Chapter 120 The Two Heavens of the Other Courtyard
"If the man you saw is the man I thought of...why?" Long Ji frowned tightly.
The ragged boy shook his feet and said, "Have you ever played with a kaleidoscope?"
The girl was stunned for a moment, "Kaleidoscope, of course, I have one in my room. There are all kinds of shapes and colors in it. It looks beautiful."
"No, no, no," Long Chang shook his finger, "There are no such high-end toys in Fenjia. What I'm talking about is another kind of kaleidoscope, which can catch a lot of scorpions, poisonous snakes, spiders, toads, centipedes and geckos. Throw them into a clay pot and cover the pot with transparent and breathable pig gizzards, so you can clearly see the activities of these little bugs inside,"
"Then they will fight and eat each other," Long Ji said curiously.
"It's not that simple." The boy came closer with great interest, his pupils were dilated like a dead person, and his dull eyes looked at the girl beside him, "These little bugs are very resistant to hunger, but if you throw them into a jar, they will hide in their own places. A corner is motionless, and there is no change for ten days and a half. What's the point? The fun part of the kaleidoscope is here. Just stick a branch through the small hole of the pig's membrane and gently poke a small insect to death. The insects next to it suddenly came to life, maybe because they felt the smell of the dead insects or some other reason. In short, a war would start inside the kaleidoscope, with various insects biting around, and the weak ones would be torn into pieces and eaten. , a fight lasts for two whole days, it is very interesting. After two days, the surviving bugs may look like three tenths. They will calm down and keep their distance. At this time, just poke another one to death. These insects will continue to fight until there are only a few winners left. It sounds fun. I know there is a place under the southeast wall where big and fierce insects can be dug out. It's a pity that you can't get past the dragon. Go over there, or we can make the best kaleidoscope together..."
Long Ji was stunned: "So, what will happen to the insect that finally wins the war?"
Long Chang returned: "The rule for making a kaleidoscope is that you must pour water into it at the end to kill the remaining bugs. The surviving bugs will become very ferocious and bite everyone they see. What's more, if they are toxic themselves, they often Someone was accidentally killed by such an insect. I heard that in ancient times, someone used a kaleidoscope to refine poisonous insects, which could control the insects and use them as weapons. No one knows how to use this spell now, but there is another thing called a 'copper tripod' "Kaleidoscope" is to use the winner bugs in the kaleidoscope to fight with each other. At this time, there will be specialized people to buy the winner bugs. The most expensive time, a golden-clawed mantis was sold for a sky-high price of fifteen cents. Enough to switch to white rice and eat it for a whole year,"
"You mean... this villa is a kaleidoscope. Someone will keep killing our brothers and sisters and make us fight with each other." Long Ji opened her mouth in shock.
The boy spread his hands: "I didn't say that. I don't even know the words. How do I know what kind of Western tricks your family is doing? Why don't I tell you the secret of playing kaleidoscope? When should you kill the insect, you will never know whether it will cause a fight." But it is very particular. The quality of the victorious insect in the end is closely related to this technique. I would not say these words to ordinary people. When a fight is caused for the first time, kill the weakest insect first in order to let the others Insects smell this smell,"
Long Yi was hung on the flagpole and swayed in the wind, his little body like a strange human-shaped flag.
"When the bugs have been fighting for a while, with many casualties and injuries, and the momentum has subsided, there will definitely be several pairs of bugs confronting each other. No one dares to attack first, and they are afraid of being bitten by the other party as soon as they move away. Staring at each other, they selected such a pair of bugs. They couldn't be too strong, as that would affect the quality of the winner bug; they couldn't be too weak, otherwise they wouldn't have much effect, and the branch would stab them to death... ," Long Chang made an explosive gesture and laughed loudly: "The fight is about to start again. I can't explain why, but this time they will fight very fiercely."
The two boys who used "Dragon Summoning" and "Tianjin Arrow" fell to death in the courtyard, and the two pools of blood merged into one and could not be separated.
"After a big battle, the remaining bugs are quite powerful. They all know that the other party is not an easy person, so it is time to use some tricks." The boy gestured and said: "First reach into the branch and stab one to death." The strong bug secretly breaks its body into four or five pieces and throws it into the sphere of influence of other bugs. Now the final war breaks out, and the winner must be defeated until the bug emerges."
After a long time, Long Ji said hesitantly: "I don't understand... are we just insects in the kaleidoscope? Can we kill living people just to stimulate our internal fighting spirit? We are all descendants of the clan, and the internal With the blood of the Long family flowing, how could our father, clan leader, and elders treat us like this?"
Long Chang held his hands on the wall and looked at the moon. Suddenly, a bone-chilling sound came from his belly. He touched the back of his head in embarrassment, with a shy look on his peeling-skinned face: "Um, let me tell you, is there anything to eat... This body is really troublesome. It is obviously a dead person, but it has to eat like a living person, and its appetite is not small..."
The girl touched her pocket and took out half a piece of honey cake. She secretly hid it during dinner today and planned to eat it after evening classes, but she forgot about it. "Here, if you don't mind," she said with a white handkerchief. Pass the cake over.
"Is it okay? If I eat it, will you be hungry?" The boy's desire for food immediately stretched out his hand, but his fingers paused in the air. Long Chang swallowed a mouthful of saliva and stared at the golden half. It's a soft, soft snack that looks extremely delicate under the moonlight.
"I'm very full, you can eat," Long Ji brought her palm closer.
"I haven't eaten for four days, and I can still bear it." The boy swallowed again, "Um... what is this thing called? It looks delicious."
The long eyelashes trembled, "Four days," Long Ji opened her eyes wide, "Then how do you still have the strength to run around? This is called cake, eat it quickly."
"Then I'll eat it," Long Chang licked his chapped lips and stretched out his hand, "If you don't regret it,"
The girl said angrily: "It's just a piece of cake. Why are you so troublesome? Eat it quickly."
"I will return it to you one day," the boy finally grabbed the honey cake, carefully picked up the soft and sweet piece of food with two fingers, held back the dripping saliva, and gently broke the cake into two He took out a piece of rag from his arms, wrapped half of the cake and hid it in his arms, then swallowed the other half with a groan, licked the crumbs on the white handkerchief clean, and didn't see any chewing. With one movement, half of the cake disappeared into his throat. Long Chang lowered his head and sniffed carefully the places on the wall where debris might have fallen, picked up the suspicious small debris and threw it into his mouth, and finally took a long He took a breath, his face glowed brightly, and his whole person exuded extreme satisfaction from the inside out.
"The fruit...the fruit...give it back to the girl..." Long Chang said something vaguely and handed over the white handkerchief. Long Ji took a look at the drool-stained handkerchief and said with a wry smile: "No need. You can keep it, why are you speaking unclearly?"
"If you don't want to swallow it... if you stay at the base of your tongue for a while, you can feel the taste for a while. This is the knowledge of eating." Finally he swallowed the food with a grunt. The boy licked his lips and smiled happily, "This The thing called cake is really the best food in the world. When I have money in the future, I will live on a bed made of cake, covered with a quilt made of cake, and use cake as a pillow... No, I will build a castle made of cake. ,"
Long Ji pointed at his neck: "A little leaked out here."
"Hell, how can you waste food?" The tattered boy looked down and saw a small hole in the skin of his neck. Some cake crumbs mixed with saliva and became sticky leaked out from there. He immediately felt heartbroken. The monster screamed, scraped off the paste with his index finger and put it into his mouth, chewing it loudly.
Long Ji couldn't help but smile, "What kind of food do you usually eat there? Don't you have honey cakes like this?"
Long Chang was happy when he heard the words: "What you eat is what you eat. There is no name for it. It is made of wild beasts, bugs, tree bark, millet, sorghum, peas, barley with worms, brown rice mixed with mud, leaves and bran." Apart from humans, there’s nothing we don’t eat. By the way, after a ‘malignant transformation’, a guy becomes a monster and is no longer a human being. He will still be slaughtered and eaten.”
"I heard that your branched families also have food rations. Just like I have ten liters and five buckets of polished rice, one pound of sesame oil, and five pounds of refined meat every month. Every member of the Long family, even the children of the branch family, should have this. Plant the moon pattern," Long Ji said in surprise.
When the boy heard this, he sighed lightly, but still had a nonchalant smile on his face: "According to what you said, everyone will have food to eat, and a divided family will become a paradise. In fact, only those who can receive a monthly salary can They are just a minority among the minority. There are only a few thousand registered branch families. Do you know how many branch families are crowded in those dark alleys now? What else do they eat if they don’t eat leaves, bugs and bran? , I don’t mind cannibalism, but I heard that cannibalism can cause illness. It’s caused by some component in the blood. Eating human flesh can easily lead to a ‘malignant transformation’…”
"Do the Zong family know all this? I mean, the Presbyterian Council and the others..." Long Ji said in shock.
Long Chang snorted and looked very disdainful: "What the hell, they don't want to know what the life and death of the Fen family has to do with these big shots. As long as the dragon's spine and the outer wall are constantly raised, the Fen family can't escape. That’s fine, who cares what you eat,”
The girl was silent for a long time, and then she finally spoke: "Who are you going to bring that half piece of cake to, your parents or brothers?"
"I don't have any parents or brothers," said the tattered boy. "That's something only your clan has. It's unlucky for me. I picked up a little guy a few days ago. I can't do it without bringing something to feed it. "