Gourmet daily life with Monkey [Journey to the West]

"Hmph, but I don't like you!" Zhu Bajie stabbed coldly, turning his face away.

The monster was not angry either, and asked with a smile, "Then tell me, what's your name?"

"Chen Jinlian, this is my sister, Chen Yinzhu." Zhu Bajie said disgustedly: "Stay back, don't smoke our sisters. And those shrimp soldiers and crab generals behind you, what a horrible bragging, let them all back out."

"Get out, get out, you're making my little beauty unhappy." The monster's tone became cold, and it really drove out a group of shrimp soldiers and crab generals.Turning to look at Zhu Bajie and Tao Tao, he smiled and said, "Little beauty, can we have a bridal chamber now? People say that a moment in the Spring Festival is worth a thousand gold, and good days are too short, so let's not waste time."

"What kind of house is the bridal chamber? Who wants to have the bridal chamber with you?" Zhu Bajie sneered unceremoniously with a straight face.

The monster said unhappily: "You are all married in wedding gowns, why don't you bridal with me? Since you don't want to, I will bridal with your sister first. Sigh, gentle and quiet little beauties are the cutest."

As he said, he was about to grab Tao Tao with both hands, but now Monkey King and Zhu Bajie would quit.

Unexpectedly, Tao Tao's movements were faster, she pulled out the plantain fan from her waist, and fanned towards the monster without saying a word!

"You want a bridal chamber, but I want to eat carp meat!"

Suddenly, a fire dragon roared out and ran straight into the monster.The monster screamed suddenly, seeing that Monkey King's golden cudgel and Zhu Bajie's nine-toothed rake also hit up, turned into a puff of green smoke and rushed into the river.

Until the moment he entered the river, he could still hear his shrill screams.

His sound immediately alarmed the shrimp soldiers and crab generals outside. How could a group of shrimps and crabs that have not evolved escape like him?He was beaten to death by Monkey King and Zhu Bajie within two strokes.

In a tacit understanding, the two only hit the head, leaving the body intact.The brothers and sisters looked at each other, and Qiqi laughed.

Tao Tao ran out with her skirt in hand, and saw bucket-sized shrimps and crabs all over the ground, she couldn't help licking her lower lip, she didn't expect to get such a reward from going out.

Without ordering, Zhu Bajie set up the stove, Monkey King started to process shrimps and crabs, and Tao Tao took out pots and pans from the space and started working.

"Hey, although the monster has escaped, the delicious food here is really fresh. If Junior Brother Sha knows, I'm afraid your eyes will turn red with envy." Zhu Bajie finished his work and stared at the pot eagerly.

Wisps of aroma wafted out of the pot, and he wished he could inhale them all into his nose.

I haven't eaten seafood for a long time.

Tao Tao said: "I counted, there are eleven shrimps and eleven big crabs, let's leave one shrimp and one crab for Wu Jing and Xiao Bailong."

"It's better for my little sister to plan. Let me do the math, so that the three of us can eat three shrimps and three crabs!" Zhu Bajie couldn't help swallowing. He didn't care about the vegetarian dishes at night, and his stomach was already full. hungry.

Monkey King was also drooling, and looked up at Tongtian River again, and said with a smile: "There must be a lot of fish, shrimps and crabs in this river. When I go down to kill the monster tomorrow, I will get some more up. It is clear that it is a gift." The thank you gift to the Chen family implies that we can keep some for ourselves, which is enough to deceive Master."

"Brother Monkey, you are so smart." Zhu Bajie flapped his folding fan, as if he had seen the scene of eating crabs every day.

Besides, the monster was burned by the fire of the plantain fan. Although it was not burned to death because it was close to the river, it also lost a layer of skin.When he hid in his cave, his body was completely blackened, and a group of his subordinates rushed forward to greet him in shock.

The monster said viciously: "These villagers really don't know how to flatter them! My lord blesses them with good weather and abundant crops, but they don't even want to marry me with two brides, and they even brought two fake ones! Those two fake ones have profound mana , almost killed the king, and there was a helper hiding on the beam, but the king didn't notice it!"

"My lord, who is the master of the opponent, who can even injure the king?" An ugly long-legged shrimp stepped forward and asked in fear.

"My lord doesn't know where they came from, but one of them used a very heavy dark iron stick, the other used a nine-toothed rake, and the third used a plantain fan." At this point, the monster affected his injuries, He took another breath of cool air.

"Ah?" There was a sudden exclamation from the corner.

The monster frowned, and looked to the corner, where there was an old turtle the size of a round table lying on its stomach.

"What are you barking about, old turtle? Do you know those three people?"

The old turtle stretched his neck and nodded, and explained: "If I'm not wrong, the one who used the black iron stick was the Monkey King who made a big disturbance in the Heavenly Palace, and the one who used the nine-toothed rake was the Tianpeng Marshal who once commanded the Tianhe Hundred Thousand Navy. As for making plantain fans, I have never heard of Old Gui."

"Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie? That sounds familiar." The monster was suspicious for a while, and asked the old turtle, "Tell me what they are doing here?"

The old turtle explained: "It's no wonder that the king doesn't know that the memory of the king is only seven days. I heard that Monkey King and Zhu Bajie are protecting a Tang monk who came from the Tang Dynasty in the east to go to the west to learn scriptures. This Tang monk is the reincarnation of the golden cicada. A piece of his flesh can live forever!"

"It turns out that there is such a great thing. My lord, then we must catch Tang Seng and eat him." The long-legged shrimp rejoiced, and the other little demons were also happy from ear to ear. Only the old turtle sneered secretly, wanting to eat Tang Seng is easier said than done?Don't let yourself get involved without eating Tang Monk's flesh.

When he said this, he deliberately wanted the monster to provoke Monkey King.

The monster slapped the table and made up his mind: "Since we didn't get a bride, then use Tang Monk to make up for it! When they cross the river, let's see how my lord will deal with them!"

"But my lord, Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie seem to be difficult to deal with, and your injuries are still not healed. If they find out when you do it, wouldn't it be a waste of money?" Long-legged shrimp analyzed anxiously, just said Into the heart of the monster.

The monster couldn't help asking: "Then what good idea do you have?"

The long-legged shrimp said with a smile: "Your Majesty has a treasure, which is made of lotus flowers. Why don't you use this treasure? You can make this treasure into thousands of lotus flowers, covering the entire river. In this way, If Tang Seng wants to cross the river, he can only step on the lotus. When he gets to the middle of the river, you collect the treasure, and Monkey King and Zhu Bajie will definitely not be able to beat him for a while, so the treasure can easily bring Tang Seng down."

"This method is very good!" The monster was overjoyed, and patted the long-legged shrimp on the shoulder, almost turning him into a soft-legged shrimp, and said: "When Tang Seng is caught, I will reward you with a piece of Tang Seng's meat!"

"Thank you, king!" The long-legged shrimp was ecstatic.

So after Tao Tao and the others had a feast, as soon as they got home, a large number of pink lotus flowers bloomed on the river.Each lotus flower is the size of a round table, and the petals are at least half a meter long. When the breeze blows, they shake gently and emit bursts of fragrance.

The entire Tongtian River was filled with such lotus flowers, even if they wanted to cross the river by boat, the monsters deliberately forced Tang Seng and others to cross the river on lotus flowers.

Besides, the few people who were full of seafood found that the house was brightly lit when they went back, and the whole family, including Tang Seng and others, hadn't rested yet.

The old man of the Chen family was overjoyed when he saw the three of Monkey King returning safely, and tears fell down his cheeks.

"The little masters are finally back in good condition. If there is any accident, the old man, I will be blamed for death."

"Benefactor, you worry too much. That monster is powerful, but it is not capable of hurting us." Sun Wukong helped the old man to sit back.

"That's right? As soon as we made a move, we wiped out all the shrimp soldiers and crab generals he brought. The monster was also seriously injured and fled back into the river. He must not dare to come out in a short time." Zhu Bajie said, and poked the sand. Wujing's arm.

Sha Wujing was puzzled, Zhu Bajie sniffed his clothes, and suddenly a scent of oil wafted into Sha Wujing's nose, Sha Wujing's eyes lit up suddenly, and he secretly followed Zhu Bajie out.

Tang Seng and others didn't notice, the old man said happily: "The young masters are indeed masters. We also invited several Taoist monks before, but they were all eaten by the monster. Speaking of which, the monster is a bit strange. Every time we marry a bride They all said it was the first time, as if they didn't remember marrying many times before."

"There are such strange things?" Sun Wukong became interested and asked: "Then how do you know?"

The old man lowered his voice, and said mysteriously: "I heard it once when the third son of the Li family secretly hid under the bed in the temple. The third son Li was a daring bastard, but fortunately he was brave enough to hear such words." Strange thing. The monster had already married three brides at that time, and he thought it was the first time, and even thought he had just come to Tongtian River."

"Could it be that he has lost his memory? Wukong, have you heard of such a thing?" Tang Seng also felt strange, and thought to himself, no wonder he has to marry a bride every seven days, presumably the monster's memory is not very good.

"I've never heard of such a rare thing. Master, if a monster has such a bad memory, how can he remember what level he has cultivated to?" Monkey King couldn't figure out the reason, but thought that he could use this matter to clean up the others. monster.

Tao Tao finally confirmed her guess and revealed: "I heard that fishes have very short memories. I think this monster looks like a carp. Maybe he is a carp spirit. If so, then he It’s not surprising that my memory is only seven days old.”

"Then how did he become a master?" Sun Wukong asked.

"Brother Monkey, he may not have cultivated himself to become a spirit. Have you forgotten the pair of gold and silver boys and the lion spirit riding Manjusri Bodhisattva?" Tao Tao could only remind Monkey King in this way.

Sun Wukong suddenly realized, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, you are the smartest Taozi. I think this carp spirit must have something to do with Guanyin Bodhisattva. Hmph, if it dares to do harm to Master, I will ask Bodhisattva for an explanation."

"Wukong, don't talk nonsense, why would the Bodhisattva deliberately send a goblin to eat people? Stop talking, it's getting late, we should rest earlier, and prepare to cross the river tomorrow." Tang Seng reprimanded, and the monkey knew his heart was open.

In case the common people misunderstood it and thought that the Bodhisattva had bad intentions.

The old man of the Chen family was terrified, he hesitated to speak, and finally the old lady said: "Little masters, I shouldn't bother you anymore, but after all, the monster was only seriously injured and was not killed. If it comes again in the future What should we do if we are looking for trouble?"

"Old mother, don't worry, we will naturally be good people to the end, go down the river tomorrow and kill the monster before crossing the river." Although Monkey King is not familiar with water skills, Zhu Bajie, Sha Wujing and Xiao Bailong are all masters in dealing with a victim. The injured youkai must be fine.

Only then did the old couple feel relieved, thank you again, and asked Monkey King and others to rest.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he got up the next day, he heard the surprise sound of the servant from the front yard.

"Master, madam, what a wonderful sight! What a wonderful sight! It must be that the monsters have been eliminated, and the Tongtian River is full of pink lotus flowers, each of which is as big as a round table! Everyone in the village goes to the river to see the lotus flowers Even those who are brave enough to pick the lotus, the lotus can support a big living person!"

"Oh? Is there such a miracle?" The old man was surprised, and when he saw Tang Seng and others coming, he invited everyone to go to the river to have a look.

When everyone came to the river, they found that there were indeed villagers standing there, all looking at such a magnificent scene.The Tongtian River is really filled with lotus flowers. Looking from a distance, there is a sea of ​​flowers, which is so beautiful that it looks like a fairyland.

The third child of the Liu family was the most daring. He even jumped on the lotus to pick the lotus pod. The lotus pod was bigger than a plate, exuding a clear fragrance, surrounded by a few children who were eating with gusto.

"It really is a fairyland on earth. The poor monk has traveled four to fifty thousand miles, and he has never seen such a magnificent scene. It must be that the monsters have been eliminated and the heavens are auspicious. Amitabha, so good." Tang Seng was full of eyes I was so happy, I couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion.

Sun Wukong rubbed his chin, but couldn't understand what was going on for a moment. Could it be that the monster was really burned to death by Taozi's fire?

"Brother Monkey, I don't believe in auspiciousness from heaven. This lotus flower may be created by a monster to confuse people on purpose." Although Tao Tao didn't know what was going on, she knew that the monster would not let Tang Seng off.

"Old Sun thinks so too, but the river is full of lotus flowers, so it's difficult to go down the river. Small boats can't drive, and I'm afraid you can only pass by these lotus flowers if you want to cross the river." I really saw a caravan traveling upstream on lotus flowers.

Sun Wukong couldn't help asking curiously: "Who is that? He doesn't look like someone from the village."

The old man explained with a smile: "That is the caravan of the Chechi Kingdom, and they are going across the river to the opposite Xiliang Kingdom. Merchants value profits the most, but no matter what the danger is, they can make a lot of money just by going back and forth like this." The bowl is full."

It turns out that the opposite is the country of daughters!

Tao Tao suddenly became interested. If you want to say that the most interesting thing in Journey to the West is the daughter country.The book said that there were all women there, not a single man, and all the girls were as beautiful as flowers, and the queen was even more stunning.

For a while, she wanted to rush in and cross the river, so she went to have a look at the opposite side.

But for the sake of safety, Monkey King waited for another four days.It was found that the caravans crossed the river one after another without any danger.The bastards of the third son of the Liu family even went to the river to pick lotus pods every day, and the villagers who ate them smelled like lotus pods, and there were no accidents.

"Master, maybe the monster is really dead. Let's go on the road tomorrow. We can go all the way by stepping on these lotus flowers."

Tang Seng couldn't wait a long time ago, so he readily agreed.

Before leaving, the old man and the old lady of the Chen family gave everyone a few catties of rice noodles as a token of gratitude.

So on the morning of the seventh day, Tang Seng and his party finally set off.Sun Wukong and others were flying on the lotus flower step by step, but Tang Seng was very slow and cautious, afraid of falling into the river.

So far at noon, they have walked for dozens of miles. Everyone is surrounded by the sea of ​​flowers, and they suddenly feel refreshed and happy, which has a special meaning.

"Wukong, how many roads are there?" Tang Seng was tired from walking, so he simply sat down on a lotus flower to rest.

Monkey King flew to a high place to have a look, and said with a smile, "It takes less than [-]% of the ten percent. Master, if you walk at your speed, it will probably take five or six days."

"Ah? It's fine during the day, so why not sleep on the lotus at night? It's too dangerous. Besides, I'm hungry now. Do you want to cook on the lotus?" Tang Seng looked at Tao Tao , Tao Tao was also tired from walking, and sat on another lotus.

Tao Tao waved her hand and said, "I don't have the energy to cook, why don't I just pick some lotus pods and eat them."

Usually she cooks because she doesn't have to walk, and she becomes a prototype to be carried by a white dragon horse, which can't be carried on this lotus.

Tang Seng sighed, and really went to pick the lotus pods.Unexpectedly, as soon as the hand touched the lotus pod, the lotus pod shrank suddenly, and the whole flower wrapped itself around Tang Seng, swallowing him up in a blink of an eye.

"Master!" Sun Wukong was startled, and the golden cudgel suddenly fell towards the lotus.

But the lotus suddenly got into the water, not only that, the lotus on the whole river all jumped into the water and disappeared.

Fortunately, Tao Tao reacted quickly and used a flying spell, otherwise the crisis would reappear and be dragged into the water together.Zhu Bajie, Sha Wujing and Bai Longma all survived, and they were still in shock.

"Brother Monkey, this monster is too powerful. What kind of magic is this? Can it make the whole river full of lotus flowers?" Zhu Bajie couldn't believe it if he used this method to sweep the master away.

Sun Wukong said with a sullen face: "Maybe it's not a magic spell, but a magic weapon. Bajie, you go into the water to find out the situation first, and it's best to lure that monster out."

"That's the only way to go." Zhu Bajie did his part, and immediately jumped into the water, heading towards the bottom of the river.

Tao Tao and the others couldn't just fly in the sky, they could only go back to the shore and wait for Zhu Bajie to come back.

Sun Wukong regretted and said: "It's strange that Lao Sun didn't listen to your advice, he should go into the water first to see if the monster is really dead."

"Brother Monkey, don't blame yourself. At that time, the Tongtian River was full of lotus flowers, and it was not easy to go down the river." Tao Tao comforted her, and said, "Let's see what's going on with my brother."

After Zhu Bajie entered the water, he touched the bottom of the river not long after, and there was indeed a cave at the bottom of the river, and he wrote a letter: The first place of the water turtle.

He chuckled secretly, his feelings are not carp spirits, but an old turtle!