Crossing the Sixers

The ears of wheat were found by An Lie in the bushes by the Yi River when he went out with the hunting team.In fact, the so-called wheat ears are not exactly the same as the wheat ears on the earth.Its shell color is off-white, and the grains are fuller.The food recipes drawn by Bai Yufei are all in black and white, and An Lie only looks at the shape and naturally regards them as the same.

He knew that Xu Jian had been talking about wheat for a long time.Xu Jian said that wheat grains can be made into flour, and flour can be made into noodles. Noodles are the staple food of many people in the earth tribes. Xu Jian always eats a bowl of longevity noodles on his birthday.

That's right, today is Xu Jian's birthday.

Calculated according to the calendar of the earth tribe, today is December 12, the day Xu Jian was born.The Yihe tribe has never had a birthday custom, but An Lie saw that Xu Jian cared so much, so he was very concerned.Right now he has nothing, but he still wants to do something for Xu Jian to make him happy.

When An Lie went downstairs with the rubbed wheat grains, Xu Jian was taken by Li Shihao to the witch doctor to treat his sprained foot.An Lie was worried about Xu Jian's injury, and wanted to visit Thorn's house, but was stopped by Murong.

"Don't worry, we have prepared medical expenses for the witch doctor, and we are not afraid that he will embarrass you little bitch."

"That's right! So~ what~ big~ a pot of chicken soup!" Bai Yufei sighed for a long time, and Sura beside him drooled very cooperatively, and immediately wiped it off with his sleeve.

I don't know if it's because there is no pollution in this world and everything is purely natural. The meat of all kinds of edible birds and animals is very tender, with high nutritional value and surprisingly fragrant taste.

The kind of Gugu beast that is similar to domestic chickens, the soup cooked by the female beast that can lay eggs is terribly fragrant, and the meat is also tender and delicious.In order to keep Thorn in a good mood and treat Xu Jian's sprain, Murong and Gao Shuai tossed in the kitchen for several hours, boiled a pot of chicken soup, and only shared a bowl with Sula and Bai Yufei, and did not taste the rest. It was taken to Thorne, which made the two of them extremely resentful.

"Can I borrow the kitchen?" An Lie smiled shyly.

"Are you hungry? That's fine." Murong readily agreed, "Eat and use whatever you want in the kitchen. I'm too tired to cook, and I really don't have the energy. If you're willing to bother, hehehe..."

An Lie understood the meaning of this hey hey.Xu Jian and the others often used "hey hey" and "you know". After getting along with them for a long time, An Lie knew that this meant asking them to help with things.

"Okay! I'll prepare food for everyone!"

An Lie walked into the kitchen excitedly, and specially closed the wooden door so that the oily smoke would not choke on Bai Yufei and Sura who were playing checkers in the living room.In fact, he wanted to use wheat grains to make longevity noodles, as a surprise for Xu Jian.

How about longevity noodles?According to Xu Jian's description, it seems that the water is boiled first, and then the noodles are put in to cook for a while. When it is almost cooked, put a few slices of green vegetables, and you can also beat two poached eggs... Poached eggs are simple!Seeing that Xu Jian had beaten poached eggs, An Lie felt that making a bowl of longevity noodles was not difficult.

An Lie quickly washed the iron pot, poured a proper amount of water, and chopped a handful of purple-red vegetables that Xu Jian and the others called "spinach".Gugu Beast, which is what Xu Jian and the others called chicken eggs, prepared two.It's just a grain of wheat.

The grains of wheat were put in An Lie's pocket. He estimated Xu Jian's meal, and kept a part of the grains in a wooden bowl in the cupboard. The rest were washed and prepared for cooking.

The fire was quickly lit, and while the water was boiling, An Lie set up the stone slab, and lit the stove to prepare roasted meat and potatoes.There are not many vegetables in the snow season, and they only have a bunch of carrots and cucumbers left here, which are only for Sura.The kitchen of the small villa is a bit crude, and it is made according to the earthen stove in the country. Fortunately, Xu Jian and the others have tossed out all kinds of tools. There is enough firewood, the space is spacious, and the air circulation is acceptable.An Lie boiled water, grilled meat, and cut carrots and cucumbers to make a cold salad. He even had time to wash some red fruit, which is what Xu Jian and the others called apples, cut them into pieces and made them into a fruit plate .

An Lie's speed with the iron knife was unmatched by ordinary people. As a result, the fruit plate, cold dishes, and barbecue were all ready, and the hot water in the pot had just boiled.Xu Jian's voice sounded in the living room, An Lie was a little anxious, fearing that Xu Jian would rush into the kitchen and smash the surprise of longevity noodles, he quickly poured wheat grains into hot water to increase the fire.Fortunately, Xu Jian only cared about joking with Xiaobai and the others, and didn't pay attention to the situation in the kitchen.

After cooking for a while, An Lie lifted the lid of the pot and picked it up with his chopsticks. He felt a little strange—the wheat grains were all floating up, why didn't they turn into strips?Ah Jian said that the noodles are made of wheat, but the wheat seems to have not changed after cooking for so long?Isn't it long enough?

Anlie had no choice but to continue adding firewood.

The kitchen door was opened, and Li Shihao walked in, seeing An Lie huddled beside the stove staring at the flames, he couldn't help laughing.

"It turns out that your cooking skills are good, and it smells delicious."

"...Yeah, hehe. Well, Ah Hao, you should get out the ones you've made first."

Three oversized earthenware plates, one with salad vegetables, one with apple slices, and one piled with various roast meats, roasted mushrooms, roasted fungus and roasted potato slices, and even a small handful of roasted chestnuts!Li Shihao smiled and understood everything in his heart.

"Is it a birthday surprise for Ah Jian?"

An Lie scratched his head in embarrassment, smiled twice, and said, "You said birthdays are very important... This is Ah Jian's first birthday after leaving the tribe. I hope he has a happy time."

The smile froze on Li Shihao's face.He looked away from An Lie's face, looked at the steaming iron pot, and his thoughts flew to the earth where he didn't know.They lied, An Lie thought that the Earth Tribe was really gone, and that Xu Jian would stay in the Yihe Tribe forever.But they have never given up looking for a way back to the earth, because for them, the earth tribe still exists, and there is their home, and they will leave sooner or later, no matter how long they have to wait, they will choose to return to the place where they were born ...

But right now it's not suitable to tell An Lie the truth.

Li Shihao forced a smile and asked, "What delicious food is still cooking in the pot?"

"Ah...it's nothing..." An Lie was not good at lying, and scratched his head embarrassingly.

Li Shihao shrugged his shoulders: "Well, anyway, when the time comes, everyone will have a share." He moved out the fruit plate, cold dishes, and barbecue, and soon there was cheers in the living room. Murong and the others were all praising An Lie's craftsmanship, He is the most virtuous man of the 21st century.

What is the 21st century?What does virtuous mean?Before Anlie could figure it out, the water boiled again.He hurriedly picked up the wheat grains with his chopsticks again, but unfortunately they were still one by one, not like the "long, slippery" noodles that Xu Jian described.

Could it be that the temperature is wrong?An Lie fished out a few grains of wheat, put them in his mouth and bit them.Fragrant and soft, it should be cooked!

"Hey! An Lie, come out for dinner! What are you still cooking?" Xu Jian asked with a smile on his face at the kitchen door, his eyes sparkling.

"Oh! Oh! It will be ready soon!" An Lie was flustered, blushing and quickly sprinkled salt grains into the pot, paused for a while and then sprinkled green vegetables, then broke the eggs and poured them in, before Xu Jian came In front of the stove, An Lie quickly put the lid on the pot and added the last handful of firewood, "It's... cooking vegetables..."

Xu Jian's face was a little disappointed: "...the vegetables are so unpalatable to eat! You should save the hot pot!"

"I'll find you more vegetables tomorrow..."

"Oh, come on, what are you running around in the snow! It's good to have meat! Don't be busy, come and eat quickly, they are all like hungry wolves, and there will be nothing left when you finish your work!"

Xu Jian turned around and went back to the living room.An Lie quickly lifted the lid of the pot, watching that the spinach was about to rot, the poached eggs were cooked, and the grains of wheat swelled to the size of a fingernail, and he quickly scooped them into a wooden bowl.

The inside and outside of the wooden bowl is painted with a layer of gum, which is easy to wash and not hot, and the pattern painted on the surface of the wood inside the gum is very beautiful.When An Lie held this bowl and placed it on the round dining table in the living room, with the ore illuminated overhead, the whole bowl was like a posed work of art. .It's a pity that their mobile phones and SLR cameras have long since run out of battery and cannot be used.

"Hey, what is this?" Bai Yufei asked curiously, and wanted to pick up the chopsticks to poke them, but Li Shihao stretched out his hand to stop him.

Seeing An Lie's nervous expression, he was afraid that someone else would touch the bowl of noodles.Li Shihao didn't know what this round yolk was called, but he still gave Xu Jian his chopsticks.

An Lie breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.Xu Jian suddenly understood, picked up a "white glutinous rice ball" with chopsticks, put it in front of his eyes and looked at it carefully-"It turned out that it was specially made for me to eat. Hehe, you also know that today is my birthday!... What the hell is this?" Son? It smells good..."

An Lie was overjoyed and couldn't wait to announce the answer: "It's longevity noodles made of wheat!"

……

There was a sudden silence in the living room.

Xu Jian swallowed hard what he was chewing, then put down his chopsticks, and looked at An Lie in disbelief—"You, have you found the wheat? You...use it to make longevity noodles for me?"

An Lie suddenly felt something was wrong, why did Li Shihao and the others have weird expressions?Especially Ah Jian, he looked like he was about to cry.An Lie looked at the wheat grains that he had cooked himself, and realized that he probably didn't make longevity noodles, because Ah Jian couldn't swallow it when he ate it, and he obviously didn't think it was delicious.

A tear fell from the corner of Xu Jian's eye, and he quickly wiped it away, but An Lie saw this scene.An Lie opened his mouth and looked at Xu Jian's strange expression of wanting to laugh and cry.Xu Jian covered his face with his arm, and put it down after a while. His eyes were red, and when he spoke, his voice became much hoarse.

"Is there any wheat left?"

"……Have."

"Okay, I've got the best birthday gift this year! Wheat left over is more important than a hundred bowls of longevity noodles!"

So Xu Jian didn't finish the bowl of "Longevity Noodles".He ate the poached eggs, green vegetables, and soup, and threw away the sticky lumps.Bai Yufei and the others each had a bowl of wheat soup, but they drank it with gusto, as if it was noodle soup.Only Sura was not interested in the clear soup with little water, and ate up a large plate of cold vegetables.

After the meal, Murong poured hot tea made from a kind of sweet fruit for everyone, and suggested that Li Shihao and others sing birthday song to Xu Jian.An Lie and Sura didn't know what the birthday song was, so they sat aside and listened obediently.

"Happy birthday to you~Happy birthday to you~Happy birthday to you~Happy birthday to you..."

"thanks……"

"cheers!"

An Lie and Sura hurriedly imitated them, lifted the cup to the top of their heads, and drank it down in one gulp.

Xu Jian and the others put down their cups, looked at each other and smiled, and with a smile, Bai Yufei turned his head and cried on Li Shihao's shoulder—"Woooooooo...Brother Shihao, I'm homesick!... I want to go home..."

When Bai Yufei cried, Murong and Gao Shuai also lowered their heads, looking sad.Xu Jian was lying on the sofa covered with several layers of animal skins, his shoulders were shaking, and he seemed to be crying too.

Li Shihao picked up Bai Yufei, who was hiccupping from crying, and walked up the stairs to Murong's room on the second floor.Sura's belly was already big, and every time she climbed the stairs, it looked particularly dangerous. As early as the snow season came, he was placed in the room of Li Shihao and Bai Yufei on the first floor.Bai Yufei hugged Li Shihao's neck, choked up while saying sorry to Xu Jian, and when Xu Jian raised his head to say good night to him, tears were still on his face.

An Lie has never left his hometown, so he can't understand what it feels like to be homesick.But Xu Jian and the others were all immersed in the sadness of missing their hometown suddenly, and even Su La began to miss home and secretly wiped her tears, and An Lie became inexplicably sad.

He didn't go to comfort them, he silently cleaned up the living room, and cleaned up the kitchen again.After finishing everything, he came to the small villa and watched the falling red leaves pave the yard, covering the snow on the ground.To the left is his home in ruins.An Lie looked at his home that no longer existed through the iron fence of the small villa, and suddenly understood how painful it was to be "sick of home".

He has nothing left.

Ah Jian doesn't seem to like the Yihe tribe.

Maybe Ah Jian will leave here in the future...

Thinking of this, An Lie clutched his heart, wondering why there was so much pain there.

How can there be such a person, you have not known him for a long time, but you will be happy or sad for his every move?He and Xu Jian met in the forest. They went to the Yihe tribe together, ate together, built houses together, made those weird things together, and laughed together... It seems that there is not much time alone.Xu Jian is not as tough as Li Shihao, not as petite and cute as Bai Yufei, not as bright and charming as Murong, but An Lie couldn't help but look for Xu Jian's figure, pay attention to his every move, pay attention to every word he said talk……

Perhaps there are traces of all this.Xu Jian refuses to be taken care of by men, he is obviously thin but he is used to relying on his own strength; Xu Jian's shy appearance, mocking him, exasperated appearance, and triumphant appearance are all very lively and lovely; Xu Jian will stand up for his partners , dare to question the most authoritative witch doctor in the tribe, Xu Jian respects half males and females; Xu Jian has many weird ideas that can help the tribe, Xu Jian sincerely hopes that the Yihe tribe will get better and better... Xu Jian likes it Children, he is sincere and patient with children...Xu Jian obviously doesn't like cooking, but he has been taking care of everyone's daily life, and he takes the trouble to teach the people in the tribe how to cook delicious food...

An Lie really wanted to be a partner with Xu Jian.It's a pity that he can also see that Xu Jian is very repulsed to form a partner with a male, he likes females more than males.Xu Jian wanted to return to their earth tribe, not stay in the Yihe tribe.

"What are you doing standing here?" Xu Jian's voice sounded from behind An Lie.

An Lie turned around, Xu Jian rolled his eyes at him.

Andre couldn't help laughing.Look, Ah Jian is also cute when he rolls his eyes.

"It's still snowing outside, you're sick from the cold but no one can save you, that old witch doctor wants you to hurry up—cough cough, do you want to come in? The cold wind is blowing, I'm going to freeze to death!" Xu Jian proudly slammed the door and went back to the living room.

An Lie curled up his lips, feeling much more relaxed.He couldn't help but guess—Ah Jian is caring about me, maybe he cares about me a little bit?Does Ah Jian like me a little bit?

Back in the living room, Xu Jian was the only one left in the living room.Seeing An Lie come in, Xu Jian ordered him to lock the door from the inside.An Lie wanted to say that it doesn't matter if you don't need to be tied up. No one in the Yihe tribe would break into someone's house in the middle of the night to steal things. After thinking about it, he decided to shut up and obediently follow Xu Jian's gestures to go upstairs.

Xu Jian climbed the stairs with a lantern with ore in it, and whispered to An Lie about the rules of staying in the small villa while walking-"We are used to getting up late, except for the boss. So you must not wake us up after you wake up, especially Su La. Personal hygiene habits should be done well, brush your teeth and face in the morning and evening, wash your feet before going to bed, take a bath every few days during the snow season, change your clothes and wash your mattress frequently. By the way, our room is paved Wood floors, so you can’t walk around with shoes on, and you’re not allowed to jump directly from the second floor to the first floor, because I’m going to hurt—we’re not used to it!”

After speaking, he went to Xu Jian's room.Because there is no simple charcoal stove, the room is much colder than the living room. Xu Jian tremblingly took off his coat and crawled into the bed, adding in a trembling voice as he drilled: "We have all washed our feet. Let's see your first day." I didn’t prepare anything for the check-in, and you are allowed not to wash your feet tonight... go to sleep!"

An Lie let out a cry, closed the door, changed into the original form of a unicorn, lay down on the carpet beside the bed, curled up into a ball, turned his head and found Xu Jian clutching his chest, as if startled, staring at him .

Xu Jian gritted his teeth and added - "The last one! Here, you are not allowed to become a unicorn! Although we all know that you look very attractive and amazing! Do you want to scare me to death in the middle of the night?! Change back!"

After speaking, he lifted a corner of the quilt, shook his chin, and signaled An Lie to climb up.

An Lie, who turned back into a human form, was dumbfounded.

An Lie didn't know how he climbed onto the bed and lay down next to Xu Jian.He was dizzy in his head, and vaguely remembered that Xu Jian seemed to blushed after he lay down, and said to him, "Thank you for your longevity noodles"... Now Xu Jian turned his back to him, listening to his breathing Already asleep.

An Lie realized later that his face was red and hot.He stretched out his arms from under the quilt to cover his face, and couldn't help but let out a silly "hehehehe" laugh.Because of his movements, Xu Jian's shoulders were exposed to the cold air. Afraid of the cold, Xu Jian couldn't help but turn around and fumbled to raise the animal skin quilt to cover his head. Unfortunately, the animal skin quilt was too heavy. He had no choice but to burrow down... Then he burrowed to An Lie's side, and used the steaming big man as a pillow, hugging him all night.

The next day, An Lie went downstairs to prepare breakfast with a tired face.Li Shihao, who got up early one after another, felt sorry for him when they saw him—"I forgot to remind you, Ah Jian's sleeping posture is not ordinary." room, Xiaowu, who shared the bed with him, was kicked and cried in the middle of the night, and would rather sleep with the two of us than sleep with him!" "In the dormitory, he slept on my upper bunk, alas, that kind of tossing and turning like pancakes..."

An Lie caught a glimpse of Xu Jian's radiant look as he was going downstairs, but he didn't dare to say the fact that he secretly stretched out his arms to hold Xu Jian in his arms last night, and Xu Jian slept well all night.

After all, he was taken in by Xu Jian, and he didn't want to be kicked out after only staying for a day.