Chapter 34 Eye-opening

Sitting by the wonton stall, Xu Xinger was still thinking about what kind of pickles would be more convenient. It was not until the wonton was served that she smelled the fragrance that she came back and looked down.

"What a big bowl of wontons." She took a deep breath, "It smells so good!"

"Grandpa Zheng's wontons are famous in ten miles and eight townships. Hurry up and eat them while it's hot." Before Shanzi finished speaking, he had already stuffed a wonton into his mouth.

Xu Xinger has been hungry for so long. With such a fragrant bowl of wonton in front of her, she suddenly felt that her index finger moved and picked up the spoon to start.

Neither of them had time to talk and buried their heads in wontons.

After eating the wonton in his bowl, he picked up the bowl and drank the soup in one breath, wiped his mouth, and looked at Xu Xinger with a smile. After holding up a wonton, he had to blow and dry it, so that he could eat it in the mouth.

Xu Xinger swallowed the wonton in her mouth, picked up another one, and glanced at him sideways, "What are you looking at?"

Shanzi changed his comfortable posture and continued to look at Xu Xinger generously and said, "I usually look at a wild boy, but it's quite quiet when eating."

"Don't you understand? This is called quiet as a virgin and moving like a rabbit." Xu Xinger deliberately raised her orchid finger, gently blew the wonton in the spoon, and rushed to him.

"Cough..." Shanzi was almost choked by his saliva. He reached out and held the edge of the table to stabilize his body. He said with a smile, "Eat the wonton honestly. Don't be funny."

"Cut, I don't know the goods!" Xu Xinger put down her upturned little finger and looked at the remaining wontons in the bowl with some difficulty. She rubbed her full stomach, but she was reluctant to waste things and hesitated to eat them.

Shanzi suddenly reached over, dragged Xu Xinger's bowl in front of him, ate the remaining few wontons without hesitation, and said, "We are not in a hurry, just rest for a while. You are not in good yet. Now the sun is big and you have just had enough to eat. Don't hurt yourself again."

Xu Xinger watched him eat his leftover wontons clean, and her cheeks couldn't help but start to heat up. After listening to Shanzi's words, she quickly found a reason for herself and nodded and said, "It's getting hot now. I feel my face is hot when I sit here. It's better to go after a break." After saying that, she looked around and didn't see Xu Laosan. She said worriedly, "I don't know if my father has had lunch."

"Your father is so old, how can he not know what to eat when he is hungry? Don't worry about it and have a good rest!" Shanzi shook the empty kettle in his hand, got up and asked Uncle Zheng for a pot of water, and returned to the table.

The business at the wonton stall is indeed very good, but fortunately, the mobility of people is also large. Few people like them don't sit when they are full, so there is no shortage of space to sit for a while, and the two of them can rest at ease.

When the sun is slightly off the top of the head, the benefits of the mountain pass will be revealed. Most of the locations in the market can be covered and cool at the moment.

Shanzi said goodbye to Uncle Zheng and led Xu Xinger straight to her stall.

Xu Xinger was curious and followed Shanzi all the way to the middle of the market. When she approached, she found that there was a circle surrounded by a cloth mantle in the middle. The entrance was in the south, and there were two young men guarding the door, which was very mysterious and solemn.

Shanzi seemed to know the two people guarding the door. He nodded and led Xu Xinger in. After entering, he found that it was not only this level, but also surrounded by a mantle. There could probably be a width of two people walking side by side between the two mantles, and the mantle inside The surrounding was a little complicated and strange. It seemed that the stalls were separated by this thing, but the seven turns seemed to be walking through the maze.

Xing'er secretly smacked her tongue and said, "What kind of business is this?" Is it possible that she sells some contraband? Thinking of this, she nervously reached out and grabbed the corner of Shanzi's clothes and carefully avoided the people coming out from different directions.

Shanzi led Xu Xinger familiarly and turned two or three times. Finally, the front door was a little wider. This stall was as big as his own two kangs, and it was not spread out and spread on the ground like elsewhere. Instead, thick logs were set up at both ends of the cross wooden frame, and the logs cut in half were still with bark. It is also a very interesting way to put it on the table.

There were several people standing on both sides of the log, but no one spoke. Some people were looking down at things, and some people were shaking hands with Wu Laosan, inserting their right hand into his right sleeve, which should be negotiating the price.

Xu Xinger carefully came forward and saw that the logs were actually full of medicinal herbs. Compared with those picked by the mountain before, it was really a sky and an underground.

Shanzi followed her and introduced medicinal herbs as she walked. As soon as she talked about this, she talked endlessly, from appearance and picking to the efficacy of medicine. Fortunately, Xu Xinger was also very interested in these things, otherwise she would have shouted bored long ago.

Most of the herbs on the stall are wrapped in tree moss, and there are also a few sun-dried herbs. Xu Xinger can recognize only human ginseng, ganoderma lucidum, Hongjingtian and immortal grass. In addition to fresh herbs, there are also herbs that have been soaked in wine, but each medicinal herb is not much. After all, it is not big now. The season of collecting herbs.

There was a large basket with a lid on the west side of the stall. From time to time, someone went to open the probe to have a look. Xu Xinger looked curious and went up to join the fun.

Shanzi didn't hold it, but she ran over. She was not good at heart and quickly said, "Don't be afraid, there..."

Before she finished speaking, Xu Xinger had quickly lifted the lid of the basket and saw that there were more than a dozen snakes entangled in it. I don't know what method was used. They all curled together and did not flee out.

Shanzi was ready to hear her scream. Unexpectedly, Xu Xinger still looked excited and turned her head and asked him, "Can these snakes sell for money?"

"Yes, most of them are bought back for making wine." Shanzi led Xu Xinger to the stall and asked her to look at the wine jar on the ground behind her, indicating that it was full of snakes. He pointed to several other half-large baskets made of wicker and said, "They are full of poisonous snakes, which are hopeless after being bitten in the mountains."

"Is this poisonous snake also used to make wine?" In the face of these tightly woven small baskets, she was told by Shanzi again. Naturally, Xu Xinger did not dare to stretch out her hand casually and tilted her head to ask.

"Some people use it to soak wine, and some people buy it and feed it with herbs and other things. It is said that snakes fed in this way can be used as medicine to cure serious diseases in the future!" Shanzi just heard about this. He didn't know what to do, let alone saw anyone do it, so he could only introduce it to Xu Xinger in general.

When Xu Xinger heard this, she suddenly thought of the medicinal python that had been sucked dry by Guo Jing in the shooting eagle. She couldn't help but raise her hair and shivered on the hot day.

"What's the matter? Are you tired today?" Seeing her like this, Shanzi thought that she had had a fever again and again. He pulled her on the chair and raised his hand to her forehead.

Shanzi was just a reflex action. Xu Xinger's mind was still on the poisonous snake. No one realized what was wrong with this action. Unexpectedly, she was looked at by an old customer of the Wu family and said to Wu Laosan with a smile, "In a blink of an eye, your mountain is so big that the little daughter-in-law has been brought here?"

"Little daughter-in-law?" Wu Laosan turned around and saw that the two were really close. Shanzi's hand was still on Xu Xinger's forehead. He couldn't help covering his mouth with his fist and coughed, "Shanzi, don't get in the way over there. Let Xing'er stay away from the snake basket. It's not a joke to bite."

Shanzi nodded when he heard the words, but his hand was still on Xu Xinger's head and asked, "Is there something wrong?" There seems to be no fever.

Xu Xinger was a little embarrassed and stepped back two steps and said, "I'm fine, but I have a fever. I've been fine since I slept a day. Now I'm alive!"

Wu Laosan prepared medicinal herbs for the old customer and took the money to send him away. Then he came over and said, "Xing'er, how about my stall?"

Xu Xinger stuck out her tongue at him and said, "Uncle Wu is not kind!"

"Hey, you girl, why am I unkind?" Wu Laosan asked with a smile.

"The third uncle bullied my small family and came out. I have never seen the world." Xu Xinger joked, "I was dumbfounded and you still came to ask me."

"The little girl's mouth is so strong that she won't suffer any loss!" Wu Laosan held a copper bowl in his hand and didn't know what he was crushing. He asked, "I heard that you are learning herbs from Shanzi now? Why, do you want to be a female doctor?

"I will say anything about curing diseases and saving people and helping the world, but I really never thought of this in my heart." Xu Xinger shook her head and said, "I only want to support the mountain and eat the mountain. When I know the herbs, I can pick them back and sell them for money. My sister-in-law can eat thin rice paste every meal, and my mother can be willing to eat an egg occasionally to nourish her body..."

Wu Laosan heard this and didn't say anything for a long time. Finally, he raised his hand and rubbed Xu Xinger's head and said very seriously, "Good boy, you have the same temperament as your fourth uncle. It's good!"

He was suddenly so serious that Xu Xinger was a little embarrassed. Since her vision had been opened, she said goodbye, "Uncle Wu San, I'll go first and won't disturb your business."

"No, I will often come to play when I go to the market in the future. If there is anything you don't understand, you can also ask me." After less than three words, Mr. Wu suddenly regained his slightly ruffian nature and directly teased Shanzi, "You boy, you just learned the bottom of a bottle, and you dare to accept an apprentice."

Xu Xinger climbed up and said, "Then Uncle Wu will take me as an apprentice. I will call Brother Shanzi brother in the future."

Shanzi laughed and gloated and said to Wu Laosan, "Dig a hole and bury yourself? The little girl was so good that she accidentally said to her.