Chapter 19

◎Mid-Autumn Festival in the Demon World◎

Si Lan ate so many desserts in the human world, and he still ate several big bowls of dinner when he came back. He kept talking while watching the movie. Lian Jiu wondered if the stomach was the only organ in his body.

Knowing that whenever he didn't speak, it was his default nature, she sat down and asked, "How did the Medicine Beast teach you?"

Si Lan's expression remained unchanged: "There are several medicinal herbs in the mountains."

Going out to look for medicinal herbs so late at night...

Lian Jiu sighed and said, "Come to my place. I also have gastrointestinal medicine for adults."

This was what Lian Jiu prepared for himself when he first came to the mountains and ate fast food every day. He didn't expect that before he could use it, all the monsters, big and small, appeared.

She was now secretly glad that she didn't let the little monsters eat without restraint when she knew they had big appetites, otherwise the children would have been sick countless times.

And judging from this, recruitment is still urgent. After all, it is impossible to run to the mountains to find suitable medicinal herbs every time something goes wrong.

Following Lian Jiu back to the school dormitory, Si Lan was stuffed with a cup of instant medicine in his hand. He raised his eyes and glanced at the place where Lian Jiu lived.

He was there when the school was first built. Even though the furnishings inside were made according to the customs of the human world, the wood and stones were still inferior to those outside and looked very simple. But now this room is well maintained, the bed looks very soft, and there is a bunch of fresh flowers by the window. Anyone who comes can see that this is a person who knows how to live very well.

Lian Jiu's room didn't have much privacy, so he brought Si Lan back to take the medicine and boil water. "Sit for a while, and you can go back when you feel comfortable."

"But..." She paused, "Si Lan, shouldn't you control your diet in the future?"

Si Lan held the hot water, his eyes lowered to the ground: "No."

“…”

You're pretty good at answering key points.

But Lian Jiu would not neglect the health of school staff: "You should take care of your own health. You are not a child anymore."

Si Lan decided not to discuss this issue with her, and for the first time took the initiative to ask: "What are you doing?"

Lian Jiu sat at his small desk, looking up information, without looking up. "Learn how to write a job posting."

"Lianjiu."

When she heard this, Lian Jiu was stunned for a moment before turning her head. This was the first time she heard her name from Si Lan's mouth. In all these days, he seemed to have never called her so formally.

Si Lan leaned against the wall, cup in hand, his posture casual, as if to ask casually: "Why do you dare to take this risk?"

Lian Jiu paused and understood what Si Lan meant without any explanation.

"I'm not a prophet," she said.

"Um?"

"I can't predict the outcome of everything." Lian Jiu turned around, looked up and met Si Lan's gaze, and said frankly, "But I can't just stand there and not move forward. After weighing the pros and cons of this decision, I've decided that it's more likely to happen than not, so I'm proposing this."

She said: "We always have to take some risks for some hope. If we don't dare, the word hope is meaningless."

Si Lan tapped the cup lightly with his fingertips. After a long moment, he suddenly smiled and shifted his heavy gaze. "That makes sense."

The invisible pressure accumulated in the air seemed to dissipate in an instant. Lian Jiu breathed a sigh of relief unconsciously, and then noticed that Si Lan's gaze was looking at his small cabinet, and his eyes seemed to be real.

Inside are instant noodles and some fast food that I prepare to eat when I work overtime.

"..." Lian Jiu couldn't stand it any longer. "Don't even think about it. You're a kindergarten employee, and you can't have any problems with your work. From now on, I'll keep an eye on you and won't let you eat anything carelessly. Otherwise, I'll transfer all the money in your salary card to Su Caifeng, and you can't go back."

Si Lan: “Tsk.”

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On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, when Lian Jiu arrived at the scene early in the morning, Si Lan was already standing in the venue. There were many tables set up by the lake. When they were not watching movies, they were filled with mooncakes and pastries provided by LK, as well as some fruits and candies bought from the human world.

Si Lan stood in the middle of the venue, his hands ready to move on the table.

Lian Jiu coughed lightly.

The other party withdrew his hand as if nothing had happened and walked out slowly.

For some reason, Lian Jiu always felt that there was something different about Si Lan today. Although he was wearing the same clothes, they seemed brighter. It was not until he turned around that Lian Jiu saw that he was wearing a red headband.

It actually changed color.

Perhaps because of the contrast with his pale skin, the red headband also adds a different kind of charm.

Is it the sense of ritual that this god uses to celebrate the festival?

Lian Jiu asked curiously, "If you can change your hairband, why can't you change your clothes?"

"I'd love to."

The red color was so dazzling that almost everyone who came could see it, including Su Caifeng. When he arrived, he turned behind Si Lan in surprise and said, "You still have this thing?"

Si Lan ignored him and walked around like he was just there for shopping, looking here and there.

Su Caifeng was delighted and ate a handful of sunflower seeds: "You still say I'm stingy, but he also kept cheap things from thousands of years ago."

"Thousands of years?"

"Yes." Su Caifeng said, "Don't be fooled by his appearance now. When he first transformed, he was a slovenly person, no different from a street beggar, with messy hair."

Lian Jiu couldn't help but look at Si Lan's back, but Si Lan always wore white clothes now, and no matter where he came from, he was always clean and spotless: "I can't tell at all."

Su Caifeng kept clicking his lips: "That's why I couldn't stand it and bought him a headband, a worthless thing."

With Pixiu's personality, why would he actually spend money to buy something for Si Lan? Lian Jiu objectively analyzed: "Maybe it's because this is the only thing you bought for him?"

Su Caifeng spat out the melon seed shells and said, "Pah, pah, pah, whoever bought him something, he's so fierce, chasing and beating me every day."

"Who bought it?"

"yes……"

Before he could finish his words, a dark shadow flew over. Su Caifeng caught it quickly and found it was a broom. Si Lan looked at him as if he were a dead object: "Don't spit on my floor."

"..." Su Caifeng looked at him like a lunatic, "What do you mean by your home? There's no place to shelter from the wind and rain. What do you mean by your home?"

Si Lan raised his eyebrows.

"...Okay, your house." Su Caifeng was flexible and quickly put down the melon seeds and swept the melon seed shells on the ground.

Lian Jiu suppressed his laughter.

At this time, the monsters also came one after another in the school bus. Today, the four painted horses were in the mountains serving the monsters and could carry a lot at a time.

But the first group stood far away and didn't dare to get close, as if they were just watching.

Lian Jiu walked behind Si Lan and gently tapped his back.

"..." Si Lan sighed softly, his voice neither too loud nor too low, but the monsters could hear it, "What are you standing there for? Come in."

Lian Jiu looked out from behind him and waved, smiling, "Happy Mid-Autumn Festival everyone, come quickly."

There are more than 500 monsters of all sizes in the mountains, and not every one of them has come into contact with Lian Jiu. After seeing him up close, they all felt a little restrained and didn't know what to do. They heard that this new demon god is easy to get along with, but he is still a demon god.

On the contrary, the children in kindergarten spend more time with their teachers, so they feel much more at ease.

Especially the little turtle cub, he went out with Teacher Jiujiu!

After I told this to the kids on the way here today, they were all so envious!

"Teacher Jiujiu!" The little turtle waved slowly, "Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!"

The other children also wanted to be taken out by Teacher Jiujiu, so they were more enthusiastic than the other: "Hello Teacher Jiujiu! Hello all the teachers!"

The big monsters felt a little relieved after being interrupted by the children. They approached cautiously and saw the scene. Their mouths opened wide: "What is this?"

There were delicious food on the table, balloons hanging on the surrounding trees, a huge piece of cloth on the stone wall, and cheerful music coming from somewhere.

See what you have never seen, hear what you have never heard.

"Some little toys for fun." Lian Jiu led everyone to the inner field, "Come, let me introduce them to you."

The monsters came in several groups, and Lian Jiu asked Yu Chongming or the kindergarten teachers to introduce them one by one.

After all the monsters arrived, it was already around three o'clock in the afternoon, and Long Ying also rushed back from the human world.

It seemed that Long Ying was in charge of all the matters concerning the outside world, big or small. On such an important occasion as today, Lian Jiu asked him to go up and say a few words. Long Ying couldn't refuse, so he didn't even use a microphone to speak, but flew directly to the center of the lake so that all the monsters could see and hear him.

Long Ying said in a deep voice, "Good afternoon, fellow demons of Fuyu Mountain! Today is the first Mid-Autumn Festival celebration for our mountain. We have been studying hard and developing the mountain area during this period, and we have achieved initial success in the first phase. The children's education has been implemented, and a new school will soon be built. Even the mountain people have begun to raise vegetables and livestock. Our escape from the mountains and return to society is just around the corner!"

The monsters' blood boiled when they heard this.

Lian Jiu never expected that Director Long, who usually looked honest, could speak so well in official language. He was indeed the leader who stayed in the Municipal Bureau every day.

Long Ying added, "And all of this is thanks to our Director Lian Jiu. Let's invite her to come up and say a few words!"

Being called out unexpectedly, Lian Jiu was stunned for a moment, and all the monsters' gazes shifted to her.

Lian Jiu's face was burning uncontrollably. She had never experienced such a scene before and was not prepared at all!

Long Ying urged from the sky: "Come quickly!"

Yu Chongming and the others also hoped that Lian Jiu would say a few words so that all the monsters could see.

Lian Jiu walked to the lakeside under the gazes of so many demons. He couldn't fly, so he could only silently pick up the microphone that was ignored by these demon gods and patted it gently. A soft voice came from the speakers: "Hello everyone, I am Lian Jiu."

The monsters' applause was deafening, Lian Jiu's heart was pounding, and he held the microphone tightly.

It was also the first time for her to see all the monsters. Although the big monsters could control their behavior, they were in the territory of Fuyu Mountain and heard that it was a festival, so these monsters didn't care much. Many of them did as they pleased. At a glance, there were all kinds of animals.

The visual impact is quite great.

Lian Jiu took a deep breath, not knowing what to say, and just followed his mind: "First of all, I wish everyone a happy Mid-Autumn Festival. Then I hope everyone can be happy every day. Have fun today, and let's build a beautiful Fuyu Mountain together in the future!"

After she finished speaking, she felt a little annoyed. What was she talking about?

But she was just a kindergarten teacher before and she doesn't know how to speak official language, nor has she experienced all this, so it can only be like this.

"We have a lot of activities planned for today, which will last until tonight. Let me briefly outline the general process." Lian Jiu was very familiar with the arrangements. "Before seven o'clock, we will play a game. The game is to find food. All monsters will form groups of ten and form their own groups. They will search the entire Fuyu Mountain area for edible meat and vegetables. The prerequisite is that they will clean up after catching them. Of course, we will also provide some recently grown vegetables and temporarily usable poultry. We will gather here at seven o'clock, and I will teach you how to barbecue!"

Although most monsters have never heard of barbecue, they get very excited when they hear about eating it.

Hunting! Monsters are the best at it!

Before he could finish his excitement, Lian Jiu said, "But there is one thing. The same team must have three or more monsters at the same time: flying monsters, walking monsters, fish monsters, etc."

The monsters were stunned. Wouldn't this cause chaos?

"Forget about the bird monster." The mother white tiger hesitated, "If it's from the water, we won't be able to eat a piece of it."

Lian Jiu chuckled, "Have you forgotten? All the children in the kindergarten eat together, and the food is the same, so why can't they eat together?"

After this reminder, the big monsters reacted immediately.

Right! Now that we've transformed, who cares about the old rules and regulations?

But since they are of different species, they have never talked to each other before, and there has never been such an opportunity. Now they look at each other, and no one speaks first.

Until the little peacock fairy excitedly ran to find the little white tiger: "Baichuan! Can we go together?"

The big monsters looked down at the two cubs.

Kong Xinxin had always wanted to invite the little white tiger to her home, but the little white tiger said that the food would be different if you couldn't climb up the tree, but today you can have the same food!

So after listening to Teacher Lian Jiu's words, she excitedly went to invite her friends.

Bai Chuan also liked playing with his classmates and nodded happily: "Okay!"

Kong Xinxin looked at the little turtle lying on the ground again: "That's where Fang Manman is!"

As a kid in the little demon class, Fang Manman was the first to make friends with the kids in the fierce demon class. All the demons, big and small, couldn't help but pay attention to his reaction.

Fang slowly stretched his head out of the turtle shell, and slowly grew out his arms and legs: "Okay, I'll catch fish for you."

The big monsters hadn't reacted yet, but a few of the little guys formed their own team, but they got hit in the head.

The children are having so much fun, parents cannot fall behind and must set an example for their children!

Next, the big monsters ignored the barriers in their hearts and went to get to know the different kinds of monsters that they had not noticed before.

"Want to team up? Can't run fast? No problem, just sit on my back!"

"I can't go in the water. Can I show you the crabs on the shore?"

"Don't always eat grass, there's a kind of rabbit meat that's delicious!"

"...Brother Leopard, have you ever thought that I am the rabbit demon?"

"Excuse me, but what about the pheasant?"

After a while, the monsters spontaneously formed teams and set off separately. Lian Jiu also clapped his hands and turned to the several great monster gods who were staring at him eagerly and said, "Let's go too."

Yu Chongming's eyes lit up: "Can we go too?"

"Why not? We came here for the Mid-Autumn Festival, too." Lian Jiu was eager to try. "I've never hunted before. You said you'd catch a rabbit for me..."

Thinking of Si Lan behind her, she changed her tone and said, "Let's catch the chicken."

Long Ying rolled up his sleeves and said with great interest: "I haven't done this kind of thing for many years."

Si Lan and Su Caifeng had no objections, and they could even catch more to eat.

Now that all the monsters have arrived, Lian Jiu feels particularly at ease and recruits a painted horse to be his temporary taxi. The other monsters and gods choose not to leave and sit in the car together.

Su Caifeng saw monsters flying everywhere outside the window and asked, "What do you want to catch? After they transform, they eat almost the same food as humans."

Lian Jiu asked, "What did you eat before you transformed?"

Hearing this, the expressions of several demon gods became a little subtle, and they couldn't help but look at Si Lan who was sitting in the front row.

After noticing this, Si Lan turned his head and curled his lower lip: "What's the point of asking me this question?"

Lian Jiu always felt that his expression was a little malicious. She was puzzled: "Why is it meaningless? Aren't you the biggest eater?"

Yu Chongming was choked by his saliva and felt dizzy. He quickly grabbed the headmaster's hand and said, "Don't ask, don't ask."

Lian Jiu was even more confused.

Finally, Long Ying decided to catch something easier to deal with and went to the lake to take a look first.

Lian Jiu and Yu Chongming were walking behind, genuinely curious: "What did Si Lan eat before? Why can't we ask?"

Yu Chongming raised his hand to cover his mouth and said in a mosquito-like voice: "Because these demon gods knew each other because of this incident."

"ah?"

"I heard it from Director Long later," Yu Chongming said, "Director Long and Divine Lord Su Caifeng used to live in the sea, but were later captured by Divine Lord Si Lan while he was looking for food."

Lian Jiu's eyelids twitched slightly: "What does caught... mean?"

"Just catch it as food."

“…”

“So they were always fighting back then.”

“………”

So this is what Si Lan meant when he said he rode a dragon for a few days?!

What kind of rabbit monster is this? How dare it bully the dragon and the Pixiu?

Now Lian Jiu suddenly felt that it was understandable that these monsters were afraid of Si Lan. If he had known that Si Lan could find food by going to the dragon, he would never have used the pancake to taunt him.

No wonder they say there’s no point in asking him, he can’t be caught!

Lian Jiu was filled with respect for Si Lan at this moment.

Until I saw him pick up a crayfish and was about to put it into his mouth with the shell and meat, ignoring the waving claws.

How could someone completely overturn their own personality in an instant?

Lian Jiu took two steps forward and said, "Si Lan, put the crayfish down!"

The other demon gods were startled by the roar. Looking back, they saw Si Lan pinching his shrimp and frowning, looking very dissatisfied.

The loach that Su Caifeng had just caught slipped away, and his eyes widened: "Does Teacher Lian Jiu usually talk to Si Lan like this?"

Long Ying rarely came to the mountains and was also confused.

After all, this is the one at the top of the food chain.

Yu Chongming, the only one who knew the truth, hesitated for a moment and said, "It seems so."

Su Caifeng instantly admired Lian Jiu even more: "You are worthy of being the headmaster!"

At this time, Si Lan's gaze swept over, and the three monsters immediately looked away, pretending to dive into the water to look for fish, but in fact they were secretly looking over there.

Long Ying was a little worried. Although Si Lan no longer ate monsters, his bad temper might make Teacher Lian Jiu unbearable, so he still had to keep an eye on him.

Then, under the close gaze of Teacher Lian Jiu, Si Lan put the crayfish in his hand into the bucket.

Lian Jiu was finally satisfied: "You can't eat it raw. It has a lot of parasites."

Si Lan folded his arms across his chest and replied hesitantly, "Oh."

Long Ying: “…”

Su Caifeng: “?”

The author has something to say:

Yinglong and Pixiu: If we are seriously afraid of you, we would be like fools.

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