Chapter Seventy-Nine: Laba
In the second year of Huichang, on the eighth day of the lunar month. On this day, Li Chen pushed the cart and took Ah Xiang, Xiaohu and the puppy to Shengming Temple.
'Wow! It tasted so good, it was so fragrant, it starved me to death. Before you arrive at Shengming Temple, you can smell the aroma from afar. Approaching the Shengming Temple, you can see several large cauldrons set up in the square in front of the temple, and the pot is bubbling with heat and aroma.
I'll put things in order, and then you go and get the porridge.' Li Chen looked at a position and pushed the cart over, today they got up very early, even so, there were already many people in the square, Li Chen positioned the cart and asked the three children to line up to receive porridge.
Today is Laba, which has a very important position in Buddhism, and today is the day when Shakyamuni Buddha attained enlightenment. Although there is a porridge on normal days, but today is special, and Laba porridge is to be given.
'Uncle, bring back the porridge. Li Chen was busy putting things away, first taking things off the car, positioning them, today's car is particularly heavy, because there are several stacks of paper on the car, when Li Chen is putting things, he has to get porridge a few years back.
Drink it while it's hot, and then you can speak. Smelling the aroma of Laba porridge, Li Chen was also hungry, beckoned a few people to sit down and eat, he also scooped a bowl, ate it cold, swallowed the porridge, the aroma was overflowing, the teeth and cheeks were fragrant, and the heat was so hot that Laba went down, driving away the winter chill.
The custom of eating laba porridge has been spread in China for a long time. Laba porridge has many aliases, eight-treasure porridge, seven-treasure porridge, five-flavor porridge... And so on. In terms of content, not necessarily..., it's basically all kinds of fruits and grains thrown down to cook.
Like the Southern Song Dynasty, some people left a record of Laba porridge, which contained walnuts, pine nuts, milk tan, persimmon, millet and the like to make porridge, which was called Laba porridge.
In modern times, there are also merchants who sell eight-treasure porridge, such as eight-treasure porridge produced by a certain company, and the materials are peanuts, longan, mung beans, glutinous rice, oats, oatmeal, flower beans, and red beans. So, it doesn't matter what the material is, as long as it doesn't conflict.
When you're full, you're ready to get to work. Li Chen patted his stomach and said with satisfaction. I don't know if the five-flavor porridge in Longhua Temple will be better than the name. The puppy looked like he wanted to eat it again, and he had to lick the bowl little by little. 'Aren't they all the same?' "It's different, I heard that Longhua Temple has a unique secret recipe, which is particularly delicious. This laba porridge is not so much a seven-treasure and five-flavor porridge as a multigrain porridge, because the ingredients are all donated by believers, so there is no problem if the taste is good. It is said that many temples have their own recipe for Laba porridge, which can be cooked with local seasonal ingredients. It's a pity that many of them have been lost.
"Next year, next year we will go to Longhua and let Wang Xianyan come here." Today, Wang Xianyan took the other four elementary schools and went to Longhua Temple, and the porridge in Laba Temple was also extremely turbulent, so naturally it could not be missed. That's right, Li Chen's class has finally been established.
A few days ago, that Wang Xianyan and Wang Xuanling came to the door by themselves. Li Chen asked Ah Xiang to take him into the main hall and wait, and let him dry for a while before letting the children move freely after doing gymnastics, and he went to meet people.
As soon as they met, Wang Xuanling admitted that he was not, and praised the Three Kingdoms and Journey to the West well. Then he said that he had a lot of experience and how many legends and changes he had heard. Then praised Zhang Huiti as a pioneering initiative in the world, 'Fortunately, there was no such thing before, well, it's called a novel, fortunately there is no such novel, otherwise Wang would have died in a hurry.' ’
'Chapter back to the novel, every time it is broken in the wonderful place, every time it makes people forget to sleep and eat, and they can't stop. Wang Xuanling said with a sigh. (I like it so much, I don't see you give a reward every day, and I don't know what it means to reward and urge changes?) You have money, and it won't be a problem for me to read the entire Three Kingdoms to you alone, as long as you have money. ), Li Chen secretly complained.
Wang Jun likes novels very much. The other party didn't say it, and Li Chen didn't mention it, although he knew that he was here to do it, but he just didn't say it first.
Of course I like it, whether it's a novel, or a variation or a legend, Wang can recite it backwards. Speaking of the legends and texts he liked, Wang Xianyan gushed endlessly, and did not give Li Chen a chance to speak.
Li Chen, yes, yes, nodded in agreement, originally just politely answered, but Wang Xianyan heard Li Chen echo and said more energetically.
I don't know which variant Li likes to write. ''Change.'' Hearing Wang Xianyan ask, Li Chen hesitated, "The class master likes to be a legend." ''Yes, it's legend.'' Li Chen's hesitation in Wang Xianyan's opinion, it was Meng Lang, maybe the other party liked it as a legend.
'I like legends like Nie Yinniang and Red Line, and Mandarin Zifu is also good. Li Chen was hesitant, he didn't particularly like legends or variations at all, strictly speaking, he hadn't read a few legends or variations of the Tang Dynasty at all. But Wang Xianyan obviously thought that he was a big man, and he had read a lot of legends and variations.
Of course, in Wang Xianyan's mind, he can write such as Journey to the West and the Three Kingdoms, and the new genre has to be changed - the person who writes the novel is naturally a person with rich experience, how can he not read a few variations or legends.
Fortunately, I haven't read a few articles, but I still have read them, so Li Chen took out the Nie Yinniang, the red line, and the Mandarin Yuan Zifu that he had heard when he had read a few times in the Longevity Temple.
'Nie Yinniang, the red line, it's really good, and the three heroes of the wind and dust are red, it's very difficult for a brother to marry one of them, otherwise he can be a confidant. I have to even claim to be a brother..., I really like to change texts and legends.
"Wang Jun, I came to Li today, I made a special trip to talk about the legend, and I thought that Wang Jun wanted to hear about the Three Kingdoms or Journey to the West." Li Chen had to interrupt the other party, because he found that he had lost, if he didn't bring the topic back to the Three Kingdoms and Journey to the West, the other party could talk all day, and if he continued, he would collapse, who has so much free time to spend with you.
'Yes, the Three Kingdoms and Journey to the West. Speaking without panting, Wang Xianyan came back to his senses, he didn't discuss the text with a friend today, he had something, "I don't know what the head of the Li class wanted to say to Wang yesterday." Yesterday, Wang was really upset. ’
Originally, I wanted to ask if Wang Jun wanted to hear about the Three Kingdoms or Journey to the West one step ahead of others. Unexpectedly, Wang Jun refused. ''Misunderstanding, misunderstanding. Of course, Wang's family is poor and can't afford a lot of money. Go, my family is poor, and I haven't investigated you and I really got deceived by you. People who are really from poor families have no time when they are busy making money, and they still have time to listen to talk.
Actually, you don't have to pay for it. Li Chen said with a smile, "Wang Jun likes to listen to talk, I don't know if he is interested in telling others." ''Tell it to others?'' "Yes, since Wang Jun likes to talk and his family is poor, why don't you come to help Li, Wang Jun can hear the latest chapter one step faster than others, and he can also make money, I don't know what Wang Jun wants?" ’
'One step earlier? How much earlier? Wang Xianyan didn't pay attention to making money at all, so he only thought about hearing about the Three Kingdoms and Journey to the West earlier. Li Chen pouted secretly, his acting skills are really bad, now you won't pretend to be poor?
"In this case, I will tell the rest of the content in advance, and Wang Jun will be responsible for transcribing it." Say it ten times at a time, and then talk about the next ten times after ten times. In this way, it is already two days in advance when I come back. ''Can't you finish it all at once?'' Wang Xianyan said disappointedly.
'Do you want to exhaust me?' Li Chen complained, "Besides, it's not just me who said, you also have to copy, can you stand it?" ’
'No problem, let's get started. I'll tell you some of the rest of the story. You record it now. It would have been good to hear it two days earlier, and Wang Xianyan finally agreed. The two made a contract and agreed on the proportion of the account, and then Li Chen provided the materials, and Wang Xianyan would give Li Chen half of the reward if he spoke with the subject matter provided by Li Chen for at least one year.
Li Chen's side, in addition to providing materials, will also ask a few followers to help, puppet shows and sound effects, they will do it, and Wang Xianyan is responsible for speaking. In addition, a few children are also entitled to share in the bounty.
After the appointment, Wang Xianyan was left until midnight, Li Chen spoke dryly, and said the chapters of the Three Kingdoms and Journey to the West first, and asked Wang Xianyan to copy it.
The things that were copied out could not be taken away by Wang Xianyan, which was also for the sake of secrecy. After all, there are not many people who never forget it and never forget it after writing it once. Wang Xianyan is not one of those few people. Wang Xianyan came here every time he "punched in" to work, and took away the manuscript of the day.
Because it's been copied once, no matter what, I can't write it out again, but when I see it, I will remember it. So I'm not afraid that Wang Juyan will say something bad.
After Wang Xianyan agreed to join, the class was established. Wang Xianyan took a group of two dogs, fat balls, big heads and silly babies to another famous temple in Xuzhou, Longhua Temple.
Longhua Temple is located at the foot of Pantao Mountain in the east of Pengcheng City, and was built in the early years of Liu Song and Yongchu in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and the words of the Northern Wei Dynasty are in the Yongxing period. Longhua Temple is very distinctive, it is the first Indian style temple in China, its ancestor Master Fa Xian is famous, he is the first monk in history to return from the westward journey to learn the scriptures, which is hundreds of years earlier than Xuanzang.
In history, several times prosperous and abandoned, the name has also changed a lot, first called Longhua Temple, later named Hongfeng Temple, Red Lotus Temple, in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, it was named Baolian Temple, and it has been passed down to this day.
..., but said that Lu Bu was leaving, and every time all the generals returned, Chen Gong had also been found. Lu Bu was not reconciled, so he said, "Although our army is small, we can still break Cao." Thinking that Lu Bu was already a one-man opponent of the Kwantung princes, how could he be willing to be defeated by Cao Cao, so he led the army to fight again. I don't know what Lu Bu won, please listen to the next breakdown. ’
Another chapter was over, and the audience scolded Lele and was about to leave, but at this time, the gong sounded loudly, and Xiaohu jumped out.
"Uncles and folks, don't be in a hurry to leave today, we have prepared good things for you, adults and children like it, and it is the most auspicious to use him during the New Year's holidays." Xiaohu shouted, and immediately attracted people back, and people were very curious about what it was.