Chapter 7: Monkey Wine

After practicing swords, having breakfast, and greeting his mother, Jiang Hai left home in a hurry. Under the huge plane tree, two teenagers sat on the ground. Jiang Hu, a tiger-headed tiger-brained nicknamed Huzi, and Jiang Zhe, a thin, sharp-beaked monkey with a cheek nicknamed Skinny Monkey. Waiting, seeing Jiang Hai coming, the two stood up.

"Did you get anything?" Jiang Hai asked.

"I finally stole it from my grandfather. If you don't give me a jug of monkey wine at night, I guess my grandfather will break my legs. The skinny monkey whispered, looking around and seeing that no one had taken a gourd out of his bosom. Jiang Zhe has no parents since he was a child, and it is said that he died in the mountains and grew up with his grandfather. His grandfather likes to drink a little wine, and he is also disciplined by Jiang Zhe, the villagers always laugh at him, as long as his grandfather looks at him, he is so scared that he can't walk.

Jiang Hai took the gourd and opened the stopper, and a pungent smell of wine emanated with a burst of earthy fragrance. This is just an ordinary sorghum wine brewed by the villagers, and this heavy fragrance should be the reason why it has been buried in the ground for a long time, and it seems that the skinny monkey stole his grandfather's treasure and stuffed it with a stopper.

"What about you?" Huzi also took out a gourd and some green plums from his arms.

"My wine isn't as good as a monkey's, and I don't want to have my leg broken," Jiang Hu quipped Jiang Zhe

"Go and stay aside, who do you say about a tiger wetting the bed?" Jiang Zhe countered

Jiang Hu was five years old and still wetting the bed, which is also spread in the village, it is said that because of this, his family wears quilts every day, and now he has naturally changed this problem as he gets older, but the tiger that wets the bed has also become his mark.

"You, if you don't beat you for a few days, you will go to the house to uncover the tiles," Jiang Hu rolled up his sleeves and said viciously with his fists exposed

"Alright, take your stuff, let's go!" Jiang Hai stopped the two who were arguing

Seeing Jiang Hai's words, the two had no choice but to stop, after all, fists are the truth, and as the boss of their peers in the village, this bit of prestige must still be had.

The three of them sneaked out of the village and walked all the way north. After walking for about a few miles, I came to a dense forest.

"That's it, you see the dense vegetation and fruit trees in this area, and the wine monkeys will definitely haunt here. The two of you unplug the wine, pour some wine on the ground, and then lay the wine jug flat under the tree, and put the green plum on it," Jiang Hai instructed the two of them.

Wait for the two of them to hide in the weeds next to them.

"Boss, can the wine monkey take us to their den?" Jiang Zhe asked

"You're stupid!" Jiang Hu next to him knocked on the monkey's head, "Don't forget that wine monkeys love to drink"

"Damn, if you knock me on the head again, I'm angry," the two didn't forget to argue

"Let's just let it get drunk, and it will run home with the fruit," Jiang Hai acclaimed

"Oh," Jiang Zhe rubbed his head

Wine monkey is a low-level monkey. He likes to drink and can be regarded as an alcoholic among monkeys. The combat effectiveness is not high, but it is extremely clever and has no outstanding talent, so no one captures it as a spirit beast. Although it can't be a spirit beast war pet, its other skill is enviable. Winemaking.

Each of them is a drunkard, but each of them is a master brewer, and the wine they make is mellow and delicious, like drinking juice, but it has a lot of stamina, and you will get drunk before you know it. It's also strange to say that as long as these wine monkeys are caught, no matter how coercive and tempting they are, they will stop making wine or kill it, and the same is true. Therefore, it also causes the value of monkey wine, and a bottle of monkey wine on the market is at least 5 taels of silver. You must know that 5 taels of silver is the annual income of an ordinary family. It is also indirectly protecting the safety of the monkey population.

"By the way, Boss, you haven't told us why you stole monkey wine. Jiang Hu asked, and Jiang Zhe also looked at Jiang Hai

"I heard my mother say that a few days is my grandfather's 70th birthday, and I want to use it as a birthday gift"

"Monkey wine is pretty good for a birthday gift, but I don't know if I can get it today. Alas, if I can't get it, I'll die," Jiang Zhe said with a grudge. Looking at the wine in the distance volatilizing with the air, and then thinking about his grandfather's bamboo strips, Jiang Zhe looked bitter.

"Believe me," Jiang Hai comforted Jiang Zhe. In fact, it is also to comfort yourself.

Time passed little by little, and Jiang Zhe, who was lying on the ground, closed his eyes...... He fell asleep, and Jiang Hai's heart was beating and retreating. Is it the wrong method? Forget it, it is better to wait a while and suppress your restless heart.

About a quarter of an hour had passed, and above the bait, there was a sparse sound in the trees. Jiang Hai patted Jiang Zhe, who was asleep, and Jiang Hu motioned for them to whisper.

I saw a brown monkey grasping the branch with one hand and picking up the leaves with the other, looking around with a thief's eyebrows, looking around for a while, to make sure that there was no danger, climbing down the road, picking up the gourd, and quickly climbing up the tree. Sit on the largest branch of the tree. After sniffing the gourd man, he looked around again. Only then did I drink boldly with confidence. I kept chirping while drinking.

Seeing that the monkey was already flushed after drinking a gourd wine, he was obviously a little drunk. Climbed down from the tree and walked to the depths of the forest with Qing Li in his arms.

Seeing this, Jiang Hai and the three quietly followed. Success or failure depends on it.

After walking for about a few miles, this place is far away from the village, but Jiang Hai knows that the destination is already very close, and he can already see many wine monkeys, coming from all directions. Or like the drunken monkey who carried the fruit in his arms, or held the huge plantain leaves, or held the water with the lotus leaf with great care, all walking in one direction, these should be for sake brewing. It seems that there is a play this time, and the three of them all showed joy, looked at each other and nodded. When they are far away, they follow more carefully in silence.

This is already considered the depths of the dense forest, but it still belongs to the periphery or even the edge of the Demon Moon Forest. Because I have never seen all kinds of beasts, and there are no traces of beast life, this is still within the scope of human life, and Jiang Hai has seen footprints. Although there are very few, there are still quite a few trails. Twisting and turning like an earthworm. Many wine monkeys have walked one of them, a road where no footprints can be seen. Stay away from humans.

It's finally here. A large forest stands, with lush branches and leaves, covering the sky and the sun, surrounding a vacant lot, in the middle of which dozens of large and small wine monkeys are busy with their own work, but the division of labor is clear.

The monkeys in charge of picking the fruits pile the fruits together, and soon a small pile of fruits is piled up on the ground, and all kinds of fruits are colorful. After putting down the fruit, the monkeys left and went on to pick it.

The water is poured into one of the tanks little by little, and the tank is more like a pool than a tank. A huge stone, dozens of meters long and wide, has been hollowed out in the middle. It's already half filled with water. Another pool is already filled with water.

The lotus leaves and banana leaves are placed next to the pool, and then the monkeys are in charge of cleaning. Put the fruits into the pool one by one, scrub them with fluffy hands, then scoop them up, drain the water and wrap them in lotus leaves and put them on the ground.

Then another group of monkeys climbed the trees with the washed fruits, and took a closer look at each tree as a special one, with natural or man-made grooves from the branches of the trunk. The monkey first spreads the lotus leaf in the groove. Then place the fruits one by one on the lotus leaves, and then use the remaining lotus leaves to scoop water from another water and pour it into the grooves.

When the water is about to overflow, then the huge banana leaves are spread on it, with as many as eight layers inside and out, but it is not sealed and leaves a small gap. Finally, the dense branches and leaves are broken directly above the gap to allow sunlight to reach the gap. Take the essence of the sun and the moon to make wine.

If you guess correctly, the water used for brewing is either a mountain spring or flower dew and rain dew. Tree by tree, repeating the fruit until the fruit is all exhausted.

When you see that there is nothing to do, the monkeys can start to play and chase me, or they will turn their hair between each other to catch lice. Seeing that the monkeys were decreasing, Jiang Hai decided to go to the largest tree in the middle. It was a good place, and the monkeys were afraid to go there. Although there was a natural tree hole there, the three of them sneaked into the tree hole, and as soon as they entered, they heard a thunderous snoring sound, and heard that a monkey twice the size of an ordinary monkey was lying on a stone bed. The brown hair could not tell where the butt was and where the face was red, if it weren't for a tail hanging out of the bed. I really thought my ass was on the stone pillow.

I didn't expect this to be a three-grade white-eyed monkey king. Generally, the wine monkey tastes the wine monkey king and has two products, if the eyebrows are white, it is three products, and the three products have a lot of combat power compared with one or two products. is quite a human swordsman, and it is obviously not something that Jiang Hai, a small junior swordsman, can compete with. Fortunately, the Monkey King was already drunk. It's just that the three-grade wine monkey king is really rare, and one out of a thousand is already good.

The concentration of alcohol in the hollow of the tree was a bit high, and the three of them quietly stayed in a corner, watching the movement outside the window through a man-made window.

From time to time, monkeys return from outside, and the fruits, lotus leaves, banana leaves, and water are put down and leave. The monkeys in charge of making wine wash the fruits, pour water and spread the leaves. Little by little, time passed.

It was already evening, and the sun was going west, about to set, from the west side of the mountain. The faint sun barely passed through the branches, and the ground was golden. After brewing the last fruits, the monkeys stopped continuing. After a busy day, taking advantage of the darkness, they went out of the forest one after another to forage for food.

Make sure the monkeys are gone. Jiang Hai and the three of them walked out of the cave. Go get the monkey wine. The three climbed three trees each. Peel aside the layers of plantain leaves. No, Jiang Zhe shook his head. The wine has not yet been brewed, and Jiang Hu on the other side also shook his head.

Jiang Hai didn't smell the smell of wine through the gap, and shook his head at the two

Then I climbed up another tree, and before I could pull the leaves, I smelled a wine, not pungent, and a burst of fruity aroma, like juice. "Here," Jiang Hai whispered to the two. Jiang Hu Jiang Zhe came when he heard the sound, pulled out the leaves, and a strong aroma of wine rushed to his face, which smelled good.

Jiang Zhe couldn't help but dip a little with his hand and put it in his mouth, and then looked intoxicated, "It's so sweet" After speaking, he scooped it with his hand, and drank it deliciously, seeing this, Jiang Hu Jianghai also dipped a little into his mouth. Sweet and delicious, with the refreshing taste of the fruit, and the lusciousness of the dessert.

"Don't drink too much, this wine will get you drunk before you know it. Jiang Hai beckoned the two of them to get down to business.

The three of them took out the gourd prepared in advance and filled it with wine.

At this time, a golden light flew out of the hole, and the speed was extremely fast and landed on Jiang Hai's waist in the blink of an eye. Seeing the comer clearly, Jiang Hai called out, "Monkey?"

Jiang Zhe, who was loading wine on the side, looked at Jiang Hai blankly.

"I didn't call you!" Jiang Hai pointed to his waist with his finger. The two of them looked at each other. Sure enough, there was a palm-sized monkey climbing on its waist. The hair is supple and golden yellow. The eyes are so bright. It's fluffy like a ball of hair. At this time, his eyes blinked and looked at Jiang Hai with a flattering expression, chirping.

Jiang Hai looked at the little monkey, "You want to drink it too?" and pointed to the wine with his finger.

The little monkey nodded, and the egg-sized head was like a chicken pecking rice.

It turned out to be a greedy monkey, and it seems that the natural drunkard of the wine monkey is right, and he must have taken advantage of his parents to forage for food, and he must have been attracted by the smell of wine.

Jiang Hai tapped a drop of wine with his little finger and put it in its mouth, and the little monkey opened his mouth for a moment, and then saw that his little eyes narrowed into a crescent moon shape, and his face was intoxicated. What a little drunkard.

Haw

"Do you want to? No, you can't drink that much. ”

The little monkey listened and showed a dissatisfied expression.

Am I so spiritual?

I saw that the little monkey climbed on the gourd that Jiang Hai had just filled with wine, unscrewed the stopper, and drank it with his beard.

I rely on you to be really cooked, I have to drink it, anyway, it's your wine.

The three of them filled the gourd they brought with wine, and then covered the banana leaves to keep them in their original appearance, just stealing wine, not to spoil the wine, and it was not easy for the wine monkeys. After a long period of exposure to air, the wine will become fierce and lose its original sweetness, and the three of them will climb down the tree one after another.

Jiang Hai, who was the last one, had just climbed down the tree, and he happened to meet a monkey returning from foraging, picking his teeth with a branch.

It was over, and before Jiang Hai and the three of them could make any moves, the monkey began to roar with bursts of anger. Angry that his things were stolen, and he packed them, and the three of them had two or three gourds hanging from their waists. These three humans are really hateful, we work hard, you drink it secretly and pack so much. You know, we don't drink that much in a day. I have to tell the king to catch these three hateful humans, and if I don't get it, the king will reward me with a pot." It's a little exciting to think about. The monkey thought to himself. "Chirp ........."

It's miserable, although Jiang Hai can't understand the beast language, but he feels the change in the other party's tone, the front is angry, the reverie in the middle, and the back is more like a child who has been wronged and complained to his family. Obviously, the parent is the white-browed monkey king.

Sure enough, there was a roar from the tree hole, and a huge monkey rushed from it, and the next moment it came to Jiang Hai and the three of them, the white eyebrows were furrowed, with anger, and the three of them looked at the three of them, and the monkey next to them ran to the side of the white eyebrows flatteringly, chirping didn't know what to say, just pointed to the gourd of the three people.

"Roar"

Ignoring the monkey, he just glanced at the three of them.

This time it was decided, I didn't feel the majesty of the Monkey King in the cave just now, and at this time, I looked at each other closely, and a strong sense of powerlessness arose. The natural level suppression of the swordsman by the swordsman made Jiang Hai's calves pantothenic. Headache, fighting? I will definitely not be able to beat this three-grade monkey king. Run? Besides, at this time, the surroundings were already surrounded by monkeys returning from foraging outside, and the three of them were surrounded inside and out, and the three of them would be beaten into mud in an instant as soon as the Monkey King gave an order.

Jiang Hu and the two were already under the formation, trembling and pulling Jiang Hai

"Boss, how is this good?"

"It's okay, I'm trying to figure it out. It's just that he was thinking in his heart, and the monkey king didn't move for a long time, and his eyes were staring at his waist at the moment, following his gaze. A golden little monkey climbed on his waist, grasping Jiang Hai's belt with one hand and a gourd with the other. Already asleep at the moment.

Through the hair, the skin was red and drunk, and there was a thin crystal line hanging from the corner of the mouth. From time to time, it falls and sucks it back to the little monkey. Perhaps amused by the little monkey's funny appearance, the monkey king put away his initial anger and smiled at the little monkey.

Jiang Hai saw all this. There's a play!

He said to the Monkey King, "Respectful Monkey King." Is this your son?", after speaking, he gently pulled the little monkey's little hand with his hand. Can't pull it? Use a little force, but still can't pull it. No matter how hard I tried, I still didn't move. I can't see that this little monkey is quite energetic. No more force? No more force, and it should hurt the little monkey. When the time comes, the little monkey will call. The three of them are absolutely here! waved his hand helplessly at the Monkey King.

The Monkey King made a personal look to show his understanding.

"You see it's getting dark, why don't you let us go?"

The Monkey King didn't react, just looked at the little monkey. Seeing this, Jiang Hai gave Jiang Hu and the two a look. The two of them put the gourd on their waists on the ground. We return this wine to you. As for my waist, see if you can give it to me, I'll give it to my grandfather for his birthday.

The Monkey King roared. The surrounding group of monkeys suddenly moved out of the way, and the monkey who made the report just now looked reluctant.

"Then thank you Monkey King, the little monkey will send it back when it wakes up. The three of them walked out quickly, for fear that the Monkey King would regret leaving the three of them. At this time, the sleeping monkey didn't know if it was a dream or something. There was a chirp. The Monkey King chirped and replied.

Then I saw a monkey as strong as Schwarzenegger emerge from the monkey group. He threw a huge stone about several meters long into the ground. There was a boom, and then a punch was slammed into the stone, and suddenly a pit appeared. Schwarzenegger Monkey stood on the side when he had done everything. Then a few wine monkeys held the lotus leaves, which were full of wine, and filled the stone pit with wine.

The Monkey King moved his eyes and motioned for a few people to hurry away with the wine. Jiang Hai looked at the huge stone and smiled bitterly.

"You see, my lord, we can't afford it. ”

So there was a look, with three children walking in front, followed by a Schwarzenegger-like wine monkey holding a stone filled with wine.

When I got home, it was getting dark. There were faint lights everywhere in the village, and when they saw the wine monkeys behind the three of them, they were all shocked, and they took out their weapons one after another, but there was no way that the wine monkeys looked too vicious.

Jiang Hai and the three of them hurriedly told the story of the incident, and everyone put down their weapons.

The wine monkey put down the stone and left without looking back.

The three of them lowered their heads and did not speak, waiting for them to be taught a lesson by their elders.

"Jiang Zhe, come over to me. Grandpa Jiang Zhe was the first to attack, pinching Jiang Zhe's ears with one hand and pumping his ass with a bamboo strip with the other. "Let you steal my wine, let you steal into the Demon Moon Forest, call you ............"

"Grandpa, don't beat me, I'm wrong, I'm going to bloom if I spank again!" Jiang Zhe cried and promised, and walked home.

"Jiang Hu, do you really think you have grown into a tiger? you come over to me," Jiang Hu's mother roared. Jiang Hu walked to his mother's side and listened to her various teachings, and walked to his house step by step.

Jiang Hai's father didn't say anything. Mother is preaching all sorts of things. In the end, I had to promise never to enter the Demon Moon Forest again, so I stopped

So far, there is one more member of the Jiang Hai family, a fluffy palm-sized wine monkey, and the Jiang Hai family has no opinion on this.

First, the little monkey can't eat much, and second, Jianghai has no brothers and sisters, and there is a little monkey to be a companion.

The little monkeys can't eat much? They don't eat human food at all, they only eat wild fruits and so on. Drink monkey wine. Therefore, there will be a bunch of various wild fruits and a gourd wine at the gate of Jianghai every day, obviously sent by the white-eyed monkey king, worried about his own children. It's just that Jiang Hai is very puzzled about why the little monkey doesn't go home, and the monkey king is not in a hurry to find the little monkey.

It's just that he didn't know that on the night he sent the little monkey away. The Monkey King danced and muttered, and laughter came from time to time. If there is a Royal Beast Gate, they will understand

"Hahaha, I finally sent away this little ancestor, but I can only get drunk all day long, you stay with him, don't come back, lalala"