Carry a fountain with you

Chapter 346
After lunch, Zhang Qian led the two lesbians into the house to look at the photos, while Liu Junhao took Pang Xu to play chess under the tree.

"Liu Junhao, do you think it's strange for those magpies to gather on the roof of your house in such a hot day? Maybe there are bugs on it...Look, what are these magpies holding in their mouths?" Pang Xu inadvertently Turning his head, he found a large group of magpies flying around on the roof of the second floor.

Hearing what he said, Liu Junhao hurriedly raised his head, "It's broken, I've dried the horse fruit for two days."

Ma Guozi vine is a relatively rare plant in Liujiagou. This vine looks like a creeper, with tentacles at the end of the stem, which can be used to absorb and wrap other things.However, its branches and tendrils are much thicker than that of creepers, and they usually attach to tall trees or grow on steep stone walls.

Horse fruit is the wild fruit on the vine, dark brown in appearance, and looks very inconspicuous.This thing is not very tasty when it is first picked, it tastes astringent and sweet, and it must be stored for a period of time until the water vapor dissipates before it can be eaten.It doesn’t matter whether you eat it raw as a snack or roast it in the fire. Of course, you can’t eat too much of this thing. If you eat too much, it will be very uncomfortable in the stomach and it is not easy to digest.There is also a way to eat horse fruit, which is to dry it and grind it into powder, rinse it in water several times to filter out impurities, and the remaining water is the essence of horse fruit. It only takes half a day to separate the milky white starch. This starch can be made into "powder skin" to eat.

In the early years, the food station in the town would go to the countryside to collect horse fruit in summer, and it was said that it was sold as "powder skin".The purchase price is very cheap, less than 100 cents a catty in Liu Junhao's impression.But at that time people were poor, and there were many people picking horse fruit.Every summer, villagers carry sickles and bamboo baskets to the mountains to look for horse fruit. If they are lucky, they can pick more than [-] catties of horse fruit vines that have not been discovered.

Of course, it is not easy to pick horse fruit, because the leaves of this thing are very strange, as long as the human skin touches it, it will feel itchy.And the more I scratched, the more itchy, and the scratches became even more painful after being stained with sweat.People can't stretch their hands and feet on the tree, and it is inevitable to touch the leaves when picking fruit. Therefore, when picking fruit from a vine, there are red marks on both arms.In addition, the long position of this thing is too high, people often look at the "vine" and sigh.Later, someone adopted a method of fishing from the river, cutting off the horse fruit vine directly from the ground, and then pulling it from the tree vigorously, so that the horse fruit can be easily picked without going up the tree.

This method is easy but easy, you cut me, and the result is that the horse fruit vines are rapidly reduced.When Liu Junhao was young, these vines were everywhere on the mountain, but now they can only be found in some inaccessible places.

Two days ago, Liu Junqi went up the mountain and accidentally found a horse fruit vine under a stone pedal nest.It happened that there were strong places on both sides of the stone pedal nest, so this man picked hundreds of catties of fruit without any effort.After getting it back, he thought it was a rarity, so he sent a lot to Liu Junhao.

Zhang Qian was very interested in this thing when she first came into contact with it, but after trying one, she shook her head again and again, saying that Wukong could eat it all.Unexpectedly, monkeys are also very picky eaters, so they only take one bite and then throw the half into the basket.

Liu Junhao thought about how hard it was for someone to send it, and it would be a pity to throw it away like this.In the morning, he saw that the weather was fine, so he thought about spending some time to dry this thing and make it a "powder skin" to eat.Because he was afraid of being eaten by other birds, Liu Junhao specially sent his own Doudou to guard on the roof.

Thinking of the flower cat, he hurriedly yelled towards the roof.

"Meow" came a lazy meow from the shade of the tree, and the guy stood up, stretched, and then closed his eyes.

This guy, I don't know when he slipped away.

Liu Junhao couldn't sit still at the moment, he threw the chess pieces quickly, and ran towards the roof of the building in three steps at a time.I hope this group of magpies slow down their mouths so that they can still harvest some fruits.

"Boom..." When the magpies saw the person coming, they fluttered their wings and flew up.One of them was very courageous, and had a grain in its mouth before leaving.Damn, even eating and taking, Liu Junhao picked up a half brick from the side bitterly, but think about it, if the brick didn't hit the magpie when it was thrown down, it would be a bad thing if it hit the chickens and ducks in the yard instead.In the end, he could only put the brick down quite depressed.

"Is this horse fruit?" Pang Xu thought it was something delicious when he heard the name, but he was disappointed when he saw the real thing on the top of the building.

"Don't look down on it, you'll know it's delicious when you make the noodles." Liu Junhao hasn't eaten this food for many years, but he misses it a bit.Seeing that the horse fruit had dried, I called him over to help put it in the basket.

"Sun, it's really hot." The two of them had just stayed on the roof for less than 5 minutes, and they were sweating profusely on their foreheads.

Now Liu Junhao finally understands why Huamao sneaked away. There is really no way to stay emotionally.

When the fruit was brought downstairs, Xu Xiaoli and others came out to check when they heard the movement.They are not interested in this fruit, but they are very interested in rolling mills, and they are all agitating to go to the village to push mills to grind flour.

Liu Junhao almost fainted when he heard these words. There must be something wrong with his head if he pushes the rollers in the village in this weather.He shook his head again and again, saying that he didn't want to go.

"We didn't expect you to push the rollers. Three female generals are no match for you alone? Besides, my husband has a lot of strength, right?" Xu Xiaoli looked back at Pang Xu, who was immediately slapped with chicken blood, and excitedly posed A pose, triumphantly showing his biceps that do not exist.

Sister, do you think this is eating snacks for the competition?Girls like them who can't hold shoulders or resist hands, it's pretty good to be able to push the empty roller later.

Everyone was interested, and Liu Junhao didn't want to discourage their enthusiasm, so he reluctantly followed.He has already made up his mind, and when his wife doesn't open her mouth, he will never do it himself.

When he arrived in the village, Pang Xu put the bamboo basket on the grinder, and then blew two breaths into his hands to prepare for the battle.

"Wait, I haven't washed the milling plate with water yet." Liu Junhao called to stop urgently. Although the milling plate was clean, there must be a lot of dust on it. If you just start pushing the mill, you won't be able to eat the ground starch later.

After the mill was washed with water, Pang Xu impatiently pushed the mill around.It was the first time he came into contact with this thing, and he thought it was very fresh, so he specially asked Su Nana to help him take two pictures beside him.

With the rotation of the stone roller, the horse fruit was quickly crushed, revealing the gray powder inside, which is starch, but it also contains a lot of impurities.

When Xu Xiaoli saw her husband moving, she immediately picked up a brush and followed behind to sweep. The two of them really seemed like husband and wife.

Liu Junhao saw that this guy was very energetic, so he turned around and found a place with a good shade of trees to enjoy the cool, and was going to take over when he was dizzy.You must know that pushing the roller is turning in a circle. People who push for a long time will feel dizzy and can't use their strength at all. People with a little sense of direction can sit on the ground for a long time and feel that their legs are limp.

Zhang Qian and Su Nana couldn't intervene at all, so they also stood over to rest.

"Uncle, bamboo raccoon...one dollar" Pang Xu and his wife were pushing vigorously, when suddenly a muttering child ran over, holding a fat little bamboo mouse in his arms.

"Hey, the bamboo rat is even cuter than ours." Seeing the bamboo rat in the child's hand, Xu Xiaoli immediately threw the brush away and approached it with a face full of surprise.She plans to buy it to keep company with the one in Liu Junhao's courtyard.My bamboo rat has lost a few catties in a row these days. It is estimated that in addition to diet problems, there is a great possibility that it is too lonely.

"How much is this thing?" Pang Xu stopped working when he saw that someone was selling bamboo rats.

Seeing that there was a possibility of doing business, the little guy "One Dollar" immediately handed the bamboo mouse to Xu Xiaoli, but he didn't admit it at all.

"How much?" The couple didn't hear clearly just now, but now that they know the price, they can't believe their ears.There are such cheap bamboo rats?They all felt they had heard wrong.

"One piece...or fifty cents...I'll eat candy." The child hesitated, but the price dropped again.

"Little brother, does your family know that you took the bamboo mouse out?" Xu Xiaoli asked again.

"En." The little guy nodded happily.

"How can this thing be so cheap?" Pang Xu still couldn't believe it.

"Could it be that there are a lot of bamboo rats in the mountain, that's why the price is so low." Xu Xiaoli speculated from the side, it seemed that Xiaopi caught one without much effort last time.

"Let me ask Liu Junhao." Pang Xu always felt that buying a bamboo mouse in the hands of a child for such a small amount of money was a bit ineffective. After all, a mouse can be sold for a price of one yuan now.

"What's the matter?" Zhang Qian and the others hurried over when they heard their call.

"Uncle Xiaohao...Ms. Zhang." The little boy immediately whispered when he saw the villagers.This little guy is Er Mazi's grandson, and he hasn't started school yet this year.

"What are you doing, brat, aren't you afraid of your grandfather's spanking?" Liu Junhao pinched the little guy's face, and then asked.

Before he could answer, Pang Xu had already told the story.

"What, are you immoral or not, and you only give me fifty cents for a bamboo rat?"

"It's the child's price, buddy, don't you believe it?"

"Really fifty cents?" Liu Junhao turned to look at the little guy.

"Well, Wumao, you can buy me two bubble gums." The little guy wiped his nose and exclaimed excitedly.

It's true that the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead. This little guy knows how to steal things from home in exchange for food when he is only three years old.Liu Junhao suddenly found it funny, deliberately handed over [-] cents to him, and then said: "It's really [-] cents each... Is it mine if I give you the money?"

After he finished speaking, he turned around and walked home with Bamboo Lizi in his arms. Just two steps away, the little guy rushed to him and stopped him, shouting, "Where are you going?"

"Why do you regret it again? You just nodded and sold it to me. I want to take it home?" Liu Junhao raised his hand high, not letting the little guy reach it.

"It's not for sale...take a group photo, fifty cents!" The child explained hastily.

Zhang Qian and the others were taken aback when they heard this, and then burst out laughing.Especially Pang Xu, who almost burst out laughing.

This brat didn't speak clearly, so Liu Junhao handed the bamboo raccoon over awkwardly.

(End of this chapter)