I turned around and bent down to pick up the backpack on the ground, and walked into the village side by side with Chen Jiayan.

Navel Village can be said to be as its name suggests, and the whole village is completely a circle, one circle after another.

The houses along the road are almost all mud and straw adobe houses, and most of them are surrounded by a few wooden fences in front of them, which can be regarded as walls.

It seems that the village is indeed a bit backward.

The two of us were looking around, and suddenly a black-faced man burst out of the alley.

The man wore a straw hat, his face was dark and shiny, his face was wrinkled like a knife and axe, and he had a hoe on his shoulder.

I look at the fresh dirt on the hoe and can almost certainly determine the man's identity.

"Who are you looking for?"

I don't know if it's my delusion, but I always feel that this person's tone is not particularly kind.

I quickly put down my backpack and put a smile on my face: "We were separated from the tour group, and we want to spend a night here in this wilderness, and we will leave tomorrow."

As I spoke, I pulled out a box of cigarettes from my bag and quietly slipped them into his hand.

"It's convenient, big brother."

He rubbed his thick fingers a few times and grinned, "People in the city, the hand is wide."

"Go and meet the village chief, if he agrees, you stay."

After saying that, he poked the hoe in the corner of the wall casually, turned his head and led the way ahead.

Chen Jiayan asked me with a lip shape, "Is it safe?"

I just nodded, "No problem."

I should have given her a reassurance, only I know that I have arrived here, and I have to go into the Longtan Tiger's Den!

Due to the strange topography of Navel Village, we are basically constantly turning.

It feels a bit like walking an infinite loop of turntables.

This faint feeling of dizziness made me tense the strings in my head.

When I walked out for a while, I kicked a hole in the ground with the ball of my forefoot to make sure I couldn't find my way back.

Fortunately, the roads in the village are paved with loess, and it is easy to kick them.

On the way, we could occasionally see a few villagers, and they all threw strange looks at us.

I don't know how many times I went around when the man in the straw hat suddenly stopped in front of a brick house.

This should be the only decent house in the village.

The straw hat man snorted at me and collapsed first.

Pushing open the courtyard door, there was a gray-haired old man sitting in the courtyard, lying on a bamboo chair leisurely and basking in the sun.

When he saw us come in, the old man just raised a slit in his eyes: "Is it the big five?"

"Huh?"

When the old man turned his head to look at me, his eyes widened noticeably: "What is this?"

Da Wu waved his hand at me: "This is Village Chief Liu."

After speaking, he nodded at the village chief again: "Two strangers, I want to stay here for a night."

"Look ......"

Village Chief Liu looked me up and down, "Where did the young man come from?"

I hurriedly pulled out a foreign language: "I'm from outside the Shanhaiguan!"

When I used to set up a stall outside, I didn't hear the accent of the whole world.

The farther I talk about the place, the safer it is for me.

"Oh, it's a friend outside the Kansai!"

The village chief hurriedly put on his cloth shoes and instructed the big five, "It's all friends who have come, hurry up and arrange a good place to live."

The big five took off his straw hat as a fan and fanned his face: "I have an empty house, why don't you make do with it first?"

"You look at the arrangement!"

"Okay!"

After saying that, the senior turned his head to look at me, his face was not as hostile as just now, and even had a smile.

"Come with me, little brother."

After meeting the village chief, his sudden change of attitude made me suspicious.

On the way back, I asked tentatively, "Big brother, the stranger is here, do you have to see the village chief?"

"Of course!"

Da Wu shook his straw hat and walked slowly beside me: "If the village chief finds out about the outsiders, the whole family will have to be kicked out!"

Good guy, ruthless enough.

However, it also confirmed my suspicion that there were too many suspicious things in this village.

On that day, I chose to stay put, and wait until tomorrow.

In the evening, the senior prepared a table of dishes, which are not considered delicacies of the mountains and seas, but they are all things in the mountains, and they are also uncommon.

However, during the meal, I did not let Chen Jiayan come out.

Although I am not an old man, I am still familiar with the basic knowledge of walking the rivers and lakes.

Several people go in groups, and when they arrive in a strange place, there must be one who does not eat or drink.

Once a bad guy poisons a meal, at least there will be a sober one.