Chapter 6 second quarter

Two days later, Di Bin's men brought Mao Chun back.They locked Zao Qi and Mao Chun together in a small secret room in the warehouse dungeon in Poshili, and handed Zao Qi an ax before closing the door. When Zao Qi opened the door and came out, the sharp canine-toothed mouth was covered with blood and flesh. Then Zao Qi lived in this warehouse called "Old Nest". Zao Qi took a hot bath for the first time in his life.He never thought that there was such a comfortable thing in the world.He was anxious to tell Zhang Niu this feeling—and then he remembered that Zhang Niu was no longer there.Zaoqi soaked in the steaming water tank, feeling sad again.

The smell of feces on his body was gone, but Zao Qi was still a little embarrassed when he put on new clean clothes. At night they let him sleep on a sack stuffed with grain and grass, and gave him a soft quilt.That night, Zao Qi thought he would have many nightmares.His only friend died.He just killed for the first time. But he didn't dream, and slept soundly until three o'clock--the time when he usually gets up to work.Although there is no need to pick shit in the future, the habits accumulated by the body and mind over the years are not so easy to change. The lights in the warehouse dimmed.Many were asleep, and a dozen pairs of eyes were shining.Some eyes quickly glanced at Zao Qi who had just woken up, and then moved away.

Zao Qi sat blankly on the grain bag, clutching the quilt tightly with her fingers.He suddenly thought of Mao Chun, the torn throat, and the wild boar he hunted in the mountains before.No fear, no nausea, no remorse.Zao Qi understands a truth that will change his life: there is no difference between killing a person and killing a pig.As long as you have a good reason.Whether that reason is hunger or hatred. He stayed in the warehouse during the day, but he didn't feel bored.There are countless goods piled up around the warehouse, enough for him to look at them all day.There are many things that Zao Qi can’t even pronounce their names—the names and quantities are marked on the outside of the goods, but Zao Qi can’t read.Rows of smooth-shaved wood and bricks and tiles piled higher than a person are the most numerous in the warehouse, followed by various medicinal materials.But what attracted him the most were other strange things: rough ore with light blue color; purple leather peeled off from some beast; a whole tank of dazzlingly colored live fish; thing……

The people in the warehouse said that some of these things were transported from the other side of the sea.Zao Qi has never seen the sea, but he also understands that it must be a very far away place.
Di Bin reappeared a few months later.He told Zao Qi that he would take him to meet someone in a few days. Zhang Niu was right - Zao Qi was not stupid.He had heard a lot about Piaocheng in the inn, and he guessed who he was going to meet, and he had heard that name several times. That person was Yu Runsheng.