Chapter 54: The Open-Air Banquet
"Folks, after our Wu family moved here, thank you for your care. Wu Pingzheng, the dog son, will go to Yingtian today to accept the emperor's order, serve the country, and lead the army to suppress the Northern Yuan forces. This side of the water and soil has nurtured him, and he will win glory for our Honest Valley! Folks, I would like to toast you! ”
Master Wu raised the overflowing wine glass, and his crumpled smiling face was reflected in it.
"Wow! Congratulations! Congratulations! The crowd roared with thunderous cheers.
"Congratulations to Master Wu!" A strong man beside Master Wu stood up, picked up the bowl, pushed the bowl forward, and a few drops of wine in the bowl spilled on Master Wu's brand-new clothes, "I'll do it first as respect!" ”
The strong man was unconscious, and he raised his head and drank the wine in the bowl.
Master Wu smiled, not only did he not get angry because of the wine stains on his clothes, but he tried to blend in and show his heroic and wild side.
"Good!" Master Wu also put the wine in the bowl into his mouth, quickly and urgently, to ensure that the two lines of wine leaking from the corners of his mouth could wet the placket.
"Pingzheng, come and salute everyone!" The thin old man Wu pushed the tall and mighty Wu Pingzheng.
Wu Pingzheng habitually associated this action with drinking, even if Master Wu didn't speak, he knew what to do. Wu Pingzheng raised his head and made a bowl.
"Good amount of alcohol! Your son must be a brave general! The next person at the table reasoned confidently.
Old Man Wu smiled, the pair of small eyes narrowed into two lines, and he seemed to be hiding behind a thin slit to peep.
The pouring wine cleared all the obstacles in his throat, and he was ready to conquer the crowd again with his high-pitched, crisp voice.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this time the dog traveled far away, and the insider sewed a set of clothes and a pair of shoes for him. The poem has clouds: the line in the mother's hand, the wanderer's shirt. Who knows that the heart of the grass will be rewarded with three springs. In the depths of his love, Master Wu burst into tears.
Mrs. Wu bit her lip, behaved resolute and strong, and handed over a set of clothes and a pair of shoes to Wu Pingzheng.
The crowd burst into applause: "Mother and filial son, blessed!" ”
Qingmin looked elated, and the stone let out a question. She turned her head and saw that the stone was staring at Wu Pingzheng's shoes.
It was a pair of high-quality, handmade black leather boots. The sole is made of hard leather, and the upper is made of soft leather. The leather surface is smooth and the color is soft, as if it is still a living being.
"What's wrong?" Qingmin asked.
"These shoes are kind of weird." The stone held its mouth to Qingmin's ear and muffled his voice.
"This is really a good pair of shoes, worth a dozen taels of silver, right?" Qingmin said.
"Shoes are good shoes, but its owner should not be Wu Pingzheng."
"Why can't Wu Pingzheng wear these shoes? He is now a general personally awarded by the emperor, and he is also worthy of such good shoes. ”
"It's not a question of deserving or not. You don't understand it. Stone was reluctant to explain.
The wine table was boiling, and the male hosts of each family enthusiastically walked up to Master Wu to toast.
Master Wu drank with him boldly, never postponed, and drank the wine dry one by one.
After more than ten bowls, Master Wu was exhausted and his physical strength was not enough, so he sat on the stool.
Mrs. Wu hurriedly picked up some vegetables for him to eat.
Master Wu burped, touched his head, a pair of small eyes were closed, and he whispered like a dream: "I'm really happy today." Come, tell Pingzheng and everyone to continue drinking! ”
Wu Pingzheng, who was waiting for his father's orders, heard this, carried the banner of the Wu family, picked up the wine bowl, and fought the heroes.
Two hours later, the crowd was turned upside down.
The strong lady dragged her husband home with her bare hands. The wise lady pinched her husband's nose and poured them honey water or thick rice soup that had been prepared long ago. The rest of the husbands were snoring on the wine table, and they had to spend the night here.
On the way back from the open-air banquet, Shi asked Xiaomin, "What do you think of Wu Pingzheng?" ”
"I don't know, I've only seen him twice, and I've never spoken to him. The first time was the day when the political envoy of Hu Guangbu and the prefect of Jingzhou came. Today is the second time I have seen him. It looks like a man who can fight, and nothing else can be seen. ”
"What do you think of his relationship with Master Wu? And Mrs. Wu? ”
"It's okay, how happy Master Wu is today, and let Wu Pingzheng drink for him, and Mrs. Wu also made clothes and shoes for him."
"Oh......" Stone bowed his head and fell into deep thought, the way home was as paved with questions as ever.
"Oh what, by the way, last time you went to Wu's house, did you hear any news?"
"Nothing, but there's a funny thing. It is estimated that Wu Pingzheng ate too much that day and had a stomach upset, so he went to the toilet. Unexpectedly, there was someone in the toilet, so anxious that he covered his stomach and stomped his feet. ”
"Hahaha! He...... If you dare to stomp your feet if you have, won't you just pull your pants on? His tiger-backed appearance, bent over, holding his stomach......" Qingmin learned from Wu Pingzheng's appearance, and laughed almost out of breath, "Doesn't it look like a drunk black bear?" ”
"Hahaha! Qingmin, have you ever seen a drunk black bear? Didn't get hugged by a bear, did you? ”
"I was hugged by a bear, and no one saved you that day, and you became a suckling pig!"
"Hahaha!"
As night fell, their laughter echoed through the valley. Their laughter pierces suspicion, dissolves sorrow, and brings their hearts together.
Since the Wu family sent Wu Pingzheng away, the valley has returned to its former calm.
Uncle Hai's mood was miraculously stabilized after Shi tried to give him some calming and soothing medicinal soup. He stopped crying and laughing, and occasionally understood a few words telling him to eat and sleep.
After breakfast, Shi took out his medical book and studied it as usual. Uncle Hai suddenly snatched the "Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon" and began to read it in style.
The stone deliberately teased him: "Uncle Hai, you are almost fine now, you can read medical books." ”
Uncle Hai nodded, shook his head again, and the unconscious memories seemed to be slowly awakened in the heavy book.
"Uncle Hai, then tell me how to treat your illness?"
Uncle Hai stared at the medical book, his eyes as focused as anyone thirsting for knowledge.
The stone smiled, and he was ready to clarify his thoughts by explaining to a person. He doesn't need the other person to understand, he speaks to himself, and his purpose is to find omissions and confusion.
"There is epilepsy and madness. The patients are all due to emotional frustration, which leads to the imbalance of yin and yang, and the internal organs are damaged. Epilepsy is yin, the patient is silent and stupid, mania is yang, and the patient is manic. The two often appear in a single patient, so we can't treat epilepsy or madness alone. ”
"Uncle Hai, I want to adjust the balance of yin and yang as the main means, supplemented by calming the nerves and strengthening the internal organs, do you think it can be done? Hehe, there's a shortcut. As the saying goes, heart disease still depends on heart medicine, can you tell me, what is your heart disease? ”
"Heart disease? Secret trouble? Uncle Hai muttered to himself. His gaze gradually rose, and he walked through the door to stop at the row of flowers and plants he had planted with his own hands.
There was a man sticking his head out of the flowers, and he slowly stood up, his figure getting taller and taller. He walked towards the door, towards Uncle Hai.
Uncle Hai's face was distorted, his whole body trembled, and he threw away the book in his hand, as if he was choked by his throat and unable to scream.
The stone panicked and rushed forward to grab Uncle Hai's shoulder: "Uncle Hai! Uncle Hai! ”
Uncle Hai's lips turned red and white, and his teeth chattered.
"Wu-Ping-Zheng!" A few words slowly squeezed out between his teeth, and they were released like a huge amount of energy.
After that, his mouth was open like a loose cloth bag, and he used up all his strength, and his whole body went limp, and he fell towards the stone.
The two were slumped on the ground, and the stone was crushed underneath.
Qingmin carried a basket of vegetables, walked in from outside the door, and when he saw Uncle Hai who fell to the ground, he immediately threw away the basket in his hand, rushed forward and grabbed Uncle Hai's hands, and comforted him: "It's okay, it's okay, don't be afraid, with me, no one dares to bully you!" ”
"Hurry up and ......" Shi coughed violently, and Uncle Hai's arm was against his throat, "Help ......"
Qingmin helped Uncle Hai up. The stone lay on the ground, gasping for air.
"What are you doing? What's going on? Qing Min not only turned a blind eye to the stone's embarrassment, but became angry.
When a delirious person falls to the ground, the blame always falls on that normal person.
"I ......" Shi wanted to explain, but he still didn't take care of Uncle Hai, so he had to admit his mistake, "I, I was too careless." I talked to Uncle Hai about madness, heart disease, and he, oops, suddenly became excited. ”
"You tell him about his illness, can he not be excited? What would happen if you broke a leg and I kept pointing to your empty trouser leg? Qing Min hit the nail on the head.
"I was wrong, I was wrong! Qingmin, there is a new discovery! ”
Qing Min no longer paid attention to him, unconcerned about the "new discovery" in the mouth of the stone, and devoted himself to comforting the exhausted Uncle Hai.
Stone went to Wu's house alone, and although he had ventured there and found nothing, there was always an invisible thread that pulled him.
Wu Pingzheng! It was the name that attracted him, and along the way he reminisced about him.
At the open-air banquet, the leather boots that Mrs. Wu gave to her biological son for the expedition were not the size of Wu Pingzheng. The shoes in her hand are obviously smaller than Wu Pingzheng's feet, who is this the shoe she wants to give to?
Why did Uncle Hai call Wu Pingzheng's name? He has treated so many people, why is he called Wu Pingzheng's name?
Patients with madness have lost the ability to organize language, and they can only utter disordered phrases, especially if they have a strong memory in their mind about the stimuli they are subjected to.
What kind of disease did Wu Pingzheng have that made Uncle Hai remember it so deeply?
Uncle Hai also said 'heart disease', what does it mean?
Does it mean that Wu Pingzheng has a heart disease?
A notice was posted on the door of the Wu family to recruit maids.
The closed iron door refused everyone to be thousands of miles away, except for the maid that the Wu family wanted to recruit.
The stone stared at the iron door, as if his gaze could penetrate the iron door, as if the crack in the middle of the door was revealing the secret of the Wu family to him.