Chapter 155: Only Mountains And More Mountains
The next day.
Si Heng and his group disguised themselves as tourists and drove directly into Yongshan Village.
The appearance of outsiders immediately aroused the villagers’ vigilance.
The village chief heard about this and hurried to the village entrance.
Jiang Yuan stood beside the car and saw a middle-aged man with graying hair and a big belly walking towards them.
The village chief approached them and said with a smile, “Hello everyone, I am the village chief of Yongshan Village, my surname is Liu. May I ask what business you have in our village?”
“Nothing much,” Si Heng said lightly, “We are here to travel.”
“Yes,” Meng Xiaokai said with a smile, “We heard that the starry sky here is exceptionally beautiful and we came here specifically to see the scenery.”
“Really!” Village Chief Liu said in surprise, “We see it every day here, and we really don’t know what’s beautiful.”
Chen Ziqi raised an eyebrow and smiled, “Then you are truly fortunate but unaware of your fortune.”
“Haha.” Village Chief Liu shifted his gaze to Xiao Xu beside him, with a hint of scrutiny in his eyes, “Where are you all from?”
“We are from Linjin,” Meng Xiaokai said, putting his arm around Xiao Xu’s shoulder, “This is my girlfriend.”
He leaned close to Village Chief Liu’s ear and whispered, “I plan to propose to her under the starry sky in the next couple of days.”
Village Chief Liu smiled as if he suddenly understood, “So that’s how it is, congratulations!”
“Thank you,” Meng Xiaokai winked at him, “Keep it down, it’s a secret.”
“I understand, I understand,” Village Chief Liu nodded, his gaze falling on Jiang Yuan, “And who is this…”
Si Heng: “This is my girlfriend.”
Chen Ziqi added, “She is also my younger sister. Village Chief, do you think my sister and I look alike?”
Village Chief Liu looked at him, then at Jiang Yuan, and commented, “Indeed, you do look quite alike.”
“By the way, Village Chief,” Meng Xiaokai familiarly put his arm around Village Chief Liu’s shoulder, “Are there any hotels nearby? We just looked around and didn’t see any hotels.”
“If you want to stay in a hotel, you have to go to the town,” Village Chief Liu said, “We rarely have outsiders here. This is the first time I’ve seen someone travel here.”
“How far is the town from here?” Chen Ziqi asked.
Village Chief Liu: “It’s probably about seventy or eighty kilometers.”
Jiang Yuan frowned, displeased, “So far? I told you not to come to such a distant place, but you insisted. What do we do now?”
Village Chief Liu secretly sized her up with his eyes and said with a smile, “If you don’t mind, I have an empty house that you can stay in.”
“Why would we mind!” Meng Xiaokai was suddenly pleasantly surprised, “We couldn’t ask for anything better! The price will be the same as outside hotels.”
“As long as you don’t mind,” Village Chief Liu was even happier to hear that the price would be the same as outside hotels, “I’ll show you the house first.”
“That’s great, thank you for your trouble,” Chen Ziqi said gratefully.
“Then let’s go,” Village Chief Liu had arrived by motorcycle. He glanced at their car, “You follow me.”
The mountain road was a bit bumpy, and the car swayed as it drove to Village Chief Liu’s empty house.
The houses in the village were all old tile-roofed houses, but the one in front of them was a two-story building with tiles.
“Village Chief Liu, is this your house?” Meng Xiaokai looked at him in surprise, “Your family is so rich!”
Village Chief Liu was triumphant inwardly, but outwardly humble, “We don’t have money, it’s my son who made money doing business outside.”
“Then your son is really capable,” Chen Ziqi praised, “Young and promising.”
Hearing others praise his son, Village Chief Liu felt very proud, “He’s alright, he’s quite good among the young people from the village who have gone out.”
He unlocked the door with a key and turned to greet them, “Everyone come in and take a look. If you’re satisfied, I’ll have my wife bring over quilts later.”
After entering the house, the group went upstairs for a look and decided to stay.
Meng Xiaokai took out his phone and put his arm around Village Chief Liu’s shoulder, saying, “Village Chief, your house is built like a small villa. We should be staying for two nights, let me pay you the rent for two nights first. Can you scan a WeChat code?”
“Yes, yes,” Village Chief Liu immediately nodded and took out his phone to operate it.
Meng Xiaokai transferred four thousand yuan.
Village Chief Liu’s eyes lit up, “Alright then, I won’t bother you. My wife will bring the quilts over later.”
After Village Chief Liu left, Si Heng and the others closed the door and went upstairs.
Village Chief Liu’s building was a bit far from the dense tile-roofed houses in the village.
They stood on the balcony, surveying the entire village.
“Boss, I’ve already sent the information about Village Chief Liu’s son to the group,” Xiao Xu said softly.
Hearing this, everyone took out their phones.
Village Chief Liu’s son is twenty-eight years old, an interior designer, with a monthly salary of eight thousand yuan. He has been married for two years and bought a house in Yun Jing with full payment before marriage.
With his salary, it would be difficult to even rent an apartment in Yun Jing, let alone buy a house.
“He can really make things up,” Meng Xiaokai complained, “Saying that his son paid for this house.”
“Exactly,” Chen Ziqi shook his head, “Shameless.”
“Buying a house in Yun Jing with full payment,” He Lewei frowned, “How much money would that cost? How could a village chief from a mountain village afford so much money?”
Jiang Yuan clenched her phone tightly, her knuckles turning slightly white, and said solemnly, “With such a large sum of money, how many girls must he have deceived?”
Xiao Xu said faintly, “And that money has to be split among several people.”
“These bastards!” Meng Xiaokai gritted his teeth.
After a while, there was the sound of a door opening upstairs.
Chen Ziqi quickly went downstairs and saw an old woman carrying cotton quilts with a shoulder pole.
“Are you Village Chief Liu’s wife?”
“Yes,” Village Chief Liu’s wife nodded, “My husband asked me to bring the quilts.”
“Thank you,” Chen Ziqi said, “You can put them there.”
Village Chief Liu’s wife said with a smile, “Let me make your beds for you. My husband said you’ve paid for the room.”
“Alright then,” Chen Ziqi nodded.
While Village Chief Liu’s wife was making the beds, the others took the opportunity to ask her some questions.
“Auntie, are there any restaurants nearby?”
Village Chief Liu’s wife seemed to hear a joke, and she laughed so hard she couldn’t straighten up, “Oh, of course not. If we opened a restaurant here, it would probably close within three days.”
“Are there any scenic spots in the village to visit?”
“No, no,” Village Chief Liu’s wife shook her head, “This remote place, there’s nothing but mountains, nothing to see.”
“Ah!” Xiao Xu worried, “Then did we come to the wrong place? I wanted to take some photos to post on Moments!”
“It’s all your fault!” Jiang Yuan also angrily punched Si Heng, “We shouldn’t have come if I had known!”
“Please don’t be angry, two grand dames,” Meng Xiaokai quickly comforted them, “We’ll go out for a stroll later, maybe we’ll find a good place for photos!”
Village Chief Liu’s wife listened to their words, her eyes darting around.
