"call-"
The fist-sized fireball hit the pile of dead branches and firewood, and it burned in the blink of an eye. Lin You, who was sitting on the porch, immediately applauded with seals, and praised the children in an encouraging tone: "It's great to recruit money this time! You didn't set the pot on fire."
The feline behemoth sprawled out in the open space of the yard, dismissive of her compliment.
It flicked back and forth irritably with its golden-brown black tail, and slapped the ground, splashing fine dust. When passing above Xiaohong one time, the flower core split open unexpectedly, biting the tip of the tail.
The hair on Lucky's back exploded instantly!
It jumped up with a low growl, and turned its head to show off to the attacker, but just as it swung its paws, the tail was spit out. The instigator closed the petals with lightning speed, and the thick leaves wrapped themselves up, and almost went back to the ground.
Ah... here we go again.
Lin You sighed.
Although Xiaohong let go, but when it was stained with its highly corrosive liquid, Zhaocai's pointed tail instantly lost a piece of fur. The big, furry cat was in a fighting stance, its half-opened mouth filled with flames.
Lin You gently grabbed the nape of its neck: "Don't spit fire at home."
The Carnivorous Flower, who was on the verge of becoming a master, had an extremely strong sense of territory. It doesn't dare to have any opinion on the two owners, but it obviously doesn't like to see Zhaocai who rushes into its territory rashly, and if he gets the chance, he will provoke him to show his unfriendliness; Zhaocai is a violent cat, and after a while If you don't watch it, the two will fight.
Lin You stroked Zhaocai's head reassuringly, and she couldn't help rubbing it twice more because of the fluffy feel.
Probably feeling that the crisis was over, Xiaohong poked her head out again, stretched the flower branch, squirmed the opened opening, and uttered two very humane voices in the direction of the fortune: "Puff."
Lin You: "..."
I owe it too much!
Zhaocai, who was gradually relaxing, froze for a moment, and angrily broke free from Lin You's hand, letting out a roar.
The battle is imminent. The window behind Lin You was pushed open with a creak, Xiao Xiao poked her head out, and said a word in an unbearable tone: "...noisy."
The mutant creatures who are extremely sensitive to danger quiet down obediently.
Xiao Xiao was lying on the window sill, with mist in her eyes, the sleepiness that had not yet faded, she covered her mouth and yawned softly, then turned her head and smiled: "Good morning."
"Good morning. The clothes were buttoned wrong." Lin You unbuttoned the top two buttons of her shirt and re-buttoned them, then fished out her hair that was pressed under the clothes. "We can eat in a while."
Xiao Xiao responded vaguely, unconsciously pressed her cheek against the back of her hand, and left from the window.
Lin You lifted the lid of the pot and stirred it with a long-handled spoon. Zhaocai lay on the other side of her, far away from the carnivorous flower in the corner of the yard, salivating at the food in the pot.
Crashing, like the sound of a large flock of birds flapping their wings.
The courtyard was suddenly covered by a large shadow. Lin You raised her head, and it was not clouds that covered the sun, but flocks of birds, which passed over their heads like rolling clouds.
Spring is indeed the season for migratory birds to return to the north... But that direction is the south
If something goes wrong, it must be a demon. Until they disappeared into a dot, Lin You still maintained a posture of looking into the distance and meditating, and Zhao Cai beside her was also looking there, faintly agitated. The sudden change of air cast an inexplicable shadow over her heart.
Xiao Xiao, who was dressed neatly, came out. She probably felt something too, looking at the direction where the birds were leaving: "Strange."
Lin You came back to her senses: "What's so strange?"
Xiao Xiao is the king of zombies, maybe he has the natural ability to predict the crisis like an animal
Xiao Xiao said: "The mutated creatures nearby are very disturbed."
Lin You let out an "ah", and suddenly remembered a similar scene two years ago, when winter turned to spring, and her base encountered a terrifying beast horde. The birds in the sky are in groups, covering the sky and the sun, while on the ground, the beasts are hitting the defensive outer wall of the base like waves.
The "it" commanding the mutated creatures stood on the back of a two-story lion, staring at the crowd with indifferent eyes.
Lin You couldn't help looking at Xiao Xiao beside her.
"It" has been killed, and Xiao Xiao has no reason to drive the beast tide.
Is she thinking too much...
Xiao Xiao met her restless eyes, looked back blankly at first, then thoughtfully, patted her head with a determined look: "Don't be afraid, I will protect you."
Lin You was moved by her kindness, but still took her hand: "Don't touch my head."
"… Oh."
After breakfast, Xiao Xiao went to check the two small vegetable fields where the rapeseed was planted yesterday.
Lin You thought very well, but unfortunately she didn't know much about how to plant the land. If she was the only one, she might be stuck for a long time on how to germinate the seeds. Fortunately, Xiao Xiao is a professional.
When Xiao Xiao was working, Lin You took the tools she prepared earlier and climbed up to the house to repair the roof. Fortunately, the damage was not serious, otherwise she wouldn't know how to repair it.
She rattled on it, and after Xiao Xiao poured water, she took out a pen and paper and sat next to Xiao Hong to write and draw, occasionally looking up; I couldn't stop the noisy voice, stood up and shook his fur, and lightly jumped over the courtyard wall, and went out to play.
Lin You's mending techniques were rough, and she even doubted whether she could last two months after mending, but since there was no second person who could do this job, she could only make do with it.
She leaned on the eaves and jumped down, Xiao Xiao looked up at her from the notebook, and then lowered her head again when she saw her landed safely.
On the notebook, Xiaohong's features are accurately outlined with a black pen, and the data changes in the past few days are recorded beside it. Xiao Xiao made the last stroke, closed the notebook, and followed Lin You into the house.
"Yesterday, we agreed to go fishing."
Lin You put away the tools, and said helplessly, "I haven't forgotten, shall I go now?"
In order to pass the time and improve the food, Lin You folded two bamboos yesterday to make a simple fishing rod, and tried to attack the fish in the river.
Xiao Xiao was very interested in this, especially the new ingredients.
They packed up their things, took a small bench and a bucket, and sat down by the river. Both of them are the type who can calm down, even if they sit here and fish for a day, let alone there are people by their side.
Lin You is full of confidence in the harvest.
But an hour later, she thought otherwise.
Facing the empty bucket and the aquatic plants hanging on Xiao Xiao's hook, Lin You showed a suspicious expression: "Is there no fish in this river?"
No way, she only thought of making a fishing rod yesterday when she saw a fat fish jumping out of the river.
Xiao Xiao looked at the river and shook his head.
Lin You followed her gaze and saw that the sparkling river was flowing downstream gently. The river water was not clear, and only vague shadows dancing under the water surface could be seen, which should be aquatic plants.
... Is it a waterweed
Under the staring eyes of the two, the black shadow seemed to surge upwards, and ripples appeared on the surface of the water. Before Lin You could react, her wrist hurt, Xiao Xiao held her hand and stepped back—
Crash!
Something huge broke out of the water. Xiao Xiao took her, but his movements were not flexible enough, he was only one step late, and the two of them were instantly splashed head-on by the splashing water.
The river water on his face smelled fishy, and protruding from the water was a slippery black tentacle... It looked like a tentacle. The root is thick and thinner as it goes up, and the tip is curved. It rolls a crucian carp enough to fill a bucket, and slowly puts it on the river bank, full of flattery.
After doing this, it slowly dived down again.
Lin You wiped her face: "..."
She and Xiao Xiao looked at each other, seeing her equally distressed appearance, and were silent for a moment: "Well... At least for lunch, such a big fish is enough."
Xiao Xiao pursed her lips tightly, and the water trickled down from the end of her hair and the hem of her clothes. She showed an expression of forbearance, as if she was going to rush into the water to pull out the unknown creature.
Although she didn't think she would really rush down, Lin You still held her back: "Okay, okay, go back and change quickly... Poof." Before she finished speaking, she couldn't hold back a little laughter.
Xiao Xiao glanced at her depressedly.
"Oh no, I'm not laughing at you."
Lin You actually didn't know what she was laughing at, but she was carrying a bucket of fish and walking beside Xiao Xiao, thinking of the scene just now, she couldn't hold back her laughter. Xiao Xiao's eyes were a little speechless, but maybe because laughter is easily contagious, he also showed a helpless smile.
"It's a good thing you didn't bring out your notebook." Lin You said with a smile, "Let's change the place next time."
Although I don't know when this mysterious creature appeared in the river, it is obvious that there are no fish caught in that section of the river.
The only catch is flopping around in the barrel. When the two returned home, Zhaocai, who had been out for a walk, had already returned. It showed great interest in the lively crucian carp in the bucket, stretching out its paws eager to try.
"No way, it's a fortune." Lin You patted off the fur paw, squatted down and reasoned with it, "Aren't you full in the morning?"
Zhaocai licked his paws, and turned his head away pretending to be stupid.
It really is a cat.
Lin You wanted to laugh a little, but she and Zhaocai were startled by the sound of two or three things falling next to her. She saw the fishing rods and benches scattered on the ground, and looked up at the people standing beside her suspiciously: "Xiao Xiao?"
Xiao Xiao's complexion was very bad, her gaze fell on her wrist, and then she looked down at her own hand.
Deep purple nails, trimmed since last growing. But perhaps because of the stress response of the previous emergency, a sharp point emerged when she was not paying attention, enough to cut through the fragile skin of a human being.
Lin You reacted a little too late, turned her wrist and saw the scratch, it wasn't deep, but black blood gushed out from the wound, against the white skin, it was extremely shocking.
"nothing.
Lin You wanted to speak to comfort Xiao Xiao, but the moment she looked at her, she lost her ability to speak.
Xiao Xiao's snow-colored long hair was sticking to the side of her face because of being wet, and she looked a little embarrassed, and her ice-blue eyes were staring at her at the moment, and the eyes under the watery light showed a fragile color that was about to fall. Then, like the snow on the branches that had been startled off, a little cold drop of water rolled down.
… what.
That drop of water fell on the back of Lin You's hand, and the water splashed like a blooming flower.
Xiao Xiao cried.
The author has something to say:
Yuzu used to hate children, but after working as a preschool teacher in the base, she was full of motherhood.