Ruan Qiuqiu drank the crystal and round drops of water on his fingertips, and after a while, he felt that his head that was about to split didn't hurt so much.
She supported the uneven inner wall of the cave, walked slowly to the edge of the stone bed, and lay down for a while.
But she didn't lie down for a long time, and then she crawled up again.
- She only had one hour to pack her things. She had already delayed a lot of work when she just confirmed the ability, and now she can't rest no matter how tired she is.
Ruan Qiuqiu carefully packed the things in the cave, and then found tragically that she was now destitute.
The things in the cave are pitiful:
There are very few animal skins that can keep you warm. Except for the animal skin that was laid on the stone bed as a quilt, there are only two animal skin coats with rough stitches that look like burlap sacks.
In addition to these three pieces of skin, there is only one slap-length bone needle that is ground from animal bones;
A few long threads that looked like they were made of lion's hair;
A frozen, dry piece of jerky that can only be eaten for one meal;
A washed wooden bowl and a small half catty of tuber powder.
In addition, let alone daily necessities such as toothbrushes and combs, Ruan Qiuqiu didn't even find a single chopstick.
She rubbed her forehead weakly, sewed the large animal skin on the bed into a skin bag, and put everything in the cave into it.
When folding clothes, Ruan Qiuqiu found a brand new red hairband in the light brown animal skin coat.
It is probably made of the fur of some rare animal. Although it is very simple, the color is very bright, bright red, very festive, like...
Bridal headgear.
I don't know why such a word popped up in my mind, Ruan Qiuqiu's heart tightened, she hesitated, and took the hairband in her hand.
She touched the soft fluff on it, and for some reason, her eyes were a little sour—
After living for more than 20 years, she has never been in love, and now she is going to be a bride and marry a wolf so suddenly.
Thinking of her future husband, Ruan Qiuqiu twitched the corners of her lips, revealing an expression that she didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
A crippled and disfigured perverted wolf...
She really achieved a great leap forward, and went straight from being a single dog to becoming the bride of the evil wolf.
Ruan Qiuqiu felt that her mood was very complicated. She blinked her eyes, and in the end she still put the bright red hairband and the sharp bone needles that could be used as weapons into her pocket.
…
An hour is up soon. When Ruan Qiuqiu walked out of the cave with the animal skin bag, the patriarch of the lion demon was already waiting outside with a few demons from the Yanlang tribe.
Ruan Qiuqiu pursed his lips and looked at the wolf demons outside the cave—
They are generally not as tall as the lions of the mountain lion tribe, and they are not so aggressive in their human form. They have blue-green wolf-shaped patterns on their right faces, their eyes are not as energetic as lions, and they even look a little lazy , but it gives a very dangerous feeling.
"Ruan Qiuqiu, just follow these wolves."
The lion demon patriarch got about the three hundred catties of salt stone, and his expression seemed to be much gentler than before.
He looked at the pale Ruan Qiuqiu, pointed to an animal skin bag on the ground, and said in a dignified tone, "Your... dowry is all in it.
It takes about a day and a half to travel from our tribe to the Yanlang tribe, you... Be careful. "
Ruan Qiuqiu nodded, stepped forward, opened the animal skin bag and took a look.
The contents were pretty much what she had asked for, the herbs and salt stone wrapped in a small animal hide alone.
Ruan Qiuqiu pretended to take food, took out the small animal skin wrapped with herbs and two pieces of jerky, put it in the animal skin bag in his hand, and then stood up straight, staggering about trying to put it away. Pick up the large animal skin bag.
But after all, something heavier than a few kilograms is very heavy. She has little strength now, and the animal skin bag is stuck in the snow. She tried several times and couldn't lift it up.
While Rou Yuerao watched her shaking hands and feet, she couldn't bear it.
She wanted to let the lion demons around her help her, but when she thought that Ruan Qiuqiu still liked Lu Ziran, who was not in the tribe because she was out hunting, the little sympathy that had just surged in her heart disappeared immediately.
Rouyuerao didn't speak, and the lion demons who were still thinking about Ruan Qiuqiu and said she was not good didn't help.
Ruan Qiuqiu didn't expect the lion demons to help her. She had already thought about this situation before.
She took out twenty catties of jerky from the animal skin bag, walked to the side of the middle-aged wolf demon who looked the oldest, met the latter's icy gaze, and smiled reluctantly, "This... uncle demon, I wonder if I can make a small deal with you?"
The middle-aged wolf demon looked at Ruan Qiuqiu's thin hand, and saw that it was not very fresh jerky that had been put away for a long time, and reluctantly accepted it, "Can you get the animal skin bag for you
alright. "
He grabbed the jerky, stuffed it into his large animal skin pocket, and then casually picked up the animal skin bag that Ruan Qiuqiu couldn't carry on the ground, "Don't waste time, let's go."
The middle-aged wolf demon's voice fell, and the other four wolves followed him expressionlessly, turning their heads to stare at her in unison.
Ruan Qiuqiu's back was chilled, and he didn't dare to waste time, so he followed with gritted teeth.
The wolves were not too big, but not too small. She followed them, and when she came back to her senses, she had already left the territory of the lion monster tribe.
She didn't say goodbye to any person or demon from the Wind Lion Tribe just now, and they didn't feel any reluctance or worry about her leaving.
It was as if she was really just a dispensable tool for exchanging salt stones.
But Ruan Qiuqiu didn't have time to feel sorry for the indifference of the lions and demons, and it was already very hard for her to keep up with the wolf demons.
…
Ruan Qiuqiu originally thought that after leaving the Lion tribe, the wolf demons would turn into their original form and hurry, and maybe they would take her for a ride.
But it turns out that she thinks too much.
The five wolves not only did not intend to take her on the road, but also did not have any will to communicate with her.
They took her back to the tribe indifferently as if to complete the task.
On the way, she was too tired to walk a few times, and they would look at her with a very fierce and disgusting look.
Fortunately, there were no dangerous animals and no demons encountered along the way. Otherwise, Ruan Qiuqiu doubted whether he would still be able to marry the big bad wolf alive.
They walked on and off for a long time. By the evening of the second day, the animal skins wrapped around Ruan Qiuqiu's feet were almost smashed by her, and they finally approached the territory of the Yanlang tribe.
When he was about to leave the forest, the middle-aged wolf demon headed suddenly turned his head and said to Ruan Qiuqiu in a frightened and excited tone, "After this forest, you will arrive at your partner's "recuperation" cave."
He said the word "recuperation" very seriously, and along with a burst of ridicule, the other four wolves also turned their heads, as if they were suddenly interested in talking to her.
A younger wolf demon's voice still had some hidden fear in his voice. He stared at Ruan Qiuqiu with some pity and said, "You are so miserable, your dying husband has no interest in women..."
"What are you talking about?"
The other wolf demon punched him, "The cripple has been hungry for so long, maybe he is interested in 'eating women'."
Ruan Qiuqiu: "...Oh."
It turns out that Mr. Big Bad Wolf might be greedy for her body.
"..." Seeing her expressionless face, the wolf demon said after a strange silence, "Aren't you afraid of being eaten?"
"Afraid of being useful?"
Ruan Qiuqiu said slyly.
If she was two days ago, she would have been politely afraid to show respect, but now she is almost exhausted.
She just wanted to quickly find a stone bed to lie down on, or else she would fall into a coma and die on the spot.
Perhaps her reaction was quite admired by the demon, and Ruan Qiuqiu obviously felt that the eyes of the middle-aged wolf demon had changed.
He did not know where to find a crumpled red fur coat and handed it to her, "Put it on."
Ruan Qiuqiu: "?"
"Wedding dress."
The middle-aged wolf demon said.
Ruan Qiuqiu: "..." Did they even prepare a wedding dress for her
On one side, a little wolf demon gloated: "Yes, there are wedding dresses, I almost forgot about this, but the blind demon can't see it, right?"
Ruan Qiuqiu: "...?"
Blind demon
Isn't Mr. Wolf only disfigured and disabled
Are your eyes also blind
Seeing her somewhat surprised eyes, the little wolf demon couldn't help but said, "Blind demon, don't you understand
Just like you, my eyes are blind, and I can't see this rare sunshine, this tree, this snow, understand? "
Ruan Qiuqiu listened to his words and pursed her lips, "You guys hate me... husband?"
The little wolf demon sneered, "Of course."
Ruan Qiuqiu couldn't help but ask, "If that's the case, why did you spend three hundred catties of salt stone to marry him?"
It must also be voluntary.
As soon as she finished speaking, she found that the faces of the wolves changed instantly, and even showed a hint of panic.
The middle-aged wolf demon roared sternly, "It's our tribe's rules and customs! Our Yanlang tribe lacks everything except salt and rocks. What the hell are you asking so much for
! "
Ruan Qiuqiu was stunned by his roar, and he didn't speak any more.
Several wolf demons also fell silent, and the group walked for about half an hour. Just when they were about to approach the exit of the forest, Ruan Qiuqiu, who was walking forward mechanically, suddenly found that all the wolf demons had stopped. footsteps.
She had some doubts, and just as she was about to ask, she heard a low, hoarse roar that represented threats and warnings.
A long, low roar circled around the edge of the forest covered with giant trees, and the roar of the wind made her back suddenly feel a chill.
Ruan Qiuqiu's scalp was a little numb, and when he turned around, the wolf demons behind him had already disappeared.
Her dowry was scattered on the snow.
Ruan Qiuqiu exhaled and forced himself to calm down.
She looked at the cave hidden under the giant tree not far away, and then looked back at the lonely forest, unable to tell what she felt in her heart.
Going forward, it is her husband's cave.
Backwards, after the sun sets, the forest is a hundred times more dangerous than it is now.
Ruan Qiuqiu didn't hesitate, put on the red "wedding dress", thought about it, and tied the headband in his pocket on his head.
—Whether the big bad wolf can see or not, but no matter what, this is her first marriage, so she shouldn't be too sloppy.
Ruan Qiuqiu smiled self-deprecatingly, picked up the animal skin bag that had lost more than 20 pounds of jerky and looked lighter, and walked laboriously towards the cave.
The closer you got to Mr. Wolf's cave, the heavier the blood smell in the air, mixed in the cold wind, so heavy that she couldn't breathe.
Ruan Qiuqiu finally came to a place less than ten meters away from the cave after stepping on the "crunching" snow layer and taking the last turn.
She gasped for breath, and across the hazy sunlight, she saw a wobbly wolf cub gnawing at the snow, wobbly, and possibly falling over at any time.
Ruan Qiuqiu blinked in surprise, and then looked at it, the wolf cub was gone.
Instead, it was a huge, fangs-baring, terrifying big bad wolf wrapped in a bloody aura.
And Ruan Qiuqiu could see the bloodstains and the huge rotting wounds dripping from his body, even if they were far away.