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Chapter 278

Song Jiang thought for a while and said, "Maybe it's because it feels like a paradise here."

Bai Shaofei nodded and said, "Then have you ever thought that the reason why Taohuawu gives people a feeling of a paradise...is its isolation from the world? If it becomes a place full of tourists all day Attractions, is it still your favorite Taohuawu?"

When Village Chief Wu returned to the health center again, he saw Bai Shaofei chatting happily with Song Jiang and his party, so he walked in with a gloomy face and said, "Dinner is ready, come with me! Shaofei... ...and you too."

Then Song Jiang and Fu Yinrong were taken to a private house. Several women in the village were busy doing something around a long wooden table. When they saw Song Jiang and his party, they all ran back immediately. inside the house.

At this moment, Village Chief Wu looked at Song Jiang and the others and said, "The room is too small to accommodate so many people. The weather is still warm now, so let's sit outside and eat!"

Zhou Shiwu immediately smiled and said, "Uncle Wu, you are too polite, we are the ones who came here rashly, it is really disturbing."

Village head Wu hummed and said, "The conditions in the village are limited, so don't think the food is shabby, just sit down and eat."

Don't look at Village Chief Wu, who always talks like someone owes him money, but from the meal he arranged, it can be seen that the other party should just be cold-hearted... and don't look at the dinner table. It's all the food of ordinary farmers, but given Taohuawu's economic conditions, this should be regarded as hospitality.

Song Jiang understood that there is no need to be polite when getting along with such a person, so he picked up a corn with a smile and said, "Then I will not be polite. To be honest, my stomach was already growling when I drank tea just now."

Seeing that Song Jiang had stretched out his hand, the others stopped holding it, and began to eat with their chopsticks one after another... City dwellers like them who usually eat too much seasoning, it's delicious to eat this unprocessed food suddenly.

While Song Jiang was eating, he found that the women were peeking through the door and looking at strangers like them, so Song Jiang greeted them with a smile, "Come and eat together!"

Unexpectedly, Village Chief Wu said in a cold voice, "Go into the house! Don't be so unruly!"

The women didn't dare to stay any longer after hearing this, and all turned around and ran back to the house. Song Jiang suddenly looked embarrassed, wondering if he had said something wrong.

When Bai Shaofei saw it, he quickly explained, "Our Taohuawu rule is that when there are guests at home, the women have to open another table..."

"It's been so long, why are there still such rules?!" one of Fu Yinrong's female colleagues whispered.

As soon as Fu Yinrong heard this, she quickly kicked the female colleague, telling her not to talk nonsense... Although Song Jiang and the others felt that this was a bad habit left over from the feudal society, after all, he was a guest at someone else's house, and the food was delicious Treat you with drinks, you can't just find fault when you are full, right? !
After dinner, Village Chief Wu arranged for Bai Shaofei to take Song Jiang and the others around the village at dawn, and said that they should go back to the house and sleep after dark...don't wander around anymore.

On the way, Deng Kai still didn't forget the women who were eating in the house, so he asked Bai Shaofei curiously, "Are they from Uncle Wu's family?"

Bai Shaofei nodded and said, "Well, they are my aunt, sister-in-law and two younger sisters..."

Song Jiang heard that Bai Shaofei mentioned his sister-in-law, but he didn't see his elder brother at the dinner table, so he asked casually, "Where's your elder brother? Why didn't you see him come over for dinner at the table just now?!"

After hearing this, Bai Shaofei secretly said, "My elder brother is the eldest son of my fourth uncle. Ten years ago, he went out to wander around, and his whereabouts have been unknown since then. He still does not know whether he is alive or dead..."

"Ah...? I'm sorry." Song Jiang hurriedly apologized to him after hearing this.

Bai Shaofei waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter, after all, this happened ten years ago... When I was working hard outside, I also tried many ways to inquire about the whereabouts of my eldest brother, but unfortunately, I never heard from him."

Fu Yinrong who was on the side couldn't help but sighed, "Then your sister-in-law is really not easy..."

Bai Shaofei nodded and said, "Who says it's not? My fourth uncle once advised my sister-in-law to remarry, but she refused to say anything and insisted on waiting for my elder brother to come back."

At this time, everyone passed by a private house. A little boy was squatting on the ground playing marbles. Fu Yinrong wanted to go over to tease him, but the child's mother ran out of the house when she saw them from a distance, and then looked flustered. took the child back to the house...

This move by the child's mother stunned everyone, and Bai Shaofei explained with a smile, "I'm sorry everyone, don't blame them... Ever since my eldest brother disappeared and I came back from illness, they have treated the outside world like nothing else." The scourge is a scourge, lest we avoid it, everyone wants to live a good life, but if you break the previous peaceful life in order to live a good life, the price is a bit too high."

Seeing the fear in the mother's eyes, Zhou Shiwu said helplessly, "That being said, these children must be able to read and write, otherwise, when they really have to go out one day, wouldn't they know nothing? The outside world is completely out of touch?"

"Don't worry about this. I have been teaching them cultural lessons for the past few years. The fastest learners have already reached the high school level. Even if I can't teach them anymore in a few years, other children will take their place. I teach them to read and write..." Bai Shaofei said calmly.

After a group of people walked around the village, they didn't find anything special. Except that the villagers ran away when they saw them, everything else was no different from ordinary villages...

Unexpectedly, while walking, Bai Shaofei suddenly looked up at the sky and said, "The sun is about to set, let's go back and rest!"

After hearing this, Fu Yinrong glanced at the westward sun and said, "It's still early, do people in the village usually go to bed so early?"

Bai Shaofei nodded and said, "We don't have electricity here, so the villagers still adhere to the previous living habits of sunrise and sunset, which have never changed for decades..."

Although Song Jiang and the others didn't want to rest so early, this is their living habit after all, and it's not easy for them to change it as soon as they come. Besides, there are indeed no entertainment activities here. What can they do if they don't sleep when it's dark? !
Then the group followed Bai Shaofei back to the health center, where the beds were limited, and Deng Kai carried forward the spirit of selflessness and humility, and gave them all to Fu Yinrong and her colleagues, so the five of them could only live in an empty room Hit the floor.

(End of this chapter)