me and my monster neighbor

Director Luo finally felt at ease, and Xu Lai also regained his innocence.

He locked the door at home, lit a fire and started a stove to boil the water, blanch the crocodile legs to remove the blood, and then put the whole crocodile legs into a pot to cook. Roast over an open flame until fragrant.

Xu Lai is not good at cooking, but simply thinks that grilling meat with a little charcoal flavor is better than boiled meat.

When Xu Lala was gnawing on the crocodile's leg, it was a pity that he didn't ask Li Gongbao for an extra leg.

He ate a little, stuffed his stomach, cut another piece of meat and wrapped it up, and found a few sealable bottles and jars in the kitchen, and stuffed them all into his schoolbag.

Xu Lala also took the perfume with him, went out lightly, and headed eastward, determined to find the source of the Nine Rivers.

It was still early, the sun was high and the shadows were short.He paid attention to the shadows under his feet all the way, so as to pay attention to the change of time, and he wanted to rush back before the sun was over.

Xu Lela walked very quickly, walking for nearly an hour or two before he saw the boundary of the scorched land.He stood on the flat ground with long yellow sand and looked up. On the ridge to the east, there was a row of stone piles of roughly the same size at intervals. From north to south, there were a total of thirteen stone barriers.

The ridge stands in front of it like a natural wall, and the thirteen stone piles are watchtowers.Xu Lala was still guessing which side of the "city" it was guarding, but when he climbed up to it, he immediately had the answer in his mind - completely different from the scorched land, there is an oasis behind the ridge.

The ridge line formed by the thirteen stone barriers is a dividing line, dividing the scorched earth and the oasis into two sides.

One side is full of vitality, and the other side is devastated.Life with death, death with life.

Xu Lala was stunned by the natural force in front of him, and only one sentence came out of his barren mind: everything is alive and beautiful.

The water is gurgling, the vegetation is lush, and there are sweet melons and fruits hanging on the branches.

There are deer in the forest, squirrels in the trees, cattle and sheep in the wind and grass, and they neither hide nor hide when they see Xu Lai approaching.

Xu Lala believes that the source of the Nine Rivers should be here. It builds a natural barrier for the small animals gathered here, and protects the undeveloped animals so well that they lose their vigilance completely.

Xu Lala walked up the river, passing through a lush green undergrowth, and when the river came to an end, a touch of red suddenly appeared in his vision.

A large stretch of hibiscus trees stretches for ten miles, and a clear spring in the middle is held up by stars like a moon. The water surface is clear and level as a mirror, with mottled tree shadows.

The sun rises above Dongshan, bathes in Tanggu at the bottom, and blows Fusang at the top.

Xu Lala approached the spring, which is where the sun rises and where the sun bathes.

This spring is not big, only about half the height, it is hard to imagine that this is the source of the huge Jiutian River.

There are two bubbles in the spring water, one is bubbling straight, and the bubbles are connected into a line.In the other place, it seems like a dying person is lingering on his last breath. After spitting out a few bubbles, he wilts. It takes a while to cultivate his health and rest before he has the energy to spit out the second string of bubbles.

Xu Lai soon discovered that there was an oval-shaped small stone pressing on the second gap. It lifted a little and then sank again, continuing the tug-of-war with the spring.Small air bubbles can only linger in the crevices of the stone.

Xu Lala suspects that the main culprit for the prolongation of the dry season of the Jiutian River is this stone egg in the pool.

He looked around, found a branch to shake the stone egg, the small stone egg unexpectedly sank, and it was as stable as Mount Tai, motionless.

Xu Lala couldn't help it, stepped into the spring water, and subconsciously gathered all his strength to move the stone. He never thought that most of the strength in his hands was superfluous, and he fished the stone egg from the bottom of the water without much effort.

Xu Lala was stunned for a moment, but before he could be surprised by the lightness of the stone egg, he saw the spring bubbling jubilantly, and the hibiscus leaves, which had been floating motionless on the water, began to spin.

Xu Lala carried the stone eggs to the shore, and the springs were still flowing, endlessly.

Xu Lala took out bottles and cans from his schoolbag, filled them with spring water, and picked a lot of melons and fruits to take away.Seeing that the sun was slanting to the east, he picked up his schoolbag and was about to leave. Before leaving, he glanced at the stone egg he had thrown by the spring.

This stone egg is about the size of Xu Lai's four fists. It looks hard and dense, but its weight is surprisingly light.Probably because of being impacted by small water bubbles in the spring for many years, the back of the stone is relatively flat and slightly concave.

With all his thoughts, Xu Lai held up the stone egg with both hands, and compared it on his lower abdomen. The size of the stone egg fit his waist and abdomen just right.

When Xu Lala returned to Zhongnan Cave before sunset, he saw the black bear spirit hoeing in the scorched earth from a distance.

Xu Lala was worried about being asked by the black bear spirit where he had gone, when at this moment, the sound of drums came from Zhongnan Cave.

Donglong, Donglong, Donglong—the sound of drumming was rough and powerful, with strong penetrating power, resounding throughout the scorched land.

When Hei Dazhuang heard the sound of the evening drum three times, he hurried back to the village with his hoe on his shoulders, so he didn't notice Xu Lai who was rushing over behind him.

As dusk fell, all the neighbors in Zhongnan Cave closed their doors.

Xu Lai went back to Room No.13, added firewood and fire, boiled the spring water brought back from the spring, served it with cold, hard, dry and fragrant grilled crocodile legs, and sweet melons and fruits as after-meal fruits.

The firewood in the fireplace hadn't burned out yet, so Xu Lai added new firewood.Human beings seem to have a certain sense of dependence on bonfires since ancient times and continues to this day.Sitting by the fire, listening to the tongue of fire licking the firewood, I feel inexplicably at ease.

This was Xu Lala's second night in the monster village, and he was obviously much calmer than the first night.

Xu Lala didn't know much about the original occupants of Room No.13. There was not much life left in the house. There were only a few white sheets and a lot of stockings in the cupboard. The socks were of good quality and full of elasticity.

Xu Lala put the stone eggs picked up in the spring into stockings, tied both ends of the socks with belts, and tied the stone eggs around his waist.

Xu Lala was glad that he returned to school on the day of time travel and wore a school uniform. When he pulled the thick and wide school uniform jacket, he didn't look pregnant at first glance, but when he touched his stomach, he could actually feel a hard stone egg.

Xu Lala took a bottle of source water and placed it beside the bed, and lying on the bed felt much more at ease.

That night, Xu Lala was half asleep and half awake until late at night, when the insects were still, the sad and desolate opera sound came from outside the window again.

This time, Xu Lai could even vaguely hear a few lines of lyrics, like the lament of a moron who complains about a girl:

"...Sorrow also loves, love also mourns..."

"... tears filled my cheeks..."

The opera was long and desolate, and the sound of frogs suddenly sounded outside the window in response.The wind was strong at night, and a corner of the curtain was lifted and patted down by the wind, and this repeated, rattling on the wall.

Xu Lala locked the door and opened the window before going to bed, and forgot to check that the window was not closed tightly.He guessed that the window was not closed tightly, leaving a small gap to allow the night breeze to slip through.

Xu Lala opened his eyes in the dark, and got up distractedly to close the window.

However, as soon as Xu Lai walked to the window, he realized that something was wrong.

The lights in the house were not turned on, only the embers in the fireplace were flickering with the last faint flames, and the room was still dark, but he could see the scene outside through the curtains lifted by the wind—the lights outside were bright.

The goosebumps on Xu Lala's body stood on his head sent a warning, he bravely walked to the window, lifted the curtain and looked outside:

The clusters of flowers and long trails in Zhongnan Cave are gone, replaced by the sparkling water surface, where the fishing fires are reflected, and the wooden plank road across the water connects several small wooden houses...

What was even more weird was that there was no wind or waves outside the window, but his curtains were rattling by the night wind.

Xu Lala closed the window tightly, drew the curtains, and didn't dare to look any more, so she lay back on the bed obediently.

He closed his eyes tightly, as if he suddenly remembered something, he opened his eyes and turned his head to see, the wall and ground opposite the window were really pitch black, not even a speck of light could penetrate.

But the curtains in the room are transparent and thin...

After the night passed, Xu Lai woke up to the sound of the bell.

He got out of bed, opened the curtains and looked outside at the first time, the roses in the afternoon were blooming, looking at him through the glass window.

Zhongnan Cave disappeared after sunset and reappeared at sunrise. Xu Lai was not sure if he saw hallucinations last night, but only hallucinations could explain this strange phenomenon.

Xu Lala's mind was in a mess. He thought that if he asked Director Luo, he might not get a real answer, and he would be prevaricated. He couldn't make up his mind. After getting up and washing, he boiled water for breakfast, and then he heard Luo The director knocks on the door.

"Little comrade, little comrade..."

Director Luo called loudly, and as soon as Xu Lala opened the door, Director Luo was embarrassed and knocked on the ground with a crutch, saying, "Little comrade, this matter is too urgent, I have to rush over to inform you."

Xu Lala's heart skipped a beat, and he asked inexplicably, "What happened?"

Director Luo bowed his waist, picked up a piece of paper and shook it in front of Xu Lai, he sighed and said, "That's right, Si Niang, as a worker of our Women's Federation in Zhongnandong, she came to my office this morning to submit a real-name report letter, Ask me to take your question seriously..."

Xu Lale:?

Xu Lala remembers Tang Siniang, a feminist who Li Gongbao called "slightly" and "extreme".

He took the letter from Director Luo, and the big title in the center of the letter paper was particularly eye-catching.

Skip the address at the beginning, the first sentence in the letter is——

In order to protect the safety of the females in the village, on behalf of the majority of females, I express my strong condemnation and demand that the outsider Stone Spirit be expelled from Zhongnan Cave! ! !

The three exclamation marks pierced through the back of the paper, and Xu Lala shook his hand, feeling that the letter of complaint was hot.

Tang Siniang's logic is meticulous, and the reasons she expounded are also very reasonable——

The origin of the stone spirit is unknown, and it came with bad intentions. It happened to be in estrus on the second day after arriving in Zhongnan Cave, which is really bad intentions.In addition, Shitou Jing is not a settled resident of Zhongnandong, but a mere reserve. The director should put the safety of the official residents of Zhongnandong in the first place.

I personally think that seeking a peaceful and stable living condition for the majority of residents and eradicating all unstable factors is the goal and direction that the Sub-district Office and the Women's Federation should work together.

Therefore, I strongly urge that Shi Jing Xu Lie must be expelled from Zhongnan Cave!

"..."

Xu Lala finished reading the real-name report letter with complicated emotions, and raised his head to meet Director Luo with a complacent smile and helpless expression.

The author has something to say:

※Shan Hai Jing: There is a hibiscus on Tanggu, which is bathed for ten days.

※Songs of Chu·Nine Songs·Dong Jun: Tun will come out to the east, to shine on my threshold and Fusang. →Wang Yi's Note: At sunrise, bathe in Tanggu, and brush its Fusang up.