The old man must have just returned from outside, as he had not yet changed his gray coat covered in mud.
When Village Chief Hai saw Hai Xiaoyu, he rubbed his little head lovingly and said, "Xiaoyu, what do you want to talk to me about?"
Hai Xiaoyu pointed at Ye Xin beside her and said, "Grandpa Village Chief, it's not me who has something to do. It's this big sister from outside who wants to see you."
Village Chief Hai withdrew his hand and smiled, "Grandpa knows, thank you for leading the way, Xiaoyu."
Hai Xiaoyu quickly shook her head, "Grandpa Village Chief, Xiaoyu is not tired at all. I just happened to be on my way home."
After saying goodbye to Village Chief Hai and Ye Xin, he covered his butt and ran home from the other side.
After Hai Xiaoyu left, Village Chief Hai adjusted the hem of his coat a little uncomfortably.
"Miss, I am the village chief of Haijia Village. Is there anything I can help you with?"
Village Chief Hai asked Ye Xin eagerly, and his kind tone surprised her a little.
What's going on with this village chief? The child just ran in this direction. Does he really not know or is he pretending not to know? She doesn't believe that the child didn't say anything, otherwise why would he come here to eat for free?
However, since the village chief wanted to pretend not to know, Ye Xin did not expose him for the time being and continued with the lie he had made up at the beginning.
Her face flushed, a little embarrassed. "It's like this, old man. I'm lost at sea. I've been searching for a long time but can't find the direction. I finally saw your village, so I wanted to stay for a while. Don't worry, I will pay for it."
She took out a purse, took out a fifty-liang silver ingot from it and handed it to Village Chief Hai.
Village chief Hai's pupils suddenly widened. With such a shiny silver nugget right in front of him, how could he dare to reach out and take it?
"Girl, please take it back quickly. This is not acceptable! It's just a place to stay for a while. There's no need for this. Our village has nothing but plenty of places to stay."
He refused to take the silver from Ye Xin's hand no matter what, and quickly called out his wife, and asked her to bring the key to open the small courtyard next door.
Seeing that this person was unwilling to accept it, Ye Xin had to change his words, "Then this money will be used as my food allowance for the time being. I won't cook anything, I will eat whatever you eat."
This idea made Village Chief Hai think about it and he found that he really couldn't refuse.
Although they live by the sea and can catch a large number of marine animals every day, it is only enough to feed and clothe their family. If they want to exchange it for some extra money, these seafood alone are far from enough.
"That's fine! But you're a girl and you can't eat much. I'll return the extra money to you when you leave."
This was a decision that Village Chief Hai could barely accept. There wasn't much to eat in their fishing village, and it was nothing compared to the fifty taels of silver.
Ye Xin nodded vaguely twice. She had given the money away and had no intention of taking it back.
As the two were pushing and shoving each other, an old woman staggered out of the yard.
She didn't notice Ye Xin who was blocked by the crowd, and handed Village Chief Hai a bunch of bronze keys. "What's so urgent? Can't you go after dinner?"
Village Chief Hai counted the keys and motioned for people to look behind him. "This is none of my business. The girl is still waiting!"
The old woman saw the village chief's actions, pushed him aside and walked out.
When she saw Ye Xin, her cloudy eyes lit up, "Whose little girl is this? She is so pretty, as beautiful as a fairy in the sky."
Ye Xin raised her little face and responded cheerfully, "Old lady, my name is Ye Xin, thank you for your compliment. I will stay here for the time being, and I hope you will forgive me for disturbing you."
When she heard that it came from outside, the old woman's face changed and she looked at her old man in horror.
Village Chief Hai shushed her and told her to stop talking nonsense.
The old woman also realized that this was not the place to talk, so she apologized to Ye Xin and went in.
Village Chief Hai closed the gate and took Ye Xin to the next courtyard not far away.
Ye Xin was a little confused. Why did the people in this village react so strongly when they heard or saw outsiders?
"Village Chief, is Grandma okay? I saw she didn't look very well just now."
"Nothing, it's just that we haven't had outsiders come to our village for a long time, so she was a little surprised when she heard it."
Village Chief Hai led his men to the gate of a small courtyard, found a key and opened the gate, "Little girl, this is where you live."
Seeing that the village chief was unwilling to say more, Ye Xin had no choice but to push open the door and walk in.
As soon as she entered, what caught her eye was the ivy all over the yard.
These ivy plants may have been neglected for a long time, as they have grown from a small branch in the corner to covering the entire wall.
Village Chief Hai hadn't been here for a long time. Seeing this scene, he looked at Ye Xin with an apologetic look, "Little girl, I haven't been to this courtyard for a long time either. I didn't know it looked like this. How about I take you to another place?"
Ye Xin didn't care. "Village Chief, let's take this one! I quite like this ivy."
Seeing that Ye Xin didn't mind, Village Chief Hai felt relieved. This house was considered one of the cleaner ones in their village. He was still thinking that if the girl was really dissatisfied, she would have to go back to live in his house.
He asked Ye Xin how she wanted to eat, whether to go to his house or have someone deliver the food to her.
Ye Xin thought for a while and decided to eat here. "Village Chief, I need to rest for a day or two and may miss the meal. I have to trouble you to bring it to me."
"Okay, it's not a big deal. It's very cold here at night. I'll bring you a few more quilts later." After giving his instructions, Village Chief Hai turned around and strode away.
Ye Xin watched the man disappear from sight and closed the door from the inside.
The courtyard she chose was a little smaller than the village chief's house, with only two tiled houses in it. One was large and the other small. The large one was securely locked with a copper lock, while the small one was connected to the kitchen, allowing for free entry and exit.
She walked to the front of the hut and cast a cleaning spell to clean the house.
The house is not big. Excluding the kitchen, the rest of the room can only accommodate a 1.5-meter bed and a wardrobe.
Ye Xin took out a small tent model and placed a Xuanling Pearl at the bottom.
Her hands began to heat up, and she threw the model casually. When the model fell to the ground, it turned into a tent of appropriate size.
Ye Xin crawled into the tent, put a series of things in place, and then entered the space. When she came out of the space refreshed, it was already dark.
Ye Xin lay in bed, releasing his mental power to cover the fishing village.
As she looked along, she found that almost no house had lights on or was talking, and almost everyone had gone to bed early.
Just when Ye Xin had nothing to show for it, a house near the foot of the mountain caught her attention.
She looked closely and saw a small wooden house there. Spots of light seeped through the wooden planks, and a faint white mist could be seen.
Light mist overflowed from the cracks in the wooden house, and Ye Xin couldn't see clearly what it was. She used her mental power to take a closer look and then retracted a wisp of light mist through the air.
As soon as her hand touched the light mist, it immediately disappeared into the air.
Ye Xin rubbed her fingers, she seemed to know what this was.
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