Neighbors in forbidden land

I never thought a potato could be this big.

Seeing white-gray smoke constantly rising from Yimi's hands, and some scorched potatoes, I had this idea for the first time.

Not only is it bigger than the palm of my hand, but more importantly, it can't be eaten in one bite.

I had to put the one of Xiao Gu's in the palm of my hand and carefully sent it to her, but because my fingers accidentally touched it, I directly turned a good potato into pieces.

But Xiao Gu didn't seem to care very much, and still had a good time eating.

Only at this time can it be seen that Xiao Gu is still the same Xiao Gu, who would toss in the sea without stopping if he ate a potato.

So the sea was rough, and the waves washed the beach one after another in the sun.

But when Yimi knew how I sent the potatoes, she was unwilling to give me a second one.

"I suddenly want to ask Xiao Hei how you used to eat..."

"Just put it on the ground and use your mouth—"

"Stop! Xiao Hei, don't say any more... How can a girl eat in such a rude way?" But before I finished speaking, Yi Mi interrupted me, "I don't want to imagine Xiao Hei anymore. Hei, how did you eat before, you have to correct it from now on, understand?"

"oh oh……"

In fact, if I really want to say it, I never ate in the past.

"Even if you don't have a knife and fork, eat in the most elegant way possible, understand?"

"Uh... probably understand?"

What is elegance?

"Even if you use your hands, you should move lightly, and when eating, you have to chew slowly bit by bit, understand?"

"understand……"

"Xiaohei, do you really understand..." Yimi closed her eyes and frowned slightly, revealing a suspicious expression.

Then, she broke off a small piece from the baked potato in her hand, held it between her slender fingers, and handed it to my eyes.

"Here... Xiao Hei, isn't it convenient for you to hold it with your hands... I'll feed you..."

Yimi's words were suddenly as thin as if she had lost her voice, and if she looked carefully, her face began to flush again and again, and her face turned away slightly in other directions.

In fact, I have always wanted to understand what kind of emotion Yimi in this appearance is holding, because I have never seen such a reaction in other human beings.

"Yimi?"

"What... what's wrong?"

"Why... are you blushing?"

I've wanted to ask this question a long time ago.

As a result, I found that Yimi's face was not only redder, but also seemed to be venting.

"You... I'll ask you if you still eat!"

Yimi closed her eyes and poked forward with her finger holding the potato pieces, which happened to hit my forehead.

Then I began to press my forehead hard continuously, chanting words like "little, black, you, this, this, stupid, idiot" according to the rhythm of pressing, and my head also followed Yimi The movement of the fingers shakes and shakes.

Sometimes it pokes me in the face, sometimes it pokes the tip of my nose.

Exactly why?

Maybe the reason why Yimi thinks I'm stupid is because I don't even understand this kind of thing.

But why didn't you answer me?

It's so difficult and complicated.

Although it is a very common expression, there is an emotion behind the expression that I can't understand at all.

"Say yes, hey, just give it to me, open your mouth well, where did it come from, so many questions!"

Yimi's movements still didn't stop, but the frequency of poking me became faster and faster with her words.

"Again, say, I don't blush, why should I blush!"

Although Yimi kept saying that, I could clearly see that her face was much redder than usual.

Usually, it is like faint petals falling on the distant white snow.

But now, it is like the flowers that bloomed in the spring.

Simple colors, and bright colors.

These colors are ever-changing on Yimi's delicate face.

"But--"

The moment I opened my mouth, Yimi's fingers poked directly into my mouth, and a strange feeling spread in my mouth, jumping from the tip of my tongue to my whole body.

Is this the "taste"?

It's something I didn't have, and now it's something I need to learn.

The scorched potato flowed in my mouth with a feeling that I have never experienced before. I don't know if Yimi's fingers tasted because I couldn't tell what kind of feeling it was, or whether it was good or not. Several sensations churned in my mouth.

Fortunately, my teeth are not as sharp as my claws, which seems to be the same with this body.

So I tried to suck Yimi's fingers, and controlled the unskilled tip of my tongue to lick the burnt potato between Yimi's fingers.

I want to understand, something more.

"Xiao Hei! Uh...you...what are you doing!"

Yimi seemed taken aback by my actions, but she didn't take her fingers away from my mouth.

After all, I haven't finished eating yet...

In the past, a potato didn't take a bite at all, but now with this body, it takes a long time to eat a small part of the potato.

I tried to use my tongue to roll off the potato in Yimi's fingertips, but I couldn't do it well, so I could only keep licking Yimi's fingers.

"Xiao...hei...you don't...uh!"

As a result, Yimi didn't stop talking, and her whole body began to tremble a little, and the blush began to spread along her cheeks, until it reached the bottom of her ears, and even tears were shining in her eyes.

Um?Did I bite her?

I hurriedly let go of my mouth, only to find that a white silk thread was connected to my mouth from Yimi's wet finger.

Huh?Do I still have something like this in my mouth?

As a result, in the next moment, Yimi seemed to have lost all her strength, she slid slowly and sat motionless on the ground, her black skirt spread out like petals.

"Yimi?"

What happened all of a sudden?

I found that Yimi's snow-white face was still filled with a bright blush, her head was lowered, her long light orange hair was spread along her back, and her eyes were blocked by her scattered bangs.

Is it a fever?

"Yimi, you're okay—" I tried to get closer to Yimi, and then slowly squatted down. "Stay away from me..." In the end, I found that Yimi seemed to be gritting her teeth, and her whole body was trembling slightly.

"Eh?"

"Feed Xiaohei something to eat with kindness..."

Yimi's voice was still low, but her body trembled more and more.

"Xiao Hei, don't do such a thing suddenly!" Yimi raised her head with a "swish", staring at her water-blue eyes choked with tears, and yelled at me in a blush:

"I, I, I am also troubled!"

I didn't understand what happened at all, but I looked at Yimi's expression.

Are you angry, or something else?

Anyway, please kneel down and apologize.

This body is really convenient, as far as this movement is concerned.

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"All in all, since the potatoes have been planted and the river channel has been brought here, the next step is to take measures to prevent wind and rain." Yimi stood in front of the potato field and waved her hands, dusting off the dirt on her body.

"How do we do this?"

I remember the last time, the sudden rainstorm destroyed the potatoes that Yimi and I (although mainly Yimi) planted with great difficulty.

Looking at such a natural disaster, even if I am unscathed, there is nothing I can do.

Perhaps, from the past, I was not good at protecting anything.

But it was Yimi's energetic voice that responded to me:

"So just build something that will keep out the wind and rain."

"I can't tell that I just pretended to be like that..."

What I thought blurted out.

"Little, black, huh?"

Yimi smiled and said word for word.

But I couldn't hear any happiness at all.

"Shouldn't I correct your completely out-of-control behavior?"

"Feel sorry……"

What I can grasp most clearly is probably Yimi's bad mood.

"It's good to know that you are wrong, so..." Yimi's mood quickly returned to the previous state, "I need you, Xiao Hei, to find some, or cut some huge stones."

"what?"

So, under Yimi's command, we started something that I had never experienced before.

From a mountain not far away, I used my fingers to pick off large rocks about two or three meters high one after another, and moved them back whole while trying not to completely shatter them.

"Pile up a circle next to the potato field, but keep some distance away from the potato field, and don't be completely surrounded. Remember to leave a gap where we can walk in and out."

Yimi’s explanation is that the “wall” should be piled up with as large a piece of rock as possible. If it is large enough, it can avoid being blown by the strong wind. If it is as large as possible, it can avoid the situation where many pieces are piled up and blown by the leeward wind.

"The next step may be more troublesome. We need a 'roof' to ensure rain protection. It must be strong but also ensure that Xiao Hei can put it on when it is going to rain and take it off when it is sunny. Come down...Xiao Hei, did you pay attention to the structure of the house when you went to find me?"

"Does it have a pointed top?" The place where Yimi lives is like this. It is composed of many buildings that point directly to the sky. It is also because it is the tallest building in the living area of ​​human beings. I guess that as a princess, Yimi m should be there.

"The imperial palace is an exception... Besides, if there is a magic barrier to protect it, there is no need to consider these..." Yimi sighed softly, as if he was not satisfied with my answer, "What about the other buildings?"

"It seems... flat?"

Remember the houses I knocked down...the tops were flat.

"Hmm... almost, so Xiao Hei, you need to get a huge disc-shaped stone to rest on these huge foundation stones to keep out the rain... Xiao Hei, can you understand what I mean?"

"I should understand...that there must be something on it...but can it keep out the rain?"

I asked my question, but Yimi's expression was not as brisk as before:

"Uh... I don't know... Maybe it can be blocked... Isn't it good to think of the gap between the rocks as a leak for wind and sunlight... If it doesn't work, I'll fill it with soil in a while... All in all Xiao Hei, hurry up and get it, let’s talk about it later!”

"it is good."

So I flew to a nearby mountain, pierced the mountain wall with my fingers, and began to cut the rock into the shape Yimi needed.

It turned out to be very difficult.

It is already very difficult to cut out a roughly disc shape, and you have to pay attention to the thickness of this huge disc... Then one piece after another was broken, and... the stones are too brittle, and they shatter when touched twice.

So I gave up searching on the mountain and turned to digging down. After digging a big hole, I finally found a rock from below that was darker and harder than the rocks on the mountain. I finally cut out a rock that was much bigger than me Much more, and a "disc" capable of covering an entire potato field.

By the time I went back with this "disc" on my shoulders, the sun had gradually moved closer to the skyline, and the blue sky that was originally close to the skyline was also dyed a dark orange with white edges in the gradually slanting sunlight. This is a harbinger of night to come again.

At this time, Yimi sat quietly beside the huge rock surrounded by the potato field, swaying gently back and forth with her arms around her knees. Yin and shadow formed a sharp contrast.

"I am back."

"Xiao Hei, you are back, how are you doing, did you get it?"

"Yimi, do you want to see it?"

"Then let me take a look..." As a result, Yimi opened her eyes slightly, her blue pupils mixed with black light were filled with surprise, and at the same time she raised her hand to cover her chest, "Xiao Hei...although you know You have great strength, but this is the first time I've seen...you...you can really hold such a big thing..."

"This..." I looked up slightly at the disk-shaped rock that I was carrying, which was many times larger than my current body, with fine soil and broken rock rolling down from it, "It's very simple... ..."

If it is the previous body, this thing is just a small thing.

Although it is the same for me now? "So Yimi, where should I put this, on top of those rocks?" I tried to talk to Yimi who seemed to be stunned.

"I don't need to talk about it for the time being...let's put it aside..." Yimi seemed to have not recovered from his nerves, and her nervous eyes kept focusing on me, "Be careful not to get hurt..."

"clear."

I gently put the disc down, but there was still a slight "bang" sound when it landed, and the surrounding dust was stirred up with a short vibration.

"It doesn't look like it's going to rain today..." Yimi fanned the dust with her hands, finally closed her eyes, turned her face to the setting sun, and finally turned her face to the huge giant beside her. Rock, "Then it's over..."

"Is that so?"

Although it took quite a while, this doesn't seem to be doing much?

"Go in and take a look?" Yimi pointed at the deliberately left gap with her finger, and tilted her head.

"Yeah." I also nodded in response to Yimi.

So we stepped into the potato field surrounded by huge rocks from the gap together. As a result, I spread out the single wing that I forgot to fold back on my back and was stuck by the rock because it was too big.

After entering, it seems that because the top is not covered, even the rocks several meters high cannot block the light that gets darker as the sun sets, and the gaps between the rocks and the bottom of the rocks seem to be blocked by Yimi with soil After getting up, the not-so-dazzling sunset cast down the cracks above the rocks, pulling out orange slanting light in the shadows, and falling on the potato fields dotted with stars.

"I really hope it can grow up this time..."

I looked at the dark soil on the ground in front of me, and thought of the fragile seedling that had managed to emerge.

"Yeah." I nodded.

Afterwards, in the gradually thicker shadows, only Yimi and I remained silent.

This time, can these rocks protect them instead of me?