We were all puzzled. Was she reminding us that there was danger in the village, or did she think there wasn't much food left and wanted us to share some with her
Shen Bing walked back and asked, "What's wrong?"
The woman was so scared that she turned around and crawled back, hiding behind a big tree. She seemed afraid that we would get close to her.
Lu Fei sighed and said, "Don't pay attention to her. She may not be in a clear mind. Let's go into the village."
Shen Bing looked at the woman with pity, then walked back and followed the others along the mountain path into the village. The snow was getting heavier and heavier, and the snow on the slope was very deep, making it slippery to walk on. We stopped at the first house at the east end of the village. Every family in the village had a yard, but they didn't build a gate. They just built a simple and low wall with stones, leaving a gap in the middle as the yard gate.
We went straight into the yard and arrived at the door. Lu Fei called out in a local accent, "Is anyone home?"
The door creaked open, and a dark-skinned old man poked his head out. He looked at us with a wary look in his eyes and asked, "Which village are you from? What do you want from me?"
Lu Fei chuckled and said, "Uncle, we came from Taigu to visit a relative in the village ahead. It snowed heavily when we got here, so we'd like to stay overnight."
"Bang" the door closed. This old man is too generous. He just turned the door away for us!
Lu Fei was still unwilling to give up, and shouted at the door: "Uncle, we will pay..."
The lights in the house were off, so it was obvious that you were the ones who invited us in. We had no choice but to leave and go into the second house.
The second person to open the door was an older sister-in-law. You couldn't tell how old women in the mountains were, but they looked quite honest.
Lu Fei learned his lesson this time and took out two hundred yuan first. Although it was not a lot of money, some people here had never seen such a large denomination of banknotes.
"Sister-in-law, we want to stay at your house for a while. We'll pay you."
"Get lost!" The elder sister-in-law was even more generous and sang for us. The door slammed shut, but opened again immediately. The elder sister-in-law stuck her head out and cursed: "□□XXX, you actually used a big grain coupon to cheat me." Then she retracted her head and closed the door tightly.
We all stared at each other, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. This sister-in-law was so funny. She really didn't recognize the 100-yuan bill. She actually said that it was a large amount of bills. Do you still have such things now? Besides, how could the food stamps be so big? It turned out that she didn't even recognize the food stamps before.
Wang Zijun was so happy. How could he not be happy when he saw his love rival being scolded? Lu Fei's face turned red because of his laughter. He took out a few ten-yuan bills from his wallet and went to the next door to knock.
As a result, I went to several houses in a row, but none of them wanted to let me stay overnight. Some of them simply didn't open the door and turned off the lights when they heard the knock on the door.
We stood dejectedly on the village trail, all of us turned into snowmen. Although we were all wearing down jackets, the climate in the mountains was extremely cold. Shen Bing and Qu Mo's faces turned purple from the cold, and they kept shivering. If we couldn't find anyone to take us in, we would have to stay in the car for the night.
I find it a bit strange that the villagers are so indifferent to outsiders. It is impossible that they are all so hard-hearted that they would keep people away in such a cold weather. Suddenly I remembered the shouting of the woman at the entrance of the village. Is there really something wrong in the village that makes the villagers afraid to let outsiders in