Chapter 37, where to go for the Chinese New Year next year
It took Pan Long three days to concoct another batch of cold medicine wine.
Because the medicinal properties of the main medicine are too strong and inconvenient to divide, the medicinal wine he concocted this time is packed in large vats, and one vat is a thousand catties. More than a dozen jars of medicinal wine are prepared and sealed, and when they are to be used, depending on the strength of the medicine, they are dissolved with ordinary spirits, which is enough for the entire Dingfeng Town to be used for many years.
"I've always had a question. When he was about to seal the medicinal wine, he saw that his father had thrown some medicinal herbs into each wine vat with a peaceful but bitter taste, and he couldn't help but ask, "Why do our medicinal wine always have to be mixed with these messy herbs? ”
Pan Lei smiled: "What do you think of the taste of our medicinal wine?"
"The original medicinal wine was very delicious, but it didn't work with these things, it was terrible to drink!" Pan Long frowned, feeling the disgusting and strange smell of medicine in his mouth again.
I don't know why, when the Pan family makes medicinal wine, no matter what kind of medicinal wine, it always has to be mixed with those unpalatable herbs in the end. Pan Long still remembers the strange smell that made people want to vomit it when he was sick when he was a child, taking medicine and practicing exercises.
Every time he drank medicinal wine, the first thing he did was to rinse his mouth, at least five or six times, before his taste buds could return to normal.
It's really thanks to the unique taste of the ancestors of the Pan family, and they can even stand this weird taste!
Seeing his son's indignant appearance, Pan Lei smiled: "The taste is not good, that's right." ”
He said earnestly, "Medicinal wine is a precious thing, and if it tastes too good, it is easy to drink it casually. So what should you do when you really need it? Only if it tastes bad, you don't drink it usually, and even if you have something, you will drink as little as possible, so you can save money. ”
Pan Long was stunned for a moment and asked, "Isn't our family an ancestral mountain and sea classic, how many ordinary elixirs do we need?"
Pan Lei's serious expression suddenly disappeared, and his face was full of embarrassment.
"That...... The old ancestors didn't have our conditions, and they might have opened the Shan Hai Jing two or three times in their lives......" he said hesitantly, "I guess...... I guess that's how it should be. ”
Pan Long looked at his father suspiciously, he always felt that his father's reason was not reliable at all.
But if you think about it carefully, it seems that my father's reason is indeed quite tenable.
The only problem is that the Pan family is not short of ordinary elixirs......
This unsolved mystery was still unsolved after all, but when Pan Long concocted other medicinal liquors next, he was very resolute not to let Dad mix those "Pan ancestor" herbs into the medicinal wine.
Considering that the people of the Northland are addicted to alcohol, if they don't make it a little unpleasant, they may indeed be drunk in advance, so that they don't have to use it when they really need to save their lives.
But other medicinal wines...... Pan Long didn't plan to use it to divide people.
Cold medicine and wine can save the emergency at a critical moment, and it doesn't take much. However, medicinal wines such as strengthening the body are not enough if they are really needed.
There are only those in the world who are in need, but there is no help for the poor. If you give too many benefits, it is easy for others to have the psychology of gaining an inch - to promote Mien and fight Mi hatred, the folk proverb is indeed reasonable.
Just like he has walked the rivers and lakes over the years, he rarely stays to preside over the follow-up when he is chivalrous and righteous. It's usually just a matter of doing things and leaving, without stopping.
This is both to avoid revenge from those gangsters and bullies and to avoid certain unpleasant troubles.
He helped others when they needed it most, and the rest was up to them.
After all, he is not God.
Wrong...... Even God has to make Brother Su emphasize: "People will help themselves, and God will help them." ”
The whole process of testing the prescription and concocting the medicinal liquor took Pan Long several days. When he was all busy and looked at the dozens of vats of various medicinal wines in his underground wine cellar, he couldn't help but feel a sense of satisfaction.
He finally finished tossing here, and his mother Ren Yue immediately dragged him to try on new clothes.
I don't know if it's because I haven't celebrated the New Year together for many years, and I want to make up for it this year, Ren Yue helped him prepare more than 20 different sets of new clothes in one go. There are also a variety of styles, including the fur coats common in the North, the Central Plains-style strong clothes, and the scholarly caftan and the like.
Anyway, the innate master has the true qi to protect the body, and he can not invade the cold and heat, even if the water is dripping into ice, he can still wear a single coat to walk the streets and alleys, and wear a cotton jacket against the scorching sun, and he will not suffer from heat stroke. So Ren Yue didn't think about the issue of warmth at all, and all the designs were only in the direction of looking good.
But Pan Long is really insensitive to those clothes that are too thin.
He's not afraid of the cold, but he's afraid of embarrassment!
During the Chinese New Year, others wore thick cotton jackets, or leather robes, leather hats with ear protection, leather gloves, and large leather boots. What about himself, a long shirt, a scholar's scarf, a sachet around his waist, and a folding fan in his hand......
Mother, have you really considered my son's feelings?
If I go out like this, I will become the laughing stock of the entire Dingfeng Town!
"Not really. Ren Yue was very skeptical, "Among your uncles, more than one of them wears a long shirt and pinching a folding fan all year round, and I don't see anyone laughing at them." ”
Pan Long sighed: "That's it, let's find someone to evaluate the theory, how about it?"
So he found Han Feng.
When Han Feng saw that he was dressed like a scholar, and he was gently shaking a folding fan in his hand, he immediately laughed wildly, choking on saliva while laughing and laughing, coughing violently, and still laughing wildly.
If Pan Long hadn't helped him quickly resolve it with his true qi, he was afraid that he would have damaged his trachea and even his heart and lungs because he coughed or laughed too violently......
Seeing this result, Ren Yue refused to give up. She felt that Han Feng was too young after all, and she didn't have a hair on her mouth and couldn't do things well, so she specially invited the respected official scholar Cai Fuzi over.
I have to say that Old Master Cai is really a virtuous old man, and his cultivation is really good. Seeing Pan Long's dress, his old man just smiled and shook his head, and didn't say anything.
"Really not?" Ren Yue asked.
Old Master Cai shook his head, turned around and left.
After a while, the sound of the old man stamping his feet and laughing wildly was heard in the distance.
So Ren Yue finally understood that Yizhou's aesthetics might not work at all in Northland.
"So ......"
"So what?" At dinner, seeing that his wife wanted to stop talking, Pan Lei couldn't help but smile and said, "Between us, is there anything else that can't be said?"
"So next year's New Year, how about we go to Yizhou?"
Pan Lei was stunned for a moment, a little puzzled.
"Why?" he asked.
"If we go to Yizhou for the New Year, our whole family can dress up as scholars. Ren Yue said wistfully, "When I was a child, I liked the whole family to wear scholarly clothes and go to the Lantern Festival Lantern Festival......"
So Pan Lei made a decision in an instant.
Next New Year, the Pan family will go to Yizhou for the New Year.
Looking at his father's appearance of deciding immediately without even thinking about it, Pan Long pursed his lips and secretly made up his mind.
When you get married, you must not learn from him!