The bearded man explained with a smile that the people in their village had a skill, which was raising a bird called the night owl, which was equivalent to a scout in their village.
As long as the birds are released around the village, they will report what they see in a timely manner. There are people in their village who specialize in raising night owls and can understand what they say.
When they heard about the existence of such a magical creature, Su Nian and Chu Beichen were greatly impressed.
The bearded man and his group were used to walking at night, and Su Nian and Chu Beichen could barely keep up with their pace. They soon arrived at the village that the bearded man mentioned. The village was full of low wooden houses, and it was hard to tell how many houses there were in the dark.
As soon as they arrived at the village entrance, the bearded man pointed to a dilapidated wooden house and said to Su Nian and Chu Beichen, "This house was originally lived in by one of our villagers. He fell into a ravine while hunting last year and died instantly. Now this house is empty, so you can stay at his house for the time being!"
Su Nian and Chu Beichen did not plan to settle down in this place. Right now, they just wanted to have a place to stay. Seeing the bearded man being so generous, the couple expressed their gratitude to him together.
The bearded man chuckled and said, "You guys go in first. I have some extra prey at home. I'll bring it to you so you can cook tomorrow. But you'll have to figure out what to eat the day after tomorrow!"
Providing food and accommodation is the highest level of hospitality.
The villagers who came to help carried the golden ball into the house and placed it on the ground, and then they dispersed.
Originally, when they heard the Night Owl's alarm, they thought that a hostile village was invading. However, after they saw Su Nian and Chu Beichen, they discovered that they were real strangers, and they were completely relieved.
Only after everyone left did Su Nian and Chu Beichen check the cabin under their feet.
The appearance of this cabin is similar to that of the old hunter's cabin. It is not big and has a stove inside. There is some unused firewood next to the stove and a lot of furs on the ground, which are probably used by the original owner of the house.
Chu Beichen took out some firewood, lit it with a lighter, and started the fire in the fireplace.
There was an oil lamp in the house, but the oil inside the lamp was not filled with vegetable oil, but white solidified grease, which was probably some kind of animal oil obtained by the previous owner.
Chu Beichen lit the oil lamp, and sure enough, after the oil lamp was lit, a faint fishy smell came from the room.
The two of them had been busy all day and were already exhausted. When they lit the fireplace, they felt that the room was warm and comfortable and they just wanted to lie down on the floor and take a deep sleep.
At this time, there was a knock on the door of the wooden house. It turned out that the bearded man came to deliver the prey.
The bearded man brought over a wild boar's hind leg, which looked quite fresh.
After Chu Beichen accepted the wild boar's hind legs, he politely took out a bag of sugar cubes from his backpack and gave it as a gift in return.
This bag of sugar cubes is used for making coffee and tea. They are small sugar cubes the size of a fingernail, wrapped in white paper.
The bearded man was a little at a loss as he held it in his hand, and asked Chu Beichen curiously what this thing was.
Chu Beichen smiled and told the bearded man that this was candy!
There was sugar in the village, but it was crudely made maple syrup, which could not be compared with the white and delicate sugar in front of him. The bearded man picked up a piece and put it in his mouth with half belief and half doubt. He immediately showed an expression of surprise and joy.
"Your gift is too valuable. I can't accept it. I'll just take a few pieces. You can keep the rest." The bearded man was surprisingly polite. He carefully took a few sugar cubes and placed them in his palm, determined to return the rest to Chu Beichen.
Chu Beichen smiled and took out a piece of white paper. He poured out half a sugar cube from the sugar cube box, wrapped it carefully and handed it to the bearded man again, "Then take half!"
The bearded man then left with many thanks.
Seeing the bearded man leave, Su Nian asked in confusion, "They've never seen sugar before. What kind of world is this?"
Chu Beichen closed the door. "It's hard to say now, but what is certain is that the productivity of this place is still very low. We can't ask rashly, otherwise it will arouse their suspicion!"
You have to know that the excuse Chu Beichen gave to the bearded man was that they got lost while traveling nearby and came to the village.
If I act like I know nothing about this world and ask around, it will definitely arouse the vigilance of people like the bearded man. If they regard me as an enemy, that would be bad.
The couple suppressed their fatigue and did a simple cleaning and tidying of the house.
Fortunately, the original owner must have been a clean person, and there was only a layer of dust in the house, so it was cleaned up quite quickly.
Chu Beichen took the pile of fur outside and shook it out, then brought it back into the house and spread it on the floor.
The two men took out a kettle for boiling water, filled it with snow cubes outside, and brought it back in to boil water.
When the snow melted, the two men drank a little and then fell asleep on the fur.
He slept until the next morning. The firewood in the stove was almost burned out. Chu Beichen hurried over to add new firewood and made the fire in the fireplace burn brighter again.
After a good night's sleep, Su Nian's physical strength was fully restored, and he was no longer so afraid and confused about coming to this new world.
Now that we are here, we should make the best of it. Now that we have arrived in a strange place, we can only live well and see if there is a chance to return to the original world.
Seeing that it was getting light outside, Chu Beichen opened the door and went out for a walk.
The cabin was well stocked, and the firewood was piled in the shed in the yard, neatly stacked until it filled up the entire shed.
In addition to the wood, there was also a low shed in the yard, but the shed was empty. Chu Beichen pushed open the back door and judged from the scattered hay on the ground that the shed must have been a cattle shed.
I'm afraid that after something happened to the homeowner, the other villagers were afraid that his animals would starve to death, so they took the animals away.
The so-called courtyard wall is just a circle of low fences. It can neither protect against gentlemen nor villains, and can only serve as a beautification.
Through the fence of love, you can see the appearance of the entire village.
Chu Beichen was surprised to find that there were quite a lot of people in this village. From where he was standing, he could see houses stretching endlessly as far as the eye could see. It looked like there were at least a hundred households.
At this time, every household still has their doors closed. It is obvious that people in this place have the habit of sleeping in.
Chu Beichen shook his head, and suddenly something cold stuck to his face. He looked up and saw snowflakes falling from the sky again without him noticing.
Thinking of the past two days spent in the snow, Chu Beichen quickly took a full bundle of firewood and went into the house.
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