Mantra

Chapter 31 Picking the Cucumber Lantern
Seeing those pink and greasy things on Wang Hou's shoulders made me feel numb.

The current situation is very troublesome, and he, Wang Hou, also can't shake casually, or he will startle the snake, and it won't be fun to give him a "merging of seven orifices".

Fortunately, there was no wound on Wang Hou's arm, and those snakes seemed to have poor eyesight, so the snakes couldn't find a "breakthrough" for a while, and they all just spit out red letters with their bodies straightened, constantly smelling Wang Hou's smell, It seems to be waiting for an opportunity.

I frowned and looked at everything, and immediately took a pose, with the Swiss army knife in my right hand and the mobile phone in my left hand, and walked towards Wang Hou...

Close to Wang Hou's speed, it is too slow.

Wang Hou didn't dare to move, let alone speak, he could only keep repeating a mouth shape with his mouth open.

After he "said" several times, I immediately understood that what he said was "picking a cucumber lantern".

This guy... He actually still remembers this!
The so-called "picking cucumber lanterns" is a unique skill of using a knife that I once mastered when I was a soldier.

The reason why I can master this ability is completely inseparable from his "whip" from Wang Hou.

At that time, because of my poor physical fitness and objective reasons such as the work and rest time of the cooking class, apart from the most basic "military boxing", I had almost no skills to show off, and the overall military quality was even less flattering.

This situation didn't change until I got the Swiss Army Knife that Wang Hou lost to me in a bet.

That year, after he lost a bet to me, he was very unconvinced. After all, young people are always competing, and even a dignified scout acting platoon leader can't hold back his face.

So, even though he taught me the "dagger fist (reverse dagger fighting technique...)" with a small and broad strokes, he also gave me a cruel sentence:
"You boy, you are not expected to use knives in this life! This good thing is given to you, it is purely an old donkey eating ginseng and ruining things!"

****Dare to say that about me back then, and dare to say that a cook doesn't use a knife, it's completely tolerable.

Of course I am not convinced!He also secretly made up his mind that he must master this set of special skills, surpass him, Wang Hou, and show him some color.

So, I worked hard and practiced this set of unique skills at all costs. I practiced day and night, even when I was sleeping. After my hard work and sweat, finally... I still can't practice it!

I can be depressed.

The reason why I can't practice is not that I can't learn the broken sword skills, but because I am far behind Wang Hou in terms of strength and accuracy.What a difference between heaven and earth!

Moreover, I fully understand that this kind of Swiss Army Knife itself is small. If you make a single move, you can't control the strength quickly and accurately. If you use one move to control the enemy, there is no difference between learning and not learning.

But after all, I am not from a major, and I don’t have the background of Wang Hou Lianwu, so I have never been able to get the point. I wanted to ask Wang Hou, but I couldn’t bear this face, so I was very depressed for a while!

At the critical moment, the old squad leader gave me a trick to solve the problem in my heart.

After the old squad leader learned about my situation, he quickly helped me find out the reason.

He told me that the reason why I can't use this set of knife skills well is purely because my hands are not explosive enough and my wrists are not flexible enough.Moreover, there is a conflict between my training method and work arrangement, so it is not beneficial to continue to practice like I used to.

In the end, the old squad leader suggested to me that I should organically combine the training with the work of the cooking class. While strengthening the arm strength training, at the same time, step by step, use the things around me to train my accuracy with the knife.

The old squad leader also specially reminded me: "By analogy, as a cook, you have more opportunities to touch knives than their scouts. As long as you master the correct method, you will definitely be able to make a name for yourself in this knife case."

The words of the old squad leader naturally gave me great encouragement.

So, according to the old squad leader's suggestion, I changed the training method and organically combined my work and training.Use opportunities such as cutting vegetables and flower knives to train your arm strength and accuracy, and try to use the ingredients around you to strengthen your training.

Because I found the right way, I really made great progress later.About half a year later, I dared to solemnly declare to Wang Hou's grandson: "I've achieved a great 'magical skill'! And I also realized the ability to 'pick cucumber lanterns'!"

But what is picking cucumber lanterns?
In fact, to put it simply, it is to cut five or six cucumbers of different lengths, with thorns on the top, horizontally from the middle, with the yellow flowers facing upwards, and stand straight on the chopping board. !You can cut off all the small yellow flowers on the buttocks of at least five cucumbers.

During the whole process, if the cucumber does not fall, the lantern will go out!

After practicing this set of "knife skills", I was famous in the company and even the regiment for a while, and was often dragged to various cooking classes, health teams, and even military families to perform.The most time, I even picked off the "lanterns" on seven cucumbers with one knife, and I was greeted with bursts of applause and applause every time. The scenery, now that I think about it... it seems to be playing monkeys? !
This is something for later, but at that time, I felt that I was still very good. After all, this is the "killer" that I realized. Every time I use it, I have the refreshing feeling of playing video games when I was a child and turning defeat into victory with amplified moves.

Moreover, I firmly believe that my ability is definitely not a show, but a trump card to kill the enemy in battle, and I have a faint idea of ​​wanting to use this ability to dominate the battlefield.

But what I never expected is that I have practiced unique skills in the army for a long time, but I have never tested them in actual combat in the army.But just after I retired from the army for many years, it became necessary to do something.

Right now he, Wang Hou, is completely counting on my ability to save him.

After withdrawing my thoughts, I took a photo of Wang Hou's shoulder with my mobile phone, and first saw the situation on Wang Hou's shoulder clearly.There was a little bit of murmuring in my heart.

At this moment, the snakes on his arms, two on the left and three on the right, all stood upright and swayed slightly, as if they were ready to attack at any time.

At first glance, that scene is exactly the same as the cucumber I used in the performance.It's just that Wang Hou's head was separated in the middle.

But even so, I didn't act rashly.

It's not that I have no confidence in my skills, as the saying goes, "death is still alive".What's more, my ability is the source, which is transformed from my knives at the knife table. I am still a cook. I still have the accuracy of cutting five or six cucumber lanterns with one knife.

But the key question is, those snake heads are still shaking from side to side, what does this mean? !What about swing dancing?

This situation is new.

The cucumbers I picked up before were all fixed on the face table. This is the first time my buddy has met such a moving target, so I inevitably feel a little nervous.

Because of this, with the knife in my hand, I did not act for a long time, and I was even more hesitant in my heart, constantly calculating and thinking about the direction and route of the knife, lest there would be a slight mistake.

However, the snake didn't give me much time.

If I don't move, I have to move!

At this moment, the disgusting "tongues" on Wang Hou's shoulders seemed to lock on the target of the attack. As if they had negotiated, they suddenly "searched" and launched a ruthless attack on Wang Hou's head!

The two snake heads closest to Wang Hou flew straight into the ears of his washing machine.

Their speed is as fast as off the string!And my speed is as fast as lightning!
It was completely instinctive, my tense nerves "snaked" open, and then, without thinking at all, I completely relied on instinct, and slashed the knife in my hand diagonally with all my strength!

After the knife cut a complete path in midair, I cut off half of each snake's head accurately.

The five-day snake barely made any sound, and didn't shed much blood. It curled and danced, and slid down from Wang Hou's shoulder little by little.

"I'll go~!" Wang Hou and I let out a breath of cold air at the same time, and both sat limply on the ground.

Wang Hou said to me half-complimentally: "No two! Your skill is not the same as before! Do you know that when the knife cut my throat just now, my heart almost burst out. I'm here to die together!"

At this time, I didn't feel the slightest complacency in my heart, on the contrary.At this moment, when I recalled the scene of the knife just now, the fear in my heart surged up uncontrollably, which made me tremble slightly.

I had no choice but to respond with a pale smile first, and then secretly suppressed my helpless trembling.

I didn't want to say anything at first, but after thinking about it, this opportunity is very rare!

It's hard for me to show my face, so I have to put on a show!Otherwise, wouldn't I be sorry for Wang Hou's cold and sarcastic treatment of me back then, wouldn't he?

So, after I stabilized my mood, I turned around and shouted to the king when I came up: "Boy! Remember, you have to be a cook when you play knives. You have honored your buddies a few years ago. Is it useful? Later, later...behind you!"

In the middle of my speech, the balls of my eyes suddenly straightened.Staring at Wang Hou's back, he asked Wang Hou in a trembling voice, "...in the back, what is that?"

Behind Wang Hou, I saw another vague black-gray shadow.

I looked at the shadow, and my heart was disturbed for a while.

Looking at it now, Xiao Jiuer's "private kitchen" is simply a "devil's den"!All kinds of strange things come out and go in one after another, is there an end?

Or in other words, she arranged all the weirdness early on in Xiaojiuer, and she is just waiting for us to fall into the trap?
Vicious woman.

However, I no longer care about thinking about so many problems, and with the experience of the previous two rounds, I am much calmer this time.

You can't avoid what you hit, and you can't touch what you dodge!

After Wang Hou turned around, I immediately picked up the flashlight and shone at the dark shadow...

At that time, I made up my mind, no matter what the shadow is, give him a knife first and then talk...

But just after we saw the shadow's real body, Wang Hou and I were surprised for a while.

For a while, I even felt that my brain was not enough, and I forgot to stab the knife.

Because the shadow standing behind Wang Hou turned out to be Boss Bai whose neck was broken by the white food Gu.

We really didn't expect that Boss Bai, who was already dead, suddenly came back to life.

...He drooped his precarious head and smiled at us strangely.

Are you still alive after death?What is he going to do?

(End of this chapter)