Chapter Twenty-Three: Thanks to Your Dad
After my aunt's funeral, I found Steward Hu burning paper money under an abandoned water tower in the middle of the Dongshan Clubhouse.
At the time, I thought it was very strange, but after I went up and asked about it, I learned something about the past.
Because of the ancestors, Steward Hu came to pay tribute to the soul that died under the water tower, and later, he took me up the mountain, but halfway up the mountain, I encountered a cave.
Crawling into the cave along the vines, I found the house where Xia Hong lived.
And the next day, when Tang Muzhou and I went to look for it again, we didn't find the cave.
Everything, as it seemed at the time, was bizarre.
And now, I'm standing next to this bend in the stream.
It meandered to the foot of the mountain, still looking crystal clear.
Looking up at the cave on the col, I saw a ghost black tree at the mouth of the cave.
The last time Steward Hu brought us cookies, there was a blueberry-shaped black seed, and after eating it, I had hallucinations.
I remember the girl sitting in front of me when she got into the car, and there was a strange smell in her body.
In retrospect, this smell should be the smell of the ghost black seed.
I was very close to her, and I guess because of this, I had auditory hallucinations again.
But there is another question, this Wang Xiaoguo himself is covered with that smell, why didn't I have symptoms.
And that carload of people, although I was closest to her, but other people, more or less, should have smelled that smell, why did I have a problem......
Thinking of this, I suddenly shuddered.
Standing on the side of the mountain road, the mass of things that Tom was holding in his hand moved, and he reached out and patted it:
"What are you moving, we'll go back and cook you later! No, it's baked and eaten! ”
I looked at Tang Muzhou: "You can eat, I can't eat it." ”
Tang Muzhou smiled: "Roasted bat meat, delicious, the meat is crispy, similar to chicken crispy bones, and the entrance is sweet, you must taste it, that taste, I am sure you will not forget it." ”
"If you say that you go to heaven, I will not eat it."
As he spoke, a minibus drove up.
This car is back to Qingshen County, when I went up with Tang Muzhou, I deliberately looked around, and this car was full of passengers.
The car was bumpy all the way and soon went back.
It was already eight o'clock in the evening, and Tang Muzhou and I left the passenger transportation center and took a taxi back to the chicken miscellaneous noodle shop.
At this time, there were not many people in the store.
Liang Yuan was a little surprised to see that we had come back so soon.
I didn't have time to say more, so I showed the bat to Liang Yuan and wanted to ask him if he would take the bat's venom.
Wrapped in a scarf all afternoon, the thing was dying.
Although the tie was loose, there was little strength.
Just moved his wings slightly, looking pitiful and a little disgusting.
Liang Yuan shook his head: "You really embarrass me, I'm just a guy who catches ducks on the shelves, you let me do this, you really look up to me." ”
That being said, he came up with an idea for us.
"Taking venom from a bat's teeth should be similar to taking poison from a snake's teeth, otherwise, go find Li Jiale, he should be able to help."
When I heard it, I thought it was a good idea.
There were more and more people in the store, and Liang Yuan had to stay.
So, I put the cave bat in a small bamboo basket and covered it with several layers of quilts. Afterwards. I called a car with Tang Muzhou, and took the bat to Li Jiale's grapefruit orchard.
This time is also the best time for farmhouse business.
When Tang Muzhou and I went in, the waiter came to ask us, I said I wanted to find the boss, and the little girl looked at us suspiciously: "Our boss is busy, why don't you make a call?" ”
This little girl is right, someone who suddenly broke in and wanted to find someone else's boss.
Now is the time to be busy, who will convey it to you, besides, who knows what you are here for?
But where do I have any Li Jiale phone number, I was in a bit of a hurry last time, and I don't know where the business card Li Jiale gave me went.
It seems that he can only call Liang Yuan to see if he can contact him.
Just as I was about to dial the phone, I saw the waitress calling out to the boss behind me. Hurriedly turned around, only to see Li Jiale standing behind me with a smile:
"Tang Xiaofan, what a rare guest!"
Li Jiale is wearing a casual sportswear today, and the whole person looks full of youthful vitality.
Just looking at it like this, it's really a little handsome.
I introduced Tang Muzhou to him, the two shook hands, and when we said that we were looking for him, Li Jiale explained to the people around him, and took us to a private room.
Once we sat down, we got straight to the point.
I opened the cave bat in the bamboo basket to look at Li Jiale, and after he glanced at the thing, he suddenly raised his eyes and said, "This is a cave bat!" Tang Xiaofan, where did you get this thing? ”
Seeing him reflect this way, I was stunned.
Hurriedly asked Li Jiale: "Have you seen this too?" ”
Li Jiale said yes.
After a pause, he said: "Back then, your father Tang Sihai used this thing to save my father's life!" ”
Hearing this, I glanced at Tang Muzhou and asked him what was going on.
Just then, the door opened.
The waiter brought in a pot of snake soup with a thick layer of chicken fat on top.
When the spoon is scooped down, and when the butter is cut to both sides, a rich fragrance comes to the nose, and this grapefruit orchard farmhouse is indeed a good place to cook snakes.
A casual soup has such a strong taste.
The scent soon spread throughout the private room, and just then, I suddenly heard the sound of the bat beating in the dustpan.
It occurred to me that snakes are the natural enemies of bats.
The bat must have smelled the snake and started to get terrified.
Li Jiale drank the snake soup calmly.
He beckoned Tang Muzhou to be polite: "There will be a salt-and-pepper snake section later, I also ate Tang Xiaofan last time, it tastes very good, you must try it." Every dish in our grapefruit orchard can't be eaten outside, so you're welcome. ”
Tang Muzhou also gulped down the snake soup, saying that it tasted good while drinking.
I don't know if he really likes to eat snake meat, but he is much more sophisticated than I am, and he always has a smile on his face when facing strangers he has never met.
After drinking a large bowl of snake soup, Li Jiale took out a tissue and wiped his mouth, and he said to us:
"Actually, if it weren't for Tang Sihai's help back then, this grapefruit orchard would have changed hands a long time ago, and I don't know where to mix it now, where it would be as good as it is now......"