After walking around the village and finding nothing of value, I could only focus on the farmhouse where Mr. Xu once stayed.
So, I asked the old village chief: "Old village chief, is there any place where we can stay for one night? The environment here is really great, and my wife and I plan to stay here for a few more days."
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Hearing what I said, the old village chief didn't know whether it was because of pride or some other reason, but he said with a cheerful smile: "Okay, even if you didn't say it, I originally planned to suggest that you stay a few more nights. We don't do that here.
It’s just that there are many places with beautiful scenery in the village that are worth visiting. If you want, of course you can stay a few more days.”
I hurriedly said: "The old village chief is right, it's rare for us to find such a good place, so of course we have to take a look around."
The old village chief said again: "Then... why don't you stay at my house?"
Living at the old village chief’s house? I quickly shook my head and said, “That’s no need, right? We’ve been troublesome to the old village chief for so long, and we’ll really feel sorry for bothering you again.”
"No trouble, no trouble..."
I continued: "How about this? To be honest, we actually made inquiries in nearby towns before coming here and heard that there is a farmhouse in your village. How about we stay there?"
"Farmhouse?" The old village chief was stunned for a moment, his face suddenly became a little unnatural, but he immediately recovered his smile and said, "You are talking about Widow Liu's house, right? Okay, then I will take you there."
With that said, the old village chief led us to the edge of the village, in front of a stilted building next to the water.
"Widow Liu! Come out, there are guests in the village!" The old village chief shouted to the stilted building, then turned back to us and said: "Widow Liu and her husband had been working in other places, and then her husband died in other places.
, Widow Liu returned here and opened the only farmhouse in the village. However, I suggest that you’d better stay at my house. Widow Liu has already had several guests staying here, and she also has three children to take care of, so she may not be able to take care of them.
Good two."
I insist on living here solely because I want to find out the whereabouts of Mr. Xu and his wife. Therefore, naturally Lin Qianyi and I cannot agree to the old village chief’s kind invitation.
When the old village chief saw us insisting, he couldn't help showing a look of regret on his face, but this expression just flashed by. At this moment, a beautiful woman who looked to be in her thirties trotted out from the stilted building.
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After listening to the introduction of the old village chief, I realized that the beautiful woman was actually Widow Liu. This surprised me because when I heard the name Widow Liu, I thought she was a middle-aged woman, but I didn't expect that she was so young.
The old village chief stepped forward to greet us and whispered a few words into Widow Liu's ear. He didn't know what he said, but Widow Liu's eyes unconsciously glanced towards Lin Qianyi.
Not long after, the old village chief led Widow Liu towards us. After some introductions, he said goodbye to us and left.
After the old village chief left, Widow Liu immediately greeted her warmly. Like other villagers, Widow Liu also showed unusual enthusiasm for Lin Qianyi. She grabbed her hand and touched her here and there, mouthing.
Li has been praising Lin Qianyi for her beauty, making Lin Qianyi a little embarrassed to say so.
But I noticed something was wrong with the way Widow Liu looked at Lin Qianyi, because I actually noticed a trace of greed in her eyes?
The stilt house in Widow Liu's house has four floors. The first floor is the hall and canteen. She told us that when we want to eat in the evening, we can come here and she will prepare food for us. The fourth floor is her and her three sons.
residence. As for the second and third floors, there are guest rooms for guests. There are eight rooms in total. Seven guests have now stayed, and only the last room is left.
Widow Liu first asked us to register our names in a book, and then led us into the last room. I was a little dumbfounded because there was only one bed in that room!
I just heard Widow Liu say: "This is my couple's room here. Are you two satisfied?"
Seeing the only wooden bed in the room, I couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. Although I had already thought about pretending to be a couple with Lin Qianyi, my original plan was to find a room with two beds.
I settled in, but I didn't expect that I would be lying on the same bed with her now. This made me really embarrassed, and I couldn't help but glance at Lin Qianyi beside me.
However, Lin Qianyi's face didn't show anything strange. I don't know if it's because of her good acting skills or because she has no idea about sleeping in the same bed with me.
At this moment, there was the sound of people walking up the stairs in the corridor, and a young man with a crew cut who looked to be in his twenties came down from upstairs holding a quilt. I originally thought that person might be the same as us.
Guest, but who knows, I heard him shout to Widow Liu: "Mom, I heard from my brother that there are guests again? This is a clean bedding."
Mom? Lin Qianyi and I looked at each other in surprise. Widow Liu looked like she was only in her thirties. How could she have such an old son? Could it be that she gave birth to a child when she was a teenager?
It's not that I'm thin-skinned, but I almost wanted to ask Widow Liu this question.
Widow Liu took the quilt from her son, and then said to him: "These are the two. Ah Wu, say hello to the guest."
After the young man with a flat head glanced at me, his eyes turned to Lin Qianyi, and then his face suddenly turned red for no reason, his mouth was slightly open, and he could not speak for a long time.
On the other side, after Widow Liu carried the quilt into the room for us, she saw her son standing outside, and immediately said angrily: "Awu, why are you so rude? Say hello to the guest quickly!"
The young man named Awu came to his senses at this time, lowered his head and said hello to us, then ran back upstairs as if running away.
Widow Liu gave her son a strange look, then smiled at us and said, "I'm sorry, my son has a weird temper."
"It's okay." We both shook our heads, indicating that we didn't mind.
After putting our luggage in the room, Lin Qianyi and I originally planned to look around in Widow Liu's stilted building, especially the room where Mr. Xu and his wife lived, and maybe we could find something related to Xu.
Clues about Mr. and Mrs.
However, I don’t know what happened, but Widow Liu kept wandering around us, finding excuses to get close to us from time to time, so that we had no chance to inquire about the information.
After once again driving away Widow Liu who brought hot water, I told Lin Qianyi that continuing like this was not an option. I don’t know if Widow Liu was too idle or too enthusiastic. She looked like this, and we didn’t have it at all.
There is a way to investigate. Instead of continuing to waste time here, it is better for the two of us to go out for a while. Because we were accompanied by the old village chief just now, we have not carefully inspected some places.
Lin Qianyi also felt that what I said made sense, so we said hello to Widow Liu, made an appointment to come back for dinner in the evening, and then left the stilted building.
After coming out of the building, when the two of us were discussing where to go first, I suddenly heard a noise behind me. When I turned around and looked back, I found that Awu was arguing with Widow Liu about something by the window on the fourth floor of the stilted building, and
Awu's hand was still pointing at us.
At this time, Widow Liu by the window seemed to see me looking at them, and immediately pulled Awu into the room from the window, and then closed the window.
strangeness……
Although I couldn't hear clearly what they were talking about just now, I didn't know why, but I had a feeling that the matter that Widow Liu and A Wu were arguing about just now seemed to be related to Lin Qianyi. What could it be?