As night falls, looking at the sky, only scattered stars shine, and a crescent moon sheds a little silver light, reflecting the outline of the mountains. Perhaps because of the deep mountains, the April night is still a bit cold.
Accompanied by the faint fragrance in the air and the crisp sound of the rushing stream, Hongdou Village is very lively tonight.
The edges and corners of rows of wooden houses are covered with a plant called 'Orchid Yingvine'. This plant absorbs light during the day and emits a faint yellow light at night. Like Hongdou Village, the layout is If there are more, the whole village will be illuminated brightly. Even the row of banyan trees is hung with orchid vines, fluttering in the evening breeze.
At first glance, it looks like a festive atmosphere with lights and colorful decorations.
Walking in the village, Hu Mingxian felt a lot of emotion in his heart. Ever since he embarked on this path of cultivation, he seemed to have never had a decent festival. Unexpectedly, after so many years, he would be in Shengwu Continent. In such a small isolated village, I can feel the festive atmosphere.
"Hey, hey...be careful, this broth is hot!"
"Goudan, you naughty kid stole it again..."
"Aunt Liu, take care of your little baby..."
"Why, Erzhuang, they didn't tell you how old you were, and you still ate it with the dolls."
"Hey, third aunt, I'll just have a piece!"
"..."
Before we even got close, there were waves of friendly laughter and curses coming from the center of the village, and the chirping and playing of children between three and five years old. The whole village was filled with a joyful atmosphere.
In the open space in the center of Hongdou Village, barbecue grills were set up one after another, forming a large circle. A large piece of animal meat was roasted on each grill.
At this moment, under the careful making of the ladies in the village, the oil that has been baked is shiny, and the oil dripping on the fire makes a rattling sound. Behind each fire rack, there is a wooden table. Each has a large jar of fruit wine.
There were three large stone pots placed in the circle, watched by two boys and a girl, who were slowly stirring the animal bone soup with large wooden spoons, and the fragrant aroma of meat filled the air.
The surrounding boys and girls, ranging from fourteen to five years old, and children as young as three or five, all gathered in a circle with a wooden basin in their hands and looked expectantly.
That girl is Lei Xiaohua who sent clothes to Hu Mingxian. The one on the right is a boy about seventeen years old with a big bald head.
This young man was tall and tall, at least a head taller than the current Hu Mingxian. He was tall and tall, with dark skin. He was wearing a tiger skin jacket and had thick eyebrows and big eyes. At this moment, he was smiling innocently, staring at him for a moment. Lei Xiaohua, those eyes are full of shining little stars.
His name is Liu Dahu, the son of Liu Xin, the captain of the hunting team. He has been following Lei Xiaohua since he was a child. As he grows up, everyone in the village knows that he likes Lei Xiaohua.
The boy on the left is called Meng Erzhuang, the son of the hunting team captain Meng Ran.
It is said that he is called Er Zhuang. In fact, he is not strong, but rather thin. He is about fifteen or sixteen years old, with a sallow complexion. He is wearing a long linen coat and has a wooden hairpin tied up in his hair. He is flipping it at the moment. Holding the animal bones in the stone pot, he looked at Dahu and Lei Xiaohua speechlessly.
The scene in front of him made Hu Mingxian smile knowingly, recalling the scene when he was a child, holding watermelons and roasting frogs with his childhood friends at his grandfather's house in the countryside.
When the busy villagers saw a handsome young man approaching, they stopped what they were doing and looked at the young man while talking quietly to each other.
However, although their voices were low, Hu Mingxian could hear them clearly. They were all complimenting him, such as, "This child is so handsome," "Look at his fair and rosy face..." which made Hu Mingxian feel a little embarrassed. .
"Brother, you are so beautiful, even more beautiful than Brother Big Tiger."
"Brother, are you from the mountains..."
"Big brother……"
"..."
Beside the big stone pot, a group of children also looked over. Several children aged three to five immediately ran over and gathered around Hu Mingxian, tugging on his clothes and asking questions.
Hu Mingxian smiled faintly, picked up the two little babies with runny noses, one in each hand, and said with a smile: "Well, the eldest brother is from the mountains. The mountains are dangerous. You should eat more meat to grow stronger." Only then can I protect your father and mother."
"Eat more meat, eat more meat, and be strong enough to defeat the gray wolf."
"Drink more soup, drink more soup, and be tall and ride a big tiger."
"Literate hard and practice martial arts hard, and the village chief's whip will not touch you."
"My mother is in pain, my father is scolding me, and I will live a peaceful and happy life."
"..."
Several little kids gathered around Hu Mingxian and knocked on the small wooden basin in his hand. You and I sang a little song in the village happily. As they sang, Hu Mingxian couldn't help humming along with him. A group of children started playing like crazy.
"This child is so good. If my child had been born five or six years earlier, I would have designated him as his wife."
"Sixth Aunt, then you have no chance. Many girls in the village are already fifteen years old. Looking back, their families will definitely go to the village chief for matchmaking."
"..."
The surrounding villagers really didn't expect that such a handsome young man could play with children from the countryside like them. The more they looked at the playful Hu Mingxian, the more they fell in love with him. Gradually, the whole villagers in Hongdou Village were busy. While working in the house, everyone sang songs, even the village chief who was troubled in the house was lured out.
Looking at this scene, Luo Chenfeng sighed for no reason in his heart. If this young man didn't leave, maybe he would take over the position of village chief.
It's a pity that he is destined not to belong here, and is destined to leave here. This small Hongdou Village is not even a shoal, so how can he let this wandering dragon stay!
"How about it? Our Hongdou Village is not bad." Walking to Hu Mingxian and looking at a group of little kids running away, Luo Chenfeng slightly raised his lips and said with a smile: "Why don't you consider staying? I'll wait until you become an adult next year. Will you be the village chief?"
Giving Luo Chenfeng a blank look, Hu Mingxian pointed to Lei Xiaohua and said, "Did you do it on purpose?"
"..." Luo Chenfeng was stunned for a moment, then realized it and said with an awkward smile: "I forgot, I forgot."
"Forgot?" Hu Mingxian raised the jade bracelet on his right hand angrily and said, "Don't pull the red thread randomly. I think that big boy likes that girl. You, a childhood sweetheart, have the nerve to do this. Besides, I already have a sweetheart, so I’ll stop it as soon as possible before anything happens.”
Putting aside the relationship issues between men and women, although Hu Mingxian looks like a fourteen-year-old boy, he knows that he is already a twenty-one-year-old young man, and he will not go to a girl five or six years younger than him...
Of course, this is not because Hu Mingxian is narcissistic and thinks that he is attracted by the girl. He is just showing his attitude to Luo Chenfeng. After all, he wants to leave here and does not want to destroy the original interpersonal relationships in the village.
"Ha... haha... don't talk about this, it's about feelings, just let it go... let it go... let's go." After haha, Luo Chenfeng took Hu Mingxian and walked over, and by the way informed him of Lei Xiaohua, Liu Dahu and Meng Erzhuang's name.
"This is Aunt Liu, the person in charge of internal affairs in the village..."
"Aunt Liu, okay."
"Okay, okay, this kid is really sensible."
"This is the fifth aunt, the second strong mother."
"Fifth Aunt, okay."
"Hey, kid, let me tell you a wife..."
"This is……"
"good……"
"..."
Luo Chenfeng took Hu Mingxian all the way, introducing him all the way, and getting to know everyone in the village. Hu Mingxian also made him blush many times.
In the simple first conversation, Hu Mingxian really felt a strong sense of intimacy and rustic simplicity among these villagers. No one had any dissatisfaction or rejection because he was an outsider. There will be no worries because he is an outsider.
"Lei Niu, Dahu, and Erzhuang, go get your father down and prepare for dinner." After finding an empty table and taking Hu Mingxian to sit down, Luo Chenfeng shouted to the three of them.
"knew."
"okay."
Erzhuang and Dahu responded and ran out. Lei Xiaohua, who had been embarrassed to look at Hu Mingxian because of what happened in the afternoon, took a sneak peek at Hu Mingxian through the village chief's voice, and then ran out.
Not long after, all the families were seated, and more than fifty families sat in a circle, looking towards Luo Chenfeng with cheerful smiles on their faces.
Luo Chenfeng stood up with Hu Mingxian holding the fruit wine, looked around everyone, and said with an enthusiastic smile: "The young man next to me is called Yuemingshan. From today on, he will temporarily join our Hongdou Village. After ten years, our Hongdou Village A new member has joined. To welcome you, let’s all have a drink!”
"Come on! Drink!"
"drink!"
"Done!"
"..."
Led by the village chief and three hunting team captains, all the villagers, men, women, old and young, all drank in one gulp and cheered warmly for Hu Mingxian's arrival.
Perhaps it was a long time since new people arrived in the village, and a rare banquet soon became lively. The elders fist-pumped and drank wine, while the children drank broth and ate animal meat. Liu The aunt and others also joined in the fun and sang simple songs.
Hu Mingxian was still a little restrained at first, as he was unfamiliar with the place, but later he was infected by the enthusiasm of the villagers, and he completely relaxed, drinking, eating meat, and singing together. This may be a rare thing for him since his parents' accident. Relax for once.
After drinking for three rounds, the boys and girls around fifteen or sixteen years old, and the older children, held hands and formed a circle to dance a simple dance.
Lei Xiaohua, who was not far away, hesitated several times, but walked up to Hu Mingxian, stretched out a hand, and said with a blushing face: "Do you want to dance together?"
Hu Mingxian smiled bitterly to himself. When Lei Xiaohua came, he already knew that something bad was going to happen, and many villagers looked over. One of their glances stung him, and he knew it was Dahu without even thinking.
For a moment, he didn't know whether he should refuse. If he refused, it would embarrass Lei Xiaohua in front of the villagers. If he didn't refuse, that was not what he wanted.
After hesitating for a while, Hu Mingxian agreed to Lei Xiaohua, but Hu Mingxian pulled Lei Xiaohua and ran directly in front of Dahu. Without giving him a chance to react, he directly pulled him up, held him together, and then ran away alone. When he got in front of the two strong men, he pulled the big tiger over again.
Erzhuang, who was innocent throughout the whole process, had a confused look on his face. He was happily eating meat when he was pulled up. Dahu was angry at first, and then, before he had time to get angry, he found that he was holding Lei Xiaohua's hand, feeling in his heart That's so joyful.
Lei Xiaohua was just the opposite. When Hu Mingxian held her hand, she was secretly happy. Who would have thought that in the end, there would be two light bulbs between her and Hu Mingxian.
The three of them were brought into the group of boys and girls by Hu Mingxian in a daze...
Luo Chenfeng shook his head and smiled regretfully. He walked alone to the row of banyan trees with a pot of fruit wine and looked up at the stars...
