Soon, the Humr stopped in front of the inn, and the young people, shivering with cold, got out of the car one by one and walked toward the inn’s entrance.
They had taken only a few steps when they all stopped in their tracks, hearing a series of pounding sounds.
Following the source of the sound, the youngsters saw a sturdy grassland man.
This grassland man was not afraid of the cold, standing bare-chested and holding a shiny, curved knife, vigorously chopping beef. Behind him was a rack with fresh beef hanging on it, still dripping with blood!
Chen Xue glanced at Cui Ran, who understood the regional dialect.
Carefully, Cui Ran approached the grassland man and asked in the border language, "Hello, do you have any rooms available?"
The man stopped chopping, and replied in rough Dragon Country language, "Yes, yes, we have warm rooms, and delicious at, please co in."
"Fantastic!" the young people cheered, not noticing the greedy look that flashed in the man’s eyes! It had been days since he last encountered such "fat sheep"!
"I want a pound of beef! No one better fight for it!"
"I want to drink rice wine! The purest rice wine!"
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"Big brother, how much does it cost to stay for one day?" asked Chen Xue, wary of falling prey to a black-hearted inn.
"Lodging and food included, two hundred per person per day," the man answered in his unpolished Dragon Country language.
The price was not high at all, and Chen Xue nodded, "We’ll take three rooms, please."
"Very well, right this way." Beaming with joy, the young people followed the man into one of the adobe houses.
Once inside the adobe house, the man shouted in a loud voice, "(*...&%&*!"
The group all looked towards Cui Ran, who smiled and said, "The gentleman just said to alert the landlady to bring out the at and the wine for the honored guests."
In the center of the adobe house was a stove, and the youngsters crowded around it unceremoniously, eagerly looking towards the kitchen from where a rich aroma of at was emanating.
The youngsters didn’t have to wait long, in less than ten minutes, a stout woman ca out with a large basin of at.
The woman had dark, sun-kissed cheeks adorned with blush and traditional regional hair ornants; she looked very down-to-earth.
But for so reason, Chen Xue couldn’t shake the feeling that sothing was off.
Weren’t border won supposed to be shy? Why did this woman seem so unabashed, sizing up the faces of everyone?
"You guests look like you’re from the big city! This is top-quality beef, eat it while it’s hot!" The woman cheerfully placed the beef on the stove.
With the heat of the stove, the aroma of the at grew even richer.
The youngsters were drooling; they had been eating compressed food for a whole day and night, almost tasting nothingness in their mouths.
However, the young people didn’t start eating; instead, they looked bewilderedly at the woman, and Cui Ran softly asked, "Sister, do you perhaps have any chopsticks?"
"Chopsticks? Hahaha," laughed the woman heartily, "We never use chopsticks to eat at, we always grab it with our hands!"
With that, the woman washed her hands in the mare’s milk wine, grabbed a piece of at with her hand, and began to eat without any concern for etiquette.
Watching this scene, Chen Xue felt a little relieved; the woman had eaten the at herself, maybe it was just her own suspicions?
Liu Xin couldn’t hold back any longer, he washed his hands in the mare’s milk wine, grabbed a piece of beef, and started munching it loudly!
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