Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Head of the Enemy
The mountain is full of wild vegetables and fruits, and the people in the city may want to try it, but the children in the mountains feel that the mountain goods are far from catching up with the temptation of the sugar people. As a result, the children of Guojiazhuang flew home and carried baskets, and rushed to Fajiu Mountain in a hurry. Baskets and baskets of yellow flowers, fungus, and mountain mushrooms were sent to the Autumn Wind Break Restaurant by the children, in exchange for strange pieces of paper, and the children could exchange the pieces of paper with the sugar man Zhang for the sugar man. Sugar Man Zhang only recognized the pieces of paper broken by the autumn wind, and did not recognize the rest, even if he gave him money, he didn't care about it.
After the candy man collected the children's pieces of paper, he would use a small spatula to take a little hot syrup, put it on the hand stained with talcum powder and rub it, and then use his mouth to hold a section, and after blowing foam, quickly put it in the wooden mold coated with talcum powder, blow hard, and after a while, open the wooden mold, and the sugar man he wanted was blown ready. Then dip the end of the reed pole into some syrup and stick it on the candy man, and you're done. Sugar people come in all shapes, such as fawns, goldfish, rats, lanterns, etc., and the most popular among children is the monkey. After the monkey is done, it is necessary to knock a small hole in the back of the monkey and pour some syrup, and then prick a small hole in the monkey's buttocks to let the syrup flow out slowly. This set of toys is called monkey lasa, and it is the most popular among children.
Sugar Man Zhang can not only blow candy people, but also draw sugar people. Compared with the candy blowing man, painting the sugar man is simpler, first rub it gently on the slate with linoleum, scoop a little syrup on a very delicate small copper spoon, and slowly flow out with the syrup at a slight inclination, and then the hand will become a sugar line, with the wrist up and down left and right, one by one or the person or animal or flower will appear on the slate, wait to cool and set, use the syrup to point two points on the sugar man, pick up the bamboo stick upward, and then insert it on the grass handle......
Later, even the children outside Guojiazhuang were also attracted, and the mountain treasures from all over the Fajiu Mountain were continuously sent to the Qiufeng Po Restaurant by the children.
Liu Zhiren looked at the mountain delicacies and wild fruits piled up like a hill in the courtyard, turned around and asked Li Tao: "Li Xiaolang, why do you want the sugar man to make these things?" ”
Liu Xuan also looked at Li Tao: "If I guessed correctly, are you afraid that Sugar Man Zhang will think that he is a waste, so he did this in order to give him a job, right?" ”
Li Tao smiled: "Old Master Liu, who knows me, is also!" You're right, everyone wants recognition and respect. Although Uncle Zhang is old, he doesn't want others to treat him as eating for nothing. I let him do things so that he can live with dignity! ”
Liu Xuan nodded: "This is a great goodness!" But what will happen to these mountain delicacies? ”
"These delicacies can be dried, and in the winter, they are all fine dishes! As for these wild fruits, they are even more useful! ”
"Oh? You say these wild fruits are also useful? Liu Zhiren said strangely.
"Of course!" Li Tao pointed to the wild fruit on the ground and said, "This is a sour date, this is a hawthorn, and this is a wild cherry." Wild fruits and koji cubes are mashed, steamed, cooled, strained and fermented. After a few months, take it out, filter out the residue, boil it in water, and fill the mouth of the altar while it is hot, you can make a mellow and harmonious aroma, soft liquor, and fragrant elixir. I can make as many wild fruit wines as I have, which is a hundred times stronger than the wine in the wine shops and restaurants in the city. ”
Listening to Li Tao's words, Liu Xuan and Liu Zhiren could only shake their heads with a wry smile. At least until now, they hadn't seen anything that could stop Li Tao.
More than ten days after the autumn wind broke and opened, Pei Yue, who had been disappearing, suddenly appeared.
"Uncle Yue! Okay? Li Tao asked.
"That's it!"
"Did you bring anything back?"
"Brought back!"
"Okay, let's go find Uncle Dong tonight!" A smile appeared on Li Tao's face.
……
"Who! It's so late! ”
When Dong Fei opened the door with sleepy eyes, he was suddenly stunned.
"Uncle Dong! Uncle Yue and I have come to see you! Li Tao said with a grin.
"Li Xiaolang-kun? Come in! ”
Dong Fei said busily.
When the three of them entered the inner room, Dong Fei turned on the dim oil lamp, and the bright light suddenly sprinkled all over the simple room.
"Uncle Dong! I've got you a gift! With that, Li Tao nodded towards Pei Yue.
Pei Yue unloaded a large pocket from his shoulder.
"Li Xiaolangjun, come on, what else do you bring......" Dong Fei's words came to an abrupt end with the two things that Pei Yue took out of his pocket.
Pei Yue took out two nitrate human heads, and he placed them in front of Dong Fei.
Dong Fei looked at the two heads, his lips trembled slightly, his heart seemed to be pressed by an invisible boulder, and his mind was blank. At first, there were a lot of tears in his eyes, but after a while, he couldn't hold them anymore, and strings of tears flowed down the scar on his face. He lowered his head, but the crying did not abate, he covered his face with his hands, tears streaming from his fingers. His cries grew louder and louder, like a landslide, like a tsunami, earth-shattering, forming a huge storm, as if a volcano deep in his heart was about to erupt.
Pei Yue was about to comfort Dong Fei, but was stopped by Li Tao with a look.
In front of Dong Fei was the head of the drunkard and Lin Fuzi, and Li Tao was very able to understand Dong Fei's mood at the moment. These two people ruined Dong Fei's family, let him die in the world, kept him awake at night, made him unable to eat, and let him always live in hatred. Just when he thought that he could not be hated in this life, the head of the enemy was placed in front of him, how could he not be excited?
Finally, Dong Fei stopped crying. He got up and bowed deeply to Li Tao: "Little master, the big revenge has to be avenged, and I can't thank you!" From now on, I will be the slave of the little master, no matter what I send, I Dong Fei will never say anything! ”
Li Tao hurriedly helped Dong Fei up: "Uncle Dong, you are too polite!" What slave is not slave, you are my elder! ”
"Little master! If you don't agree, I'll die on my knees!" Dong Fei said stubbornly.
Li Tao looked at Pei Yue as if he was pleading, and Pei Yue nodded to him slightly.
Li Tao had no choice but to say: "I have answered you, get up!" Uncle Dong! ”
"Hey!" Dong Fei stood up with a happy face.
After the three of them sat down again, Li Tao solemnly said to Dong Fei: "Uncle Dong, I have a way of making wine, and I want to ask you to help me make some wine!" Do you think it's okay? ”
"Little master, just say it, as long as the method works, I can make the wine you want!" Dong Fei patted his chest confidently.
"I only know a rough idea of this method, and you have to figure it out by yourself! You're an insider, and I guess that shouldn't bother you! ”
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