When I got closer, I noticed that a stream was flowing down from the top of the hill in a zigzag shape, providing plenty of water for the hobbits in the village, which must be the reason why the hobbits settled here.

Before they arrived in the village, a few children found Qin Fen and his gang, and immediately turned around and ran into the village, and after a while, an old hobbit with a gray beard greeted them.

"Oh, all the distinguished guests have come from afar, please go to the village to rest, have wine and hospitality, and don't get drunk today!"

Several people glanced at each other, and a thought came to their hearts: "...... It's greasy! ”

The hobbits are hospitable, but they are not exaggerated to the point of that.

As soon as I entered the village, my eyes came up, and my old face was thin into a wrinkled chrysanthemum, and I knew that you were too enthusiastic, and I didn't know that I thought you were a guest.

However, in the face of these five scumbags, everyone had nothing to fear, and after glancing at each other, they nodded and followed the old hobbit into the village. At first, I thought that there were adventurers in ambush, but after discovering that no one was doing anything in secret, I let go of my belly and ate and drank, and the sugar-coating/cannonballs were not a big deal - we could eat the sugar-coating and shoot the cannonballs back.

The next dry people naturally eat here, the food culture of the hobbit is not the same as that of human beings, the staple food here is the black baba that is grasped by hand, it is made of rice, arrowroot powder, the appearance is black and viscous, but the taste is sweet and soft and glutinous, and at the same time there is a dish of pickled sour fish pieces, a large pot of potato and sauerkraut soup, the dishes are mainly sour and spicy, and the aftertaste is a little bitter, quite able to eat.

After eating and drinking, the group basked in the sun, picked their teeth, and did what they should do without hurrying. Now the old hobbit couldn't sit still, and after these fellows looked at each other, someone stepped forward and asked cautiously:

"I wonder if a few rangers are still satisfied?"

"Yes, satisfied." Qin Fen patted the other party's shoulder, said with a smile, and then looked up at the sky and lazily basked in the sun.

The hobbit who spoke was stunned and speechless.

In the end, the old village chief sighed and said:

“…… To tell you the truth, our village has encountered some difficulties recently, and we have asked a few rangers to help! ”

Qin Fen raised his head, drank all the tea in the cup, coughed, and said:

"Oh, I thought you were always suffering from hemorrhoids...... Come on, come on, sit down and talk slowly. ”

"Here's the thing, in the last few days, there have been a lot of orcs outside the village, and the villagers are too scared to go out to work. So, please ask a few rangers to help! To find out the purpose of these orcs, it is best to expel them. ”

Qin Fen gritted his teeth, his face was embarrassed, and he said with empty eyes:

"Well, this is not easy to do, you also know that the orcs are not fatal, and they are infested in groups, if we rush into the mountains, it is likely to be gone forever."

The old hobbit listened to Qin Fen's words, his expression was a little nervous and stunned, and then he sighed and said gloomily:

"Then there are a few workers, if you can help, you can help, and if you can't help, you don't need to blame yourself......"

Hearing this, he was already quite disappointed, and when he was disheartened and about to wave his hand to send off the guest, he heard Qin Fen suddenly smile and say:

"So, how much are you going to pay for us?"

The old hobbit was stunned for a moment, and then said, "This task...... You guys? ”

"That's right." Qin Fen nodded and said, "But for this kind of thing with your head tied to your trouser belt, you have to take out a part of the reward first, right?" ”

"That's right, as it should be." The old hobbit nodded, turned into the house and took out a bag, and the 'clanging' of the gold coins in the bag could be clearly heard.

Qin Fen hurriedly waved his hand and said:

"When we're out and about, we just need enough money...... I wonder if there are any cherished specialties and the like, and they are also taken out to open our eyes? ”

Nonsense, although the circulating currency obtained from doing tasks can be exchanged for survival points, it can reach the sky by about 1,000 points, where is the special reward to come?

The old guy was stunned for a moment, and said cautiously:

"Could it be that a few of you feel that the remuneration is a little less?"

Qin Fen's eyes were empty, and what he turned over and over again was to bite the words 'local specialty' and 'rare'. After a while, the old guy reacted, patted his head and said:

"Oh, you look at my memory, people are forgetful when they are old, forgetful...... We don't have much value here in the backwoods, but there is an occasional stone on the top of the mountain, which is quite magical......"

Qin Fen's heart moved:

"Oh? Please take a look at it. ”

The old hobbit nodded, and did not enter the house, but directly took out a cloth bag made of vanilla from his arms, opened the bag and took out a white and jade pebble, then put it under his nose and took a deep breath, and then reluctantly handed the pebble to Qin Fen.

Qin Fen stretched out his hand to take it, and the hint he got was:

Unknown Oddities: ???

He suddenly became curious, and rubbed the pebble with his fingers, and then handed it to the bottom of his nose and took a deep breath, and immediately smelled a warm and fragrant, refreshing smell, as if it could cleanse the body and mind, and consume the tiredness of the afternoon a lot.

At the same time, the cue of Juggernaut came:

"You absorb the warm jade breath, and your health recovery speed is temporarily bonus, and at the same time, some of your mental fatigue is cleared."

Qin Fen nodded, and said casually without moving:

"What is this? The smell is good. ”

The old hobbit is also an old man, and his small eyes suddenly lit up slightly, explaining:

"This is a kind of stone produced on the top of our back mountain, which only appears when the spring equinox is stung on March 3 every year, as if it is a spring shoot after the rain, and it must be picked up as soon as possible, otherwise the sun will lose its effect after it comes out...... And the production of this pebble is very small, it seems that it is only available in the mountains behind us, so there is no reputation for it. ”

"When you are drunk or very tired, you will take it out and rub it and smell it, and then it will give off a very good smell, and after smelling it, the whole person will immediately be much more energetic."

Qin Fen nodded: "I see." ”

It seems that this kind of stone is similar to the Tianhuang stone in China, it will only be produced in a fixed place, and the yield is extremely low, and the appearance is not distinctive, so the reputation is not obvious, if it is not for Qin Fen's repeated insistence, this old guy is afraid that he will not take it out.

At this moment, after everyone passed this white pebble around, they looked at each other and nodded slightly, the value of this stone is obviously much higher than the money in circulation, and if you miss this village, there will be no such shop, and it belongs to the three-legged toad, which may not have the opportunity to be bought by money.

Qin Fen blinked, and the nonsense came in a moment:

"To tell you the truth, we are from the north of the country to travel and explore, the winter in the north is cold, dripping into ice, so it is inevitable to get some colds, chest tightness and shortness of breath and other symptoms...... These pebbles are a relief for fatigue, which is quite to my liking. ”

"In this case, we will take over this mercenary task, and be responsible for expelling and killing the invading orcs near the village, and then, you will prepare a hundred, not two hundred of these pebbles as a reward."

The old hobbit stared at Qin Fen with wide eyes, and only beat his chest for a while before he shuddered:

"Holy, this is the one on me!"

Qin Fen looked up at the sky at a forty-five degree angle and said sadly:

"I can't help it, the seven aunts and eight aunts have to take care of everything, and no one can do it without anyone...... You have a piece on you, you can ask someone else for it. ”

"This ...... How does this work?! ”

Qin Fen made a look, and the eldest lady of the silver immediately came out to be white-faced, raised her willow eyebrows, and snorted coldly:

"What's not to do, a broken stone, neither to eat nor drink, and not to produce every year? When the time comes, you will not be able to pick it up at the top of the mountain. ”

Nina also chuckled:

"Maybe you can give some dinars to the orcs wandering outside the village? Maybe after collecting the money, they won't come to hang out. ”

The old hobbit had a bitter face, his expression was cloudy, and he was trembling and speechless, and then at this time, Ai Jia Er's divine sword:

"Hmm, are you done? Let's go, let's get bored to death, and try to get to the middle of the Shire before dark. ”

The old guy originally planned to confuse the bitter meat plan, but after hearing this, his face immediately changed greatly, and he hurriedly stopped Qin Fen, his old face was wrinkled into chrysanthemums, and he shouted:

"Warriors, you can't leave, you can't leave...... So, you guys wait a minute, I'll go to the village and ask how many stones there are. ”