Chapter 31 Sending Goose Feathers for a Thousand Miles (Asking for Recommendations and Collections)
My uncle's house is in Liulisi Hutong, near Gulou Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing, and Fang Mingyuan's second aunt, that is, Bai Ping's second sister, lives here and is nearly sixty years old this year. Her daughter and Bai Ping are one year apart, and her granddaughter and Fang Mingyuan are also one year apart. In the previous life, Fang Mingyuan often heard his family say that when he was a child, he often grabbed things with his little niece, and sometimes, when he was screaming, he was called confused, and his second aunt was also called grandma. These things later became a weapon for the elders of the family to joke about themselves, and until the age of thirty, they would occasionally hear about it. However, in this life, Fang Mingyuan will definitely not make the same mistake.
With the help of three cousins, Bai Ping's large and small luggage was sent home smoothly, and as for the second elder of the Fang family, he naturally followed them back to the alley first, and then planned to find a guest house nearby to live in. As soon as Bai Ping entered the Liuli Temple Hutong, there was an endless stream of people greeting him on the road. For Fang Mingyuan, there are also many people who know them, of course, these are all memories of the previous life.
After entering the house, the three cousins piled up the big bags and small bags together, and then wiped their sweat and said, "Auntie, why did you bring so many things, no wonder my uncle had to get involved with the three of us, and I went to work as a long-term worker for a long time." ”
Bai Ping stretched out her hand to give a burst of chestnuts, and scolded with a smile: "Bring you something, you yourself are still too heavy!" He Jun, you go rummaging through it and take away the things that are given to your home. ”
He Jun found the luggage marked with his name in the luggage pile, opened it, and couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded, it was full of Qinxi's local products, and there were actually a few packets of sauce haode beef and mutton, he was also a person who participated in the work, and secretly estimated in his heart that this bag of things could not be bought for twenty or thirty yuan. Looking at the other bags, if they are all of this standard, Bai Ping went home this time, and just brought something to her relatives, which was worth more than 100 yuan. In '84, that's not a small amount. Ordinary families, who are frugal and frugal, may not be able to save this money in a year.
"Auntie, this bag is all my family?" He Jun asked hesitantly, don't make a mistake about this, my aunt will definitely be embarrassed to ask for it at that time, and she will have to spend more money to buy gifts. At this time, every family has no money.
"Take it, take it! It's all yours! Bai Ping, who was busy arranging the second elder, waved his hand without replying.
"What's wrong?" He Jian leaned over and asked, a little strangely. He Jun pulled the bag open and let him look twice, and He Jian's face couldn't help but change slightly. Auntie's gift is generous enough.
Fang Mingyuan sat on the chair next to him and looked at them with some amusement, these two cousins had mixed very well later. He Jun, who was the deputy chief prosecutor of the Jingcheng City Procuratorate who he wanted to call in the previous life, actually had a chance to enter the Supreme People's Procuratorate, but then he didn't know if it was because of Weishenme, he himself refused. And He Jian, who later jumped out of the system, was very wild, and people from three religions and nine streams knew him. These two cousins are also the two key people he wanted to encircle when he came to the capital this time. In the previous life, the mothers of the two of them were very close to the Fang family, and the other party Mingyuan was also extremely caring, but He Jun and He Jian were too different in age from Fang Mingyuan and had no common language, so they could only be regarded as nodding friends. In this life, Fang Mingyuan will not repeat the mistakes of the past, he must firmly grasp the two from the beginning.
"You can't take so much, leave some for my aunt, otherwise if I go back, our mother will definitely be unhappy!" He Jian said in a low voice, "Auntie's family is not easy, and it will definitely cost a lot of money to come to the capital." It can help save some points. ”
"Brother He Jian, take it away, this is all calculated before we came, every family has it!" Fang Mingyuan said with a smile, "My aunt and my mother are sisters, this thing is nothing." However, thousands of miles to send goose feathers, the gift is light and affectionate, and the two brothers will take it away. ”
He Jun and He Jian, who were first startled by Fang Mingyuan, who suddenly interjected, were then thundered by his words. The gift of more than 20 yuan will be taken away, this kid really dares to say it, and his tone is not small.
"This kid is so smart, he actually knows how to send goose feathers for thousands of miles, and the courtesy is light and affectionate?" My aunt smiled in surprise, "Then do you know the source of this sentence?" ”
"Of course I know, the teacher said that you need to know what it is and why you want to read it!" Fang Mingyuan had the intention to show off in front of everyone, so that he could undoubtedly elevate his status in their hearts.
Legend has it that during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, in order to show respect for the Tang Dynasty, Yunnan Tusi Burman sent his subordinate Burmese to bring a batch of treasures and a very cute white swan to the capital to meet Tang Taizong. Along the way, Membogao took good care of the white swans. But when he arrived at the shore of a lake in Chuyang, he saw that the white swan was very thirsty, so he let it go to the lake to drink. Who knew that after the white swan drank enough water, it spread its wings and flew away. The frightened Menbogao rushed forward, but only grabbed a goose feather. This made Burman so anxious that he howled and cried by the lake. But crying doesn't solve the problem, if he doesn't go to Chang'an, Tang Taizong will blame him, and Tusi won't be able to spare him. Zuihou thought about it, but there was really nothing he could do, so he had to wrap this goose feather in brocade and write a poem to see Tang Taizong. The whole poem has eight verses, 'The swan tributes to the Tang Dynasty, and the mountains are high and the roads are far away. The treasure of the lake was lost, and he fell to the ground and cried. Restore the Tang Emperor, please spare Burme. The gift is light and affectionate, and goose feathers are sent thousands of miles. After reading this poem, Tang Taizong not only did not blame Buran Bogao, but happily accepted the gift, and gave back silk, tea, jade and other Central Plains specialties, and stayed in Burmese Bogao for a period of time. Burmese Bogao was deeply moved, and after returning to Yunnan, he praised the court's hospitality. Later generations used this sentence as a metaphor for the light but deep affection of the gift. ”
After Fang Mingyuan's words were finished, there was silence in the room, except for the second elder of the Fang family and Bai Ping, who looked at Fang Mingyuan with a confident appearance and were mentally prepared, the rest of the people were all shocked. Although everyone understands the meaning of this sentence and uses it frequently, few people know the specific source. Especially like Fang Mingyuan, even the era, characters, plots, and poems in it are very few and few. Bai Lin and the others looked at each other, they didn't know if Fang Mingyuan's answer was correct, and their aunt actually asked casually, not expecting to get any definite answer from Fang Mingyuan. But it sounded decent, as if it were a fact. Even if it's fake, the fact that a seven-year-old can make up such a story is shocking enough.
Looking at the surprised looks of her brother, sister-in-law and several nephews, Bai Ping couldn't be happier. Although I had long thought that my son would not be an honest child in the capital, when he first arrived in the capital, he surprised his family twice in a row, which was really a long face for himself.
"Xiaoping, how did you educate this child, how do you know so much?" Bai Lin happily hugged Fang Mingyuan on his lap, and repeated what he had just said at the train station, and his aunt was even more surprised and amazed. The second elder of the Fang family and Bai Ping naturally raised their heads happily and their tattoos opened.
Fang Mingyuan was secretly happy in his heart: "How did you educate it?" Of course, it's the omniscient Baidu god! It seems that the first shot of coming to Beijing can be regarded as a fire! ”
PS: I went to the hospital today to take care of the patient, and it is estimated that I will not be back until after 9 o'clock in the evening. There is only one more