Under One: The Dragon's Wife

Chapter 472 The Village on the Cliff
During the meal, Xiao Liang ate and praised the old man's cooking skills. The meat dishes on the table were basically game, and they must taste good.The old man was relatively taciturn and didn't speak. He ate slowly and drank a little wine from time to time. Judging from his appearance, the old man was a bit fierce, giving people a feeling that he was very serious and dare not approach easily.

The old lady also sat with us to eat, because her eyesight was bad, she poked vegetables randomly after poking out her chopsticks, and just picked up a piece of meat, the old man knocked it off with his own chopsticks: "Don't poke if you can't see it! "

The old lady silently withdrew her hand to pick up the white rice in the bowl, and didn't add vegetables, so the old man picked two green vegetable leaves for her. I couldn't stand it anymore, so I put a piece of meat into the old lady's bowl: "Grandma, please eat some meat. At this age, you can eat whatever you want. People who come to this world have to go through it, and the last thing they want is to lose their mouths."

The old lady didn't make a sound, she just lowered her head to pick up the rice, and didn't move the piece of meat I gave her. She seemed to have deliberately pulled the meat aside.

Xiao Liang couldn't stop talking: "Old man, what is this wild game? I can't eat it, it's so fresh, how do we charge for accommodation and meals at your place? It's so rich..."

The old man doesn't seem to be interested in money: "Just look at it and give it."

I guess the old man has no idea about money. It’s because this place is too remote, surrounded by mountains and rivers, self-sufficient, there are not many places to spend money, and they probably don’t go to town often, after all, the distance is far away and they are old.

Xiao Liang took out 200 yuan from his pocket and put it in front of the old man: "Is it enough? If the meal is in the city, you can't afford it with this amount of money, but that's all for this location, plus the accommodation fee."

The old man didn't say anything and put away the money.

I found that Xiao Liang was very good at being a man to me, but he was not like that to this old couple. He just gave the money and said a few more words, but fortunately, he didn't mind.

When we were almost done eating, Xiaoliang said to me: "Big sister, we have to get up early tomorrow morning and continue on our way. The road conditions are too bad. We are on the cliff, so we have to climb up by the dilapidated rattan ladder, but don't worry, I will go Well, I'll take you up there."

on a cliff?Climb up by the rattan ladder?Is this Nima joking?Is it equivalent to climbing up the vine like a monkey?How can there be such a village in my society?
The old man glanced at us: "Are you going to Diaoya Village?"

Xiaoliang nodded: "Yes, old man, do you have any strategy? Is there a better way?"

The old man curled his lips: "No, there are dozens of outsiders who come here every year. As long as they are not from Diaoya Village, most of them will fall to their deaths. Young people can't live a good life and come here for excitement? Be careful to risk your life .”

Xiaoliang just smiled: "I came here once, didn't I survive the fall?"

I suddenly felt that this guy was even more suspicious. Since he was a distant relative, why did he come here once?If he didn't move around often, would he, a young man, be willing to help to such an extent?
Xiaoliang and I share a room when we sleep at night. The room is not big, so there is a bed, or a single bed, and there is only an old small cabinet, which can barely put some things.

Because I recognize the bed, and the board is too hard, I have not fallen asleep with my eyes closed.In the middle of the night, I heard a rustling sound, as if someone was walking into my room very slowly.

I try to keep my breathing even, as if I'm asleep.Soon someone came to the bed and groped my body with his hands. It didn't look like taking advantage or stealing, as if he was exploring without seeing.

I opened my eyes a crack in the dark, and it really was the blind old lady. I don’t know why she didn’t sleep and came to my room in the middle of the night. Did she go wrong after getting up at night?
Her hand gradually touched my face, and then patted it, as if to wake me up.I cooperated and asked softly: "Grandma, what's the matter? Is there something wrong?"

She fumbled and covered my mouth in a panic. Her mouth opened to speak, but there was no sound. I vaguely saw that there was nothing in her mouth except broken teeth. She had no tongue...

Seeing that I didn't respond, she pulled me down from the bed hard, and threw the quilt and everything to the ground.

Suddenly, the sound of the old man coughing came over. The rural house is not soundproof, which is normal, but the old lady trembled in fright, walked out in a panic, and accidentally bumped into the wall...

It's all so weird, what's going on?
I'm not familiar with the surroundings this night, so I definitely can't just leave.The next morning, the old man reheated the leftovers from last night and made some pancakes. Xiao Liang didn't mind, and urged me to go on the road after eating.

After what happened last night, the alarm bell sounded in my mind, and I stopped when I walked out of the small teahouse. Xiao Liang was still eating a piece of cake in his hand. Seeing that I was not leaving, he asked me: "Why?" What? Go early, or you won’t be able to make it for lunch.”

I looked at him and said, "You'd better confess to me, what are you hiding from me? If you don't make it clear, I'll go back now."

Xiao Liang was startled: "What? What can I hide from you?"

I made a gesture to leave, but he hurriedly grabbed me: "Okay, okay, let me tell you, I'm not helping my distant relatives with errands, in fact, I'm with you... that's what... we're in the same business, no, no, we're half of us... , I didn’t get started yet, so I would fool around with a small amount of money. This time I took a big order, I wanted to make money but I couldn’t do it myself, so I thought about sharing half of the salary with you and letting you do it for me, but I didn’t dare to say it , I had no choice but to lie and say that they were my distant relatives..."

I was really convinced, I didn't expect to be able to do this: "Are you sure you paid me half of the salary? A village on a cliff, I think it should be too poor to spend a hundred thousand."

Xiao Liang raised his hand to make an oath: "I didn't lie to you, and I don't know why the people in the backcountry are so rich. They really gave [-], and I gave you half of it as the price of conscience!"

The behavior of the old lady last night made me a little uneasy. I wanted to clear up all these doubts, but I couldn't find a breakthrough.

I asked him: "Do you know the two old people in that small tea house? You said you have been here once, are you sure it was only once?"

Xiaoliang was a little excited: "You have to believe me, I just took a look and thought I couldn't handle it by myself, so I came to you. The only place to stay is this small teahouse. If you want to go to Diaoya Village, you can only go to the village. The small tea house rested for one night and then continued on the road early the next morning. Who would dare to go up that cliff after dark? This is the second time I have met the two old men in the small tea house. The old lady is blind and dumb, and the old man has a temper It's weird, I don't know anything else. Last time, people from Diaoya Village went up with me. I think it's dangerous, but at least I can barely climb it. If you have money, you don't make a bastard. It's dangerous. Isn't that money? It's not so easy to make money..."

(End of this chapter)