Siheyuan: At the beginning, you can absorb good luck to stay alive.

The side road looks better than the main road, except it is a little narrower.

After walking a few hundred meters, you enter a village.

The village was brightly lit, as if it had not been affected by the earthquake at all. Street lights were on outside every house.

Zhou Jianjun slowed down his car and drove slowly into the village.

"Is this a small village? It feels almost like the city. It looks better than the county seat of Baixiang County!" Officer Lu said looking out the window of the car.

"Baxiang County was greatly affected by the earthquake, so it looks a bit miserable, but the development of this small village is indeed extraordinary, maybe because it is next to Shijiazhuang." Zhou Jianjun nodded.

As soon as their car entered the village, they were stopped.

"Comrade, what's the matter with you driving to our village?" A middle-aged man came to the car and kept looking inside the car.

"Hello fellow villager, we are here to find someone. Did you see any strangers come into your village yesterday?" Officer Lu stuck his head out.

"There are strangers in our village every day. Some drive the wrong way, and some come to exchange things. I wonder what the person you are looking for looks like?"

After hearing this fellow villager's words, Mei Wenhua and the others felt something was wrong.

They had just entered the village, and the people in the village were not worried about them at all, and even told them the news that they could exchange things in the village.

It seemed as if they were expecting them to come to exchange something.

"Fellow, you can exchange things in your village. What can you usually exchange for?"

"There are many good things in our village. We can exchange the rabbits and wild boars we caught in the mountains, the chickens we feed, and the vegetables we grow with you. If you want to exchange, you can come to my house and have a look."

"Okay, let's go over and have a look. If there's anything good, we'll change it a little bit." Mei Wenhua said, "I haven't had chicken for a long time!"

Under the leadership of this fellow villager, Zhou Jianjun slowly drove to his home.

Many people in the village heard the sound of the car and came out to watch, but were stopped by this middle-aged man.

"Don't even look at it, they have agreed to go to my house!"

"It's a pity that this guy Zhang Laoliu beat me to it again! This car looks good, and the people on it must be rich people."

"Everyone is cooking dinner at this time, so Zhang Laoliu will be the only one guarding the entrance to the village."

"Forget it, let him go and go home for dinner. I have chicken stewed in the pot!"

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Mei Wenhua's car windows were open, and the three of them heard what the fellow villagers outside said.

They feel like they are being treated like fat sheep.

The car passed through a small village all the way. Zhang Laoliu's family lived at the end of the village. No wonder they went to the entrance of the village to wait for someone.

"Comrades, this is my home. You can park in front of my house. You can drive in directly."

"Okay, then let's park the car so it won't block the road." Zhou Jianjun drove the car directly into Zhang Laoliu's house.

After the car stopped, Mei Wenhua opened the door and got out of the car.

Zhang Laoliu’s house has three rooms and looks very new. “Is your house just built? It looks so beautiful!”

"Young comrade has a good eye. It was built last winter! You three, please sit down at home. You haven't eaten yet, have you?"

"Does your family still provide food? We are really a little hungry. Let's see what delicious food you have. If it suits our appetite, we can pay for it!" Officer Lu walked into Zhang Laoliu's house carelessly.

"I'll take you to the kitchen to see. Anything in the kitchen can be cooked for you!"

Zhang Laoliu led Officer Lu into the kitchen.

Mei Wenhua also followed silently to see what was in the kitchen.

Entering the kitchen, there are really many vegetables in the kitchen, including cabbage, radish, eggplant, and a piece of pork on the cutting board.

There seems to be chicken stewed in the pot!

Good guy! This is not an ordinary farmer’s kitchen!

This looks like a small restaurant kitchen.

"Fellow, do you often entertain guests at home?" Officer Lu picked up the cabbage and saw that it was still fresh.

"Not often. The location of my house is not very good. It is rare to invite guests to my house. What do you want to eat? Our food is cheap and there are no tickets." Zhang Laoliu said with a smile.

It seems that almost every family in the village does this.

This place is very close to Shijiazhuang. If there is no ticket to eat and you only charge money, there will really be many people coming here to eat.

Especially for people who are on business trips, they need national food stamps to eat in state-owned hotels.

No wonder this village seems to be developing very well, maybe it makes a fortune from this.

But if you just entertain guests and exchange agricultural products, you shouldn't make so much money. Zhang Laoliu's three houses are all newly built, but they cost a lot of money.

"Bring us a twice-cooked pork, roast an eggplant, chicken, too, right? Give us a bowl of chicken..." Officer Lu began to order.

"Okay, everything is fine. The chicken in the pot was just killed this afternoon. Our family hasn't used chopsticks yet. If you want it, I'll give it to you, but you have to buy it all and don't sell it separately." Zhang Lao Liu rubbed his hands and said.

"How much does this pot of chicken cost?" Zhou Jianjun also came to the kitchen.

"It's not expensive, only 5 yuan. I killed a big rooster weighing 5 pounds, and I didn't earn you much money." Zhang Laoliu said as he scooped out the chicken from the pot and gave it to Mei Wen. Hua and the others watched.

There is really a lot of chicken in it, but it doesn't have the meat of the big rooster that weighs 5 pounds as Zhang Laoliu said. It's probably only two or three pounds.

"Okay, then we want this pot of chicken alone. Just put some cabbage and radish in the chicken soup and cook it for us. No other vegetables are needed!"

Although it felt a bit expensive, Mei Wenhua decided to have chicken for dinner.

Hearing that Mei Wenhua and the others really wanted to buy the chicken in the pot, Zhang Laoliu smiled from ear to ear.

"Okay, but let's agree first. I will charge you 5 cents for cabbage and radish. Do you want to eat rice or steamed buns? Rice costs 2 cents per person, and steamed buns cost 5 cents each."

"Okay, let's eat rice!"

Zhang Laoliu was even happier. He enthusiastically took Mei Wenhua and the others to another room to sit down, and brought them chicken and rice first.

"You guys eat first, I'll cook for you right away!"

After Zhang Laoliu walked out of the room, Zhou Jianjun took out a silver needle from his arms and inserted it into the chicken.

After waiting for a while, he took out the silver needle and found that there was no change, then he called Mei Wenhua and the others to eat together.

Mei Wenhua gave a thumbs up to Zhou Jianjun, "It's making progress. I know if it's poisonous, I'll try it first. Unfortunately, the silver needle probably won't be of much use."

This Zhang Laoliu was a little celebrity, and Mei Wenhua seriously suspected that special seasonings were added to the soup.

Mei Wenhua kept her chopsticks still, but Officer Lu couldn't wait any longer. He picked up the chicken with his chopsticks and ate it happily.

"Well, this chicken is really good, well stewed! Very tasty!"