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Chapter 437 The City of Orunji During the Trip
Leaving the Tang Dynasty Never Sleeps pedestrian street, the two-and-a-half-day stay in Chang'an came to an end, and the doro embarked on a new journey.
Because they took naps during the day and visited the city that never sleeps in the evening, the four little ones' sleep schedules were reversed.
Dorothy, Dorothy, Donas, and Pina slept soundly from dawn till dusk in the RV.
The RV was moving slowly.
The national highway was deserted and long at dusk.
A series of dull, rhythmic thumping sounds echoed inside the carriage...
Just after waking up, Donas was bored and wanted to invite Dorothy to play together. Anything was fine—playing games, chasing each other, anything to kill time.
Dorothy loves reading and is never addicted to games, let alone chasing and playing around.
In a motorhome, space is limited, and messing around with things can disturb other people.
then,
Dorothy suggested making some delicious food.
The energetic Donas serves as the nuclear-powered donkey.
Under Dorothy's guidance, Donas used a small wooden hammer to repeatedly strike the muddy substance in the wooden basin.
"95! 96! 98!"
Each time she struck the mud-like substance, Donas would shout out the corresponding number until she finished shouting "100" before stopping.
Having finally completed the task Dorothy had entrusted to her, Donas grabbed a towel to wipe her sweat, then pounced on her, eager to claim credit and reward.
Donas pressed closer to Dorothy, squeezing her into a corner of the seat, and asked, "How do you cook this delicious food? I've completed the task you assigned me, so tell me what to do next. What reward are you going to give me after the food is ready?"
Donas rubbed her face against Dorothy's face vigorously.
Demanding rewards was not the primary intention.
It was clearly trying to distract its partner from looking at their phone.
Dorothy sighed helplessly as her companions kept getting close to her, indicating that she needed to continue pounding the mud-like substance.
"Are you sure you've done one hundred poundings?"
Dorothy lowered her head, took off her glasses, and looked at Donas with a meaningful tone.
Donas confidently patted her chest, then raised her arm, striking a bodybuilding pose with her biceps outstretched.
"certainly."
"Would I lie to you?"
"Guaranteed 100 times!"
With a wide grin, Donas looked silly, her smile revealing a kind of simple-mindedness.
Seeing this, Dorothy could only sigh helplessly.
Leaving aside whether pounding it 100 times will actually transform the muddy substance in the wooden basin into the desired state,
Just talking about the number of times Donas had just punched her.
It didn't even reach 100!
Dorothy: "Did you know that the number 6 is followed by 7?"
Donas: "Do you even need to ask? I'm not stupid."
Dorothy: "So what comes after '16'? It's '17', right? And the next number after '26' is '27', and so on."
Donas: "What are you talking about? The next number after '26' is '27', shouldn't it be '28'?"
Dorothy: "Of course not! Listen to me..."
After explaining the most basic math problems to her partner, Dorothy looked down at her phone again, studying a short video introducing regional cuisine.
Upon learning that the next number after 16 was 17, Donas scratched her head in confusion and didn't bother Dorothy for the time being.
"15, 16, 18..."
"hateful!"
"So it was the humans who invented numbers who stole my four chocolates?"
Donas muttered to herself, returned to the wooden tub, picked up a mallet, and vented her anger on the contents of the tub.
Ferrero Rocher chocolate,
One box contains a total of 48 pills.
There are 52 pills in one large box of Donas.
The extra four are because it skips the numbers 17, 27, 37, and 47 when counting.
Now that she knew the truth, Donas didn't think it was because she was bad at math; instead, she blamed the problem on humans who invented numbers.
Huang Musong sat in the driver's seat and drove, listening to the two little ones' conversation the whole time, and couldn't help but chuckle.
It was already dark.
There are generally no checkpoints on national highways during winter nights.
Entrusting the driving task to Iron Dumbbell, Huang Musong stretched and left the cockpit to rest in the rest area.
Passing behind Donas,
Huang Musong glanced at the wooden basin,
The large clumps of mud in the basin immediately stirred up distant memories in him.
"Are you making potato dumplings? This stuff tastes better with eggs and brown sugar. I... never mind. I'll go find Duo Luo. You two keep it up." Huang Musong's words were cut short when his nose suddenly stung and tears welled up in his eyes uncontrollably.
As people get older, they often find themselves reminiscing about their childhood.
That was twenty years ago.
Rural economic development is lagging behind.
Ordinary farming families have only just reached the point where they can have enough to eat.
The village chief's children lived a privileged life and often boasted at school about having eaten stretchy cheese, which made Huang Musong extremely envious.
Back home, Huang Musong asked his grandmother for cheese, wanting to satisfy his craving.
After finding out what cheese was, Grandma, who didn't have the money to buy it but couldn't bear to disappoint her grandson, substituted "fake cheese" for real cheese.
Fake cheese is made from potatoes.
It is pounded and beaten until it resembles cheese.
Ignoring the color and judging solely by the texture, it's almost indistinguishable from the real thing!
When Huang Musong ate fake cheese, he had something to brag about to his classmates, but now his grandmother has been gone for many years.
This deeply buried memory brought tears to Huang Musong's eyes.
Noticing the man's strange reaction, Donas remained silent until he went into the room to find Dorothy before speaking to her.
"What happened to him?"
"Could it be that they're feeling sorry for our wasteful potatoes?" (Huohuo: a dialect word meaning wasteful)
"A few potatoes, they're not worth much. People shouldn't be so stingy." Donas raised an eyebrow in confusion, muttering to herself as she tried to figure out what Huang Musong was thinking.
Dorothy didn't understand what was going on either.
but,
According to descriptions in ancient poems
The person's reaction seems somewhat similar to "wanting to buy osmanthus flowers and share wine," but they are not entirely the same.
It's a bit profound. Even someone as smart as me can't figure it out. Humans are such strange and complex creatures.
Quickly snapping out of her reverie, Dorothy put down her phone, put on her glasses, and jumped over to Donas's side to help make potato dumplings.
at the same time
In the room where Doraemon and Pina were, the two little ones sat side by side, intently reading a fairy tale book.
The fairy tale book teaches pinyin in an entertaining way.
Doro studied very diligently.
However, from Huang Musong's perspective, the backs of Doro and Pina are quite cute and comical.
Little Fatty RO curled up into a ball while sitting.
The way they look when they're studying is just like someone holding a menu and ordering food.
Suppressing his laughter, Huang Musong lay down on the bed to rest. He told Su Qingyao on the upper bunk and Pina at the small desk, "Let Tie Dumbbell drive all night tonight. We'll arrive in Huayin City at dawn tomorrow and take you to climb Mount Hua."
Mount Hua is located in Weinan, not too far from Chang'an.
It's not far from Weinan to the Sichuan Basin.
Huayin City can serve as a transit point between the two destinations on the journey.
Having anticipated that Boss Huang would take her to visit Mount Hua, Pina wasn't surprised; she simply hummed in agreement that she had heard him.
Doro doesn't understand Mount Hua.
But Doraemon is willing to go anywhere his friends want to play.
"Human~"
"I'm not sleepy yet, but you must be very tired. Doro will keep you company while you rest!"
"When it gets light, Doro will wake you up, hee hee..." After saying that, Doro pushed the fairy tale book to Pina, climbed onto the bed, and summoned the item {ukulele}.
Doraemon believed that
Long-distance travel is the most tiring.
Because people need to devote most of their energy to driving.
As a little doro, I can't take over driving; all I can do is take care of people and help them rest.
The doro ukulele has hypnotic effects!
Doro sings a song and plays the ukulele earnestly, guiding people into dreams.
In just a few seconds,
Huang Musong was very sleepy.
When I opened my eyes again, I found myself in a strange and fantastical city!
Outside the car, the buildings on both sides of the street were bulky and short, with door frames no more than a meter high. The walls were covered with lush green vines, and the fruits hanging on the branches shimmered and emitted a warm yellow glow.
"Where is this?"
Huang Musong, who had just woken up, frowned and was instinctively on high alert. He glanced at Duoluo, who had also woken up.
"So beautiful..."
Looking out the window, Doro muttered to himself, his pupils brimming with curiosity.
Compared to Huang Musong, who was unaware of his current location,
Doro, on the other hand, was enjoying the scenery outside the car.
No matter where you go, it's all about travel, so having fun is the most important thing!
Open the car window,
Doro tilted his head back and took a deep breath of fresh air.
It planned to jump out of the RV to pick fruit from the vines on the roadside wall.
Huang Musong reacted quickly, hurriedly carrying Duoluo back, while patting the upper bunk railing with his other hand.
"Thump! Thump! Thump!"
Huang Musong made noise to wake his girlfriend and tell her about the emergency.
Unexpectedly,
Su Qingyao wasn't on the upper bunk at all.
She got up earlier than Huang Musong.
Cheerful laughter drifted into the car through the window, and Huang Musong then realized that his girlfriend, Alvin, Taihua, Dorothy, Donas, and Pina were all outside.
By the roadside, Donas climbed the vines and picked fruit, throwing it to Pina.
"Watch out, or you'll get hit on the head!"
Calling to her companion, Donas began picking another one and tossing it to Dorothy.
Then pick fruit for Su Qingyao, Taihua, and Alwen respectively.
Make sure everyone has something to eat.
Donas loosened the vines and fell back to the ground.
Once she got the fruit, Dorothy wiped the skin clean and took a small bite to taste it.
Hmm~
So sweet!
It's even sweeter than the Orunji that we doro grow ourselves!
Dorothy was incredibly surprised, her pupils lit up, and she took another big bite.
Pina didn't rush to eat the fruit; she first observed it carefully and smelled its aroma.
Peeling off the outer skin and licking the flesh inside, Pina analyzed, "It should be non-poisonous and edible. It looks like an orange but isn't..."
"Hey! Why worry so much? As long as we can fill our stomachs, that's all that matters." Donas interrupted her companion, speaking indistinctly, with juice dripping from the corner of her mouth.
The fruit was swallowed whole, chewed and bitten off.
The immune-to-all-poisons Donas doesn't consider food safety issues at all.
and,
Any orange, round fruit with a peel,
Doro members usually define it as "Orunji".
Is there anything in the world that you can't eat, Runji?
Just eat!
Thinking that Doro hadn't come out of the RV yet, Donas climbed up the vines again, picked two fresh fruits, and ran back to the RV.
The companions ran towards the RV, and Doraemon stood at the window waving happily, indicating that he could catch the fruit.
Donas stopped at the car window, looked up at Doro, and tiptoed to hand it the fruit.
hiss~
This marshal is not tall enough, and his arms are not long enough, so he cannot pass the fruit up to him.
"Why don't you come down?"
"It's so warm outside!"
Donas pulled her arm back, speaking as she gathered her strength to throw, aiming at the window.
Seeing this, Doraemon quickly ducked to avoid being hit on the forehead by the fruit. "No, I just woke up and wanted to wake up a bit first. He seems to think it's not safe outside, so I'll go with him when we get off the bus later."
Actually, Doraemon really wanted to get off the bus immediately.
After all, their companions were all outside the car.
The surrounding environment is indeed both beautiful and warm.
Considering that the person had just pulled him back into the car from the window, Doro understood that the person was worried about the safety outside, so he chose to obediently listen.
Understanding her partner's thoughts, Donas curled her lip and scoffed, "What cowards! The outside environment is so great, what's there to be afraid of?"
With all her might, Donas tossed the fruit through the car window and turned back to Dorothy and Pina.
Inside the car, Huang Musong heard Donas's complaints clearly and wanted to explain that he was doing it for safety reasons.
Just imagine,
I was still driving to Mount Hua last night before going to bed.
I opened my eyes in the morning to find myself in a fantastical and unfamiliar place!
Who wouldn't be wary?
Of course, Huang Musong also admitted that he was being overly cautious.
The environment outside the car didn't seem dangerous at all.
"Let's get off the bus, Doraemon, and go out to see what's going on."
After changing clothes and putting on shoes, Huang Musong led Duoluo out of the car and took a fruit that Donas had picked for him from Duoluo's hand.
Duo Luo followed Huang Musong, holding his clothes with one hand and a piece of fruit in the other.
Two fruits, one for the person and one for the animal.
Doro tried taking a bite and savoring it.
The fruit tastes pretty good; it's juicy, slightly sweet, and tastier than regular oranges.
After finishing the whole one, Doraemon wanted to eat another one, so he happily ran towards Donas.
"This is wild Runji!"
"Donas, could you please pick a few more?"
"Wild Oolong is nutritious."
Pointing to the climbing vines, Doro suggested to Donas that it climb them again to pick more fruit.
Huang Musong walked beside Duoluo and came to Su Qingyao, looking around.
The surrounding environment is definitely not the real world!
Firmly convinced of his suspicions, Huang Musong guessed and asked, "Did Iron Dumbbell bring us here? What kind of place is this?"
Last night, Iron Dumbbell was in charge of driving and navigating the route to Mount Hua.
The itinerary deviated.
The problem most likely lies with the weights.
Su Qingyao also slept through the night. When she woke up, she found the scenery outside the window strange and couldn't answer what was going on.
The learned Taihua had a general idea of the situation, but she didn't rush to explain because there was another matter she was unsure about.
Dorothy is clever, and being from the world of anime, she has already deduced what happened.
Clear your throat.
Dorothy stood tall with her chest out and arms crossed.
It analyzed logically and convincingly: "We must have traveled through some spatial wormhole to some two-dimensional world last night!"
"Hey, do you remember when Doro took us to that run-down courtyard next to the university library?"
"This two-dimensional world is similar to the courtyard, only slightly larger, and is inhabited by a group of natives."
"If we explore further, we might encounter indigenous people, what do you say?"
Dorothy straightened her glasses, pointing her little paws into the distance, hoping Huang Musong wouldn't reject her suggestion.
Having inexplicably arrived in a two-dimensional world, Huang Musong was at a loss as to how to proceed.
Reverse along the road?
Turning back might not lead back to the real world.
Should we continue forward?
There were more houses in the distance as far as the eye could see.
If what Dorothy said is true, then going forward is indeed the optimal solution, and you can ask the anime-style creatures for directions if you encounter them.
After a brief moment of thought, Huang Musong nodded in agreement and led the doro on foot.
Soon, the low-rise houses along the street became increasingly dense, and the noisy, bustling sounds gradually drifted from further ahead. (End of Chapter)