Chapter 21: Drink
He wouldn't have done that for a minor if it had been before he was born again, in the 21st century. But in the Tang Dynasty, was there such a thing as a child protection law? And the alcohol content of the Tang Dynasty is not high, it is a bit like drinking alcohol to get juice.
Of course, the most important thing is that Li Chen will not do this again in the future, and his purpose today is mainly to let Fan Wei taste the taste of meat. Of course, it's the literal meaning, not to find the lady or anything. It's just that he didn't expect that after eating a piece of meat, Lifan would cry.
"Why are you crying, don't cry, don't cry, don't eat." , Li Chen hurriedly comforted Fan, but fortunately, the wine shop was full of people, and no one noticed that there was a little novice crying here, otherwise Li Chen would be in big trouble.
"Just forget it, don't eat it next time. If you are afraid of your Master's punishment, you can put the blame on me.'" Li Chen racked his brains and thought, "You can also tell your master that the wine and meat pass through the intestines, and the Buddha sits in his heart. Even if you drink wine and eat meat, it won't affect your practice.'"
"You can also tell your master that not killing is to raise benevolence, just like the Confucian classics also say, a gentleman cooks far away, not that a gentleman can't cook, in fact, there is a sentence at the back, far away kitchen to raise benevolence, in fact, to cook vegetarian dishes, a gentleman doesn't need to cook far away." Li Chen gave himself a slap in the face, what the hell am I talking about.
"Thirteen, it's none of your business, I'm thinking of my mother." Finally, before Li Chen didn't speak more and talk nonsense, Xiao Shami stopped crying.
"What's the matter, Lord Lingtang is in poor health, and you vowed to be a vegetarian for her life?" , Li Chen didn't want to inquire about people's privacy casually, but since Lifan had spoken, he asked.
Li Chen originally thought that at such a young age, he would go home. Lifan is probably like in those dramas, the poor family was left at the door of the temple, and then he was raised by the temple and became a monk directly, just like the void bamboo in the Eight Divisions of the Heavenly Dragon.
But he didn't expect that his family is still there, at least his mother is still there. So how can you send your child to be a novice who can't get married and have children?
What's more, if you become a novice, who will help him get a degree, and it will be difficult for the temple to do it? He remembered that he had seen the Van Du Mu, that is, that all the real novices were not the kind of novices who had shaved their heads together because they had lived in the temple since they were children.
"My aunt told me that my family was also quite wealthy back then. It's just that Aya rushed to take the exam, and it cost a lot every time, but he didn't pass the exam for a few years. Later, Aya lingered in the wind and snow, and worshiped the family property." didn't wait for Li Chen to continue to entangle, in the end, how did Fan become a novice, and Fan said it to himself.
"Later, my aunt took advantage of Aya to sell the last few acres of land in the family for money, and used the money to buy Dumu. Send me to the temple. Ask the abbot to take me.'" , Fan Fan didn't need to be taught, raised his head and poured a cup, "My aunt said that if you don't send me to the temple, she is worried that my Aya will sell me."
Hearing this, Li Chen was silent and didn't speak, he didn't expect that if there was such a past, this mother would also be very dedicated. It is better to be sent to the temple as a novice than to be sent to others as slaves. There is also the opportunity to read and write,
It's hard to say what the future will be, the only thing that is certain is that this is the best way out for a poor child.
"What does that have to do with you crying??" , Li Chen asked a question, he didn't know whether to ask or not, he was afraid that he would be sad if he asked, but if he didn't ask, he felt weird in his heart.
"I remember, the night before A-Niang sent me to the Longevity Temple, Aya went to play tricks again. Ah Niang cooked me a piece of meat, and sheโ" said here and cried again, "She told me that when I became a monk, I couldn't eat meat, so I ate that piece of meat."
"I know where that piece of meat came from, the family has no money, and Aya takes the last bit of money to gamble. So, when she got married, she sold her last jewelry. A-Niang thought I didn't know, but I knew it.'" , Speaking of this, Fan couldn't cry silently, there were already customers in the store who had seen it, and even the doctor was watching it.
Li Chen was sweating profusely, this story is certainly very touching, showing maternal love, but now is really not the time.
"Drink, get drunk and relieve a thousand sorrows." , Li Chen poured wine for Fan again, "When you sing about wine, life is geometric." For example, the morning dew is bitter in the past. We should be generous, and our worries are unforgettable, and how to solve our worries is only Du Kang." , Li Chen sang loudly, who made this song, he couldn't remember, he just felt that it was very appropriate.
"Drink." , picked up the wine glass, and floated again. "Okay, ~~ Lang Jun continues." "Keep going~~." , I didn't expect the effect to be surprisingly good, and many people shouted to continue.
"Qingqing Zijin, my heart is leisurely, but for the sake of the king, I have been chanting so far~~" The voice is not very good, but this physical condition is good, the momentum is enough, when it starts, he takes a deep breath and sings. He couldn't remember who he was imitating, but he tried his best to sing according to the impression in his mind.
"....The moon and stars are scarce, the birds and birds fly south, circle the number of three turns, what branches can be followed, the mountains are not tired of being high, the sea is not tired of being deep, Zhou Gong vomits and feeds, and the world returns to the heart." After singing, Li Chen remembered that this was Cao Cao's short song.
In ancient times, no matter whether it was a poem or a word, it could be sung. In other words, it was originally like a popular song now, it was sung for others. But they all have a certain tune. Those ancient poets and lyricists all filled in the lyrics according to a certain tune.
However, by modern times, many tunes have been lost. How you sing depends on your personal interpretation, like a water tune song, Teresa Teng and Faye Wong sing very different tunes and feelings.
"Okay~~, this Lang Jun sings well." , Li Chen praised the surrounding drinking friends loudly, if you want to say where it is good, no one understands, it is good. In fact, this short song line is just more appropriate to the previous situation. Later, ordinary people don't feel anything good, if it's a latecomer, or a clear-eyed person knows, it's not what ordinary people should sing.
Ordinary people can't sing any kind of momentum, just like ordinary people can't write the sentence Zhou Gong spitting and feeding, and the world returns to the heart. Li Chen didn't know, he imitated the version of Chibi that he had seen the pigeon Wu shoot at the beginning, in which Cao Cao sang with momentum and singing, and added some things that he couldn't explain himself.
Although the atmosphere was warm, Li Chen hurriedly took Fan back, the amount of alcohol was not good, the first time he drank, the strength of the wine came up, and now he was dizzy, afraid that he would go crazy drunk, and when the time came, it would be difficult for him to clean up, so he hurriedly met the account and took Fan back.
"Thirteen Lang, it turns out that you have twin brothers, and it seems like you, you are really not interesting, and your brother will not tell you when he comes." "Shut up. You're out of the groove.'
Li Chen hurriedly took Fan back to their temporary order tailor shop. Fortunately, the monk Wukong Shi was not there, he hurriedly took Fan back to the house, washed his wine with water first, and was busy for a long time, Li Fan slept without waking up, and Li Chen also covered up the matter.
"What's the matter, Senior Brother Fan is asleep?" , Wukong probe came in and looked, "Yes... Yes, asleep, little one.'" Li Chen was sweating profusely, if he was caught, I don't know if he would be kicked out?
The next day, they set out on their way back to the temple. The cloth has been put down, the size is set, and I will come back to get it after a while. However, they did not go on the road empty-handed, but loaded a lot of daily necessities, diesel, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea, and this trip down the mountain also had the quality of purchasing. Well? Missing a meter? Please, the temple has to be full of warehouses, and I still buy them.
November, and it won't be long before December. The Chinese New Year is coming in December, and Li Chen is starting to get busy, with a lot of things to buy and put into storage.
"Poof, phew~~, what did you eat to grow up with this pork, doesn't it mean that in ancient times, it was pure green without additives, and there were no antibiotics to get green pork? Why is this meat so fishy?' , followed to buy the ox cart, Li Chen went to the town again, and he was familiar with Ru and touched a wine shop, and opened to eat~~.
Before, he brought Fan, a meal, a tent, and was startled, and this meal ate him four hundred yuan. If he eats like this every day, a month and a month are not enough for him to eat, and then he came a few times, and the meal of mutton is all-you-can-eat, and now Ruan is shy, he wants to taste pork, pork is cheap. It's just that one mouth almost squirts out.
He ordered a plate of pork, with a plate of dipping sauce, he didn't use the dipping sauce, he ate it directly, he was shocked when he ate it, it was so fishy..., he hated the fishy smell the most, and this habit was inherited after being reborn, and I don't know if the body itself also hates the fishy smell.
What to do? If you order it and don't eat it, it's a waste. Li Chen carefully dipped the sauce, the taste was okay, so as not to cover the fishy smell, Li Chen chewed with confidence, and was in the mood to complain that the ancients really didn't know how to raise pigs.
This meal, he ate a few hundred yuan, wine and pork, and a plate of mutton, so that Li Chen was so satisfied that he went back to the town to temporarily place a place to live. Since then, he has spent all his money on eating meat. There's really no way, it's not good for this mouthful, what does he live on. If you eat vegetarian in the temple every day, he will die.
stayed for one night, and followed the ox cart back to the temple the next day, Li Chen pondered, this is not a way, how can there be a way to always run like this. It is now before the Chinese New Year, and in addition to buying some New Year's goods in the temple, there are also many items for the winter. After this time, he didn't have so much time to come out.
The main thing is that it is too far, running dozens of kilometers, just to eat this meal of meat. Li Chen felt that he was so hard, he could only see the Cowherd and Weaver Girl once a year in the sky, and he was not as tired as him.
(How?) Changing town jobs to get a bookkeeper? Let's not talk about whether there is any guarantee in the future, take care of food, housing, medical treatment, and excess. It's not that you can find it just by looking for it. ๏ผ
(I won't eat meat again?) No way, no way. What now? Just as Li Chen was thinking about it and working hard for the great cause of eating meat in the future, Li Chen, who pushed them into the room, found that there were people waiting for him inside.