Daily life in the era of Reiki

Although the people of the blacksmith tribe felt sad, they couldn't turn a blind eye to so many women and children who were also dwarves. The leading dwarves sent people back to the place of residence first, notified them that they were going to entertain guests, and ordered several iron boats to drop their ropes , pulling the fleet slowly downstream.

The iron ship is a towing vessel for transporting ore and cargo between the two places. When there is cargo, a tugboat will be installed behind it. The speed is not too fast, but it is very stable when towing the fleet.

The women who had been controlling the boats in the turbulent water all breathed a sigh of relief. Although it was going down the current, it was not easy to maintain stability in the turbulent water, and they would get tired after a long time.

Xi Ya's mother touched the sweat on her forehead, and then received the water bottle handed by her son with a smile on her face.

Sure enough, after that dead ghost died, everything became better, and even his son returned to his cute and caring appearance.

At the end of the river is a spectacular waterfall with a height of more than 600 meters. The water falls into the deep pool below, and then disappears deeper underground.

At the level of the underground space where the blacksmiths and ant fungi live, there are only a few artificially excavated waterways for living and irrigation.

Above the waterfall, there are huge mechanical devices for lifting goods and people.

The dwarves of the blacksmith branch docked the iron boat at the pier, and then ran to the fleet behind them. Amid the rumbling water, they roared to explain the precautions for taking the elevator to a group of women and children.

The key point is to take good care of the children on the elevator, and don't let them run around or touch them. During the operation of the machine, it is very likely that their fingers or even their bodies will be cut off.

There was also a dwarf young man holding a short knife to demonstrate on the spot. After the knife fell, he pretended to put away a finger. The performance was quite similar, and the children screamed in fright.

The women packed up the moss boats, turned them back into blankets and carried them on their shoulders, then boarded the elevator in batches and descended to the bottom of the waterfall.

Many women are still holding livestock in their hands. Blind rats are a kind of livestock that the dwarves like to raise most.

It is only the size of a rooster, the meat is tender and delicious, the clothes made of fur are soft and warm, and the lactation period is as long as half a year. It can be said to be an all-round livestock.

But blind mice have a characteristic that is very strange to Miao Sheng. They are born by female blind mice, but the work of breastfeeding is done by male blind mice.

Male mice will eat and grow wildly after mating, and can grow to the size of a garden dog when they enter the lactation period one month later.

The dwarves take advantage of the characteristics of male rats, and only a few female rats are left to give birth after mating, and the rest are made into meat for storage. After a month, there will be a lot of milk sources, so it is not too cost-effective.

In addition, there is also a plump underground meat lizard that can be used for both meat and eggs.

And oil pot worms who like to eat coal cinders and can squeeze out edible oil.

The West Asian family did not keep blind mice and meat lizards, but the oil pot worms kept a big pot.It's rare that this thing is not an underground creature that survives on the magic energy. The oil squeezed out of it has the fragrance of rapeseed oil, and it tastes great when used to fry blind rat meat.

Miao Sheng plans to bring some back to the Academy of Sciences for breeding. If they can be used to replace oil crops, it will save a lot of arable land.

Holding the oil pot worm in one hand, supporting Xi'an's mother in the other, and holding a dishonest kid under her arm, Miao Sheng stood on the rapidly descending elevator, unable to open her eyes. The children's screams The sound almost pierced his eardrums, and when he landed on the ground of the lower space, his ears were ringing.

Standing here and looking up at the dome above, there are at least a thousand meters above the waterfall, and even the clear light of the dome above is blurred.

As you move away from the waterfall, the dome will gradually decrease, and finally only a height of about [-] meters remains.

Not far below the waterfall, on the left is the semi-stone and semi-metal domed building of the blacksmith branch, and on the right is a large bread fungus cultivation area of ​​the ant fungus.

The reason why I can't see the houses of the ant fungus is because they still like to live in holes underground.

Ant fungi look very similar to ants, with big eyes and jaws, thin limbs, and antennae.

The load-bearing capacity is equally astonishing. At this time, they are carrying a large amount of bread mushrooms to the square between the two clans to entertain a group of miners.

The older women looked at the cultivation area of ​​the ant fungus, and thought that tens of thousands of people would pass through here, so they were not optimistic about the ration reserve.

If the people behind do not have food in hand, there is very little to replenish here, and they can only eat dirt along the way.

This is also the reason why the clansmen in the same direction have to divide into small groups to act. If tens of thousands of people gather together, the places they pass can only be described as barren.

Of course, they couldn't accept the help in vain. Mother Xia and the others left the food expenses at the market price.

The people here were originally not intended to be accepted. The women and children of the miner branch are now refugees, and it is right to provide help. How can they collect their ore.

It can be heard that there are tens of thousands of troops behind, and the people from the two residences tremblingly accepted the fee.

If only this group of people could afford to grit their teeth, tens of thousands of people would really be powerless.

The flour extracted from the bread fungus has the unique fresh flavor of fungi. Miao Sheng was not used to eating it at first, but became addicted after a meal.

The only green group among the partners who needs food can't stand the smell of fungus flour, especially after it is baked, it's fine if there is no wheat fragrance, and the smell of fungi is a bit offensive.

Jin Jin listened to Qingtuan's description, and came out curiously to take a bite. It felt okay, but he was not interested in taking a second bite.

After the break, a group of people left the residence to make room for the people who came later.

Among the first batch of teams, only Miao Sheng and the others walked northward. When they set off again, everyone said goodbye to each other, and then walked in different directions.

Afterwards, the road is not as easy as taking a boat. The underground space is undulating, and the drop in some places is too large. Only special mechanical creations can pass through. Miao Sheng and his group can only use moss to build a passage again, and then slowly slide down .

The line went on until a child was so tired that he cried, only then did the women realize that the journey was too long and it was time to rest.

For them, the number represented safety. After the team dispersed in different directions, there were less than a hundred adult women left in the team, and they felt scared again.

Because of the long-term abuse, their fear of those men has already been deeply rooted in their bones, so they rush to get away from that place as soon as possible, and they don't even notice that the children can't keep up.

The older woman quickly found a flat place and arranged for everyone to rest, and the shiny moss she had been carrying came in handy again.

Spreading it on the ground is a soft and cool mat, and it can be turned into a tent by growing it with magic power. The only disadvantage is that it is too conspicuous, unsafe and affects sleep.

Even Taoyao has nothing to do with the moss’ luminous problem. It is impossible to make them not luminous, because the luminous substance is contained in the water of the moss. Even if the moss is dead, as long as it is not dry, it can still continue to emit light. .

Miao Sheng doesn't care about the issue of light. He likes the fluorescent plants on the ground and in the water very much. It's a pity that he hasn't seen a plant in the underground world that doesn't rely on magic energy to survive, so he can't take it out.

After setting up his tent, Miao Sheng has nothing to do. According to the customs of the dwarves, he can't help the girls cook. A book about smelting, lying on the moss to read.

When Xia Xi's mother came back, she saw that her son had already arranged the house, and was obediently waiting for her to come back. She sat beside Miao Sheng and rubbed his hair lovingly.

[Your hair is like mine, it was frizzy when you were young, but it becomes soft when you grow up. 】Xia’s mother used to be reconciled that her son was not like her at all, but now she found that their mother and son’s hair grows in a similar way, so she told her son about the troubles she had when she was a child because of her hair.

Miao Sheng sighed in her heart, never heard that the natural hair quality can be changed the day after tomorrow, she is only honest when her hair grows long, this mother's filter is really invincible.

After listening to the history of the battle between girls and hair for a while, he changed the topic to a meeting of a group of women.

"It's nothing, it's the order of the vigil. We are too small in number, and we are far away from the place of residence. We must always pay attention to the safety of our surroundings." Xi Ya's mother softly told her son some precautions when going out.

She originally wanted to be perfunctory, but when she saw Miao Sheng staring at her bright eyes, she thought of her son's calm and orderly appearance when he confronted the male group in the residence. People always have to grow up. She can't protect him forever.

"This journey will not be peaceful. Although we will meet many people who are willing to help us, we must always be vigilant against those who want to bully us when they see that we are all old and weak, women and children." Mother Xia smiled wryly, and then frowned. He lowered his lips to suppress the fear in his heart, and continued,

"I don't even rule out the possibility that the more than 300 men who retreated before will follow behind and wait for an opportunity."

Miao Sheng looked through the memories of Xi Ya again, judging from the arrogant and arrogant behavior of those male dwarves, because they couldn't swallow this breath, they followed them to find a chance to take revenge, which is really something they can do.

Patting Xi Ya's mother's hand comfortingly, Miao Sheng analyzed the possible situation,

"The remaining males are only in their early [-]s. They want to catch up and take revenge. They can't just look for the team in one direction to chase after them. After the division of troops, the strength will decrease accordingly. If we want to deal with us, we have to find a way to separate the team. Let's do it, so we just have to be careful not to get out of the main force."

"You're right." Xi'an's mother had no combat experience, so she couldn't tell whether what her son said was right or wrong, but with her son by her side, she felt a sense of security, and fell asleep after lying on the moss.

[Her bracelet is no smaller than West Asia's, and her family in the north should not be bad. Why was she married to a place in the south where the reputation is extremely bad? 】The Youth League has always been very sorry for Xi Ya's mother.

If Miao Sheng hadn't come here, she might be beaten to death by her husband one day. Although she is out of the sea of ​​suffering, her only child is gone.

Although that kind of unlucky son would not feel bad if a hundred died, but as a mother, she would definitely not think so. I hope it can be like what Miao Sheng said, and when there are more children in the future, she will leave the house for a long time after going out. Forget about it, the eldest son.

[Where do I know this, probably because I have a stepmother? 】 Miao Sheng gave an answer casually.

Taoyao and the three took it seriously, and began to think about how to fix her if the stepmother had a bad attitude when she went back.

Miao Sheng couldn't practice in a place full of devilish energy underground, and Taoyao didn't have to worry about being attacked. He slept soundly that night and woke up only after smelling the smell of burning bread mushrooms.

After breakfast, we went on the road again, and the confidence of many women has been strengthened through the safe passage of last night. No one will speed up their pace because of fear, and they can't stop.

As they went deeper into the ground, the residences of the demons also became denser, and they encountered two in a day's trip.

One of them is the same blacksmith clan, and the other is a mermaid clan living in an underground lake.

When Miao Sheng heard the word mermaid, his eyes lit up, and when he walked to the shore of the underground lake and saw the mermaid tribe, he almost spit it out.

Who will tell him that a group of guys who are comparable to monkfish and have limbs, what kind of faces do they use to call themselves mermaids, and how do they look like humans?

"Wow, this is the mermaid tribe? It's just like what's written in the book, and it really looks like our dwarf tribe." The girls gathered together, looking at the mermaid tribe's jewelry stall on the shore, they were all a little eager to try.

Miao Sheng... Excuse me, the original mermaid means dwarf, the two are indeed somewhat similar, especially the big eyes like light bulbs.

After walking for another two days, they were not far from Jihad City, one of the three major cities.

The roads between the residences gradually became smoother, which made people speechless. The biggest danger they encountered was the local robbers.

When he first noticed dwarves ambushing on both sides of the road ahead, Miao Sheng thought that the people behind were catching up, and was about to warn the elderly women that there was danger ahead, but the robber couldn't stand it and jumped. come out.

Miao Sheng was once again shocked by the unprofessional behavior of these people. Any fool should know that they should wait for the prey to jump into the trap before coming out to catch it.

My side was at least 100 meters away from the encirclement, and they jumped out. Is the previous ambush still meaningful?

Hearing the robbers yelling to this side, telling them to go over quickly and be captured obediently, Miao Sheng wanted to understand their logic.

In the eyes of the dwarves, only women and children represented that their settlement had been destroyed. Without the protection of men, these women and children were lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

It's a pity that the robbers made a wrong calculation this time. The team they thought could be easily taken down was composed of women from the miner's branch.

As the most ferocious and powerful branch of the dwarves, even if there are only women and children, they can still beat them.

Miao Sheng changed positions along with the whole team, and the old woman took the lead. They have been practicing for the longest time in the team and also have the strongest combat effectiveness.

Followed by youngsters like Miao Sheng who had followed their father, they already had some combat experience, and the women behind them surrounded the children.

Even for the children in the inner circle, the big ones were on the periphery and the small ones were in the middle. The whole process was quiet and orderly, and none of the little ones cried in panic.

Miao Sheng has watched all the memories of West Asia. He must have never had such an exercise in the place where he lives. At the moment of danger, everyone acted according to instinct and quickly set up the best battle formation.

The team's quick reaction here stunned the robbers on the opposite side, and a bad premonition rose from their hearts. The next second, the strong woman charging forward with a weapon completely extinguished their luck.

Mom, the opposite is the team of the miner branch, run quickly.

More than 20 dwarves were frightened by the charge of ten old women and fled in all directions. The teenagers and children behind were stunned. Are our kind old women so scary?

Miao Sheng had discovered before that the men of other dwarves were not as thick and strong as the miner's branch. Most of them were about the same size as the women of the miner's branch, while the women of this branch were more slender.

It is even more incomparable in terms of combat effectiveness. Just looking at the situation in front of you, you can tell that the miner branch is indeed the dwarf clan with the strongest combat effectiveness, and its natural combat quality alone can beat the motley army on the opposite side by a few blocks.

Seeing that the bad guys were scared away, the children cheered, but the adults did not show a relaxed expression.

When camping at night, the security measures were upgraded again, and older teenagers and girls were also arranged into the night watch team.

The guards take turns every half rotation, and the women guard the outside, and the internal patrols are left to them, half-grown children.

The teenagers were all happy that they could finally be useful. When Miao Sheng eavesdropped on the women's meeting, she understood why they were so nervous.

Going forward, you will be close to the densely populated areas of the dwarves. These towns are different from the settlements of a single ethnic group. Not only a few dwarves live in the towns, but other demons also live in the towns.

The gap between the rich and the poor in the town can be described as heaven and earth, and disaffected and displaced demons will gather in the surrounding areas to rob.

As long as their own land is stable, the managers of towns will not care about the outside world, as long as they don't go too far with the merchants they come and go.

There are even many bandit teams that are supported by city managers. They plunder not only property, but also population.

Like the children of the miner branch, as long as they have a little training, they can become the best coolie fighters and fighters, and they are very sought-after.

Miao Sheng relayed what he heard to his partners, and they were all shocked that Huaguo had put the construction of a moon base on the agenda, and the demons were still a city-state system, which sounded similar to the Western Middle Ages.

[So ordinary demons actually have no right to speak at all. The high-level demons hate humans, but it doesn't mean they hate them too, right? ] Jin Zi has been struggling with this point.

In Jin Zi's view, Miao Sheng is the cutest person in the world, and he can't accept that he will be hated by others.

The little guy can hold grudges, anyone who has a bad attitude towards Miao Sheng will be retaliated against, such as letting the most poisonous mosquito bite a big bag, it is even more unacceptable that Miao Sheng will be hated by others.

[Most of their so-called hate is related to interests, and human beings have indeed violated the interests of the natives of the earth.

The earth originally belonged to them, but since we came here, we have occupied the surface of the earth forcefully, and also dig mines and holes everywhere, polluting the environment, it is normal to be hated. 】Miao Sheng doesn't mind the attitude of the demons very much, as long as you think about it, you can understand why they are like this.

[Then what should we do next?It seems a little difficult to bring these people to the northern Baijin Strait safely. 】Taoyao doesn't care about the demons and humans, it only cares about Miao Sheng's safety.

Although the underground environment is too complicated and the ups and downs are not stable, I dare not use the method of shrinking the ground to make an inch of the road, but it only takes a few days to go to the north at the speed of Miao Sheng, but moving with so many women and children, I don’t know where to go When is it.

Miao Sheng also doesn't want to stay here to waste too long. Although he is very curious about the underground world of the dwarves, with the identity of West Asia, he can come whenever he wants in the future. Right now, he has more important things to do , don't want to waste too much time.

After Xi'an's mother came back, Miao Sheng directly asked about the current predicament, "Our situation is very dangerous, will there be more and stronger robbers in the future?"

Xia Xia's mother instinctively wanted to deny it, for fear of scaring the child, but considering the current situation, she nodded with a wry smile.

There are too many dangers that need to be faced along the way, and the child cannot be allowed to continue to be naive.

"If we enter a big city and settle down, will we encounter danger there?" Miao Sheng formed a plan in his mind.

"That's not true. The city's administrators won't allow anyone to violate the laws and regulations they made and mess around in the city." Mother Xia thought for a while, then shook her head and said.

When she was a girl, she once heard her father say that city managers can turn a blind eye to all behaviors outside, or even acquiesce, but they cannot tolerate any criminals in their territory in the city.

"Then it's better like this. Let's first enter a certain city and temporarily settle down, and then send someone to the north to deliver the letter. After the people there receive the news, they should come to pick us up?" Miao Sheng looked at Xi'an's mother and saw her With surprise on his face, he knew he had come up with the right idea.

"You have to rest for a while, and you have to keep watch at night. I'll go to my mother-in-law and the others to raise this idea." Xi'an's mother was about to get up and leave, but was stopped by Miao Sheng.

"Have you ever thought about living a different life in the future?" Miao Sheng looked at her. In terms of the long lifespan of the dwarves, she is still very young in her early thirties. The outside world is so exciting. rush.

If human beings can live for nearly 200 years, she may have just left the campus at her age, and it is time to be full of vitality. It would be too wasteful to go back to a small residence to spend a lifetime.

"A different life?" Sia's mother rubbed her son's hair amusedly, "What kind of life does Sia want to live?"

"Of course I want to travel around the entire underground world. With my talent, it's too insignificant to be a miner in a small place.

At least I have to stay in the big city to learn more skills and practice more. When I grow up to be a strong man, maybe I can build my own city. " Miao Sheng was tempted by what he said.

With the identity of West Asia, as long as the schedule is open, he can really go to a big city to learn the technology of the dwarves. When the influence becomes greater in the future, he can also consider playing a live-action city-building game.

Xia's mother took a deep breath, then shook her head with a wry smile, "No wonder some people always say that children cannot be kept too far away, otherwise they won't be able to take them back. Is Xia ready to leave mother?"

"Children will always leave their mother when they grow up, not to mention that I just went out for a trip, and it's not like I'm missing and never come back.

Mothers should also have their own lives, such as forming a family with the one they love and having a few lovely babies. "Miao Sheng felt that it would be feasible to come back to visit this gentle woman in a year or so.

She didn't do anything wrong, she took someone's son away, and she had to make up for it.

"As expected, you still saw it." The expression of Xi Ya's mother was tangled for a moment, and then she was relieved.

The past is over, as the son said, she should have a new life.