Liu Xiaoyuan looked at the uncle with some surprise. He still spoke eloquently and used idioms very smoothly.
"Brother, are you the tour guide here?" Liu Xiaoyuan asked with a smile.
The man smiled and said, "I am the village party secretary of this village, named Yin Xiaofei, and also the image ambassador of this village. Our village is currently developing tourism, so I have taken on the role of tour guide without hesitation."
Yin Xiaofei, his surname is Yin, could he be related to Yin Zhengdao?
Liu Xiaoyuan felt he was overthinking things. In a village, many people share the same surname. For example, in Liu Xiaoyuan's village, more than 80% of the people share the same surname.
"Then please have Secretary Yin show us around," Liu Xiaoyuan said with a smile.
Liu Xiaoyuan had made up his mind. While Yin Xiaofei was taking the two of them on a trip, he would take the opportunity to inquire about Yin Zhengdao's whereabouts. Perhaps he would get some unexpected information, since Yin Xiaofei was, after all, the village party secretary and knew a lot of things.
"Alright, you two, come with me. I'll take you to our village's most famous attraction, the sea of rice paddies!" Yin Xiaofei said with a smile.
Yin Xiaofei led Liu Xiaoyuan to the center of the rice paddy. Walking along the ridge, admiring this green ocean, they felt extremely relaxed, as if they had eaten a ginseng fruit.
"How is it? Feeling exceptionally relaxed being in this green ocean?" Yin Xiaofei asked with a smile.
"Yes, it is very comfortable and refreshing. It's as if I can forget all my troubles," Liu Xiaoyuan said with a smile.
After visiting the green ocean, Yin Xiaofei led Liu Xiaoyuan and Su Yu to visit other attractions.
"How about it? Isn't the rural scenery in our village quite nice?" Yin Xiaofei asked with a smile.
Liu Xiaoyuan nodded and said, "The rural scenery is nice, but it doesn't have much of a unique feature."
To be honest, there are many rural landscapes like Jitou Village, but Jitou Village is only of average quality, lacking any distinctive features and difficult to remember.
This is similar to when children are in school; their grades are either the best or the worst so that the teacher will remember their name.
Upon hearing this, Yin Xiaofei said, "Then I'll take you to a place that will leave a deep impression on you. I wonder if you dare to go."
What place left a deep impression on you? What was that place?
This immediately piqued Liu Xiaoyuan's curiosity, and he asked, "Secretary Yin, what kind of place is this? Is it scary?"
Yin Xiaofei said, "It's a cave. It's gloomy inside even during the day, and many timid people don't dare to go in. Moreover, the cave is like a maze. If you two are interested and not timid, you can go inside and have some fun."
Even in broad daylight, it's eerie; this cave must be quite strange.
"What are you afraid of? We're not afraid at all, right, husband?" Su Yu immediately replied.
“Yes, we’re not afraid!” Liu Xiaoyuan immediately replied.
Hearing that the two were not afraid, Yin Xiaofei led them to the cave, which was located halfway up a mountain. When they arrived, Yin Xiaofei pointed to the entrance of the cave and said, "This is it."
Looking at it, Liu Xiaoyuan saw that the cave didn't seem strange at all. The entrance was quite large, big enough for two people to enter at the same time. They could only see the scenery a few meters inside, and beyond that, it was pitch black.
Liu Xiaoyuan turned around and glanced at the scenery below the mountain. He saw a house at the foot of the mountain, a solitary house with no other residents around.
"Secretary Yin, who is that family? Why is it that they are the only family here?" Liu Xiaoyuan asked, pointing to the family's house.
Yin Xiaofei said "Oh", and then said, "That's my uncle's house. He's a strange guy, always acting mysteriously. I don't know what he's doing."
Liu Xiaoyuan found it strange that someone would build a house at the foot of a mountain all by themselves. Weren't they afraid of being lonely? There was no one around, and humans are social animals, after all.
“It is a bit strange. Your uncle lives here all by himself. He must be very lonely. Why don’t you go and visit him?” Liu Xiaoyuan said with a smile.
Yin Xiaofei said, "My uncle is too strange. He doesn't fit in with the group and I don't know what he's up to all day. I don't understand him at all. Sigh! Let's not talk about my uncle anymore and go inside."
“We don’t have a flashlight. It’s pitch black inside, how are we going to walk around? Why don’t we go to your uncle’s house and borrow a flashlight?” Liu Xiaoyuan suggested.
Actually, Liu Xiaoyuan was quite interested in his uncle, Yin Xiaofei. If even his own family said he was strange, then this person must be very strange.
Moreover, Liu Xiaoyuan had a slight intuition that Yin Xiaofei's uncle was related to Yin Zhengdao, whom he was looking for.
Upon hearing this, Yin Xiaofei slapped his forehead and said, "That's right, it's pitch black inside this cave, and we really can't do without a flashlight."
"Then I'll go to my uncle's house to borrow a flashlight. Please wait here for a moment," Yin Xiaofei said with a smile.
"Let's go together," Liu Xiaoyuan said with a smile.
Yin Xiaofei said, "Don't be fooled by the fact that my uncle's house is just at the foot of the mountain. This distance is quite far for you city folks. Why don't you two sit down and rest for a bit?"
"No need, my husband and I are used to it. Look, we've been following you for so long, aren't we tired?" Liu Xiaoyuan asked with a smile.
Yin Xiaofei thought it made sense, so he led Liu Xiaoyuan and Su Yu down the mountain.
After walking for about fifteen minutes, we arrived at the door of Uncle Yin Xiaofei's house.
Liu Xiaoyuan looked around at Yin Xiaofei's uncle's house. It was a fairly large wooden house with a yard in front, where two large trees with lush foliage were planted.
The yard was surrounded by tree stumps, giving it the look of a rural courtyard.
"Uncle, Uncle!" Yin Xiaofei shouted loudly from the courtyard gate.
There was no sound from inside the house, it seemed that Yin Xiaofei's uncle was not at home.
"Uncle, are you home?" Yin Xiaofei shouted loudly.
But there was still no movement inside the house, so it seemed that Yin Xiaofei's uncle was indeed not home.
"I'm sorry, my uncle might not be home. Why don't you stay at my house tonight and go to the cave tomorrow? What do you two think?" Yin Xiaofei said.
“Alright, we’ve been walking all day and really want to rest. We’ll follow your arrangements, village secretary,” Liu Xiaoyuan said.
Just as Liu Xiaoyuan and his two companions were about to turn and leave, they heard a creaking sound—the sound of a door opening. Upon hearing this, the three of them immediately turned around and looked into the house.
A man in his forties walked out of the house. He was rather thin, but his eyes gleamed with a sharp light.
The man exuded a cold aura, his face was pale, and he had an expressionless look, as if he were a puppet being controlled.
(End of this chapter)
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