"Who is he?" Lu Jing asked Xia Huai who was in a daze.
"He...he looks a lot like my brother." Xia Huai murmured, staring at the little boy by the well.
"You have a younger brother?"
"Yes, but he died before he was seven years old," Xia Huai said. "That day he was playing by the well, just like... just like now, and ended up taking his grandma to relieve herself, and he took advantage of this time, Climbed onto the well bricks by myself."
While the two were talking, the little boy seemed to want to see what was in the well, so he stretched his head forward and pressed half of his body on it.
Then his feet suddenly slipped, and his whole body fell uncontrollably into the well.
He saw that tragedy was about to happen, but the next moment a delicate hand grabbed his ankle and lifted him up from the wellhead!
The little boy felt his body light up and his feet returned to the ground again.
"Thank you sister for saving me." The little boy winked at Xia Huai and chuckled.
When the latter heard the two sisters, his body couldn't help but tremble.
By the time she came to her senses, the child had gone to nowhere.
At this time, a village woman found the two people wandering in the village and said, "Mr. Xia, Miss Lu, the dinner is about to begin. The village chief invites two distinguished guests to the table."
"Got it, let's go now." Lu nodded and looked up at the sky. At this time, the sun was already setting in the west and the sky was covered with red clouds.
Then he looked at Xia Huai beside him with some worry.
The girl has been in a trance ever since she saw the child who looked like her brother who died in infancy.
After rescuing the person, her expression became more complicated.
On the way to the banquet with the village woman, he kept his head down and said nothing, not knowing what he was thinking.
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The three of them soon arrived at the open space in the center of the village.
The table has now been set up here, and the villagers have all taken their seats, chatting with each other before the food is served, and it seems to be quite lively and harmonious.
Seeing Lu Jing and Xia Huai arriving, everyone stood up to greet them.
Lu Jing and Xia Huai also hurriedly returned the favor, and not long after they sat down, an old man with gray hair and beard, kind eyes, and a mahogany crutch walked to the main case with the support of two young men.
He looks very old, but his face is rosy and his back is not very stooped.
He even got rid of the two hands that were supporting him when he was about to reach the case, and then said with a smile, "I am very happy to have guests coming from afar."
"I don't dare to take it seriously. I am just a lost person who strayed into this place. I will leave at dawn tomorrow. How can I have the nerve to cause you any more trouble?" Lu Jing replied.
"He who comes is a guest, so why bother worrying about why he came and when he will return? At least tonight, let us enjoy the meal together."
As he spoke, the old man with white hair and white beard had already raised the wine glass on the table.
Seeing this, Lu Jing and Xia Huai could only raise their glasses together, but they just pretended to drink and did not touch the wine glasses with their lips.
However, Lu Jing's nose still smelled the aroma of wine, which was particularly refreshing, and Xia Huai let out a light sigh.
"What?" Lu Jing asked using the secret room sound transmission method.
"The secret power in this wine is so pure. If we know how to cultivate the secret power, drinking it may save ten days of work." Xia Huai sighed.
"Is he so awesome?" Lu Jing was surprised.
The old man with white hair and white beard in charge of the case seemed to have guessed what the two of them were thinking now, and introduced with a smile.
"This is the secret brew of my Wuyou Village. Ordinary people can drink it to strengthen their bodies and strengthen their bones. It is especially beneficial to practitioners. The young people who came from your academy liked it very much. Some people drank it in our village. Three months.”
"After drinking so much wine, how much money will it cost?"
"No need for money," the old man with white hair and white beard shook his head repeatedly after hearing this, "asking guests to pay is not the way I treat guests in Wuyou Village. Besides, some drinks are not worth anything. As long as the guests are willing to drink, then I will do it." enough."
"Is there such a good thing?" Lu Jing raised his eyebrows.
The villagers looked at each other when they heard this sentence, and then burst into laughter, but there was no malice in the laughter, it was just like hearing a joke.
The old man with white hair and white beard also laughed with his eyebrows trembling, but he quickly stopped laughing and told a story about a young man named Wang Er who had been living in the desert, and what was the worst thing in the desert? The most precious thing is water.
In the city where Wang Er lives, water has always been strictly controlled. It is sold just like corn in the market. Everyone has to pay to draw water from public wells in the city, and when the drought is severe, a bucket of water can even It can be sold for the same price as silver of the same weight.
As a result, Wang Er left his hometown and walked eastward until he came to a big lake. There was also a city there. After entering the city, Wang Er felt thirsty, so he went to a house to buy water. Unexpectedly, the other party bought water happily. I gave him a bowl of water, but didn't take a penny from him.
Then he told him that he could draw water from all the wells in the city and drink it without spending money. Wang Er couldn't help but marveled when he heard this.
After telling this little story, the old man with white hair and white beard asked Lu Jing and Xia Huai, "Do you understand?"
"The elder wants to say that the environment in different places is different, so something that is very precious to one place may not be a rare item in another place, just like the secret brew in this village." Xia Huai said.
"Yes, that's the truth." The old man with white beard and white hair said, "This secret brew is what we drink as water on weekdays. Even if you drink it to your fill, we will not lose anything. So you can drink it with confidence.
"And you two have been here for so long, you must have felt that this place is different from the other side of the cave... Well, those things that your academy calls the secret power are particularly strong, so it is not difficult to brew such a fine wine. "
"What kind of place is this, a fairyland or an illusion?" Xia Huai couldn't help but ask.
And her words also made the villagers present laugh again.
The old man with white hair and white beard stroked his beard and smiled, "This is where our ancestors have been living for generations. As for you from the other side, whether you want to call this a fairyland or an illusion, that's your own business." ”
After speaking, he clapped his hands and said, "The guests and hosts are here, and the food can be served. There are no delicacies in the mountains and wild places. There are only some game and mountain products that we caught ourselves. I hope the two guests will not dislike it."
As he finished speaking, the food and drinks began to be served one after another.
