Chapter 5 Separate for the Time Being

"Morning, Sister Lorraine." Ye Ling, who was lying on his side on the bed, rubbed his eyes, as if he hadn't slept enough yet.

"Chirp."

A chubby bird crawled out from the lower half of the quilt. As soon as it came out, it flapped its wings and flew into Roland Hill's arms, letting the girl hold it for a while.

Listening to Dai Ju's non-stop 'tweet' tweets, Roland Hill knew that this guy was wronged, and complained bitterly about Eidolon's abuse of it, such as holding it as a pillow and not letting it go out to find delicious food, The heat from sleeping almost cooked it into fat chicken and so on.

"Okay, okay, just sleep in my room today." Loren Hill amused the chubby Dai Ju in his arms, and after a while, it calmed down.

"Dai Ju complained again." Ye Ling sat on the bed, with both hands on his knees, the hair behind him was messy on his shoulders and back, and there were some marks of being bent.

"Come on, get up, and brush your hair."

Roland Hill pulled Eidolon, who still wanted to continue sleeping, to the dressing table, then stood behind her and combed carefully, and then divided a few thin strands with his hands, and weaved them slowly to form flat and beautiful sides. ponytail.

At first, Eidolon still had his eyes open, but soon his head was like fishing, heaving up and down, waking up and sleeping, his eyes hazy.

"After combing, let's go eat something first, and then come back to sleep." Roland Hill held up Eidolon with his hands and asked the little guy to stand up.

"Ugh..." Ye Ling woke up a little now, grabbed Roland Hill's arm, and walked out like a sleepwalker.

Looking at Xiao Longniang who was going to fall asleep at any moment, Roland Hill thought about whether to hold her directly, it would be more convenient.

But for now, let's try to lead.

The two first came to the hall. Loren Hill asked Ye Ling to sit on a sofa in a corner, and Dai Ju squatted on her lap to take care of her, then turned around and went to the room where Wei Lengyan was on the second floor.

After waking up this companion, Roland Hill took her downstairs, and then woke the sleeping Eidolon again, and then went out.

"Are there any delicious restaurants or restaurants around here?" Lorraine Hill asked Wei Lengyan, who came earlier than her and stayed for a long time, so it should be clearer.

"We've been to one before, and I think the taste is good, just..." She paused for a few seconds before continuing.

"It's just that the grade may not be too high." This man stroked the hair on the side of his ear a little embarrassed.

In her opinion, for such a big man, going there seems to be a bit degrading.

"Where is it, can you talk about it first?"

"It's a seafood restaurant, on the eastern shore of the harbor."

"Seafood, it seems to be good." Roland Hill actually eats very little seafood, and occasionally thinks about trying something fresh.

"Why does seafood think it's not high-end." While walking on the road, Loren Hill asked the man beside him.

"This is probably because many people are not used to the fishy smell of seafood." Wei Lengyan explained.

"The nobles of the dynasty paid great attention to smell, and the fishy smell of seafood made most people uncomfortable. Even if some methods can be suppressed, they need to use strong ingredients. Some people who are used to eating light tastes can't stand it."

In the Plantagenet Dynasty, it was extremely impolite and even disgusting to have an odor when receiving guests. Therefore, most high-ranking officials or nobles will deliberately avoid things that are easy to carry odors. Others Onions and garlic are easy to produce bad breath, and nobles will also refuse to eat them on formal occasions. It's only for some relaxing family dinners, or when young people don't care when they get together.

"Actually, the freshly-made seafood won't have too much fishy smell. After a period of time, it will have a bad taste."

"The restaurant I'm talking about is right by the sea, and their ingredients are extraordinarily fresh, which would be much better, so I tried to recommend it to adults."

"I see." Roland Hill nodded thoughtfully.

Recalling what she had learned before, it seemed that fish in the sea would produce special substances in order to resist the high osmotic pressure of seawater, which is also the source of the umami and fishy smell of most marine fish.

Today, the world's freezing technology is not developed, and it is normal for the noble people living in the inland to dislike stinky fish.

After leading Ye Ling and Wei Lengyan to the restaurant by the sea, the three of them were directly boarded on the fourth floor. It was still early and there were not many guests, so it seemed very spacious.

Sitting at the table next to the room, the open floor is pierced by the sea breeze, and a refreshing feeling is also coming from the skin.

Because there is a distance from the busy wharf, it is not noisy here, and the large and small lights on the coast also embellish the night scene, making it look not monotonous, and has a feeling of dim lights.

After sitting down, Roland Hill asked Wei Lengyan to order food, and he put Ye Ling on the table, so that he didn't have to hang it on his shoulders all the time.

Having said that, I felt that Eidolon was a little heavier than before. Roland Hill poked his soft face with his finger, and after a while, he put down his hand and looked at the night scene outside the window.

After sitting and chatting for a while, the clerk of the restaurant quickly brought the prepared dishes one by one, looking at the delicate appearance of the plate, which made people feel pleasing to the eye.

Among them are light red and thin sashimi with basil, boiled sea cucumber with papaya and kidney beans, braised abalone, charcoal grilled eel, spring onion swimming crab, and more.

Sure enough, it is a good choice to come and taste fresh food occasionally. Even Roland Hill is happy to see this table of food.

"It seems to be delicious." Mingming was still dozing off before, but the fragrance

After Ye Ling smelled the smell, the little Longniang suddenly regained her energy and looked at the food on the table with excitement.

"Then I'll eat first." Unable to bear, she reached out and grabbed the leg of a crab, lifted it up and placed it in front of her plate, and began to nibble happily.

Loren Hill and Wei Lengyan also started, but these two were much more gentle.

The three of them were eating and eating while blowing the comfortable night wind. At the end, the speed gradually slowed down, and then the topic of several people slowly turned to Wei Lengyan's past.

"I remember that Shuizhuzhou is very prosperous, why do you work so far away from home, and it's still a girl." Most people in the Plantage Dynasty did not go out to work, and most of them would not be too far from home.

"Because of the plague of insects and famine." Wei Lengyan talked about what happened more than ten years ago.

"Water Zhuzhou was really prosperous in the past. Not only was it vermilion dye, red paper, and red cloth, but there was also a unique style of 'dot vermillion' painting in the local area, and there were many famous painters."

"It's just that ten years ago, when I was young, a very special kind of bug appeared in the mines in the continent."

"This kind of bug seems to feed on cinnabar rubble. After it was dug out of the mine, it was very scary. Although everyone was a little surprised at the time, they didn't take it too seriously."

"But soon, this kind of bug appeared in all parts of Zhou County, and then not only limited to mines, but also drilled into various households, especially in grain."

"Many granaries have been destroyed due to insect disasters, and many rice jars of ordinary people have been eaten by insects."

"Ordinary tanks, stones, and walls can't stop them at all. They can chew on rocks, and naturally they can also chew on them. After entering the rice warehouse, these insects multiply in large numbers, and the various dirty things they produce are also poisonous. Later, it was discovered that the food was also useless.”

"In this way, the famine spread rapidly and spread to the entire Zhou County."

"How was it resolved later?" Roland Hill asked curiously.

"After the local officials reported the situation, the Dynasty first dispatched members of the Clean Clothes Workshop under the Winter Lawsuit, and then the surrounding two major door-to-doors also participated in the assistance."

"The Burning Sun and Feather Sect in Luzhou dispatched about 5,000 fire-breathers to burn all the worms on the ground. At that time, the entire Zhou County was almost a sea of ​​fire, with figures on fire everywhere and wearing red and yellow robes. fire-breathing master."

"Then Wanziqianhonggu also developed a special insecticidal powder after a period of time, and sprinkled it all over Zhou County, and then the insect plague was eliminated."

"Although the insect plague is over, Shuizhuzhou has also become a ruin. Many people have to leave their homes and go to other places to make a living. I also followed my elder brother to Nanfengzhou."

Listening to Wei Lengyan's remarks, there was something about the Feather Sect, and Roland Hill was a little more curious and continued to ask some things.

Fire-spitting division, she had heard of this profession in the Feather Sect before, but she did not expect there to be so many, and it was also dispatched and controlled by the faction.

Speaking of which, although the fire-breathing master was an extraordinary person, he was not a very high-level existence. His status was similar to that of a butcher in the village. He could not see people at ordinary times, and would only be invited over when needed.

They usually only have sequences 1-3, they are good at all kinds of fire spells, and they also use gunpowder and the like. They are generally used to drive away wild beasts in the mountains, small monsters and beasts, and occasionally they also part-time exorcism to remove evil spirits. In many rural and small town funerals, fire-breathers will appear. They will be responsible for writing the eulogy, then hanging it to burn, and finally cremating the body and placing it in a can.

"Then you didn't want to go back then, how is Shui Zhuzhou now?"

"At first, it didn't, because the fire was very thorough at the time. The river was blocked, and the riverbed and stream were burned dry. There were cracked hard clods everywhere on the ground, and people and crops couldn't survive at all."

"Later, it is estimated that it will gradually improve. I went back three years ago to visit relatives in my hometown, and there will be sporadic villages and towns that have reappeared."

"Many people don't call it Shui Zhuzhou anymore, they call it 'Dried Zhuzhou' because there is no more water." Wei Lengyan slowly put down her chopsticks as she spoke, she was already full.

"The country of dry fire." Roland Hill sighed with emotion and stopped speaking.

In the ancient times before the establishment of the Plantagenet Dynasty, Huiluzhou, Suiyan Mountains, Yanyingzhou, and several surrounding Zhou counties were the sites of the Land of Fire. Not much, and relatively poor.

It was not until the Phoenix was born, that he adjusted the mountains and rivers and the dragon veins, which greatly changed the environment, and these places gradually became prosperous. It was just a long time, and now there are not many people who remember this ancient past.

When the three of them were about to finish their dinner and leave, a surprised cry rang in the restaurant.

"Is this... Xiaoling?"

A very sturdy big man walked up to this floor of the restaurant, and behind him were a dozen or so black-clothed swordsmen, looking at his strength.

"Hey, are you calling me?"

Ye Ling raised his head and looked at the big man with a puzzled look on his face. It seemed that it took a long time before he said, "Are you the fifth brother?"

"Of course it's me, it took you so long to recognize it." He strode over, and that tall body seemed to carry a hot wind, making people feel the surging power under those thick muscles.

This is the feeling of overflowing magic power. It seems that Sequence 6 is complete. Roland Hill also looked at the bronze strong man who walked in, and it seemed a little familiar.

"I'm your fifth brother, Ye Nanke."

"Ah, yes yes

,I see. Ye Ling nodded fiercely, then raised his hand to stop the strong man who was about to touch his head.

"You've become so thick and dark, it's normal for me not to recognize it." Ye Ling suddenly climbed onto the chair and stood up, so that he didn't have to look up at the 'fifth brother'.

It turned out to be him, Roland Hill remembered the scene when they met at school before. Nan Ke was bald and a member of the 'Fire Fist and Wine' club. Hill and Ye Ling and his party saw that the other party also supported a batch of wood for their club to make furniture for the club.

"Xiao Ling finally came back. You told Ye Zhen that you would come back after going to the Western Continent for a few years, but it has been more than ten years since you went there. Later, the mansion sent someone to the Western Continent to look for you, but they never heard of you. I thought you were missing, and many people were saddened."

"Well, this, I forgot to sleep." Ye Ling came a little embarrassed.

"Your bloodline is awakened, and lethargy is normal. I also said that to several uncles at the time. After all, you are hibernating or sleeping at home most of the time, so don't worry. It's just that there has been no news of you for a long time, and it will still be very uncomfortable. concern."

He said a lot of words in a row, and then asked how Ye Ling was doing recently, and it took a while to slow down.

Feeling the fiery care of this brother, Ye Ling was a little shy, and muttered about things over the years, such as what he saw in the Western Continent, where did he go to play, what friends he made and so on.

Although she slept in the mountains of Tisilan for a long time, it was not always like this. She also went to Bumansa to live for a period of time on the way, and occasionally she would play with Ai Luoyi, who was about the same age as her. The Hammer's Loli is also a powerful genius who can turn into a giant dragon. The two teamed up to bully many monsters in the Tixilan Mountains, and in front of the genius Xing Liu, who is also a dragon sequence, the two will be quiet and honest. .

"Very good, I thought you were squatting at home every day and sleeping when you were full." In a sense, it was also the truth.

"Cough, how could it be." Ye Ling shook his head vigorously, and the beige double ponytails on both sides also swayed.

"Okay, let's not talk about that, who are these two?" At this moment, he turned his gaze to Loren Hill and Wei Lengyan on the side.

"This is Sister Roland, don't you recognize it?" Ye Ling jumped off the chair, came to Roland Hill, and grabbed her arm and sleeve.

"Lorraine..." He seemed to think of more when he heard the name.

"Hello, you are Ye Ling's cousin, Nanke, right?" Roland Hill looked at him thinking and interrupted quickly. If this really reminds him of other identities, it is not a coincidence that he is exposed here. A good thing.

"Ah, yes, yes. I remembered that in Emenas before, you were the girl with Eidolon. I didn't expect you to be as good-looking as you were back then." He thought so in his heart, but it was not easy to ask the reason for a while. Maybe girls have various ways to maintain their appearance. He doesn't know much about them.

"Hehe, I didn't expect to remember, it's been many years." Roland Hill sighed lightly, and then chatted with Ye Nanke about these years.

It turned out that after returning to the Eastern Continent, Ye Nanke began to take over some of the family's affairs. First, he got to know some friends and nobles in Luojing, and then began to take the family caravan and personnel to the south to operate. Now it is also a big business. After finishing it, I was about to return home, but I didn't expect to meet Ye Ling in this restaurant.

After settling down his swordsmen for dinner, Ye Nanke sat at the table of Loren Hill, added a lot of dishes, and talked while drinking.

When it was late at night, when he was about to leave, Ye Nanke looked at Ye Ling.

"When is Xiaoling going to go back? Everyone in the family misses you, especially Grandma Seven, who misses you the most."

"Well, are you going back now?" Ye Ling looked a little hesitant, but finally raised his eyes and looked at Roland Hill, wanting to ask her for advice.

"Otherwise, go back and have a look first, I'll go to Luojing to find you after I've dealt with Nanfengzhou's affairs." Roland Hill looked at Ye Ling, the same girl as her sister.

"Okay, Sister Luolan said so." Ye Ling thought that it was time to go back, after all, he had been away from home for a long time.

"Then Sister Luolan must come to Luojing to find me, otherwise Ye Ling will be very bored." Before she left, she thought about going out to play next time.

"Okay, I will go, I won't forget Yeling, do you want to pull the hook?" Roland Hill smiled and looked at the little guy in front of him.

"It's okay to pull the hook, I'm not a child anymore." Even so, Ye Ling still had this little self-esteem.

After drinking and eating, the group walked down the restaurant and walked along the beach by the sea, listening to the sound of the constantly coming tide, like a pleasant and gentle movement.

"See you later, Luo Jing, tt/~" Although Ye Ling's expression was sad, the other people really wanted to laugh when they saw it.

"I will keep the carp cakes for the Autumn Moon Lantern Festival for Sister Lolan~~ Dai Ju also has them." Ye Ling waved his hand to let Loren Hill see, and then the few people gradually separated.

In other words, the next Autumn Moon Lantern Festival is really coming, but this year, she may not be able to catch up, but next year, she should be able to reach Luojing.

"Chirp~"