All in all, the most basic and basic necessities should be ready now.

Looking at the basket of things on my father's back, my mother's eyes were obviously stealing fun, as if to say, wow, where did this scavenger come from, today's harvest is great.

Can...... Damn, this guy, don't you forget to tease with your eyes at such a time? But I can't protest, as far as the current situation is concerned, my current image is indeed not much different from that of a waste picker.

The slean and sturdy body, the wrinkled face with some malnourished beard, the barely untidy hair was unkempt, the bangs were slightly touched to the eyes, revealing the godless gaze peculiar to the poor, and the dry lips always seemed to be full of craving for food and gold coins.

I have to say that the illusion of the moon wolf is very in place, and after repeated revisions, the image of a middle-aged uncle who is the most common in the poor class has been perfectly outlined.

Then, there is the classic big basket behind it, after some effort, it is finally filled with things, there is a water jar bought from a dirty old man, it is said to be his proud work, however, this crooked, the appearance is like a stunted date, people wonder if it can stand upright on the flat ground, and then the massive cracks on the surface are hard to say that it is specially made of patterns, such a water jar, no matter how I look at it, It's like a child casually pinching out clay and adding a super ultimate failure to fail out of the kiln.

Every time my eyes fall on the jug, I will unconsciously have a thought in my heart: "The poor and miserable life of an unlucky bastard" If you want to use surrealist art techniques to express it in kind, it is probably in the form of this jar, in a sense, if you take it to the elves, maybe it can indeed make a foolish artist with a unique vision take a fancy to it and pay a lot of money to buy it.

It's a pity that we bought it not because of art, but because it's cheap, because this jug is the cheapest one, and it's big enough, and the most important thing is that even if there are many cracks on the surface like the nerves and blood vessels on a person's body, but in any case, it won't leak, maybe this is another amazing art.

Then there were three large bowls, which were bought in the same place, and although I had repeatedly stated that even if I found a stone of the right size and dug a hole in it, the bowls would seem to be better than this, but for the sake of adding five more silver coins to buy one get three free, forget it.

Then there was the quilt, which was a very important property for a poor family, and with a good one, at least when she slept without freezing, and on this ground, my mother bought a new one—and the truth was that the fellow had a habit of cleanliness, and would not buy anything that anyone else had used.

Because of this, the money bag, which was not much bigger than a fist, immediately deflated and seemed to have only a layer of air left, making the money for the next pot and spoon very tight, but unfortunately there are almost no trees on this side of the Demon Fortress, otherwise, in fact, many of them can be done by themselves, don't look at me like this, at least cut out a flat and neat stool, there is still no problem.

Then there was the purchase of food, and the father and mother, who had a premonition of another big war, had grim wrinkled faces, as if they were dead soldiers about to set foot on the battlefield, and with such momentum, they stepped into the next market.

How can I say it, it's exactly what I expected, full of food I've never seen before, hey, what is that? ...... strung with twigs Rat-dry? Belch.

Do we have to eat these things? When the mother was shaky, the father expressed calmness and proudly whispered to his mother that he had eaten similar things during his training in the cave environment, and was isolated by his mother.

There are all kinds of wild vegetables, or some roots of plants of unknown origin, and in the case of meat, in addition to rat meat, you can also recognize some insects and other things, anyway, some meat that makes it difficult to arouse people's appetite just by looking at it, and even so, it is sought after by many poor people because of its low price.

"Dad, Mommy, what are you doing, here, here."

Xiao Hei Tan beckoned not far away, his mother's heart beat violently, and then bowed his head and prayed silently, probably hoping that Xiao Hei Tan's taste would not be too special.

By the way, this proposal was put forward by my mother herself, and I have tasted what it means to be cocooned, hum.

When I walked over, I saw that Xiao Heitan was bargaining with a yellow-skinny businessman, and the goal of the two of them was to put it in a bag...... Well, it's hard to describe, it's as crumbled as feed, and the color is between brown and black.

In the end, Xiao Hei Tan's bargaining skills were successfully performed, and after spending the last silver coin, we bought a small bag, about four or five catties of such black feed (?). ）。

After getting the last food, Xiao Hei Tan's expression became vigilant, always intentionally or unintentionally protected by the bag I was carrying, especially when shuttling through the crowd, the spirit was even more tense to the extreme, we found that she was not too sensitive to do this,

Along the way, there were indeed more than a dozen ill-intentioned hidden glances, which swept over us, especially the bag in our hands, probably because we couldn't see it well, and finally gave up.

The life of a poor man is not easy, and when he returned to the cave at the foot of the mine, his tired father and mother gasped for breath as if they had just fought with tens of thousands of monsters.

I always thought that the life of only adventurers was full of dangers, and I never thought that even if I lived in the demon fortress that would not be attacked by monsters, the life of the poor was full of hardships and crises, and it was not much easier than that of the adventurers, of course, maybe this was also related to the lack of food in the demon fortress, like the Rogge camp, which was also poor, even if they were hungry, there were inexhaustible wild vegetables outside the grassland as the most basic food source, and the situation of starvation and freezing to death would only occur in winter snow, And it hasn't been like this in years.

Then, our eyes fell on the bag, after all, this is what we will eat later.

"I bought good things, and now many black-hearted businessmen grind the dried dead grass and mix it into the morgan."

Xiao Heitan didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, muttered like this, took the bag in his hand, walked to the corner of the cave, turned over a hidden stone, revealed a small pit half a meter deep, and carefully hid the bag inside.

This small pit was made at the strong request of Xiao Hei Tan, and I originally thought that I was going to do something, but it turned out to be like this, indeed, in this impoverished home, only food must be hidden.

"That way, no one else should find out." Clapping her hands, she smiled with satisfaction as if she had accomplished something big.

From what she just said, we got another piece of information, this small bag of food is likely to be some kind of morgan, which is ground into powder after drying, so how should this thing be eaten?

"I remember my dad used to like to eat morgan-flour flatbread the most." As a result, not long after, Xiao Hei Tan solved our confusion with a word.

"By the way, I'll go outside and see if I can pick some wild vegetables and come back."

After saying that, Little Black Carbon ran outside, and the two of us just needed some space to talk, and we didn't stop it.

I said...... Would you make that or what kind of morgan flatbread? "Father is in the distance.

"Try it." The mother seemed to have little confidence.

"Anyway, when the time comes, if you fail, you will use the excuse of [ah, I haven't done it for five years, and the craftsmanship is inevitably rusty]." Father hugged his chest and nodded.

"Whew, play the mother...... No, it should be said that playing the pauper is really too much unexpected hardship. "The frustrated mother said something that was absolutely forbidden to be spoken.

"It's okay, you'll get used to it slowly." The father patted his mother on the shoulder comfortingly, but the smile on the corner of his mouth was how to look at it and gloat.

"It's like rat meat, insect meat or something, and it can be made into a delicious dish very quickly, and it tastes delicious."

"Woo~~"

The mother let out a louder cry of sorrow, and suddenly grabbed the placket of her father's clothes with tears in her eyes, and desperately shook the other party violently like a defeat.

"Make money, hurry up and make money, if it's a man, give me money immediately, let our mother and daughter live a good life Isn't it the only goal of your life, the only motivation to live, and the only value of saving zài?"

“……”

It felt like I was set up as a very pathetic father.

When her father's soul was about to be shaken out of her mother's body, Little Black Charcoal finally returned, clutching a small bundle of poor wild vegetables in one hand and a tattered bag in the other.

"I didn't go far, I only picked this one."

With his head down, Little Black Charcoal placed the scattered wild vegetables in front of us as if he had done something wrong, then picked up another small bag and handed it to us.

"It's ......"

With a slight shake of the bag, there was a metal crunch, and dozens of silver coins and four gold coins were poured out.

"This money is what I have saved over the years, oh, there are two gold coins, and it was given by a well-meaning adventurer." Little Black Charcoal smiled shyly, squinted his eyes, and looked at the two of us with a timid gaze.

This is the hard-earned money that Xiao Heitan has saved for five years, and of course it can't be collected

My heart was sour, and I immediately made a judgment...... But no, I'm the father of Little Black Tan now, and I have to think from the perspective of a father, and I can't take it for granted.

After pondering for a moment, I smiled slightly: "Little black charcoal, Dad will accept this money, don't worry, Dad will definitely let you live a good life." ”

Gently touching her silvery hair, the corners of her eyes were sour, and water almost gushed out.

The next day passed like this, and it is worth mentioning that there is dinner, although it is the first time to make morgan flatbread, but after all, it is a simple thing, a little burnt, and the mother finally made the first meal for the family that can be eaten, really, barely able to swallow, and the wild vegetable soup made of a small handful of wild vegetables picked by the little black charcoal, the parents drank tears.

On the third day of the family reunion, before dawn, Xiao Hei Tan got up and ran out, of course, he couldn't hide the perception of his father and mother, secretly followed out, walked out more than ten kilometers away, and found that Xiao Hei Tan was extremely thin and small, lying on the grass, like a little mouse who went out to look for food before the dawn, all of which were all Suo, her hands were constantly picking in the dirt, the scenery was too dark, she had to put her face almost in the mud to see things, it was in such a difficult situation, picking off the wild vegetables that could be eaten.

The demon fortress is a notoriously barren land, even in the suburban prairie, it is difficult for wild grasses to survive, not to mention wild vegetables, on average, almost search several square meters of soil, in order to find a wild vegetable that can be swallowed, the little black charcoal is picked inch by inch, the face that is stained with a lot of mud, there is no impatience at all, every time you find a wild vegetable, you will show a satisfied smile, wipe and wipe on your clothes, and then carefully stuff it into your arms like a rare treasure.

Seeing this scene secretly, the mother cried on the spot, and the father couldn't help himself, and in the darkness, the lonely and pitiful figure of Xi Suosuo became more and more hazy.

When Little Black Carbon came back, we also happened to "get up".

"Oh, what did our little black charcoal do early in the morning?" Rubbing my eyes, I asked, pretending not to know.

"Go...... I went to pick some wild vegetables. ”

Lowering his head, he carefully handed out the washed wild vegetables in his hands, and the dirt on his face and body was also washed, if it weren't for a strong muddy smell coming out, if it wasn't for seeing it with our own eyes, we couldn't imagine that a seemingly relaxed and concise answer, as well as a small basket of wild vegetables held by this pair of thin little hands, actually contained a child who had been digging on the mud for nearly two hours, and almost touched the grass within a radius of one kilometer.

"Well, little black charcoal is hungry, mom will go get food immediately."

Holding back the tears that were about to fall, we wiped our eyes, and Jeluka took the wild herb and quickly turned her back—she was afraid that Little Black Charcoal would notice the wet mist in her eyes.

The second time, Jieluka's craftsmanship is a lot more proficient, of course, it is also related to the fact that the food of the poor is too simple, wild vegetables just throw them into the pot, put some water to boil, oil? Seasoning? Fresh meat? It's already nice to have a salty taste.

And the so-called morgan flatbread is just to add some water to make a paste, and then put it on the red-hot stone slab to bake it, only the amount of water and the heat of baking need to be handled, no matter the ingredients or the method, it is so simple that people can think of the saying that it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, even if there is a craft like Veras, it can't be made delicious.

It was still a bitter and unpalatable wild vegetable soup, a mouthful of rough and choked morgan, which solved the breakfast, if nothing else, lunch...... Well, I'm sorry, but most of the poor don't seem to have the habit and luxury of lunch, dinner, and breakfast and dinner for the next few days, that's all we eat.

It doesn't matter if I'm there, I've eaten everything that is unpalatable during the experience, but I don't know about Jeroka......

"Dad, what should I do today?"

After devouring a piece of Morgan bread and licking the crumbs off my hands, Xiao Hei Tan pulled the corners of my clothes, raised it slightly with his head down, and asked timidly.

In an instant, it seemed that N boxes popped up in front of my eyes, learning etiquette and cultivating charm? Or is it art, to add to the feeling? Or is it a theory, to boost intelligence?

No, no, this is not a beautiful * woman [beep] factory, I have to think from the perspective of a father, a poor person's point of view

"Well, just play with it."

Because I was thinking about things in my heart, I then responded, and in the eyes of Xiao Hei Tan's squinting, doubts flashed in an instant, and then nodded silently.

Moments later, Jeluka and I arrived at the Mage's Guild.

To protect Little Black Carbon, just the half-hung "save the world with love" method that I came up with will not work, the pain worm that invaded Little Black Carbon's body, or even the soul, will not say "Ah, the negative feelings are gone, the food source is cut off, since this is the case, then I will leave the poor little girl's body and look for the next target" like this.

We don't dare to hope for the kindness of the Pain Worm and rashly cut off its energy source, even if it wants to give up the little black charcoal and find the next target, then it will devour the young life of the little black charcoal before leaving.

What we have to do is to prevent this from happening, and even let the Pain Worm know that we have detected its existence, and have the strength to completely wipe it out, as soon as it comes out, it will immediately go back to its hometown to get married without discussion, so that it will continue to hide in the body of the little black charcoal in peace, and continue to absorb energy, in order to break through enough to fight us, and even kill our world power realm in turn.

Now, I think the first purpose has been achieved, Kane said, the low-level creature of the Pain Worm, just like the beast, completely suppresses that poor intelligence in its heart, coupled with its habit ability, whether it is for the life of the Dark Continent or the monsters in Hell, it is a must-kill enemy, so this kind of monster is usually not good to live and does not live long.

Short life also means that among the pain worms, there are few strong ones, and once a strong one appears, such as the invasion of small black charcoal, the pain worm that even surpasses the regeneration demon Selson in terms of pure energy, not to mention how intelligent it is, at least the life-saving kung fu of judging the situation is absolutely first-class, it is impossible to see the current form clearly, and once it appears, it will be a form of death.

Therefore, it didn't dare to come out, didn't dare to harm the little black charcoal, and could only obediently hide inside and continue to absorb negative energy, in order to break through to the power of the world and reverse the form in one fell swoop, this situation is also what we want to create.

One word, bet, is it your pain worm that first breaks through to the power of the world, or we first find a way to suppress you, and then soothe the negative feelings in Xiao Hei Tan's heart, and finally force you out of Xiao Hei Tan's body, fight to the death, this is the day I was under the oppression of Jieluka, after I said the humble thoughts that suddenly came to my mind, after two people repeatedly discussed and made up, the overall plan decided, although it was still very messy, but it was not that there was no hope of victory.

"His Royal Highness the Fool Prince......"

After disarming the illusion, Jeluka, who was tugging at the corner of her cloak behind her, finally spoke after a long silence.

"I would be very grateful if I could omit the first two words."

"Then ...... His Royal Highness the Prince......

"You guy, are the yellow jokes that have been held back for three days finally about to break out? Give me all the prefixes omitted" I burst into tears.

"So, Your Royal Highness"

Jeroka's tone suddenly became low and soft, and in her clear and sweet voice, it seemed that she could hear the faint softness and strength of the water when it beat against the stones.

"I want to pick up on the wayward topic from last time."

"Huh?" I tilted my head.

"I ...... Sure enough, I still want to be willful, I want to save Xiao Heitan, I want to save it no matter what, even if His Royal Highness the Prince says no, I want to save it. ”

"Oh, really?"

Hearing these words, my heart for some reason waded into a warm current that lasted for a long time, as if I was drinking a cup of hot chocolate in the midst of hunger and cold in the snow.

"Listen, just one time, I'll allow you to be willful to the end."

With this warm impulse, I turned my head and lifted Jeluka's little face, and found that the eyes, which were usually concealed with calmness and maturity, were flashing with tears of helplessness like a child, and I couldn't help but kiss them lightly.

Hopefully, this kiss will give you plenty of reasons to be willful - and after a few moments, I realized what an embarrassing thought passed through my heart, almost like singing Romeo's lines affectionately with a guitar in one hand at the door of the girls' bathroom, and every time I think about it, I get goosebumps in my flesh, and then I want to crash into the cafeteria soup pot in shame.

Fortunately, I just thought about it in my heart and didn't say it.

After kissing Jeluka's eyes, three seconds later......

"Huh~~Huhu~~~"

From the sluggish mouth of Jeluka, intermittent auxiliary words of unknown meaning are issued.

"Whew?"

I didn't realize how embarrassed I was just now, but tilted my head and looked at Jeluka in confusion.

"If you are pregnant, you are kissed by the prince of the beast, you are pregnant, you are pregnant, you are going to give birth to a baby, will you give birth to a boy or a girl? Ahhh~~~~~h

The fair-skinned face gradually turned red, and with a look of shyness, Jeluka covered her face and ran away like a rabbit.

“……”

I can't complain, but fortunately there is no one nearby, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to wash myself by jumping into the Yellow River.