Chapter 176

There was a series of small footsteps behind him. Leyuan thought it was someone, so he turned around to look, but there was no one.

There was nothing behind me, nothing at all, even the dust was slowly falling from mid-air to the ground, startled by my breath or footsteps and then falling again, as if I could live like this for the rest of my life.

Leyuan sneezed twice because of the dust, and lowered his head to clean the room. He casually swept the floor of the room and was checking if there were any corners that were not cleaned. Suddenly, an eye flashed through the gap under the bed. It seemed to be a gray round bead that looked a bit like a stone. If it was really a bead, it looked too much like an eye.

Leyuan was a little confused and bent down to look. While he was looking, he turned his head and saw the eye flashing through the gap in the cabinet. Leyuan suddenly stretched out his hand and opened the door of the cabinet. Both doors were opened. There were things inside, but it was also empty. There were no eyes, no beads, no people, and no passages or switches.

Leyuan felt a little bored, so he closed the door of the cabinet and felt a little sleepy, so he planned to clean it carefully. This time he had to go slowly to avoid spreading the dust everywhere. With the corner of his eye, he saw another shadow behind his own shadow in the reflection of the glass surface of the bookcase. The shadow was close to his body. At first glance, it looked like there was a stealthy thief behind him.

The thief was still dressed in black, without any other decorations, and there was no distinction between his head and face, and no subtle changes to his facial features.

Leyuan turned around and looked, but there was still no one behind him, as if it was all an illusion.

If it was an illusion, it was probably because of the bad air here, or maybe some hallucinogenic mushrooms were growing in secret.

Leyuan blinked and walked out of the room, thinking that he might as well clean the yard outside the house first. It was necessary to clean here as well, otherwise his clothes, hands and face would be covered with dust from walking in and out. He was afraid that he would not be able to sleep after getting up at night, and when he lay down on the bed again, he would feel dirty and would dirty the things on the bed, which would be not good.

There's no one else here now, so we can't expect others to come and help clean up.

But it's also good this way, without other people around means no one telling you what to do, and without other people being here means you can clean however you want without having to listen to nagging from people who don't do their job. Even if other people are here to help, it would be annoying if they start to say that something is not done well here or that.

Leyuan bent down to clean the yard. There were some fallen leaves in the yard and the dust was very thick. It felt like no one had been there for a long time. If the yard was not cleaned, you could see obvious footprints every time you took a step on the road.

The dust and fallen leaves in the yard were roughly swept away, and suddenly someone patted Leyuan on the shoulder. Leyuan turned around and saw a shadow flash by, but he still didn't see the person, nor did he catch him. It was too fast. One reason was that he was too late, and the other was that Leyuan didn't want to deal with this little trick. The day hadn't even ended yet, and how many times had this happened?

It seemed that it could not scare Leyuan, so after the cleaning was done, the strange thing did not appear again. Leyuan thought that it knew not to disturb others casually, and thought that he could sleep well tonight, so he did not care.

The door was pushed open, and the car owner stepped over the threshold and walked in and said to the park: "This place is weird, as if it is hiding something."

Leyuan said, "We just arrived and we are not from here. We can't expect them to tell us everything they want as soon as they see us, right?"

The car owner shook his head and said, "It's fine if they don't talk about their own affairs. I don't care. But when I ask them something, they start to hesitate. That's strange. It's not normal."

Leyuan said: "Maybe they just couldn't remember what they wanted to say for a while?"

The car owner shook his head: "No, they know." They looked embarrassed, as if they had something to hide, but I didn't. I asked them if something happened. They told me to stop asking and leave. I thought to myself, I finally came to Senwan to organize this place. How boring it would be to leave now? I would have wasted my money! I won't leave.

Seeing me like this, they stopped trying to persuade me. But the way they looked at me was like, "It's hard to persuade a damned person with good words. You know what that kind of eyes look like, right?"

Leyuan nodded: "I know, I have seen it. They look at you like that, probably because they think you are a worthless person. It doesn't matter. We don't live here permanently, so it's useless to ask for their approval. Just ignore them, they won't give you money anyway."

The car owner laughed and said, "If they don't give me money, I have to consider the situation. What if they are lying to me and I still give them money? Wouldn't that make me feel cheated? I would be embarrassed if I had to count the money after being cheated."

Paradise said, "What do you want to do?"

The car owner stopped smiling and shook his head: "I don't know. But I'm definitely not staying here tonight. Do you want to go with me to check it out?"

Leyuan looked around and saw that most of the cleanup was done, so he asked, "Now?"

The owner nodded: "You can take me there and come back by yourself. You can also walk around the village. After all, you know the way and there is no one else around. You won't be lost in the way out or back, right?"

Le Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Okay."

The two men walked out and closed the door ajar. A group of children were playing games, clapping their hands, laughing and joking. When they saw them coming, they suddenly became curious and swarmed over, blocking the way and the people as well.

"Where are you from? What are you doing here? Is it very different outside?"

The child chattered and asked for a long time.

Leyuan didn't want to talk, so the car owner was responsible for comforting them. They started chatting and were getting into the mood when suddenly it became quiet and the environment suddenly became strangely cold.

The car owner asked quietly, "What's wrong?"

The child looked around and whispered to him, "You are all from outside. Don't you know? A lot of people have died here recently. If you go out, you must be careful. Otherwise, if you fall or fall into the water and drown, we will not be able to find you in time to save you. If you die, don't blame us for not telling you!"

The car owner blinked and asked, "Then how did you know so many people died? Did they all die in front of you?"

The child laughed and said, "How is that possible? They all died in the village. We knew about it because we went to see them when the excitement was high. They were definitely dead. Their bodies were taken away. They were not taken away on stretchers or wheelchairs, but in a big bag. They put it on and tied the ropes and carried it away. How could a living person be taken away in that way?"

The car owner asked: "Do you know what they are here for?"

The child said, "Some know, some don't. Some people come here to do business. They say that we are going to have a big move here soon, and we must be able to dig something out of the ground in advance, or simply bury something underground and dig it out and sell it. When the time comes, we can make money after going through this process. They see that we are children and think we know nothing.

They told us all this, and they drank alcohol, so no wonder they stumbled and fell into the water and drowned.

There were also some people who got on the wrong bus and didn't know how they got to our place. When they got off the bus, they were holding things in their hands and had the same expression on their faces, very confused. It looked funny, and we laughed at them, so they got angry and wanted to beat us. We ran fast and they couldn't catch up. They still had things in their hands, so they started panting and cursing at us from behind. We could hear it all, so we remember it.

After they arrived in the village, they complained that the houses in the village were infested with bugs, the furnishings were old and looked scary, the things were strange and ugly, the people were bad-tempered and careless, the roads were bumpy and full of potholes. In short, nothing was good about it. They had nightmares and screamed when they slept, as if someone was chasing them in their dreams. When they woke up, they said their backs ached, as if they had been beaten up.

They didn't think carefully. If we secretly beat them at night, we would have to cover our faces with sacks. How could they know and guess it was us? They are not stupid. They just think we are stupid!

However, they like our food very much, saying that our chickens, ducks, fish and geese are all very fresh. Of course! Our livestock are raised in the village, in the yards and on the mountains. Whether they are free-range or freshly killed, they are definitely delicious. You can tell at a glance that those people are not from the countryside. How can they understand that food is only delicious when it is freshly killed?

I'm afraid that we are used to eating processed and frozen food, and we definitely don't know the taste of fresh food.

Even so, they still secretly call us country bumpkins.

In addition to the meat, there are also vegetables, bamboo shoots from the mountains, green vegetables from the fields, dandelions on the roadside, potatoes from the ground, washed lettuce, and bright red tomatoes bought from the vegetable market. They are delicious whether they are washed and cooked in soup or cut into pieces and served cold. Just sprinkle a little salt and sugar on them and they will look beautiful.

They ate so noisily, like a group of pink piglets that had just been released from the pen.

What do you want to eat? We can entertain guests at home. You can order dishes for money. The ingredients are still prepared. We usually eat them ourselves. We prepared a lot last time. It is still fresh, but not so juicy. If you want to eat in a hurry, we will catch a live chicken and kill it for you to cook soup, stew potatoes with lettuce, or fry them in breadcrumbs and pick some vegetables from the field.

Our chickens and ducks have freshly laid eggs!"