Chapter 40 Chapter Thirty-eight

How Gao Kangda eats lettuce in a cold bowl and swallows it Six Pilgrims Speaking of which, we need to describe the six believers who returned from the pilgrimage to Saint Sebastian ② near Nantes ①.That night, because they were afraid of meeting the enemy, they hid on the pea pods between the cabbage and lettuce in the vegetable garden for the night. I happened to catch up with Gao Kangda, who was thirsty, and asked if he could find some lettuce to mix with some cold dishes, but when he heard that there were the best and largest lettuces in the country, each of which was as tall as a plum tree or a walnut tree, he wanted to go there himself. Let's go and pick up some good ones.At once he brought back six pilgrims who were too frightened to speak or cough.

Gao Kangda first took the lettuce to the well and washed it for a while, and the pilgrims discussed quietly: "What should we do? We are going to drown in the lettuce leaves. Shall we yell? If we yell, he will take us Kill the spies." While they were still discussing, Gao Kangda had already put the lettuce in a big pot he brought from home, this pot was as big as Sido's big wine barrel, mixed with oil, vinegar, Salt, eaten as a cold bowl before eating.Of the pilgrims, five had been swallowed, and the sixth was still hidden in the basin under a lettuce leaf, with only the pilgrim's staff sticking out.Gao Langgujie saw it and said to Gao Kangda:

"I see a snail horn in your pot, don't eat it." "Why?" Gao Kangda said, "This month is the time to eat snails." He pulled his cane, lifted it together with the pilgrim, and put them all in his mouth.Then drank a big bottle of Petit Grain while waiting for dinner in the kitchen. Swallowed into the mouth, the pilgrim escaped the grinding of his teeth with all his strength, and thought he was descending into a prison dungeon.When Gao Kang drank that big bottle of wine, they thought they must drown in his mouth, and the torrent of wine almost rushed them into the abyss of their stomachs.But, leaning on their sticks, like worshipers of Mont-Saint-Michel, they jumped over the water and hid themselves in a safe place between their teeth.It's a pity that one of them wanted to know if they were safe or not, so he poked around with his cane, and hit Gao Kang's broken tooth hard, hitting the nerve of his gum, causing Gao Kang's pain to be unbearable. Can't help shouting loudly.He called for his toothpick, and trying to pick out what gave him a toothache, he went up to the big walnut tree, and pulled out the pilgrims one by one.One was pulled by his thigh, one by his shoulder, one by his backpack, one by his pocket, one by his belt, and the guy who hit his jawbone with a cane was caught by him But this guy is really lucky, because since passing Anseni, his chancre has caused him unbearable pain, which was pinched by Gao Kangda.

The plucked pilgrims fled through the grape groves.Gao Kang's big tooth no longer hurts. Edmund then called him to dinner, for supper was ready. Gao Kangda said: "I'm going to take a piss and pee out my bad luck." ① Nantes: French city name, near the Royal River. ② Saint Sebastian: The name of the church, which was a pilgrimage site in the sixteenth century. ③ Xiduo: The name of the village, there is a major repair institute, where the capacity of wine barrels is 300 "muyi".The wine barrel was made in the period of St. Bernard and is very famous. ① Mount Saint-Michel is a cathedral built on a mountain in the English Channel. It is surrounded by water and only has a long causeway leading to land. There are many pilgrims every year, and a large number of children come to beg there.

② It is said that the walnuts grown on this walnut tree are so hard that only crows and starlings can peck them open. This tree grows in La Duvigny's farm. ③ Anseni: place name, in the lower reaches of the Royal River, the pilgrims are going home along the Royal River at this time. This urine soak is really not small, and it blocked the way of the pilgrims at once, so that they had to wade through it.After passing, at the edge of the forest, all but Fournier fell into the wolf trap again.Fortunately, Fournier came up with various methods and cut the rope of the trap, so that everyone escaped alive.After coming out from there, I slept in a wooden shed near Gudelai in the second half of the night.One of the companions, named La Dalei, comforted everyone's misfortune with kind words, saying that David had predicted this encounter long ago in the "Psalms":

"Cum exurgerent homines in nos, forte vivos deglutissent nos②, refers to when we are swallowed as lettuce mixed with salt grains; When drinking; torrentem pertransivit animanostra④, when we waded through; forsitan pertransisset anima nostra aquamintolerabilem⑤, when his urine blocked our way; Be-nedictus Dominus, qui non deedit nos in captionem dentibus eo-rum. Anima nostra, sicut passer erepta est de lequea venanti-um⑥, refers to when we fall into a trap; laqueus contritus est⑦ cut off by Fournier, et nos libetatisumus⑧. Adjutorium nostrum, etc.⑨" ① Refers to the Ale Forest in the north of Gudelai.

② Latin: "When people rose up to attack us, they swallowed us alive." See "Old Testament? Psalms" 124th verses 2 and 3. ③ Latin: "When people are angry with us, the waves will overflow us and drown us." See "Old Testament? Psalms" 124th verses 3 and 4. ④ Latin: "Our souls have passed the rapids." ⑤ Latin: "It seems that our souls have crossed the flood that cannot be crossed." This is not exactly the same as the "Old Testament? Psalms". ⑥ Latin: "Blessed be the Lord, he did not give us as wild food to them (teeth) to devour. We are like birds escaping from the trap of the bird catcher." See "Old Testament? New Chapter" No. One hundred and twenty-four chapters sixth and seventh.

⑦ Latin: "The snare is broken," see "Old Testament? Psalms" 124th verse seven. ⑧ Latin: "We have escaped," see "Old Testament? Psalms" 124th verse seven. ⑨ Latin: "We need help, etc." See "Old Testament? Psalms" 134th Section 8.