The hidden village is not big, at most there are more than a dozen households, and it is quietly located at the foot of the mountain. Standing on the mountain, you can vaguely see a few old people sitting at the head of the village basking in the sun, and Zhou Chen and a few people walked along the mountain road towards Yin Village. When I walked in, I saw that this village was not only small, but also very dilapidated, with low houses, old-fashioned buildings, and dilapidated courtyard walls.

The standard of living is really low.

The hidden village is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and the land is not fertile, and it is almost entirely dependent on the mountains.

For this small, "isolated" village, few strangers come to visit. As soon as Zhou Chen and the four of them entered the small village, there were a few children following behind their buttocks, the children were dressed very shabby, their clothes were patched everywhere, dirty and messy, and their faces were dirty, and their eyes were staring at a few strangers, especially Zhao Xuan'er.

Looking at these children, Zhao Xuan'er seemed to think of her childhood self, took out some snacks bought in the town from her backpack and gave them to the children, and said with a smile: "Give it to you, it's delicious, eat it!" ”

With such enthusiasm, the children were a little embarrassed and shrunk their hands, but they really couldn't resist these "delicacies" that they had rarely seen, so they snorted, and a child took the lead in taking it, and several other children also learned from him to take the snacks in Zhao Xuan'er's hand.

"Sister, you are so beautiful, you are like a fairy in a painting." Eating the snacks handed over by Zhao Xuan'er, the child said sincerely.

For women, being said to be beautiful is naturally happy, whether the speaker is a child or an adult; Zhao Xuan'er is also a woman, and she also likes to be praised, so she smiled and reached out to rub the child's head, and said, "People are small and big." ”

"Sister, you're from town! Big city, right? ”

"Is the town a big city?"

"That's right! I've never been to town before! I heard that the town is very lively, there are people everywhere, and there are people selling everything. My third uncle has been there, and he has been to the town to sell fox skins, and he has sold them for a lot of money! It's a hundred. ”

Listening to the child's "proud" talk about the "big money" made by the third uncle in his mouth, Zhou Chen and the others felt uncomfortable for a while. Simple villagers and simple children, in their eyes, a hundred yuan is a lot of money, and they are very grateful to the vendors who buy fox skins, but how do they know that as soon as the vendors change hands, the price has increased hundreds or thousands of times.

"Children, has there been an old man in your village recently?" Zhou Chen smiled bitterly and asked.

"Yes! The old man was very nice, and every time he went to town, he brought us a lot of food, and he stayed in my house. The kid replied excitedly.

"Can you take my brother with you?"

"Yes!" The child hurriedly nodded in agreement, thought about it, and said: "But that grandfather is not at home now, he came back from the town a few days ago, and my father took him into the mountain, saying that he was going to collect medicine, and he hasn't come back for three or four days." I'll take you to my house and wait for him first! ”

On the way, I learned that this child is called Gouwa, surnamed Cheng, and has no big name. Under the leadership of the dog baby, Zhou Chen and several people went to his house.

As soon as he walked to the door, the dog baby shouted into the yard: "Mother, there are a few brothers and sisters in our family, and they are here to find that grandfather." ”

Following the dog into the courtyard, I saw a middle-aged woman who looked to be in her forties come out of the house. The woman is the same as the traditional farming women, very simple, although the skin is rough, it can be seen that she was very beautiful when she was young, and when she saw Zhou Chen and others dressed in "luxury" enter the courtyard, the woman hurriedly beckoned into the house.

When I entered the house, I found that there was not a single decent piece of furniture inside, not even an electric light, and there was a kerosene lamp on the table. The room was very bright and did not look dark, Zhou Chen and the others sat on the small bench, explaining their intentions, the woman was full of worry, and said: "The uncle and my man have entered the mountain, and they haven't come back yet!" It's been three or four days, and it's worrying. ”

"It's been three or four days, it's been a long time, which mountain have you been to? Why don't we go to the mountains and look for it? Zhou Chen didn't think much about it, but thought that the old man must have encountered rare herbs in the mountains, so he concentrated on studying it and asked.

"Nope." The woman immediately refused.

Zhou Chen and the others looked at the woman with puzzled faces, they really didn't expect the woman's reaction to be so strong, they just wanted to go into the mountain to find a doctor, why couldn't they?

Being stared at by Zhou Chen and a few people, the woman felt that her reaction just now was a little strange, and hurriedly explained: "I am thinking about your safety, the mountain is too big, and the road is difficult to walk, even the hunters in the village may get lost in the mountain, you have not been to the mountain, it is easy to get lost." Just wait for me men to come back! ”

"Yes! My mother is right, my father never let me go to that mountain, saying that the mountain is weird. Originally, my father didn't want to take that grandfather there, but the grandfather kept pleading, and my father thought that others were good, so he agreed to take him there. Usually my father doesn't go to that mountain to hunt. Afraid that Zhou Chen and the others would not believe it, the dog baby also hurriedly explained.

"Alright then!"

Zhou Chen thought about it, and didn't continue to ask, thinking that he was going to wait for the ghost here, and he didn't know when he would come back, accommodation was a problem; Zhou Chen took out the only 1,000 yuan in cash from his body and handed it over, saying, "Sister, we don't have a place to live, if we don't live in your house, this money will be used as accommodation and meal expenses." ”

Seeing the money handed over by Zhou Chen, the woman was startled, and hurriedly refused: "No, no, this money ...... This is a lot of money, and I have two rooms in my house, you can just live in it, you don't need money. ”

"Eldest sister, it should be, live with you, eat yours, give some money and take it!"

"What a point! I've never seen so much money! The woman grabbed the money with her rough hands and said hesitantly.

At this moment, a man's hurried shouts suddenly came from outside, and the woman's face was full of joy and said, "My man is back." Saying that, the woman put the money on the table and rushed into the yard like a fly, Zhou Chen and the others were also very happy, but they didn't expect that the doctor and ghost would come back as soon as they arrived in the hidden village, and immediately followed the woman out of the house, and as soon as he walked into the yard, he saw a dark-faced man running in with a nervous face, still covered in blood, and he just ran to the yard and fell directly to the ground tired.

"Daddy, what's wrong with you?" The woman was startled and hurriedly stepped forward to ask.

"No...... Oh no, then...... Something happened to that uncle. The man gasped and said breathlessly.

Rumble!

What's the situation?

Something happened to the doctor?

Zhou Chen and the others were shocked, it stands to reason that the cultivation of doctors and ghosts is good, even if they encounter wild beasts such as leopards and bears, they can save their lives, how can something happen? Zhou Chen hurriedly asked, "This big brother, doctor-what happened to him?" ”

"You...... Who are you? ”

"They're here to find that uncle, daddy, what the hell is going on? What's wrong with that uncle? The woman explained casually and asked quickly.

"We ...... We've met a dwarven elf. The man's face was full of helplessness, and he hung down the ground with his hand, and said in pain.

Rumble!

As soon as these words came out, the woman's face immediately turned pale, and Zhou Chen and the others were puzzled, what is this dwarf spirit? How frightened the two of them so much? Glancing at each other, he hurriedly asked, "This big brother, what are you talking about dwarf spirits?" ”