Chapter 145: No Taste
And the Ghost Gate Pass is such a mysterious place!
I like to listen to this kind of local legends and allusions, don't look at these stories are more or less superstitious, but the essence of it is not separated from the Yin and Yang of the Three Realms, but more of an analysis of human nature!
The generals sitting on the side listened disdainfully, as if they were accustomed to these things, and they were not surprised, but they closed their eyes and were interested in everything around them.
That's right, if I can live so long, maybe I might not be as good as him, just turn around and leave.
Heavenly Master Zhang listened attentively, his eyes were full of Peniel's figure, as if he was not too interested in the story itself, but he was just very interested in the beautiful and unique Miao girl in front of him!
As soon as Peniel finished speaking, she saw Pan Mazi carrying a black pot-like thing hanging above the fire pit, and after a while, the black pot was steaming.
The general, who had closed his eyes and recuperated, opened his eyes at this time, and he looked at the black cauldron and became interested in the heat that kept coming out.
I took Peniel's tongs and pulled out the fire, explaining the purpose of the black cauldron by the way.
In Xiangxi and Yunnan and Guizhou, this kind of long round body and extremely black pot is called "rice pot"!
Whether it is a folk village or a Sanmiao village, this kind of rice pot hanging on the beam of the house and erecting on the fire pit is basically used to cook.
When the rice is ready, use a small round pot to stir-fry the dishes on the spot.
Everyone sat around the fire pit, watching the food in the smoked barbecue of the firewood fire - raw rice ripe rice, green vegetables turned into delicacies, smelling the aroma of rice coriander and bacon, warm and mouth-watering, index finger movement.
This way of life has been inherited since ancient times, and adults, children, the elderly, and guests sit in a circle, eat and laugh with a bowl, which is really interesting!
The general stared intently at Pan Mazi's movements:
I saw Pan Mazi cooking rice in a black pot at the same time, set up two stools, used a wooden board as a board, and washed bacon, sausages, vegetables, etc. with both hands.
Miaojia bacon is almost the same as Tujia bacon, but the marinating method and materials are slightly different, but they are both real farmhouse delicacy.
Watching the black bacon tumbling in the boiling pot, and then rubbing Pan Mazi's hands, the bacon gradually revealed its golden flesh, and a rich fragrance filled the whole room!
Cut the meat and vegetables, and the rice is cooked.
Pan Mazi neatly removed the black pot with tongs, and when he was about to stir-fry, he found that the firewood was not very strong, so he suddenly made a surprising action - he played the flute!
I wondered in my heart: Why do you play the flute when you don't have firewood to move it?
Could it be that after playing a flute, the firewood will automatically fly over......
But what happened next was my jaw-dropping again!
I saw the Gu corpse that had attacked She Shangguo before, and after hearing the sound of the flute, he suddenly stood on his toes, and jumped into the air with one body and lost his trace!
After a few breaths, I heard a sound behind the house, and then I saw the Gu corpse stretching his hands forward, and a bundle of firewood on his arms jumped into the house, standing firmly beside Pan Mazi, and suddenly did not move.
She Shangguo, who was sitting next to Heavenly Master Zhang, saw that the Gu corpse suddenly moved, and he probably felt bad, thinking that he wanted to sneak attack him again, and the whole person hid behind Heavenly Master Zhang.
When he saw that the Gu corpse was going to move firewood behind the house, he complained to Pan Mazi a few words.
Pan Mazi put away the piccolo, moved over the chai and said with a smile:
"Laer Mountain Hundred Bird Miao Village is now the only one of us to drive out the corpses, and the other wizards and Gu masters are all classified into the Witch Gate and the Wu Gate...... You will see this corpse removal skill once, and you will miss it once!"
I saw that the Gu corpse was actually controlled by the sound of the flute, and I saw that it seemed to have the wisdom to know how to carry firewood, so I boldly asked:
Pan ...... Senior Brother Pan, your dry corpse is the legendary 'Gu corpse', ......right?
I didn't say the rest of the words, because the old man trafficker once told me that each faction in Miao Jiang has its own secret method of refining Gu worms, and you can't ask directly, it is no different from the secret recipe for snatching people.
Pan Mazi quickly set up the round pot, turned back to me and said:
"Senior Brother Chen, you can just shout Senior Brother Mazi than me...... Hey, I was still young at the time, and I had a pockmarked face, and my father gave me this name!"
I laughed and laughed, and he didn't shy away from it!
"You want to ask about the method of refining the 'Gu Corpse', right? I don't know. I only know that Dabao was brought back by my grandfather when I was very young, and as for how it is refined, no one knows!"
At this time, Peniel pulled out the sweet potatoes from the fire pit, scraped off the skins of the sweet potatoes with a few bamboo skewers, handed them to us one by one, and then interjected:
"Senior Brother Chen looks older than me, just call me Nier! Mazi, you are usually quite clever, why are you stupid today! Although Senior Brother Chen didn't say it explicitly, I guess he must have suspected that Dabao was using ...... Made from that thing!"
Peniel's mouth is fast and crispy, and she asks me to call her-Niel...... My heart trembled for no reason, and Ye Qianmiao's sweet face suddenly appeared in front of me.
The thing in Peniel's mouth refers to "Human Gu"!
Miao Jiang's Gu Magic and Witchcraft are varied, and basically everything that has a soul can be refined into Gu ......
And the most vicious and hurtful of them is - human Gu!
There is a cloud in "Daozang": in the Nanban Miao Domain, insects, snakes, silkworms and rats are often used as Gu to nourish poison...... Among them, there are those who are poisonous, and they actually raise Gu with young children, and all kinds of evil are also.
That's why I asked them if the "Great Treasure" in their mouths was cultivated with human Gu.
While eating sweet potatoes, Peniel told me that Dabao was definitely not made of human Gu, because there was no need to feed it blood food, and only by eating the bamboo lingzhi produced in this bamboo forest!
Bamboo reishi!
I suddenly realized that the bamboo forest has been regarded as a kind of vegetation that can produce aura since the Wei and Jin dynasties!
Bamboo Ganoderma lucidum, which is a rare Ganoderma lucidum that grows in the bamboo forest, is now very rare in the wild, and it is said that this thing is the best anti-cancer product.
Speaking of this, Peniel suddenly sighed and said with a slightly sad face:
"The current Miao Village is no longer what it used to be, and the corpses are gone. This year, my grandfather only received two orders, and he couldn't take care of his living expenses...... Alas, it's really not good, I can only sell Dabao's rations!"
I was also helpless when I heard it, in the final analysis, the removal of corpses is just a transportation job, and it cannot be performed in the Hall of Elegance, so it must not subvert the cognitive concept of the masses......
Now that the living conditions are better, no matter whether it is red or white, everyone's family is dominated by vehicles, who will hire someone to drive the corpse, it is terrifying and cold!
Penielle then asked me again:
"Senior Brother Chen, how is your Daomen now, is your business okay?"
I took a bite of the sweet and soft sweet potato and replied:
"It's okay, but it can only be done in the dark, and if you can't get it right, you'll have to change places...... Now except for the three courses, the others exist in name only, and they just eat with a mouthful!"
Many times, we often see or depict masters in the movie, they can summon the thunder to descend with their charms, although they are extremely majestic, and they think that the money or something in the mortal world is at their fingertips!
What's more, many cultural products that depict daily life are also difficult to find the poor, and it seems that everyone has become rich overnight......
In fact, in real life, behind every Taoist priest who cultivates and enters the world, there is a whole sect or lineage, waiting to be fed!
The aura of the mortal world has been broken, and cultivating immortals to attain the Tao is basically an extravagant hope, and everyone can only rely on the few remaining exercises to cultivate the Dao, encounter more powerful ghosts or demons, and even have no high-grade charms to deal with the enemy.
Sometimes, you can only be like the old master and Master Shi Cheng, endure the pain and hide the trick, wait for the most critical moment, and sacrifice a handful of old bones......
Poverty, in the bizarre social changes, has always been an original sin and a root cause.
And only the poor will find poor Taoists, hehehe......
This is also the reason why I germinated to start a business, instead of resting on my laurels and eating the sky, it is better to learn from businessmen, with a Taoist method to enter the elite class, and give the mountain gate a full meal!
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Celestial Master Zhang on the side heard Peniel's desolate words, his willow eyebrows furrowed, and then he looked at me again, and said:
"Silly hat, didn't you make money yesterday! Quick, give some to my apprentice!"
I was stupid when I heard it, apprentice??
What the hell is this about??Aren't you exorcist dragons in the same lineage, how can you accept outsiders as apprentices??
Ignoring my doubts, Heavenly Master Zhang wanted to reach into my carry-on cloth bag as soon as his jade hand probed!
My money is in my personal pocket, how dare I let her touch it, if I don't get it, the golden dragon will die...... I had to take the initiative to take out a few red tickets and hand them to her.
Heavenly Master Zhang took the money, pulled Peniel and stuffed it into her hand, and the two got together again and whispered!
I didn't dare to let go of the spiritual sense to eavesdrop, and I felt a wave of slander in my heart:
What's this called, and another apprentice......
Could it be that this Miao girl in front of her will inherit the position of Heavenly Master in the future......?
After sending away the Heavenly Master Zhang, Pan Mazi had already fried the dishes, and he set up the dishes in the eyes of the generals who were quite interested, and officially announced - open the meal!
Since the generals followed me, sometimes I saw him eat mortal food, sometimes I didn't see him eat for several days, and I only used my chopsticks when I encountered food that interested him.
And the Miao farmer's meal in front of him, the aroma is full of attractiveness, there is a warm fire pit like spring on the left, and there is food on the right.
She Shangguo and I are from the Taoist sect, and we don't eat when we are old, not to mention that we have eaten it again just now.
But out of politeness, we still picked up the dishes and chopsticks, and casually took the food to our mouths.
When I tasted it, I couldn't help but praise it!
The bacon of Xiangxi and Miaojiang really lives up to its name, fat and thin are oily but not greasy, and there is a trace of smoky fire, which has a feeling of "fireworks in the world, red dust in the mouth"!
The generals held the bowl but did not eat, but kept holding the meat and vegetables, occasionally glancing around.
Seeing this, I asked:
"Stiff...... Uh, big brother, are you looking for wine?"
The general nodded slightly, but the hand of the vegetable did not stop.
When Peniel heard this, she said to him embarrassedly:
"I'm sorry! My grandfather is not at home these days, and we don't have ...... There is too much money, so I can only ask you to come again next time, and then please drink authentic Miaojia rice wine!"
The plain and unpretentious vernacular spoken language, simple and even a little apologetic, made my heart sour.
It didn't hurt to laugh a few times and nod his head, but the moment he lowered his head to eat the food, I found that there was actually a little emotion in his eyes!
ββThe exit of the Tao is indifferent and tasteless!
I couldn't help but think of this phrase in my head.