Chapter 111 Ten people went to nine people back (big chapter)
The mountain people have simple temperaments and can snatch the business to make money, but once they have a decisive owner, everyone will tacitly stop snatching and instead congratulate Malatang.
"Old Huang is really a good life. With such a capable daughter, she is much better than my stupid son."
"Isn't it? This girl is handsome and can compare to the boy when she works. Unfortunately, she is a little mute, otherwise she would be just right to be my son's cousin."
"Shan Dog, please do it. Who doesn't know that your son is also an inconvenient body? He obviously likes other people's latang, but Lao Huang doesn't like it, so you can hold it up?"
The mountain people chatted around the horse-walker and took the opportunity to sell mountain goods to Xu Changsheng and Wang Qiang. Malatang just stood aside with a smile.
When a big business is taken away by himself, he always has to leave some benefits to the villagers. This is what my father told me.
Wang Qiang originally didn't want to buy any mountain products, but at Xu Changsheng's instructions, he bought two large bags of white potatoes in Sichuan and several large pieces of mountain pork, some fresh and some made of wax. He was very confused. The white potatoes in Sichuan were white and greasy, and were more delicious than other places. It was good to buy some and give them to colleagues and friends. The wax pork in Sichuan was also good, but what the hell is fresh pork? This thing can't be left for a few days?
Besides, this time I came to save people, not to travel, why did I buy goods? It was just because I had something to ask for, and people came for a long journey of thousands of miles to buy some things. So although I was a little anxious, I still did it according to Xu Changsheng's wishes.
"We have been chasing all the way from Rongcheng. The closer we get to 'that thing', the more sensitive my spiritual sense is. I am afraid this is an old demon who has only accumulated a lot of years! Although I still don't know what he wants to do to your girlfriend Xiaoli, I still have to be cautious."
Old Xu was clearly looking through those cheap and affordable mountain goods, but his voice sounded in his mind: "Although the monster is of a low origin, he is still walking on the road. It is not certain that he has spiritual awareness like us practitioners. If we are alert to it, it will be very unfavorable to Xiaoli! So from this moment on, you and I are just old hikers who come here to travel. Never mention your girlfriend's matter, let alone be too anxious.
Come and see, this mountain is a good thing, sweet and sour, and it is big, so you must not miss it. I think buying a hundred pounds is not enough. When you return to Xiangyun Temple, you can make candied haws for Qingping'er to sell. She has long been clamoring to sell candied haws..."
With Wang Qiang, an old detective and Xu Changsheng, it is not difficult to find someone. They almost went to this remote mountain village with Xiaoli.
But as soon as he arrived here, Xiaoli entered the mountains, and even if Wang Qiang used the internal system, he could not trace it. Xu Changsheng could use Taoist magic to pursue it, but this time he encountered a monster. Now he didn't know the depth of the other party, so he still had to be cautious in everything. He could only restrain his magic power, and even the acquired consciousness god dared to release it easily, pretending to be an ordinary traveler.
Even if you want to investigate Xiaoli's whereabouts, you must strive for "natural". Only in this way can you not be shocked by the old demon.
"Yes, these mountain goods are really good, it's a pity not to buy them. We have to buy more this time."
What is Wang Qiang's origin? He understood everything at the moment of hearing it. He nodded to Xu Changsheng with a smile and began to carefully select mountain goods. It was like a travel enthusiast who just arrived at the scenic spot and wanted to buy everything home.
The most top-notch goods deep in the mountains, in addition to the red and white potatoes in the mountains, there are also various mountain products such as yam, Polygonatum, Polygonatum, Ganoderma lucidum, etc., which are much stronger than the goods in the city, but the price is less than one-third or even one-quarter of the goods in the city.
Wang Qiang is getting easier and easier to buy, and gradually begins to immerse himself in the fun of shopping. No wonder Xiaoli always likes shopping. It turns out that he feels so good to spend a lot of money? Now he only regrets that the Wrangler's trunk is too small. He should have driven a pickup truck if he knew it.
"Okay, it's almost done."
Xu Changsheng smiled and said that there were many high-quality herbs among these mountain products, which were the good things he needed. This time, Lao Wang was bleeding heavily, but in fact he was asking him to give him a favor. Although it was a bit reluctant, it could be considered as helping him to break a cause and effect.
In the Song Dynasty, a monk appeared in Hangcheng. He often played around the world to solve dangers and helped the poor for nothing. However, when he met a big businessman who needed him to take action, he was never vague. He had to bleed these rich people. In fact, this is the reason.
The two bought a lot of mountain goods, which benefited the neighbors of Malatang. Everyone surrounded Xu Changsheng and Wang Qiang happily and came to Malatang's home. They walked through two or three lakes and two single-plank bridges along the way. Until several houses with half grass and half mud faintly appeared in the valley, the neighbors dispersed with smiles.
"Little girl, are those your houses?"
Wang Qiang frowned slightly. Before entering the mountains, he envied Tao Yuanming's mountain life all day long, imagining how comfortable it was to drink mountain spring water and eat vegetables without pesticide pollution every day. But when he really arrived at the ground, he realized that there were also smelly pigpens, mosquitoes flying all over the sky, and thatched houses that could be broken by the autumn wind at any time.
I couldn't help but look at the pretty and clean girl in front of me again. Wang Qiang really couldn't imagine how she lived in the past ten years. Is it only by experiencing the hardships of life like her that she can know the preciousness of life and have the purest smile?
Wang Qiang swore that he had only seen such a smile on the faces of two people in his life, and that people would give up all disguise and suspicion at first sight. One was Qingping'er and the other was the mute girl in front of him.
When Malatang excitedly led the two of them to the front of the house, Huang Zijian had been waiting here with a crutch for a long time.
After glanced at the two of them, Huang Zijian showed joy on his face. After all, he had been in the city for several years and had a much stronger eye than ordinary mountain people. When he saw their outfits, he knew that his family could add another income.
Malatang is thinking about making money to treat her father, but Huang Zijian is thinking about saving a generous dowry for her daughter so that she can find a good family in the future and never have to stay in the mountains to endure hardships. Making money is always a strong smell of money, but it is like shining gold for the father and daughter of the Huang family...
The Huang family father and daughter enthusiastically welcomed the two into the largest house. Lao Huang accompanied them to set up a gantry formation, while Malatang excitedly ran to the kitchen to prepare supper. After boiling water, she carried out a new straw mat and quilt from the only wooden cabinet in the house.
These are new things that were purchased only two years ago, and I can’t bear to use them myself, and they are specifically used to greet guests.
People in the city all have cleanliness, which is what my father Huang Zijian said. Malatang is very understandable. In fact, among the mountain people, she is also a cleanliness who has cleanliness. She has to take a bath and wash her hair every day.
The two guests came late, and the sun was about to set. They must stay here today. Malatang ran to pick a lot of herbs. This herb has no name, but after it is lit, it will emit a unique aroma, driving away all the mosquitoes. With this thing, the two guests can have a good sleep.
The malatang moves very quickly. Before the sunset was completely set, a table of fragrant food was already on the table. The dishes were very simple, stewed with yam, stir-fried with glutinous rice, snake meat soup, and several large plates of seasonal fresh vegetables and fresh meat slices. Wash the bacon sausage and put them on the plate. It is served with the malatang base carefully prepared by malatang. It is delicious and not greasy.
The staple food is white buns that are larger than fists, and paired with yellow and orange stick porridge, which is full.
Wang Qiang swallowed his saliva even though he still held back and didn't move his chopsticks.
He saw Huang Zijian and Malatang each brought a large bowl of stick porridge and a few steamed buns to the kitchen to eat. The father and daughter didn't even have a decent dish, so they held a piece of black pickled vegetables in their hands. The man with steel-like eyes was a little red and he opened his throat and said, "Old Huang, what are you doing? How can you throw the guests aside and not accompany them?"
"Those meat and vegetables are used to treat guests. People in the mountains are not used to eating them, and they will ruin their intestines after eating them." Huang Zijian shook his head repeatedly.
"Yes, it will cause bad food, and you won't eat spicy hot pot."
Malatang swallowed her saliva secretly, shook her head with her father, her little face full of struggle.
Xu Changsheng smiled and said, "How can this be true? Lao Huang, don't worry, this meal is what we invite your father and daughter to eat, and it will still be the money when we look back. Look at how many dishes Malatang have been cooked? We are not big-bellied men, so how can we finish eating?"
After receiving two innate vitality from Ge Wuyou and Buddha bone relics, Xu Changsheng is no longer the big eater who can eat half a cow. Every time he talks about this, Qingping'er is very regretful. How delicious the jelly she makes is, Old Brother Xu should eat half a bucket of one bucket per meal.
Huang Zijian was told about his worries and couldn't help but burst out: "Well, Malatang, go to the backyard to dig a jar for his daughter Hong. Today, I will accompany the guests. The two guests, it's not that I boasted that although the Huang family has nothing good, the daughter Hong made by this ancestral formula cannot be bought by money. Malatang is sixteen years old this year, and the wine has been hidden for sixteen years."
Huang Zijian did not brag. Half of the wine seal was gone, the rich aroma of wine came to his nose. Poured into the black soil bowl commonly used by farmers, the golden wine turned purple-red, sticky as honey, and its color was sweet.
Wang Qiang could not help it anymore, so he picked up the bowl and said dry, and then fucked most of the bowl in one gulp. Huang Zijian quickly stopped it. This is Hong, a daughter who has been hiding for sixteen years. She is also extremely good when drunk. You can't drink this way, guests.
Xu Changsheng picked up the bowl and took a sip, nodded repeatedly. The so-called immortal literati never refused the things in the cup. Although this wine is a little worse than the immortal wine jade dew in his mind, it is also a rare good wine in the world. Unfortunately, it is his daughter Hong, which should be the dowry prepared by Huang Zijian for Malatang, otherwise he would have wanted to buy a few jars to bring back to Xiangyunguan.
Under Wang Qiang's instigation, Malatang also poured half a bowl of wine for himself, but held it in his hand and turned around and couldn't bear to take a sip, but just put it under his nose and smelled it secretly.
Seeing Wang Qiang drink a bowl in two or three sips, Malatang's eyes gradually turned red, and crystal tears were circling, and it seemed that they would fall down at any time.
"Brother Wang, be careful. This is Malatang's wedding wine. If you drink it so quickly, Malatang will feel distressed."
As soon as Xu Changsheng spoke, Malatang nodded repeatedly and looked at Wang Qiang with a very strange look, making Lao Wang embarrassed to continue drinking.
Huang Zijian glared at him and wanted to scold Malatang, but was pulled by Xu Changsheng: "Brother Huang, don't scold your daughter. Which girl is not in love with her... A 'bad guest' came to her house and drank other people's dowry wine. How can the little girl not be sad?"
“Ahhh…”
After hearing this, Malatang shook her head repeatedly, as if she was saying that she didn't. Unfortunately, her eyes betrayed her. Who can she hide her pitiful look with tears?
Looking at Malatang so pitifully, Wang Qiang couldn't drink any more than the thick-skinned ones, so he simply ate Malatang. Malatang made of Malatang is really better than the masters in the city, and it makes people unable to stop eating it. The more Lao Wang eats, he becomes more addicted, and he is so spicy that he sweats heavily.
"The girl in the mountain is sixteen years old, and it's time to marry... But the customer has also seen my family's situation. Who would fall in love with her a mute girl? It's hard..."
"Haha, God will drink and peck when dealing with others. When closing one window, it will inevitably open another window. Malatang is just the opportunity to come, so Brother Huang doesn't need to hurry."
When Xu Changsheng saw Malatang for the first time, he felt that this little girl was pure by nature and rarely had a fairy-looking pearl, and she had a fate with Lao Xu. She had long been determined to help her, but after all, it was her first meeting and she didn't ask someone for a girl, so she didn't talk much about Malatang, so she just laid the foreshadowing first.
"Brother Huang, we are both travel enthusiasts and old hikers for many years. I feel that those famous attractions are meaningless, so I like to look for some natural scenic spots that have not been developed. I see that you have beautiful mountains and rivers here, and I wonder if there is a good place to go?"
Xu Changsheng smiled and said, "It would be better to have a beautiful scenery and a touching legend, that would be the best."
Huang Zijian looked at him and shook his head and said, "If it were as the guest said, our place would have long been a famous scenic spot like Jiucungou and Huanglongdi, how could it be so desolate? If the guests want to take a look at the scenery casually and try authentic farm dishes, they would stay for two more days. If they had the idea just now, they would better leave quickly and go to those famous attractions."
"Brother Huang, think about it again? On the way, I heard that this place is called Suolong Mountain. This name is unusual. How could there be no story? Or do you have any concerns, and you are unwilling to tell us..."
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
After hearing Xu Changsheng's words, before Huang Zijian could speak, Malatang was already screaming, and his hands quickly gestured, as if he was about to say something to Xu Changsheng.
Huang Zijian glared at his daughter: "Don't mess around, we can't stop the guests from going there, but how can we lead the guests? Have you forgotten the rules in the village?"
"Brother Huang, this is wrong. The greatest pleasure for old hikers like us is to explore the most beautiful, remote and weirdest place in the world. If there is any good place for Lock Dragon Mountain, you shouldn't hide it."
"Hey, the guest knows that this place is not called Suolong Mountain. It was originally called Mantou Mountain. Later, it was renamed because of a mountain in this mountain range called Suolong Mountain..."
Chapter completed!