Chapter 40: Dog eats dog
"Whew, it's still warm here."
Zou Haoyun and Qian Zilai were sitting peacefully in the cabin where Lin Qingyu had lived before.
Qian Zilai stretched out his hand to the stove to warm up, looked at the burning flames and complained: "You still have a lot of bad ideas, ostensibly to create opportunities for them to be alone, but in fact, I am here to be lazy." ”
"Hehe, I'm killing two birds with one stone."
Zou Haoyun looked through the window and saw that the snow was still falling non-stop, and continued: "Anyway, it will take four days, and the weather will be better to find out." ”
Qian Zilai said impatiently: "Okay, okay, in fact, if you find Shuang'er or Sophia to team up, I'm embarrassed to be lazy." ”
Zou Haoyun looked at Qian Zilai with a look of "you know me" and said with a smile: "Anyway, we will go back to Muchang in the evening, let's have something to eat at noon, and then look for it in the afternoon, don't go back empty-handed." Perhaps, with my luck, I'll have enough in the afternoon. ”
"It's your luck, if it's really your luck, just go find it now, and let's go back to Kiba in the afternoon and wait for them to come back." Qian Zilai complained.
"Gee, isn't it bad weather? Don't talk about the two of us, Yu Feng must be in some corner now. ”
Qian Zilai was too lazy to take care of Zou Haoyun, walked to the wooden bed and lay down, planning to sleep back.
"Hey, I'll lie down if you leave some space."
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On the other side, in a cave.
"Hello!"
Yu Feng rubbed his nose and complained: "It must be Zou Haoyun's kid who said bad things about me." ”
After speaking, Yu Feng took another puff of cigarette, picked up a sky blue snow lotus beside him and looked at it with the bright light from the fire that had just been lit.
Yu Feng said to himself, "It's pretty beautiful." ”
Then he sniffed it again and smirked, "Heh, it's quite fragrant." Still, this cigarette suits me. Hiss~~Whew~~"
Then, he put the Azure Snow Lotus into the storage ring.
The storage ring was purchased by Ning Wushuang for everyone's convenience a while ago. Of course, Qian Zilai didn't buy it for him because he couldn't use his magic power.
Each person's ring is also stocked with dry food and drinking water suitable for long-term storage, as well as some tools for emergency use, such as flint and steel, torches, and the like.
And the Azure Snow Lotus that Yu Feng had just "admired" happened to be found in a crack in a pile of rocks. In this vast white world, that touch of sky blue is still highly recognizable.
Looking at the white snow blowing outside the entrance of the cave, Yu Feng extinguished his cigarette and took out a straw mat and blanket from the storage ring, and then lay down.
"It looks like it won't stop for a while, so let's sleep first."
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Mount Chinorit, the main peak.
"No wonder Lin Qingyu didn't choose a bigger and higher main peak to settle down, it's too desolate here, right?"
Facing the cold wind and snow, Ning Wushuang deeply realized what it meant to be struggling. Originally, Ning Wushuang was also mentally prepared, knowing that the higher main peak was naturally more violent by wind and snow. But what he never expected was that the main peak was actually rocky and extremely difficult to climb.
If he teamed up with others, Ning Wushuang would naturally be inclined to grit his teeth and insist on looking for Azure Snow Lotus. But with him is Sophia, how can he bear to let Sophia endure the baptism of frost.
"There's no cave to hide in here, Sophia, why don't we go down the mountain and wait for the snow to get a little bit and come back to find it?" Ning Wushuang turned his head and asked Sophia, who was also struggling to move forward behind him.
Sophia now had a thin layer of frost on her eyelashes, and her lips began to turn slightly purple. But Sophia still insisted: "But everyone must be trying to find it, Brother Wushuang don't worry about me, let's continue to work hard!" ”
Although Ning Wushuang was moved by Sophia, he couldn't help but complain in his heart: "Sophia, you also look up to them too much, right?" Yu Feng can't say, but those two people... Wait, where is Lin Qingyu's wooden house? ... Depend on! The two of them must be comfortable there now. ”
"Tsk, these two surface brothers." As soon as he thought about the motives of the two, Ning Wushuang couldn't help but scold softly.
"Huh? Peerless brother? Did you say anything? Sophia in the back vaguely heard what Ning Wushuang said, but she was suddenly overwhelmed by the wind and snow.
"Ah, no, nothing. Give me your hand, and I'll hold you. Ning Wushuang turned around and handed her hand to Sophia.
Sophia smiled and nodded, and stretched out her hand to Ning Wushuang.
Ning Wushuang was about to reach Sophia's hand, but Sophia suddenly pointed to a nearby place in surprise and shouted, "Look there, Brother Wushuang." ”
With that, Sophia ran to the place.
Ning Wushuang turned his head to look at the place where Sophia was running, and the touch of sky blue also attracted his attention.
"Azure Snow Lotus!"
Ning Wushuang hurriedly kept up with Sophia's pace.
When she arrived at Sophia's side, Sophia had already crouched down and carefully dug out the Azure Snow Lotus with the roots.
Sophia held the Azure Snow Lotus in her hand, stood up happily and smiled at Ning Wushuang and said, "Look, Brother Shuang'er, good... Yes~! ”
"Be careful!"
When Sophia stood up, she accidentally stepped on the gravel and slipped. Ning Wushuang hurriedly stepped forward and hugged Sophia's slender waist with one hand, and held Sophia's hand holding the Azure Snow Lotus with the other.
Looking at each other, Sophia couldn't help blushing, and hurriedly raised the Azure Snow Lotus in her hand in front of Ning Wushuang and said, "Good, so beautiful." ”
Who knows, Ning Wushuang didn't pay attention to Azure Snow Lotus at all, looked at Sophia without squinting and said with a smile: "Well, it's beautiful." ”
Sophia's face became even redder, and she pushed the Azure Snow Lotus to Ning Wushuang's chest, and said, "Drift, you can take it beautiful." ”
Ning Wushuang took his gaze back, took the Azure Snow Lotus well, and then prepared to help Sophia up.
"Click"
Unexpectedly, the snowdrift under his feet suddenly sounded an unpleasant sound.
"Wow~~"
"Wow~!!"
The two rolled down the hill for several meters, and finally stopped under the block of a boulder.
Ning Wushuang shook the snow off his face and hair, lay on the ground and held his back that was hurt by the gravel, and asked anxiously, "Sophia?" Sophia? Are you okay? ”
"I... I didn't... Affair. Sophia beside her sat up and replied hesitantly.
Ning Wushuang thought that Sophia was frightened, and hurriedly got up and comforted, "It's okay, Sophia." We're safe, don't be afraid. ”
Sophia shook her head and pointed in the direction she had just fallen, "No, that, there." ”
Ning Wushuang followed the direction of Sophia's finger.
As soon as he turned his head, Ning Wushuang was also stunned.
The two of them had just slipped and rolled down the mountain with a large amount of snow, but fortunately it didn't cause such a destructive thing as an avalanche.
After the snow sliding, it not only revealed the barren gravel mountain, but also revealed a large area of azure snow lotus with frost and snow still remaining on the petals.
After the two of them reacted from the surprise, they quickly got up to clear the snow near the area, and a whole sky blue snow lotus like a sea of flowers appeared in front of the two of them.
"It's so beautiful~!"
"It's over, ahem, it's beautiful."
After that, the two began to collect it carefully.
After being busy for a while.
"Whew, there's already fifty of them here." Ning Wushuang said after counting the number of Azure Snow Lotus in the storage ring.
"Huh?! So much? There's a lot of them over there. Sophia was surprised.
Ning Wushuang nodded and said, "Well, that's enough." The upper limit for purchase is 50 plants, so there is no need to collect more. Even if they didn't pick it, it was enough. ”
"Huh? Does Brother Wushuang think they will gain nothing? Sophia tilted her head.
"Haha, just in case." Ning Wushuang explained with a smile, but in fact, he complained in his heart: I don't think they will pick it at all today.
However, in fact, if it weren't for the weather and the harsh environment of the main peak, Ning Wushuang originally planned to take Sophia to enjoy the scenery and enjoy the time when the two of them were alone.
However, the current task has also been completed, and it seems that the opportunity for the two to be alone will be in vain again.
"Ha, hugging Sophia's small waist is also considered earning." Ning Wushuang was comforted in his heart.
"Go back, Sophia."
"Hmm."
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After the two returned to the wood yard, Mu Lajiang and the workers had already finished finishing the work and left the wood yard, and the wood yard began to officially stop until spring.
After borrowing Kiba's kitchen for lunch, the two of them left a fire in the lounge and waited for the other three to return.
"Brother Shuang'er, don't you really go looking for them?"
"Don't worry about them, the snow is light now. And it's such a big mountain, I'm afraid it's hard to find. ”
"Okay."
"Rest assured, Sophia."
In the evening, the sun was about to set, and the three of them came back one after another.
When the three of them returned, their faces were full of dejection.
Sophia thought that everyone might not have a good harvest, so she hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile: "Everyone is back." Brother Musou and I have collected enough quests, and we will be able to return to Wardle City tomorrow. ”
When the three of them heard this, they were all shocked, and their eyes widened in surprise and said, "Such a cow beer?!" ”
Zou Haoyun smiled awkwardly and said, "Ha, haha, I, I said let Shuang'er and Sophia be in a group." What's that, men and women match, don't get tired of working. ”
Qian Zilai also smiled awkwardly and nodded: "Yes, yes, yes, yes, very right." ”
However, in Ning Wushuang's eyes, the three of them were depressed, and they were clearly sleepy-eyed.
"Forget these two guys, even Yu Feng looks like he just woke up." Ning Wushuang complained in his heart, but he didn't want the three of them to be embarrassed in front of Sophia, so he stepped forward and said helplessly: "Just remember to come back." ”
After the five of them had dinner, Zou Haoyun asked Ning Wushuang tremblingly, "Is it really enough for fifty plants?" ”
Ning Wushuang nodded and asked rhetorically, "What about you?" ”
"Hey, hey." Zou Haoyun smiled and avoided answering.
Yu Feng happily took out one and put it on the table, scratched his head embarrassedly and said with a smile: "Haha, after picking one, I saw that the weather was not very good, so I squinted in the cave for a while, but I didn't expect to oversleep." ”
Ning Wushuang smiled helplessly, took Yu Feng's Azure Snow Lotus and said, "It's okay, Sophia and I are lucky, we have collected enough." ”
Originally, Ning Wushuang planned to end this topic and not embarrass Qian Zilai and Zou Haoyun, but Yu Feng had a rare black belly again.
"What about you two? Hurry up and turn it in. Yu Feng looked at Zou Haoyun and Qian Zilai with a wicked smile.
Qian Zilai's face turned red at this time.
Seeing that they couldn't avoid the question, the two began to answer.
Zou Haoyun: "I was unlucky not to find it." ”
Qian Zilai: "We also fell asleep. ”
Ning Wushuang, Sophia: "..."
Yu Feng: "What is it?" ”
Zou Haoyun: "We also fell asleep. ”
Qian Zilai: "I was unlucky not to find it." ”
Ning Wushuang was completely speechless to the two of them, covering his face with one hand and saying a word, and complained in his heart: The feelings of these two people have not even been right when they come back.
Yu Feng laughed contentedly.
Sophia naturally understood what was wrong with the two, and smiled at the two who were blushing and comforted: "No, it doesn't matter." As long as everyone is safe. ”
"Well, it's better to be Sophia."
"In the future, I will never be lazy with him..."
"Ah, why are you like this, it's not my idea alone."
"It's your idea! You're the main culprit anyway! ”
"Anyway, you're an accomplice."
Ning Wushuang shook his head and said helplessly: "Dog eats dog." ”