xia Beifeng's sleeve and pulled him outside, and kept making "eating" movements with his other hand in his mouth.

"Oh, eat, huh." Xia Beifeng pulled his sleeve out of the child's hand and picked up the bucket. He raised his chin at the kid.

"Let's go, you lead the way."

The kid immediately trotted ahead and led the way for the summer north wind.

Before Xia Beifeng went out, he glanced back at the room he was going to live in tonight.

After some tidying up, it looks much better than the dusty appearance when I just opened the door, but it is a little less lively. He hesitated for a moment, but still took out the two letters in his bag and carried them with him, before closing the door and walking to the main room with the child who led the way.

At this time, the sky was already a little dark, the moon had not yet risen, a few sparse stars were hanging in the sky, and there was a slight coolness in the air.

Xia Beifeng followed the child all the way to the door of the main room, and there were two large tables in the courtyard at this time. Two tables are put together and filled with plates.

Xia Beifeng took a closer look at what was on the plate and took a deep breath.

The food on the table can be said to be varied. Delicacies from the mountains and seas, bird's nest and abalone, everything. And each dish is very meticulously arranged, to the level of a work of art, which makes people unbearable to do it.

"How?" The old lady walked up to Xia Beifeng and asked him with a smile: "I can't imagine it, there are so many delicious foods in this ravine." ”

Now that you've fed me so well, how are you going to eat me at night, please?

Xia Beifeng nodded, staring at the things on the table, his eyes did not blink, and he looked stunned.

The boy nodded at the old lady and turned away.

"Won't he eat it?" Xia Beifeng asked the old lady suspiciously.

"He has a bad throat and can't eat these things." The old lady pointed to her throat and explained to Xia Beifeng, seeing that he was still looking in the direction where the child was walking with a worried face, she added: "He will go to the kitchen to drink porridge himself, you don't have to worry about him." ”

"Oh, good." Xia Beifeng casually picked a stool and sat down, looking down at the table.

No chopsticks.

"Anyone else?" Xia Beifeng asked the old lady.

The old lady pursed her lips and smiled, and pointed behind Xia Beifeng.

Xia Beifeng looked back, and in the courtyard that was still empty just now, a group of people suddenly appeared out of nowhere. The men stood in a neat row, led by a middle-aged man in his forties, dressed in a blue-gray riding coat and carrying a bright red lantern in his hand. Behind the leader, followed by a dozen people. These men were men, women, and children, all dressed in clothes that did not look like modern styles. They followed the middle-aged man neatly, and none of them spoke, and they didn't make any sound except for footsteps.

The people went to the table in turn, put their hands on their knees, and turned their heads to look at the middle-aged man who was taking the lead.

The middle-aged man took out a large handful of chopsticks, kept two for himself, and then handed the large handful of chopsticks to the people around him.

Xia Beifeng looked at those people like students who passed the test paper during the exam, each left two chopsticks, and passed them on to the next person, until the last person. Just one pair of chopsticks per person, no more, no less.

What about mine?

Xia Beifeng was still empty-handed, so he had to look at the old lady in confusion.

"You're a guest, how can you use the same thing as them." As she spoke, the old lady took out a small slender cloth bag. After uncovering the white cloth wrapped on the outside layer by layer, a pair of snow-white shiny chopsticks inside were revealed and handed to Xia Beifeng.

"Guests use this."

Xia Beifeng took the chopsticks and looked at them.

These chopsticks look like they should be ivory, and they feel the same to the touch. The chopsticks are carved with delicate patterns and inlaid with gold edges, so even those who don't know the goods can see that they are worth a lot.

"What is so valuable for me?" Xia Beifeng looked at the old lady in surprise, "Just give me a pair of ordinary chopsticks, I'm a little scared when you treat me like this." ”

The old lady smiled and nodded, motioning for him to eat.

"In that case, then you're welcome." Xia Beifeng shrugged, he was originally just casually polite, but when he saw that the old lady insisted, he naturally stopped refusing.

Xia Beifeng clamped a piece of Dongpo elbow in front of him and put it in his bowl. Everyone else at the table except the old lady also began to eat with their hands, but still no one spoke.

"Our family has strict rules, you can't talk during meal time, don't be surprised." The old lady smiled at Xia Beifeng a little shyly, raised her finger and pointed at the meat in his bowl, "Why don't you eat it." ”

I want to be a hamster now! Xia Beifeng stared at the oily meat in the bowl, and sighed secretly in a complicated mood.

"I suddenly remembered that I was taking medicine now, and I should avoid it." Xia Beifeng put down his chopsticks and apologized to the old lady with his hands folded, "The doctor told me not to eat greasy, I'm really sorry, you have prepared so many delicious foods...... In fact, I also have a rule at home that you are not allowed to talk when you eat, and when I was a child, my elders were strict, and I felt very kind when I saw your rules here. ”

Speaking of which, my family still has the rule that children should be beaten if they don't eat, and then they should be stuffed, you shouldn't be able to. Xia Beifeng looked around, secretly calculating in his heart, if this group of people rushed up and forced him to eat, how would he run.

"Eat as much as you want." The old lady approached Xia Beifeng slightly, and put a piece of green vegetables in his bowl, "You can't eat meat, vegetables are always okay." ”

"This is not good, you can't eat anything with oil. The doctor said that you can only eat boiled vegetable leaves. Xia Beifeng pushed the bowl forward and signaled that he would not eat it.

"Then again, why don't you eat it?" Xia Beifeng looked at the empty table in front of the old lady and asked suspiciously.

"I'm old, I don't have good teeth, and I can't eat hard." The old lady pointed to her mouth, still smiling at Xia Beifeng, "I'll go to the kitchen to drink porridge with the dumb man in a while, don't worry about me." But you, how old are you, different from my old lady, can you just eat vegetables? ”

"If you can't do it, you have to do it, otherwise what if you eat indiscriminately and get sick!" Xia Beifeng said in an exaggerated tone: "That doctor is also annoyed, I can't eat this and that all day long, I sometimes want to beat him......"

"That's a shame, you can't eat any oil at a young age." The old lady shook her head regretfully, feeling sorry for Xia Beifeng. Then he asked Xia Beifeng: "Then if you don't eat dinner, won't you be hungry?" ”

"I brought bread, it's in my bag, and I'll just go back and eat something." Xia Beifeng explained his food source to the old lady, and then turned his head to look at the group of people who didn't even make a sound to eat.

"Didn't you always say that no one lives here? So what's going on with them? Xia Beifeng put on a curious baby's face and asked the old lady.

"They, I don't know where they came from, they say it's tourism or something, they see that our house is good-looking, and they rent a house here." The old lady still looked at Xia Beifeng kindly, and answered his question: "I don't have electricity here, the rent is not high, except for a few more rules, everything is good, many of them don't want to leave when they live here." ”

I think I can't walk if I want to.

Xia Beifeng looked at the group of people with unified movements. They have been repeating the action of eating mechanically, and there is no difference in the amount of food they eat, which is really creepy.

So Xia Beifeng decisively turned his head and didn't look at them. Anyway, you can't hide sooner or later, this group of people is uncomfortable at first sight, it's better to look at the old lady.

Although according to experience, in this kind of place, this old lady who seems to be no different from a normal person is the most abnormal one.

"That kid, what's his name?" Xia Beifeng looked at the old lady, held it for a long time, and finally thought of a topic: "I heard you call him dumb, and I don't want to call him that." He must have a name, he just helped me with a lot of work, I want to thank him and he doesn't know what to call him. ”

"Just call it dumb. This child has no father or mother, naturally he has no name, we all call it that. You don't have to thank him, after all, you are a guest, and this is what he should do. The old lady's eyes never left Xia Beifeng, looking at him with gentle eyes like looking at her own grandson, and answering all kinds of questions about him. There was no sign of impatience at all.

"That's it" Xia Beifeng nodded, indicating that he understood. Start looking up at the sky.

The sky was completely dark, there were no lights in the mountains, and the stars could be seen clearly. A thin crescent moon hung in the sky, eclipsed by the countless stars around it.

"That dumb guy has never had a name, and I don't think it's good. But I'm an old lady and uneducated, so I don't know how to choose a name. Seeing that Xia Beifeng was no longer talking, the old lady took the initiative to provoke the conversation, "Why don't you give him a name?" I think you seem to have read a lot of books, and you are still the junior of Mr. Shen, so it shouldn't be difficult to choose a name. ”

Let me name him? How much trouble will there be in the future, do you know how much trouble you have?

Xia Beifeng smiled and shook his head at the old lady, saying that he couldn't help.

Hello everyone, I'm the dividing line of annotation**********************

Hamsters: Hamsters have pouches in their mouths that can store a lot of food...... In short, Comrade Xiaobei doesn't want to eat and wants to hide

Anyway, I wrote quite 6 at the beginning of this volume, but I don't know if the end will be like the previous volume

Anyway, the outline of the story has been written, and I still can't calculate how many words it will expand in the later stage, so let's look at it

If you're free, you'll probably write an uncle's extra, and if you're not free, forget it