At night, the adventure team re-camped, raised fire, and set up two tents. Everyone sat around the fire to prepare food.
He Zheng was a little surprised and watched Ke Wenwen skillfully deal with the meat of the red-skinned mouse, cut it into small pieces, carefully put it on the fire, and sprinkle various seasonings on it.
The rat skin and rat tail can be kept for money. The rat meat will easily break if it is left for a long time, so it should be eaten as soon as possible.
She explained to He Zheng with great enthusiasm: "Tell you, this is a rare wild game. A tamer in Akashi City wants to raise red-skinned mice, but this kind of strange beast is not easy to tame. Ordinary people rarely have the chance to eat it. You have been taken orally today, and you smell it, how fragrant."
"..." He Zheng looked resistant and couldn't help thinking in his heart, "Even if I starve outside and jump from the building over there, I won't eat a bite of rat meat!"
After a moment.
"It smells so good..." When He Zheng carefully took a bite of the barbecue, his eyes immediately lit up. The meat was tender and almost melted in his mouth. An indescribable fragrance spread across his mouth. It was the real fragrance of lips and teeth, and it was a bit like beef texture, but he was sure that the top beef would not have such a taste!
Although it is a mouse, it has become a completely different species from the original mouse after mutation.
"Hehe, I'm right." Ke Wenwen said with a smile when he saw He Zheng's expression. She handed the two baked pieces to Tian Gao, who was sitting opposite the fire. The meat was originally filled with Tian Gao. Tian Gao took it immediately without refusing. Ke Wenwen handed the other piece to Ellie, but Ellie waved her hand and refused, and deliberately sat in the distance.
Ke Wenwen shrugged and enjoyed himself.
The rat meat cut from the red-skinned rat was about five or six kilograms, and soon all of them entered He Zheng, Ke Wenwen and Tian Liang's stomachs.
He Zheng even found that his physical condition had recovered to 87%, and the nutritional value of these rat meat was much richer than that of ordinary foods.
After everyone was full, Ellie suddenly sat next to He Zheng with her bag storing cultural relics. She had previously despised the rat meat that was not of high quality and did not eat any of it, but just enjoyed the food she brought.
"He Zheng, please help me see if this cultural relic can be parsed out." Aili smiled and took out a cultural relic from her bag and handed it to He Zheng.
He Zheng, who was picking his teeth with a simple toothpick, paused slightly. He pondered for a moment and said to Ellie: "So what is the price?"
From Ke Wenwen, he already knew that archaeologists charge for analysis of cultural relics, and this is a high-end service, especially some difficult cultural relics, which are very expensive. The value of an original rune lies in the acquisition of the adventure team, and the other half is in the analysis of archaeologists.
When he woke up, He Zheng helped Aili analyze two cultural relics in a daze. Today, Aili searched He Zheng to analyze four cultural relics one after another. The analysis of these cultural relics was enough to pay for joining the adventure team. Although these six cultural relics seemed not difficult to He Zheng, it was still not easy for Aili, an archaeological apprentice.
Ellie continued to ask him to analyze the cultural relics and had to explain the price clearly. He couldn't do it completely in vain, right?
Hearing He Zheng's words, Ellie's expression changed and she tried to smile and said, "You have lost your memory and may not be clear. How can you still ask for money if I left you in the adventure team? Think about what kind of danger you might encounter if it weren't for us. I also provided you with food!"
"The minimum fee for analyzing cultural relics is 500 yuan. The six items I analyzed for you don't seem to be common, and the price will definitely be higher, but even 3,000 yuan is enough to join this adventure team, right?" He Zheng frowned and said, he had already found out the tricks here with Ke Wenwen.
After the adventure team is formed, outsiders can join the team at a certain price. This is called "bridge crossing fee". For informal adventure teams of their level, the bridge crossing fee of 3,000 yuan is considered a bad heart price.
"I have always eaten the food from Ke Wenwen. This outfit is from Tian Gao. I will pay them for another one." He Zheng pointed at Ke Wenwen again and said, "The one who saved He Zheng was Ke Wenwen. When he woke up, He Zheng heard various complaints from Ellie. Later, he found out that He Zheng was an archaeologist and his attitude improved. It was obvious that he was mentally ill and wanted to cheat him into a waste of work.
Ellie's expression could no longer maintain a smile. She stood up with a cold face and said to He Zheng: "Think clearly, I am the leader of this adventure team, and I have the final say whether to accept you!"
"Wait a minute!" Ke Wenwen, who had been showing off his expressions to watch the show, suddenly interrupted, "Ali, what you mean is that we met He Zheng who was in an accident in the cracked ruins. Are you going to ignore it and drive him out of the adventure team?"
These words changed Ellie's expression and she glared at Ke Wenwen.
The human world suffered hardships after the catastrophe. Now it has finally stabilized and re-established human society. Watching each other is a rule that everyone is following in public. When taking risks in the wild, she meets a compatriot like He Zheng who is alone. If Ellie really drives her out of the team, she will not be able to make a fuss if it spreads out in the future.
It would be fine if outsiders don’t know, but Ke Wenwen is obviously on the same mind as He Zheng.
"Lili, I think you shouldn't do it too much..." Tian Gao also walked up to Ellie and comforted her.
Ellie turned her head and glared at Tian Gao: "Do you want to help them too?"
"No, I..." Tian Gao was about to explain.
But Ellie was already angry and hurried into a tent with her bag.
Tian Gao sat back in his seat in disappointment, looking a little depressed, but when he looked at He Zheng, he smiled apologetically: "She has such a temper, but she is actually quite kind..."
"..." He Zheng glanced at Tian Gao speechlessly. Although he had not known Ellie for a long time, he could still see what kind of personality she was, but... what you said was what you said.
Tian Gao obviously admired Ellie very much and had been in front of him. When Ke Wenwen said that he joined the adventure team as a fighter, Ellie didn't bring him any money. Even so, Tian Gao was indeed not bad at He Zheng and took great care of him. Now, he has not changed his attitude towards He Zheng immediately because Ellie and He Zheng have broken up.
He Zheng looked at Ke Wenwen with gratitude again.
He actually didn't necessarily want to get into evil with Ellie. When he was just a newcomer, he had to rely on Ellie's adventure team and admitted that he suffered some losses. When he asked about the price, he actually thought that no matter what Ellie said, he was not ready to really want it. He asked for personal favors. When the price asked, he determined how valuable the favor was... But Ellie didn't plan to pay at all, which was a bit too much.
Chapter completed!