Chapter 217: The Gourd for Wine (Asking for Flowers)
Zhang Taiping drove the road at a speed of 100 kilometers a day, except for the occasional one or two yurts and herds of cattle and sheep, it was a green grassland in the sky, and when the wind blew, he also saw the grassland scene of the wind blowing grass and seeing cattle and sheep.
If you see the same scenery too much, you will get tired of it, Xiaoxi has long been no longer interested in flying around, and stands quietly on Zhang Taiping's shoulder and is lazy.
During the day, I didn't encounter anything when I walked quickly, but by the evening, I could already faintly see the mountains in the distance ahead, and I guess I would be able to reach the foot of the mountain tomorrow after another day's drive. It was also an unwise choice to travel in the grassland at night, so Zhang Taiping was ready to find a random place to rest for the night.
The night view is completely different from the daytime, and you can enjoy the starry sky as if you were close at hand while lying on the grass. The temperature difference between day and night here is really huge, the day is still the feeling of spring, and the night is winter, and there is silence all around, not even a single insect chirp, except for the sound of the wind, there is only the occasional whining and long roar in the distance. It seems that it is not that there are no wolves on the grassland, but that I am lucky not to meet them.
Lying on the grass for a while, Zhang Taiping entered the space, Xiaoxi, who had been put in a long time ago, was playing with a group of water birds on the edge of the lake, although there was no one here, but there were water birds and big white geese and swans to play with, but there was nothing outside.
A pair of red-crowned cranes that were playing gracefully on the edge of the lake flapped their wings and walked around Zhang Taiping twice with elegant steps, they were already quite close to Zhang Taiping, and now they seemed to be the master. The space is not small, there are mountains and rivers, and they can fly around the grassland without flying twice, and they are quite at ease. The red fluff on the top of the capital became more and more vivid, like a pinch of burning flame, and it looked very smart.
Zhang Taiping patted their wings and picked some strawberries to feed them, not only Xiaoxi loved the strawberries in the space, but all the birds had a soft spot.
When a pair of red-crowned cranes left Zhang Taiping's side, the black swan, which had always been proud alone, came to Zhang Taiping's side. It's like a beautiful and arrogant princess who doesn't know how to please Zhang Taiping like those commoners. After coming to Zhang Taiping's side, he quietly snuggled beside him, not being coquettish like Xiaoxi, nor dancing around Zhang Taiping like a red-crowned crane. Being able to take the initiative to approach may be the greatest expression of closeness to it. In fact, this is already very good, thinking about how proud she was when she was in the mountains, she changed a lot in the space, and she was close to Zhang Taiping.
Zhang Taiping opened his hand, and a few red strawberries were displayed in front of him, but it did not immediately peck happily like other birds, but tilted its neck and looked up at Zhang Taiping, until Zhang Taiping encouraged it again, and then bent its black and elegant neck to peck a few strawberries.
After playing with the birds, Zhang Taiping took a boat on the surface of the lake, looking at the fish in the lake, and there was a new life born, and flocks of fish fry were shuttling close to the water.
This is Xiaoxi flying up to Zhang Taiping's shoulder, chattering something in his ear, and motioning him to take a look in the grass.
Zhang Taiping became interested and knew that Xiaoxi had the function of exploring treasures, could it be that there was something in the space that he didn't know? Paddle the raft to the other side and push through the grass, not a treasure, but a nest of birds' eggs. Zhang Taiping calculates that these waterfowl have been living in space for more than a year, and it is time to lay eggs. It is believed that it will not be long before the lake will be full of fish and waterfowl.
"Tsk." The kid was playing beside him and chirping.
Zhang Taiping understood what he meant, but he didn't get his wish, and flicked its tender yellow mouth and scolded with a smile: "You know how to eat." ”
Since the waterfowl have already laid their eggs, the chickens and ducklings that are stocked in them are no exception. When I looked through the grass carefully, I realized how derelict I was, and saw that the grass around the lake was full of eggs and a slightly larger circle of duck eggs.
I picked one up, knocked it open and looked at it, the clear egg white wrapped the yolk, and it seemed that the duck eggs and eggs that had not hatched were kept fresh. I thought to myself that it would be good to make salted duck eggs or tea eggs at that time.
I flicked a few bamboos, made a small basket, and picked up the eggs one by one and carried them to the land in the center of the opposite bank. Anyone who has ever raised poultry knows that the chickens and ducklings lay eggs in a fixed place, all concentrated by the lake, saving Zhang Taiping the trouble of searching for them throughout the grassland. It took a long time to basically pick up the eggs, duck and eggs, and the piles in the center of the land were almost a hill. Zhang Taiping couldn't help but think to himself, it seems that a large storage room has to be built. In fact, this is people's stereotyped thinking, which can be kept fresh in the space, and it is equivalent to a large storage room, but people still feel that it is not appropriate to expose these things to the sky, and they want to store them in a special house.
Pick a big watermelon, summon Xiaoxi, the black swan and two red-crowned cranes, one person and four birds will eat a big watermelon, and the other birds will not have this honor.
As soon as he finished eating the watermelon, Zhang Taiping sensed it, and when he looked back, he saw that the gourd vine suspended above the spring suddenly burst into a dazzling light. Zhang Taiping's heart moved, and he quickly got up and came to the spring, and the light on the gourd vines gradually dimmed, and all began to flow towards the largest gourd that had turned pale yellow, and after a while, the gourd was wrapped in a ball of light, and the light on it shone uncertainly. Zhang Taiping stood by and watched the whole process carefully, not letting go of any detail.
Finally all the light was sucked into the gourd, and the gourd was revealed as it was, and the junction began to slowly break, and the gourd fell into the spring pool with a click, floating on the water. Looking at the vine again, it also returned to its original state, and even a little dimmed, as if such a strong light erupted just now just for the gourd to fall off. The other gourds are still the same, and there are no obvious changes.
Zhang Taiping didn't care about the changes on the vines, and quickly reached out to grab the gourd floating on the water in his hand, the middle of the big and small is just right for people and me in my hand, that is, it is slightly bigger than the palm, and I can't feel much weight in my hand, it looks like an ordinary gourd is no different, and it is not brilliant.
Peel off the naturally formed stopper on the top and look inside, the internal space is self-contained, and there is no such thing as meat seeds that ordinary gourds should have. Zhang Taiping was strange, he shook it twice, there was nothing special, I don't know why it has grown for so long under the continuous moisture of the space spring.
Gently press the mouth of the gourd into the pool water and try how it will react when you pour some water. It feels a little wrong to pour Zhang Taiping, the palm-sized gourd should have been filled so early, why does the spring water keep drilling into it from the mouth of the gourd?
Grabbed the gourd and closed one eye, and looked into the gourd with the other eye, only to see a small pool of water at the bottom of the gourd. I found a wooden scoop and tried to pour out the water in the gourd, but it looked like a little water had filled the scoop and still hadn't finished it.
Zhang Taiping felt magical, could it be something similar to the storage space mentioned in the novel? Delve into the inside of the gourd, and sure enough, I verified my idea, but there was a space of two or three cubic meters inside the gourd that looked the size of a palm on the outside.
Let's just say, the gourd that has been bred by the spring water for so long can still be an ordinary thing. Although I am looking forward to the seven gourds on the vine, I don't know what to do with this gourd nowadays.
After thinking about it, I glanced around the space with my eyes, and suddenly saw the wine jar placed on the edge of the land.
Zhang Taiping poured all the water in the gourd, opened the wine jar, this gourd seemed to be born for wine, the long whale sucked the water and sucked the jar clean, even the aroma of the wine that escaped did not escape. He opened most of the wine jar that was placed here in a row, and still did not fill the gourd, but he stopped, and he could not put it all in the gourd, but had to leave some outside in case he needed it from time to time.
The gourd was shaken, and a choking aquatic life came out, as if it was really filled with half a gourd. took a sip, this feeling is not bad, a bit like the iron crutch plum in the Eight Immortals, carrying a gourd with wine, with a bit of fairy energy.
The gourd encloses the wine and aroma inside, and there is no trace of taste escaping at all, and only by trying it can you know how good the wine made by Zhang Taiping is.
"This wine should only be in heaven, how many times can the world drink it?" Zhang Taiping took another sip of wine and said to himself.
Xiaoxi watched Zhang Taiping's happiness and happiness on the side, and thought it was a good thing, and he wanted to try it when he jumped up and down next to him.
Zhang Taiping didn't dare to drink it anymore, the little guy didn't drink well, and he would go crazy when he was drunk. However, I couldn't grind the noise in my ears, so I finally poured a little on the palm of my hand and gave it to it. Sure enough, as expected, I don't know how to drink and love to join in the fun, and after drinking so little, I get a little dizzy and start messing around. Zhang Taiping ignored it, put it on top of a tree and let it make trouble in the space by itself. But he is out of space.
The sky outside was still full of stars, and Zhang Taiping tied the gourd around his waist. Lying on the grass on his back and closing his eyes to recuperate, Xiao Jin was on guard above his head, and he would chirp in time to warn if there was any situation, and he would not sleep to death when he slept himself, and he could immediately turn over and get up if there was any wind and grass.