Chapter 037: Old Man Du
"It's hard to believe me like this...... old man Lu Kang pointed to his body and said with a smile.
"Yes...... Rash...... Old man Du, what are you doing...... What's the situation......" Du Xiaobai felt that his head couldn't keep up again.
"For the sake of you being Brother Yaoyao, taking care of those children very carefully, and coming to bring me wine, I'll tell you a story about wine, do you want to hear it?" Old man Lu Kang took another sip of wine, it seemed that he had passed the adaptation period of wine and would not get drunk.
"Old man, please speak, I would like to hear the details. Du Xiaobai sat upright.
Old man Du Kang burped and said slowly: "I was originally a small sesame official under the Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, responsible for taking care of the grain. At that time, the world was in good weather, and there was always a good harvest of grain. But at that time, there was no storehouse, so I could only store all the grain in the cave, and then the grain went bad, and the Yellow Emperor, who was fighting with the aliens, was furious and ordered that if I failed to take care of it any longer, I would be executed......"
Old man Du Kang's eyes drifted into the distance, immersed in distant memories: "Thousands of years have passed, and now I still have palpitations when I think of the angry appearance of the Yellow Emperor at that time...... At that time, I tried my best to find that I would not get moldy by hiding the grain in the hollow of the tree, so I survived...... Who knew that in those years, the wind and rain were smooth, the harvest was good year after year, and the grain was everywhere. The grain in the hollow of the tree was useless, and after a few years, it slowly fermented after the wind, sun, and rain......"
"One day when I was going up the mountain to check the grain, I suddenly noticed a few goats, wild boars and rabbits lying around a dead mulberry tree with food. At first, I thought that the beasts were dead, so I wanted to get them back for everyone to eat. When I got closer, I found that they were still alive, and they seemed to be sleeping. While I was wondering, a wild boar staggered to its feet, and as soon as it saw me, it ran into the woods and left, and then the goats and rabbits awoke and fled......"
"At that time, I was just puzzled, and when I was about to go back, I found two goats sticking out their tongues and licking something in front of the hollow of the tree containing the grain, so as not to disturb them, I hid behind a big tree to observe, and saw that the two goats licked for a while, and then staggered, and they did not go far before they lay on the ground...... I felt very strange, so I hurried over to see what the goat had licked. It turned out that the hole in the tree containing the grain had cracked a crack, and there was a small stream of water in it that was constantly seeping out, and it turned out that the goat had licked the water before pouring it on the ground, and the water smelled very fragrant, and I tasted it, although it was a little spicy, but it was very mellow. The more I tasted, the more I wanted to taste it, and finally I drank a few sips in a row, only to feel that the world was spinning, and as soon as I took two steps forward, my body involuntarily fell to the ground, groggily asleep. ”
"When I woke up, I filled the jar with me and brought some water back to the Yellow Emperor. After listening to the origin of the water, the Yellow Emperor carefully tasted the fragrant water, and immediately convened the ministers to discuss. The ministers all believed that this water was the vitality of food, not poisonous water, and that it should be given a name. At that time, Cangjie, the minister in charge of making characters, proposed that we should make the word 'wine' when you get water! This is the origin of wine. ”
Du Xiaobai, who was born in modern times, was fascinated by what he heard, and couldn't help sighing: "It turns out that this is how the wine came from...... Is this how the wine Yaoyao asked me to secretly bring was made?"
Old Man Du Kang shook his head and smiled secretly: "Of course not, you listen carefully, and only now do you get to the point." Later, the Yellow Emperor asked me to be responsible for making wine, after improving year by year, the wine made at that time was fragrant and mellow, many people even if they didn't eat to drink it, at that time the old man and I were the only one in the same scenery! Later, there was a year when the wind and rain were smooth, and the five grains were abundant, and that year was the day when the Yellow Emperor unified the three major tribes and established the tribal alliance for 56 years, and a grand banquet was held in the palace, and the leaders of the tribes were invited. The Yellow Emperor ordered me to toast a bowl of wine to each person, and people also toasted to the Yellow Emperor, and the banquet was full of laughter and excitement. At this moment, a huge dragon suddenly descended from the sky, stretched its head all the way to the large wine altar placed on the banquet, and smelled it......"
"Dragon, old man, are you talking about, dragons, are there really dragons?" Du Xiaobai was shocked, although he had already believed in Old Man Lu's story, but a dragon that suddenly entered caught him off guard.
"Yes, it was a giant dragon, which frightened everyone at that time, but the mouth of the wine jar was too small, and the dragon's mouth couldn't reach in, and no one dared to move at that time, only the Yellow Emperor walked to the dragon unhurriedly, poured the wine in the wine jar into a large bowl, and then sent it to the dragon's mouth, the dragon drank it all, and when the Yellow Emperor poured the second bowl, the dragon rose into the air, and flew away without a trace in a blink of an eye, and people breathed a sigh of relief. After that, the Yellow Emperor asked me to toast everyone for a second round of wine. Before I could pour the wine when I walked to the wine jar, a strong aroma of wine came to my nose and almost drunk me. Later, after toasting everyone, I felt comfortable and fluttering. At that time, I knew in my heart that it must be caused by the dragon's dragon liquid falling into the wine jar. Old man Du Kang continued.
"The dragon's saliva...... It's disgusting......" Du Xiaobai felt that his stomach began to churn.
"Boy, that's the saliva of a dragon," Old Man Du Kang rolled his eyes and continued, "It has long been said that dragons do not drool easily, and if a person drinks the saliva of a dragon, he can prolong his life and live a hundred years. Later, when I was not looking, I took a bowl of wine from the jar with dragon liquid and poured it into another jar, and the jar became very fragrant. After the feast, I secretly saved the jar of dragon liquid water and wine, and drank only one sip a day, and just like that, the old man, I lived until I was one hundred and seventy-three years old......"
"One...... One hundred and seventy-three years old......" Du Xiaobai was dumbfounded.
"After I died, I came to the underworld, there were very few Soul Eater flowers at that time, most of them were still flower bones, and there was no fog shrouded, under the leadership of the leader, it was easy to pass the Soul Eater Flower Area, when I crossed the Snow Flower Valley to the ferry of the Lechuan River and was about to cross the river, the sky suddenly covered with dark clouds, and the giant dragon appeared in the sky......" Speaking of this, the old man Du Kang's face was full of red light, making people unable to tell whether it was excitement or the strength of the wine surging up," The dragon saw me as if it were an acquaintance, and followed me over the boat I was on, and crossed the river with me before disappearing without a trace. After that, I met the second soup woman who dispensed amnesia soup. ”
"The second soup woman who dispenses amnesia soup, and who ......is Granny Meng?" Du Xiaobai asked.
"Yiyi is the third and the longest in office, so there are more people who are familiar with her, because her surname is Meng, and the title of Meng Po has spread. But in fact, there have been two Tang Po before her, and according to legend, the first one is Nuwa Fengli, and she is also the Holy Mother who is now honored in the mouths of the people of the underworld. Her magic power is extraordinary, and many of the rules in the underworld are still created by her at that time, but no one knows where she has gone, and the three-life stone she created has disappeared with her. Xia Yu, the second soup woman who may only know her information, has always been tight-lipped. However, some of the mana was carried forward in her hands. When she saw the dragon escorting me, she asked me what I had done on earth, and when she knew about it, she asked me if I would like to keep the memory of the world and continue to make wine in the underworld, and she could continue to provide dragon saliva because the dragon was one of her pets. ”
"Pet dragon ......" Du Xiaobai was a little speechless, the dragon that is regarded as a fairy in the world is just a small pet here, "But Granny Meng asked you to continue to make wine, it seems that this dragon mother Granny Xia is also a good drinker...... Du Xiaobai said.
Old man Du Kang smiled: "If you can let me continue to make wine and drink, of course I am willing! The wine you secretly brought was brewed at that time, and this is thousands of years of ambergris." But then again, if you want to preserve the memories of the world, or make some kind of deal, the soul must pay a price. Because it is not possible to drink amnesia soup, which also has the effect of protecting the soul from the tension of the plane, it must be drunk. At that time, in order to leave my memory, Granny Xia retained the metalness of my soul, and one of the costs was to change my body to survive, but at that time, my body was limited, so I could only replace such a pair of dwarf skins......"
Du Xiaobai waved his hand again and again to make Old Man Lu stop, and he asked: "Old man, I can't keep up with your words anymore, to achieve a certain goal? What kind of transaction can the soul achieve? Retain metallicness, these words...... Please forgive the juniors for not understanding...... Please also trouble the old man to explain. ”
"Aren't you still familiar with the Five Elements after thousands of years?" asked Old Man Du Kang strangely.
"Gold, wood, water, fire and earth, mutual growth and restraint, I know this ......" Du Xiaobai didn't understand the old man's intentions.
"That's right, but it seems that I'm afraid you only know the surface but don't know the reason...... Old Man Du Kang's face suddenly sank like water, and he said extremely seriously, "Boy, you can prick up your ears and remember! The five elements, existing in all things in the world, heaven, earth, people, hearts, and feelings, can all be explained by the principle of the five elements." When you understand this, your eyes will be opened. ”
Although Old Man Du Kang is only one meter tall, he is now extremely tall in Du Xiaobai's eyes. Old man Du Kang looked at Du Xiaobai, who was listening attentively, and continued: "The changes in the world, the changes in the world, the love and hatred, etc., all come from the operation of the five elements. With the five elements, we can see the law of change of things and the strain choice of people's hearts. We can see which lines are missing from anything, and which lines are playing a leading role. With the Five Elements, we can choose profits and avoid disasters, and even spy on the universe. ”