The pain in my head was no longer obvious. I asked to come out of the house, but the woman didn't stop me.
When I came out, I realized that I had just stayed in a well-dry building.
And through a simple exchange, I learned that the woman I was talking to was called Amu, and she was from Korean descent. According to her, I was picked up by people from their village by the river.
Before I took two steps, I saw Xu Jinxiu.
She was stunned when she saw me. I called her, but she came forward and hugged me.
"Well……"
Her bump made my ribs hurt, but I didn't push her away because I could clearly see her eyes were red just now.
She hugged me, and Amu on the side cast a look at me, and then turned her eyes
I let her hold me, and after a while she let me go.
Xu Jinxiu turned sideways, stretched out her fingers and wiped the corners of her eyes, "Are you okay?"
I chuckled, "I said I would live, I can't stand here anymore."
Xu Jinxiu glanced at me and said, "You've lost half your life by dying like this."
I scratched my head and didn't object.
Xu Jinxiu was relieved when I didn't speak, "Okay, I'll take you to meet everyone."
I nodded and followed Xu Jinxiu.
We came to a large open space, in the middle of which a bonfire was burning, and everyone was there.
When Liu Bao saw me, he immediately rushed to hug me, but I stopped him with one hand.
When I blocked his movement, Liu Bao took two steps back aggrievedly and said, "Brother Chen, you don't know how worried I am about you..."
"Yes, I was so worried that I showed off two large plates of pork knuckles."
Li Qi on the side directly demolished Liu Bao without mercy.
Liu Bao crossed his hands and looked at Li Qi aside, "What do you know? I am called turning grief and anger into food, so I have to eat enough before I can find fault with Brother Chen."
Li Qi glared at Liu Bao directly.
There was a big age difference between the two, but the novices never stopped pecking each other. Neither of them took any serious action, so they just let it go.
I glanced at the black dragon on the side, and the black dragon walked with me to a secluded place.
After avoiding the native's gaze, I said, "Did anything happen before I woke up?"
Heilong leaned on a wooden pillar nearby and lit a cigarette. "After we came down, we walked north and came across this village. This village is called Sangmiao Village. As you can see, it is a Korean village. Let's go towards this village. People asked for help, but to my surprise they picked you up the next day.”
At this point, Black Dragon's eyes darkened, and he paused before speaking again, "However, I think this village is a little strange."
I raised my eyebrows and said, "How do you say that?"
Heilong took a deep puff of the cigarette on his fingertips, and the sparks were bright, "It's so enthusiastic."
I was a little confused, "How do you say this?"
The black dragon turned his head to make sure there was no one around, "As you can see, this village is poor and remote. There are quite a few of us, but they always bring out the freshest livestock to entertain us. I secretly visited them. Where livestock are kept, there is only one piglet in each household, even if the enthusiasm is too much.”
I nodded, agreeing with what Black Dragon said.
There is really no need for them to spend all their property in the village for a few outsiders. There must be a reason for everything to go wrong.
Black Dragon threw the half-smoked cigarette on the ground and stamped out the sparks. "Go back first. They are watching us intentionally or unintentionally. If they are out for a long time, they may alert us."
I nodded and followed the black dragon back.
When I went back, I happened to meet a few indigenous people, including Amu.
They were holding several plates in their hands. I stepped forward and took a look. Sure enough, as Heilong said, the plates were filled with meat.
But it's clean, and no "sauce" has been added.
Among them, Liu Bao ate the most happily, with a pig's trotter in each hand.
Seeing me coming, Xu Jinxiu looked over and said, "You just woke up, would you like something to eat?"
I took another look at the meat on the plate and shook my head.
Seeing my rejection, Xu Jinxiu said no more.
At this moment, a middle-aged man with a goatee came over. Although he was also wearing Korean clothes, he was different from the others in Zhuang Su.
If my guess is correct, this person is the village chief of Sangmiao Village.
"Everyone, how are you eating?"
He spoke fluent Chinese as soon as he opened his mouth.
Liu Bao raised the pig's trotters in his hand and said, "Very good, Village Chief Jin Mingxian."
Jin Mingxian put his hands behind his back and narrowed his eyes with a smile, "That's good. In order to welcome all distinguished guests, we have prepared a grand party tonight. I hope everyone can attend, so I won't disturb you."
After saying that, Jin Mingxian left, but Amu looked like he was hesitant to speak.
"Amu!"
Jin Mingxian's voice came, and Amu followed immediately without any further delay.
There is nothing unusual about it.
I raised my head and exchanged a look with the black dragon.
Liu Bao ate with his mouth full of oil and sighed, "The folks here are so enthusiastic."
Da Lian, who was sitting on the side, said coldly, "It's so nice here, then you can stay here."
Liu Bao waved his hands quickly, "How can I? I still want to fight with Brother Chen."
I looked at Liu Bao and said, "If you get fatter, I don't think you can even get through the robbery hole."
Night followed.
A huge bonfire was lit in the center of the village, burning people's faces.
A group of men and women wearing traditional Korean costumes danced lively folk dances in front of the bonfire.
Liu Baodalian was having fun, and even the aloof Liu Siyuan was dragged in. I sat aside with a somewhat complicated mood.
Black Dragon sat next to me, "The instrument is lost and the location has shifted. We need to find someone to take us in."
I nodded, looked at Xu Jinxiu who was being pulled into the dancing team in front of me, and said to Heilong beside me, "I do have someone in this village that I can ask questions about."
Black Dragon asked, "Who?"
"Amu."
…
Everyone reveled for a while and then sat down.
As soon as I sat down, the women in the village enthusiastically served me a variety of food. I raised my eyes and scanned around a few times, and finally found Amu among the crowd.
Amu was heating soup for everyone's bowls. When I saw her coming over, I also asked for a bowl. Taking advantage of her action, I said, "Miss Amu, we lost the drawings while traveling in the mountains. I don't know if there are any in your village." If there is no one who is good at finding the way, we won’t let Bai help.”
Amu gave it a try before listening to my question, and looked a little hesitant. "This mountain is dangerous. We don't go into the inner mountain. Only Uncle Park who lives in the north goes to the mountain to collect herbs."
I nodded and smiled, "I understand, thank you."
After hearing my thanks, Amu's face looked even weirder. He seemed to have something to say, but after hesitating for a long time, he turned around and left.
After Amu left, two more men came from one side holding huge clay pots.
They took out a bowl and poured a bowl of wine for Heilong and me. I immediately wanted to refuse, but the person in front of me didn't seem to understand Chinese, so I could only take the wine from his hand.
Not only me, but also Liu Bao and others who were having fun were asked to stop and stuff their bowls of wine.
Heilong sat next to me and lowered his voice, "This wine has been drugged with sweat medicine."
Sure enough, you can't help but take action?
Seeing Xu Jinxiu about to drink the wine, I could only step forward and hold her hand, and told her about the drugged wine beside her.
Xu Jinxiu frowned, and she and I exchanged glances.
She immediately knocked away Liu Bao's wine bowl and told a few people about it.
After doing all this, Xu Jinxiu walked over without leaving a trace, "What should we do next?"
"They didn't take action directly, but they spent a lot of time: If they want to do something, I'll go and see it. Don't scare the snake."
After scanning around the villagers gathered on the field, I went to the kitchen alone.
Fortunately, most people were watching them at the campfire, so there weren't many people on my way to the kitchen, which made it easier for me.
I turned sideways to the side of the room, and through the propped-up window I could see two tall bodies inside.
Although I couldn't understand what they were saying, one of them was busy sharpening a knife and the other was using straw stalks to weave the hemp rope to make it stronger. Something seemed wrong at first glance.
I counted, good guys, there are nine hemp ropes in total, no more, no less. It is obvious that they are coming for us.
I hurried back to the bonfire while no one was paying attention.
The Black Dragon people and our people gathered together, and the expressions on their faces changed slightly, but they were no longer as unsuspecting as before.
It seems that Xu Jinxiu has already explained the matter clearly to them.
I walked over with a calm expression as usual, sat down among the crowd and lowered my voice, "I counted, there are nine hemp ropes in total, tailor-made for us."
The smile on Liu Bao's face turned a little ferocious, "I didn't expect these bastards to be plotting against us. Brother Chen, as long as you open your mouth, I will rush up and fuck them."
I raised my hand to my lips and coughed, then walked to Liu Bao and patted his shoulder, "Don't worry, they are still useful. Let's see what they want to do first. Don't be too deliberate. Just be normal."
Liu Bao nodded and said nothing more, but grabbed the pig's trotters on the plate beside him and started to chew them wildly.
Li Qi rolled his eyes at him, "You're just holding this hoof and chewing it, aren't you afraid that they will also drug you?"
As soon as these words came out, Liu Bao choked and coughed continuously, and tears came out of his eyes. Li Qicai said leisurely, "I'm kidding."
Liu Baozheng was about to get up but was held down by Dalian.
"Brother Chen, I told you not to alert others."
Hearing what Dalian said, Liu Bao could only sit back again, wishing that he could use his eyes to poke holes in this brat Li Qi.
I sat aside and quietly observed the situation around me. Most of the people milling around the campfire were men, and their eyes were always glancing in our direction.
We stayed in one place, and soon some people in the village couldn't contain themselves.
"Everyone!"
Jin Mingxian's high-pitched voice attracted everyone's attention.
He stood on a high platform, holding a wine bowl in his hand, "Let us welcome our friends from afar!"
After that, he raised the wine bowl in his hand and drank all the wine in the bowl before us.
