58. Pleasant picnic and the wind rises
Ao Yang kept a pensive look, picked up another piece of jerky, chewed it slowly, and didn't answer for a long time.
Big brother?
He swept over the husband and wife standing in front of him: the little white dragon was a little embarrassed and quietly hugged his mermaid, and the clownfish was always smiling, and her clear black and white eyes shone with a friendly expectation.
Hmph~ Little White Dragon and Clownfish......
Qing Zhe went back to the house and took out a few rags and a straight stick, he took the initiative to walk up to Ji Mo and said, "Ji Mo, I heard Ao Yang say that your shoulder bone is connected by the wrong one, he just broke it for you and straightened the bone, right?" ”
Ji Mo hurriedly turned his attention to the handsome and gentle man in front of him: "Uh~ yes." ”
Hearing this, Ao Bai pursed his lips in shame again, did not speak, and his ears were slightly red.
Hum~
Ao Yang saw another nasal voice of disdain, and in his experience, it seemed that the young and ignorant sea orc husband and wife were able to swim safely and smoothly from the East China Sea to the Sicilian Sea entirely thanks to the blessing of the sea god.
Qing Zhe led the mermaid female, who made him particularly curious, to sit down on the wooden pier, and explained to them with the strip of cloth and stick in his hand: "Your shoulders and arms had better be fixed, so that the bones can grow well, so as not to accidentally loosen and misalign, that is really a bitter suffering." ”
"Thank you, Uncle Hu, the turtle in the family before, told me the same thing." Ao Bai smiled slightly and thanked him.
Ji Mo also agreed: "Thank you Qingzhe, the two of us came ashore from the Sicilian Sea, and we didn't dare to bring anything more, and we will inevitably trouble you when we come here......"
Xitu got dressed and ran out, "No trouble, no trouble, no trouble at all!" He was very happy to see Ji Mo and Ao Bai again, in the mind of the little orc, the three of them were good friends.
"Come on, is this going to be too tight?" Qingzhe also sat on the wooden pier opposite, carefully using strips of cloth and sticks to help Ji Mo fix the broken bones.
"Hmm~It's okay, hiss~"
Ao Bai took a hand, "Is that so?" Am I doing it right? He was seizing the opportunity to learn, but because his husband and wife didn't understand before, he could only be frightened.
Xitu leaned over to watch, Ao Yang suddenly stretched out his arm from behind, dragged him by the arm, bent his index finger and knocked on the table, saying, "The jerky is gone." ”
"Oh, I'll go get it." Xitu obediently ran into the wooden house, and in a short time he loaded a plate full of dried meat and put it in front of Ao Yang.
What a rare and strange land female! Isn't it just a mermaid? What's so good to look at for so long? It's still a black clownfish!
Ao Yang chewed the jerky but didn't know the taste, he sat alone on the side, watching Ji Mo sitting in the middle, and the remaining three were all around his shoulders, asking for warmth and care, and he couldn't help but feel a little tightness in his chest and blocked his heart.
"Well, that's it, it's mainly to play a fixed role, so that the bones don't grow crooked." Qing Zhe pointed intently at Ao Bai, and he looked at the humanoid ocean husband and wife in front of him, and his affection gradually increased, because they were no different from the young males and females of the tribe who had just been married.
Xitu asked the mermaid worriedly: "Ji Mo, what should you do when you eat in the future?" ”
"Uh~ there will be a way." Ji Mo replied with a slightly embarrassed smile, in the previous days when his hands were inconvenient, Ao Bai did everything single-handedly, although his dragon didn't say anything comforting and beautiful, but he expressed it with practical actions: You are injured and your hand can't move, then my hand is your hand.
Qingzhe seized the opportunity to educate his cubs: "Of course Ao Bai will help, he is Ji Mo's partner!" Becoming a partner is not just about having an extra female in your life, you have to put your partner into your life all the time and support each other...... Never give up, never give ......up" When he said the last four words, his heart beat a little clearly, and his voice was much quieter.
Supporting each other and never abandoning? It's so easy to talk about, when you first got married, you always had what to say and what your vows were, he~
According to his previous habits, Ao Bai hugged his partner and gently kissed him on the forehead and cheek several times, which was supposed to soothe the pain of his wound at this time.
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"Don't you have a barbecue or soup today? And, Ao Bai, aren't you going to prepare food for you and your partner? Ao Yang sat on the cold bench for a long time, and brewed a lot of small feelings.
He saw that it was already noon and it was a lot off, but the guys in front of him were still talking and laughing with great interest, as if chatting could be eaten as fish and shrimp, especially the clownfish, which always made everyone laugh, look at Qing Zhe's surprise and stupid smile!
I'm also a sea orc, I'm stronger than that little white dragon, why don't you talk to me?
Ji Mo hadn't been so happy for a long, long time.
Although the wound was very painful, there were Ao Bai, Qing Zhe, and the little tiger cub Xitu beside him who had been comforting him, oh yes, and that Ao Yang, although he hadn't spoken much, he was also sitting quietly not far away.
People are really social animals, more people can be lively, more people can be lively, if people with the right personality get together, then it is difficult to be happy.
Ao Bai came back to his senses, he quickly got up, looked around, and lowered his head to ask Ji Mo:
"What would you like to eat today? Fish or shrimp? ”
Ji Mo didn't raise his head and said, "Whatever, it's okay." ”
He was telling Qing Zhe Xitu about his home and the beautiful and strange underwater world of the Sicilian Sea: such as pearl oysters, tooth sharks, talking and meat-eating clams, colorful and magnificent coral bushes, and white jade crab shells with particularly delicate patterns.
Now that the reason why the shoulder injury has not healed for a long time has been found, Ao Yang has helped to correct the bones again, and he is still willing to take me and Ao Bai for the time being-the more Ji Mo thought about it, the more relaxed he became, and the more he spoke, the more his eyebrows danced, and the whole fish was full of energy.
Qing Zhe listened with great interest, Xi Tu leaned on his lap, and the mother and son looked at the mermaid's slender and well-proportioned figure, fair and beautiful facial features, and dark hair, especially the moist and delicate eyes and ruddy lips - Qing Zhe felt that this mermaid from the ocean was really warm and cheerful, lively and easy to get along with, although it was the first time they met, it did not make people feel alienated and estranged.
Xitu gratefully told his mother and father: "At that time, I was so anxious that Kari and the patriarch refused to give us pearls, so I took the risk of holding a dead tree and went down to the Sicilian Sea...... He was willing to take care of me when I was sick and take me back to the coast of the East Continent......"
Qing Zhe had mixed feelings in his heart, and he only then knew the source of the pearl that the cub had quietly handed over to him. It had been a long time since the incident, and his body had improved, and Xitu was a good cub who was filial and sensible, and he couldn't bear to punish him harshly, so he could only hug him tightly without saying a word.
"Those things have passed in the past, speaking of Qingzhe, you are really amazing, you actually taught Xitu so sensible, and later he also sent a large bag of herbs to our family, we are short of those!"
"Hmm~ I don't blame him. Ji Mo, if you want to blame me, I also blame myself. Qing Zhe laughed more sadly than crying, "I didn't look at his beast father, and I couldn't accept the blow and became sick like that, Xitu was forced by me...... How can I blame him? ”
Xitu hurriedly comforted: "Mother, father, don't be like this, I can live well without the beast father, if not, there will be no one, it is enough to have the two of us at home." ”
Ji Mo also helped to persuade: "You did it right, Qingzhe, the orcs who changed their minds are also blocking themselves, long pain is better than short pain, take care of your body, you are still so young, there are countless possibilities in the future." ”
What does the scumbag keep for? If you want to fight for anger, it's not like this, the knots in your heart are too big to get through, don't force it, it's important to get out of the quagmire as soon as possible.
Ao Yang was still sitting next to him, he listened to the clownfish say so much, and the above sentence sounded the most pleasing to the ear: Yes, it finally made sense!
Qing Zhe blinked his eyes vigorously and regained his strength, he felt that he and Ji Mo were simply female friends who were familiar at first sight and got along very well.
"Ji Mo, I'll make a fire and stew bone broth for you to drink, I don't know if you like it or not, but our tribe drinks this after breaking bones, and the priest said that the bones will grow faster and stronger."
Crossing the fish happily stood up and followed, "Okay, I'm particularly interested in your tribe's stew, I also wanted to stew soup when I was at home before, but not long after I moved here, Ao Bai and I took turns to get injured, alas~ I really can't spare time to think about the soup pot or something......"
The two females left with their cubs, went to the other side to make a fire and prepare cooked food, and left Ao Yang alone, who had already eaten all the dried meat and preserved fruit when he was lonely.
"Is it really good to leave this mermaid behind? Qing Zhe and his little black cub were just chatting with him, and they completely forgot about me......" Ao Yang stood up and stretched his body, and jumped into the holy lake in distress, he was also going to fish.
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Ji Mo felt as if he had returned to the down-to-earth, warm and fireworks-filled world from the great ocean migration adventure.
"Wow~"
This was the first exclamation after crossing the fish into Qingzhe's cabin.
Qing Zhe intimately introduced: "This is honey, very, very sweet, this small wooden barrel is hewn out of a relatively soft and strong tree, and the tool is Ao Yang's dragon claw." ”
Ji Mo leaned down and took a deep breath in front of the honey bucket, and the familiar sweet aroma made him sigh.
Then he went to see the large basket in the corner that was densely woven from vines.
"This is the preserved fruit I made, would you like to try a piece?" Ao Yang didn't like it too much, and he said it tasted weird. Qing Zhe gently and gentlemanly explained one by one that he was definitely a qualified host.
Ji Mo smiled embarrassedly: "It smells so good, I want to eat a piece of ......" and then looked down at his arm.
Qing Zhe immediately picked up a piece and put it in the mermaid's mouth, speaking of which he was half a head taller than Ji Mo.
"Hmm~ Oh my God, it's delicious, what's in it? Sweet and sour, very appetizing. Ji Mo's heart was jumping and spinning in circles with joy, feeling as if he had eaten his favorite dried mango in his previous life again.
Qingzhe was also very happy that the dried fruit that had been prepared and dried by the sea mermaid was very happy, and he told the recipe without reservation: "It is to pick fragrant honey fruit and green rice sticks, add lemongrass and nine spice grains, small sharp red and honey together and steam them and dry them." ”
Ji Mo listened humbly, in this different world without store currency, what the people in the family can eat depends entirely on the diligent study and creative power of the parents.
He made up his mind that when he returned to the Sicilian Sea in the future, he must live his own little life, although he is a mermaid now, it is okay to toss around on the island.
When he visited here, Xitu shouted from the window, "Mother and father, the fire has been made." ”
"Well, we'll get out right away." Qing Zhe agreed, he was already familiar enough to naturally walk next to Ji Mo.
Ao Bai caught the fish and shrimp and came up, and was washing on the shore of the lake at this time, and Ao Yang was standing next to him.
"When are you leaving?" Ao Yang asked unceremoniously and directly, as the owner of the territory, he had the right to ask.
"We'll leave when Ji Mo's injury heals...... Eldest brother. Ao Bai kept in mind his partner's advice, although it was a little awkward, but he still called out to the eldest brother, "It's really not easy for us to come to the holy lake, Ji Mo is a mermaid, and his body is very unsuitable for crossing land and dense forests." Moreover, he may be pregnant with my cub now, and if something happens to him when he goes back to the Sicilian Sea, alas~" Ao Bai took the initiative to show weakness and said his thoughts worriedly.
Ao Yang sighed "hmm", and calmly instructed: "Got it." Living here, you have to obey the rules, don't take the surrounding land orcs into conflict, they are very careful to hold grudges, and they are cunning and despicable, I will be very troublesome. ”
Ao Bai nodded quickly: "I know, land orcs are despicable and shameless, especially those damn winged eagles, I won't cause you trouble, and Ji Mo won't, he's just a mermaid." ”
"Hmm~ Your mermaid is quite interesting." Ao Yang commented solemnly, he neatly packed up a big fish, put it in the basket, and then picked up another one, "Why isn't your partner a dragon female?" Could it be that dragon females are now so scarce? ”
The implication is: dragon females are so rare that you want to find a mermaid female to marry?
Ao Bai never concealed it, and he didn't bother to hide it.
"Oh, no." Ao Bai carefully cleaned up the palm-sized freshwater shrimp, which was Ji Mo's favorite food, "There are many females in the dragon clan, but they don't look down on me. I changed my shape very late, everyone thought that I couldn't transform anymore, only Ji Mo didn't dislike me, he was such a good mermaid, and he was willing to swim with me to the Sicilian Sea, because my father and queen mother gave me the Sicilian Sea. ”
Ao Yang is very smart, he understands this kind of thing as soon as he hears it.
"Hmph~ She, she, and your queen mother also agree to you coming to Sicily?"
Well, she agreed. The queen mother wants me to live like a dragon, and I demand the same from myself. Ao Bai said very seriously.
"Hehe~" Ao Yang let out a sneer of unknown meaning, his fish had all been packed, after bending down to lift the basket, he walked back, and by the way, he threw a sentence full of sympathy: "Ao Yana looks down on you, gives up on you, and sends you away from afar, stupid little white dragon......"
Ao Bai turned his head thoughtfully and looked at his back: He knew that the queen mother's name was Ao Ya, alas~ What is going on? How could the queen mother have such a big child?
There is a simple open kitchenette next to the wooden house, and the atmosphere is very good.
"Wow~ It's so fragrant, this meat is stewed!" Ji Mo stood in front of the stone pot, staring at the stewed pork and bone broth that was constantly tumbling in it.
Qing Zhe hasn't been so happy and relaxed for a long time, before the Holy Lake only had Xitu and Ao Yang, Xitu was just a little orc, Ao Yang was a powerful male dragon, and he definitely couldn't get along too casually.
"Do you like the smell? Great, he doesn't even like to smell it, I thought the sea orcs didn't like cooked food. Qingzhe said happily as he stirred the meat and bone broth with a wooden spoon.
Xitu was already gnawing on the meat and bones beside him, raw, this time it was the animal meat he liked to eat, and he was extremely energetic.
Ji Mo was a little surprised when he first saw it, but after thinking about it, he was relieved: Hey~ This is a different world, and the real little tiger on the ground, what's so strange about gnawing on a meat bone? It would be strange if he was a vegetarian.
Ao Yang came back with a basket full of fish, and he began to sit and eat the fish raw, and by the way, he handed two to Qingzhe and asked him to take them to roast.
This is a habit that has been cultivated for a while, and the dragon is no longer willing to stay in the lake to eat by himself, so he wants to go ashore and eat with Qingzhe Xitu.
"Wait until it's done, add a handful of leafy greens to it, and it won't be greasy at all." Qing Zhe introduced his cooking experience, because he felt that Ji Mo was really interested.
"Leafy greens? Is that it? Hey, you usually eat vegetables, huh? Although Ji Mo couldn't move his hands, he was almost too busy to touch the ground.
After Ao Bai packed up the fish and shrimp and came over, what he saw was the scene of his mermaid almost the whole fish fluttering next to the fire.
"Ji Mo! Come back, don't get so close, your skin is too hot. Ao Bai hurriedly hugged the mermaid back by the waist, placed it on the wooden pier and reprimanded him severely.
Ao Yang said while eating the fish: "I thought that the mermaids were so strong now, and they were not even afraid of fire." ”
"Hahaha" crossed the dried fish and laughed a few times, "How can it, didn't I deliberately get so far away?" Big brother, why don't you grill a few fish to eat? Qingzhe's craftsmanship is really good. ”
"I drink soup and don't eat grilled fish." Ao Yang said lightly, his eyes did not shy away from staring at Qing Zhe who was busy.
Ji Mo couldn't help but look at it for a while, until Ao Yang's sharp brown eyes turned to stare at him, he quickly stopped snooping, and he was ashamed in his heart.
"Eat shrimp." Ao Bai handed a cleaned shrimp to his partner's mouth and ate it slowly.
Qing Zhe saw it and asked enthusiastically, "Ji Mo, do you need me to help you grill a few shrimps?" ”
"Won't it bother you too much?" Of course Ji Mo thought about it, he sometimes dreamed of eating barbecue, but he couldn't take care of himself for the time being.
"It's not troublesome, I'm grilling fish right now, and it's very easy to grill together." Qing Zhe basically doesn't eat raw meat, he walked over with a lively breeze, took a few shrimp handed over by Ao Bai and thanked him, and grilled them together.
Ao Yang looked at the intimate feeding action of the young husband on the opposite side like glue and no one around, and couldn't help but feel a little itchy in his heart, he is also a powerful dragon orc, and naturally he will also desire females, family, and young dragons, but his mind has not turned a corner before, only thinking about the marine female, until Qingzhe arrived, he suddenly realized: As long as it is the female he likes, what does it matter if it is the sea or the land?
"Eat." Ao Yang handed the little tiger cub a fish, of course he knew that this cub didn't like to eat raw fish meat, but that was the rule set by Qing Zhe for him, so it became one of his must-do things to enjoy the little tiger cub's sad face and gnaw on the fish every day.
"Qingzhe, you are so good, you can do anything." Ji Mo was eating shrimp absentmindedly, and at the same time vigorously praised the tiger female who was quick with hands and feet and did things resolutely.
Ao Bai frowned, stubbornly stuffed food into his partner's mouth, and watched the other party move to the side without moving, as if he didn't want to eat more.
"What's so great about this, the females in the tribe are like this." Qing Zhe had already stewed the soup, and the huge wooden bowl contained several bowls, he first put the three bowls without green leafy vegetables in front of Ao Yang, Ao Bai, and Xitu, and then put the two bowls with green leafy vegetables in front of himself and Ji Mo, and then brought the roasted fragrant fish and shrimp to the table.
These guys are such a strange combination, but they sit together and eat quite happily.
"Ji Mo Ao Bai, you are the same as Ao Yang, wait until it is completely cold before drinking." Qing Zhe advised quite experienced.
"Thank you Qingzhe, when I get better, I must let you taste my craftsmanship!" Ji Mo said confidently that when he used to participate in barbecue activities, the grilled things were always very popular.
"Well, well, I also want to know what the meat roasted by the sea orcs tastes like." Qingzhe eats grilled fish and shrimp with stewed soup and vegetables, which is a combination of comparative nutritional science.
Ao Bai had quickly eaten enough, and he was concentrating on trying to let Ji Mo eat all the remaining shrimps.
"Okay, okay, Ao Bai, I won't eat it, you can eat." Ji Mo hurriedly moved a little farther away, pleading with a face full of pleading.
"Ji Mo, can you eat another one? Qingzhe said that you may have already conceived a cub, and if you only eat such a little, it will definitely not be enough. Ao Bai said helplessly and happily.
What the? What the? What did you just say?
The crossing fish stiffly turned his head to look at Ao Bai with a puzzled expression.
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Distant Deep Sea, Dragon Palace
"How's the pearl collection? Have the guardian dragons and dragons sent to the Sicilian mainland been arranged? Behind the wide shark curtain, there was a low and majestic inquiry.
"It's all arranged, Wang."
"Hmm~ Be careful, I heard that the weak dragon in the East China Sea that couldn't transform was sent to the Sicilian Sea, plus ...... And him, you must not be discovered. ”
"Rest assured, Wang, we have exchanged so many times, and nothing has ever gone wrong."
"Alright, you can go now." The shark curtain shook for a moment, and then completely regained its calm