Around noon.

Linghu Wetland Park.

Due to the heavy snowfall that had fallen overnight last night, the pine forest was covered in snow, and the white snow was dazzling in the midday sun.

Carrying a hemp rope on his left shoulder and a hunting bow on his right shoulder, the young man gasped lightly for the white mist and looked up at the south entrance of the park.

The twisted steel bars were covered with icicles, and at the top was a table-wide wooden board with a string of numbers carved into it.

“404。”

After staring at the wooden sign for a while, Yu Hu whispered the numbers out.

This was the method that old Charlie taught them, and it was a habit he had only recently developed.

said that as long as it was a word that I saw on the road, I could recognize it and read it out loud, and silently counted the strokes in my heart.

If you recognize more, you will naturally become familiar with it.

This method is quite effective, and recently he has learned to write the names of himself, Xiaoyu, his father and mother, and his brother and sister-in-law, as well as basic numbers and addition and subtraction.

If it had been put in a few months ago, this skill would have been regarded as a cultural person on Bate Street.

But now, it's average.

Recently, the enthusiasm for learning in the town has been unbelievably high, especially the young boys, who have become regular visitors to the literacy class since they heard about the treatment of the new industrial zone from Li Niu and a few people, and they are eager to live in it.

Of course, this may also be partly due to the fact that it is relatively warm in the castle, and you don't want to leave after visiting once.

The most dangerous road is over.

After resting at the entrance of the park, Yu Hu tightened the rope on his shoulders and continued to walk forward on the knee-deep snow.

Wading through the snow with prey is not an easy task, but for experienced hunters, this problem does not exist.

He made a raft out of planks, tied the mutant boar he had hit, and dragged it with a rope.

In this way, there is no need to worry about the prey getting stuck in the snow and freezing, which is much easier and safer than dragging the prey directly.

As long as you watch your steps and don't take unfamiliar roads, there is basically no problem.

After walking through the woods for a few hundred meters, the eyes suddenly opened up.

Rows of wooden stakes piled with snow stood on the open ground outside the trench, and in front of them was the wall of the outpost and the south gate, and then behind was the house built by the blue coats, and then the house of Brother Chu.

Compared to a month ago, this is simply too much change.

The tall chimney behind the wall, and the clanging of iron, disappeared along with the trees outside the wall.

In their place, there are unique cottages, straight streets paved with stone bricks, and more and more people, and more and more things on the stalls.

Yu Hu has no culture, and he has only recently learned to recognize a little words, and he has come up with some beautiful words to describe these houses, but he just thinks they are strange and beautiful.

Some of the eaves are upturned, bricks and woods are mixed, boxy, and majestic. Some of them are all cylindrical bodies, made of stone bricks, solemn and mysterious.

Although the styles were different, the houses were neat and uniform in height, and none of them exceeded the roof of the sanatorium, the room in the middle of the settlement.

Yu Hu didn't know what the houses were for, he only recognized the warehouses and the elegantly decorated cabin with a plaque wrapped around rattan.

He bought clothes there once, and he also bought two meters of cloth for his family, and his sister's scarf seems to be made there.

Occasionally, if he hits some prey with beautiful coats, Yu Hu will take it here first and ask. The shopkeeper, who looked like a child, would be paid a little more than the warehouse not far away.

Anyway, according to Brother Chu, as long as he brings things here to trade, he can help him, and Yu Hu doesn't care who he sells it to.

But the wild boar still counts.

Yu Hu felt that the little cute shopkeeper should not need this kind of rough leather, so he dragged the wild boar directly to the warehouse.

The rope was put in the doorway, and just as he was about to ask the steward to help him weigh his prey, he suddenly saw a familiar face from behind the wooden table.

The man saw him too, and was instantly overjoyed.

"Yu Hu?"

"Zhao Rat?" Yu Hu looked at him with a surprised expression, "Aren't you in the brick factory?" ”

As he spoke, Yu Hu glanced up and down at the fur coat that the fellow was wearing, and a trace of envy appeared on his face.

This guy is having a good life.

I've got new clothes!

Seeing the surprised expression on the face of the fellow, Zhao Rat smiled and said with great vigour.

"Recently, the base has been under construction, warehouses and dormitories are expanding, and there is a shortage of manpower, so I see that the treatment is good, so I took the initiative to ask to be transferred from the brick factory!"

Actually, he didn't want to come over.

The brickyard made a few less silver coins, but it was as warm as spring, and there were always people with stories written on their faces that were sent in to work.

Those old buddies are all talented, speak well, and love to brag.

To open your mouth is to think about the past, and to close your mouth is to say that it is a long story. When asked where he came from, it was either a mercenary from the swamp or a commander from the Far West...... Anyway, it was all places he had never heard of.

Zhao Rat had never left Qingquan City in his life, and he had been as far as the dungeon of the Bloody Hand Clan, and he vaguely remembered that the head of the Bloody Hand Clan seemed to be known as a centurion?

At his peak, that bear-like man, with about a hundred people under his command, was rampant and domineering in the northern suburbs of Qingquan City, doing all kinds of evil.

But what's the use?

In the end, it was served by those blue coats, and now it is estimated that he is working in the mines of Honghe Town, and he doesn't know if he is still alive.

So...... The commander is also in charge of a thousand people?

That's not!

Zhao Rat thought about it, all the people he had seen in his life might not add up to a thousand! He has a headache for him to remember the names of dozens of people, if he really cares about so many people, can he remember who they are?

In short, the Niuma Brick Factory is a good place, even if you don't believe the nonsense of those old buddies at all, Zhao Rat always likes to listen to them brag.

If he hadn't planned to move his family here from Bate Street in the spring of next year, and take advantage of the expansion of the base to the north to buy a house or something, he really wanted to stay in that good place all year round.

It's a paradise there.

“…… Don't talk about me, how are you doing over there? What is the impact of the blizzard? Also, is my family okay? After talking about his situation, Zhao Rat immediately asked Yu Hu about the family.

Last night's blizzard blew away another roof, and he didn't sleep well all night thinking about the shack in the house.

"We're very good there, your dad asked me to bring you a message yesterday, saying that you don't have to worry about your family and take care of yourself......" relayed the greetings that Daddy Zhao brought to him, Yu Hu and this fellow continued to talk about the recent situation on Bate Street.

Although this winter was colder than everyone expected, and the blizzard was blowing and making people's hearts shiver, thanks to the help of those blue coats, they lived in a uniform brick and wood house early, and the damage was not as bad as last year.

If it was the shack before, it would be difficult to say, and it is estimated that many people would have died.

In the hardest of days, old Charlie let the poor people whose houses were blown down by the blizzard live in the former mayor's castle, and at the same time arranged for the repair of the damaged houses.

Under the organization of the street office, everyone is united in the face of difficulties.

It turns out that without the rule of the old mayor, they would only be better off.

After listening to Yu Hu's description, Zhao Rat's face was full of emotion.

"This is unimaginable in previous years."

Yu Hu nodded in agreement.

"yes."

When the old mayor's family was still there, they had to do their best just to live, how could they be as comfortable as they are now.

Not to mention opening the castle gates to let the victims in.

Even if the victims of the disaster gather together to save themselves, he will send those dogs who only dare to bully their own people to come over and drive away the people who have gathered together.

"Speaking of which, Yu Hu."

"What's wrong?"

Zhao Rat hesitated for a moment and spoke.

"Why don't you come here too!"

Without waiting for Yu Hu to speak, Zhao Rat continued to persuade.

"There's a lot more life here than Bate Street, and there's a shortage of people everywhere, and you're so good at hunting, you're sure you'll find something to do here!" Definitely better than me! ”

To be honest, seeing the changes here, Yu Hu was indeed a little moved.

Anyway, he didn't have a family, and when he moved out, he didn't open his mouth to eat at home.

But after thinking about it, he finally shook his head.

“…… Forget it. ”

Zhao Rat was stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting him to refuse, and hurriedly asked.

"Why?"

Yu Hu said bluntly.

"As you said, I have a little bit of hunting skills, and this ghost weather can't help at all, and I may not be able to catch a prey for a few weeks. Instead of coming here to make trouble for you, it is better to stay at home and learn more Braille, which may come in handy. ”

What kind of reason is that?

Listening to Yu Hu's words, Zhao Rat couldn't laugh or cry.

"Hey, the granary next door to you is almost full, can people lack your food? And you don't have to learn to read at Bate Street, the factory here has night school like the guard! ”

"That's not going to work," Yu Hu said stubbornly, "Brother Chu has already helped our family so much, how can I take advantage of him!" ”

Seeing that this guy was as stubborn as a stone, Zhao Rat shook his head and sighed.

"You guy...... Forget it, I can't persuade you. ”

Yu Hu touched the back of his head and said with a smile.

"You don't have to persuade me, I know what I know. Besides, Brother Chu said, let me come next spring, he will find something for me to do, and I will come back when the time comes! ”

Brother Chu is such a smart person, he must have arranged everything a long time ago.

There's nothing wrong with doing what he says!

The two of them didn't talk about moving, and with the help of Zhao Rat, Yu Hu weighed the mutated wild boar and quickly sent it to the slaughterhouse.

The blue coat carrying the butcher's knife stood in front of the board, skillfully cramping and peeling the skin and meat, and throwing the bones and water into the bucket, the movements were dazzling and dizzying.

Now the price of prey is much higher than before, and the purchase price of mutated wild boar skin has increased from 10 silver coins to 20 silver coins, which is 400 grams if it is exchanged for coarse salt!

In the past, although the price of salt was cheaper, it could be exchanged for up to 300 grams of coarse salt.

The price of meat is the same, the price of the things sold here has almost doubled, but the price of the prey has also risen, and the impact on him is not very great.

The prey can be exchanged for more things, which is a good thing.

The hides are put into storage, and a tanner will come to pick them up later. The raw meat was divided into two parts, the large part was Yu Hu's, and the small part was the reward for slaughtering, which was returned to the base warehouse according to the agreement.

Zhao Rat flipped out the ledger, made a mark on it, and then carefully counted 20 silver coins from the drawer and lined them up on the table.

"It's 20 silver, you put it away."

Looking at the silver coin on the table, Yu Hu picked up one and looked at it, weighed it in the palm of his hand, and asked curiously.

"What's the change in style of this silver coin?"

It's a lot heavier than before, and it looks newer.

Zhao Rat explained.

"The manager said that the coin was inconvenient in the past, and that the new silver coin will be used in the future."

Although he couldn't say where it was inconvenient, this is the explanation given by the manager.

"What about the original silver coins?" Yu Hu remembered that there were still some at home, and if they couldn't be used, he had to quickly ask his brother to replace them all with salt.

Expecting him to ask this, Zhao Rat waved his hand and responded skillfully.

"It's out of the way, the manager said, whether it's new or old money, the warehouse and the bank will accept it in full, but when looking for money, I won't look for it anymore."

Seeing that it had no impact on the family, Yu Hu relieved himself and put the silver coins on the table into his pocket.

Looking at Yu Hu who was packing up his things, Zhao Rat asked.

"Are you going to go straight back in a moment?"

Yu Hu said.

"I'm not in a hurry, I'm going to see my little sister later, do you have anything you want me to bring back for you?" I can give you a ride. ”

Zhao Rat continued.

"No, we're paid on a monthly basis now...... Or, you can help me and my family with a message, let my father and mother pay attention to their health, wait two weeks, my turn is on vacation, and I will take the time to go home and have a look. ”

Yu Hu nodded.

"Okay, I'll bring the message for you."

Receiving this promise, Zhao Rat showed a comfortable smile on his face.

"Thanks!"

At this moment, several residents of the shelter came running not far away, pointing to the shelves and babbling something.

The voice was agitated like a quarrel.

"Pepper, I want pepper!"

"I want it too!"

"Gan! Don't cut in line, I'll come first! ”

Looking at the elf king Fugui who was at the forefront, Ye Shi, who didn't outrun him, couldn't help but squirt.

"What's the use of you as a hunter asking for pepper?"

Brother Fugui rolled his eyes and said confidently.

"You have to take care of it! Don't allow hunters to be cooks anymore? ”

This kind of opportunity to enter the Hall of Fame, how could he miss it!

Although he doesn't know how to cook at all, it doesn't matter!

Don't you have to have hands to cook?

The seasoning is in place, but you are worried that it will not taste good?

So the key is to get your hands on the spices!

Zhao Rat glanced down at the VM, skillfully removed the last two bags of pepper from the shelf, handed them to the person at the front of the station, and said in a non-standard pronunciation.

"This is the last, no more."

Hearing this, the people behind them instantly dispersed with a disappointed face.

Only the blue jacket that bought the things looked happy, and after saying "thank you", he generously took out the VM and paid for it, and walked away in a hurry.

Looking at the distant back, Yu Hu asked curiously.

"What did he buy just now? Salt? ”

"It's 'pepper', a spice that tastes weird, and I don't like it very much anyway." Speaking of this, Zhao Rat paused, and added later, "Unless it's sprinkled on the barbecue." ”

Barbecue.

Yu Hu swallowed his saliva unconsciously, thinking of the barbecue stall at the north gate.

The food sold there tastes amazing!

When looking towards the north gate, Yu Hu suddenly noticed that there was a bit of a different bustle there. There were a lot of blue coats running around there, some from the things in the granary, some with the things to the granary, and some people moving some wooden tables and sheds from the carpentry hut there.

Usually there are more people there in the evening, why are you so busy at noon today?

"What's going on over there?" Yu Hu felt that he was curious more today than in the past week combined.

Zhao Rat said with a smile.

"There's a celebration in a week!"

"Celebration?!" Yu Hu looked at Zhao Rat in surprise, "Is anyone going to get married?" ”

If you hold a celebration a week in advance, you have to be a person of high status.

Don't......

Is it Brother Chu?!

"What is married, that's called...... New Year’s Day! Zhao Rat was not very familiar with the pronunciation of that word, and he held back for a while before remembering, "The residents of the Vault intend to celebrate the arrival of the new year, and the last and first day of the year seems to be an important holiday for them. I don't know much about the specifics, but it's something like a festival. ”

Yu Hu knew about the celebration.

For example, recently, when the old mayor's youngest son had just reached the full moon, he gave them a croissant and told them to go to the castle for half a day to do day labor.

Except for the old mayor and his dogs, no one was happy.

But......

Celebrating the New Year, for him who heard about this kind of new thing for the first time, still made him curious.

Seeing through the expression on Yu Hu's face, Zhao Rat said with a smile.

"It's not the busiest time yet, wait until the last night of December, if you have time, you can come and have a look."

"I bet it's going to be a buzzing batch!"

Yu Hu nodded vigorously and said with interest.

"Hmmm! Do I remember that...... But at night, it's not convenient to go back, right? ”

"Why don't you go back, you'll live with me when the time comes," Zhao Rat patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "My dormitory is enough to sleep!" ”

……

The north entrance to the outpost.

It's buzzing at the moment.

The players showed their talents, either busy setting up their stalls, or boiling something in the cauldron, and the whole north gate was filled with a strange smell, and even the north wind through the forest could not blow away.

The cat blinked curiously at Akiba next to her sister.

She had never seen such a lively scene.

"Night badger! Flathead in the wasteland! Anyone wants it? Just caught it from outside the long farm! If you want to bring your own price, you want to buy it as soon as possible. ”

"No. 76 Street sweeping, are there any brothers who got into the car, I heard that there is a hyena kennel there."

"The three-person team is also a sensory system, and the newcomers are also fine."

"Lao Na, what did you just throw into the pot?!"

"Boss Crow!! Help the tail to see if this is poisonous! ”

"Help me too!"

"Wow!! Just put it on the table, don't put duck in my mouth! The mournful cry of crows echoed across the mushroom beach, causing the guards to look over there and walk away when they saw that there was nothing to do.

The bazaar entrance is not far away.

Elf King Fugui shook the two bags of pepper in his hand towards Ye Shi, and walked triumphantly in the direction of his teammates, where Brother Mole and Irena were waiting for him.

Tui shook the guy's back, and Ye Shi scolded and walked next to his teammates.

"Gan! I didn't buy the seasoning! It's outrageous when the pepper is all sold! ”

When did these people become so rich!

1 silver and 1g of pepper, I bought all two packs in one shot, which is really excessive!

Lao Bai comforted him.

"It's okay, forget if you don't buy it, you may not be able to use it in the end anyway."

Tempest said.

"Well, it's better for us to use some simple materials, I think the probability of winning the game will be higher this way."

The seasoning will be sold out, but it is also expected by the strong wind.

After all, the event rewards not only the annual title, but also the Hall of Fame.

It's going to be as fierce as a competition, and it can only be said that it is reasonable, everyone wants to be the first, after all, it is there.

If no one rolls this, Hurricane will have to wonder if he is playing the national uniform.

At this moment, there was a clawed crab lying next to them.

The newcomers who passed by nearby couldn't help but look sideways at this side, and they couldn't help but curse the hateful Europeans in their hearts with envy.

In this winter, the roads are buried, and you can still find the nests of the clawed crabs.

Isn't it the Emperor of Europe!

Carrying a bag of flour out of the north gate, Zhang Hai saw the big crab, and his eyes were protruding.

Walking up and taking a look at it, he couldn't help but ask.

"Where did you get such a big crab?"

Ye Shi didn't hide it, and lazily pretended to be forced.

"There is a hole in the ground on the north shore of Linghu Lake with a hibernating clawed crab. We saw him sleeping, so we took the opportunity to give him a punch in the face. ”

It cost a little money, but it was well spent.

Zhang Hai scolded and scolded: "Mother's skin! Why do you always find such good things? ”

Seeing his envious, jealous and hateful look, Ye Shi smiled.

"Maybe it's luck?"

Zhang Hai: "#%@! ”

Fang Chang and the scrambled eggs with tomatoes stood together, staring at the split-claw crab on the ground and discussing how to cook it.

One is super good at eating, the other is special to do, and the two of them stand together, which can be regarded as a strange combination.

"I carefully studied the event announcement, and the request was 'simple and delicious', and we had to use as many ingredients as possible that were easy to obtain, so that the probability of winning should be higher."

Scrambled eggs with tomatoes shook his head.

"It's too abstract."

Fang Chang said contemplatively.

"Yes, and how to preserve the crab meat is a problem."

Even in winter, it is difficult to preserve the crab meat until the third day, and by the fourth day, even if the meat does not deteriorate, the taste will be much worse due to dehydration.

And now there are 7 full days until New Year's Day!

It was a pure accident that he could find this hunting claw crab, and he was not confident that he would be able to find another one.

The scrambled eggs with tomatoes touched his chin and suddenly spoke.

"Save the crab meat...... I have some ideas about this. ”

Fang Chang looked at him.

"Oh?"

Scrambled eggs with tomatoes continued.

"I've seen the brick mill workers picking up grass from the lake to process the uneaten fish so that it's fresh until the second or third day. I don't know if it's useful for crab meat, but I feel like I can give it a try. ”

Fang Chang had never heard of such a strange plant.

"What grass?"

Scrambled eggs with tomatoes said.

"Look at the official website on the illustrated book, it is called buffalo grass, but it does not write the specific effect."

Fang Chang immediately asked the most crucial question.

"Can you find it in winter?"

Scrambled eggs with tomatoes shook his head and said.

"I don't know, but after I found out about it at the time, I picked a lot out of curiosity, dried it and put it in the locker with the intention of studying it slowly, but it never came in handy."

Hearing this, Fang Chang instantly became excited and said excitedly.

"Good brother! Here's your chance to come in handy! ”

Scrambled eggs with tomatoes scratched the back of the head.

"But even if the problem of preserving crab meat is solved...... What should we make of it? You can't just grill it over charcoal, right? ”

Although it's not impossible, it's too untechnical, and it's still a bit difficult to win the award.

"That's a good thing to say," Fang Chang continued, with a confident smile on his face, "I just noticed that the warehouse's restrictions on the sale of green wheat and croissants have been temporarily lifted. ”

The scrambled eggs with tomatoes were slightly stunned, but they didn't understand.

"What do you mean......"

"Obviously, the 'cheap and delicious' slogan is in these two things! Why else is the restriction lifted at this point in time? ”

Fang Chang looked at Brother Scrambled Eggs with blazing eyes and continued.

"Dude, have you ever heard of crab cakes?"

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(The next chapter has a bit of a lot of words and content, and the handicapped party doesn't dare to set up any more flags, so I'll try to get it out at eleven o'clock.) If it doesn't come out at eleven o'clock, it's probably twelve o'clock. qaq）