Regarding the village chief’s question, Huan Xiao shook his head and said:
"No, I just have no appetite."
Hearing this, the village chief sighed and said:
"Haha, you young people are just picky about your food. This is not good for your health. It would be great if you were like our Li Da."
Huan Xiao saw Li Da devouring food aside, as if he had been hungry for several days. The bowl of rice would soon be bottomed out, and he was not happy to eat. This kind of eating appearance is really not very good-looking.
Huan Xiao looked at the village chief and apologized:
"Village Chief, I want to go back. Sister Sun asked me to go back early."
The village chief narrowed his eyes and said:
"Don't worry, it's the same as leaving after eating."
Without any further entanglement, Huan Xiao stood up directly and said:
"The sun is about to set. I can't continue to disturb you. I'll take my leave."
Seeing this, Li Da actually stood up, as if planning to stop Huan Xiao.
"Li Da, sit down and continue eating."
The village chief knocked on the table with a gloomy look on his face.
After hearing this, Li D quickly sat down and immersed himself in eating.
Seeing them like this, the blue-haired woman raised her head in confusion, looked at Huan Xiao, and then at the village chief, with a confused look on her face.
The eyebrowless man looked at them thoughtfully, but never figured out what the village chief was doing. Xiaohuan just didn't want to eat, so why was he so angry?
He thought it was just a meal, and it didn't matter whether he ate or not, but looking at the village chief's face as dark as the bottom of a pot, he could tell that the eyebrowless man had not spoken for Huanxiao... Now was not the time to offend the village chief.
Huan Xiao's reaction to such a big move from the village chief and Li Da was a little unclear.
I saw the village chief ask with a dark face:
"Girl doll, do you want to go back?"
"..."
Huan Xiao remained silent.
Seeing that she didn't speak, the village chief continued:
"Since you want to go back, then go back, I won't keep you here."
"Okay, then I will leave first. Thank you village chief for your hospitality. Goodbye village chief."
Huanxiao left immediately, and when she turned to leave, she saw the village chief's face getting darker.
Without stopping, Huanxiao walked back to Sun's house along the cement road.
Along the way, I still didn't see a single figure. The villagers in Huai Village didn't seem to like coming out very much.
A few minutes later, Huan Xiao arrived in front of Sun's courtyard. Sun Zhaoren picked up the washed dishes and was about to go back to the house.
Seeing Huan Xiao, she had a surprised expression on her face, as if she didn't expect Huan Xiao to come back.
But soon, Sun Zhaoren put away the surprise on his face and asked:
"Xiaohuan, weren't you eating at the village chief's house? Did you finish eating so quickly?"
Huan Xiao's expression remained unchanged and he replied:
"Well, I didn't have a good appetite, so I didn't eat. Besides, didn't Sister Sun ask me to come back early?"
Hearing this, Sun Zhaoren nodded and said:
"...Yes, I didn't expect you to remember... Are you hungry? Eat some fruit. My milk and I have finished eating. I didn't expect you to come back, so I didn't leave any food for you."
"It doesn't matter. I still have bread in my backpack. Just have some for dinner."
Huanxiao said as he walked into the room.
After looking around, she didn't see Grandma Sun, so she asked:
"Has Grandma Sun gone to bed already?"
"My grandma went to bed early, so let's go to bed early too. I just hope no ghosts will disturb our rest tonight."
Sun Zhaoren quickly put the bowls and chopsticks away and took Huan Xiao to the back room.
Compared with last night, the room had a completely new look, and everything was clean. Sun Zhaoren should have cleaned the place in the afternoon.
Before taking a break, Huanxiao thought for a while and asked doubtfully:
"Sister Sun, why didn't you let me go to the village chief's house at noon, but let me go in the afternoon?"
Sun Zhaoren, who was combing his hair, was stunned when he heard this, then smiled and said:
"Silly sister, when did I stop letting you go to the village chief's house? I just don't want you to eat their meat. I said I don't like meat, so naturally I don't want others to eat meat."
"Is that so?" Huan Xiao asked again.
Sun Zhaoren smoothed his hair with a wooden comb and said:
"Of course that's the case. Okay, let's rest. Tomorrow is a new day. We need to recharge our batteries."
Throughout the night, not a single ghost came to the door. It was as if all the ghosts had suddenly disappeared, completely different from last night.
That night, everyone in Huai Village slept peacefully.
In the morning, the sky was dark, as if a storm was coming.
Sun Zhaoren got up early to make breakfast, while Huan Xiao was looking at the sky in trance.
After breakfast, Huan Xiao said something to Sun Zhaoren and went out.
After knowing that Huan Xiao was going to the village chief's house to find some of her friends, Sun Zhaoren showed an inexplicable expression on his face, and finally nodded and asked Huan Xiao to come back before noon.
After bidding farewell to Sun Zhaoren, Huan Xiao walked on the way to the village chief's home.
Along the way, she saw several hunchbacked old people who seemed to be going to the village chief's house.
However, the way they looked at Huan Xiao was not with vigilance and exploration of strangers, but with looking up and down at Huan Xiao's skin, their eyes straight and scary.
Under the malicious looks of these old people, Huan Xiao arrived at the village chief's home.
The village chief's yard was crowded with people, all old people, not a single young person.
Many people were washing vegetables and meat together, and Huan Xiao saw the fragrant pork on their hands, a big lump of meat, which really looked like pork.
However, the fragrant pig was cut into many parts, and its original appearance could not be guessed.
Seeing Huan Xiao, the village chief was very surprised and asked:
"Girl doll, why are you here today?"
"I came to see my friends, why didn't they come out?"
Huan Xiao's question made the village chief obviously stunned for a moment. The village chief stooped, hammered his waist and said:
"They're all gone"
"gone?"
Huan Xiao repeated and asked:
"When did you leave?"
"They left this morning. I don't know where they went. Why, they didn't notify you before they left?"
The village chief's rhetorical question made Huan Xiao silent for a moment. Huan Xiao then nodded and said:
"Okay, if that's the case, I won't bother you."
With that said, Huan Xiao turned and left.
The old people who were processing the fragrant pork in the yard watched Huan Xiao leave, unable to hide the regret and greed in their eyes.
