There was no one in the empty yard. Uncle Li and Uncle Zhang must have left.
"I'm going to call the blue-haired girl to come out."
After leaving these words, the eyebrowless man walked into the village chief's house, leaving Huanxiao alone in the yard.
Suddenly, Huan Xiao felt a gaze on her. She looked up at the building where the village chief lived and inadvertently looked at the figure in the window on the second floor.
Before she could see who it was, the man withdrew his gaze, retreated and disappeared from her sight.
Huan Xiao was distracted looking at the window.
Suddenly, a hand from behind patted Huanxiao's shoulder.
"Hey! Xiaohuan, what are you looking at?"
Huan Xiao retracted his gaze towards the second floor, turned around, and saw that the people coming over were a blue-haired woman and an eyebrowless man.
They came out of the village chief's house.
Huan Xiao looked towards the second floor again and said to the blue-haired woman:
"Someone was looking at me on the second floor just now."
"Huh? I came down from the second floor. There is only the village chief on the second floor. He is watching what you do... He shouldn't know that we secretly went to the basement, right?"
The blue-haired woman leaned close to Huanxiao and whispered the last sentence.
The eyebrowless man not far from them didn't hear it, so he came over and asked:
"What are you whispering? You can't hide things from me!"
So, the blue-haired woman approached the eyebrowless man again and repeated what she just said to the eyebrowless man.
Hearing this, the eyebrowless man said distressedly:
"Well, the village chief probably doesn't know, Xiaohuan and I were not seen by others."
"...Forget it, let's not talk about this for now, let's go further."
With that said, the three of them left the village chief's yard and squatted in a corner.
"Tell me, what did you see in the basement? Brother Da Zhuang, you don't look too good. Were you injured when you were attacked by a pig in the basement?"
The blue-haired woman expressed concern.
However, the eyebrowless man shook his head, looked at Huan Xiao, and then vividly told the blue-haired woman everything he saw in the basement.
There is no fragrant pig in the basement, but a pile of bones and talismans.
After hearing what the two people said, the blue-haired woman was shocked and said:
"Oh my God! The basement is so weird! ...Then we can't stay at the village chief's house any longer. They might find traces of you staying in the basement at some point. We have to make plans early!"
"Yes, but what should we do?"
The eyebrowless man lowered his eyebrows in thought.
Soon after, the blue-haired woman said:
"How about we leave tomorrow morning? It's almost night now and it's not safe to go out."
"Well, I think it's better for you to leave as soon as possible."
Huan Xiao suggested from the side.
The eyebrowless man held his head and said distressedly:
"Sister Xiaohuan, I also want to leave quickly, but we have nowhere to go."
"...No, Da Zhuang, we can go to the Sun family with Xiao Huan. From Xiao Huan's description, Sun Zhaoren of the Sun family sounds like a good person," said the blue-haired woman who touched her chin.
But the eyebrowless man shook his head, rejected the blue-haired woman’s proposal, and said:
"From Sister Xiaohuan's description, the Sun family may not necessarily be good friends. Grandma Sun and Sun Zhaoren are also in danger. Moreover, this will quickly arouse the village chief's suspicion, which is not good for us!"
"...You said before that the villagers have ways to deal with the evil spirits that appear at night. Have you seen how they do it?"
Huan Xiao suddenly said this.
After hearing this, the eyebrowless man instantly knew what Huan Xiao meant. His pupils tightened and he said:
"...Xiaohuan, you don't want us to have a fight with the ghosts at night, do you? No, no, no! We can't fight!"
"Yes, and we only saw the villagers saying a few words to the ghost, and then the ghost left on its own. But their voices were too low, and we didn't hear what they said," the blue-haired woman added.
Hearing this, Huan Xiao nodded and said:
"Okay, it's really dangerous at night. I didn't think twice about it."
The eyebrowless man lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said:
"I think the blue-haired girl is right. Maybe we can leave the village chief's house tomorrow morning. The village chief's next meat feast will be at noon tomorrow. In other words, they will not go to the basement again until noon tomorrow. Until then, we are safe and have enough time to find a hiding place.”
"Brother Da Zhuang's analysis is right. We can only do this now. Anyway, compared to feeding ghosts, I think living in the village chief's house is the best option."
The blue-haired woman nodded in agreement.
Seeing that they had made up their minds, Huan Xiao said nothing more.
Seeing the sky darken and become even colder, Huan Xiao said:
"Why haven't the other two come back yet? It's almost night. Where have they gone?"
"What you said reminded me!...Should we go look for them? They will be in danger if they don't come back," the blue-haired woman said worriedly.
The eyebrowless man hesitated and said:
"They will come back on their own. If they can't come back, they are probably in danger. It's useless for us to go."
The blue-haired woman frowned and said:
"That's what I say, but we are all players, so we can't just ignore death, right?"
"Ahem...are you guys chatting outside?"
A sudden cough interrupted the conversation between the three of them, and the three of them looked at the place where the sound came from.
I saw the village chief walking over from the yard step by step with his waist bent.
He walked up to Huan Xiao and the others and said with a smile:
"You three kids are really free-spirited and seem to have a good relationship. Let's go have dinner. Eat early now so you can rest early."
"Village Chief, our two companions haven't come back yet. Can you send someone to find them?"
Although she knew that the village chief was not as simple as it seemed, the blue-haired woman still hoped to get help from the village chief.
However, the village chief just shook his head and said:
"Our village is full of old, weak, sick and disabled people. Don't embarrass us, girls. They will come back naturally when it's time for them to come back. If they don't want to come back, it's impossible to find them if you look for them."
After saying that, the village chief motioned for the three of them to follow him back to the yard.
The blue-haired woman hesitated on the spot and looked into the distance, as if hoping to see the other two players.
Seeing her like this, the eyebrowless man patted her on the head with one hand and said helplessly:
"Stop looking, blue-haired girl, let's go in quickly. The village is so big. Even if we look for it, we won't be able to find them before the sun sets."
"...Oh, okay, I get it."
The blue-haired woman lowered her head, feeling listless.
Huan Xiao followed them into the house. The village chief's house was well built, with white tiles on the floor and walls, but it was uncomfortable to look at it for a long time.
The table in the middle of the living room is full of vegetarian dishes, without any minced meat.
...Does the village chief only eat fragrant meat at the fragrant meat feast?
Before Huan Xiao could catch the thoughts that were passing through his mind, he saw Li Da coming out with several bowls of rice.
Everyone sat down one by one. After Huan Xiao sat down, Li Da placed a bowl of rice in front of her.
Huan Xiao looked at the table of burnt dishes and didn't know what to do. She really had no appetite. Especially after eating the food cooked by Sun Zhaoren, she was even less willing to eat unpalatable food... Alas, the bread in her backpack was even better than this.
"Everyone, let's eat some vegetables grown by ourselves... If you want to eat meat, you can come to my yard at noon tomorrow. Our village loves strangers the most. Everyone will be very happy to see you."
The village chief raised his wine glass and said with a smile.
The blue-haired woman picked up the rice in the bowl and said vaguely:
"Thank you, village chief. The fragrant pork for lunch today was delicious... Well, I would like to ask, how are your fragrant pigs raised?"
When the village chief heard this, he laughed out loud and said:
"...This is unique to our village, but I can't tell you."
Immediately, he turned to look at Huan Xiao and asked:
"Girl, why don't you eat? Don't you care about our side dishes?"
