HLnovel Chapter 268: Strange Village Survival Guide 3
Chapter 268: Strange Village Survival Guide 3
Wu Fa led them into his home and introduced them to the situation in the village.
It turned out that Luoyang Village had existed for hundreds of years. Except for the young people, the villagers rarely had contact with the outside world. They were relatively conservative and had regular schedules. When it rained, everyone stayed at home and did not go out, so they did not see many people along the way.
Because this is a mountainous area, the mobile phone signal is sometimes available and sometimes not, so you have to rely on luck.
Lao Zhou also told them about their situation, and after discussion, everyone unanimously decided that they were willing to pay to stay there and wait until the rain stopped before leaving.
Wu Fa waved his hands repeatedly, saying that he was just asking them to stay for a meal and he would not charge them any money, but the living environment might be a little poor, so they should just make do with it.
Gao Shuangbin didn't take it seriously and asked innocently, "How bad can it be? It can't be worse than sleeping on the streets, right?"
An Jiale also said: "Yeah, we have stayed in dirty and messy small hotels before, it's okay, right, Nannan?"
Mingnan took a sip of water and chuckled when he heard that.
An Jiale: “?”
Twenty minutes later, they stood on the concrete floor, looking at the burnt black plastic mat on the uneven kang and the wall covered with spider webs, all in silence.
Maybe the atmosphere in the room was too heavy. Wu Fa and Aunt Liu, the owner of the room, looked at each other. Aunt Liu said awkwardly, "This is the only room in my house that can be lived in."
Wu Fa rubbed his rough hands and said, "In the village, the elderly and children usually live together, and each family only has two rooms. Apart from Aunt Liu's, only Grandpa Sun and Old Wang have vacant rooms."
He glanced at the girls and said, "Uncle Sun's house is cleaner, you girls can go live there. Wang Lao Er is only in his early thirties, so let the young man live there. Anyway, you can discuss it among yourselves."
Zhang Yan looked at Mai Tai's room, then at the other people present, and couldn't help but hug Li Yiming's arm, "I...I want to live with my boyfriend."
"But we only have three rooms, one for three people. If you two live together, how will we divide the remaining seven people?"
Gao Shuangbin was very dissatisfied.
Among the remaining seven people, there were four grown men, Lao Zhou, Gao Shuangbin, Jiang Man, and Yan Zhen, and three girls, Lin Jing, An Jiale, and Mingnan.
The kangs here are not big, and the kang cabinets take up part of the space. The remaining space is okay for a family of three, but it is a bit crowded for three adults as the distance is awkward, not to mention four grown men.
If you really have to sleep, you have to stack them up.
Several people looked at each other, and Yan Zhen frowned and said, "It's definitely not possible for the two of you to sleep in one room. We have to add one more person."
But who wants to be a light bulb between a couple?
Mingnan and the others looked away at the same time.
Li Yiming didn't mind it that much. He glanced at Mingnan and the others and said, "We can still fit another girl in there."
"No!" Zhang Yan refused decisively, "How do girls sleep?"
She glanced at everyone, hesitated for a while, pointed at Lao Zhou and said, "Uncle Zhou, come and sleep with us. I'll sleep inside, Yiming will sleep in the middle, and you will sleep outside."
Old Zhou had no objection and agreed readily.
So the grouping became Aunt Liu's family: Lao Zhou, Li Yiming and Zhang Yan.
Grandpa Sun’s family: Mingnan, An Jiale, and Lin Jing.
Wang Laoer’s family: Jiang Man, Gao Shuangbin, and Yan Zhen.
After everyone looked at the room, they returned to the village chief Wu Fa's house for dinner.
Grandpa Sun and Aunt Liu's families are poor and there is not much delicious food, so the old people just make something to fool around and that's it.
So everyone gave Wu Fa some money and went to his house to eat.
After dinner, it was completely dark. Everyone was exhausted after a busy day and had no mood to chat anymore, so they went back to rest.
When Mingnan and the other two returned to Grandpa Sun's house, they saw him standing on the steps with a cane, looking at them with a smile.
"Are you back?"
His tone was kind and at first glance he seemed approachable.
But the lights in the three rooms behind him were not on, and the door of the outer room was open, revealing the dark interior, like a giant beast with its mouth open, quietly waiting for its prey to fall into its trap.
Mingnan couldn't help but pause.
Lin Jing walked beside her and asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
An Jiale was one step ahead and turned around when he heard the words.
Mingnan whispered, "Don't go out at night. It's dark here. Be careful not to get hurt."
Her tone was serious, Lin Jing's expression changed slightly, and he nodded obediently.
An Jiale didn't care, "It's okay, don't you have a cell phone? Just turn on the flashlight."
Mingnan was too lazy to talk nonsense with her, "Whatever you say."
205: [Host, are you not going to save her? ]
Mingnan: [She has the aura of a heroine, why should I save her? Respect the fate of others and let go of the complex of helping others, especially in horror novels. ]
"Why don't you come over?" Grandpa Sun asked again as he couldn't hear what they were saying while standing on the steps.
Mingnan looked up and asked, "Uncle, why don't you turn on the light?"
Grandpa Sun tapped the ground with his cane and said with a smile, "Ah, turning on the lights wastes electricity. It wastes electricity."
"We'll give you money, can you please turn on the light?"
Lin Jing said timidly.
"Okay." Grandpa Sun turned and entered the room, fumbled for a moment, and with a "click", the light in the west room turned on. The bright light shone through the gray window onto the ground, illuminating puddles of varying sizes.
The three of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time and quickly walked into the house.
This room was indeed relatively clean, with a very flat cement floor and a smooth kang, covered with a thick mat and a layer of floral mattress.
The bedding felt dry and had no peculiar smell. The walls in the room seemed to have been newly painted, very white, and there were no cobwebs.
There was a rectangular table opposite the kang, next to the window, on which were placed a kettle, cups and some miscellaneous items.
Mingnan gathered his things aside and put his bag on top.
Lin Jing followed suit, put down his bag and took out a set of pajamas.
An Jiale took out his toiletries and turned around to see Grandpa Sun standing at the door, still smiling.
She was so frightened that her heart tightened, and then she asked helplessly: "Uncle, do you have anything else to do?"
"Nothing, just a reminder that the toilet is behind the room, remember to take a flashlight when you go there."
After saying that, he smiled and looked at the three of them, then turned around and slowly left with his crutches.
An Jiale blinked, turned around and glanced at Lin Jing and Ming Nan, "Do you go to the toilet at night?"
Mingnan said decisively: "No, I advise you not to go either, especially not to go alone. If you really can't hold it in, wake someone up to accompany you."
"Then I'd better hold it in." Lin Jing whispered, "I went to check it out this afternoon. The one behind the house can't even be called a toilet. It's just a shabby shed with one side against the wall and the other side leaking air. Then they dug a big hole in the ground and put a big vat in it. They put some broken wood and planks on the ground. I was afraid I wouldn't be able to step on it and fall in."
"Eh~" An Jiale said with disgust, "Then I won't go either."
Mingnan thought to himself: You are the best.
The three of them simply washed up, changed into pajamas, spread out the large quilt that Grandpa Sun had brought out, and turned on the light to go to bed.
In the middle of the night, An Jiale suddenly woke up. She was tormented by a strong urge to urinate and couldn't sleep.
The rain outside had stopped at some point, the dark clouds dispersed, revealing a half moon, and the yard was brightly lit.
She hesitated for a moment, then sat up.
The flashlight was on the table. She went downstairs in the dark, put on her shoes, picked up the flashlight and tried it. It was quite bright, so she didn't think much about it and walked out alone.