Travel through the city of orcs

Time passed day by day, and the weather in Topa Town was getting colder and colder. The sea breeze that Cheng Chi liked before now felt the pain of ice skates on his face.

Because of the winter, the plants have entered a dormant period, waiting for the next spring to revive again. Cheng Chi can use less and less fruit to make candies. There is a lack of raw materials. Cheng Chi began to sell candy in limited quantities, and occasionally made some when he was interested. Fried milk and orange cod pieces are sold here. The strong milk flavor and the refreshing taste of orange have attracted many customers for Cheng Chi.

It’s just that Cheng Chi’s laziness came up after the winter, and the sign that is closed today will always be hung out for five or six days in ten days. Those children who fell in love with fried milk that is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and refreshing and delicious cod pieces Started rounding Ian every now and then asking if his Daddy's opening tomorrow?What about the day after tomorrow?What about the day after tomorrow?

Cheng Chi, who opens the door to do business from time to time as he pleases, has a taste of a casual master this winter.

For Cheng Chi, it’s very comfortable not to go out and warm up at home in winter, but Ian doesn’t think so, he’s a little unhappy, because when the weather gets cold, Daddy doesn’t like to take him outside to play, Even if he just went to the back garden, Cheng Chi would probably coax Ian to go by himself.

Feeling a little bored, Ian lay on Cheng Chi's chest, "Daddy, why are you so afraid of the cold?"

Sitting on the rocking chair, Cheng Chi who was a little drowsy due to the warm room temperature got up and circled Ian, squinted his eyes and said, "Baby, Daddy doesn't know why Daddy is afraid of the cold."

Ian, who didn't get a satisfactory answer, didn't give up. He tried his best to stretch out his hand like a bun to open Cheng Chi's almost closed eyes, "Then when will Daddy not be afraid of the cold?"

"Wait until the temperature rises again." Cheng Chi kept shaking his head while talking, trying to avoid Ian's harassment.

Ian seemed to think that the way Daddy shook his head was amused, and he began to grin silently and smirk, focusing on making trouble on Cheng Chi's face.

Cheng Chi opened his eyes helplessly when he realized that Ian's target was not limited to his own eyelids, "Hey, baby, why don't you go play with Jerome and the others?"

Ian, who was grabbed by Cheng Chi, pouted and said, "But Ian wants to play with Daddy, and now Daddy won't take Ian out for a walk."

Hearing Ian's complaint, Cheng Chi, who knew that he was too afraid of the cold, felt a little guilty. He explained to Ian embarrassingly, "Because it's too cold outside." In order to strengthen his persuasiveness, Cheng Chi kept doing Trembling motion, "Daddy will turn into a Popsicle."

A question mark popped up in Ian's head. He was shaking like Cheng Chi and asked in doubt, "Why does Daddy turn into a popsicle when it's too cold? What is a popsicle?" Because of shaking his body, his voice also became Shake up.

"The popsicle is—" Cheng Chi wanted to explain subconsciously, and then stopped, "Doesn't Ian know what a popsicle is?"

Ian shook his head, thought for a while and gave the answer, "Is it a stick made of ice?"

"Of course not!" Cheng Chi nodded Ian's little nose and wanted to continue, but there was a knock on the door.

This made everyone in the room stunned for a moment, because it's not yet time for Claude to pick up Ian, who will come at this time?

Ian slipped off Cheng Chi's body and ran to the door, "I'll open the door!"

Cheng Chi couldn't stop him, so he could only follow Ian to the door.

Ian stood on tiptoe and struggled to open the door. A gust of cold wind blew in and Cheng Chi shivered. Just as he was about to walk to the door to see who it was, Cheng Chi heard Ian's surprised voice, "Uncle Rupert, Uncle Al!"

Knowing that he was an acquaintance, Cheng Chi stopped, and after a while, he saw Al walking in with a smile in his arms, followed by Rupert, who looked very simple and honest.

Seeing Cheng Chi standing in the living room, Al smiled brighter, "Hi, Chi, I knew you were home!"

Rupert behind him also greeted Cheng Chi with a smile.

Cheng Chi brought Al and Rupert to the living room and served them some snacks, and asked Al, "Did you and Rupert come here with such a strong wind today?"

Al ate the refreshing cod sticks, waved his hands and replied, "You disappear in winter, if your candy store is not open occasionally, I would think you are in hibernation like Leo in Violet Town Yes. Rupert and I are also idle at home, so we decided to come and chat with you, don't you welcome?"

Cheng Chi shook his head with a smile, "Of course, why don't you welcome me? Ian was still calling himself bored just now. You just came to play with him for a while."

Hearing Cheng Chi's words, Al laughed and stuffed a cod stick into Ian's mouth, "Hey, is it, my little guy, are you bored?"

Ian nodded aggrievedly, and complained to Al while eating cod sticks, "Yes, Daddy always just stays in the house and doesn't take me out to play."

Looking at the poor Ian, Al hugged him onto his lap and sat down, "Oh, my poor little guy, why doesn't your Daddy take you out to play?"

Ian said seriously, "Daddy said he was afraid of the cold," and dutifully imitated Cheng Chi's trembling movements just now, "Daddy said that if it was too cold, he would turn into a popsicle."

Amused by Ian's actions, the big-sized Al stretched out his hand and patted Cheng Chi's shoulder, "Oh, my friend, why did you become so delicate when you came back from the Holy Land? This is just the beginning of winter , how will you live until the coldest February?"

Cheng Chi shrugged, "At that time, I will wrap myself in animal skin and lie on the bed waiting for the arrival of spring."

Ai Er laughed and rubbed his stomach non-stop as he watched Cheng Chi, a pair of soldiers, come to cover up the water with confidence.

And Rupert, who didn't say much at the side, also laughed along with Al, but in the process, his eyes swept Cheng Chi twice in search, and Cheng Chi, who was only interested in bickering with Al, didn't notice that Lu Burt's little move.

After chatting for a while, Cheng Chi left Al and Rupert for lunch, and they agreed.

"Ice cellar?" Al, who was helping in the kitchen, was a little surprised when he heard Cheng Chi's words, "What is that? Why do you want to build that?"

Cheng Chi, who got some ideas from the topic about popsicles just now, explained, "It's a place specially used to put ice cubes, which can be used to cool down in summer."

"Won't the ice melt when the temperature rises? How can it stay there for so long?" Although Cheng Chi's idea was very innovative, Al still felt that it was not feasible.

"As long as the sealing is done well, of course it can stay for that long." Cheng Chi replied firmly.

"That's it..." Al nodded half-understood, "It's good to use ice cubes to cool down in summer, but if you put them in the room and wait for them to melt, won't you get wet everywhere?"

"No, I didn't use it to cool down like this. I wanted to use it to make iced drinks." Cheng Chi shook his head and continued.

"Ice drink?" Al was puzzled again.

Cheng Chi patiently explained to him the idea of ​​making smoothies and popsicles, and after hearing that Al's eyes became brighter, he clapped his hands and praised, "Wow, this is such a wonderful idea. Swimming in the sea to spend the summer, Chi, you are a genius, you are so amazing!"

To this day, Cheng Chi is still not quite used to Al's stormy praise method, and said with some embarrassment, "So, I want to ask Rupert to find some people from the town to help dig this ice cellar."

"Oh, of course." Al glanced at Rupert who was playing with Ian on the blanket and nodded, "You can't do that."

Speaking of what Al thought of, he said, "You can also call Claude, he is one of the strongest males in our town."

Hearing that Al suddenly mentioned Claude, Cheng Chi was stunned for a moment, except that they returned to the same distance as before after Claude and Ian took Ian to Violet last time, just as Cheng Chi took care of Ian. Thanks to En, Claude often picked some fresh fruits for Cheng Chi when he was hunting in the dense forest, and there was no other communication.

Noticing Cheng Chi's unnatural expression, Al stepped forward and bumped him on the shoulder, "Hey, buddy, are you still in this state with Claude?"

"Huh?" Cheng Chi asked after recovering, "What's the state?"

"Of course it's such a state that the two of you don't seem to know each other at all." Al was a little dissatisfied with what he saw about the current situation between Cheng Chi and Claude, "But you are partners, how can you always be the same?" so!"

Cheng Chi, who was suddenly asked about his relationship, was a little embarrassed, "I think this is very good."

"What's so good about this?" Al felt incredible, "You are a couple, but you live one end and the other end, do you think there is any other couple in this town other than the two of you who are in this situation ? Are there any problems between you and Claude?"

"Problem?" Cheng Chi started to have a headache at this time. Lance had the same face, otherwise, why would there be so many problems, "I don't have any problems with Claude, it's just that he and I need time to calm down and think about each other. Tell me about our relationship." Cheng Chi, who had no other choice, could only throw out the answer that he had discussed with Claude in advance.

"Does Claude think so?" Al thinks that these two people are really a couple, and their ways of doing things are so different. If you like it, you like it, and if you don't like it, you don't like it. What else should you consider carefully!

"Of course. This is the consensus reached by me and Claude." Cheng Chi nodded.

"Oh, you are such a strange couple." Al couldn't help muttering.

At the dinner table, Al told Rupert about Cheng Chi's idea of ​​digging an ice cellar. After learning more about it, Rupert agreed and promised to find a few strong males in the town to help. Thank you for this.

Al and Rupert, who sat for a while after lunch, left together. Cheng Chi took Ian to take a nap. Before dark, Claude came to pick up Ian and brought some fruit for Cheng Chi as usual. Cheng Chi, who seemed a little helpless because he had been instilled by Al all afternoon that Claude is a good male and that you should be together again, didn't say much to Mr. Claude, the protagonist of today's topic at noon, and said politely Xie Hou watched him hugging Ian who kept waving goodbye to him and left, then closed the door and returned to the house.

In the middle of the night, Cheng Chi was woken up by the roar of wild beasts. Lying on the bed, Cheng Chi also heard the sound of fighting mixed with the roar of wild beasts. Hearing the sound, Cheng Chi felt as if it happened in his back garden.

A little scared, Cheng Chi put on his clothes, got up, went downstairs, picked up a meat knife and walked carefully to the back door, but the sound disappeared, and there was no more movement after waiting for a long time.

Cheng Chi raised the curtain on the window by the door, and was stunned when he saw the figure standing in his yard, "Claude?"