Facing Lai's inquiry, "Sweet Potato" responded blankly. It was indeed somewhat spiritual, but it was still difficult to understand such a complex problem.
As for Lai, he immediately opened the door and chased after him after he realized what he was doing. But when he arrived in the yard, he looked around blankly, but where could he find Cheng Lin?
"I'll go out for a while, and you'll wait for me to come back at home."
With the parting words of "Ezreal the Explorer" echoing in his mind, Len could only return to the room with an extremely uneasy feeling, and then stared at the furnace in a daze.
After an unknown amount of time, the fire in the furnace gradually extinguished and the temperature became colder.
Sweet Potato had already mastered picking up the animal skins on the ground with his mouth, then jumped onto the earthen bed, spread it, curled up into a ball, and closed his eyes to sleep.
Lai also wiped away his tears, silently put away the tableware, and made sure that the fire in the ashes had been extinguished, and then he climbed onto the kang with deep thoughts.
I covered myself with animal skins, but couldn't sleep.
Just leaning against the window and looking out through the gap.
But he was shocked to find that there was heavy snow falling outside the window at some point.
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In the winter in the territory of the ice dragon Grald, snow is a common occurrence.
People in the village have a good habit of going to bed early and getting up early. At this time, the lights in every household have long been extinguished, and the whole village is shrouded in darkness.
There was only a slight glimmer of light in Udon City in the distance.
"Woooooooo..."
The cold wind carried snowflakes and paved the road in the village thickly. Although it sounded thick, it was not very cold.
Time seems to be much slower in this cold winter. When the early morning sun of the next day shines through the gap in the window into the low and cramped earth house, Lai, who was curled up and sleeping by the window, was awakened by the cry of "sweet potato".
"Well."
He stretched out his hand to rub his eyes, and then he saw clearly the dog barking at the window.
"Could it be that Ezreal is back?"
Lai was so happy that he hurriedly knelt down on the Tukang and pushed open the window with both hands. The window of the house was a "plank" made of many wooden sticks put together horizontally. It was similar in shape to a "louver", with the upward side tied to the wall.
You can use a wooden stick to prop it up during the day and put it down at night.
When he opened the window, Lei was immediately dazzled by the white light outside and looked away.
The snow has stopped, but the mountains and plains are covered with white snow, reflecting dazzling light in the sun.
Amid the screams of Sweet Potato, Lai heard a familiar, slightly old voice: "Lai? Are you up?"
The young man was slightly startled when he heard the voice of the village chief.
He hurriedly responded, then ran to open the door and saw a "dragon servant" with a face covered with white hair standing outside the courtyard.
That was obviously an old man... Behind him stood two strong dragon servants, two of the villagers who went hunting in the mountains with him yesterday.
Len looked around with wide eyes, but did not find "Ezreal".
So his face was immediately filled with disappointment.
"What happened? Let me see how the dragon servant you picked up is doing? Has he recovered?" the village chief asked.
Hearing what he said, Lai's eyes were slightly red, he nodded, then shook his head, which made the village chief and the two villagers in the hunting team surprised.
During their questioning, Lai invited them into the house.
Then, wiping away tears, he recounted what happened last night exactly.
"What? You said he claimed to be from another continent? An explorer?"
"He used up almost all your food and made a pot of porridge? A very, very delicious porridge?"
"He said he would solve the food problem for you, but asked you to wait at home?...But you didn't come home all night?"
Standing in a cramped house.
After listening to Lai's narration, the village chief first looked shocked, and then became heartbroken:
"Are you stupid? Do you believe this kind of lie? This is obviously a lie to you!"
The other two villagers also nodded and agreed:
"Yeah, can you believe such a lie? Did you really wait for him all night?"
"What did I mean? I warned you at that time not to save him, not to save him. What happened? I defrauded you of your food and left. What will you do next? How will you survive this winter?"
Facing the villagers, Lai lowered his head and could only protest in a low voice: "But the food he cooked is really delicious..."
"That's because you have too little knowledge! Your Uncle Sang and I had the honor to have a meal in Udon City two years ago. That's called delicious food. I haven't forgotten it for two years... He probably does have some skills, but he is just that. To fool a kid like you who has never seen the world."
One of the villagers said that he hated the iron.
"I'm not a child anymore."
"Are you still being stubborn?" the villager sighed helplessly, "and he said he came from other kingdoms. Well, even if there really is a land outside the Dragon Kingdom in this world, how far is it? From such a far away place When you come to our place, how could such a strong man be poisoned by a mere hemp fruit? And you even picked him up?"
Lai stopped talking.
At this time, he also felt that it was full of doubts, and the glimmer of hope in his heart was finally completely extinguished.
"Okay, don't say anything anymore."
The village chief sighed, was silent for a moment, and said:
"Things have already happened. He will definitely not come back. So, Sang, you can go to my place and bring some food over."
"this……"
"What are you looking at? I'm old and don't eat much. I can't let Lai starve to death, right?"
The villager named Sang pursed his lips and said, "We are going hunting today. We will come back later and walk deeper to catch more prey."
"No! What if I can't come back if I go further in? Is hunting that easy?" the village chief glared.
"But we are already far behind. We have to hand over the winter food in two days. If we want to collect enough supplies, we have to go into the jungle." Sang said.
Lai originally lowered his head, but now he raised it and said, "I'm going too today."
"Where are you going? You are not yet an adult and don't have enough physical strength. You just went into the mountains yesterday. Are you going to go again today? Can you walk? Rest at home!"
"But……"
Seeing that there was going to be a quarrel in the house again.
Suddenly, "Sweet Potato", which was squatting on the ground with drooped ears, suddenly raised its head, its ears also stood up, and its nose moved.
Suddenly he turned around and ran to the door, scratching at the door frantically with his two front paws, and making excited screams at the same time.
"Woof woof woof!"
This unusual scene made everyone quiet down.
Lai couldn't help scolding him, but Digua didn't listen at all, and just scratched the door more crazily.
Immediately afterwards, several people in the house heard more dog barking in the village.
All of a sudden, all the hunting dogs in the village started barking!
"what happened?"
The village chief was stunned and realized something was wrong.
"Go out and have a look!"
The villager named Sang strode to the door and pushed it hard. Immediately, his tall body trembled and he exclaimed, as if he had seen an incredible scene!
"Oh my God! What is that?!"
Everyone saw it and hurriedly squeezed past.
They squeezed out of the room together.
Came to the yard.
Immediately, all the dragon servants, including the village chief and Lai, were stunned!
I saw, in the direction of the forest, a desolate mountain road covered with white snow.
A black figure is slowly approaching.
That shadow was very slender and thin...at least compared to the thick and clumsy dragon servant.
However, at this moment, that thin figure gave off a terrifying aura.
That's the smell of blood!
I saw that figure walking in front, holding a "rope" woven with withered yellow vines in his right hand, and about ten meters behind the rope, there was a "mountain of meat"!
Or perhaps it would be more appropriate to say "mountain of corpses"!
It was a "meat mountain" as huge as a house, piled up by all kinds of wild beasts!
It was tied up randomly with vines, and at a glance, there were probably hundreds of large beasts of all kinds!
They were all obviously dead, and the blood on their bodies had long solidified in the cold wind. However, the rich smell of blood could not be frozen. With the pulling of the figure, an obvious blood mark was pulled out on the mountain road behind the snow.
Like a bright red stroke on white drawing paper.
The figure leading this mountain of corpses seemed to be walking slowly through the snow, as if strolling in a leisurely courtyard. The weight behind him seemed to be unable to slow down his pace.
As he approached, the smell of blood became stronger, and all the hunting dogs in the village started barking crazily.
The villagers were also alarmed. They came out of their yards one after another and rushed here. When they saw this scene clearly, they all showed horrified expressions.
Especially the hunters in the village, they quickly identified the types of beasts.
"It's an iron-spurred pig!"
"Colorful deer!"
"Ice bear!"
"Oh my God, there's also the Black Yao Tiger! How on earth did you hit this?!"
In the small courtyard of the Lai family, the two villagers from the hunting team were shocked and speechless. They recognized Cheng Lin and knew the whole story, but this did not make them any less shocked, but made them even more shocked.
Feeling shocked.
This "freak" who calls himself "Ezreal" is really back?
He didn't escape?
He didn't cheat on Rai?
He is not the "weak freak" he thought he was, nor is he a "hateful liar" but a mysterious strong man?
To be able to kill so many prey, even some powerful dragon servants in Udon City who master dragon magic can't do it, right?
"This... is all you... you..."
Seeing Cheng Lin dragging the mountain of meat to the entrance of the small courtyard and looking at them through the open wooden fence, the village chief couldn't help but ask questions.
Cheng Lin glanced at him and smiled slightly: "Of course."
After saying that, he leaned over and touched the head of "Sweet Potato", which excitedly ran to his legs and circled wildly.
He immediately looked at the stunned young man Lai, put the vine in his hand into his hand, and said in a slightly tired tone:
"I promised you the food for the winter, but these beasts are hiding really deep... plus it actually snowed at night. I originally thought I could come back before dawn, but it's been delayed until now."
After hearing his calm words, Lai finally came back to his senses.
He couldn't believe it and secretly pinched his leg, then a sharp pain hit him.
He was not surprised but delighted, and stammered:
"Ize...Mr. Ezreal...this..."
"This is all yours."
"But... this is too much, I... the sweet potatoes and I can't finish it..."
Lai said with a sad face that he never thought that one day he would worry about having too much food to eat.
"That's it..."
Cheng Lin pondered for a moment, then glanced at the village chief and two villagers standing aside, and said with a smile:
"You said before that the village still lacks some meat supplies... Well, I think these should be enough to make up for it..."
"But that's still too much... too much..."
"There are more... then..."
Cheng Lin was slightly startled, thought for a moment in embarrassment, looked at the old man, and said:
"In that case, let's get ready. How about we treat the whole village to a feast tonight?"
Before the village chief came to his senses, Lai nodded happily.
Then he suddenly remembered something and asked eagerly: "Dinner... should you still make it?"
"Well……"
Cheng Lin looked at the young man's expectant eyes and couldn't bear to refuse.
But if the whole village eats it together... the first word that pops up in Cheng Lin's mind is "pork-killing vegetables"... But there is obviously a lack of necessary ingredients here, such as sauerkraut and the like...
As for pure meat... although these villagers may not care, it does not conform to Cheng Lin's own basic aesthetics of things...
What should I do?
Cheng Lin pondered for two seconds and suddenly had an idea.
So, he nodded under Lai's expectant eyes and said, "Of course, tonight, I will treat the whole village to a delicacy that is very popular in my hometown."
"What kind of food?"
"Barbecue." Cheng Lin smiled.
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Today’s two chapters have a slightly longer word count, and I had a lot of fun writing them, so...please vote~