Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 173 Dinner Party
The visibility in the Mysterious City was already poor. At night, even though the street lights on Guling Street were on, the bluestone path in front of one's eyes looked dim and dark under the bright lights. Looking around, one could not see anything clearly like looking for flowers in the fog.

The number of pedestrians on the street gradually decreased, and it was no longer as lively as it was during the day.

There were not many fishermen on the river bank. I walked a long way and only saw one fisherman occasionally.

When Xiao Ran took a closer look, he was surprised to find that it was actually a paper figure.

The paper figure raised its head as if it sensed something. Its grayish-white face was covered with thick blush. A piece of 4A paper was stuck on its head, with the words "Fishing Do Not Disturb" written in bold font.

This should be the work of a paper-folding craftsman. Xiao Ran looked around.

I guessed that the other person's house should be nearby. I could control the paper man to continue fishing, and hide in the house to observe the movements outside.

"You are really a good old man. I have learned something."

Xiao Ran thought that there was a river right in front of his house. Although he couldn't make paper figures, he had a corpse.

At worst, I can control the corpse and hide outside to go fishing.

This way, you won't bury your skills as a fishing master.

When Xiao Ran walked back home, he looked up inadvertently.

"Ouch~~"

Oh my god! Xiao Ran was shocked. She saw Wu Man with his face pressed against the glass in the window with a resentful look on his face. His eyes were staring at her like an owl.

That look in this guy's eyes.

Xiao Ran knew that Wu Man would blame him when he returned.

As expected, as soon as Xiao Ran opened the door and walked in, Wu Man said with a dark face: "I thought you were not coming back."

"Hehe, I bought a lot of things, so I'm a little late."

Xiao Ran looked at the table full of food and suddenly felt embarrassed.

When Wu Man heard this, his eyes lit up and he came closer to Xiao Ran: "How is it? The feeling of the box is good, right?"

"Uh uh... It's OK. Except for the fact that I'm a little poor, everything is fine."

"Hahaha, you'll get used to it. You're already a D-rank now, so you can earn a living with your skills. Just be diligent and earn money slowly. As far as I know, corpse collectors have the ability to repair disabilities, right? You can hang a sign outside tomorrow. This business is a long-term business and very profitable."

The approach Wu Man proposed to Xiao Ran was not bad.

There are many people in the mystery city who are missing limbs. The wounds may heal slowly, but if they become disabled, it will be more troublesome.

Disability cannot be cured by a pharmacist like Lingshe.

Even if it is a corpse catcher, he can only take a part from other corpses. Because of the corpse sewing technique, there is no need to worry about rejection. However, how long the limbs can last depends on the skills of the corpse catcher.

Those with excellent skills can last for several months, but those with inferior skills can only last for two or three months.

It's a totally profitable business.

It's just a bit of a waste of corpse.

"Stop talking nonsense and eat quickly. Look, Okra is almost going crazy with hunger."

Wu Man pointed at Qiu Kui, only to see Qiu Kui sitting on the sofa, staring at the table full of food without moving his eyes.

"it is good."

Xiao Ran nodded and went upstairs: "I'll go call Sister Liu."

"Go, go, I'll heat up the food."

Wu Man urged Xiao Ran to hurry up, turned around and walked into the kitchen with a tray to heat up the food.

"Squeaky..."

Xiao Ran walked up the loose stairs to the door of the third floor and knocked gently.

"come in."

Sister Liu's voice was very soft, as if she didn't use any force, but she could hear it clearly through the door. Xiao Ran pushed open the door and saw Sister Liu wearing her bright red wedding dress, sitting on the balcony by the window, letting the cold wind blow her hair, looking into the distance, as if she was looking forward to someone coming back.

Xiao Ran knew who Sister Liu was waiting for, so he didn't say anything. He walked behind Sister Liu and took a look. "What did you see?"

"It's very dark. I can't see anything."

Sister Liu pointed to the distance and said, "That's the Mountain God Temple over there. I remember going there to burn incense a long time ago. There was an old nun in the Mountain God Temple who was very bad. She cheated me out of five dollars."

"Uh uh..."

Xiao Ran scratched his head: "Then you can vent your anger now. As far as I know, the mountain temple you mentioned has been smashed, and the old nun should have passed away."

"Smashed?"

Sister Liu looked back at Xiao Ran, and suddenly couldn't help laughing foolishly: "Good job on smashing it. If it hadn't been smashed by someone else, I would have wanted to smash that dilapidated temple later."

Seeing that Sister Liu was in a good mood, Xiao Ran couldn't help but ask, "Sister, do you know the coffin bearer?"

"A coffin bearer? I've never heard of one. But when I was a kid, I did hear of a corpse driver."

"Oh."

Seeing that Sister Liu didn't seem to know what was going on outside, Xiao Ran stopped asking and patted his belly: "I just got back and I'm hungry. Let's go downstairs to eat and taste the chef's cooking skills."

Hearing Xiao Ran say this, Sister Liu landed from the windowsill: "Okay, go and try it."

After Sister Liu got a new body, her mood seemed to be much better than before. After following Xiao Ran downstairs, she looked at the food on the table, and a satisfied smile was visibly visible on her face.

Wu Man specially brought a dish to Sister Liu.

"This is something I made specially. Charcoal-grilled lamb chops with soy sauce."

As he spoke, he opened the lid, revealing a lamb chop wrapped in tin foil like a chicken drumstick. He then took out a bottle of Moutai and poured it on the tin foil, and a flame popped out from his fingers.

With the roar of flames, the lamb chops in the pot immediately began to sizzle.

A mixture of the aroma of sauce and mutton wafted into the air.

As soon as the flame went out, the fragrance had filled the entire restaurant. Wu Man picked up a piece and placed it on Sister Liu's plate, and personally helped to remove the tin foil on the outside.

You can see the red-sauce lamb chops sizzling on the outside.

"I'll try it too!"

Xiao Ran couldn't wait to pick up two lamb chops, gave one to Okra and put one on his own plate.

With Sister Liu watching over him, Xiao Ran wasn't afraid that Wu Man would do anything tricky.

He boldly tore off the tin foil and took a bite. The taste made Xiao Ran feel unprecedentedly satisfied. He glanced at Wu Man and felt that this guy's cooking skills seemed to have improved a lot compared to usual.

The outside of the steak is covered with crispy crust, the inside is soft and tender without being greasy, with a hint of sweetness, and the aftertaste is a mixture of the fresh aroma of wine.

"good to eat!"

As soon as I took a bite of okra, my eyes seemed to be full of stars, and I couldn't stop eating it.

Xiao Ran picked up another okra, the taste of which was very suitable for children and women, and he stared at the other dishes and started to eat.

"this is mine!!"

Seeing that Xiao Ran had already started stuffing big mouthfuls of food into his mouth, Qiu Kui beside him suddenly became anxious. As a bone spirit, he could only wander around the house after losing his master. He had never eaten such delicious food before, so he immediately stood up and followed Xiao Ran to scramble to put the food into his mouth.

Wu Man sat down with a smile on her face, looking at the two people, one big and one small, fighting for the food to be stuffed into their mouths. Her face immediately showed relief and satisfaction. Her heart moved. Her cooking skills, which had never improved before, seemed to have gained some kind of enlightenment at this moment. Her eyes were bright, but her thoughts had drifted to some cookbook.

By the time Wu Man came to her senses, the food on the table had already been swept away by Xiao Ran and Qiu Kui. Sister Liu didn't get to eat much, but fortunately, Sister Liu only wanted to taste it.

"Oh, so satisfying!"

Xiao Ran lay on the chair, swept away his previous fatigue, ate and drank his fill, and then all he wanted to do was have a good sleep.

Looking at Xiao Ran's lazy demeanor, Wu Man finally sighed in his heart: "Forget it, now is not the time to touch him. We can't waste the ingredients. It's just a trouble for me. I need to find another ingredient that can be replaced. Well, I can only try my luck during this land reclamation!"

　Let me add a short story. It’s a little short, but it’s the last calm before the storm…

　　
　
(End of this chapter)