"...Mr. Cola and Mrs. Cola... The family moved to the lower level... Small town life, women farming and men weaving... Life is happy. Strange, did I understand it wrong? How is it that women farming and men weaving?" I was stuttering reading a very old newspaper.
Note: Mrs. Cola is not a typo, but Ji Xiaohua's literacy ability has not yet reached home, and some words can only be transliterated.
Before throwing it over, it was probably used to hold the bones that were spit out while eating. The newspaper was greasy, but it didn't hinder Jihuan's mood to read the newspaper.
With more and more literacy, he can already read and read newspapers, but he does not have the guts of A Jin to spend a lot of money on scrap newspapers, and the occasional old newspapers picked up from the garbage heap are fine. After discovering that Jihuan likes to look at those "waste papers", the little gray devil also began to consciously collect all kinds of waste paper for him. Of course, it is not free. Jihuan is responsible for the harvest, and the "payment" is the black eggs. When the uncle receives the "goods" from the little gray devil, the black egg will take the initiative to hand over the bottle.
The black egg that can pay for my uncle is really cool!
The illiterate little gray devil actually picked up a lot of waste paper without words for Jihuan, some were posters, and some were a pair of broken paintings, but Jihuan didn't tell him that these couldn't be read, but took them all, and the black eggs "Pay" for these things.
The little gray devil has a strong self-esteem and knows how to support himself at a young age. He will not accept gifts from others, and Jihuan does not intend to destroy this virtue, but he is not opposed to helping this child through black eggs.
After more than a month, the little gray devil seems to have gained some weight.
In fact, at his age, the little gray devil was originally a monster with strong hunting ability. I can catch one bone every day, and if I'm lucky, I can catch two, but one has to change the water, and whether the other can be caught is another matter. Over time, he becomes dry and thin, and he is still short. .
After Jihuan stopped buying prey from him, his situation was better, and he could get one or two caps of neinei from the black eggs in various ways every day, although this thing called neinei (← this The name is what Grandpa told him =-=) It's not good to drink, but it quenches thirst, and the black egg is a good monster. The water sold to him is more than the monster that sells water. Over time, the little gray devil will Focus on doing Jihuan's business.
However, he is not greedy. He only needs one or two caps of water every day. If there are excess goods to sell, he will take it back and "pay" the next day.
The little gray devil, who had a fixed water supply every day, began to focus more on honing his abilities. When Jihuan is reading the newspaper, he will read it out for everyone to listen to. Although the little gray devil is not interested in these, he likes the feeling of a few people getting together, so he will also listen to it. In his opinion, although Jihuan is not interested, He is very weak (still can't catch a few skulls), but he also has his strengths, such as the words in the newspaper, he doesn't recognize a single one, but Jihuan knows more and more.
"...However, it's no wonder that it's a female farmer and male weave. This Mrs. Cola looks... amazing!" Cameras in the human world can't photograph monsters, but those in the world of monsters can. The newspaper also attached recent photos of the Cola family. Jihuan nodded when he saw Mrs. Cola's terrifying appearance.
Touched by his tone, the little gray devil raised his head and glanced at it: "It's very strong. If I find a partner in the future, I must find someone like this. It looks like it can hunt very well and can give birth."
Following Huan: =-=
Well, this is the world of monsters. Looking at the ignorant black egg sitting in his arms reading the newspaper, Jihuan felt that he was going to prepare for the amazing appearance of his future nephew and daughter-in-law.
Aside from the joys and sorrows of the Cola family, which occupies half of the page, there is a piece of news in the corner.
"Young rich man, xx xx xx Erxx replaced Mr. Cola as the richest man in the city. This powerful young monster instantly became the new pursuit of the city's ladies."
"Ah... This person's name is so hard to pronounce. In other words, there has been no news from A Jin..." Ji Huan scratched his head and put the newspaper he had read into his carry-on bag.
Uh, he couldn't imagine that the name he just pronounced was the name of Ah Jin, who he wanted to know the most.
After the newspaper reading time was over, Jihuan started another day of hunting.
Now that Grandpa has become a strong bone hunter, the bone mice he catches every day can feed the whole family. If this trend continues, he might even be able to sell them at a stall. However, Jihuan doesn't plan to set up a stall in the past. From the previous experience of the little gray devil, he knows that bones have no market. He will sell that kind of prey, unless someone like himself who can only eat bones temporarily will buy them. It's a good thing not to be bullied by others.
The water business can’t be done either. The two stalls that sell water are very powerful monsters. It’s not an exaggeration to say that they are the most powerful monsters in the market. If you don’t have the strength to sell water, don’t even think about it. .
It stands to reason that there is no shortage of Jihuan in the family to hunt in this situation, but Jihuan still insists on practicing hunting and made a simple slingshot with the materials picked up in the garbage dump. He can hit the bone now, but his strength Not big enough, those bones always run away quickly after being hit.
Although there is still a lack of strength, Jihuan feels that his eyesight has improved significantly! The evidence is those bones. He can clearly see those small monsters now. They have nothing to hide in his eyes. I don't know if it's an illusion. Jihuan always feels that he can even "see" those monsters digging into the garbage. Which direction will you flee to
It was a very strange feeling, almost made people think it was an illusion, in fact Jihuan really thought it was an illusion, so he didn't tell anyone.
One more thing, Ji Huan felt a little strange.
About black eggs.
Now that there is no hot spring at home, Jihuan can still hold back, but it is a little difficult for Grandpa and Heidan to hold back. Especially Heidan, he likes to swim in hot springs the most. Several times, Jihuan dreamed of the bathroom at home. In the dream, Jihuan became Heidan, and he was swimming in the big bathtub at home. He was in a very good mood. joy.
It was only then that Ji Huan realized that Heidan was constantly fluttering on the sheets these days, so he wanted to swim in a hot spring.
As he learned more about this place, Jihuan discovered that all monsters like to soak in hot springs. It is said that the birth of hot springs is related to the birth of big monsters. Where there have always been hot springs, powerful monsters must have been born from here. The powerful energy that came from melted the rocks and turned them into molten slurry, and the groundwater boiled instantly. This is the explanation of the monsters on the origin of the hot spring, and it is also what Ji Huan saw from a travel note left by A Jin.
There is a hot spring in Yefar. Jihuan asked about the price in the past. It costs 60 bone coins to soak in the hot spring, which is only 15 minutes!
Although this price doesn't seem to be very expensive compared to scrap newspapers and car fares, but... But...
Still too expensive!
However, look at the grandpa who seems to have backache and backache even though he doesn't say it every day, and the black eggs that are scratched on the sheets every night. After thinking about it for several days, Jihuan secretly built a pool in the backyard. Big, just installed a grandfather.
Anyway, I also need to water the ground, wash clothes and scrub the house and use water. Ji Huan calculated the daily water consumption accurately, and finally made a pool like this, boiled the water and let both grandpa and black eggs soak it. You don't need to soak it every day, just every three or five bubbles, you don't need to throw away the used water, flush the toilet, wash the clothes, water the vegetable field...you can do it!
After two busy nights, finally one night, Jihuan gave Grandpa and Heidan a big surprise~
The horned monster and the little monster who were soaked in hot water were very happy. The two monsters added a Jihuan, and the small pool was full.
The horned monster sat in the pool, shrinking into a small ball as much as possible, giving more space to his grandson and great-grandson, and Ji Huan also did the same thing as him, sticking to the pool wall, he left a bigger space. Gave black eggs.
Although the little yellow duck swimming ring was gone, the black egg who was immersed in so much water was very happy again. He swam to Grandpa for a while, and then touched his uncle again. He looked extremely happy!
The scalding hot water made the horned monster and Jihuan drowsy after working hard for a long time. In the dense fog, they seemed to have returned to their home on the mountain in Bade Town, and their heartstrings that had been tense for a long time were suddenly relieved. All fell asleep.
In the dream, Jihuan and grandpa and black eggs soaked in the big bathroom at home again, blue and white hot spring water! The constant temperature all year round, soaking in a bubble, all the troubles are gone...
and many more-
I seem to have forgotten something!
Ji Huan woke up suddenly.
The first thing he thought about was the water temperature: this place has strong light radiation during the day, and the temperature is very high, but it is very cold at night. If the water is cold, the black eggs will probably get sick!
what! black eggs -
The black eggs are still soaking in the water! Without the swimming ring, what if something happens!
The first thing Jihuan did when he woke up was to look for the black egg quickly, but there was no need to look for it at all. The jet-black body was lying on his chest, and the little paw was clinging to his uncle's right arm, and the black egg leaned against him. In his uncle's arms, Hu Hu fell asleep.
He grabbed him very firmly, Ji Huan grabbed him twice, but he didn't pull him down, so he just let him grab him like this.
After finding that the black egg was fine, Huan's heart was relieved, and then he noticed another strange thing around him:
The water temperature… very hot.
Maybe it's because you haven't slept for a long time, right? Thinking in his heart, Ji Huan picked up the watch placed by the pool and looked at it, when he saw it, he was shocked: But two hours have passed!
Two hours later, even if the hot water is left out, it should have cooled down completely. Why hasn't the temperature of the water in their pool dropped at all? No... Instead of cooling down, it seems to have warmed up a bit, what is it
Ji Huan hurriedly woke up Grandpa and went to sleep in the room.
Grandpa left in a daze without noticing the time, but Jihuan was very concerned about this matter, not to mention that when he woke up the next morning, he smelled a faint smell of rotten eggs on his body, which was The standard smell after soaking in the sulphur spring, but God knows, the water they soaked last night was clearly boiled well water mixed with cold water!
The same thing happened twice later, and after several times, Jihuan finally understood who the source of the problem was.
It's a black egg!
As long as the black eggs are kept in the water, the water in the pool will always be hot, and the smell of rotten eggs will be emitted.
Uh…
Their black eggs have become hot spring monsters