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That afternoon, Luo Meng invited the old man of the Ma family to his hut. Not to mention, this old man really understood a little bit. He looked at the walnuts that Luo Meng and the others peeled off from the tea table, and said directly: "Qiu Zi."

"What is Qiuzi?" Old man Luo and Liu Chunlan were confused, and Luo Meng and Xiao Shulin didn't understand either, and they had never paid attention to these things before.

The old man saw that this house was full of laymen, so he said to them: "Let's put it this way, Wenwan walnuts are also walnuts, that is, our wild walnuts have not been grafted before, and they can play with thick skins." , the most sought after in the market now is the hemp walnut, the four famous kernels, you Qiuzi are not bad, if you are lucky, you may even come across a pair or two of high-quality products, and some people use them for nuclear carving."

"What's the name?" Romon felt uncomfortable when he heard this.

"That is to say, there are usually no high-quality goods. It's so rare in autumn. It's hard to choose a decent one from a thousand miles away. It depends on fate." The old man of the Ma family said bluntly.

"How much is that one worth?" The old man Luo was confused by what he said, so he simply asked the price directly, or the price is the most intuitive thing.

"Pick out the good ones first, and someone will take the rest. Maybe you can sell them for ten yuan a catty. If no one takes them, you can eat them." The old man of the Ma family said.

"Have you eaten?" Luo Meng and Xiao Shulin looked at each other in blank dismay, which was far from their previous expectations.

"What's wrong? Are you reluctant to eat?"

"Do you really want to eat it?" Liu Chunlan was told by Luo Meng and Xiao Shulin just now, they thought the walnut was worth a lot of money, but now the old man asked them to eat it again, and she felt a little nervous for a while, just in case What if I accidentally ate tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of dollars into my stomach?

"Well, I ate it. Qiuzi is not bad, better than iron walnuts, and you can eat some meat when you break it open. It is quite nutritious, and it is better than the paper walnuts we have grafted over the years." The old man of the Ma family picked up from the coffee table. He picked up a walnut and asked Romon, "Have you got a hammer?"

"Yes." Romon touched his nose, and brought him a hammer from the utility room at the back.

"Crack!" The old man went down with the hammer, and Luo Meng and the others all tightened their hearts, only to see that the walnuts on the ground had been smashed to pieces.

"Try it, too. This month is the time to eat walnuts. Fresh walnuts are delicious, and they are much better than dried ones." The old man said, picking meat from the walnut shells and eating them. Unable to pick it out, he patched it up again with a hammer: "Crack!"

Luo Meng's heart jumped again, and he quickly asked him: "Then tell us again, what kind of walnuts can be sold for money, so don't eat it wrong."

After hearing this, the old man smacked his lips, picked up another walnut from the coffee table, and asked Luo Meng and the others, "What do you think of this walnut?"

"..." Luo Meng and the others leaned over and looked at it for a long time. They looked at each other, unable to see the way out, and finally Xiao Shulin said: "Isn't that great?"

"That's right, it's just not very good." The old man said as he put the walnut on the ground, and then gave another hammer: "Crack!" Then he said while eating: "More than [-]% of Qiuzi walnuts grow like it. What's the use of it? Eat it at ease."

"For walnuts, one is to look at the shape, the other is to look at the texture, and the texture. Of course, there are some people who go to the head, and then they are paired. In addition, those walnuts that have been revitalized, as long as they are well-wound, they are very good. Ordinary walnuts can also be sold at a good price. If they have no special features, like this, eat them as soon as possible.”

The old man of the Ma family took a green walnut from the coffee table and peeled it, and said: "Like this, you can see that there are black spots on the walnut skin. When you peel it off, there is also a black scar inside. The shape and texture are not attractive. This one You don’t need to keep it anymore, and if you keep it, there will be no value left.”

"And this one, Sanleng, is better than the ones just now. If you match it right, you can sell it for a few bucks."

"How much?" Romon asked quickly.

"If you're lucky, you can sell it for tens of dollars." said the old man of the Ma family.

"Just a few dozen dollars?" He might as well sell a watermelon.

"Then how much do you want to sell it for? The shape and texture have no characteristics, the size is not big, and the qualifications are mediocre. It is 80 yuan at most."

"How about this?" Xiao Shulin handed over a walnut that he had peeled himself.

"This one is good. The texture and shape are good, but the size is small. If you can find a few more and make them into bracelets, the price is not bad."

"What about this? How about this?" Liu Chunlan also handed over one.

"It's not bad, let's eat."

"I look pretty good." Liu Chunlan didn't give up.

"I really don't want to eat it, so I'll collect a few more catties and wear a Zen cushion when the time comes."

"..."

"I'll eat this one after I see it." Old man Luo peeled out an extremely ugly walnut at this time, looked at it himself, and didn't have the nerve to hand it to the old man of the Ma family.

"It depends on what you think. Walnuts are not afraid of ugliness. As long as they are naturally ugly and have personality, especially if they are paired with the right words, the price will be hard to come by." He has sharp eyes and ears, especially after living in Buffalo Town for such a period of time recently, he has become more energetic.

"Then let's save it and wait for the pairing?" After he said this, Old Man Luo was reluctant to eat it again.

"Keep it." Liu Chunlan said hastily.

"Oh, this old man really knows a lot!" Finding a walnut with potential in his hand, old man Luo was in a better mood at the moment.

"Hey, I'm just playing around. There are some walnut players in Tongcheng who have been playing with walnuts for decades. Would you like me to introduce them to you?" Everyone loves to hear good words, and the old man of the Ma family is also very helpful.

"Let's forget it now, we don't have many good walnuts in hand," said Romon.It's better to peel these walnuts first. If you are lucky, you can match the ugly monster just now. If you can make a pair, it will probably be worth some money.

This afternoon, Luo Meng and the others finished peeling the walnuts that Xiao Shulin picked in the morning, and the two of them went up the mountain again to pick all the fruits from the walnut tree. It is best to pick when the seven or eight are ripe. After a while, the walnuts are fully ripe, and it will be too late to pick.

This time when they went up the mountain again, they brought a load of boiled corn and a large bag of fried sunflower seeds to the monkeys. They sent out sunflower seeds once.

After going down the mountain, the two of them sent the collected thorn roses to the courtyard, and the two went back home to continue peeling walnuts. The old man of the Ma family left when it was time for dinner, and Liu Chunlan and old man Luo also left after finishing the day's biscuits. After going back, only Luo Mengxiaoshulin and Houwazi's family were left working in the living room.

"Huhu..." After peeling one, the monkey cub showed it to Xiao Shulin as if offering a treasure.

This kid has been watching Xiao Shulin practice martial arts every morning, especially when he is fighting with others, his little eyes are full of admiration, and Romon has no time to be jealous of him, because at that time Xiao Shulin filled his heart and eyes, what?son?It's fine if you don't lose it.

"Let me take a look." Xiao Shulin took the walnut he peeled and looked at it, but he didn't see any tricks. This thing looks like mountains and peaks, and it's easy to miss if you don't have a good eye.So they handed it over to Luo Meng again. This afternoon, the old man of the Ma family told them a lot. Luo Meng learned quickly, Xiao Shulin learned slowly, and Liu Chunlan and the old man Luo basically didn't learn.

"Little bird, keep it." As Romon said, he took the walnut, put it in the basin beside him and scrubbed it carefully. Peeling walnuts is not only about peeling off the green skin, but also peeling off the walnuts with pits. It takes some effort to clean the surface of the shell completely.

The walnuts in this tree are enough for their father and son to work for two or three days. Luo Meng and Xiao Shulin even nailed a shelf on the wall, which is filled with walnuts of all sizes. Thick velvet curtains, usually pull the curtains to prevent the walnuts from seeing the light and the wind.

They don't pay much attention to other things. To put it bluntly, judging from the current situation, their walnuts are really worthless.After the old man of the Ma family told them before, Luo Meng and Xiao Shulin were still a little unbelievable, but when they checked it online, it was like a pot of cold water was poured on them. Yes, there are also those sold by the catty, which are worth a little more, and there are dozens or hundreds of them, and the sales volume is still very average.

However, after a few days of comparison, they were asked to match a few pairs of walnuts. Although they were not very outstanding, they were barely passable. They also collected a few odd-shaped walnuts, but none of them matched. As long as it has its own characteristics, it is very difficult to match it.

It’s nothing to worry about, so let’s put it on the table. Anyway, doesn’t he still have a glimpse of the spiritual spring? Mr. Ma also said that walnuts are not only born with innate conditions, but also depend on the acquired kneading. It is said that different physiques are kneaded. Each walnut has its own characteristics, and Luo Meng thought that at least he still has a glimpse of the spiritual spring. Why should the walnuts he rubs out be better than ordinary people?

"Yo, Lao Zhou, are you rubbing walnuts again?" The people in the courtyard these days always see Luo Meng grabbing a pair of walnuts and rubbing them non-stop, rubbing them while walking and talking, sometimes with both hands together, sometimes with one hand. Rub your hands together, hold the chopsticks in your right hand while eating, and rub your left hand a few times.

"How do you see my pair of walnuts now? Does it look more oily and beautiful than the previous two days?" Lao Zhou also has a problem recently, that is, as soon as people talk to him, he will talk about walnuts. thing.

"Why is the color getting lighter and lighter?" The man leaned over to have a look, a little puzzled.

"Hey, that's all temporary, just wait and see, or it will be popular in a month or two. Look at my walnuts, this pattern, isn't it very domineering? I look better than those official hats on the Internet. The one with the lion head is not bad." Romon boasted rather shamelessly.

"Don't tell me, it's really changed in the past two days. Have you oiled it?"

"What kind of oil do you use? We are taking the pure natural route." Luo Meng said and rubbed two walnuts on his left and right hands respectively. Recently, he is quite addicted to playing with walnuts. Registered an account on the Internet, read two posts if there is nothing to do, and gradually accumulated some experience. Just this walnut dish, I don’t know how many ways there are.

"Lao Zhou is going crazy, isn't he?" When those people in the yard chatted about nothing, they often talked about their boss.

"I think it's okay. If he puts a fan on the back of his neck and carries a birdcage in his hand, hehe..."

"The whole image of a landlord and rich man is still the kind of rich and unkind."

"Hey, to be honest, our old Zhou people are pretty good."

"I'm talking about his recent image, which is based on what he played on TV. This image is usually a villain."

"That's true! Hahaha!"

"He not only rubs it himself, but also asks his family Xiao Luoping to rub it too. When the two of you squat together, it's so funny."

"It's a good thing that Xiao Shulin didn't rub, otherwise the image of Brother Cool would be completely ruined."

"..."

Romon himself didn't think there was any problem with his image, humming a ditty and rubbing walnuts, his life was very nourishing.

"Hey, do you think my pair of walnuts have changed in the past two days?" Luo Meng asked Xiao Shulin again at night.

"It's only been a few days?" Xiao Shulin smashed the walnuts with a small hammer and ate them. Except for a small amount of autumn seeds that were kept by them, the rest were exploited for food value.

"I look at those people on the Internet, and it doesn't take long for them to produce results." Romon watched those people posting his walnuts on the website all day long, which made his heart itch, always thinking about the day when his pair After the disc came out, I also took a photo and posted it on the Internet, accepting the praise of the majority of walnut lovers.

"Why is the color getting lighter?" Xiao Shulin also discovered this problem.

"It's a little shallow, do you think you will accidentally dish out the legendary golden armor?" Romon laughed.

"It's really hard to say." Xiao Shulin also grinned.

"Crack...crack..." At this time, Houwazi also came over with his pair of walnuts. A few days ago, Romon rubbed walnuts. Houwazi saw it and wanted to follow suit. So Luomeng found a pair of small walnuts I played for him, but I didn't expect him to be able to do it in a decent manner.

"Son, call him Dad." Luo Meng hugged the little monkey cub. The kid lived with the monkeys on the mountain for too long, and he didn't practice speaking since he was a child. His vocal cords are probably hard now. Liu Chunlan and Old man Luo taught him how to speak whenever he had time these days, but he didn't see any obvious progress.

Luo Meng and Xiao Shulin plan to take him to the hospital for a specific examination at that time, but this matter should not be too anxious. The child has just left the mountain, and he is still very resistant to contact with strangers, and he is extremely alert and easily frightened Well, they plan to let him get used to it for a while, anyway, it's not a month and a half away.

"Pa..." Houwazi's mouth opened and closed, but he couldn't utter the word "father".

"Hmm! How cute!" Romon assumed he was speaking English.

"Crack..." Houwazi showed Romon his two walnuts again.

"Don't say it, it's really well kneaded, look." Luo Meng said and showed the two small walnuts to Xiao Shulin.

"Very good." Xiao Shulin took the two small walnuts and looked at them carefully, much more patiently than Luo Meng's two walnuts.

"When the two plates are almost done, Dad will replace you with two follow-up plates. If the plate is enough for a bracelet, we will sell it to buy meat for you."

"Hoo hoo!" Houwazi didn't know if he understood, he hooted as if he was very happy.

"Speaking of meat." Luo Meng turned to Xiao Shulin again and said, "I won't go to town with you tomorrow, let's go to the village to buy some meat. When the autumn wind blows, people will start to want to eat meat."

"Buy more pork belly and cook it in braised sauce." Xiao Shulin also wanted to eat meat now.

"The Mid-Autumn Festival the day after tomorrow, let's kill another pig. Then Niuwangzhuang will have a day off. Except for a few positions that cannot be taken off, no one will ask them to go up the mountain." , busy and messy, and he still can't eat a few pieces of meat, this time Romon decided to close the door and have a good meal.

"..." Xiao Shulin suddenly stood up from the sofa at this moment.

"What are you going to do?" Romon asked him.

"I'm hungry, I'm going to cook some noodles." On this big night, he talked about braised pork and a pig feast, swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, and his stomach wriggled even more.

"I'm hungry too, cook more, monkey boy, do you want some noodles?"

"Huh!" Houwazi rubbed his belly, he was also hungry.

Xiao Shulin went into the kitchen alone, and within half an hour, a large pot of tomato and egg noodles came out. That thing was really a pot, the stainless steel washbasin they used to wash vegetables, sometimes when there were many people in the family , scalding with boiling water will also play the part-time role of Haiwan.

"I'm going to get the bowls and chopsticks." Luo Meng rushed into the kitchen and quickly brought out three sets of bowls and chopsticks. At this time, Xiao Shulin had already put the plate of noodles on the coffee table.

Xiao Shulin's taste is relatively strong. When he makes tomato and egg noodles, he likes to fry the tomatoes first with large oil, and then add water to cook the soup. The pork suet that comes out, their lard is definitely a good thing, and there are no dishes fried with this oil that are not fragrant or delicious.

There are many tender and tender yellow eggs on the bright red noodle soup. The local eggs produced in Niuwangzhuang, among other things, just look at the color, you know it must be delicious, and there are some thin green between the red and yellow. Chopped green onion, the strong smell of green onion makes people feel very appetizing.

"Gulu!" Luo Meng swallowed a mouthful of saliva, first picked up a pair of bowls and chopsticks, picked up some noodles and made some soup for Houwazi, this is a father, and he can't patronize himself to eat, can he?

Xiao Shulin picked up the golden rice bowl from the side, and gave it a share. This golden retriever was probably affected by the living environment when he was a child, and his personality was not very cheerful. He was usually very quiet in the house, and he didn't have much sense of presence. Romon sometimes forgets it, but Xiao Shulin always remembers it.

"Wow! Delicious!" Soon, the snoring sound of eating noodles was heard in the hut. Both Luo Meng and Xiao Shulin's combat effectiveness were very strong. Houwazi ate three bowls in a row, and Jin Jin also added one. Back, within half an hour, the bowl of noodles was wiped clean by them.

After eating and drinking enough, the father and son rubbed their stomachs and went to sleep contentedly. Some people say that it is best not to go to bed immediately after eating, but Luo Meng and Xiao Shulin both feel full and lie down on the soft bed to sleep. , That is definitely a great enjoyment in life. Obviously, Houwazi and Jinzi also think so.

After a good night's sleep, the next morning, Luo Meng carried the monkey boy to the village to queue up to buy pork. Everyone in Dawan Village now knew that Luo Meng and Xiao Shulin had adopted a child. Although some people thought it was weird, but Still few people will chew the back of their tongues.

In case if something bad is said and it is passed on to Romon and the others, isn't that offending people?Few people in Dawan Village are willing to offend Luo Meng and Xiao Shulin.

In two days, my family will be slaughtering pigs. This time, Luo Meng didn't buy much, so he bought two catties of pork belly and a few big bones. The pork belly was taken back to his hut to cook braised pork, and the big bones were taken to the courtyard. Ask Fatty Hou to cook soup for everyone.

At noon, they have bone soup and braised pork, plus a few home-cooked dishes, which are very nourishing. Thinking about Niuwangzhuang, there seems to be nothing wrong. Luo Meng and the others went up the mountain again, and they happened to meet on the road. Luo Jinxi, who was herding cattle on the mountain, and Luo Meng gave him a vacation by the way.

Then myself, Xiao Shulin, Houwazi, father and son, took Erlang and other underage buffaloes to Niubei Peak. After all, the mountains on Niubei Peak also need cow dung to nourish, especially It was the walnut tree they had just discovered.

"Moo!!!" Erlang yelled in Niujigou, and the monkeys came to pay their respects one after another. After a long time of busy work, they picked a lot of wild fruits from the cliff for their mountain king and piled them on the In front of Erlang, let him enjoy it slowly.

When Luo Meng saw it, he was going to learn to be bad!He slapped Erlang on the buttocks: "You dare to imitate others and collect protection money?"

"Moo..." Erlang was wronged, those monkeys really did it voluntarily.

"Zhizhi..." The monkeys looked at Erlang and then at Luo Meng, a little puzzled.Then a brave little monkey took back the wild fruit it had just paid tribute from Erlang, and carefully brought it to Romon.

"Zhizhizhi..." The other monkeys suddenly realized that they took the fruits they had just picked away from Erlang and sent them to Romon.

"..." Romon couldn't help scratching the back of his head, what's going on?