26. Gifts
Fang Qi tore a slice of roast duck and said, "You want to eat it?"
The little platypus touched its belly and nodded violently.
Fang Qi got up and walked outside the cave, and fed the half-eaten duck meat to the little platypus, and at the same time looked left and right, front and back, the outside of the cave was clean and clean, and the breeze blew the fallen leaves, restoring the peace and safety of the past.
Fang Qi pinched the chin of the little platypus that ate meat, "A ghost is gone, I can't see that you still have this hand, I really give me a long face." โ
The little platypus spat the bones in his hands.
Fang Qi: "......"
Fang Qi returned to the cave, set aside half of each dish, covered it with a lid, and kept it for dinner with Hongyuan. The rest were taken out of the cave and laid out on the ground, and Fang Qi sat cross-legged on the ground, eating with the little platypus like a picnic.
"There's a lot of work going on today, eat quickly, finish eating and work. โ
The little platypus wagged its tail.
The little platypus had never seen such a large amount of food, and danced happily, eating fast and fiercely, and eating hasper. Fang Qi knocked its paws with chopsticks and scolded in disgust: "Claws and paws! are they dirty, they can't be caught!
The little platypus made a squeaky sound to protect its food, and when it encountered its favorite dish, Fang Qi would put on a resentful face when it took a bite more, staring at him sadly, for fear that Fang Qi would rob him.
Fang Qi was also hungry for a day, and he didn't have time to take care of it, so he couldn't persuade him, so he had to pick and eat it cleanly. The little platypus flattened its mouth, looked at the food, picked out two games that he didn't like very much, and pushed them to Fang Qi. Then he waved his dirty paws, and his left and right front paws went into battle together, stirring them in the plate one by one.
Fang Qi: "......"
I can't eat this meal!
Fang Qi dropped his chopsticks, and he was full of anger, and the little duckbill โกโก succeeded, wagging his tail.
After a while, seeing that Fang Qi really didn't move his chopsticks again, the little platypus ate more and more slowly, looked at Fang Qi, and pushed the delicious vegetables with meat to Fang Qi's side, grabbing Fang Qi's legs.
Fang Qi: "...... You eat it yourself, I'm full, thank you. โ
Baby platypus QAQAQ
It wasn't until Fang Qi saw that it had eaten several times more than usual in the morning, and he didn't stop, lest he hold it up, that Fang Qi pinched its mouth with his left hand and snatched the chicken leg out of its mouth.
"Click!!" the little platypus bit the back of his hand in dissatisfaction.
Fang Qi touched the belly of the little duckling, and sure enough, his belly bulged.
The little platypus pecked him hard.
Fang Qi hated the iron and twisted its ears hard, "When did I starve you?
The little platypus had one side of its head lifted up, and begged for mercy with tears in its eyes, "Goo!"
Fang Qi snorted coldly: "Stinky virtue, you look at Hongyuan, and then look at your ......"
Fang Qi's eyes darkened slightly, he let go of his ears and rubbed it, his heart was wrong, he put the cart before the horse. It's the same starving ghost reincarnated as a person or beast who hasn't eaten anything good, and he hasn't eaten it, so he eats desperately, and although the reaction of the little platypus is unsightly, this is normal!
Packing up the leftovers and throwing them away, the little platypus burped, puffed out its belly, and walked like a little penguin swaying from side to side.
Fang Qi lifted it up and held it in his arms, slowly rubbing his belly, the little platypus snorted comfortably, Fang Qi sighed: "It's not promising, it deserves to hold on." โ
It's nearly noon, so without further ado. Fang Qi poured out all the contents of the basket and carried the empty basket down the mountain.
There are still a lot of things down the hill that I haven't picked up.
Once born and twice cooked, the little duckbill is in hand, and none of the fierce ghosts dare to come forward. Fang Qi had no fear, and walked quickly along the road down the mountain yesterday, and today's speed was much faster than yesterday, and he soon came to the bottom of the mountain.
His bags were still piled up in place on the side of the road.
I traveled lightly last night, and I didn't carry much except food and herbs.
Yesterday was a lot of trouble, but today is a lot of effort.
Cotton clothes and bedding are not sinkable on their backs, but they cover a large area, and the seasoning rice and noodles do not take up space, but they are sinking one by one. Fang Qi placed the little platypus on the ground, kicked its ass to make it walk to eat, and then looked at a small hill of luggage with a miserable green face.
I wanted everything I saw yesterday, how can I carry it now?
Fang Qi tried to carry a bag of rice and walked for a while, and he didn't feel tired when he first put the rice noodles on his shoulder, but he had a slight pain in his shoulder blade after walking a short distance. Now less than one-tenth of the goods have been moved, and less than one-twentieth of the road has been walked......
Fang Qi didn't try again and put the rice bag on the ground.
If he really made such a trip and little by little, he would have to make three trips just for the bedding and at least four or five times for oil, salt, rice and noodles. When he used to go to school, he climbed the dormitory building, and he climbed the seventh floor as soon as he climbed it, and he was so tired that he couldn't breathe evenly after several trips. Now climbing the mountain and being afraid of the stairs are not comparable at all, and you have to carry a weight up the mountain, and you can be tired and lose your breath when you are tired.
No, no, we have to find a way...... Fang Qi shook his head and thought hard as he dragged the rice bag back and circled around in place.
The trail is deep and remote, rarely passed by and unattended, and is lined with rocks, overgrown with weeds and dense trees, with small wild trees as thick as your wrist and thumb everywhere. There are also vines that spiral upwards along the body of the tree.
Fang Qi looked at it for a moment, and sketched a rough prototype plan in his heart.
In this era, it was a pipe dream to want a four-wheeled motor vehicle, but in order to save time and effort, the great working people had horse-drawn carriages and ox-carts before they had locomotives......
But it doesn't matter, it's man-made. Besides, even if there is a car and a cow on the mountain, it is not practical, it is easy to get on the car with wheels, but if you are not careful, it is easier to go down the mountain ==
Fang Qi found a pebble, drew a drawing on the ground, and inscribed it next to it - trailer.
As the name suggests, a trailer is a towed car, the method is very simple and simple, first tie out a raft-like trailer, but unlike the raft, the distance between the wood will be wider.
The carriage is ten sticks wide, about two meters five, and twelve sticks long, about three meters.
Fang Qi set up the wooden sticks he had collected, but there was no rope, but fortunately there were weeds and vines everywhere. Fang Qi pulled out a large pile of spare parts and squatted on the ground to work. The grass stems are flexible and strong, and more than a dozen weeds are bundled together, and its durability is not inferior to that of rope.
Sticks overlap each other, and there are more than 100 intersections, and one by one there are fixed bundles. Fang Qi pulled the grass, rubbed the grass stalks out a thick rope, and then tied it firmly at each intersection, tied a dead knot, and repeated it dozens of times in a monotonous and numb manner, until it was finished in the afternoon.
Fang Qi wiped his sweat and looked at the fruits of his labor.
Because there is a gap between the wooden sticks and the wooden sticks, put the rice noodles first, and the rice bag will sink down slightly, and the direct friction on the ground will easily wear out the bag. Fang Qi first spread a layer of clean grass on the plank, and then spread out the cotton clothes and bedding and laid them out layer by layer. The folded futon looks spectacular, but it doesn't take up much space when spread out.
Lay out the quilt on top of the rice and flour grains, every two bags of a stack, the heavy rice noodles on the quilt will be pressed down in an instant. Fang Qi vaguely carried the rice noodles and placed them, the weight of the rice noodles themselves is not light, and even if they stumble when they go up the mountain, they will not fall down too easily.
All at once!
It looks like there are a lot of luggage on the pallet, but in fact there are only two things, food and clothing, rice and noodles and bedding. And other small bits and pieces, I don't know if they fall off on the carriage, so they are all carried in the back basket.
In this way, Fang Qi carried a thick rope on both shoulders and a rope tied to his waist, and the old ox set off like a cart.
The little platypus finished eating, stared at the little black eyes and looked at the trailer for a while, seeing that Fang Qi was walking hard, and came over to help with great enthusiasm. Behind Fang Qi, he went backwards to help pull the rope, and before he reached the foot of the mountain, the little guy was so tired that he was snorting. So he climbed up with four paws and a rope, and the little monkey swayed back and forth on the three ropes, and when he was tired, he hung upside down on the rope and swinged leisurely.
was kicked down by Fang Qi.
The little platypus rolled around on the ground, followed Fang Qi with its tail between its legs, and one man and one beast dragged to the foot of the mountain, and Fang Qi was already sweating. Looking up at the mountain road that winds up, as if there is no end, I feel that there is a long way to go.
After resting in place for a while, the sun was bright and hot, and it shone straight down. Fang Qi thought about the way to go back and walked, he was really daunted, but after thinking about it again, although he was tired, he was only tired once, which was much better than running back and forth with the previous stupid method.
Thinking like this, Fang Qi got up and lifted the little platypus up and put it on the carriage behind him. The little platypus sat on the rice bag with a fork and continued on its way.
The road up the mountain is steep, it is extremely difficult to pull, and you have to stop and rest every more than ten meters. Fortunately, there are trees and dry bones on the mountain road, if you want to rest at any time, you can put the carriage against the trunk of the tree, the tree body is fat, and the carriage is firmly blocked, so you don't have to worry about the possibility of falling.
In this way, I stopped and stopped, and came to the halfway point of the mountain before dark.
It wasn't until he had basically arrived at his destination that Fang Qi sat paralyzed on the ground, and the breath in his chest was relieved, and he felt uncomfortable all over, the shoulder blades on both shoulders were ground red and broken, and the sides of his waist and abdomen were also slightly oozing blood, and the muscles were sore from needles and knives.
Fang Qi kneaded his arms, thinking that the amount of labor in the past two days was too much, and it greatly exceeded the physical load. Yesterday I was tired and half dead and didn't recover, and today it is even worse, and I will definitely have to be uncomfortable for a long time.
But...... At least four henchmen who have solved the problem of eating, drinking, and wearing clothes, the body is very sore, and the heart is very refreshing.
They had been down for almost another day, but it was evident that there were not as many ghosts and ghosts as yesterday, and only a few of them were wandering and swishing when they saw them coming.
Not only people, but also ghosts know how to pick up soft persimmons and pinch them.
It was almost dusk, and Fang Qi didn't rest for long, hugging the trunk of the tree and standing up inch by inch. Hongyuan is coming back soon, it's time to go home and cook ==
Fang Qi rubbed his hands and continued to pull the drag board forward, Fang Cai went up the mountain, tilted upward, and now it was flat ground, the burden was reduced a lot, and the natural speed was accelerated accordingly.
Crossing the familiar brook of the woods and coming to the outside of the cave, the little platypus saw the ball hidden under the tree in the distance, and ran over with a happy cry, holding the ball to find the chess.
The basket was placed against the wall, and Fang Qi took down the bags of rice and noodles one by one and put them into the cave.
After two trips back and forth, Fang Qi moved his shoulders, is it because he has been working for days and his body is numb? Anyway, although he doesn't feel a hundred times more energetic, he doesn't feel tired at all, but his head is a little wooden, probably tired and stupid.
Transporting the grains into the corner of the cave to keep them from being eaten by chickens and ducks, and then throwing away the tattered weeds on the bed and the tattered quilt that I couldn't really see, Fang Qi was refreshed, watched the sun set half of the sun outside, and leaned over to light a ghost lamp on the table.
Then Fang Qi carried in the new futon, put a thick and soft layer on the mattress, laid out the sheets, and took out the pillow and put it at the head of the bed. Then there is a soft quilt, one inside and one outside, and two quilts are laid out......
Late autumn is approaching, and the futon looks warm and comfortable, but the pattern and color are not quite right...... Fang Qi took a closer look, the big red quilt was embroidered with the pattern of mandarin ducks playing in the water and sleeping on their necks, and there were a few big fat dolls grinning on the sheets under the quilt.
Fang Qi was so angry that his heart ached, he was in a hurry, he had to buy cotton clothes to buy quilts, where he had time to choose carefully, and when he entered the door, he instructed the boss: "Money is not a problem, the best quality." โ
โฆโฆ This should be the most expensive. He was wronged again.
Forget it...... The man was not informal, Fang Qi hypnotized himself, found two stones from the outside and put them under the crumbling table feet, tried to make sure that he didn't shake anymore, and then took out the teapot and teacup from the back basket and placed them on the table.
Fang Qi opened the lid of the leftover dishes in the morning and smelled it, it was okay, it was not rancid......
Everything is ready, only Hongyuan is owed, Fang Qi is lying on the bed with nothing to do, looking left and right, how does this quilt look unpleasant, and it is not a cave room. So I got up and turned the quilt over in a hurry, the quilt was facing out, the quilt was facing inward, the white quilt was piled up on the bed like a ball of cotton, and the gorgeous red quilt was hidden below, out of sight and quiet, Fang Qi's tone was reasonable.
Lying on the bed for a while, the child hadn't come yet, Fang Qi was a little bored, turned out the clothes he bought for the child, and looked at them one by one. I bought it in a hurry, and I don't know the size of the child, the big and small clothes I bought, but fortunately, there are a lot of them, so many clothes, there are always a few pieces that can be worn.
After waiting for a while, Fang Qi's heart went up and down, looking at the top of the cave in a daze.
Once bitten by a snake for ten years afraid of the well rope, the last time I had a cold war with the child, wasn't it because he occupied the cave with his own affection, and the child did not dare to come back, today...... Today......
Thinking of this, Fang Qi sat up crampedly, and when he looked up, he just saw Hongyuan standing with his hands together, looking at him intently, his eyes were as deep as a cold pool, like an ice sculpture, and he didn't know how long he had been standing.
Fang Qi was stunned for a moment, unsure whether his expression was happy or unhappy.
Fang Qi grabbed his buttocks, cautiously jumped off the bed, and said, "Are you back, are you back? Are you hungry? Are you thirsty?
Fang Qi asked several questions in a row, in fact, most of them should be imperative sentences, but with an uneasy tone, they accidentally turned into a question ==
Hongyuan didn't answer, and looked into his eyes fixedly. Fang Qi sighed in his heart, wouldn't it, did he really turn his face and deny people?
Hongyuan moved, step by step, Fang Qi was still holding the new clothes he bought for him in his hand, watching him approach slowly, obviously so small, but with a strong stormy momentum.
Fang Qi involuntarily took a step back, pressed his knees against the edge of the bed, and sat down on the bed.
This series of actions was carried out almost completely unconsciously, and he didn't react in disgrace until he sat down, it was too embarrassing, what was he afraid of?
The child walked up to him and looked up at him. Fang Qi's eyes fluttered, and he didn't dare to look at him, obviously the child was looking up at him, but there was an inexplicable feeling of being overlooked from above...... After thinking about it, his palm tightened, Fang Qi looked down, and the child held his hand, a little strong.
The child had a desperate expression, and said word by word: "I'm back." โ
Fang Qi: ".................."
After speaking, the child took out a thing in his arms, unfolded the palm of the square chess, put it in his hand, and said in a low and sweet voice: "Here you go." โ
Fang Qi looked down in a daze, the thing in his hand was cold and round, it was an unfamiliar fruit, red like a small apple.
Fang Qi sighed and said, "Give it to me?"
The child nodded vigorously, leaned on his knees, and said with sparkling eyes, "It's delicious." โ
"......" Fang Qi was a little surprised and a little speechless. Why does Hongyuan never play cards according to common sense, even if it is not happy to give gifts, at least don't be like a mourner.
"Thank you, I love it. Fang Qi was very face-saving, and said cheerfully, "I also have a gift for you, yesterday I went down the mountain to buy something, look, the new quilt, the new clothes, are all for you." Fang Qi pointed to the corner of Shandong again, piled up with rice, millet, all kinds of rice, red beans, mung beans, and all kinds of beans, "You can boil porridge and drink in the future, I also bought a rice pot and a wok, what do you want to eat, just tell me, but unfortunately there is no coal stove, tomorrow I will build a stove, we can start the fire and cook." โ
Fang Qi gently touched the top of the child's head, and took the opportunity to show loyalty: "With me in the future, I won't let you go hungry." โ
Fang Qi felt that what he said was touching, simple and simple, and the sensationalism was just right, quietly waiting for Hongyuan's reaction.
Sure enough, he looked at the child shortly, and the effect was remarkable. In an instant, Hongyuan Yan's rigid face was like ice and snow melting, and the earth was rejuvenated. Although he was still sullen and had no superfluous expression, his eyes were bright, like a deep and silent lake, and the starry diamonds fell one by one under his eyes, shining brightly.
Fang Qi couldn't help but sigh at these eyes, no matter how many times he saw them, they would still bring him endless amazement. I don't know what kind of celestial posture he has when he recovers his appearance.