Recently, I have nothing to do, and it is very comfortable to entertain myself at home. In the past two days, I have felt a little blessed, and I didn't expect to gain 20 pounds in less than three months.

Although it is late autumn, it is also high and cool, and the sky is high and cloudy, which is very suitable for outdoor sports. After breakfast, I packed my bags, got on my bike, and set off along the specially paved cycling path of the "beautiful countryside" with great interest.

Facing the cool autumn mood, looking at the distant grass and trees on both sides, wandering alone between the mountains and rivers. Feel the fragrance of the earth contentedly, and there is a clean taste of "free self, floating without traces".

Riding fast and slow, the whole person is immersed in the artistic conception of "Renshan Zhishui hugging simple green, watching the autumn breeze and asking Tsing Yi".

Unconsciously riding for more than forty miles, I felt a little thirsty. I stopped the car and was about to take a break with some water on the side of the road.

Suddenly, I seemed to hear someone calling my name, and when I looked up, there was a small farmhouse courtyard more than 20 meters away, and there was a middle-aged man standing at the door who was greeting me with a smile.

I hurriedly pushed my bicycle and walked over, and it turned out to be a friend from business a few years ago - Hu Yilong.

After a while of greetings, I went directly into the courtyard, only to see that there were two rows of bonsai such as fortune trees at the gate, and it was estimated that it had not been open for a long time.

When I walked into the door, there were two rows of cages, in which were a dozen stupid chickens and eight or nine pigeons, as if there were seven or eight turtledoves, four or five pheasants, and two hares.

In the fish pond in front of the front wall, there are some crucian carp, grass carp, silver carp, black fish and a few soft-shelled turtles. Turning around the front wall, there were still seven or eight earth dogs locked in the cage on the north wall, and they all barked excitedly when they saw the living.

Near the east wall, there are three large stoves in a row, with a strong aroma on the edge of the lid, and bundles of branches and chopping wood piled up next to the stove.

As soon as he entered the gate, Hu Yilong began to casually point to his dishes and equipment and introduced them to me: "Second brother, look at these stupid chickens of the second brother, we all caught them from the mountain to see the garden." Brother Ri, he collected more than 30 pounds, which are three or five years, you look at the pedals behind, which must be two or three centimeters. Let's treat it, brothers, take the secret spices and make it, and ask your second sister-in-law to simmer it on the fire, and then we will simmer it in a casserole for two or three hours, and I will go to his brother to drop, you know how fragrant it is. ”

After speaking, with his dark and short right hand, he vigorously wiped a handful of saliva stars splashed on the messy stubble along the corners of his cheeks and mouth, accompanied by a crisp sound of "tsk". After smacking his fat lips twice, he continued to say excitedly: "Second brother, look at our Bug (pigeon) again, you see, no?" These are all three or four years old Buge, all of which are naturally free-range in our village. This is done, you know how strong it is! ”

He suddenly paused, as if he remembered something, scratched the back of his head with his hand, and then said: "I forgot, brother, you also used to raise Bug (pigeons), so you must have eaten a lot, hehehe." As for this pheasant, our brothers are all clear-eyed people, not to mention. ”

After taking two steps, he pointed to the fish pond and said, "How about it, let's see if these fish are pure wild, just look at this color to know that they are not artificially raised." Brother, you are a veteran of fishing, and you can tell if it is a real wild fish at a glance, hehehe. ”

Walking to the three cauldrons, he crossed his waist with one hand and pointed with the other and said, "How about it, second brother, our cauldron is interesting enough, all the ten seals cauldron." What a stupid dog and a little goat, stew it in one pot, absolutely full flavor. If you take a closer look at the second brother's firewood, this is all pine and cypress, hawthorn, and sour dates, this kind of firewood is not only hard and durable, but also has a special natural wood fragrance that is stewed out of it. ”

Speaking of this, he paused slightly, and then continued: "Besides, these things are all made up by my brother that day, and I am absolutely assured of them." We all bleed ourselves here, and we definitely don't need those 'fools'. The people who come to us to eat are their own brothers, and the food is genuine, we all often run outside, and we can't beat us to death, and we can't coax the guys to death. ”

As he spoke, he shouted loudly into the house: "Hey, Wen Dam, our two brothers are here, hurry up and go to stew (make) tea." By the way, use the good tea I brought from the city two days ago in my house. Hurry up, I hear you, you bear girl, you really don't have eyesight, hehehe. Come, come, brother, come and rest in the house. ”

We chatted and entered the room, and Hu Yilong quickly wiped the chair and asked me to sit down. Then he said: "Laugh, brother, it's a bit simple, it's been less than two months since I moved from the mountain, and I haven't picked up anything yet. But if you look at the position we chose, it's a blast. This west side is less than 100 meters away from the national highway, and cars can see our signboard from afar. Across the road to the south is the starting station of the sightseeing cloud rail under construction, which is estimated to be ready for use in two or three months. How is it, is the second brother's vision poisonous? ”

He laughed twice, and then continued: "Besides, this small courtyard is much stronger than the original, there are only twelve single rooms on the upper and lower floors, and the rent is only 10,000 yuan. I'm going to wait for the turnaround to open, so I'll clean up the upstairs and turn it into a hostel. At that time, my brother and my hotel and hostel will not be delayed, do you think that the business will be booming, hehehe"

As he spoke, he wiped his mouth with a crisp "tsk" sound. From the moment he entered the door to now, he has almost been performing alone, and I can almost only be a foil of "um", "that", "can't" and "must drop".

Finally, under Hu Yilong's scolding, his wife slowly brought in tea. Tea is okay, it is estimated that it is worth fifty or sixty yuan a "kilogram".

I am also very familiar with Hu Yilong's wife, her maiden family is from our village. She's a good person, but she's slow at everything, and she really didn't mean to target me today.

Just after a few sips of tea, Hu Yilong continued: "Second brother, we don't wait for a banquet here, only for individual guests." A few people come to us to sit here, kill a stupid chicken, get two or three catties of dog meat, fry a hare, stew an old fish, fry a buge, and then deal with a few fried wild vegetables, come to two cold fights, and finally in our local specialty salty soup, you know how comfortable it is. It's just that stupid chickens generally have to be booked in advance, because authentic stupid chickens take at least two or three hours to be served, and other hemp chickens or something are easy to get. ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the wine cabinet behind the bar and said, "Brother, we have all kinds of tobacco and alcohol here, they are absolutely genuine, and we only sell them at the purchase price." In addition, I also concocted that kind of medicinal wine with precious medicinal herbs, which are all good things for great tonics. Not to mention those medicinal materials, the wine used is twenty-eight and one catties of loose wine. You also know that the mouth of the game that comes to us to eat game is very tricky, we must not fool people with those ten or eight yuan of cheap loose wine, and I am sorry for our good medicinal herbs. ”

He drank the tea from the bowl in one gulp, wiped his mouth, pulled a chair and leaned in with me. His voice seemed to be deliberately lowered, and then he said to me: "Brother, don't look at our little shop is not usually busy, you know that brother and I have to (be comfortable)." It's almost okay for me and your second sister-in-law to have one or two tables a day, and if you get three or five tables, it will be cool, believe it or not, brother. ”

drank another bowl of tea, wiped his mouth with a classic 'tsk' sound, and continued with a flushed face: "Brother, do you know how much I sell for a stupid chicken here?"

I casually said, "What's the matter, a whole stupid chicken every other year has to be more than a hundred." ”

He leaned his head forward to me and said with a smile: "Hehe, our own brother will keep one hundred and two, if others are at least one hundred and fifty six hundred and seventy-eight, we will have to be almost more than a hundred." In addition, we have fragrant wood and firewood here, hehe, no one else is willing to use it, this is all your second sister-in-law herself from the east mountain, how tired! Besides, let's eat the whole flavor here, unlike them, the others are adulterated, we don't do that kind of thing, absolutely, brother! ”

He stood up and added some boiling water to the teapot, sat down and moved to my side, and then whispered, "Brother, here we are in Old Bug, and I will be fifty each, how about it, okay?" ”

I replied casually, "No, no, they don't use such a vintage anywhere else, not fifty-one." ”

He continued: "The dog meat we sell, our brothers with sticks eat fifty-one pounds, and outsiders get seventy-one pounds." Hehe, even if you are seventy, you don't have the old soup, and the old soup has to be counted separately. As far as our taste is concerned, it's not that the second brother is bragging, from the west to Heze and the east to Linyi, the dog meat cooked by our family is counted as one. Now those who drive big cars and small cars on the road come to us to eat dog meat, and they have to take a few catties to go after eating. It's really not my brother's bragging, now we all have repeat customers in Beijing and Shanghai, really. Brother, I earn the money of outsiders, and besides, what people eat is also our unique taste, hehe. ”

After a short pause, he continued: "Brother, let's make three or four crucian carp more than half a catty of wild fish stewed. To be honest, I really don't want to do it for them without fifty or sixty. Let's stew fish, there is no hour that can't be out of the pot, do you know how strong the taste is? It's all white soup the same color as goat's milk. ”

raised his head and drank another bowl of tea, and then said: "How about it, brother, just these hard dishes, how can it cost three or four hundred, and some have to add a hare pheasant, hehe, do you say?" Let's get some fresh wild vegetables from Polizhi and stir-fry them, how about this table, it's interesting, right? He burst out laughing.

At this moment, the second sister-in-law came in and said that someone had called him. Hu Yilong added some tea to me, said that he was answering the phone, got up and went out.

When he came back in less than five minutes, he said happily to me: "Today is the wealth brought by the second brother, and I just booked three tables at seven o'clock in the afternoon, all of which are of the standard of six hundred, hehehe." ”

After a little gasp, he continued: "It just so happens that it's almost eleven o'clock now, and I have time at noon today." Our brothers haven't had a good drink together for two or three years, and we should drink some at two places at noon today. One is to taste the taste of the second brother, and the second is that I know that the second brother has eaten most of China all the year round, and we are all gluttonous and easy to fiddle with. ”

As he spoke, he turned around and shouted at the second sister-in-law outside: "Hey, stew the chicken in the back later, and our two brothers will eat here at noon." In addition, add a little fire to the bottom of the pot in the north to make two catties of hot dog meat and dismantle it, and then look at it to get a few delicious dishes, and then bring the good medicinal wine I drank in the house. After a while, Lao Liu from Yanzhou also came to play, and the three of my brothers drank at noon, I heard no, hurry up, colorless bear ladies. After speaking, he wiped his mouth with a classic action and smiled.

After sitting for a long time, I got up and said to go to the bathroom. I happened to see a few chickens locked behind the front door wall, and at a glance I knew that it was the hemp chicken of the year, and they were not all the way to the stupid chicken at the door. It is estimated that the chicken is only three catties, and it looks a little lazy.

I casually looked at the cauldron on the north side, and there was still a fire in the hearth, and the heat on the pot was not as heavy as the heat on the other two cauldrons. Smiling, I walked into the bathroom, and after peeing, I quickly set a special "alarm", and washed my hands and went back to my room.

After entering the house, they chatted for a while. At this time, my phone rang, and I quickly got up and said to answer the call. When I arrived at the hospital, I pretended to be on the microphone of the phone and said, "Uh-huh, okay, okay, I'll be home on time in an hour, okay, okay." ”

Then he hurriedly went back to the house and said to Hu Yilong embarrassedly: "Do you think it's a coincidence, second brother, I was going to try your taste for a few days." No, the installation of tap water in the village is almost over, and the family asked me to hurry back, mainly because the ID card is on me, and your brothers and sisters can't do it. Another day, I'll be sure to bring my friends over to try some of my brother's hard dishes. ”

When he heard this, he quickly stood up and pulled me to say: "Look, second brother, we haven't seen each other for so many years, we have to drink something to talk about today, and if there is anything, we will go back and make up for it later." ”

While postponing with Hu Yilong, I greeted my second sister-in-law who was holding a knife and preparing to kill chickens: "I'm sorry, second sister-in-law, I have to go back quickly if there is something at home today, and I will definitely come over next time." ”

Saying that, he pushed the bicycle out and left, he pulled me out of the gate with great enthusiasm, and when I got on the bicycle, he still shouted enthusiastically behind him: "Second brother, stop the day and come over, let's have a good drink, and also taste our game." ”

I turned my head and responded, "Surely, go back, second brother." With that, he galloped away.

In one breath, I pedaled eight or nine miles, braked at a bend and stopped, stretched, and let out a long breath. I'm a little dizzy today, I think I'm usually a talkative person, and I can almost only hear our voices in front of ordinary people, but today there is almost no place to intervene in front of him Hu Yilong.

Haha, Hu Yilong deserves to be called "a dragon in the lake", this eloquence, this momentum, especially this natural confidence, I am convinced. Today's chat is almost like his stand-up speech, and the whole process is at best a clumsy compliment in a non-consuming stand-up performance.

Speaking of Hu Yilong, he can also be regarded as a local "celebrity" with a story. More than 20 years ago, he was engaged in construction contracting with his eldest brother, and he also had a real career for a few years.

But later, because he contracted some bad habits, he was slowly kicked out by the eldest brother who split up the family.

Later, I set up a black rental, and I heard that I specialize in night work to make money. After the black rental was rectified and banned, he started buying and selling fruits and dry goods again. In the past two years, the overall industry has been sluggish, and he is not willing to be dull, and he has changed his career to a farmhouse driven by tourism.

Hu Yilong has a very flexible brain, and he can speak well, and his acting ability is extremely strong. We met when we were doing business, and his rich experience in the early years allowed him to grasp some people's purchasing psychology to a certain extent, and can quickly guide people to implement purchasing behavior.

There's no denying that sometimes his promotions are really infectious, and he can sometimes put himself into it.

Obviously, this fruit is locally produced, but he insisted that it was pulled from the specialty area, and through his repeated emphasis, in the end, even he himself was confused that it was a specialty property.

If everyone goes to the same new market with the same product, it must be that he first integrates into the market and quickly takes root.

But Hu Yilong has a big problem in business, that is, he can't guarantee the quality of the same. The goods he handled, at the beginning, were absolutely excellent in quality and quantity, and the price was almost parity or even losing money, coupled with his strong language contagion ability, it was almost invincible.

It's just that once the market is stabilized and there is a fixed customer group, his shortcomings in all aspects are slowly exposed. began to be shoddy, and the price and scale began to flicker, and after a long time, it was slowly forced to withdraw from this market.

Hu Yilong loves to drink, although the amount of alcohol is not large, but almost the wine is inseparable, and he must drink at meals. Generally speaking, he is not very particular about the quality and sake of the dishes, whether it is the tofu pot where the old man gathers on the side of the country market, or the snack shop next to the market that also sells zero wine, he can be seen everywhere.

He often boasted to himself: "Every day for a pound and a half, the wine can't be broken; I don't want good food and wine, I just want to drink to my heart's content." It is known as 500 catties of small wine a year, which creates tax revenue for the country and vigorously supports the development of the national wine industry.

As long as he had two bowls of wine, he began to talk dizzily, from the Martian spacecraft to the deep sea monster, ancient and modern Chinese and foreign current affairs and legends, that is omniscient and omniscient.

The splashes of saliva and the dancing performances, with a constant satisfaction and excitement on his face, may be something primitive in his heart.

All living beings have their own place. Everyone is playing their own role and has their own specific code of conduct deep down.

Perhaps in our opinion, he has some ostentatiousness and pompousness, but in fact, in his senses, it may be a kind of self-recognition, or even a great enjoyment and self-absorption.

Everyone has certain commendable places and specialties, as long as they do not endanger others and society, they can communicate and accommodate.

As I wrote at the beginning, the benevolent Leshan wise man loves water, as long as we can keep that simple truth in our hearts, then everyone can enjoy the natural taste of life leisurely••••••

On the country road home, I happened to see a few white-haired old men fishing in the river. I involuntarily stopped the car gently and quietly walked to the side to watch for a while. Seeing them talking and laughing happily, it is a beautiful picture of leisurely and detached from the world.

Fishing is a happy way to relax and decompress.

Fishing is also the deep knowledge and hope of the hazy world.

Fishing is a long process of washing away the lead and returning to the true and entering the ethereal.

When the fishing line carrying expectations throws a graceful arc, it cuts through the calm water surface and creates a faint halo. The angler, the float and the fish are instantly bound together by this slender and crystalline fishing line, mixing from the chaotic world into the ethereal vacuum.

Again and again, the point drift, lifting drift, and sinking drift all tug at the heartstrings of anglers. The blending of people and fish with each other, through the ups and downs of drifting, sometimes laughing and teasing, sometimes resonating with words.

The drunkard's intention is not to drink, but the angler's intention is not to fish. Fishing is actually fishing for oneself, spending time in anxiety, and transforming and sublimating in precipitation; What runs away is the prosperity of the floating life, and what is fished is the clarity and tranquility.

It is true that there is a kind of fishing that is caught by conscientious and deliberate fishing, and that is the fisherman; There is a kind of fishing that is calm and relaxed, and the landscape is colorful, that is the wise; There is a kind of fishing that is hooked by the person who wishes to wash the pillow stone, and that is the hermit.

Longing for wild fishing, I suddenly remembered a New Year's friend who was a little similar to Hu Yilong, and called himself a Kowloon monk Peng Sanchun, who was a unique fishing, calligraphy and jade.

There is a mountain in the west of our village, the mountain is undulating, there are nine peaks, the whole is like a swimming dragon, so it is called Jiulong Mountain. In the position of the dragon's head, there is the Desert King Mausoleum of the first tomb of the Prince of the Ming Dynasty, and the dragon tail also has the cliff tomb group of King Lu of the Han Dynasty, which is not only a famous tourist attraction, but also a treasure land of feng shui with a good meteorological pattern, Lao Peng took this mountain as the number, called himself the Nine Dragons Layman.

Lao Peng was also engaged in engineering contracting like Hu Yilong in his early years, and under the guidance of his relatives, he quickly dug the first pot of gold in his life with his young courage and heroic character. Then Chengsheng got involved in the popular marble mining industry at that time, and set up his own marble stone factory outside.

Later, due to poor management and lack of funds due to customer fraud, he was finally forced to transfer the factory. Back in his hometown, he began to collect antiques at some point. I usually buy and sell some legal antiques, and I also like to collect some small items within my ability. Slowly, bronze ceramics, famous calligraphy and painting, wood carving and stone carving, jade ornaments, etc., are all involved.

Lao Peng is also very obsessed with fishing, not only likes wild fishing, but also often plays black pits. The corresponding equipment is readily available, and he is very experienced in climate change, fish analysis and bait allocation, which is relatively professional compared to the elderly anglers around who take fishing for fun.

Lao Peng fishes and likes to stay away from the crowd and do fishing alone. I like formatting routines, as long as I fish, it's generally a whole day, and I will return at dusk, and I won't withdraw easily in the middle. Once you select a fishing position, you will not easily change your position and run around.

He is usually very well prepared, and when he arrives at the place, he must first inspect the waters, understand the wind direction and water temperature, and then frequently practice fishing to familiarize himself with the actual fish conditions, and then officially adjust the bait, make a nest, set up a rod, and start to officially fish.

Lao Peng's fishing is almost serious, and he doesn't like to talk with other fishing friends during fishing, let alone talk about laughter and laughter. The whole process is serious and meticulous, and it has the demeanor of a professional competitive angler. He often said: "Fishing is not child's play, otherwise you will not only be sorry for your efforts, but also sorry for the fish in the water." If you don't respect it, how can it bite your bait? ”

He also often criticizes serious fishing friends who complain when they can't catch fish.

"Those who think that the fish they run away will always be the biggest," he said, "is really just a self-deprecating consolation." Fishing is a really clean sport, and the fish are only really caught when they are in the warehouse. Don't deliberately emphasize explaining anything, fishing is fishing, and running away is nothing. Too much speculation can only show inner cowardice. ”

As long as Lao Peng chooses the fishing position, whether he is on the fish or not, he will insist, and will never be easily affected by others to change his position. Sometimes he would stubbornly fish all day or for days on end until he caught the fish. To be honest, Lao Peng's fishing spirit is very worthy of learning from beginner anglers.

Lao Peng not only likes to collect "famous calligraphy", but also loves "calligraphy". Once you come across a work that you like, you quickly take it home and study it behind closed doors. With his unique vision to figure out and analyze the overall structure of the work, and the importance of the dot brush, not to mention the long time, he really created his Peng's cursive script without a teacher.

His cursive writing is casual, neat, and clean, with the flavor of the self-arrogance of the great leader Chairman Mao. Whenever there is a proud work, he inscribes and stamps it, and solemnly pastes it. They keep their own treasures, give them to friends, and sometimes occasionally take them to the calligraphy market to try their luck.

Usually, whenever a friend comes to his house, he will take out a lot of his proud works. With the words that turn decay into magic, he will explain to you repeatedly his creative ideas and the classic genius of somewhere.

In addition to being happy, he will also improvise for you with a red face full of energy. He sticks to the ink full of confidence, and the pen is heartily moving, and a painting of Peng's wild grass can be completed in an instant. Then, in the helpless flattery and appreciation of friends, it was stamped with a happy inscription in the style of the master.

In the collection of antiques, Lao Peng also prefers jade rough stones. More than 20 years of rough stone trading and collection have made him very confident in his vision. As long as he sees jade wool, he will carefully observe and analyze the fur, sweat holes, cracks and color system, and then tell you his judgment and opinion.

In the corners of his house, under the windows, by the doors, under the trees, and even in the corners of the kitchen, you can see his treasured strange stones of various materials of different sizes. Now there are hundreds of strange stones in his collection in his house, which add up to no less than a ton of weight, not counting the molded jade he collects as ornaments.

Lao Peng is now in his fifties, and his life is very fulfilling, and he looks very comfortable and free. The children have also started a family on their own outside, and the wife does odd jobs outside. He was alone at home, and when he had business, he went out for a walk, and in his spare time he spent fishing for leisure. At night, I got a few pieces of my own labor, a bowl of old wine, a lonely lamp, and a piece of rice paper••••••

His greatest happiness is self-affirmation and recognition, and he is happy in his own atmosphere. In the quiet courtyard, revel in your own wild grass art, and look at the starry sky casually.

The faint, unknown fragrance of flowers hits, and a person enjoying an ethereal dream is also drunk••••••