C114 (1/2)

”Come, Brother Zhou, have a toast. I wish you success in your experiential learning in the Wasteland.”

Lin Ergou raised a glass of wheat wine and clinked it with Zhou Tong's cup. He heroically raised his head and drained the wine in the cup, picking up a large piece of soft and fragrant beef and placed it into Zhou Tong's bowl.

”Thank you very much.” Zhou Tong nodded his head lightly, without being polite, he picked up the bowl and started eating.

The time for the meal passed quickly. After finishing, A Lian returned to the kitchen to clean up the tableware, while Lin Ergou took out a box of rolled up cigarettes, lit one for himself and took the rest of the cigarettes together with him.

”Big Brother Lin, I really can't get something like this out of my system.”

Zhou Tong waved his hand. That kind of cigarette, there would usually be many people who liked to stick it in their mouth, but Zhou Tong was not interested in this kind of thing.

”Hey, you're a big kid. Why don't you smoke? Learn how to smoke? In the future, we'll deal with people. It's inevitable.” Lin Ergou laughed heartily, took out a cigarette and stuffed it into Zhou Tong's mouth.

Smiling helplessly, Zhou Tong accepted it and lit it up. After taking a deep breath, it was as if someone had used it as a chimney, causing Zhou Tong to cough profusely.

”Haha, Brother Zhou, take your time, don't be anxious.”

”Ergou! ”Don't call him a little older brother or anything like that. He's still young, and will be hated by girls in the future. Let's see how you're going to explain yourself to him.”

A Lian, who was in the kitchen, scolded lightly, startling Lin Ergou so much that his expression immediately shrank back. He extinguished the cigarette in his hand, and then gestured at Zhou Tong to keep quiet, causing him to laugh.

In the night, under Lin Ergou's lead, Zhou Tong stayed in an empty room. Even though this room couldn't be considered to be any luxurious residence, it was still extremely warm.

Originally, it was the couple's daughter's room. The two had a teenage daughter who had gone out to cultivate in a certain small sect in the Eastern Region and would rarely come back, but the couple had cleaned this room every day, preparing to welcome their daughter back at any time.

Knowing that this was a girl's room, Zhou Tong decided not to sleep on the bed anymore. Instead, he covered himself with a blanket and sat on the floor with his legs crossed, intending to cultivate for an entire night to replace sleep.

Not knowing how much time had passed, Zhou Tong seemed to have heard a wave of chaotic noises. When he opened his eyes and looked through the gap in the door, he could see the lights inside the house outside, accompanied by the sounds of nails nailing into wood.

Pushing the door open, Zhou Tong saw Lin Ergou and his wife, they were busy using wooden boards, nailing all the doors and windows to the floor. Looking at their expressions, even though they were anxious, they did not panic nor panic, they worked well and sealed all the doors and windows tightly.

”Brother Lin, what's going on?”

”Ah, Brother Zhou, I'm sorry to wake you up, but it's a beast tide. Although there are guards and mercenaries outside, some berserk beasts would definitely barge into the town. Every time they do this, we would have to seal the doors and windows to prevent disaster. Go and rest, it's okay. ”

As Lin Ergou brandished the hammer in his hand, he explained indifferently. This wasn't the first time this had happened.

Frowning, Zhou Tong curled his lips and asked: ”Big Brother Lin, what level are the fierce beasts that come from outside?”

”Most of them are level one or two. In small places like ours, level three beasts usually don't come. Even if they do, there will be mercenaries and guards to deal with them. You don't have to worry.” After nailing the last piece of wooden board to the ground, Lin Ergou finally let out a long breath and waved his hand at Zhou Tong, ”We're already used to it, hurry up and go to sleep. We'll be fine when you wake up tomorrow.”

”Oh no, some fierce beasts have barged in!” Everyone go back and hide, don't ever come out and walk around, our Guard will make such a big fuss out of it! ”” No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

Suddenly, an anxious shout came from outside, but before he finished speaking, it turned into a painful scream.

”It's the Guard's Hu Zi!” Lin Ergou looked through the gaps between the wooden boards and outside and immediately cried out, ”You two, quickly hide inside, I want to see what's going on!”