Chapter 25: Before Winter Begins
"How much? Not much either. ”
Well, that's roughly what it means.
Erebeth shook the thumb-sized metal bottle in his hand, muttering with regret.
She was sitting by the campfire preparing dinner, and her expression looked a little excited. Erebeth first scooped up the slate-fried eggs and spread them on the bread, spread them with a few large lettuce leaves, sprinkled them with grumble cheese, and finally picked up the delicate metal bottle. Hold your nose with a clip, then quickly open the bottle cap and click on the lettuce a few times, re-cap it tightly, and cover it with another large slice of bread, and the picnic sandwich is freshly baked!
Erebeth couldn't wait to bring the sandwich to his lips and took a big bite. After a while, the irritating breath poured into her nasal cavity, and Sister A couldn't help but shed tears of happiness.
That's right, the one she added at the end was mustard oil......
Although Erebes's sensitive nose can't stand the smell of mustard, she loves to eat mustard! Ever since Shen Yan found this plant and cooked a meal for her, Sister A has been completely obsessed with this kind of food with a stimulating taste.
A small bottle of mustard oil was only used once to escape the orc's tracking, and the rest was turned into an assortment of sandwich condiments.
"It's really running out...... All blame the orcs! In that case, it is better to go back and see my brother. It's almost winter, and I don't know if he listened to me and collected more. If you don't do it, then accept the punishment from your sister! ”
Erebeth was bandaged around her bare waist, and the cloth that wiped the blood was embroidered on the side. A blood-stained half-handed sword was haphazardly stuck in a stake, and scarred, blood-soaked leather armor hung from it. In the corner where the bonfire could not be illuminated, there were many dead corpses of all sizes, large and small, with fangs turned out of their lips.
Behind Erebes, several dilapidated orc cabins burned through the roofs and lit up the evening sky.
On this blood-soaked battlefield, Erebes closed his eyes and put the sandwich in his mouth again, enjoying the small taste of happiness.
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The warm breath poured into his nasal cavity, and Shen Yan habitually drilled forward again.
Erebeth frowned and avoided the crushing wound, sighing slightly, not pushing away the big head that had been squeezed into his chest. Anyway, it's like this every time, pushing it away and coming over, faceless and skinless...... Erebeth is used to it.
Smelling the reassuring breath, Erebeth simply hugged Shen Yan's head and fell asleep.
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A dreamless night. When she woke up, Shen Yan's position was already vacant, and at the same time, she felt that the wound in her abdomen was cold and very comfortable. Erebeth reached out and touched it, and found that the wound had been cleaned and replaced with new medicine, and the new bandage was carefully wrapped around his waist to protect the wound.
Well, it's nice to have a younger brother.
You can go back to sleep again...... When Erebeth opened his eyes again, he was already woken up by the sound of Shen Yan entering the house.
"Get up and eat something, it's good for your wounds to heal." Shen Yan put the porridge and two side dishes on the table by the window and said, the greasy fried pork steak was still squeaking, and looking at it made Erebes have a great appetite.
Shen Yan had a problem researching the healing potion - the theories he mastered in this area were completely different from the healing potion formulas in this world. The world's research in this area is quite mature, but good recipes and medicinal materials are in the hands of the big forces. Shen Yan can only seek alternative medicinal materials or try fusion, but he has also encountered difficulties, and he is still researching.
Therefore, for the time being, Erebes's wound can only be treated by traditional methods.
In fact, with the collision of wisdom sparks in several worlds, Shen Yan has already researched a lot of amazing results during this time! But he easily won't take it out again, and even destroy all records related to the experiment after getting the results! The recipe is not written on paper, everything is only remembered in the mind!
"Little brother, mustard ......"
Shen Yan thought that Erebeth was going to eat, and he stood in front of the window and thought about things. Who knew that Sister A actually crawled over from the bed, grabbed the corner of his clothes and was pitiful and cute.
"Alas-" Shen Yan suddenly felt weak, why should I teach her to be cute? turned around and became the supreme weapon against himself...... I was confused for a while. "How can wild wasabi radish be so easy to find......" Before the words fell, he saw Sister A's disappointed eyes, Shen Yan really had no choice but to hurry up and make a turn. But I still found a few! But you can't eat it anymore, and if you eat it again, it should be extinct. I'm planting in that valley to the north, so bear with me this year...... There will be no shortage next year. ”
To the north of Toyama Village is a volcano, and there is a natural geothermal valley near the volcano, so plants can grow even in winter. Shen Yan planted all the wild wasabi radishes he found there, no one knew that kind of thing for the time being, and he would definitely be able to harvest the last batch next year...... It is also good to satisfy the picky appetite of foodies at home.
Erebeth went to eat happily at this time, and Shen Yan couldn't help but complain in his heart, who is the sister of the two of us...... Brother.
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In the next few days, when Shen Yan was tired from doing experiments and stopped to rest, a cup of hot tea would be handed to him; When he is tired from reading, he will have a pair of hands to help him gently massage his temples; Go home in the evening...... When he goes back at night, someone will urge him to hurry up and cook!
Well, people can't be too greedy, and the first two are good.
Let's see the bright side – cooking is a great leisure activity that can help researchers, programmers, writers, etc., change their minds when they get tired......
And when Shen Yan was busy, Erebeth sat next to him, sometimes mending leather armor, sometimes polishing his sword to kill time, and recuperating his injuries by the way. Although Shen Yan was not short of money, Erebes also found a lot of valuable things from the orcs, but none of them could be spent in the mountains. The economy of the mountain people is self-sufficient, and even the lords do not have money to collect taxes...... Timber is handed over to timber, and herbs are handed over to herbs.
You have to do the work of repairing equipment yourself.
Occasionally, Shen Yan would tell a story to Erebes, such as The Legend of the White Snake, Strange Tales from Zhai, and How is the Golden Scale a Pool...... The last one didn't. Erebes is a good listener, she always listens with a smile, gives appropriate reactions, and never asks questions about the background of the story or where Shen Yan heard it, but only complains about the scholars in the story - this is really different from Michelle!
Michelle likes to pick the bugs in the story the most, what posture does Ning Caichen and Xiaoqian use to Shen Yan, do you want us to try it too...... She didn't believe it!
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One day, when Shen Yan was experimenting as usual and Erebeth was looking out the window in a daze, she suddenly said, "Little brother, it's going to be winter." ”
"yes, it's winter." Shen Yan followed her sister's gaze and looked out the window, and saw that the forest was rendered by thick yellow leaves, and only bare branches were left on the trees. Before he knew it, it was late autumn, and he had been in the world for more than half a year.
Shen Yan remembered that the beginning of winter meant that something was about to happen.
"Erebes, come with me tomorrow to go fishing."
"Hmm", Erebeth didn't ask why he suddenly wanted to go fishing, but only lightly corrected, "to call my sister." ”