Today's food in Qiaofu is richer and more varied than when Liu Yong was cooking. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info, but what Liu Yong coveted the most was a plate of hairy crabs. Crabs were just a common food for ordinary people in the society at that time, sparse and ordinary, but for Liu Yong from modern times, it was a luxury.

Under Cai Wenji's strong recommendation, Cao Cao felt the comfort of the chair and accepted this new thing. Up and down, Xudu, Luoyang, and Chang'an are now very popular in this new sitting posture, but the Lujiang area is still sitting on the ground, which makes Liu Yong very uncomfortable. Similarly, Qiao Xuan is still very repulsive to the most popular table dining system among Chinese today, and he always feels that the chopsticks of men and women are stretched into the same plate to eat, which is too intimate and incompatible with etiquette. Liu Yong is not very particular about this, anyway, each has its own advantages and disadvantages. But what puzzled Liu Yong the most was that the atmosphere of the meal was very solemn. Qiao Xuan looked preoccupied; Da Qiao kept his head down almost all the time, and his eyes did not dare to look at Liu Yong; Dong Yun also lost her usual innocence and liveliness, with a thoughtful look; Only Xiao Qiao was extremely relaxed, looking at Da Qiao curiously for a while, secretly looking at Dong Yun for a while, and looking at Liu Yong from time to time, with a strange smile on his face. It's been a long time, except for Liu Yong and Xiao Qiao, who are enjoying themselves, the food on the table of the other people hasn't moved much.

Liu Yong picked up a crab and said to Xiao Qiao with a smile: "Sister Qian'er, the eldest brother will play a trick for you, do you want to watch it?" ”

Xiao Qiao jumped over with a smile on his face and said, "Brother Liu, you can quickly change and show me." ”

Liu Yong turned the crab over, his stomach turned up, and asked, "Sister Qian, do you know if this is male or female?" ”

"Of course I do." Xiao Qiao smiled, "The one with the red baby in it is the female crab; It is the male crab that has a white ointment. ”

Liu Yong was suddenly blindsided, and he was speechless in his eagerness. Although Da Qiao lowered his head, he kept listening to the conversation between the two, and couldn't help but laugh out loud when he heard the words.

Liu Yong gave a thumbs up, "You're amazing!" He added, "I think of a joke when you say this." A teacher asked his student, "This classmate, do you know how to look at the age of a chicken?" The classmate replied, "Teacher, I know, look at the teeth." The teacher shook his head and said, "This classmate, chickens don't have teeth." That classmate is serious, teacher, but I have teeth. It's easy to bite into a chick, and if you can't bite it, it's an old chicken......"

Er Qiao, Dong Yun and Qiao Xuan all laughed when they heard this, and the atmosphere suddenly lightened a lot. Da Qiao pulled Dong Yun and ran over, surrounding Liu Yong to see him do tricks.

"If you look at the umbilicus on the belly of the crab, the pointed one is the male crab, and the round one is the female crab." Liu Yong explained first. Everyone in the audience actually knew it except Xiao Qiao, but in order to cater to Liu Yong, they also nodded frequently.

"This is the male?" Little Joe pointed to the pointed navel.

Liu Yong nodded, pinched the crab's abdomen with his left hand, picked the crab's lid with his right thumb and forefinger, and broke it with a little force, removing the shell, revealing a pile of white cream inside. Liu Yong took the ointment aside, and a cone-shaped film was exposed in the middle of the abdomen, and then carefully cut it along the bottom of the cone with a knife, took it out, flipped it over, and said with a smile: "Look, what does this look like?" ”

The three girls hurriedly came over to take a look, but secretly couldn't see clearly. Liu Yong said: "Wait a minute. I put it close to the light. As he spoke, he clutched something the size of a little finger with his two fingers, close to the candlelight. The three girls looked at it carefully, and after a long time, Dong Yun suddenly exclaimed: "It seems to be a person." As soon as she called this, Big and Little Qiao also suddenly said, "Sure enough, it's very similar." "His face is dark, and he is still sitting on a couch."

Da Qiao suddenly said: "This person has a wide robe and big sleeves, sitting cross-legged, with a bare head, like a monk." According to reliable historical sources, Buddhism was introduced to China around the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Emperor Liu Zhuang of the Han Ming Dynasty ordered the construction of a monastery in the north of the three-mile imperial road outside the Xiyong Gate in Luoyang. In order to commemorate the White Horse Sutra, it was named "White Horse Temple", which is the first ancient temple in China. Therefore, it is not surprising that Da Qiao knew about the monk.

"It's indeed a monk, this monk's name is Fahai." Liu Yong smiled and said, "Why is Monk Fahai hiding in the belly of a crab?" There's a fascinating legend here. ”

The girls smiled, and Xiao Qiao said excitedly: "Brother Liu, tell me about it." Da Qiao and Dong Yun were also interested, and looked at Liu Yong with a smile.

"Okay, I'll wipe my hands first." Liu Yong wiped his hands with a wet handkerchief, took another sip of chrysanthemum tea, cleared his throat, and began to speak.

"The Legend of the White Snake" is one of the four major Chinese folk legends and can be said to be a household name. Liu Yong started from Lu Dongbin's sale of rice balls, and Xu Xian was a child who was blessed, and Lu Dongbin spit out the rice balls made of elixir. At this time, there was a white snake and a turtle practicing in the West Lake under the broken bridge. They are enemies of each other, but their mana is about the same, and the fight is inseparable. Seeing this elixir falling, they both went to grab it, but the white snake was more flexible and swallowed it first. With the help of the elixir, the white snake suddenly increased its Taoism for five hundred years, turned into a human form, and named Bai Suzhen. Later, Bai Suzhen rescued a green snake as a maidservant girl and assumed the pseudonym Xiaoqing. After Bai Suzhen knew the origin of the elixir in the heavenly court, she wanted to go and see Xu Xian, who had been gracious, but she knew that Xu Xian had grown up and was a young man with beautiful eyebrows and kind eyes. Bai Suzhen secretly promised that she had no intention of seeing each other at the broken bridge, and then cast a spell to spread the rain, and enhanced their goodwill with each other by borrowing an umbrella to return the umbrella, and finally tied the knot.

The three women all like to listen to this kind of story of marital autonomy and harmony between husband and wife, and they are full of interest. At this time, Qiao Xuan coughed lightly and said, "Young Master Liu, the old man is a little tired, so let's go and rest first." He said to Er Qiao again: "It's cold in the middle of the night, don't stay long, rest early." ”

The four of them hurriedly stood up and congratulated Qiao Xuan. Xiao Qiao couldn't wait to ask, "Brother Liu, is this story over?" ”

"How so?" Da Qiao smiled, "I haven't talked about Fahai yet." ”

"yes, how did I forget that." Little Joe smiled too.

Liu Yong nodded and smiled: "Didn't you just say that there is a turtle practicing in the lake with the white snake?" The turtle saw that the white snake had swallowed the elixir, and was jealous and hateful, but it also knew that it was not the opponent of the white snake, so it fled to the western heavens, hid under the lotus seat of the Buddha to listen to the scriptures, and learned some spells in a few years. One day, the turtle took advantage of the Buddha's outing, stole the golden bowl, the robe and the Qinglong Zen staff, turned into a monk, named Fahai, and returned to Hangzhou to occupy the Jinshan Temple. ”

Then, Liu Yong talked about the Dragon Boat Festival, Xu Xian was coaxed by Fahai to let Bai Suzhen drink realgar wine, but was scared to death by the white snake that showed its original form; Bai Suzhen stole the fairy grass to save Xu Xian, but Xu Xian fled to Jinshan Temple in fear, and was detained by Fahai to make him a monk; The White Lady and Xiaoqing flooded the Golden Mountain to save their husbands, but they were defeated by the two magic weapons of Fahai Zen staff and robe, so they had to go back to the bottom of the West Lake to practice; Xu Xian was grateful for the deep love between husband and wife, Bai Suzhen was gentle and kind, and she was pregnant, so she woke up and resolutely refused, and then escaped from Jinshan Temple. Husband and wife got together by the broken bridge of West Lake and got back together. Fahai was unwilling, turned into a goods, and turned into a golden phoenix crown to sell along the street. At this time, Bai Suzhen had just given birth to a son, and Xu Xian was overjoyed to buy a phoenix crown and put it on Bai Suzhen's head. In an instant, Bai Suzhen was put into the bowl and pressed under the Leifeng Tower. Later, Xiaoqing practiced hard in the mountains, increased his mana, and came to take revenge. And Rulai also found that the treasure was missing, and recited a spell to recover all three treasures. Leifeng Pagoda fell, and Bai Suzhen was released. Fahai did not have a magic weapon to protect himself, not an opponent of the two, so he had to flee in all directions, and when he escaped to the edge of Yangcheng Lake, he found that there was no way out, and in a hurry, he saw a crab molting between the cracks of the stones, so he got into it from the gap and hid. The three girls were embarrassed to hear this story of ups and downs, joys and sorrows.

After the story was told, it was already a bright moon in the sky, and silver was everywhere, Liu Yong happened to catch a glimpse of the bright moon hanging in the sky like a silver plate, and couldn't help but move in his heart, and hurriedly asked: "What day is today?" ”

"August 14." Dong Yun replied.

Liu Yong was surprised and said: "Then tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival." ”

Xiao Qiao smiled: "I've only heard of the Mid-Autumn Festival, where is the festival?" ”

Liu Yong was even more stunned, when did this Mid-Autumn Festival exist? Liu Yong didn't know that although the word "Mid-Autumn Festival" appeared very early, it was a matter of the Tang Dynasty when it was used as a festival.

Only Da Qiao asked thoughtfully: "Could it be the festival of the eldest brother's hometown?" ”

Liu Yong nodded and said gloomily: "Indeed." In my hometown, it's second only to the New Year's holiday. ”

Before Xiao Qiao could ask, Da Qiao pulled her sleeve and said, "Big brother, why don't we spend this Mid-Autumn Festival together tomorrow." What to prepare, the eldest brother told us sisters. ”

Dong Yun also said: "Yes." Big brother, what do you want us to do, you say. ”

Liu Yong couldn't help but be moved by the concerned eyes of the three girls, and said softly: "No need." I'll prepare it tomorrow. Without waiting for a few women to speak, Liu Yong said again: "Big brother has some things, take a step first, it's rude." As he spoke, he arched his hand, took a lantern from Siyan's hand, and hurried out.

"Big brother, what's wrong? It seems that I feel very uncomfortable. Dong Yun looked suspicious.

"I see that Brother Liu is about to cry, he must have thought of something sad." Xiao Qiao nodded, and said to Da Qiao again, "Sister, what were you pulling me just now." We haven't heard of any Mid-Autumn Festival. ”

Da Qiao looked at the direction of Liu Yong's departure, and said quietly: "Qian'er, when have you seen Brother Liu deceive us, he said that it must be." I saw that he was in a very good mood, but he saw the moon in the sky, and said that tomorrow was after the Mid-Autumn Festival. I guess the eldest brother is thinking about things, or is he homesick? ”

Da Qiao Bingxue is smart and has a good guess. There are twelve full moons in a year, but only the moon on August 15 is the fullest and brightest. On this night, people look up at the bright moon in the sky like jade, and they will look forward to family reunion. Wanderers who are far away also take this opportunity to express their longing for their hometown and relatives. Therefore, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also known as the "Reunion Festival".

Liu Yong touched the scene, thinking of his parents who could never see him again, and felt distressed. He is like this, he likes to share happy things with others, but he only wants to face sadness alone, because he doesn't want his friends to be as sad as himself. However, Liu Yong is open-minded and cheerful by nature, and he cleaned up his mood after a while.

Early in the morning of the second day, Liu Yong first informed Qiao Xuan of the news that he was leaving, and said that he would hide it from several girls. Qiao Xuan's expression was a little weird, but he didn't say anything, just nodded in agreement.

Liu Yong said that today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Qiao Xuan was even more stunned, what is the Mid-Autumn Festival? Liu Yong was about to explain, but saw that the Qiao sisters and Dong Yun were here. It turned out that the three girls had been relieved, so they went to visit Liu Yong's courtyard early in the morning, and when they saw that there was no one, they found Qiao Xuan. The three women saw Liu Yong's expression as usual, and then they relieved themselves.

Liu Yong took out the rhetoric of the Western Regions and explained that the Mid-Autumn Festival moon appreciation symbolizes the reunion of the full moon people. Xiao Qiao and Dong Yun couldn't help but admire Da Qiao's intelligence. Hearing that it was a holiday, several women were overjoyed and rushed to help. Fortunately, the Mid-Autumn Festival does not require too much trouble to prepare, so Liu Yong nodded and agreed. When the three women saw Liu Yong agree, they all jumped up with joy, showing the liveliness and coquettishness of a girl.

Liu Yong and his servants arranged the table in a circle, and several girls prepared a large number of things to suit the situation, such as autumn chrysanthemums, golden cinnamon, moon cakes, melons and fruits. That night, the sky was beautiful, it was a bright moon, like a silver basin, the light was scattered, Liu Yong ordered not to light a candle, let the bright moonlight pour on the ground, there was no fun.

"What a round moon!"

"The moon is so beautiful tonight."

"There's a shadow in the moon."

……

In this beautiful atmosphere, Da Qiao told "Chang'e Running to the Moon", and Liu Yong told two short stories: "Wu Gang Cutting Gui" and "Jade Rabbit Pounding Medicine". Liu Yong said: "The ancients wrote many poems about the Mid-Autumn Festival, but only Su Shi is the best. Someone commented that the Mid-Autumn Festival words, since Dongpo's "Water Tune Song Head" came out, the rest of the words have been wasted. "Su Shi's "Water Tune Song Head? "Mid-Autumn Festival" was originally made for missing his younger brother Su Zhe, who he hadn't seen for seven years, but now it is more used to express the lovesickness between the two places and the desire to see through the lover.

Xiao Qiao laughed quietly: "I've only heard of poetry, but I haven't heard of words, isn't it also Brother Liu's hometown?" ”

Liu Yong smiled: "Yes." This word is a variation of the poem, and it has the name of the word brand, and the number of words and the number of words are specified. The biggest difference is that the poem is chanted, while the words are sung. ”

Dong Yun clapped her hands and smiled: "Big brother, then you sing one for us." ”

Liu Yong secretly called it dangerous, but fortunately I can sing this, so he smiled lightly and said, "Okay." Girls, if you think the eldest brother sings well, you should give a few more rewards. ”

The three women laughed so hard that Xiao Qiao said coquettishly: "If you don't sing well, you will be punished." ”

"That's fair." Liu Yong smiled, cleared his throat, and sang melodiously.

"When is the bright moon, ask the wine to the sky.

I don't know the heavenly palace, what year is it tonight?

……

People have joys and sorrows, and the moon is cloudy and sunny, and this matter is difficult to complete.

I hope that people will last a long time, and they will be together for thousands of miles. ”

"People have joys and sorrows, and the moon is cloudy and sunny, and this matter is difficult to complete. I hope that people will last a long time, and they will be together for thousands of miles. Da Qiao muttered these two sentences in his mouth, and he was stupid for a while. (To be continued.) )