Bai Zhi and Xiao Shan go out early and come back late, often coming back only after one or two days. Each time they come back, they have to carry one or two sacks of food.
The empty loft next door was rented out.
The new neighbors are a couple with two children. The wife is a new colleague in the workshop where the landlady works. Her husband, Mr. Mu, has been unemployed for a long time. Mrs. Mu's salary alone cannot support the family of four. Mr. Mu carries a baby on his back and leads a child no more than five years old into the mountains every morning to look for food. Having a baby makes it difficult for him to walk very far, and he basically gets nothing. The baby is always crying and hungry at home.
The landlady was kind-hearted and quietly discussed with Bai Zhi, saying that she was willing to waive one week's rent and ask Bai Zhi to take Mr. Mu to the mountains.
"Mrs. Mei, we have gained a lot because we walked farther than others. With Mr. Mu, it turned out that we could make two trips but not enough time to make one trip. Moreover, there is no one else except us where we are going..." Bai Zhi He smiled and shook his head and said, "If we take others there, our future losses will be much more than a week's rent."
"The current situation of the Mu family..." the landlady sighed heavily, "I will waive your rent for another half month, can you just take him there for a while?"
Not to mention that the amphibian could find her at any time, it was not safe for ordinary humans to follow her. Even if there wouldn't be any danger, she and Xiaoshan would have to really search for food in the mountains for several days if they took Mr. Mu with them. There wasn't much to eat in the mountains. Without using her powers to spawn plants, the things she could bring back were very limited.
But can they use wood powers in front of outsiders? impossible.
I can't really help by taking people up the mountain, but I can still help the family within my ability.
Bai Zhi said with a smile: "We run outside every day, and we haven't had time to process the bags of cherries we brought back. If Mr. Mu is willing to help us process them into dried tofu, we can give them 10% as wages."
Chrysanthemum tofu has a slightly bitter taste but is very popular because it is very filling. For example, the landlord's family of five people are all adults, and two sacks of dried chrysanthemum tofu are enough to survive the winter. Mr. Mu's family of four and two children will definitely be able to earn a bag of dried bean curd with chestnuts in one autumn. If they save a little, they can last until the social season starts next spring.
The landlady smiled and said, "I know you have a good heart, so... shall we go find Mrs. Mu now?"
"Okay." Bai Zhi followed the landlady to find Mrs. Mu.
Processing goose chestnuts into tofu requires time and effort, and does not require much experience.
Mr. Mu and his wife had originally planned to sell themselves into slavery, but they were very surprised when they found a way out of desperation. Bai Zhi told them that one-tenth of the processed dried chestnut tofu would be used as processing fee, and they wholeheartedly agreed.
Xiao Shan carried a bag of cherries to his neighbor, and Bai Zhi also gave Mrs. Mu a small bundle of cassava. There were only a few pieces of cassava in the soup for the Mu family's dinner, which was so thin that people could be seen, but the older child's smile was particularly bright while holding the wooden bowl.
Xiaoshan quietly said to Bai Zhi: "I hope all children can have such a smiling face."
"Your ideal is a bit difficult." Bai Zhi thought of the smiling faces of the children in the Langhua Orphanage when they lined up to receive new clothes, and sighed: "There must be many livable stars like Mulan that consume clean resources. Such children will not few."
"I know that my abilities are not strong enough," Xiaoshan did not think that his life ideal was very difficult. He said seriously: "Someone has to do things. The more I do, the more smiles I will have. This way, it will be very easy." good."
Bai Zhi hugged Xiao Shan, "Fifth sister is not as good as you."
"Fifth Sister, you are already very powerful." Xiaoshan nestled on Bai Zhi's shoulder, "But I hope I can be better than Fifth Sister in the future."
"You can definitely be better than Fifth Sister." Bai Zhi patted Xiaoshan's back comfortingly. She really felt that Xiaoshan would be very powerful in the future, even more powerful than Qi Haoyu, who wanted to be the emperor of the universe.
Xiao Shao came back with a large bundle of cassava on his back. He saw Xiao Shan sitting cross-legged on the floor holding the neighbor's baby and rocking him to sleep. Then he saw the neighbor's naughty child holding Xiao Shan's arm and acting coquettishly. His eyes were filled with surprise. It almost came out of my eyes.
The most outrageous thing is that the two children, one big and one small, are afraid of him and will cry when he gets closer!
Xiao Shao was so angry that he couldn't help complaining when he went into the mountains the next day: "What's wrong with the world? Why are children afraid of me but not you!"
"You are too murderous." Xiao Shan expressed the contempt of the child king.
If not for Feihu. If you ride there in time, the hill may kill all living creatures in Jiyang Planet.
He is such a murderous star, but he actually has the nerve to say that he is murderous! Xiao Shao was so angry, “I’ve definitely not killed as many people as you!
"Xiaoshan has more experience raising children than you." Bai Zhi laughed, "But Mr. Shao, you do look a bit fierce, and it's normal for children to be afraid of you.
When he met the child again on the road, Mr. Shao's attitude was simply amiable.
I don’t know if it’s because Xiaoshan and Mr. Shao are showing kindness in comparison. A few skinny and dirty half-grown men stared at them. They didn't dare to talk to them, but they kept chasing them in a cowardly manner.
Xiao Shan was determined to occupy territory on Mulan Planet, and he was happy to recruit a few young men. He deliberately slowed down his pace, and those children had a hard time chasing him.
Bai Zhi guessed Xiao Shan's intention, and said to Xiao Shan at a fork in the road: "Let's look for it separately. Xiao Shao and I will go here, and you will go there."
The valley over there is lush with vegetation, and it seems like more food can be found. Xiaoshan nodded and walked that way first. The children hesitated for a while, then followed the footsteps of the hill and walked towards the other end.
Without Xiao Shan, Xiao Shao complained more directly, "Are those little guys blind? I'm so kind."
"You can obviously find more food over there. Anyone who is not blind will choose that way." Bai Zhi walked towards the side with more rocks and fewer trees, "In fact, most of the food we brought back was caused by me."
"The money I brought back is not enough for you to buy food?" After Xiao Shao finished speaking, he felt that there was a whiff of resentment in his words. Everyone is a partner, why should anyone spend the money he brings back? Those who are self-reliant and do not rely on him are good partners! But he was depressed, feeling that his efforts were not rewarded and that Xiaobai didn't respect his labor enough.
"Beijing is also a unique gift. Xiao Shan wants to take it home to give to relatives and friends, but he is reluctant to spend it." Bai Zhi looked up at the sky. The sky on Mulan Star is particularly blue, with clear wind and clear autumn light. This is the most beautiful time of the year. On a good day, if Zhang Tianzhao and the children were here, it would be perfect to kick Xiao Shao away. She asked: "You have been running outside for more than ten days, have you contacted the outside world?"
"The process was a bit tortuous, but the news was still sent out. It will take time for them to come and pick us up." Xiao Shao took a deep breath. The air quality of the habitable star without any industry was very good. Even his breath was sweet. He also looked up at the deep blue sky. Colorful sky, "If I can live to retire in the future, I will also find a planet like Mulan to retire on."
Sorry, my hill in Mulan Star has already been booked.
Bai Zhi smiled and said: "Mulan Star is still too remote, not suitable for a prince like you who will have a lot of social activities to participate in even if he retires."
"That's true." Xiao Shao asked Bai Zhi, "Did the cameras you released capture anything new?"
"The cameras in the lake area were discovered by mermaids the next day and were all destroyed. Apart from that, I didn't gain anything more there. The amphibious man also discovered the cameras and should be heading towards Wuxi City now. I don't know. Can he find Muxi City? But I found something interesting in some houses in Muxi City. I will show it to you when we get to the hidden cave we dug before."
"These murals and carvings may depict sacrificial scenes." Xiao Shao touched his chin and analyzed. "The territory of these families should be by the sea or lake. They pretended to be gods and ghosts to trick the slaves into working honestly."
"I think these details are quite real. Are there fish people and lizard people?" Bai Zhi blinked, "I have fought against insect people who can transform. They can switch between human and insect states freely. This The technology already exists, right?”
"It's not cheap to do that kind of transformation surgery." Xiao Shao raised his eyebrows, "How did you see through the amoebas?"
"Zizhi essential oil." Bai Zhi confessed without hesitation. She believed that Feihu Qi had sent people to the Ji family and even the Feng family's territory to investigate her, and would also collect information through other families. She took out Zizhi's video, which is available in every home. Sooner or later, it will appear in Xiao Shao's brain. Maybe the Feng family took the initiative to give it to her.
Bai Zhi threw out a triple-sealed palm-sized bottle to Xiao Shao, "This essential oil is fatally attractive to insect creatures. There are ten milliliters of essential oil in this bottle, which can be sprayed twenty times. The kind found in the isolation hall of the airport In a closed space within 100,000 square meters, spraying it once can guarantee that within thirty-six hours, bugs disguised as humans will not be able to control themselves after smelling this smell, and will immediately reveal their true colors."
"There is such a good thing! Why do you have such a good thing?" Xiao Shao was excited. He was worried that it was difficult to catch the bugs, but he didn't expect that Xiao Bai had such a powerful bait in his hands!
"Others gave it to me." Of course Bai Zhi would not say that it was produced by her family. She estimated that the Feng family would also bite it to death. Zizhi essential oil is a specialty of the Feng family. "If the airport in our hometown didn't secretly spray this stuff, it would be useless. Dare to let people in. I brought two bottles of self-defense and will give you one."
"This thing... it's too precious." Xiao Shao stammered. Based on his understanding of the empire's technological capabilities, this essential oil can be copied almost as soon as there are samples. Of course, it is impossible to make money in the long run, but stocking up in advance If it were a batch of goods, the Insect Man's Head would definitely be sold at a high price. The bottle of essential oil that Xiaobai gave him would be his future wallet for Mr. Shao.
It was impossible for him not to want the essential oil, but he couldn't afford a gift of equal value, and just saying thank you seemed too light, and he didn't know what to say.
"Essential oils are precious and have a price. Your kindness and love are priceless, and you deserve such a gift from a friend." Bai Zhi irresponsibly put a "kindness" hat on Xiao Shao, and continued to ask for information, "Have you heard about the mermaid and the Any news about the Amphibian Man?”
"There are some unreliable legends." Xiao Shao took out his notepad and turned the page to Bai Zhi, "It is said that mermaids are forbidden... It is strictly forbidden to mention this word now. Anyway, you only need to know what is going on. They are One of the descendants of power plant workers and their families who were mutated by nuclear pollution has been living in areas with strong radiation, and they mutated like this in order to adapt to the environment."
"I think mermaids are more like artificial transformation products." Bai Zhi also feels that this legend is unreliable.
Xiao Shao smiled bitterly, "If it is indeed the product of artificial transformation, then the tribe we encountered before is most likely a free-range mermaid pet breeding farm. You also know that pretending to be gods and ghosts, making up a religion or something, and making up a few short stories to be used as history , the mermaids think they are the masters of this planet, and dedicating the most beautiful mermaid girls and boys to their 'gods' is much cheaper than locking them up in cages, and they don't have to worry about their food!"
"Why do I think you have dealt with similar things before?" Bai Zhi looked at Xiao Shao's incomprehensible expression and asked with a smile, "Really? Really! Tell me what tricks slave traders have!"
"Memories are not pleasant." Xiao Shao continued with a wry smile, "I know Xiao Bai, your past was not always filled with flowers, but I still hope that your eyes will not see shadows and darkness in the future."
Bai Zhi was about to speak when she heard a loud noise, followed by a series of loud noises. Stones and soil fell from the roof of the cave, and it seemed that the cave was about to collapse. She quickly followed Xiao Shao and ran out.
The head of a cool-looking, high-tech spaceship is embedded in the mountain wall more than 2,000 meters away. Half of the top of that high mountain has collapsed, and the other half is teetering on the edge and will collapse. Black smoke was rising from the hull of the spacecraft, and the exit of the escape hatch in the belly might have been damaged. It was only a crack less than half a person's height. Not only could the escape capsule not come out, but even the flying motorcycle couldn't come out. Moreover, the spacecraft was hanging in the air for nearly a hundred years. Mi, the people inside did not jump down easily.
Xiao Shao raised his head and watched, it was lively, and he had no intention of going up to help.
After all, the locals were very hostile to outsiders with aircraft. Bai Zhi felt that she was already an authentic Mulan planet and had no idea of going to help.
Xiao Shao is a professional lurking player. He found a place with a good view and was not easy to be discovered and dug a hole in the ground. He respectfully invited Xiao Bai to huddle in the hole with him and watch the fun.
The fastest ones to arrive were two teams riding on simple flying boards and carrying various tools. There were more than fifty people in total, surrounding the two engines and violently demolishing them.
As the sun sets in the west, half of the sky is filled with clouds and half of the sky is as clear as water. The picture of a group of rough guys dismantling the spacecraft in the autumn wind, using flying boards and carrying heavy simple tools, is quite nice.
Shouldn't the main purpose of robbery be to rob the main control room? Are engine parts worth as much as the entire spacecraft?
Qi Haoyu had never done anything with money in his many years of robbery. Bai Zhi was surprised, "What is the purpose of dismantling the engine?"
Xiao Shao is quite considerate in his professional field. "No one dares to take over the entire spaceship here. First dismantle part of the engine, and then the spaceship will be left here to be dismantled into parts." Xiao Shao squinted his eyes and actually smiled. , "Flying Whale is the latest model of small transportation ship. One costs a lot of money. It is also very valuable to sell it into parts."
There wasn't much information about the Flying Whale Rider on the Star Network. Bai Zhi changed the direction and asked about the plot, "Are we just watching from here?"
Xiao Shao chuckled, "If we go over there, they would rather fight with us than let the little robbers rob us. Do you believe it or not?"
"Don't be ours. You and I are not the same person." Bai Zhi immediately clarified the relationship.
Xiao Shao poked the roof of the small hole and reminded Xiao Bai with his actions: He dug this hole, and they are now comrades in the same trench in the true sense!
Bai Zhi took advantage of this time to speak in the chat area, asking friends who could connect to the Star Network to help her check the relationship between Fei Whale Qi, Fei Hu Qi and Fei Long Qi. She didn't see Xiao Shao's little moves at all. .
The people on the spacecraft were finally willing to violently open the exit of the escape capsule. However, when a team of ten people climbed to the rear of the spacecraft, the two teams showed no mercy and scattered and fled extremely slippery, giving the team of ten people no chance to take action.
Six of the ten-man team returned to the spacecraft, and the remaining four people spread out and squatted on the four engines, letting the bleak mountain wind blow through.
Bai Zhi estimated that this spaceship was either escorting important people with low force value or escorting prisoners with high force value. It encountered some trouble and made an emergency landing on Mulan Planet.
Of course the trouble now belongs to Fei Whale. If Xiao Shao intervenes and takes care of the trouble, it will also belong to Fei Hu.
And she will soon part ways with Xiao Shao. Not to mention being demolished, the spaceship in front of her will not lose her interests even if it explodes immediately. Therefore, Bai Zhi's attention is only left to the outside, and there are nine Everyone is thinking about the candidates to implement the "First Five-Year Plan".
The two groups that had just escaped did not go far. After dark, they came back and sent a wave of people to their deaths. They were beaten to pieces.
Later, more than a dozen groups of people were scattered in the mountains and forests near the spaceship and beside the valley, setting up bonfires and grilling meat.
Xiao Shao has been running around for more than half a month in the past half a month and has never had a good meal. He couldn't lie down with the smell of wine and meat, and said: "The cave has not collapsed, let's go back and have dinner."
The small spaceship cannot fly away or explode. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack while hanging in the air. At least they can't start fighting before dawn, and even if they start fighting, it won't be much fun to watch.
Bai Zhi climbed out quickly and hugged the dead grass in a very poor manner.
The bottom of the earthenware pot used to cook bean paste soup was full of firewood ash, and the black marks on the handle of the shovel that stirred the pot also gave off the sour smell of age-old poverty.
Xiao Shao returned to the cave with a large bundle of withered grass in his arms. He was so impressed by what Bai Zhi had done. He said, "If I weren't familiar with you, looking at you now, I would think that you have generations of ancestors." They are all from Mulan."
"Thank you for the compliment." Bai Zhi stuffed a bunch of withered grass into the bottom of the jar, "Is there a custom of making dried meat on Mulan Planet?"
Regardless of whether Mulan Star has the custom of making dried meat, as long as you have meat to eat now! Xiao Shao replied affirmatively, "Yes."
Bai Zhi dug out a package of air-dried beef wrapped in dried lotus leaves, opened the lotus leaf package, held it in her hand and brought it to the mouth of the earthen pot, and used a small blade to cut out thin slices. The red and white meat slices fell into the pot of soup, and the aroma of meat immediately filled the entire cave. This aroma, combined with the aroma of firewood, was the smoke of red dust, and it was also the smell of home that Bai Zhi thought she had forgotten.
It was also like this at dusk, and the mountain breeze came in through the cracks in the window, bringing with it the smell of fireworks. Bai Wei stepped on the chair to cut the bacon hanging from the roof beam. She lay on the bed with the cube in her mouth. She wanted to sit up and see her sister, sit on the threshold to pick up her mother and take her home. She wanted to see more of the world, but she couldn't. Can't move.
Without her birth, her mother would have worked peacefully as a doctor in the best hospital in Shanghai for more than 20 years. Bai Wei would not have been seduced by Wang Chengpeng into a surrogate pregnancy, and would have met a man who fell in love with her and lived a good life.
Bai Zhi wanted to cry.
Xiao Shao found that Bai Zhi was in a low mood and kept silent thoughtfully.
This smoke of fireworks floated out of the cave, farther and farther away, looking warm and inviting in the cool mountain breeze. The four people squatting on the engine at the tail of the small spaceship jumped out and headed straight to the cave after smelling the smell.
Just when Xiao Shao picked up the basin, he heard rapid footsteps. Theoretically, he was a poor local from Mulan who was looking for a living in the mountains in the autumn. Of course, he couldn't throw the basin out and fight with others, so he could only pull Bai Zhi behind him.
"Oh, Lord Shao, see you soon."
The man who walked in first had a golden mustache and retro oily hair, and his half-smile looked even oilier than the oily hair.
Xiao Shao took a look at the disgusted guy, turned around and said to Bai Zhi: "There is no danger, let's continue eating and ignore this guy."
Bai Zhi sat back silently. Xiao Shao was not polite at all and said, "Owen, I'm eating here. You're in the way, please go back."
"I'll make do with you and have a meal with you." Owen sat down next to Xiao Shao and shamelessly waved to his previously insignificant companion, "Zhou Yidong, come sit down and let's have a meal while riding the Flying Tiger. .”
Zhou Yidong?
This is the standard name used by Jianye for backup. Bai Zhi's heart skipped a beat, and she immediately turned her head to look at Fei Whale Qi, who was slowly walking into the cave.
It’s what Wang Chengpeng looks like! But the difference between this man and Wang Chengpeng in her memory is like Jiang Lingyi and Zhang Tianlie. This one is either a backup or a clone. When did Jianye Star's missing fish get involved with Flying Whale Rider?
