Phoenix Feather

When the train arrived at the small village, the torrential rain that had been pouring all night finally stopped, and the sunlight cast through layers of dark clouds was weak. Looking out from the train window, the silent mountain village had an unspeakable sense of desolation .

Given a choice, no one wants to eat instant noodles on the train, and Xuanxuan and Yueyu are no exception.

Having not eaten all night, Xuanxuan also felt hungry. Even if it wasn't for this reason, he wanted to go to the village to have a look. His intuition told him that this remote mountain village was most likely the one on the map.

Xuanxuan took his belongings and got out of the car with the crowd, and Yueyu walked with him naturally.

It rained heavily all night, and the mountain road was extremely muddy. I stepped on it and then lifted it up. My feet were covered with mud. Some people who were afraid of getting dirty changed their minds and returned to the train. Those who were not afraid of getting dirty took off their shoes, rolled up their trousers, and let them be muddy. Not muddy, just walk.

Yue Yu looked at the yellow dirt road where one foot was stepped on and the other was potholed, and she really didn't want to put her feet on it. Xuan Xuan, who was rolling up his trousers next to him, saw his hesitation, and thought to himself: This person What a young master.

Seeing Xuanxuan took off his shoes and stepped on them without fear of getting dirty, Yueyu who was still hesitating had no choice but to take off the heels as well.

"It's like stepping on a pile of cotton." Yue Yu felt that it was very novel, and he really didn't have such an experience similar to "going to the countryside" due to his status.

"Cotton? Why didn't you say you were stepping on a pile—forget it, I won't say it." Xuan Xuan stopped talking halfway through.

Yue Yu asked: "A pile of what?"

"Mi Tian Gong." Xuan Xuan opened his thin lips lightly and spat out three words.

Yue Yu was startled, and it took a while to understand what Xuan Xuan said, before he could speak, Xuan Xuan complained first: "I didn't want to say it, but you insisted on it."

Yue Yu looked at him and sighed: "It's my fault."

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The village is not big, there are only seventy or eighty households as far as the eye can see.

Seeing a large group of strangers walking in, the villagers who leaned against the door and looked up and looked up were not surprised and alert. Instead, they had a strange joy, greeted people proactively, and warmly invited passengers to sit in the house.

Yue Yu looked around and pointed out something: "People in places with simple folk customs are enthusiastic."

Xuanxuan took a few glances at the happy villagers, sometimes excessive enthusiasm is not a good thing.

"You two little brothers, come to my house and sit down. You are also hungry. Just in time, we cooked millet porridge..." A man and woman who looked like husband and wife stopped Xuanxuan with smiles on their faces.

Yue Yu looked at Xuan Xuan questioningly, Xuan Xuan said: "Alright, then we will not be polite."

The couple were very happy and exchanged a few words in a low voice. The woman led the way, leading Xuan Xuan and the others towards their home.

After walking a few steps, Xuanxuan looked back when he saw that the man hadn't followed, only to find that the man was warmly welcoming several young men and women, repeating what he said to himself and Yue Yu just now , He tried his best to invite those people to visit his home.

Seeing this scene, Xuanxuan was secretly suspicious, and faintly felt that something was unusual, and immediately observed carefully, he found that the villagers were dispatched by the whole family, inviting the passengers to their homes with clever tongues, and after successfully persuading the passengers, they were afraid They will change their minds and run away suddenly, leading people to their own homes in a hurry.It didn't feel like hospitality at all, it felt like the villagers were having a kind of competition to see who could get the most guests.

The woman led Xuanxuan and the others into a stone room. There were already five or six people in the room. At this moment, those people were sitting at a long stone table drinking porridge. Seeing Xuanxuan and the others coming in, they all expressed surprise I looked around.

Although Xuanxuan and Yueyu were dressed in ordinary clothes, their eyebrows were rare and handsome, especially Yueyu, whose natural elegance in every gesture made it impossible not to ignore it.

The woman beckoned Yue Yu and Xuan Xuan to sit down at the feldspar table that looked out of place in the stone house, rubbed their hands together and asked, "What do you two want to eat? There is porridge, buns, and porridge."

Xuanxuan glanced at those people who were staring at him and Yueyu, and when he saw him like this, those people lowered their heads in embarrassment, those who drank porridge drank porridge, and those who ate steamed buns ate steamed buns.

Hyun Hyun asked the woman, "Can I borrow your kitchen?"

The woman was taken aback, "Do you want to cook something yourself?"

"I like to make food by myself, so—" Xuan Xuan's face was full of sincerity.

"Then you can use it as you like, you're welcome." The woman said generously.

"Thank you."

The woman nodded, then hurriedly turned and went out to continue attracting guests.

Xuan Xuan walked straight to the backyard, ignoring the probing gazes behind him.

Unexpectedly, there were a lot of fresh ingredients piled up in the kitchen, and Xuanxuan was even more puzzled. According to common sense, ordinary people would not put so many fresh ingredients in their homes, and this backward small mountain village does not seem to have such luxuries as refrigerators. Are you going to sell it, but it doesn't look like...

Yue Yu, who followed him in, walked around the kitchen and said, "Xiao Xuan, why do I feel like they knew we would come?"

Xiao Xuan?Xuan Xuan frowned, and said calmly: "I don't know you well, please call me by my name directly." When Xuan Xuan said this, his eyes were fixed on Yue Yu's hair.

Yue Yu looked at Xuan Xuan for a while, and after confirming that he would be in danger of balding if he barked, he had no choice but to know the current affairs, "Xuan Xuan."

Hyun Hyun is satisfied.

Chipmunk looked sympathetically at Yueyu, who was at a disadvantage, Master, you have to keep your eyes open, and don't get me into trouble again.

"Do you think these people are waiting for us?" Yue Yu asked.

From all signs, these villagers seemed to have expected someone to come, otherwise, why would they wait at the door, and how could they prepare so much food?

The corner of Xuan Xuan's mouth slightly curved, "Maybe you are right, these people already knew that the train would come."

"You mean—"

Xuanxuan didn't answer the conversation, and went to the pile of ingredients to pick and choose, planning to get something to eat.

Yue Yu was surprised: "You really want to cook it yourself?"

Hyun Hyun rolled his eyes in reply.

"Then I want to eat too."

I didn't want to take advantage of this apprentice, but Xuanxuan couldn't help but put the amount of two people on the face.

When he realized it, Xuanxuan couldn't help being annoyed, that's all, just take it as repayment for the favor he gave her massage last night.

Very simple Yangchun noodles, but very fragrant, even chipmunks were attracted to poke their heads over, their little noses twitching.

Holding his face out of the kitchen, Xuanxuan was surprised to find that there were seven or eight more people at the stone table in just ten minutes. It seemed that the couple were very good at attracting customers.

Xuanxuan chose a seat facing the door and sat down. A man next to him poked his head over, "It smells so good! Is there any noodles in it? I want to eat it too."

Xuan Xuan glanced at him, "No, I did it myself."

The man was a little disappointed. After a while, he introduced himself: "My name is Zhang Jun, can I be a friend?"

Reaching out without hitting the smiling face, Xuan Xuan said: "Xuan Xuan."

Zhang Jun turned to Yue Yu, and Yue Yu glanced at the person sitting next to Zhang Jun, that person had handsome features and a cold expression on his face, he looked like the kind of person who was not easy to get close to.

"My name is Yueyu."

"The two names are very special." Zhang Jun smiled, and he pointed to the people around him, "My friend Zhao Rui."

"Can you share this with me?" Zhang Jun asked Yue Yu cheekily.

"No."

Perhaps unexpectedly, Yue Yu would refuse outright, Zhang Jun's expression froze, and he stood there in embarrassment.

Xuanxuan didn't pay attention to their conversation, his attention was attracted by the two villagers arguing outside the door.

"This man has already promised me to get home, what do you mean by intercepting him halfway?" one of the villagers said with an angry face.

"But he also agreed to come to my house. What do you mean by dragging him around?" Another villager was also confident.

"You want to break the rules?"

"You are the one who broke the rules!"

"You two shut up, are you trying to scare everyone away?"

Just when the two villagers were about to fight, a thick, dark-skinned middle-aged man stopped them.

The two villagers originally wanted to quarrel, but they suddenly seemed to see someone in awe, their arrogance suddenly lowered, and they unanimously let go of the poor passenger who was held by each of their arms, and sincerely apologized: "Really!" I'm sorry, we are wrong, please don't take offense."

The passenger wanted to get angry, but they all apologized, and he was too embarrassed to swear, so he had to admit that he was unlucky.

"Please come to my house!" The two villagers bowed and apologized again, which made the passenger feel embarrassed.

"Since I promised to go to his house first, let's go to his house."

"Okay, this way please, this way please." The villager who snatched him happily led him towards the house.

The villagers who couldn't grab anyone stared blankly for a while, then turned around and continued to recruit other guests. Xuanxuan noticed that the moment he turned around, he nodded slightly to a person behind the middle-aged man.

Xuan Xuan's eyes flickered slightly, following the gaze of the villager, he saw a man wearing a blue uniform with the brim of his hat pressed down so low that he couldn't see clearly, following behind the middle-aged man with his hands down, judging from his clothes , Xuanxuan guessed that he should be a staff member on the train. Looking at the reaction of the villagers, Xuanxuan vaguely felt that the villagers knew this man.

As if feeling Xuanxuan's gaze, the man glanced towards Xuanxuan.