When Bai Lingmiao delivered the two bowls of rice, Li Huowang saw that the two rice cooks were so excited that their hands were shaking, and they kept thanking Bai Lingmiao and saying something.
Compared with Li Huowang and others who still need to use wild vegetable soup to relieve their tiredness, the two Mai Kes have no such trouble at all. They hold the bowl with both hands and eat the bowl of bacon rice with almost pious expressions.
They all ate up the rice in the bowl quickly, but the two of them picked out the bacon in the rice and carefully wrapped it in cloth. It seemed that they planned to save the meat for later.
Old Maike ran to the stream beside the field, washed the two bowls cleanly, showed a few missing teeth, and smiled before sending the bowls to Li Huowang.
Lao Maike seemed to think of something to say, but he was too clumsy to speak. In the end, Li Huowang spoke first.
"Old man, there are so many harvests in Daliang fields and the harvests are so good. You are so old and you still have to work in the fields?"
"That... they all belong to the landlords. No matter how good the harvest is, it has nothing to do with us. I can't eat even half a grain of rice."
After Lao Maike finished speaking, it seemed that the barrier between the two had been broken, and he smiled at Li Huowang again.
"Master Taoist, thank you for your food. The oil and water are so big. One meal is worth three meals."
"You're welcome, it's just a meal. Is my father-in-law going to the wheat field near here? Have you been to Pixian County?" Li Huowang finally revealed his purpose.
"Why haven't you been there? There are so many of them! Hey - I've eaten all the grain fields in Pi County over the years!"
As soon as he talked about a familiar topic, Mai Ke's confidence came back instantly, and his two calloused hands started to gesture in the air.
"Let me tell you, cutting wheat is a very technical job. Those young people who don't have any tricks can't cut me! Let me just talk about holding the handle of the sickle. It won't work if it's too high, and it won't work if it's too low.
It must be just right..."
Li Huowang raised his head and interrupted the other party, "My father-in-law, have you been to that Pi County recently?"
"Been there! I've been there before. I'm coming back to pick up my nephew. Otherwise, I would have to cut all the grain fields in Pixian County for him by myself! Let's just say that cutting wheat requires skills -
-"
"Have you really been there? Haven't you noticed anything different about the people there?"
Li Huowang is not worried that there is a problem there, but that the problem there is not big enough.
If the problem is not big enough to attract Supervisor Tiansi, then it will be like running away in vain.
And you have to ask clearly about the time. If the people from Supervisor Tiansi have already been here, then your trip will be in vain.
When he saw Li Huowang's serious expression, Old Mai Ke was a little nervous. He scratched the back of his head and said solemnly: "The people there are so different. They are given all the money and the food is not treated well. But, they are all
I am happy to stay in the house, never come out often, and leave the money and food outside the door for us to take by ourselves."
Nervous, looks bad, and likes to stay in the house? Li Huowang silently analyzed these three strange pieces of information in his heart.
No matter what, it seems that Supervisor Tiansi has not come to solve the problem yet.
Li Huowang thought of everything he had encountered before and added this question again.
"What else? Do they... look any different from ordinary people?"
"What a change, how can people be different from each other? Not yet, one nose and two holes."
Li Huowang certainly knows that people are the same, but now he suspects that those living in Pi County may not be human.
"No matter what happened there, things must be bigger." Li Huowang thought to himself.
Seeing that the other party stopped talking, Lao Maike thought for a while, turned around and walked towards his nephew.
But just halfway through, the old Mike turned back and said, "Oh, by the way, there's one more thing to say. They're in Pi County. They're really good at beating up dolls!"
"I just finished receiving the money and passed by a window where the baby was crying~ Tsk, tut, tut, it was so unbearable to hear~"
Li Huowang touched his chin with his hand thoughtfully. "Is this really beating the child? Or are they using the child to do other things?"
In his mind, he couldn't help but think of the way the water bandits used boys and girls to summon He Bo. For this completely crazy world, Li Huowang always planned for the worst.
And after hearing what the other party said, Li Huowang had a new layer of worry in his heart.
He hoped that the matter in Pi County would be big enough to attract Supervisor Tiansi. But he did not hope that this matter would be big enough to put them in danger.
When Li Huowang came to his senses again, the old Mike had left and it was already dark.
Li Huowang shook his head, stood up and went to wash up in the stream beside the field. "The more I think about it, the more confused I become. Forget it, let's go to that place first and see the actual situation before making any plans."
The two wheaters parted ways the next day. After all, the wheat in Pi County had been harvested and it was not convenient. They had to go to the wheat fields elsewhere.
Time passed day by day, and he met some other people traveling the same way. Li Huowang would always find a way to get information about Pixian County from their mouths.
It's a pity that these people either didn't know, or they said there was a plague in Pi County and persuaded Li Huowang and others not to go, but they didn't get any useful information.
The only good thing about this journey is that I didn’t encounter a single horse bandit or robber on the road, and I don’t know if it was because of the diligence of Daliang’s bandit suppression team.
Finally, in Li Huowang's uneasy mood, they finally arrived at Pi County.
"Is this Pixian?" Li Huowang stood on a hillside and looked at the square county seat below with his new, fully grown eyes
Today is a cloudy day, and the whole sky is gray. Against this backdrop, the entire Pi County looks particularly gloomy.
Seeing the appearance of this county seat, Li Huowang finally knew why he called this county seat Pixian.
Because the general shape of this county is the word "Pi", it is called Pi County.
"This place doesn't look peaceful at first sight. Let's all be energetic." After Li Huowang said to the others, he walked towards the so-called Pixian County.
When he first entered the county, Li Huowang clearly felt something was wrong. Compared with the previous county, there were too few people here.
The road was empty and deserted. Occasionally, some people walked past them, also in a hurry.
Li Huowang felt many eyes looking at him. These eyes were all shot from behind the window. Looking around, he could already imagine that many people were sticking their butts out and peeking at the foreigners like him.
At this moment, a woman with a disheveled head and a hemp skirt holding a child came towards her with a haggard expression.
As soon as she got closer, she was obviously frightened by Li Huowang and others. She bit her lower lip and hugged the crying child tightly in her hands, and hurriedly walked along the eaves of the roadside.
Just when the woman was closest to him, Li Huowang closed his eyes slightly and sniffed inexplicably.
"Ouch..." The steamed bun with a red tongue sat on the ground and pulled Li Huowang's hem with his two front white paws.
Li Huowang patted the steamed bun's dog's head with his hand.
"Did you smell it too? Yes, she smells of blood and rust."
This chapter has been completed!