In the camp of scavengers, in addition to the necessities of survival, the most is meat.
Because the restricted area is nearby, scavengers go there every day, so the meat that can be eaten is sold at many stalls in the camp.
So after hearing that Xu Qing wanted to eat a snake, Team Lei's wrinkled face showed a happy smile.
He understood that the reason why the other party said to eat snakes was because what 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 cunning, you don't know much about the strange beasts in the forbidden area, you are easy to be deceived, and if there is a forced buying and selling, I should go." Team Lei said and stood up.
Hearing the words "strong buying and selling", Xu Qing subconsciously touched his iron stick, and after thinking about it, he said seriously.
"They won't."
Team Lei glanced at the iron stick, laughed dumbly, and walked out of the yard without speaking.
Looking at the figure of Team Lei, Xu Qing thought for a while, went to the side room, carefully cleaned the pots and bowls inside, and wiped the table, and finally prepared to put three sets of bowls on it.
"That's someone who will never come." In his mind, the words of the Thunder Team came to mind, and in silence he placed the third bowl fast next to the Thunder team's bowl fast.
The same goes for chairs.
After doing this, Xu Qing looked back at the yard outside the door, it was dusk at this moment, 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 Nanhuangzhou, although the earth is warming up and everything is recovering, winter seems to be very unwilling, and occasionally snowflakes are scattered, trying to tell everything that it has not yet left.
At this moment, the snowflakes were swaying under the gray sky and blown down by the wind.
It seems to have fallen from the sky to the earth, spreading the earth while being melted by the earth's temperature.
In the end, all you can see is the mud all over the ground.
No matter how noble the place you come from, no matter how clean you are, but in this world, you still have to mix with the mud and blend in, regardless of each other.
I don't know if the wind contains the snow and makes it colder, or if the snow infects the wind and makes it colder.
At this moment, when the wind blew through the earth, the camp, and the bamboo courtyard house, Xu Qing was a little cold.
Although he was a monk, the fear of cold accumulated over the years in the depths of his memory still made him a little uncomfortable in this cold.
Until in this cold wind, he saw a staggering figure, walking from a distance in the wind and snow, pushing open the door of the yard, the moment the figure appeared, the voice broke through the wind and snow with laughter.
"Child, you have a good meal today, look at what I bought, this is a safflower snake, the meat quality of this snake is excellent, I will show you a good hand later."
Team Lei carried a snake corpse and strode into the side room.
Noticing the cleanliness of the side room, noticing the arrangement of tables and chairs and the fast bowls, especially after seeing the two pairs side by side, Team Lei's wrinkled face showed a smile and glanced at Xu Qing deeply.
"Do you want to learn to burn snakes?" Team Lei spoke.
"I think." Xu Qing's eyes lit up, he was very eager for all the knowledge he didn't know, especially the snake burned by the thunder team, which was delicious.
Team Lei smiled and beckoned Xu Qing to his side, introducing and making at the same time.
"This snake, according to reason, it is necessary to cut off the head and tail, but those people don't know that the snake tail must be removed because there is an excretory outlet, but as long as the snake head is treated with poison, it can play a role in enhancing the overall taste of snake meat."
Team Lei was very happy when it came to grilled dishes.
Xu Qing was also listening very seriously, watching the Thunder Team clean the snake, peel the skin and take out the internal organs and other debris, and chop it into pieces and put it aside.
"Child, you have to remember that whether the meat has an aftertaste in your mouth depends on the soup."
Saying that, Team Lei began to boil the soup in a casserole, and a lot of medicinal materials were put in the soup, and the snake head that was finally processed was also thrown into it by him.
After doing this, as the fragrance overflowed, Xu Qing swallowed his saliva, Team Lei looked at him, laughed, took out the washed pot directly, and started stir-frying the snake meat.
In an instant, as the crackling sound echoed, bursts of rich fragrance came to the face with a heat wave, permeating the entire side room and also floating out.
It seemed to dispel all the cold, causing Xu Qing's stomach to make an uncontrollable gurgling sound, looking at the rolling snake meat, his eyes were a little straight.
Soon, as the thunder team fired, the stir-fried snake meat was put into the casserole by him, and the lid fell off, looking at Xu Qing.
"Have you learned it?"
Xu Qing stared at the casserole and nodded vigorously, he saw the whole process and felt that it was not difficult.
Team Lei smiled slightly, and when he came back from the side room, he held two wine jugs in his hand, one was thrown to Xu Qing and the other was held by himself, and after taking a sip, he praised it.
"There is no shortage of meat in the camp, but this wine is a rare item."
Xu Qing picked up the wine jug and looked at the cloudy liquid inside, he had never drunk wine.
As Team Lei said, this is a rare thing, not found in the slums, only the big people in the city can taste it.
But seeing the Lei team enjoying it after drinking, Xu Qing hesitantly put it to his mouth, and after taking a sip, his brows furrowed slightly, feeling that his mouth was full of spiciness, but he still swallowed it.
A hot stream appeared directly from his throat, flowed down the esophagus into his stomach, and exploded violently, spreading throughout his body, turning into a breath rushing into his mouth, causing him to open his mouth and exhale a breath of alcohol.
"It's not good." Xu Qing looked at Team Lei.
Team Lei laughed when he heard this, pointed at Xu Qing, and spoke with a smile.
"You are still too young to taste the taste of wine, and you will definitely like it when you grow up in the future."
Team Lei said that he was about to take the wine jug from Xu Qing's hand, but Xu Qing avoided it.
"I'll try again." Xu Qing said seriously, took another sip, although his brows were still furrowed, but he also adapted to the strange taste.
Not long after, under the kind ridicule of Xu Qing for Xu Qing's drinking, the snake meat was cured.
When he brought the casserole and opened the lid, the aroma spread directly, Xu Qing's Adam's apple moved involuntarily, put down the wine jug, and waited for the Thunder Team to pick up a piece first, Xu Qing immediately poked out a piece with a quick and put it in his mouth and swallowed it.
He still couldn't change the habit of gobbling up food when eating.
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 was permeated.
Looking at Xu Qing in an awkward posture and holding the fast son hard, Team Lei's eyes were deep, revealing softness and murmuring in his heart.
"After all, it's a pity...... Living in this cruel world."
At this moment, the wind and snow blew outside, because there were gaps in the structure of this house, it still got in and landed on Xu Qing's body, although he was sweating all over his head, but he was still a little resistant to this cold wind, and shrank slightly.
This subtle move fell into the eyes of Team Lei, and he thought about it and didn't say anything.
Until a long time later, Xu Qing followed the Lei team to take a big sip of wine again, and after exhaling the smell of alcohol, he looked at the old man in front of him 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, how could I die so easily, it's okay."
Xu Qing was silent, he wanted to ask Team Lei about the abolition of the foundation, but remembered the scene in the forbidden area, and finally did not speak.
This meal lasted for a long time, until Team Lei drank the wine jug in his hand, he stood up, his eyes were a little hazy, and he went back to the house.
Looking at his figure, Xu Qing clearly felt that there was a former momentum on the Thunder team, which seemed to have dissipated with the return of the forbidden area this time.
Xu Qing was silent, and after a long time he stood up, cleaned up the dining table, washed the pots and dishes and put them neatly, and then returned to his house.
Sitting on the bed, he looked up at the wind and snow outside the window, shrank back, and took out the Blood Shadow Captain's leather bag he had picked up in the forbidden area.
Although there was no elixir in it, there were a lot of spirit coins and a lot of miscellaneous items, so Xu Qing checked it.
Finally, I took out a black glove, which didn't look like leather, but had a bit of a metallic texture.
After trying, Xu Qing found that this thing was very resilient and had good protective power, so he took it and punched it a few times, thinking it was not bad, so he took it off, closed his eyes and meditated, and began to breathe.
Silence all night.
At dawn, the wind and snow were still falling, but it was much slower, but the cold of one night made it possible for some time after the snowflakes landed.
So when Xu Qing walked out of the house, he saw the snow marks on the ground.
Xu Qing tightened his clothes, his eyes swept over Team Lei's residence, and walked out of the yard, he felt that he should do something, such as buying some white pills for Team Lei.
So after walking out, Xu Qing stepped on the snow, and as the crunching sound came out, he walked towards the grocery store.
When passing by Master Bai's team tent, Xu Qing heard the faint sound of boys and girls reading from the tent.
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 a little girl outside the grocery store who was cleaning the snow marks hard, her clothes were a little thin, her little hands were red from the cold, and bursts of mist were emitted from her mouth.
After a few days of not seeing each other, the little girl seemed to have adapted to the life in the camp.
Even though the snow was still falling, she still cleaned it, but the scar on her face that ruined her face was somewhat visible in the morning sun.
When Xu Qing approached, the little girl noticed something, and when she looked up and saw Xu Qing, her eyes lit up and a happy smile appeared on her face.
"It's early."
"Good morning......" Xu Qing was a little uncomfortable with this kind of greeting, nodded and looked into the grocery store.
Maybe it was just dawn, or maybe because of the weather, there was no one inside and the restaurant was not there.
"Whatever you want to buy, I'll get it for you." The little girl smiled and spoke.
"Bai Dan." Xu Qing looked at the little girl.
After the little girl heard this and leaned the broom in her hand against the wall next to her, and walked into the store with Xu Qing, she ran to the counter and rummaged through it, quickly took out a few leather bags, opened them to take a look, and put them back.
Until 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 felt a little guilty and looked at Xu Qing.
Xu Qing could understand, took the leather bag and opened it, his eyes slightly condensed.
He noticed that the white pills in this leather bag were much better quality than those he had bought before, and even three of them were not blue at all, and there was a faint medicinal fragrance emitting them.
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 smiled.
Xu Qing took a deep look at the little girl.
"Thank you."
"I don't need to thank you for this little thing, I still want to thank you, if it weren't for you, I'm afraid I wouldn't be alive now."
The little girl smiled brightly, her eyes seemed to have light, and after saying that, she seemed to think of something, and spoke in a low voice while sending Xu Qing out.
"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 like man-made...... Be careful yourself."
The little girl's eyes were very interesting, this kind of look made Xu Qing a little uncomfortable, he took a few steps back, nodded, and thanked him for leaving.
Until he walked not far away, Xu Qing looked back, looked at the little girl continuing to clear the snow there, and looked at the scars on her face in the sun.
He suddenly thought of what Team Lei said, in the temple group in the forbidden area, there is a stone that can eliminate scars.
"If you have a chance, go find her one." Xu Qing muttered in his heart, turned around and left.
The young man went away, and there was a snow trail on the road, and the wind and snow were behind him...... It's bigger.