sjar Chapter 215 A Secluded Village
Chapter 215 A Secluded Village
"Thank you for letting us stay the night."
Li Lianhua thanked Elder Shi, saying, "This village, which looks dilapidated, has actually always been inhabited, right?"
"No one has come to the village for many years, it is truly fate that you have come here."
The group followed Elder Shi's steps and slowly walked towards her home.
"May I ask, elder, have these villagers always lived in seclusion here? When we arrived, the entire village was completely deserted, and we thought it was an abandoned village."
Li Lianhua explained why she and her companions had entered the inn.
Whether or not this is explained doesn't really matter; when you arrive in a new place, don't you head towards the inn?
"It has been more than a hundred years since then. Our ancestors migrated here to escape war. It wasn't until more than ten years ago that outsiders entered our village and we made contact with them again."
“People in our village usually eat early, so you must have arrived after lunchtime, which is why you didn’t see any smoke from the chimneys.”
"please."
Elder Shi led the way, and the others exchanged glances and followed her slowly.
Not long after they left, Elder Shi led them into a spacious courtyard. The hospitable Elder Shi even asked the villagers to help prepare a delicious meal.
"Please have a seat, everyone. This is wild donkey meat, which we often eat in our village. I don't know if it suits your taste."
Elder Shi warmly invited the group to eat.
A table full of fine wine and food certainly looked very appetizing.
"I never expected the village to have such a lavish spread of food." Fang Duobing, who had been starving for half a day, looked at the dishes on the table with eyes practically sparkling with hunger.
Li Lianhua noticed Fang Duobing's expression, as if he was about to reach for the food with his chopsticks at any moment, and quickly kicked him discreetly under the table.
Wu You: Who kicked me? Is Elder Shi about to make a move? Hey, Fang Duobing, can you just eat things given by strangers? You'd better watch out.
Wu You gently nudged Fang Duobing with her foot to remind him. Suddenly, it dawned on her—could it have been Elder Shi who kicked him, or Li Lianhua who was warning her not to eat indiscriminately?
Fang Duobing felt his foot being kicked twice. He looked up and saw Wu You and Li Lianhua staring at him, and instantly understood their intentions.
"Thank you for the invitation, Elder Shi, but I have been practicing Buddhism recently. Alas, I have heard that this mountain wild donkey is very intelligent and understanding. I really can't bear to eat it. I'd better not eat it."
Li Lianhua lowered her head and, in the blink of an eye, thought of a reason to refuse.
Wu You had reason to believe that, given Li Lianhua's intelligence, he simply didn't want to say it when he first encountered Lu Jianchi.
"One who stays near vermilion gets stained red, and one who stays near ink gets stained black." If you spend too much time with him, you might learn to lie without thinking and deceive people with a straight face.
Li Lianhua: Suddenly I feel like something has changed.
"I see. Well, young lady, you must not all be worshipping Buddha together, right? Why don't you try some of our village's specialties?"
Seeing people worshipping Buddha, Elder Shi didn't dare to offer much advice, and instead turned to Wu You and said...
Wu You: Don't tag me, I wouldn't dare eat your food. But what reason should I use to refuse? I can't use the same reason too many times.
Wu You took out a handkerchief from her sleeve, wiped her eyes, and pretended to be a little sad.
"Although I don't worship Buddha, I also can't eat it."
Why?
Li Lianhua, Fang Duobing, Di Feisheng, Nanfeng: Please begin your performance.
Lu Jianchi: Why can't Miss Wu eat meat? Why does everyone have this expression?