Xiao Hecao grew up in the countryside, so he naturally knows how rural people treat guests. Maybe a big family like the Hu family would be laughed at by the guests if they entertained guests with something big and meaty. , thinking that they have no taste, and that they really cannot be called a big family. A big family like the Hu family is very particular about their food, especially when entertaining guests, the amount of food does not need to be large, but It must be exquisite. You will never tire of refined food, and you will never tire of delicate food. This is the truth.
But for rural people, big fish and meat are the mainstream. If you go to someone's house and they entertain you with big fish and meat, it definitely means they value you.
So when Xiao Hecao saw that the village chief and the others had prepared such a sumptuous dinner, he couldn't help but be stunned for a while. Then he looked at the village chief sheepishly and said: "Old man, you are too polite. You are so kind. I am really sorry for you." It’s unbearable.”
When the village chief saw that Xiao Hecao was not angry, he was very excited. He quickly said: "Sir, you are too polite. If you say something unpleasant, our village will be able to come up with these things. And If it were another adult, he might not like to eat these things. We once hosted a plant master before. When we took out these things, we were scolded by that adult. It’s okay if you don’t mind. ”
Xiao Hecao looked at the excited look on the village chief's face and couldn't help but take a deep breath. Then he smiled slightly and said: "I don't dislike it. How could I dislike it? Old man, I won't hide it from you. My family is also from the countryside. Now at home, My grandparents, parents, and parents are still farming. For us farmers, it’s not the New Year to be able to eat these things, so why would I dislike it?”
When the village chief heard what Xiao Hecao said, he immediately felt a lot more friendly. However, he was still not rude, but said happily: "As long as you like it, sir. As long as you like it."
Xiao Hecao smiled slightly and was not polite. He sat there and started eating. He did not invite the village chief to eat with him. Because he knew very well that the village chief could not eat with him. He was a planter and to the village chief, he was a noble person. How dare he eat with him.
The village chief was very happy to see that the little crane grass was eating deliciously. Before, he thought that the little crane grass was saying kind words, but now it seems that what the little crane grass said was true, which made the village chief even happier. .
After eating, the village chief immediately asked Shi Shi to clear the table, and then served tea. After Xiao Hecao took a sip of hot tea, he turned to the village chief and said: "Old man, thank you for your hospitality today. I will We are about to leave. If there is anything else going on in your village, tell me now and I will help if I can."
The village chief said quickly: "Sir, our village has been living very well. Nothing happened. This time it was just an accident. You are leaving tomorrow. Can I ask them to prepare more dry food for you?"
Xiao Hecao heard what the village chief said. He also smiled slightly and said, "Thank you very much. I'll go back and rest first." The village chief quickly and respectfully sent the little crane grass away.
Back in the room, Xiao Hecao was not surprised at all by what happened today. He has long known the status of plant masters among ordinary people. The performance of the village chief today is considered good. You know, he is the most disadvantaged plant master when he meets these village chiefs. That is also a superior existence. Of course, a plant master cannot kill people at will, otherwise he will still be punished, but relatively speaking, the punishment will be much lighter.
But if Xiaohecao does not kill people, but only bullies these villagers, then these villagers really have no place to reason with them. Even if Xiaohecao sleeps with the girls and wives of these villagers, these villagers will not dare to treat Xiaohecao. How about grass? This is the gap in status.
It's just that Xiao Hecao doesn't know how to do these things. He also comes from the countryside, so he is very polite to these villagers, and even calls the village chief like an old man.
There was no words all night. Early the next morning, Xiao Hecao packed up and left Shijia Village. When he left Shijia Village, the village chief and the people in the village personally sent Xiao Hecao away. At the same time, they also We have prepared a lot of dry food for Little Crane Grass. These dry food are all made of flatbread. This kind of flatbread looks a little hard, but it tastes very filling and tastes very good. People like these people in the village usually eat it. I can't bear to eat it.
Xiao Hecao was not polite. Although the village gave him a lot of things, only the ten gold coins would make the people in the village feel a little tired. The rest of the things would not make the people in the village poor.
Xiao Hecao left Shijiacun and walked forward slowly, thinking about the skills left by King Hammer as he walked. It was such a waste. It seemed that he could practice a little while traveling. As soon as he thought of this, Xiaohecao immediately took action. He thought about the moves in Shichui Bafali and began to practice them one by one.
Fortunately, there were relatively few people on this official road. Otherwise, if people saw him walking and gesticulating, they would have to think of him as mentally ill. But even so, those plants also regarded the little crane grass as mentally ill.
Xiao Hecao didn't pay attention. At first, he just gestured with the moves of Stone Hammer Bafali with his hands. Sometimes these moves looked really weird. Most of the moves were mainly about sweeping and smashing. If you want to master them, It's really not an easy thing.
Fortunately, Xiaohecao was not in a hurry, and slowly and miserably, although he met a few people along the way, Xiaohecao had already stopped what he was doing before meeting those people, so those on the road The person just saw Zhi Yu who was going out for a trial.
At noon, the little crane grass did not find a place to rest. It just rested for a while on the roadside, ate some dry food, and then continued on its way. This is really normal for a planter.
Here in the Soul Realm Continent, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and the population is not large. In addition, Xiaohecao travels on foot. How can I meet someone after walking for only half a day? That's no easy task.
However, Xiao Hecao was also lucky. In the evening, he actually met a caravan that had missed Sutou and was building a camp.
When the people in the caravan saw that Hecao was a planter traveling alone, they warmly invited him to rest in their camp. Hecao was not polite and stayed in the camp.
The leader of this camp is a soldier. In addition to him, there are five soldiers who follow the team. The soul objects of these six people are all swords. The leader is about forty years old, and the remaining ones are all about thirty years old.
Besides them there were five carriages in the camp. There were about twenty coachmen and waiters in total. Seeing this proportion of people, Xiao Hecao couldn't help but frown.
There are six soldiers guarding the five vehicles, and there are more than twenty guys who look like they have practiced martial arts. It seems that there is something in this vehicle. It must be very valuable, but in this case, why do they invite themselves to rest in their camp? Aren't they afraid that they are the ones who want to deal with them?
Xiao Hecao sat aside and watched the guys setting up tents there, while the soldiers and souls were directing from the side. He couldn't help but feel uneasy in his heart.
But he has now entered the camp. If he leaves at this time, it will arouse the other party's suspicion, and maybe the other party will attack him, but stay. I'm afraid there will be danger. Xiao Hecao couldn't help but feel in a dilemma for a moment.
At this moment, the leading soldier walked over to Xiaohecao. Xiaohecao quickly stood up, saluted the man and said, "Thank you, uncle, for letting me rest here."
The man smiled slightly and said: "You're welcome. From the look of you, you are a plant master who came out for the trial, right? Haha, okay, you are already a first-level plant master at such a young age. That's amazing. What's your name? ?”
Xiaohecao said quickly: "My name is Hecao, Tianhecao. Uncle really praised me. I'm just lucky. I just became a planter, and I'm still far from it."
The man laughed loudly and said: "Luck alone cannot make a person become a planter. Don't be humble. By the way, my surname is Liu. Just call me Uncle Liu. Hecao, what are you doing?" Are you going there? Do you have a destination? "
Xiao Hecao nodded and said, "I want to go to Green City, which is very close to Emerald Mountain. I want to visit Emerald Mountain."
Uncle Liu nodded and said: "That's good, we are on the same road. Otherwise, you can follow us all the way, so that everyone can take care of you."
Xiao Hecao wanted to refuse, but when he saw Uncle Liu's eyes, he immediately rejected the idea. There was a hint of probing in Uncle Liu's eyes. If he didn't agree, he wouldn't be able to protect him. Will you fall out?
Although Xiao Hecao was not afraid of them, he would not fall out with Uncle Liu and the others at this time, so he pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "This will trouble Uncle Liu."
When Uncle Liu heard that Xiaohecao agreed, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes, and then he nodded and said: "It's no trouble, no trouble, we are all on the way anyway, if you just walk, you will get what you want step by step It will take a few months to reach Green City, but it will be faster if you follow us."
Xiao Hecao nodded and said solemnly: "I also want to get to Green City as soon as possible. I will trouble Uncle Liu along the way."
Uncle Liu waved his hand and said with a smile: "You're welcome. You take a rest first. When the tent is set up, I'll ask them to get something delicious." After that, he turned around and left.
Xiao Hecao looked at Uncle Liu's back, but he kept frowning, but he did not make a sound, but in his head, he slowly contacted the plants around him, asking those plants to help him look and see. Is there anyone else around here besides them? Is there someone who wants to deal with them? But fortunately, I got the news from those plants that there is no one else around here.
Those people obviously walked outside a lot, so they set up the tents very quickly. After a while, two tents, one big and one small, were set up. The big tent was obviously prepared for those guys, but the small tent was for those guys. Uncle Liu and the others prepared it.
As soon as the tent was set up, the people immediately started to prepare food. Two people went out to hunt, and the other people prepared the dry food they brought. As soon as they saw the dry food those people brought, Xiao Hecao knew that he would be in trouble this time. Not small, because the dry food those people brought was military dry food, which was very different from the dry food made by ordinary civilians.
Military dry food is a kind of military food carefully made by the army. It is specially prepared for marching and fighting. You will not eat those things in normal times. Military dry food looks like a piece of flatbread, but this flatbread is different from The flatbread of Xiaohecao is different. Their flatbread is added with salt, dried vegetable leaves, soybean flour, and some meat powder and flour to make a dry biscuit that looks dry and hard. , but it can be stored for a long time, and you can eat it as soon as you take it. If conditions permit, you can also cook it over fire and eat it. The taste is still good.
However, the production cost of this kind of military ration is also very high. If it is ordinary people, they will not eat military ration as dry food, although military ration is more nutritious and tastes better. But now the dry rations that Uncle Liu and the others brought out were all military rations. The reason why Xiao Hecao could recognize them as military rations at a glance was because after the military rations were made, they would divide them into groups of ten and then use them. The dry food bags specially used for military rations are packed in dry food bags. These dry food bags are made of fine fine cloth, are very thick, and are very strong. The dry food bags that Uncle Liu and the others took out are packed in these dry food bags.
Military rations are not something that ordinary people can afford, but looking at the calm faces of Uncle Liu and the others, they know that in their eyes, this military ration is just an ordinary thing. In other words, Uncle Liu and the others must have extraordinary status. Judging from the soul objects on their heads, Uncle Liu and the others are probably inextricably linked to the royal family of the Blade Soul Kingdom.
However, Xiao Hecao didn't keep staring at Uncle Liu and the others. He just glanced at the military rations that Uncle Liu and the others took out, then turned around and pretended to pack his things.
Uncle Liu had actually been paying attention to the little crane grass. He always felt that the time when the little crane grass appeared was such a coincidence. It happened to be when he was about to rest in the evening, and he happened to arrive at their camp. Such a coincidence, in Uncle Liu seems to be very abnormal. And the reason why he didn't kill Xiaohecao was because he wanted to see what Xiaohecao's purpose was, whether it was a real coincidence or a conspiracy. If there was any conspiracy, then keep him to himself. It is more appropriate to keep him by his side than to let him go. If he keeps it by his side, he can still keep an eye on him. If he makes any move, just kill him. If he lets him go, he will be hiding in a poisonous snake. It's in the grass, and you never know when it will come out and bite you.
Xiao Hecao never thought that Uncle Liu stayed with him because of this, but the way Uncle Liu looked at him made him very alert. He felt that if he proposed to leave at that time, Uncle Liu might deal with him. That's why he stayed, but now Xiao Hecao really regrets it. If the other party really has something to do with the royal family of the Blade Soul Kingdom, then what Uncle Liu and the others are going to do this time must be very important. Of course , will be very dangerous, and if he stays, it will only become more dangerous. It's a pity that if he wants to leave now, Uncle Liu and the others will definitely turn against him immediately, so Xiao Hecao can only take one step at a time. (To be continued.)
