Chujiu put his head in front of me and whispered to me that it was forty-eight years, not twenty-three years.
"Then grandpa said when I was born?"
I looked at Chujiu doubtfully, excluding any distracting thoughts in my mind, and there was no trace of perfunctory expression in my eyes.
Chujiu glanced at the few people not far from us, and whispered to me again, but the old man’s old man told me that it was the remnant soul of the master, not him himself.
"Haha, please come in quickly. I have specially arranged some wine to welcome the Gu girl."
The middle-aged man with short hair made an inviting gesture towards us. Chujiu and I smiled knowingly, stood on both sides of Xiaoyu and walked into the gate along the bluestone pavement.
Only now can we truly step into the ancient Miao village.
"Me, you immortal Banban."
We walked up a small slope along the bluestone road, and in front of us was a village no less big than our school.
The reason why Chujiu was so surprised that he jumped up was that there were two jeeps parked in a square-like open space in front of us.
I finally understood what the newly built dirt road was for.
Looking around, the entire place surrounded by huge stone walls is roughly divided into four areas.
The area closest to us is the square in front of us and the dozen or so stilted buildings on the left side of the square.
The stilted building is close to the wall, and a sentry post is built at regular intervals. The people responsible for surveillance on the sentry post all wear rifles.
Directly in front of the square is a densely packed building complex, with at least hundreds of houses by visual inspection. The bluestone road under our feet extends to the end of the building complex.
Behind this group of buildings, you can faintly see a wall dividing the entire village into two parts.
It gives me the feeling that there are two worlds inside and outside the wall, and the area I am in now is the outer world.
As for the few isolated stilted buildings built on the mountain at the farthest end, I guess they are where important figures from the ancient Miao village lived.
"This is divided into the outer city and the inner city."
The middle-aged man with short hair saw that I was studying the ancient Miao village and pointed to the distance. The residents there were the real original residents.
Most of the residents in the outer city are where the original residents lived after intermarriage with other villages.
"Of course Gu Nu and Hualou lived in the inner city after their wedding."
The middle-aged man with short hair pointed to a row of stilted buildings close to the wall. Due to the rules of the village, we can only stay here as guests, but the facilities and environment here are no worse than those in the inner city, and are even better.
After the short-haired middle-aged man finished speaking, someone trotted to the front and began to lead us.
We came to the largest stilted building. The door of the stilted building was wide open, and there was a dining table in the center of the living room facing us. The dining table was filled with all kinds of dishes.
Chujiu Bar sighed, but she didn’t expect that the conditions in the mountains were not bad. The short-haired middle-aged man smiled and said, as long as the guests like it, the standard will be like this every day.
"You won't poison the food, will you?"
The smiling middle-aged man with short hair twitched his mouth again, but the white-haired old man following him roared, "If I kill you, there is no need to waste the poisoning time."
"I know you are a mad dog who kills without blinking an eye. I have seen it before."
Chujiu rolled his eyes, looking at your black nails, you will definitely poison me in the food secretly.
Just as the white-haired old man glared, the short-haired man coughed. The white-haired old man instantly lost his momentum and called out Brother Hai in a low voice.
"Sit down, sit down, Hualou, sit next to the Gu girl."
The middle-aged man with short hair walked to the main seat of the dining table and sat down, indicating that we could sit wherever we wanted. Chujiu had already taken Xiaoyu and sat between us.
"Ancestor."
Hualou glared at Chujiu and called out to the short-haired middle-aged man helplessly. The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Sit next to the young guest."
I noticed a trace of dissatisfaction and disappointment towards Hualou flashing in the eyes of the short-haired middle-aged man.
"Let me introduce to everyone, my name is Jie Hai, and I am currently the leader of the Miao Village."
The short-haired middle-aged man stood up from his seat. You may not have heard of my name, but your elders must know it.
"These are all deputy village owners of the Miao village."
The village leader Jie Hai pointed to the white-haired old man. This is his third brother named Jie Hu. The middle-aged man who came to Fengwang Village with Fang Liqun is the village leader's fourth brother named Jie He.
"Little friend Qin Feng, the person sitting next to you is my second sister, her name is Jie Jiang."
It turned out that the woman who had been silent all the way and had a black scarf wrapped around her head turned out to be one of the immortals.
At this time, the woman gently took off the black silk scarf on her head.
I was secretly shocked that this old immortal named Jie Jiang actually had long black hair, and his face looked as big as Xiao Yu.
"The sun outside is too strong and it will tan me. Little one, is your sister good-looking?"
Jie Jiang suddenly turned his head and put his fingers on my chest, his voice revealing endless frivolity.
I was just thinking about how to answer, when suddenly there was a sharp pain in my chest. Chujiu yelled "Guo Guo" and found that he could not make any reaction and could only sit blankly in his seat.
I turned my head and looked at Xiaoyu. She was just like Chujiu. Except for her eyes that could move, her body seemed to be petrified.
"What are you doing?"
A silver needle as thick as a pen was pulled out of my chest, and I found that my body had also turned to stone, and I could no longer move except for my eyes.
Jie Jiang stuck out his tongue and licked the silver needle, shook his head slightly, and then pointed the silver needle at the three small wine cups in front of him.
Two drops of blood dropped from the two-inch long hollow silver needle into each small wine cup.
Jie Hai, Jie Hu, and Jie He couldn't wait to pick up the wine cups, licking the blood inside with their tongues, and then showed expressions of satisfaction.
Jie Jiang walked up to Chujiu again and slapped Chujiu on the forehead. The sharp-tongued little guy pierced Chujiu's chest with a silver needle.
This time Jie Jiang made a sound of joy, the little Taoist priest's heartfelt effort was good and full of energy.
After Jie Hai and the others drank the blood of Chujiu, they also showed happy smiles.
The white hair on the head of the white-haired old man Jie Hu has obviously turned black.
"What do you mean?"
After regaining his mobility, Chujiu suddenly stood up and slapped the table.
"If I were you, I would eat well and recuperate."
The short-haired man Jie Hai stood up from the dinner table. This is because you were disrespectful to everyone before. This is a small punishment. Fortunately, we are satisfied.
"Let's talk about Hualou's marriage tomorrow."
The short-haired man Jie Hai felt like he couldn't wait to leave. Hua Lou stood up helplessly and followed them closely.
"Wild beasts often appear here at night, so you must not go out."
Jie Hai said before going out that he would send someone to protect us. I knew in my heart that we were under complete house arrest.