Chapter 19: Self-inflicted humiliation
It's that men love to save face, especially in front of beautiful girls, so Wu Chaoyue said that he had to fight for breath without steaming steamed buns, and explained very patiently to Zhou Xiuying, who was actually very coveted: "I'm not saying that eating Daqing fish will have worms in the stomach, but I mean that eating freshwater fish will be like this, there are many parasites in the meat of freshwater fish that cannot be seen by the eye, if you eat it raw, it will be easy to be infected by parasites and grow worms in your stomach." ”
"But if you eat cooked fish, you don't have to worry about it, because the cooked fish is heated at high temperatures, which has killed the parasites in the fish, so it's safe to eat. I bet you don't eat raw fish, or even if you eat very little, that's why you've been eating freshwater fish for so many years, and you've been fine. ”
Wu Chaoyue's explanation is simple enough, but for people in this era, it is undoubtedly still very difficult to understand, so Zhou Xiuying still listened to a vague idea, but fortunately, although Zhou Xiuying's temper is violent, her personality is very upright, and she nodded very frankly, and said: "I don't eat raw fish, only cooked fish." ”
"Hahaha!" The young man surnamed Weng on the side suddenly burst out laughing and said, "It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous, there will be worms in the stomach of the fish that eats Daqing, but it won't grow worms just because it's cooked?" So Young Master Wu, I'm going to ask for advice, do you know what the sage said about the word "not tired of being fine"? ”
Wu Chaoyue squinted at the young man surnamed Weng, his face was angry, he was not satisfied with his arrogant attitude, and he didn't bother to deal with him, but the young man surnamed Weng was determined to get along with Wu Chaoyue, and said to himself: "If Young Master Wu doesn't know, then I can tell you that the word "Shan Bu Ti Thin" said by Sage Kong refers to raw fish meat, which means that the raw fish meat is cut into as thin and thin as possible. Young Master Wu, do you understand? ”
"Got it?" Wu Chaoyue felt that this young man surnamed Weng was annoying, and his tone of answer was full of dissatisfaction.
"Then I'm going to ask for advice again." The young man surnamed Weng was triumphant and asked, "Dare to ask Young Master Wu, my ancient saints in the Qing Dynasty all ate raw fish, how come I have never heard of worms in their stomachs?" How is it that there has never been an ancient book of the previous dynasty that records such a condition? ”
Wu Chaoyue's face was expressionless, first stopped Wu Dadao and the others who were already rolling up their sleeves, and then said coldly: "Gongzi Weng, what if I find an ancient book that records this kind of case?" ”
"Young Master Wu, what do you say?" The young man surnamed Weng sneered and asked, and said with a sneer in his heart: "Don't learn and don't know how to learn, don't think that I know your details, and I can't even read your family's account books until now!" ”
"If I find out, you will kowtow to me to make amends." Wu Chaoyue said calmly: "If I can't find it, I will kowtow to you to make amends!" How about it, Gongzi Weng, do you dare to make this bet with me? ”
Hearing Wu Chaoyue's words, and seeing Wu Chaoyue's calm expression, the young man surnamed Weng was really a little hesitant in his heart, but considering Wu Chaoyue's reputation for not learning and not knowing, the young man surnamed Weng still nodded and said, "Okay, bet!" Young Master Wu, please say, such a condition was recorded in that ancient book? ”
"The Romance of the Three Kingdoms of the previous dynasty." Wu Chaoyue sneered and said: "Cao Cao asked Hua Tuo to treat him for head wind, which mentioned that Hua Tuo treated Guangling Taishou Chen Deng, Hua Tuo used medicine, Chen Deng spit out a few liters of worms, and someone asked the reason why Chen Deng vomited worms, Hua Tuo said that the cause was that Chen Deng was delicious yusheng. ”
Before Wu Chaoyue's words were finished, the young man's face had already changed, and he secretly complained in his heart, "Oh no, why did I forget this paragraph?" ”
Seeing that the young man surnamed Weng had already expressed remorse, Wu Chaoyue said again: "Gongzi Weng, how is it?" Is it time to kneel down and kowtow to me to make amends? ”
"Yes, kowtow! Kowtow! ”
Wu Dadao and other dogs also shouted proudly, but the young man surnamed Weng looked embarrassed, and when he secretly went to see the reaction of the old man next to him, he saw that the old man was expressionless, and his eyes deliberately looked away. The young man surnamed Weng was helpless, so he had to quibble: "Young Master Wu, I'm sorry, I have only read the books of sages and sages since I was a child, and I have never read barnyard idle books, so I don't know if there is really this paragraph in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". ”
"Never read barnyard gossip?" Wu Chaoyue asked with a sneer.
"Exactly." The young man surnamed Weng nodded and said, "It's not a boast, as long as you read any book once, you can generally remember it." But I really haven't seen it in the next, so I don't know. ”
"Unforgettable? It's amazing! Wu Chaoyue praised it, and suddenly asked: "Then Gongzi Weng, what is the name of the second episode of "Golden Vase Plum"?" ”
"Pretty Pan Niang hooks up under the curtain, and the old Wang Po Tea Shop says skills!"
The young man surnamed Weng didn't think about it, and blurted out the correct answer, but before the words fell, his face had already changed greatly, and his heart was even more bitter. And the old man next to him was immediately full of anger, and he didn't think about it, so he raised his hand and slapped him heavily, scolding: "Brute, go back and see how the old man cleans you up!" ”
"Haha." Wu Chaoyue finally smiled, and said with a smile: "Gongzi Weng, are you exposed?" Even the **** retrospective of "Golden Vase Plum" has been kept in mind, you still have the face to say that you never read barnyard idle books, and you don't recruit them quickly, what other **** beautiful books have you read? Have you memorized "******" backwards a long time ago? Have you ever watched "Lamp Grass Monk" and "Embroidered Screen"? When you carry outsiders on your back, do you often hum a little ******? ”
The young man surnamed Weng was completely speechless, but the old man snorted heavily and said, "Wu Gongzi, the dog is not good, and he insults the family, so he should be severely punished." But after you are an official of the Qing Dynasty, it seems too much to mention these **** obscene words in public, right? ”
"How about mentioning it?" Wu Chaoyue said with a smile: "Not to mention that I haven't read many of these books, even if I look at them a few times occasionally, I will look at them critically, hatefully, and with the kind of indignation in the heart of a person with a conscience!" Look at how these **** filthy words poison the hundreds of millions of people in my Qing Dynasty, take them as a warning, and always remind yourself not to follow suit, don't forget your conscience! I also reminded myself not to be a duplicitous hypocrite, who is obviously full of chickens and dogs, male thieves and prostitutes, but also pretends to be a moral gentleman! This is the most hateful and shameful! ”
Who is Wu Chaoyue's sarcasm, of course the old man can hear it, his face is blue and white for a while, the old man first glared at his son viciously, and shouted: "Go!" Don't be embarrassed here! ”
After that, the old man turned around angrily and left, and the young man surnamed Weng hurriedly followed, but Wu Chaoyue refused to give up and shouted: "Stop!" Weng Gongzi, you look like a scholar, a gentleman said, it is difficult to chase a horse, have you forgotten this sentence? You haven't kowtowed to me yet, why did you leave? ”
Hearing Wu Chaoyue's words, Wu Dadao and other doglegs of course immediately rushed up to stop the pair of father and son surnamed Weng, who knew that a few young men with waist knives also rushed out of the lively crowd, and quickly protected the pair of father and son surnamed Weng, Wu Dadao and other doglegs saw that their weapons were a little timid, and did not dare to stop again, the old man turned back to Wu Chaoyue and said: "Wu Gongzi, you said that Hua Tuo treated Chen Deng's illness, there is one in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but after all, Romance is a wild history, and it cannot be trusted, and it cannot be counted. If you really want the dog to kowtow to you to make amends, unless you can let the old man see with his own eyes what kind of worm you are talking about. ”
"Yes, yes, Noshi can't be trusted!" The young man surnamed Weng also came to his senses, and immediately shouted, "Unless you can let me see those worms with my own eyes, you should kowtow to me to make amends!" ”
If the father and son surnamed Weng could say a few good words in a low voice, then Wu Chaoyue, who was not stubborn in his temper, would definitely have let them go, but since the father and son surnamed Weng had played a scoundrel, Wu Chaoyue was on fire, and casually picked up two fish from Zhou Xiuying's fish stall, and then strode forward, grabbed the young man surnamed Weng, and said, "Follow me!" ”
"Why should I go with you? Are you taking me there? The young man surnamed Weng asked with a struggle.
"Go to the concession!" Wu Chaoyue sneered and said, "Don't you want to see those bugs with your own eyes?" There is a microscope in the foreigner hospital in the concession, I'll take you to see it! ”
"A foreigner's hospital?"
The young man's face turned pale again, and while he struggled even more, his guards also came up to pull Wu Chaoyue, and another guard scolded: "Bold! Do you know who this son is? Dare to be so unreasonable to him, don't have a head? ”
"I don't care who he is!" Wu Chaoyue said angrily: "Even if he is a relative of the emperor? A manly man, he has to talk about it, and if he loses a gamble, he has to play a scoundrel, what kind of thing is it? If you want to see those bugs with your own eyes, you can, come with me to the concession, go to the concession to see! ”
The guards were in a hurry, and some people wanted to find out the identity of the father and son surnamed Weng, but they were stopped by the old man surnamed Weng - the old Weng family can't afford to lose such a person. And pulling and pulling, not only there were more people watching the excitement next to him, but also the people on the other side of the dock were also alarmed, many people ran over to see the excitement, among which there happened to be a British priest Maddox who was very familiar with Wu Transcendence, and then saw that Wu Transcendence had a dispute with people, the very righteous Maddox hurriedly squeezed up to inquire about the situation, and then listened to Wu Transcendence introduce the situation, Maddox immediately said to the father and son surnamed Weng: "Chinese, you are too ignorant, what Wu told you is the scientific truth, There are indeed many parasites in freshwater fish, and if you eat them raw, it will be very bad for your health, and you should apologize to Wu! ”
Maadox, who has been in China for many years, is quite proficient in Chinese, and what he says can be understood by the father and son surnamed Weng, but it is impossible for them to bow their heads to Wu Beyond and admit their mistakes, so the two of them are silent with a straight face, and they are careful to keep their distance from Maadox. Wu Chaoyue sneered and said, "Father Mai, it's useless to talk to these rotten Confucians who are stupid in reading Bagu Wen, only if they see the parasites in the fish with their own eyes, they will believe it." ”
"Wu, you're right, only seeing is believing, they will believe it." Maddox nodded, and then said to the father and son surnamed Weng: "Two Chinese gentlemen, if you still don't believe Wu, then you can go to the concession with us to have a look, my good friend Luo Weilin has a microscope there, I can ask him to make a fish slice, let you see for yourself, how many terrible parasites are in freshwater fish!" ”
"I can also let you take a look at how dirty you are!" Wu Chaoyue added with a sneer: "Especially your two mouths, let you see how much dirt you have in your mouths, I guarantee that you can scare all the urine out." ”
"Wu, you are really knowledgeable." "When Leeuwen Hook first invented the microscope, he took a little attachment from his neighbor's mouth and put it under the microscope, which also startled his neighbor and shouted that Mr. Hook had invented the devil's glasses. ”
Wu Beyond and Maddosi, you say a word, what you say is something that the Chinese in this era do not understand at all, but the father and son surnamed Weng are blue together, they want to show their identities but can't afford to lose this person, they want to sneak away and have been grabbed by Wu Beyond, and they are even more afraid of clashes with the blonde Maddosi, and they are helpless together. In the end, there was really no choice, the old man could only scold his son: "Evil animal, you are the one who broke the disaster, and you also fought the bet, and now that you have lost, why don't you kowtow to others and make amends?" ”
The young man surnamed Weng knew very well that his father was afraid that things would be a big shame, although he was not happy in his heart, but in order to get out, the young man surnamed Weng was forced to be helpless, and he could only weaken his knees, knelt down on Wu Chaoyue's knees, kowtowed and said: "Wu Gongzi, I have made amends to you below, please raise your noble hand and let me go this time!" ”
It's not a big deal, seeing the arrogant and hateful Weng Gongzi kowtowing to himself to make amends, Wu Chaoyue's anger immediately disappeared, so he let go of that Weng Gongzi, waved his hand and said: "Okay, get up, read more useful books in the future, don't jump out and be embarrassed at every turn." ”
"Teachable!" The eyes of the young man flashed with resentment, and he squeezed out these two words from between his teeth. After standing up again, the young man rushed out without saying a word, and the old man strode to follow, fleeing in embarrassment in the laughter of the onlookers, and accidentally tripped and almost fell a dog to eat, which also made the people who watched the excitement laugh louder and happier.
The father and son of the Weng family, who took their own humiliation, left in embarrassment, and the people who watched the excitement gradually dispersed, and Wu Chaoyue, who was angry, also thanked Mai Dusi, Mai Dusi waved his hand to say that he was not welcome, Wu Chaoyue was very polite and raised the two fish in his hand again, and said to Mai Dusi: "Father, do you like to eat fish?" How about bringing these two fish back with a dish? ”
"Thanks, thanks, no need." Maddox shook his head like a rattle, and said with a wry smile: "Wu, I used to like to eat fish very much, but I was really afraid of Chinese freshwater fish, the first time I ate freshwater fish, I didn't know that there were so many fish bones, I swallowed it directly, and the fish bones were stuck in my throat, thanks to Luo Weilin next to me, I immediately operated on me, otherwise, I might have to give my life to these terrible freshwater fish." ”
"And this?" Wu Chaoyue laughed when he heard this, thought about it for a while, and said casually: "Father, if you like to eat fish and are afraid of thorns, then I have a way, we have a famous dish in China called Song Sister-in-law fish soup, which is made of freshwater fish meat with all the fish bones, which is very delicious and delicious, and you must use the soup spoon that you British people are used to to eating, if you want to taste it, you can come to my house as a guest, and I will ask the cook at home to make it for you to eat." ”
"Great, I like Chinese food the most." Mai Doos, who had already become a local custom, was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Wu, if you don't mind, I will be a guest at your house this afternoon and taste the famous Chinese dish you said." ”
"I'd love to entertain you." Wu Chaoyue said with a smile: "Then it is decided, I will hold a banquet at home to entertain you this afternoon, if Father Luo Weilin has time, Father Mai can also invite him." ”
Maddox smiled and agreed, agreed with Wu Chaoyue for the banquet, and then went back to preach to the dock workers. Wu Chaoyue also turned his gaze to the other party, Zhou Xiuying, and said with a wry smile: "Shimei, I'm bothering you to do business, but don't worry, I've got all your fish, pick a few fresh fish for me, and I'll call Shuangdao to get the rest." ”
"Thank you, Young Master Wu." Zhou Xiuying's expression when she spoke to Wu Chaoyue was finally no longer so cold, but she still couldn't help but say sarcastically: "Young Master Wu, you have the support of foreigners is majestic, I remember that when we met for the first time, Yuan Bantou in the county government was also so frightened by your foreigners that he kowtowed and begged for mercy. These backers of yours are so useful. ”
Wu Chaoyue was stunned, and then remembered that when he met Zhou Xiuying for the first time, he did rely on the help of Father Martin, and the fox fake tiger scared Yuan Wuba so much that he kowtowed to himself and begged for mercy. Then, Wu Chaoyue could only touch his nose in embarrassment and said, "They provoked me first, and I was forced to do this." But I'm not usually such a person, Shimei, you can go and inquire, in addition to that day and today, who else did I bully with the power of foreigners? ”