The porter is familiar with the journey, so he took a few people to Linxi Village. The villagers he knew can look for.

He knocked on a door.

A moment later, the male owner of this family came out and saw that he was an acquaintance and smiled and said, "So it's Lao Xie, have you gone east again?"

The porter surnamed Xie said to the villagers: "Brother Lin, these people happen to be with me. They have nowhere to stay today. I want to borrow your small courtyard to rest for a night."

"Well, please follow me, guests."

This villager, known as Lin Erge, led everyone to an old courtyard, unplugged the door bolt, asked everyone to enter, and then took the fire: "There is firewood in the courtyard, and guests can light the fire and roast it, which can remove the cold air in the mountains and have a good night's sleep at night."

Everyone handed two coins on the head and asked the villagers to help rectify the dinner.

The villagers took the coins and were very happy. He bowed and said:

"Dear guests, I'll let the wife at home start cooking together, but the conditions in the mountain village are limited, so I hope everyone will not dislike the rough diet."

After saying that, I left here and went to prepare food for several people.

This is a deserted courtyard, where the family, the villager's family just now, has been moved to another new house.

There are no door frames and windows here, but fortunately, people often clean the houses and courtyards, which can be considered clean.

It’s not cold today, so there is no need to go into the house to block the wind. Seeing the stars just right, everyone used the firewood in the yard to set up a bonfire and sat around and chat.

Several people told each other their names.

When I was walking on the road just now, I just got along with a companion. Now that I spend the night together, I must of course be more familiar with it.

Hearing this proposal, the porter first said: "In Xie Guang'an, a person from Huaifeng Mansion, he travels between Huaifeng Mansion and Long'an Mansion, and accepts entrusted to bring goods back and forth for others. His family has been doing this business for generations. If you have any needs in the future, please ask about the 'Huaifeng Old Xie who is the one who takes care of you'."

The young scholar who put the bookcase aside and roasted the fire with the servants introduced himself: "In the next Zhouqing, I came from Guangping Prefecture. This is to pass by Long'an Prefecture and go out to Yangzhou to visit friends for study. This is my servant Zhouquan. I am lucky to be lucky to be with everyone this time."

Everyone was polite, and then the older man and a trained man on the side also briefly introduced who they were, where they came from, and where they went.

After getting to know each other, they became familiar with each other and had a more comfortable conversation.

"Along the way, I saw that the seedlings in Huaifeng Mansion and Nanyun Mansion were growing well, and this year will definitely be a good harvest." While pulling the bonfire and chatting, scholar Zhou Qing sighed. It seems that this person is not a person who is not diligent in the four bodies and is not divided into five grains.

The old man next to him nodded:

"The same is true for Long'an Mansion. It seems that it is another good New Year."

The porter Xie Guang'an sighed: "It's a pity that for farmers, the benefits are not too many. If you collect a few more dou and stone, it will not be able to resist the decline in the price of grain. Grocery daily use will only consume more harvests. Fortunately, everyone can eat it by themselves and feed the livestock, so you can have a good harvest."

"Well, a good harvest is always good."

Everyone is familiar with the world, so they are not surprised by it.

At this time, the villager who had just left came with a young young man, carrying a bowl and a bowl, and greeted him: "Everyone is here to have a meal, the bowl and chopsticks have been washed."

Then he put his meals firmly next to everyone and served them. The young man who came with him whispered and said goodbye to leave the courtyard.

The few people looked at it and the pottery basin was steaming hot. It was the corn rice that had just been steamed and mixed with vegetables, and there were a little bit of bacon.

The jar is filled with egg flower soup, and some oil flowers are floating on it.

In the small plate next to it, there are neatly cut pickled vegetables with a little sesame oil aroma.

Under the bonfire, the supper made several travelers who had been on the road have moved their index fingers. After taking over the bowl, they began to fill themselves hard. Only the scholars were a little gentle.

After serving everyone with the meal, the villagers on the side simply took nothing at night and simply accompanied everyone to watch everyone have dinner. After everyone finished the meal, the villagers did not rush to clean up the tableware and wash it, but sat aside and listened to everyone's conversation.

The mountain village is blocked and there are few new things. Being able to listen to these people who travel around the world is also a rare adjustment for life.

The scholar suddenly turned around and asked the villagers: "Where are people often here to stay?"

The villager smiled and said:

"Most pedestrians on the official road will choose to rest in Huqiao Town. Every three or five days, there will always be people here, and I don't know if it is considered 'regular'."

"But I still come to this old yard to clean every day, prepare grain, rapeseed and vegetables at home, and treat them when someone comes, and there are small items at home."

Zhou Qing, the scholar who asked the question, suggested: "Why don't the master consider opening an inn here? It's also considered a business."

The villager laughed: "This guest, what do you think the inn is used for?"

"Of course, it is a fee to accept visitors from afar, provide food and accommodation, and provide people with rest." When scholar Zhou Qingliu heard the villagers' questions, he said as if he were aware of it.

"What did the guest think he was doing here?" the villager knocked on the ground and asked back to the scholar with a smile.

"The only thing that is missing here is a signboard. But when you can't see the signboard on the official road, is the signboard still important? Moreover, the place here is limited, so I can't afford to pay for it and can't provide food and accommodation for a few people. It's great now."

After understanding the meaning of the villager Lin Er Ge, the scholar was speechless for a moment and had to praise the other party a few words.

He was talking about the latest news about the surrounding governments around the bonfire, nothing more than a senior official who placed a mat, where he caught some powerful beasts, where he was terrible cases.

After chatting for a while, the villagers next to him listened with relish, and several people began to sigh that the bigger the place, the more lively it was, but it often made people feel at a loss.

The porter Xie Guang'an was familiar with the villagers, so he joked to him: "Like Linxi Village, there should be no changes. Every time I come here, I feel that there is no change as last time. This is the real pure and good place."

Unexpectedly, the villager Lin Er Ge shook his head: "I thank you, I don't know. There is something wrong in the village this time."

"oh?"

When the few people who were in the fun saw that there was a new topic, they turned their attention to see what the villagers said.

The villagers said, "You guys don't know anything, but Linxi Village is almost gone." After a while, he saw that people around him were listening to him carefully, and he continued to tell the story of the past few days:

"The terrain here is quite high and we cannot dig wells. We use water every day from a stream outside the village. But a few days ago, the stream suddenly became fishy and then suddenly stopped flowing..."
Chapter completed!