Chapter 231

The others all rose, making to get out of the car.

Qin Feng stopped them: "Hold on a moment, you can't get out yet."

Reba frowned slightly: "What's up?"

Cai Xu echoed: "Feng-ge, is there some safety matter you need to brief us on?"

Qin Xiaoxian nodded rapidly too: "There shouldn't be any wild beasts nearby, right?"

No one was in any hurry to get out of the car.

Instead, they all looked at Qin Feng with puzzled faces.

Under everyone's gaze, Qin Feng unhurriedly opened his payment QR code.

He held up the payment code.

Then Qin Feng said: "Each of you send me 50 via WeChat, or I'll tell that old man what you just said about him being a 'wildman.'" Pfft—

Reba couldn't hold it in and burst out laughing.

If anyone else had said it, everyone might have taken it as a joke.

But with Qin Feng, anything is possible!

In an instant~

The voice of 【WeChat payment received: 50 yuan】 echoed through the car~

Everyone paid their 'hush money' one after another and got out of the car laughing.

Finally—

Qin Feng shoved his payment QR code right up to Reba's face.

He said: "You haven't paid yet."

Reba's face was full of question marks!

The smile on her face didn't disappear.

Instead, it transferred to the faces of the audience.

Grazing the wool all the way to his own girlfriend?

Scanning the code to pay? No way~

Just as Reba rose, preparing to deliver another 'little reindeer charge'—

The old man in the distance waved his hand!

"Kids! Over here!" the old man waved and shouted.

His voice carried well; they could hear him clearly from far away.

Reba and Qin Feng got out of the car one after the other.

Only their posture was a little odd.

Qin Feng was gripping the little antlers on Reba's hat.

Reba was tugging at the hem of Qin Feng's military coat.

The other couples shook their heads and sighed.

Cai Xu: "Say their relationship is good, and they argue every three minutes, fight every five!"

Hua Chenyu nodded: "Say their relationship is bad, and sometimes they sprinkle dog food without warning..." Yang Chaoyue trudged through the snow toward the old man's direction.

Yu Shuxin followed behind and said: "Tough one to handle~"

Crunch crunch—

The accumulated snow in Yang Shulin had not yet melted.

Stepping on it produced crisp sounds.

The group left row upon row of footprints in the snow.

At last, they drew near the old man in the woods.

Contrary to what everyone had imagined, this old Ewenki man was not wearing ethnic clothing. Instead, he wore a black cotton-padded jacket with a crossbody bag slung over him.

Inside were large rye-bread rations and drinking water.

The couples greeted the old man politely one after another.

After some conversation, they learned—

The old man's name was Xiao Kuliang, an Ewenki reindeer herder from these parts.

The old man said loudly: "So you're that 'Hundred Percent Human' bunch?"

Qin Feng replied: "Sir, it's 'Love 100%'."

Grandpa Xiao said: "Oh my! You young folks dating, what are you doing coming up into the mountains?"

Reba chimed in: "We came to see more of our motherland's ethnic culture!"

Grandpa Xiao said again: "Oh my! These days you young folks even need culture to go on a date!"

The others laughed and didn't pick up the thread.

In the end, Cai Xu couldn't help asking: "Grandpa Xiao, what are you doing out here in the woods alone?"

Grandpa Xiao answered: "Herding reindeer."

Qin Feng asked with a smile: "May I ask... where might the deer be?"

Grandpa Xiao then sang: "The road is under your feet—"

His reply—

Left everyone exchanging glances......

How did this turn into a sing-along? Even the theme song from the '86 version of Journey to the West came out......

—【Seems even ethnic minorities rarely wear ethnic clothing in daily life~】

— "I am from the Miao ethnic group; we occasionally wear these during festivals, but I have never seen anyone wearing a full set of Miao silver ornaments around their neck while working in the fields. Many ethnic groups probably share this custom."

— "It is clear that Uncle Xiao is also a straightforward person~"

— "So here is the question: up to now, not even a single deer has appeared on camera. Could the deer Uncle Xiao released be Schrödinger's deer?"

Uncle Xiao waved his hand and said, "Forget it, I won't joke with you anymore."

He pointed to the footprints in the snow and said, "These are left by the reindeer; they are nearby."

Reba suddenly understood and said, "Just now, when you were making 'ao-lou-ao-lou' sounds, were you calling the reindeer?"

Uncle Xiao nodded: "Otherwise what? I cannot perform magic rituals."

Although the few young couples had no ill intent.

they still subconsciously shifted their gaze toward Hua Chenyu...

The mage coughed lightly, changed the subject, and said, "Did your reindeer get lost?"

Uncle Xiao smiled and shook his head: "They will be back very soon."

Just as the few were speaking.

In the breeze blowing over, there seemed to be the sound of bells~

Ding-ling-ling--

Dang-dang-dang--

Reba was very curious!

She pulled Qin Feng's sleeve and said, "Qin Feng, listen"

In the forest where the snow had not yet melted.

Although it was no longer snowing.

but once the wind blew, scattered snowflakes still drifted down.

The breeze seemed to carry its own BGM.

It truly made such a scene become even more poetic!

The sound of bells in the wind grew closer and closer!

Looking in the direction of the sound.

Small reindeer resembling young calves, like 'elves' in the forest, appeared in everyone's field of vision! Reba's eyes curved into crescent moons with joy!

She exclaimed happily: "Uncle Xiao! You also raise cattle?"

Qin Feng: 【Black man with question mark】

He finally realized that Reba simply did not recognize reindeer!

Uncle Xiao Kuliang, who had just been smiling cheerfully, was stunned by Reba's question!

Where are the cattle??