The path by the river was paved with dirt and pebbles. Xia Lei walked on it with bare feet, and the feeling was really sour. He covered the place between his legs with his hands and followed Comrade Li Ni with her buttocks raised. He was extremely embarrassed with his bare buttocks.
After walking like this for about half an hour, the village by the river came into Xia Lei's sight. He saw the fishing nets set up by the river and the women weaving the nets. There are men working in the fields next to the village, but the tools they use are primitive hoes. There are no electric poles or wires near the village.
At first glance, this village gave Xia Lei the impression of an ancient, isolated village. Until now, only the tattered assault rifle in Li Ni's hand could make him feel like he was in modern society. If it weren't for the assault rifle in Li Ni's hand, he would even suspect that Sky City had brought him to a very backward world, just like ancient China.
"Um, Li Ni." Xia Lei said hesitantly, "Can you lend me your coat?"
"What do you want my coat for?" Li Ni stopped and looked straight at Xia Lei.
Xia Lei said awkwardly: "I can't follow you into the village like this, can I?"
Li Ni frowned, "You mean, you want to use my clothes to cover your butt, and your..." She didn't say it out loud, but her eyes glanced at Xia Lei's area, Then he made a disgusted expression.
"Is there anything wrong with covering your body with clothes?" Xia Lei shrugged.
"I can lend it to you, but you have to clean it for me." Li Ni said.
"No problem, I will definitely clean it for you." Xia Lei said.
Li Ni then took off her coat and handed it to Xia Lei. There was still a sports vest left on her body, and because her breasts were relatively small, she didn't wear a bra at all. So two bumps clearly emerged under the black cloth, hazy and very tempting.
"What are you looking at?" Li Ni said fiercely: "If you dare to look at it again, I will be rude to you."
Xia Lei smiled bitterly, looked away, and then used Li Ni's coat to cover his butt and ugly parts.
"Remember to wash it for me. You are wearing my best clothes." Li Ni said.
Xia Lei, "..."
Such a tattered dress is actually her best dress? Xia Lei couldn't help but think, if she were given a wardrobe from any woman in the family, she would probably faint from happiness when she saw those clothes, right
Li Ni continued to move forward, and Xia Lei became her follower again.
Before they even entered the village, someone spotted Li Ni and Xia Lei. The women weaving webs and the men farming all stopped what they were doing to look at Li Ni and Xia Lei, mainly looking at Xia Lei because he was too conspicuous. Xia Lei's skin is white and fair, more delicate than the skin of a pampered woman, but he looks very strong. He always leaves an unforgettable impression.
A very strong-looking, dark-skinned young man walked over. He also held an assault rifle in his hand. The gun looked even tattered than the assault rifle in Li Ni's hand.
"Li Ni, who is he?" the dark-skinned young man asked from afar.
"Xia Lei." Li Ni said.
"Xia Lei?" The dark-skinned young man looked at Xia Lei with strange eyes. When he saw Xia Lei's waist wrapped in Li Ni's clothes, there was a hint of displeasure on his eyebrows.
"Heihu, let's talk about it when we get back. It's not the same thing if he stays outside like this. By the way, lend him a set of your pants and jacket when you get back." Li Ni said.
"What? You actually asked me to lend him my clothes?" The young man known as Black Tiger looked reluctant.
Li Ni said: "Okay, next time I go to the garbage dump, if I find suitable clothes, I will give them to you first."
Heihu spread his hands and said, "Okay, you are the village chief, you have the final say."
Xia Lei gave Hei Hu a friendly smile and said in his heart: "I didn't expect that she was actually the village chief, but this village is too poor. Even the clothes worn by the villagers have to be picked up in the garbage dump? On earth, I’m afraid even the tribes in Africa would not be so poor.”
This new world, the people in this world, and this ridiculously poor village all made Xia Lei curious and confused at the same time.
"Hey! Boy, come with me." Black Tiger was not polite. Both he and Li Ni seemed to have a habit of saying "hey" when they opened their mouths.
Xia Lei still maintained a friendly smile on his face.
Black Tiger brought Xia Lei into the village, and then brought Xia Lei into a room.
This is a very simple house with only a few pitiful furniture, which is also hand-made from wood cut from the forest, and there is not even a trace of paint. I don’t know how long these furniture have been used. They are not protected by paint and look dirty.
Xia Lei's eyes moved to a corner of the room, and something immediately caught his attention.
They were pieces of metal that looked like parts taken from some kind of machine. However, those parts were not ordinary metal parts such as cast iron and steel, but a silver alloy that he had never seen before. And judging from the manufacturing level of those parts, they are far beyond what earth civilization can process.
Xia Lei was completely confused when he saw those alloy parts. From what he saw, he felt that even if there was human civilization in this world, it would not be more advanced than the human civilization on Earth, and would even lag far behind. But seeing these high-precision alloy parts, this concept was completely reversed. The civilization of this new world is many times more advanced than the human civilization on earth!
What kind of world is this
The question popped up again, bothering him. But even though he really wanted to know the answer, he didn't ask this time. He believed he would figure it out and it wouldn't take long. If he always asks people some strange questions, he will attract more attention and even suspicion. This is not worth the gain.
Black Tiger took out a piece of clothing and a pair of pants from a dirty box, and then handed them to Xia Lei.
There were many dark red marks on the pants and clothes, and there were several bullet holes in the clothes. Xia Lei could tell at a glance that the owner of this dress was shot and died, and it was not Black Tiger's dress at all. This made him appear hesitant.
"What? Don't you want it? This is the best dress I found in the junkyard." Black Tiger looked very unhappy.
Xia Lei then said: "I didn't mean that, I just wanted to ask if you still have any shoes to lend me a pair?"
"You are really thick-skinned. Don't you know how precious a pair of shoes is? You just ask others to borrow them so shamelessly?" Heihu said sarcastically, with a look on his face. A look of disdain on his face.
Xia Lei didn't look angry at all, he still smiled and said: "Brother Black Tiger, please lend me a pair. I will get a new pair for you in the future."
Heihu sneered: "What are you talking about? Get me a new pair of shoes? You dare to say such a thing, you are really thick-skinned."
"I keep my word, lend me a pair." Xia Lei said with a smile.
"You guy... wait!" Heihu took out a pair of boots from under the bed and threw them roughly at Xia Lei's feet.
The boots are not made of cowhide, but a composite material. The material looked like it was made of metal and plastic. It was very special and had never been seen on earth. The soles of the boots were very thick, and because Xia Lei had lost his ability to see through, he couldn't see what was inside. But he felt that these shoes were very heavy, weighing at least ten kilograms.
Shoes weighing ten pounds are almost the total weight of six or seven pairs of normal shoes. Wearing such shoes will definitely not be comfortable.
Black Tiger sneered, "Don't you want shoes? These are the things of the Blue Moon people, and it takes ten women to get them on the black market. But its power unit is broken, so you can make do with them."
"Blue Moon Man?" Xia Lei was surprised.
"Okay, put on your clothes and leave. This is my home and I don't like you staying in my home." Heihu looked a little impatient.
"Okay, no problem, I'll leave right away." Xia Lei started to get dressed.
"I actually took these clothes off a corpse." When Xia Lei put on his pants, Heihu said, with another smirk on his lips.
Xia Lei smiled at him, then left Black Tiger's room with the pair of "Blue Moon Man" boots.
The open space outside Heihu's house was filled with people, some were elderly people, some were children with dirty faces, and some were young people with guns and knives. There were men and women who looked like warriors of the village. There were not many of them, only twenty-two. If you add the black tiger, it will be twenty-three.
Li Ni stood at the front. She changed her clothes, but she looked more shabby. She was right, the clothes she lent to Xia Lei to cover her butt were her best clothes.
Almost everyone in the village was here, men, women, old and young, all staring at Xia Lei. Their eyes were full of curiosity and wariness.
"Yeah." A friendly smile appeared on Xia Lei's face, "Hello everyone, my name is Xia Lei. Nice to meet you."
No one paid any attention to him.
Xia Lei smiled awkwardly, "I...is there anything you need me to do?"
Being stared at by so many people and no one said anything, Xia Lei didn't know what to say.
Li Ni said aloud: "Xia Lei, I have told everyone about your situation. They want to see you, so don't be nervous."
"No, no, you are all good people." Xia Lei said nice words.
An old man suddenly showed his yellow teeth and said conspiratorially: "He is so white, he must be delicious."
Xia Lei, "..."
"Okay, Father Martin, don't tell your story about cannibalism anymore." Li Ni looked disgusted.
"Yes, I've heard it a hundred times." A little boy.
The old man known as Father Martin smiled and didn't take it seriously.
Li Ni said: "Xia Lei, in this village we all fled here from outside. Everyone has their own story. I believe you have one too."
Xia Lei nodded, "I must have it, but... I forgot."
Li Ni said: "I don't care whether you forget or remember. I ask you now, do you want to stay?"
"I want to stay." Xia Lei answered simply. He didn't even understand what was going on in this world, so of course he wanted to stay.
"Okay, what can you do?" Li Ni said: "Everyone here has a division of labor. Some people can farm, some can fish, some can treat diseases, and some can hunt. No one can eat for free, you have to stay Come down and you have to work. Tell me, what do you know?"
"I will..." Xia Lei knows many things, but as a man with amnesia, he suddenly said that he would do this and that. Wouldn't that reveal his own lie
"It doesn't matter, you can learn. People are not born knowing everything." Li Ni said.
Black Tiger walked out of his room, and then glanced at the group of soldiers.
"He looks so white, he must be a pampered person, maybe he is a lackey of the Blue Moon people." A soldier said.
"Yes! He has to tell us what he can do, and then we will see if he is valuable, and then we will decide whether we want him to stay." Another soldier said.
Li Ni's face suddenly showed an unhappy look, but more people were on the opposite side to her, so she had concerns about speaking for Xia Lei.
At this time, Xia Lei said: "Why don't I try to repair these shoes."
"What?" There were surprised voices.