Chapter 1: Thunder
Su asked
In the summer and business weeks of the three yellow and five years, the wall often changes the king's flag, and the cold rice and scrambled eggs overnight are all for the sake of a full meal. A few limericks show the intricacies of Chinese history, and the people's lives and diets are closely related. In all dynasties, whether it is the Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons or the Xinhai Revolution, the evolution and advancement of the past has never been separated from food. Food culture is a big topic, the region where the people live, the climate, the dynasty, the religion will lead to the birth of a new food culture, this is a never-ending knowledge, because to understand this science, you must know history, yin and yang, account for gossip, know pharmacology, be able to observe words and colors, and so on. Someone said, why do you talk about simple cooking so profoundly, and it has something to do with yin and yang gossip, isn't this blocking your ears and blowing the trumpet, blowing nonsense. Ladies and gentlemen, this is not what I said, it was all my brother Zhao Datou bluffing me. You ask him who he is? He's a roadside breakfast seller.
Zhao Datou's head is actually not big, his real name is Zhao Lei, the reason why he is called Zhao Datou is because he has always hung a Yuan Datou with a small red rope on his chest, whether it is true or not, I don't know, Zhao Lei sometimes cuts mountains with others, and he is happy to cut it. He showed his treasure in front of them, saying that this is called the treasure of the silver dollar, which he found when he was a child from under the buttocks of the statue of the king of the broken stove in the village, and it was the king of the stove who appeared to give him a way to make a fortune, indicating that he wanted to make a fortune by cooking, so he went to the county seat as an apprentice with his strength, and now he is also a self-employed person. It is true that Zhao Datou likes to cut mountains, but he does have a hand in doing it early. You just say that he made a flatbread, sweet and salty two flavors, sweet outside hard and crispy inside, a light bite of the Kaban crispy, the sweet juice inside is still steaming, salty two-headed, second-hand a little dress, a salty shallot oil smell straight to the nose core, a hard bite can be strong, a piece of salty flatbread at noon can be regarded as a meal; at this time, if you are willing to spend a few cents and then come to a bowl of hot soy milk, the shell of the slightly hard cake gently soaked, eat into the mouth that is another taste. Zhao Lei did a good job earlier, he likes to talk to others when he has nothing to do, and he can't understand whether it's true or false, he just likes to cut.
When I first met Datou, I was still in middle school in the county, and every day when I went to school, I inevitably went to his shop to buy a few rice cakes to eat. He was still an apprentice at the time. At that time, being an apprentice was a hard errand, not to mention serving tea and pouring water in the restaurant every day, wiping the table and wiping the floor, even the master's eating, drinking, Lasa and sleeping were also under his control, and he had to wash dirty clothes and underwear, a little bit of confusion, it was inevitable to have a fat beating, the salary did not need to be considered, and the master did not pass on the skills, just took care of his day's nest pickles, occasionally happy, he would let the big head into the kitchen to knead the dough, the big head of the craft according to himself is his usual peeking at the master quietly learned, but I don't believe it, because all the diners feel that the food made by the big head is better than his master, and the variety is amazing, some can't even say the nameγ Later, I asked him where he learned it, and he was hesitant at first, and then he drank high once, so he cut it again, and I didn't know when I heard it, but it turned out that the chef of the big head was still a miracle.
According to Datou, his cooking skills were not taught by people, but given by the king of the stove. I thought I was talking about wine, but although I drank alcohol, I talked about my experience like a river, and it didn't seem like a casual fabrication. The big head said, at that time, it was the time of the handover of spring and summer, the air was hot and irritable, the black clouds were heavy, and it seemed that they could be pressed down at any time, and sometimes there was a gust of wind, which was also hot, and the sky sometimes crossed a lightning bolt, making a dull thunder, and there was not a drop of rain for several days, and the chest was suffocated by the weather.
At that time, there was no electricity in the village, the whole village was pitch black, the ploughing cattle were disturbed by the muffled thunder in the sky, and the croppers were reluctant to go to the field, and the family stayed more stuffy, so they gathered together in the Li family tea shop in the east of the village, drinking tea and playing cards to kill time. According to Chen Banxian in the village, this day is called the day of complaint, it must be who did something lacking in virtue, and the old man is angry, and he is holding a thunder to blow up the sky, if this unjust thunder is really going to be split, it must be five thunders to the top, and the ancestral grave does not leave green smoke, and it will go to hell. This Chen Banxian'er is not a good bird, a few years ago, because of the abduction and abduction of the pit and offended a person with a head and a face, he took refuge in this village. Chen Banxian has a very serious cataract, and when a pair of eyes are opened, others can see a pair of big white skins. The half-immortal said that this is called the eye of heaven, which can spy on the heavens, and it is usually not allowed to be opened casually. Although this Chen Banxian is a cold person, but his mouth is very powerful, he can talk to you about yin and yang, gossip, and your fate with a pair of chopsticks. Although the people in the village didn't all believe Chen Banxian's words, this thunder really made people panic. Zhao Datou's father, Zhao Datou's father, was convinced of Chen Banxian's words, and wondered if he had committed God's taboo by digging pits and graves in the past few years, and this thunder was kept for him. So when the lights were dark in the evening, I went to Liu Laoliu's grocery store at the entrance of the village to buy two catties of dog meat, beat more than half a catty of liquor, and went to Chen Banxian's house in the dark with wine and food. Coincidentally, Chen Banxian has not entered the account in the past few days, and is pouring cold water at home to relieve his hunger, and as soon as the cold water is halfway filled, he heard footsteps outside the door, and he sniffed the fragrance of dog meat. As soon as Father Zhao buckled the door, he was invited in by the half-immortal. Chen Banxian is almost blind in both eyes, so he never lights up the lamp at home; Father Zhao just took out a small candle from his waist and was about to light it, when he heard Chen Banxian's voice: "There are fifty of the number of Da Rui, and there are forty-nine of them left one, and eight out of ten are changed into hexagrams, and the way of extension is God." Zhao Tou'er, I haven't seen you for a while, what kind of wind has blown you here today. Father Zhao was startled at first, thinking that Chen Banxian's eyes could see him, so he hurriedly put down the wine and food, lit the candle with a foreign fire, shook his hand in front of the half-immortal's eyes, and said: "Banxian, how do you know that it is me, it turns out that you can see it." Chen Banxian slapped the table and shouted: "Old man, this is the eye of heaven, not for mere mortals like you, don't shake it in front of my eyes, the smell of earth on your body is so strong, I can smell it from ten miles away, why do you need to look with your eyes, if you have something to say, I still have to sleep and go to the underworld to do errands." Father Zhao bowed down, arched his fists with both hands, and said with a smile: "What the half-immortal said is true, what he said is that I did have something to do today, and I hope the half-immortal can give me some advice." As he spoke, he respectfully placed the wine and food in front of the half-immortal with both hands. Chen Banxian'er had already been so hungry for the fragrance of dog meat that she was about to scratch her ears and cheeks, as soon as the dog meat was served, she first inhaled deeply with her nose, and suddenly her tongue and teeth were fragrant, and the saliva gushed out, hindering her half-immortal body, she swallowed the saliva alive, and gently pulled her mustache with two fingers, the corners of her mouth were slightly crooked, revealing half of her yellow teeth, and said with a slight smile: "I am too white clouds in the immortals, and I will save the common people in the world, everything is easy to say." With that, he pulled a large piece of meat from the dog's meat with his hand. As soon as Father Zhao saw that there was a door, he was about to speak, but just opened his mouth, but a lightning bolt slipped through the sky, flashing the room and staggering, and the white light shone on Chen Banxian's two big white eyes, flashing two cold lights, plus Chen Banxian's mouth was stuffed with dog meat with oil soup, the shape was extremely weird, what kind of half-immortal is this, it is obviously a ghoul asking for his life.
In fact, the thunder is not big, mainly because Daddy Zhao usually digs graves and digs graves, and he has something in his heart. Digging graves is spurned no matter which dynasty or generation it is placed in, Father Zhao waited until the thunder passed, exhaled and eased up slightly. Seeing that the dog meat and wine he brought were almost eaten by Chen Banxian, he didn't feel distressed. immediately told Chen Banxian about his fear of being thundered, anyway, the whole village knew that Daddy Zhao's family was so poor that he didn't even come to the thief, and he was not afraid that Chen Banxian would extort money from him. Chen Banxian listened to Father Zhao's affairs while gnawing on the dog's bones, skin, fat, viscera, meat, and bones, which was not bad at all. After Father Zhao finished talking about the matter, Chen Banxian's dog meat had just finished eating, and the wine was almost drunk, his stomach was swollen, and he hiccuped lazily, which was considered to be finished. I grabbed a toothpick and picked up my teeth.
After Father Zhao finished telling what happened, he sat on the side and watched Chen Banxian pick his teeth. Chen Banxian picked it for a while, took out a few shreds of meat, shook it with his hand, and turned around with a pair of tricks and said: " Digging graves and digging graves is indeed a heinous and unforgivable thing, but since ancient times, there have been people like you since the Zhou Dynasty, and later there was a professional captain who touched the gold, although the people did have a lot of resentment towards you like this, but it was not to be punished by God, after all, digging gold in the ground, there was a stone tablet on the grave, that is, a piece of yin and yang stone, and the place where moss grew between the stone tablet and the surface was the dividing line between the two worlds of yin and yang; Ordinary people are not worthy of the five thunders, unless it is a monster who has practiced for thousands of years or a person who wants to change his life against the sky, there was a Li Yuanba in the Sui Dynasty who was subjected to thunder, and there was Wu Yi in the record of Yin Benji, and the thunder was killed, one was the god of heaven, and the other was the lord of a dynasty, how many green onions did you count old man Zhao, and he also deserved the thunder robbery?" Father Zhao heard Chen Banxian say that, his heart eased slightly, and said timidly: "Then I'll be fine?" But this thunder has been hanging in the sky and it doesn't rain, it's not a thing, isn't it a monster in our village?β Chen Banxian was waiting for Father Zhao to ask this, so he picked his teeth with a toothpick, and said slowly: "What do you know about ordinary people, who do you think this thunder and lightning is going to split? "And for what?" After Father Zhao knew that he would not be struck by lightning, he began to relax and asked.Chen Banxian, hehe, smiled, and said: "If this question is asked to others, I will definitely not know, but I, Chen Banxian, will know." β
Chen Banxian hasn't eaten for a few days, and this time it's rare to have enough wine and food once, and he has nothing to do when he is full, so the box is open. Chen Banxian followed Father Zhao's words: "The things of the world are nothing more than two sides, yin and yang, and yin and yang are divided into five elements, called gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, and the five elements summarize the five sounds, which are called palace, business, horn, sign, Yu, the world's voices are all among these five tones, but there are indeed two kinds of sound exceptions, one is the Western Heaven Da Lei Yin Temple Duo Tuo Agata Buddha Rulai's preaching Sanskrit sound, this voice must have the Buddha's ears that can hear through the endless reincarnation of the universe to receive, so only the personal disciple of the Buddha can understand, and then there is a story of Rulai smiling; It is said that the few pages of fragments that Liu Bowen read from the hands of the mountain ghosts are said to be the content heard from the sound of the cracked sky, and a few pages of fragments of paper laid the history of the Ming Dynasty for more than 300 years, and the thunder on our heads now belongs to a kind of sound of the cracked sky.
Father Zhao was stunned by Chen Banxian, and hurriedly opened his eyes wide and said, "Can you understand the sound of this heavenly crack?" Chen Banxia crooked the corners of his mouth, and said proudly: "I, Chen Banxian, is the body of a half-immortal, I have been taught by the Baiyun Immortal of Wudang Mountain since I was a child, and I am born with heavenly eyes, I can see things that ordinary people can't see, and listen to the sound that ordinary people don't hear.
Father Zhao hurriedly said: "Then what did you hear?Did you hear that there is gold and silver treasure anywhere, I can dig it up, let's divide it equally" Chen Banxian listened, and said with a look of disdain on his face: "You are ordinary people, I really don't know how thick the sky is, do you think it takes no effort to listen to this voice, listening to that voice is going to break your life, and if you leak the heavenly machine at will, you will really be struck by lightning." As he spoke, Chen Banxian slapped his hand on the table, causing Father Zhao to stand up in fright.
As soon as Chen Banxian put his hand down, he regretted it, thinking to himself, if he really scared this old man Zhao away, where to find tomorrow's rice fold, he had to continue to fool. So, Chen Banxian's face eased slightly, and said: "Although I can't divulge the secrets, but for the sake of your Zhao Dad's sincerity, this Banxian can give you some advice, but it's too late today, Ben Xian still has to go to the underworld to do things, so I won't send you out, remember to bring a few catties of dog meat, side dishes, and more wine tomorrow, tomorrow Ben Daxian will personally do it, to help your Zhao Dad listen to the sound of the crack, and allow your Zhao family to be rich." β