Qi Huan tried to speak in a soft voice and pointed in the direction of the South Island.
"So what?" Xiaojie was very stubborn, "You are not Poseidon's men, you are foreigners!"
"Well... that's right for you." Qi Huan thought for a moment, "We want to visit your hometown. But why do you want to come out?"
Xiaoju, who was hiding behind the girl, spoke, his tone timid.
"Go and serve Lord Poseidon..."
"Don't tell them!" Xiaojie said loudly, "Everyone outside is a bad person! Lord Poseidon's envoys have told me that you hateful guys all want to steal Poseidon's treasures!"
Bai Ya raised his knife and his tone was quite unkind.
"Are you mistaken? If it wasn't for my brother to save you, you would have gone to the sea to feed the fish, okay? If you don't know what's good, you wouldn't expect that broken board to send you thousands of miles away, right?"
"He's so fierce..." Xiaoju whispered to her sister.
"Liar!" Xiaojie shouted, "The angel said that as long as we keep floating here, Lord Poseidon will come to pick us up within a day!"
"Poseidon doesn't know, black and white may come." Qi Huan sighed, "The direction of the waves here is not fixed, and the currents can be said to be random from east to west, north and south. One moment it was calm, and the next moment it was stormy. With luck, I was caught before something happened.
If you take it to an uninhabited island, if you are unlucky, you will die in the belly of a fish."
"Shut up! None of what a stranger says can be trusted!"
"Okay, okay, you're right."
Qi Huan didn't bother to argue with these two kids. In the end, the two kids ran back to the raft and dragged the raft back. The other three didn't stop them. After all, no matter how hard they tried, they would be pushed away by the rising tide.
After coming back, they were soaked to the skin soon after, their hair was disheveled, they looked messy, and they looked quite pitiful.
Bai Ya brought some dry firewood over, threw it on the ground and piled it up casually. He slashed the firewood pile with two knives, and sparks flew out, and the firewood immediately burned. They had been using this method to make fires these past few days.
, this has always been something Qi Huan and Jun Aoyan can't figure out. Whether it's drilling wood to make fire or making fire with flint, it's not easy, but why is the spark in Bai Ya's hand so flammable? It's about
It can be explained by spiritual power.
Bai Ya made it clear that he was coming to watch the show, but he actually grilled fish at the beach. Qi Huan and Jun Aoyan sat next to them, somewhat... stunned. But soon, they also watched the show with Bai Ya. They
In the past two days, I have made a grid, using the bark of a special tree on the island. The bark is soft, very flexible, and non-flammable. Weave it into a grid, and you can put food on it.
It’s much more convenient to hold it by hand. It’s easy to dig out big shells and snails here. In the morning, Qi Huan also caught a seabird. He packed them up and put them on top for roasting. Sprinkled with salt, the ingredients were baked quickly.
The sound of sizzling water and the aroma of meat permeated the entire coast, lingering for a long time, making the two children look back frequently.
When the sun sets, the firelight illuminates this area. The gentle sunlight falls on the smoking food, coating it with a faint layer of warmth, making it look more appetizing.
"To be honest, I heard them swallow their saliva." Qi Huan whispered, "Are we not very kind?"
Bai Ya didn't say anything, nor did he look at the two children. But Xiaojie and Xiaoju obviously had opinions, but they couldn't say it. They could only look here helplessly. Jun Aoyan seemed to have understood something. Wait for a few clams
When the meat was roasting and fragrant, she waved to the two children and shouted:
"Are you hungry? If so, let's eat together."
"Who eats your food..."
Although they murmured very quietly, the effect has been achieved. Human beings are always honest in the face of instinct, especially such unsteady children. Since the legend of Poseidon sounds amazing, they all believe it, how much does it cost in front of food?
Can you be more honest? But doing so does involve gambling. After all, some older teenagers and young people already have their own judgment and have a blind and unquestioning passion for it. Maybe they can really do what they say.
Faith does things beyond common sense.
"Ever since I can remember, my life has been very affluent." Bai Ya suddenly started to talk more while eating, "My father never took me to take ordinary roads or do ordinary things. Of course, this is also the reason why I have reached a certain age.
I just realized it. One time, my father and I were sitting on the wall, sharing a roast goose that had just been baked. The goose was very big, and I was very full. There were many children gathered under the wall, and some were shouting while scratching the wall.
Wild dogs. The bones that my father threw were rushed up and snatched by the wild dogs. The children were so angry that they beat the dog, but the dog would not let go. I couldn’t eat any more, so I also threw the bones with meat, and the children started fighting. I continued
I lost some of it, and many of the people who snatched it away were younger than me, and there were also people my age. It felt like... throwing chopped wild vegetables and feeding them to the chickens, it felt like a mess."
Jun Aoyan looked at him with a very strange look, somewhat resentful. It is not difficult to understand that life in the march is not always plentiful, and it is not easy to fill one's stomach. Qi Huan's tone is also a bit subtle:
"Your childhood education...is very problematic."
"I don't think it's appropriate." Jun Aoyan said bluntly, "When we are poor to a certain extent, we will not let go of tree roots and grass. It is no better than refugees in the war. Once I ate grass roots for several days.
Mixed with rice bran, I suffered from gastrointestinal problems, vomiting and diarrhea. The military doctor said it would be impossible without oil and water, but there was nothing in that place. Finally, someone caught a skinny eating rat and used it to stew soup, and I finally came back to life."
"You actually eat mice."
"Then what else will we eat?!"
Jun Aoyan suddenly became angry. It was difficult for her to understand how this "rich kid" style of playfulness appeared on Bai Ya. It was hard to say whether the money was clean or not. Most of it was burned, killed and looted. If
Without Qi Huan to block her, she might have already voiced her doubts - this is unnecessary and will cause worthless trouble in a deserted place.
"Tsk, anyway, I haven't lived that kind of life since I was born. That day my dad asked me what I thought when I saw all this. To be honest, I had no idea or feeling at all."
"Then you are quite strange." Qi Huan forced a smile, "Some people will secretly rejoice in their wealthy life, some people will have a sense of worry about replacement; some people will sympathize with these poor people, and some people will only regard it as a joke, or feel sad about it.
Disgusted. Don’t you feel anything? No feeling at all?”
"...Maybe it's not that I really have no feelings." Bai Ya's expression was a little complicated, "At that time, I had a strange mood, but it was not obvious. Maybe I was too young at that time and could not understand that kind of emotion. This
On the side wall are poor children with gray faces and ragged clothes, but on the other side of the wall, in the beautifully carved buildings, live the young masters and eldest ladies of wealthy families. They are well-dressed and well-fed, and a meal during the festival can make the people here
People have no worries about food and clothing all year round. When I thought about this at that time, I had a kind of... now it seems that I should probably call it a sense of fragmentation. It was very broken, very - we traveled to many places in the future, and I was given this kind of feeling.
It feels like this world is fragmented and never complete. But if you hold all these fragments together, you will have a complete world."
"Do you think the world is fair?" Qi Huan suddenly asked him.
"Always fair."
"unfair."
Jun Aoyan's opinion once again conflicted with Bai Ya's. But Bai Ya did not refute her, but picked up the stick out of boredom and turned the grilled fish over. Then, he asked meaningfully:
"What kind of unfair law?"
"Some people have no worries about food and clothing, and some people are short of food and clothing. The children of the rich family have so much food that they throw it away and don't bother to take it for charity. They have to take turns to select the flowers and cloths, and there is never a shortage of corpses that starve to death and freeze to death on the remote streets. Some people are aloof,
Boasting rhetoric and talking about military affairs on paper, soldiers went through life and death for ridiculous reasons, unnecessary purposes, and inexplicable orders. Those dignitaries even managed to survive, and the tributes were enough to feed many poor people, and the civilians, the poor family after death
They can't even get a decent straw mat. Some people pursue love between men and women, and pursue immortality, and more people just want to fill their stomachs. And they have done nothing wrong, but they have to bear unnecessary consequences. You still have to bear the consequences.
Do you want to say without shame that this world is fair?"
Jun Aoyan didn't talk too much, but she was probably anxious this time. She hadn't gotten out of that depression, and her emotions were out of control. Bai Ya was not in a hurry, and suddenly used force on his hand to cut the wood.
The stick pierced the overripe fish.
"Then let me ask you, where does the rich people's money come from?"
"Taken from the poor."
"Is it possible that they relied on robbery? Then I'm afraid one or two of them will be imprisoned like my father. Indeed, their money ultimately came from another group of people, but what did they rely on? Whether it's a trick or a trick, it's all the same
Of course, we do not rule out the possibility that the squires bully the common people, and we can take stock slowly. But if you think about it carefully, the wealth spent by those young masters and ladies was accumulated and worked hard by the fathers. Someone can teach filial sons, and teach talented people, for
The court or the common people should make some contributions. If someone does not educate their children well and their family property is wiped out, that is retribution. It is difficult for poor people to get ahead these days, but it is not impossible - get married, work, study, etc.
Martial arts, Taoism... whatever path you choose is yours. What is poor is probably your vision, and you can't think of that much. But there are many talented people in the world, and there are many people who work hard from the bottom. Let me say it again: The world is always fair. Your vision
It’s too narrow, and you can only see the present. Looking at the past and the future, no one can make a final conclusion on what all this will be like.”
Xiaojie and Xiaoju came over at some point. They were probably a little cold and wanted to catch some heat. Bai Ya stood up, walked in front of them, and held out the grilled fish condescendingly.
"It's always fair...as long as you are willing to do what you say, and be willing to change."
