When Chuwu arrived with his entourage on the fifth day of the lunar month, everyone around him greeted him.
"We're going out today, the fifth day of the Lunar New Year. I've arranged for all my people to go too. Let's go together."
A tall man walked over and discussed things with Chu Wu while smiling.
Three strong men followed behind him.
They were all very thin, but their muscles were very strong, suggesting they were people who worked hard all year round.
When Ouyang Zhenyu saw the calluses on the hands of the men, his eyes flickered. The calluses on these hands proved that these men had handled weapons.
Moreover, the fact that they constantly handled these weapons proves that they carried firearms.
“You know the rules. We’ll send someone to be your guide, but you can’t travel with us.”
Chu Wu immediately rejected the tall, strong man in front of her, a fierce glint flashing in her eyes.
"Brother Chuwu, we're planning to pull off a big heist this time. We'll split the profits in half with you."
Life is tough in the village. If we share half of our produce with you, we can buy quite a lot of things.
"There are so many bachelors in the village. If we were to bring a wife from outside, it would cost money."
"Think it over carefully on the fifth day of the lunar new year. This is a great thing, and we will not treat you unfairly."
Besides, we don't need you to do anything; you're just following along.
The man felt that everyone in the village was crazy, and this had been going on for over a year, no matter how much they tried to entice the other party.
These young people seem to have very low material desires, which is understandable.
These villagers have lived in the village year-round and have never seen the outside world, but they went out on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.
He believed that once someone had seen the outside world, it would be impossible for them to endure such a life of poverty.
This is also because he was on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.
This time they're really going to pull off something big.
Chu Wu hesitated for a moment, glanced at the ten people following behind him, and immediately refused coldly.
"Absolutely not, my uncle's word is law. There's no room for discussion."
On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, he shouted into the courtyard.
"Xiao Jiang, let's go."
Ouyang Zhenyu, carrying a basket on his back, followed Chuwu towards the back mountain.
The man glanced at Ouyang Zhenyu's retreating figure with a dark look in his eyes. He couldn't bring himself to do it on Chu Wu, but surely he could do it to this outsider.
The outsider was clearly also in it for the money; he simply didn't believe anyone in the world could resist the allure of money.
Who would want to stay in this godforsaken place for their entire life unless they had absolutely no other choice?
He wouldn't stay here with anyone; there's no food, no drink, and not even women.
I'll definitely stop after this is over.
The task of farting.
He's had enough of doing this task.
Living such a life of constant danger and peril, nothing beats a wife, children, and a warm bed.
They're not crazy, who would want to stay in a small village all the time?
Ouyang Zhenyu glanced at the ten people following behind Chu Wu and found that nine of them were young men in their early twenties.
The only one was a middle-aged man in his forties.
When they went up the mountain, it was clear that Chu Wu was the leader here, and everyone listened to Chu Wu.
They didn't talk much along the way. The road was difficult to walk. Following Chu Wu and the others, they made several turns and eventually reached the mountain.
We followed the path to its end, and just when it seemed there was no way out, Chuwu suddenly led his people into the bushes next to it.
These bushes are taller than a person; it's easy to lose your way if you're not careful once you're inside.
Before entering the forest, Chuwu took out a rope and had everyone tie it around their waists.
Then everyone strung them together like a string of rice dumplings.
Chu Wu was clearly leading the way; he had a great sense of direction, even though it was all bushes and there were no landmarks.
But somehow, he led his people out of there.
Clearly, everyone else knew exactly which way to go, but only Ouyang Zhenyu, who was walking in the middle of the group, understood.
Even if you have a photographic memory, it's useless if you can't find your way out of this path.
It doesn't matter who is the undercover agent, because it relies on their memories from childhood to adulthood.
Moreover, it's a strange sense of direction that I can't remember at all.
It's clearly impossible for him to accomplish this task by acting as an undercover agent alone.
It seems that building good relationships with the villagers and cooperating with them is the best way forward for this matter.
Just keep walking with your head down.
Around midnight, they finally reached another mountain, and this one clearly had a path.
Ouyang Zhenyu looked rather disheveled, with bloody cuts on his face.
There were marks on my hands, arms, and legs.
The bushes are too dense.
Even if he was wearing long sleeves and trousers, it didn't help.
When they reached the village ahead, Chuwu smiled and said to everyone.
"Alright, we'll stay here tonight."
Everyone burst into laughter. Ouyang Zhenyu looked around. The village in front of him was very small, with only about a dozen households.
I walked for a whole day, and I didn't even know how far I had walked. All I knew was that I could only keep walking with my head down.
"The fifth day of the lunar month, where is this?"
"This is Dawang Village. There are few people here, but they are close to the border. The nearest town is from here."
It's not far now; we'll probably arrive in about a day if we walk for another day tomorrow.
Chu Wu was clearly very familiar with this place.
"Now you know why we people here don't go out!"
It's too difficult to go out and buy things.
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