The twenty-second time the kitchen utensils are all happy, and the fire is sad alone (4)

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"Okay, good!" nodded and smiled, and walked into the courtyard.

At this time, Suiren's wife, Mei Ji, also stepped on clogs and walked briskly to meet Chaotianzi, and said with a smile on her face:

"Good morning, you are very welcome. ”

Chao Tianzi immediately replied politely:

"Hello sister! Chao Tianzi took the liberty to come here, and there was a lot of disturbance. ”

"Where, Chaotian Zijun, you are so polite. Mei Ji smiled.

As soon as she finished speaking, a child ran out of the house, stepped forward and took one of the hands of Chaotianzi, and cried out with infinite joy:

"Little brother, I like you so much. Let's play a game together, shall we?"

Without waiting for the Son of Heaven to speak, the Suiren immediately scolded:

"Zheng'er, don't be rude. ”

"Yes, yes!" Mei Ji then smiled and said, "Zheng'er, Chaotian Zijun is your elder, you want to call him uncle." ”

"No, no," Zheng'er said stubbornly, "Little brother is not a few years older than me, so I won't call him uncle, just little brother!"

"Yes, yes, yes. Chao Tianzi casually took Zheng'er into his arms, stretched out his mouth and kissed his forehead very happily, and said with a smile, "Zheng'er is right, I like to hear you call me little brother." Zheng'er, now that my little brother has something to do, I'll play games with you when I have time later?"

"Okay, little brother is so good. Zheng'er said with infinite joy, jumped to the ground in one go, and shouted happily as he ran towards the house, "Little brother, you wait, I'll go get the toys." ”

"This kid doesn't know how to be polite, so there's really nothing he can do. Mei Ji smiled a little embarrassedly.

The flint man waved his hand and laughed loudly:

"Forget it, let him go. Chaotian Zijun, seeing that you are wet, you must have suffered a lot of hardship. Come with me to the fire and dry my wet clothes. ”

At this time, Chaotianzi was really chilled, he said "yes", and followed the Suiren into the fire pond house. Immediately, he felt a warm heat hit his face.

"Ah, it's so warm in here. Chao Tianzi said very happily.

The flint laughed:

"Of course, because there are fireworks here. ”

As he spoke, he led Chaotianzi to the fire and sat down with him on a wooden bench.

After Chaotianzi sat down facing the fire pit, he felt warmer all over, he looked at the red charcoal fire in the fire pit, and said with great surprise:

"Brother Suiren, is this the spark you drilled?"

"Exactly. The flint replied, "Chaotian Zijun, just now I have used the best Suimu to drill a vigorous fire for you. ”

"Ah, that's great. Chao Tianzi stretched out his hand to bake the fire and said excitedly, "Brother Suiren, I want to learn the technique of drilling wood to make fire with you, I don't know if it's okay?"

"This ......" Suiren hesitated for a moment, and said with a sad face, "It's okay to learn, but, Chaotian Zijun, it's useless if you learn it." ”

"Oh, why is that?" Chao Tianzi asked hurriedly.

The flint replied:

"Because the wood used to drill wood for fire is very special, it must be sui wood -- and it must be more than a thousand years old, growing on the top of mountain peaks, and the sun has been shining for a particularly long time; As for Suimu, only we have it in Suiming. ”

"Oh, I see. Chao Tianzi was very disappointed.

After being silent for a while, he suddenly smiled again:

"Brother Suiren, this place you live in is amazing. Why is it that this island nation is usually hidden in the sea, and it has to rain heavily before it comes out?"

The flint replied:

"Chaotian Zijun, you don't know anything. You live on the continent and don't know how dangerous the ever-changing ocean climate is? That's a long story. A long time ago, our country was also exposed to the sea level, but it was often hit by hurricanes, and its people suffered from the destruction of their families...... Later, after hard training, our protector magician finally refined the 'Technique of Moving Mountains into the Sea', and dived Fusang Island into the sea, so that the people of the country could avoid the suffering of ruined families and deaths...... Because the sea water is salty and undrinkable, every time it rains heavily, a layer of rainwater accumulates on the surface of the sea, and the protector magician uses magic to bring the island country to the surface in order to make the people drink natural fresh water - that is, rainwater - and when the people have enough drinking water, the island country sinks into the sea again. ”

"Oh, I see. Chaotianzi suddenly realized, "But, Brother Suiren, I still have a question. ”

The flint laughed:

"What other questions? ”

Chao Tianzi asked:

"Brother Suiren, in my opinion, you are just like me, ordinary human beings, but after you sank into the sea with the island nation, why are you safe and sound?"

The flint replied:

"That's because, when the island nation is about to enter the sea, the protector magician will cover the island country with true qi, isolating the pervasive sea water from our living space. Chaotian Zijun, just now you said that I am an ordinary person like you, in fact, there are some differences between us, but you didn't notice it. ”

"Oh?" Chao Tianzi blinked, carefully studying the very handsome face of the Suiren, "Brother Suiren, your facial features and limbs are really no different from us mainlanders. ”

"Hehehe......" Suiren pointed to his nostrils with his hand, "Chaotian Zijun, look here-"

"Oh?" Chaotianzi found out that there were three nostrils under the nose of the Suiren, and he couldn't help but be surprised, "Brother Suiren, you ...... How can you have an extra nostril than me?"

"That's the difference between us. "Don't be surprised, Chaotian Zijun, in our Suiming Kingdom, everyone has three nostrils - this is the true qi breathing hole specially created for us by the magician, which is used to breathe true qi when living in the sea. Because after we dive to the bottom of the sea, the limited air in the true qi shield will soon be used up, and we must live on the true qi, which is refined by magicians with magic, and it is inexhaustible. ”

"Oh. Chao Tianzi couldn't help but be very envious, "Brother Suiren, your life is so exciting!"

"Hehehe...... So-so, and reasonable. Suiren smiled, and at this time, he saw that Chaotianzi's clothes had been dried dry, so he asked, "Chaotianzijun, are you still cold?"

Chao Tianzi replied:

"It's not cold. Brother Suiren, now I'm hot all over my body, inside and out. ”

"That's good. The flint man stood up, "Chaotianzijun, go, now go and put up the fire I drilled for you." ”

Chao Tianzi agreed, followed the Suiren to the place where the wood was drilled for fire, only to see the Suiren pick up a jar made of red clay, with a handle, a lid, and a ventilation hole around it, open the lid, and use a fire chopstick to clamp a piece of red high-quality tinder into the red clay jar, and then close the lid, gently put it on the ground, and smiled at Chaotianzi:

"Chaotian Zijun, you can take it away when you leave. ”

"Brother Suiren, if the fire is put here, it won't be extinguished, right?" Chao Tianzi asked with some concern.

Without waiting for the flint to speak, I saw Zheng'er holding the dried mud cat, mud dog, and mud doll running over and answering first:

"No, it won't. This is a clay sealing jar, and Daddy specially uses it to preserve the fire. Little brother, I brought the toys, now let's play together, shall we?"

Chao Tianzi was about to nod his head in agreement, but he saw Mei Ji smiling and exclaiming:

"Suiren-kun, breakfast is ready. Now invite Chaotian Zijun over for dinner, right?"

"Okay. Mei Ji, thank you for your hard work. Suiren smiled and said, "Chaotian Zijun, you must be hungry, right?" Now, let's have breakfast together. ”

Chao Tianzi agreed, took one of Zheng'er's hands, and said with a smile:

"Zheng'er, let's go eat first. Let's have fun together after eating. ”

Chaotianzi sat at a wooden table with Suiren, Zheng'er, and Meiji for breakfast. Breakfast was a gruel made of whole grains, and after taking a bite of it, Chao Tianzi couldn't help but exclaim in surprise:

"It's delicious, it's so delicious! Sister, how did you make this fragrant and hot porridge and rice?"

Maggie replied:

"Chaotian Zijun, this porridge and rice are made of raw rice and water to burn the fire. ”

"Yes. Suiren took over and said, "Chaotian Zijun, when you bring the tinder back, you can also cook raw rice like this and eat it." ”

"Really?" Chao Tianzi said happily, "That's great......

They talked, and they ate. Zheng'er happily shouted to Chaotianzi:

"Little brother, let's hang out together this time. ”

Without waiting for the Son of Heaven to speak, the Suiren preemptively said:

"No, there's no time. Now that the Chinese people have absorbed the drinking water, our island nation will sink to the bottom of the sea in a while. The next time it comes to the surface may be ten days, maybe half a month, or even longer...... Therefore, Chaotian Zijun, you have to leave this place as soon as possible, otherwise, I am afraid that it will be difficult for you to leave here for a while. ”

When Chaotianzi heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious, he immediately stood up and smiled at Zheng'er very apologetically:

"Zheng'er, I'm really sorry, my little brother can't play with you today. The next time I come here, I'll have a good time with you, don't you say?"

"Hmph, it's not good!" Zheng'er said angrily and ran out in a huff.

Chao Tianzi felt that he couldn't help it, so he wanted to chase him out and coax Zheng'er, but he listened to Suiren:

"Chaotianzijun, ignore him. ”

Subsequently, he patiently and thoughtfully taught the preservation and use of the fire to Chaotianzi.

After remembering them one by one, Chao Tianzi walked outside quickly, picked up the sealing clay jar with the tinder, reluctantly said goodbye to Suiren, Meiji and Zheng'er, and suddenly jumped and left Fusang Island.

Chao Tianzi flew through the sky, and thought very happily, he was so lucky, although he had suffered a lot of hard work in the past two days and was frightened a few times, after all, he had obtained the fire and completed the task very satisfactorily. Thinking of this, he looked down at the clay jar he was carrying, and thought to himself, the fire has been in it for a long time, should it be extinguished? Thinking of this, he carefully lifted the lid and looked inward, ah? He couldn't help but be shocked and said:

"Oh my God, why is the fire gone?!"

Immediately, his head "buzzed" and he initiated a ......

Chaotianzi landed weakly, fell to a barren grass, sat there in a daze, staring at the empty can with distracted eyes, thinking that all his efforts in the past two days were a bamboo basket to draw water, he couldn't help but feel very sad and sad, and tears couldn't stop flowing down.