Chapter Forty-Nine: A Strange Village
At sunset, the yellow gold edge is set on the mountain edge in the distance, and the golden rice all over the ground sways in the rice field, like a wave rolling, a wave wins a wave.
Boom!
Xu Yi put the coffin down and looked at the village in the distance.
The smoke curled a little, and it was a little peaceful, but Xu Yi stared at it for a while, but found that the village was too peaceful.
A moment later, she walked towards the village with the bronze coffin on her back, but along the way, she felt more and more that something was wrong.
The golden rice is ripe, but no one has harvested it, there are no barking dogs in the village, and there are fewer villagers to farm.
When I entered the village, I found that the doors of every house were closed, and the wide streets were empty, and the silence was a little strange.
Click!
There was a sudden movement from the window next to him, Xu Yi hurriedly turned his head to look, and found that there was a pair of eyes staring at him behind the paper window that opened a gap.
As if he noticed that Xu Yi was looking at him, he hurriedly closed the window.
Xu Yi stepped forward with the bronze coffin on his back and knocked on the door, "Is there anyone, may I ask anyone?" z.br>
"Nobody, get out of here!"
A deep voice suddenly sounded in the room, urging Xu Yi to leave.
"I've been running all the way south, and I don't have much food on me, so I don't know if I can buy a little, don't worry, I have money for you." Xu Yi explained the intention.
"Let's go, let's go."
The man still urged.
"I just want to change some food, so it won't disturb you, I don't know how to ......."
"Didn't you hear me telling you to!" With a click, the door opened, and a middle-aged man rushed out of it, still dragging an old hoe in his hand, and his tone was not good.
"Ahem, ahem...... Son, give her something to eat, and let her leave quickly after eating, cough cough cough ......
At this time, a weak voice suddenly came from the room, and the sound should be that of a sick person in bed and dying soon.
The middle-aged man's expression was very angry, but he finally put down the hoe in his hand and took out a bowl of hot steamed buns from the house.
"Get out of here when you're done."
The middle-aged man scolded and handed the steamed bun to Xu Yi, then picked up the hoe again, and stared at the woman in front of him with a wary expression.
Xu Yi took the steamed bun, pretended to take out a little bit of broken silver from his pocket and handed it to the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man saw that there was really silver, and his face was slightly happy, so he put down the hoe, but he was still blocked at the door.
"Ahem, ahem...... Girl, let's leave quickly after eating, cough cough cough ......" In the room, the old man's weak voice was still heard.
"Okay, thank you, mother-in-law."
Xu Yi took a bite of the steamed bun, felt that his mouth was very dry, and said, "Little brother, can you give me some more water, I haven't eaten for a day, this biscuit is so powerful that it is really difficult to swallow."
The young man glanced at the bronze coffin behind the woman, and then weighed the broken silver in his hand, and then went into the house to get water.
Waiting for the middle-aged man to bring a bowl of water, Xu Yi drank it, and then pretended not to care and asked, "Little brother, what's wrong with my mother?"
Hearing this, the middle-aged man's eyes were cold, and he said in an unkind tone, "It's none of your business, get out of here after eating."
Xu Yi ate the bun silently, looking at the middle-aged man with his spare eyes.
The man was wearing a coarse linen coat, his face was slightly haggard, and his palms still had thick calluses, which should be the peasants of this village.
Thinking about it, she took out a little bit of broken silver from her pocket and said with a smile: "Little brother, when I first came here, I had a lot of doubts in my heart, and I don't know if my little brother can solve my doubts."
Xu Yi deliberately turned the silver in his hand.
A hint of surprise flashed in the middle-aged man's eyes staring at the silver, and he hurriedly laughed, "It's easy to say." The expression is also very different from the previous one.
Xu Yi weighed the silver, then handed it to the middle-aged man, and asked, "Little brother, when I entered the village just now, I saw that the crops outside the village were growing well, but when it was time to harvest, I didn't see a single person.
The middle-aged man frowned at the woman, then looked at his hand again
finally sighed and said, "Eh~ It's not that I won't tell you, but even if I say it, it's useless, you better finish eating and leave."
"This silver...... Give you back."
His eyes darkened slightly, and finally returned the broken silver to Xu Yi.
"It's okay, the little brother doesn't want to say it, it's better to have more old bodies than less, I'll continue to hurry after eating these. You can keep this silver and show it to your mother, but you still have to thank your little brother for your hospitality."
Xu Yi waved his hand and refused, but did not ask, but silently finished eating the steamed buns, returned the bowl to the middle-aged man, turned around and left with the copper coffin on his back, and did not forget to thank him before leaving.
Watching the woman leave with the bronze coffin on her back, the middle-aged man's eyes were a little complicated, and finally he sighed lightly and turned around and entered the house.
"Huh? What is this?"
Suddenly, he noticed that there was a small reddish particle in the bowl, the size of a thumb, and it smelled faintly fragrant.
Suddenly, his eyes widened, and a thought suddenly flashed through his mind.
Thinking about it, the middle-aged man hurriedly ran to the door and looked out, but there was still a woman there, only an empty road.
His eyes instantly moistened, and he muttered, "Immortal, immortal!"
Thinking about it, he hurriedly walked to the house, and did not forget to say, "Mother, mother, you are saved! You are saved! It's the immortals, it's the immortals who have come to save you."
At this time, Xu Yi had already left the village.
She came to a secluded place, looked around, and after confirming that no one was there, she put down the bronze coffin behind her.
Click!
The coffin lid made a crisp sound, opening a gap, the scorching sun was scorching, and as the coffin lid opened, a faint cool air hit the body.
"Meow!"
Immediately after, a cat meow came from the coffin, and the black cat, which had been black all along, jumped out, and the coffin lid closed automatically in an instant, and the cool air was reduced a little.
"Something that is greedy for life and afraid of death."
The moment he saw the black cat, Xu Yi remembered the scene where this guy hid in the copper coffin for the first time, and couldn't help muttering.
The black cat's hearing is so good, when he heard Xu Yi say this, he immediately exploded, and said angrily: "What is greedy for life and afraid of death! This cat is called to avoid its edge, do you know what it means to stay in the green mountains, and you are not afraid of no firewood."
"Oh, I'm afraid of death."
"Meow! The surname is Xu!"
"The last name is Meow."
"Meow! This cat is not surnamed Meow, this meow is surnamed Li, and this meow has a name!"
"Okay, okay, I'll give you whatever your last name is." Xu Yi hurriedly waved his hand, too lazy to exchange ideas with this guy, and asked, "How is it, you just said that there is a divine soul here, where is it?"
When Xu Yi was talking to the middle-aged man just now, the voice of the black cat suddenly sounded in her head, telling her that a familiar spirit appeared here, so Xu Yi left in a hurry.
The black cat stood on the bronze coffin, looking around, and finally it looked at the back of the village, and sank for a long time before speaking, "On that mountain."