Cyanwood forest, in the tree hole.
The red flame is licking the blue-black eggshell, the boiling thick soup is gurgling and bubbling, and the bubbling steam is lingering, breaking into people's noses with a tempting fragrance, making people keep going in that direction Look.
The big white wolf lying on the ground, who was refused to help because of his clumsiness, couldn't resist the temptation, and raised his head from time to time to look at Gou Liang, who was busy around the six fires.
Boiled in the eggshell of the hydropterosaur is the leg bone of the four-horned bull.
No orc has ever tried this way of eating, but the whimsical Gou Liang proved that the bone soup of different animals is really delicious, and the milky white soup is rich in nutrition, even Meng Hao feels warm and energetic after drinking it.
It is conceivable that it is a good thing.
After they had decided to return to the tribe, they would immediately share this important discovery with the priest.
At this time, Gou Liang was stir-frying the beef of Sijiao Niu. He added the seeds of the cold-dispelling herb Red Pepper Grass to it. The slightly pungent and spicy aroma made Meng Hao very worried whether this dish was suitable for little females;
And on the fire on his left was half a four-horned ox roasting. Meng Hao, who was driven away, followed Gou Liang's instructions and turned the half ox over, pawing the ox from time to time to help the beef cook faster. , the heat is more even. The roasted whole beef that was about to be cooked sizzled, and a few streaks of oil slid down the plump texture of the beef, and fell into the fire.
On the right side of Gou Liang, there are steaks cut into the same size as the rectangular fruit shells, and they are fried together on five rectangular fruit shells.
It is taken from the tenderest loin meat of Sijia cattle. The meat quality has changed from pink to brown red again. Gouliang is topped with the fruit pulp of monkey wine fruit, which is the favorite of apes and beastmen. The fragrance is so strong that it makes people's index fingers move;
Further to the right, in the ox taurus shell, beef is being stewed luxuriously with fresh burgundy crescent moon flowers;
On the last fire, the pulp of milk rice crackers is being steamed with a shell larger than that of a pterosaur egg.
The aroma of the food makes people feel that the waiting process is very long. Meng Hao’s eyes unconsciously wandered back and forth on the fire, and finally landed on the shovel shaped like a human hand that was cut from the branches of the red leaf tree, the dog beam that stir-fried the beef, and the ice cream. The blue eyes were focused unnoticed, and his tail flicked, revealing a little urging.
The sweat rolled down, and Gou Liang roughly raised his arm to wipe it to prevent the sweat from falling into his eyes.
Meng Hao saw that his forehead and the back of his neck were completely soaked in sweat, and the white fur of the long-toothed beast with its tail curled up was soaked in water and handed it to him.
Seeing Gou Liang shaking his head and rejecting busyly, Meng Hao simply changed back to human form and wiped his sweat himself.
The cold touch made Gou Liang let out a comfortable sigh, and he turned around and said, "Wait a little longer, dinner will be ready soon."
That smile is brighter than the red moon flower blooming in the sun.
Meng Hao was stunned for a moment, and unconsciously revealed a smile.
After the beef was cooked, Gou Liang changed a nutshell and stir-fried two vegetarian dishes, and it was all done.
A tree trunk split in half with its claws serves as a table, and it is filled with delicacies.
A whole four-horned beef is carefully cooked, tender and juicy steak, sweet and sour red moon flower stewed beef, fragrant and crispy roasted whole beef, spicy fried beef, steaming beef soup...
There are also green and crisp shrubs and moonlight flowers and leaves, crystal clear and plump milk rice...
"So happy!"
Gou Liang put the long-toothed animal hair on his face, and stared at the big white wolf who carefully cut the steak into small pieces with his nails sharper than a knife. He felt that there was no happiest moment in his life. .
"Enough, I can't eat too much."
After half of the steak was cut, Gou Liang called to Meng Hao, and Big White Wolf, who already knew his appetite very well, didn't say much, and directly threw the remaining half of the steak into his mouth.
"Is it tasty?"
Seeing his ice blue eyes slightly narrowed, Gou Liang looked at him expectantly.
Meng Hao nodded, "Yeah." Seeing this, Gou Liang contentedly picked up a small piece of steak and put it into his mouth, chewing and nodding—it couldn't be better! Pure natural and pollution-free wild food, the orcs who have been focusing on dark cooking for thousands of years are really reckless!
Originally, Gou Liang didn't dare to cook in the wild because he was afraid of provoking strange beasts. After all, taking food is less a matter of death than death.
He didn't let go until he learned from Meng Hao the particularity of the Cyanwood Forest where they are now.
The Aoki Forest is the largest forest on the Wob Great Plains, where the Aomori Tribe inhabits the ape family, and there are legends that there are tree people.
The small corner of the Cyanwood Forest where they are now is called the Treeman Forest, and it is the territory of the treemen.
Although Gou Liang has never met a so-called tree man during the few days he lived here, as the old priest told Meng Hao, the tree man is the best friend of the Winged Wolf Clan. According to the old priest, this is because many Years ago, when the Wall tribe was only a member of the Winged Wolf Clan, a certain great priest had saved the Treant Clan, and signed an eternal contract with them, and would not harm any orcs of the Winged Wolf Clan.
Moreover, the powerful and mysterious treant clan has a strong deterrent effect on alien beasts. No alien beast dares to step into their territory, not even the most ferocious black-armored tyrannosaurus.
That's why Meng Hao, who had just grown up, chose this place as his permanent foothold.
In just a few days, after constant exploration and bold attempts, Gou Liang successfully played the reverberation of the food with the indigenous food of the orc world, making every food full of surprises. These delicacies have already conquered Meng Hao's taste buds, making him realize that in the first thirty years of his life, he ate only fake animal meat!
Life in the wild is more fulfilling and hectic because of good food.
With the first ray of sunshine rising, Gou Liang prepares breakfast, while Meng Hao goes out to collect red salt fruit, milk rice cracker, Hongxia fruit, red moon flower, etc., the more the better. Although the forest of trees was very safe, he didn't dare to go far. When Gou Liang made breakfast and blew his bone whistle, Meng Hao brought back a bagful of precious fruits. After that, the energetic two embarked on a hunting journey.
The darker the skin, the more powerful the beasts tend to be. The energy contained in the meat is stronger, and it is less likely to spoil, so Meng Hao likes to pick the black-skinned beasts with the largest tonnage and the most meat.
The battle was fierce, but Meng Hao was able to win nine out of ten times and returned with a rewarding experience.
At night, Gou Liang huddled under Meng Hao's belly, sleeping contentedly with his big tail in his arms, enjoying the most peaceful moment of the day.
However, the good times are always short-lived.
Ten days passed in a flash, and tomorrow they will embark on their return journey.
The female's appetite is limited, so Gou Liang got off the table early after eating and began to pack his bags. He was troubled by the small mountain of fruits piled up in the corner of the tree hole—even if it was a pocket-sized red fist fruit, he couldn't bear to throw it away.
"Meng Hao, can we take all these things away?"
he asked expectantly.
Meng Hao, who was drinking soup, nodded casually, not paying attention to the weight.
Gou Liang was very happy when he heard the words, spread out the animal skins and started to get busy.
Meng Hao flicked his tail, looked at him while drinking soup and eating barbecue.
No matter how dangerous and exhausting the day's battle is, at this moment, Meng Hao's heart is filled with a sense of solidity and ease that he has never had before.
The scene in front of me was ordinary and simple, but it was full of energy, and gave rise to many longings for the day-to-day life for no reason.
This feeling is very strange to Meng Hao, and it has appeared frequently in these two days.
He intuitively felt that this comfort that made people relax their vigilance might hide a deep danger, so he restrained it very cautiously, but it still popped up from time to time.
At this moment, seeing Gou Liang treating the fruits all over the forest as treasures, Meng Hao lazily flicked his tail and was unwilling to move.
He was thinking in his heart that before leaving tomorrow, he could gather some more fruits. For example, the little female likes Hongxia fruit very much, and every time she can't eat it, she always has to eat one more bite before giving up. Monkey wine fruit is also good, he found the little female secretly drinking fruit juice behind his back several times... Thinking about it, Meng Hao suddenly had an idea in his heart: maybe, he should also find a female to spend the rest of his life with.
Just like at this moment, on an ordinary night, I watched my female smile for a life of food and clothing, watched him busy preparing a good meal for herself, and watched him hug his tail and say What about the strange beast he defeated, what about the rare fruit he collected today...
Meng Hao was startled, and suddenly realized that he had brought Gou Liang into the image of "his own female", and stopped this terrible thought suddenly.
He withdrew his gaze from Gou Liang and accelerated his eating speed.
[System: Master, the favorability of the target has fluctuated strongly just now, and there is an upward trend! Seize the moment, throw him down, throw him down, woo woo woo!]
Gou Liang's eyes light up suddenly, and he looks up at Meng Hao.
The big white wolf was finishing his dinner, got up and shook his hair, and started to take down and pack the exotic animal meat hanging on the top of the tree hole, without noticing his sly and obviously scheming eyes.
This trip to the hunt they harvested a lot.
Not to mention anything else, a single tree hole filled with exotic animal meat that was boiled with red salt fruit paddle and hot water and then hung to dry in the sun is enough for the two Meng Hao brothers to hand in the exotic animal meat. Stocked up, and more than enough. In addition, besides Gou Liang's fruit hill, Gou Liang insisted on leaving Meng Hui with a water wing dragon egg, piles of animal skins, and precious medicinal herbs... If it weren't for the great carrying capacity of the Great White Wolf, it wouldn't be worth it. Definitely take it back.
When everything was settled, Hongyue had already climbed to the top of the tree.
Gou Liang soaked in warm water in a fruit shell called oxtail fruit, stretched out his limbs comfortably, and the fatigue of the day dissipated. He was lying on the edge of the fruit shell, taking a bath while watching Meng Hao who was squatting outside the tree hole with his back facing him. The villain in his heart was biting the tail of the big white wolf fiercely: sharing the same bed for so long, even the little mouth He didn't get to kiss him, so he could only stroke his hair secretly, which was simply a big failure in his life!
"Have you washed your hair?"
Meng Hao, who was very gentlemanly waiting for Gou Liang to finish his bath before returning to the cave, immediately frowned when he saw Gou Liang's wet long hair.
"I sweat a lot and feel uncomfortable."
Gou Liang scratched his head, as if he made a mistake and was justified.
Meng Hao glared at him.
There was a female in the Woer tribe who died of illness because her hair was washed and not dried before falling asleep. This happened when Meng Hao was a child. He saw it with his own eyes, how dare he be sloppy? Gou Liang had been specially instructed a long time ago, but he did not expect him to be so disobedient.
Seeing that he was yawning and going to sleep, Meng Hao immediately grabbed him out of the tree hole, changed back into the animal form, and swung the dog beam to the top of his head with his tail, gave him a long-toothed animal skin, and warned him: "Don't wipe it!" Do it, don't sleep."
Gou Liang lay on his head, rubbing his hair indiscriminately, while smiling playfully with him: "Are you really angry? You can't find a female if you get angry so easily, let me tell you."
Meng Hao was completely unmoved.
Gou Liang hummed, simply sat cross-legged on his head, and wiped his hair vigorously.
When the night wind blows, it is rare for the scorching red moon season to be so cool. Gou Liang looks up at the red moon in the sky, like a burning red fireball, emitting light, allowing him to easily see at night with female eyesight. things.
It seemed that there were only the two of them left in this world, and no one could disturb them.
The fact is also the same, Gou Liang thought of the bad things going back to the Woer tribe, and felt even more reluctant to go here.
"It's so nice here...Meng Hao, shall we come back here in two days?"
"No return."
"Why? Then where are we going next?"
Gou Liang asked curiously, seeing that Meng Hao didn't answer, he tugged at Meng Hao's hair: "I'm talking to you."
Meng Hao raised his head, Gou Liang rolled down from the top of his head unexpectedly, fell into his thick and soft neck, and yelled twice.
"You're playing tricks on me again!"
Gou Liang pulled his hair and climbed back onto his head, and stepped on his head without heeding the lesson, but he held his hair vigilantly in his hands, lowered his center of gravity, to prevent him from getting himself down again.
There was a little smile in Meng Hao's icy blue eyes.
Without teasing him again, Meng Hao answered his previous question: "There is no purple flower and red moon here, I will look elsewhere until I find it."
Gou Liang understood, patted his head and said, "Don't worry, he will get better. It doesn't matter if you can't find Ziyue Honghua. Didn't Gal say that I prayed for him to stand up again? Then I can also pray for Lord Beast God to restore his glory as a warrior. I think I must be stronger now than before!"
Meng Hao shrugged his head to signal him to continue brushing his hair, and said: "For things that can be achieved by our own strength, we should not easily pray to the Lord Beast God, otherwise the Lord Beast God will punish the greedy orcs, and even the entire tribe."
"Isn't that a request to the priest? I am not."
"Even so, the punishment doesn't fall on the tribe, but on you."
"Oh, you are worried about me."
"..."
Gou Liang continued to say with a smile: "It turns out that I am more important than your younger brother in your heart. I am so touched."
Meng Hao once again: "..."
Gou Liang grinningly wiped his hair, and when the long black hair was almost dry, he was a little reluctant to get off Meng Hao's head, so he just lay down on his head, circling his fingers around his snow-white soft fur, and discussed with him. : "Then next year, can you bring me here again? At that time, we picked a lot of monkey wine fruit and went back. Didn't you say that the priest likes to drink monkey wine fruit pulp the most—"
"no."
Meng Hao interrupted him, "You will be an adult at the Red Moon Festival. You Hui will protect you then, but he needs to guard the tribe, so I'm afraid he won't have time to accompany you."
Gou Liang was stunned, and said anxiously, "Why Meng Hui? What about you?"
Meng Hao was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect him to ask this question: "...Didn't Gal and the priest tell you? Meng Hui is your unmarried orc, and you will form a bond when the red rose season is over."
"What did you say?!"
Gou Liang stood up suddenly, his body shook a bit, he grabbed Meng Hao's long hair and stumbled down his face, sat on the big white wolf's nose and asked him loudly: "What do you mean by what you just said? How could I Forming a bond with Meng Hui?! Could it be, shouldn't it be He-Meng Hao, what is going on here?"
The clever Meng Hao immediately took back his stopped words and wanted to say something, let out a low growl, lowered his head and put him on the ground.
Gou Liang hugged his face tightly, "Speak clearly!"
Meng Hao changed back to human form, ignored Gou Liang who was sitting on the ground, and just said: "Although you have lost your memory, a promise is a promise, I hope you can keep it, and don't make Meng Hui sad."
He was unwilling to let Meng Hui and Gou Liang get in touch before, even when Gou Liang lost his memory for the first time and became a five-year-old child, he didn't change his mind.
But after Gou Liang was injured again and lost his memory, the old priest made it clear that there was little hope of Gou Liang recovering his memory so that they were mentally prepared. The current "Langxi" has eliminated the barbarism that was once favored and proud, leaving only the softest and purest part, and her character is no longer worrying. And during this period of getting along, Meng Hao was even more sure that Gou Liang was capable of taking good care of Meng Hui, so he never thought about objecting to their bond formation.
"But...Meng Hao, wait..."
After seeing Meng Hao expressing his attitude, he didn't intend to say more, and turned to leave, Gou Liang got up and caught up with him.
Still wanting to say something, Meng Hao said: "Lang Xi, Hui prefers you to be his partner, and you have already sworn oaths in front of the priest and the patriarch. Although many things happened later, I think, now you It can bring happiness to Hui, so—”
"I do not want!"
Gou Liang said loudly, "I won't form a bond with him, I—"
"Lang Xi." Meng Hao raised his voice and interrupted him, "Hui is the best warrior of the Winged Wolf Clan. Now his legs have recovered and he will be able to guard the tribe again one day. You have no reason to break your promise, believe me. I, there is no better and more suitable partner for you than him."
Gou Liang looked at him in disbelief, his always smiling eyes were wet with tears, he said:
"But—the person I like is you!"