Chapter III. Jian asked Beiyan 156.Four Wanhua tea
Zuo Qiuliang had never witnessed the kind of terrifying experience that Bai Wenyan had seen; The reason why he was wary of this 'middle-aged girl' in his heart was also because he saw a suspicion that was not suspicious, that is, the real age of this little grandmother, and her speech and demeanor, there were some small deviations.
In Zuo Qiuliang's view, if this little aunt is deliberately pretending to be girlish and innocent, then there must be a special reason behind it, and it is always right to raise some vigilance by herself; If this little grandma's temperament is like this, although it can also be explained by the relatively closed living environment of Miao Wuzhai, it is extremely inconsistent with her current identity. The formation of this character requires an extremely advantageous living environment and the utmost care and proper protection. Such a carefree lady who does not know the sinister nature of the world is absolutely impossible to be selected as the successor leader by her former grandmother, and she cannot afford to lead the clan to multiply!
Whether she's a scheming female chief; is still a cannon fodder grandma who was pushed onto the stage and used as a puppet; At least before getting real evidence, Zuo Qiuliang didn't want to assert it to her in his heart; In addition, he is not the kind of Heavenly Spirit Vein person like Bai Wenyan who crisscrosses the rivers and lakes and comes and goes freely, so the only thing he can do now is to raise the spirit of 120,000 points, in case he is served by the people of Miao Wuzhai.
And this caution is not only from the intuition of the head of Zhuhai Sword Pond, but also from the mutual understanding between peers!
After all, he and the three senior brothers around him were all the remaining bloodlines of the Zhuhai Sword Pool!
Don't look at the people of Miao Wu Village, all of them live in the deep mountains and old forests, but if you look at the population, they are already the largest barbaric tribe in the Bashu Dao! However, because the Miao Wu people have no ambitions, there are basically few precedents for external military expansion; Therefore, whether it is Zhu Yuntao, the governor of Bashu Dao, who has now been released by Shen Gui, or Hong Feng, the intern teacher of Zhuhai Jianchi, although the barbarians have killed countless people, they rarely clash with the people of Miao Wuzhai.
Although the three words Miao Wuzhai sound like a small village isolated from the world, it is actually a large tribe united by many families. The reason why a village character is added after the clan name is also due to the traditional architectural style of Miaowu Village.
In the village, except for the kitchen shed, smelting furnace and pot that need to be built on the ground, the rest of the buildings, including the warehouse, are all two-story bamboo buildings with stilts that are two zhang high from the ground. The advantages of choosing this kind of building are also obvious: in addition to avoiding the thick and damp earth, it can also avoid the strange insects and beasts in the forest from entering the house and hurting people to a certain extent; In addition, the villages of the Miao Wu people do not have the habit of building defensive facilities such as walls or fences, and from the appearance alone, the scale is far inferior to that of even the small villages in the Central Plains; It is the combination of these reasons that makes the apt name of Miao Wuzhai still used today.
It is impossible for the thriving Miao Wu people to live in one big village. Therefore, the Miao Wu people adopted the scattered habitat method of three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry; With the main village where the grandmother lives as the center point, it seems to be scattered and radiated from all sides.
Everyone followed the footsteps of the little grandma along the way, and they had already passed by several large and small villages.
After the group had been walking for about two hours, the sound of running water in everyone's ears became louder and louder; When you get out of the edge of the dense forest, you will be greeted by a waterfall that seems to fall from the sky, and there are some stilted bamboo buildings in the distance of the waterfall; This wonderful picture comes into view, as if you are in a fairyland on earth......
"Whew! I didn't expect the scenery of this ghost place to be quite beautiful, and when the old man gets tired of wandering in the rivers and lakes one day, he can completely live here for a long time! ”
The wise man is happy with water, the benevolent man is happy with the mountain, and Bai Wenyan, who has a flying and free temperament, although he can't talk about the word "office" and "wisdom", but now when he sees such beautiful scenery, his mood will always be extremely relaxed.
After Bai Wenyan sighed with emotion, after a picturesque sentence, in the next moment, he was carrying the unconscious Shen Gui on his back, and stepped on the endless Hanging Spring Waterfall with both feet! This Bai Wenyan is worthy of being a Heavenly Spirit Veiner, and he is actually standing on the water surface with his feet like ten thousand horses galloping under the condition of Shen Gui! Looking at his strange scene as if he was standing on the ground and his body was not shaking, several masters from Jianchi all sighed in their hearts about the injustice of heaven.
Bai Wenyan bent down and lowered his head, picked up a handful of spring water with both hands, and just wanted to drink the clear and cold mountain spring water, but was immediately stopped by the little grandmother:
"Seniors are slow!"
After the words came out of his lips, Bai Wenyan immediately stopped drinking water; And Zuo Qiuliang, who was silently on the side, suddenly flashed a light in his eyes......
Bai Wenyan looked at it for a long time, and didn't hear any movement around him, so he asked the little aunt who stopped drinking himself with some dissatisfaction:
"What? Do you need silver to drink a sip of water? ”
The little aunt with the problem of stammering, shook her head with her neck for a long time, and tried her strength for a long time, but she still couldn't find the conversation; Now hearing Bai Wenyan ask herself, she was so anxious that she waved her hand vigorously first, then picked up a bamboo pole on the ground casually, and knocked it three times on a large black iron pot standing next to her......
Fortunately, everyone's ears and eyes were still sensitive, and they caught the other party's distant response: about three breaths later, the sound of two chopsticks hitting the dishes came back from nowhere......
"Good...... Good...... Good...... All right! Drink it! ”
The little aunt waved her hand at Bai Wenyan, who was frowning, and knocked on the black pot again. Not long after that, a middle-aged woman walked quickly from a distance; This person was about forty years old, wearing a tie-dyed coarse cloth blue skirt with a slightly oil-stained cloth cloth on the outside of the skirt; The two cuffs were pulled up high, and the hands with slightly swollen joints were stained with water; Looking at her appearance, she must be cooking at home......
"Grandma, you're back...... Who are these distinguished guests? ”
Then the little grandmother crackled and uttered a series of strange things that everyone could not understand, and it was obvious that she was talking to the woman in the ancient language of Miao Wu; The strange thing is that when Fang just said the official language, the little grandma was still a little stammering; But now after changing to the ancient language of Miao Wu, it is as smooth as flowing water!
When the two exchanged words again, the woman seemed even more enthusiastic. He looked at Zuo Qiuliang and Ding Xueyin, who were silent, and then pointed to Bai Wenyan, who was standing on the water with Shen Gui on his back, and explained with a little apology:
"Don't be surprised, distinguished guests, our little aunt is easy to get anxious as soon as she speaks officially, what about this hurry...... It's easy to stutter; She just asked me to tell you about it: Although the old immortal on the water is extremely martial arts, he doesn't know about the situation in our Miao Wu Village. In the spring water of this waterfall spring, there are Gu worms cast by the Gu master in the village; If the people in our village drink it, it will be safe, but after all, you are visiting for the first time, and you have not yet taken the witch medicine to drive away Gu......"
Speaking of this, the woman took out a small bamboo tube from her bosom and handed it to Zuo Qiuliang:
"This is a witch medicine to repel insects and repellent Gu, and if you take a small pill, you can completely avoid Gu worms in your diet and water."
Zuo Qiuliang nodded after taking the bamboo tube, but did not distribute it on the spot, but beckoned to Bai Wenyan, who was still standing on the water and watching:
"I said old ...... Lao Bai, are you so thirsty? Both of them are still wounded! I think it's better for us to get down to business first and then talk about the scenery! ”
After hearing the words, the corners of Bai Wenyan's eyebrows twitched secretly, and then he laughed and returned to Zuo Qiuliang's side, and waved his hand at the little aunt and the woman:
"The left boss is right, the lives of these two children are at stake!"
After hearing this, the stuttering little aunt's face suddenly flashed gloomy, and then she told the woman the ancient words of Miao Wu......
"Distinguished guests, our little grandma said that she will go to get the golden silkworm of your ancestor to heal this young man, you should go to my house first...... Oh yes, dare to ask your honorable names? Please don't be surprised, our Miao Wu people rarely leave the village, so they don't know much about the etiquette of the Central Plains; If there is any rudeness in it, please bear with me......"
Bai Wenyan waved his hand with a big grin:
"What is rude or not, we are all reckless people who are happy in the rivers and lakes, where is there so much red tape! The old man's name is Bai Heng, and his name is Zuo Qiuliang! ”
After listening to this, the woman smiled lightly, and her full cheeks squeezed out two shallow pear vortices, and these four words still exist in the charm of the whole thing!
After everyone came to a bamboo building, the woman enthusiastically served four cups of Wanhua tea; After the tea was served, the woman said that she was going to prepare a feast for the guests, and she left the house......
Wanhua tea, the top drink used by the Miao Wu people to entertain guests, is a kind of tea brewed from solids. Miao Wu people entertain guests for the first time, and three pieces of Wanhua tea will be put into each bowl of tea, so as to show the family's enthusiasm for entertaining guests.
Hong Feng looked at the bowl of Wanhua tea with solid ingredients in front of him, took a deep breath of the rising aroma, and couldn't help but sigh with a sigh of 'ha':
"I, Hongfeng, am a rough man, and I don't know how good tea is; But as soon as I smelled the fragrance wafting out of this bowl of tea, I also knew that there must be a lot of good things in it! There are definitely grapefruits, with dried petals...... Oh, and there's got to be honey, or it won't clump together! And also...... Well, there's ...... Ay? By the way, Lao Zuo, aren't you just a tea connoisseur? So guess what's in there? ”
Zuo Qiuliang looked around, only to see that except for Hong Feng, Bai Heng and Ding Xueyin did not touch this refreshing fragrant tea, and then opened his mouth to answer Hong Feng:
"Ninth brother, you just asked me, what is the good thing in this Wanhua tea, right? Hehe, there's your head in this bowl of tea! ”