Demon King's Bather

The next day, sure enough, a monster wrapped in brown animal skin came to exchange its prey for something.

This monster calls itself "A Zhang" and carries a raccoon the size of a wolf dog on its back. From Yu Chun's point of view, this kind of animal is probably an animal similar to a "wild boar" in this world. Many monsters like to hunt. this animal.

Ah Zhang originally wanted to change to that delicious rice cake, but after smelling the meat pie made by Yu Chunlai and tasting one himself, he immediately changed his mind and wanted this kind of meat pie again.

"It's okay, it's fine, this one is not big, and there is not much meat, I will give you 20 yuan rice cakes, plus [-] meat pancakes, is that okay?"

"Okay, thank you very much! Hui is right, you are indeed a very good monster." Ah Zhang tried his best to pull a friendly smile on his face, and his originally slender face seemed much rounder.

"You are a guest introduced by Big Brother Hui. I will give you another jar of chili sauce. If you think eating meat pancakes is not salty enough, you can touch some of this chili sauce and put it in the noodle pancakes." Yu Chun said, give it to him personally After a demonstration, I made a meatloaf with chili sauce and handed it to Ah Zhang.

Chili sauce is like this. When the lid is opened, there is a strong spicy taste. When Yu Chunlai boils the sauce, he also adds fried crispy cartilage and minced meat, which is very appetizing.

Ah Zhang tentatively took a bite, and suddenly his eyes lit up——

"This, chili sauce, can I also exchange it with prey?"

"This is more expensive than noodles, uh, just like the prey you brought today, one can only exchange two bottles of chili sauce, because there are many expensive seasonings and meat in it..." Yu Chunlai tried hard to explain.

"It doesn't matter! If the prey is big, can I exchange more? If I need ten bottles, no, twenty bottles of this kind of chili sauce, how much will I need?"

It seems that this monster is not good at calculation, Yu Chunlai wiped off a cold sweat, and quickly helped him do the calculation——

"If they are all this big, then you need ten of them. If you can get bigger ones, you can get more."

Worried that it would be difficult for Ah Zhang to gather ten raccoons at once, Yu Chunlai hastily added: "Actually, you don't have to wait until you have enough prey to exchange. As long as the quantity is enough, you are a friend of Big Brother Gray, so it doesn’t matter if you can pay on credit.”

"Credit is that I will give you all twenty bottles of chili sauce first, and then you can slowly give me the prey you owe me." Worrying that Ah Zhang would not understand what credit is, the old lady Ziyu added.

"You really are Hui's friend!" Unexpectedly, Ah Zhang breathed a sigh of relief, "Before when Hui helped us go down the mountain to buy things, sometimes we didn't have enough prey, so he said that he could owe it, and he would pay it back when we got the prey. give him."

"Hui is really a good monster with a cold face and a warm heart." Yu Chunlai thought to himself.

Then, he heard Ah Zhang say another sentence——

"But Hui has to charge interest every time, boss, how much interest do you have here?"

Yu Chunlai: "..." Well, he should have known earlier that this is the way of thinking that a monster born and bred in the Great Barren Mountain should have. He is really a monster who has never seen the world.

In the end, unable to resist the stubborn Ah Zhang, Yu Chunlai had to accept the interest of the two hares in order to send this upright monster away.

On this day, there were only three demons who came to exchange their prey, and the other two brought a bag of gophers and a giant hedgehog covered in spikes. It is said to be called "Woo", because the name of this animal The sound is humming, well, I heard that the meat of this kind of animal can also be eaten, and it is said that it is very oily, it is indeed the first choice for "fried chicken is delicious and oily" in the eyes of monsters in the Great Barren Mountain.

Because there were not many demons who came to exchange, at night, there was still half of the two hundred meat pancakes that Yu Chunlai had made, but it didn't matter, they had more people now, and each family member divided ten, so there were almost nothing left.

Yu Chunlai found out that all the demons who got the meat pies, without exception, all stood in the yard, ate up all ten meat pies with the bone soup he served, and patted their stomachs after eating. Then I went back to the cave to sleep while it was still dark.

"I don't understand, you are clearly capable of helping them, why do you have to let them live so hard?" Seeing the backs of the little demons leaving, Yu Chunlai sighed.

"I remember that there is a saying in your place called natural selection and survival of the fittest. This sentence is quite suitable for Dahuangshan. Have you ever thought about it? I do have the ability to protect them from growing up. However, if there is no Like other little demons, they have experienced cruel escapes and possessed the most excellent and cautious hunting skills. Even if they grow up, so what? In the end, they are just sent out to be prey for others." Ye Zhan sneered, "You raise them like this now, maybe they will appreciate you now, but what about in the future? When they grow up, they find that they can no longer survive in the Great Barren Mountain like other demons of the same age, and they don't even know when they will be killed by others." Demon hunting, do you think they will regret today's choice?"

It wasn't that Ye Zhan wanted to hit Yu Chunlai cruelly. In fact, it was because he cared too much about Yu Chunlai that he couldn't bear to go further and further down this wrong path. Seeing the tragedy I caused and being heartbroken and blaming myself, it would be better to slap him awake from the beginning, the long-term pain is worse than the short-term pain.

"You, let me think about it!" Yu Chunlai walked away in a daze.

That night, Ye Zhan rarely slept with Yu Chunlai on the kang, but returned to his cave, and Yu Chunlai lay on the kang alone, without sleep all night.

He knew that Ye Zhan was right. If those little demons wanted to adapt to the cruel competitive environment of the Great Barren Mountain, they had to learn how to escape from hunting and fighting from an early age, and learn how to struggle to survive in the most terrible adversity. Find ways to hunt and kill prey, and survive by picking up rubbish and struggling to survive... This is the growth path that belongs to the monsters in the Great Barren Mountain!

However, do humans, or even monsters, have to adapt to the environment?

If the environment can be changed, why can't the environment be changed for people?

Ever since he was a child, Yu Chunlai has known a truth, that is, God helps those who help themselves. Back then, Bai Zhi was seriously ill and was bedridden. Didn't he also take on the burden of supporting his family as soon as he became an adult?Later, even if he had to move to a dilapidated old house in order to save rent, as long as he could, Yu Chunlai tried his best to make the house warm and tidy, so that he could live more comfortably. Who would compete with himself? Woolen cloth?

Ye Zhan is right, the monsters of the Great Barren Mountain really need to learn how to survive in the cruel competition here, and only then can they grow into a qualified monster.

However, is it really necessary to use life and a long childhood without a glimmer of light to gain a chance to grow up?does it worth?

Yu Chunlai has always felt that the monsters in the Great Barren Mountain always give him a strange feeling. He didn't understand it before, but now, he seems to understand a little bit. Ye Zhan's cold blood and the big yellow cat's mischievous indifference are not due to the long-term A distorted character developed in a distorted environment?

He didn't feel like he was a savior, but if these little monsters could walk on another less cruel life path, why did they have to live so hard?

He has never believed in fate. He will find a way to make it better for what fate has given him, even if it takes a long time, and even hope is far away. However, a hopeful life is better than an endless life. Much better to despair isn't it?

That night, Yu Chunlai thought a lot. From the carefree life with his mother when he was a child, to the struggle to survive when he grew up, and to all the things after he came to this barren mountain, he didn't know what it means to obey fate. If this is what he If he must face fate, then he is willing to give it a try and fight for his life in this wild mountain!

In the dark night, there were still the iconic sounds of monsters fighting and hunting in the Great Barren Mountain, but this time, Yu Chunlai was no longer afraid. He used to think that he was a human being. To humans, monsters are different from them. the same.But now, knowing Bai Zhi's true identity, and knowing that he is actually a demon with half-demon blood, he treats these homeless little demons more like his own kind , brother or sister.

These little demons are really sensible, so sensible that it makes people feel distressed.

Every day I try my best to find their own jobs in the small yard, just because I don’t want to lose this job that can feed them. When the cubs of the same age as mortals are still in kindergarten, these monster cubs Cubs, they have learned to look at people's faces to live, they are worldly but not indifferent, they have not been wiped out by the cruel fate and the environment, a pure and kind heart, even if they have some small thoughts, it is just to avoid angering those who are stronger than them Monster beasts, in order to find a small living space.

Every time when eating, seeing these little guys desperately trying to eat all the food they got, Yu Chunlai couldn't help but feel sad even after seeing it many times.When human cubs are coaxed to eat by their parents, grandparents, these little monsters are trying their best to stretch their stomachs bigger and bigger, in order not to be robbed of their precious food by other monsters. It is possible to store more energy, so that in an unpredictable season when you may be hungry, you will not starve to death due to lack of food...

They worked so hard to live without hindering anyone, but God still refused to let them go. Every dark night, in the dangerous wild mountains, there are still countless monsters eager to ascend, looking for and hunting around. Little monsters hiding in caves.

It takes a lot of effort not to go hungry.

It takes a lot of hard work not to be eaten before it grows up.

What the hell is going on?Why must these cubs go through such a brutal competition for survival in order to survive?Even if they survived, like the big monsters who bullied them, they continue to grow up by hunting small monsters and cannibalism. What is the difference between such a terrifying generational inheritance and the notorious cannibals?

"Try it! If you don't try it, how will you know if it will work?"

In the end, Yu Chunlai closed his eyes and forced himself to rest his mind, but he kept thinking about how to change the bad habits of the monster clan that have been passed down for thousands of years. He couldn't respond to everything. All he can do now is Start slowly from the side.

Didn't Ye Zhan say that otherwise those little demons would not be able to adapt to the environment of the Great Barren Mountain?

Then, in this wild mountain, he will slowly open up a paradise for little monsters!