A leisurely city for solo travelers

Chapter 316
The strangeness of Xiaocun lies in the unimaginable unity and harmony of its service.

Basically, the entire grandson's clothing has only two main colors, dark blue and bright white.

If you see groups of people, they are basically wearing the same color of clothing, so that there is a dense sense of evil in the vision, as if you have entered a world of colors.

Aunt Mary's clothes are white, and she also prepared a clean white robe for Fang Xian.

Fang Xian hesitated for a moment, but he still didn't put on his heart clothes, and put on his dirty traveler's clothes again.

When she walked out of the bathroom, Aunt Mary had already prepared a delicious meal. Seeing that Fang Xian hadn't changed into the clothes she gave her, her expression froze for a moment, and then she returned to her characteristic kind smile.

"What? The clothes don't fit?"

Fang Xian apologized: "No, no, it's very suitable, but I think that I have to go into the desert tomorrow morning, and how beautiful clothes will become as dirty as I am now, so I really don't want to wear them."

"Hehe, if you're in the village, you'd better dress decently." Aunt Mary didn't say any more about this topic, but pulled Fang Xian to the table, "Young man, I haven't had any guests here for a long time."

Fang Xian thanked him, and glanced at the food on the table.

Strangely, the food here is not as rough as it should be in the desert, but very meticulous and warm. The fat turkey is in the center, and it is accompanied by delicious-looking salad, cheese, mashed potatoes, etc. wait.

This gave Fang Xian the illusion that he had come to a European home.

Naturally, Fang Xian is not afraid of her poisoning or anything, now he is the only one who poisons others.

Although Fang Xian wanted to eat more to repay Aunt Mary's enthusiasm, but there were too many dishes on the table, and he tried his best to eat less than half a turkey.

"Auntie, do you have a bag here?"

"Of course." Aunt Mary enthusiastically found a few bags for Fang Xian.

"Thank you." Fang Xian took the bag and sorted the remaining food into different bags.

Mary frowned: "Aren't you going to stay overnight?"

"Not yet." Fang Xian smiled awkwardly, "My friends may be suffering from hunger and cold, if I can bring them delicious chicken, they must be very happy."

Mary wanted to say something, but finally shook her head.

He smiled and said to Fang: "Since this is the case, I won't force you to stay. If you find your friends, I hope you can bring them here, and I will prepare more hearty delicacies."

"of course."

After speaking, the two hugged politely, and Fang Xian walked out of the aunt's house with the food.

Walking in the small village, Fang Xian observed the passers-by again. This area seemed to be filled with people wearing bright white clothes, and he couldn't find even a single alien.

He stopped a passerby casually.

"Friend, is there a mercenary team here?"

"Mercenary team?" Passers-by were a little dissatisfied, but their tone still maintained due respect, "We are safe here, and we don't need a mercenary team."

"Well, my friends are lost in the desert, and I'm going to find them now."

"Now?" The passer-by shook his head, "Travellers who have come from afar, the desert at night is terrifying, and even camels will lose their way."

"I couldn't trust camels at all." Fang Xian said with a dry smile.

"Sorry, we really don't have a mercenary team here. I advise you to go out tomorrow morning. If I'm fine, I can find someone to help you."

"Okay, thank you." Fang Xian knew it was useless to ask further, so he ended the conversation politely.

Afterwards, he asked a few passers-by, most of whom were repeating the same conversation. These people were relatively enthusiastic and hypocritical, but at least they would not cause trouble.

After Fang Xian returned without success several times, he thought of that old man with a weird temper.

When he saw the gold coin, he didn't hide his greed at all, nor did he let go of his dignity. Although his attitude was worse than that of the aunt, if he really wanted to do something, maybe it would be more effective to ask him.

So, Fang Xian followed the old road and returned to the entrance of the village.

He was surprised to find that the people who served differently lived in different regions.

When entering the village, to the left is the concentration of blue clothes, and to the right is white clothes.

This time, Fang Xian walked out of the territory of white clothes and stepped into the territory of blue clothes.

The scene here is far less lively than that in white clothes. Walking there, you will always meet joking passers-by, kissing couples and naughty children.

On the side of the blue clothes, everyone speaks in low voices, and even the family travels in a strict order. The father walks a little ahead, and the mother leads the child behind, rarely talking.

It was the first time for Fang Xian to come to such a place. He felt that this place did not have the inclusiveness of the white clothes, and standing here, he seemed out of place with the surroundings.

What relieved him a little was that the passers-by didn't seem to notice this, nor did they cast many unfriendly expressions on the traveler.

Fang Xian stopped a passerby again, asked the same question, but got a completely different answer.

Wearing a blue shirt, the brown-haired boy combed his hair neatly. He was not very handsome, but he was very energetic, and he answered very neatly: "Mercenary team? We don't have one here, but if you can pay the bill, I can help You find enough men."

Fang Xian likes this style of communication.

He took out a handful of gold coins, about thirty pieces, and handed them directly to the young man.

"I need people, I need camels, I need torches, the more the merrier."

The young man thought for a moment, and then asked: "Is it now?"

"of course."

The young man frowned again: "Going out now will be dangerous, not just the danger of the desert."

"What is it?"

The young man didn't say anything, and changed the topic: "I suggest you go out tomorrow morning. In that case, I think 5 gold coins are enough to hire a person for a whole day. If you have enough gold coins, I should be able to find hundreds of people. Of course, I hope to get A commission of 1 gold coin per person."

"The commission is fine, but I'm going out now." Fang Xian said firmly.

"Now..." The young man thought for a while, as if he was calculating in his heart, "It's too dangerous to go out now, even if you are willing to pay 50 gold coins per person, I don't think there will be too many desperadoes who dare to go out, so You also have to rent muskets for self-defense, which is too expensive."

Fang Xian brought up the interface and allocated 10 gold coins to him.

"500 gold coins per person, buy the best weapons, and bring all the camels."

The young man's eyes brightened, and he didn't settle the score this time: "Okay, I bet, but I must declare in advance that this matter is very dangerous. I will try my best to complete it as soon as possible, and I will also draw 10% of the commission."

"Okay, if you don't have enough gold coins, come back to me."

The young man nodded and pointed to the fountain in the square not far away: "Just wait there, I will let everyone gather there."

"Pleasant to work with."

After the two looked at each other and nodded, the young man quickly disappeared into the street.

If Fang Xian was not so rich, he would definitely bargain with him, but don't think that a random passerby has such a clear mind and such terrible execution ability, so he would make a decisive move just to travel faster.

Fang Xian had just stood in front of the fountain for a few minutes when four or five people in blue suits appeared, and when they saw Fang Xian, they went up and shook hands.

"Little Abel told us to leave in half an hour. We need to go home to prepare more," he said quickly. The man in blue told Fang Xian.

"Okay, surprisingly efficient."

The man in the blue suit nodded: "Of course, little Abel is the most outstanding person besides old Abel, and he will definitely be able to do whatever he wants."

"Abel...Abel?" Fang Xian asked, "Does old Abel have a long beard?"

"Yes, it seems that you have met him." The man in blue smiled, "He is the wisest person in the whole village, and little Abel has inherited this very well."

Fang Xian still wanted to ask some more information about Abel, but the man in blue suit didn't seem to be interested in talking anymore, so he just went to the side to line up and began to do some warm-up consciously.

As time went by, the men in blue arrived at the square one by one.

They all put on blue leather armor, they didn't need to be summoned, and formed a team very consciously, extremely neat.

This sense of community is unimaginable. Fang Xian has been receiving group education since he was a child, but in the end he became a bit of a bastard. He believes that most of his peers will end up like him, thinking that the group is a joke.

Now, his own cognition has become a joke.The men in blue suits consciously formed a queue according to height, and from time to time, a few people brought muskets, and everyone lined up to receive the guns, adjust the bombs and test the guns.

Everything was taken for granted, revealing a terrible sense of harmony, which was completely different from the loose and warm atmosphere of the people in white clothes.

Fang Xian felt that these men in blue suits were born soldiers, even born scholars, each of them was extremely rational.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help laughing at himself. If it was the kiln sailors who were in a hurry, they would have been too noisy right now, and it should be enough to start a gamble, and they would keep coming over to talk nonsense.

About 28 minutes later, little Abel arrived on time.

"Sir, a total of 104 people have been summoned. According to what you said, 500 gold coins per person, 22 of them have combat experience, need 60 gold coins, and two have very rich experience in desert travel and combat, need 100 gold coins."

"Ok."

"In addition, the rental fee for each musket and camel is 5 gold coins, which will be settled after the ammunition is consumed. Not counting my personal hiring expenses, a total of 42040 gold coins were used. If you also need camels and muskets, the cost is 42045 gold."

"..."

"what happened?"

"A word of mouth?"

"Is it difficult?"

"It's okay." Fang Xian coughed and encouraged, "If you find my friends during this trip and bring them back safely, you will get the rest of the gold coins."

"Thank you, sir." Little Abel finally showed a rare color, he turned his head and said to the others, "This gentleman said that if the task is completed, the commission will be doubled."

There was no cheering in the crowd, and everyone gave Fang Xian a polite and thankful smile.

In this way, a group of people walked towards the village gate.

Little Abel was by Fang Xian's side and began to tell him the plan.

"First of all, we went out from the south gate of the village, divided into four teams, and searched in four directions, east, west, north, south, respectively. If there is any news, we will use signal flares to contact."

Fang Xian tried his best to let his thinking keep up with his speaking speed. The young man's thinking was so clear that he didn't need to say much at all.

But these words finally made Fang Xian find something unscientific. He didn't want little Abel to think that he was an idiot, so he tried his best to show off his IQ: "Abel, is there only one gate in the village?"

"There are two, one from the south and one from the north. You came from the south gate."

"Then the team responsible for searching the north can go out directly through the north gate?" Fang Xian looked calm and pretended, but in his heart he finally regained some confidence in his own IQ.

"We can't get to the north gate." The young man shook his head, "similarly, people who live in the north gate can't come to the south gate either."

"why?"

The young man thought hard and finally said: "Those who understand will naturally understand. Since you don't understand, I can't explain it."

"........."

In this way, the group was divided into four teams, each with 15 people, and the main force looking northward had 60 people.

Fang Xian was riding on the camel, a little puzzled: "Isn't it good to have 25 people in each team?"

When Abel came to the desert, his temperament changed slightly. He became less friendly and more vigilant: "The northward side is the most dangerous, and fighting is likely to happen. We must try our best to ensure combat power."

"What exactly is the danger you speak of?"

"People who live in the north of the village." Abel said sternly, "If you meet them, you should stay away immediately, but don't be afraid, even if we lose, the people in the north will not attack you."

"why?"

"Because you are not us."

"..." Fang Xian scratched his head and continued to ask, "If you hate each other so much, how can you still live in the same village?"

"My ancestors have lived here for generations, and no one will leave." Abel sighed, "We have established a rule that we live in different areas of the village, and we cannot start wars in the village. That is a blasphemy against our ancestors."

"..."

"But when we leave the village, we no longer have this shackle." Abel explained, "If we come out during the day, we will take a look at it from a distance, and then withdraw from the side with fewer people; at night, some people may choose to hide , sneak attack on weak teams, so I want to guarantee the number of this team.”

"I... probably understand." Fang Xian did understand roughly.

Up to now, he has figured out the ins and outs, and also figured out what this village is, and he has also figured out what the people in blue clothes are and what people in white clothes are.

Thinking of this, he felt a sudden chill in his heart.

The people in the north of the village...could it be...

Fang Xian shook his head hastily, only then did he realize the danger of being in the company of the man in blue.

Abel seemed to see Fang Xian's fear, and said bluntly: "I said, you don't have to accompany the team in person, we are the most trustworthy, and we will definitely investigate carefully."

Fang Xian laughed dryly, patted the handle of the knife at his waist, and touched the bag tied on the other side: "I think if I can send them delicious chicken at this time, they will be very happy."

"Of course, there's nothing happier than being with your family." Abel also smiled.

Fang Xian was taken aback, and asked, "But I see you...seem...sorry, it doesn't seem so warm, compared to those in white clothes."

"White clothes, ha ha." Abel smiled, "You just came to the village, and you don't know them, let alone us. Some people like to put ten times more on their faces, and some people prefer to put a thousand times more Enthusiasm engraved in the heart.”

As Abel spoke, he stroked his left chest, closed his eyes and muttered silently for a while that Fang Xian couldn't understand.

Although Fang Xian didn't understand, he still showed due respect and stopped interrupting him.

The team marched in an orderly manner, and four scouts were set up in each of the four sides, as the first team to investigate the situation. If there was an ambush, the whole team would not fall into it.

"It's like this at night, and we must move very slowly." Abel was afraid that he would be in a hurry, so he explained to him, "We dare not raise torches, and can only rely on the moonlight; we can only hide under the sound of the wind and whisper."

"I probably understand." Fang Xian nodded, "Actually, we don't need to be so rigorous. Our team is large enough."

"Never be careless, never." Abel is very serious, "We have already paid too much for this, and we cannot sacrifice another compatriot. If your bid is not too attractive, I would not organize such a dangerous plan of."

"Oh?" Fang Xian deliberately tried.

"Traveler, you seem to be very interested in us?" Abel smiled, "If I were Mary, I would have talked to you by now, but unfortunately I am Abel."

"Hehe, you are much better than your grandfather, that stubborn old man doesn't want to say a word to me."

"Forgive me." Abel smiled politely, "Grandpa has experienced too much, and there is nothing that can make him make waves."

"Except gold coins."

"Haha!" Abel laughed, this was the first time he smiled sincerely, "Sir, you are such a talkative person."

Fang Xian took the opportunity to take out the wine bag brought from Mary's house, took a sip and handed it to Abel: "It's too cold at night, warm up your body."

"No, I can have a drink with you if you return triumphantly." Abel made a hand shape of a cup, "Just one cup."

"Hey..." Fang Xian finally gave up the routine.

"What do you want to know?" Abel asked. "You are the most curious person I have ever met."

"to be frank?"

"I have no ability to discern the truth of your words."

"...Don't you have any humor at all." Fang Xian said helplessly, "I have a lot to ask, such as where I come from and where I'm going..."

"No one can answer that for you."

"So, I took a step back and now I'm wondering where I've been and who you are."

"..." Abel pondered for a while, and finally spoke, "In this case, I can tell you what I can explain. You are too confused, more confused than everyone I have ever seen."

"..."

While the group searched, Abel told Fang Xian about the village. Under the moonlight, this young man in his prime was covered with a strong sense of vicissitudes.

"In the village, there were only our ancestors at first, and we built this village."

"Is it you?"

"Yes, it's us." Abel saw Fang Xian's doubts, and there was some hatred in his eyes, "Of course, if you ask them, they will definitely say that it is the village created by their ancestors. But in fact, it is us, Definitely us."

(End of this chapter)