Strange Tale

Si Ren was sleeping soundly while dreaming a sweet dream, when his stomach was suddenly pressed down heavily by something, the dream turned into a nightmare, he struggled and opened his eyes in pain: Huan'er's round face appeared in sight, with a unicorn squatting on his shoulders.

"Xiao Ren, I'm so hungry." Huan'er said this while his stomach growled.

"Me too." Qilin jumped to the ground and transformed into a human form.

Si Ren rubbed his neck, sat up and looked around: Ye Chang and Xu Hai were still asleep, but Long Jiu was missing.He pointed to the empty space beside him, "Did you see Long Jiu after you woke up?"

Both heads shook together, "No."

No sleepiness for a moment, Si Ren got up in a panic.

He was hesitating whether to wake up or not, when there was a sound from the direction of the grove under the mountain root.

Si Ren looked over at the reputation: Long Jiu came over dragging a huge and strangely shaped thing.

Only when Si Ren got closer could he see clearly that what he was holding in his hand was antlers, and the "huge and strangely shaped thing" was an adult male red deer.There was no scar on the deer's body, obviously Long Jiu directly twisted its neck.

"You didn't sleep to catch this?!" Si Ren took the antlers and almost fell over.Mrs. Lu was too heavy, and Long Jiu carried it easily, which misled him.

"Well, I see that you've been drinking dry food for a few days, and you can't sleep. Just grab something and come back to improve the food for the meat-loving ones."

Si Ban looked at the antlers that had grown into ten branches and struggled to lift the deer head, "Isn't this improvement...a bit... over?"

Huan'er threw herself on Long Jiu's lap, her baby voice was sweet and sweet, "Brother Jiu is the best!"

Qilin also walked up to Long Jiu's side and looked at Si Ren with disgust on his face, "When the two of us walk together, it would be nice if we could catch a chicken and half a rabbit in ten and a half months."

Long Jiu was used to being thrown around by Huan'er, so he stopped hiding, and reached out to stroke her head, "It's rare to stop for a long time this time, let's roast the deer later."

Si Ren looked at the deer, which was a full circle bigger than himself, "I can't finish eating this!"

"Take the rest."

"That doesn't stink?"

"As for me, just roast it into jerky. You can keep the antlers as medicinal materials. Take the skin and sell it in the city of no return. Keep the internal organs and bones, and there will be wild beasts to eat."

"You really know how to plan carefully."

"I have to make the best use of it so that it doesn't die in my hands."

After tossing and tossing until almost noon, Si Ren and Xu Hai spent a lot of energy before peeling off the deerskin and cutting off the meat.I also often find branches and have already made a few shelves.

The meat strips were set up one by one, Long Jiu set fire to the barbecue, Yechang, Xu Hai, and Huan'er waited patiently while swallowing their saliva, while Qilin ate the raw meat with great relish.Si Ren looked at it helplessly for a while, then turned around and went to the car to find two sesame seed cakes.

"Come on, warm this up for me by the way." Si Lan handed over the biscuits.

Long Jiu took the biscuit and pointed to the meat on the stick, "You don't want to taste it? This is something you can't buy with money."

Si Ren shook his head.

"Hiss—" Huan'er sucked back the saliva that flowed out, "It's so delicious, let's eat it together with Xiao Ren."

Si Ren still shook his head.

At this time, Chang actually took out the seasoning: salt and chili powder.

Si Ren's eyes widened, "Do you guys... often catch wild game and roast it on the road?"

I often sprinkle salt on the meat sticks that have begun to drip oil and nod for granted, "Well, usually when passing through deep mountains and old forests, they will eat meat."

Si Ren saw that Long Jiu was adjusting the heat with ease, "Oh? Then in winter, can we also directly set fire to keep warm?"

He often continued to nod, "It can be rescued when you are about to freeze to death."

Si Ren became interested, "What about the water? If there is no water, can there still be water?"

"Generally, if you need water, Grandma Dudu will ask for rain." Xu Hai rushed to answer, "But as long as there is a general around, you don't have to be afraid of anything."

Si Ren smiled, "You have so many functions, it's basically a convenient kettle, a portable stove and a mobile stove."

Long Jiu threw the baked biscuits on Si Ren's face, "Go and eat your biscuits!"

"Ah! Hot! Hot! Hot..."

Si Ren sat cross-legged on the roof of the car and watched them eat sesame seed cakes. Long Jiu came over.He lightly jumped onto the roof of the car, "Aren't you tired of eating?"

"What?" Si Ren moved aside.

Long Jiu sat beside him, "Seed cake, it's been more than half a month since it came out, and you've been eating that most of the time."

Si Ren took a sip of water, "It's okay, I don't have any requirements for food."

Long Jiu raised his sleeves, holding a bunch of grilled mushrooms, "Here, the one like you who doesn't eat this or that and insists that you didn't ask for it is the most annoying."

Si Ren was a little surprised, "I picked it specially for me?"

"It's a good idea, who wants to pick it for you specially. It's by the way." Long Jiu stuffed the mushrooms into his hands.

"Then why haven't they?"

"They are not rare."

"Then I'll call them over."

"Oh! I finally found it!"

"And by the way?"

"Why do you talk so much nonsense when you eat mushrooms?!"

Under the sun, Si Ren happily ate grilled mushrooms and continued to watch Qilin and Huaner fight.

Long Jiu took out two unripe fruits from his bosom and gnawed them.

Si Ren heard the sound of biting the fruit and turned to look at him, "It's so green, so sour?"

"Hmm. It's too sweet to taste, I like this kind of food."

"Yes? Is it too fast?"

"Do you believe that I kicked you off?"

On the road again, it was already afternoon.Before the sun sets and advances to the city of no return, the first thing to do is to find a place to stay.

Nowadays, many western-style hotels have emerged in various cities, and traditional inns have closed down one after another. It is not easy to find a clean, comfortable and convenient transportation, but Long Jiu refused to go to the "foreign inn", and wandered into the city until dark. Finally found a proper old-fashioned inn behind a casino.

The name of the inn is very straightforward and it also matches the casino, it is called Changsheng Inn.Later, Si Ren and the others knew that the casino and the inn were originally one family, and the inn didn't make any money, it was all subsidized by the casino.However, because the boss is quite special, he insisted on operating until now.As for the specialness of the boss, they only discovered it when they were about to leave the city of no return.

On the first night, the rooms were allocated like this: Si Ren, Qilin, and Huan'er share a room, often share a room with Xu Hai, and Long Jiu lives in a room by himself.

let's have dinner tonight.I haven't eaten a decent meal for several days, except for Long Jiu, the rest of the people ate hungrily.After dinner, Xu Hai talked about wanting to go to the casino to try his luck, and asked other people if they wanted to join in the fun.Long Jiu said he was not interested.Si Ren said that if he couldn't help using spells, it would make his spells fail in the future, so he didn't go.Qilin and He also often say that they want to have fun.Huan'er didn't know what the casino was for, but when she heard that Qilin would go, she started yelling and wanted to follow.

Si Ren originally wanted to stop Qilin, but he thought that he usually had no fun with him, so he just said: "The things on the gambling table are very evil, so don't use your demon power indiscriminately. Also, put on your ring." .”

Qilin readily agreed, and Huan'er happily followed Yechang and Xu Hai away.

Si Ren and Long Jiu stared at each other for a while.Si Ren laughed twice, "You stayed here on purpose and wanted to be alone with me, right?"

Long Jiubai stood up with a glance, "What are you thinking? I have a place to go."

"Where?"

"Don't pretend to be stupid, you just felt it when you were looking for the inn and passing the prison in the west of the city, right?"

Si Ren also stood up with a smile, "I want to sleep well and wait until tomorrow."