Paradise

Xu felt the danger in Zhou Ze's eyes. The little mouse shrank its neck and ran behind a stone. After a while, it poked out its small head again, sniffing with its small nose, but its eyes were still fixed on Zhou Ze's side. Obviously, the grilled snake meat is very attractive to it, otherwise it would not rush here rashly, and still linger so much.

Zhou Ze smiled, "You little thing, do you also know that snake meat is a good thing?"

Seeing that the little mouse ate snake meat, it was not only fine, but also very yearning. Zhou Ze had already confirmed that the snake was not poisonous, and the taste was very delicious, so he didn't hesitate anymore, raised the meat in his hand to his mouth, and took a bite ,

Tsk, sure enough, the snake meat in the mouth is delicious and tender, leaving a mouthful of flavor. After one bite, you want to have a second bite. This is the first time Zhou Ze has eaten such delicious snake meat.

Not only that, but there is another benefit of snake meat, that is, after the snake meat enters his stomach, Zhou Ze can feel a warmth rising from his stomach and spreading all over his body, followed by the feeling of exhaustion from running around in the mountains. It was swept away, and his whole body was full of strength again. The feeling was similar to the feeling he had when he ate the blood-blood grass for the first time, but it was a little different. The only thing Zhou Ze can be sure of now is that eating snake meat can replenish the body's vitality. energy.

Thinking of the county magistrate who took away the alien wolf, Zhou Ze still remembered the surprised look on the county magistrate's face when he saw the alien wolf. He obviously knew something. Could it be that the alien wolf's meat also had the same effect?

Seeing that the snake meat in Zhou Ze's hand was getting less and less, and even the strong fragrance was much less, the little mouse who was peeking behind the stone was very anxious. , "Squeak" several times.

Seeing the greedy look of the little mouse, Zhou Ze was happy, thought for a while, and tore off another piece of snake meat, put it in a place not far from him so that he could ignore it, and then ate the rest of the snake meat in his hand.

After eating the snake meat, Zhou Ze only felt that his whole body seemed to have inexhaustible strength. His body was unprecedentedly comfortable and happy. He stretched out his two hands in front of him, moved his fingers, and clenched his fist hard, feeling the power contained in his body. There are some changes, it seems to be a little bigger, and it feels really good to have strength all over the body.

Zhou Ze walked out of the cave, checked the surrounding environment and found nothing unusual, then picked up some branches and came back, and saw the little mouse hiding behind the stone, and while he was out, he ran over and ate the piece of snake meat , as soon as he heard the figure of Zhou Ze coming back, he ran behind the stone with a whoosh, quite vigilant.

Zhou Ze smiled and ignored it, added the branches he picked up to the fire, and sat by the fire by himself, folded his arms and closed his eyes to rest.

The little mouse peeped out from behind the stone and ran out of the cave when there was no movement. When Zhou Ze heard the movement, he just opened his eyes and took a look, ignoring it.

After a night of nothing, the next day came in a blink of an eye. Zhou Ze opened his eyes, stood up, and moved his stiff body. Although he only slept lightly all night, he didn't feel tired at all.

After completely extinguishing the fire, Zhou Ze walked out of the cave, stretched his waist greatly, let out a long breath, and lowered his head, he saw a small pile of fruits of different colors on a stone not far from the entrance of the cave. yes, yellow, blue, green

Zhou Ze walked over, looked around, and then looked around the stone, and found that there were many tiny footprints, like left by mice, and the greedy little mouse that ate snake meat yesterday appeared in Zhou Ze's mind. Smiling, this is probably the little mouse’s reward, he was not polite when he thought of this, he picked up a fruit, put it on his nose and smelled it, and there was a sweet fruity smell, washed it with water, threw it into the In my mouth, I chewed it twice, um, sweet and sour, the taste is not bad, very delicious.

Zhou Ze tasted two fruits and didn't eat any more. He put the fruits away and put them in the package behind his back. He planned to take these fruits back to Lin Yu and the others. He thought Lin Yu should like to eat this kind of fruit. Taste of fruit.

Zhou Ze took out his dagger and carved a five-pointed star mark in a hidden place near the cave. Since he walked all the way up the mountain, he has carved many such marks, especially in the place where he found Limonium and the place where wild beasts lived. In this way, the next time he goes into the mountains, looking for these marks will not only make it easier to get lost, but also avoid the territory of those wild beasts, reducing the chance of conflict with them.

On this day, Zhou Ze decided to explore the mountain where he was, and then return the same way. The mountain is full of dangers, and the longer he stays, the more unfavorable it will be for him. , Zhou Ze chose a direction, got into the mountains and continued to explore. What he didn't notice was that there was a little guy quietly following him behind him.

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Lin Yu woke up very early in the morning, and when he looked closely at his eyes, he could still find two inconspicuous black spots. Last night, because he was worried about Zhou Ze, Lin Yu tossed and turned and couldn't sleep well.Seeing that the sky was bright, but he couldn't sleep anymore, so he got up to wash up briefly, talked to Lin Bao, and went to the field with a hoe on his shoulder.

Because of the heavy rain before, the crop seedlings in the field have slowed down, and now the yellow leaves have turned green, and the grass in the field has also grown a lot due to the moisture of the rain. If you want the crops to grow Well, frequent weeding is a must.

There are many people like Lin Yu who go to work in the fields early in the morning, and they all work when the morning is cool.

"Brother Yu, go to the field." A village aunt greeted Lin Yu.

"Well, there's a lot of grass in the field, I'm going to weed."Lin Yu nodded.

"Why didn't that boy from the Zhou family go with you? You've seen him before."

"He went into the mountain yesterday, and he hasn't come back yet."

The aunt was stunned for a moment, and then said, "I haven't come back all night, could it be that I went to the mountain? Who did I go with? I didn't go there alone, did I?"

He is really brave enough, isn't he afraid of being eaten by the wolves, tigers and leopards inside? Now this young man is really too bold. "

Seeing that Lin Yu didn't refute, she immediately felt that she had guessed right. She had heard from the villagers that the man Lin Yu saved was a capable man who could kill even alien wolves, but she never thought that this man would dare to go alone It's so courageous to go into the depths of the mountain alone, it's really desperate.

Lin Yu frowned slightly. Although she knew that the other party had no malicious intentions, she didn't want to hear him say bad things about Zhou Ze. "Brother Zhou is very powerful, and nothing will happen."

Seeing that Lin Yu's face was not very good-looking, the aunt wanted to say something, but she kept her mouth shut. She smiled embarrassingly, and walked forward, but she pretended that Zhou Ze entered the mountain alone in her heart. In my heart, this is a new thing. I asked someone to talk about it after a while. People in the village are like this. Zhang’s parents and Li’s family are short, and they like to talk about everything they hear. In less than a day, it can spread throughout the village. When Zhou Ze came back from the mountain, almost everyone in the village knew that he had entered the mountain, and everyone guessed whether it was a bad or auspicious time for him to enter the mountain.

Zhou Ze, who was far away in the depths of the mountain, didn't know that he had entered the mountain. The villagers had already spread the word. He was still walking through the mountain, looking for traces of Limonium.At this time, he had already climbed over the mountain where he was, and came to the other side of the mountain, and made a new discovery, he found traces of people.

Zhou Ze found a pile of burning ashes from a campfire, and there were human footprints nearby. The ashes were somewhat warm, and the footprints were very clear. He was sure that someone had spent the night in the mountains like him last night. Look at the size of the footprints. , Zhou Ze judged that there were at least three people in this group, and this was the first time he found traces of human activities.

After carving a mark on the tree, Zhou Ze decided to return. He deliberately checked the direction that those people left before, and chose a direction different from theirs to return. He is now alone. He doesn't want to confront these people now, especially if he doesn't know the details of the other party. He doubts that the goal of these people may be the same as his goal, which is for the blood-blood grass. It is also unknown whether the blood-boosting herbs that they have received will be remembered by the other party.

In the depths of this mountain, where there are few people, it is not surprising that anything happens. No matter if it is eaten by a wild animal, or someone kills and seizes treasure, no one will find out. Zhou Ze has to be more cautious about this.

Because Zhou Ze didn't deliberately look for Limonium Herb, he was just hurrying along the way, and with the marks he made all the way before, his whole body was full of strength, he walked quickly, and he climbed over two mountains in half a day, and came to the outskirts of Luoxia Mountain He traveled quickly all the way to the top of the small hill, and finally went down the mountain before dark. When he returned to Luoxia Village, it was completely dark.

Brother Lin Yu had dinner before dark and was sitting in the courtyard to enjoy the shade under the moonlight.

"Brother, where do you think Brother Zhou is at the moment? Is there a place to sleep in the mountains?" Lin Bao asked.

Lin Yu was in a daze with her chin resting on her hands, her eyes were looking in the direction outside the courtyard, and she didn't pay attention to what Lin Bao said for a while.

Seeing that Lin Yu ignored him, Lin Bao could only shout louder, "Brother, did you hear me? What are you doing? Why are you ignoring me?"

Lin Yu came back to her senses, "Ah? What did you say, Xiaobao?"

"Brother, I was talking about Brother Zhou just now, are you thinking about him? Why didn't you even hear me?" Lin Bao said.

"Yes," Lin Yu replied,

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps from far to near outside the courtyard. Lin Yu stood up suddenly and stared in the direction of the courtyard door. Lin Bao also heard the sound, stood up, and said happily, "Brother, do you think it is Brother Zhou is back!"

The sound of footsteps from far and near stopped at the door of Lin's house, followed by the sound of "bang bang bang" knocking on the door.

Lin Yu and Lin Bao looked at each other with surprise in their eyes, Lin Yu called out, "Is that Brother Zhou?"

Zhou Ze: "It's me, I'm back."

A familiar voice came,

"Brother Zhou is really back!"

Without waiting for Lin Yu to move, Lin Baoren ran to the gate first, opened the latch, and let Zhou Ze in, "Brother Zhou, why are you coming back so late? We thought you weren't coming back tonight. We were still there just now." I'm worried about you, come in."

Lin Yu also followed, "Brother Zhou, you are back, I left you some food in the pot, you can eat some food first, and give me the package." Lin Yu reached out to pick up the package on Zhou Ze's body.

Zhou Ze nodded, "Okay, there are fruits in it, Ayu, wash it and eat it with Xiaobao."

"Brother Zhou, I'll pour the water for you, come and wash quickly." Xiaobao said.

After Zhou Ze washed his hands and face, Lin Yu had already put the food on the table, a plate of stewed beans, a plate of fresh scrambled eggs, three large steamed buns, and a large bowl of mung bean rice soup.

Zhou Ze was also very hungry after a day's driving on the mountain road, so he ate food under the watchful eyes of Brother Lin Yu.

Huang Mao smelled the smell of rice, and ran to Zhou Ze, circling around his legs. Zhou Ze looked down at the little guy, and tore a small piece of steamed bun for him. Biting slowly, "Where did this puppy come from? Did you raise it?"

"Brother Dong in the village gave this to Xiaobao, and if Xiaobao likes it, let him raise it." Lin Yu said.

"It's also good to have a dog, and it can also look after the home."

"Ah."

Under Lin Yu's staring gaze, Zhou Ze ate all the food on the table in one go. Seeing that Lin Yu and the others had not touched the package, he took the initiative to take the package on the table and opened it. By the light of the oil lamp, Lin Yu and Lin Yu When Bao saw the contents clearly, he was startled, his mouth widened in surprise,

Wow, so many red leaves turned out to be many Limonium plants, bigger than what they had seen before, and there were so many leaves. Those red leaves, under the oil lamp, flashed a faint halo, which was extraordinarily radiant eye-catching.

"Brother Zhou, did you dig all these Limonium plants? Why are there so many? I've never seen such a big tree with so many leaves. I'm not dreaming." Lin Bao was surprised. He said that he wanted to reach out and touch it, but he was a little afraid.

"Haha, of course you are not dreaming, these are real, the real Limonium, I said before that I would return you a Limonium, how about it, are these enough?" Zhou Ze joked.

"These are much better than the ones I found before. Brother Zhou, you are so amazing. I want to ask you to be my master. Please teach me. I also want to find such a blood-boosting herb." Lin Bao looked excited. road.

Lin Yu slapped him on the back when he heard the words, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Lin Bao glanced at his brother and knew he had said the wrong thing. This is his brother's brother-in-law. If he wants to call him brother-in-law in the future, calling him master is really outrageous.