Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo' Chapter 1240 598: Gourd Village

Li Banfeng said sincerely: "I really need to enter the village!"

Ayun snorted: "Nonsense, the village chief never said he wanted to look for you!"

Li Banfeng shook his head: "That's because the village chief didn't say it outright; he hinted that you all should come find me. I'm the one who needs to enter the village the most."

Ah Yi didn't believe it: "Do you have any proof?"

Li Banfeng nodded: "I do have proof, you don't need to invite me, I came in by myself, doesn't that prove I really need to enter the village?"

Ayun and Ah Yi looked at Li Banfeng with hostility, the two gathered together and seriously discussed for a few minutes.

Li Banfeng used the Silk-pulling Earrings to diligently listen to what they were discussing. The two girls discussed from the perspectives of the village's overall situation, the village chief's vision, and future development, finally coming to a conclusion:

"Anyway, we have to bring someone back, so let's bring him."

The three of them walked toward the village together, it was already winter, the rice fields were lush and green, the crops were thriving, there must be Farming Cultivation methods here.

A young man emerged from the cornfield, with dark skin, a slender body, and muscle lines as sculpted as a statue, well-proportioned and solid, with beautiful angles.

The young man tossed two ears of corn to the two girls: "Have a taste, they matured half a month early, really sweet, hahaha!"

The two girls ripped open the corn husks with their mouths and took a bite of the raw corn cob.

After biting, the two smiled at the young man and said: "Sweet! Really sweet, hahaha!"

After speaking, the two finished the two raw corn cobs and asked the young man for two more.

Li Banfeng watched the three of them and frowned: "Why are you all acting so crazy?"

Ayun looked at Li Banfeng and said: "You think we're crazy? Weren't you the one who wanted to come here?"

"I came here, not because I'm crazy!"

"Nobody said you were crazy, just asking you to eat some corn." Ah Yi peeled the corn husk and placed it in front of Li Banfeng.

Raw corn?

If truly hungry, it could still be eaten.

"But I'm not hungry right now!"

Ayun laughed: "Who asked if you were hungry? Just asking if it's sweet?"

Li Banfeng shook his head: "I don't like eating corn."

Ah Yi asked: "Then do you eat wheat?"

"I don't eat wheat either."

"Then what do you usually eat?"

Li Banfeng had a gloomy expression: "Anyway, I'm not a vegetarian."

Ah Yi shouted to a man by the roadside: "Ah Mu, did you catch any fish? Give us one! I have a newcomer here, he doesn't eat vegetarian."

A lively fresh fish was placed in front of him, Li Banfeng blinked: "I don't eat fish either."

"So picky!" Ayun shouted, "Brother Long, how many snails did you catch?"

"About a basketful."

Li Banfeng shook his head: "Snails can't be eaten raw, they have parasites..."

"Uncle Argen, how many earthworms did you catch today?"

"About a basinful."

Li Banfeng took a bite of the corn cob: "It is indeed quite sweet."

Walking more than a hundred meters forward, Ayun asked Ah Yi: "Did you bring the Contract Book?"

Ah Yi shook her head: "Didn't bring it, it was agreed today that you were going to bring the Contract Book."

Ayun pursed her lips: "I forgot as well."

Ah Yi complained: "How can we manage without the Contract Book, the village chief doesn't have one either."

Ayun thought for a moment and said: "My house is close by, let's go to my place and get it."

The three walked towards the village, into a farmhouse courtyard, with a mushroom-shaped house in the yard.

To say the house was mushroom-shaped wasn't because the roof was bigger, rather the first floor was a mushroom stalk, opening the door revealed only stairs, and nothing else.

The second floor was the mushroom head, with a living room, kitchen, and two bedrooms.

Before discussing the stability of this building, the issue of the second floor puzzled Li Banfeng: "Why do you need to design a second floor?"

Ayun said: "Without a second floor where would I sleep?"

"Why don't you just make a ground floor?"

"The ground floor is so small, how can you sleep there?"

"You know it's small, so why keep the ground floor?"

Ayun said: "Without a ground floor, how would I have stairs? Without stairs how do I get to the second floor?"

Li Banfeng pondered for a long time, he almost accepted Ayun's logic.

But he finally realized: "You don't need to build a multi-story building, a single-story house would suffice."

Ayun shook her head: "No, living high up lets you see farther, living at ground level, you seem like someone with no vision."

Li Banfeng frowned: "What's this got to do with vision? What if you lived in a basement, how would you explain that?"

Ayun said seriously: "Our village chief's wife lives underground, she dug a whole twenty-six layers,

the village chief's wife says living underground feels the most secure, we all laugh at her for having no vision, she's like a toad at the bottom of a well, not knowing how vast the world is."

Li Banfeng chuckled: "If you have the ability to live twenty floors above ground, that truly shows vision."

Ayun pointed afar: "Our village chief lives on twenty-six floors above ground, the village chief is the most visionary person in our village!"

Li Banfeng calculated the distance between the two: "How often do they meet?"

Ayun knew the situation here: "Usually twice a month, the village chief goes down on the first of every month, and every time he comes down, he says his cultivation foundation has become more stable."

Ah Yi hurriedly said: "On the fifteenth of every month, the village chief's wife comes up, each time she's particularly happy, and keeps saying, she's seen the world!"

Li Banfeng crouched down on the ground with his hands: "I want to go home, I'm leaving now."

Ah Yi was very surprised: "Didn't you say you were willing to come? Why are you backing out so quickly?"