Divine Light Warrior

Li Kaiyang said embarrassedly:

"Mom, do we have something to ask of you?"

The aunt couldn't hear clearly, so Li Kaiyang put his mouth to her ear and said to her:

"Mom, we want to borrow something from you."

As expected, the aunt heard it clearly when she got closer.

"What are you borrowing? My family is so poor, what else can we have besides these thatched huts."

Li Kaiyang saw that his home was indeed deserted. In addition to a bed made of wooden sticks, there were several broken earthen pots in the house, and even the iron pots for cooking were in tatters.

The quilt on the bed was already patchy and had been repaired countless times. Seeing this situation, Li Kaiyang couldn't help but feel a little sad.

He touched his pocket with his hand, and sure enough there was still silver. What he took out was one ingot or ten taels of silver ingot.

The aunt could still see the silver ingot when he took it out. His eyes shone and he stared at the piece of silver closely.

Li Kaiyang stuffed it into her hand and said to her:

"Auntie, just take the flowers! If you are short of money in the future, I will come and give them to you."

The lady took the winning money into her arms unceremoniously and looked at them with eyes filled with gratitude.

"Young man, what should I say? Thank you so much. This little money is my life-saving money! My son works outside as a long-term worker and his leg was broken by the Black Tiger Gang. But he still has to go out and work. I have no choice but to limp back to those rich families to beg for food."

"Begging?"

Li Kaiyang asked him?

"Hey, no, it's just to make money!"

What else can you do if you have a lame leg? Li Kaiyang really couldn't understand how pitiful Zu Jian was.

After talking for so long, the real business has not started yet. Does she have any shovels and frames at home?

Only then did Li Kaiyang ask:

"Mom, we would like to lend you some farm tools to use."

Li Kaiyang still put his mouth next to his ear and spoke.

"Farming tools? Yes, we have them here. We have picks, shovels, and hoes here."

As he spoke, he led the two of them out and into a small thatched shed nearby. As expected, there were many farm tools inside the thatched shed. Li Kaiyang pointed to the shovel and said:

"Can we just use you as our envoy?"

The old lady looked at it:

"Okay, you can just take this thing. Okay, you can take this thing."

Qi Datang saw two broken baskets next to him. He pointed at the broken baskets and said to the old lady:

"We can do this as well, okay?"

The old lady said with a kind face:

"Okay, I'll do whatever you ask for. Just use these two farm tools and I'll be happy."

With these two tools, Li Kaiyang and the others happily bid farewell to their aunt, went to the chosen place as planned, and began their busy excavation work.

Qi Datang took the lead. He dug frantically for a while and threw the earth and rocks onto the slope and down the river. Soon a hole more than two meters deep was dug.

Li Kaiyang stepped forward to replace him, Qi Datang said:

"Brother, I have experience in doing this. You can use the basket to transport the soil!"

So Qi Datang dug in front, and Li Kaiyang used two bamboo baskets to alternately transport the soil out. After working for a while, he felt that it was better to switch to Qi Datang instead of just letting him dig it by himself, so Li Kaiyang insisted on switching with him.

Qi Datang had no choice but to obey his wishes and put the shovel into his hand.

It was only after Li Kaiyang dug it himself that he realized how hard the soil and rock were. When he was moving earth and rocks, he worked like Datang and it was quite easy. I didn’t expect that I would find it so difficult once I changed it.

I don’t know if it took a lot of effort or a lot of effort.

Li Kaiyang finally dug in another four or five meters. By this time, he was exhausted and sweating profusely. He sat down on the ground and leaned against the wall of the cave, panting.

"Oh, brother, I can't believe how tired you are. I saw you working very easily just now, but it turned out that I couldn't do it the first time."

Qi Datang chuckled and said:

"It's easy to see things, but it's hard to do things. It looks easy but it's actually not easy. Come on, brother, I'll change it for you. You transport rocks and soil while I dig in front!"

Li Kaiyang couldn't keep an eye on him anymore, so he had no choice but to follow his instructions. The two men didn't stop all day and night. When they were hungry, they looked for something to eat from the mountains. Sometimes I caught a wild rabbit, sometimes I burned some pine cones in the fire and ate them. It's okay if you're thirsty, the mountain spring water is not far from here.

Qi Datang carried a gourd containing wine, which was very convenient for fetching water.

The two of them worked for a while, and when they got tired, they found some dry branches, killed a rabbit, and roasted it. Although there was no wine, it was delicious to eat rabbit meat and drink water at the same time.

Li Kaiyang was really good at roasting rabbit meat. He killed the rabbit, washed and skinned it, and passed a thin bamboo pole through its body. Then put it on a branch and roast it slowly.

Anything you eat without salt will lose its taste. The first time they roasted the rabbit, there was no salt. Although it tasted quite delicious, the taste was much different after all.

"Hey, no, eating this is like chewing cotton. Although it is very fragrant and has a lot of oil and water, it is really hard to swallow without salt."

Li Kaiyang spoke his mind. Qi Datang said:

"Why don't we ask the old lady for some food?"

Li Kaiyang thought about it and decided that it would be better to go directly to the Taoist temple to steal it from the old lady. He thought that with so many people living here, there must be someone who specializes in cooking. Since there are people cooking, there is nothing missing from the oil, salt, sauce and vinegar.

So that night, Li Kaiyang quietly took advantage of the darkness and visited their large yard. The place where the Leopard Girl was buried was naturally heavily guarded. But their kitchen is relatively stable.

When Li Kaiyang arrived, it was quiet and there was no one there. There were so many yards and so many houses. Although Li Kaiyang had never been there, he knew which one was the kitchen by smelling the smell. These people from the Black Tiger Gang are not monks. They eat chicken, duck, fish and meat. They are really a bit blasphemous in this Taoist holy land, but who among them has such a consciousness? In this pure place, there was plenty to eat and drink. Meat was being stewed in the kitchen, and the aroma of meat wafting from afar attracted Li Kaiyang.

He specializes in dark corners and walks stealthily. If there was any movement, he crouched down quickly and found a corner to hide. Fortunately, these people didn't patrol, so Li Kaiyang entered the kitchen easily.

When we arrived, there was no one inside, and the pot was steaming. He opened the pot and saw that it was full of meat, as if it was stewed with mutton.

Seeing that the meat was just about to come out of the pot, Li Kaiyang picked a good piece of meat and started eating it. The more he ate, the more delicious it became, which really made his mouth water.

After eating for a while, he seemed to remember something, found a piece of cloth, and picked out a few pieces of meat from the pot and wrapped them in it. Then he took their condiment box and found salt and peppercorns. He can't do all these things in one pot, otherwise it will be easy for others to see. He wrapped the condiments in cloth and took them with him, preparing to leave.

Suddenly someone spoke outside:

"Oh, do you still want to live here for the rest of your life! Damn it, if Li Kaiyang doesn't come, will we just stay here for the rest of our lives?"

"You should stop meddling in things. This is none of our business. We are subordinates. We should eat and drink. If we are asked to fight, we will fight. If we are told to withdraw, we will withdraw."

Li Kaiyang hid quickly, wanting to hear what else they said. The two men sang and talked nonsense for a while, but they didn't talk about important matters. Li Kaiyang sounded annoyed because he was anxious to go back early.

But after the two people entered the kitchen, they slowly ate meat and drank wine, not wanting to leave at all.

Li Kaiyang felt really uncomfortable hiding in a corner. He wanted to know when the end would come. If they stay here all night, should I stay all night too?

Looking out through the cracks in the board, I saw that these two people were both fat and big. At first glance, I knew they were two cooks, and they were guarding a jar of good wine. The aroma of the wine was so fragrant that it made people salivate.

Really unable to control himself, Li Kaiyang suddenly stood up. The two men suddenly saw someone in the house. Unexpectedly, they didn’t know Li Kaiyang yet, so they asked:

"Brother, who are you? Why did you run into the kitchen? We have already served you meat in the dining room outside. There is wine and meat there. You shouldn't come here?"

Only then did Li Kaiyang realize that they didn't know him at all and regarded me as one of their own. Li Kaiyang took advantage of the trick and luckily pretended to be able to do so.

"Oh, brothers, your meat stew is so delicious. I didn't eat enough outside, so I came to you for meat again."

"I want meat."

The two fat men said with a smile.

"Yeah, I didn't eat enough, I want to eat more!"

One of the fat men said:

"You are really unsatisfied. I brought so much meat to you, but it's not enough for you. Don't think that there is enough meat. Look at how many hungry people are out there. They are so hungry that they eat tree bark. It's good that you can eat meat today. , do you still want to have a good meal?"

Li Kaiyang heard what they said was quite reasonable. How could he not know the situation outside. Why do people live in dire straits? Is it not because these Black Tiger Gang people often harass the people, making it difficult for them to make a living? Do people still have the mood to farm? Except for the fishermen who can barely survive, all walks of life are suffering from them.

Li Kaiyang just kept these words in his heart and couldn't argue with them. I don't know how long it took, but he finally figured out a reason. Allow yourself to eat the meat, and don’t allow others to chew the bones. This is the problem with everyone in the Black Tiger Gang.

The two fat men just ate their own food and ignored Li Kaiyang. Li Kaiyang thought it was fun, so he walked out without anyone noticing. As soon as he reached the door, one of the fat men stopped him:

"Hey, wait a minute!"

Li Kaiyang was startled. He turned around and asked:

"what are you doing?"

The man took a large leg of lamb from the pot and threw it to Li Kaiyang. He chewed the meat in his mouth and said with a smile:

"Don't worry, I have to feed you no matter what. Even if we don't have meat, we are still much better than ordinary wealthy families. With the gold dug out of the mine, our Black Tiger Gang will not be able to finish it in our lifetime. You can’t spend all the money. So you can eat it, and we will buy it after you finish it. If you buy more, it won’t be mutton. If you buy more, we will buy cows and donkeys, and eat all the delicacies in the world."

Li Kaiyang didn't say anything, but thought in his heart:

"You eat meat all day long and become a big dead pig! You have no restrained desire. Do you think I can't see it?"

Li Kaiyang didn't even say thank you, and walked out of their kitchen with this leg of lamb. As soon as he crossed the threshold, a group of people came towards him. Li Kaiyang felt very nervous when he saw these people. He pretended that something was wrong and twisted his body to the side. Passed by this group of people.

He hurriedly ran towards the gate. After walking for a while, he realized that no, he had to take a lonely path. Some people know me. If someone who knows me sees me, it will be troublesome.

So he started to slide around the wall again, jumped over a courtyard wall, and then went to another courtyard. After jumping several times, he finally got out of the Taoist temple.

Touching the meat in his arms, Li Kaiyang felt really happy. Finally he could go back and have a hearty meal with Brother Qi. At this time, Li Kaiyang felt a little regretful because he didn't get the wine. It would be better if he had the wine.

Soon he arrived at the place where he dug the hole. As soon as Qi Datang saw him coming back with a smile on his face, he knew that he had gained a lot this time.

The two of them now live in the dug hole and sleep in the hole. The temperature is suitable, the wind is not blowing, and the rain is not wet. It's really comfortable to sleep with some hay under your body. When eating, they would light a fire at the entrance of the cave. When they were full, they would lie down in the cave and sleep.

After sleeping, I wanted to work. As soon as I walked into the cave, I started digging. It was quite interesting to think about both of them.

As soon as Li Kaiyang saw Qi Datang, he took out the things in his arms.

"Brother Qi, come and try what this recipe tastes like! It tastes delicious to me, so come and taste it too."

Qi Datang asked:

"What kind of meat is this?"

"Can't you smell the mutton? It smells bad."

"Oh, that's too bad, I don't eat mutton!"

Only then did Li Kaiyang realize that after being together for so long, he still didn't know that Brother Qi didn't eat mutton.

"Then I can only enjoy the food myself. Brother, my trip was not in vain!"

As he spoke, Li Kaiyang took out a packet of oil and salt condiments from his arms:

"The two of us will be roasting rabbit meat from now on, and it will start to smell fragrant. If we add this seasoning, we will finish the meat while grabbing the meat. If you don't believe it, we will hunt rabbits tomorrow."

Qi Datang wanted to laugh when he looked at Li Kaiyang. He finally saw Li Kaiyang's innocent and fun side.

Since Qi Datang doesn't eat mutton, the remaining rabbit meat belongs to him. He sprinkled the salt brought by Li Kaiyang on it and roasted it on the fire. This time it tasted much more fragrant. Even Li Kaiyang looked a little greedy watching from the side. But the food in his mouth is not bad either, he is very tasty and chewy when he eats it.

"Brother, let's keep doing it when we're full!"

Li Kaiyang nodded and said:

"Okay, this time I'll dig it three meters in one go."

"Can you handle three meters? It's up to me. You move the soil outside."

Li Kaiyang suddenly remembered something and said:

"We need to constantly adjust the direction of digging the hole, so as not to deviate from the tower. If we dig astray, we will lose all our efforts."