The village chief's house is located on a high ground and is built the best in the entire village.
It is a double-story self-built house with a backyard. It looks like a villa, but it doesn't have such a complicated structure, so it looks very big.
And once inside, the contrast with the villa is even greater.
Xu Shuo put the little girl on the ground, then rummaged in the high cabinet in the living room, and took out small snacks such as maltose, biscuits and twists, and placed them on the plate.
The little girl sat obediently on the chair, her eyes lit up when she saw the snacks, and she consciously stretched out her little hands and started eating.
She also looks like she comes here often to eat.
Xu Shuo sat next to her and looked at her with a smile.
He had previously asked the villagers to send the trench coat detective here to rest, but now there is no one in the house. It seems that the latter is also inquiring about information elsewhere.
"Uncle Dai?" The little girl tilted her head curiously, with crumbs of maltose still stuck to her mouth.
"How old are you this year? I don't even remember." Xu Shuo asked warmly.
"Xiaoqing...how old is she?"
The little girl looked confused, then she opened her five fingers and counted them with her sticky fingers. She looked extremely confused: "How old, um... five, five..."
She opened her fingers towards Xu Shuo, but it seemed that she didn't know how to say that word, so she just repeatedly said the word "five".
"Five years old?" Xu Shuo answered.
"Ah?" The little girl still looked at him with a confused face, and finally nodded tentatively, as if what you said was right.
She blinked her cute big eyes, which were full of innocence, and her chubby cheeks were apple red, making her extremely cute.
Xu Shuo rubbed her cheek with his fingertips, and said with a smile: "Does Xiaoqing know about the 'Green Faced Fangs'? Now there are rumors about this monster in the village. Are you afraid?"
"Monster, be afraid." The little girl nodded seriously.
"Why are you afraid?"
"That thing looks terrible. It comes out at night to kill people and eat people." The little girl said without thinking. As she spoke, she put another twist in her mouth and made a clicking sound.
"It's all false. There are murders and cannibalism. Who did you hear these things from?"
"Well..." The little girl's cheeks were bulging and she murmured as she ate: "Uncle Huang at the entrance of the village said that this is how his mother-in-law was eaten by a monster a few days ago."
Are there people already dead in the village?
Xu Shuo narrowed his eyes, wiped the residue from the corner of the little girl's mouth, and asked in a seductive way: "Why haven't I heard about this?"
At the end of the words, the little girl stopped chewing, tilted her head and looked confused: "Uncle Dai, you are the one who told everyone not to call the police. You also said that aunt just went back to her parents' house."
"Xiao Qing remembers it very clearly, uncle is testing your memory!" Xu Shuo said with a smile without any change in his expression.
After being praised, the little girl curled up her mouth happily, and the smile on her face was very cute.
Seeing that more than half of the snacks on the plate had been eaten, Xu Shuo took out a few more snacks from the cabinet, then grabbed the little girl and continued to ask.
His identity, at best, makes it very convenient to do certain things, but the disadvantages are also very obvious.
In the position of the village chief, it is impossible for him to not know everything about the village. If he tries to find out information from others, he will easily be suspected.
Therefore, he can only be reduced to coaxing children.
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The rumors in the village about the appearance of "Green Faced Fang" are always half true and half false.
Some people said that they saw a monster eating someone, and that person really disappeared afterward. Others said that there was no monster eating people at all, but they just went out.
These true and false rumors make the existence of "Green Faced Fang" even more confusing. Even if someone in the village loses something, someone is injured, someone is attacked, or a traveler disappears, it can all be attributed to the monster.
attack.
But to the outside world, they said that all these were rumors, and in fact nothing happened.
Specious legends like this have always attracted people's curiosity, causing countless good people to flock here.
This is how the tourism industry in Qingliu Village developed.
Xu Shuo lowered his eyebrows in thought, tapping his fingers lightly on the table, and had a rough idea of this mission.
He looked at the little girl who had finished two plates of snacks and was burping while drinking water. He smiled and said, "Xiao Qing has been playing here for a long time. Let me take you back."
"Hmm." The little girl wiped her fingers with a handkerchief, then naturally opened her hands towards Xu Shuo, blinking her eyes as if asking for a hug.
Xu Shuo picked her up, but after walking for a while, he put her down again.
The little girl was confused for a moment and looked at Xu Shuo, but she only heard him smile and say: "Xiao Qing wants to walk by herself, uncle will follow behind."
Hearing this, the little girl didn't feel very strange. Instead, she nodded seriously, then swayed her hands and feet and walked on the road, as if to show that she could walk.
She was wearing a small cyan jacket and a somewhat messy bun. She looked so cute with her petite walking posture!
The two returned to the square in the center of the village. Under the square faced the flowing river, and above was a gray-black courtyard-style building with an ancient atmosphere.
The little girl had been sitting at the door eating.
When she came here, she ran in naturally, followed closely by Xu Shuo, who frowned slightly after looking at the building.
After entering the gate, you first see the spacious courtyard, and on the house plaque directly in front, although the weathered inscription has been blurred, the word "ancestral hall" can also be faintly seen.
Is this the village ancestral hall?
Xu Shuo saw the little girl running into a small room on the right. After he followed her in, he saw furniture such as beds, tables, and cabinets. The room was a little dark, and the little girl was lighting candles.
"Uncle, sit down!" The little girl finished lighting the candle and turned around to see him coming in. She quickly went over and grabbed the hem of her clothes.
"Okay." Xu Shuo sat on the stool and pinched the little girl's cheek with a somewhat unclear expression.
Living alone in the ancestral hall, this little girl should be an orphan. If no one adopts her, she will be raised by the whole village.
His role is that of the village chief. Regardless of what he thinks in his heart, he will definitely set an example and be devoted to the little girl. No wonder the little girl is very close to him.
In this place where rumors about "green-faced and fanged" monsters spread, the little girl would inevitably be scared to live alone.
Xu Shuo was thinking about this, but he had no intention of taking her back to take care of her. After sitting there for a while, he got up and walked outside to look at the ancestral hall.
The village ancestral hall is rarely used unless there is a big event, so there are some weeds in the yard and the water tank is filled with turbid water.
The main hall is a place for worship. There are not only ancestors but also Buddhas and Bodhisattvas on the stage. Xu Shuo's eyes casually glanced at the tablets placed there, and the next moment, a voice rang in his mind.
[Congratulations to the player for triggering the character mission: acting as village chief.]
