It's too late to marry a cat [Interstellar]

Regardless of whether the person involved admits it or not, whether the pressure point test almost caused a bloodbath or not, but from the wounded bed, the very unusual "olive branch" still seems to have an effect, and the wounded with a cold face accepted it. past.

Enemies who have fought for many years will not immediately become friends, nor will their positions allow it.

But on the uninhabited and strange planet, the two commanders have become passive commanders, no one needs to wait for their orders, and there are no countless pairs of eyes on them.

In this extremely special space, Yahuiquan and Wo Xiuli "turned enemies into friends" were still separated by at least a hundred thousand light-years.

They have found a new, more relaxed mode of getting along.

Of course, verbal fights are still going on every day, and it is probably impossible for these two to stop fighting each other.

But apart from fighting each other, they recognized each other's ability to check the environment and collect materials, and were willing to exchange information.

When they really have to, they also provide help to each other, and accept the help in a very unskilled and blunt manner.

Wo Xiu really talked a lot, so much that in the plan that Ya Huiquan initially conceived of "one jumping around is enough, and the other can play the handicapped with affection", he initially wanted to put "Quiet Vegetative "The person set up Wo Xiu, and later he was injured more seriously, and he was basically in a state of hemiplegia in the first few days, so he wanted to be himself again.

His idea was seen by Wo Xiu.

Wo Xiu is very strange.

"Why do you think so?" Wo Xiu, who pondered over this set of vegetative scripts, said, "If you really got the script of Quiet and Quiet Vegetative, then I'm not going to come to you every day to talk more out of humanitarian concern, Enhance your interaction with the outside world, so that you can wake up earlier? Why do you think I will be quieter, what do you think?"

Yahuiquan: "..."

Well fucking makes sense.

People who talk a lot are not only talkative but also self-aware, and they are not ashamed at all. Yahuiquan was blocked and speechless.

"It seems that this script is more suitable for you." He could only say so coldly.

Then Woxiu raised a finger for "pause" and told him: "Please don't attack your temporary allies in terms of mobility. We will talk about the basic law of mutual confrontation during cooperation."

What is the basic law of mutual hatred during the cooperation period? Yahuiquan has never heard of it. I just feel that Woxiu has created a vocabulary after another. If the war ends someday and the universe is peaceful, the other party is very helpful With the potential of the eighteenth-rate reading materials, it is possible to become the king of sophistry by publishing some fallacies and heresies.

But Ya Huiquan soon discovered that Wo Xiu talked too much, and he himself was led to say several times more than usual without knowing it.

Their conversation seemed to be boundless, and the man could talk about everything from all over the world, but they were always stuck on a certain line, never talking about the camps and positions they represented behind them, as well as the military power and political game between the two sides. .

Occasionally, someone accidentally strayed from the topic, leading the topic to a sensitive direction.

If the person who strayed was Wo Xiu, Yahuiquan would pretend to be deaf and dumb as if he didn’t hear it. After a while of silence, Wo Xiu would realize that he was stepping on the thunder, and calmly led the conversation away, continuing to another topic as if nothing had happened. .

And if the person who strays is Yahuiquan...then there is no need to worry, Wo Xiu will not pretend to be deaf and dumb, he directly uses deceitful reasoning to divert the topic, and quietly avoids the most important thing that lies between the two of them. sharp contradictions.

It was a miraculous experience, almost unimaginable to anyone who has lived through the long war.

You are in a coexistence space you have to have, carefully testing the boundaries and exploring how to achieve better coexistence with your enemies.

Ya Huiquan recalled later, he found that at that time he and Woxiu apart from the regular mutual confrontation and bickering, the most "safety topic" they talked about was about the abandoned site itself, which was silent on the seabed of the desolate star, and... How much difference can there be between himself and Wo Xiu in terms of personality, work style and living habits.

It was also during that experience that General Ya, who grew up eating advanced AI smart customized nutritious meals, experienced outdoor barbecue for the first time.

A real outdoor BBQ.

The location was the temporary base that he and Wo Xiu had packed up, and the grill was a barely usable metal pole brought back by Wo Xiu, who was more mobile, when he went to explore the deep-sea ruins in the first three days of the forced landing.

Those metal rods were beaten into a bracket shape by the other party. At first, Ya Huiquan didn't even see what it was, and was baffled by this unrecognizable shelf for a long time.

Until Wo Xiu asked him, "What are you staring at the grill for?"

Yahuiquan: "...Grill?"

"A simple version of an outdoor grill." Wo Xiu didn't immediately realize the core of the problem. He thought that some "Mr. Picky" was about to express his opinions on the grill he built. He simply took a step back and told the other party frankly. , "I preliminarily judged that there were people living here, but the tools and items were very damaged. You just picked up two and brought them back. It is estimated that they can directly enter the level of the Star Alliance Museum-so I only brought usable parts. Come back and dress yourself."

Ya Huiquan could understand what Wo Xiu was saying, "It's better to use other people's antiques than assemble it yourself." He tasted the sentence "it was once inhabited", and suppressed the idea that this place might be a ruin.

Wo Xiu's words did not answer the real question of Admiral Ya, so he could only say, "What are you going to use it for?"

Saying that, Yahuiquan turned his eyes around the metal bracket in front of him again, judging that it should have some kind of heat-gathering and temperature-controlling function.

However, the shape is really too simple, and there is no wire interface, so there is no place where it can be connected to an external console.

He raised his eyebrows: "It's really simple enough - can it assist the core of the instrument to heat up, or is it purely used as a heater for metal modification?"

Wo Xiu: "..."

Woxiu showed an indescribable expression when he rushed to the cliff, but he couldn't give an answer immediately.

But even if Wo Xiu didn't say anything, with years of experience in fighting each other, Yahuiquan only looked at this man's face, as if he had a premonition, and his tone quickly changed: "I have something to say. Just say."

"...It's your question that made me at a loss for what to say." Wo Xiu finally said, he raised his finger and pointed to the grill that had been placed with too much hope, "This is a grill, a grill, when I go to find out I also found that there may be creatures in the nearby sea area. After preparation, I will go to the sea to see if I can bring something back. With this grill, we can do basic cooking and enrich our menu to some extent."

After explaining the function of the grill in a few words, Wo Xiu seemed really puzzled. He asked Ya Huiquan: "How can you think of a grill so complicated?"

Yahuiquan remained silent.

This time, there will be a long and suspicious silence on Changya.

Wo Xiu continued to stare at Yahuiquan for a while.

"...this general." Wo Xiu suddenly felt blessed, "Have you never seen this kind of traditional barbecue grill that is purely hand-operated?"

Yahuiquan, whom I have never seen before: "..."

"Then I'm sorry to ask again, can you understand that 'outdoor barbecue' is also a kind of cooking method?"

"..."

At this point, dietary differences have become apparent.

Wo Xiu, who got the answer, met the expressionless Ya Huiquan.

What amazed them all was that after they agreed to say nothing, they actually saw doubts on each other's faces again!

Yahuiquan thought to himself: "Isn't it strange not to understand?"

Wo Xiu is probably: "Isn't the idea of ​​'Isn't it weird not to understand' weird enough?"

"General Ya." After a while, it was Wo Xiu who spoke first again, and he said with great admiration, "I heard that you were born in Xingmont, the capital of the Star Alliance's first star system. Among the celebrities, can I ask the dietary standards of the Monte celebrities and ask what did you eat when you grew up?"

General Ya felt that this person was flirting again, he raised his brows, and replied tit for tat: "What did you eat to grow up? Can you disclose your dietary standards and make others fool you?" How to avoid looking provocative? 'Reference?"

The quarrel was the quarrel. Two days later, when Wo Xiu really went to the outer sea and came back and brought back a deep-sea creature, he still sincerely invited Ya Huiquan to taste his handicraft.

But Ya Huiquan was very cautious, even a little vigilant.

Because the "deep-sea creatures" brought back by Wo Xiu really look very casual, revealing a kind of blindness in the deep-sea area, no one can see who is clear, and it is enough to survive under high-strength water pressure... willfulness.

"What are you holding in your hand?" Ya Huiquan asked when he saw Wo Xiu come back. His mobility has almost recovered that day. He just went to re-count the supplies and evaluate the moisture of the mecha in the deep sea ruins. , and went to see the protective layer broken by him and Woxiu, and confirmed that the partial damage of the protective layer did not cause the underwater space to suffer from the risk of seawater flooding.

When he returned to the temporary stronghold, he met Woxiu who had just returned from the outer sea.

"Fish." Wo Xiu stood at the door of the temporary stronghold. He had already taken off his military uniform shirt, and was wearing a close-fitting black tactical vest, dark camouflage trousers, and waterproof boots—it is said that this is the exclusive tactical uniform of special forces.

While replying briefly, he stood at the door and shook his head, shaking the water from his hair.

That scene reminded Yahuiquan of a large wild animal shaking its head and shaking its fur.

But of course, due to Yahuiquan, he has never seen many large wild animals. In today's era, many species are not even well documented. Therefore, he had the idea of ​​"like some kind of animal", but he couldn't find it. specific comparison goals.

The lighting of the temporary base is concentrated in the central area, and both of them save energy. The brightness of the light decreases from the central area to the door, and there is even an unclear line between light and dark in front of the door.

Wo Xiu happened to be standing on the edge of the boundary line. The tactical gloves on his hands were dripping wet. Like his exposed shoulders and arms, they were covered with a layer of watery light that was very conspicuous in the dark light. At that time, I shook the water from my hair, but most of the water droplets dripped on my shoulders and arms, and immediately there was a small stream of water rolling down the muscle texture, disappearing into the shadows outlined by the lines.

The left hand hanging by his side seemed to be carrying something, but most of the thing was hidden in the dimness behind the boundary line, so he couldn't see clearly.

"What fish?" Ya Huiquan glanced over Wo Xiu and landed behind his left hand.

Wo Xiu let out a "huh" and took two steps forward. His whole body walked more into the light, and he exposed the things on his hands for people to see for themselves.

Ya Huiquan finally saw what he brought back.

With just one glance, the corners of General Ya's habitually indifferent face twitched imperceptibly.

"You don't care..." Yahuiquan confirmed, "This kind of thing is called a fish?"

In Wo Xiu's hand was a piece of tentacles, which seemed to belong to some kind of octopus, but had serrated teeth. The end of the tentacles was a four-petal structure. Through the slightly opened end, it could be seen that there were sharp mouthparts underneath.

As Wo Xiu walked to a place with higher brightness, the "main body" connected to the tentacles appeared in front of Yahuiquan——

It was indeed a creature similar to an octopus, but it looked like it was being slapped every day by the pressure of deep sea water, it was very crooked and flat.

At first glance, it looks like a bunch of tentacles growing under a deformed disc.

"It grows in the sea and can swim, so we can call it a fish."

Wo Xiu opened his mouth and made a fool of himself, as if he didn't feel that the creature in his hand was too big to swallow.

Yahuiquan was able to reach a reconciliation with his own eating habits, and considered trying to accept the purely manual traditional cooking method of "outdoor barbecue".

...But in terms of his own "food aesthetics", General Ya and this ugly thing stood silently for three seconds.

"Keep this stuff for yourself." Ya Huiquan resolutely rejected Wo Xiu's proposal to invite him to try barbecue, "I admire your fearless spirit of daring to say anything, out of humanity and the maintenance of the temporary alliance, medical treatment The cabin is prepared for you, and I will provide assistance as soon as possible after you are poisoned because of trying to hunt for exotic ingredients, thank you."

Wo Xiu seemed to have expected the rejection, and didn't mean to force it.

He is quite a quality person. Seeing that his temporary ally couldn't bear to look at the "octopus", he showed hot eyes from a distance. When processing the ingredients, Wo Xiu directly dragged the "octopus" into the ruins other spaces.

When he came back again, he tossed away all the blood and fishy smell that should have been there.

In the stronghold, Yahuiquan was finishing processing a piece of data, and looked up at Woxiu who had returned again, and his eyes fell on the ingredients that looked like ordinary tentacles.

Wo Xiu: "It looks like this now, do you want to reconsider the invitation?"

Yahuiquan: "...No."

Wo Xiu just shrugged his shoulders.

He set up the grill, ignited the fire to preheat it, and lifted a few specially cleaned and sterilized slender metal skewers to penetrate the tentacles. After the rack was fully preheated, he arranged the sticks on it.

It looks like that's the case.

Gradually, the tentacles began to shrink and curl under the high temperature, and the oil layer was roasted by the fire, and the aroma of sebum first spread into the air.

Yahuiquan: "..."

One of the generals moved a little further away from the grill without making a fuss.

Wo Xiu flipped the stick with the tentacles on it, and turned over the row of unusual "octopus whiskers" one by one.

He didn't know where he tossed out a bottle of sea salt, turned it over and sprinkled salt grains on the octopus' tendons one by one.

This simple and crude seasoning method, combined with traditional hand-made barbecue techniques, actually accelerated the burst of aroma factors in this row of octopus whiskers, and the extremely penetrating barbecue aroma approached the corner of the room... It is no longer a general who moves The nest can solve the problem.

Yahuiquan: "..."

He also has no place to move, the wall at the edge of the stronghold is already behind him, if he wants to increase the distance, he can only choose to go up the wall.

But unfortunately, General Ya is an individual after all, and has not yet developed the function of turning into a gecko on the spot.

And even if he could go up the wall, he would definitely not do that out of the sake of protecting the man's face.

On the other side of the grill, grease occasionally dripped into the fire, and there was a crackling sound of oil stars exploding.

When Yahuiquan was about to lean against the wall and close his eyes, and use his closed eyes to repose for a while to resist external harassment, he suddenly discovered that the smell of barbecue that was still some distance away from him suddenly approached quickly, and the heat emitted by the cooked food was approaching in a blink of an eye. to his face.

"..." He had to open his eyes again, and found Wo Xiu standing in front of him, holding a long skewer with octopus whiskers overflowing with burnt fragrance.

"Taste?" Wo Xiu tried to extend the invitation for the third time, and this time he also brought his finished barbecue.

Yahuiquan and the stick looked at each other silently for a moment, and finally, he succumbed to people's preference for warm and cooked food in the dark and cold environment of the deep sea, and took the stick.

"...Have you done a toxicity test to make sure it's really edible?" Admiral Yashang was still habitually picky before eating, and didn't mean to eat people with short mouths.

"I did a slice sample test, and it's non-toxic and edible. She's really just ugly." Wo Xiu replied, his eyes fell on Ya Huiquan's hand holding the stick, and his eyes followed his movements to see that he finally ended up with a stick. A very cautious gesture took a sip.

From the surface alone, it is hard to see how Yahuiquan feels about this barbecue, whether he is satisfied or not.

However, according to the two people's years of experience in dealing with each other, Wo Xiu quickly saw that - being able to make Yahuiquan stay silent, or finish eating the food on the sign, to this person, means "not bad", indicated acceptable.

"It is also a kind of biological prejudice to think that ugly things must be poisonous." Wo Xiu turned around and went to get another pick, and when he simply dined in this corner with Ya Huiquan, he seemed to be popularizing science. said.

He was also sitting leaning against the wall, but he was very different from Yahuiquan who was sitting upright. He straightened one leg and bent the other in a dawdly way.

The man took a piece of octopus tendril from the stick in his hand, swallowed it, and then continued to express his point of view: "According to the rules of nature, ugly ones are often not poisonous, and are milder. Those who are good-looking are mostly bad-tempered."

Yahuiquan was not sure if it was his own illusion. When Wo Xiu said, "Being good-looking is probably a bad temper", he always looked at him intentionally or unintentionally.

But that glance was too fast, and it is also possible that the other party had no other intentions at all. It was because he was too sensitive, and while being teased, he also became a habit at the same time.

So Ya Huiquan didn't say anything in the end, and just blocked his mouth with the next string of octopus whiskers.

After they all finished eating, Wo Xiu counted the lottery: "The result is good." The man verbally broadcast an observation record, and he said, "It seems that next time, as long as you don't bring the raw materials to you, just take the processed Bringing back the materials can effectively alleviate the picky patients’ harshness on the appearance of food.”

This time, Ya Huiquan was sure that it was not his own illusion. Wo Xiu's serious voice was clearly suppressing a smile, and he knew that this person was not serious at all. .

He looked up at him.

……

However, how he responded to Wo Xiu at that time, 17 years later, standing in the woods of his mansion, facing a family outdoor grill, Ya Huiquan did not remember.

This memory is too long, and the part that can be clearly recalled must be the part that left a deep impression on him at the beginning.

But it is too embarrassing for people to remember every scene and every sentence 17 years ago.

"...Master, Master?"

Baili's high-pitched voice was next to his ear, and Ya Huiquan knew that he must have been distracted for a long time. Judging from Baili's tone, the other party must have called him more than once.

"Yeah." He returned to his thoughts absent-mindedly, and finally responded, remembering that he probably forgot to check another message before, and casually ordered Baili, "Report the message from Pelencui."

"Master, thank you very much for finally coming to your senses and hearing my call." Baili said, "But I'm sorry, I don't recommend you to check Captain Pelencui's information now."

Yahuiquan: "Why?"

Isn't it information level A?

"Because." As an artificial intelligence, the electronic housekeeper seemed to pause for a while, and he said, "If you don't pay attention to your grill, our house will catch fire."

Yahuiquan: "..."

No, it's true!

A great god who dared to walk with an open fire barbecue, General Ya, who has been wise and powerful for decades, almost wiped the ground because of the barbecue, and set fire to his own grove.

"You should thank Mr. Li." When the fire danger was suppressed by the master who finally came to his senses, and there was no fire tragedy, the electronic housekeeper severely criticized Yahuiquan, and at the same time, Baili also praised another reliable person. family member, "When the firepower was too strong for the first time, and the console reminded you to lower the heat in time, you didn't respond at all. It was Mr. Li who took on the difficult task that a 7-week-old cat should not have to undertake. Very rich family A sense of responsibility, trying to help turn down the heat - and curling a little hair for it."

Yahuiquan raised his head quickly.

Li Dandan was still squatting in the original place, still wearing the bib.

But at this moment, the cat's originally clean and white saliva was stained with a bit of gray and black from the sparks, and near the front paws and tail, it was indeed possible to see that the hair was a little curled by the high temperature.

"Are you injured?" Yahuiquan immediately checked all the places that were suspected to have been burned, and then heaved a sigh of relief that it seemed that only the hair was scalded. "Why are the places that were burned are the front paws and tail?"

"Because Mr. Li tried to operate the buttons with his paws the first time, but after finding out that the length of his forearm is not enough, and using the forearm to touch the button is not conducive to the body to find the balance, it is very smart and uses its own tail instead." Bai Bai Ridai Lidandan answered the question, and the electronic butler also had surveillance video in hand.

Just now, if Yahuiquan hadn't recovered and the cat's rescue operation had failed, then Baili, as the family's last line of defense, would activate emergency cooling and partial precipitation to drench the area thoroughly.

Ya Huiquan was a little speechless for a while, and could only stretch out his hand to carefully smooth out the curly fur of the cat.

Li Dandan looked at the fish that had been completely turned into lumps of charcoal on the grill, and looked at the fish that could be thrown directly into the fuel area for fire.

It made a slow "meow".

It's like a cat sighing at a person.