The people in the room didn't dare to open the door at first, but when they heard a girl's voice, they opened the door a little.

A pair of cloudy old eyes looked over from the gap, and Ye Jin waved at her happily.

"Grandma, we are not bad people, we just have something to ask you."

The old lady was about to speak when she saw Gu Yan standing next to Ye Jin, and she slammed the door shut.

This man is so tall and strong, so scary!

These two people came to her house so late at night. If they had no good intentions, how could an old lady like her deal with it?

But she forgot that if the other party intended to harm her, how could a wooden door stop him?

"What if grandma closes the door?"

Ye Jin was a little anxious. Gu Yan frowned and looked into the house for a while, guessing that the old man didn't dare to open the door because he was afraid of them.

"Are you hungry? Let's eat something first."

Gu Yan picked up some firewood from the surroundings. This deep mountain area was vast and sparsely populated, with only one family living within a radius of dozens of miles, so there was naturally an abundance of firewood.

He made a fire near the old lady's house, took out some dried meat from his backpack, put it on a stick to heat it up, and sprinkled a layer of fine powder on it.

The originally dry meat was sizzling with oil and emitting a rich aroma.

"This one is roasted, you can have it."

Ye Jin was already hungry, so she couldn't wait to take it and took a big bite without caring about the heat.

The meat jerky was fragrant and soft, and her mouth was full of oil. She mumbled a praise: "It's delicious, really delicious!"

"If it tastes good, have another one."

As Gu Yan spoke, he gave her another one. Ye Jin took it and ate it quickly. Gu Yan handed her another one.

Until Ye Jin had eaten five or six sticks and Gu Yan hadn't taken a bite yet, he handed her another one that had just been roasted. Ye Jin realized that she had gone too far and shook her head like a rattle.

"I'm full, you can eat by yourself."

"Are you really full? Then I won't be polite."

Gu Yan was already hungry, and following Ye Jin's instructions, he ate two in a row.

Ye Jin followed his example, stringing the dried meat together with branches and placing it over the fire, turning it over and over again.

The two of them sat on each side, both busy grilling skewers.

The rich fragrance kept pouring into the broken window along with the whistling north wind.

The old woman who had been on guard in the house gradually became irritable. She kept walking back and forth in the house. After a while, as if she had made up her mind, she quietly opened the door a crack.

I saw a man and a woman talking and laughing while grilling skewers.

Both of them had gentle expressions and didn't look like ferocious monsters. She let down her guard and quietly walked over.

Everyone was talking about how to make the skewers more delicious, and no one mentioned her house at all.

The old woman felt relieved and sat quietly beside Ye Jin.

In fact, the two of them already knew it the moment she opened the door. They glanced at each other secretly, with a smile on their faces.

Deliberately changing the subject was just to let the old man relax his guard.

The two men seemed not to notice her and were still chatting and laughing while grilling skewers.

The rich aroma floated and floated, constantly drilling into the old woman's nose. She kept sniffing. Ye Jin raised the skewers of meat in front of her, and the old woman stood up along with the skewers because she was too short.

Seeing Ye Jin ignoring her existence and stuffing the skewers of meat into his mouth, the old woman finally couldn't help but speak.

"Girl, this skewer looks delicious. Can I have a taste?"

Ye Jin seemed to react only after hearing the voice. She took a few steps back in fright, then stared at her in surprise and asked, "Grandma, are you a human or a ghost? When did you sit next to me? How come I didn't know?"

"I'm definitely a human. I'm the owner of that house. Weren't you guys looking for me just now? What's the matter?"

The old lady completely forgot her fear and took the initiative to introduce herself.

Ye Jin said with a sudden realization, and handed over the skewers. "So you are the grandma. You closed the shop when you saw us just now, so why are you willing to come out now?"

The old lady took the skewers and gobbled them up.

She is old and has poor legs and feet, and she hasn't been down the mountain for a long time.

The people in the village moved out two years ago. Everyone in her family has died, so even if she wants to leave, she can't.

At her age, she has no choice but to stay in the village and fend for herself. She usually grows some vegetables herself and occasionally picks some wild vegetables and fruits, and she can barely be self-sufficient.

But for someone like her who doesn't know how to hunt and doesn't have a way to go down the mountain, it's almost impossible to eat meat.

That's why these skewers of meat attracted her so much. If it were any other vegetables, she wouldn't even look at them.

Grandma was even more cruel than Ye Jin. She ate ten skewers of meat in one breath and still stared at the wooden sticks in their hands. Although she didn't say anything, her eyes were very obvious.

"This kebab is really delicious, give me some more!"

Ye Jin just smiled and said nothing. The two of them continued to grill the skewers and gave the old lady as much as she wanted.

After eating 20 skewers, the old lady really couldn't eat anymore and burped with satisfaction.

"It's been so many years. I haven't eaten meat in so many years. Old woman, I'll die with my eyes closed!"

"Grandma, you look so young and healthy. You eat meat even better than I do. You will definitely live a long life!"

Ye Jin smiled, revealing her small white teeth, and the old lady was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling.

Ye Jin tried to get close to her for a while before getting to the point.

"Grandma, do you know where all the people living in the east village have moved to?"

"A few years ago, we suffered heavy rains here. The rain collapsed the mountain, and many people's houses were buried by mud and rock flows. Many people died in the village, and it attracted the attention of the higher-ups."

"With the help of the leaders, they all moved to Wangjia Village west of the town!"

The old lady is old but her mind is not confused at all.

"Then why didn't you go, grandma?"

Gu Yan asked what Ye Jin wanted to ask. Grandma smiled bitterly and shook her head: "I'm an old widower, it doesn't matter where I live. Now that they're gone, all the land in the village is mine. I can just sow some seeds and eat more than enough. Isn't it better than going to that damn Wangjia Village?"

At this point, the old lady raised her neck proudly, as if the person who was afraid of strangers and turned away was not her.

"But aren't you afraid of living here alone?"

Ye Jin asked doubtfully, and the old lady's neck straightened even more.

"I'm old, covered in dirt up to my neck. I'm broke and not pretty, and I'm not a young, beautiful girl. What's there to be afraid of?"

Ye Jin listened to what she was saying now, and thought of her reaction just now, and couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Don't laugh! I'll get mad if you laugh again!"