Chapter 1532 Ability
Yin Huo was pulling the hat on his head uncomfortably. This was brought by Manbao for them because she felt that even they needed to wear hats to prevent sunstroke, and Yin Huo needed it even more.
So he brought out the two remaining hats at home, and after meeting Yin or Liu Huan at the intersection, he gave the hats to them.
They put them on as soon as they got off the car. Since Zhou Man and Bai Shan Bai Erlang were both wearing them, Liu Huan didn't feel anything when he put it on and continued to play as usual.
But Yin Huo was not used to it, mainly because the hat was a bit big and it covered his eyes when he put it on his head.
After hearing Bai Shan's words, he looked down at the pile of lotus pods on the ground, picked up the largest one and handed it to Manbao.
Manbao took them all in his arms, while Liu Huan carefully selected them, seemingly not quite understanding what he was doing. In the end, he chose one for some unknown reason.
Bai Shan paid the money all at once.
The hawker was quite smart, at least he had no problem counting. The capital was not like Luojiang County, where people would stop counting after receiving money if they couldn't count it clearly. But the hawker insisted on counting the whole string of money.
After the payment was made, Bai Shan took the lotus pods from Man Bao and handed them to them, then took the two he had chosen. "Let's go, let's rent a boat. Bai Er, where are Ren Ke and Qiao Tao?"
Bai Erlang peeled lotus seeds, raised his head, looked around, and said, "I don't know. Just follow the lakeside and you'll find it. We agreed to meet at the lakeside at 9:00 p.m. It's already past 9:00 p.m., so they must have already boarded the boat."
Bai Shan didn't look for them anymore. Seeing that there were a lot of people around, he reached out and pulled Manbao to move aside first. He waited until this group of people had passed before pulling Manbao over.
Yin Huo followed them with difficulty, holding a lotus pod in one hand and a hat in the other. Changshou, who had parked his car and caught up with them, saw him and hurried forward to help him hold the lotus seeds and protect him as he walked forward.
After walking for a while and still not finding Ren Ke and the others, Bai Shan said, "Let's stop looking and rent a boat first."
Manbao nodded repeatedly, his eyes swept across several idle boats on the shore, and he pointed to a boat lane that looked more pleasing to the eye: "Let's rent this one."
Daji, who also followed, went forward to rent a boat.
The two of them quickly agreed on a price and everyone got on board.
This boat is for wealthy tourists. The cabin is well decorated with a fixed table with tea sets on it. There is also a tea stove in the corner of the cabin for making tea.
The boatman had received many young men and women before, so he was a little stunned when he suddenly saw the five people wearing conical hats.
His eyes swept over the hats on their heads, then looked at their clothes, and then glanced at the servants such as Changshou who were following beside them without wearing hats and wiping their sweat with their hands. He immediately realized what was going on and hurriedly bent down respectfully to let them get on board.
Then, just like she would with other wealthy men and women, she recommended the tea on their boat. After successfully selling a pot of tea, she paddled the boat out of the shallow water and slid into the lake...
The boat slowly drifted towards the center of the lake. Manbao took off the hat on his head and felt that his hair was a little loose, so he reached out to smooth it out.
Bai Shan couldn't bear it, so he reached out to help her tidy it up. Liu Huan also felt it hurt his eyes, so he and Bai Erlang turned their heads to the side, took off their hats and threw them aside.
Yin Huocai finally breathed a sigh of relief. He handed the hat to Changshou and found a place to sit in the cabin.
He turned and told Changshou, "Go make tea."
He took the lotus seeds from his hand, but didn't know how to peel them. He couldn't help but look at Bai Shan and Man Bao opposite him.
Manbao and Baishan had already peeled out the lotus seeds and then the lotus flesh, and ate them directly without removing the core.
It tastes sweet with a hint of bitterness, but is still quite delicious, and the fragrance of lotus seeds is refreshing.
Seeing Yin Huo looking at them without moving his hands, Man Bao couldn't help but ask, "You don't know how to eat lotus seeds, do you?"
Yin Huo said embarrassedly, "I'm not in good health. My family never lets me eat these things, and they won't eat them in front of me."
When they heard this, they immediately looked at him with sympathy, and also felt sympathy for his family, especially his three sisters who were about the same age as him.
I don’t know if they have ever eaten lotus seeds.
Bai Shan said, "Let's peel the lotus seeds first."
Yin Huo followed their example and peeled a hole, but found that the lotus seed inside was very small. He thought about it, put it aside, and continued to peel another one, but when he peeled it, he found it was empty.
Even Bai Er turned his head back and looked at him sympathetically.
Bai Shan reached out and took the lotus pod from his hand, squeezed it, and finally found that the lotus pod was quite large, but nearly one-third of it was empty or very small, almost inedible lotus seeds, another one-third was relatively small, and the remaining one-third were of different sizes, but within the normal range.
Bai Shan placed the few remaining lotus seeds in his palm and said with a suppressed smile, "Eat it."
Bai Erlang stuffed the lotus seeds in his hand into his mouth, and sympathetically picked one out of his three large lotus pods and gave it to him, "Here, here you go."
After thanking them, Yin Huo looked at the lotus seeds peeled by the four people and found that the lotus pods selected by Bai Shan and his friends were the best. He couldn't help but be curious, "How did you choose?"
These three people have never learned this before, but they just rely on experience and feeling.
Manbao said, "We have picked quite a few lotus pods before."
Bai Shan even missed it a little, "The lotus pods were especially delicious."
Bai Erlang pointed out the reason, "Aren't the lotus pods that Bai De has obtained so big and so many delicious?"
Liu Huan asked curiously, "Why is it for free?"
Bai Shan rushed before Bai Erlang and said modestly, "Because it has no owner, anyone who sees it can pick it, so it's free."
"So the lotus pond is actually wild?" Liu Huan perked up and said, "It's said that there are many lotuses in the south of the Yangtze River. I know that some water towns have many wild lotus ponds. I didn't expect that you have one in Luojiang County too."
Manbao said, "The place where we pick lotus seeds is not in Luojiang County, but in Yizhou City."
Liu Huan exclaimed: "Yizhou City is so good, there is actually a place like this?"
At this moment, Bai Erlang finally reached a consensus with the two of them. The three of them nodded and said, "Isn't it? That's great. Not only is the lotus pond ownerless, but many of the flowers and plants are also ownerless. Hahahaha..."
Seeing how happy they were, Liu Huan also felt envious.
Bai Shan and his friends laughed so loudly and cheerfully that they soon attracted the attention of other boats in the lake that were close to them.
A head popped out of a boat not far ahead of them and shouted in their direction, "Bai Shan, Bai Cheng, is that you?"
Bai Cheng was sitting close to the hatch and immediately stuck his head out. Seeing him, he shouted happily, "Qiao Tao, we finally found you. Why didn't you wait for us before boarding the boat? You made us look for you for so long."
Several people on the boat: ...were not even trying to look for it.
Manbao and his three friends: Picking lotus pods is a skill, and telling lies with open eyes is also a skill.
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(End of this chapter)
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