ALL NOVEL Chapter 229 Obtaining Dried Apricots
In the north of Beisu City, there is a small market that not only sells various dried fruits and nuts, but also many household appliances and folk products.
Mo Xia was attracted by a shop selling wooden handicrafts. She stayed in the shop for a long time without picking out the items she wanted.
"Sister Mo Xia, why don't you continue shopping here, Brother Mu and I will go buy food first, and we'll meet at the inn in the evening."
"You go ahead, I also want to go shopping by myself and bring some gifts to my brother and family."
When Mo Xia saw the handicrafts, she was completely immersed in them and kept asking the uncle selling them for advice.
When she arrived at the stall selling dried fruits, Mao Xi was determined, even though there was an aunt beside her who stretched out her hands full of raisins to sell them to her.
"Girl, you're here to buy raisins, my imperial concubine's red is so sweet!"
"Girl, come and see me. I am an emerald variety, very sweet~"
"Cut cakes, sell cut cakes!"
……
Although there were many temptations, she still resisted. There were so many grapes in the small cave in the back mountain, and she could make raisins herself.
But in the market, I still didn’t see anyone selling dried sea buckthorn fruits.
"Is it possible that sea buckthorn fruits are too common here and don't taste as good as grapes, so no one sells them in the sun?"
Further north was the desert, and Mao Xi saw a tower in the distance.
Will there be anyone there?
Mao Xi asked the people passing by: "Brother, are there people living in the desert to the north? I think there is a tower there."
"This is the ruins of an ancient country. It's all desert. Only a few migrants occasionally settle there, mainly because there are wild wolves there."
After hearing this introduction from this passerby, Shui Xi became a little curious.
She had heard before that there were some ancient civilizations in the northwest that were located on the Silk Road, but they disappeared and the sites were blocked and could not be visited.
Why not take this opportunity to take a look, and maybe dig up some bottles and cans to take back and display as antiques.
"Brother Mu, why don't we go to the tower and take a look. It's daytime now, so there shouldn't be any wild wolves."
When Mu Zhiyuan saw that Mao Xi was so curious, he thought it was still early, so he took Mao Xi to the deserted tower.
Looking from the market, the tower doesn't seem far away, but when you really walk through this uninhabited desert, you feel that the journey is far away.
It took the two of them an hour to reach the bottom of the tower.
There were more than a dozen tents stationed beside the tower, and there were signs of people living outside, but no one was seen.
Mao Xi walked around the tower twice, but not only did she not see anyone, she also didn't see any precious clay pots or other treasures in the soil for her to pick up.
"Brother Mu, it seems our trip was in vain."
Mu Zhiyuan felt that this tower was quite strange. The door of the tower was closed tightly, but it was very clean.
Are all the people in this tribe hiding in the tower?
"Brother Mu, there is a fire burning outside the tent. Where have they gone?"
Just as Ma Xi was wondering, the howling of a wild wolf came from the distance.
Mu Zhiyuan pulled out his sword, guarded Miao Xi behind him, and was about to fight the wolf.
Arrows were shot from the top of the tower, intersecting in the air, and hitting the few wild wolves running in the front.
Catch the thief first to catch the king.
Mu Zhiyuan's figure flashed, and he flew to the top of the mound not far away with brisk steps. He raised his knife and killed the Desert Wolf King there.
The wolf king fell on the sand, howled a few times and then died. The injured wolves saw the wolf king fall and fled in all directions.
"The Wolf King is dead! The wolves are scattered!"
On the top of the tower, a young man roared, followed by cheers.
The tower door finally opened, and the tribesmen walked out of the door.
The leader of the tribe clenched his fists, pressed his arms on his chest, and bowed slightly to Mu Zhiyuan.
"Young man, thank you for helping us kill the Wolf King!"
In order to express his gratitude to Mu Zhiyuan for killing the wild wolf, the tribal leader gave him dried apricots and dried mutton as gifts.
Seeing that Mao Xi's lips were chapped due to lack of water, he gave them some sweet milk.
Mao Xi tasted the dried apricots and drank the sweet milk, feeling the enthusiasm and warmth of the tribal people.
"Hello, chief, these dried apricots taste really good, even better than those raisins."
"Why are you here in the desert? There are many wild wolves here. Go back quickly!" the tribe leader warned.
"We are here to look for sea buckthorn berries. Do you know where we can find sea buckthorn berries?"
"There are no sea buckthorn fruits here. There are only walnuts, dried apricots and raisins here. But if you come here today to help kill these wild wolves, we will have wolf meat to eat again, hahaha..."
"Ah Shu, it's time for us to go back." Mu Zhiyuan stood up, said goodbye to the tribal leader, and took Shu Xi back to the inn.
Mo Xia and Lou Lan'er were already waiting at the inn.
"Can you find a stall selling dried sea buckthorn fruits?" Mo Xia was playing with a wooden gadget in her hand. "I went around the market just now and didn't see anyone selling dried sea buckthorn fruits."
Mao Xi took out the dried apricots and dried mutton given by the tribe leader: "Look, we went to the desert and met a tribe. Brother Mu helped them kill the wolf king and drive away the wolves, so the leader gave them dried apricots. And mutton jerky.”
The dried apricots are big and plump, as golden as gold, soft, glutinous and sweet in the mouth.
The meat is so thick that it takes several mouthfuls to finish one. Paired with a drink, it is a must-have to cool off the summer heat when going out at home.
Lou Laner picked up the dried apricots and bit into them naturally: "Have you never seen bigger dried apricots? This one can only be considered medium-sized, and the taste is no worse than that of sea buckthorn fruit."
"It seems to make some sense."
"Ah Shu, I think you should bring some dried apricots back. It won't be too late for us to pick the sea buckthorn fruits in the mountains when we return to the deserted village."
This is a good idea. Lou Laner is a local after all, so she is right.
"The old lady knows how to make cakes and cut cakes with dried apricots. Let's go to her house for dinner tonight." Lou Lan'er said calmly.
Cut the cake! Lou Laner said there was cake cutting!
It was a luxurious cake with all kinds of nuts and dried fruits cut into it with one knife.
"Let's go!" Shu Xi said excitedly.
"Oh, don't get excited. The night comes late here. There is no stage in the city, but there is a big tent for singing and dancing performances. We call it the Grand Bazaar. I will show you how to experience it first."
Mao Xi didn't like the excitement, but when she thought that if she went to see a song and dance performance, she would definitely be able to eat authentic local specialties, she went with everyone.
At the entrance of the Grand Bazaar tent, a girl is selling flowers to tourists.
"Brother, do you want to buy flowers? A bunch only costs two cents!"
The girl is more beautiful than the flowers, but not many people buy flowers.
At this time, a little bully walked up to the girl and said flirtatiously: "Girl, you are so beautiful, why are you selling flowers? Why don't you sell yourself to me!"
After saying that, he grabbed the flower girl's wrist and seemed to want to take her home.
Ahem... This bully and gangster was unlucky when he met Lou Lan'er and the others today.
Lou Lan'er was the first to rush over and beat the bully to the ground with her backhand.
"You stinky scoundrel, you are unlucky to meet me today."
Although this man was beaten to the ground, he was still shouting arrogantly on the ground.
"Who are you? You dare to come to my territory and run wild without asking me who I am?"
The flower girl grabbed Lou Lan'er and whispered, "Girl, don't do anything. His family is powerful and he can't afford to offend him. Let's leave quickly."