Chapter 98 97. Kataro [Two in One]
Boss Tang looked gloomy and explained listlessly, "This is Kataro."
"He raised Gao Ming, the one you met at the last auction. This is his treasure, and he entrusted it to me."
Huaiyu: ...
She doesn't really understand what's popular among city dwellers nowadays. That is to say, is a creature like Kataro really popular in the capital?
How did you introduce it last time?
Other dung beetles use their hind legs to push their dung balls and walk backwards, but this dung beetle uses its front paws to push - the direction of the mutation seems to be in the forelimbs.
hiss……
Huaiyu subconsciously took two steps back, and moved the ball that Boss Tang had just taken away two steps to the side.
Outside the door, Kataro, who was about 40 centimeters tall, was dressed in fluorescent fly green. To be honest, Huaiyu didn't know what color the dung beetle was originally. After all, no one would have the time to observe this.
But, anyway, Kataro's green-headed fly-colored clothes make people look unapproachable.
Looking at Boss Tang's raincoat and rubber gloves, she suddenly understood.
only……
"Should we hide Kataro? Otherwise, we sell food here, what if the customers find out..."
Huaiyu believes that Boss Tang will clean up the mess, but some things...
Boss Tang looked resentful: "It's okay... he wasn't pushing a dung ball."
"Don't worry, I stuffed some goodies for the people in the public toilet, they will guard against letting Kataro in."
"Then this..." Huaiyu looked at Kataro and the black ball in his arms.
Boss Tang was speechless and said, "I don't know what it is specifically, but it is just these rotten vegetable leaves, turnip heads, tree leaves and so on, which it collects on the street itself."
"Gao Ming told me that dung beetles like to push their dung balls back into their holes, hide them there, and eat them slowly."
At this point he really looked devastated.
Every day, in order to hide Kataro and keep him as clean as possible, he really aged several years. The fat that he carefully nurtured during the disaster period has dropped several pounds! When Gao Ming came out, he couldn't return Kataro unless he gave him a banner with the words "Great Righteousness" - forget it, forget it, no banner, just take it away early!
Not to mention, it seems that Kataro has some intelligence after the mutation.
Seeing Huaiyu standing at the door, it even stood upright holding the black ball the size of a ping-pong ball. Behind its fly green and ink-blue shell, its yellow membranous wings flapped twice, as if to express welcome.
——Quite a gentleman.
Huaiyu smiled and nodded subconsciously. After a moment, he reacted and felt numb.
In short, after gentleman Kataro greeted politely, he was pushed and shoved by Boss Tang and hidden in a small room nearby.
After everything was tidied up, he breathed a sigh of relief, took off his raincoat, gloves and boots, rubbed his hands carefully, and then sat back on the stool.
Huaiyu couldn't bear to watch it: "If it didn't push the dung ball, it wouldn't be that dirty, right?"
"Yeah," Boss Tang sat there, his voice like a weak machine without emotion, and asked sarcastically:
“Eating shit can fill your stomach, but will people really eat it?”
That's the truth!
Huaiyu tried to hold back, but finally couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Boss Tang realized it belatedly and quickly weighed the entire basket of bean sprouts: "The bean sprouts look a lot, but after deducting the water, I'll calculate it as 28 kilograms."
A mutation value of 9 can still fetch a good price today, but it’s not as exaggerated as it was after the rain.
Huaiyu looked at the more than 800 points he had obtained and finally felt that his family had become richer.
After thinking for a while, she asked again: "If the defense army goes to the wilderness to perform a mission, how long will it take for them to return?"
Boss Tang thought for a moment and said, "It depends on the trip. If it's fast, he may be back in a week or so. If it's slow, it may take three months."
He remembered what Huaiyu said about his two brothers being in the wilderness. Although he was not sure whether they were garrisons, defense troops, or explorers, he could only sigh and comfort them:
"Don't think too much. There is a complete set of procedures for going to the wilderness now, so nothing will go wrong easily."
Huaiyu nodded and said nothing more.
Boss Tang suddenly remembered something and smiled at Huaiyu 100 times more friendly than usual: "Um... I remember you were farming recently, right? Do you find it interesting?"
Huaiyu thought of his own character and nodded at this moment: "It's quite interesting. What's the matter?"
Boss Tang grumbled, "Um... do you want fertilizer?"
Huaiyu: ???
"For now, I can't carry too much back. If I carry too little, it won't be effective."
Boss Tang's eyes lit up: "So it's still needed, right? Come on, this thing is very light, I'm sure you can carry it back!"
He opened the door of the warehouse and after a long time took out a large plastic bag that could hold quilts. Inside was the black round balls the size of ping-pong balls that he had just seen.
Huaiyu's eyes widened: "This is..."
"Yes, yes, yes," Boss Tang even smiled a little flatteringly, "These are all good things! The kotaro will ferment as it rolls into balls. These are all good fertilizers that have been decomposed. They are all natural."
"And I'll get you a pair of gloves, you can feel the weight...it's really light."
"How about it, Xiaoyu? I don't want a penny, I'll give it to you for free."
Huaiyu finds it difficult to describe his feelings at this moment.
After a long while, she finally found her own words: "Is this the dry food it has hidden for a week?"
Boss Tang smiled bitterly: "Don't say that, Kataro is very hardworking. This is three days - if I hadn't asked Kataro to be sneaky, if he had worked for two more days, the Health Bureau would have given me a banner."
“Because all the dirt and garbage on the ground is picked up so cleanly.”
Huaiyu: ...Although she was amazed, she swore that she would never think of using Kataro to do housework.
I hesitantly reached out to pick up the bag. It was indeed very light, like a sack of ping-pong balls.
She thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll take it with me. Thank you."
Boss Tang waved his hand and said, "You're welcome. I'll prepare more for you next time you come. By the way, are the two geese still alive?"
"It's still alive." Huaiyu thought of the goose cub, and his expression was a little complicated: "It's just that its beak is quite sharp, and it has a bit of destructive power."
Boss Tang thought of the hole on the counter and was relieved. "It's a good thing that its mouth is sharper... Look at Kataro, if it mutates a little, it won't be a ball anymore."
As expected, people's sorrows and joys are all about contrast. Huaiyu thought of the two goslings poking bamboo shoots at home like playing whack-a-mole, and nodded heavily.
Also, Boss Tang’s friend, Gao Ming, is really extraordinary! …
So, this time in Boss Tang's shop, Huaiyu not only did not spend a penny, but also carried a full basket of dung balls.
Of course, those wrapped in plastic bags, when viewed through the transparent bag, look like some Chinese medicine pills or something.
She was ready to go back with her backpack on her back. After a moment's thought, she turned to Uncle Zaozi's store and looked around. She didn't see anyone, but it didn't matter. She turned around to leave when someone suddenly called her:
"Girl! Is the chick I bought last time still alive?"
Huaiyu turned around and laughed as well: "Uncle Zaozi!"
Uncle Zaozi was already numb to this title. He subconsciously looked down at Huaiyu's backpack and asked curiously:
"What is this? Why are there so many? Pills? What's this for?"
"No." Huaiyu shook his head quickly: "It's just some dry fermented fertilizer."
Uncle Zaozi laughed out loud: "Hey, I am one of us, right? Pills are just pills. Who can have so much fermented fertilizer these days, and make it so exquisite?"
"Come on, let me see it."
Huaiyu explained with difficulty: "This is really dirty, I can't eat it."
"Hey, uncle is not a stingy person, let's see what's wrong?" Uncle Zaozi felt that she was a little shy and not as straightforward as at the beginning.
At this point, Huaiyu had no choice but to untie the bag in the backpack.
As soon as he opened it, a smell of fermented grass hit him. Uncle Zaozi took a deep breath and said in surprise:
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
"It has a rich aroma...hiss! Could this be aged Tuan tea?"
As he spoke, he had already picked up one and looked left and right at the sun.
I saw that this black ball, the size of a ping-pong ball, was mixed with strands of dark green and grass green.
Kataro is very good at fermentation. The balls are uniform and the colors are evenly blended. It doesn't look ugly and even has quite charm.
then……
Uncle Zaozi held one tightly in his palm: "Is it expensive? If not, give one to me. I haven't had any good tea in years."
Huaiyu sighed, feeling both amused and speechless at the moment: "Uncle Zaozi, this thing is really worthless. You want me to pour you a plate - but it is really fermented fertilizer and cannot be eaten..."
"Tsk," Uncle Zaozi understood, "So you really bought it as fermented fertilizer, right? I got it by chance! - Come on! Come to the store and have a seat. Let's have some tea."
As he spoke, he held the ball in his hand and went to the store carrying Huaiyu's backpack.
Huaiyu struggled: "No, no, I really have to go back, there are some things... I really can't drink this... Oh, okay, okay, if you really like it, I'll pour you some."
"Okay!" Uncle Zaozi immediately let go of his hand: "Great! Wait a minute, uncle won't let you suffer any loss - come on, I have a big bundle of thick hemp rope at home, if you can carry it, carry it back."
Huaiyu felt really embarrassed to take advantage of him this time. She was really afraid that Uncle Zaozi would drink this as tea. She waved her hands repeatedly at this moment: "Actually, this is all fermented garbage..."
"Okay, okay, rubbish. I just like to drink some rubbish."
"This is really not drinkable!" Huai Yu was anxious.
Uncle Zaozi sighed, "Sister, I've been in the market for so many years, I know whether something is good or bad just by tasting it."
"Look at the mutant dates last time. What did I say? 23. Even dogs wouldn't eat them, right? Did you buy one and taste it? It really tastes like that, right?"
"Although I don't know what the raw materials of this thing of yours are, even if it's not tea, it tastes pretty good when brewed!"
"Don't worry, I have experience, it won't hurt you."
Huaiyu's mind was completely blank.
She couldn't reveal the matter of Kataro, but she couldn't explain it, so she quickly said to Uncle Zaozi: "Uncle Zaozi, I have tea if you want it! I'll send you a pack of bamboo heart tea tomorrow. It's sweet when it's dried and soaked in water, and it has a bamboo fragrance, which is especially nice."
"Alas, I don't like light flavors. I like teas like Tuancha, Dianhong, Pu'er, etc."
"Come!"
He had already taken a basin from the shelf, and his tone was full of expectation: "Xiao Yu, how many are you going to give me?"
Huaiyu: ...
She grabbed the backpack and tentatively poured two into the plate.
When I looked up at Uncle Zaozi again, I saw that he looked depressed.
So he carefully poured three more.
When I looked up again, Uncle Zaozi had already sighed.
Huaiyu simply gave up and poured out a huge pot of wine for him!
"Uncle Zaozi, I'm not lying to you. This is really not drinkable. This is fermented fertilizer used for farming. If you don't believe me, try it."
"Okay!" Uncle Zaozi patted his chest and promised:
"Don't worry, I won't drink it! I'll use it to farm tonight!"
As she spoke, she hurriedly took down a bundle of hemp rope from the wall of the shop and stuffed it directly into her backpack.
"Take it, take it! I will judge whether the food is good or not. If there is any problem with the food, it is none of your business. Here, take the rope. This is a gift from your uncle."
As he spoke, he pushed her out of the store, obviously not wanting to listen to Huaiyu's nagging excuses anymore.
Huaiyu stood outside the store with a backpack on his back, not knowing what to say at the moment.
After thinking for a while, she turned back to Huaxia Gold and asked, "Boss Tang, can you tell others about Ke Tailang's matter?"
"No, no, you can't do that!"
Boss Tang refused again and again: "Gao Ming still has to work hard to earn performance. If you knew that Kataro could clean up the garbage, the valuation of this thing would be higher."
"And his channel is not very formal..."
"What's wrong?" Boss Tang looked at her.
Huaiyu was troubled: "An uncle I know insisted that this was Tuancha and took some to make tea. I couldn't persuade him because I was afraid that he would get hurt after drinking it..."
"hiss--"
Boss Tang was so shocked that he seemed to be inflated with air. His eyes widened: "Which uncle? Are you really drinking?"
Huaiyu had a complicated expression: "Yeah, really drink it. When I left, I saw him preparing to boil water."
Boss Tang: ...
He was not sure now: "This thing should be harmless, but I don't know where else Kataro got the grass leaves from besides the market... After all, I can't follow it as it pushes the dung ball, right?"
He asked for the address with surprise and sigh, and now promised Huaiyu:
"Don't worry, I'll go to the door of the store and observe! If anything happens to anyone, I'll send them to the hospital immediately."
Huaiyu finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then he said embarrassedly:
"Thank you for your help..."
Boss Tang was already eager to try it, his face full of amazement: "To be honest, I also want to know what it feels like for him to drink this stuff - Xiaoyu, which store is it? I want to go and see it now!"
Here it comes! It's the end of the month! [Two in one]
(End of this chapter)