This Game Is Too Realistic

At noon.

Linghu Wetland Park.

Due to the heavy snowfall last night, the pine forest was covered with snow, and the white snow was dazzling in the midday sun.

Carrying a hemp rope on his left shoulder and a hunting bow on his right shoulder, the young man took a breath of white mist and looked up at the south entrance of the park.

The twisted steel bars were covered with ice picks, and a table-wide wooden board was tied to the highest point, with a series of numbers engraved on it.

"404."

After staring at the wooden sign for a while, Yu Hu read out the numbers in a low voice.

This is the method old Charlie taught them, and it is also a habit he has only recently developed.

It is said that as long as the characters are seen on the road, they can be recognized and read out in a low voice, silently counting the strokes in the heart.

The more you recognize it, the more familiar it will become.

This method works quite well. Recently, he has learned to write the names of himself, Xiaoyu, his father, his mother, his brother and his sister-in-law. He has also learned basic numbers, addition and subtraction.

A few months ago, this person would have been considered a cultural figure on Beit Street.

But right now, it's just average.

The enthusiasm for learning in the town has been ridiculously high recently, especially among the young men. Ever since everyone heard about the benefits of the new industrial zone from Li Niu and the others, they have all become frequent visitors to the literacy class and can't wait to live there.

Of course, part of this may be because it’s warmer in the castle, and you won’t want to leave once you’ve been there.

The most dangerous road is over.

After taking a short rest at the entrance of the park, Yu Hu tightened the rope on his shoulders and continued walking forward through the snow that reached his knees.

Walking through the snow with prey is not an easy task, but for experienced hunters, this is not a problem.

He made a raft out of wooden planks, tied the mutated wild boar he shot to it, and dragged it with a rope.

In this way, there is no need to worry about the prey getting stuck in the snow and freezing. It is much easier and safer than dragging the prey directly.

As long as you're careful where you step and don't take unfamiliar roads, it's basically not a big problem.

After passing through the woods for several hundred meters, the view suddenly opened up.

Rows of wooden piles piled with snow stood on the open ground outside the ditch. In front of them was the wall and the south gate of the outpost, and behind them were the houses built by the blue coats, and then Brother Chu's home.

Compared to a month ago, the changes here are simply huge.

The tall chimney behind the wall and the tinkling sound of iron disappeared along with the trees outside the wall.

Instead, there are unique huts and straight streets paved with stone bricks. There are more and more people and more and more things on the stalls.

Yu Hu had no education and had only recently learned to read a little. He could think of some beautiful words to describe these houses, but he just thought they looked strangely beautiful.

Some roofs have upturned eaves, a mixture of bricks and wood, and are square and majestic. Some are completely cylindrical, made of stone bricks, solemn and mysterious.

Although the styles are different, these houses are all neat and uniform in height. None of them exceeds the roof of the sanatorium, the room in the center of the settlement.

Yu Hu didn't know what those houses were for. He only recognized the warehouse and the small wooden house with a rattan plaque and elegant decoration.

He bought clothes there once, and also bought two meters of cloth for his family. My sister's scarf seemed to be made there too.

Occasionally, when he catches some prey with beautiful coats, Yu Hu will take it here first and ask about it. The store owner who looks like a child will pay slightly more than the warehouse not far away.

Anyway, according to Brother Chu, as long as you bring the things here for trading, you can help him, and Yu Hu doesn't care who he sells to.

But forget about the wild boar.

Yu Hu felt that the smaller and cute shop owner probably didn't need such rough leather, so he dragged the wild boar directly to the warehouse.

The rope was left at the door. Just when he was about to ask the steward to help weigh the prey, he suddenly saw a familiar face from behind the wooden table.

The man also saw him and was instantly happy.

"Yu Hu?"

"Zhao Shu?" Yu Hu looked at him in surprise, "Aren't you in the brick factory?"

While talking, Yu Hu looked up and down at the fur coat the fellow was wearing, and a trace of envy appeared on his face.

This guy is having a good life.

They all have new clothes!

Seeing the surprised expression on the fellow villager's face, Zhao Shu chuckled and said with dignity.

"Recently there has been a lot of construction work at the base, and the warehouses and dormitories are being expanded. There is a shortage of manpower. I thought the salary was good, so I took the initiative to request a transfer from the brick factory!"

In fact, he didn't want to come over originally.

Although the brick factory earned a few less silver coins, it was as warm as spring, and there were always people with stories written on their faces being sent in to work.

All those old buddies are talented, talk nicely, and love to brag.

When I open my mouth, I think about those days, and when I shut up, it's a long story. When asked where they came from, they were either mercenaries from the Wandering Swamp, or captains from the far west... In short, they were all places he had never heard of.

Zhao Shu had never left Qingquan City in his life, and the furthest he had ever been was the Bloody Hand Clan's dungeon. He vaguely remembered that the leader of the Bloody Hand Clan was called a Centurion?

At his peak, that bear-like man, with about a hundred people under his command, ran rampant in the northern suburbs of Qingquan City and committed all kinds of evil.

But what's the use?

In the end, he was taken over by those blue coats. Now he is probably working in the mine in Honghe Town. I don't know if he is still alive.

So...the commander of a thousand people is responsible for a thousand people?

This is not nonsense!

Zhao Shu thought to himself, the total number of people he has met in his life may not be a thousand! It gives him a headache to remember dozens of people's names. If he really has to manage so many people, can he remember who they are?

In short, Niu Ma Brick Factory is a good place. Even if he doesn't believe the nonsense those old buddies say, Zhao Shu always likes to listen to their bragging.

If he hadn't planned to move his family here from Beit Street in the spring of next year and buy a house while the base expanded northward, he would have really wanted to stay in that wonderful place where it felt like summer all year round.

It was heaven there.

"...Don't talk about me anymore, how are you doing there? Is the impact of the snowstorm big? Also, how is my family?" After explaining his situation, Zhao Shu then asked Yu Hu about the family affairs. .

The blizzard last night blew away the roof of another house. Thinking of that family's shack, he couldn't sleep well all night.

"Our place is very good. Your father asked me to bring you a message yesterday, saying that you should not worry about your family and take care of yourself..." Reciting the greetings that Zhao Shu's father asked him to bring, Yu Hu and this fellow villager He continued to talk about the current situation on Beit Street.

Although this winter was colder than everyone expected, and the blizzard was blowing so hard that people's hearts trembled, but thanks to the help of those blue coats, they lived in brick and wood houses of the same style early, and the disaster situation was actually better. Not as serious as last year.

It would have been hard to tell if that shack had been there before, and a lot of people would have died.

In the most difficult days, old Charlie allowed those poor people whose houses were blown down by the snowstorm to live in the former mayor's castle, and at the same time arranged for manpower to repair the damaged houses.

Under the organization of the street office, everyone is united when facing difficulties.

It turns out that they would only be better off without the old mayor's rule.

After listening to Yu Hu's description, Zhao Shu's face was filled with emotion.

“This would have been unimaginable in previous years.”

Yu Hu nodded in deep agreement.

"yes."

When the old mayor and his family were still there, they had to work hard just to stay alive. How could they be as comfortable as they are now.

Not to mention opening the castle door to let the victims in.

Even if the victims get together to save themselves, he will send those scoundrels who only dare to bully his own people to drive the people away.

"Speak of it, Yu Hu."

"What's wrong?"

Zhao Shu hesitated for a while and then spoke.

"How about you come here too!"

Before Yu Hu could speak, Zhao Shu continued to persuade.

"The life here is much better than on Beit Street, and there is a shortage of manpower everywhere. With your hunting ability so good, you will definitely find something to do here! You will definitely do better than me!"

To be honest, Yu Hu was really moved when he saw the changes here.

He didn't have a family anyway, so he moved out of the house and rarely opened his mouth to eat.

But after thinking about it, he finally shook his head.

"…Forget it."

Zhao Shu was stunned, obviously not expecting him to refuse, and asked hurriedly.

"why?"

Yu Hu said bluntly.

"As you said, I only have a little hunting ability, and this damn weather won't help at all. I may not be able to catch a prey for several weeks. Instead of coming here to cause you trouble, I'd better stay at home and learn more. Braille, maybe it will come in handy."

What reason is this?

After hearing Yu Hu's words, Zhao Shu couldn't laugh or cry.

"Hey, the granary next to yours is almost full. How can they lack your food? And learning calligraphy doesn't necessarily have to be in Beit Street. The factories here have night classes just like the guards!"

"That's not possible," Yu Hu said stubbornly, "Brother Chu has helped our family so much, how can I take advantage of him!"

Seeing that this guy was as stubborn as a stone, Zhao Shu shook his head and sighed.

"You guy... forget it, I can't persuade you."

Yu Hu touched the back of his head and said with a smile.

"You don't need to persuade me, I know it well. Besides, Brother Chu said that if I come next spring, he will find something for me to do. I will just come back then!"

Brother Chu is such a smart person, he must have arranged everything long ago.

You will definitely do nothing wrong if you do as he says!

The two of them were not talking about moving. With the help of Zhao Shu, Yu Hu weighed the mutated wild boar and quickly sent it to the slaughterhouse.

The blue coat holding a butcher's knife stood in front of the chopping board, deftly peeling off the skin and removing the meat, throwing the bones and sewer into the bucket. The movements were dazzling and dizzying.

Now the price of prey is much higher than before. The purchase price of mutated wild boar skin has increased from 10 silver coins to 20 silver coins, which is a full 400 grams of coarse salt!

In the past, although the price of salt was cheaper, you could exchange it for up to 300 grams of coarse salt.

The same goes for the price of meat. The prices of everything sold here have almost doubled, but the price of harvesting prey has also risen with the tide, so it doesn't have a great impact on him.

The prey can be exchanged for more things, which is a good thing.

The hides are put into the warehouse and a tanner will come to pick them up soon. The raw meat was divided into two parts, the larger part belonged to Yu Hu, and the smaller part was the reward for slaughtering, which was returned to the base warehouse as agreed.

Zhao Shu took out the account book, made a mark on it, and then carefully counted out 20 silver coins from the drawer and lined them up on the table.

"Here are 20 pieces of silver, please keep it."

Looking at the silver coins on the table, Yu Hu picked up one, looked at it, weighed it in his hand, and asked curiously.

"Why did this silver coin change its style?"

It's a lot heavier than before, and it looks newer.

Zhao Shu explained.

"The manager said that the coins were inconvenient before, but we will use this new silver coin in the future."

Although he couldn't tell what was inconvenient, this was the explanation given by the manager.

"What about the original silver coins?" Yu Hu remembered that he still had some at home. If they couldn't be used, he had to ask his brother to exchange them for salt as soon as possible.

Expecting that he would ask this, Zhao Shu waved his hand and responded skillfully.

"It's okay. The manager said that no matter whether it is new currency or old currency, the warehouse and the bank will accept all the coins as ordered, but they will no longer change the money."

Seeing that it had no impact on the family, Yu Hu felt relieved and put the silver coins on the table into his pocket.

Looking at Yu Hu packing his things, Zhao Shu asked.

"Are you going back directly later?"

Yu Hu said.

"I'm not in a hurry. I'm going to see my little sister later. Do you have anything you want me to bring back for you? I can give you a ride on the way."

Zhao Shu continued.

"No, our wages are paid monthly now... How about you send a message to me and my family, asking my parents to take care of their health, and wait for another two weeks, it will be my turn to take a vacation, I Just take some time to go home and have a look.”

Yu Hu nodded.

"Okay, I'll bring the message for you."

After receiving this promise, Zhao Shu showed a comfortable smile on his face.

"Thanks!"

At this moment, several residents of the shelter ran up not far away, pointing at the shelves and chattering something.

The voice was as excited as a quarrel.

"Pepper, I want pepper!"

"I also want!"

"Gan! Don't cut in line, I got here first!"

Looking at the elf king Fugui who was at the front, Ye Shi, who couldn't outrun him, couldn't help but sneered.

"What on earth do you, a hunter, need pepper for?"

Brother Fugui rolled his eyes and said confidently.

"I want you to take care of it! Hunters are not allowed to be cooks anymore?"

How could he, the Elf King, miss this opportunity to enter the Hall of Fame!

Although he doesn’t know how to cook at all, it doesn’t matter!

Isn’t cooking just a matter of having hands?

The seasonings are in place, but are you still worried that it won’t taste delicious?

So the key is to grab the seasoning!

Zhao Shu lowered his head and glanced at v, skillfully took the last two bags of pepper from the shelf, handed them to the person standing at the front, and said in a non-standard pronunciation.

"This is the last, no more."

Upon hearing these words, the few people behind them immediately dispersed with disappointed expressions on their faces.

Only the guy in the blue jacket who bought something looked happy. After saying "thank you", he generously took out his v and paid, and left in a hurry.

Watching the retreating figure, Yu Hu asked curiously.

"What did he buy just now? Salt?"

"It's 'pepper', a kind of seasoning with a weird taste. Anyway, I don't like it very much." At this point, Zhao Shu paused and then added, "Unless it's sprinkled on barbecue."

BBQ.

Yu Hu swallowed unconsciously and thought of the barbecue stall at the north entrance.

The food sold there tastes amazing!

When looking towards the north entrance, Yu Hu suddenly noticed that there was something different and lively there. Many blue coats were busy running around there, some were picking up things from the granary, some were carrying things to the granary, and some were moving some wooden tables and sheds there from the carpentry hut.

Usually there are more people there in the evening. Why is it so busy at noon today?

"What's going on over there?" Yu Hu felt that he was curious more times today than in the past week combined.

Zhao Shu said with a smile.

"Tell me, there is a celebration in a week!"

"Celebration?!" Yu Hu looked at Zhao Shu in surprise, "Is anyone getting married?"

He must be a very high-status person to hold a celebration a week in advance.

Could it be...

Is it Brother Chu? !

"What's a wedding? That's called... New Year's Day!" Zhao Shu was not very familiar with the pronunciation of that word. He held it in for a while before remembering, "The residents of the shelter plan to celebrate the arrival of the new year, the last day of the year. The first day seems to be a very important festival for them. I don’t know the details, but it’s just like a celebration.”

Celebration Yu Hu did know.

For example, most recently, when the old mayor's youngest son was just one month old, he gave them a potato and asked them to go to the castle to work for half a day.

No one is happy except the old mayor and his lackeys.

but……

Celebrating the New Year, for him who had heard about this new thing for the first time, still made him curious.

Seeing through the expression on Yu Hu's face, Zhao Shu said with a smile.

"It's not the busiest time yet. Wait until the last night of December. If you have time, you can come and take a look."

"I bet there will be a lot of fun!"

Yu Hu nodded vigorously and said with interest.

"Yeah! I'll remember that...but it won't be convenient to go back at night, right?"

"Why don't you go back? You can stay here with me then," Zhao Shu patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "My dormitory has enough space, I will definitely be able to sleep there!"

…

North entrance of the outpost.

It was very lively at the moment.

The players were all showing off their talents, either busy setting up stalls or boiling something in the cauldron. The entire north entrance was filled with a strange smell that even the north wind passing through the forest couldn't blow away.

Akiha, who was next to her sister, blinked curiously.

She has never seen such a lively scene.

"Night Badger! Flat-head brother in the wasteland! Does anyone want it? I just caught it outside the Changjiang Farm! If you want it, bring the price yourself. If you want to buy it, hurry up."

"Sweeping buildings on Street 76, are there any brothers who can get on the bus? I heard there is a hyena's den there."

"A three-person team will wait for a while to sense the relationship. Newcomers are also fine."

"Lao Na, what did you throw into the pot just now?!"

"Boss Crow!! Help Tai Tai see if this is poisonous!"

"Help me too!"

"Hey!! Just put it on the table, don't stuff duck into my mouth!" The mournful cries of crows echoed on the mushroom beach, causing the guards to look over there, and then walked away when they saw nothing was wrong.

Not far from the market entrance.

The Elf King Fugui shook the two bags of pepper in his hand towards Ye Shi and walked proudly in the direction of his teammates. Brother Mole and Irena were waiting for him.

With a tug on the guy's back, Ye Shi cursed and walked to the side of his teammates.

"Gan! I didn't buy any seasoning! It's outrageous that all the peppers are sold out!"

When did these people become so rich?

1 silver 1g of pepper, I bought two packs at once, it’s really too much!

Lao Bai comforted him.

"It's okay, forget it if you didn't buy it, you may not need it in the end anyway."

Kuangfeng also said.

"Well, it's better if we try to use some simple materials. I feel like this will have a higher chance of winning the game."

The condiments would be sold out, which was not unexpected by Guangfeng.

After all, the reward of the event is not only the annual limited title, but also entry into the Hall of Fame.

It will become as fierce as a competition, which can only be said to be reasonable. Everyone wants to be the first, after all, it is there.

If no one takes this game, Bangfeng will have to wonder if he is playing the national server.

At this moment, a split-claw crab was lying next to them.

The newbies passing by all looked sideways involuntarily, and while envious, they couldn't help but secretly curse the hateful Europeans.

In this winter, the roads are buried, and you can still find the nests of cleavage crabs.

Isn’t he the European Emperor?

Carrying a bag of flour and walking out of the north gate, Zhang Hai's eyes widened when he saw the big crab.

Walking up and taking a look, he couldn't help but ask.

"Where did you get such big crabs?"

Ye Shi didn't hide it, he said lazily.

"There is a hole in the ground on the north shore of Linghu Lake, and there is a hibernating split-claw crab in it. We saw him sleeping, so we took the opportunity to give it a stick in the face."

Although it cost a little money, it was money well spent.

Zhang Hai cursed and said: "Mom Pi! Why do you always find such good things?"

Seeing his envious and jealous look, Ye Shi chuckled.

"Maybe it's luck?"

Zhang Hai: " # % @!"

Fang Chang stood with tomatoes and scrambled eggs, staring at the split-claw crab on the ground and discussing how to cook it.

One is very good at eating, and the other is very good at cooking. When they stand together, they become a strange combination.

"I carefully studied the event announcement, and the requirement stated above is 'simple and delicious.' We have to use ingredients that are easy to obtain as much as possible, so the probability of winning should be higher."

Scrambled eggs with tomatoes shook his head.

"This request is too abstract."

Fang Chang said thoughtfully.

"Indeed, and how to preserve crab meat is a problem."

Even in winter, it is difficult to preserve crab meat from hunting crabs until the third day. By the fourth day, even if the meat does not deteriorate, the taste will be much worse due to dehydration.

And now there are still 7 days until New Year’s Day!

Finding this claw crab was purely accidental, and he had no confidence that he would find another one.

Tomato Fried Egg touched his chin and suddenly said.

"Preserving crab meat...I have some ideas about this."

Fang Chang looked at him.

"oh?"

Tomato scrambled eggs continued.

"I have observed the workers in the brick factory before. They will pick some grass from the lakeside and use it to process the uneaten fish meat, so that it can be kept fresh even if it is left for the second or third day. I don't know about crab meat. It won’t work, but I feel like I can give it a try.”

Fang Chang had never heard of such a strange plant.

"What grass?"

Tomato scrambled eggs said.

"Looking at the official website, it says it's called buffalo grass, but it doesn't have specific effects."

Fang Chang immediately asked the most critical question.

"Can I find it in winter?"

Tomato Fried Egg shook his head and said.

"That's not clear, but after I found out about it, I picked a lot out of curiosity. I dried it and put it in a locker to study slowly, but I never put it to use."

Upon hearing this, Fang Chang was instantly excited and said excitedly.

"Good brother! Here comes the opportunity to come in handy!"

Scrambled eggs with tomatoes scratched the back of his head.

"But even if the problem of preserving crab meat is solved... what should we make it into? We can't just grill it over charcoal fire, right?"

Although it's not impossible, it's too low-tech, so it's probably a bit difficult to win a prize.

"That's easy to say," Fang Chang continued with a confident smile on his face, "I just noticed that the warehouse's sales restrictions on green wheat and potato have been temporarily lifted."

Scrambled eggs with tomatoes was slightly stunned and didn't understand.

"What do you mean..."

"Obviously, the answer to 'cheap and delicious' lies in these two items! Otherwise, why are the sales restrictions lifted at this point in time?"

Fang Chang looked at Brother Scrambled Egg with sharp eyes and continued.

"Brother, have you ever heard of crab cakes?"

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(The word count and content of the next chapter are a bit too long. I will never dare to write a fg again. Anyway, I will try my best to get it out at 11 o'clock. If it doesn't come out at 11 o'clock, it will probably be at 12 o'clock. qaq)