Chapter 367: The Old Man and the Snack Shop

Along the way, the only greenery that can be seen is the dancing and running cactus. Now that we have arrived at the Elba Oasis, we can finally see trees pointing to the sky.

I thought that the living environment in the Kendia desert is so cruel, and the country's population and economy should be very backward, but when I arrived here, I saw a bustling market with people coming and going.

The buildings in Elba Oasis use yellow as the main color. Each building has thick mud walls, rough and uneven appearance, and few and small windows. It is a building that sacrifices beauty and pays attention to practicality.

This kind of building can reduce the incoming heat of the sun during the day, and prevent the heat from being lost quickly at night, so it is most suitable for being built in the desert.

The yellow buildings located on the outskirts of the oasis are relatively scattered, and gradually gather inward. The closer to the center, the higher the height and density of the buildings. In the center of the entire oasis, a palace stands tall like a flock of chickens.

In the Elba Oasis, there is a special place for travelers and businessmen to take care of armored cows, but they have to charge a certain fee every day.

Luo fostered the armored cow to the merchant's house, and after paying a considerable deposit, he walked into the lively market with Lin Nie and the others.

"Where are you going next?" Luo asked, looking at the passing crowd.

Lin Nie said, "Go see an old friend."

Luo nodded without asking further questions.

The further you go inside, the narrower the streets between the buildings and the more people there are. On both sides of the streets, there are almost all shops selling various items. A curtain is drawn above each shop to block the scorching sun.

"Come and see, the red monkey butt fruit is juicy and juicy, and it's the best choice to cool off the heat!"

"Freshly fried worm pot is freshly baked. Mix and match scorpions, sandworms, ants, and sesame snakes for sale. One or two is only 998, only 998!"

"The detoxified rock turtle eggs only cost 10,000 yuan per egg!"

The voices of business owners are always echoing in our ears, weaving a prosperous street scene.

There are people stopping outside every shop. Some of these people are local residents and some are outsiders. Most of these outsiders are adventurers who come to pan for gold and businessmen who come to trade. accounted for a very small number.

There are also various special foods and snacks sold in the desert, but they are a bit too unique, and many of them are snacks made of insects.

Whenever you pass a food stall, you can always smell the tempting aroma, which is the smell rendered by local spices, which arouses the gluttons of Bharat, making him keep looking at the food on the shops or stalls.

A group of people walked through several streets, and finally stopped in front of a sparsely populated shop. The shopkeeper was an old man in his sixties and seventies, and the thoughts on his body covered his body smoothly.

The products sold in the shop are obviously snacks made from things such as scorpions.

Black and red scorpions, fat sandworms, colorful beetles, two-fingered snakes...

The appearance of these local specialty snacks is basically the same, and the cooking method is not much different, but the snacks sold in the old shop are different from those outside, and that is the aroma.

The aroma of snacks from other houses is thick and strong, while the aroma of snacks from the old man's house is relatively weak, but the appearance is better than a few points.

The old man was sitting on a low stool by the door, holding a leaf fan in his hand, with his head down, as if he was dozing off, and he was not afraid of the snacks on the stall being walked away.

Lin Nie walked in front of the old man, picked up the crutch that he carried with him, and knocked on the ground. The muffled sound made the old man's body tremble slightly.

"Which goddamned bastard spoiled your grandpa's dream, you're tired of living, right?"

The old man woke up faintly, and before he could see who was coming, he cursed directly.

Luo and Bharat looked on silently, with such an attitude, it is no wonder that there are no customers in this store.

Listening to the old man's scolding, Lin Nie remained expressionless.

At this moment, the old man raised his head and saw Lin Nie in front of him, his old face suddenly froze with anger.

"You are…"

The old head saw something unbelievable, his eyes were wide open.

"It's me." Lin Nie said calmly.

The old head portrait confirmed a certain fact in an instant, opened his mouth, and the expression on his face was as if he had knocked over a bottle of five flavors, mixed with all kinds of flavors, and when he thought of the swear words that came out just now, he suddenly felt as uncomfortable as eating a stool.

"Sister Nie, I, just now, was an accident, definitely an accident!"

For some reason, the old man first smiled awkwardly, then shed tears for no reason, and finally showed a happy smile. The expression that changed in a few breaths seemed to have changed in fifty years.

"Where's Sa Ling?" Looking at the old man like a bewildered child, Lin Nie's cloudy old eyes showed nostalgia.

"Her."

The old man's eyelids drooped, and he said in an unforgettable tone: "It's long gone."

"Really..." Lin Nie whispered, "She finally went to 'there'."

"Well, I can't stop it, I really can't stop it." The old man stretched out his hands and stroked his forehead, and the tears squeezed out of his dry old eyes, I don't know whether he was happy for Lin Nie's arrival, or sad for the girl named Sa Ling. people.

Lin Nie was silent for a moment, then changed the subject directly, and said, "I will stay here for a while with two juniors, do you have enough spare rooms in your house?"

"Enough, definitely enough!" The old man jumped up from the low stool, and then asked eagerly, "Sister Nie, how long will you stay here?"

Lin Nie looked back at Luo and Buhara, and said calmly, "It's been a long time."

As soon as the words fell, she took the lead and walked towards the side of the shop.

The old man stared blankly at Lin Nie walking into the store with ease, feeling extremely complicated. He hadn't seen Lin Nie for decades, and he could recognize Lin Nie at a glance, and Lin Nie could also recognize him at a glance, but the two really had a relationship. a big change.

"Old man, let's go in too." Luo looked at the store and said.

"What old man? Call me so old? Call me Sage!" The old man wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and stared at him, not to mention, he was quite powerful.

The corner of Luo's mouth twitched slightly, and he said again: "Brother Sa, can we go in?"

"Follow me." Sage nodded in satisfaction, then walked into the store.

"Brother Sa, can I eat these?" Bharat stayed where he was, pointing to various things on the stall.

Brother Sa glanced back at Bharat, and said, "This time, Brother Sa is happy, you can eat whatever you want, and you are here to help me look after the stall."

"Okay!" Bharat nodded sharply.

Luo's heart skipped a beat, and he said, "Isn't this bad?"

"My game, my turf, my rules."

After Sage finished speaking, he walked inside without looking back. He still had to clean Lin Nie's room. As for Luo's room, he didn't take care of it.

Luo watched Sage go up the stairs, looked back at Bharat, and said, "Take it easy."

After speaking, follow Sago along the stairs.

Buhara just wanted to taste the taste at first, so he casually caught a red-black scorpion and threw it into his mouth. Once he ate it, he couldn't stop eating it.

Sage's house does not occupy a large area, but it has three floors, with shops on the bottom and rooms on the second and third floors. He cleaned the room for Lin Nie, and at the same time asked Luo to clean his own room on the third floor.

Luo didn't know the relationship between Sage and Lin Nie, but judging from Sage's performance, Lin Nie should be a very important person to him.

Luo would not complain if he had to clean the room by himself. When he walked into the room full of sundries on the third floor, Bai Yan suddenly responded.

"Um?"

Luo suddenly looked at the sundries piled on the stone bed, could there be treasures inside?

After a pause, without the slightest hesitation, he began to move the debris piled up on the bed.

Half an hour later, a rough female voice came from outside the house.

"Old Sa, your shop has been burglarized!"

When Sage heard the voice, he accused Lin Nie of his crime, and ran to the bottom floor. He was dumbfounded when he saw that the snacks on the stall were all empty.

Buhara sat on the ground with a satisfied face, and outside the store stood an aunt who was comparable in tonnage to Buhara.

Sage suddenly looked at Buhara who was sitting on the ground, and asked, "Didn't I let you watch?"

"I'm watching." Buha's face was full of doubts.

Sage pointed to the empty booth and asked, "What about these? Sold out?"

Buhara shook his head and said, "I've eaten it all."

"You've eaten it all!?" Sago yelled involuntarily.

On the third floor, Luo poked his head out of the small window and yelled at Bharat, "Take it easy, you really ate it up!"

Hearing the sound, Buhara raised his head to look up, and said aggrievedly, "Brother Kesag let me eat whatever I want."

"..." Sage.

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