462 Settlement
Abang was hastily buried, and we have other aftermath to deal with.
The other two injured players were also in serious condition, with a broken hand and a foot. Fortunately, the expedition team's baggage contained special hemostatic medicine and sufficient bandages, and even if they were medicated and bandaged. Although a broken leg and leg will not cost their lives, this lucrative profession will definitely not be able to do, and the two team members will have to change careers after they go back.
One of the veteran team members with a broken leg sighed: "I am sixty-five years old this year!" After more than 20 years of hard work in the underworld, and the money for retirement is almost enough, I am ready to go back to the underworld to open a small shop and spend the rest of my life in peace! ”
The big lizard whose tail was bitten off by the rotten wood crocodile also managed to stop the bleeding and apply medicine. Although lizards are not geckos, fortunately, their tails are not their vital parts, and if they are broken, they will be broken, and after a period of time, they can grow a new one.
In addition to this, the corpses of five rotten wood crocodiles were left at the scene. Unfortunately, the skin of the belly of the rotten wood crocodile is not suitable for making leather goods due to too many parasites, and the meat is not delicious. So only that tongue was worth a little money and could be used for medicine, so we cut out five crocodile tongues and took them away.
After cleaning up the mess, we didn't dare to stay for a long time, and we trembled and sped up to leave. The team member with a broken leg was carried by the other team members in turn, and it took about half a month to return before he made it all the way out of the Ghost Eater Forest.
After returning to the fishing village, the village head, Wang Shou, asked a doctor in the village to re-examine the wounds, strip away the rotting flesh, and apply anti-inflammatory and muscle-building herbs. But if they want to get better treatment, they can only go to the infirmary in the Great Yin City or the hospital in the upper yang world to seek medical treatment.
Since we met at the underground river fork in Waterfall City, I have been with these expedition members for nearly two months, and we have experienced the adventure in the Ghost Eating Forest together, and we have become close friends. So, I offered to send Xue Da and the others back to Giant Waterfall City by boat.
A day later, my noodle boat sailed back to Hekou again, stopping to replenish supplies.
After Xue Da got off the boat, he went straight to the town market and sold some of the expedition harvest, and then ran back to settle the share with me and Liu Han.
I was a little surprised, so I said, "You don't need to be in such a hurry to give me money, I can trust you." ”
Xue Da said: "My brother still settles the account!" I've already estimated all the gains this time, and that's what you and the boss will share. If you really trust me, take the money! ”
I couldn't resist him, so I had to accept it.
Xue Da asked me again: "Boss Feng, there is a question I have always wanted to ask you, I don't know if it is convenient for you to answer?" ”
As soon as I heard his tone, I couldn't help but "chuckle" in my heart, and secretly thought, "Could it be that he saw some flaws?" ”
However, I remained calm on my face and replied casually: "Ask!" ”
Xue Da asked: "I also know that there are some things that shouldn't be asked, with Boss Feng's skills, how can it be as simple as being a dart master in Zuoqiu City?" And I see that you are driving a noodle restaurant boat now, and you don't even have a full staff, so a ghost guy can drive the boat, I'm afraid there is another hidden reason. ”
I saw that he really saw it, and it was hard to deny it, so I said "um" noncommittally, and listened to what he had to say next?
Xue Da is also an old man, and he speaks very measuredly. He just clicked on the sensitive question of my origins, and then the conversation immediately changed. He said: "Boss Feng, don't worry, my old Xue is also a person who understands, don't ask more about things that shouldn't be asked." It's just that I see that you and the proprietress are so interested in the expedition, I wonder if you would consider joining my expedition team? We don't just come to eat the Ghost Forest, we also often go to other dangerous places. ”
Oh, so he meant to recruit me and Liu Han!
I smiled and replied, "No, Old Xue." If you had asked me that when you met me outside of the Great Falls, maybe I'd be willing to follow you around. Now, though, I've changed my mind and want to stay in that little fishing village. ”
"Stay in the fishing village?" Xue Da was a little surprised.
"Yes!" I quietly pointed to Liu Han, who was not far away from the helm of the mocking ghost school, and explained to Xue Da, "We have already discussed. She liked it a lot, especially the little girl and the little black cat. I don't want to run around for the time being, and I'm going to send you to Waterfall City and then return to the fishing village. ”
Xue Da nodded and said, "I understand." If that's the case, there's no need for you to send us back to Waterfall City, you might as well go back to the fishing village. ”
"Hey, what's that? Since I promised to give you a ride, how can I give up halfway? I frowned.
"I don't mean to dislike you, Boss Feng." Xue Da explained, "I just went around town and happened to meet another acquaintance. He drove a fast boat, and he could return to Mighty Falls in fifteen days. That's why I'm here to ask you, and if you're willing to join, we'll take your boat back. Since you want to stay, I'm going to take a fast boat back so that the wounded can be healed as soon as possible. ”
"That's it......" I hesitated for a moment, but after all, I still felt that Xue Da was more thoughtful. After all, the condition of the wounded is unstable, and it is naturally a good thing to be able to return to Giant Waterfall City earlier, so there is no need for me to be kind and do bad things.
After saying that, Xue Da and the others immediately got off my noodle shop boat and transferred to another smaller fast boat back to Giant Waterfall City. Before leaving, Xue Da made an agreement with me that the next time he led the team to explore the Ghost Forest, Liu Han and I could still join.
It only took one day to return to the fishing village from Hekou Town, and the village head, Wang Shou, was also a little surprised that I suddenly went and returned. I told him that he was going to settle in the fishing village, and that I was willing to take on the duties and responsibilities of being a villager, such as paying taxes or paying money.
Wang Shou was very happy when he heard this, not only did he not mention the matter of collecting money, but also specially approved my boat to dock at the dock of the fishing village. He said to me, "We're just a small village here, and we don't have so many complicated rules. If you want to move from the boat to the village, I can also set aside a plot for you to build a house. ”
I hurriedly thanked and promised that in return, if the villagers came on the boat to eat noodles, they would be given a half-price discount!
In this way, Liu Han and I, as well as the bookworm ghost, the sarcastic ghost, the scissor ghost, and the dough rolling ghost, officially settled in this nameless small fishing village on the edge of the ghost-eating forest.
The population of the village is small, so it is naturally impossible for my noodle restaurant to make any money. But I didn't want to make money by opening a noodle shop here, just to find a safe, secluded place to hide from the wanted people of the underworld. It's not easy to get around, and the bureaucracy doesn't extend here, so it's a good place for me.
So, after a few months of running around, we were able to live a few days of peace. Liu Han went to the village almost every day to find Xiaocai and Xiaohei to play, and when I had nothing to do, I took out the purple wild wheat I found in the Heishui swamp and studied it.
I first ground all the grains in two of the ears into flour, and I got a kind of lilac flour. I tried to make noodles out of this little bit of flour again, but the small bowl of noodles that was cooked after simple processing was cold, and it was actually a rudimentary ghost meal. I consumed two more ears of flour and tried to cook it over two fires, and sure enough, it became the most basic meal!
Ha ha! This purple wheat is really a treasure!
If I do further research and add a variety of high-end ingredients and ingredients, it is completely possible to easily improve the efficacy of the dish and turn it into a high-end ghost meal and a high-end yin meal. In that way, it means that I have my own first-of-its-kind ghost and yin recipes. This is a great honor even in the Ghost Dining Gate!
It was also thanks to the fact that this purple wild wheat had been growing in the dangerous ground of the Blackwater Swamp, and it grew so much like a weed, that no one paid attention to it, and finally it cost me.
However, I can't be too happy, and there is still a lot to do. At present, I only have three ears of wheat left in my hand, and all of them are not enough to cook a large bowl of noodles, and the amount of them is not enough to even do experiments, let alone rely on them to open the market in the future!
Moreover, this purple wheat grows in the black water swamp, which is full of dangers, and the number of wild ones is estimated to be small. Therefore, the best solution is to transplant it outside and plant it widely. But the most critical difficulty of such a plan is the adaptability of purple wheat, I wonder if it can adapt to the unfamiliar soil environment outside the black water swamp, and whether it can maintain its original characteristics?
Of course, there are also relatively minor issues such as yield and difficulty of farming. All of these problems can only be solved by one way: open up a test field!
But I'm not an old farmer, let alone Yuan Longping, and I haven't even farmed properly. There is nothing wrong with the idea of opening up a test field, but I am currently very short of farming experts and tools. Without these, can I only follow the example of the wild people of primitive society, just bury the seed in the ground and wait for it to grow on its own?
Alas, a little more excitement went down again......
At this time, the sarcastic ghost seemed to see what I had been pondering for the past few days, and asked, "Boss, are you thinking about planting this wheat?" ”
I didn't hide it, so I nodded and said, "This purple wheat is good, and the seeds are there, but no one will plant them!" ”
"I will!" The sarcastic ghost patted his chest and said.
"You still farm?" I was very surprised.
"Hey!" The sarcastic ghost waved his hand and replied disappreciatively, "I have a lot of things to do!" Farming is my old job! ”
"That's great!" I was overjoyed.
"But boss, do you have land?"
The sarcastic remark choked me again.
Oh, yes! There is not even the most basic condition "land"! What are you talking about farming and harvesting wheat?