Embers Ad Infinitum

After listening to Feilin's question, Jiang Baimian briefly introduced:

"A four-seater Jeep, gray-green."

Felin thought for a moment and said:

"It's getting dark. I'll take people over tomorrow to take a look and devise a plan.

“At the same time, let’s also discuss how you want to get to Weedong City and what kind of services you need from us.

"When the time comes, let's settle the accounts together. I hope you have enough cans."

Jiang Baimian heard that Feilin didn't want to discuss work now, so he gave up the idea of ​​further discussion and patted Shang Jianyao on the shoulder with a smile:

"If it's not enough, use him to offset the debt!"

Felin laughed dumbly:

“No, it can’t be.

"I was just thinking about how to make my brother stay here willingly."

Long Yuehong was stunned for a while, wondering if this "progress" was too fast.

In just a few minutes, it was not enough to turn from a "stranger" into a "friend", but he had already evolved into a "brother"!

"You can marry your little daughter to him." Jiang Baimian suggested "with bad intentions".

Feilin and Shang Jianyao looked at each other, shook their heads quickly and said:

"No, no, the seniority is wrong!

"How can my niece marry my uncle?"

Shang Jianyao solemnly agreed:

"How can a brother be a father?"

The two looked at each other and nodded at the same time, their friendship seemed to be sublimated again.

Jiang Baimian rolled his eyes with a smile and continued to come up with bad ideas:

"Is there any wife left behind by the deceased brother?"

"How is it possible to stay? At this age and in this kind of environment, who wouldn't want to find another companion? Moreover, our business group also has to have more children. These days, children die too easily." Felin thought, "My mother has been a widow for a few years, but this is not the right generation."

Seeing that the topic was getting weirder, Jiang Baimian looked around and said:

"Captain, what do you have to eat here?"

She then added:

“More distinctive.”

The "Old Tune Group" hasn't had dinner yet.

Felin finished the glass of wild tree fruit wine and laughed at himself:

"What kind of special food can "rootless people" like us have? We travel all over the country and eat wherever we go.

"Haha, those who are good at cooking in the business group can cook many different styles of dishes."

Having said this, he changed the subject and said:

"But, after all these years, we still have something of our own."

"What is it?" The one who spoke before Jiang Baimian was Shang Jianyao, his face full of expectation.

Felin looked at the changing and flashing lights outside the RV:

"Compared with many wilderness wandering settlements, although we have no roots and drift wherever we go, our business is doing pretty well. Most of the time, food is guaranteed, and the corresponding varieties are even more abundant.

"Every time I travel in the wilderness or in the mountains, at the end, there will be a little bit of various foods left. This is quite embarrassing. It's impossible to cook a dish or a staple food for everything, right? It's just one or two bites. .

"To save trouble, my father's generation began to cook them all together. The taste is not good, but it is not unpalatable either.

“As I traveled to more places and gained more knowledge, the cooking method gradually improved a lot. Now it tastes quite good. We all call it ‘chowder’.

Jiang Baimian especially liked the customs and humanities of different places, and said with great interest:

"Then give us four, big portions!"

After saying that, she turned her head and looked at Long Yuehong and Bai Chen:

"Do you want something to eat?"

"Yeah." Long Yuehong nodded vigorously.

For him now, as long as he doesn't eat energy bars, compressed biscuits and military cans, that's all good.

"I may not be able to eat a large portion." Bai Chen thought about it and said.

"It's okay. I'll help you eat. If it doesn't work, there's Shang Jianyao!" Jiang Baimian sounded like he had a pig at home.

In fact, she knew that Shang Jianyao had been swimming in the "Sea of ​​Origin" when he was sleeping recently, looking for a second island, which consumed a lot of money, so he ate more than normal.

"You two cans will be counted among the four large portions." Feilin quoted a price, then looked at Shang Jianyao and said sincerely, "I have a discount."

"As long as it's delicious." Shang Jianyao didn't mind at all.

"It depends on whether it suits your taste." Felin walked around the milky white platform, walked to the kitchen area, opened the aluminum saucepan on the induction cooker, and scooped out four large bowls of sticky stuff.

When he took the orange plastic tray and brought the "chowder" to Jiang Baimian and others, they saw clearly what this food looked like.

It is dark amber in color overall and is a very viscous liquid.

Jiang Baimian stirred it with a spoon and found that there were small pieces of diced meat, flour lumps, slices of ham, diced carrots, and the head of unknown vegetables, and so on.

"It has everything." Felin said with a smile as he walked back to the milky white platform. "The biggest feature of 'chowder' is that the ingredients are more or less different every time you eat it, and it is rarely repeated."

"It just depends on what is available at the time?" While Jiang Baimian was talking, he found that Shang Jianyao had buried his head and started eating. So, he stopped talking, scooped up a small spoonful of dark amber soup, and poured it into the He blew lightly on his mouth a few times.

Then she tasted the food.

The first thing she felt was fragrance, then a touch of sourness, and then just the right amount of saltiness.

These three experiences blend together harmoniously, suppressing the dazzling flavors of different types of food and making them docile.

When chewing, these flavors bloom one after another with the different "encounters" of the teeth.

"Not bad, delicious." It was Shang Jianyao who praised vaguely.

If he wasn't busy using a spoon, he might even be clapping his hands.

"Yes, yes..." Long Yuehong responded with great emotion.

Such a meal was enough to soothe his soul after the torture of long journeys and the monotony of food.

Jiang Baimian smiled and glanced sideways at Bai Chen.

Seeing that the team member wearing a gray scarf was also eating a lot, with a touch of satisfaction on his expression, Jiang Baimian laughed in his heart:

"It seems there is no need to help her eat..."

The four members of the "Old Tune Group" praised "Chowder", which made Felin quite happy and felt that they were indeed friends.

After finishing dinner, Jiang Baimian looked around and saw that there was no one in the RV, so he asked:

"Captain, has anyone asked you to pay attention to the whereabouts and whereabouts of some people recently?"

Felin, who was washing the dishes, looked up and chuckled:

"For example, you are like this?"

Jiang Baimian didn't hide her discomfort at all, and replied with a smile:

"yes.

“We are people who trust that our friends will not betray us.”

"Friends might do it, it just depends on whether they add money or not." Felin said seriously, "But brothers won't."

As he spoke, he raised his right arm.

Shang Jianyao didn't mind his wet palms at all, and gave him a high-five with a snap.

After completing the "ritual", Feilin said to Jiang Baimian:

"There is no similar thing for the time being, but there is a search for someone, but the characteristics are completely inconsistent with yours.

"You should also know that we 'rootless people' travel all over the world, and many of our members work part-time as ruin hunters. If they want to find someone, they will definitely mobilize the entire business group to help. I can't possibly not know."

"That's good." Jiang Baimian laughed.

She turned to ask:

"Captain, have you encountered any strange religious organizations recently?"

Felin thought about it for a moment and nodded:

"have."

Jiang Baimian and Bai Chen looked at each other and asked:

"Which sect is it? What is it called?"

"It's called the 'Holy Eye', and it worships the 'Double Sun' who is in charge of July." Felin did not hide anything, "They are still preaching in the camp."

On the seventh day of July...double days...Jiang Baimian was slightly puzzled and said:

"Captain, are you going to let them preach?"

Felin said seriously:

“Then I certainly didn’t do nothing.

"I also helped gather people, provide venues, and prepare food..."

Seeing Jiang Baimian and others gradually becoming confused, the leader of the business group laughed:

"Because I am the chief priest of this sect!

"The one closest to Zhi Sui in the business group."

Jiang Baimian was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said:

"I thought you even did this kind of business."

"Yes, yes." Shang Jianyao said that this was also his idea.

Bai Chen asked slightly confused:

"I heard that you don't have any faith in Zhi Sui?"

"How is that possible?" Felin retorted, "Anyone among us would believe it!"

He smiled and added:

"As a business group that needs to travel all over the country and deal with all kinds of forces, big and small, we must sing songs in different mountains. We can't be too extreme. This will not make friends. Therefore, as long as someone preaches, we will believe it to some extent. .

"If it hadn't been for the 'Holy Eye' not allowing me to work part-time, I might have held the title of more than a dozen sects now, such as the 'Dream Keeper' of the 'Morning Star', the Bishop of the 'Glory Scale', and the 'Crystal Consciousness Sect' As long as the business partner has faith, I can be his co-religion brother."

Long Yuehong was stunned when she heard this. She couldn't believe that there was such a person:

Isn't this too casual?

At this time, Shang Jianyao asked with yearning:

“Which restaurant has the best communion?”

"I think it's the 'Glory Balance'. Their fried chicken wings are one of a kind, but it's purely a matter of personal taste." Feilin, who has a gray beard around his mouth, exchanged his experiences with Shang Jianyao.

Seeing this scene, Jiang Baimian deeply doubted that even if Shang Jianyao didn't use the awakener's ability, he should be able to become good friends with Feilin.

After discussing the Holy Communion for a few words, Felin turned to say:

"Among so many sects, the teachings of the 'Sacred Eye' are the most suitable for us and impressed me the most, so I reluctantly joined a sect. Alas, I have not been free since then."

He immediately said "hmm":

"We have a mass at noon tomorrow. If you are interested, you can come and watch, right here."

Jian Shang Jian Yao was eager to try, Jiang Baimian was a little hesitant, Feilin said with a smile:

"We don't force people to believe, it's all voluntary. At least two-thirds of the people in our camp don't believe in Doubleday yet.

"Of course, if you want to pretend to believe it, I don't care."

"Okay." Jiang Baimian agreed.

After chatting for a while, they said goodbye and left, preparing to return to the jeep.

When he reached the door of the RV, Jiang Baimian suddenly turned around and asked curiously:

"Captain, I haven't asked you the name of your business group yet."

As the colorful lights outside the window flickered and rhythmized, Felin was silent for a moment and said:

"Sangzi."