Chapter Forty-Eight: Thinking of the Meat Manor Section 4

"We'll be fine, wives, go get my five-six style." Inside the tower, Zhao Tianshun, a standard Chinese face, with a white skin that made people feel that he was not connected with words like beast cannibalism at all, and was greeting his wives in the house. More than a dozen loyal subordinates had already scattered and busily opened without orders, and all kinds of long and short weapons were ready early in the morning, and they began to aim along the shooting holes arranged on the watchtower, just waiting for the boss to give an order, just Lou Huo angrily shot the beasts below.

This is not the first time that this territory under Zhao Tianshun's jurisdiction has been attacked, as the overlords of the land here, they have long been accustomed to being attacked suddenly.

Tu Renfeng returned to the house, the warm inner room had a heated fireplace, and the scorching heat quickly steamed the snowflakes on the big bald coat into a white mist, and the cold was also dispelled cleanly, but this ogre was not happy at all, his face was very anxious and uneasy, just 3 minutes ago, his most powerful subordinates were torn to pieces on the spot in full view of the outside guardrail, and he looked at the appearance of the wolves who were slaughtering in the blazing outer wall and the inner manor, A sense of foreboding surged up in his heart bit by bit, and he had to go into the house to report: "Brother Zhao, they are coming around, and the men outside are dying!" ”

"What's the panic, there's a high top when the sky falls, and it's just a group of hungry and panicked animals outside, are you afraid of an egg?" Zhao Tianshun slowly fiddled with the weapon in his hand a few times: "Isn't it just a pack of wolves, the living and the dead have been killed by us." Look at your bear-like appearance, aren't you scared to pee your pants? The men in the room let out a contemptuous laugh when they heard this.

Ignoring those provocative voices, Tu Renfeng's face darkened slightly, he was not the kind of character who was afraid of death, but he still insisted: "Brother Zhao, I don't think these beasts are simple, I guess, was it last time we killed a few wild dogs, and their relatives came to seek revenge?" ”

"Joke!" Zhao Tianshun laughed: "You, don't think about it, take it!" Brother a few spirits, killed these mad dogs, eat well at night, say, do you like stewed or fried? Yes? As soon as the words came out, the bandits on the upper and lower floors of the house were jubilant.

"Big brother said it well, isn't it just a bunch of mad dogs, slaughter them and drink them!"

"Hey, I've been tired of eating those tasteless bacon lately, it's just right, this group of beasts has given us a greeting for our old age, big brother, you see it, I'll give them a good look later!"

"Didn't my sister-in-law say that she was afraid of the cold? Brother Zhao, this time we peeled him a few fine furs and made a fur coat for my sister-in-law, which also made them happy, do you think I am right? Hey. ”

"Big brother, you have the final say, I'm the best at cooking dog meat, the best braised one, I'm not blowing it today, I got the dog meat, I'll be a chef for everyone!"

"I'll just say that God has opened his eyes today, seeing that our brothers haven't eaten red meat for a few days, isn't this, sending us New Year's goods?" Zhao Tianshun laughed so hard that his eyes were lost, and the group of people were not soft eggs, and there were not a few murder records in his hands? After some shouting and shouting, as soon as the words of mutual encouragement came out, even the men on the balcony outside began to shout wildly, as if they had annihilated all the wolves outside who were slaughtering their companions!

The pre-war mobilization was very smooth, and Zhao Tianshun, who had ignited the fighting spirit of his subordinates, grinned, pressed the bullet into the bullet groove, and smiled at Tu Renfeng, whose face was still cloudy and uncertain in front of him: "Second brother, you are also a little bolder, don't you want to look at your eldest brother and me to eat a few bowls of dry rice?" I've seen a lot of this little scene! When I was selling white noodles, I dealt with the people in military uniforms on the other side of the border, and that time it wasn't the white knife that went in and the red knife came out, I'm afraid of an egg, go, go to the top with my brother, and I'll meet those animals! As he spoke, Zhao Tianshun handed another standard weapon to Tu Renfeng, who passed the weapon, took it twice in his hand, and calmed down slightly: "Big brother, Guo Jian's kid is staring at the formation outside, otherwise, call him up to the fourth floor together, his marksmanship is good, and multiple helpers are good." ”

"Cheng, you go out and call him over, don't let the third child guard on the second floor, waste his marksmanship!" Zhao Tianshun shook his head, put the weapon on his shoulder, and lit a cigarette with his mouth open.

On a snowy night, the terrible howl had come to an end, and the outside of the bunker had begun to become surprisingly quiet. The screams of the last victim lasted only a few moments, and then the entire manor was once again shrouded in darkness, and there was no sound except for the shocking bloodstains on the snow.

Guo Jia, the janitor and a few armed bandits poked their heads out on the sandbags on the second floor, trying to see what was going on outside, but unfortunately, except for the light of the fire flickering in the manor, the entire manor was completely in a state of silence, there was no voice, no wolf howl, and even the sound of the house collapsing after burning too much was so small that people couldn't detect it, the only thing I could hear was the sound of my own heart beating!

The eerie atmosphere spread among the bandits who were looking at each other, no one dared to shout, and everyone's eyes widened as they tried to find the attacker in this snowy night! Inside and outside the house, they were all the same nervous, even Zhao Tianshun was infected by this atmosphere, and he didn't even dare to breathe for a minute, and he also leaned down when he kicked up the top floor like a tiger just now, put the five or six semi-automatic racks on his shoulders, and lay on the sandbag on the top floor, nervously paying attention to the surrounding movements!

Time passed minute by minute, except for the occasional black shadow flashing in the snow curtain, no living creature could be spied on, where had the bandits seen this formation, one by one the turtles shrunk their bodies, buried their heads, trembling like a group of frightened yellow sheep, even a breath of air could not breathe.

"Wolves, wolves, over there, over there, look!" The unbearable time and the biting chill were all wearing down the fighting spirit of the bandits little by little, and finally, a nervous bandit saw something clearly, and in his terrible shout, all the bandits couldn't help but be shocked.

Following the instructions of the sound source, the bandits all saw clearly that a hundred meters ahead, in the midst of the wind and snow, shadowy black shadows were gathering, and a low roar kept coming from the front, and the roar carried by the chill made the bandits' thick clothes unable to hide the fear in their hearts.

Wolves, here!

One after another, these behemoth beasts showed their terrifying bodies in the white-haired snow--more than one meter seven huge shoulder heights, all of them were like those giant Arabian horses, black and gray mixed with other colors, but in the heavy snow people could not distinguish the color of their fur, blood dripping from the corners of their mouths, opening their mouths that had not yet dried up, and those hundreds of beast pupils that were so dark that they made people shudder, all the time stimulating the already tense nerves of the bandits! At this distance, the automatic rifle may be able to play a little role, but the earthen musket in the hands of most of the bandits is embarrassing - the musket basically hits by faith when it passes 50 meters, although a group of bandits have boasted that they are the world's unborn marksmen, but at this distance, it is a fool to shoot rashly!

The approaching wolves roared menacingly, and that wasn't much of a thing, and their sheer numbers stunned the bandits defending in the bunkers. Looking at the approaching herd, they were not only surprised, the wolves stopped in unison more than eighty meters away from the fortress, just like a well-trained soldier! Then, suddenly, under the unknown command, all the roars of the wolves disappeared, and the big wolves who had quieted down were like a pile of black wooden stakes, all of them staring at the crowd on the tall building in silence.

Zhao Tianshun didn't dare to make a sound, these beasts were really the same as Tu Renfeng said - not ordinary! Someone must have trained them, it's over.......... Zhao Tianshun's face turned completely gray, this time I am afraid that it is not as simple as the small group of wolves he encountered on the border a few years ago, at least, it is different in terms of body shape.

Zhao Tianshun first forcibly suppressed his emotions, took a deep breath, and calmed down, he then whispered to Tu Renfeng, who was also terrified: "Give me a closer look, wait for their head wolf to come out, let's fire together, kill it!" Capture the thief and capture the king first, and if we take it down, we will win half of it...."

"Big brother, what does this wolf look like?" Tu Renfeng had no less than ten of the same kind of blood on his hands, but in the face of a group of unfamiliar wolves, his confused expression was no different from that of ordinary people.

"This wolf, they all live together in a group, you see, the brightest mane, the bigger the body, especially the most high-spirited ...... temperament" Zhao Tianshun was making up for the animal world course for his subordinates, when a giant big wolf came out of the crowd!

All his subordinates, including those inside and outside the building, were stunned by the appearance of this giant wolf! If the size of the group of wolves in front of him is shocking enough, then the size of the current giant wolf is the difference between Pan Changjiang and Yao Ming compared to the previous ones!

The seven-meter-tall giant head wolf is already more than the height of the second floor! The shiny fur turned white after the snowstorm, but instead all of the snowflakes were scorched by his body heat and turned into white steam, allowing it to appear with a white mist around its body - really like the monsters that suddenly appeared in myths and legends, of course, for bandits. Its limbs, as thick as Roman stone pillars, were enough to grind this bunker into powder with ease! Spraying steaming white smoke, the huge wolf head did not let out the slightest roar, it no longer needed any noise to show the majesty of its beastmaster, only the pair of black beast eyes were scanning the bandits in front of it - that arrogant and domineering expression was no different from that of a butcher who picks pigs at the farmer's market!

This gorgeous appearance, the climate that was originally zero degrees Celsius automatically cooled down to minus 50 degrees Celsius in the minds of the bandits in an instant!

The bandits were on the verge of collapse, and their mouths were shaking up and down for the little friends next to them to hearβ€”just like the rats that snuck at tables and chairs in the corners of the houses in the silence of the night. There is not a single person who is not afraid, this is a force that they cannot fight head-on!

Even more made the bandits collapse one after another, and the giant wolf was not lying on the ground! It walks upright! Walking upright! Walking upright! Of course, important things have to be emphasized three times, which is almost tantamount to a fantasy in the world field of all bandits' cognition, they haven't seen the TV and film of the gods and demons, and there is a way that is immersive is true, this intuitive sense of impact is really shocking, but the movie they watched was Godzilla and other big monsters raging the human coalition on the screen, this time, even the money to buy 3D movie tickets was saved, not only could they be immersive, but they also became extras on the set who were ready to be harvested!

It seems that the fate of those actors is not ordinarily bad, the faces of the bandits are frozen like ham dough that has dried up and frozen in the refrigerator for a winter, it is called a blunt!

Where do the bandits with tense spirits dare to have superfluous thoughts, they are stunned as if they have been immobilized by the formation method, and they dare not make unnecessary moves, for fear that if they are careful, this giant wolf will transfer the beast pupil glare as big as a searchlight to himself!

Looking at the frightened expressions of the bandits with satisfaction, the next move of the giant wolf made the bandits want their father and mother to give them a pair of wings, so that they could quickly escape from the suffocating coercion of this beast, and it actually spoke.

"Listen to me carefully, none of you can escape, either submit to me honestly, and I'll arrange a good place for you, or..."

"Either pay the debt with blood!" Another roar woke up all the bandits who were still in a daze.

Zhao Tianshun felt that his blood was about to solidify and clump, what is this, a beast actually wants to surrender himself? Is this the Thousand and One Nights or a Grimm fairy tale?

"Hmph, surrender to the beast? Lao Tzu is insane! Brothers, shoot and kill these brutes! "Usually it's a hundred calls, but this time it's the same, suddenly I heard my eldest brother's shout at the top, and the bandits woke up, yes, Lao Tzu has a gun in his hand! After a period of scramble, the bandits aimed at the beasts in front of them, and brazenly pulled the trigger, only to hear a burst of "click" sounds, and not a single musket rang out!

"Birds, birds are wet! Hell, hurry up and change the ......" "The barrel is frozen, what should I do....... Brothers...", all of whom grew up in the south, this group of people rarely experienced the rare heavy snowfall in the north, and they ignored too many things, and as a result, retribution came.

The giant wolf was unmoved, these seemed to have been expected by him, the corners of his mouth grinned, and the giant wolf popped out of his mouth fiercely: "Stubborn!" ”

The wolves didn't need to command at all, facing the two rifles that could still shoot sparks - Zhao Tianshun and Tu Renfeng's hands, the wolves swarmed up, and in an instant, the entire building was flooded by the black giant wolves!

The battle lasted less than thirty seconds before it was over, and the number of bandits was so rare that there were at least ten giant wolves besieging each bandit! A lot of giant wolves are so bored that they play in circles on the periphery, and the density of the attack is so dense that the slower giant wolves don't even have room to lower their mouths and stretch their claws! Zhang Jiaming didn't even have time to think about what to do with the loot.

Two human heads and a guy who didn't have a good piece of cloth on his body were thrown in front of Zhang Jiaming. When the former was alive, he was torn off little by little by the wolf cubs, and the heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys were also hollowed out by the wolves, leaving no waste, this kind of scene that makes you watch yourself being torn apart while awake, and the hunting scene that can only be seen in the mane dogs in Africa is now inflicted on a group of ogres is also very appropriate!

As the so-called heaven is a good reincarnation, who does the sky forgive?

Just as they used various methods to prey on and kill their own kind, now they are all turned into food for others. Before they died with a terrible scream, the expression of pain was perfectly engraved on their blood-stained cheeks, and the pain was so extreme that it was distorted.

No living person can endure this kind of bloody scene, only the herds, or the perverted ones like the current victims, who can handle this kind of torture. Zhang Jiaming looked at the last guy who could still breathe with satisfaction - Guo Jia!

After experiencing a bloody catastrophe and watching his former vigorous men die tragically in front of him, Guo Jia, this young man in his early twenties was so frightened that he even forgot what his scruples were, and now he was full of smirks on his face, and he couldn't help but want to wipe away the blood stains on his face - those were his partners', not long ago, his three most loyal subordinates were chopped off by Ling Chi in front of him! Their shouts like ghosts before they died made Guo Jia's heart break, no one could bear to watch the scene of the living being disemboweled, but such a terrifying scene was staged in front of Guo Jia!

He only knew that he was smiling, and he knelt on the ground, looking at the approaching giant wolf without fear.

"Eighty percent of this kid is useless!" Zhang Jiaming was still in the form of a werewolf, and glanced at the bandit leader in front of him, and Zhang Jiaming gestured to the nearest werewolf. The latter immediately bit the victim's neck from behind, Guo Jia didn't even have a chance to scream, he was directly bitten by the cervical vertebrae, and fell to his stomach and died.

Walking into the fortress where the glass was shattered, Zhang Jiaming's figure slowly changed back to human form, he didn't want to scare the few women who were still alive - Zhao Tianshun's group of Jinwu Zangjiao.

Fortunately, Li Caifeng is the leader of the Night Hunters, this new werewolf leader is still very polite to women, they have become human forms early in the morning, and they have begun to raid their homes, ignoring the group of "female dependents" standing in the main hall of the fortress, waiting for the drop.

Seeing the fortress change hands, her nominal husband's head was also raised high with a flagpole, and several women with calm faces quietly waited for their new master's inquiry.

Zhang Jiaming paced the square steps, unhurriedly looking at the environment in the house - except for the furniture applied, all the arrangements that should be there are not pulled, it is hard to believe that this is actually an ogre cave! Especially the few people in front of them, their hands are not shaking, and their posture is also very upright, not to mention their convex and backward figures, just looking at their faces are all smiling eyes, phoenix eyes with spring, endless thousands of styles, no wonder, Zhao Tianshun is so protective of these women.

"You guys.... cough cough cough..."Zhang Jiaming suddenly stopped talking, he just slaughtered other people's masters, how can he still pretend to be a savior? It stands to reason that he should be their enemies.

It was these well-behaved women who relieved Zhang Jiaming, "Big brother, you are our great benefactor, everyone here is forced to follow Zhao Mad Dog, he died well, he deserved to die!" ”

"We all hate that Zhao mad dog to death, you have done a big harm to the people here!"

"By the way, although we follow Zhao Mad Dog, no one is pregnant with his species, except for the ..... in the inner room" The last sentence is the point!

And the pot-bellied woman? Zhang Jiaming was happy, this is a big problem. After a while, Li Caifeng brought out the woman who was pregnant with Liujia, and changed her name to a woman with a white face and a little thinner, if she wasn't pregnant, she would probably be a stunner with a good posture.

"You have Zhao Tianshun's seed in your belly?" Zhang Jiaming tried his best to calm his tone, and his expression was much kinder. The woman hesitated for a moment, then nodded slightly.

"It's been a few months? Should you do it nearby? Zhang Jiaming felt a little too big, and the disposal of this evil seed made it difficult for him.

"Big leader, although she is Zhao Mad Dog's woman, but she will not look at Zhao Mad Dog in her heart, I think, the child is innocent, it is better to let her be born, find a better family in the future, let the child grow up, educate well, and save some blood for the country!" Li Caifeng's bloodline naturally left Zhang Jiaming, the leader

The information of memory, as long as it is known with righteousness, the big leader will generally be accommodating.

was worried that there was no step down, and since his new subordinate had spoken, he was naturally happy to get off the donkey: "Okay, there is nothing wrong with the child, but the godfather of the child must be Mr. Christopher." Let him educate the child, I am relieved! Zhang Jiaming turned his back, looked at the heavy snow outside the window, and continued to say without letting his subordinates see his face: "However, we must take precautions!" This child inherited his father's tyrannical genes, it is hard to guarantee that it will not become a scourge, after he is born, he must be strictly guarded, as for other future affairs....." suddenly turned his head and stared coldly at the pregnant woman, "After the child is born, we will slowly think about it in the long run, Li Caifeng!" ”

"Great Chief!" The leader of the Night Hunters replied respectfully on his knees.

"It was you who suggested letting this child go, so you have an unshirkable responsibility on your shoulders, and in the future, you will be the mentor of this child, educate him well, and let him know who he is fighting for!"

"My subordinates understand!" Lowering his head slightly, Li Caifeng bit his lip lightly.

The two were talking with a question and an answer, and suddenly, the pregnant woman was sweating profusely, her hands and feet were weak, and she was so relieved that others quickly supported her, looking at the pregnant woman muttering pain in her mouth, everyone understood in their hearts that this was about to give birth!

"Hurry up, send it to a clean room, get hot water and blankets ready, over there! Send it in, hurry up! Zhang Jiaming's eyes were sharp, his expression of concern swelled up on his cheeks, and all of a sudden, he changed his body, like the director of obstetrics and gynecology and began to command, if it weren't for the fact that he was at a loss to wander around like everyone else, everyone really thought he was the legendary male obstetrics and gynecology doctor!

"What to do, what to do, dead ghost Zhao Tianshun, you died well, throw such a tricky thing to me, and let Lao Tzu rub your ass for you!" Zhang Jiaming is like an ant on a hot pot, so anxious that his butt is about to spark, "Ma Meiping is not here, Christopher is not here, why is there not even an old mother who knows how to care for childbirth!" Covering his head all of a sudden, he clenched his teeth, Zhang Jiaming's head grew more than once!

"Great chief, the pregnant woman is really pitiful! Let's figure it out! "Li Caifeng is also a woman, although her body has just been infected with wolf blood, she still sympathizes with these involuntary weaklings, listening to the painful shouts in the inner room, all the women in the house invariably look at their leader, none of them have given birth to children, and they have no experience in this area!" If there is heavy bleeding, adults and children will not be able to save it! Li Caifeng has already begun to cry, as if she is the one who produced and is not the one inside.

The birth of a child stumps a group of people, and no one can solve this most difficult problem.

Just when he was at a loss and could only wait for the outcome of one corpse and two lives, a voice came from the open door of the fortress, accompanied by the sound of several large dogs wailing in pain after being smashed into the air.

"Maybe I can fix it!" That voice was so familiar that Zhang Jiaming almost cried bitterly!

"Big Sister Lynch! Why are you here? Zhang Jiaming pounced on him with a warm hug, if it weren't for the fact that the other party was a rat man, others would definitely think that Zhang Jiaming was deliberately rubbing oil!

"You're embarrassed to mention it! Okay, don't you leave me behind? Isn't it okay to make me unhappy? Did you say you want to take me to the end of the world? "Lynch doesn't laugh but gets angry! The red eyes glared at Zhang Jiaming and reprimanded: "If you men don't have a good thing, they will deceive people!" ”

"Lynch, big sister, I know you read a lot, but this sentence seems to have been copied from that romance novel, rats don't fall in love, don't fool me about this....." Zhang Jiaming was not annoyed when he was scolded, "Look, you are not sent in the snow.... Uh, send the midwife! Hurry up, there's a woman inside, you've done anatomy, I remember, you must know the human body, you read so many medical books, it's useful now! ”

Lynch puffed out his cheeks in dissatisfaction and glared at Zhang Jiaming with cold eyes.

"You see, our sages in Greater China have a saying: Saving a life is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter! You've saved two lives this time, hurry, hurry, I beg you! Eldest sister! "I owe others more than once anyway, so let's just pretend to be a grandson this time.

"Well, for the sake of the children, I don't have to worry about breaking my promise with you, but from now on, you must take me with me, and Gampeno!" As he spoke, there was a roar of response from outside the door - Gampeno was Lynch's personal bodyguard, and of course, the other two bodyguards who were delivered to Lynch, members of the Anglo-Chinese Guard, also came! Just now they just had a little bit of "unpleasantness" with the new dog pack outside.

"I'm not forcing you, think about it for yourself, taking me with you is equivalent to a free mobile hospital, a free science and technology consultant, and ah, the medicine I prepare is very good, it can help you solve a lot of ......" Miss Lynch opened her posture, looking ready to speak, but it was another shout from the mother in the room who reminded her to be busy now!

"Okay, Miss, no matter what conditions you make, I promise you, Grandma Lin, Ancestor Lin, hurry up and help!" Zhang Jiaming begged his grandfather to sue his grandmother, but he didn't expect to come to such a happy enemy, and after swearing and promising to sell abduction and gambling without money, Lin Qicai smiled and agreed to help - Zhang Jiaming's heart is bleeding, and now I don't know what kind of treaty I will sign to lose power and humiliate the country after helping this favor!

"Remember to wear a mask, Miss, your hairy Lei Gong mouth will scare the mother!" As soon as Zhang Jiaming remembered something, he was about to rush in in a panic, but was quickly stopped by several subordinates: "Big leader, the delivery room is heavy, you are a daughter, it is not appropriate to go in!" Looking at a few embarrassed subordinates, but with a resolute face, Zhang Jiaming still retreated in disdain, fortunately, Lin Qicai did not have Zhang Jiaming's sloppy energy, he was a professional doctor!

The wait of more than ten minutes was not very long, but Zhang Jiaming was as nervous as his wife gave birth, walking around the hall, not to mention cigarette butts all over the floor, he almost held the wine bottle and poured it wildly! Just waiting, the porter sounded, and when he looked up, Lynch was taking off his mask, wiping his sweat profusely, and slowly walked out of the delivery room: "It's a girl, a lovely little girl, mother and daughter are safe." ”

The room full of people breathed a sigh of relief, "Oh, Lynch, you're just in time for the rain, no, you're in time for the snow!" Oh, it's wrong, it's timely......" Zhang Jiaming was incoherent, after all, he experienced the birth of a life, although he didn't help, and he was born as a criminal's child, but he finally got an important experience! I made up for the life experience of my child when he was born.

Li Caifeng hugged the infant child and came out for everyone to inspect, although it was a sinner's child, but the child was innocent after all, no one disliked this little cutie, everyone passed the child, and the words of praise were overflowing.

"This child was born in the midst of the war, with my own experience, and now I announce that I officially accept her as my adopted daughter and give her the name, Zhang Chunxue!" Zhang Jiaming looked at the pink and tender child, and for a while, love sprouted, and he made a decision immediately, Li Caifeng heard this, and his face was very strange: "Big leader, you are a godfather, I am the godmother of the child, then our relationship will not be a .........." The words caused everyone to laugh.

The house was bustling, and outside the house there was a crowd of people shouting and neighing, and it was the cavalry battalion that came, and by the way, these guys also drove a large herd of cows and horses!

"He Yunlong, why did you kid do the business of a horse thief and a cattle thief?" Zhang Jiaming held the baby and stood in the doorway, although it was a questioning tone, but the smile on his face was very obvious.

"Back to the big leader's words, the road is dark and windy, and the snow is thick, we almost got lost, no, hurry up and hurry, and we found the right way." He Yunlong jumped off the horse out of breath, and immediately ran to report it: "No, look! Pointing to the men behind him who were driving the horses and cattle with a flashlight, "We met the boss on the road and a herd of cattle, all of them are ownerless anyway, I thought, to gain a foothold in this place, these animals are very useful, no, I am good at asserting them, and I will drive them all to you!" Hey. "On a snowy night, it's normal to lose your way, and it's not good to criticize your subordinates, after all, you still arrived, and you can take the cattle and horses with you, and get such a big group of animals to make the credit for the crime, not bad!

Zhang Jiaming grinned widely, and his smile was already closed, and now, Zhang Chunxue in his arms even solved the milk problem!