Chapter 31 The Master and the Sailor
In that newly developed era, my family actually had the habit of drinking tea. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
This habit is said to have stagnated for many years, because in the era when there was no food, let alone the mood to drink tea. And it is said that at the beginning, those plants in the back mountain, all the plants that could be eaten, basically let the common people find a way to eat them. Not to mention the buds of the tea tree, even the bark is peeled off and crushed to eat. Of course, I've only heard about this, but the people who ate these things are still alive, so it can't be fake.
Fortunately, this situation did not last long, and the country finally slowly returned to normal. Even if the common people are still cautious, but with the open development of the country, at least everyone has some staple food. What's more, with the land settled, everyone has their own choice of planting. Families like ours still have no problem getting enough to eat, so the family picks up the habit of drinking tea again.
At this time, although the tea is not a good tea, in fact, there is no good famous tea in our countryside. In fact, it was only picked by us in the back mountain, and it was also the tea garden contracted by Uncle Yuyuan, and the shoots that I picked by myself in the spring. The victory is that they are all dried and finished by themselves, and finally fried by hand. The original handmade things actually truly reflect its essence.
There may be a habit for everything, just like drinking tea.
Since childhood, adults have taken children to drink tea, and children have slowly become accustomed to this kind of life. Just like normal people eat, they have been accustomed to which cuisine since childhood, and if they change their approach, it will definitely take a long time to get used to. And if you change to a cuisine that you can accept, you may be fascinated by this cuisine.
Drinking tea is the same, so in later times, tea will be fried to a sky-high price. Of course, the tea in our family is a little different from other people's homes at that time.
After others feel the visitor, put a few tea leaves in the cup, and then brew a cup of hot water, which is a cup of good tea for hospitality, and you can drink the tea for half a day. Of course, this may also be the habit of the local people in Xiangchu back then, and it has also formed a custom.
However, my grandfather would never do that, and we would never be so hospitable in our house. Because grandpa believes that drinking tea is a kind of taste, and of course, it is also a way of hospitality. Therefore, adhering to the habit of drinking tea at home, there will be a practice that seems to be very particular at the time. Although some people criticized it for being contrived and boring at the time, and even said that it was unnecessary, Grandpa would always be very cautious.
There is a set of tea sets handed down from the ancestors at home, which is said to be porcelain fired in Jingdezhen, and is usually stored in the grandfather's room. When I listened to my father and mother chatting, I knew that the tea set was really handed down from my ancestors. It is said that it was still used from Taizu, and later brought to Dong'an to be used until now. When I saw it, one of the four teacups was missing a saucer.
If you usually entertain guests, grandpa will take it out carefully.
But what surprised me was that when I saw my uncle and grandfather holding the clean father, his face seemed to be a little gloomy when he saw this tea set. Naturally, I don't know what's going on, I don't know if it's because of Uncle Luo's ignorance just now, or because of this tea set. He has always been a little arrogant, and the elders and juniors in the family will retreat when facing him.
I didn't think much about it at the time, but as you can imagine, people are a bit possessive. Although I understood a little later, as I grew up, I gradually let go.
In fact, if a person like Uncle Luo goes to any house, they will definitely prepare a cup of tea for him, or the rice wine and eggs that every family in Xiangchu will prepare. He was able to sit down that day, and I wondered if it was because of my grandmother's relatives, or because of my grandfather's graciously retained him. Although grandpa is peaceful and indifferent, he must have had an excellent reputation in the township when he was young.
But I thought that whatever the real reason, it was naturally rare for him to sit down and have a cup of tea with the villagers.
It took more than an hour from the time he came to my house to finally heal my father, but he always felt confident. It's not too late on this day, many people in the township are busy and haven't eaten yet, so grandpa naturally wants to try his best to keep it.
I watched him rub open the bruises on both ribs of my father's ribs, and although it seemed that the image on the ribs had not changed much, the bruises were much wider when I looked at each rib side. I saw that Grandpa and they all breathed a sigh of relief, presumably in excellent condition.
Then what made me very interested in him was that he finally asked my mother to make a bowl of water, and he recited words to the bowl of water, and then took out a talisman and burned it, and then rowed a bowl of water for my father to drink. My father seemed to have collapsed, but he looked much better as he lay there. After drinking the bowl of water, my father fell asleep.
Grandpa asked me to go to the fire for my mother, and while I was asked to boil water to make tea, he went back to the room to take out the tea set. Unexpectedly, Uncle Luo seemed to be a little cautious, and sat by the door with his grandfather. Because there is no table of eight immortals in my house, there is only a water tank table, and those who sit down to drink tea have Uncle Luo and Tang Yuxian, and naturally there are grandfathers and uncles.
I actually wanted to get over, but because there were guests, I couldn't disobey my grandfather. Honestly sitting by the fire and lighting the fire, fortunately you can see these people sitting there. Looking at Uncle Luo's tall figure, under the illumination of the horse lamp, I felt his tallness more and more.
Grandpa's tea set was usually cushioned and wrapped in linen. In addition to the four teacups, there is a cylindrical kettle, which is used to hold boiling water. And these four teacups are the same as the tea brewers in the tea ceremony, but they are more delicately made. When he saw this teacup, he was also full of praise.
At this moment, Tang Yuxian seemed to want to leave, but when he smelled the fragrance of his mother's stir-fried vegetables, he suddenly remembered something he usually heard from others. That is, everyone said that Uncle Luo liked to drink rice wine made in the countryside, so after a polite sentence, he said that he wanted to go back to eat. Mother and grandfather naturally opened their mouths to keep it, and he naturally brought it up with the middle of the way, saying that there was rice wine brewed at home and brought it to Uncle Luo.
In fact, his cousin Lotus was also cooking over there, so he went to bring a small wine jar over.
This wine is naturally an excellent rice wine, and Uncle Luo smelled the aroma of the wine poured out, and his face relaxed a little. When I saw the fried bacon brought by my mother, I actually laughed for the first time. Tang Yuxian complimented him with a hot iron, and didn't mention anything else, so he asked Uncle Luo how long he would stay at home this time.
Uncle Luo seemed to be in a good mood, but he didn't answer Tang Yuxian's question, but asked two questions about Western medicine, I naturally didn't understand, but Tang Yuxian answered very carefully. And then they lost no time in saying that in my father's case, they had nothing to do. Uncle Luo didn't answer yet, but the uncle and grandfather on the side complimented him for the first time, saying how can Western medicine deal with these internal injuries? Only the water of the water master can work wonders.
Grandpa didn't squeak, and watched his mother serve another eggplant stewed pepper and fried shredded potatoes, and beckoned Uncle Luo to move his chopsticks. Uncle and grandfather saw that Uncle Luo had no interface, and he didn't change his face, but asked Uncle Luo with a smile if he usually had any taboos.
Uncle Luo didn't mean to answer, but he saw my grandmother come in, and some neighbors in the compound stopped outside the door. Grandma is Luo Ying's godmother, and Uncle Luo can be said to be a godmother, so he actually beckoned his grandmother to take a seat. Grandma waved her hand and motioned Uncle Luo to continue eating, telling her that she had already eaten at home, because she heard that Uncle Luo was treating my father's injuries, so she came to take a look.
Apparently someone told my grandmother, otherwise where did she know? Grandma's house is between a few big locust trees, there is a big pond, although it is very close to our compound, but there is also a distance, and it even happens to belong to Yaoju Village. Later, when we heard from my grandmother, we learned the reason. It turned out to be a grandmother because she came to the compound every day, and when she just went back, she happened to see Uncle Luo coming to heal her father, and when she passed by her grandmother's door, she told her grandmother by the way.
What my grandmother cared about the most was my father's injury, so she naturally asked quickly. Uncle Luo actually had a smile on his face, nodded at his grandmother, and actually looked at my uncle and grandfather for the first time: "Brother Zhijing is usually taboo!" ”
The uncle and grandfather, who were a little embarrassed, saw that Uncle Luo actually asked him deliberately, although he had not come back to his senses at that time, he also put down his chopsticks. first complimented Uncle Luo's water, and then praised Uncle Luo's ability to collect souls and exorcise evil spirits, and his contribution to ten miles and eight towns. Seeing Uncle Luo's indifferent face, he said with a smile: "I usually insist on taboos, but I found that when I used it, there was no difference, even if the effect was obviously different, fortunately, there was no leak!" ”
"Isn't that the end of it!" Uncle Luo laughed like a bell, and also looked at my grandmother and said, "Godmother has a heart!" As long as Liangyuan's injury is well maintained, there is no need for gravity in the past few months, and after this summer, there will be no problems! This saliva is the cure for this kind of labor and seven injuries, and nothing has gone wrong in these years! ”
Seeing my grandmother's proud face, he looked at my grandfather again and said, "Brother Jiejie, don't you need to worry too much, isn't there a master who practices hard qigong in Liangyuan!" If I hadn't made a move, as long as that person came back, there would be no problem! This time it must be that the other party is not there, otherwise Liangyuan would not have come back like this. When he returns, he will find a few pieces of Chinese medicine for Liangyuan, and promise that nothing will happen! ”
I didn't expect him to know about my father's worship of Master Long Fengzhi, presumably even if he didn't know Master Long, he still knew that there was such a person. I naturally didn't think about it so much at the time, but I slowly figured it out later. But what surprised me was that I didn't expect my uncle and grandfather to mention it, and everyone knew the root cause, this Uncle Luo is not only a master that everyone knows, but also a powerful sailor.
Grandpa rarely drinks alcohol, but at this time he actually raised his glass to toast Uncle Luo. Uncle Luo didn't hold it down, but said with a smile: "It's a coincidence today, I just have something to entrust Brother Zhijie, I don't know if Brother Zhijie can do it!" ”
The first to be stunned was his uncle and grandfather, who naturally knew that his brother, usually rarely publicized himself, especially in that era of the big movement, after suffering some blows, he became even more cautious. Although Uncle Luo was sent down during the Great Movement, at least after returning to the city, he has been highly regarded, especially now. Uncle Luo suddenly said that he had something to ask his grandfather, which naturally surprised his uncle and grandfather.
Grandpa was indeed stunned for a moment, but the kind-natured grandpa did not refuse, and raised the wine glass higher: "I have been retired for many years, and now I grow vegetables at home, which is really useless, I don't know what can make you look at it?" ”