12dz Chapter 32 Oops, a heart-pounding feeling
Chapter 32 Oops, a heart-pounding feeling
The fat constable got tired, got up, wiped the fine sweat from his forehead, and straightened his clothes.
He glanced at Li Doudou lying on the ground, cold and ruthless, then turned and walked out of the cell, locking the door behind him.
"Hmph, you all better behave yourselves, or don't blame me for my ruthless fists." The fat constable brandished his fist menacingly at the crowd.
Suddenly, a smelly shoe fell from the sky, striking the unsuspecting fat constable in the face.
The stench assaulted his nostrils, penetrated his body, and roamed through his heart, liver, spleen, stomach, and kidneys.
On the spot, the fat man's eyes rolled back, and he fainted from the fumes, collapsing to the ground, foaming at the mouth.
"Boss!" Officer One and Officer Two panicked and simultaneously let out a sharp bang.
The two quickly pulled and dragged the fat constable out of the cell.
The toothless father, who was picking his nose, watched the three figures leave with a disdainful look on his face. "I've wanted to beat you up for a long time, to teach you a lesson for being so arrogant!"
Over here, Qin Shen looked at Li Doudou, who was lying motionless on the ground, with great tension.
He quickly ran to the door frame of the two-person cubicle and asked in a worried, soft voice, "Tofu Beauty, are you alright?"
The tofu seller, who had been lying on the ground like a dead dog, suddenly sat up straight upon hearing the sound. She turned her head to look at Qin Shen, who had been startled and run far away, and smiled slightly.
She quickly tidied her messy hair, patted her slightly dirty coarse cloth robe, and with a panda eye on her face, gently handed the steamed bun to Qin Shen Shen, "Do you want some? It's delicious!"
Qin Shen's heartstrings were gently plucked. He saw Li Doudou glowing with white light, like a fairy. He mechanically took the steamed bun from her hand.
Not minding the dirt, he took a bite, taking advantage of Li Doudou's gentle touch.
The delicious taste of the elm seed steamed buns made him squint his beautiful peach blossom eyes in happiness.
She smiled slightly at Li Doudou.
His bright and handsome face made Li Doudou, whose lips had been tasted by countless men, momentarily lose her composure, but she then smiled indifferently.
That delicate face and gentle smile left a deep scar on Qin Shen's heart.
"Brother, you've drooled all over me, could you please wipe it off?"
Qian Yan'er was just curious. Qin Shen looked so happy eating that cornbread. He had just walked over, and his head was already wet.
Looking up, he saw that Qin Shen Shen's drool was dripping onto his head.
He was really unlucky to be in the same cell as Qin Shen Shen. Because Qin Shen Shen went crazy, he didn't even get the steamed buns that the constables gave him.
He was holding a grudge.
He wiped his face and turned to glare fiercely at Li Doudou.
"What are you looking at? Look again and I'll gouge your eyes out!"
Li Doudou's gaze shifted downwards, glancing at Qian Yan'er, who was only up to Qin Shen's bottom. Disinterested, she muttered "shorty" and waved her hand dismissively. She then turned and went back to bed to lie there like a corpse.
Qin Shen looked at Li Doudou lying down asleep, her eyes filled with hostility as she looked down at Qian Yan'er.
The scar on Qian Yan'er's face, running from left to right, still made him feel uneasy. He pretended not to care, turned his face away, and squatted in the corner, munching on the cornbread that Li Doudou had given him.
Seeing Qin Shen's reaction, Qian Yan'er felt a surge of anger.
He glared at Qin Shen Shen and muttered, "What's so great about her? She's just a little better looking. Can she be as good-looking as me? Pah!"
He put his hands on his hips and spat at Qin Shen Shen.
He was determined to vent his anger today.
The other prisoners were used to it; they were already accustomed to this scene.
Everyone dispersed and went about their own business.
Gao Mengli and Lin Xi were unaware that her son, Wowotou, had stirred up a storm in the prison cell.
The family sold out early, went to the pharmacy to buy a few flawed, misshapen, cracked pearls, and took an oxcart home.
As for commercial taxes, paying them is what's called an "intelligence tax."
She wouldn't go. Anyway, the county magistrate doesn't know how much money she makes, so why bother sending it to him?
It's not like she's mentally ill.
Back home, after lunch, Lin Xi and I lay in our room for half an hour.
The two of them got up and started working on the toothpaste.
After all, there was no toothpaste in this era, and without proper cleaning, one always felt that their mouth smelled bad.
Gao Mengli took out three catties of coarse salt that she had bought the day before, put it into a bamboo section, placed bamboo leaves on top to cover the opening, sealed the opening with wet yellow mud, and then placed it in the fire to calcine.
After the fire burned out, bamboo salt sticks were obtained. They were ground into a fine powder in a small stone mortar, and then the fire was burned several more times.
But Gao Mengli was lazy and tired after a long day, so she didn't want to keep burning.
So I burned it once, and then took out charcoal, pearls, and dried mint, ground them all up, and put them in a large bowl and mixed them evenly.
Lin Xi took some dry straw, lit it, added water to the resulting ash, and stirred it to obtain alkaline water.
After letting it sit for a while, pour the alkaline water into the pile of fine powder that Gao Mengli had ground.
Da Niu didn't understand what his parents were doing.
But this did not stop him from feeling the pain, especially when he saw his mother take out salt and pearls and mix them with charcoal, his pain reached its peak.
He wanted to speak but stopped, and still wanted to speak.
In the end, he didn't dare to voice his doubts. After all, his life had improved recently, and he didn't want to go back to the days of mixed doubles.
Gao Mengli stirred the mixture, occasionally picking it up to smell it, and nodded in satisfaction. "Da Niu, go and get the small ceramic jar we bought yesterday."
"Eh!"
Although Da Niu questioned the two, he listened to their advice.
They dare not go west when pointed east, and dare not chase dogs when chased chickens.
Da Niu took out the small earthenware jar and placed it on the table. Suppressing immense courage, he looked at the dark, gooey mixture and finally asked, "Mother, what is this?"
Gao Mengli carefully poured the charcoal paste from the bowl into a small jar, glanced at Da Niu's curious face, and then, with a playful chuckle, said, "This is your dinner. You'll have to eat it all later!"
Upon hearing this, Da Niu's face turned deathly pale, and he said that his parents were rotten to the core.
This is salt and charcoal; he doesn't seem to want him to eat, he wants him to die!
He waved his hands frantically, looking panicked: "Mom, don't joke around, how can you eat this?"
Seeing Da Niu's panicked look, Lin Xi burst into laughter, "Your mother is lying to you, this is not food."
Da Niu breathed a sigh of relief. "So what exactly is this?"
If he doesn't figure this out today, he won't dare to sleep soundly.
Gao Mengli glanced at Da Niu, chuckled, and didn't reply.
He took a sickle and cut a willow branch at the door.
I took it back to the yard and cut it into three small pieces.
After removing the bark from the top of one end with a sickle, the bark-free core of the wood was gently tapped with a hammer, ninety-nine times.
After knocking out the fibers from the willow branches, carefully arrange the knocked-out fibers.
After making three in a row, I took some of the charcoal paste from the small jar and spread it evenly on the willow twig fibers.
He handed one to Da Niu, saying, "Come on, let's brush our teeth together!"
So the family of three squatted down next to the well and started brushing their teeth. Their three big, black mouths made them laugh at each other.
Rinse your mouth with water and wipe it clean.
Lin Xi covered her mouth, exhaled, and smelled it. There was a faint minty fragrance, and her mouth didn't feel sticky at all; it was very refreshing.
He couldn't help but exclaim with delight, "Mengli, the toothpaste is great!!"
So this is toothpaste!
Da Niu imitated his father's actions and indeed smelled the refreshing mint scent.
He suddenly realized that his mother was really amazing; she could even make such a magical thing as toothpaste!