rain forest

The sun was shining brightly, and the snow did not fall again. Because of the low temperature, the snow accumulated hard and the footprints left by the woman would not disappear in a short time unless someone deliberately destroyed it.

After Aoki and Ichimaru Gin walked in the knee-deep snow for half a day, the footprints they stepped on gradually became shallower, and now they can already walk on the snow.

"Do you feel cold?" Aoki asked.

"We are heading north, and of course it is getting colder and colder." Ichimaru Gin held his hands in a leisurely manner, "It is not an option to go on like this, Xiao Aoki, if you go further north, you may not even be able to see animals. Before we reach the village, we If you don’t freeze to death, you will starve to death.”

"If that woman can come over, we can go over."

"But she's not like us."

Aoki stopped.

Ichimaru Gin asked, "What, did you go back?"

"No, let's use Shunpo." It's just to find something to do when bored, the two of them have always used walking before.

Ichimaru Gin didn't answer, his eyes fell on the front, and a small black dot was moving towards them.

That thing was very fast, and Aoki recognized it: "Is it... a pig?"

The black pig ran closer and closer, and Ichimaru saw its two tusks: "Wild boar."

The wild boar stopped five or six meters in front of them, this distance was enough for Aoki and Ichimaru to see the fresh vegetable leaves hanging from its tusks.

The black pig stared at the two men hostilely, pawing the ground with its hooves. Although the snow was hard, it couldn't support the wild boar's weight, so it was sunken. There were small footprints behind the wild boar.

"It seems that we are not far from the village." Aoki stretched out his hand to Ichimaru, "Give me the sword."

Ichimaru handed over the knife, and saw Aoki rush out, the knife circled down, and cut open the pig's neck.Blood stings spurted out, carrying a foul smell unique to animals.The wild boar screamed in pain and bumped around without thinking.

Ichimaru Gin said: "Little Aoki, let's fix it and give it a good time."

Qing Mu said: "Wild boar skin can be sold for a lot of money, don't damage it. I just don't know if anyone here accepts it... Forget it, if no one accepts it, I can use it myself."

Ichimaru Gin was curious: "Did you learn this trick in the worm's nest?"

"Sometimes there are jobs like this."

"You did?"

"Well, too many skills don't overwhelm you." This is the dogma instilled in her by Guan Kouyong.

The wild boar was almost thumping, and fell to the ground with four hooves twitching.

Aoki threw the knife back to Ichimaru Gin, the boy caught it firmly, complaining: "This is very dangerous, little Aoki."

Aoki gave him a blank look, kicked the wild boar that was no longer moving, and asked Ichimaru Gin: "Can you carry it?"

Ichimaru thought, even if he can carry it, he must say he can't carry it, otherwise the coolie will be alone: ​​"I can't carry it."

Aoki nodded, she didn't look surprised, she put the wild boar face down, let it lie on the ground, then pulled the two hind legs together, and pulled off the bandage on one hand to tie it Two hind hooves: "If you can't carry it, drag it. The snow has turned to ice, and it's very slippery."

In the end the coolie is still himself.However, Ichimaru Gin did it willingly, and now Aizen's subordinates are only himself and Tōsen who can use it at ease, because he joined the group late at a young age, and although Ichimaru Gin is good at strength, he is often the coolie.With Aizen beside him, he dare not say anything for the time being, because he is bored while working.When I was with Dongxian, I could joke around, but the other party was boring and even more boring.

It's better for Xiao Aoki, it would be better if she molested Dongxian together after she joins the group, um, it's better to be in front of Aizen, according to his observation, although Aizen sometimes looks gentle and nice, and sometimes looks like a dangerous villain, In private, I am still very happy to watch the show.

Even in his eyes, he looks like a clown, but this doesn't affect Ichimaru Yin's desire to entertain himself in the slightest.

Ichimaru Gin, who was imagining a bright future, didn't realize that Aoki hadn't joined the occupation yet, and the occupation test Aizen had prepared for her had just started at the tip of the iceberg, and the result was still unknown.

But on the other hand, people who are favored by Aizen basically have no right to choose.

"What are you thinking?" She hadn't heard Maruyin's words all the way to the market, and Aoki didn't care if he thought he was annoying. She felt unaccustomed to being quiet at this moment.As soon as the words came out of her mouth, she suddenly understood a certain famous saying personally - people are cheap.

Ichimaru Gin said truthfully: "I am thinking that Xiao Aoki is really a good person."

Inexplicably, Aoki, who was issued a good person card, had a short-circuited thinking in his mind and jumped out of the sky in an instant. He thought whether the wild boar was steamed and braised or stewed, marinated and fried...

Probably because Aoki looked at the wild boar with too naked eyes, Ichimaru Gin picked up the topic very accurately: "Little Aoki, can you cook?"

"meeting."

Ichimaru silver sighed: "The worm's nest is really a good place."

Aoki wanted to say that there was no chef training class in the Worm's Nest, and his skills were passed down from his family, but thinking that the babbling would involve old things, he thought it was boring, so Ichimaru Yin misunderstood it, anyway, it was not a big deal.

Not long after the two walked, they saw a small village with wooden houses covered with white snow. Except for the smaller scale, it was no different from the residential area in the first district.

"I didn't expect there to be such a place in the [-]th District." People say that the [-]th District is a purgatory on earth, and what Aoki has seen along the way is indeed the same.

"Everyone must survive no matter where they are." Ichimaru Gin stopped at the entrance of the village and said calmly.

It is rare to hear the boy say such serious words, Aoki couldn't help casting his eyes, the corners of the boy's mouth curved down by two points under the bright daylight, and his face actually revealed some compassionate sensibility.

Before them was an empty city.

Ice hangs from the eaves, the gate of the fence is rigidly opened in an arc, and daily necessities such as bamboo baskets are scattered on both sides of the street, half-buried by the frozen snow.The village seemed to be abandoned by people in a panic, but unfortunately all traces were buried by heavy snow.

Aoki asked Ichimaru: "Are you sympathizing with the people in this village?"

Ichimaru silver replied: "No, I am sympathizing with ourselves. Next we will stay in the [-]th district for a long time. What happened here might not happen to us."

Makes sense.Investigating what happened to the woman I met earlier became more urgent than before.

Just contacting Ichimaru Gin's expression before, suddenly there was a sense of joy, Aoki slightly bent the corner of his mouth.

She walked into the village and pushed open the nearest door. The house was very tidy, with a thin layer of dust on the tatami, and the master would not be away for long.Aoki went around the house, and Ichimaru dragged the pig and waited outside the door.Aoki came out after a while: "Just throw the pig at the door, come and give me a hand."

On the left hand side of the door is the kitchen, Aoki led Ichimaru straight in, the stove was already burning with flames, Aoki handed the wooden barrel in the corner of the kitchen to Ichimaru: "There is a well behind the house, get some water."

The wooden barrel was carved out of a tree stump at one end, and it was quite heavy. Gin Ichimaru complained: "It's really heavy."

"It's not someone's young master, what are you complaining about?" Aoki was taking off the lids of the earthen pots in the kitchen one by one to see what was inside, when he said this, he suddenly paused, the young man in front of him could really be called tender Meat, "Aren't you really a nobleman?"

"A commoner from Ruhun Street." Ichimaru Gin walked out with a bucket in his hand, Aoki continued to lower his head to tinker with the earthen pot when he saw this.

The well water is warm in winter and cool in summer, Aoki pours most of the water into the pot to boil, leaving a small pot for wringing rags.After she finished cleaning the kitchen roughly, the water in the pot boiled.

The water in the basin was no longer clean, Aoki directed: "Go and pour it out, fetch water again, and fill up the water tank."

Like most housewives, Aoki has a small obsession with cleanliness, and the water tank needs to be wiped down before using it.

Ichimaru Gin worked hard and walked out with a wooden basin in one hand and a wooden barrel in the other.When he came back with a bucket of water, Aoki was no longer in the kitchen.Ichimaru Gin stood at the door and took a look, Aoki was skinning the wild boar.At the beginning, the knife was a bit jerky, but gradually it seemed to regain the feeling, and the movement became smoother and smoother.Ichimaru looked at it twice and continued to fetch water.

Before Aoki finished beating Mizuki, Ichimaru Gin squatted aside and watched.The wild boar that had just died was still warm, and it was steaming all over after the skin was peeled off.

In order to facilitate work, Aoki also took off the bandage on the other hand, and tied the sleeve of the kimono.The weather was very cold, and her fingertips were slightly red. The wound on her hand had already healed, leaving only faint marks, which could not be found without careful inspection.But her right arm was covered with scars and bumps.

"Why haven't these disappeared?"

Aoki glanced at it indifferently: "The wound is big, and it split too many times when it healed, and it can't be healed." After speaking, he concentrated on dealing with the wild boar.

Cut the meat after the skin is scraped.That movement is skillful enough to be unrestrained, and it is more than enough to kill a man and a cow.

"Little Aoki will definitely be a good wife and mother in the future." Ichimaru Gin praised.

"You will too." Aoki threw the dismantled meat and bones into the pot that Shimaru had boiled in boiling water, without turning his head back.

"Take it into the kitchen."

"No, the gentleman stays away from the kitchen."

"The meaning of a gentleman staying away from the kitchen is that he can't bear to kill, it doesn't mean that men don't enter the kitchen." Aoki said, "Besides, how are you a gentleman? A good wife?"

Aoki looked up at Ichimaru Gin, his eyes were calm but cool, the boy suddenly realized that the words "good wife and good mother" may have different meanings to girls and should not be mentioned casually.

Ichimaru Gin picked up the basin and walked towards the kitchen, then suddenly stopped and asked, "I know the meaning of a gentleman staying away from the kitchen is that he can't bear to kill...Little Aoki, are you a nobleman?"

Qing Mutou didn't lift it: "In Soul Soul Realm, no."