Li Bing repeatedly begged the village chief to accept it, but the village chief insisted on not accepting it, and even seemed very angry, saying that if this was the case again, he would not welcome a few people to stay overnight.

Li Bing had no choice but to take back the money. He thought about it for a while, and felt that it was inappropriate, so he took out a hundred-yuan bill and said to the village chief: "Uncle Wang, since you refuse to charge us for accommodation, then we can only listen to your old man." But you have to accept this bill, we ask for dinner, we can't eat it for nothing, right? ”

The village chief laughed and said: "We mountain people, we feel that it is a glorious thing to invite guests to eat, and no one will ever charge guests for meals." Put it away, or I'm going to get angry. ”

He turned around and shouted, "Old woman, add another bowl of rice, there are guests here today, cook more rice." ”

A woman in the room also replied in a loud voice: "Old man, I know! You let the guests sit down, and I'll cook a few dishes. ”

The village chief turned back to Li Bing and said, "You people from the city, come to me, there is nothing to entertain." There is wax meat at home, and a hare, I don't know if you like it or not, I will let the old woman make it for you to eat. ”

Li Bing waited for ** to be happy, Zhao Wan'er playfully deliberately plucked her lips and said, "Oh, Uncle Wang, I am going to drool when you say it." Thank you, Uncle Wang! ”

Zhang Yuanshan said happily: "Li Bing, where are the car keys?" Give me! ”

Li Bing said suspiciously: "Brother Zhang, why do you want the car key?" You can't drive, what the hell? ”

Zhang Yuanshan said happily: "I don't know how to drive, but I want to invite Uncle Wang to drink at night, and I don't have a key, how can I get the Wuliangye in the trunk?" ”

Only then did Li Bing come to his senses, and handed the key to Zhang Yuanshan with a smile. The village chief said in surprise: "You city people are really rich and can afford to drink this high-end wine. This kind of wine, I just saw it written on the billboard when I went out of the mountain, and I heard people say that it is precious! I thought I wouldn't have eaten and drunk this kind of good wine in my life, but I didn't expect you to have it in your car. Well, I'm not going to be polite to you, I'll just make a thick old face tonight, touch your light, and taste what this good wine tastes like. ”

Li Bing hurriedly said with a smiling face: "Uncle Wang, look where you always say!" Today is our dipping, not only do you not charge us for accommodation, but also provide delicious wild goods for us to make dinner, thank you for not having time. ”

After everyone was polite to each other, Zhao Wan'er asked, "Uncle Wang, look at it, I'm still carrying a bag." Can you take us to the rest room first, and I can put my luggage down first? ”

Uncle Wang was stunned, and then said happily: "That dare is good!" Come with me, don't dislike me for being dirty in the mountains! ”

The village chief led everyone through the back kitchen, and when he saw the village chief's wife chopping wax meat on the cutting board, several people hurriedly said hello.

The village chief led them out of the kitchen, and Li Bing and the others found that the village chief's house was very large, in addition to the two rooms in front, there was a large courtyard behind the kitchen, and there were three rooms at the back.

The village chief led them to a room in the middle and said, "You can stay in this room, my wife and I are in front of the house, if you want boiling water or something at night, just call me." ”

Shi Liya asked, "Uncle Wang, there are three rooms here, the middle room is for me and Wan'er to live in, or for Li Bing and them?" ”

The village chief was stunned, and then said: "The room in the west is full of firewood and miscellaneous items, and it can't live in people." The five of you, all together, don't see each other. The two young ladies are huddled on the bed, and there is a straw curtain in the middle to hang up. ”

Zhao Wan'er hurriedly said: "Uncle Wang, how can this be done?" Is there anyone living in that room on the east side? Tell Li Bing and the three of them to live in that room! ”

The village chief sighed and said, "The room on the east side was originally a room that could be lived in, and it was also the room with the best light, but now you can't live in it." ”

Zhao Wan'er said in surprise: "Uncle Wang, why is this?" Could it be that someone else is already staying here? ”

The village chief shook his head and said, "That's not true, the room is empty, and it just can't live in people." ”

Zhao Wan'er still asked curiously, "Uncle Wang, why is this?" Can we go over and have a look? ”

The village chief said, "Okay, you can come and see." ”

He led them to the room on the east side, and when they opened the door, they were astonished, the room was empty, not a single piece of furniture was furnished.

Looking at everyone's puzzled looks, the village chief pointed to the door and said, "Have you seen it?" There's also a drainage gutter next to the wall! ”

Everyone followed his fingers, and by the faint light, they saw a small ditch a foot wide.

The crowd was puzzled and didn't understand why this gutter had anything to do with the fact that the room couldn't be inhabited.

The village chief suddenly said, "Do you smell the fragrance?" My old woman has already cooked the meal, and you have come from afar, and you are already hungry. Why don't we go and drink now, and even eat and talk. ”

Everyone answered, and suddenly felt hungry, and they all followed the village chief and returned to the row of houses in front. As we walked through the kitchen, everyone was hooked by the tempting aroma, and they couldn't help but laugh when they felt a rumbling in their stomachs.

Back in the hall, the old table of the Eight Immortals was already full of sumptuous dishes.

Zhang Yuanshan opened the wine bottle, the village chief snatched it, put it to his nose and smelled it, and praised it repeatedly: "It's really a good wine, it's much more fragrant than the wine I brewed myself." ”

He poured a glass for himself and everyone, and when Zhang Yuanshan saw that the bottle was empty, he opened another bottle and said to the village chief with a smile: "Uncle Wang, we brought three bottles of wine this time." We drank these two bottles tonight, and the one bottle left behind is for you to taste slowly. ”

The village chief was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly. He raised his glass, made a toast gesture to everyone, tilted his neck and drank dry, smacked his lips, and exclaimed.

Zhao Wan'er smiled and said, "Uncle Wang, you haven't told us why you can't live in that room!" ”

The village chief sighed and said, "You don't know the situation! The man's room was the best in my room, originally my son and daughter-in-law. The two of them have been out to work and have not had time to come back for more than a year. ”

"I don't know why, about a month ago, I woke up one morning, and suddenly found that the door of the room was wide open, and a lot of furniture was lying in the yard, crooked."

At first, I thought I had encountered a thief, but I was taken aback, and I hurried into the room to take a look. This look makes me dumbfounded. ”