Outside of time Chapter 19: Fireworks

The scavenger's camp, in addition to the necessities of survival, the most is meat.

Because the restricted area is nearby, scavengers come every day, so edible meat is sold at many stalls in the camp.

So after hearing that Xu Qing wanted to eat a snake, Team Lei showed a happy smile on his wrinkled face.

He understood that the reason why the other party said eating snakes was because the words he said at the beginning had obviously been firmly remembered by the child in front of him.

So he stopped Xu Qing from going out to buy meat.

"The people in the camp are cunning and cunning. You don't know much about exotic animals in the restricted area. You are easy to be deceived. If there is a case of forced buying and selling, it is better for me to go." Lei Dui said and stood up. .

Hearing the words "strong buy and strong sell", Xu Qing subconsciously touched his iron sign and said seriously after thinking.

"They won't."

Lei Dui glanced at the iron sign, laughed dumbly, and walked out of the yard without speaking.

Looking at Team Lei, Xu Qing thought for a while, went to the side room, carefully cleaned the pots and bowls inside, and wiped the table, and finally prepared three sets of tableware and placed them on it. With the extra pair of bowls and chopsticks, Xu Qing suddenly understood something.

"That is a person who will never come." The words of Thunder Team flashed in his mind. In silence, he placed the third bowl and chopsticks next to Thunder Team's bowls and chopsticks.

So is the chair.

After doing this, Xu Qing turned around and looked at the courtyard outside the door. It was already dusk and the wind was a little cold, and there seemed to be some snowflakes inside.

The season at the end of March, for the eastern part of Nanhuang Continent, although the earth is getting warmer and all things are recovering, but the winter seems to be very unwilling, and occasionally snowflakes are scattered, trying to tell all things that it has not left.

At this moment, snowflakes are swaying under the gray sky, blown by the wind.

It seems to fall from the sky to the world, spreading the earth, and at the same time being rapidly melted by the ground temperature.

In the end, all you can see is the muddy ground.

No matter how noble you come from, no matter how clean you are, in this human world, you still have to mix with the silt and blend into it, regardless of each other.

I don't know if the wind contains the snow, making it icy, or if the snow infects the wind, making it colder.

Xu Qing was a little cold when it blew across the earth, over the camp, and over the bamboo courtyard house.

Although he is a cultivator, the fear of cold accumulated over the years from deep in his memory still makes him uncomfortable in this cold.

Until in the cold wind, he saw a staggering figure, coming from a distance against the wind and snow, pushed open the door of the yard, the moment the figure was revealed, the voice broke through the wind and snow with laughter and entered .

"Child, you have a good time today. Let's see what I bought. This is a safflower snake. The meat of this snake is excellent. I will show you a good hand later."

Lei Dui carried a snake corpse, strode into the side room.

Noticing the cleanliness of the partial room, the placement of the tables and chairs and the tableware, especially after seeing the two pairs side by side, Lei Dui's wrinkled face showed a smile and looked deeply. He glanced at Xu Qing.

"Want to learn to burn snakes?" Lei Dui said.

"I want to." Xu Qing's eyes lit up, he was eager for all the knowledge he didn't know, especially the snakes burned by the Thunder Team, which were delicious.

Team Lei smiled and greeted Xu Qing to his side, introducing and producing.

"This snake, according to reason, needs to be decapitated, but those people don't know that the snake's tail must be removed because it has an excretory opening, but as long as the snake's head is treated with venom, it can harm the entire snake's flesh. The taste of it can improve the freshness.”

Team Lei was very happy when he talked about cooking.

Xu Qing was also listening very seriously, watching Lei Team clean the snake, peel it off to remove internal organs and other debris, and chop it up into pieces and put it aside.

"Children, you have to remember that whether the meat has an aftertaste in your mouth depends on the soup."

Having said that, Lei Dui started to boil soup in a casserole, and put a lot of medicinal herbs in the soup. He also threw the finished snake head into it.

After doing this, Xu Qing swallowed as the fragrance overflowed. Lei Dui looked at him, laughed, took out the cleaned pot and started stir-frying the snake meat.

In an instant, as the crackling sound reverberated, bursts of rich aroma rushed towards the face with a heat wave, filling the entire partial room, and also drifting out.

It seemed to dispel all the icy cold, making Xu Qing uncontrollable gurgling sounds in his stomach. Looking at the tumbling snake meat, his eyes became a little straight.

Soon, as Thunder Team fired, he put the stir-fried snake meat into the casserole, and as soon as the lid fell, he looked at Xu Qing.

"Have you learned it yet?"

Xu Qing stared at the casserole and nodded vigorously. He saw the whole process and thought it was not difficult.

Team Lei smiled slightly. When he left the side room and came back, he held two jugs in his hands, one tossed to Xu Qing and the other to himself. After taking a sip, he sighed in admiration.

"There is no shortage of meat in the camp, but this wine is a rarity."

Xu Qing picked up the jug and looked at the cloudy liquid inside. He had never drunk alcohol.

As the Thunder Team said, this is a rare thing, not available in the slums, only the big men in the city can taste it.

But seeing the look on Lei Dui's face enjoying the drink, Xu Qing hesitantly put it to his mouth. After taking a sip, his brows were slightly wrinkled. He felt that his mouth was full of spicy food, but he swallowed it anyway.

A stream of heat emerged directly from his throat, flowed into his stomach along the esophagus, and exploded violently, spreading throughout his body, turning into a breath that poured into his mouth, causing him to open his mouth and spit out a mouthful of alcohol.

"It's not good." Xu Qing looked at Team Lei.

Team Lei laughed when he heard the words, pointed at Xu Qing, and said with a smile.

"You are still too young to taste wine. When you grow up, you will definitely like it."

Lei Dui said that he was about to take the jug from Xu Qing's hand, but Xu Qing avoided him.

"I'll try it again." Xu Qing said seriously, and took another sip. Although his brows were still wrinkled, he got used to the strange taste.

After a while, under the goodwill of Lei Team for Xu Qing's drinking, the snake meat was healed.

When he placed the casserole and opened the lid, the aroma diffused directly. Xu Qing's Adam's apple moved involuntarily, put down the jug, and after Lei Team picked up a piece, Xu Qing immediately poked a piece with his chopsticks , put it in the mouth and swallow it.

He still can't change his habit of gobbling down food.

In this way, in the wind and snow outside, the old and the young in the house were drinking wine and eating meat, and the warmth filled the air.

Looking at Xu Qing's awkward posture, holding chopsticks forcefully, Lei Dui's eyes showed softness, and he murmured in his heart.

"After all, it is a child, but unfortunately... living in this cruel world."

At this moment, the wind and snow were blowing outside. Because of the gap in the structure of the house, it still got in and landed on Xu Qing's body. Although he was sweating from eating, he still felt a little bit nervous about the cold wind. Resisting, she shrank slightly.

This subtle action fell into Thunder Team's eyes. He was thoughtful and didn't say anything.

After a while, Xu Qing imitated Lei Dui and took another sip of wine. After exhaling the smell of alcohol, he looked at the old man who had brought him out of the ruined city and placed him here, and suddenly spoke.

"Your injury..."

"It's okay, it's been over so many years, how could it be so easy to die, it's okay."

Xu Qing was silent. He wanted to ask Lei Team about the abolition of the foundation, but remembering the scene in the penalty area, he still did not speak.

After eating this meal for a long time, Thunder Team emptied the jug in his hand, he stood up, his eyes were a little hazy, and he went back to the house.

Looking at his figure, Xu Qing clearly felt that there was a former momentum in Lei Team, which seemed to dissipate with the return of the restricted area this time.

Xu Qing was silent. After a while, he stood up, cleaned the dining table, washed the pots and pans, and put them away before returning to his house.

Sitting on the bed, he looked up at the wind and snow outside the window, shrank, and took out Captain Blood Shadow's leather bag that he had picked up in the penalty area.

Although there are no medicinal pills in it, there are a lot of spirit coins and a lot of sundries. Xu Qing checked it.

Finally, I took out a black glove, which didn't look like leather, but had a metallic feel.

After trying, Xu Qing found that the object was very tough and had good protection, so he put it on and punched it a few times. He felt that it was not bad, so he took it off, closed his eyes and meditated, and began to breathe.

I was speechless all night.

When it was dawn, the snow was still falling, but it slowed down a lot. It was just a night of icy cold that made it possible for the snow to last for some time.

So when Xu Qing walked out of the house, he saw snow marks on the ground.

Xu Qing tightened his clothes, glanced over Lei Team's residence, and walked out of the yard. He felt that he should do something, such as buying some white pills for Lei Team.

So after walking out, Xu Qing stepped on the snow, and with the creaking sound, he walked towards the grocery store.

When passing by the tent of Master Bai's team, Xu Qing heard the sound of boys and girls reading from the tent. The sound made him pause and glanced enviously.

After a while, Xu Qing turned her head silently and walked towards the grocery store.

As it approached, from a distance, Xu Qing saw the little girl outside the grocery store who was vigorously cleaning the snow marks. Her clothes were a little thin, her hands were red from the cold, and there were bursts of mist in her mouth.

After not seeing each other for several days, the little girl seems to have adapted to the life in the camp. Although she is very tired, she cleans very seriously.

Even though the snow was still falling, she still cleaned it, but the scar on her face that ruined her face was a little obvious in the early morning sun.

When Xu Qing approached, the little girl noticed something. When she looked up and saw Xu Qing, her eyes lit up and a happy smile appeared on her face.

"Morning."

"Morning..." Xu Qing was a little uncomfortable with this greeting, nodded and looked into the grocery store.

Maybe because it was just dawn, or maybe because of the weather, there was no one inside, and the store wasn't there either.

"What do you want to buy, I'll get it for you." The little girl said with a smile.

"Bai Dan." Xu Qing looked at the little girl.

Hearing that, the little girl put the broom in her hand against the wall next to her. After she walked into the store with Xu Qing, she ran to the counter to rummage. She put it back ~IndoMTL.com~ until after a while, she took out another one and handed it to Xu Qing.

"The owner stipulates that you can only sell five a day, so you can't sell more." The little girl looked at Xu Qing a little apologetically.

Xu Qing could understand. After taking the leather bag, he opened it and his eyes were slightly firm.

He noticed that the quality of the Bai Dan in this leather bag was much better than what he had bought before. There were even three of them, and there was no blue color at all, and there was a faint medicinal fragrance.

Thinking of the little girl's previous actions, Xu Qing raised her head and looked over.

"It's nothing, it's within my authority." The little girl blinked and said with a smile.

Xu Qing gave the little girl a deep look.

"Thank you."

"You don't need to thank you for this little thing. I also want to thank you. If it weren't for you, I'm afraid I wouldn't be alive now."

The little girl smiled brightly and her eyes seemed to have light. After she finished speaking, she seemed to think of something, and while sending Xu Qing out, she spoke in a low voice.

"I heard from the owner yesterday that during this time, many young people in the camp have disappeared in the restricted area, and looking at his expression, it seems that it is not caused by the danger of the restricted area itself, but more artificial. ...and keep an eye out for yourself."

The little girl had concerns in her eyes. This kind of look made Xu Qing a little uncomfortable. He took a few steps back, nodded, and thanked him and left.

Not far away, Xu Qing turned around and saw the figure of the little girl continuing to sweep the snow there, and the scars on her face under the sun.

He suddenly thought of what Thunder Team said, the temple complex in the restricted area, there is a kind of stone that can remove scars.

"If you have a chance, go find one for her." Xu Qing murmured in her heart, turning around and leaving.

As the boy went away, there was a snow trail on the road, and the wind and snow was behind him... even bigger.