Chapter 43: Maps
Ding Jiayi learned about Kraft's current situation, and the old man was worried about food for the winter.
High technology can bring rapid changes to the world and provide people with endless convenience and enjoyment, but the premise of tasting scientific and technological achievements is that you have to have money. This fishing village is obviously not a rich fishing village, and Kraft is certainly not a rich person, even though human technology has been highly developed, in some corners, there are still people struggling with food and clothing.
Ding Jiayi sighed, Kraft's memories helped him understand the human world, but he didn't have time to repay the old man, because every minute of delay would make Zagala more dangerous.
He looked at the sparkling sea in the moonlight, snapped his fingers, and jumped into the water with the urine pill.
Kraft knelt motionless on the deck, and after a while, he thought that the demon had spared him and his grandson, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, "Thank God, thank God for the mercy!"
"I think you should be thankful for me. Ding Jiayi jumped out of the water again and happened to hear Kraft's words.
The old man's eyes widened, and he saw that the fat child beside the demon was carrying a whale several times larger than himself. Looking at the demon's hand again, Kraft was shocked to let out a three-foot-long snot - it was a sperm whale! An adult sperm whale can be up to 18 meters long and weigh up to 50 tons, and the one the demon is carrying is obviously not a cub!
Ding Jiayi was a little difficult, the fish in his hand was bigger than Kraft's fishing boat, and if he didn't put it on it, it would be sunk directly, but if he put it on the shore, he felt that this old man would definitely not be able to get home.
"Uncle, where is your home? I'll send you home. He asked as kindly as he could.
Kraft was a little confused for a moment, not understanding what the demon meant, but John jumped up excitedly, "Grandpa, they're going to give us these two fish!"
Kraft can't believe it - the devil will help people catch fish, the robbers will give money, the thieves will not leave anything behind, and Lori will overthrow the uncle?
Ding Jiayi was impatient, "Uncle, take me to your house quickly, I'll leave when the fish is put down for you, I still have urgent business!"
"Yes, yes, Demon-sama!" Kraft finally relented, "Thank God, no, no, no, thank you, Demon-sama for helping with fishing!" he quickly turned the bow of the boat and headed to shore.
The houses in the fishing village are not large, and the houses are almost the same layout: wooden houses, with a small courtyard, and these houses are fixed to the ground with four wooden stakes. The dampness is heavy near the sea, and in order to prevent the floor from becoming moldy, the bottom of the house is raised by wooden stakes about half a meter and suspended from the ground.
Kraft's house is in the westernmost part of the fishing village, and he lived with his son and daughter-in-law, and also brought a grandson, and the family had a lot of food and clothing, and needed to stock up on a lot of food every winter, so the yard was built slightly more spacious than other people's homes. Even so, two whales, one large and one small, still crowded the entire yard, and there was no place to stay.
The food has been settled, and the next question is how to store it, if it is left in the yard like this, let alone winter, the fish will rot in a few days, and the whole yard will be crawling with maggots. The plague caused by eating carrion can kill both grandparents and grandchildren, and the family will not be able to stay at that time.
Kraft took out a rusty scimitar from the house and began to cut the fish with great difficulty, and only by cutting them into pieces and spreading them out in the yard to dry them can the food be kept for a long time without being wasted. This is a huge project, relying on the old man alone, it will not be able to cut the rope for ten days and a half months, and as winter approaches, the weather is getting colder and colder, the sunshine temperature is getting lower and lower, and the time required for the fish to dry will also become longer.
Help to the end, Ding Jiayi thought. So he pushed Kraft away and took his hand into a knife, and a black flame burned around the edge of the knife. With a slap of the brush, a piece of fish meat was cut neatly, Ding Jiayi picked up the fish and looked at it, all the moisture in the meat was steamed dry by the flame, the texture was compact, and it was hard to the touch. He nodded, and it seemed that the heat was just right. Then he put his palms together, and in a short time, the two whales that occupied the yard had all been cut into dried fillets. He threw two huge fish bones back to the sea, leaving half of the yard empty, and the other half stacked with neat fillets.
Kraft was moved to tears, thinking: The demon who came to the world to learn from Lei Feng to do good deeds may have been this since ancient times, and as a result, he let himself be put on the stall, how much virtue did I have to accumulate in my last life?
He led his little grandson to Chong Ding Jiayi and Urine Pill and bowed deeply, "Lord Demon, no, you must not be a demon, but an angel with scorched wings. If I die and go to heaven, I will pray to God to help you restore your holy color!"
This made Ding Jiayi a little awkward, thinking that Brother Dan was really unpopular in the world, and even the good deeds he did under his subordinates were counted on God's head.
"Okay, okay, it's just a gesture", he waved his hand, "But I'm not helping in vain, do you have a world map or something, can you give me a copy?"
Kraft thought about it, and used to go to the town north to buy hemp rope for weaving fishing nets, as if he had brought a map of the world to his grandson by the way.
"Yes, yes, I'll find it for you. ”
After rummaging through the boxes and cabinets for a long time, Kraft finally found it. This map is made of inferior paper, and it has been yellowed over time, but after all, it is a product of modern industry, and the accuracy is still very high. Ding Jiayi spread it out and smiled with satisfaction - this was exactly what he needed.
After having a preliminary understanding of this world, he had already formed a rough plan in his mind about how to find Zagara. There are so many people in the world, and certainly not everyone has the ability to enter the underworld, and then the gods unknowingly take Zagala away. In other words, all of this can be done either by an extremely powerful organization or individual, or simply by the actions of a certain state. Regardless of the purpose of doing so, the countries that have the ability to do so in the first place can exclude many, such as the country of Spania where he is now.
Then the next task is very clear, first of all, we must go through all the powerful countries in the world, and visit the important people of these powerful countries one by one, with the ability of demon knowledge, he is not afraid of not getting news at all.
However, he was also a little worried that if this matter was not an act of the state, but a mysterious organization, and even the big people of those powerful countries did not know about it, it would be more difficult to do.
"I can only race against time, Gala, I hope you can wait until I come!" Ding Jiayi made up his mind, didn't want to delay for a moment, picked up the urine pill and spread his wings and flew away.
Kraft and John watched them leave, and thought to themselves: This demon is so good.
Ding Jiayi spread out the map in mid-air, frowning slightly. Even if there are not many powerful countries, after all, there are still so few, and he doesn't know where to start. He found the location of Spania on the map, and when he looked up, he saw that there was a country bordering Spania to the north, called Frans, which seemed to be not weak.
"Okay! Let's start with you!" Ding Jiayi smiled wickedly.
In the darkness of the night, the hideous wings obscured the moonlight.