Hearing Cao Cao's words, Sun Baolu picked a card from the fan of long, leaf-shaped cards in his hand and played it.
"I saw Senior Brother Li looking for the village blacksmith. It looked like he wanted something made. By the way, Dog-Boy, didn't Senior Brother Li ask you to gather information? Why are you here playing leaf cards? Aren't you afraid he'll scold you when he gets back?"
"What's this Dog-Boy nonsense? Call me Cao Cao!" Dog-Boy retorted with a displeased expression as he tossed out a card. "This little village is only so big, why go to all that trouble? Besides, I took those two little brats with me to ask around. We found out what we needed in no time. The old folks in the village all say the forest to the west has man-eating serpents. They warned us never to go there."
"You're planning to go there? You can't! You really can't! Ten years ago, my mother saw flying serpents coiling in the sky!" the homeowner, who had been watching the card game, interjected.
