In addition to the necessities of survival, the scavengers' camps have the most meat.
Because the restricted area is nearby, scavengers go there every day, so edible meat is sold at many stalls in the camp.
So after hearing that Xu Qing wanted to eat a snake, Lei Dui's wrinkled face showed a happy smile.
He understood that the reason why the other party said eating snakes was because the words he said at the beginning had obviously been firmly remembered by the child in front of him.
So he stopped Xu Qing from going out to buy meat.
"The group of people in the camp are all cunning. You don't know very much about exotic animals in the restricted area. You are easy to be deceived. If there is a case of forced buying and selling, let me go." Lei Dui said and stood up.
Hearing the words "strong buy and strong sell", Xu Qing subconsciously touched his iron sign, and said seriously after thinking.
"They won't."
Lei Dui glanced at the iron sign, laughed dumbly, and walked out of the yard without speaking.
Looking at Lei Dui's figure, Xu Qing thought for a while, went to the side room, carefully cleaned the pots and bowls inside, and wiped the table. That pair of bowls was fast, and Xu Qing suddenly understood something.
"That's a person who will never come." The words that Thunder Team had once appeared in his mind. In silence, he placed the third bowl Kuai next to Thunder Team Bowl Kuai.
The same goes for chairs.
After doing this, Xu Qing looked back at the yard outside the door. It was already dusk, the wind was a little cold, and there seemed to be some snowflakes inside.
In the season at the end of March, for the eastern part of Nanhuang Continent, although the earth is getting warmer and everything is recovering, it seems to be very unwilling in winter. Occasionally, snowflakes are scattered, trying to tell everything that it has not left.
At this moment, the snowflakes were swaying under the gray sky, blown down by the wind.
It seems to fall from the sky to the world, spreading the earth, and at the same time being rapidly melted by the ground temperature.
In the end, all you can see is the mud all over the ground.
No matter how noble you come from, no matter how clean you are, in this human world, you still have to mix with the silt and blend into it, regardless of each other.
I don't know if the wind contains the snow, making it icy, or if the snow infects the wind, making it colder.
At this moment, Xu Qing was a little cold when it blew across the earth, over the camp, and over the bamboo courtyard house.
Although he is a monk, the fear of cold accumulated over the years from the depths of his memory still makes him feel a little uncomfortable in this icy cold.
Until in this cold wind, he saw a staggering figure, coming from a distance against the wind and snow, pushed open the door of the yard, the moment the figure was revealed, the voice broke through the wind and snow with laughter and entered.
"Child, you have a good time today. Let's see what I bought. This is a red flower snake. The meat of this snake is excellent. I will show you a good hand later."
Lei Dui carried a snake corpse, strode into the side room.
Noticing the cleanliness of the side room, the arrangement of the tables and chairs and the speed of the bowls, especially after seeing the two pairs side by side, Lei Dui showed a smile on his wrinkled face, and looked at Xu Qing deeply. at a glance.
"Want to learn to burn snakes?" Lei Dui said.
"Think." Xu Qing's eyes lit up. He was very eager for all the knowledge he didn't know, especially the snake that Thunder Team burned, which was delicious.
Team Lei smiled and greeted Xu Qing to his side, introducing and producing.
"This snake, according to reason, needs to be decapitated and the tail is removed, but those people don't know that the tail of the snake has to be removed because it has an excretory opening. It has a refreshing effect.”
Lei Team was very happy when he talked about cooking.
Xu Qing was also listening very seriously, watching Lei Team clean the snake, peel it off to remove internal organs and other debris, and chop it up into pieces and set it aside.
"Children, you have to remember that whether the meat has an aftertaste in your mouth depends on the soup."
Saying that, Lei Dui started to boil soup in a casserole, and put a lot of medicinal herbs in the soup, and he also threw the finished snake head into it.
After doing this, Xu Qing swallowed with the fragrance overflowing, Lei Dui looked at him, laughed, took out the cleaned pot and started stir-frying the snake meat.
In an instant, as the crackling sound reverberated, bursts of rich aroma rushed towards the face with heat waves, filling the entire partial room, and also drifting out.
It seemed to dispel all the icy cold, making Xu Qing uncontrollable gurgling sound in his stomach, looking at the tumbling snake meat, his eyes were a little straight.
Soon, with Lei Team's firing, he put the stir-fried snake meat into the casserole, and as soon as the lid fell, he looked at Xu Qing.
"Have you learned?"
Xu Qing stared at the casserole and nodded vigorously. He saw the whole process and thought it was not difficult.
Lei Dui smiled slightly, and when he came back from the side room, he held two jugs in his hands, one tossed to Xu Qing, the other to himself, and sighed in admiration after taking a sip.
"There is no shortage of meat in the camp, but this wine is a rarity."
Xu Qing picked up the jug and looked at the cloudy liquid inside. He had never drunk alcohol.
As Thunder Team said, this is a rarity, not in the slums, only the big men in the city can taste it.
But seeing Lei Dui's expression of enjoyment after drinking, Xu Qing put it to his mouth hesitantly. After taking a sip, his brows were slightly wrinkled, feeling that his mouth was full of pungency, but he swallowed it anyway.
A stream of heat emerged directly from his throat, flowed down his esophagus into his stomach, and exploded violently, spreading throughout his body, turning into a breath that poured into his mouth, causing him to open his mouth and spit out a mouthful of alcohol.
"It's not good." Xu Qing looked at Team Lei.
Lei Dui laughed when he heard the words, pointed at Xu Qing, and said with a smile.
"You are still too young to taste wine. When you grow up, you will definitely like it."
Lei Dui said that he was about to take the jug from Xu Qing's hand, but Xu Qing escaped.
"I'll try again." Xu Qing said seriously, and took another sip. Although his brows were still wrinkled, he was used to the strange taste.
After a while, under the goodwill of Lei's team for Xu Qing's drinking, the snake meat was healed.
When he put the casserole on the pot and opened the lid, the aroma diffused directly, Xu Qing's Adam's apple moved involuntarily, and put down the jug. Swallow in mouth.
He still can't change the habit of gobbling down food when he eats.
In this way, in the wind and snow outside, the old and the young in the house were drinking wine and eating meat, and the warmth filled the air.
Looking at Xu Qing's awkward posture and the way he was holding fast, Lei Dui's eyes showed softness, and he murmured in his heart.
"It's a child after all, it's a pity... living in this cruel world."
At this moment, the wind and snow were blowing outside, and because there was a gap in the structure of the house, it still got in and landed on Xu Qing. Although he was sweating from eating, he still resisted the cold wind slightly. shrunk down.
This subtle move fell into Lei Dui's eyes, and he was thoughtful and didn't say anything.
After a long while, Xu Qing imitated Lei Dui and took another gulp of wine. After exhaling the smell of alcohol, he looked at the old man who had brought him out of the ruined city and placed him here, and suddenly spoke.
"Your injury..."
"It's okay, after so many years, it's okay to die so easily."
Xu Qing was silent, he wanted to ask Lei Team about the abolition of the foundation, but remembered the scene in the penalty area, and finally did not speak.
This meal was eaten for a long time, until Lei Dui emptied the jug in his hand, he stood up, his eyes were a little hazy, and he returned to the house.
Looking at his figure, Xu Qing clearly felt that there was a former momentum in Lei Team, which seemed to dissipate with the return of the restricted area this time.
Xu Qing was silent. After a long while, he stood up, cleaned the dining table, washed the pots and pans and put them away in a neat and orderly manner, and then returned to his house.
Sitting on the bed, he looked up at the wind and snow outside the window, shrank his body, and took out the leather bag of Captain Blood Shadow that he had picked up in the penalty area.
Although there are no medicinal pills in it, there are a lot of spirit coins and a lot of sundries, so Xu Qing checked it.
In the end, I took out a black glove, which did not look like leather, but had a metallic texture.
After trying it, Xu Qing found that it was very tough and had good protection, so he put it on and punched it a few times. He felt that it was not bad, so he took it off, closed his eyes and meditated, and began to breathe.
Silent all night.
At dawn, the snow was still falling, but it slowed down a lot. It was just a night of icy cold, so that after the snow fell, it could finally exist for some time.
So when Xu Qing walked out of the house, he saw snow marks on the ground.
Xu Qing tightened his clothes, glanced at Lei Team's residence, and walked out of the yard. He felt that he should do something, such as buying some white pills for Lei Team.
So after walking out, Xu Qing stepped on the snow, and with the creaking sound, he walked towards the grocery store.
When passing by the tent of Master Bai's team, Xu Qing heard the sound of boys and girls reading books faintly coming from the tent. The sound made him pause and glanced enviously.
After taking it back for a while, Xu Qing turned his head silently and walked towards the grocery store.
As it approached, from a distance, Xu Qing saw the little girl outside the grocery store who was vigorously cleaning the snow marks. Her clothes were a little thin, her hands were red from freezing, and there were bursts of mist in her mouth.
And after a few days of not seeing, the little girl seems to have adapted to the life in the camp. Although she is very tired, she cleans very seriously.
Even though the snow was still falling, she still cleaned it, but the scar on her face that ruined her face was a little obvious in the early morning sun.
When Xu Qing approached, the little girl noticed something, and when she looked up to see Xu Qing, her eyes lit up and a happy smile appeared on her face.
"Morning."
"Morning..." Xu Qing was a little uncomfortable with this kind of greeting, nodded and looked into the grocery store.
Maybe because it was just dawn, or maybe because of the weather, there was no one inside, and the store wasn't there either.
"What do you want to buy, I'll get it for you." The little girl said with a smile.
"Bai Dan." Xu Qing looked at the little girl.
Hearing this, the little girl put the broom in her hand against the wall next to her. After she walked into the store with Xu Qing, she ran to the counter to rummage. She quickly took out a few leather bags, opened them, looked at them, and put them back. .
After a while, she took out another one and handed it to Xu Qing.
"The owner stipulates that you can only sell five a day, so you can't sell more." The little girl looked at Xu Qing apologetically.
Xu Qing could understand, took the leather bag and opened it, his eyes were slightly firm.
He noticed that the quality of Bai Dan in this leather bag was much better than what he had bought before. There were even three of them, and there was no blue color at all, and there was a faint scent of medicine.
Thinking of the little girl's previous actions, Xu Qing raised her head and looked over.
"It's nothing, it's within my authority." The little girl blinked and said with a smile.
Xu Qing gave the little girl a deep look.
"thanks."
"You don't need to thank you for this little thing. I also want to thank you. If it weren't for you, I'm afraid I wouldn't be alive now."
The little girl smiled brightly, and there seemed to be light in her eyes. After she said something, she seemed to think of something, and while sending Xu Qing out, she spoke in a low voice.
"I heard from the owner yesterday that during this time, many young people in the camp have disappeared in the restricted area, and looking at his expression, it seems that it is not caused by the danger of the restricted area itself, but more artificial... yourself. Be careful."
There was concern in the little girl's eyes. This kind of look made Xu Qing a little uncomfortable. He took a few steps back, nodded, and thanked him and left.
Not far away, Xu Qing looked back and saw the figure of the little girl continuing to sweep the snow there, and the scars on her face in the sun.
He suddenly thought of what Thunder Team said, the temple complex in the restricted area, there is a stone that can remove scars.
"If you have a chance, go find one for her." Xu Qing murmured in her heart, turning around and leaving.
The boy walked away, a snow trail walked out on the road, and the wind and snow was behind him... even bigger.