Chapter 21: The Feast (2)
Time: Around 12 noon
Location: Guizhou area, a restaurant on a certain street, Tianxiang Pavilion
I don't know when it began, this street opened a restaurant called "Tianxiang Pavilion", this restaurant is particularly luxuriously decorated, the structure of the house is built according to the small pavilion in ancient times, from the outside to the inside, you can count the floors, to be precise, the house has three floors, each floor is illuminated with yellow lights, not so much yellow lights, but candles to be more direct.
The owner of this restaurant is a middle-aged man with a slightly chubby one-meter-tall mustache, who usually likes to wear sunglasses, and likes to sit in a cart when he goes out. Ordinary passers-by saw it, but they didn't see it, thinking that he was a certain star and was filming!
This restaurateur always went out at seven o'clock on time and came back at three o'clock in the afternoon, and the time was very tight, and no one saw him as for what he did during the period......
On the first day of its opening, Tianxiang Pavilion was on fire!
After that, there will always be a steady stream of people coming, and the smell of the food will make you want to leave.
This sentence is by no means an exaggeration!
"What are you pulling me out for? Hell is still in the hospital! Liuyue was inexplicably pulled out of the hospital by Luo Caier and the others, saying that there was something good and took him to see it, until he walked halfway through, the former finally couldn't help it, so he asked, and stopped as he spoke.
Luo Cai'er crossed her hands on her hips and said, "Let me ask you, have you heard of Tianxiang Pavilion?"
Liuyue said angrily: "Tianxiang Pavilion? What the hell? Haven't heard of it! β
Luo Cai'er said: "Tianxiang Pavilion is a very famous restaurant!" According to the younger generation in the neighborhood, just eating a meal there is guaranteed to make you forget who you are in this life, and what is even more amazing is that after eating the food there, you have no taste for other foods at all. Think about it, how good is this cook? So, we should go and have a taste. β
"That's it?" Liuyue looked at her with straight eyes, and when she saw the latter nodding, the former was a little angry, "I said eldest sister!" Hell is still in the hospital alone! You pulled me out just to eat! Feed! You're not in the right mind, are you? β
"Who's up with your brain!" Lin Xi on the side couldn't listen to it anymore, hugged him unevenly, and said, "Although we said that we went to taste it for curiosity, but if it is delicious, we can take it away and give it to Brother Shen to taste?" You think you're worried about Big Brother! My family ......" said, turning his head to look at Luo Cai'er beside him, only to see that the latter's face was a little heavy. At this moment, Liuyue also knew that her speech was a little heavy, and her tone became much softer, and said, "That, that...... Let's check it out! β
Everyone walked side by side, and after about ten minutes, they came to the door of the restaurant Tianxiang Pavilion, and after looking at the plaque on the door, they walked in.
After entering, the people inside can be described as a sea of people!
Oh my God, that's a lot of people!
Let's talk about the structure inside, the general layout is no different from that of an ordinary restaurant, with tables and chairs, lighting and some foils...... It's just that they are made of some red wood, which looks quite like Nanmu, but Nanmu is very expensive, and it is estimated that the owner should not be so stupid. Speaking of the whole space, the size of the space can accommodate ten tables, each table can seat about ten people, and there are also the second and third floors, so this day is ...... It's definitely a lot of money!
"Four new here, right? Inside please! The waitress standing next to the door saw four young men coming in and greeted them.
"Are there any more vacancies?" Luo Cai'er asked with a smile on her face.
"Yes." The waiter replied with a smile, "Please go up to the second floor!" β
Luo Caier nodded with her, and then the group went up to the second floor.
"A few of you, please."
The waiter on the second floor was a little different from the one on the first floor, and without extra questions, he led the four of them directly to a spare table.
"What do you want?"
Luo Cai'er picked up the menu on the table, flipped through it casually, looked at it, and handed it to Liuyue on the side. After Liuyue took over the menu, she flipped through the pages one by one:
Shredded beef with green peppers
Shredded lamb with green peppers
Stir-fried shredded pork with potatoes
Stir-fried shredded pork with cucumber
Lamb ramen
Beef ramen
β¦β¦
Odd! Why is it all meat, not vegetarian?
"Well, I'll ask." Liuyue closed the menu and asked, "You guys are all meat here, don't you have vegetarian food?"
"I'm sorry, sir." The waiter smiled apologetically and said, "Our Tianxiang Pavilion originally made meat-based, so what you said about vegetarian ...... Not yet. β
"Oh~~" Liuyue nodded and said with a smile: "Then let's have a master's specialty dish first."
"Okay, please wait." The waiter made a salute and then withdrew.
"I didn't expect this place to be so big!" Lin Xi on the side sighed.
"Yes! It's bigger than ordinary restaurants, and it's luxurious......" Luo Caier is also a girl, seeing that the luxurious things are out of control, she is also calculating in her heart: If she can marry the owner of this restaurant, then she will die of happiness!
It's a pity that she hasn't met her boss in person......
Compared to the two of them, Liuyue was extremely calm, his eyes kept wandering around the room, in his opinion, there seemed to be something unusual about this house, but he couldn't say it!
"You, you, what's wrong with you?" Jiu He saw that Liuyue had been looking at it, and he was still frowning, so he asked. Because she is more introverted and not very good at communicating with strangers, she can't help but stutter when she speaks, and she will blush.
No, I bowed my head with a red face!
"Oh, it's okay!" Liuyue came back to her senses and smiled at her. Seeing the latter bowing his head, he asked, "Jiuhe, what's wrong with you?" The latter shook his head. Lin Xi on the side poked the former's shoulder and whispered, "She's a little introverted!"
Introverted?
Liuyue couldn't help but smile awkwardly, and her expression read: I see!
At this moment, the ghost is in the inn.
Jingle Bell ......
Jingle Bell ......
The bell on the inn door rang suddenly.
The Conversion Company, who was working, ran out of the back room, still holding a rag in his hand.
"What's going on?"
He threw the rag aside, and saw that there were four rays of light of different colors surrounding the bell, flashing and flashing, the frequency was like the rate of a person's heartbeat.
"Not good! Four people died at once! β¦β¦β
Conduit hurriedly pulled out the dragon blade, and without saying a word, slammed the blade into the floor.
I saw that the dragon blade emitted a golden light, and it burrowed into the ground with all its might!
"Two big brothers, four people died in a row in Guizhou, this is no coincidence, it is estimated that ...... There's big trouble going on! β
"Day and Night Talk":
Today I am talking to you about "Christmas Eve"
Christmas Eve (online search information, for reference only)
Christmas Eve
Silent Night, also known as Christmas Eve (December 24), specifically refers to the whole day of December 24, but because the general festive atmosphere is easy to mobilize at night, large-scale events are concentrated in the evening, so it is more appropriate to call it Christmas Eve. An indispensable celebration of Christmas night is a party. Most European and American family members gather at home for a sumptuous dinner, and then sit around the roaring fire, play the piano and sing songs, and share family fun. Or hold a special costume party and celebrate Christmas Eve all night long as a happy, peaceful, and revelry Christmas Eve and reunion night. In anticipation of Christmas, it is said that on Christmas night, Santa Claus will quietly prepare gifts for children to put in stockings. It is also said that Christmas Eve is a Christian holiday.
On the night of December 23, 1818, in the village of Auburn on the banks of the Saarzach River in Austria, a mouse boldly slipped into the organ chamber of the old church of St. Nicolas in the village. This hungry little creature ran around and bit everywhere, and finally did a "far-reaching event", which led to the birth of a popular Christmas hymn. Early the next morning, a middle-aged man in a black gown walked into the church and sat down next to the organ. The man's name was Franz Gruber, he was thirty-one years old, with black hair, a high nose and affectionate eyes. Although he is unknown, he is very respected by the villagers in this remote area. Because he was a primary school teacher in his village and an organist in the church of St. Nicolas. He sat down, pedaled, and pressed the keys. But the organ only emitted a few faint whimperes.
As Gruber was about to lean over to find out, his good friend Joseph Moore arrived. More was a priest and a musician. The official priest of the village church in Auburn had not yet been sent, and Moore had been sent to take his place on an ad hoc basis.
When Gruber saw him, he was stunned and hurriedly asked, "God blesses him!" What's the matter, Joseph? The young surrogate priest raised his hands in a look of despair, and motioned for his friend to get up and follow him.
Moore led Gruber to the back of the organ keyboard in the building, pointed to a large hole in the bellows of the wind, and said, "I found this hole this morning, and it must have been bitten by a rat." Now when I step on it, there is no sound! Gruber carefully examined the hole in the bellows. It's incredible to have Mass on Christmas night without an organ! He couldn't help but shout, "Damn it! Now it's too bad, what are we going to do? β
"There is a way," said Father Moore, a little shyly, "I have written a short poem, which can be used as a lyric to make do with it." Then he said solemnly, "This is not a song of that kind." β
Gruber smiled when he saw his friend so excited. For it is well known that Mohr was very fond of "that kind"βthe so-called vulgar folk tune sung to the accompaniment of the zitra while the peasant women and shipwrights were drinking. This kind of thing often causes resentment among the stubborn and old-fashioned pious, and causes the sanctimonious elders to frown.
Gruber picked up Moore's poem and read the first few paragraphs, and suddenly felt as if there was a strange aura running through his spine. It's really not "that kind" song. It seemed to capture his heart, speaking to him gently, simply and movingly. He had never been so deeply moved. The music of these verses rang faintly in his ears.
"I just thought," said Moore, almost apologetically, "since our organ is no longer sounding, can you give this thing a tune to our guitar, and maybe a little children's choir to sing it,...... What do you think? Gruber said, "Yes, yes, yes!" Maybe we can do that. Give it to me, and I'll take it back and see if I can write the tune. β
Grubber walked slowly back to Anse Village as he stepped on the snow on the ground. He immersed himself in his musical conception along the way.
"Christmas Eve, Holy Night,
Ten thousand in the dark, the light shines.
He, like the deaf Beethoven, heard all the melodies in his heart:
According to the Virgin and the Holy Child,
How much kindness and how much innocence,
Enjoy the heavenly slept,
Enjoy a heavenly sleep. β
The tune he was going to write for the children's chorus was already echoing in his head. He returned to his modest house, sat down at his old piano, facing the cross hanging on the wall, and finally composed the complete song.
That afternoon, twelve boys and girls had gathered in Moore's study. They are neat and beautiful in woolen stockings, coats, and aprons. They stood side by side under a circle of holly wreaths, and they looked more and more vibrant.
Rehearsals began, and Gruber and Moore each played their guitars, smiling at each other with satisfaction. At the beginning, everyone was not familiar with the songs, and the playing and singing were a little rougher. The third part was also not appropriate, but it was quickly corrected. Alright, the song is finally complete.
On Christmas Eve, hundreds of candles lit in the church shine brightly on the polished gold plates and communion cups, giving the stiff Gothic Madonna a life and tenderness. The church is decorated with green pines, evergreens, and holy berries everywhere. The whole congregation sat on a long hard bench. The men wore bloated woolen coats, while the women were draped in striking aprons and colored shawls.
When Moore and Gruber carried their guitars and followed the twelve boys and girls up to the altar, the astonished crowd stirred up. Gruber nodded slightly to his band, and the strings were plucked. Then Father Moore's tenor and Mr. Gruber's bass resonated harmoniously throughout the old church.
Thus, for the first time, the long-standing Christmas hymn was sung by people. However, the next day it was forgotten. None of the people who attended Christmas Mass at that time could have imagined that the song would become a global phenomenon.
It was only by chance that this masterpiece was saved from drowning. In the spring of the following year, an organ repairer, Karl Maurach, arrived from Zillertal. In the casual conversation, he asked: Since the organ is broken, how do you do the Christmas Mass? It was then that Gruber mentioned the tune, and he said, "It's a worthless thing, and I've forgotten where I put it." "At the back of the church there was a small cupboard filled with piles of paper that had been in the dust for a long time. That's where Gruber found the score.
The organ repairman looked at the score, moved his lips slightly, and hummed the tune from his broad chest. "Interesting," he said softly, "can I take it back and see it?" β
Gruber burst out laughing. "Alright, alright, you can just take it. Besides, after you fix the piano, this thing is even more useless. After Maurach left, Gruber forgot about it. However, Christmas Eve echoed in the lovely mountains of Zillertal and began its journey far and wide. The song was introduced as folk music from Austria to Germany. It crossed borders and spread across the ocean with German immigrants. But it wasn't until not so long ago that Moore and Gruber were recognized as the creators of the song. They got nothing, and they died as poor as they did when they lived. However, Gruber's old guitar still sings for him today, and it has become a family heirloom, passed down from generation to generation by the Gruber family. Now, every Christmas Eve, people bring the guitar to the village of Auburn. Faithful people around the world are once again singing this beloved Christmas hymn......
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