Zhang Xuli opened his mouth wide and said in surprise: "Wow, the entrance to the village is so impressive. When you get to the center of the village, it will be extremely prosperous. This life will definitely not be bad."
When Luo Feng was traveling and studying abroad, he also heard that Hexi Village was very prosperous, and its economic strength was one of the best in the entire Zhongzhou Continent, with a population of more than 10,000.
However, this was also Luo Feng's first time entering a village in Hexi, and he was still stunned by the scene at the entrance of the village.
In other villages, except for a dirt road leading to the center of the village, there are basically no other buildings. In some powerful villages, you can only vaguely see some shabby thatched houses.
However, it is really shocking that this Hexi village can be so prosperous.
"Well, Hexi Village is really good," Luo Feng said as he walked inside. "They are recruiting villagers this time. I don't know if they want us."
"Brother Luo, you are serious. As long as I'm here, I won't be able to enter any village. Don't worry." Zhang Xuli patted Luo Feng on the shoulder and whistled as he walked inside.
Soon, the two came to the square in the center of the village.
In the center of the square, there is a statue carved from stone. The statue stands on a raised stone plate. Water is constantly overflowing around the stone plate, flowing along the cracks in the stone and slowly flowing into the pool below. The square extends in a circle with the statue as the center, and the ground is made of stone bricks crisscrossed together until it reaches the village building a hundred meters away. Directly opposite the statue, a row of two-story stone buildings form a fan shape to echo the statue. The four characters "Hexi Village Department" are written in red on the building walls.
Luo Feng looked at the four big characters in front and said, "The village chief's office is over there, let's go."
"No, no, no, no," Zhang Xuli pulled Luo Feng, "Let's play for a while longer. Look at this place. It's incomparable to the entrance of the village. There are so many shops here that I can't even count them. Let's go take a look first. By the way, Buy some food." As he said that, Zhang Xuli touched his belly.
Looking at Zhang Xuli's behavior, the store was definitely not interested, but eating was really important. Luo Feng said: "Okay, I happen to be hungry. Let's find a better restaurant and have a meal."
When he heard about eating, Zhang Xuli opened his mouth and smiled: "Haha, okay, I've wanted to eat it for a long time, but I'm embarrassed to say it."
All the expenses along the way were paid by Luo Feng, and Zhang Xuli never paid a penny at all.
"If you were embarrassed, you wouldn't live and eat with me for free." Luo Feng teased.
"That's not a good thing to say. After all, I saved your life, right? Besides, I will definitely pay you back when I have money."
When he said "return", Zhang Xuli kept his voice very low.
"Then I'll remember it first."
"What else do you remember about this?" Zhang Xuli became nervous, fearing that Luo Feng would really give him a note of all the food and drinks and ask him for money in the future.
Fortunately, Luo Feng only talked about it and didn't really write it down, which made Zhang Xuli feel relieved and breathed a sigh of relief.
As they talked, the two people walked across the square, squeezed through a crowded side street, and stopped at a corner of the street.
At the corner, there is a three-story building with two vermilion doors in the middle open to both sides. On the protruding beams above the doors are engraved with four large characters "Hexi Restaurant" in gold powder.
"Wow, wow, wow, a restaurant is so high, why should it be so exaggerated?" Zhang Xuli raised his head, staring at the big golden characters, thinking about what delicious food was inside.
Before Zhang Xuli could see enough, Luo Feng walked directly into the restaurant, "Hurry up and follow."
"Wait, wait." Hearing Luo Feng's words, Zhang Xuli came back to his senses and jogged two steps to keep up with Luo Feng.
When you enter the restaurant, you will see a spacious hall with more than 20 Eight Immortals tables in the middle. The living room has a high ceiling. If you look up, you can see the private rooms on the second floor corridor with their doors ajar, waiting for the waiters to pass the dishes. In the hall, most of the guests were already seated. Amidst the bursts of noise and the shouts of the waiters, the atmosphere was warm and the business was booming.
"You two, do you want to eat or stay?" A hotel waiter saw Luo Feng and Zhang Xuli and stepped forward and asked.
"Drink, eat meat, whatever else you want." After Zhang Xuli finished speaking, he sat down on an empty table by the wall.
Luo Feng also sat down with Zhang Xuli, and the two of them ordered a jar of wine. After two plates of meat, they asked the waiter to quickly serve the food.
"This hotel is probably for accommodation on the third floor." Zhang Xuli looked around.
"Don't worry about so much," Luo Feng counted the money he had. "We don't have much money now. If the Hexi village doesn't take us in this time, there will be nothing to eat."
"Just be rest assured, this kind of thing will never happen." Zhang Xuli has been living in several villages, and he has already had full experience in this kind of living.
"Well, after eating this time, we will immediately go to the Hexi Village Office in the center of the village to complete the matter of recruiting villagers."
"Look at how anxious you are. With our fighting strength, that's their blessing. Not taking them in has never happened before in my history." Zhang Xuli crossed his legs and said proudly.
"The dishes are here, please eat slowly." The waiter put down the wine jar and two plates of meat in his hands, turned around and left.
"Wow, not bad, not bad," Zhang Xuli stared at the two plates of meat, reached out to the lid of the wine jar, unscrewed the lid with just a slight twist, lifted it up, and poured the wine.
Luo Feng looked at Zhang Xuli. He ate a lot along the way. He drank heavily and ate meat. He seemed to have a very forthright personality, but he refused to pay a penny, which refreshed Luo Feng's outlook on life.
"Slow down. If you are drunk, how can you go to the village office to recruit villagers?" Luo Feng said as he took the wine bowl handed over by Zhang Xuli.
"It's okay, it's okay, come on, come on, come on." Zhang Xuli drank the wine in one gulp, randomly stuffed a piece of meat into his mouth, and quickly filled up the wine.
The crowd in the hall was very noisy. Some guests drank too much and simply got up and started talking drunkenly. You pushed me and hugged me, and the hall became messy.
Zhang Xuli was drinking vigorously when he suddenly felt a cold feeling behind him. He touched it with his hand and his back was wet. He looked around and found a drunk man holding a wine bowl smiling foolishly. He turned around and shouted again Said: "How about it, I said there is nothing I dare not do here."
"Bah," Zhang Xuli stood up and kicked the man on the butt, "You evil beast, you only deserve to bark among the animals."
The man was already eighty percent drunk and his steps were unsteady. Zhang Xuli kicked him hard on the buttocks, and he flew straight out, hitting a pillar in the hall, and then fell to the ground along the pillar.
"Ran Jie, Ran Jie." When four or five people saw Ran Jie being knocked away, they immediately ran up and helped Ran Jie up who was lying on the ground.
Ran Jie is small and thin, about 1.72 meters tall, with concave eyes and a protruding nose. His black hair, which was originally neatly pulled back, is now messy.
"Who, who is so short-sighted, dares to hit me." Ran Jie had just been helped up, his eyes had not been fully opened, and he was complaining in his mouth. He had sobered up a bit after drinking.
