I woke up to find myself transmigrated into a disabled child.

Chapter 130 The Fruit of the Exploding Flower

After Leshan also said goodbye and left, Lezhi walked to the door of her residence and immediately saw Maoqiu, who was pretending to be asleep at the door. "Maoqiu, you're back."

"Tweet~"

Maoqiu just got back too. It's a very punctual bird, arriving almost exactly at the same time last night. Sure enough, not long after it arrived, Lezhi came back.

After spending the last two days on guard duty at Windwalker, Furry was finally able to go out for some fresh air, and as usual, he brought a gift for Lezhi.

"Chirp chirp chirp~ Chirp~"

Like presenting a treasure, it plucked a shiny black fruit from its fur and placed it in Lezhi's hand, then landed on Lezhi's shoulder, nuzzling Lezhi's cheek with its head fur.

This is Maoqiu's standard gesture for seeking praise; it's been a long time since I've done it to Lezhi. Maoqiu only does this when I feel I've given Lezhi a really good gift.

"What is this?" Lezhi picked up the black, seemingly ordinary fruit and examined it, but couldn't figure it out.

“If I’m not mistaken, those are the fruits of the Explosion Flower.” Lei Xiu pulled Le Zhi into the house and explained, “When the Explosion Flower blooms, its fruits spray out in all directions. They sprout quickly upon contact with the ground, and the fruits don’t taste very good. Many people can’t stand them, so not many people collect them.”

Lezhi hadn't heard the phrase "a fruit that doesn't taste very good" in a long time. Thinking of the soy sauce fruit from before, Lezhi suddenly became interested. It seemed to be another fruit with a story.

"Oh, I'll give it a try then. It's not poisonous anyway." Lezhi said, walking to the kitchen sink and washing off the dust from the black fruit's skin, then shaking it lightly a couple of times.

By feeling the fruit with his fingers, Lezhi discovered that its outer shell was quite hard, similar to that infamously difficult-to-crack nut from his previous life. After trying various methods on his own without success, Lezhi chose to forcefully dismantle it, leaving the choice between seeking help from Maoqiu and Leixiu.

He secured the fruit between the two objects, then rolled up his sleeves, picked up his usual knife, aimed with the slightly dull back of the blade, and slammed it down. With a clang, the fruit's hard shell made contact with the knife, producing a loud clatter of metal against stone.

Perhaps Lezhi lacked strength, or perhaps he didn't find the right angle; in any case, after this blow, Lezhi's hand was slightly sore from the recoil, but the fruit's shell only had a few marks, which could be considered a reward for Lezhi's efforts.

"Zhizhi?!"

"Tweet~"

Hearing the loud noise from the kitchen, the man and the bird immediately dropped what they were doing and rushed over. Lei Xiu had indeed heard Le Zhi say that he wanted to try the Explosion Flower Fruit, but he hadn't expected that Le Zhi would say he wanted it immediately, without even waiting.

Reluctantly, Lei Xiu took the knife from Le Zhi's hand, then glanced at Le Zhi's still slightly red palm. After confirming that she was alright, Lei Xiu began to tidy up the table that Le Zhi had made a mess of. "Why didn't you call me if you couldn't open it? Does your hand still hurt?"

"Uh, I didn't expect this thing to be so hard to open." Scratching his head sheepishly, Lezhi shook his head in response to Lei Xiu's question.

"Tweet~"

"Hairball……"

Having spent so much time together, how could Lezhi not hear the schadenfreude in Maoqiu's voice? He drew out his voice, trying to warn Maoqiu, but Leixiu thought it sounded like he was just being affectionate.

"Alright, it's best to use a tool to open this. It's more difficult to open it by brute force, and it's also easy to lose control of your strength." He gestured for the two guys behind him who had just had a quarrel but made up in the blink of an eye to move away, picked up the same knife, found the right angle, and struck down hard with a quick and precise strike.

This time, Lezhi finally heard the crisp sound of the shell cracking. Seeing Lei Xiu put away his knife, Lezhi excitedly stepped forward and asked, "Is this the fruit flesh?"

Picking up a dark-colored fruit from a pile of shells and examining it closely, as the fruit drew near my nose, memories that had been suppressed were suddenly stirred up.

This is...?! Lezhi's eyes widened in surprise, somewhat incredulous. Could it be the thing he was thinking of? If so, it's too amazing!

"Do you think this fruit smells okay, but the taste isn't so great? You can try it." Seeing Lezhi's expression, Lei Xiu rarely showed a playful side.

Looking up at Lei Xiu, this guy, and Mao Qiu, why do they both like to tease him today? Does Lei Xiu think he can't tell?

However, Lezhi was too lazy to care about that for the time being. Regardless of whether Lei Xiu spoke up or not, he had already planned to try the taste of this fruit anyway. Carefully bringing the fruit to his mouth, Lezhi gently bit off a small piece of flesh with his teeth, then smacked his lips and savored the taste.

The strong taste of Chinese medicine, accompanied by an overly sweet aftertaste, spread through my mouth. For some reason, my lips and tongue near my teeth even went numb from the stimulation.

"vomit……"

Unable to hold it in any longer, Lezhi turned her head and gagged. Immediately, a glass of water appeared in front of her. This was because Lei Xiu had anticipated Lezhi's reaction and had prepared it in advance.

"How are you? Is this a bit beyond your limit?" Lei Xiu gently patted Le Zhi's back, watching Le Zhi rinsing her mouth repeatedly, his tone a mix of amusement and concern.

Lezhi, who was rinsing his mouth, didn't have time to answer. He carefully savored the taste left in his mouth. After rinsing with plenty of water, the taste in his mouth became so faint that he finally felt a familiar sensation.

He ordered another glass of water, but still didn't speak. He opened his mouth and took a sip without swallowing, letting the water gradually blend with the lingering taste in his mouth. Gradually, the water in his mouth transformed into the taste he remembered.

"Fortunately, I think I know the correct way to open this fruit." Swallowing the water that had gone bad, Lezhi smiled involuntarily as he successfully confirmed his idea.

"Maoqiu, do you still have this fruit over there?" There were so few of these fruits that Lezhi subconsciously wanted to stock up on more, at least to keep the seeds. Otherwise, if he actually managed to develop this fruit and get his pig addiction going, but then couldn't keep up with the demand, he would be in big trouble.

"Chirp chirp~" After discovering that Lezhi had tried the fruit and was asking for more, the clever little furball immediately realized that this meant Lezhi liked its gift. It proudly puffed out its chest, determined not to disappoint Lezhi.

After searching for a while, the fluffy ball quickly placed a fruit on the table. But that wasn't the end. It repeated the same action until the fruit piled up into a small mountain on the table in front of Lezhi. Only then did the fluffy ball stop searching after one last time.

"Chirp chirp~"

"That's all, right?"

"Chirp~"

The two, one human and one bird, communicated seamlessly as if sharing a common brain, while Lei Xiu remained with his arms crossed, watching Le Zhi make a show of mystery.

There were probably several hundred fruits that Maoqiu took out. Lezhi carefully put the fruits into an empty vine basket and stored them in his space. Then he took the fruit that he had just managed to open and went to the stove. He took out a clean pot, filled it with water, placed it at the stove opening, and input energy to make the flint under the stove opening start heating.

While the water was boiling, Lezhi chatted casually with Leixiu. "By the way, Leixiu, you just said that you need tools to open this kind of fruit. What kind of tools are they?"

“It’s a machine similar to a compression machine. Le Zhong should know about it. We can ask him when he arrives.”

Lezhi nodded knowingly, "Okay."

In their previous life, the hard fruit had already been drilled with holes in it, so Lezhi had no better solution and could only place his hopes on Lezhong, the master craftsman.