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In Du Heng's memory, home-brewed rice wine and bacon are indispensable during the Chinese New Year. On New Year's Eve, the sweet rice wine, the fresh and fragrant bacon, and the table full of chicken, duck, fish and meat make up a complete New Year's Eve banquet.
By the Lantern Festival after the New Year, the rice wine can be cooked with the Lantern Festival to make a bowl of sweetness. He decided to make rice wine.
To brew rice wine, you need glutinous rice and koji. The taste of spiritual rice in the cultivation world is similar to glutinous rice and can completely replace glutinous rice. But Du Heng does not have koji.
Fortunately, Xuan Yu told him that Zhou's shop should have wine yeast for sale. Du Heng washed a large basket of spiritual rice and soaked it in water. It would take a whole day to steam it.
While the spiritual rice was soaking, Du Heng made breakfast. Today's breakfast was spiritual rice porridge with fried wontons, and a portion of crisp pickled cucumbers made with the cucumbers Jing Nan sent... Even if you don't eat it, just looking at it is a visual enjoyment.
On the table, there was a white plate filled with thick, snow-white rice porridge, and next to it were golden wontons fried to a crisp and bubbling surface, and a plate of bluish-white cucumbers. Xiaoxiao was already drooling, but he couldn't eat yet because he had to wait for Jingnan.
I wonder if Jing Nan hasn't gotten up yet. He came to eat breakfast early a few days ago, but why hasn't he come today? Du Heng stood at the gate of the yard and looked in the direction of Jing Nan's house: "How about I go and call him?" Xuan Yu said: "I'll go."
Before Xuan Yu could say anything, he saw a white jade bird fluttering over. The bird landed on Xuan Yu's shoulder and chirped twice into Xuan Yu's ear. When he spoke again, it was Jing Nan's voice: "Xuan Yu, come to Beishan for a while."
Xuan Yu turned to Du Heng and said, "I'll go there." As soon as he finished speaking, Xuan Yu disappeared in a flash. Du Heng: !!!
Is this the speed of a demon cultivator? He didn't even see the afterimage clearly, and the person disappeared?
Xiaoxiao chirped on the chair, reminding Wen Heng that they could eat first. Du Heng looked back at Xiaoxiao, then served him a bowl of porridge: "Eat."
Xiaoxiao dived into the bowl of porridge, and after a few slurping sounds, half of the bowl was gone.
Du Heng sat on a chair with his chin in his hand, watching Xiaoxiao eat breakfast. No matter how many times he watched, he always thought that the way Xiaoxiao ate was cute and magical.
In his mind, chicks can only eat food like rice grains and bugs, and they eat by nodding their heads and pecking at whatever they can. But Xiaoxiao is completely different when eating. As long as he lowers his head, half a bowl of soup is gone, and as long as he pecks, the whole fried dumpling can be wrapped in his mouth.
Chickens have no teeth, so they use their sharp beaks to peck food into their stomachs. When Xiaoxiao eats fried dumplings, she can make a crunching sound similar to that of a human chewing.
When he was happy while eating, he would hum a tuneless song.
At this moment, Xiaoxiao, who had discovered a new world while eating fried dumplings, was humming again, and the faint chirping sound echoed in Du Heng's ears.
Du Heng couldn't help but touch Xiaoxiao's head, but said cruel words: "Don't be greedy, you can only eat two bowls, if you eat too much, you will have indigestion."
Even if Xiaoxiao's stomach was connected to any door, Du Heng couldn't let him eat and drink as much as he wanted. Poor Xiaoxiao felt wronged when he heard what Du Heng said, and he chirped at Du Heng in accusation.
Du Heng said earnestly, "The amount of food a person eats in his lifetime is fixed. Whoever finishes first will leave first. Xiaoxiao, do you want to leave me?"
Xiaoxiao shook his head and slowed down his eating speed with hesitation. He chewed each dumpling carefully for several times before swallowing it.
When Du Heng looked at Xiaoxiao like this, he couldn't help but think of Jing Nan's words. If Xiaoxiao's spiritual roots had not been destroyed, could he also become a delicate and beautiful child?
After finishing breakfast, Xiaoxiao was eating some spiritual fruit to help digestion, while Du Heng held the "hair growth liquid" in his hand and rubbed it on his head with his fingers.
Xiaoxiao's scalp was pink. Du Heng peeled open his scalp and looked at the bald spot carefully. In the end, he found with regret that it was still bald and no new hair had grown. Even the methods of demon cultivators could not solve the problem of baldness?
Du Heng felt depressed. If he waited for Xiaoxiao's uncle to come back, would he beat himself into a cripple?
Thinking of Du Heng made him feel even more uncomfortable. What kind of life was he living? He had thought that once he got to the village, he would no longer be hunted down by others, but now he was always worried that Feng Gui, who had not appeared, would kill him.
And this feeling was no easier than when he was escaping in the world of cultivation. Du Heng even had a feeling that if Xiaoxiao's hair didn't grow back, Feng Gui would not give him a good time when he returned.
Du Heng rubbed Xiaoxiao's round neck and said, "Don't worry, Xiaoxiao, the hair will grow back." He didn't know whether he was comforting Xiaoxiao or himself.
Xiaoxiao ate three fruits in a row. Jingnan, Xuanyu and the others had not returned yet. Du Heng thought for a while and warmed the porridge in the pot, then put the fried wontons on the stove.
Although this would make the wontons cold by the time Xuan Yu and the others came back, cold wontons were still delicious. Du Heng thought, it would be nice if he could have a storage bag so that the food he made would stay the same when he took it out.
Outside the yard, there was lush grass and Jing Nan's spiritual plants were buried in the weeds. Du Heng cleared the weeds at the gate of the yard and looked up to see that the sun had risen to the middle of the sky.
Jing Nan and Xuan Yu hadn't come back yet, so Du Heng was a little worried: "Xiao Xiao, do you know where Xuan Yu and the others are in Beishan? Should we go look for them?"
Xiaoxiao shook her head like a rattle: "Chirp, chirp, chirp." Du Heng asked, "Are you saying you don't want to go?" Xiaoxiao nodded.
Du Heng was a little depressed: "I was planning to go to Lingxi Town to buy some wine yeast, but I don't know when Xuan Yu and the others will be back."
Xiaoxiao's eyes lit up when he heard it: "Chirp~" He flapped his little wings and dived into the grass. Du Heng called him several times from behind but failed to call him back.
After a while, Du Heng saw a shadow swaying in the grass. He looked carefully and saw that it was the cow pulling the carriage. When the cow saw Du Heng, it lowered its head and called out docilely, then smiled and came out of the carriage, flapping its wings.
Du Heng understood when he saw this. He smiled and said, "You mean, we go to Lingxi Town by ourselves? Is that okay? Will we encounter any danger?" Xiaoxiao patted his chest, looking very proud.
However, when Du Heng thought that Xiaoxiao ran away from home and went to Dongji Mountain, he thought that going to Lingxi Town should not be a problem, right?
Du Heng said, "Okay, I'll leave a note for Xuan Yu." He left a note in the living room, telling Xuan Yu that he and Xiao Xiao had gone to Lingxi Town to buy wine yeast. When he walked out of the courtyard, he remembered something: "No, Xiao Xiao, I didn't bring any spiritual stones."
Xiaoxiao seemed to have thought of Du Heng's predicament a long time ago. He took out a storage bag from under his wings and handed it to Du Heng. Du Heng opened it and saw that it was full of sparkling spiritual stones, which almost blinded Du Heng's eyes.
Du Heng smiled and said, "Okay, I'll lend it to you first. I'll return it to you later." Having said that, Du Heng still didn't know what he could do to earn spirit stones.
Xiaoxiao shook her head and stuffed the storage bag into Du Heng's arms. Du Heng was so moved that he burst into tears. What kind of treasure place is Yikeshu Village? Everyone was vying to give him spirit stones.
The cow shook its tail and started walking. After a while, it walked to the roadside tree at the entrance of the village. The gurgling water flowed over the bluestone under the roadside tree. The cow walked under the tree, lowered its head and drank a sip of water. It mooed loudly and then walked out of the village's barrier.
As soon as he left Jingnan's barrier, he felt a chill coming towards him. He hadn't felt it in the barrier for the past few days, but once he left it, he felt the power of winter. Du Heng was squatting in front of the ox cart when the wind blew through him. Xiaoxiao squeezed into the shed and called out to Du Heng: "Chirp~"
Du Heng said to Niu'er, "Niu'er, let's go to Lingxi Town. Please!" Niu walked forward steadily, and his snake-like tail left an afterimage. Du Heng got into the carport, and he sat by the car window holding Xiaoxiao, watching the scenery in front of him quickly recede.
Half an hour later, Lingxi Town was in sight. Du Heng smiled secretly. It had only been a few days, but he had already started to adapt to the timekeeping method of the cultivation world. Now in his eyes, an hour was replaced by half an hour. It might not be long before he got used to various units of measurement like the people in the cultivation world.
The ox cart stopped in front of the Zhou family shop, and Du Heng lifted the curtain. He looked at the Zhou family shop, and saw his younger brother Zhou Xiyue squeezed out of the door: "Hey? Isn't this Mr. Du from Mr. Xuan's family? Mr. Du, what do you want to buy?"
Du Heng jumped off the ox cart holding Xiaoxiao in his arms. He bowed to Zhou Xiyue and said, "Boss, do you have any yeast?" Zhou Xiyue nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, yes. Please come in. We have received a lot of new goods in our store these two days. Would you like to take a look?"
Du Heng walked towards the shop with a smile. For some reason, only half of the door was open today. Du Heng asked in confusion, "Boss, what's going on today? Why is only half of the door open?"
Zhou Xiyue sighed in annoyance: "Please don't mention it. I don't know what happened these past few days. A monster appeared near the town. People are panicking. Look, there are few people on the street. They are afraid of monsters."
Du Heng really didn't know anything about monsters. He nodded and said, "So that's how it is... What does the monster look like?"
Zhou Xiyue said, "There are quite a lot of varieties. I saw Tulue Shangao, and heard from others that there are also Zhuyan and Zheng. In short, there are a large number of them. Several shops in the north of the city have been destroyed, and some demon cultivators have disappeared." Du Heng was shocked: "Is that so? Is there anyone who can organize to deal with these beasts?"
Zhou Xiyue said, "Of course there are people. My brother has teamed up with other shopkeepers to patrol the surroundings. Our Lingxi Town is relatively peaceful. No ferocious beasts have dared to set foot here for hundreds of years. It's already late in the year, and I don't know what's wrong with these ferocious beasts. They run out from Dongji Mountain one by one to cause trouble everywhere. It's really troublesome."
Du Heng asked, "Do the beasts come out of Dongji Mountain?" Zhou Xiyue said, "Of course they do. If it weren't for the demon gods and generals guarding Dongji Mountain, the cultivation world would have been devoured by the beasts at the foot of Dongji Mountain." A beast is suppressed at the foot of Dongji Mountain? What kind of beast is it?
At this time, Du Heng thought of when he first arrived at Dongji Mountain. At that time, he was still in the west of Dongji Mountain. Before he met Xiaoxiao and Xuan Yu, he almost died in the attack of a monster.
Du Heng wanted to ask more, but Zhou Xiyue waved her hand mysteriously: "I can't say anymore. But don't worry, Mr. Du. The village you live in is the safest. Take a look at the new goods here. I'll go get you some wine yeast."
Du Heng had a lot of questions in his mind. There were only five people in Yikeshu Village, including him. How could they be safe? However, Du Heng thought of Xuan Yu and Jing Nan. With them around, the village would definitely be fine.
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