After entering the village, Li He and his friends realized that the village was called "Fox Family", and the middle-aged man named Hu Fei was the eldest son of the village clan leader.

In order to thank Li He and the other two for saving A Yue, the young clan leader, Hu Fei, waved his hand and announced a banquet to entertain Enke.

So the entire Hu Family Village began to become busy.

Soon, in the open space in the center of the village, several strong young people from the Fox family brought a huge copper tripod, poured it into clear water, and then stuffed firewood into the bottom of the copper tripod to ignite it.

During this period, some women brought in more than a dozen large tables and placed them around the copper cauldron in sequence.

"please!"

"please."

At the invitation of Hu Fei, Li He sat down in the main seat with him, while Li Ying and Peng Chou sat on the big table at the lower head.

Then two young men brought in a smaller copper tripod, which was placed in front of the main seat where Li He and Hu Fei were sitting, and also stuffed firewood underneath to ignite it.

This copper cauldron is not used to cook food, it is a wine cauldron used to cook wine.

Just now, under Peng Chou's eyes, the two young people in the village brought a jar of wine and filled a whole gulp of wine. For a moment, the smell of wine mixed with the smell spread to Li He and the others, making Peng Chou unable to help swallowing his saliva.

The enthusiasm and generousness of the village are far more than that. In a short while, several young men came to the food cauldron with a dead pig.

Just looking at the pig's throat, water was still flowing, and there was no need to ask, I knew that the pig was slaughtered now.

Seeing several young people in the village chopping the pig into large pieces and throwing it into the food cauldron, even Li He felt a little flattered. After all, unless there are distinguished guests in this world, they will not even be willing to slaughter poultry, let alone domestic animals such as pigs, cattle and sheep. Today, in order to thank them, the village slaughtered a pig to entertain three people, which was extremely sincere.

Thinking of this, Li He said to Hu Fei with some dissatisfaction: "It's really..."

"Hey, where."

Hu Fei raised his hand to interrupt Li He and said with a smile: "Three people who save my tribe will be kind to my Hu family. Kill a pig and a few birds, what's the point?"

What a good guy, I have more than just killed one pig, but also a few poultry?

This made Li He feel a little more and more disgusted. He clasped his fists and said, "We are just a simple task. The village treats each other so kindly, but I feel a little..."

"Haha, little brother, don't say that." Hu Fei suppressed Li He's hand and said sincerely: "Maybe it's just a small task for you, but for us, it's related to the life of a tribe woman..."

From the side, Li Ying asked curiously: "Is that little girl the daughter of the young patriarch?"

"That's not." Hu Fei explained with a smile, "but my Hu clan members have always been harmonious and friendly, and my father is the leader of the clan, so I should take good care of every clan member."

"I see."

Li He nodded suddenly and was very suspicious of what Hu Fei said about "people in harmony and kindness". After all, when they sent A Yue back to the village, they saw Hu Fei with his own eyes, holding a large group of young people in the village holding torches and preparing to leave the village.

Obviously, they were preparing to leave the village and find A Yue's whereabouts.

Furthermore, when Hu Fei and the young people in the village returned safely, were not fake at all.

But Li He still had doubts in his heart and couldn't help asking: "Why should a ten-year-old child go up the mountain alone to collect firewood?"

Hearing this question that seemed a bit blame-minded, Li Ying coughed twice on purpose. Unexpectedly, Hu Fei didn't care at all and said with a wry smile: "What my little brother is saying is, I'm blamed for this."

"no……"

Li He was a little embarrassed and waved his hand and said, "The young clan leader misunderstood. As an outsider, I have no intention of asking the young clan leader. I don't think the young clan leader is at fault. I just think... I want to ask, where are her parents?"

Hu Fei stroked his beard and sighed and explained, "It's gone... A Yue's biological father, who was recruited into the army earlier, died in battle a few years ago, and only A Yue's mother was left to raise her daughter alone. After two years, A Yue's mother also died of illness because she missed her husband and was too hard..."

"oh……"

Li He nodded silently.

He suddenly remembered that when he was on the mountain before, when he asked Ayue’s parents, the little girl did not directly answer his parents.

When Li He was silent, Hu Fei sighed again: "...The people in the village have been taking care of the child secretly. People have sent her daily meals, and the kind child also knows how to be grateful. He takes the initiative to sew and wash clothes for the people in the village and do things as much as he can... Later, she grew up slowly and could barely live alone, so she no longer wants to cause trouble for the village."

After a pause, he said with emotion: "In the past, whenever someone in the village went up the mountain to chop firewood, he would bring some extra for the child. Over time, the child felt that she had caused trouble for the villagers. So she occasionally left the village secretly and went up the mountain to collect firewood... She was discovered once before, and I scolded her, but she came back early that time and did not encounter any danger. Besides, the child was scared and cried a lot at that time. I only scolded her a little, but I didn't expect..."

"I see."

Li He nodded slightly.

At this moment, Hu Fei suddenly looked up and looked in one direction.

Li He also looked up and then saw that on one side of the venue, the little girl named A Yue was scolded by an old man with a crutch with a stern face.

Although the surrounding area was too noisy and Li He could not hear how the old man scolded him, but seeing the old man's face was serious and the little girl's head was hanging down, it was obvious that she was scolded in a miserable way.

"That's my father." Hu Fei explained to Li He with a smile.

"It turned out to be Lord Lingzun..."

Li He suddenly realized and looked into the distance again. He saw the old man harshly scolding the little girl, suddenly changed into a smile, reached out to touch the little girl's hair, moved his lips and said a few more words.

『It's really good, people in this village...』

Li He secretly praised in his heart.

I have to say that this village made him feel a strong sense of humanity, which is quite enviable.

Just as Li He was feeling emotion, the old man in the distance seemed to have noticed Li He's gaze. He looked up at Li He and smiled slightly at the latter, then walked over with the little girl.

Seeing this, Hu Fei immediately stood up and went forward, giving up his seat to his father.

Li He also stood up and took the initiative to hold his fists and salute with the old man he had a good impression of: "Boy Li He, I have met my father-in-law."

Li Yingyi, who was next to him, stood up and bowed with his fists. Only Peng Chou still stared at the wine cauldron that had emitted a strong aroma of wine. Even Li Ying secretly reminded him not to notice.

"You don't have to be polite to sit for two."

Hu Fei's father just called "Old Hu". With the help of his son, he sat down in the seat and greeted Li He and Li Ying.

After Li He and the other two took their seats again, the veteran fox general A Yue called him to his side and said solemnly: "Thanks to you guys today, thanks to you guys, little brothers, otherwise this girl... girl, why don't you thank your benefactor quickly?"

"Thank you, brother."

Maybe because of the reprimand, the little girl at this moment is not as lively as before, with her head hanging down, and she looks very restrained.

Seeing this, Li He smiled and said, "You must be obedient in the future. Don't leave the village alone again. What if you encounter wild beasts in the mountains again?"

"How could I touch you again and again..." Before the little girl finished muttering, the old fox gently tapped her head with the handle of the crutch, and scared her with a stern face: "How dare you talk back? I have spared you this time when I saw that you are a girl, otherwise, hum!"

The little girl subconsciously hugged her head, and her pitiful look made everyone laugh.

"Go and scoop wine for some of your benefactors."

“Hey.”

At the warning of Mr. Fox, the little girl ran to the cauldron and scooped a large bowl of hot wine. Then, under Peng Chou's eyes, she brought it to Li He and said with a happier look, happily and shyly: "Big brother, please use wine."

"Thank you." Li He reached out to take it.

Perhaps because she wanted to express her desire to thank her, the little girl shook her head vigorously, and then stood beside Li He, staring at Li He with a blushing face, which made Li He feel a little unnatural.

"Bang."

The old fox's crutch gently tapped the little girl's body, and urged him dissatisfiedly: "Where are the other two benefactors?"

"oh."

The little girl woke up from her dream and quickly scooped two more bowls of wine and served it to Li Ying and Peng Chou one after another.

"Uncle, please use wine."

“…thank you.”

Li Ying held the corner of his mouth, and then he tried with a strange expression, "Actually, brother, I'm not old..."

Compared with Li Ying, Peng Chou didn't care about the title of uncle or brother. He reached out to take the wine bowl brought by A Yue, drank it all, and then breathed happily.

Immediately afterwards, he looked at the little girl straight, and the smart little girl hurried to scoo up another bowl.

“Good alcohol.”

At this time, Hu Fei had already walked to the cauldron. Seeing Peng Chou drinking generously, he praised him casually, and immediately scooped a bowl of wine in person and brought it to his father, Hu Lao: "Father."

"Um."

The old fox took the wine bowl and raised it to Li He, and said with a smile: "This wine is brewed from the village, please try it, little brother."

"It's better to obey your orders than to be respectful."

Li He picked up the wine bowl and took a sip, and felt that the wine was mellow.

Although he is much inferior to the similar wines I remember and feels that there are some impurities in the wine, he can believe that this wine can definitely be called a good wine in this era.

Just as he was about to put down the bowl, he suddenly saw the old fox drinking out of the corner of his eyes, as if he was about to finish a bowl of wine.

"Age is so old, I have a good alcohol tolerance..."

In amazement, Li He also drank the wine in the bowl.

When he put down the wine bowl, Old Hu looked at him with a rosy face.

Looking at the old man's bowl, it was already empty.

"Little brother is a good man, he has a better alcohol tolerance..." Old Hu looked at Li He with a smile.

Li He also praised: "It's not as good as my father-in-law's alcohol..."

"Hahaha, old."
To be continued...