Chapter 20 mushroom soup

Kaspar and Zobel, kneeling with brushes, scrubbing the floor of the thieves' hideout.While Huo Zhenbo was going to get water and soap, they hurriedly told their grandma their secret plan. Huo Zhenbo sat on the chair in a comfortable mood.He didn't know what the three of them were talking about, but he just played with the pepper pistol. "Is this really all the real Lotkape?" Grandma washed the mushrooms and asked Huo Zhenbo, "As you know, I'm short-sighted and I can't be responsible at all." "Nonsense!" Huo Zhenbo replied, "If I say these mushrooms are real, then they are real."

"However, if you don't pay attention, there may be a Kunalpitz (a poisonous mushroom that bursts when you step on it. Kunalpitz, as you know, is extremely poisonous. Kunarpitz) Narpitz and Lotcapet are often mistaken..." "Ah, enough is enough! What a fool to say about the disgusting Kunalpitz! Not a single tree of that kind has been mixed in. It's all Lotcapet in it. If you make a mistake, you will take mine Put your hand into the fire. It’s all right, just do it with confidence.” Grandma went to the stove. After staying for a while, a particularly fragrant smell filled the hideout of the thieves.

Huo Zhenbo couldn't help inhaling the scent. "Isn't the mushroom soup ready yet?" "Right away," said Grandma, "just pepper and salt—and a little vinegar. . . . Well, it's done!" Grandma took the pot off the heat and put it on the table. "Don't you have a taste?" Huo Zhenbo put the pepper pistol aside. "Okay, stop sweeping!" the great thief shouted to Kasper and Zobel. "While I'm eating, you go and rest in the corner over there for a while." Huo Zhenbo sat at the table, smelling the smell of mushroom soup.He was about to taste a spoonful of it when he heard Zobel whispering to Kasper.

"Why are you so obsessed with mushroom soup? You want me to drink mushroom soup, I'd rather run away to the Hottentots!" "Hello!" Huo Zhenbo suddenly asked, "Zobel, what did you say? You said you don't like mushroom soup?" "Cough!" said Zobel, pinching his nose, "I can smell it!" Huo Zhenbo squinted at Zoebel: "But, how about it? If I force you..." "how?" "If I let you eat it..." "Spare me!" Zobel was taken aback, "Don't do that outrageous thing!" "Forgive you?" Huo Zhenbo said.He was doing exactly what Kaspar had in mind.

"Old woman!" Huo Zhenbo shouted, "Give this little guy a plate of soup." ——It has to be full, understand? " "But, but..." Zobel stammered, "I, I, I didn't, I didn't ask for it..." "Are you talking about drinking the soup on the plate?" Huo Zhenbo bared his teeth, "No, I ask you to do so! Do as I tell you and drink it. ——If you don't do it, you will regret it, what a pity! " Grandma interceded for poor Zobel: "This kid really hates mushroom soup the most!" "So I let him eat!" Huo Zhenbo said.

Huo Zhenbo refused to agree no matter what, so Zobel had no choice but to scoop the spoon all the way to the bottom of the saucer. Zobel liked grandma's mushroom soup a long time ago. In fact, he didn't dislike it at all, but he pretended that he couldn't stand it. Huo Zhenbo not only looked at it happily, but also laughed at Zoebel: "Eat hard, eat! It's not okay for young people nowadays to put on airs! Especially when they drink mushroom soup. Hee, hee, hee, Hee hee hee!" When Zoebel drank the plate, Huo Zhenbo drove him away from the table. "Okay, this time it's mine. I'll enjoy it!"

Huo Zhenbo started to eat, he ate very deliciously, licked his lips, smacked his mouth, and kept using the spoon. Kaspar and Zobel huddled in a corner of the thieves' hideout with a sad look.It looked like he had to rest after a tiring job. The two peeped at Huo Zhenbo from time to time.With great difficulty, Huo Zhenbo finished the soup and put down the spoon.This is what the two of them were waiting for.For Zoebel, it was a signal.He suddenly threw himself forward and moaned: "Uh, uh, bitter, bitter!" Huo Zhenbo raised his fist to threaten: "What are you humming? Stop! Stop!"

Granny came to Zobel as fast as she could, dragging her chained feet, and bent over. Zobel seemed to be in so much pain that he twisted his body and continued to moan: "Uh, uh! Suffering, suffering! Help, help, suffering!" Kasper tried to comfort Zobel, but Zobel yelled and groaned in more pain. "What's the matter?" Huo Zhenbo asked.Then he stood up and walked over. "What's the matter, you ask?" Kasper said. "As you can see, he has a stomachache." "Ah, bitterness!" cried Zobel, "oh, bitterness, bitterness! It's going to burst... it's going to burst!"

Grandma seemed to understand something terrible had happened all at once. She held her head and scratched her hair: "It's Kunalpitz! It must be poisonous fungus! Poor! Oh, the body is going to be broken into pieces." What a colic! Terrible germs! Besides, there's no doctor here—and no doctor!"