Cub Nursery

A concrete road stretches from the train station to the end of the invisible side.

"Green Bird, I never expected to see you again." Brown Pig said happily, "If it wasn't for you, Leopard and I would have died long ago."

"It's all over." Green Bird said lightly.

At the beginning, the chef took the brown pig, the leopard and others as auxiliary soldiers inside the outer city wall, but he was unlucky, and just happened to meet the iron-clawed hyena demon who broke into the city.The chef has a good cultivation, and he rushed up alone, but he still lost to the Iron Claw Hyena. Seeing that the brown pig and other Taoist soldiers were about to confront the Iron Claw Hyena, the green bird appeared.

Green Bird was not one of them, but a Taoist soldier who was going to the battlefield to play the vanguard. At that time, he had just retreated from the outer city wall and was exhausted and ready to rest.

But since he saw the iron-clawed hyena monster breaking in, of course the green bird couldn't stand idly by.

At that time, the brown pig was saved, but the green bird was also injured. Later, to save his life, he cut off a section of the calf.

At this time, the green bird has been put on the prosthetic limbs, and it looks like an ordinary person, with shoes on its feet. If it wasn't for the brown pig who knew him a long time ago, I'm afraid he would only think that he is also a Taoist soldier.

"Yeah, it's all over." The brown pig cheered up and said, "You're following Master Yan now? It's going to be a good day, and I'm following Master Yan, at the racecourse. There are benefits every year and festivals, and on weekdays There are various subsidies here, and our treatment is much better than before.”

Green Bird has heard these words a long time ago, and he has really seen them.

I took the train all the way and followed to the border town. Almost every place here has changed, and I can only see what the border town used to look like from some clues.

The potholed dirt road has turned into a cement road, and many houses have been refurbished, all of which are cement houses.

The old people I occasionally saw on the road sat at the intersection first, and the clothes they wore were no longer tattered, but neat and clean. The old man had a ruddy complexion and was full of energy.

There were children who ran out suddenly, playing with weird straw worms and other small things. The children's faces were round and chubby, and they no longer looked skinny.

The border town has changed so much that it is too late for the green bird to be surprised at what he sees, because there are even more strange things waiting for him.

Working in the border town is guaranteed. If you work for ten, twenty, or thirty years, and leave the workshop in the future, you will still be paid every month, and your children will be able to go to school in the future and have the opportunity to enter the workshop.

The cotton in the fields is lush and lush, and even in autumn, these cottons are still full of vitality.

The life in the border town seems to be better than that in the capital city. Although it is not so prosperous here, everything has a new look and everyone is full of vitality. It seems that living here is more comfortable and relaxed.

The demon country on the outer city wall seems not so scary anymore, everyone is full of motivation from the bottom of their hearts, in order to live better and better.

"It's very good here." The green bird looked forward to the umbrella making workshop that hadn't started yet.

"Yeah, since Master Yan came, the border town has become better and better." The brown pig babbled, "The military households can fill their stomachs, our Taoist soldiers can have meat to eat, and the body can't be exhausted every day. You don’t have to worry about starvation. There is also a good medicine like Guiyuan Green Ganoderma lucidum. You can’t die even if you are seriously injured. There is nothing to be afraid of. My cultivation base is to rely on Guiyuan Green Ganoderma to break through the bottleneck. Now I can go to the battlefield and I have tamed ants The chance of the marching demon..."

"What?" Green Bird was a little confused.

He had accepted the nearly omnipotent cubs, but domestication?

"Look over there, the one next to Master Yan is the Marching Ant Demon. It is extremely powerful and has a docile temperament. It can run faster than a war horse." The brown pig pointed.

The green bird raised its head fiercely, and saw Yan Xun approaching at some point not far away, and beside him was a huge black monster with tentacles swaying non-stop.

That is the Ant Marching Demon.

If it hadn't been obedient and lying beside Yan Xun, the green bird would have had the urge to fight from above, the hairs on his body stood on end, and the sense of crisis in the face of monsters was so intense that he could hardly control his instincts.

"Dahei help lift that boulder." Yan Xun touched Dahei's tentacles.

Dahei flicked forward, raised his foot and easily lifted the boulder, and immediately ran back and rubbed Yan Xun's palm with his tentacles.

"Dahei is too powerful, help smash the boulder." Yan Xun said again.

After being praised and ordered, Dahei ran over again, clicked his mouth a few times, and the boulder immediately shattered.

"Dahei is amazing!" Yan Xun praised again.

Dahei's tentacles shook slightly, it liked this kind of praise very much, it got a lot of compliments, and it still had braised pork to eat.

A few Taoist soldiers who were working had already seen the strangeness, so they quickly shoveled the gravel and paved it, washed the mixed cement and poured it in, mixed it with the gravel, spread fine cement on top, and beat the top. paved.

Not far away, Green Bird lowered his voice and asked, "Why didn't you see that Master Jing?"

Ever since Green Bird saw Yan Xun, he could always see Jing Fengye always around him, this was the first time he only saw Yan Xun, not Jing Fengye.

"This road is divided into several construction sections, Mr. Jing should have gone to those places." Brown Pig said.

Seeing Yan Xun holding an egg in his hand, the green bird couldn't help asking, "Did Master Yan really lay an egg?"

Ordinary brothers give birth to babies, no matter how small they are, they are not so small, let alone eggs.

The brown pig nodded as a matter of course, "Have you met Master Xiaodan? When Master Xiaodan was born, he was also a egg, but he was a bit older than brother Dan. I heard that Master Xiaodan was able to subdue the wicked when he was born, which is very powerful." .”

The green bird has naturally seen the baby, the little guy is small, only a little bigger than a palm, but his voice is loud and his kung fu is extremely powerful, he can subdue a wolf dog by himself.

Thinking of the baby she had seen before, Green Bird looked at Brother Egg in Yan Xun's hand, and felt normal.

As long as there is enough cement, stones, sand, etc., plus the Taoist soldiers borrowed from the big camp, daily food and food, a canned food subsidy a day, and money subsidies, several sections of roads will be repaired at the same time, plus Shang Yanxun said that if the section of the road is completed first, there will be more money subsidies.

Adding all these factors together, many Taoist soldiers wished they could work with both hands at the same time. Everyone came out of the border town before dawn and worked until dark at night before going back to rest.

It can be said that there is a change every day, the concrete road is quickly paved, and Yan Xun leads Dahei and Taoist soldiers along the concrete road to the umbrella workshop.

The huge stones are placed on the wooden cart, and they will not feel tired at all when walking on the flat concrete road. The Taoist soldiers are all well-trained, with bulging muscles, and they will not feel tired at all.

"Green Bird, your cultivation level is still so high." The brown pig was pushing the wooden cart behind, while talking to Green Bird with ease.

After all, the prosthetic limb was pressed, which required a lot of strength, and the green bird couldn't help with the work of rushing, so he just followed the team and occasionally shared his cultivation experience with the brown pig.

"Talent is one aspect, and hard work is another aspect." Green Bird said lightly.

Even after he left the border town and became an ordinary person instead of a Taoist soldier, he did not forget to train his body and his own cultivation.

Green Bird keeps everything in Biancheng firmly in mind, and even hopes that one day he can return to play in Biancheng. Although he has come back in a different way, Green Bird feels that this is better.

"I'm not talented." Brown Pig said, "The bell is ringing ahead, let's take a rest."

"En." The green bird nodded slightly.

The brown pig took off the water bottle hanging from his waist, and drank some water, and the green bird also took his own water bottle to drink.

This kettle was given by Yan Xun. It was painted with green paint on the outside, and there is a circle of soft glue inside the lid, which will not leak after tightening. The inside is filled with boiled water for everyone to drink in their spare time.

After taking a few sips of water, the brown pig wiped his mouth and said, "Green Bird, I still have a few cans of braised pork that I have saved up. I'll get some for you later. I'm sure you'll eat it once and want to eat it the second time."

"No need." Green Bird said lightly, "I have."

When he ate canned braised pork for the first time, he really wanted to eat it again after eating it once, but they, disabled Taoist soldiers, will be treated as Yan Xun fiefs in the future, and their treatment is better than that of Brown Pig and others. I ate it early and saved a lot, so I am naturally not so greedy at this time.

After hearing the green bird talk about the treatment, the brown pig enviously said: "Your treatment is so good, I want to go."

The two people said, followed the team to stop.

The concrete road has come to an end, and there is a large flat land in front of it, and there are mountains not far away.

Cubs sprinkled lime scribing lines, and a few skilled artisans were waiting at the front.

The green bird and the brown pig stretched their necks to look over, and sure enough, they saw Yan Xun and Jing Fengye were there, as well as a whole row of cubs.

"Today we will start to build the umbrella workshop. You will still come in groups according to the previous group, and start working from various places at the same time." Yan Xun said, "I will build a temporary camp here, and I will eat and live with you."

"Eat and live together!" shouted the technical craftsman behind.

The green bird couldn't help but hold its head high.

He has met many masters, big and small, the talented masters in the village, the masters outside the town, and the poor men in the county. They have never bothered to talk to them farmers, and they have always been superior to others.

Only Yan Xun did not give him this feeling, as if everything in the world is exactly the same in Yan Xun's eyes, no one is special, and no one is superior to others.

Tents were erected one after another, and the Taoist soldiers dispersed, digging foundations, laying foundations, and pouring cement.

The skilled craftsmen took the blueprints and gestured against the rapidly formed foundation. The cubs walked around, occasionally helping to replenish and lifting heavy objects.

Yan Xun would lead Dahei around the workshop every day, and would ask Dahei to help with heavy work.

Green Bird has seen Dahei a few times, and the feeling of bristling hairs is gone. He even touched Dahei's hard shell and touched Dahei's tentacles.

"Dahei's eyes are not easy to use. They mainly communicate with their tentacles. You can see it shaking its tentacles like this, which means it is very happy." Yan Xun laughed, "Dahei can understand our tone, if it does it right If it does something wrong, it must be praised, and if it does something wrong, it must be severely reprimanded."

Although Dahei couldn't understand human speech, it acted as if it could understand what Yan Xun said, with an unparalleled tacit understanding.

"Dahei is not like a big monster. He is just an ordinary monster. He may become our enemy, but he can also be our helper." Yan Xun looked at the green bird, but said to the people around him, "Wait next year All the marching ant monsters in the racecourse have been domesticated, and then the Taoist soldiers will not need to ride out of the city on horses, and the marching ants can completely replace the horses!"

War horses cannot withstand the poison of demons in the demon country, but marching ants can.

Green Bird thought a lot for a moment, and suddenly realized that he was no longer a Taoist soldier. Even if he came to the border town at this time, he was just an ordinary person who came to make umbrellas.

His eyes dimmed a lot in an instant, Green Bird took a deep breath and turned to work.

Watching the green bird walking away slowly with the stone in his arms, Jing Fengye stepped forward and asked, "Why didn't your lord tell him the truth?"

"It's meaningless to say it now, just to see if these Dao soldiers are really for my use." Yan Xun said without hesitation, "I know what the green bird is thinking, but he used to be a Dao soldier with a bright future. , but it’s all just the past, no matter how hard he tries now, he can’t go back to the past, if he wants to be used by me, he has to accept the reality.”

Like other disabled Taoist soldiers, Green Bird is proud in his bones.

There are even some Taoist soldiers who choose to commit suicide after being seriously injured, and are unwilling to drag their bodies to live.

Jing Fengye looked at the disabled Taoist soldiers in a daze.

What will happen to the seriously injured monster?

"Although I have a kind heart, I gave them a way out, but not everyone can walk this way." Yan Xun's voice still rang in his ears.

"What if it's a monster?" Jing Fengye asked subconsciously.

Yan Xun was stunned for a moment, looked at Jing Fengye's dazed eyes, and understood a little bit, then said: "Monsters are the same as people, in my eyes there are only distinctions between good and evil, and there is no distinction between identities."

Jing Fengye snapped back to his senses, and after realizing what he had said, he quickly shut up and stopped talking.

The autumn wind was dry, and after a while outside, he felt like his face was cut by a knife. Yan Xun stretched out his hand and rubbed his face, pretending that nothing happened just now, and smiled at Jing Fengye: "Let's go back to the tent." , Today is my turn to sleep with my brother Dan in my arms."

"En." Jing Fengye hurried to the upper air outlet to help Yan Xun block the wind.

The tent is not big, but it is airtight, and the wooden bed is slightly off the ground, covered with thick bedding.

Hot water was warming on the charcoal stove, Yan Xun poured himself a glass of water, and drank it in small sips, Jing Fengye climbed onto the bed to make the bedding, neither of them spoke.

"My lord, I'll deliver Brother Egg." The war rabbit cub shouted outside.

"Come in." Yan Xun hurriedly said.

The war rabbit cub opened the tent and came in. Wearing a thin cotton coat, he first rubbed his hands before taking out the egg brother that was next to his body.

"Is everything going well today?" Yan Xun took over Brother Dan, feeling warm.

"Very well." The war rabbit cub said hastily.

"Well, go back and have a good rest. After the workshop is built, we will build a few concrete buildings to live in. Then we will be able to settle here." Yan Xun said, "I'll take Brother Dan with me tomorrow, so you can save yourself some trouble." .”

The war rabbit cub hurriedly nodded and left the tent.

In fact, the Zhantu cubs don't feel worried about Brother Dan at all. Although Brother Dan likes to roll around, he is very well-behaved and good-looking. The cubs especially like to take care of his brother.

Yan Xun stuffed Brother Dan into the quilt, and after he took off his clothes and got under the quilt again, Brother Dan disappeared.

"This kid knows how to roll around." Yan Xun hurriedly groped, finally touched Brother Dan by his feet, shook it in his hand and threatened, "If you roll around again, I will lock you up in the den." Li, don’t hug you anymore.”

Brother Dan hurriedly shook it, and then obediently stopped moving.

The umbrella-making workshop is extremely huge. There are several houses in it, all of which are three floors. There is also a secret basement below, and there are small steel-making furnaces and so on.

Just looking at the scale, no one would believe that this is an umbrella workshop.

A row of concrete buildings was erected next to the workshop, and Green Bird had already brought his own things in to settle down. The room he was allocated was not big, and the inside was clean, with glass windows. Green Bird was very satisfied.

There are many carriages parked outside the workshop, specially running back and forth on the cement road connecting the workshop to the border town.

The Taoist soldiers who helped with the construction have gone back, the brown pig and others have also returned to the racecourse, and now only the green bird and other disabled Taoist soldiers are left in the umbrella workshop, as well as Yan Xun and the cubs. Even the technical craftsmen have returned to the border town .

Yan Xun gathered Green Bird and the others together, and said: "I know that you have already had doubts in your mind. If it is a simple umbrella workshop, there is no need to build such a large one. Ordinary umbrellas can be made by ordinary people, even if they use high-quality materials. , It is difficult to sell the umbrellas made at a good price. I have invested so much in the construction of workshops, and I don’t know when I will get back the money.”

The green bird suddenly looked up at Yan Xun, he had thought about this a long time ago, and believed that Yan Xun must have other plans in his heart!

"This is an umbrella-making workshop. Umbrellas must be made." Yan Xun said, "Starting tomorrow, you will start making umbrellas. The various processes are not difficult. I will let the cubs teach you. Of course, our workshop It’s not just this kind of umbrella, there’s another kind of umbrella…”

Yan Xun looked at Feng Ye in his glasses.

Jing Fengye took out an inconspicuous long umbrella by his side, there was no difference from the outside, but the umbrella cloth was green, which looked strange.Jing Fengye opened the umbrella with one hand, and threw another umbrella to Zhantu Cub.

The two umbrellas looked exactly the same, and there was no big difference from ordinary umbrellas, except that the umbrella handle was turned into a hook.

"Practice for them." Yan Xun said.

"Here we come." The war rabbit cub rushed up holding an umbrella.

Jing Fengye's eyes became serious.

Under the watchful eyes of many people, the two umbrellas hit together with a loud noise, and then the two retreated, leaving the umbrella in their hands unharmed.

Immediately afterwards, Jing Fengye opened the umbrella, and the war rabbit cub turned the mechanism, and bullets sprayed out from the top of the umbrella.

The umbrella in Jing Fengye's hand turned quickly, and all the bullets were blocked.

Immediately, the war rabbit cub opened the umbrella and jumped up suddenly, and then the buoyancy of the umbrella stayed in midair for a moment.

Jing Fengye looked up, pointed the umbrella tip at the war rabbit cub, and shot.

"Ah..." Green Bird couldn't help exclaiming. Although he had seen that gun for the first time, he had heard of it a long time ago. He knew that it was not an ordinary long gun, but a secret formula developed by the cubs. The small bullet It can kill monsters.

The war rabbit cub didn't panic, he lowered his head calmly, with his umbrella pointing down, blocking all the bullets.

The bullet, which is almost invisible to the naked eye, flew out and hit the umbrella with a sound like steel, as if the green cloth was not cloth but steel.

The two were on the verge of firing, and then fell to the ground.

Jing Fengye returned behind Yan Xun, and the Zhantu cubs returned among the cubs, with their heads held high.

"Have you seen it? This kind of umbrella can effectively resist the attacks of some monsters. It can be very useful when defending the city, and there are organs inside, not only guns, but also blades. When encountering monsters, you can have the power to fight." Yan Xun said calmly, "The umbrella workshop needs to make this kind of umbrella. I will choose some people to teach you how to make this kind of umbrella..."

"It's green cotton cloth." The green bird whispered.

Everyone around pricked up their ears, they hadn't heard of it yet.

The green bird was fortunate enough to hear the brown pig say it, and said in a low voice, "It's a green cotton cloth with a very low output. Only the Taoist soldiers guarding the outer city wall have the opportunity to wear the battle robe. When the hoppers attacked the city..."

Green Bird pursed his lips, but did not continue.

When the hoppers attacked the city, if everyone had battle robes, the casualties would not be so heavy.

It is said that only high-ranking officials in the capital have a small piece of green cotton cloth like a heart mirror, which is enough to save their lives.

Only the border towns can see so many green cotton cloths, and although the war robe is good, it is not as good as this kind of umbrella. If there are enough such umbrellas, it can be used as a shield. Umbrella blocks.

The green bird looked at Yan Xun with burning eyes.

He originally thought that he was here to make ordinary umbrellas, and it was Yan Xun who took pity on them, and Yan Xun was kind-hearted, and gave them a job so that they would not be hungry and could spend the rest of their lives in peace.

Didn't know there was such an umbrella.

Even if he can no longer go to the battlefield, if he has the opportunity to build this kind of umbrella, it can be considered as a help and contribution to the border towns and Taoist soldiers.

Green Bird only felt a vigorous fighting spirit rising in his chest, he wanted to go further!

"Okay, now everyone go back to rest, and start making umbrellas tomorrow." Yan Xun said.

"Yes!" Everyone answered in unison, and the voice shook the sky.

Followed by the flow of people and slowly dispersed, the green bird returned to her room, thinking how to get into Yan Xun's eyes and get in touch with that magical green umbrella.

He closed his eyes and sat cross-legged on the bed, thinking about the details of these days.

The brown pig said to him: "Master Yan is the most kind-hearted. Back then, Huabao and I were lucky enough to be selected to donate blood. Some Taoist soldiers were timid and dared not go if they were selected. Huabao and I didn't think so much, because We just need to know that Master Yan is a good person and will not harm us."

"I don't feel anything when I draw blood, and it doesn't hurt too much, and there are cans for me."

"Later, another doctor came with Guiyuan Green Ganoderma lucidum, and I ate it without further ado. I didn't expect an epiphany on the spot, and my cultivation improved."

"The boss said that I am a fool, but I don't think I am stupid at all. If I am stupid, I must not believe that Master Yan is kind, and I don't believe in the blood donation that Master Yan said. Hey, but there are restrictions on donating blood. At most once a year, I wanted to donate blood again, but the doctor kicked me out, saying that my chance was gone.”

"Green Bird, but I'm really not smart. I usually get advice from the chef. Otherwise, I don't know how many troubles I have caused, and my cultivation is slow to improve. The chef said that my talent is not good, and I can only wait for a miracle."

"My cultivation base has improved a lot now, and I don't know if I have encountered a miracle."

"Hey, if you really want to ask me what these things are, I don't know. We just want to be a down-to-earth person. Those kind-hearted adults will do what they say. We will work honestly, and this is not good. .”

There is no intrigue, no swordsmanship, and no coercion.

The brown pig is lucky, he is honest and capable, so he got a big benefit from this day.

Green Bird opened his eyes and murmured, "I know what to do."