Chapter 4 Popcorn
After more than an hour of rural night life, Xiao Ran was no longer so worried. For the Zerg, it may be safer to be active at night than during the day.
Hua Jiao told Xiao Ran that the leg spirit would not be active in the Land of Death at night.
So far, he didn't know what the leg spirit looked like, and there were legged creatures from the neck down, which he had only seen in the games he had played. This is this old house, where is there any leg essence!
Xiao Ran took advantage of the moonlight to revisit the old place alone.
It was dry under the eaves, but it was dusty. And the border of the land of the dead, that is, the place that is not protected by the eaves, is covered with moss, full of age.
Xiao Ran walked along the wall to the depths of the eaves, there was a gap in the wall, he took dozens of steps back, only to see the original appearance of this gap, above the gap, is the gate of the old mansion, but by the moonlight, he can't see the color of the door, he thought: "After many years of wind and frost, it should have faded to the color." ”
He climbed the threshold, a threshold that he had previously stepped on in just one step, but now it took hundreds of steps to climb up.
"This is ......" Xiao Ran crawled around a plastic object, he climbed on top of the object again, and then he determined that this was the magnifying glass used to instantly scorch ants back then, "Strange, how can this magnifying glass be here?"
The handle of the magnifying glass was pressed against a brick, and its lens was exposed on the outside of the threshold. Xiao Ran looked under the magnifying glass, and the moonlight was reduced to a small dot by the magnifying glass, reflecting on the dusty stone, like a moon.
After walking alone for more than an hour, Xiao Ran went back to rest in the stone crevice.
On the second day, after dawn, Huajiao repeatedly told Xiaoran and Xiaoshan not to get out of the stone cracks. After leaving the anthill, Xiaoshan seems to have lost confidence in life, and has been hanging his head and does not like to talk much.
Breakfast was grass seeds of unknown grass, hard and slightly bitter, although it was unpalatable to death, but this was the ration that the two brothers of Sichuan Pepper and Tengjiao divided from their own rations and gave Xiaoran and Xiaoshan three days' rations.
With the help of daylight, Xiao Ran saw clearly the appearance of the two brothers of Sichuan pepper and rattan pepper. Szechuan pepper is black and yellow, yellow and red, it is really a malnourished ant, and the younger brother of Szechuan pepper is much stronger.
After a whole morning, Xiao Ran didn't see the so-called leg essence, he really wanted to go out for a walk, instead of wasting time in the stone crevices, the boundless dead house.
At noon, the sun began to shine directly on the verandah under the eaves, and the stones became hot, but after turning into ants, they were very heat-resistant and did not have to worry about tanning. Xiao Ran also felt that it didn't matter, anyway, when he turned into a human form again, he would be a white and chubby Zhang Xiaoran again.
"The leg spirit hasn't shown up until now, and I want to go out for a walk. Xiao Ran said to Xiaoshan and Sichuan pepper.
Hua Jiao hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, we've never seen the leg spirit haunt at noon, so I'll take you for a walk." ”
So, Xiao Ran, Xiao Shan, Sichuan Pepper and Rattan Pepper four ants explored in the land of death.
After a while, the four ants walked under the magnifying glass that Xiao Ran found last night, and the rattan pepper followed the peppercorns, bypassing the magnifying glass from a distance.
"You see, that's the Demon Eye left over from the Giant Demon. Pepper said, pointing to a halo that gathered sunlight from a magnifying glass with its tentacles, "See, the Demon Eye still emits lasers!"
"Let's go, Brother Pepper, don't be ignited by the Demon's Eye. Rattan pepper said.
The four ants continued to walk forward, and a Jianlibao can appeared in front of the four ants, and Xiao Ran tentatively touched the can with his front feet, and the can was hot by the scorching sun.
In front of the can, there were seven or eight grains of corn scattered together.
Xiao Ran suddenly had an idea, he had seen a news on the Internet before he was ants, a little girl, imitating an online office girl, made popcorn out of cans, unfortunately lost her life accidentally.
Xiao Ran must not want to see this kind of tragedy, but if he can make popcorn, maybe he can help Xiaoshan return to the anthill, so that he will not be depressed.
"There's corn kernels here, let's gather everyone and move it back to the hole. Xiao Ran said.
"Come on. Without the queen ant, no one could have gathered to move such a large corn kernel. "Pepper Road.
"Yes, yes, besides, such hard corn kernels don't taste as good as grass seeds!"
Xiao Ran circled around the corn kernels, and he looked up at it, and it turned out that there were bunches of corn hanging on the wall. He suddenly thought that when he was a child, there were seven or eight families living around his house, and then they all seemed to have basically moved away, and then he heard his mother say that only the third grandfather and his wife from the next door did not move away, and often helped take care of the old house of the Xiaoran family.
"Xiao Ran, I'll help you move. Xiaoshan walked up to a grain of corn, bit the corn, and lifted it up vigorously.
Xiao Ran was moved in his heart, and hurriedly stepped forward to move the corn together.
With the strength of the hill, two ants can really lift a grain of corn. But just by lifting it, Xiao Ran had already exerted his strength to feed, and it must be impossible to carry these seven corn kernels back without the help of more than seventy ants in the anti-sperm hole.
"We're here too. "Sichuan pepper and rattan pepper said.
Xiao Ran stopped, he climbed on the corn kernels again, this is indeed a special corn that can be made into popcorn, so he has a preliminary plan in his heart.
"How about we hide the corn in a can first, gather everyone in the evening, and then pick it up together?" Xiao Ran said.
"Well, in two hours, the leg spirit may be here. "Pepper Road.
With the help of peppercorns and rattan peppers, it was easier to move the corn kernels, and the four ants quickly moved all seven grains of corn into the can.
Back in the anti-sperm cave, Xiao Ran ate half of the grass seeds left over in the morning, which was really astringent!
To realize the plan to help Xiaoshan return to the anthill, it needs to be divided into three steps, the first step is to unite all the ants in the sperm prevention hole, the second step is to successfully make popcorn, and the third step is to use popcorn as a condition for Xiaoshan to return to the anthill.
To achieve the first step, Xiao Ran already had an idea in his heart. If they are willing to bet on the time when Xiao Ran will be driven out of the anthill, then they may be willing to play another game of fundraising, which is the grass seed lottery.
Xiao Ran gathered everyone and explained his grass seed lottery game.
With today's magnifying glasses, cans, and corn kernels, popcorn may or may not succeed in making popcorn.
Therefore, Xiao Ran will label the first grain of corn with a number, from 1 to 7, a total of seven numbers. Each number is 1 if it succeeds in making popcorn, and 0 if it fails to make popcorn.
Two grass seeds can buy a grass seed lottery ticket. If you guess all seven numbers, you will be awarded the first prize, and you will be able to take away 50% of the grass seeds of the prize pool; if you guess 5 and 1 number, you will be awarded the second prize, and the prize will float; if you guess the first 5 numbers or 4 plus 2, you will be awarded the third prize, and the prize will also float; 4 plus 1, or 3+2 will be the fourth prize, and the prize will still float; 3 plus 1 or 2+2 will be the fifth prize, and four grass seeds will be awarded; 2 plus 1, or 0+2, 1+2, will be the sixth prize, and the prize will be two grass seeds.