Chapter 277: Eating and Drinking Are All Right
"Aren't you going to help your dad?" Lu Xiang whispered his dissatisfaction.
"You don't understand this, Aunt Guan's tomb, Dad is going to build it single-handedly. I'm here to help...... I'm afraid I'll be scolded by my dad for being a bloody dog. ”
Lu Xiang muttered: "It's obvious that I want to be lazy, but I want to find N reasons." ”
Except for the soft conversation between the two of them, the entire mountain seemed to be only the chirping of birds.
The mountain road was a little difficult to walk, and Yan Yixin always held Yan Xuan's hand. Lu Xiang pushed away Ling Ziwei's voluntary care and walked behind Yan Xuan.
Shuttling through a grassy path and turning a mountain col, Ling Qing stopped: "This is it." ”
There are two tomb 'crypts' side by side, one older and one apparently newer.
"This is the joint burial of your grandfather and grandmother, and at that time, it was Guan Yin who personally collected your grandmother's bones and put them together with your grandfather." Ling Qing half-knelt down in front of the tomb.
"Bones?"
"Cremation was not practiced before, especially in rural areas, where burial was generally practiced." Ling Qing explained in a low voice, "Your grandmother died very early, and your mother only has a shallow impression. ”
"Oh." Yan Juan knelt down in front of the grave, and he had no chance to know his grandparents. It doesn't feel like I'm too close to them.
"Is this one for Mom?" Yan Juan turned his gaze to the empty grave next to him.
"Yes, it's ready...... Many years. Ling Qing smiled bitterly, "I thought that the one who went first would be me, so I left my own tomb here." Wish...... Your mother will be able to be buried with me in a hundred years. Unexpectedly, the one who left first...... It turned out to be her. ”
Yan Wan's heart hurt greatly, and he couldn't help but kneel in the grass.
Although this is only an empty tomb, the mother's ashes altar has not been moved.
The scale of the two tombs is very large, although the ancient cemetery in City A is also divided into grades, and those 100,200,000 tomb 'pits' are also very magnificent, but compared to the two in front of them, they are nothing in comparison.
They are all white 'jade' of one 'color', and the details are also very 'fine'.
"I thought...... Mom likes to stay in Nanxun. Yan Juan 'touched' the empty tombstone.
Ling Qing didn't show much sadness, but instead had a relieved smile: "She really likes Nanxun very much, but it's not her hometown. Her roots are still here, and I'm ...... will also accompany her. ”
Hearing this, Yan Juan could face up to it, even if Ling Qing was there, the years that accompanied her would not be endless.
His sadness has long been engraved in his heart. Even the fate of the future has been considered. Death is the same as the 'hole', or that is what he wants now.
"Daddy." She screamed, smoothly and naturally.
Ling Qing hurriedly let out a "hey", and the muscles and flesh on his face trembled slightly. It turned out that just such a title could make him happy to the limit.
The other three people were stunned, and it took a long time before Ling Ziwei shouted: "Wanwan, you finally recognize Dad!" ”
Yan Juan bowed her head embarrassedly: "I have long recognized it, but I have never called Dad, this title is a bit difficult!" ”
"You called, when you were a child, you had to call dozens of times a day!" Ling Qing's eyes moistened, "Today, I finally heard it again." ”
"Aunt Guan, it must be that you have knowledge under the spring, so you can give your dreams to you?" Ling Ziwei pretended to bow deeply to the empty tomb, making Yan Juan cry and laugh.
"Actually, it's logical, Wanwan doesn't blame her uncle for a long time, it's just that this title has been broken for more than ten years, and there is always a process of adaptation to calling it out again. I don't think my uncle thought it was too late. Yan Yixin relieved Yan Juan.
"I didn't say anything, did I? Why did you get such a tirade? Ling Ziwei 'touched' his head, but the smile in his eyes didn't match his movements at all.
"The environment here is very good, when you buried your grandfather, I asked Mr. Feng Shui to survey it." Ling Qing calmed down before starting to talk about business, "If there is no opinion, we will move your mother's *** grave over on Wednesday." ”
"Then ......," Yan Juan hesitated, "do you still live in Nanxun?" ”
"I live on several sides." Ling Qing knew her intentions, "Don't worry I'll be lonely, in fact, Guanyin has always been with me!" In the future, maybe I'll stay here longer. I'm going to clean your grandfather's house, and I'm going to take your grandfather's posthumous manuscripts and sort them out! ”
"You? Dad, even if you wash your hands in a golden basin, you don't need to become a Buddha on the ground, right? Ling Ziwei was a little unimpressed with his father's approach, "There are many ways to miss Aunt Guan, why bother to really delve into those headache-inducing knowledge!" ”
"How can you have a headache? In fact, I have been studying for the past few years, and I have learned a little bit. Ling Qing smiled, "I also got a correspondence degree from the Chinese Department of Nanjing Normal University!" ”
Others were not very good, but Ling Ziwei's eyes were about to pop out.
Although he is a college student studying abroad, Ling Qing has only attended a 'private' school for a few years. It's hard to imagine how hard it is to get a bachelor's degree.
"Daddy...... You're not going crazy, are you? Ling Ziwei was so shocked that he couldn't even finish his words.
"Ziwei, what are you talking about! Uncle will only learn if he likes it, don't we have an old saying in China? It's worth all the fuss you make about learning and learning something! Lu Xiang glared at Ling Ziwei.
"But Aunt Guan herself may not be interested in these knowledge...... Ling Ziwei felt that Ling Qing chose to remember in this way, which was a bit thankless.
Ling Qing smiled and sighed: "In the past, Guan Yin and I didn't have any common language in this regard, but now I can calm down and ...... She's gone. Hey, life, probably such helplessness, right? ”
Yan Wan felt sorry in his heart and did not express his opinion.
"Wanwan, you won't approve of Dad's approach, will you?" As soon as Ling Ziwei thought of those thick thread-bound books, he felt a headache and a 'desire'.
It's much easier to relearn a foreign language than to be at it.
"Zi Fei Fish, how do you know the joy of fish?" Yan Wan dropped a sentence.
"Forget it, you are all from the same country, only I am an outsider." Ling Ziwei was depressed, "How did I forget, you are also a high-talent student in the Chinese department!" ”
"I don't have much interest in my grandfather's research." Yan Juan shrugged his shoulders unceremoniously, "Maybe one day when you get older, you will cultivate your self and cultivate 'sex', and you will see some 'doors' like your father!" ”
"Wanwan can't change careers, otherwise our Yan family's golden signboard will be gone." Yan Yixin joked in an intimate tone.
"Capitalists like you, opening your mouth and closing your mouth are profits!" Lu Xiang also deliberately made a look of unconvinced.
Ling Ziwei was happy: "That's it, Xiang'er, don't go back, go to your boss***, you might as well come and work for me!" ”
"Are you doing a part-time job? In your case, I guess I'll be a pensioner. Lu Xiang unceremoniously grabbed white.
"It is natural for a man to raise a 'woman'. One day, Ziwei can't afford to support you, and it's not too late to go out and be exploited by others! Ling Qing helped his son with a smile.
"That's right, Dad's words are true!"
"I can't see that you are still a macho chauvinist......" Lu Xiang stomped on him hatefully, and then smiled, looking like a little fox who had taken advantage.
Ling Ziwei slowed down for a moment before jumping with his feet in his hands: "Murder your husband!" ”
At this moment, Lu Xiang blushed and stammered to explain to everyone: "I didn't ...... Well, he did it on purpose, you know......"
"yes, I know." Unison.
"A guy who has a different sex and no one has a 'sex'!" Ling Ziwei scolded twice.
"It means that I am more popular than you." Lu Xiang proudly turned behind Yan Juan, but his stomach was very uncomfortable at this time, and he screamed "coo".
"It's noon, it's normal to be hungry!" Lu Xiang blushed and glared at him one by one, except for Ling Qing, who was an elder and didn't dare to stare at him, even Yan Xuan, who couldn't help laughing, was not spared.
Yan Yixin looked at his watch, and he should also respond: "It's not too early, let's find a restaurant to have a meal, and we should rush back to City A." The Black Diamond press conference is in full swing again, and this time it is the highlight of you and Liu Li. ”
"Yes, I know." Yan Wan nodded.
"I can't stand you guys, I still have business to come out to play!" Lu Xiang shouted.
"I can't stand you anymore!" Yan Wanbai glanced at her, "If we get up and accompany you to Zhejiang, you can bring this official business enough." As for us, we don't forget to do business when we play, and you play through office work. In the end, you have a high number of segments! ”
Lu Xiang glared back at her curtly: "I didn't let you get up so early......
"Let's let Dad take us to eat first, the people take food as the sky, and I'm hungry too!"
"There is a teahouse in the new district over there that has not been opened for a long time......" Ling Qing was about to continue, when he saw the four young people all looking at him, he couldn't help but laugh at himself, "It's really old, there have been more teahouses than restaurants in recent years." ”
"Drink tea to maintain health." Yan Yixin smiled, "Moreover, the current teahouse not only serves tea, but also serves refreshments and meals. ”
"Yes, that teahouse serves dim sum, I went to eat it once when I was here last time, and it tasted pretty good."
"Then let's go to that teahouse." Yan Juan was too lazy to look for a restaurant, and secondly, he didn't want to disobey Ling Qing's intentions.
Ling Ziwei was very interested: "Dad's mouth doesn't know how tricky it is, he said that a good snack, even if it is not a delicacy in the world, it is probably not much worse." You've been to Zhejiang so many times, I'm afraid you haven't drunk our famous smoked bean tea, right? ”
"Smoked bean tea? What kind of tea is that? Lu Xiang's mouth was quick, "Smoked beans, the name of this tea, is really weird, there must be some allusions, right?" Tell us about it, just to pass the time along the way. ”
"Smoked beans are not tea, they are beans." Ling Ziwei explained, "Smoked beans are smoked green beans, and then added to tea leaves, sugar cinnamon 'flowers', orange peel, sesame seeds, dried bamboo shoots, shredded carrots, and brewed in a teacup with boiling water, which is our specialty smoked bean tea, but it is the most famous in Huzhou." Now the production is more exquisite, and there are more than 15 kinds of materials. Like clove dill, soybean sprouts, 'flower' raw kernels, olives, dried tofu shreds, and dried sweet potatoes, you can put them in and brew them together as raw materials anyway. ”
Yan Juan also heard a little interest: "This way of eating is unusual, I only know that there are six major types of tea in China, and I don't know that there is such a way to drink!" Moreover, it sounds more like (the original image is missing). ”
"This kind of tea is not among the six major tea categories, the main ingredient is smoked beans, and the tea is generally selected as pre-rain tea. Today, let's drink smoked bean tea, with some snacks, to ensure that you drink it fragrantly. Ling Qing explained as he pointed the way. Not long after driving out, we arrived at the teahouse.
The location of the teahouse is not remote, but the overall style is carved beams and paintings, and you can see that it is an antique building at a glance. The walls are whitewashed and tiled, surrounded by green trees and bamboo forests.
Walking into the big 'door', it is not the main hall.
After passing through a curved corridor, I saw small boxes. Through the half-open window, you can faintly see the shadow of the sparse branches and 'flowers' not far away, which makes people feel refreshed.
A clump of green vines in the corner of the window keeps climbing up along the railing, adding a layer of greenery to the wooden fence 'flower' window and the cloister.
"Even if you don't drink tea, it's good to sit and watch the scenery!" Yan Juan couldn't help but sigh, "Don't say anything else, this environment is very attractive to guests." ”
"Zhejiang is full of humanities, maybe this boss is also the descendant of the old and the young!" Ling Ziwei disagreed, "Besides, this is caused by the superior geographical environment here, and it can become a scenery everywhere." You can't 'get' such a piece of land to build this kind of teahouse on the pedestrian street of City A, right? Even if it is full every day, it is estimated that it may not be able to meet the rent. ”
"Yes, in a place where every inch of land is valuable, I can't even take out *** and put tables and chairs, how can I build this kind of nine-song corridor! One side of the water and soil raises one side of the people! Yan Juan sighed.
"Let's smoke bean tea!" Ling Qing first reported the name of the tea before reaching out to take the menu.
The tea list is also very distinctive, it is actually a carved 'fine' bamboo slip, which is much thinner and slender than the costume TV series. Unlike ordinary restaurants, where colorful photos are used to entertain people's eyes, bamboo slips are simply engraved with the name of the product and the unit price, which is clear at a glance.
"Hey, there's also a 'chicken'...... Is this also a snack? Yan Juan was a little surprised, "Could it be a small snack made of flour?" ”
"It's made of glutinous rice." Ling Qing explained gently, "Mille-feuille cakes, shredded radish shortbread are all very good, as well as water chestnut cakes, honeycomb taro corners...... In fact, it is no longer a famous spot in Zhejiang, and some are from Guangdong and Yangzhou. ”
"It doesn't matter where it is, as long as it eats well!" Lu Xiang watched Ling Qing's fingers keep stopping, ordering more than a dozen snacks in a row, and hurriedly stopped, "Uncle Ling, how can we eat so much!" ”
"The portions were small and they were all served in small plates. A little more potstickers, 'spring' rolls, and eight-treasure rice, which can be eaten for lunch. Ling Qing explained with a smile and returned the menu to the waiter wearing a blue-printed 'flower' cloth.
"The clothes worn by these waiters are also quite beautiful, well, very strong ethnic customs, next time I wholesale a little back to sell, it must be very popular!" Lu Xiang said to himself.
"Hey, you two 'women', don't leave your profession without saying a word! If this continues, is there still a way for men to live in this world? Come out to the grave, and you can also talk about the press conference. Let's have a meal, and I'm eyeing other people's clothes again! Ling Ziwei looked unbearable, but he still introduced Lu Xiang very responsibly, "This kind of clothing is called blue print 'flower' cloth, and tourists from other places like it very much." However, there are not many ready-to-wear garments, and they are only sold at tourist spots. If you really want to, I don't think it will sell well in big cities, most of them are just for fun and as a souvenir. ”
"If there is a characteristic style, I think there should be a market." Lu Xiang was still staring at the waiter's clothes, eager to grab the next set to study immediately.
"I think, you don't have to work too hard all the time, it's better to work for others, it's better to fight yourself. I'll lend you money to rent a 'door' and then you can buy your own ready-to-wear clothes. Ling Ziwei's eyes lit up and he began to lobby Lu Xiang.
"I don't want to go into debt when I've made enough money." Lu Xiang hesitated for a moment, and then rejected his suggestion without hesitation.
The transparent glass used to make smoked bean tea is used, and through the transpiring water vapor and glass, you can clearly see the green tea leaves, and you can stretch freely between the ups and downs in the cup. After soaking, the smoked green beans gradually gain weight until they are oily and watery, as if they have just been peeled out of the pods. The dark yellow 'color' of osmanthus 'flower' not only has a fragrant fragrance, but also has a visible 'color' and shape......
"The content of this cup of tea is really rich enough." Yan Juan admired it for a while before taking a sip.
"How's it taste?" Ling Qing looked at her, as if waiting for her evaluation.
"Well, the taste of the tea is not strong, but it is fragrant and has a little salty taste. There is a little sweetness on the tip of the tongue, but it is not obvious, as if there is nothing, and it is delicious. Yan Juan smiled and took another sip.
"No wonder I can eat so many dim sum together, I feel like it's soup!" Lu Xiang also applauded deliciously, "I don't think it's like drinking tea, but eating dim sum with a cup of soup." ”
The tea leaves are selected as the dragon well before the rain, the buds are tender and flowery, the 'color' is green and verdant, and in the glass, it seems that the orchid 'flower' is open.
"I think...... This shape is more beautiful than the orchid 'flower'......" Yan Wan held a snack, but his thoughts were not on the taste, "If diopside is used as a raw material to make the shape of a tea leaf, maybe the market is also very optimistic...... No, the main sales of diopside are in country Q, where people have no research on Chinese tea, and I am afraid that orchid 'flower' is more suitable. ”
Ling Ziwei looked angry: "Are you still finished?" Drink tea and eat snacks, where do you eat! ”
Yan Juan came back to his senses and couldn't help but smile dumbly: "Don't you know that the inspiration of a designer is anytime and anywhere?" ”
"Only Yan Yixin can stand you!" Ling Ziwei glared at her angrily, and said earnestly, "'Female', you can't be too strong, and it is the 'woman' who is the 'woman' to show weakness." ”
Yan Yixin smiled: "What about you?" I can only stand Lu Xiang, right? ”
Although the dim sum is packed in small plates, there are many varieties, and only one or two pieces of each one are eaten, and Lu Xiang and Yan Juan are also able to eat it.
The car drove for a long time, Yan Juan turned around, and saw Ling Qing's figure, standing as a statue at the end of the road.