57. Walrus?
The entourage seemed not satisfied with driving away the surprisingly big-headed beggar in front of him. He grinned and poked Li Yi with a wooden stick like a fun, aiming at his big head, and lifting the heavy guy to give Li Yi a heavy hit. Some people would have the urge to bully for no reason when they met a weak young man, as if they were for that pleasure.
The orange light behind him pulled his back into a ghostly strip, and the muscles on his arms were shrinking forcefully. If they hit him, Li Yi's head would definitely turn into a paste.
Li Yi noticed the cruel intention of the tall figure behind him. The huge fear drove him to struggle and crawl, but this futile struggle only added a small pleasure to the murderer.
"Hi, buddy, stop." Just as the entourage was about to swing a thick wooden stick and smear Li Yi's head as if he was hitting a polo with a bell ball, a smile came from behind.
The entourage felt a slender and cold hand on his back shoulder. Suddenly, half of his strong body was cold, and the beastly nature in his mind disappeared, and then filled with huge fear.
Li Yi, who survived in the suffocating shadow of death, broke away his eyes in a daze, and felt confused.
"Are you still standing here? Do you have anything to do to me? Or do you want to put such a stick on my head? After all, I am also a beggar." The voice sounded again, and my smile became stronger.
"No, no, 'Big Cousin', I..." This strong man with black skin, like a hill, kept trembling, and didn't even dare to look back at the seemingly thin figure behind him.
"I will take this teenager away, hoping that it will not disturb your work. Look, I am so sorry to meddle in other people's business again. But next time I see you treat my beggar friends so cruelly, the story between us will be long."
"Yes, yes!" The entourage spitted out these words randomly and walked away hurriedly, with a layer of cold sweat behind him.
"Okay, boy, I remember your name is Li Yi, haha, a precocious little guy." The man squatted down, and a pleasant fragrance of soap beans appeared in his brown linen robe.
"Thank you..." Li Yi said this from his chapped lips. The pain in his back seemed to tear his body apart, and his abdomen became numb. He knew the identity of the person in front of him. The beggars in the city-state called him "big cousin" and were led by him. Because no matter whether it was a noble family with noble surnames or a businessman who became rich, he was unwilling to provoke him. Although he might not even be twenty years old, those who provoke him would die inexplicably. Some seamless coincidences are the reasons why these people went to heaven.
"I'm lucky. Although I was hit twice, my spine was not interrupted." My cousin took out a brown berries from her pocket and stuffed them into Li Yi's mouth, "Check it and swallow it, it can relieve pain."
Before Li Yi could do anything, he turned around and left, humming a brisk song, but the fragrance of soap beans remained.
Li Yi frowned and bite the berries open. A stream of fishy juice flowed into his stomach, like a line of fire burning down. His tongue and lips were numb, but the severe pain in his back was relieved a lot, so he could barely support his body to move.
"Big Cousin..." He recited this name silently in his heart. When he saw this guy who was born with a smile, he always felt inexplicably frightened, as if he was hiding some terrible means. So he always stayed away from him.
Unexpectedly, he saved his life today. Li Yi returned to his sleeping place with scars. It was a large cement pipe from an abandoned brick factory. It was wiped cleanly by him. It was covered with thick blankets, wrapped in mats made of thatch, and even a brown plush teddy bear served as a pillow. It was such a good place.
"I hope you will have good luck after dawn." He slowly fell asleep with the idea that he knew was unrealistic.
When I woke up the next day, there were still pains in the wound on my spine. What’s more serious is that the effect of the painkiller has disappeared, and the flesh and blood stick to the clothes, and the black blood clots clots clots on the clothes looked particularly dazzling.
"Oh, no!" Li Yi looked at the homemade rough sundial. It was almost noon. The daily relief payment would be terminated by around 8 o'clock. However, yesterday's money was not used up, and his luck was not too bad. He just had to starve until late. At that time, the bakery would reluctantly hang out their cheap bread. The heartache appeared on the faces of the beggars who came to buy bread, just like these beggars were stealing their things alive.
Compared to hunger, Li Yi was more worried that the wound behind him might be infected, and ulceration would be a fatal cause. Although he was in pain, he did not want to die.
"Damn it!" He was very angry. His life was simple and calm. Although he often hungry with the help and cheap bread, he had been used to it. However, he was covered in injuries and could not be treated. Once he was seriously ill, he could not even receive the help. Death in hunger, illness and despair was expected.
"But this doesn't hurt me, I still have a way." Li Yi's survival ability was so powerful that he walked to the mud behind the brick factory, where potatoes and vines were planted, and of course there were radishes. With these, he made a pot of odorless soup.
This is all his storage. After eating this pot of soup, I don’t know when the vegetables in the field will grow.
When you are extremely hungry, no matter how bad the food is, it will leave wonderful memories.
There are many golden alfalfastings growing on the beach west of the city-state. These bitter plants with large branches and stems have always been visited by sand crabs. They have good anti-inflammatory effects. Li Yi happened to know this rare prescription.
"If there is a piece of smoked ham, the soup will become extremely wonderful." Li Yi regretted that he stirred the vegetables in the pot with a thick-handled lead spoon, and the flames happily licked the bottom of the pot, making crackling sounds of wood from time to time.
After eating radish and kale, he became stronger. He drank hot soup, and even the pain on his back was relieved a lot.
When he walked out of the brick factory, Li Yi was wondering why the "big cousin" saved him. He had never seen anyone with such a thing as sympathy. Perhaps some fools are sympathetic, but his intuition told him that the big cousin could never have such a thing.
"Forget it, what can he get from me, a poor beggar who is not famous? I have nothing." Shaking my head, Li Yi decided not to think about this problem anymore. Life is better to be simpler. Some complicated things cannot be worry about, a beggar who can't even solve food and clothing.
For the entourage who almost killed him, Li Yi was really angry and wanted to kill him, but when he thought of a black double-branched rose badge on the chest of the other party's uniform, he immediately became timid. It was the symbol of the entourage of the entourage of the dictator of the Senate Kent family. This family took over more than half of the seats of the veterans. The consequence of fighting against this behemoth was a clean and neat death.
Li Yi was very afraid of death, indeed, he was afraid of death, death, hunger, cold, etc.
Since I was going to the beach, fishing a fish for dinner is also a good choice, but Li Yi was also afraid of fish. The slippery scales made him uncomfortable. The strange fish head and fish eyes were both sources of fear. According to the belly of the fish, a drowned soul lived in the belly. When the fish were cooked into delicious soup, will these souls melt into the soup? Just like those who drink coffee dissolved sugar cubes in coffee or tea.
In short, Li Yi rejected the fish and saved the trouble of picking the card.
Wandering aimlessly consumes physical energy. He doesn't want the soup in his belly to be digested early. It's best to spend an afternoon in the public library of the city-state. There are not many pedestrians on the street. A few days ago, a court notice will be held today. The liar claimed to be a thinker and promotes evil class theories.
Li Yi always felt that it was inappropriate to use the word evil to describe class theory, and there was nothing right or wrong about the theory. Most of the people in the city went to see the shameful end of this liar, perhaps hanging - the crimes convicted by the thought criminals were often very serious, and most of the remaining ones were women and children. Occasionally, the carriages of wealthy children drove through the wide road paved with long stone, raising a burst of dust.
The public library is large and wide, dark and quiet, and is an ideal place to sleep. However, the administrator of this library is very inhumane. When you encounter someone who sleeps, you will be knocked out directly. Of course, noisy guys will suffer the same consequences.
The administrator named Brie is old and lame. He walks around and turns, but his eyes are sharp and terrifying, as if he can see the soul of a person out of his body at a glance! He took a short metal stick on his broken leg and wiped it very brightly every day. It sounds like he was bitten off by a shark when he was young.
It was strange to be aware of Li Yi's sharp eyes, because there was nothing to hide in his heart. He liked the books in the library very much, except for books about history and politics, many of the things in them were fabricated.
After the wound was cleaned, Li Yi applied homemade medicine to prevent inflammation. He cut the water-white long gown into cloth strips and bandaged the wound, and replaced it with a worn gray Toga. This was his last piece of clothing.
Feeling the hot pain gradually replaced by coolness and comfort, Li Yi's mood became better and better, and his shriveled cheeks also had a hint of rosy due to long-term malnutrition.
The heavy books in his hand gave Li Yi a feeling of real existence. When he wandered on the streets on weekdays, he always felt his heart empty. When he picked up the book, the emptiness was immediately filled with magic. The knowledge was heavy and solid, just like the best wood, with beautiful texture and fine wood.
There are very few people coming here to read books. Ordinary city-states have their own jobs, and their children regard inheriting their father's business as the right way. These "right ways" will be fully taught by their parents, and the complex and boring knowledge in the library will annoy them.
Children of famous families need to improve their cultivation through reading, but their ancestral collections are often more than libraries, and they do not bother reading books with ordinary citizens, which makes the public libraries very useless. After all, there is no profession to make a living by relying on research and research here.
Li Yi sat quietly in the shadows of the huge bookshelf made of camphor wood and read books, almost integrated with the shadows. The wisdom in the book is the only thing that can make him smile. He does not understand why the literature and art are not popular here. According to other city-states, there are special institutes to study these problems.
"Maybe it has something to do with the dictator's ruling philosophy! He doesn't like art and science." Li Yi tried hard to search for his memory. He seemed to have never seen this legendary figure. He often saw his half-body statue on the corner of the street. He was an old man with deep eyebrows and his curled hair was like a lion.
In addition, Li Yi knew that he was very good at enjoying it. Kent's eldest daughter was about the same age as his youngest wife.
"Oh, by the way, I remember that criticizing the dictator is guilty. After all, he is a dictator! But it should be considered a critic like me." He closed the book, closed his eyes and pondered for a moment. Through the large floor-to-ceiling window on the wall, he could see a green olive tree outside bathing in the golden brilliance of the sunset. At this time, those cheap breads should be placed in the basket for sale. Although they were cold and hard, they were delicious for hungry people. He hurriedly put the book back to its original place. When he walked out of the library, he saw the old man asleep on the low black table, with a peaceful expression, and his coat fell on the ground beside him, so he tiptoed over and helped him to rebuild it.
When I walked out of the library, for some reason, the streets were so empty that there was no one. Usually, it was the city-state residents who had to leave their work and go home, which was lively and bustling. But now, except for a few fallen leaves on the corner of the street, the katyds in the cracks of the bricks were crying softly, and the surroundings were silent.
The sunset is dazzling, from the sky to the west to the deep blue sea level, as if the goddess is scattered in the sea water, and the white brick and stone houses are lined up in the sunset, slanting shadows are drawn one after another.
Following the familiar path to the streets with bakeries, Li Yi felt even more and more surprised. Where have the residents gone? The doors of each house were closed. Could this be...
A noun jumped into his brain - "street emergency control". When a major incident occurs, the city guards will forcibly restrict the passage of the streets, and the city guards are directly responsible to the dictator Kent. That is, although Li Yi is very reluctant, he encountered a lot of trouble this time.
"I'll go back to the library, and I'll have the bread for dinner...and don't care!" He sighed in his heart and walked back dejectedly.
Suddenly, a dull vibration sounded on the ground, as if it was an earthquake. Li Yi turned around and looked at him and a giant suddenly broke into his vision!
"This is...walrus!"
Walruses are the largest animals in the deep sea except whales. They are many times larger than elephants on land. The dark blue thick skin is almost invulnerable to swords and guns, and the nose is short and in the shape of a pot. The high-pressure water cannon sprayed out can easily destroy a house.
Walruses will not enter the inland unless someone captures them and tames them into traveling mounts. These people who can capture powerful walruses only have one identity - the Explorer. Walruses are not spirits, but are just strange beasts born with strong Kongwu, but they can only surrender in the face of suppressive forces.
The walrus in front of Li Yi was so big that it was terrible that the shops on the street could barely reach its knees. The six thick legs as thick as pillars were smelling of wet waves, and the webbed feet were more than enough to serve as the roof.
Chapter completed!