Chapter 60.1 (2/2)

“What’s strange?”

Yu Fuling said, “It seems that there are only young people in this village, no old people.”

Xiao Tangqiu couldn’t help but interject, “Looking at these people’s clothing and the architectural style of the village, this place should be in an ancient era, right? Isn’t it normal for there to be very few old people in ancient villages? After all, low economic and living conditions meant the elderly do not live long.” The average life expectancy was not high back then, most people died before they got to old age.

“It may be normal to have a small number of elderly people, but it is very unusual if there is not even one elderly person,” Yu Fuling shook her head and continued to say, “It’s not that there are few elderly people in this village, but there are no elderly people at all. The oldest here is only in their forties or fifties, middle-aged. The only old person is the grandma. ”

Everyone went quiet. There were only young people, no old people… What kind of a strange village was this?

“Wait,” Xiao Tangqiu suddenly said, “In addition to this grandma, there was another.” There was also the old lady named Junko, but Junko was already… dead.

Tang Mianmian couldn’t help but panic, “Can it be… Can it be…”

He didn’t go on to say anymore, but everyone thought of the same possibility. It wasn’t that the village didn’t have any elderly people, but there were no living elderly people. All the old people had only one end.

The crowd fell silent at the same time, this conjecture really made them feel chilled.

Just as Xiao Tangqiu shuddered, he heard someone call him, “Jiujiu!”

He looked up reflexively and saw Shen Yuan sitting on the only bed in the room.

Shen Yuan sat on the bed and patted the bed before Xiao Tangqiu’s eyes, “Come here, sleep.”

Xiao Tangqiu, “…I’m not sleepy.” How could anyone sleep at this time!

Shen Yuan said sternly, “You need to sleep even if you are not sleepy.”

Xiao Tangqiu unwittingly looked at Xue Junli.

Xue Junli paused, “Alright, that’s it for today. Everyone, take a rest and we take action tomorrow.”

Duan Hongzhen immediately yawned, “Alright then, I’m also a bit tired.”

After speaking, he randomly found a corner to sit down in and seemed to plan to settle and sleep there all night.

Yu Fuling and Sai Lulu were a little more particular than him, taking out a woolen blanket to lay on the ground, then snuggled up to each other and went to sleep.

The nitpicker pointed at Shen Yuan who was on the bed and said, “Wait a minute! There is only one bed in this house. Why should we let him sleep alone? Who decided this!”

Shen Yuan gave a cold humph, “I’m not sleeping alone. Jiujiu, come here.”

Even without the nitpicker’s questioning, Xiao Tangqiu was too embarrassed to let other people sleep on the floor and sleep with Shen Yuan on the bed. He hesitated on the spot, “This is not very good …”

Xue Junli glanced coldly at the nitpicker, “You can choose to sleep on the spot or go sleep outside.”

The nitpicker immediately froze. It was so dark outside, who knew what’s out there, and it’s even in this kind of backcountry! He originally wanted to take the opportunity to rile up the other newbies, but none of the other newbies dared to act up and had already found good spots to settle down and sleep. He could only find a slightly larger area to settle down in.

Hmph! Under the eaves, people have to bow their heads!

Xiao Tangqiu was still hesitant, and was finally pulled by the impatient Shen Yuan and pressed down on the little bed.

“Jiujiu sleeps with me!”

Xiao Tangqiu struggled a bit, “This is not very good…”

Xue Junli said coldly, “Just get on the bed with Captain. Otherwise, do you want the captain to sleep on the ground with you?”

Xiao Tangqiu smiled helplessly. If he chose to sleep on the ground, Shen Yuan would probably not sleep alone on the bed. He hesitated for a while, but finally obediently laid on the bed.

Shen Yuan was satisfied and pulled Xiao Tangqiu into his arms, just like a hamster clutching its precious melon seeds.