Chapter 181: Lightness
After Jeruthereth passed out, he immediately induced a series of reactions, and his already scarred and vulnerable body immediately launched a high fever. In a daze, he felt that he was being roasted on the stove, and then he felt that he was thrown into the ice cellar and frozen, and he was constantly suffering in the two days of ice and fire.
Some people who have been in the past for a long time still have things to do, and they keep shuttling back and forth in his mind like a marquee. Delirious, he cursed in a muffled voice from time to time, or whispered three or two words that he didn't understand.
Later, he gradually became more sober, and there seemed to be a jack pendant on his eyelids, so heavy that he couldn't open them at all. It's just that in the drowsiness, he always feels that there seems to be a figure shaking in front of him all the time, and from time to time some bitter liquid slowly slides down the corners of his mouth into his mouth.
Because of the continuous high heat, his body was already in a state of lack of water, and his mouth was naturally thirsty, so he subconsciously swallowed the liquid in his mouth, and then fell asleep again.
In his sleep, he felt a pair of soft but cold hands gently covering his hot forehead, and the slightest coolness gradually soothed the anxiety and pain in his heart, making him feel very comfortable. So he rolled over in a daze, reached out and fished forward. A soft body with a hint of cold air was immediately embraced by him. He sighed comfortably, and snuggled his hot cheeks into the soft place.
The crisp sound of "pop" finally made him recover a trace of clarity from his coma. He barely opened his heavy eyelids, but there was a fog in front of him, which made him unable to recover for a long time.
"Are you awake?" Zhong Ziyuan's exclamation sounded in his ears.
Jeruthereth closed his eyes again, and when he opened them again. There was already a clear picture in his eyes. He wondered in a hoarse voice, "What's wrong with me?"
Zhong Ziyuan had already put on the roasted robe, she approached him and smiled happily, "Your wound is already infected. In addition, he was drenched in heavy rain and infected with wind chill, so he had a high fever, and he had been in a coma for two days and one night. ”
Yeluteri saw that her eyes showed a thick tiredness, the bloodshot under her eyes was dense like spider webs, and the lower eyelids were slightly swollen and there were two bruised crescent marks. His heart trembled slightly, and he said, "You have been taking care of me all the time?" ”
Zhong Ziyuan let out a soft "um", and muttered unwillingly: "Who made me a doctor." I can't see anyone get sick! ”
The corners of Jeruthere's mouth moved, trying to smile, but he felt a slight stinging sensation in his left cheek. He stroked his left cheek and said confusedly, "I just have a fever." Why do I have a headache and even my cheeks hurt? ”
Zhong Ziyuan hid his right hand, which was still numb, behind him, his eyes drifted around, and he changed the topic and said, "The rain outside has long stopped, when can we leave?" ”
Jerodreth rolled her eyes to the entrance of the cave. Sure enough, a bright ray of sunlight was shining obliquely through. Pull a bright triangular golden spot on the ground. It's just that the dead branches and leaves outside have been knocked to the ground, and the snow has mixed with the rain and yellow mud, and it has lost its original whiteness and flawlessness and has become dirty. He moved his body, and then said with a wry smile: "I feel weak and unable to get up, and I am afraid that I will not be able to walk for a while."
"That's it!" When Zhong Ziyuan heard this, his face was obviously disappointed.
Seeing this, Yelutheret felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, and he couldn't help but say harshly: "I can't go, you can go first." The Giant Surge Pass is not far off. You only need to climb two more hills to see the southern gate of Juchong Pass. You can also see your General Wu Xian. After saying that, his deep eyes stared at her gloomily.
Zhong Ziyuan's body didn't move, he only smiled slightly, and said, "The doctor has no reason to leave the patient. When you can move, let's go together. ”
Jeruthereth exhaled quietly and slowly closed his eyes. Maybe people are very weak when they are sick, and they always want to have someone by their side. Although he said it boldly, if Zhong Ziyuan really wanted to leave, he would try his best to keep her.
Maybe it was because he had slept too long before, although he was still groggy at the moment, but he didn't feel sleepy at all. But from time to time she yawned in his ears.
Yelutherol couldn't bear it in his heart, opened his eyes, and said in a good voice: "If you are sleepy, you can sleep for a while." Anyway, I don't feel sleepy now, I'll watch the fire. ”
Zhong Ziyuan's eyes were foggy, and a series of yawns made her tears almost flow out. But after listening to Yeluteri's suggestion, she not only agreed, but also quickly moved back a few steps, stared at him vigilantly with wide eyes, and said, "What do you want to do?" ”
Jerutheret couldn't laugh or cry, and teased, "I'm so sick that I can't even speak, what else can I do to you?" You and I are hostile aliens, and I can understand that you are wary of me. It's just that now that things are in a hurry, let's still give each other a little trust. Otherwise, if you keep being so wary of each other, the next road will not be easy. Besides, don't you rest while I'm exhausted, do you have to wait until I'm fully recovered? ”
The paragraph he said before, Zhong Ziyuan regarded it as, and when he heard it, it was the same as if he didn't hear it. But the last sentence touched her. If you don't take advantage of his serious illness to recuperate, wouldn't it be even more impossible to rest at ease when he recovers.
"Then I'll get some sleep first." She looked around for a moment, then got up and found a dry place to lie down, and closed her eyes gently. She was also tired, and after a while, she let out a slight snoring sound.
Yelu Tilie struggled to sit up, he looked at the sleeping Zhong Ziyuan and smiled slightly, then reached out and touched the left side of his face, which was still faintly painful, and secretly gritted his teeth and said, "Stinky girl, it's really ruthless." ”
That crisp slap had not been revived before, but as long as he pondered it a little, it was not difficult to guess that it was Zhong Ziyuan's masterpiece. It's just that he doesn't understand how he offended her in a coma.
Jeroderi looked around sharply, and found that his robe was also dried out, neatly folded aside, and his black tunic was still on top of it. He reached out and took his middle coat and began to put it on, just such a simple movement. It was very difficult for him to do it, and his arms were limp and he couldn't exert a little strength, every time he moved. He had to grit his teeth for a long time.
Fortunately, his will was much tougher than ordinary people, and after gritting his teeth and moving for a while, the lost strength slowly recovered. The middle coat that he finally put on, but he felt a little weird. I looked left and right, only to find that my waist was almost completely exposed. This middle coat originally fits very well, why is it so short?
He swept around, and soon found the missing fabric on his jacket on the ground. There were still some wringed plant scraps left in the fabric. He smashed his mouth and found that there was a faint smell of medicine at the bottom of his tongue that had not yet dissipated, and he couldn't help but move in his heart. Raised his eyes to look at her in her sleep.
At this moment, she is wearing that ugly military uniform, which has concealed her graceful posture at all. Even the long black hair that was originally draped over the shoulders and full of lazy style was tightly tied by a strip of cloth. All right! Looking at the color of the strip of cloth, Jeruthereth knew that it was his own middle garment that he had contributed free of charge.
His eyes slowly moved to her smooth face. The skin on the face is as moist as greasy and greasy. Under the bake of the bonfire, there was a little redness, and a few messy strands of hair stuck to her face, adding a bit of lazy style to her pretty face.
Unconsciously he was fascinated, and his heart was secretly rippling, and he couldn't help but reach out and open those naughty strands of hair for her. Feeling the warmth and smoothness of the skin that his fingertips unintentionally touched, he couldn't put it down.
Just when he couldn't linger, Zhong Ziyuan in his sleep frowned lightly, and reached out to fan him like a fly. He immediately withdrew his hand. She rolled over with a mutter, leaving him with only a black back of his head.
Yelu Tilie couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Stinky girl." It's so fierce when you fall asleep. Most of the ripples in my heart immediately dissipated. He braced himself up and put on the rest of his clothes, and slowly moved around the cave.
Although Zhong Ziyuan was tired, his heart was tense in the end, so he didn't sleep for long. Two hours later, she naturally came to her senses, but this short sleep still made her refreshed most of her spirits.
When she opened her eyes, she stretched out coquettishly. The smell of barbecue fills the air. She twitched her nose again and again, and her mouth began to secrete saliva vigorously. Jeruthereth turned her back to her and was concentrating on roasting what was in her hand, her eyes lit up, and she swallowed another gulp and looked at it carefully.
"Oops! I'm sick to death, you eat this too. After seeing the things in Yelu Tilie's hand, Zhong Ziyuan quickly retracted his neck and shouted in disgust. It turned out that he was roasting the poisonous snake that had been dead for a long time, the snake had its head chopped off, and its long body was curled and coiled on the stick, which made her look at it and there was a shadow in her heart.
It's not that Zhong Ziyuan is hypocritical, she also ate the kind of flavored snake burned with red dried chili peppers in her previous life, or the stuffy snake with green peppers. It's just that this snake is not another snake, and the ones that are usually eaten have been processed into small pieces. And the one in front of her has not even been peeled off, and it seems to be alive on the branches, so it is no wonder that she has an obstacle to acceptance in her heart.
Yelu Thereth did not look back, and while carefully turning the branch in his hand, he said: "You are from a wealthy background, and you have not worried about food and clothing since you were a child, so you have never felt the taste of hunger, so you will find snake meat difficult to accept. In my eyes, it's a rare delicacy. ”
Zhong Ziyuan stiffened his neck and said unconvinced: "Who said that I was never hungry, when I first set off from Chang'an City, didn't you rob me of a day's food, which made me dizzy along the way and almost fell out of the team." ”
"It's only been a day." Yelutheret snorted coldly and sneered, "Have you ever tried what it is like not to eat a full meal in ten years?" For as long as I can remember, I have known that because my mother was a Han Chinese who was robbed, and I looked like my mother, those clansmen liked to bully our mother and son. We are responsible for taking care of the largest number of sheep, but we are given the least amount of food. My mother and I lived for 10 years, living on a little barley flour and their leftover bones every day. I was so hungry that I grabbed forage with the sheep, but I was seen by the tribesmen and laughed at me for being a veritable wild seed. ”
Zhong Ziyuan had already sat down across from him. Hearing what happened to him when he was a child, the uneven factor in his body began to stir again. She clenched her fists and said extremely dissatisfied: "Your people bully your mother and son like this, don't your father care?" ”
"My father?" Yeluteri sneered: "He has been fighting from east to west all day long, vainly trying to gather the forces of all the tribes on the steppe. And he had countless children and wives, and my mother was just a slave and maid whom he forcibly possessed on a drunken whim. He didn't even know me, so how could he take it to heart. ”
Knowing that Yelu Tilie was standing in front of him at this moment, Zhong Ziyuan still asked with great gossip: "What happened later?" Could it be that after ten years, your father has been kind to you again? ”
Jeroderi smiled bitterly: "Yes, when I was ten years old, I was attacked by a hungry wild wolf when I was shepherding sheep, and I desperately rescued the lamb from the wolf's mouth. This incident finally made my father know me, and he also paid a little attention to our mother and son. Of course, the so-called concern is also that there is an extra handful of barley noodles at each meal, and a piece of lamb leg that has not been gnawed off all the flesh. But even so, my mother and I were very happy. Because we can finally fill our stomachs and not have to wake up hungry in our sleep every day. ”
Zhong Ziyuan was silent, she has lived for two lifetimes, and she has not tasted being ignored by her biological parents to the point that she can't even eat. I can't imagine how tragic it is for a ten-year-old child to have a stomach full every day, but still rescue the lamb from the wolf's mouth. So his indignation, his grievances, his perseverance, and his resentment, she will never be able to experience it.
Fortunately, Jeruthereth quickly regained his mind and stopped dwelling on this issue. He raised the twig and put the snake meat under his nose and sniffed it, and said with a smile: "It's roasted, it's ready to eat." ”
"It's pitch black, how can you eat it!" Zhong Ziyuan said with some disgust.
Jeruthereth did not say a word, he took his knife and slashed at the roasted black snakeskin a few times, and then grabbed one of the pieces and tore it hard, and a long black snakeskin was torn off. Reveal the clean, steaming snake meat inside. He smiled and said, "I know that you Central Plains people are particular about eating, and I have already removed the internal organs of this snake, and wrapped the snake skin to prevent the meat inside from burning." Lo and behold, it is easy to eat this way. ”
Zhong Ziyuan carefully pinched a small piece of snake meat handed to her by Yelu Tilie, and sniffed it first, and there seemed to be no strange smell. She took a small bite tentatively, although there was no ingredient, and the snake meat was not smooth enough because it had no fat. However, the skill of Jerthereth's barbecue is really good, and the snake meat is still tender and delicious enough to eat in the mouth. Although it does not have the taste of the snake in the previous life, the heavy taste of the green pepper stuffy snake is definitely the best in a barbecue.
Zhong Ziyuan quickly lost her scruples, shook off her cheeks and ate it. A snake weighing nearly a pound and a half was quickly wiped out by the two of them. However, looking at Yelu Tilie's posture when he even licked the flesh in the cracks of those bones, Zhong Ziyuan knew that these snake flesh were not enough to fill the bottomless pit in his abdomen. (To be continued.) )