Chapter 119: The prize pool is gone
It was early spring in February.
The lingering cold has not dissipated, pedestrians on the street have not yet taken off their thick clothes, and the water in the Lanjiang River has melted and flowed gently into the distance.
There were two small horses placed on the riverside, and only Jiang He was sitting there, holding a fishing rod in his hand, waiting for the fish to take the bait.
Xu Qing stood not far away, waving his hands and kicking his feet. From time to time he yelled and stepped down hard.
Stomping your feet can enhance the strength of your legs and feet. Long-term practice will enhance the lethality of your legs, while the pronunciation of the sound can exercise your lung capacity and scare the enemy.
Practice one breath internally and muscles, bones and skin externally.
"You scared away my fish."
Jiang He was dissatisfied with him being so close to him and waved his hand to drive him away.
"Go further."
"Practice is over soon...ha!"
Xu Qing roared loudly and continued to swing his fists.
Not to mention, practicing outside is much more comfortable than practicing at home, and the effect is better - he feels like he can kill a cow with one punch now.
I just can’t hold down this little calf like Jiang He.
"……Hey!"
"……snort!"
The spring breeze blew by, ripples appeared on the river surface, and the fish float suddenly started to swing. Jiang He, who was waiting to continue talking, turned around, held the fishing rod and lifted it up, and a palm-sized fish was pulled out.
"There's soup for lunch."
Xu Qing glanced at the words but did not respond and continued to practice martial arts in a strict manner.
There was no one on the riverside, so the two of them deliberately found a relatively remote place to avoid others thinking that he was sick.
The new buds on the tree have just sprouted, and are not very green yet. You have to get close to see them. They are bright and tender yellow, indicating the beginning of the new year.
"The most powerful thing about martial arts is not to defeat others, but to restrain one's own competitiveness. No matter what, one must not lose his benevolence, justice and morality. Practicing martial arts is to strengthen the body and help others, not to hold others down or force others.
do you understand?"
Xu Qing finally finished practicing a set, stood on the spot and exhaled. The weather was getting warmer, and the air he exhaled did not condense into white mist in the cold winter. The faint air disappeared from his mouth as soon as he came out.
"I understand." Jiang He replied looking at the fishing rod.
Was she just trying to protect herself? It wasn't forced. If this person hadn't moved, those things wouldn't have happened.
Apart from anything else, before she was released, how dare the pig's trotters move around on her body? They would definitely be broken by him, and they would have to be turned around twice.
His eyes fell on Xu Qing. He was wiping sweat and sat beside Xiao Mazha. He picked up the fishing rod to see if the bait had been eaten by the cunning fish.
"What are you looking at?"
Jiang He's eyes gave Xu Qing an inexplicable and inappropriate feeling.
"Nothing." Jiang He looked away as if nothing had happened, and quietly moved his hanging hand twice.
It wasn't until noon, when the sun rose high and the temperature started to rise, that they put away their fishing rods and prepared to go home.
Not much harvest? Just a few palm-sized fish, just enough to make soup, and they were all caught by Jiang He.
Clean the fish and throw it into the pot, then add a tomato and cook it. It tastes very fresh? The two of them had already eaten it once a few days ago.
Keep going along the path, stepping on the dead branches and leaves on the ground. After about ten minutes, you arrive on the main road. Xu Qing is carrying a small red bucket and a fishing rod. Jiang He is holding a small horse, and they are heading home one after another.
While walking.
"Which one do you want to drink?"
Passing by the vending machine on the side of the road, Xu Qing stopped and pressed a bottle of Coke. Then he touched his cell phone and asked Jiang He.
"Assam."
"You want to talk to it? There is a person hidden in this machine. Tell the person inside, and then it will push it out for you and fall into this mouth." Xu Qing said.
Jiang He looked at him like he was an idiot, "Do you still want to say that someone is hiding and counting money in the cash machine, and after counting it, you can help stuff it out?"
"You know all this?"
"snort!"
If you can still be fooled by him now, don't do anything else, just stay at home and have the baby.
"If I buy one and put it at home, can I pay for it and have it go into my own pocket, which is equivalent to not spending any money?" Jiang He watched him scanning the code and couldn't help but make a stupid sound again.
"Theoretically yes, but you have to stuff the drink inside and let it fall out."
Xu Qing didn't look back, he clicked to pay, and a bottle of Coke fell out, "That's it."
After a moment of silence, he finally turned around and said, "How about you drink Coke too?"
The bottle that fell was stuck in the middle, neither up nor down, just right.
Xu Qing pointed at it and gestured: "I need to smash it down."
"……All right."
Jiang He had no other choice. Assam was on the other side. If he persisted, Xu Qing's bottle would be stuck inside and unable to get out.
"Did you just want to bring one back to the Tang Dynasty so that you can have a lot of drinks without spending money, and it can keep pouring out?"
Xu Qing asked while operating and trying to shake the machine to see if he could shake it off.
The most stupid thing about this kind of machine is that sometimes the drink will get stuck. Every time, he will regret using it, but next time he will be lucky and think that he will not be so bad, and then continue to use it.
"I didn't think so."
"I think you must have something on your mind."
Jiang He ignored him and said, "What if mine gets stuck too?"
"Generally speaking, it won't, because it is at such a high place, and the impact of falling is enough to smash my bottle. My bottle just happened to fall sideways, you see."
As if doing some physics experiment, Xu Qing solemnly pressed the password to complete the payment, and then there was a bang.
The two of them were silent.
"Crow's mouth." Xu Qing pressed the machine and shook it twice, trying to shake it out.
"What should we do now?"
Jiang He watched him operate, holding the small horse and looking around, then simply sat down on the ground to watch him operate.
"Walk?"
Xu Qing was confused. If there were five yuan in it, he might just let it go, but the weight of two cans of Coke was heavier than five yuan, so he couldn't bear to part with it.
"Why don't you press another bottle and smash them both down, and we'll put the extra ones in the refrigerator." Jiang He came up with a very reliable idea.
"Try?" Xu Qing asked.
"Try it."
"What if it gets stuck again?"
"Well..." Jiang He fell into thinking.
She stared at the two bottles of Coke inside for a moment, then suddenly said: "If we leave and the next person knocks it down, will we get three cans of Coke for two and a half dollars?"
"……Yes."
Thinking like this makes me even more uncomfortable.
"If the next person is also stuck, he will not have Coke to drink, and the accumulation will continue to the next person." Xu Qing said while trying to reach in from the outlet: "This forms a prize pool."
"Why don't you call the trouble call?" Jiang He asked.
"This phone call will hardly solve our current problem, unless we are willing to wait here... But now I want to go back and wait for you to make fresh fish soup."
Xu Qing stood up and pressed the button again, deciding to try Jiang He's original idea.
The result was obvious, the third bottle was also killed.
"There are seven and a half dollars in it now." Jiang He couldn't sit still anymore and stood up from his pony.
After studying the machine in front of her for a moment, she looked up and looked around, "Isn't this very strong?"
"It should be... very strong, right?" Xu Qing vaguely guessed what she was going to do and couldn't help but look around.
boom!
Jiang He slapped him forward, and the machine shook violently.
Then bang bang bang bang...
Chapter completed!