Chapter 19 twelve mushrooms

Huo Zhenbo led Kasper and Zobel with a rope and drove them away.Kasper and Zobel, with their heads down, were so angry and resentful that their stomachs hurt.They both knew that their future would be dark if Mr. Ding Beimer could not see them. "Hey, two feeble wild ducks—I understand, you're in a bad mood. How about a whistle for you, dear uncle?" Huo Zhenbo whistled his favorite song of happy thief life in the forest.He rattled the money jar and beat the time. "What's the matter, are your ears not working well? I really want to know why you don't whistle with me. Hee, hee, hee, hee hee hee!" 

After a while, Huo Zhenbo found a cluster of mushrooms under a tree by the roadside, more than a dozen. They were in good shape and had a strong core. "Whoa, whoa!" he shouted, "Stop standing still, you'll trample those beautiful mushrooms, that's a big problem! Pick them up, they can make delicious mushroom soup." He tied Kaspar and Zobel tightly to the nearest tree, then drew one of seven short knives from his belt and cut the mushrooms. Then he removed the fir-leaves and dirt that had stuck to the stalks, took a large check handkerchief from his trouser pocket, wrapped the mushrooms, and tied them with a cross knot.

"Okay, it's done!" he said. "Come back! Mushroom soup is my favorite--better than fried sausages and sauerkraut. Look, don't you think I'll give it to you! My mushroom soup, I can't give you half a spoonful. I wiped it all out myself." "Oh, I don't," Kaspar said. An idea popped into Kasper's mind, at least for the last two weeks, the best idea. "Uncle, are you familiar with these mushrooms?" he asked, "Are you confident that there are no poisonous mushrooms mixed in?" "Poisonous mushrooms?" Huo Zhenbo patted his forehead, "Do you think I'm blind, huh? This is exactly the same as the edible mushrooms printed in the album. There is nothing to doubt Yes. Well, let's go, we must go quickly!"

Since discovering the mushroom, Huo Zhenbo's mood is getting better and better.He whistled loudly out of tune, rattling the money jar in time with the beat.Therefore, Kasper was able to whisper his plan to Zobel without too much trouble. Done a little better, the duo seem to be able to make great use of the mushroom soup.In fact, up to this point, luck had been bad, and now it seemed to them both that luck had finally returned. Therefore, when Huo Zhenbo led them to the old den where grandma was, both of them showed extremely happy faces.Even grandma thought they must have come to pick her up.

"There you are!" cried Grandma, overjoyed, in a cry. "I knew you would come for me. You two are good boys! You'll know how glad I am to escape this dreadful creature." Come on! Really, bone and skin are like knives with such a thing!" On grandma's left foot, there is an iron shackle with a long chain embedded in it. One end of the chain is fastened to an iron ring nailed to the wall. Therefore, although grandma can walk around in this secret house and work for Huo Zhenbo, she cannot escape. "Old woman, I really disappoint you," said the great thief Huo Zhenbo. "Casper and Zobel are not here to take you home. Both of them will stay here, at least until I figure out how to deal with them." Stay here before anyone. First put on the chains, and then wipe the floor!"

Huo Zhenbo brought two chains, one for Kasper and the other for Zobel, and then tied them to rings on the wall.For Zoebel, this is not the first time, because he was chained by Huo Zhenbo three weeks ago. "The shackles are strong enough!" Huo Zhenbo smiled, and put the key into the pocket of his suit vest. "Be careful, don't get caught in the chains! Now, I'll bring water and soap. So, you two, get brushes—I won't spare you until I make the floor look like a new diaper!" Grandma sat limply on the stool out of surprise and disappointment. So, Huo Zhenbo kicked the leg of the stool, and reprimanded him: "Don't just keep whimpering and crying here! It's useless to cry! Why don't you take the mushrooms there and make mushroom soup.—and add bacon and Onions, understand? I really like to eat this thing!"