Chapter 484: Eating
"Murano, someone is coming from your house, why don't you go out and have a look, it's from Dongtu, I heard that it's a big family, what are you doing at home, your mother-in-law is about to bring someone to the house, why don't you go and see?"
A Dongying man is chubby in front of Murano's house, this one is a little fat, and the fat all over his body is trembling, and every time he makes a movement, the meat on his body will bounce around with his movements, much like a piece of rice cake.
He stood in the courtyard and said in a loud voice, "Murano, are you awake?" Go quickly, maybe you can still get the benefits, I heard that the people of Dongtu are very rich, and the country there is called the Heavenly Empire, maybe you can pay off your gambling debts by currying favor with this person. ”
There was a rustling sound in the room, and a big man with a mouth full of scumbags came out, looked at the man outside, and said with a smile: "From Dongtu, oh my God, no one has come from Dongtu for a long time, how did this person come from?" It's really weird, I'm going to see how my mother-in-law met this person. ”
After saying that, he left in a hurry, ignoring the fat man in the courtyard outside, and when he came to the door not far from the house, he saw his mother-in-law with a man from the east.
"Mother-in-law, who are you bringing back?"
Murano walked up to Taihe Lia, looked at Meng Yu on the side, and looked at this handsome and dashing man, he felt an invisible oppression pop up in his mind, he didn't dare to look at Meng Yu again, but lowered his head and looked at his wife.
At this moment, the whole village came over, they looked at Meng Yu, and talked strangely, as if they had never seen the Dongtu people, and when they talked about it, it was endless.
"From the East! Come and see! I heard that the Tang Dynasty from Dongtu came, the Tang Dynasty, I heard that someone has been to the Tang Dynasty, which is very rich, I really don't know why this Tang Dynasty person came to our Dongying, is this the Tang Emperor sent to make our country? This man is so good-looking, it would be nice if my granddaughter could have sex with him. ”
"Hey! What are you talking about, old man, you are still thinking about the benefits at your age, although this person has a scruffy beard, but his temperament is different at first glance, your granddaughter should forget it, your granddaughter is not good-looking, I really can't stand it. ”
"Hehe, this Dongtu man looks pretty good, but compared to my Kimura Ergou, that's a little insufficient, my Kimura Ergou's descendants will definitely be good, hum, old man, you marry your granddaughter to me, I don't dislike your granddaughter for being ugly."
"Don't say it, that Dongtu man seems to be unhappy, his face is so cold, it really is."
Only then did this group of people react, looking at Meng Yu's indifferent face, they hurriedly spoke quietly, and some of them still shut up, they didn't want to provoke the Dongtu people.
Meng Yu looked at the group of people in front of him, as if he remembered the time when Chenjia Village was back then, when he was still a thatched house, he had to farm every day, and then he lived a miserable life.
To be honest, although these people in front of him are all from Dongying, Meng Yu still thinks of the people in his Chenjia Village, he has not been to Chenjia Village for several days, and he doesn't know if there is a chance to go back this time, if there is no chance, he can only smile reluctantly.
He remembered that he once went to an uncle's house surnamed Niu to eat in Chenjia Village, which was called funny, and he thought it was funny when he thought about it.
At that time, there were four people at the dinner table, four mouths, and four pairs of eyes, and the attention of these eyes was on the food on the table, and everyone stared directly at the only bowl of egg drop soup, a plate of unsightly peanuts, a piece of black tofu, and a palm-sized salted fish.
Everyone swallowed their saliva, and hurriedly swallowed the saliva that flowed out of their mouths into their stomachs, everyone felt that such a little dish was definitely not enough to eat, I was afraid that they would have to move faster to eat better, but what Meng Yu was in the bowl at that time was not white rice, but round potatoes, and potatoes were rice.
Here's the funny thing.
At that time, Meng Yu looked at his uncle surnamed Niu, and glanced at the Niu family girl and his aunt Niu on both sides very embarrassed, and suddenly felt that the rumor was true, this uncle was a king of slamming the door, and he wanted to leave, but he was worried that others would say no, so he could only force himself here.
"Ahem... Ahem! Stinky boy, why don't you eat it, isn't Uncle Niu's food delicious? Lao Tzu is working in the field, I don't know if you're back, as soon as I go home, I see you a bastard, really, you're tinkering with the waterwheel and the wooden plough these days, Uncle is very relieved to know, so he prepared some delicious food, don't be restrained, don't mind, Lao Tzu has always been hospitable, the visitor is a guest, eat more, don't be the same as everyone else, say I pick the door, they don't know that I just don't like extravagance and waste, so you kid understand, you don't have to let your aunt go to fry again! ”
This Uncle Niu was very polite, so that Meng Yu had always had a horse eating grass in his heart at that time, he looked at the uncle in front of him, this Uncle Niu was afraid of being asked to fry a few more dishes, and before Meng Yu could speak, he hurriedly said: "Boy, you also know that Uncle can't eat too greasy, don't say more, let's eat lighter, Uncle is worried about your body, or eat light, so that I can also rest assured!" ”
He deliberately said "I" very seriously, but also to use his identity as an elder and declare righteousness to suppress Meng Yu, so that he would not have to fry a few more dishes and let him consume his family's savings.
Aunt Niu on the side didn't dare to interject, she had to eat her own food, she knew the virtue of this man in her family, who in the village didn't know that he was slamming the door to the end in the past few years? Of course, she knew what the old fellow was up to, but she couldn't talk well, so she had to eat. This man's slamming of the door is famous, even if Meng Yu's adoptive father came over back then, he didn't get a bargain, how could Meng Yu, who didn't have any hair, beat this man of his own? So it's better for her to be silent, so as not to upset her own man again.
What the hell I'm fucking...
Meng Yu felt uncomfortable, and said secretly: "Uncle Niu, I just came to see you and asked if you want a wooden plow, you have to pull me to eat without saying anything, what you said seems to be mine, I won't eat this meal!" ”
As soon as he stood up and wanted to leave, Uncle Niu behind him lost his temper, which made him sit down quickly and continue to eat.
And he immediately smiled again, and said in his heart: "This uncle is really, he is so picky, but I am also a guest at his house for the first time, he actually sent me away with a plate of peanuts, a lump of tofu milk, and a salted fish, and said that I came to eat so good, which is also too ... Forget it, can I still eat? I eat all the vegetables and radishes, not to mention the salted fish, and I swallow all the fish bones. ”
He was just about to move his chopsticks to catch the salted fish, but was stopped by another pair of chopsticks, he couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth, looked at Uncle Niu, his eyelids jumped, and he wondered: "Uncle Niu, why is this?" ”
At that time, he didn't understand why this Uncle Niu would hold his chopsticks, but he didn't understand until later.
Later, Uncle Niu explained: "Stinky boy, if you want to eat fish, you have to understand how this fish came from!" Do you know where this fish came from? ”
Meng Yu wondered, his face darkened, and he thought, "How the hell do I know how it came about!" Didn't the fish be bought? Could it be that Uncle Niu fed it yourself? Impossible? Do you have a fish pond at home..."
"I don't know, how did it come? Didn't you buy it? ”
He was also very helpless at the time, and answered Uncle Niu very suspiciously, but he didn't know that he had fallen for Uncle Niu.
Uncle Niu saw him on the road, and explained to the kid in front of him with a look of energy: "Of course I bought it, but I didn't buy the fish from where?" However, the significance of this fish to us is extraordinary, it is the people from the end of the winter of the previous year to put down the fish pond, is one of the thousands of fish that was made into a salted fish, it is the selected fish, and it is still the people hard to feed, a little bit of meat is the people's hard work, so we can not just think about eating, should play a greater value. ”
Greater value?
Meng Yu wondered, it's just a salted fish, is it possible to turn over, he wondered: "How to play a greater value?" Please also ask Uncle Niu for advice. ”
"Stinky boy thought, if we sandwich a peanut, and then look at the salted fish on the table, thinking that what we are eating is not peanuts, but salted fish on the table, and then smelling the salted fish, wouldn't that make the peanuts taste like salted fish, and eating it is the same as eating salted fish? In this way, we can not only taste the taste of the salted fish, but also keep the salted fish, and use it for a few more days in the future, and when the salted fish can no longer be stored, we can eat it, wouldn't it be great? ”
After he finished speaking, he smiled righteously, and then picked up a peanut, as if he was not eating peanuts, but delicious salted fish.
"Hehe, Uncle Niu, you're right, that's true, it's really good, this is thrift, Datang has people like you, it's really a blessing, if you are thrifty like this, rounding it up is 100 million!"
Although Meng Yu said this on the surface, he couldn't stand this point of view in his heart, but he had to say some good things, so as not to meet this uncle when he lowered his head and didn't look up in the future, it would be difficult to face it at that time, but he scolded secretly in his heart: "This special thing has already figured out the truth, don't dare to provoke, don't dare to provoke!" I've never seen such a picky uncle in my life. I'm afraid that the door has cut out a few holes, so picked, no wonder the dead ghost father only came once! ”
He looked at the plate of salted fish helplessly, shook his head, just wanted to clip a trace of greens, but found that the peanuts and egg drop soup were gone, and then he looked at the tofu milk, the tofu milk was gone, he was very surprised to look at the Niu family's daughter and Uncle Niu on the side, these two people had a big mouthful in their mouths, and they all ate it all, Meng Yu finally had to eat potatoes, that day was in his memory, and it will never be forgotten.
Thinking about the events of the year today, he is a little nostalgic, as if the discussion in this village is the same as when he was in Chenjia Village, the people here are also farming and ploughing, he has a feeling of indescribability in his heart, he doesn't want to pay attention to these Dongying people, no matter what these people say about him, as long as he doesn't say it so ruthlessly, he doesn't have to pay attention to it.
He looked at Taihe Leah on the side and asked, "Your man!?" ”
He looked curiously at the village that came over, this person had a scruffy beard, looked like he was cowering, he didn't have any manliness at all, he wasn't a good bird at first glance, so that Meng Yu didn't want to deal with him, if it was for a bite of food and a piece of clothing, he would have left a long time ago, and he didn't want to deal with such a lewd person.
"Hmmm! He is my husband, he is Murono Muro, you can call him Murano, your Excellency comes with me, the house is in front, your Excellency wants food and clothes, we have it at home. ”
Taihe Leah walked up to her husband and said: "This Excellency is from the Eastern Soil, I heard that it is the Tang Dynasty, the Heavenly Empire, he will give me gold as soon as he comes, Mu Lang, you go back quickly and take your clothes to this Excellency, I will prepare some food, this Excellency came from afar, I don't know how many years it took to come here, it is also fate to be able to live in our house, and you can't slack off." ”
"That's true, mother-in-law, or you're thoughtful."
After that, Muro Murano took Meng Yu to get clothes at home, while Tai and Leah went to prepare food.
The sea breeze blew, blowing on Meng Yu's face, he looked back at the direction he came from, there were some waves except the sea, the waves were floating on the sea, his heart was cold, and suddenly there was a feeling of being alone in a foreign land as a stranger, and at this moment he finally understood why the wanderer missed his hometown.
Family?
He listened to the sound of the waves crashing on the reef, his heart was very uncomfortable, feeling the sound of the wind running freely in the blue sky, a burst of soreness overflowed in his heart, he felt that he had no strength in his body, and gradually became weak, he looked back from time to time, looking at the sea level, I seemed to see the waves telling the story there, as if I saw a family where to laugh, he wanted to go back, but now he has important things, he can only hide this sadness in his heart, and follow Murano with an expressionless face.
Meng Yu seemed to hear the sea breeze singing the folk songs of Chang'an, singing and rolling away, singing about the bloody wind and rain he experienced, at this moment, he felt that the world was so quiet, everything was the feeling in his heart, as if he had also become a wave, a wisp of sea breeze, frolicking in the wind, swaying between heaven and earth.
His gaze came back to his senses, looking at the courtyard in front of him, he remembered the matter of the Miaojiang Wuzong, looking at the vegetables grown there, he remembered that he had been so idle.
Picking chrysanthemums under the east fence, haha!
He smiled indifferently, and then entered the room with a blank face.
(To be continued)