Chapter Thirty-Six: Strange Villagers
Chen Dongyang also put the whisk back on his waist, pulled off the strap on his shoulder, and quickly followed the monkey into the village.
"Lao Chen, you see, the life of the ethnic minority brothers is good, and the family can actually drive such a good car!" the monkey said with a smile as he pointed to a black Toyota SUV.
Chen Dongyang turned his head and found that this was a black Toyota Highlander, which was the same style as the black Highlander that he had seen Liu Jianguo, and it was almost the same as the old and new.
However, because it was night, Chen Dongyang didn't pay so much attention, if he looked closely, he would find that the license plate of this Highlander was exactly the same as Liu Jianguo's.
"Hey, why don't you even have a family in this village with the lights on, and the wires have already been pulled?" asked the monkey, pointing to a telephone pole not far away.
"Maybe there is a power outage, but you don't know that power outages are common in villages in the countryside. Chen Dongyang explained.
The monkey thought about it in his heart, the countryside is a place where there are often power outages, and Liujiazhuang often has power outages every three or five times.
"Lao Chen, look, the villagers are all over there!" the monkey stretched out his hand and pointed to a square in the village, where a lot of people had gathered, and it was very popular.
"No wonder no one is at home, it turns out that they are all gathered on the playground, probably at a bonfire party!"
There are many ethnic minority festivals, and both of them know this.
Chen Dongyang found that the villagers had all gathered on the playground of a school, and it was estimated that there were seventy or eighty people.
Suddenly, seeing so many people, both of them couldn't help but feel a little happy in their hearts, especially the monkey.
After all, people are social animals, and the monkey has stayed with Chen Dongyang these days, during which there are two days for Chen Dongyang to leave alone, leaving the monkey alone in the deep mountains and old forests, saying that it is not afraid that it is false, and now suddenly seeing so many people appear, the monkey is not to mention how happy he is.
"Hello fellows, may I ask, where is this?" Chen Dongyang grabbed the monkey who wanted to speak, and took the lead in asking.
The monkey's brain is sometimes not very bright, Chen Dongyang was afraid that this guy would offend people by saying the wrong thing, so he first stopped the monkey who wanted to speak.
But after waiting for a long time, not a single villager on the playground came forward to answer Chen Dongyang's question.
When Chen Dongyang was doubting in his heart, he found that all the people on the playground were gathered together, as if they were whispering something, and after waiting for a while, finally the villagers moved, and they elected a representative.
This is an old man on crutches, who must be in his sixties.
"This is Qingqiu Village, may I ask why the two of you are here?" Although the old man was on crutches, his eyes were extremely sharp, and a pair of eyes were staring at the monkey and Chen Dongyang tightly.
Finally someone spoke, Chen Dongyang suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he stepped forward and said to the old man: "Old man, the two of us are traveling friends, we are lost today, I want to borrow a night in your village, by the way to take a bath, I don't know if the old man is willing to do it, we are willing to give money." β
As he spoke, Chen Dongyang took out his wallet from his pocket and took out a small step of a hundred-yuan bill, which roughly estimated that it was 1,000 yuan smaller.
Chen Dongyang felt that the price he gave was still very appropriate, even if he lived in a star-rated hotel in a big city, this thousand yuan was enough for him and the monkey to stay for one night.
The old man did not refuse Chen Dongyang, but took the initiative to take the small step of banknotes, and picked it up to see if it was a counterfeit currency.
Seeing that the old man had collected the money, both the monkey and Chen Dongyang had a smile on their faces.
As the saying goes, as long as the old man takes the money, then they can live here tonight, they can take a bath and sleep well in the bed, which is a presidential-level enjoyment for the two people who have slept in the wild for ten days in a row.
"All the guests who come from afar are guests, and if you come, you will be safe, so come with me. β
The old man led the way in front, and the monkey and Chen Dongyang glanced at each other and followed with a smile.
With a place to rest, the two suddenly relaxed a lot, and the monkey also took the initiative to take out a cigarette to smoke the villagers on the playground, and took out a lighter to light a fire for everyone.
At first, several men were startled when they saw the lighter that suddenly caught fire, but when they saw the monkey lighting a cigarette with the lighter and smoking it, they immediately relaxed their vigilance, and when the monkey passed by with the lighter that was on fire, they were so frightened that they threw away the cigarette.
Chen Dongyang suddenly became suspicious when he saw this scene, he had never seen this scene, and thought that there are more men smoking in the world, why did the men in this village see that they don't smoke cigarettes, but they are so frightened that they quickly throw them away.
Chen Dongyang couldn't help but ask the old man curiously: "Old man, why don't the men in your village smoke?"
The old man stopped, turned around and asked, "Smoking?"
"Don't people here know about cigarettes?" Chen Dongyang suddenly had a question in his heart again.
"Have you had dinner?" The old man did not delve into the question of cigarettes, but asked Chen Dongyang with a smile if he had eaten.
"Not yet!" replied the monkey first.
This guy has a big appetite, the venison he ate just now was thrown away because he only ate half of it, and his stomach was only half full, according to the monkey's appetite, he could eat three bowls of rice at a meal, and now when he heard that there was rice to eat, his stomach suddenly began to tumble.
"Old man, get us something delicious to eat, don't worry, our brothers are not short of money!" said the monkey as he took out a stack of bills from his pocket and shook it.
The monkey guy has a bad habit, that is, he never uses a wallet, and he likes to carry cash with him, and he often carries a large amount of cash in his pocket, and it is common for him to carry seven or eight thousand in his big pocket.
The old man smiled at the thick wad of banknotes in the monkey's hand, and said with a smile: "Please, you two come with me!"
Seeing that the old man was so interested in money, the monkey suddenly smiled, it is better to have money than money, and if you have money, you can do things.
Chen Dongyang is not as heartless as a monkey, he observed the situation in the village while walking, and found that every household had wires, but none of them turned on the lights, not even lit candles, and the villagers all stood on the playground one by one, it seemed that the whole village was empty.
"Old man, is there a power outage in your village today?" asked Chen Dongyang.
The old man who led the way paused for a moment, then nodded and replied, "Yes, the power is out!"
"No wonder, I don't see any light in the village. Chen Dongyang suddenly realized.
"Old Chen, not only is there no electricity in the village, but there are no people who use mobile phones!" the monkey suddenly interjected.
The monkey's words immediately aroused Chen Dongyang's vigilance.
Yes, what age is it now, where are there still people who don't know how to use mobile phones, even seventy or eighty-year-old ladies know that WeChat payment is used to buy vegetables, why so many villagers don't take out their mobile phones to play.
Now these days, which old man and old lady don't have a mobile phone, who doesn't take a mobile phone to watch videos every day and brush up on Douyin, even three-year-old children play with mobile phones every day, so many people in this village actually don't play with mobile phones.
Chen Dongyang had a lot of doubts in his heart.
"Hey, Lao Chen, look, that house is really beautiful, just like the three families of Liu Lao in our village. The monkey shouted pointing to a white villa.
Chen Dongyang looked up, and sure enough, he found a very beautiful small villa, almost the same as the Liu Laosan family in their village, and it was built very beautifully.
Liu Laosan is a native of Liujiazhuang, who does wholesale business in the town and is worth a lot.
"There are not many rich and noble families in any village!" the old man couldn't help but interject when he heard the conversation between Chen Dongyang and the monkey.
Chen Dongyang thought to himself, no matter which village, there are always a few people who mix well.
While chatting and walking, when passing by the small villa, the door of the villa was open, and a silver-gray Tiguan was parked in the small courtyard, similar to Liu Laosan's family.
After walking inside for half a minute, the old man took the two to an ordinary family's house, opened the door and went in, took two bamboo chairs for the two of them, and said to the two: "The two of you will rest first, and I will ask someone to prepare rice for the two of you!" After that, the old man withdrew from the room and closed the door.
"How did he know I wanted to eat rice?" Chen Dongyang and the monkey suddenly looked at each other in unison.
There's a ghost in this!
The monkey and Chen Dongyang were suddenly shocked.
Chen Dongyang walked quickly to the door and stretched out his hand, and found that the door was actually locked from the outside.
"Grass, it's on the road!"
"TNND, I was deceived by that old ghost!" the monkey pulled and found that the door was locked, and immediately became angry, turned around and kicked the bamboo chair, only to find that his foot had actually passed directly through the bamboo chair.
"Lao Chen, look,How is this room exactly the same as the bedroom in my house,Even the Xiaomi TV I bought is the same,There is a pot of cactus on the TV cabinet in my room,There is also it hereγ The monkey said, pointing to the TV cabinet in the room.
"Let's go out first. β
Chen Dongyang took the firewood knife handed over by the monkey, draped it on the door with a knife, and slashed it down, but found that the door actually splashed sparks, and even the blade of the firewood knife was bent a little.
"Old Chen, this door is iron. β
Chen Dongyang put down the firewood knife, pinched the trick and looked at it, and found that he couldn't see any breath outside at all.
Iron is separated from yin and yang, and it is also separated from the aura, Chen Dongyang found that the aura in his body could not be dispersed in this room at all.
"Monkey, let's hit the evil spirit, this ghost place is too wicked!" Chen Dongyang reached out to touch the edge of the bed in the house, and found that everything in the house was illusory, the chair was fake, the bed was fake, and the TV was fake.
"TNND, just an iron gate wants to trap the real person, and it's too underestimated to look down on the real person!"