Chapter 388: God

Smelling the diffused aroma of food, Xia Zhizhi thought that eating only meat would be a bit greasy, so for the sake of nutritional balance, she took out some taro, sweet potatoes and vegetables and asked Ah Ju to grill them.

It seems a bit dry to have nothing to drink but to eat. I originally wanted to make a pot of tea, but then I thought drinking tea so late at night and not being able to sleep would not be a good idea, so I decided to just make some soup.

I took out some fish, shrimp and shellfish, not caring whether the purine level would be too high, and asked Ah Ju to cook seafood and mushroom soup.

When the soup in the pot started to bubble, a drizzle began to fall outside. The water vapor rose and formed a white mist, which drifted into the cave. There was a bonfire in the cave, and the temperature was relatively high. As soon as the mist came in, it was burned away.

If it were just daytime, the fog outside would be so thick that it would be like a fairyland.

Xia Zhizhi felt that she was a bit like the peerless master in the old martial arts romance novels, living in seclusion in the mountains with her loyal servants.

Thinking of this, she laughed out loud at herself.

It was so creepy to hear a woman laughing so strangely in the deep mountains and forests at this time of night.

Fortunately, Ah Ju was always in a stable mood and kept working. She stirred the cooking soup, took out the roasted meat and mushrooms, and cut them into easy-to-eat sizes with scissors.

Not to mention that she was just chuckling a few times, even if she did a 360-degree turn around and smelled her own butt, Ah Ju wouldn't think there was anything strange about it.

Xia Zhizhi laughed more and more proudly, and said to Ah Ju: "Ah Ju, do you think I look like a fairy in a fairy tale?"

"According to the previous strange stories and the understanding of fantasy characters, you can indeed be called a god." Ah Ju replied to her while putting the cut food on the small table she had taken out.

"Yes!" Xia Zhizhi was flattered. She held her face with her hands happily and even wanted to show off her magical powers in front of others.

Just as she was feeling happy, she suddenly paused.

I could faintly hear voices outside, probably those of a little girl and a child, but they were vague and they were speaking in dialect. It's common for one county in the south to have eighteen different dialects.

The two of them were probably still some distance away from the cave. Xia Zhizhi had sharp ears, so she could hear the movements, but when she listened suddenly, she really couldn't hear clearly.

Sure enough, about five minutes later, there was movement outside the cave. Xia Zhizhi scanned with her mental power and found two girls, one big and one small. The older one was about thirteen or fourteen years old, and the younger one was about seven or eight years old.

Each of them carried a backpack which was very high, higher than their heads. It was drizzling outside, so the two of them took off their coats and covered the backpacks with them.

The temperature in the mountains would drop at night, and with the rain, it became much colder. The two of them got caught in the rain, their lips turned purple from the cold, and they were shivering.

The younger girl looked at the light in the cave and said something to her sister happily. Xia Zhizhi guessed that she was probably asking her sister to hurry up and go in.

The older girl pursed her lips and said nothing, with a hesitant look on her face.

She told her sister to wait outside first, then put down the backpack and walked in with a very cautious expression. When she saw Xia Zhizhi, she was stunned for a moment, then knelt down quickly, kowtowed to Xia Zhizhi three times, and said a lot of gibberish.

Xia Zhizhi guessed and thought that she must mean that she wanted to come in to keep warm, so she smiled and nodded.

No wonder there are so many minor gods and fairies in the south, each worshipping its own gods and fairies on each mountain. The gods and fairies live in their own plots of land and only sweep the snow in front of their doors.

I don't understand the language, and sometimes I really can't understand what people from other places are asking for.

After getting the nod, the little girl turned around and ran out. After a while, she came back with her sister, carrying her own backpack.

The two men put down the backpack on the other side of the fire, farthest away from Xia Zhizhi.

The younger girl was very happy. She put down the backpack, rushed to the fire, and stretched out her little hands to warm herself.

The older girl opened the basket she was carrying, selected a few mushrooms of particularly good quality, placed them on a few wide leaves, lowered her head, held the mushrooms in her hands, and placed them in front of Xia Zhizhi.

The younger girl seemed to react suddenly when she saw her sister like this. Her cheerful voice suddenly became much quieter and she called out anxiously, "Sister!"

The eldest girl turned around and comforted her: "It's okay, Ye Zi, it's the Mountain Goddess."

Xia Zhizhi: ...

Good guy, you have become a god.

Why do I feel a little happy? After the two girls go back and spread the word, will there be people who will make a special trip to this cave to burn paper and burn incense during festivals in the future?

The two little girls huddled together, warming themselves by the fire, and took down the wet clothes covering the backpack to dry.

The cave was filled with the aroma of food. Miss Yezi sniffed hard, and then her stomach rumbled. The rumble was particularly loud in the empty cave. Yezi pulled her sister's hand and said, "Sister, I'm hungry!"

The older girl picked out a few mushrooms from the backpack and strung them on small branches, probably preparing to grill them.

Xia Zhizhi was pleased with the words "Mountain Goddess". She waved to the older girls and said, "Little girls, come here."

The echo in the cave was particularly good, and her voice sounded both empty and distant.

Xia Zhizhi spoke in Mandarin, but it was obvious that the older girl could understand her. She hesitated for a while before carefully walking over with her sister.

Xia Zhizhi asked Ah Ju to prepare some food for the two of them, and scooped a bowl of soup for each of them, saying in a friendly voice, "Eat."

Xiao Yezi stared at the food in front of her with shining eyes, and couldn't help but question her sister with her eyes.

The older girl struggled mentally for a while, but finally gave in and said, "Thank you, Goddess of the Mountain."

Then he pulled his sister and carefully sat down beside him.

Xia Zhizhi was very happy and said with a smile: "I am not some mountain goddess. I came into the mountains to pick mushrooms like you did. I got late, so I stayed in the cave for one night."

The two little girls were relatively simple-minded. After Xia Zhizhi said this, they really believed it and looked relieved.

The two of them swallowed their saliva, held the bowl, and took a sip of the soup.

This place is close to the mountains. Nowadays, 99% of the people in this area have never eaten seafood. For those who eat seafood for the first time, the taste is particularly delicious and indescribably good.

After taking a sip, both of them's eyes lit up immediately. Miss Xiao Yezi couldn't help it and gulped down the soup in one gulp.

The older girl took small sips and savored the taste.

Looking at the eager eyes of these two people.

Xia Zhizhi asked Ah Ju to continue playing for the two of them.

After they had eaten and drunk their fill, their lips, which had been frozen purple, returned to red and no longer trembled.