Tao Chuang glanced in the direction Lin Yu pointed and saw some yellow light spots through the dense vegetation branches and leaves.
Tao Chuang's expression suddenly perked up, and he said to Lin Yu quite excitedly, "Captain He, the place with the light in front should be that village!"
Originally, he was worried that the visibility in the rain forest was too poor and it would be difficult to find the village. Unexpectedly, he was discovered by Lin Yu by such a coincidence.
"Come on, let's go to the village and find out!"
Lin Yu said, grabbing Sun Xuebing's arm, and led Sun Xuebing to jump towards the opposite tree, heading towards the light.
Upon seeing this, Tao Chuang quickly followed.
After a few vertical jumps, Lin Yu arrived at the bright spot. He pushed aside the leaves on the tree and looked down, only to see that there was indeed a small village with a small area below.
It's more like a tribe than a village.
I saw that this village was very backward and primitive. The houses were all built with trees and thatch. The dim yellow light shining inside the house was obviously lit by candles.
However, maybe because it was late, there were not many brightly lit houses at this time. Most of the houses were dark. Maybe many villagers had already gone to bed.
However, there was a lot of excitement in front of the huts at the head of the village. In the open space in front of one of the huts, there were four or five dark-skinned men sitting around a big stone playing cards. Two or three women were sitting there.
Watching from the outside, using the wooden stick in his hand to poke at the candles from time to time.
Not far away, several children were squatting on the ground and laughing, holding several realistic toy guns in their hands.
Next to a stone in front of the village entrance, a somewhat hunched old man was sitting on the ground sharpening a heavy kitchen knife.
"This is the village you're talking about?!"
Lin Yu frowned, with a strange look on his face, as if he couldn't believe that such a backward village still existed in today's society.
"Yes, this is it. This is the only village on this road!"
Tao Chuang nodded and said, "Other villages have already moved away, and only a few people who don't want to leave stay. Maybe they are used to living here!"
"What's left of this poor place? That's what the primitive tribes in North Africa are doing!"
Sun Xuebing also muttered, wondering why some people would like to live in such a backward place.
"But that's fine. If they leave, who should we ask for information? Let's go, Captain He, get down!"
Tao Chuang said to Lin Yu, and then jumped down without waiting for Lin Yu to reply.
"Why……"
Lin Yu seemed to want to say something else, but Tao Chuang had already jumped below and walked straight towards the hunchbacked old man sharpening a knife at the entrance of the village. He opened his mouth and shouted, "Uncle, it's so late and you're still sharpening your knife!"
The old man sharpening the knife didn't seem to hear him, and was still sharpening the knife by himself.
Seeing that the uncle couldn't hear him, Tao Chuang immediately raised his voice and shouted, "Uncle, did you hear me?!"
After he said this, the old man sharpening the knife stopped what he was doing, looked up at Tao Chuang, frowned and asked, "Are you... from Yanxia?!"
The old man spoke Chinese, but it sounded a little awkward.
Several men and women playing cards on the side seemed to have noticed this. They turned their heads and glanced in Tao Chuang's direction, muttering something in incomprehensible language.
The few children squatting on the ground and playing were not affected at all and continued to play on their own.
Upon seeing this, Lin Yu immediately jumped down from the tree with Sun Xuebing and walked behind Tao Chuang.
Tao Chuang hurriedly said to the hunchbacked old man, "Yes, sir, we are coming from Yanxia to do some errands in the town ahead!"
"Yanxia people! Good people! Good people!"
The hunchbacked old man burst into laughter after hearing these words, gave Tao Chuang and Lin Yu a thumbs up, and then said, "Just wait, I'll bring you water!"
As he spoke, the old man wiped his hands on his clothes, got up and walked quickly towards the thatched house.
"No need, sir, let's just ask something and leave!"
Tao Chuang shouted hurriedly, but before he could finish speaking, the old man had already entered the room.
Tao Chuang shook his head helplessly and smiled, and said to Lin Yu, "Because it is close to our border, the people here often do business with people in our country, such as the candles and plates they use."
Ah, everything is bought at the market near our border. People in our camp often deal with them, exchanging some prey and living supplies, so they have a good impression of the Yanxia people. In order to facilitate communication, they
I also learned some Chinese!”
Lin Yu nodded, glanced at the children playing and the men and women playing cards not far away, and said nothing.
"Come, come, have a drink of water!"
Soon, the hunchbacked old man walked out of the house, holding a bamboo tray with three bowls of water on it. He handed it to Tao Chuang and Lin Yu, smiling brightly and with a simple and honest smile.
"Haha, no need, uncle, let's get some news and leave right away!"
Tao Chuang smiled and waved his hand.
"Drink, drink, Yanxia people, good people!"
The old man said with a smile on his face, and enthusiastically passed the water in his hand forward again.
"Thank you, then I'm welcome!"
Sun Xuebing, who was beside him, was already thirsty because he was injured, bleeding and dehydrated. He couldn't bear it anymore and staggered forward, reaching out to grab the water in the tray.
But the moment his hand almost touched the edge of the porcelain bowl, there was a muffled "bang" sound, and the tray in the old man's hand was instantly kicked over!
Sun Xuebing was startled. He turned around and found that the person who kicked the tray over from the old man's hand was actually Lin Yu!
However, Lin Yu did not stop after kicking the tray. He suddenly rushed to the hunchbacked old man and grabbed the old man's throat.
"ah!"
The old man was so frightened that his body trembled violently, the whites of his eyes rolled up, and he almost fainted. He opened his mouth wide and looked at Lin Yu in front of him in horror.
Wow!
Several big-name men and women not far away stood up in confusion upon seeing this, pointed at Lin Yu with angrily expressions, and shouted something, seeming to signal Lin Yu to let go.
Sun Xuebing and Tao Chuang were suddenly stunned when they saw this scene. They looked at Lin Yu with surprise, wondering what happened to Lin Yu suddenly.
Tao Chuang was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses. He hurried to Lin Yu, grabbed Lin Yu's arm, and said urgently, "Captain He, what are you doing!"