Chapter 36 Chapter 36 Returning a favor, the monster's special "...
"That's no big deal!" the Northeastern man patted his chest. "We have a lot of talented people here. We definitely won't let you face those monsters alone! We even had someone kill a monster before! That's impressive."
"Really?" Chang Ruijia raised her head in surprise, her eyes scanning the crowd. "To think there's such a formidable elder brother here is truly reassuring."
"Hahahaha, it's inconvenient to walk now. Girl, wait until the sun sets, I will introduce that awesome guy to you. He's a great dart thrower!" The big brother from Northeast China seemed to have an innate sense of pride in empathy.
"Okay, okay," Chang Ruijia nodded and said.
From the few simple conversations just now, she has already had some idea of what kind of people these Northeastern brothers are. Being able to get along well with these brothers, she believes that the great man should not be a person with bad intentions.
"But, big brother, what does that monster in the sea look like?" Chang Ruijia asked curiously. "When I was in other places before, I only saw people on the surface being snatched away one by one by them. I've never seen the monster's true appearance."
"Oh my god, that was terrifying!" The man from Northeast China instantly became excited when discussing the monster's appearance. "That monster must have been three or four meters long. Even a grown man wouldn't have been able to match its size. Its hide was like armor, so it was incredibly difficult to cut through. If that genius hadn't come up with a special method, there might have been no way we could have defeated it!"
Three or four meters long? Armor-like skin? Chang Ruijia touched her chin, hesitantly thinking, "Based on this adjective, why does it feel similar to a marlin?"
Could it be that she paddled the entire night and still hadn't completely escaped the marlin's territory?
However, the next second, the description given by the big brother from Northeast China completely dispelled Chang Ruijia's doubts.
"Do you know what the most surprising thing is?" The eldest brother kept the secret and said mysteriously to Chang Ruijia, "The most important thing is that the monster has a mouth full of teeth that look like gears, all spiraled up. When we fished it out, it gave us a real fright."
Gear-like teeth? Chang Ruijia really couldn't imagine what such a scene would look like. How could a fish have a mouth full of gear-like teeth?
But this adjective made Chang Ruijia feel relieved. At least in her understanding, the marlins and giant squids in that sea area were not like what this big brother described.
It seems that this time she has really come to the territory of strange monsters.
As Chang Ruijia and her elder brother chatted, the sun finally began to set and the annoying heat in the air dissipated a lot.
"Hey hey, is it starting to get cooler outside?"
Before Chang Ruijia could react to her elder brother's question, she saw a group of neatly arranged cabinet boards being taken down in the sea in front of her, revealing the human heads inside.
Only then did she truly have a more detailed understanding of how many people were in the market before her.
Dense heads swayed before my eyes, and the chattering crowd had only just returned to its usual liveliness, as if the crowd had suddenly come alive in an instant.
"Sister, you are really lucky. This sunshade is several times better than ours!" It seemed that the crowd finally started to move in an instant, and the big brother from Northeast China slowly approached Chang Ruijia's floating object, which he had only briefly glanced at before.
Looking at the large bed of nearly six or seven meters under Chang Ruijia, and the canopy above that could block most of the sunlight, it was certainly impossible not to feel envy in her eyes.
However, when Chang Ruijia was secretly wary of knowing a person's appearance but not his heart, her elder brother changed the subject and talked about a previous topic.
"Girl, do you want to see that amazing guy who defeated a monster right now?" The older brother put the cabinet board that had been blocking him down so that he could stand up from the small floral cloth that didn't have much support. "But the crowd is just getting up now, so it might be a little hard to find him. How about I call out to him for you?"
"It's okay!" Chang Ruijia hurriedly stopped him, "It's okay, I'm not in a hurry. There's still a long time without sunshine. Take your time, there's no need to rush."
Looking at her brother's regretful eyes, Chang Ruijia wiped the unnecessary sweat from her head. She had indeed wanted to borrow the help of that expert to find out what kinds of monsters there were in this sea area, but that didn't mean she could accept being socially killed in public!
Thinking about the possible effect of her elder brother's shout, Chang Ruijia felt that it would be better to quickly redirect her elder brother's conversation.
"Hey, big brother, the market here doesn't start until the early morning of the next day, right?" Chang Ruijia said hurriedly, "If I want to exchange something now, is there no way?"
"That's not the case!" As expected, the eldest brother's attention was immediately diverted by Chang Ruijia. He looked at her and explained, "It's just that everyone's items in the market tomorrow morning have been updated, so the purchasing department wants to make it more lively and have more items. If you want to exchange something now, just tell me and I'll find someone for you directly."
This Northeastern man fully demonstrated the fine tradition of hospitality. Looking at Chang Ruijia, he patted his chest and said, "There's nothing in this whole market that I don't know about!"
"Thank you, big brother!" Seeing the big brother's simple appearance, Chang Ruijia thought about the information she had received from the big brother during this period, and decided to return the favor to repay the big brother for his generous advice.
"Brother, catch this. I'll give it to you to cool you down!" Chang Ruijia fiddled with something at the head of the bed for a while, then threw something in the direction of the big brother.
Affected by the phenomenon of swallowing that occurs once the distance is too great, almost all people on the sea have now mastered the skill of throwing and catching.
Although he was confused when he saw Chang Ruijia throwing the thing, the eldest brother still stretched out his hand to catch it out of courtesy, and never thought about whether it might be a dangerous thing.
However, when he saw clearly what was under the ground in his hand that he had carefully picked up, the eldest brother immediately lost his composure.
"Big sister, this... this thing of yours is really too valuable." The eldest brother held a quarter of the watermelon in his hand carefully, as if it was prickly.
"It's okay," Chang Ruijia waved her hand nonchalantly, "If it weren't for Big Brother's kindness in telling me so many things, I would still be clueless about the entire market. I'm glad you didn't mind a small piece of watermelon."
Looking at the precious watermelon in his hand, the eldest brother quickly shook his head.
How could they dislike watermelon? It's such a horrible weather during the day now that they are all as hot as pugs. They wish they could grow a heat dissipation organ on their tongues. Watermelon, such a great tool to beat the heat, is so popular in the market that it's out of stock!
Unexpectedly, just because of a few well-known words of his, the older girl gave him a quarter of a watermelon, which made him neither know whether to accept it or not.
Chang Ruijia didn't think so much at all. Although for her, there would only be one watermelon a day, but there would be a time when she had enough of it.
Chang Ruijia chills a watermelon in the sea every day to cool down. Sometimes she even feels like she is growing in a watermelon field. She even dreams of being chased by watermelons with machetes.
Today I finally managed to escape the watermelon with a clear conscience because I rowed all night. I am not reluctant to give it to a warm-hearted big brother who has no bad intentions.
What's more, she was afraid that her elder brother would feel embarrassed, so she only cut the watermelon into a quarter. How could she possibly take anything from her elder brother?
"Oh my god, sister, you... I..." Seeing Chang Ruijia's frank look, the brother from Northeast China was too embarrassed to look up and see others because of the little thoughts in his heart.
He was indeed very enthusiastic in introducing things to this girl when she first came here, but he actually had his own little thoughts.
Compared to other people's various floating items, his small floral cloth is really not competitive in the market. Unless someone takes care of his business sometimes, he may not have something to exchange every day.
But looking at the watermelon in his hand that Chang Ruijia gave him out of gratitude, the eldest brother felt as if it was burning. He looked around for a long time. Although he could imagine the coolness and sweetness of the watermelon with his eyes closed, he finally closed his eyes and made up his mind.
"Sister, you should take it back. It's such a valuable thing, I feel guilty accepting it."
Ah, this... Chang Ruijia looked at her brother with a puzzled expression, wondering what was going on in his mind that made him say such words.
However, she didn't want to argue over such a small piece, so she said directly, "Brother, just accept it. If you don't, this is my first time buying things at this market, and I won't dare ask you even if I don't understand something."
"Okay, then I'll accept it." The Northeastern brother hesitated for a moment, looked at Chang Ruijia's unquestionable eyes, and finally nodded. "In this case, I don't have anything to return the favor. This piece of floral cloth is a function brought by your floating object. It's really a bit shabby. If you don't mind, please accept it."
Seeing that the big brother from Northeast China had said so much, Chang Ruijia couldn't refuse anymore. Also, seeing that she had accumulated a lot of fabrics, she accepted it with peace of mind.
However, "Brother, did all these fabrics appear yesterday?" Looking at the stack of floral fabrics in Dongbei's hand, Chang Ruijia said with some envy, "So much, that's great!"
Unlike the system mall she had, it required level three redemption permissions just for a pair of floral shorts that her grandparents liked. It was really too heartless.
"Like it? Then I'll give you two more!" Seeing Chang Ruijia's eyes wandering over the floral cloth, the Northeastern brother said happily, "This is not worth anything. If you like it, I can give you all of these."
"No, no, no," Chang Ruijia waved her hands quickly, "One piece is enough for me. Big brother, you should keep all these things for yourself and exchange them in the market. It would be a waste if you gave them to me."
"Oh, what a waste," the eldest brother shook his head helplessly, "if it weren't for the fact that I couldn't sell the printed cloth in this market, I wouldn't have saved up so much stuff, which I wouldn't even eat or drink."
"Ah? No one buys it?" Chang Ruijia looked at her elder brother with some confusion, "That can't be, this floral cloth is not easy to sell now? It should be very popular..." right.
Chang Ruijia couldn't understand why the canvas in her hand now felt even more comfortable than some brand name fabrics in her previous life, so how could it end up being unwanted in the market?
"This piece of cloth is only available to those who are short of cloth. Why is it so popular?" The eldest brother complained. If he hadn't made some connections in this market, he would have starved to death long ago.
"Ah?" Chang Ruijia scratched her head. "Even if I don't have a needle and thread and can't sew simple clothes, I should be able to use it as a blanket or something, right? How could it be..."
Sewing clothes? Using them as blankets? Listening to Chang Ruijia's words, the eldest brother's eyes suddenly lit up. Yes, why didn't he think of using these things for further processing?
When he first arrived at the sea, he did consider processing the fabrics, but at that time, the conditions were good enough to save his life. Where would he get more conditions to solve the problem of processing the fabrics?
So the matter was put aside, and even when he came to the market later, he never thought about it again.
However, he now knew all the things worth exchanging for in the market, and they were all things that could bring him more convenience!
Thinking of this, the big brother from Northeast China even felt that he could not wait any longer and immediately wanted to find those people who had the materials to exchange for a suitable tool.
"Thank you so much for your advice, sister. It really woke me up!" The Northeastern man looked at Chang Ruijia with some gratitude and said, "Well, I want to go find those people to exchange tools now. Do you want to come with me?"
Seeing Chang Ruijia's hesitation, the eldest brother patted his chest and assured him, "Don't worry, I can't do anything to you. Maybe I can meet that great person on the way. I will directly connect you two."
"Well, thank you, big brother." After spending a day together, Chang Ruijia had already seen what kind of person big brother was. So after a moment's thought, she agreed, "It just so happens that he also wants to see what someone who can also attack unknown creatures in the sea looks like."
"Make way!" The eldest brother led Chang Ruijia through the crowd in a menacing manner, "We're in a hurry to do something, be careful not to bump into us, or we'll pay you back!"
"Hahahaha, what is Big Brother going to do again?"
"Yo yo yo, big brother is out, everyone get out of the way!"
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From the greetings between the Northeastern brother and the crowd that was slowly becoming active in the market, Chang Ruijia could understand how popular the brother was here, and also understood what the brother meant by "friends taking care of business" when he said it before.
"Don't listen to their nonsense," the eldest brother turned around and explained to Chang Ruijia, "We've been together here for a long time, so everyone's guessing is normal."
"It's okay," Chang Ruijia said with some emotion, "When I was a child, when I went to the village of the older generation, everyone was also so warm and generous."
But later, when the warmth and coldness of human nature gradually disappeared, such a lively scene was never seen again.
Following the big brother from Northeast China, Chang Ruijia watched him rush towards several floating objects with a clear goal and buy a lot of miscellaneous things.
When paying at the last moment, the elder brother turned around and looked at Chang Ruijia a few times, smiled embarrassedly, and exchanged the watermelon that he had just been reluctant to eat.
"Um, sorry, sister," the eldest brother gathered a handful of things he wanted, and finally came to Chang Ruijia and said cautiously to her face, "I don't have much valuable things on my hands. If it weren't for these guys who have been 'pretending' to take care of my business, I might not be able to survive."
"I understand." Looking at the sincere smiles on the faces of those who exchanged things when they saw the eldest brother took out the watermelon, Chang Ruijia understood their previous relationship. "The watermelon was originally given to the eldest brother, so naturally you can do whatever you want with it."
"Isn't this the thing you gave me? I took it out to exchange in front of you," the Northeastern brother smiled embarrassedly, but his eyes were particularly eager when he looked at the thing he had exchanged for.
"With these things, I'll be able to redeem more things in the future! When the time comes, I'll buy you all your clothes, sister!"
"Brother can also sew clothes." Chang Ruijia teased with a smile. She could never imagine that this brother, despite his rough appearance, could sew clothes with a needle.
"Of course not. I've done a lot of these things before..." As he spoke, the Northeastern man took Chang Ruijia and paddled in one direction. "We're very close to that amazing guy here. Let me see if he has time."
Chang Ruijia was looking forward to meeting the talented person that the Northeastern big brother always talked about. Maybe they could even exchange experiences or something.
However, when Chang Ruijia actually met the talented person who was already annoyed by the nagging of the big brother from Northeast China, she suddenly realized that this experience was not so easy to share.
"I heard you, Brother Hong. Stop shouting, stop shouting! You have the loudest voice in this crowd. I can hear you from a long way off... Is that you?"
The mysterious and capable man who was invited here by the eldest brother with great clamor all the way, frowned at Chang Ruijia and said as if he suddenly thought of something.
Chang Ruijia had never expected that the great man who dared to fight the monster fish mentioned by her brother was actually an acquaintance.
The person who appeared in front of Chang Ruijia was none other than the armed police comrade whom Chang Ruijia had first met in the crowd and who had helped her many times.
Seeing that Chang Ruijia seemed very familiar with the armed police, the Northeastern brother who had been chattering away suddenly seemed to be speechless. He looked left and right and retreated from among them with a smile on his face.
However, the atmosphere between Chang Ruijia and the armed police comrades was not at all like the pink bubble in the head of the Northeastern big brother.
"Thank you for that time before." Seeing that the crowd nearby was far away, the armed police comrade hesitated for a moment, but still looked at Chang Ruijia and said.
If Chang Ruijia had not given him a meaningful look when she left the crowd, causing him to pay attention, he would have probably disappeared in the chaos of the crowd.
Actually, this is a life-saving grace.
"Hmm?" Chang Ruijia no longer had any recollection of the look that was deeply engraved on her by the armed police. At that time, she was just watching the armed police trying their best to maintain order in the crowd, and she was just returning the favor. She never thought that she would be remembered until now.
"Forget it," the armed police officer was stunned at first when he saw Chang Ruijia's confused look, then he shook his head with a smile, "My name is Wu Jin. I didn't have the chance to introduce myself before, so now we can finally get to know each other."
"Hello, Chang Ruijia." Looking at the armed police officer named Wu Jin, Chang Ruijia thought for a moment and introduced herself.
"You asked Brother Hong to bring you here this time because you wanted to..." Looking at Brother Hong who was obviously a big bunch but pretended to be not there quietly, Wu Jin looked at Chang Ruijia with some confusion.
"Well... I want to ask you about the specific situation of the monsters in the sea here. Brother Hong has been talking about it..." Chang Ruijia thought for a while and said.
"Well," Wu Jin knew what Chang Ruijia had heard from Hong Ta, the big brother from the Northeast, when he heard him mention him. "I'm not that amazing, I just stumbled upon a monster and killed it. But if you want to know, I can tell you."
From Wu Jin's mouth, Chang Ruijia finally had a rough initial impression of the monsters that Ahai encountered.
What Brother Hong had described to her before was actually correct. Chang Ruijia also heard from Wu Jin that there were actually gears in the monster's mouth, but Wu Jin revealed more details to her.
The monster was about three meters long. Judging from its appearance alone, it was very similar to the shark that was well known in the society before. However, its gear-like teeth made people shudder.
It is said that the monster is very good at stirring up the waves on the sea. He was forced to take action because he discovered that the monster was actually trying to obtain more "food" by stirring up the waves on the calm sea.
It was said that the monster's body was particularly heavy. When he fished out the monster's corpse, it almost crushed the floating objects to the side...
However, these things that are difficult for Wu Jin to handle are the most common things for Chang Ruijia when she was fighting monsters before.
So what if the monster was heavy? Could it be heavier than a four-meter-long marlin pulled from the deep sea? Did the monster often stir up the waves? Could it be more terrifying than the turmoil of a giant Tost squid with its eight long legs?
Therefore, facing Wu Jin's rather fearful expression, Chang Ruijia listened calmly as he introduced all the information about the monster.
But, the monster is trying to stir up the wind and rain to "order" its own food? This is not good news for those who currently live on the sea.
I just don’t know whether it is the unique style of that monster, or whether the monsters under the sea are now developing in a completely unknown direction.
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