Chapter 8: The Human Gamble
At dusk, Ji Bingyan and Chu Liuxiang walked out of the shade, and after resting for a long time, they were about to enter the desert.
Dusk is the best time to enter the desert.
Not cold, not hot.
And when they swept around the town, they didn't find Hu Tiehua's figure, and asked Xiao Pan, who had been talking to the townspeople, and immediately knew that Hu Tiehua seemed to be betting with Li Chaofeng.
As for what to bet on, Xiao Pan didn't know very well, but he knew that Li Chaofeng had nothing to do, and he actually spent money to buy more than a dozen bundles of wheat straw that no one cared about.
Rice is grown in the south and wheat is grown in the north, and this town is on the edge of the desert, but it also has wheat grass.
And when they found the two of them, they saw that in a sandy field, Hu Tiehua was quickly spreading wheat grass with light skills, and Li Chaofeng's figure was also shaking on the sand, and at the same speed, he was using a wooden shovel to "plant" wheat grass into the sand little by little.
The middle of the wheat grass was buried in the sand by Li Chaofeng, and the two ends were exposed to the ground, like grass, and the boxy looked a little like a field.
Around the sandy field, several small radish heads were looking at the wheat grass sand field that was divided into a grid by Li Chaofeng with curiosity.
"Crazy Hu, you have too much strength to use up, right?"
Ji Bingyan is a meticulous and well-planned person, otherwise he wouldn't have let go of the black pearl with his own cleverness.
At other times, no matter how much Hu Tiehua messed around, he would turn a blind eye, but they were about to enter the desert, and every bit of energy should be used in a reasonable place.
And now, Hu Tiehua and Li Chaofeng actually used light skills to farm the land, and now their skin is even more oily by the scorching sun, although the physical consumption of the Jianghu people is nothing, but wasting physical strength is a big taboo in the desert.
So Ji Bingyan began to get angry, and only at Hu Tiehua.
Because he has been with Li Chaofeng for more than ten days, he has long known that although Li Chaofeng is young, he is not an impulsive personality.
It must be Hu Tiehua messing around!
As Ji Bingyan's voice reached the ears of the two, Hu Tiehua also found that he really believed Li Chaofeng's nonsense.
But seeing that Li Chaofeng was still planting grass, he also spread the last bit of wheat grass according to Li Chaofeng's requirements.
One meter by one meter, grass squares.
Running lightly, Hu Tiehua also returned to Chu Liuxiang's side, looked at Li Chaofeng, who was still seriously "planting grass" in the distance, and explained.
"This kid made a bet with me that as long as these straws are planted, when we come back, they will still be there and will not be blown away by the sand."
Chu Liuxiang kept staring at Li Chaofeng in the distance, seeing that he was effortless when he performed light skills, and was a little surprised by the strength of his true qi.
People in the rivers and lakes, unless they fight for their lives, rarely show their true strength, and there are no forty or fifty moves to distinguish the strength of their true qi.
After all... True Qi has no special effect, even if it is separated from the body, it is transparent.
And most of the reputation of the demon dragon is on the demon sword dragon tooth, and now it seems that what Bai Xiaosheng said about Li Chaofeng's body is amazing, I am afraid that it is true.
Hearing Hu Tiehua say that it was like a child's gambling game, Chu Liuxiang was a little crying and laughing, and she also asked.
"Since it's a bet, what's the bet?"
Hu Tiehua also explained proudly.
"I lost, as long as there are conditions, I must take a bath once every half a month at most, and he lost, and I don't have to cook with horse meat from now on."
Chu Liuxiang smiled dumbly, thought for a while, and nodded.
"It's fair to bet on that."
It was extremely difficult to let Hu Tiehua take a bath, but Li Chaofeng was very insistent on horse meat.
Even though Chu Liuxiang and Hu Tiehua showed that they liked horses very much, he was still unwilling to change his mind, and even took the initiative to say it.
He is a cook, and in the eyes of a cook, a beast will never be a human.
Therefore, no matter who loses in this bet, you must change one of your habits.
Chu Liuxiang didn't understand the desert, so he felt that Hu Tiehua was just messing around with Li Chaofeng.
But after Ji Bingyan listened to the content of the gambling game, her eyes were full of horror and a trace of expectation.
Hearing Chu Liuxiang say that the bet was very fair, Ji Bingyan spoke directly.
"Fair? Not fair at all! ”
Ji Bingyan's voice trembled a little, but he didn't know how to explain it, but he still explained it.
"If we come back, this wheat grass is still in the field, even if only half of it is left, I can break Hu Tiehua's two legs, and then force him to take a bath every day!"
Ji Bingyan's tone of voice was very heavy and serious, it seemed that as long as Li Chaofeng agreed, he would definitely do it, even if Hu Tiehua was his best friend.
Hu Tiehua was shocked by Ji Bingyan's words, and Chu Liuxiang also glanced at Ji Bingyan's expression first, and then looked at the grass square in the sand, and asked.
"What does it mean if these wheat straws are still here after a month?"
Ji Bingyan: "It means that this sand land no longer has to worry about being blown up by the wind and then turning into a sand dune that can drown everything." ”
Ji Bingyan knows the desert very well, and he also knows that the desert is always expanding, and the way it expands is that the sand is blown into sand dunes by the wind, and then floods the dry wasteland, and finally forms a new desert.
But Hu Tiehua didn't understand a little, and asked with his arms folded.
"So what?"
Ji Bingyan stared at Li Chaofeng, who was still "planting grass" seriously, and his tone was firm.
"So, as long as there is enough wheat grass, he can make the desert in front of us disappear completely, bit by bit!"
Let the desert disappear completely...
Chu Liuxiang was silent, and Hu Tiehua's eyes widened even more, muttering.
"No wonder that kid dared to say... He can defeat, God of the Desert! ”
Chu Liuxiang smiled bitterly: "People who can't tolerate a grain of sand in their eyes not only can't tolerate sand, but also can't even tolerate the desert?" ”
The three of them were silent, and as Li Chaofeng's last shovel fell, he also looked at the sand dunes in the distance, nodded, and walked towards Chu Liuxiang and the three of them.
When the four of them converged, Ji Bingyan asked a little nervously what he wanted to be sure of.
"Does this method really work?"
Although Li Chaofeng had seen the video of the grass square, he hadn't studied it seriously, he had just watched it.
Moreover, in Li Chaofeng's opinion, this thing is only of some use to this town, but it is not of much benefit to Ji Bingyan.
It's just that Ji Bingyan's concerned attitude is too obvious, but Li Chaofeng doesn't want to pour a basin of cold water on him, so he just answers vaguely.
"Huh? I don't know very well, it's just a trick I saw by chance from an ancient book, so... It's just a gamble. ”
When Ji Bingyan heard this, her eyes showed disappointment, and then she also breathed a sigh of relief.
Right, some wheat grass, how can it be possible to defeat the desert.
"But..."
Li Chaofeng's only made Ji Bingyan prick up his ears, and then he also heard a sentence.
"The outcome of this gamble is still worth looking forward to, but the people who live here may pull out the grass and use it to light the fire, so..."
After Li Chaofeng finished speaking, he smiled at Hu Tiehua, because he really didn't like Hu Tiehua who didn't take a bath.
When Ji Bingyan heard this, she also quickly understood, glanced around, and beckoned to Xiao Pan not far away.
"You go to the town and tell everyone that I bought this sandy land, and they don't touch it, as long as they don't touch the grass, when I come back, they will get a lot of benefits."
After speaking, Ji Bingyan shook his head and denied this idea.
Because he knew that if he asked the people here not to move the grass, they would not only move, but also take the initiative to "plant the grass" again, so that the wheat grass would look like it had not been touched.
Li Chaofeng only planted a few acres of grass squares, as long as the benefits were big enough, it was not difficult for them to repair them.
Thinking of this, Ji Bingyan also sighed and ordered Xiao Pan.
"If you stay in this town, just say that these grasses are a bet between Uncle Hu and Li Shaoxia, it doesn't matter who loses or who wins, but this gamble must have a beginning and an end, you know?"
Then Ji Bingyan also laughed at the people around him with a proud face.
"Because we not only want Hu Daxia to take a bath every half a month, but also hope that Li Shaoxia will no longer kill horses and cook from now on."
Well, the gambling game of the Jianghu people is so capricious and casual.
Xiao Pan's eyes lit up, this task was very easy, because it was just a gambling battle between people in the rivers and lakes.
The gambling of Jianghu people is often so casual and simple.
And this gamble doesn't involve life, just abide by the reputation.
Ji Bingyan took two people into the desert, Shi Tuo because he was able to survive in the desert in a deaf, dumb and blind situation, and Xiao Pan because he could say two words to anyone.
One understands the plants and trees of the desert, and one understands the people in the desert.
There are two ways to find someone, and he is very well prepared.
And now, Ji Bingyan chose to leave Xiao Pan, a person who understands the desert, because he can replace Xiao Pan and become a person who communicates with desert people.
As for Shi Tuo, his role did conflict with Li Chaofeng, but Li Chaofeng didn't understand the desert, and Ji Bingyan didn't understand Li Chaofeng.
Ji Bingyan hoped that Li Chaofeng would win, because he hoped that these grasses would really be useful, rather than hoping that these grasses would stay with the help of external forces.
He must know the real outcome.
For this reason, he wrote a letter to Xiao Pan by hand, and if the five of them could not return after entering the desert, he would ask him to bring the results of the gamble back to Lanzhou with the letter a month later.
The rest of the matter, his two beautiful concubines will do it for him.
As for the use of directly telling the people around him or even directly telling Xiao Pan about these grass squares, Ji Bingyan didn't want to do it.
Because it's a hope that can make everyone ecstatic.
And once hope is shattered, there will be endless disappointment, even despair.
He can accept the despair after defeat, but the people here can't.