A rare opportunity

Li Yu followed the smell of rice and turned around the corner of a row of wooden houses. He suddenly found another small row of three wooden houses, built alone behind the row of wooden houses. A chimney was emitting curls of smoke! The strong smell of rice was wafting out from the three wooden houses!

Looking at the smoke and smelling the aroma of the food, Li Yu felt even more hungry. He immediately followed the path in the field and slowly moved to the door of the three wooden houses.

Having developed the habit of begging for many years, he dared not knock on the door of his master's house easily, but only walked around in front of the door. He would startle the dog guarding the house, or cough deliberately to attract the attention of the master so as not to anger him. If he knocked on the door of his master's house rashly, sometimes he would not only not get food, but also be beaten!

In the first few years of begging, he was beaten a lot and was almost beaten to death once. Since then, he has learned his lesson.

The room was quiet, and there were no dog calls. He could only cough a few times. You should know that coughing is also very particular. You cannot cough loudly, because that would be a bit deliberate and would easily cause displeasure to the owner. Therefore, the cough should sound natural to the ears, and the owner should be able to hear it just right. This requires mastering the timing of coughing!

For Li Yu, this was a piece of cake. The loudness, strength, and duration of the sound were all controlled just right. As long as there was someone in the room, they would definitely hear it, and they would just happen to hear it.

However, after a few pleasant coughs, there was no movement in the room for a long time! Li Yu was a little surprised! Is there no one in the room? But if there is no one in the room, how can there be smoke from the kitchen? How can there be an attractive smell of rice? Is it because his voice is too low? Or is the owner temporarily out of the room?

Li Yu didn't dare to act rashly and immediately increased the force of his cough, but there was still no echo in the room!

It seemed that the owner was not in the room. The smell of food filled the room, so the owner would not be far away. Li Yu immediately stepped back a few steps, found a stone and sat down, waiting for the owner to return.

However, contrary to Li Yu's expectation, no one came until the sun set and the sky darkened. Instead, he saw Zhang Ren, Liu Lin, Han Xu, and Ma Ji walking quickly towards him from a distance.

When they arrived in front of the room, Liu Lin snorted and said, looking at Li Yu who had already stood up and nodded:

"You are born with a dog's nose!"

Zhang Ren and Han Xu just glanced at him and walked into the wooden house. Liu Lin waved his hand and followed closely. After Ma Ji and others entered, Li Yu limped into the room.

The wooden house faces north and south. The two wooden rooms on the west side are connected with no wall in between. The room on the east side is separated from the other two by wooden boards, and there is a small door next to it connecting them.

There was a dining table in the room, and some food was already on it. There were snow-white steamed buns and some unknown meat with a fragrant aroma. An old woman was constantly walking back and forth.

Li Yu was stunned! It seemed that the old woman had been in the room all along, so why couldn't she hear his cough? Looking at the table full of food, he was already drooling, and he didn't have the mind to think about so much, just staring at the food on the table!

There were only three chairs beside the table. The three Blind Mountain Ghosts had already sat down with their arms and legs spread out, holding the steamed bun in their left hand and the meat in their right hand, and began to eat heartily! Li Yu's stomach was rumbling, and the saliva in his mouth was secreted faster, almost dripping from the corners of his mouth!

Ma Ji and the other four were not much better! Li Yu at least secretly ate a piece of honey last night, but they hadn't eaten anything yet! Although people who practice cultivation can withstand hunger, it doesn't mean they won't get hungry! Moreover, they kept picking herbs under the supervision of the three ghosts of Blind Mountain all day, which was very physically demanding, and their stomachs had been growling for a long time!

The three ghosts of Blind Mountain turned a blind eye to the fiery gazes of Li Yu and others, and seemed to be deliberately making loud smacking sounds.

Although Ma Ji and the other three were hungry, their pride made them turn their eyes away from the food. Li Yu didn't care about that. He stared at the food and smiled flatteringly at the three ghosts of Blind Mountain. He hoped that they could give him some, even a steamed bun, and he would be satisfied!

The three Blind Mountain ghosts looked at each other and smiled maliciously at the same time! The three of them threw their half-eaten food on the ground. Liu Lin even said jokingly:

"These are given to you as rewards!"

Ma Ji and the others were all furious when they heard this! Li Yu was overjoyed! He quickly moved over to pick up a steamed bun on the ground and stuffed it into his mouth without caring about the dust on it!

The old woman who was about to walk out of the east room carrying a plate of steamed buns couldn't help but stand there in a daze, with a barely perceptible flash of surprise in her eyes!

After eating half a steamed bun, he could not suppress his hunger. He ignored the disdainful looks of Ma Ji and others, the teasing looks of the three Blind Mountain Ghosts, and the surprised look of the old woman. He crawled on the ground, picked up the food left on the ground by the three Blind Mountain Ghosts, and stuffed it into his mouth. He didn't eat the food on the ground until he raised his head and looked at the three Blind Mountain Ghosts pleadingly.

The three Blind Mountain Ghosts were also very surprised! They didn't expect this guy to be so spineless! So they burst into crazy laughter! They immediately threw the food in their hands to the ground again!

Li Yu did the same thing until his stomach was bloated, then he stopped, licking his lips with his tongue, feeling that he hadn't had enough. To be honest, Li Yu was indeed a little unsatisfied! It was just because for him, these foods were too delicious.

The meals we begged for on weekdays were all simple and plain, most of which were a bit rotten and only served to fill our stomachs. They were in no way comparable to today's meals.

How could Ma Ji and other pampered people understand Li Yu's feelings? They just thought that this person was too shameless, picking up food from the ground like a dog, which made them despise Li Yu even more!

The three Blind Mountain Ghosts lost interest when they saw Li Yu no longer picking up food from the ground. They looked up and saw the old woman who was about to hand the steamed buns to Ma Ji and others. Liu Lin yelled:

"Wait a minute, mother-in-law!"

The old woman stopped and looked at him in confusion. He laughed wickedly, stood up and snatched the plate from the old woman, then dumped the buns on the ground. He glanced at Ma Ji and the others smugly, pointed at Li Yu and said jokingly:

"You want to eat, right? Then you have to do the same as him!"

Looking at the steamed buns rolling on the ground, Ma Ji and others' hearts were bleeding! They couldn't help but glared at Li Yu fiercely, and had already cursed his eighteen generations of ancestors! If this kid wasn't so mean, how could they end up like this? Let you eat! I'll settle the score with you tonight!

They didn't dare to say anything to the three ghosts of Blind Mountain, but they vented all their resentment on Li Yu! If eyes could kill, Li Yu would have died countless times!