Chapter 227—Old John Tang (2)

"Xiaguan Tang John, entangled in trivial matters, delaying the audience, please atone for your sins!"

John Tang, who was sitting in the circle chair, calmed down and apologized for his belatedness.

"Old Marfa is serious, it was Xuan Ye who hurriedly invited him, and he even ignored Lao Marfa's hard work last night, and asked you to atone for your sins!"

Hongyi's face was full of concern, jumped directly from the kang, walked straight to Tang Ruowang's lap, and was very affectionate to take one of the old man's hands.

"The old minister is fine, the master is really considerate!" Tang Ruowang was very well received by this care, and held the little guy's white and chubby little meat hand with both hands, and also cared about the grandchildren's big invitation Lord Baylor:

"Master, can you rest?"

"Okay!" Hongyi just stood like this, and didn't pump his hand, but suddenly said:

"Master Ji, while the sun is shining, you and I will accompany Old Marfa to the courtyard for a walk!"

After saying that, he turned around regardless of it, and pulled Tang Ruowang's veteran hand to leave! Sure enough, John Tang behind him was obviously a little struggling, and his body shook in the circle chair, and then he was sluggish enough to stand up.

"Lord Belle, Master Tang is old, although his body is still healthy, he worked very hard last night, let's sit and talk!"

Ji Kaisheng on the side seemed to see some clues, and knew that today's Tang Ruowang's body was not very refreshing, so he hurriedly reconciled it.

"Haha, the old man is fine, thank you Lord Ji for your care! Master, let's go out for a walk! John Tang tried to move his left leg, but his face was extremely relaxed.

"Oh, that's what Master Ji said. Xuan Ye was young and ignorant, and he forgot that old Marfa had worked hard for most of the night. Let's sit and talk! ”

After speaking, Hongyi couldn't help but speak, and turned around again to press Tang Ruowang, who had already gotten up, back into the circle chair. This time, Hongyi clearly observed Tang Ruowang's hesitation and sluggishness, as well as a trace of pain between his eyebrows......

"The old minister has thanked the master for his care!"

John Tang, who sat down with difficulty, still responded casually. At this time, he had only one thought - not to let anyone see that he was old and sick...... Including God's Messenger, Xiao Xuanye!

"Old Marfa, can you eat 'steak' on weekdays?"

Hongyi turned around and climbed onto the kang. He asked abruptly in Chinese.

"Steak?" John Tang didn't react. He knew every word in Chinese, but it was the first time he had heard of it together.

"Oh, it's Rindersteak." Hongyi didn't explain, just used a sentence in German. Regardless of John Tang's surprise and Ji Kaisheng's speechlessness. And then he said, "I'm not talking about Schnitzel. It's not our Manchurian 'Urgour'! ”

This sentence completely conquered John Tang, who was his native German and Mandarin Manchu all night!

The so-called "Schnitzel", Xiao Ye Xuanye clearly knows that this means "fried pork" in German. The Manchu word "Urgun", that is, ulgiyan [pronounced wu-er-gian], also means "pig". [As for the well-known "Aqina" and "Seth Black" being given the meaning of "dog" and "pig", it is actually a misunderstanding based on false rumors. Here you can refer to the "Supplementary Provisions" No. 34 of this article: "What exactly does Aqina and Seth Black mean"]

In the past two years, all kinds of miracles of little Belle have surged into John Tang's heart. Yes, this is not a "heresy" of witches, but indeed a "miracle"!

You must know that even if all the dozens of clergy in the Qing Dynasty were gathered together, few of them were his fellow Germans, so it was rare for a priest to speak a single word in his native language. Even if he was talking to himself in his heart, he would rarely be able to think of these two German words spoken by Xiao Xuanye!

In other words, in today's Qing Dynasty, few people know German! Not to mention knowing the difference between the words "steak" and "fried pork"! The two-year-old Xiao Xuanye has no teacher, and he speaks the language of his hometown far away in Europa, not by an angel saint, so what explanation is reasonable? Tang Ruowang's brain was racing, and he forgot to analyze why Little Belle Ye had such a question.

Hongyi had already decided that there was something wrong with John Tang's body, and just now he suddenly "sat together", Hongyi was deliberately tempting. Why temptation? Because of his delay, and because many years later in the official history, John Tang will fall into a half-body problem due to a cerebral hemorrhage! Calculate the time, if there is no intervention, John Tang will have eleven years to live at most!

As for the foundation of these two sentences of "restaurant German", it is thanks to the fact that Hongyi and his girlfriend Xiao Ai "patronized" the "German restaurant" near Wangfujing several times, as well as Xiao Ai, who is a major in English and "second language" or German, did not hesitate to teach!

Not only that, Hongyi was also taught by Xiao Ai, while enjoying the "girlfriend beauty" and "steak deliciousness", he learned about the past and present life of steak and steak - in the European Middle Ages, pork and mutton were the meat of the common people, and beef was the high-end meat of the princes and nobles, and only appeared on special occasions to show the noble status of the owner.

As for the Chinese name -- "steak" or "steak", "senior foodie" Xiao Ai was eating the beef cut into small pieces of meat by Hongyi's hands, and at the same time poked the head of the "strong laborer" Hongyi with his hand, and earnestly taught: Steak or steak is the name of a Western dish that only appeared in the late Qing Dynasty. In Shanghainese, "pai" pronounces [ba], which is suspected to be misheard by Cantonese people as "pa", so it is also called "beef steak".

Now Hongyi can't take care of reminiscing about the "deep love" with his girlfriend that day, he must use an appropriate topic to talk about his health problems, and arouse the great attention of John Tong, so that this foreigner can be "used by me" for a longer time.

"Ahh Master, God is holy! When Lao Chen was young, he did often taste the ...... 'steak' made by his own cook! John Tang also seemed to recall the delicious craftsmanship of the fat cook at home when he was young, and swallowed a mouthful of saliva - I haven't eaten authentic German delicacy for a long time!

Hongyi is sure that John Tang, the son of a nobleman, must often eat steak instead of pork chops! So he continued:

"The subtlety of the steak is the first to recommend the sour beef!" Hongyi completely ignored Ji Kaisheng, who was stunned on the sidelines, and only said according to his established strategy.

"Master, you know sour beef!" John Tang was almost "petrified in an instant"!

This "sour beef" is a special product in German steak, how does Hongyi, who is a foodie in the 21st century, not know?

"Well, the sour beef is very exquisite! It is prepared with the finest sirloin steak ("sirloin") with white pepper, black pepper, fennel, cloves, bay leaves, red wine, onions, celery, carrots, garlic sprouts, tomato paste, and more. ”

Hongyi searched his intestines and scraped his stomach, and said that Xiao Ai's teaching that day was very different, which almost made the meaning of Tang Ruowang's worship almost come out! This is not the end, Hongyi slowly said the last sentence:

"But don't put salt alone!"

"What? What do you say, sir...... No salt? Tang Ruowang was stupid, but he really didn't know if his own cook had put salt in the past when she was cooking sour steak! After all, I was too young at that time.

"Well, because if you eat too much salt, your blood pressure will rise!" In fact, you can put both salt and sugar in the sour beef, but what does it matter! Hongyi thought to himself.

"Blood pressure?"

"Well, bloodpressure, BP!"

Hongyi knows that no one will understand the word "blood pressure" in the twelfth year of Shunzhi, but you know English by John Tang, right?

"Hmm...... Oh! Blood circulation? ”

The poor old man in Germany was still confused, he didn't know why Angel Xuanye suddenly cared so much about medicine, but he still searched his stomach and finally remembered the latest frontier of Western medicine that he learned at the Academy of Rome on the eve of his arrival in China in 1618!

"Hmm...... That's right, blood circulation! That is what the Tai Doctor often says about qi and blood deficiency, liver and yang hyperactivity! Hongyi Tang Ruowang thought that "blood circulation" was right, but he didn't quite understand the reason for this, so he could only apply the traditional Chinese medicine discourse of "hypertension", a common disease in the 21st century, to further elaborate his own meaning.

In fact, Zeng Hongyi, who hit by mistake, is really "unlearned"! The concept of "blood pressure" he refers to is the famous British physiologist and physician in the 17th century, William? Harvey first proposed it in April 1616 while lecturing in a school near St. Paul's Church on Knights' Street, England. In this famous lecture, Harvey first proposed the theory of blood circulation, which attracted great attention from the European medical community. At this time, John Tang was studying hard at the Academy of Rome and also dabbled in a lot of medical knowledge.

Tang Ruowang suddenly realized, it turned out to be this sentence in English, which translated into Chinese means "qi and blood deficiency"! Of course, John Tang, who understood it, was stunned......

After going around such a big circle, from food to German, from German to English, from English to medicine, and from Western medicine to Chinese medicine, I finally got to the point! Looking at John Tang, who was stunned and slowly sweating, Hongyi knew that his worries were right - John Tang was old and had a problem with his body!

If so, wise old Marfa, do you know how much I care for you? You are my Hongyi's powerful arm, and you will be of great use in the future! But now, you have to pay attention to your health care, okay?

"A limerick poem? Look at the first word of each sentence》

Looking at recent history, I am disappointed

I was saying that there was an opportunity back then

Outside the map, it has been sharpened

It's hard to know what you're going to do

I got up and wore Rokkazi

Point out the world's pain and joy

China's brilliant ten thousand idiots

Wenwu Dynasty only Qing Dynasty (to be continued......)