The stars are scarce, and there are clouds.

In Tulin Village, the lights gradually died out, becoming more and more lonely.

There are dogs barking and cicadas chirping.

Yun Xiaotian was holding a clay pot in one hand, which was filled with ingredients that he had been busy for a while to get, and was about to go out outside Tulin Village to cook a good meal for himself.

As a former cook, no matter where he is, he still seems to subconsciously want to make what he eats in his mouth more delicious, otherwise he would not deliberately turn out this old clay pot.

For Yun Xiaotian, since the conditions permit, it is barely okay to roast the tender snake meat brown with boring fireworks, but after all, it is a waste of this rare good thing.

Walking out of the cabin, although he was a little afraid of the ugly girl in his heart, when he passed by the ugly girl, Yun Xiaotian couldn't help but stop, looked down at her eventfully, and asked his colleague suspiciously: "It's so late, don't you have to go home?" ”

At this time, Ai Bingtai, who was alias Qingxin, had a bloated figure and an ugly face, looking at this young man who had been with her several times, there was no previous anger, and some were just plain and peaceful as usual.

She replied coldly and emotionlessly: "There is no home for me here, so naturally I can't go home." ”

Hearing her answer like this, Yun Xiaotian was still quite surprised.

He put down the clay pot in his hand, his face was slightly surprised, and he continued to ask, "So, you are not actually a villager here?" ”

She nodded, even if she answered, and didn't feel the need to pay attention to the other party's almost nonsense inquiry.

"Then why are you here, visiting relatives?"

She shook her head slightly, and replied politely and emotionlessly, "I got lost in the desert and was rescued by them." ”

After saying that, she seemed to have figured out something again, and she was even more relieved and relaxed.

Since even their own lives were picked up by them, in fact, if they ask for more, it seems that it is really a bit too vexatious.

I'm ugly, people just don't like it, there's nothing right or wrong.

Compared with knowing some of her origins, what surprised Yun Xiaotian more was why the ugly girl in front of her suddenly seemed to be a different person, and how she suddenly became so easy to speak, instead of every answer being a cold word with a gun and a stick.

Thinking of the weird laughter just now, Yun Xiaotian's heart tightened, and she secretly thought to herself, could it be that she was taken up by a female ghost, or maybe it was because she had some strange multiple personality or something.

In short, Yun Xiaotian, who is full of imagination, is starting to scare himself again.

But he still stubbornly said, "Then they should also arrange a place for you to live!" Why don't you go back? ”

She finally cleaned up her mood, but this Yun Xiaotian had to ask questions, this was the rhythm of looking for trouble!

Ai Bingtai, under the alias of Qingxin, couldn't help but stare at Yun Xiaotian unkindly.

She didn't seem to mean it, so she held back the anger in her heart and replied coldly: "Their family thinks I'm troublesome!" Let me go to someone else's house! ”

Of course, she still can't directly say that other people's houses are because she thinks she is ugly, and she is afraid that she will be accidentally scared to death when she meets the third watch in the middle of the night.

This kind of thing, as a girl, she is still not embarrassed and says it directly.

Yun Xiaotian looked at the ugly girl who was angry at this time, although he didn't know what he said wrong, but he also knew that he seemed to have said the wrong thing again.

He suddenly felt in his heart, no wonder, this ugly girl seemed to want to blow up her hair at any time all day.

It turned out that she was kicked out by others, no matter who she was, it was normal to have this kind of reaction when she encountered this kind of thing.

Yun Xiaotian apologized a little and apologized: "I'm sorry...... I don't know, here's the thing! ”

"Forget it."

She didn't know if she really forgot it in her heart, she was just too lazy to talk to Yun Xiaotian and him.

"And where are you staying tonight?"

The so-called, there is no limit to death, and he is probably talking about a guy like Yun Xiaotian.

Not to mention sprinkling salt on other people's wounds, he had to cut two fresh wounds on them mercilessly.

Ai Bingtai, who is pseudonymous as Qingxin, at this time, thousands of grass and mud horses in his heart stepped mercilessly, and he was really about to be unbearable.

A sentence of "It's your business!" I was going to blurt it out.

She took a deep breath and was on the verge of exploding, but finally stabilized herself.

He just became more and more cold, and replied politely: "I have my own place to go, and I don't bother." ”

Even if he was as stupid as a cloud and laughed, he reacted now, as if he had asked something that should not be asked.

Moreover, just after he apologized in front of his mouth, he made a mistake again in his back mouth.

People can't help but sigh, although there are many people who like to die, and their way of doing death may be strange. But like Yun Xiaotian, he doesn't know it every time he dies, and he continues to die with perseverance, and he may be the only one who has to die.

Yun Xiaotian choked, and said in his heart, "This ugly girl seems to be really angry, this is an eviction order!" ”

He thought about it, not knowing how to answer.

I just apologized, and now if I apologize again, it still seems that there is no sincerity.

Yun Xiaotian had an idea, and suddenly thought that she had asked if she had anything to eat at night, but it seemed that she had been kicked out, and naturally she had no food to eat, and she was hungry like him until now.

"Hungry?" Yun Xiaotian asked.

"Not hungry!"

She subconsciously touched her stomach, but she refused to admit it.

Besides, no matter what her situation was, there was no need to tell Yun Xiaotian the truth.

Yun Xiaotian looked at the ugly girl in front of him, and at this time he only had this thought in his heart, "Terrible woman! ”。

He couldn't help but think of Lin Hu and Haishan, who were younger than him, and they borrowed wine from time to time to drown their sorrows, and their bodies shivered.

Yun Xiaotian was awe-inspiring in his heart, and made up his mind that he must stay away from women, especially those who are good-looking and troublesome.

Although a woman who is not good-looking may not necessarily be troublesome.

But there are few good-looking women who are not troublesome.

Facing the ugly girl who was angry in front of her, Yun Xiaotian had nothing to do, and she didn't leave for some reason, but stood in place and scratched her head in embarrassment.

He thought about it for a long time, but he only felt that it was better for him to speak less, and who knew which sentence would hit the powder keg again.

Yun Xiaotian forgot what he had thought at the beginning, put the clay pot aside, moved the stool next to him, and sat opposite the ugly girl in his eyes.

It's just that she still doesn't seem to pay attention to Yun Xiaotian's interest.

Qingxin rolled her eyes, turned her head away, and turned her head to look in other directions, but she didn't leave directly.

Seeing this, Yun Xiaotian felt that he might have some chance to atone for his sins and apologize to the ugly girl in front of him.

He decided, right here, to make a pot of snake soup soup and tempt the other party.

The conditions are simple, and naturally it is impossible to do it perfectly.

Yun Xiaotian could only put the firewood around the clay pot, just to boil the soup, and it didn't matter if it was hot.

Yun He first used brute force to break open the wild purple ginger dug up by the river, and the two and a half fist-sized cassava he accidentally found on the dry firewood branches in the firewood house.

After the water boiled, Yun Xiaotian first put them in, and then there was a half snake body that weighed two or three catties and was cut into several pieces by him.

And the other half was hidden by him in the window of the firewood room.

It's hot here, so it's natural to wait for it to dry and save it for later.

The cassava skin is slightly gray, but the flesh inside is white, and it is tumbling in the clay pot.

Yun Xiaotian was a little curious, and some looked forward to its taste.

He always felt that the cassava trees here seemed strange.

Far taller than usual, whether it is the branches and leaves, or the flesh, it is very different from the ordinary varieties in his impression.

Cassava can be eaten raw, but it is generally not very tasty.

Even if it is cooked, it will have a bitterness, and it is still not delicious.

Therefore, Yun Xiaotian didn't understand why the cassava here would be the most important tribute to the villagers.

And who are the objects of their tribute?

Yun Xiaotian was adding fire to the fire under the clay pot while thinking, he seemed to feel that he might be able to open a breakthrough from here and find clues to the Xingfu Academy's intentions for this test.

Perhaps, as far as he knows, this special variety of cassava and the objects that the villagers need to pay tribute to every once in a while may be the next aspect that he needs to focus on.

In the darkness, the lush cassava grove flickered with fire.

A cool breeze blew in the middle of the night, and the orange-yellow bonfire was slightly slanted, and the dark green leaves and its afterimage swayed in the firelight of the wind

On a makeshift clay platform, a raging flame envelops the body of the clay pot, burning new marks on it, and the snake soup in the pot boils, and the water is bubbling with boiling steam.

In the clay pot, the soup is tumbling, wrapped in pieces of loose and tender snake meat, green wild vegetables, and chaotic and rotating in it, contributing to its refreshing aroma.

The white mist of soup diffuses throughout the cassava forest, mixed with the freshness and spiciness, and a faint sweetness, teasing everyone's taste buds.

The ugly girl who turned her head away from Yun Xiaotian at this time was actually Ai Bingtai, who was aliased as Qingxin, and naturally she could not avoid smelling this tempting aroma.

And the hunger suppressed by the cold water she drank before was now a flood beast, wantonly tormenting her already empty stomach.

But she would never bow her head, never admit that she was hungry, and never turn her head to look at him.

She will never, unless...... Yun Xiaotian is willing to come over and beg her, she may also ...... Never throw in the towel.

Well, as long as he is sincere enough, then he can reluctantly agree to him.

"Gollum", faintly audible, her hungry stomach, not so firm, very honestly issued its own protest.

The corners of her eyes that were not red and her heart were beating glanced slightly, but fortunately ......, that Yun Xiaotian didn't seem to hear it.

Ai Bingtai, who is alias Qingxin, put his mind at ease, sits upright, puts on his previous posture, and his heart is firm again.

She sat and waited, and Yun Xiaotian came over and begged her.