Chapter 62: The Quintessence of China
Although Zong Mao is a dead eunuch, no, he is alive, in Cheng Chuliang's opinion, he is not a bad person, and sometimes he is quite pitiful.
Cheng Chuliang's heart was too soft, and he couldn't see the pitiful appearance of others, and he also heard Zong Mao's stomach growling incessantly.
But a big grass carp was eaten by Li Tai and Li Ke to the point that only fish bones remained, but fortunately, Cheng Chuliang learned a dish from a friend in Zibo, Shandong Province in his previous life, smashed fish soup, and filled Zong Mao's stomach.
Pour the fish bones into the pot, pour warm water, add pepper and vinegar, boil and beat two eggs, take a bite of the stomach, the taste is sour.
A large pot was full, Zong Mao drank it all, and even put the fish bones in his mouth and sucked it, it seemed that he was really hungry.
After pouring a big belly of soup, Zong Mao burped and returned to his previous serious appearance.
"Cheng Xianzi, let me tell you something from my heart, our family is actually a dog of His Majesty, a talking dog, what does Your Majesty want our family to do, our family must do it immediately, and it has to be beautiful, once Your Majesty is not satisfied, it will be the wrath of thunder, and even bleed thousands of miles......"
Zong Mao's expression was a little sad, "Since the moment I entered the palace, our family's life belongs to Your Majesty, and there is no longer your own joy, anger and sorrow, Your Majesty's mood is our family's mood, what Your Majesty likes, what our family likes, what Your Majesty dislikes, what our family will dislike, what Your Majesty is worried about, what Your Majesty is worried about, what our family is worried about!" ”
"Cheng Xianzi, now the Emperor Taishang doesn't want to have tea and dinner, His Majesty is very anxious, His Majesty ordered our family to come to the county, this is Your Majesty's trust in the county, and I hope that the county will enter the palace as soon as possible, go to see the Emperor Taishang, and relieve Your Majesty's worries."
Cheng Chuliang expressed deep sympathy for Zong Mao, and even somewhat understood his situation, although the eunuch was physically disabled, he was still a human after all, but he could only be a slave for the rest of his life, which was really pitiful.
"Grandpa Zong, let me tell you this, the Emperor's illness cannot be cured in a day or two, and I am still waiting for a very important medicine primer, it is useless for you to be anxious."
Zong Mao looked at Cheng Chuliang suspiciously, "What kind of medicine is it?" ”
Cheng Chuliang said mysteriously: "You'll know tomorrow." ”
Cheng Chuliang didn't say it, Zong Mao was also very helpless, and it was useless to be anxious.
There was no word all night.
The next day, in order to prevent Zong Mao from chattering with him again, Cheng Chuliang went out early in the morning to see what Xiao Qinghe was like that the two Zhuangzi were fighting for.
I don't know if I don't go, and I'm shocked when I see it. The so-called Xiaoqing River, where can it be called a river, is just a stream.
However, Zhao Si vowed that the water flow in the Xiaoqing River was still very large last year, and there were many fish.
What's even more peculiar is that no matter how big the flow of the Xiaoqing River is, there is always water in the pond outside Zhuangzi, and lotus roots are planted in it, which is one of the few sources of extra food for Zhuangzi.
Cheng Chuliang was like a cadre who went to the countryside to investigate, inspected the Xiaoqing River on the spot, and then came to a conclusion that even if Hedongzhuang does not intercept the water flow, this bit of water is not enough for Hexizhuang, which can be described in four words, more wolves and less meat.
Subsequently, Cheng Chuliang made important instructions to form a drought-fighting commando, dig a canal, and divert Weishui into the Xiaoqing River.
"The two dealers on the village go into battle together, ten cents a day, and they eat."
Cheng Chuliang has always felt that the four words of shame are very correct, anyway, the meals practiced every day in the chef training class can't be eaten, and it's a pity to feed the pigs, so he simply let the farmers eat.
Zhao Si was a little hesitant, "Dig the canal, Hedongzhuang has no opinion, but there are two problems, Weishui is more than ten miles away from our Zhuangzi, this matter has to be approved by the county government, and the people in Hexizhuang are all strong-tempered, enough to agree......"
Cheng Chuliang didn't care, "In the county, Young Master Ben went to tell them to let Dong Liang go to Hexizhuang with you, if they don't agree, call me until they agree, Young Master Ben likes to be simple and rude." ”
After explaining the matter of digging the canal, Cheng Chuliang also made a future development plan for Hedongzhuang by the way, to make Hedongzhuang the first village worthy of the name of Datang.
Wang Lin rushed back and found Cheng Chuliang to report as soon as possible.
"Second Young Master, Zhu came in and brought a cart of wood."
"Okay, let's go, let's see!"
Zong Mao heard Cheng Chuliang's voice and ran to the yard, "Cheng Xianzi, I haven't seen you all morning, and our family thought you were deliberately avoiding our family." ”
Cheng Chuliang saw him staring at the dark circles under his eyes, his eyes were red, it was estimated that he didn't sleep well last night, alas, this guy, for Li Yuan's father and son, is really heartbroken.
The eunuchs are not all bad, who is the score, they can't be better than Li Yuan and his son.
"Father-in-law Zong, what do you think of me Cheng Chuliang, I said it, I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, no, the medicine is here."
Zong Mao immediately came to his senses and asked excitedly, "Where is it?" ”
Cheng Chuliang pointed to the cart of wood, and when Zong Mao saw it, his fiery heart suddenly cooled in half.
"That's what you call a medicine primer? Isn't it just a cart of wood? Cheng Xianzi, don't joke with our family, our family can't bear it. ”
Cheng Chuliang smiled, "Grandpa Zong, seeing that you are nervous, do I dare to joke with you about this kind of thing, this is just a half-finished product, you can take a look!" ”
Cheng Chuliang drew a variety of mahjong on the paper, the cake cylinder, the southeast, the northwest, etc., and he also drew a pheasant according to the appearance of the pheasant he saw that day.
Yes, Cheng Chuliang just wants to make a pair of mahjong.
Mahjong is much more interesting than playing cards, and even if there is a lot of water on the street, it can't stop the enthusiasm of the masses to play mahjong.
Q: Which province in China does not like to play mahjong? A: No.
Inside and outside the Great Wall, in the north and south of the river, the sound of mahjong can be heard everywhere.
Especially when it comes to the Chinese New Year, folk mahjong masters have sprung up.
Uncle Li, who was herding cattle at the entrance of the village, played an unfathomable card with the jokes in the village, which attracted Aunt Zhang to laugh and scold again and again.
The second egg of the city house slave who has just returned to his hometown, sees six roads and listens to all directions, even if Xiaofang's face on the other side is an Internet celebrity face, it is not affected, and he decisively cuts off his beard.
The senior mother-in-law, Aunt Sun, is well versed in the art of recognizing people like character, and she can only decide whether to marry her daughter after ten rounds of battle with her future son-in-law.
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Cheng Chuliang is convinced that Li Yuan will definitely fall into mahjong and can't extricate himself, let him like playing mahjong, he will have no time to be sad and sad.
Zhu Jin is worthy of being a carpenter personally promoted by Cheng Chuliang, he brought a cart of good sandalwood, and with his excellent craftsmanship, he made a pair of mahjong beautiful.
"Father-in-law Zong, let's go, let's hurry up and enter the palace, let the Emperor Taishang and His Majesty wait in a hurry, it's not good."
Zong Mao didn't understand, how could drawing symbols on small wooden blocks become a medicine primer that could cure the emperor's heart disease?
"Cheng Xianzi, I think it's better not to be so hasty, are you sure you want to bring this thing into the palace? Why don't you give yourself a little more time and think about it again? ”
Cheng Chuliang had a very helpless expression.
It's you who rushed me in a hurry, and now it's you who say you're not in a hurry, what do you want me to do?