Some words are really inappropriate to say in front of these villagers. They will not react to irrelevant words like real NPCs. Judging from Wu Xuehua's questions, they are as curious as normal people.
So Xin Meng asked the village chief to temporarily borrow a room, and went in to consolidate everyone's information before discussing countermeasures.
That house is actually the living room of the village chief's house. The village is relatively primitive. There are no modern furniture such as sofas and coffee tables. There are only a few wooden stools and low wooden tables. Several people sit on small stools and gather around the table. Five white cards are placed on the table.
Xin Meng naturally picked up You Yi's card next to her, smiled at him, then lowered her head and read:
[Stop looking, there is no exit.]
[You can leave the valley only if certain conditions are triggered.]
"Indeed," Dong Xiu snorted coldly, "After I came here, I have already searched outside the valley. Even the end of the road that the villagers call leading to the outside world is completely dark, making it impossible to pass."
Xin Meng nodded and picked up Dong Xiu's card again.
[poor person must have something mean.]
"No more?" Xiong Jiabao was still listening, but only one sentence came out
"Well, that's it." Xin Meng was also confused. What does this mean
Li Yougen pushed his card towards Xin Meng, "What does this mean? Look at mine, it's simpler."
Xin Meng picked it up and took a look:
[Attention to detail.]
Attention to detail? Are the clearance points hidden in the details
Xiong Jiabao’s card had a few more words, and it caught everyone’s attention. It said:
[There is a reason why you must reach the forbidden area.]
[Turn a blind eye to it, or push it down, the choice is yours.]
"Forbidden land!" Xin Meng said immediately, "Sure enough, it has something to do with it! I heard the villagers mention it."
"Me too." Li Yougen immediately answered, and the others also nodded. It seems that this word is indeed one of the information they must know, and it is also an important instruction. Everyone has been "notified" intentionally or unintentionally.
The other cards are pushed away and this card is placed in the middle.
"It seems that we need to go to the forbidden area to take a look." Xin Meng thought thoughtfully.
Dong Xiu glanced at him sideways, "Where is your card?"
Xin Meng didn't care about his attitude and read out the contents of her card.
"Meat-eater's hell? What do you mean?" Xiong Jiabao scratched his head, not understanding at all.
"By the way," Xin Meng suddenly remembered and asked Dong Xiu, "I just heard what the aunt said, have you had dinner at their house?"
Dong Xiu nodded, and Xiong Jiabao and Li Yougen also said, "We were brought here after eating at a villager's house."
Xin Meng looked at You Yi, and You Yi nodded. Those deep brown eyes had been following Xin Meng since they met. Although it might be because he kept talking, Xin Meng was still a little embarrassed for no reason, and her heart beat faster. He looked away a lot and said nervously, "The village chief used a loudspeaker to broadcast and asked the villagers to find you. Why didn't they bring you over as soon as they found you?"
"I don't know," Xiong Jiabao shook his head, "Maybe it's because there are too many people here, and you're afraid that it won't be easy for us all to have a meal, so you spread out the entertainment. The people here are quite considerate."
Xin Meng always felt a little strange, but she couldn't tell what was wrong, so she had no choice but to continue the topic, "Then do you eat meat?"
It was Xiong Jiabao who answered first and said happily, "Eat it! It's delicious! Let me tell you, brother Xin, I have never eaten such delicious meat. It is indeed a pig raised by a farmer!"
tasty? Xin Meng looked at the card and felt confused.
Li Yougen smacked his mouth and said uncertainly, "It tastes pretty good, better than me... It's more fragrant and tender than the meat bought in the market."
His family came from a rural area. Later, he passed the exam and entered university and became a party member. As he got better and better, he felt ashamed and rarely talked about his origin with others, even though others understood him as soon as they heard his name. Even without announcing it, he shamelessly pretended not to know.
Nowadays, the pigs raised at home are also said to be bought from the market.
"Tsk!" Dong Xiu snorted coldly, "I'm really ignorant. Isn't it just that the stew took a little longer? As for boasting like this? It tastes far worse than what Chef Wells makes!"
Wells is the most upscale five-star hotel in their city, and it is also the place he frequents most.
"Then what does this card mean?" Xin Meng frowned, "I originally guessed that these meats should be unpalatable and difficult to swallow, but if they are delicious, why would you use 'hell' to describe them? "
Several people discussed it, but to no avail, but they already vaguely regretted eating the meat. Who knows what will happen, but after eating it, they ate it, and now they can't spit it out, so they can only take one step at a time.
Xin Meng quietly walked up to You Yi while everyone was discussing and asked in a low voice, "Do you eat meat too? Is there anything strange about you?"
He just didn't trust Dong Xiu and Li Yougen, and wanted to confirm with You Yi, but to his surprise, You Yi shook his head, his lips almost pressed against his ears, and said slowly in a deep voice, "No, I won't eat it. Food from strangers.”
The hot breath of the man's breath when he spoke was all sprayed on his ears. Xin Meng felt as if someone was licking his ears with his tongue. His heart felt numb and even his lower back became soft. His face turned red and he hurriedly talked to You Yi. He pulled away a little, covered his ears with his hands, and couldn't speak clearly. He almost bit his tongue: "Yeah, really, that's great..."
You Yi looked at his slightly red cheeks and red earlobes, and only smiled slightly, without speaking or participating in the discussion.
"You... do you have any ideas?" Xin Meng had not been away from this person for a while, but he couldn't help but quietly come back to rub him.
You Yi shook his head, as if he didn't think of anything.
But Xin Meng always felt that You Yi didn't have any ideas, but just didn't want to say it. He was like an outsider, standing aside and watching them play house, as if it didn't matter how the game turned out, and he always had a kind of indifference. .
Xin Meng felt a little depressed. As for the reason for her depression, Xin Meng herself didn't quite understand it. She only had a vague idea but refused to think about it deeply.
In the end, everyone came to a conclusion: first find Qi Xiaokui, look at the content on her card, and then go to the forbidden area.
Before they came in, Xin Meng told the village chief, asking them to continue looking for people. However, when they came out of the house, it was almost dark, and the villagers could not find another outsider.
"Don't worry, young people. I will gather everyone together, light torches, and go up the mountain to look for him. I will definitely find him for you!" the village chief consoled them.
Xin Meng hesitated for a moment, looked at the simple villagers, then looked at the dark mountains and the invisible mountain roads, and asked, "Village chief, are there any wild animals on this mountain?"
"No," the village chief shook his head, "Our ancestors have been here for who knows how many years, and we didn't know how to exercise restraint before. All the wild animals in the surrounding mountains have been hunted long ago, and now there are only some small things like deer, hares, etc. ."
"Then let's look for her tomorrow. It's too dark and the mountain road is difficult to walk. Please don't put yourself in danger," Xin Meng said. "She probably won't run around at night. Let's look for her again tomorrow morning."
In fact, Xin Meng subconsciously felt that the girl might be hiding from them and didn't want to be found by them, so it was useless even if she went up the mountain in the dark.
"That's it, don't bother," Dong Xiu had long been impatient, "Just like her, even wild beasts will be scared away when they see her. If there is any danger, she might come down tomorrow."
Seeing that they all said this, the village chief gave up and invited them to his home for dinner. However, during this meal, everyone did not touch the meat. They only grabbed the two or three plates of vegetable stir-fries and let the village chief and Wu Xuehua wait. Very strange person.
"Why don't you eat meat?" Wu Xuehua was still a little afraid of Dong Xiu, but when he saw that Xin Meng and Xiong Jiabao were both easy to talk to, he returned to his previous cheerfulness and asked curiously, "Isn't Xin Meng the only one who believes in Buddhism? Even if you don’t believe in Buddhism, I heard that you also ate meat for lunch.”
Xiong Jiabao and Li Yougen quarreled quickly and barely managed to cover it up. Wu Xuehua looked at You Yi who had been silent but did not move his chopsticks. Seeing his resolute outline and deep and beautiful eyes, her face felt a little red for some reason. She twisted it. After a moment, his voice became an octave softer, and he asked him in a low voice, "Why don't you eat?"
Seeing this scene, Xin Meng felt a little uncomfortable for some reason.
However, You Yi ignored Wu Xuehua. Wu Xuehua was not dissatisfied at all this time. His face was still red, with the shyness of a girl, his head lowered, and he kept stealing glances at You Yi.
Xin Meng suddenly felt no longer hungry, put down her chopsticks, and the remaining two plates of food were quickly divided among the others.
"Don't want to eat?" You Yi immediately noticed Xin Meng's abnormality and said his first words since he sat down at the dinner table.
"Well, I'm full." There was an indescribable feeling in his heart. Xin Meng was always like this. He didn't want to eat when he was in a bad mood, but he didn't want to lose his temper, so he had to sulk silently. The most important thing was that he didn't want to eat. I was so aggrieved that I couldn't explain the reason for my anger.
Xin Meng pursed her lips and fussed alone for a while, but she couldn't help but ask You Yi, "Aren't you hungry if you don't eat? If you're worried, I can borrow their kitchen to cook for you... "
His cooking skills are also very good, and he loves to clean up. Because of this, he is said to be more of a wife.
By...by whom
Xin Meng couldn't remember it for a moment, but she remembered that she seemed quite angry. After all, no man would like to be called a "wife".
You Yi took a deep look at him. Xin Meng, who was in trouble, didn't see the flash of smile in his eyes, but heard him say, "Okay."
As soon as Xin Meng stopped thinking, she put aside her doubts and stood up to borrow the kitchen from the village chief.
Unexpectedly... I was rejected? !
"Young students, the vegetables we eat are all picked from the fields that day. There is nothing in the kitchen now. How can you cook without ingredients?" The village chief took a chopstick and ate it into his mouth, smashing his head intoxicatedly. He opened his mouth and tasted the taste carefully.
"It's not like there's nothing, there's still some meat," Wu Xuehua said, "You're not a Buddhist, can you make meat dishes?"
Xin Meng was speechless.
"Why don't you, Brother You, try the food I cook?" Wu Xuehua blushed and looked at You Yi softly, "They all said it's delicious. You can try it..."
As he said that, he was about to pick up the food for You Yi, but there was Xin Meng between them. Xin Meng saw Wu Xuehua's chopsticks stretched out in front of her towards You Yi, almost touching his brain, so she instinctively pushed them away, "He Even if you believe in Buddhism with me, you can’t eat meat!”
Wu Xuehua twitched the corner of his mouth, retracted his hand wordlessly, lowered his head to eat, and ignored them in anger.
Wu Dacheng ate the meat happily and sighed, "Our Huahua family has reached the age to get married."
No one answered his words, only Xiong Jiabao glanced at Wu Xuehua several times.