When it got dark, Cheng Miao and the others returned to the old house. Cheng Miao looked at the neighbors and they all hung up round lanterns.
The rice brought by the villagers is packed in large porcelain bowls, with rice and vegetables pressed together to fill the bowl.
Cheng Miao and Qi Jiajia had small appetites and couldn't finish half the bowl. Lin Zhu picked up the meat in the bowl and ate it with a slur in his mouth, "No one in the village will look at us like that anymore."
Cheng Miao was not surprised. The village chief must have warned him when he left. If the sheep were scared away, what else would there be to eat?
Seeing Liang Ge coming back with his slender waist, Lin Zhu asked Cheng Miao with his eyes if he could still give clues or go back to the room to type.
Cheng Miao signaled Lin Zhu to continue. Lin Zhu glanced at Lian Ge and met Lian Ge's eyes, and his face turned red.
"Also, no matter what we asked, the villagers didn't say there was any taboo on worshiping ancestors. They just said that since we are from outside, we don't need to pay too much attention to the details of their village and just follow what we have to do."
The others didn't have any new clues, but Liange gave up after taking two mouthfuls of rice and went straight to the Kang.
There was a row of kangs in the room, which could accommodate five adults. However, the house was made of mud and looked a little dirty.
Lin Zhu was very active and efficient in his work. He didn't care whether Liange was in his own team or not. Since Sister Miaomiao asked her to live together, he had no other thoughts.
Lin Zhu put the five people's bowls outside and went to the well to get water. After the five of them wiped their faces casually, it was already dark.
Lin Zhu poured water on the ground outside the room, and when he heard the movement, people in the two rooms next to him stuck their heads out.
Twin Ponytails lived with brothers Qi Liu Hai, Tan Wen, Tan Wu, and Ye Zi. The remaining fat girl, the sunny boy Song Yu, Su Shuang, Yan Qi, and the skinny man Zhou Ke lived in the back room.
Seeing that it was Lin Zhu and the others who were back, his twin-tailed eyes lit up. Before he could speak, Lin Zhu entered the room with a dull face again.
The twin ponytails bit her lower lip with a bit of resentment in her eyes. Although she wasn't the prettiest in real life, she was very popular with boys. To put it bluntly, she was the one who liked her.
But in this dungeon, not to mention Lian Ge and Cheng Miao, even Ye Zi is prettier than her, and the players have no sympathy for her, so her little tricks are of no use here.
In the evening, she saw that all the old players were out looking for clues, and she and Qi Liuhai did not dare to go out.
She comforted herself that this was a team game anyway, and someone would always contribute. The two of them are weak women and newcomers, so they'd better stay in the room.
After the others came back, she realized that it was a team game, but at least until now, the old players had no time to support them.
Tan Wen was also busy summarizing the previous dungeon for Qin Wu and cultivating his observation skills in this dungeon.
The man with his twin ponytails leaned over, and the tall and handsome man stared back at her with a fleeting glance.
Not to mention Ye Zi, he didn't want to see the two of them at all. Song Yu followed him out and kept asking for advice from Ye Zi. Ye Zi only gave a few words when he asked for ideas.
What are you pulling on the twin ponytails? She wrinkled her nose in displeasure. It was only because Song Yu was handsome that this woman was willing to help her. How cheap.
The other people either ignored me or didn't have any clues at first glance, and they didn't bother to get close to her with their twin ponytails.
After tidying up, everyone went back to the room and got on the kang with thoughts full of thoughts. Ye Zi and Qin Wu slept directly on the seats closest to the wall.
She doesn't have any objection to the straight bangs, but she is unhappy with the twin ponytails. She doesn't want to sleep in the middle and feels very insecure.
It was almost past twelve o'clock. Ye Zi looked out the window. There were no rooms with lights on outside. From today onwards, ancestor worship began.
"Sleep, turn off the lights."
Everyone else had already climbed onto the kang, except for Twintails who was still reluctantly on the bed.
Hearing Ye Zi say this, even if there were a hundred people unwilling to do so, she could only walk to the door and pull the light cord.
The room fell into darkness, no one spoke, and even breathing was barely audible.
Twintails suddenly felt a strong sense of uneasiness in the darkness, as if he was the only one left in the room.
"Xiao Xu? Are you there?" The twin ponytails groped towards the kang, shouting Qi Liu Hai's name.
Qi Liuhai heard Twin Ponytails calling her name, and was about to reply when Tan Wen, who was sleeping next to Xiao Xu, suddenly kicked her calf, interrupting her words.
When she heard no response, Twintails became even more panicked. Suddenly she heard two gentle knocks on the door behind her, "Knock knock."
Su Shuang came to their room before and asked if anyone had brought hand cream. This was how he knocked on the door, politely and lightly.
The fear in Twintails' heart dissipated instantly, knowing that she was not alone, and she was not as scared as before.
"Is it Su Shuang? I told you I don't have hand cream, but you guys haven't slept yet."
Twin Ponytails muttered, maybe no one in the room responded to her, and at least there was someone knocking on the door. This thought pushed Twin Ponytails forward, and she stepped forward and opened the door.
Xiao Xu was rubbing the calf accidentally kicked by Tan Wen under the quilt, wondering why the twin ponytails hadn't come back yet.
Just as he was thinking about it, he heard a "creak" and the twin ponytails pushed open the door.
Why did she open the door? Was she going to the bathroom?
Xiaoxu poked his head around. Although the door was opened, the night outside was too dark and there was no light, so he couldn't see anything clearly.
I secretly admired Twintails for being so courageous, daring to go to the bathroom by himself in such a gloomy village in the dungeon.
Xiaoxu was entering the dungeon for the second time. She was still a newcomer and had poor physical strength. She was very tired after walking on the mountain road for a day. She fell asleep in a daze. When she fell into a deep sleep, she heard another "creak" and the door was closed.
Xiaoxu turned over and fell into a deep sleep.
When Xiaoxu woke up the next day, rubbing her eyes, she was empty. She looked at a few people in a daze, among which Qin Wu had the worst expression. She asked strangely, "Where is Li Fei?"
Qin Wu shook his head, "I don't know, she was gone when I woke up."
Xiaoxu looked at Tan Wen blankly again. Tan Wen looked at her and shook his head, "She didn't come back last night."
For a moment, Xiaoxu felt as if a basin of ice water had been poured over her from beginning to end in the twelfth lunar month. She was no longer drowsy at all. Her teeth were chattering with the cold, "No way, I heard her coming back!"
"Did you hear her come into the house?" Ye Zi scratched his short hair with his hands and looked over with cold eyes.
Xiaoxu was shocked by Ye Zi's gaze, shook his head and murmured, "No, I just heard her closing the door."
Ye Zi gave a slightly mocking smile. Before he could say anything, he heard Su Shuang's voice coming from outside, "Ugh, I saw this so early in the morning. It's so disgusting."
Xiaoxu's expression changed, and he stumbled forward and pushed open the door. Outside the door was Li Fei, staring at her motionless.
Li Fei's whole body was nailed to the wooden stake at the door, like a broken water bag. His whole body was covered with red to black blood, flowing from the top of his head to the soles of his feet, and then slowly dripping to the ground.
