Chapter 66: The Last Meal
Xiao Yao swallowed two mouthfuls of saliva, and smiled wryly at Meng Ling'er, "You have worked hard this morning, or you should eat first, I'm not hungry, hehe." "It's not that Xiao Yao is difficult to serve, it's that I really don't know where to start with this thing, even if I can find a piece of non-mushy.
"Hmph, it's the first time Miss Ben has cooked something for others to eat, although this fish is ugly, then, that's also Miss Ben's heart, if you don't eat it, Miss Ben will never do it again." As he spoke, he threw the fish away.
Xiao Yao was still quick with his hands, grabbed the bamboo pole, took the fish from her hand, and tore off the burnt layer outside, fortunately, the fish was relatively large, and when he saw the white and tender fresh meat inside, he ate two bites, although it was not cooked, he hurriedly laughed and said: "Well, the taste is not bad, except for the dull appearance, the inside is still worthy of praise, hehe"
"It's pretty much the same, but how do you think you're smiling a little painfully? Isn't it really good? Meng Ling'er said as she tore off a piece of fish meat with her hands and put it in her mouth, and before she chewed it a few times, she spit it all out, sticking out her tongue, her expression was painful, the taste was bitter, and it was not cooked at all, which was very different from the tender and delicious fish that Xiao Yao roasted for herself last night.
Suffered a merciless blow again, his expression was depressed, he didn't expect that he had done such a simple thing so badly, and frustration arose.
Xiao Yao was also embarrassed to joke with her again, and laughed embarrassedly twice, "Is this still the glamorous, confident and charming Oiran Miss Meng Ling'er I know?" So defeated? There is a specialization in the art industry, and nothing more. You don't have access to these things on a normal day, so it's not normal. If you let me play the piano and paint, I will have to tie my hands and catch it. ”
Xiao Yao's words were like a shot in the arm for her, and her eyes rejuvenated. However, Meng Ling'er has been really strong and competitive since she was a child, and she will never admit defeat, so she turned her head and said to Xiao Yao like a command: "I want to learn how to grill fish from you, you can go and bake it for me now." ”
Xiao Yao looked at her in astonishment, damn it! Isn't it, if this is spread out, Oiran Dream Linger actually learned to grill fish with herself, so can you walk on the street in the future and say very awesomely, I am Oiran Dream Linger's teacher? Oh, a good man, then he is not instantly popular all over the county.
With a good vision, Xiao Yao went down to the lake and quickly caught a few more fat fish, I don't know if there is that guy from last night in it. As soon as he was ready, he started his great business of grilling fish, while grilling, he was really like a teacher, teaching Meng Ling'er next to him the secret of grilling fish.
It's really a touching scene, Mr. Xiao teaches with his heart, and Mr. Meng learns with his heart. An hour later, Meng Ling'er finally barely baked a relatively satisfactory work. Put it in your mouth and chew a few bites, the technique has really improved, and the heart is full of joy in an instant, and the pride is overflowing. It seems to be happier than seeing a hundred taels of silver. Oh no, she shouldn't be short of silver.
The two of them just ate grilled fish and ate their fill, cleaned up, and embarked on a journey to continue to find a way out. Today, the two of them changed directions again and headed for the jungle in the south. The two walked side by side, and unconsciously, the distance was much closer.
"Xiao Yao, what do you think is our luck today?" The two chatted while walking, and Meng Ling'er called out his real name for the first time, and no longer referred to as a son, but seemed a lot more cordial.
"Well, wait for the old man to pinch his fingers and calculate~" Xiao Yao pretended to close his eyes, stretched out his left hand, and moved his thumb on the other four fingers. It's really a bit like a fortune teller, but it looks a little nondescript, just because his current clothes are really torn, but more like a beggar.
Meng Ling'er looked at his funny appearance, just smiled and didn't speak, waiting to hear what he said.
"This trip is full of dangers and obstacles, blessings and misfortunes, but in the end, we can find a way out of the sea of suffering and see the glitz and glitz of the world again." Xiao Yao opened his eyes and slowly said "Heavenly Machine".
"Hehe, and it depends on whether you are accurate, if you are really accurate, I will help you promote it for free when I go back, Xiao Daxian is clever." It seems that Meng Ling'er is in a particularly good mood at the moment, I don't know if it was because she learned to grill fish in the morning or was amused by Xiao Yao pretending to be a fortune teller.
Entering the jungle, Xiao Yao broke a wooden stick and held it in his hand to block the thorns in front of him, and the two walked one after the other. This time it took a long time, and the two planned not to hit the south wall this time and never look back.
Until noon, the two of them did not know how far they had gone, and saw that there were fewer and fewer thorns, and the trees were getting thinner, and they walked for a while, and finally broke out of the jungle. As far as the eye can see, a majestic rock seems to have been split from the top of the rock to the bottom by a giant axe. A boulder stuck on the top left a gap of less than two meters below, and the sunlight penetrated through the crack and shone into the valley, which was spectacular.
The two of them walked straight forward, stepped left and right, carefully climbed over the big stones, and when they turned over the last boulder, they saw a plain, a farmhouse at the foot of the mountain in the distance, and the smoke from the chimney slowly rose and finally dissipated into the air. When I looked back, I found that the two of them were unconsciously afraid of being so high, and they were halfway up the mountain.
The two grabbed each other's arms, and after a burst of cheers, they realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly withdrew their hands, a little embarrassed for a while, and calmed down.
Xiao Yao broke the calm beforehand, rubbed the tip of his nose, stared into the distance with his hands behind his back and said, "I said it a long time ago, we will definitely be able to come out this time, now believe what I said." ”
Meng Ling'er soothed the fluctuations in her heart, "You're really right!" He also stared into the distance and said.
"How can this be said to be Meng! I forgot to tell you, I am the reincarnation of the Jade Emperor, and I have always been able to pinch and count. Xiao Yao saw that she actually used Mongolian characters to describe herself, and "angrily" brought out the Jade Emperor to refute her.
"Okay, you're right, you're clever, okay." Meng Ling'er didn't expect Xiao Yao to have such a childish temper, and she was helpless in her heart, as long as she praised him a few words.
"Hey, it's cold in the high places, my brother's life is really lonely like snow." Xiao Yao sighed, as if he was expressing his dissatisfaction with melancholy, and lamented that he had no confidant.
Meng Ling'er has had a lot of contact with him in the past two days, and she knows that he is pretending, ignoring him, just smiling. "Let's go, get out of here, remember to treat me to a few more meals in the future, hehe." Xiao Yao quipped.
Hearing Xiao Yao's words, for some reason, Meng Ling'er suddenly felt as if she had lost something particularly important, and unconsciously looked back, the small lake in the center of Cuigu, next to the small shack where she had lived for one night, the wooden frame for grilling fish, and the bonfire that had been extinguished, the bits and pieces of the past two days were replayed in her mind.
Xiao Yao pinched his fingers and told the fortune teller that "get out of the sea of bitterness and see the glitz of the world again" echoed in his ears, is this small valley really a sea of bitterness? Why do I think of all the peace and joy that I have never thought of before, and where is the suffering? Looking back on these two short days, I am afraid that I have laughed from the bottom of my heart more than I have all these years combined.
Leaving here, there is no Xiao Yao, Meng Ling'er, I'm afraid there are only Qinglong County Oiran and Zhaofu scholars, maybe it is the master of Luoying Sect and Wu Xiaoqi.