Chapter 16: Precious Sweets
"Start!"
Lu Chen silently recited in his heart.
At this time, the old man saw that Lu Chen had not reacted and said a word.
And Lu Chen also understood what the old man said this time.
"Outlander, what are you doing here?"
This is what Lu Chen heard.
"Don't get me wrong, old gentleman, I got lost in that forest before, and I walked for two days before I came out, and I came here by accident, I don't know what kind of place this is?"
Looking at the old man's vigilant look and the group of people behind him who looked a little nervous with weapons, Lu Chen hurriedly smiled and said.
"This is Wangjia Village, if there is nothing to do, you can leave, strangers are not welcome in our village."
Hearing Lu Chen's words, the vigilance on the old man's face relaxed slightly, but he still said to Lu Chen unceremoniously.
Go, Lu Chen doesn't want to go.
It was not easy to get out of the forest and meet people, and now that the world does not understand anything, of course Lu Chen does not want to leave like this.
Who knows how long it will take to leave this village before they can continue to meet people.
So Lu Chen hurriedly spoke: "Old man, you see that the sky is getting dark, can you let me spend the night in your village and leave tomorrow." ”
Hearing Lu Chen's words, the old man frowned slightly, revealing a thoughtful look.
"Village chief, this person's origin is unknown, it's best not to let him enter our village chief."
"That's right, village chief, you see that this person is dressed so strangely, maybe it's a thief's spy."
At this time, the people around the old man suddenly came to the old man's side and whispered.
"Mountain, sister, you are a bandit, and your whole family is a bandit."
Lu Chen, who heard them speak, couldn't help but complain in his heart.
Seeing that the old man seemed to be about to be moved by those people's words, Lu Chen hurriedly spoke: "Village chief, don't worry, I have no ill will towards your village, I just want to spend the night for one night, and I can pay you." ”
After Lu Chen finished speaking, he took out a chocolate bar from his body, walked to the old man and handed it to him.
In Lu Chen's opinion, these people should have never eaten or seen chocolate.
"What is this?"
Sure enough, the old man took the chocolate bar in Lu Chen's hand, looked at the exquisite packaging pattern on it, and looked at Lu Chen with a puzzled expression.
"It's edible, like this."
Lu Chen said and took out another chocolate bar, tore open the package, took it to his mouth and took a bite.
The old man followed Lu Chen's example, tore open the package of the chocolate bar, looked at the black chocolate bar, and the old man hesitated for a moment, but still took it to his mouth and bit it gently.
"Sweet?"
Suddenly, the old man's eyes widened, and he looked at Lu Chen in disbelief.
"How's the village chief, is this thing delicious?"
A big man with a spear next to him asked the village chief curiously.
The village chief didn't pay attention to the questioner, but glanced at the chocolate bar in his hand, thought for a moment, carefully repacked it, and then put it in his arms.
Then he said to Lu Chen: "Okay, you can stay in the village at night." ”
"Thank you, village chief."
Lu Chen didn't expect the chocolate bar to be so good, so that the village elder agreed to stay so quickly, and hurriedly spoke.
"Village Chief, why did you let him stay."
As soon as he heard that the village chief asked Lu Chen to stay, the people around him were a little anxious.
"Don't worry, my current son shouldn't be a bandit spy, after all, a bandit scout can't come up with precious sweets."
The village chief waved his hand and said to the people around him.
"What, sweets, was that black thing sweet?"
"Is that sweet, village chief?"
"Can the village chief let me taste it? I haven't eaten sweet in years. ”
As soon as he heard the village chief's words, the people around him suddenly became lively.
And some of them stared straight at the chocolate bar that Lu Chen had bitten into his hand.
"Do they rarely have a sweet tooth?"
Seeing this scene, Lu Chen thought for a moment, no wonder the village elder agreed to stay so easily, it seems that sweet things should be worth a lot here.
"Shut up, what kind of noisy and noisy thing to do."
The village chief shouted to a group of people, and everyone suddenly fell silent.
Then the village chief looked at Lu Chen, showed a smile and said, "The people of the mountains and fields have made Gongzi smile, Gongzi, please come with us into the village." ”
"By the way, I don't know what Childe is called?"
"My surname is Lu, and my name is Lu Chen."
Lu Chen followed the village chief, and a group of people walked towards the village.
"Lu Gongzi, the old decay Wang Dafa is the village chief of Wangjia Village."
The village chief said as he walked.
Along the way, there was a person whose eyes were glued to Lu Chen's chocolate bar in his hand.
Lu Chen remembered that the person was the one who had asked the village chief to give him a chocolate bar to taste, saying that he hadn't eaten sweets for a few years.
In the end, Lu Chen couldn't stand his eyes, and tentatively handed the chocolate bar in his hand to him.
"If you want, give it to you!"
The man's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly took the chocolate bar from Lu Chen's hand.
Then he didn't dislike it and put it in his mouth and took a bite.
"It's sweet, it's sweet, it's delicious."
Suddenly, the sweet and rich taste of the chocolate bar made the man excited.
The people around looked at the man with envy, thinking about how he didn't have such good luck, why Lu Chen didn't give him the chocolate bar.
A group of people quickly entered the village chief, who let the group of people who followed him disperse, and then walked towards the village with Lu Chen.
The situation in the village was similar to what Lu Chen thought, everywhere looked ragged, and there was nothing of value at all.
On the road, people greeted Wang Dafa from time to time and looked at Lu Chen who was following him curiously.
Wang Dafa took Lu Chen and soon came to a house that looked relatively large.
"Lu Gongzi will stay with me for one night at night!"
Wang Dafa said and pushed open the wooden door of the house and walked in with Lu Chen.
Most of the houses in the village are in the courtyard style, that is, a low wall encloses it, so that a few low houses are built inside, which may be that they cannot build relatively high buildings, so they can only expand the area to build houses.
Wang Dafa's house is the same, as soon as you enter the gate, there is a courtyard, in front of the courtyard is a room, and then there are also rooms on the left and right sides, all of which are simple houses with walls of mud and thatched roofs.
In the courtyard at this time, a woman who looked to be in her twenties was sewing clothes with her head down and taking advantage of the afterglow of the sun, and a little boy who looked to be four or five years old was squatting next to her, playing with the mud on the ground.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, the woman looked up.
Suddenly, a long, delicate and beautiful face appeared in Lu Chen's eyes.
"Father-in-law, you're back."
Seeing Wang Dafa walking in the door, the woman stood up and said.
"Grandpa,"
And the little boy next to her screamed and came to Wang Dafa's side, and then grabbed his trouser leg and looked at Lu Chen beside Wang Dafa with a curious expression.
"Master Lu, this is my daughter-in-law and grandson."
Wang Dafa said a word to Lu Chen, and then looked at the woman and said, "Osmanthus, there are guests in the evening, prepare more meals." ”
"Okay father-in-law, I'll go and prepare."
After the woman finished speaking, she secretly glanced at Lu Chen, put away the clothes she was sewing and walked towards the room on the left.
"Xiaobao, you go play by yourself first, grandpa has something to do."
Then, Wang Dafa sent away the little boy next to him again, and then took Lu Chen into the middle room.