A Bite of Douluo Continent

For example, a woman thief who picks flowers and a handsome young man?

For example, a young girl in love secretly meeting her lover?

For example, Dalang, it's time to take his medicine... cough cough, let's forget about that.

Wait a minute... is the owner of this body male or female?

He suddenly remembered this question, which was almost fatal.

Chapter 439 First Encounter with Peony (Bonus Chapter 1/2 for 800 Average Subscriptions)

Just as Qi Han was having a bunch of fancy ideas pop into his mind, making Ruyi want to interrupt him, the woman who had approached from within the Food Realm finally made her next move.

Qi Han heard a slightly muffled "thud," a sound somewhat similar to the sound of bowls and plates being placed on a wooden table. Immediately afterward, he felt a hand slowly reaching towards the back of the body.

Qi Han: "???"

"Oh dear!"

The hand exerted a little force, as if trying to lift the body up, but it couldn't move it for a while. The girl breathed out a soft cry, as if she had used all her strength, and finally managed to lift the body up.

Good guy.

Qi Han was now certain that this body was definitely not just asleep; it had probably fainted for some reason.

Otherwise, with such a commotion, they should have woken up long ago.

After the girl helped the body up, she picked up a pillow and placed it under his lower back to prevent him from falling down again. Then she let go, and soon Qi Han felt a soft touch on his lips.

What is that?!

However, he soon discovered that it was completely different from what he had imagined.

The girl simply scooped up some warm food with a spoon and fed it to the body.

Hmm... plain congee?

After taking two sips, Qi Han mentally smacked his lips twice. It was a bit too watery, but he decided to just drink it as is.

Anyway, it's not for myself to drink.

While feeding her white porridge, the girl said with a hint of worry, "It's been four days already, why hasn't she woken up yet?"

Huh? He's been in a coma for four days?

Qi Han was initially slightly surprised by the meaning behind the girl's words, but then he felt a sense of familiarity.

It wasn't her voice that felt familiar, but rather the dialect she spoke.

Is this... a dialect from Hunan Province?

After comparing the various variety shows on Hunan TV that he had watched before, Qi Han immediately confirmed that the other person was indeed speaking Hunan dialect.

So this is Hunan Province?

Everything has just begun, and Qi Han has to deduce all the clues one by one, which feels a bit like a murder mystery game from his previous life.

After speaking, the girl continued to feed him porridge while muttering something softly.

She was a talkative girl, and her gentle words were quite pleasant to listen to.

This also greatly facilitated Qi Han's understanding of the current situation.

Soon, from the girl's mutterings, Qi Han roughly understood the previous situation of this body.

First of all, the fact that the body was male relieved Qi Han.

As for why we felt relieved, we dare not say, and we dare not ask.

About four days ago, the owner of this body was found unconscious by the shore of Dongting Lake. A girl who happened to be washing clothes by the lake discovered him and realized that the owner of the body was still alive. She immediately asked two fellow villagers for help and carried him back to her home to take good care of him.

This care lasted for four days.

The people there are so kind and honest.

Qi Han couldn't help but admire it, and then became curious about the owner of this body.

Soon, the girl finished feeding the body a whole bowl of porridge, helped the body's owner lie down, and left the room with the words, "Get well soon."

Not long after the girl left, Qi Han raised an eyebrow.

He clearly sensed that his own, or rather the fingers of this body, had moved slightly at that moment.

Is he about to wake up?

Dude, you woke up at the worst possible time; the girl's already gone.

He muttered a silent complaint, but Qi Han was still very happy that his temporary body had awakened.

This means he can open his eyes and see the world.

Just as Qi Han had predicted, not long after his fingers moved, his eyelids twitched and he slowly opened his eyes.

And Qi Han finally saw the world from the creator's memory.

A dim beam of light shone into the room through the window beside the bed, making everything inside clearly visible.

The quaint wooden houses and rammed earth floors all looked ancient, but considering that it was most likely in some ancient dynasty, Qi Han didn't pay too much attention to it.

However, the owner of this body seems to care a lot.

He sat up abruptly as if electrocuted, then swayed weakly for a moment before slowly lifting the covers, standing up from the bedside, and staggering a couple of times before walking unsteadily toward the door.

Thinking back to his own experience when he first transmigrated, Qi Han immediately felt a sense of empathy.

Of course, the owner of this body didn't actually time travel; he simply fell into a coma and ended up in another place.

He slowly pushed open the closed door and walked out. Stepping out of the room, he found himself in a hall, somewhat similar to the oldest kind of hall in the countryside when he was a child. The hall was slightly dim due to the lack of lights.

Seemingly hearing the man open the door, a pretty young girl emerged from a nearby room, her face beaming with surprise. Looking at the man who was already standing and leaning against the doorframe, she exclaimed, "Oh! You're awake?"

The girl's clothes were not fancy. She wore a simple light blue short jacket and a white pleated skirt. Her smooth black hair was styled into two buns. She was somewhat slender and looked like she hadn't fully grown up yet, but her features were exceptionally beautiful. When she saw the man awaken, her face immediately showed genuine joy, and her smile was absolutely stunning.

After a moment of silence, the original owner of this body spoke his first words since waking up.

"What are you saying, little girl?"

Qi Han: "???"

I'm fucking...

The owner of this body was actually from Sichuan Province?

Oh wait... Peony fish slices are a Sichuan dish...

That's fine.

“You…” The girl frowned, hesitated for a moment, and then managed to stammer out, “What are you saying?”

Qi Han was laughing so hard he was practically squealing like a pig. If it weren't for the fact that this body's stomach wasn't his, he would have been laughing so hard his stomach hurt.

When the Sichuan dialect is compared to the Hunan dialect.

In a word, absolutely brilliant.

At this moment, he suddenly realized that there was no standard Mandarin in ancient times, and that ancient dialects were much more difficult to understand than modern dialects. He estimated that these two girls and boys from different places would have a lot of difficulty communicating.

This made him watch with even greater interest.

After exchanging a few words that were like talking to a brick wall, the man seemed to realize that this was not a solution. He gestured in mid-air as if he were writing with paper and pen, while the girl waved her hand anxiously, gesturing as she explained that she did not have paper and pen at home.

The man quickly realized that the girl was illiterate, and eventually gave up struggling. The two began to communicate with gestures.

Although the two dialects are completely different, they can still understand a few words by guessing and gesturing. In addition, the two of them are gesturing to each other, so there is no cross-server communication.

After the initial awkwardness, the man quickly understood the situation. He hurriedly thanked the girl for saving his life, while the girl waved her hand and said, "You're welcome."

The man explained that he was traveling by water from Sichuan to the Jiangnan region when he encountered river pirates halfway there. He jumped into the water to save his life but drifted downstream to this place.

Qi Han also learned the names of the two: the unlucky Sichuan boy was named Qin Shi, and the girl who saved him was named Mudan.

From then on, Qin Shi built a thatched hut near Mudan's house and settled down on the shore of Dongting Lake.

Chapter 440 The Girl Who Can Communicate with Fish (Bonus Chapter 2/2 for 800 Average Subscriptions)

When Qin Shi was in Sichuan Province, he worked as a kitchen helper in a restaurant to learn Sichuan cuisine. After mastering Sichuan cuisine, he heard that there was a very famous cuisine in the Jiangnan region called "Huaiyang cuisine". Even Emperor Qianlong praised it highly after tasting it when he went to Jiangnan. So he wanted to travel by waterway to the Suzhou and Hangzhou area to find a master of Huaiyang cuisine to learn from.

Unfortunately, they encountered a group of river pirates on the way and ended up accidentally at the shores of Dongting Lake.

After all this trouble, he developed a bit of a psychological aversion to going to the Suzhou and Hangzhou area. Not knowing what to do next, he shamelessly stayed by Dongting Lake, taking things one step at a time.

Peony was still unmarried, and he naturally couldn't tarnish the reputation of his savior for no reason. However, apart from Peony, Qin Shi really didn't know anyone else, so he could only build a hut near Peony's house, and the two often interacted.

Peony is a girl with a very easy personality. In order to help Qin Shi, who accidentally wandered into this place, better integrate into the local life, she would take the initiative to come and talk to Qin Shi in her spare time, and teach him the local Hunan dialect. Although the dialect is different, the written language is the same, so learning is not too difficult.

Several months after Qin Shi arrived at the shores of Dongting Lake, the two were already able to communicate on a daily basis.

In return, Qin Shi taught Mudan to read and do arithmetic. Although she was just a country girl, being able to read and do some simple arithmetic was always useful.

Although Mudan was illiterate, she was excellent at needlework. She earned money by embroidering or washing clothes for others, which allowed her to make a living and even save a little money. After Qin Shi taught her to read, she would sometimes bring some pork or a few liters of rice, jokingly saying that it was "tuition" for her teacher, but in reality, she was helping Qin Shi, who had not yet integrated into rural life.

And all of this happened under Qi Han's witness.

Spring and autumn pass in the blink of an eye, winter comes and summer goes, and three years have passed in the blink of an eye.

In Qi Han's perception, it was clearly only a moment, but the bits and pieces of the past three years were so clearly presented before his eyes.

Obviously, these memories are not so important for cooking peony fish fillets, but they are not completely skipped. Instead, they create a kind of illusion in Qi Han's perception of time, serving as a kind of ambiguity.

This miraculous situation is somewhat similar to the saying "a day in heaven is a year on earth".

Three years later, Qin Shi fully integrated into the Dongting Lake area. He opened a small restaurant in the village, relying on the Sichuan cuisine skills he had learned in a Sichuan restaurant. Although the Hunanese people in the village had never tasted Sichuan cuisine before, both cuisines liked spicy food and had some commonalities. In addition, Sichuan cuisine was rare in the Dongting Lake area, so his business gradually became prosperous.

Although he made some money, Qin Shi never thought of moving away from the thatched hut. He quietly demolished the hut, asked the village well digger to build a well, and built a wooden house with a well-like structure. Mudan laughed at him for making money but not moving to a more spacious place. He just smiled and said that he was used to living here and couldn't bear to leave.

Only Qi Han knew his secret.

What he couldn't bear to leave wasn't the place itself, but the people here.

Every time Qi Han stood in front of the peony, he could clearly feel how fast the heart was beating of this calm-faced boy who seemed to care about nothing.