"The city lord wanted to build a palace, so he captured a lot of able-bodied men. The child's parents were also captured. They haven't returned for a year, and no one knows whether they are dead or alive."
After hearing this, Fengjiu did not ask any more questions. She just comforted him, "Don't be too sad, old man. I think your son and daughter-in-law will return safely."
"Thank you for your kind words, Immortal." The old man said to Feng Jiu, "Immortal, please sit down for a while. I will go and get some food."
As early as when she came in, Fengjiu saw that the old man didn't have much to eat, so she said, "No, I'll just go to the sea and get some food back."
The old man was startled and said quickly, "No, no, immortal, there is a sea monster in the sea that wants to eat people."
"It's okay." Fengjiu said, walked out, called Lao Bai and went to the beach.
When other old people saw her leaving, they came over and asked, "Is the immortal leaving?"
"No, the immortal said he wanted to get some food from the sea." The old man said, a little worried.
"There are sea monsters in that sea that want to eat people."
"Yes! How dare that immortal go into the sea? It's too dangerous."
"Is there no food at home? I still have some. Let the immortal come back! To avoid any accidents." said another old man.
"Yeah! I have some at home too, I'll go get them for you!"
"Yes, I have one at home."
The old people held their children's hands and said that they were willing to take out their own food to feed the immortals who came here to stay overnight.
Seeing this, the old man thought for a moment and said, "Let's go and persuade them!" So, the elderly people from more than a dozen families followed behind, shouting.
"Master, they are following us." Lao Bai looked back and was surprised to see that all the old people in the small village had come.
Fengjiu heard the voice behind her and stopped. She turned around and saw that the old men had come. She asked, "Old man, what are you going to do?"
"Fairy, there are sea monsters in that sea. You can't go there, you can't go there." An old man walked up to the sea with a child in his hand, and said with fear in his eyes: "Last time, there were people from other places who went to the sea on a boat. I saw it at that time. The boat capsized and the sea monster ate everyone on the boat."
"Yes! Immortal, we have some food there. If we take it out, it will be enough to feed you." said another old man.
"The sea is too dangerous. We don't normally dare to go there, and we can't go there."
Listening to the elders' words and watching them walking with their children, some of them even came barefoot without shoes, she felt warm in her heart and said with a smile: "It's okay, really, I'm an immortal, I'm not afraid of sea monsters."
Feng Jiu said with a smile, looking at them and asked: "Don't you usually go to the sea to catch fish and shrimp? Then what do you usually eat?"
"We planted some sweet potatoes and wild vegetables behind the house, and we usually eat them. Occasionally we would go into the woods to chop some firewood and sell them in the city in exchange for some rice or other food," said an old man.
Hearing this, Feng Jiu nodded: "Okay, I understand." She looked at them and asked with a smile: "Do you want to come with me? Just watch at the beach, and you can help bring some things back later."