"Morning, Sister Luolan." Ye Ling, who was lying on his side on the bed, rubbed his eyes, as if he was not yet full of sleep.
"Chirp."
A chubby bird crawled out from the lower part of the quilt. As soon as it came out, it flapped its wings and flew into Lorraine Hill's arms. It took the girl a while to hug her.
Listening to Dai Ju's constant "chirping", Lorraine Hill knew that this guy was wronged, and complained bitterly about the mistreatment of Eidolon, such as holding it as a pillow and preventing it from going out to find delicious food.
The high temperature emitted while sleeping almost cooked it into a fat chicken, etc.
"Okay, okay, just sleep in my room today." Lorraine Hill comforted the chubby Dai Ju in his arms in a funny way. After a while, it calmed down.
"Dai Ju complained again." Ye Ling sat on the bed with his hands on his knees. The hair hanging behind him was messy on his shoulders and back, and there were some signs of being bent.
"Come on, get up and comb your hair."
Lorraine Hill pulled Eidolon, who still wanted to sleep, to the dressing table, then stood behind her and combed it carefully, separated a few thin strands with her hands, and slowly weaved them to form smooth and beautiful sides.
ponytail.
At first, Ye Ling's eyes were still open, but soon his head started to rise and fall like fishing, waking up and sleeping, and his eyes were hazy.
"After combing, let's go eat something first and come back to sleep later." Lorraine Hill held up Eidolon with his hands and asked the little guy to stand up.
"Ugh..." Ye Ling woke up a little now, grabbed Lorraine Hill's arm, and walked out as if he was sleepwalking.
Looking at the little dragon lady next to him who was about to fall asleep at any time, Lorraine Hill thought about whether he should hold her directly, which would be more convenient.
But for now, let’s try to hold him for a while.
The two of them first came to the hall. Lorraine Hill asked Ye Ling to sit on the sofa in a corner, and asked Dai Ju to squat on her knees to take care of her. Then he turned and went to the second floor to find the room where Wei Lengyan was.
After waking up this companion, Lorraine Hill took her downstairs, then woke up the sleeping Eidolon again, and then went out.
"Are there any good restaurants or restaurants around here?" Lorraine Hill asked Wei Lengyan beside her. This person came earlier than her and stayed for a few days, so he should know better.
"We have been to one before, and I think the taste is very good, but..." She paused for a few seconds before continuing.
"It's just that the grade may not be very high." This person stroked his hair beside his ear with some embarrassment.
In her opinion, for such a big shot, going there seemed to lower his status.
"Where is it? Can you tell me first?"
"It's a seafood restaurant, located on the east side of the harbor."
"Seafood seems to be pretty good too." Lorraine Hill actually eats very little seafood, and occasionally wants to try something new.
"Why is seafood considered not high-end?" As he walked on the road, Lorraine Hill asked the man next to him.
"This is probably because many people are not used to the fishy smell of seafood." Wei Lengyan explained.
"The nobles of the dynasty pay great attention to smell, and the fishy smell of seafood is not adaptable to most people. Even if some methods can suppress it, it still requires the use of strong ingredients. Some people who are accustomed to eating light flavors cannot stand it."
In the Plantagenet Dynasty, it was extremely impolite and even disgusting to have an odor on one's body when receiving guests. Therefore, most high-ranking officials or nobles would deliberately avoid things that could easily carry odor. Others
Onions and garlic are easy to cause bad breath, and nobles will refuse to eat them on formal occasions. They will only eat them at some relaxed family banquets, or when young people get together and don't care about these.
"Actually, freshly cooked seafood does not have a strong fishy smell. It will only develop a bad taste after being stored for a while."
"The restaurant I mentioned is right on the beach. Their ingredients are extremely fresh, which is much better. That's why I tried to recommend it to adults."
"That's it." Lorraine Hill nodded thoughtfully.
She recalled what she had learned before. It seems that fish in the sea produce special substances in order to resist the high osmotic pressure of seawater, which is also the source of the umami and fishy smell of most sea fish.
The freezing technology in the world today is not very developed, so it is normal for noble people living inland not to like smelly sea fish.
After leading Ye Ling and Wei Lengyan to the seaside restaurant, the three of them were taken directly to the fourth floor. It was still relatively early and there were not many guests, so it seemed very spacious.
Sitting at the table next to the table, the open floor allows the sea breeze to pass through, and a feeling of comfort comes from the skin.
Because it is some distance away from the busy pier, it is not noisy here, and the large and small lights along the coast also decorate the night scene, making it look not monotonous, but with a somewhat dimmed feeling.
After sitting down, Lorraine Hill asked Wei Lengyan to order, while he laid Ye Ling down beside the table so that he didn't have to hang it on his shoulder all the time.
Having said that, I felt that Eidolon was a little heavier than before. Lorraine Hill poked the soft face with his fingers. After a while, he put down his hand and looked at the night scene outside the window.
After sitting and chatting for a while, the restaurant staff quickly brought out the prepared dishes one by one. Looking at the exquisite presentation of the dishes, one can't help but feel a sense of pleasure.
Among them are light red and thin sashimi with shiso, boiled sea cucumber with papaya and kidney beans, braised abalone, charcoal grilled eel, green swimming crab, etc.
Sure enough, it is a good choice to try fresh food occasionally. Even Lorraine Hill became happy when he saw this table of food.
"There seems to be something delicious." She was still dozing off before, but after Ye Ling smelled the fragrance, the little dragon lady suddenly became energetic and looked at the food on the table with excitement.
"Then I'll eat it first." She couldn't help but stretched out her hand and grabbed a crab's leg, lifted it up and put it in front of her plate, and started to nibble happily.
Lorraine Hill and Wei Lengyan also started, but these two were much more gentle.
The three of them ate while enjoying the comfortable night breeze. At the end, the speed gradually slowed down, and then the conversation slowly turned to Wei Lengyan's past.
"I remember that Shuizhuzhou was quite prosperous. Why did she go out to work so far away from home, and she was still a girl." There was no custom of going out to work in the Plantagenet Dynasty, and most people would not go too far from home.
"Because there were insect plagues and famine." Wei Lengyan talked about what happened more than ten years ago.
"Shuizhuzhou was indeed very prosperous in the past. Not only were there vermilion dyes, red paper, and red cloth, but there was also a unique local painting method of 'pointing vermilion', and there were many famous painters."
"It's just that ten years ago, when I was still young, a very special insect appeared in the mines in Zhouli."
"This kind of bug seems to feed on cinnabar gravel. After it was dug out from the mine, it was so densely packed that it was scary. Although everyone was a little surprised at the time, they didn't take it too seriously."
"But soon, this kind of insect appeared all over the county, and then it was not only limited to the mines, but also entered every household, especially the food."
"Many granaries have been destroyed due to insect infestations, and many rice vats in ordinary households have been eaten by insects."
"Ordinary tanks, stones, and walls can't stop them at all. They can chew rocks, so naturally they can chew these. After entering the rice warehouse, these bugs multiply in large numbers, and the various dirty things they produce are also poisonous. Even if
Later it was discovered that the grain was also wasted."
"In this way, the famine spread rapidly and spread to the entire continent."
"Then how was it resolved later?" Lorraine Hill asked slightly curiously.
"After the local officials reported the situation, the Dynasty first dispatched members of the Jingyifang under Dong Guanshi, and then two major visiting agencies from the surrounding area also participated in the assistance."
"The Burning Sun Xiangyu Sect who returned to Luzhou sent about five thousand fire-breathing masters to burn all the insects on the ground. At that time, almost the entire continent became a sea of flames, and there were figures lighting fires everywhere and wearing red and yellow robes.
The fire-spitting master."
"Then over a period of time, Wanzi Qianhong Valley also developed a special insecticide powder and sprinkled it throughout the county, and then the insect plague was eliminated."
"Although the insect plague is over, Shuizhuzhou has also become a ruin. Many people have to leave their homes and go to other places to make a living. This is how I followed my elder brother to Nanfengzhou."
Listening to Wei Lengyan's narration, which included the Xiangyu sect's affairs, Lorraine Hill became a little more curious and continued to ask some questions.
She had heard of this profession in the Xiangyu sect before, but she didn't expect there to be so many, and they were also subject to the dispatch and control of the sect.
Speaking of which, although the Fire Breathing Master is a transcendent person, he is not a very high-level existence. His status is similar to that of the butcher in the village. He is usually invisible and will only be invited when needed.
They usually only have sequences 1-3, and are good at various fire spells. They can also use gunpowder and the like, which are generally used to drive away wild beasts in the mountains, small monsters and monsters. Occasionally, they can also work part-time to drive away ghosts and eliminate evil spirits.
Fire-breathing masters will appear at funerals in many villages and small towns. They will be responsible for writing eulogies, hanging them up and burning them, and finally cremating the corpses, placing them in cans, etc.
"Then you didn't think about going back later. How is Shuizhuzhou doing now?"
"No at first, because the burning was very thorough. The river was blocked, and the river bed and stream water were burned dry. There were cracked hard soil everywhere when you walked on it, and people and crops couldn't survive at all."
"Later on, it probably got better gradually. I went back three years ago to visit my relatives in my hometown, and scattered villages and towns had already reappeared."
"Many people no longer call it Shuizhuzhou, but call it 'dry Zhuzhou' because there is no water at all." Wei Lengyan slowly put down his chopsticks as he spoke, now that he was full.
"The land of dry fire." Lorraine Hill sighed and said nothing.
In the ancient times before the establishment of the Plantagenet Dynasty, Huilu Continent, Suiyan Mountains, Yanyu Continent, and several surrounding counties were the territory of the Fire Country. Due to the long-term dryness and fires, the population of these places was reduced.
Not much, and relatively poor.
It wasn't until the birth of the Phoenix, which adjusted the mountains, rivers, and dragon veins, and greatly changed the environment, that these places gradually became prosperous. However, time has passed, and not many people now remember this ancient past.
When the three of them were about to finish their dinner and leave, a cry of surprise sounded in the restaurant.
"Is this... a little spirit?"
A very strong man walked up to the restaurant's floor. Behind him were a dozen swordsmen in black, who seemed to be quite powerful.
"Hey, did you call me?"
Ye Ling raised his head and looked at the big man with doubts on his face. It seemed like it took him a long time before he said, "Are you the fifth brother?"
"Of course it's me, it took you so long to recognize me." He strode over, his tall body seemed to be carrying a hot air, and people couldn't help but feel the surging power under his thick muscles.
This is the feeling of overflowing magic power. It seems that Sequence 6 has been completed. Lorraine Hill also looked at the bronze man who walked in, and he seemed a bit familiar.
"I am your fifth brother, Ye Nanke."
"Ah, yes, yes, I understand." Ye Ling nodded fiercely, then raised his hand to stop the strong man who was about to touch his head.
"You've become so thick and dark. It's normal that I can't recognize you." Ye Ling climbed onto the chair and stood up so that he didn't have to look up at this 'Fifth Brother'.
It turned out to be him. Lorraine Hill remembered the scene when they met at school. At that time, Nanke was bald and a member of the "Fire Fist and Wine" club. At that time, he was wrestling with his companions on the wooden platform, and Lorraine happened to be
Hill, Eidolon and his group saw that the other party later supported their club with a batch of wood to make furniture for the club.
"Xiao Ling finally came back. You told Yezhen that you would come back after a few years of playing in the Western Continent, but you have been away for more than ten years. Later, the government sent people to the Western Continent to look for you, but they never heard about you.
There were no traces of you, and I thought you were missing, which made many people sad."
"Well, I forgot about this when I was sleeping." Ye Ling was a little embarrassed to come.
"Your bloodline has awakened, and it's normal to be sleepy. That's what my uncles told me at the time. After all, you were hibernating or sleeping most of the time at home. Let them not worry. It's just that I haven't heard from you for a long time, and it will still be very uncomfortable."
concern."
He spoke a lot in succession, and then asked how Ye Ling was doing recently, and it took a while before he slowed down.
Feeling the fiery care of his elder brother, Ye Ling felt a little shy and talked about the past few years, such as what he had seen in the Western Continent, where he had gone, what friends he had made, and so on.
Although she slept in the mountains of Tisilan for a long time, it was not always like this. She also went to live with Bu Mansha for a while, and occasionally played with Aloy, who was about the same age as her. This girl liked to use
The Lolita of Hammer is also a powerful genius who can turn into a giant dragon. The two of them worked together to bully many monsters in the Tixilan Mountains. It was only in the presence of Xing Liu, a genius of the same order of dragons, that the two of them became quieter and more honest.
.
"It's very good. I thought you squatted at home every day and went to bed after eating." In a sense, it is also the truth.
"Ahem, how could that happen?" Ye Ling shook his head vigorously, and the beige twin ponytails on both sides also swayed.
"Okay, let's not talk about this. Who are these two?" Only then did he look at Lorraine Hill and Wei Lengyan who were standing aside.
"This is Sister Lorraine, can't you recognize it?" Ye Ling jumped off the chair, came to Lorraine Hill, and grabbed her arms and sleeves.
"Loland..." Hearing this name, he seemed to think of more.
"Hello, you are Ye Ling's cousin, Nanke, right?" Lorraine Hill looked at him thinking and quickly interrupted. If this really reminded him of other identities, it would be a big deal to be exposed here.
What a good thing.
"Ah, yes, yes. I remembered that you were the girl who was with Eidolon in Emenas before. I didn't expect that you are still as beautiful as you were then." Where is the beauty, it has not changed at all, he
He was thinking this in his mind, but it was hard to ask why at the moment. Maybe girls have various ways to maintain their appearance, and he didn't quite understand these.
"Haha, I didn't expect to still remember it. It's been many years." Lorraine Hill sighed lightly, and then chatted with Ye Nanke about the events of these years.
It turned out that after returning to the Eastern Continent, Ye Nanke began to take over some things at home. First, he met some friends and nobles in Luojing, and then began to take his family's caravan and personnel to the south to run the business. Now it is also a big business.
After finishing, I was about to return home, but I didn't expect to meet Ye Ling in this restaurant.
After settling down his swordsmen for dinner, Ye Nanke sat at the table of Lorraine Hill, added a lot of dishes, and talked while drinking.
It was late at night and when he was about to leave, Ye Nanke looked at Ye Ling.
"Xiao Ling, when are you going to go back? Everyone in the family misses you very much, especially Grandma Qi. She misses you the most."
"Well, do you want to go back now?" Ye Ling looked a little hesitant, but finally raised his gaze and looked at Lorraine Hill, wanting to ask for her advice.
"Why don't you go back and have a look first? I'll finish handling the matters in Nanfengzhou and then go to Luojing to find you." Lorraine Hill looked at Ye Ling, a girl like her sister.
"Okay, Sister Luolan said so." Ye Ling thought that it was indeed time to go back. After all, he had been away from home for a long time.
"Then Sister Luolan must come to Luojing to find me, otherwise Ye Ling will be very bored." Before leaving, she was thinking about going out to play next time.
"Okay, I'll go. I won't forget Eidolon. Do you want to pull the hook?" Lorraine Hill smiled and looked at the little guy in front of him.
"Forget it, I'm not a child anymore." Although, Ye Ling still has a little self-esteem.
After having a full meal, the group walked down from the restaurant and walked along the beach, listening to the sound of the ocean waves that kept coming, like pleasant and gentle music.
"See you later, Luo Jing, tt/~" Although Ye Ling had a sad expression, others really wanted to laugh when they looked at it.
"I will leave the carp cakes for the Autumn Moon Lantern Festival for Sister Luolan~~ Daiju also has them." Ye Ling waved his hand and let Luolan Hill see it, and then they gradually parted ways.
By the way, the next Autumn Moon Lantern Festival is indeed coming soon, but this year, she may not be able to make it, but next year, she should be able to reach Luojing.