Chapter 716: Blood Relationship
Physical kinship and spiritual kinship are sometimes difficult to define.
The physical blood relationship is an innate bond of intimacy, and the spiritual blood relationship is an intimate relationship of mutual trust established between people after some things have been acquired.
The simplest two examples, after the union of a man and a woman, there will be a spiritual blood relationship, and at the same time, this spiritual blood relationship is also linked by a physical blood relationship, such as the crystallization of their love - children.
Another example is the friendship between brothers, such as Yang Huairen and his good brothers.
There is no blood relationship between them, but through common hardships and experiences, they have experienced life and death together, and in one thing after another, they have established an intimate relationship that is no different from that of their biological brothers.
And at some point, or at a particular moment, this kind of brotherhood on the spiritual level is even closer than the brotherhood of blood relations, which is, in the joke of later generations, half-brothers.
Yang Huairen's family relationship is actually a combination of these two different levels of blood relations. He and his current mother and sister are physically related by blood, and on a spiritual level, Yang Huairen also feels that this is another spiritual college relationship.
However, these two completely different blood relationships did not affect Yang Huairen's recognition of his family, but merged with each other in a natural way, making Yang Huairen cherish his current family affection even more.
Although his mother usually doesn't care what he does outside, if Yang Huairen has anything to do, the person who is most worried about is the person who is the mother.
Erya's younger sister, maybe she is still young, but her feelings for her brother are not fake, although most of the time it is Yang Huairen, the beloved sister who is an elder brother, but sometimes, his little sister is also very considerate of her brother.
Rotten eggs and hairballs, the two closest people at home are their brothers and sisters, and the closeness of the two tigers to Yang Huairen has an innate emotional component in it.
For them, Yang Huairen is their savior and master.
As for Erya, it is another master, because most of the time, Yang Huairen is busy with his affairs, and there are still fewer times to get along with the two tigers.
Er Ya is different, he is the master at home, even if he plays with the children of other Zhuang families in the Zhuangzi, they treat Er Ya as the owner.
The only one who can speak to Erya is Li Qingzhao's sister, but she is not as idle as Erya, people's interest in literature occupies more time, and for the rest, she really has no other playmates.
So rotten eggs and hairballs are Erya's favorite friends, and the usual diet and daily life of the two tigers can be said to be basically Erya's business, not to mention that she takes the two big tigers around the yard all day long.
This time, knowing that her brother was going to run an errand for the emperor and going to a far away place that she had never heard of, Erya talked to the two tigers and asked them to protect her brother all the way.
The two tigers couldn't respond to her, and when the second girl saw that they didn't speak but just stretched out their big tongues to lick her little face, they assumed that they understood and agreed.
In fact, there is no need for her to tell them, as long as they can follow Yang Huairen out, they still understand the obligation to protect their owners, and the loyalty and spirituality of animals are sometimes firmer than people.
Yang Huairen didn't agree at first, he went on patrol this time, his identity was Qincha, and he also had two tigers by his side, and he was always afraid that some people would talk about something behind his back.
For example, pointing at him behind his back and scolding him for being well-dressed and beastly? In the hearts of ordinary people, people who can get along with fierce beasts like tigers are either gods or the same kind as fierce beasts.
Yang Huairen is a very open person, and his current status must be that some people envy him, some people are jealous of him, some people like him, and some people dislike him.
Although some people say that it is terrible, but people can't live in other people's words and opinions, go their own way, and let others say it's good.
Rotten eggs and hairballs are actually very honest, in their eyes, although Yang Huairen and them are not the same kind, they are actually a spiritual blood relationship.
There are many people in Qincha's team, including Yang Huairen's palace guards and the soldiers of the Long Wuwei Forbidden Army, in fact, they have already seen the two big tigers raised by Yang Huairen, and they know that they will not hurt people for no reason, so there is nothing strange.
The few petty officials sent by the imperial court who followed the Qincha team on patrol were almost frightened at the sight of the tiger at first, but later found that the tiger did not mean to eat them, so they gradually relaxed their hearts.
Yang Huairen felt that this trip was regarded as a tourist, but unfortunately he didn't see much of the famous mountains and rivers of the Great Song Dynasty, because every time he went to a state or county, the local officials would definitely use the most solemn ceremony to greet the Qincha.
The form is actually very simple, the Chinese have established relationships since ancient times, all at the banquet, between the exchange of glasses, confused words, even if they have never met before, but after eating wine together, the relationship will definitely no longer be ordinary.
Yang Huairen doesn't like this kind of entertainment very much, but he is still very interested in the special food of various places, and those officials and gentry from all over the country have also heard of Yang Huairen's name, and they will not understand what he likes, so the supply of food is not stingy.
Recently, the most popular high-end food in the Great Song Dynasty is nothing more than the tomato, potato and sweet potato promoted by Yang Huairen, and chefs from all over the world will also make a variety of flavor dishes with local characteristics according to their own understanding of these fresh ingredients and the special taste of local food.
Meat such as chicken, duck, beef and sheep is naturally an indispensable hard dish for every banquet, and the staple food in the north must be pasta.
Noodles are a very magical food, and they are also noodles that use noodles as raw materials, and in different places, local chefs can make different tastes and ways to eat.
The territory of the Great Song Dynasty may not be as large as that of the later Han people, but there are still thousands of prefectures, counties or towns, and imagine how amazing it is to imagine that each different place has to be localized in a bowl of soup cakes.
As a chef, Yang Huairen is also a gourmet, and he has a special understanding and preference for different noodle dishes, although most of them are not as delicious as the beef noodles in his family's garden, but the unique local flavor still makes him feel satisfied.