"Girl, what are you doing here!" An old man's voice floated through the bamboo forest.

"Huh?" …… Where is this man......

Mingyue Qingqing looked around, only the breeze on her cheeks did not see the source of the sound.

"You're on top!"

"Huh?"

Mingyue Qingqing looked up and saw an old man lying on a bamboo branch.

The bamboo branch is probably only the size of a little thumb, how did the old man lie on it.

“…… Don't hit me......"

"What do you mean by that?" With that, he jumped down from the tree.

"Girl, what are you doing here!"

The old man asked again.

"I'm lost......"

Mingyue Qingqing's hands rubbed the corners of her clothes uncomfortably, how embarrassing to say this kind of thing! In the end, I was embarrassed to say it.

"Lost? Are you a freshman? ”

"That's right! Grandpa, I just finished my first exam and was going to leave school, but... Receptionist...... Anyway, something went wrong, and then I came out on my own, and before I knew it, I didn't know where I was going. ”

"Assessment? Are you participating in the Talent Trainee Assessment? ”

The old man was a little surprised, not everyone can easily say that they can participate in this level of assessment, this girl actually has such courage.

"That's right! What's wrong?"

"Young people really have courage. Girl, I see that you are still quite young, but I didn't expect that you have a lot of courage. ”

"Of course, but, old man, why are you here?" Mingyue Qingqing asked curiously.

The old man thoughtfully touched his symbolic aged beard and replied, "Grandpa, I am the guardian of this bamboo forest, hey...... I haven't been able to make any major contributions to the college, and it's not bad to be able to do a little bit of strength for the college, and to be able to protect this bamboo forest is what I want all my life. ”

It is the first time that such an old man who is indifferent to fame and fortune Mingyue Qingqing has met him, and he is not happy to use the sky as a cover and the earth as a bed.

…… Goo –

Suddenly, there was an awkward sound in the air.

The old man smiled, as if this was human nature, and there was no unnecessary embarrassment at all.

"Grandpa, are you hungry?"

"Oh, I'm really hungry, can the girl do me a favor? Old man, I have been guarding this bamboo forest at such an old age, I don't have any great ability, and my waist is not good, and my legs are not good, so I would like to ask you to help me catch some rabbits and make roast rabbits to fill my stomach. ”

The old man looked at Mingyue Qingqing with a smile, "I don't know the girl, can you agree?" ”

"This ......"

Mingyue Qingqing thought about it and couldn't get out anyway, maybe he helped him, and he could tell me how to get out.

"Absolutely! Wrap it up on me!"

The words were promised, but Mingyue Qingqing looked around Where are the rabbits? There is no trace of a rabbit in sight!

Mingyue Qingqing asked rhetorically: "But where did this rabbit come from?" ”

The old man directly took Mingyue Qingqing to a bamboo, and there were bamboo leaves piled up below. The old man gently threw away the layer of bamboo leaves on the ground with his old hand.

From the calluses on his hands, it can be seen that he must be a person who has experienced the vicissitudes of the world and tasted the warmth and coldness of life.

A small hole appeared in front of the two of them.

"This ......"

"Don't be surprised, this rabbit is specially kept in the bamboo forest." The old man said in a slow voice.

"Hmm"

"Then you just grab it, and then you can have a barbecue."

"It's that simple, just grab it, right?"

The old man laughed: "Young people should not be underestimated. This rabbit doesn't come out if you tell it to come out, and even if it comes out, you may not be able to catch it, I used to ask a boy to help me catch rabbits, and in the end I chased this rabbit all over the forest. ”

"Oh? The mountain people have their own tricks. Mingyue Qingqing said confidently.

"Then look forward to your performance, old man, it's up to you whether I can eat barbecue."

"Grandpa is fine, trust me!"

Mingyue Qingqing came to the cave, carefully observed the shape of the hole, and then observed around the hole, it turned out that there was more than this hole, and sure enough, this rabbit must have a back road, which is also a summary of modernization.

Mingyue Qingqing used the ice field to freeze all the surroundings, stepped on the ice and said to the old man, "Is there water here?" ”

"Water? The river is still a bit far down and probably ...... if you need it But I have wine here. ”

The old man shook the wine in the shaker, and the sound of the swing was so crisp and moving.

"Grandpa, what I need is not a little water, but I have to pour a lot of water into the rabbit hole"

"Then you can't do this method, as long as the bamboo here encounters water, it can absorb a lot of water. By the time you go down the rabbit hole, it's all drained."

"Is that so?"

Mingyue Qingqing thought for a while and continued: "Even so, I still need a lot of water. ”

"The river is still a little far from here, so why don't you use my bar?"

"Grandpa, you're kidding again."

"Haha~ I'm not kidding!"

The old man took out the flask from his body.

"You see you're not kidding? How can this wine be enough? I'm afraid it's gone by the time we get to the hole. ”

"Young people just don't understand, my wine is made from the water of a river, isn't this whole pot of wine enough?"

"What!"

"This ...... Enough is enough."

Mingyue Qingqing took the wine jug, went directly to the mouth of the rabbit hole, and then used the ice field to directly freeze the hole, and the ice extended inward. A slow air of ice came out of the frozen place.

Mingyue Qingqing began to pour wine along the entrance of the cave, and the wine naturally slid into the cave along the ice.

"What are you?"

"Grandpa, wait a minute, just look at it, and a miracle will happen. The rabbit will run up on its own. ”

"Oh?"

As Mingyue Qingqing expected, after a while, a rabbit ran out of the entrance of the cave, drunkenly rolling in front of the entrance, it seemed that he had drunk too much.

"This ......"

The old man was a little surprised, this girl was really clever.

"Grandpa, the chance of a rabbit being smoked directly with ice gas is a bit small, and if it is directly flooded with water...... But you said that the bamboo here will absorb water immediately, and you want to flood it directly, and I am surrounded by ice, just to prevent it from running through another hole. The purpose of spreading ice into the hole is to prevent the bamboo from absorbing water, so as to directly achieve the effect of forcing it out, and then it has to come out, on the one hand, it is directly eroded by the ice gas, and on the other hand, it is directly submerged by the water. It doesn't want to come out, it has to come out. ”

"It's a good plan, you don't have to worry about eating rabbits in the future, I used to have an apprentice, but what...... Because of something, it led to ...... Hey, it's useless to say that, but when I used to ask my apprentice to catch rabbits, he was really ...... Catch a rabbit and run all over the woods. ”

"Hey, hey, hey~ Probably he's too stupid!"

"Then old man, I'm going to start doing it to rabbits now."

Mingyue Qingqing came to the rabbit lying on the ground drunk.

"Tell me where is the river? I'm going to the river to disembowel, and this rabbit has to be cleaned up. ”

"Go straight ahead," the old man pointed in one direction.

"Okay"

Mingyue Qingqing followed the instructions of the old man, and sure enough, he saw a river.

Carrying the rabbit in his hand, he went to the river, like a bloodthirsty man, he began to pluck his feathers like crazy, and the snow-white hair fell like this, until the last few were dripping, he took out the dagger, rolled on the rabbit's belly, directly took out the internal organs and unwanted things, and then washed them by the river, and the rabbit's blood flowed down the river...

Mingyue Qingqing picked up some dried bamboo so that it could be used to roast rabbits...

When everything is ready and things are ready, it is time to roast the rabbit.

"Flame"

"Huh? This girl has also learned the art of fire," the old man thought to himself.

A whole rabbit was roasted on the fire, the rabbit oil gradually went straight out, and began to emit a faint fragrance, which was the taste of rabbit meat, until gradually the rabbit skin began to turn golden, Qing'er immediately took out the storage ring, took out the homemade seasoning from it, and sprinkled it on the golden roast rabbit little by little.

Then he continued to roast, and the work in his hands did not stop, and the flame was also very well controlled, although it could not be extreme, but it was not bad......

"You've studied fire magic before?"

"Ahh Mingyue Qingqing said lightly in order not to expose herself: "I have learned a little bit before, because to make things, fire is indispensable, and I often do it with my brother, these are what my brother taught me, as the saying goes, practice makes perfect, hehe, is there anything wrong with the old man?" Are you questioning my craft? ”

"That's it, no wonder you control the fire so well, I thought you were an ice attribute magician who controlled the fire so well, I think this is a rare talent"

"Oh" lowered his head and continued to roast.

"Don't think too much about it, girl, I didn't say that you are not a talent, you can think of such a good way to catch this rabbit."

"Actually, catching rabbits ......" Mingyue Qingqing just said this, and a little burst out of a sentence, this is a small spirit rabbit, extremely fast, it is not so easy to catch.

"Actually, this rabbit catch, just use your brain." Mingyue Qingqing smiled awkwardly.

"That's right, my apprentice is really a wooden fish head."

"It's almost ready, grandpa, you can eat it in a minute." Mingyue Qingqing looked at the fragrant roast rabbit in his hand.

After putting the final condiment, he handed it to the old man.

The time was almost up, and Mingyue Qingqing remembered that she had to leave this place.

"Grandpa, it's time for me to go, it's getting late. How can I get out of here? ”

The old man pointed in one direction, "Keep going in this direction, and you can get out." ”

"Really?"

"Haha! Do you think I might lie to you? ”

"Grandpa, you can't do this! Grandpa... Then I'll come back to see you next time I have time!"

Mingyue Qingqing looked at the old grandfather with a sincere face, this old grandfather couldn't help but remind her of her deceased grandfather, who was so peaceful.

"Go ahead!"

"Goodbye, old man!"

The old man looked at Mingyue Qingqing and walked into the distance and whispered, "Yes, goodbye, I'll see you next time, it seems that this time the assessment is ...... Hmph, there are a lot of talents! I don't know if you can save until the end, this girl is so smart and clever, I hope you ......"

Mingyue's relaxed and happy back disappeared from the old man's sight.