Xiaolan, Jasmine and Lao Liu were each thinking, both thinking about things related to the other.
Several people at the entrance of the village chief's courtyard wanted to wait for an opportunity to follow them, but they were all dismissed by Lao Liu. Lao Liu walked in front, leading Xiaolan and Jasmine towards the old house on the country road that was sometimes spacious and sometimes narrow.
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Xiaolan felt that the atmosphere was a bit strange, so she smiled and adjusted the atmosphere, "Our old house is just too far from the center of the village. It might be more convenient if it is near the village chief's house."
"It's far from the village chief's old house, but it's close to the big house," Lao Liu turned around and said cheerfully, "After we move here..."
As he said this, Lao Liu seemed to have remembered something, his face changed, and he quickly turned his head away and stopped talking.
Xiaolan was just about to ask, but out of the corner of her eye she caught a glimpse of a figure moving behind a small house.
Xiaolan hurriedly dragged Jasmine to watch together, and saw a young girl with two braids, a lotus root pink top and navy blue trousers, lying on tiptoes next to the trunk of a big tree, writing something on the tree.
What.
When Lao Liu saw the two of them stopping, he also looked in the direction of the girl and shouted to her, "Isn't that the second girl of the Huo Meng family? Why are you guarding the tree?"
The second girl was frightened by the shout. She turned her head quickly like a rabbit. When she saw the three people walking towards her, she quickly covered her face and ran away.
"Eh? Girl -" Xiao Lan made a gesture to chase after her. When the second girl heard her call, she ran faster and disappeared by the wall in a short while.
"This girl has been crazy all day long," Lao Liu smiled and looked at the tree where Jasmine was writing. After seeing the words clearly, his expression changed a little, "This... these two girls... are really..."
As Lao Liu spoke, he glanced at Xiaolan intentionally or unintentionally. Xiaolan became even more confused and moved closer to the tree to look at the words.
"Seeking the source?..."
The imprints of these two characters are neatly scratched on the tree bark. Even if they are carved on the tree, you can still see the graceful and small font.
Hearing Xiaolan pronounce these two words, Lao Liu was obviously panicked. He pointed in the direction where the second girl left and muttered, "This damn girl... is just so whimsical and restless. She really should ask her father to get her married as soon as possible. This...
...You dare to have such a dream, you are really shameless..."
As he said this, his panicked eyes glanced at Xiaolan again.
"She's just a cute girl, why do you need to say that..." Xiaolan defended the second girl, "These two words..."
Just as she was about to ask what the word "Laoliu" meant, Xiaolan was caught by Jasmine, who was smiling connotatively, and stopped her from asking.
"It's just a little girl's longing for beauty," Jasmine thought, waving her hands to Lao Liu in a cool and unrestrained manner, "It's okay, go on, the old house is coming soon."
Lao Liu nodded awkwardly, and the three of them walked for a few more minutes before stopping in front of a small house that didn't look anything special at all.
"Masters, please take a rest. I'm going to the fields..."
It seems that this is an old house, with the same white walls and black tiles, the small yard is empty, and there is no life.
When Xiao Lan was looking into the yard of the old house, Lao Liu quietly left. When Xiao Lan reacted, only she and Jasmine were left.
The two of them hesitantly stepped into the yard. Xiaolan looked around and made sure that there were no ears on the partition wall. Then she whispered to Jasmine, "What happened to the second girl just now? I can't understand what you and Lao Liu said."
Jasmine looked at Xiaolan sideways with a hint of contempt, "You are still a child, so it is normal for you not to understand."
Xiaolan remembered that Lao Liu had shamefully and angrily threatened to marry the second girl, and she vaguely felt that there might be a problem in this regard.
"Does Qiu Yuan have any special meaning?" Xiaolan repeated these two words.
"Qiu Yuan, that's how we seek a mate in our area," Jasmine said with a look of disgust, "The words carved on the tree are equivalent to the girls in our area looking for boyfriends on the blind date website..."
"What's so embarrassing about this?" Xiaolan half understood.
Jasmine looked at Xiaolan, shook her head helplessly, turned around and walked into the main entrance of the old house, never looking back at her again.
The interior of the old house is not as good as the small courtyard outside, let alone compared with the wealthy village chief's house. The house is filled with the smell of rancid food, and everything is dark, and some places have even been covered with thick sheets.
Thick dust.
"Did they just arrange this place for Master to live in?" Jasmine stared at the dirty black room with her mouth open.
Upon hearing this, Xiaolan suddenly remembered Lao Liu's strange silence when he introduced the location of the black room.
"I also remember," Jasmine said seriously after listening to Xiaolan's description, "Also, he always looks at you intentionally or unintentionally, especially when he says something wrong. Have you noticed?"
Xiaolan nodded and added, "Lao Liu was also looking at me when he scolded the second girl."
It's really strange.
Gan couldn't figure it out, so the two decided to rest for a while before going out to find the villagers to understand the situation.
Jasmine opened the ebony wardrobe standing in the corner and prepared to take out a coat to put on her shoulders. As soon as she opened it, she was dissuaded by the sweat-smelling clothes inside.
"There are actually clothes." Xiaolan was not too afraid. She held the clothes with one finger, shook them out, and took a closer look. "It seems that the last family did not move thoroughly."
After flipping through the cabinet, she found a cabinet full of black and blue men's clothes. Xiaolan thought that it was no wonder that she would make such a mess. Men who live alone are pitiful, so she threw all the smelly clothes back into the cabinet.
It was already afternoon when the two of them walked out of the courtyard of the old house. Although the house was dirty and smelly, it was not completely useless. The hungry two found a lot of edible snacks in every corner. After eating and drinking, they set off.
Explore.
To avoid suspicion, Xiaolan and Jasmine walked in the opposite direction to the village chief's house.
Xiaolan walked struttingly in the middle of the path. She didn't see anyone alive for a long time, and she couldn't help but murmur.
As they walked, a shy cry suddenly reached Xiaolan's ears, "People..."
Goosebumps all over Xiaolan's body suddenly stood up. The moment he looked back, a soft arm had wrapped around his arm like a snake.
Xiaolan was so frightened that she jumped up.
"What's wrong, Xiao Yuanyuan...why do you feel like you've seen a ghost? It's annoying~"
The white jade hands formed into small fists and struck Xiaolan's chest. Xiaolan looked at the soft and charming girl leaning on her arms and did not dare to move.
Jasmine was stunned, and after a while she pointed at the two people entangled together and asked, "What...what...what's going on here?"
The woman flashed her bright deer eyes, smiled playfully, and pulled Xiaolan closer to Jasmine, "Master Fengmu, please lend me Qiu Yuan for a day, okay, okay, okay~"
As the woman spoke, she grabbed Jasmine's arm and shook it from side to side like a baby. Xiaolan saw that Jasmine's face turned green visibly.
and……
Looking for source?
"Qiu Yuan hasn't been with me for several days, so let him stay with me for one day~"
The woman held Xiaolan in one hand and Jasmine in the other, and protracted her voice coquettishly.