235. The value of salamander meat
Before the date of the caravan was reached, the limestone iguanas still needed to be kept in the village for a while.
The edge of the North Ditch Grassland is full of sea buckthorn grass, which can be used to feed the limestone iguanas, so there is no fear that the graystone iguanas will starve to death.
Limestone iguanas can wait for the caravan to come and buy them, but Surdak's salamander meat can't wait. In September, if the heat has not subsided, if you store it for an extra day or two, these salamander meat will become a pile of stinky meat.
When the old village chief came to Surdak in the evening, Surdak was bathing in a large wooden barrel.
The water temperature was slightly hot, Surdak half-lay in the barrel and closed his eyes to feel the growing power of holy light in his body, the twenty or so nodes in his body that were originally lit by the divine breath have now extended to thirty nodes after fighting with the salamander, and there are vague thin lines of energy between those nodes, as if weaving a very chaotic web in his body.
There was no wooden door in the bathroom, and the old village chief moved a wooden stool to sit at the door, with his back to Surdak, which made him feel more comfortable.
"Give the salamander meat to the village, or take it to Highlandsa City and sell it!"
The old village chief had a walnut pipe in his hand and smoked it 'rattle'.
"Well, that's up to you."
With that, Surdak sank his head into the bathtub and spat a few bubbles in the water before he came out again and wiped a handful of water from his face.
The old village chief paused for a moment before he said, "I want to ask you to take a trip to the city of Hailanza in person......
Only then did Surdak react, even if the old village chief decided to sell the salamander meat, he probably wouldn't be able to do it without his own help.
Because there is only one Gubolai horse in the village, which is now tied to the stone mill in the courtyard, if you walk from Vol Village to Hailanza City, it will take at least three days, in that case, even if you go to Hailanza City, the salamander meat will probably spoil, if you ride a horse, it will only take a day at most, and if you rush to Hailanza overnight, you will probably be able to arrive tomorrow morning.
Surdak let out a long exhalation and said cheerfully to Village Chief Bright, "No problem, do you need to bring something back after selling these salamander meat?" ”
Seeing that Surdak agreed without thinking about it, the old village chief felt much more relaxed in his heart, he held the pipe in his hand, and took out a few iron tools from the pocket of his waist, and said to Surdak: "If you can, you will exchange all the money you pay for salamander meat for these ......"
Surdak looked at the utensils taken out by the old village chief, which were actually iron hinges on doors and windows, iron door bolts and some large and small iron nails, and asked with some surprise: "Are they all replaced with these things?" Okay, I'll go to the blacksmith and get these back, I'll get a little ready, I'll leave tonight, just in time to arrive in Hailanza tomorrow morning, and if I'm lucky, I'll probably be able to catch the morning market in Hailanza. ”
As he spoke, Surdak stepped out of the barrel and changed into a clean linen shirt by the wooden frame beside him, and put the suit of monster leather armor on his body.
His body was covered with burn scars, which had turned into flesh pink after being soaked in hot water, and he looked hideous and terrifying, these scars were all over his sturdy body, and the old village chief was also slightly stunned after taking a look, but then he immediately turned his head and coughed lightly twice before reminding Surdak:
"Ahem, it's better not to sell it in the market, you can't sell it at a good price in the market, so you have to find a high-end restaurant in the city."
Surdak felt that since he had agreed to rush to the city of Highlandsa, there was nothing wrong with other things, and he readily agreed, and when he came out of the bathroom, he found that in addition to the old village chief standing at the door, there were actually Charli, Luke, Val and two other young people, seeing that they were standing a little cramped, Surdak couldn't help but ask, "You also want to sell the salamander meat in your hands?" ”
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Surdak had planned to ask the five young people to take home the salamander meat they had been assigned to and eat it directly, although it was impossible for these salamander meat to significantly improve the physique of the family, but it had some effect after all.
But the five young men clearly didn't think so, believing that if they could sell the salamander meat, they would be able to improve the living conditions in their homes to the greatest extent.
I heard that the old village chief wanted Surdak to ride a horse to the city of Hailanza, so he sent back the salamander meat that night, and asked Surdak to bring the salamander meat to the city of Helanza, and find a high-end restaurant to sell all the salamander meat.
I didn't expect that the salamander meat that was sent out went around in a circle, and all of them were sent back, and in the end I had to go to Hailanza City by myself.
Since the old village chief had sent it to the door, Surdak of course would not be polite, and after taking a look at the bag of volcanic ash piled up in the corner, he asked the old village chief to find someone to pick up some limestone tomorrow and come back, and then use a stone mill to grind it into fine stone powder, and then send it to his home, and when he returned from Highland, he would use the lime.
Although the old village chief did not understand what Surdak wanted to do, he agreed without hesitation, and the matter was left to his youngest sons Charlie and Luke.
Charlie and Luke had the courage to resist the old village chief, so they had to obediently accept the errand, and then worried that the old village chief would continue to arrange for them to work tomorrow, so they hurriedly found a reason and dragged several other young people away.
When the old village chief saw that Surdak had agreed to take a trip to the city of Highlandza, he left the salamander meat behind and walked out of the courtyard.
When the Gubo had rested enough, the full moon in the night sky had climbed overhead, and just now, little Peter was still sleepy-eyed and clamoring to follow him to the city of Highlandza, and at this time he was already asleep in the arms of old Sheila, and old Sheila glanced at Surdak, with a faint concern in her eyes, she was afraid of waking up little Peter, and walked into the stone house without saying anything.
As Surdak led his horse out of the yard, a crisp voice stopped him.
Rita ran out with a cloth bag, raised her little face with a smug smile, and handed the cloth bag to Surdak, the pocket was still hot, Surdak opened it and looked at it, it was actually two freshly baked wheat cakes.
"Be careful on the road!"
Rita stood in the doorway in a nightdress, her 'V' neckline revealing a large area of creamy white skin.
This is a noticeable color difference from the wheat-colored skin on her neck and arms.
She is a very well-proportioned figure, her hands are a little rough from the heavy daily farm work, although the land seems too barren, but she thrives like sea buckthorn grass in the crevices of the rocks, and she has not been emaciated by eating chestnut rice crackers and cassava porridge. The legs are round and powerful, the waist is thin, and the chest. The breasts are swollen and the body is full of vitality.
Seeing the blue eyes of Lake Rita, he could always touch the soft thing in Surdak's heart, and Surdak asked Guboraima to stop and said to Rita:
"If it goes well, I'll probably be able to get back the night after tomorrow, don't worry, I've walked this road once."
Hearing Surdak say this, Rita nodded earnestly.
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The night road from the village of Wall to the city of Highlandsa is not very easy.
Fortunately, when the full moon was in the sky, the silver moonlight sprinkled all over the mountain. As long as you don't go into a shady place, the moonlight follows Surdak's head.
In the distance, there was a whimper of a sand wolf in the night, and over a barren mountain range, sparse trees appeared between the mountain walls.
On the eve of dawn, I crossed another mountain, and a sea of angry trees appeared in front of me, a gust of mountain wind blew, and the dark green leaves on the canopy of countless trees rose and fell in the wind, most of these trees were oaks, and the acorns in the mountain forest were about to ripen, and when a gust of wind blew, you could even hear the sound of the acorns 'crackling' and falling to the ground.
Surdak rode his horse, and on this ridge, he saw that the city of Hylanza in the distance was only a vague outline.
As the sky brightened a little, the city of Highlandsa in the distance became a little clearer.