Chapter 21: Two Villages

Shen Fei observed that the doors of one main hall and two side rooms were also open, and when he stepped into the main hall, there was already dust on the ground, and he looked at the place where he had stepped on, the footprints in the dust were clearly recognizable, and he frowned.

The main entrance is usually a farmer's hall, where guests are entertained or have a meal at home, and on either side is a resting place, that is, a modern bedroom. Usually the larger one is on the east side, called the east house, where the owner of the house rests, and the west house is usually occupied by the children.

From Shen Fei stepping into the main hall to the side rooms on both sides, there was nothing on the surface of the table except thick dust, he tried to rummage through the cabinets, but found nothing but stirred up bursts of dust, the same is true of the stove room, and the firewood room has nothing but some moldy wood.

The house was empty, overgrown with weeds, and had apparently been abandoned for some time.

Shen Fei walked out of the courtyard in three or two steps, and came to the next house, the situation was basically the same, thinking about the task time limit for three days, Shen Fei was not in a hurry, and patiently explored from house to house in the village.

After visiting twenty or thirty households, it is basically a situation where people go to empty houses, the difference is only that some people will leave some things behind when they leave in a hurry, but they are also useless things for Shen Fei, and they are useless.

When I found the sixty or seventy households, I finally got something, it was a sealed book, the handwriting was neat and concise, it should be a person who had read a book, and the things in the house did not look like modern times, and the people who read were rare.

Shen Fei read it word by word, and the general meaning was to tell the second son who had not returned that there were unclean things in the village, and a few people had died inexplicably, and the death was weird, and the people in the village were now panicking, and the village chief could not get rid of it by asking people to do it, saying that the feng shui was not good here, and the village chief called on the people in the village to move out, and if the second son who went out came back and saw this letter, he could walk a few miles east and see the new village.

Shen Fei smiled after reading it, after some exploration, it was not in vain, this is a deserted village at the moment, and there may only be one family left in the village, and fools will guess that the trickery may have something to do with that family, if you recklessly go directly to visit at that time, it may be very tricky.

Despite his gains, he didn't stop there and continued to explore the remaining houses.

Except for the vicinity of the house at the entrance of the village, everything else had been searched, and nothing was found except that the adobe walls of a few houses had been blackened by fire.

Shen Fei looked to the east, and there was a forest not far away, which was not as dense as the primeval forest, but it also obstructed the view, and it was impossible to observe whether there were villages in the distance through the woods.

Looking at the sun hanging obliquely in the sky, it was already approaching dusk, and in the barren mountains and mountains without street lights, it was not easy to move when it was dark. Since he had made up his mind to go to the new village to find out the situation first, he didn't stay too long, and strode eastward.

Jogging all the way, with his current physical fitness, even if it is a trot, the speed is quite impressive.

The dirt road without a mat road is much more difficult to walk than expected, especially when entering the relatively humid ground in the forest, from time to time it is one foot deep and one foot shallow, but fortunately, Shen Fei followed the traces and found the path that had been passed, so he could be regarded as raising the speed of travel.

The forest was not too big, but it went around for a few miles, and from a distance I could see that there seemed to be a house in the distance, and the smoke curled up, and it was obvious that there were people living there.

At this time, the burning clouds on the horizon stretch for thousands of miles, this kind of natural scenery without filters and color adjustments, in today's deteriorating air quality, is also a luxury, greedy to take a few more looks, Shen Fei has to hurry.

The land in the neighboring village has been reclaimed for some usable arable land, Shen Fei found a farmland, reached out and dug in the ploughed hole, and pulled out a nest of crops, it is not difficult to distinguish that it is the germinated wheat seeds, and the wheat seedlings in the next field have already emerged.

The wheat has just been planted, and combined with the current body temperature, it should be autumn wheat, and it is speculated that it will be October.

The fields were wandering, Shen Fei was not in a hurry to enter the village, at this time Shen Fei was still wearing short sleeves, if he recklessly broke into the village with this image, then he basically didn't want to find out any news.

With his eyesight beyond ordinary people, Shen Fei stood in the distance and watched the clothes of the villagers, mainly men, who were generally dressed in short clothes, legging pants, bound shoes, and kudzu cloth. I know what to do when it gets dark.

Tighten the wheat and harvest the autumn slowly, after the autumn wheat is planted, there is not too much heavy farm work, so the village also smokes early, while there is still sunset, the villagers can also sit under the tree at the door to rest after dinner.

Shen Fei listened to the movement from a distance, and listened to it with his ears when it was useless, and when the bright moon hung high, it was time for him to act.

When he arrived near the entrance of the village, Shen Fei observed that there were some yellow paper talismans pasted on the side of the road and on the body of the tree, and Shen Fei secretly wondered, it should be to prevent the invasion of foreign evils, it can't be a trick in this village, right?

He leaned closer, did not touch it, and felt it carefully, there was spiritual power flowing on the rune paper. Sniff sniff and ignore these for now.

Along the path at the edge of the village, I touched a house, crossed the courtyard wall lightly, and before my ears were attached to the window, I heard some inappropriate voices from inside.

It is also human nature to think of the sturdy size of the croppers, and the fact that the farm has passed, and that it is just these pleasures to have nothing to do.

Shen Fei touched the door of the main hall, dragged the doorknob with one hand, and supported the lower edge of the door with the other, so as not to make too much noise from the wooden door, and pushed the door open steadily, but also made a faint "creaking" sound.

Shen Fei walked lightly and entered the house.

After looking around, I felt a piece of clothing, but the strong smell of sweat was really unbearable. Shen Fei put it in his backpack and planned to go to another place to take a look.

After a few rounds in a row, it was only the second time that they succeeded, and the main villagers were not so anxious, and the women were generally doing needlework, mending clothes, or embroidering. The men repaired the farm tools and fed the animals. This is also in line with Shen Fei's expectations.

Fortunately, the smell of the clothes he got the second time was not strong, so Shen Fei put on the clothes in two or two, and listened to the roots of the wall in those houses before, and accidentally found out where the village chief was.

When a certain woman was sewing and mending, she did not forget to ridicule the village chief for being greedy for life and afraid of death, and set up her home next to the Taoist temple of the "master" little Taoist.

Very good, you're the NPC in charge of revealing information in the game, right, you have to have a name, I'll call you Little N from today onwards.

While entertaining himself, Shen Fei wandered around the village, looking for a building that could be turned into a Taoist temple in appearance.

When passing by a certain path, Shen Fei suddenly heard some footsteps approaching, he stopped in an instant, slowed his movements, and went around to the corner of the house on the left to hide his figure.