Walking through the winding paths in the mountains and forests, Lu Xuan and the others walked to the bottom of the mountain, and from a distance, they could see the jagged blue-tiled houses in the village scattered in a row, and the villages they saw on other roads, the only difference was that these houses were hung with red silk cloths.

There is a stream on the edge of the village, and the eldest girls and little daughters-in-law are holding gavels in their hands, beating their clothes, and chatting about some trivial matters.

"Brother Lu, what are they doing hanging so many red cloths on the house?" Ah Lai frowned suspiciously: "Is there someone who wants to get married?" I don't know if we'll be able to go to the table. ”

Lu Xuan couldn't help but knock on Ah Lai's skull and reminded: "Don't forget the small-footed woman you met in the mountains and forests, this village is so close to the grottoes in the mountains, it can still exist, if there is any evil behind it, be careful not to be treated as a banquet by them." ”

Ah Lai scratched his messy hair, he had hoped to get a good night's sleep tonight.

As Lu Xuan and the others walked into the village, the first to find them were the girls who were washing clothes by the stream, and they put away the wooden basin and walked towards the village in a whisper.

Lu Xuan didn't care about their reactions, but took out the map he found from Zhu You's baggage.

He looked at it two or three times, and it was true that the map did not indicate the village.

The arrival of strangers naturally attracted the attention of the men in the village, and when Lu Xuan and the others were about to walk into the village, groups of young men with hoes and sickles surrounded them, their eyes full of vigilance.

The leader was a white-haired old man with a cane, and shouted to Lu Xuan from afar: "Stranger, what are you doing in my Peach Blossom Village?" ”

Lu Xuan's gaze swept over the faces of all the villagers, there was no vigilance in the eyes of the mandarin duck, nor did he see the evil, on the surface, Peach Blossom Village was no different from a normal village.

"Could it be that they are just sacrificing to the ghosts in the mountains, and not evil spirits themselves?" Lu Xuan breathed a sigh of relief slightly.

"Uncle, we are the victims of the famine, and we want to go to Dajin to join our relatives, and we have almost eaten dry food on the way, and we don't bother you, just to exchange for some rations."

The white-haired old man looked Lu Xuan and the others up and down, turned his head and chatted with a few young people around him, and discussed for a while before responding: "Little brother, the current year is not good." ”

Want a lion to open its mouth?

Seeing that the other party seemed to be interested in money, Lu Xuan breathed a sigh of relief.

When Lu Zhaozhao and Ah Lai left Langyuan Fairyland, they had a few more eyes and took away a lot of silver iron rings, as long as the other party was willing to sell grain, according to the current situation, the high price was not unacceptable.

"Uncle, I also know that every family is having a hard time these days, but the kid can't help it, please be accommodating, lest we starve to death in the barren mountains and mountains."

"This ......" the white-haired old man looked a little embarrassed.

Lu Xuan hurriedly took out a small cloth bag from his baggage and walked to the white-haired old man's side: "Please have mercy on us, I haven't eaten rice for several days, I don't want much, it's enough for three people to eat for half a month." ”

The white-haired old man weighed the heavy cloth bag in his hand, his face softened a lot, he looked at the villagers around him, and couldn't help sighing: "Hey, the world is not good, you can't buy it for half a month, at most seven or eight days are still there." ”

"Hehe, that's fine."

The white-haired old man was stunned: "Okay, it's just seven days of food, come with me to get it." ”

Walking on the mossy stone path, the people in the village gradually dispersed, and no one came to Lu Xuan to express his desire to sell grain, so he had to dispel the idea of shopping around.

Although there is no shortage of money at present, life must be diligent and thrifty to get by.

After leaving Daqi, you still have to find a way to make money.

The sky has darkened, the moon will not rise, Lu Xuan and they can't see the so-called peach blossoms when they walk in Peach Blossom Village, but the locust trees with red cloth on the side of the road are particularly eye-catching, and the black-skinned wild dogs lie under the trees and gnaw on the meat and bones they don't know where they came from, and occasionally they can hear the barking of wild cats.

The gloomy environment around him made Ah Lai a little scared, he leaned over and whispered: "Brother Lu, why do I have a gloomy feeling, do you think that the small-footed woman will be in the village?" ”

"Shh

Lu Xuan made a silent gesture, and when he turned slightly sideways, he could see the villagers hiding behind the door and peeking at them.

Peach Blossom Village is not showing any strange situation now.

But after coming out for so long, Lu Xuan understood a truth, no matter what he should do, he should maintain a skeptical attitude, so that it is possible to survive in this bastard world.

Festive red cloth is hung in front of every house, and the word 'Xi' is pasted on the windowsill, which is a little dull in color, and it seems that it has been pasted for a long time.

Lu Xuan didn't ask the old man in white about these red cloths, he just wanted to get food and leave here quickly.

After walking about a hundred and ten steps, the white-haired old man stopped in a small bluestone courtyard, pushed open the wooden door with the word "Xi", and could see that a grandmother was serving food to the lobby, and two tall men were chopping wood in the courtyard, with a lot of scars on their bare upper bodies.

When the old man saw the appearance of his two sons, his face changed slightly, and he scolded loudly: "Stinky boy, there are guests coming, and you haven't gone back to the house to put on your clothes." ”

The two men were reprimanded by the old father, and then they turned around and saw Lu Xuan's group of people following him, and returned to their respective rooms without saying a word.

"The countrymen are vulgar, I don't know if there are guests coming, please forgive me." A smile erupted from the old man's wrinkled face.

"If my husband is there, a few of us are bothering my father-in-law." Lu Xuan said politely: "Please also ask the old man to bring some dry food out, let's find a place to live." ”

"No hurry, no hurry." The old man pointed to the food set up in the living room, and said, "The grain in this country is usually placed in the cellar, and it is a troublesome thing to take it out. ”

Lu Xuan frowned slightly, seeing that the old man intended to excuse himself, he wanted to say something, but saw his two sons wearing coarse linen clothes and walking out.

"Little brother, come in and have some food." The old man asked Grandma to bring food and put it on the table, and sat in the lobby and looked at Lu Xuan and them with a smile.

"Hehe, thank you for your kindness, but the kid is disrespectful."

Lu Xuan glanced at the closed door behind him, strode in, and Ah Lai, who was following him, timidly grabbed Lu Zhaozhao's hand.

Sitting at the table of the Eight Immortals, looking at the dishes on the table, small golden words appeared in front of Lu Xuan's eyes.

"In the countryside, there is no good wine and good food to entertain a few people, so you can only settle for it." The old man saw that Lu Xuan and they didn't move their chopsticks, and he was very polite.

Lu Xuan's face was indifferent, and his left hand held the hilt of the long sword on his back:

"Uncle, I have no grievances with you, why did you harm me?"