Cub Nursery

"It's a border town again. It's really colder than the capital." The otter got out of the tent, let out a breath of cold air, and hurried back to unpack his bags.

It wasn't cold inside the camp, there was a charcoal pot burning in the middle, and a kettle was sitting on it, bubbling and bubbling.

Otter took out the cotton padded coat that he had been reluctant to wear all this time, unfolded it carefully, felt the soft and thick fabric, but was still a little reluctant to wear it.

There are several cotton coats, including jackets and trousers, and an extra overcoat. There are also hats, shoes and gloves, all of which are made of the latest cotton cloth and cotton this year.The otter only took shoes and a hat to wear occasionally, and still wore the tattered jacket he had been wearing before, and planned to spend the winter like this.

It's just that now that it's in the border town and it's colder outside, the otter hesitates.

"Otter?" Flame Cub strolled in and saw that the otter was folding the cotton coat. The folds on it were very clear. The cotton coat didn't have any dust at all, obviously it hadn't been worn. Flame Cub said clearly, "Put on the cotton coat. Well, my adults have already told the workshop that they will sew another batch of cotton-padded clothes this year, and they will send out more cotton-padded clothes in a short time."

"Ah? Why? This one is enough." Otter said hastily.

"It's different." The Flame Cub urged, "Put it on, it's freezing outside, so you can't do without a cotton coat."

Otter hesitated for a while, and finally changed into a cotton coat.

Compared with the thick ball-like cotton coat on the flame cub, the cotton coat on the otter is slightly thinner, making it easier to move.

"Put on a coat." Flame Cub reached out his paws to touch the coat, and said enviously, "We don't have coats, only thick jackets. My adults said that we will sew coats for us when we grow taller." ..."

After a year, the flame cub's ability has grown a lot, but its size has only grown a little bit, and it still looks like a short child.

The otter put on his coat and turned around in a circle, "It's a bit hot."

"Just go outside." The Flame Cub led the way out, "I rode a little iron donkey here today..."

"Why did the little scholar come to our camp on purpose?" The otter followed the flame cub and walked out.

He and the flame cubs met on the train, and they only exchanged a few words at that time, but Brother Dan was there at that time, and for some reason, the otter found himself familiar with this group of little cubs.

Now he walked out of the camp with Flame Cub, watching him push the little iron donkey forward, the otter naturally followed and asked naturally.

If you think about this change carefully, you will feel incredible and reasonable: Yan Xun and the cubs have helped them so much, and he has never put on airs, and will not make people kneel down. Just like friends, make otters want to help them too.

The two small wheels of the little iron donkey were gurgling, and the flame cub rubbed his paws and said, "I want to build a steel furnace, I'm here to find some helpers. I'll take you there first, and when the time comes, I will assign the work, and you can help me." Arrange it."

"Success." Otter quickly agreed.

"When the time comes, you will be subsidized every day, so you won't be allowed to work for nothing." Flame Cub said, "However, there will also be Dao soldiers coming from the camp in the border town, so we will have to talk about where you will be responsible..."

"Success." Otter clenched his fists, making up his mind that he must not be underestimated by the Taoist soldiers in the border town camp.

The two walked through the cotton field and passed the huge graveyard. The flame cub led the otter and took out two small flowers made of paper and put them on it.

Like a tomb hill, surrounded by stones, the middle is cleaned very cleanly, and the outside is a lush cotton field, which looks very strange.

There are words engraved on the tombstone, but the otter is illiterate and cannot read.

It wasn't until he had gone far, completely passing through the cotton field, that the otter asked in a low voice, "Little Xiucai, that's..."

"Dumaiqi, Baron of the Demon Country," said the Flame Cub.

Otter was silent.

He knew that Du Meiqi, the Baron of the Yao Country, had an accident in the border town, but he didn't expect there to be such a big grave, let alone the attitude of the cubs.Moreover, the area around the tomb was cleaned up, and the offerings were always there, so it was obvious that someone had been taking care of them all the time.

"Although Du Meiqi is also the baron of the demon country, he has never hurt the people of Daqin, and even stopped Qi Daxi." The flame cub seemed to know what the otter was hesitating, and he explained lightly, "He is not a bad demon, he is worthy so."

"What do you think, Otter?" asked the Flame Cub.

The otter opened his mouth and looked down at the flame cub.

This little cub is very different from ordinary children. His ears are like two burning flames. To ordinary people, it should be very strange. Even the otter couldn’t help but look at it for the first time. Eye.

But since when did he get used to the flame cubs and the existence of other cubs?

The flame cub looked different from ordinary people, but he just rode a little iron donkey into the camp, entered the tent, talked to the otter like this, and then the two walked out like this.

It seems that the flame cub is not a monster cub, but an ordinary Taoist soldier; it seems that the flame cub is still a monster, but other Taoist soldiers are used to it.

"Yeah, he's not a bad guy, as he should be," murmured Otter.

He seems to have figured something out, and it seems that nothing has changed as before.

Flame Cub showed a big smile on his face, pointed to the front and said, "That's right there, my lord is drawing a line with lime, let's go and have a look."

"Okay." The otter hurried to catch up.

The land that has not been reclaimed is what the border town looked like before: only sporadic weeds, no trees, and no crops, and it is desolate as far as the eye can see.

Yan Xun carried the bag, took out a handful of lime, sprinkled it along the thin lines, and said, "This place will build a steelmaking furnace, and the side will be used to burn cement. When the time comes, we will first pave a road. We don't use wooden carts, so that children The cubs made iron carts to use, and the wheels were replaced with iron donkeys..."

"If there are not enough bricks and stones, tell Brother Huan in advance."

"Do you remember it all?"

Jia Qiugu and the others who followed behind Yan Xun hurriedly nodded.

After drawing the line, Yan Xun carried the bag to the next place, Jia Qiugu and others hurried to follow.

Xie Jiaoer boldly stepped forward and asked, "Master Yan, do we really want to build the railway?"

Until now, Xie Jiaoer still has a very unreal feeling, these juniors should go to the barren mountains of the demon country to build walls, why did they follow Yan Xun to the border town, and then work with Yan Xun?

"Xiu." Yan Xun said, "It's safer to go to the barren mountains of the demon country, otherwise there won't be enough human lives."

"But..." Xie Jiaoer looked back at Jia Qiugu and the others, and said in a low voice, "Although we can't go, Master Yan and the cubs can go..."

If it were someone else, they would definitely lead the cubs to the barren hills and occupy the ore cilea grass fruit.

"That's different." Yan Xun said with a smile, "If I take the cubs to occasionally go to the barren hills of the demon country to pick fruit, what if the demon country finds out and stops me halfway? If there is a railway, then there will be monsters from the demon country who will stop me halfway. , our border town directly dispatched a train of soldiers..."

In that case, you don't have to be terrified when you go to the barren mountains of the demon country.

Xie Jiaoer suddenly understood, and couldn't help but look at Yan Xun with admiration.

"Although the barren mountains of the demon country are good, they can only be protected by using all the power of Daqin to protect them. If it is not like this... the demon country can take back the barren mountains of the demon country at any time." Yan Xun said lightly, "After all, what is the tiger demon king thinking? None of us know, nor do we know Tiger Demon King."

As early as the beginning, Yan Xun never thought of occupying the barren mountain by himself, and even he only planned to take some of the magnetic leaves and grass fruits on the barren mountain, and he didn't intend to take it for himself.

Compared to monopolizing the barren mountains of the demon country, Yan Xun is more willing to use a safe and secure way to solve this matter.

After drawing the line, Yan Xun put away the bag and began to assign tasks.

When it was Xie Ranshu's turn, Yan Xun thought for a while and said, "I'll ask Xiaohua to bring you some medicinal materials, and you can help make the medicine. All strangers who come to the border towns must drink soup and medicine. No matter how many times they have been here, anyone Not immune."

After saying this, Yan Xun glanced at Xie Jiaoer and other brothers, and hurriedly said: "If you are pregnant, don't drink the soup, go to the doctor to have a look, drink it if you are not pregnant."

The faces of the little brothers were a little red, and they nodded quickly to show that they understood.

"Thank you, Lord Yan." Xie Ranshu bowed his hands to Yan Xun solemnly.

"No problem." Yan Xun waved his hand indifferently, and continued to assign tasks.

Xie Ranshu got up early and took people to find the flower tree cubs.

He lived with the Taoist soldiers escorting the director of the General Administration of Railways. Although he still used the original camp this time, with Yan Xun's help, everything was different.

There are charcoal basins inside each tent. Although the tents are specially opened for ventilation, the wind can’t blow in at night, and the hot charcoal can be roasted. It’s not cold at all. Unlike the previous two times, Yan Xun didn’t care. Xie Ranshu could only wear a few more fur jackets, and would wake up several times at night from the cold.

When he arrived at the place, Xie Ranshu hurriedly took a step forward and cupped his hands at the flower tree cub.

"Follow me into the house." Huashu Cub said, "Xie Qianhu is fine by himself."

Xie Ranshu hurriedly followed.

There is neither a charcoal stove nor a kang in the house, so it is a little cold, but it is not much different from the outside.

The flower tree cub took out a wooden box and opened it, ready to pick out the medicinal materials. Seeing Xie Ran's writing, he said doubtfully, "The medicinal materials should not be too hot here, and the charcoal stove cannot be used."

"So that's how it is." Xie Ranshu finally understood.

The Huashu cubs are wearing thick jackets, but they are actually not cold even once, even because they are monsters, they don’t need to wear such thick jackets and they won’t feel cold, but Yan Xun will be worried if that’s the case...

The medicinal materials are placed in the wooden boxes layer upon layer. Xie Ranshu has seen it once before, and it is still very shocking to see it again now.

The human-shaped Shouwu is huge and heavy when taken out; the thousand-year-old ginseng looks like an old man with a beard...

The flower tree cub took out a big fiery red ganoderma and put the whole thing in a wooden box.

"Doctor Xiaohua, the age of these medicinal materials has exceeded a lot, right?" Xie Ranshu couldn't help but said, "Didn't Fang Zi say that medicinal materials that are more than 500 years old can be used, these are more than a thousand years old..."

"It doesn't matter." The flower tree cub said calmly, "Take these and use them. My adults said that these medicinal materials don't need to be valuable and are not money. If you take them out and save people's lives, they are priceless treasures. This A pot of medicine can last for a long time, don't worry..."

"That's right." Xie Ranshu lowered his head.

He knew that Yan Xun never paid much attention to money, otherwise there would be no cloth, meat and eggs in the shopping malls in the capital for the poor. If those things were sold seriously, they would definitely earn more money, but Yan Xun didn't value money. That's all.

"Brother Egg!" Huashu Cub suddenly shouted.

"coming."

The tightly-fitting wall next to it suddenly turned, and the mechanism was silent. Brother Dan appeared carrying a Guiyuan Green Ganoderma lucidum, ran over and put the Guiyuan Green Ganoderma in the wooden box.

Compared with other good medicines that I have heard of or even seen, the Guiyuan Green Ganoderma lucidum that Brother Dan finally brought out is the real good medicine.

The room was full of fragrance, Xie Ranshu couldn't help taking a deep breath, feeling his spirit improved instantly, and even felt that his cultivation base seemed to have improved a bit, he couldn't help but look at the Guiyuan green ganoderma lucidum in the wooden box.

This is what is called a magic medicine in the capital.

The old ancestor of the Wang family was already very old at the age of [-], because he got a Guiyuan green Ganoderma lucidum, his silver hair turned blue, and now he looks like a man, even if he is rarely seen, he still attracts the rich and powerful families in the capital. Everyone wants to meet the ancestors of the Wang family.

Xie Ranshu had never met the ancestors of the Wang family, he had only heard of them.

But now, just smelling the scent of Guiyuan Green Ganoderma lucidum made him have such a big reaction, and he can be sure that the old man of the Wang family is really lucky, and the medicinal effect of Guiyuan Green Ganoderma is really amazing.

"It's not difficult to boil the medicine." The flower tree cub closed the wooden box, instantly cutting off the medicinal fragrance of Guiyuan Green Ganoderma lucidum. , you can’t use coal, the fire is too poisonous, you need to burn wood..."

"The firewood has been prepared a long time ago, you just need to bring someone to get it." Brother Dan stood next to the flower tree cub with his hands on his hips, "The cauldron for boiling medicine is right outside."

"Yes." Xie Ranshu came back to his senses, and hurriedly cupped his hands.

The tripod is about half the height of a person and extremely heavy. Below it is a tall stove for burning firewood.

Cub Huashu and Brother Dan helped to call Cub Snake Body to help, Xie Ranshu held the wooden box without moving, and just directed with his mouth, "Everything is ready, don't be negligent."

"Isn't it just boiling medicine? Who can do this? What kind of medicine can such a big cauldron boil medicine?" The Taoist soldier who was working said a little confused.

How can they intervene in those delicate medicines, but they have survived a lot of rough and messy medicines.

"You will know later." Xie Ranshu said seriously.

"Want water?" The snake cub swam over, circled the tripod, poked the stove with the tip of its tail, and said with a smile, "Okay."

"Thank you." Xie Ranshu hurriedly said.

"If you need water later, then find someone to call me." The snake-bodied cub flicked the tip of its tail and swam away.

The Taoist soldier who was working saw the cub with the snake body go away, so he went to look inside the cauldron, and seeing the clear water inside, he couldn't help but said: "There is really water."

"Of course." Xie Ranshu had seen the ability of snake-bodied cubs before.

It was the first time for Dao Bing to see him, and he said curiously: "Is this also the skill of monsters? It's not bad."

"Yes, if you go to a place where there is no water, please invite the little scholar to come, and there will be water to drink."

Xie Ranshu couldn't help but said, "The water produced by the little scholar is extremely pure. There are no bugs or other things in it. It is the purest water in the world."

"What?"

"I don't understand either. It seems that there are bugs in the water we usually drink."

A few people talked in a mess, but they did not forget to follow the steps to put in the medicinal materials.

When Xie Ranshu took out the huge ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum, all the Taoist soldiers were dumbfounded.

"This, these good things..."

"Is that ginseng? How long has it grown so big? I have never seen such a big one in my life."

"Are we really a good medicine?"

Tightly hugging the wooden box in his arms, Xie Ran wrote, "That's natural, cheer up, this is a life-saving medicine. You should have heard that the envoy of the demon kingdom left Beijing..."

These Dao soldiers who work are also Dao soldiers of the capital camp, but they have never been out. This is the first time they have followed them to the border town, and they all look fearless.

It's just that they still knew about the time when the envoys from the demon country left Beijing.

At that time, the Taoist soldiers who left the camp in the capital foamed at the mouth not long after, and returned without knowing their personnel, and were isolated in the tent...waiting to die.

"Thank you Qianhu, back then..." Dao Bing asked.

"It was such good medicine that saved their lives back then." Xie Ranshu said in a deep voice, "If it wasn't for these good medicines, they would all have died. You have also seen how these good medicines are boiled and their value..."