Chapter 20: The Hunting Quarters of the 'Wood Country'
“...... It's so dazzling, the sun is ...... Huh, sunshine?"
"Yo, you're finally awake. Yuan Shanghan sat in the carriage and looked at Gui Qingchen who was still lying down, "You kid is really good, you fell asleep directly at the birthday banquet with a jar of glutinous rice wine, not to mention, you can't wake up in the morning, it's almost noon now, why did you wake up hungry?"
Gui Qingchen's face turned red, "...... I couldn't help but take a few more sips. ”
In the middle of last night's banquet, in the blink of an eye when Scarlet and Yuan Shanghan came back from cutting beef, Gui Qingchen seemed to take advantage of the fact that they were not there and drank a few sips directly in the wine jar, and then fell asleep with too much alcohol. Yuan Shanghan had no choice but to carry him back to the tent that the caravan had set up outside the village, but he didn't expect to wake him up, and he couldn't wake him up when the caravan was about to leave in the morning, so Yuan Shanghan had to carry him to the carriage and follow the caravan to continue on the road.
“...... How are you now? You won't get dizzy or anything. Enjohan asked with a sigh.
"It's okay! I slept for more than ten hours, and my spirit was very good!"
"That's good, oh, your sister said that there will be a commission in the future and you won't be allowed to touch the wine. ”
"Ahh
Yuan Shanghan looked at Gui Qingchen's lost expression and added, "What she said was 'when there is a commission'. ”
"Well?......! that's what it means to lift the ban when the commission ends, hehe. "Although Gui Qingchen is not a greedy drinker, this kind of thing that can help the fun, of course, when he can drink it, he wants to have a good time.
Since descending the mountain, the road to the city has been smooth and open, and everyone has been driving in a carriage for most of the day before they reach the city gate. The garrison at the city gate gave a release slip after inspecting the wagon a little, and the task of escorting the caravan was completed at this point.
"Don't you really need us to escort you to the place where the delivery is delivered?" asked Scarlet Brother Cai as he was about to say goodbye.
Brother Cai looked at the three children who had gotten along in the past few days, and he was really a little reluctant, but he would always come when it was time to say goodbye, "Ah, don't worry, you have completed this escort well, although there is danger, but we have not been hurt at all, thank you for these days." ”
After that, everyone in the caravan was reluctant to come over to say goodbye to the three of them.
"Brother Woo Woo, you are the same as my father, and I can't bear you. Gui Qingchen hugged Brother Cai tightly.
"Hey, I shouldn't be as old as your dad, anyway, don't go around recognizing your dad. Brother Cai rubbed his head helplessly, then pushed him to Yuan Shanghan's side, and said, "Shanghan, Xiao'er, you take him with you." Okay, don't grind, say goodbye, we'll see you in the Yuanguo country!" Brother Cai secretly sniffed, turned around and left, and didn't look back.
The three of them stood in place, Gui Qingchen kept waving to the caravan walking the path, and some of the young men in the caravan also kept waving in response until they couldn't see each other.
"How to say it, the previous commissions were all exploration and hunting beasts, but now I feel a lot of humanity when I am a guard commission. Yuan Shanghan looked at Gui Qingchen's lonely appearance and said to Scarlet.
“...... Well. Scarlet nodded, the human touch was indeed felt, but to be honest, she couldn't fully understand why Gui Qingchen was so reluctant, because she was used to being alone? Or will feelings no longer be revealed? She didn't know it herself.
Inhale, exhale, Gui Qingchen took a few deep breaths: "Okay, the family thinking session is over, where should we go next?" he turned his head to look at the two and said.
"Ha, what kind of dear, do you really regard Brother Cai as your father?"
"No, Brother Cai is really like my dad, especially the mole on the side of the chin, the position is exactly the same, which makes me feel homesick all of a sudden. ”
Yuan Shanghan was silent, daring to love this kid was not reluctant to cry because of Brother Cai, and it made Brother Cai feel a little guilty. "You, too much"
"It's too much. ”
"What's wrong with me?! Even Sister Xiao'er said that. Gui Qingchen looked aggrieved.
Yuan Shanghan ignored his questioning, and explained to Scarlet that he planned to find a place first and set up a stall to sell those tiger skins, tiger teeth, jade shells or something. Scarlet planned to go to the hunter station of the country to see what kind of commissions they had, and finally asked Gui Qingchen's plan, he planned to go to the station with Scarlet to have a look.
"But isn't it true that below the silver medal can't accept commissions from other countries?" Gui Qingchen followed behind Scarlet and headed in the direction of the station.
"Well, I'm just going to check it out and pass the time. "Scarlet didn't have much interest in merchants, so he didn't want to do business with Yuan Shanghan, but when he first arrived, he didn't know where to go in the country, so he decided to go to the hunter's station. "Oh, ahead. ”
Gui Qingchen looked over, his eyes crossed the crowd, and stayed near the edge of the town, where there was a huge attic-like building that looked grand and old, surrounded by towering trees, and some of the climbing vines on the wood-framed windows also bloomed with dark purple wisteria flowers, giving people an elegant and calm feeling, and the gate was also a two-way door made of heavy wood, and the door was carved with gorgeous carvings that seemed to be composed of flowers and plants, and the doorknob that was often touched reflected in the metallic luster under the light through the leaf gaps.
"Oh, this place really smells like 'Wood Country'. Gui Qingchen's eyes lit up and he sighed, "I don't know what kind of pattern is inside." So saying, he ran to the door in high spirits.
Inside the door, in front of the commission wall.
"Zhuang, why don't we just pull some more people around. A young man in green said.
The person who was called 'Zhuang' looked at the order on the wall, lowered his head, and seemed to struggle to think for a while: "Hmm...... But it will be much easier to have the fire attribute, and it will be annihilated in one fell swoop...... If they escape and find another nest, it will be more than worth the loss. ”
"Then let the other team do it. ”
"No! Xiao'er's farm is nearby, what if the other teams fail! ”
The young man in green sighed, "Xiao'er Xiao'er, don't you like people to confess directly." ”
"The focus is here?!" The young man surnamed Zhuang was startled, and then sighed: "I'm afraid it's out of the show, it's all so obvious hints, why doesn't she react at all?"
"You know, some girls are not as sensitive as boys in this regard, if you don't say it directly, how can people know your thoughts. ”
“......”
"Hey, don't talk about it, that person, isn't it fire?!" the boy with a pigtail leaning to the side suddenly interjected, pointing to the door.