Chapter 115: Angry little old man
The four pairs of eyes couldn't help but want to go around the few people standing in front of them, to look into the depths of the cave, to see the magical big stone basin in the mouth of the brown witch.
Oh... No, it should be called a clay pot ...
Wu Jian of the mushroom tribe couldn't see the 'clay pot' he wanted to see, and he was a little itchy. She learned the Brown Witch's pronunciation, "Tao... pot," accompanied by the old voice, there was a gesture of gesturing, and after the gesturing, he saw that the other party did not react, and then looked at the brown witch standing aside.
Brown Witch has been getting along with Chen Chao and the others for several days, and may not be able to understand each other's words quite well. But because of the high frequency of communication, even if the two parties just gesture or occasionally look at each other, it will be easy to understand what the other party wants to express.
So the Brown Witch became the 'instant translator' between the Mushroom Tribe and Chen Chao and others, and the people of the Mushroom Tribe expressed their specific demands to the Brown Witch in the local dialect that they could understand each other, and the Brown Witch conveyed these demands in a way that Chen Chao and others could quickly understand.
After the two sides made a comparison, Chen Chao and the little old man with the sheep's horns understood that they were not in a hurry to eat now, and were in a hurry to see the clay pot.
It's not that Chen Chao didn't want to understand it before, and there were some problems with the pronunciation of the mushroom witch, and he didn't understand it for a while.
Seeing that several people from the mushroom tribe were anxious to see the clay pot, Chen Chao had no intention of pinching the other party, and directly took a few people to the place where they were cooking in the cave.
Looking at the stone basin/clay pot on the simple stove, the four of them couldn't help but let out a sound of amazement. The snow and water are swirling with clouds and mist-like water vapor, and you don't need to touch it to feel the heat rushing to your face.
The four of them couldn't help but think that the water in the small stone basin they had drunk earlier came from here.
But in the winter, it's really comfortable to have a bowl of this hot water to drink...
But it doesn't feel like it, because the water smells salty, and the one just now doesn't seem to be...
The mushroom witch sniffed carefully again, this smell is so familiar! Yes, it's the smell of salty stone! But there's another strange thing, it's their salty stones...
The mushroom witch thought about it and sniffed it a few more times before finally deciding on it. Their salty stones, no weird taste and bitterness!
After determining that it was a salty stone, the mushroom witch grabbed the little old man's arm. The little old man who was looking at what was in the animal skin bag was startled, and as soon as the animal skin bag in his hand was loosened, all the contents were sprinkled in the steaming clay pot, and a large part was also sprinkled on the ground.
The middle-aged woman who followed the mushroom witch in distress hurriedly bent down to help pick it up, and after picking up the ones on the ground, she still looked at the ones that fell into the clay pot and sighed. also tried to reach into the clay pot, but was pulled back by Chen Chao.
Then she was still a little puzzled, thinking that maybe this kind of big stone basin was very expensive, and no one could touch it until she successfully traded with her tribe.
It took a long time for the little old man with the horns to break free his hand from the clutches of the mushroom witch. He was about to lose his temper when he saw the mushroom witch pointing to the clay pot and was very excited.
made the little old man inexplicable, and the brown witch next to him didn't understand what the mushroom witch wanted to express. In the end, it was the mushroom witch himself who made a tongue licking finger movement, and the little old man thought about salt. 'This mushroom witch doesn't want our tribe's salty stones, does it?' ’
The little old man thought about it and asked Chen Chao again, "She... Salty... Salt..."
That means she might want our salty rock/salt, should she show it to her?
Chen Chao nodded, and the little old man untied the treasure animal skin bag from his waist, opened it gently, and came to the front of the mushroom witch.
The mushroom witch first took a closer look, he was old, and his eyes were a little bad, so he really couldn't help it. But fortunately, although the batch of salt that Chen Chao got last time was not very white, it was much whiter than the salty stone they directly used and had not been treated.
So the mushroom witch easily saw the contents of the animal skin bag, but she was still very puzzled, this was not the same as the salty stone in their tribe...
Then she took the opportunity to sniff it with her nose, and was very sure that it was indeed a salty stone!
But... She still wanted to taste it and make sure again.
The little old man saw what she was thinking, and he gently pushed the bag forward, which meant, 'Taste it, I don't mind at all, really!' ’
Then the mushroom witch raised his index finger, dipped it into the animal skin bag, and then put it in his mouth, and his face was immediately distorted.
And the little old man on the side saw her action, and his face suddenly distorted!
Without him, one is salted and the other is angry.
The little old man with the horns of the sheep looked at it carefully just now, and the whole finger of salt suddenly hammered on the little old man's chest like a boulder falling from the sky, making him feel breathless in an instant!
'Damn, aren't you distressed if it's not something from your tribe!' I am only willing to deduct and search for a little bit every day! The salt you dipped in with one finger is enough for our tribe to eat for a year! ’
Of course, the feelings here have been at least unilaterally amplified by the little old man. But it can't be denied that this incident really distressed him. Because when he felt that he was at his most generous, he had never squandered it so much!
When the mushroom witch saw the expression of the little old man with sheep's horns, she also knew that she had dipped too much just now, she smiled embarrassedly, and then stepped forward and hugged the little old man.
Little old man...
I'm angry that you ate a lot of salt from our tribe.
Even though you're being friendly to me right now, I'm still angry!
Because you eat a lot of salt from our tribe...
That's a lot of salt... Woooooooo
The Brown Witch looked at the two of them and felt strange, wasn't it just salty stone... It's not that their tribe doesn't have nothing...
Your mushroom tribe lacks salty stones and told our brown tribe that you haven't eaten a lot of them before... I told you that we could exchange it for you... Hey, hey, hey~~~
The mushroom witch uttered the local dialect of 'chirp' while gesturing with all kinds of strange gestures.
Brown Witch looked at it, yo, it's time to start talking about business!!
It just so happened that the people in the cave were now idle, waiting to eat.
Brown Witch originally planned to win Chen Chao's opinion, pull everyone over, and put on the posture of changing the clay pot before.
But it doesn't seem right to see what the mushroom witch wants, and she doesn't seem to be in a hurry to ask for a clay pot now... Changed to want salty stone...
This stumped the Brown Witch, of course, not in terms of expression, but in terms of calculating commissions. …
He knows how much commission he can get for changing a clay pot, but if he changes salty stone, he doesn't know...
The brown witch scratched his ears and cheeks for a while, and he really couldn't think of a way, but since the buyer was on the scene, he couldn't immediately grab the seller to discuss......
Doesn't this expose the fact that he is actually a trust......
So he had to comfort himself that it seemed that he could only take one step at a time.
Do the thing first, and then ask, because that's the only way to do it at the moment!
If they don't give themselves a commission, they will ask the mushroom witch not to buy it for them, anyway, there are still some salty stones in their tribe!
Don't be afraid that they will pay their bills! ~~
After understanding the meaning of the mushroom witch, the brown witch began to translate immediately, "Such a large clay pot, filled with salt, what can I use in exchange?" ’
This question was also something that Chen Chao hadn't considered before he set off, because salt hadn't been brought out much this time, and it wasn't within the scope of the transaction.
After telling the Brown Witch about the specific situation, he went on to make an analogy, "The Mushroom Tribe can also come to our tribe to trade with the Brown Tribe in the autumn, and there may be some salty stone/salt to trade with at that time." ’
After understanding what Chen Chao meant, Mushroom Wu thought about it, and still asked the question she was more concerned about, what could she use to exchange for salt in a clay pot?
Chen Chao was a little helpless about the mushroom witch's persistence, so he could only go to the side with the little old man to discuss the specific price.
The official suggested retail price for the last pot of salt is, 'Five men and five women. It can be reduced as appropriate, this is just the initial pricing. After all, a pot of salt is really a lot, at least enough for a tribe of more than 100 people to save a year's worth of food.
And when the time comes, we will have to make specific changes to the situation, besides, even if I want so much salt now, I don't have it~
Hearing this pricing, the pupils of the mushroom witch and the brown witch unconsciously dilated, so expensive?!