Chapter 257: Special Wine
"It seems to be delicious. Ying Xiaoling swallowed his saliva.
"I can't wait either," Yun Pitian said, "I rarely went to the beach before, I was under the control of others to survive, and it was not easy to eat seafood once, let alone freshly caught and grilled!"
Luo Xue smiled and said, "I haven't eaten seafood for a long time, I've been trapped in the formation, relying on the aura of the Falling Mountain Range to survive, I really miss the freshness of the Blood Feather Ice Field." β
Jian Tan looked at the three of them with feelings, and Chen Xu also looked expectant, and smiled freely: "Since that's the case, let's eat more tonight." β
The sky gradually darkened, but there were more and more fires on the island, and almost all the mermaids came out, looking dense, but this number was not much for the whole clan, and the mermaids looked gloomy or sad tonight, after today's war, they had many relatives or friends who lost their lives in it, and they could only bury their bodies hastily behind the island.
The firelight shone on their blue skin, and the longing made them can't help but shed tears, but the tears turned into pearls when they fell to the ground, making a "thunderclap" sound, and it turned out that the tears of the mermaids in the Beiluo Sea would turn into pearls, which was true.
At this time, the old patriarch also walked out, and it was the merman princess who supported him, and on the other side walked was the Lanyang patriarch, each of whom wore a hat made of fish scales, shells, seaweeds and other substances in the ocean, which looked very ritualistic.
When Luoxue saw it, he whispered, "I heard that the merman people dance a dance after every war to pay tribute to the dead soldiers, and I guess it's the same tonight." β
Sure enough, it didn't take long for the snow to be confirmed to be correct.
I saw that the old patriarch came to the middle of the mermaids and sat down by the fire, and then took Lan Man and Lan Yang together, and began to chant words, saying some words that they could not understand, his words were very light and long, but when he recited the mantra, his eyes were firmly fixed on the fire, he seemed to be telling the fire, but at this time his eyes were more not sad, but also prayer.
Is it a prayer for peace and health?
As the old patriarch read faster and faster, until the speed of sound reached a climax and his voice was lengthened, almost all the people stood up hand in hand, shoulder to shoulder, and they were jumping around the fire.
Ying Xiaoling saw them holding hands, and suddenly felt a resonant emotion in her heart, "They all stood up, let's jump with them, pay tribute to their warriors together, and pass blessings to them." β
Ying Xiaoling took the lead in standing up after speaking, and handed his hand to Jian Tan and Chen Xu next to him, and the rest of the people also stood up, Jian Tan and Chen Xu held Ying Xiaoling's hand, and when Jian Tan held Ying Xiaoling's hand, the warmth transmitted from the palm made Ying Xiaoling's face red, but under the light of the fire, others did not find it.
The crowd jumped around the firelight until the old patriarch's chanting of the incantation stopped.
"Rest assured, when the morning sun rises tomorrow, tonight's sadness will pass, and we will usher in a beautiful day again. After the old patriarch said this, all the mermen roared loudly, and this collective cry resounded through the heavens and the earth, as if to release all the sorrow in their hearts.
The "crackling" fire kept burning, and in front of the five of them, Jian Tan brought roasted food one after another, but the fire of the other mermaids still didn't start eating, so Jian Tan and the five didn't move.
At this time, the merman princess glanced at the fire on Jian Tan's side, held a crockpot in her hand, and walked over slowly.
"Princess. When Jian Tan and the five of them saw the princess coming, they politely greeted each other, and exchanged playful little glances with each other, which made Ying Xiaoling have the urge to go up and pump people.
"Before you eat the roast, you can try the fish and fresh wine we brewed, this is something that only our merman clan has, you shouldn't have tried it, I'll pour you some to taste?" Princess Merman introduced enthusiastically, her eyes swept over Ying Xiaoling intentionally or unintentionally.
"Wine, this thing is my favorite, it's me who doesn't have wine, it's great, I'll pour a bowl and try it! By the way, Chenxu, you wine and meat monk should come with you! The princess is polite, let's pour it ourselves." Yun Pitian said proudly.
"No, you are honored guests, and I must entertain you. After saying that, the princess poured a full bowl into the bowl in front of Yun Pitian.
"Well, naturally, it's to give the princess face. Chen Xu chuckled, and pushed the night in front of him forward, and the merman princess also filled his bowl with wine.
"I want it too!"
The merman princess gave Jian Tan an inquiring look, and Jian Tan just wanted to answer, but was preempted by Ying Xiaoling, "Princess, she doesn't have to, she has allergies and can't drink." β
"Well, what about you?" asked the princess.
"I ......" Ying Xiaoling saw the princess's enthusiastic appearance, and couldn't bear to refuse, so she said: "I don't drink well, just drink a little bit." β
The merman princess smiled slightly after hearing this, and bent over to fill a third of Ying Xiaoling's bowl.
Yun Pitian was very interested, first picked up the wine bowl, and just wanted to send it to his mouth, but he smelled a strong fishy smell in the wine, and immediately frowned, but the merman princess looked at it and was embarrassed to put it down, so she had to pretend to be happy and asked: "Princess, this taste is indeed very unfamiliar, dare to ask the princess what kind of material is used to make this good wine?"
Chen Xu also picked it up and sniffed it at this time, and then the posture of holding the bowl also stopped in mid-air, "Yes, I'm also curious." β
The mermaid princess's expression was very gentle, she sat down, picked up two fish bones and began to skewer the food on the plate, "Since you are curious, I will tell you." This is made of deep-sea sea urchins, sea cucumbers, squid, earthworms, seahorses, jellyfish and other organisms soaked with seagrass, sea coral and other seabed plants, the taste is particularly good, you drink a little more, you will definitely be able to strengthen the body. β
When Jian Tan heard this explanation, he couldn't help but be a little glad that he couldn't drink alcohol, and at the same time, a strange smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, the merman clan was born with poisonous glands on the surface of the body, how could their food for strengthening the body be something that humans could bear?
Ying Xiaoling's faces also became strange at this time, and the four of them swallowed their saliva, a little afraid to swallow.
In the end, Yun Pitian was alert, "Princess, our physique is different from yours, we must fill our stomachs before drinking, otherwise it is easy to faint, so we should eat first, and then try your beautiful bar." β
"I see, it's okay, there's a lot of stuff here, you can eat as much as you like. As she spoke, the merman princess used shrimp, shellfish, kelp and other things to form skewers, and when she held several skewers in her hand, she looked at Ying Xiaoling and found that she was hesitating and didn't know what to eat first, so she smiled and handed over the skewers in her hand.
"This is for you, thank you for saving me today. The mermaid princess looked a little shy, and her action seemed to contain a lot of courage.
When Ying Xiaoling saw it, she quickly refused: "Princess, don't thank you, this is what I should do." I'm not hungry yet, you're tired for a day, you eat first. Ying Xiaoling waved his hand.
But the next moment, with a "grunt", Ying Xiaoling's stomach shouted out angrily, making the merman princess cover her mouth and smile, "You're welcome, there are still a lot of them, hurry up and eat." After Ying Xiaoling heard this, she had no choice but to connect the skewers in the princess's hand, "Thank you, princess, you can also eat a skewer." With that, he handed the string back to the princess.
The merman's eyes were a little hotter, and she took it shyly, put it in her mouth and bit it gently.
Ying Xiaoling was indeed hungry, so she ate by herself, ignoring the ambiguous glances cast by Jian Tan and the others.
Although the wine of the mermaid clan sounds a little strange, the baked food is still very delicious, and everyone is very comfortable to eat, so there are more conversations.
The merman princess has not left, it seems that she was specially left to bake food for them, and everyone can also see that she does take special care of Ying Xiaoling, every time Ying Xiaoling has not put down the skewers in her hand, and the skewers behind her are handed over.
"Hehe, thank you, I'm full, give it to them. Ying Xiaoling's appetite was so good, and it was quickly filled under the enthusiasm of the merman princess.
After the merman princess gave the skewers in her hand to Jian Tan and a few people, she stopped, she exhaled lightly, "By the way, my name is Lan Man, what is your name?"
Ying Xiaoling just wanted to answer, but was preempted by Yun Pitian, "Her name is innocent." β
The naΓ―ve "Blue Man" is innocent and innocent? Just a couple, and Yun Pitian's brain is really okay.
Ying Xiaoling made a posture of wanting to beat someone, but was squeezed back by Jian Tan's eyes.
"Hehehe, yes, I'm just naΓ―ve. Ying Xiaoling was smirking.
"Naive, good name. The mermaid princess may not have heard the word "innocent".
"You guys are really powerful today, if it weren't for you, we might have the entire merman clan going to extinction. Especially your whip, it's so powerful, I want to learn it too. Princess Merman said.
"Naive, she likes to teach people very much, really, she took in an apprentice herself, who is older than her, at first she was just an ordinary person, and now she has a little talent. Ying Xiaoling didn't expect that Chen Xu was also adding salt and vinegar, and quickly glanced at her.
"It would be nice if you could stay here a little longer, I can learn from you, and our clan will have one more skill in the future. "What the princess said was not all selfishness.
"Actually, the whip is not difficult to learn at first, I can teach you some basics tomorrow. Ying Xiaoling is a hot-hearted person, and she also hopes that the merman clan can get better and better.