Chapter 51 healthy bark

Xiaodoudou showed the commuter pass hanging around her neck to the familiar uncle at the ticket gate of Jiyugaoka Station, and walked out of the station. Today, a very interesting thing happened at the gate of the station. A young big brother spread a mat there, and sat cross-legged on the mat, with a lot of bark-like things piled high in front of him, like a hill.Surrounded by five or six spectators, they were watching what he was doing.Xiao Doudou also leaned forward because she heard her elder brother say: "Come and see! Come and see!" The eldest brother saw that Xiaodoudou stopped, and began to say:

"Health is the most important thing for people. Get up every morning and check whether you are healthy or sick. This is the function of these bark. If you bite the bark every morning, if you feel bitter, it means that you have given birth. Illness, if it’s not bitter, it means you’re in good health. You can tell if you’re sick with only 20 cents. Hey, uncle, how about taking a bite?” A thin man, looking at the bark in front of him, bit his front teeth nervously.Then, he tilted his head slightly and said: "A little...a little bit bitter...it seems a little bit." When the elder brother heard this, he jumped up and cried:

"Uncle, you are sick. Take good care of yourself. But it's not too serious, because it just 'seems a bit bitter'. Hey, lady, would you like to try?" The aunt carrying the basket gave a "creak" and took a big bite, then said happily: "Ah, it's not bitter at all." "Very well, ma'am, you are very well." So the elder brother shouted even louder: "Only twenty cents! Twenty cents! Try it every morning and you'll know if you're sick. It's cheap!" Xiao Doudou looked at the gray bark and wanted to bite it, but she didn't have the courage to say to her big brother, "I want to try too..." Instead, she asked him:

"Will you still be here when I leave school?" "Oh, yes." The eldest brother glanced at Xiao Doudou, who looked like a primary school student, and replied.So Xiaodoudou ran quickly, and the schoolbag on her shoulders made a "slapping" sound.Because it's a little late for school, and there's one more thing to do.That is, after arriving in the classroom, Xiaodoudou asked everyone: "Who can lend me twenty cents?" However, no one has twenty cents.At that time, a large box of milk candies could be bought for only ten cents, so although twenty cents was not a big amount, the children did not carry that much with them.

At this time, Miyo said: "Shall I ask Dad, or Mom?" Miyo is the principal's daughter, and it's convenient for her at this time.Miyo's house is next to the school auditorium, so Miyo's mother is always at the school. During the lunch break, Miyo came to tell Xiaodoudou: "Father said, I can lend you money, but I have to ask what it is for." Xiaodoudou came to the principal's office.When the principal saw Xiaodoudou, he took off his glasses and said: "I heard that you need two cents, what are you using it for?" Xiaodoudou quickly said:

"If you buy bark, you can tell if you are sick or healthy by biting it." "Where can I buy it?" Mr. Principal asked with great interest. "In front of the station." Xiaodoudou said hastily again. "Really? Well, since you want it, give the teacher a bite too." As the principal said, he took out his wallet from the pocket of his coat and put two cents in Xiaodoudou's palm. "Wow! Thank you. I asked my mother for money, and I will give it back to you. If I want to buy a book, my mother always buys it for me without asking. But when buying other things, I have to ask." Buy it for me. But healthy bark is what everyone needs, and my mother will definitely buy it for me!"

After school, Xiaodoudou hurried to the station with 20 cents in her hand.The big brother was still hawking in the same tune, Xiao Doudou stretched out his hand, the big brother saw the 20 cents in her hand, smiled happily, and said: "What a good boy. Mom and Dad will be happy." "Loki will be happy too!" Xiaodoudou said. "What? Loki?" The eldest brother asked while picking bark for Xiao Doudou. "It's my dog, a collie." The eldest brother stopped, thought for a while, and said: "Dogs are fine, right? If it feels bitter, the dog will also look disgusted, then it's sick..."

The eldest brother chose a piece of bark three centimeters wide and fifteen centimeters long, held it in his hand, and said: "How about this one? Take a bite in the morning, and if it's bitter, you're sick. If it doesn't taste like anything, it's healthy." The eldest brother wrapped the bark in newspaper and handed it to Xiao Doudou.Xiaodou carefully held the bark and returned home. After returning, Xiaodoudou bit the bark first, and the bark creaked in his mouth, but it didn't taste bitter at all. "Wow! I'm healthy!" Mom smiled and said: "Yes, Xiaodoudou is very healthy. What's the matter?"

Xiaodoudou told her mother what was going on.Mom also imitated Xiaodou, bit the bark, and said: "I don't feel bitter." "Ah, mom is healthy too." Then, Doudou finds Loki and lifts the bark to his mouth. Loki sniffed the bark first, then licked it.Little Doudou said: "Take a bite. After you bite, you will know if you are sick." However, instead of biting the bark, Loki started scratching his ears with his hind legs.Little Doudou put the bark on Loki's mouth and said: "Hey, take a bite. If you get sick, it will be terrible." Loki seemed to have no choice but to bite the edge of the bark lightly.Then, it smelled the bark again, didn't show any disgust, and then yawned big.

"Wow! Rocky is healthy too." The next morning, her mother gave Xiaodoudou 20 cents. When Xiaodou arrived at school, she first ran to the principal's office and showed the bark to the principal. Mr. Principal was stunned for a while, as if he was very surprised, "What is this?"Then, seeing Xiaodoudou carefully open his hand and hand over the twenty cents he had been holding, the husband remembered: "Bite? If you feel bitter, you are sick." Mr. Principal bit the bark, then turned the bark over and over to look carefully. "Is it bitter?" Xiao Doudou looked at Mr. worriedly and asked.

"Not bitter, no taste at all." So, the husband returned the bark to Xiaodoudou and said: "The teacher is also healthy. Thank you." "Wow! The teacher is healthy too. Great!" On that day, Xiaodoudou let everyone in the school take a bite along the bark. No one felt bitter, and everyone was healthy.All the people in Ba Xueyuan are healthy.Xiaodoudou was very happy. Everyone ran to Mr. Principal and told Mr. Principal that they were healthy.Whenever a child came to report, Mr. Principal said: "Really? That would be great." In fact, Mr. Principal, who grew up in the nature of Gunma Prefecture, lived by a river with a view of Mt. Haruna since he was a child. He must know what is going on: "Actually, anyone who bites this piece of bark will never feel bitter." However, Xiaodou is so happy knowing that everyone is very "healthy".Mr. Principal also felt very happy to see Xiaodoudou happy.If someone said "very bitter", Xiaodoudou would be so worried.Mr. Principal is very pleased to be able to educate such kind-hearted children. Once, Xiaodoudou saw a wild dog near the school. She tried to stuff the bark into the wild dog's mouth, but was almost bitten by the dog.But Xiaodoudou refused to give up and shouted: "Taste and you'll know if you're sick. Just bite, okay? How nice to know you're healthy too!" Finally, Xiaodoudou succeeded, and the strange dog also bit the bark. Xiaodoudou jumped around the dog and shouted happily: "Great! You're healthy too!" The wild dog lowered its head, seemed to be very frightened, then ran away, and disappeared after a while. Just as Mr. Principal expected, the big brother who sold the bark never appeared in the Hill of Freedom again. However, every morning, before going to school, Xiaodoudou would always solemnly take out the piece of bark from the drawer. The bark looked as if it had been chewed by a beaver, and it was already tattered.But Xiaodoudou wanted to take a bite, and said happily: "I am very healthy!" Fortunately, adzuki beans are really healthy.