Chapter 526: Collecting Monkey Vinegar
Spending the night in the mountains, being careful, in order to prevent accidents, Lin Zeng took the initiative to be on duty, let Jiang Hua rest, and keep vigil by himself. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
In this environment, she does not feel that she is the object that needs to be protected, but said: "If a person does not sleep for one night, the next day will be very tired, I can't sleep until dawn with peace of mind, let you sit alone all night, if you think I am a girl and need to be taken care of, then I will be awake in the first half of the night, and I will hand it over to you in the second half of the night, what do you think?"
In fact, Lin Zeng's spiritual strength is far greater than before, and he doesn't sleep all night, which doesn't have much impact.
It's just that what Jiang Hua said, it was clearly organized, and Lin Zeng insisted on her, so he had to take turns to take care of her as she said. Lin Zeng slept lightly for four or five hours in the first half of the night, and when he woke up at one o'clock in the morning, he changed shifts with Jiang Hua.
Jiang Hua fell asleep quickly, her breathing was shallow, her face was calm, and she couldn't see the ferocity of the poacher she had tied up with a thorn vine a few hours ago, Lin Zeng slowly listened to her deep breathing, feeling that the years were quiet at this moment, and his heart was at peace.
There was nothing to do all night in the mountains, and it was very calm.
The southeast hills and mountains are gentle, there are few fierce beasts, and insects and snakes do not come out in winter, so the two of them rest in the cave for one night, and there is no danger to occur.
At half past five in the morning, Jiang Hua woke up and found that he was sleeping comfortably on Lin Zeng's thigh.
When there is light in the sky, they will be able to find a way down the mountain.
Walking out of the rock cave, I saw a group of monkeys in groups of three or five, holding green fruits, nibbling with relish. They also seem to have gone through a night's rest and look much better.
As soon as Lin Zeng and Jiang Hua walked out of the cave, these macaques, who were not tall, invariably raised their little heads, and their red monkey faces squeezed out funny expressions, but it could be seen that there was no malicious intent.
"Let's go, don't catch the monkeys anymore. Jiang Hua touched his stomach, was very hungry, and waved goodbye to them.
The tallest macaque king, seeing them leave empty-handed, screamed a little angrily, flicked his slender tail, and walked up to them, and urged them with some urgency, as if to let them go in and take away the vinegar from the stone altar.
Jiang Hua waved his hand and said, "Thank you for your kindness, we don't have a jug now, wait for a trip down the mountain, take the jar with things, and then come up to get it." ”
These monkeys don't know how to brew fruit vinegar, the taste is really extraordinary, Jiang Hua also loves sour vinegar, and eats chaotic meat swallows and garlic jellyfish on weekdays, no vinegar and no joy. This fragrant vinegar was bumped into by her, even if the monkey king didn't urge, she wanted to get some back and taste it.
After listening to Jiang Hua's words, the Monkey King calmed down and stepped aside to stop them.
When they embarked on the return journey, these monkeys were left, but they were not far behind, dragged their families with them, followed Jiang Hua and Lin Zeng, followed all the way, and returned to the residence of Sandao's mother-in-law.
On the way, Lin Zeng received a call from the police officers who called the police yesterday. Even the public security bureau of Hong Kong County has escorted back the thieves we left in the forest. However, they seem to have been attacked by monkeys, covered in injuries, and have been sent to Liangang County Hospital. ”
Lin Zeng told Jiang Hua the content of the call.
Mother-in-law Sandao is distressed to take her special cake and feed the monkey. When she heard what Lin Zeng said, she was jealous and hateful, and said fiercely: "They deserve it! This group of people is so vicious, they should be killed with a thousand knives!"
"Mother-in-law, the Monkey King just sent me some fruit vinegar, I'll go home and get some jars, put some home, make garlic sauce, and eat meat swallows and drizzle some on it, it must be delicious. Jiang Hua looked at the time and decided to eat something and go up the mountain again.
Granny Sandao looked at them with some surprise, then turned her head and continued to feed the monkeys.
"Then take all the vinegar from the cave and bring a few more barrels. Now I'll go after breakfast, I steamed six bamboo tubes of rice in the pot, you and him hurry up to eat, and then talk about it after eating. Granny Sandao stuffed the last cyan rice dumpling in her hand to a thin monkey, and urged them in a somewhat hard tone.
Lin Zeng thought this old woman was very interesting.
Typical knife-mouthed tofu heart.
When he and Jiang Hua came back early in the morning, they saw the old woman walking out of the distance, looking around vigorously, her wrinkled face was obviously very worried, and when they returned, they straightened their faces and complained very unhappily that they had spent the night in the mountains.
In addition to the six steaming bamboo rice, the mother-in-law also fried a large plate of cauliflower and a pot of boiled eggs.
She obviously knew Jiang Hua's appetite very well.
After preparing food for them, Granny Sandao continued to stand by her hut, touching the head of the wild monkey king, babbling in her mouth, not knowing what she was talking about.
The two of them have a great appetite, and the speed of eating is like sweeping thousands of armies.
In less than twenty minutes, the table was completely disc-disc.
The two went back to the old house of the Jiang family, got two buckets of pure water, a long spoon, and a lamp to use in case of power failure, and then followed the road when they went down the mountain in the morning, and went straight to the cave where the Monkey King took them.
When they entered the cave, Lin Zeng and Jiang Hua found that the lights they had brought were useless.
They left the cave too early to notice that during the day, there was a beam of light in the funnel-shaped stone trough that shone directly into the trough.
Lin Zeng picked up the spoon, scooped out a spoonful of peculiar monkey vinegar, and poured it into a small glass bottle in Jiang Hua's backpack first.
"I know why monkeys are able to make vinegar. Jiang Hua pointed to the light shining in from the top of the cave, and when he looked up, he could see the dazzling seven-colored sunlight, "Brewing good vinegar is indispensable for sunlight." When I used to make grape vinegar, I used to put it in the sun room on the roof of the building, and the more it was sunned, the more it looked crystal clear, and the quality and taste would get better and better. ”
"I see. Lin Zeng filled this small glass bottle with only five hundred milliliters, handed it to Jiang Hua, and said, "Then you can identify it, what is the quality of such a rare monkey vinegar?"
Jiang Hua placed the glass bottle under the sun, and the transparent sunlight passed through the liquid in the glass bottle, refracting the green shimmer.
"It's the same color as Shishengguo!" Jiang Hua said in surprise.
Clear water and azure color.
The ancient Chinese people had a special admiration for cyan. There is a description in "Shuowen Jie Zi" that "green, oriental color also." It symbolizes beauty, justice, and vitality, and is also called "clear color", which is a "color that is pleasant for the eyes and heart".
From the cyan monkey vinegar in this glass bottle, you can feel the beauty of cyan.
Although the brewing method is rough, the liquid is completely clean without a hint of cloudiness, and it gives off a heart-warming brilliance in direct sunlight.
"It's so beautiful!" Jiang Hua tilted his head, looked at the glass bottle in his hand, and muttered to himself in a low voice, "Such a beautiful color, if it can be concocted and painted on paper, how beautiful it would be!"
Taking advantage of Jiang Hua's eyes staring at the monkey vinegar, Lin Zeng opened the bucket and began to fill the bucket with monkey vinegar.
No wonder the three-knife mother-in-law asked them to bring an extra bucket.
The fruit vinegar brewed by these monkeys can be guessed as the fruit of the stone tree when you look at the raw materials. I don't know how long it has been brewed here, but it was a bucket and a half full before the stone trough bottomed out.
The spoon scraped to the bottom, and it was true that he couldn't scoop up the cyan vinegar, Lin Zeng left the edge of the stone trough, looked at the fruit vinegar that had taken half a day's work to collect, and felt quite accomplished.