It is really a magical apricot forest, where the water and soil of one side nourish the people, and the medicinal herbs of one side heal the people. This apricot grove is not only a forest of merit, but also a place of preaching with profound culture. In particular, those stone tablets are the praise and inheritance of the people's tradition of traditional Chinese medicine for the people.

When he walked out of the legendary apricot forest, Xu Ming felt as if he had experienced a soul cleansing, and the meaning of work and life seemed to have become simpler and clearer than before. In our traditional culture, the feelings of family and country are a core, whether it is heroes and heroes, or ordinary people, with the feelings of the rise and fall of the world, flowing in the body like blood, and can always find a way to achieve the benefit of Sangzi.

Xu Ming thought: In the future, if you get married and have a family, for the sake of your wife and family, create a beautiful home of your own, this is the best ideal. In the process of dedicating to the big self, realizing one's own self should also be the same ideal of one's own generation.

Zhongqin waited for Xu Ming to get into the car, while playing the steering wheel, he glanced at Xu Ming, who was still in a fugue, and couldn't help but smile and asked, "Where are we going now?" Is it to send you back to continue presiding over human justice? Or forget about the rivers and lakes for a while, find a place to smoke and fireworks, and taste the delicious food of the mortal world? ”

Xu Ming recovered from his contemplation, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Of course I'm going to eat, what can I do when my stomach is empty?" Before becoming an immortal, you still have to strictly abide by the principle that the people take food as the sky. You say where there is a wonderful smell of fireworks, let's go and taste the delicious life together. ”

Zhongqin knew that Xu Ming was not a local, and he rarely had time to enjoy those local flavors and delicacies, so he smiled and said, "We might as well go to the food street to taste those strange and various delicacies." I don't usually go to that place, but as long as I'm with good friends and my mouth is hungry, I'll go to that street nine times out of ten. ”

Xu Ming had heard of the food street, but he had never been to it once: "Hearing you say this, my taste cells have been activated, and my saliva is about to flow out." The carillon drove, the two of them talked and laughed, and after a while, they arrived at the food street connected to the city center and the pedestrian street.

Walking out of the parking lot and just stepping into the food street, all kinds of aromas mixed with the smell of barbecue permeate the street, making people have to stay and watch. In the thick atmosphere of the market, there are a well-decorated and ordinary snack bars, and before you know it, those amazing delicacies will clearly meet your eyes.

In addition to the snack bar, there are also a variety of food truck stalls, on which are hung all kinds of brightly colored braised vegetables and barbecue, braised beef, fried shrimp, fried stinky dried tofu, grilled fish, grilled chicken steak ......

Zhongqin especially likes to eat the grilled chicken steak in the shop at the entrance of the street, the boss is very particular about the heat of the fried, with his secret spicy soy sauce, fresh and fragrant, a bite, the mouth is full of a special sweet taste, the carillon can't help but buy a and carry it in his hand.

Next to the grilled chicken steak shop is a food truck stall with "Little Jinling Salted Water Duck", Xu Ming likes the taste of salted duck, the skin is thin and the meat is thick, and it tastes very good. Seeing Xu Ming's eyes that refused to be taken away easily, Zhong Qin smiled and said, "Let's have a copy." So, I bought another saltwater duck and carried it in my hand.

Zhongqin looked at several Nanjing snack bars connected together, including Jinling xiaolongbao, Jinling duck vermicelli soup, and Jinling roast duck, and said with a smile: "The local area is only a few dozen miles away from Nanjing, so there are still many influences from Nanjing's eating habits, and so many Nanjing flavors illustrate this point." You don't need to go to Nanjing, you can eat authentic Nanjing special food. ”

"Fried buns" is also one of the favorite delicacies of the carillon, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, the aroma of the meat filling is baked into the shell of the bun, and the vegetable filling is baked into a burnt taste, which is very suitable for the taste of southerners.

A food truck specializing in fried food, in the churning oil pan, the prawns and sea fish ordered by the guests, with the smell of fishy burning, the fried prawns and sea fish are crispy and crispy, and even the thin shell on the outside can be eaten. "Two prawns, two sea fish, two stinky tofu and two stinky dried seeds." The carillon couldn't help but want to taste the feeling that it smelled so bad and tasted so good.

Mutton skewers are almost a favorite delicacy among young people, and the food truck with "Xinjiang mutton skewers" is the most crowded place. It seems that the skewers of mutton are very fresh, fat and thin, after processing, there is no smell, after putting it in the oven, the fragrance of the skewers of mutton wafts in the air, making people salivate, and finally sprinkled with cumin and chili powder, it is particularly enjoyable to eat. Zhongqin smiled and said: "Regardless of the north and the south, everyone loves to eat sheep." Let's go for twenty skewers! ”

Zhongqin and Xu Ming bought snacks all the way, and finally carried a few large bags of various snacks and walked into the big meat noodle restaurant at the end of the food street. There are simply a dozen tables and chairs in the noodle restaurant, but there are never fewer diners, because the big meat noodles are an authentic local delicacy, and almost all men, women and children love it.

The two of them each ordered a large bowl of large meat noodles in the store, while enjoying the various delicacies bought from the store and the stalls, while drinking the special noodle soup of the large meat noodles, and dozens of various kinds of rich side dishes.

Xu Ming looked at the carillon who was tasting the food with relish and said with a smile: "Fairy, do you regret going down to earth?" Zhongqin was chewing a string of mutton, and after eating, he smiled and said: "Everyone loves the smell of fireworks, and they don't want to be fairies and spice girls." ”

Coming out of the big meat noodle restaurant, Zhong Qin looked at Xu Ming with unfinished thoughts and asked, "Do you want to have another spiritual meal?" Xu Ming thought for a while and said, "Do you like drama?" Local local theatre? Is there any drama to watch? The carillon said with some curiosity: "I like it, of course I like it, it seems that you like it too?" ”

Xu Ming remembered that he hadn't seen a local drama for a long time: "I heard that your little reverse drama here is very famous, I have been working and living in this city for almost five years, and I haven't been to the theater yet." ”

The carillon said happily: "The little backdown is indeed very famous, whether it is its language or its singing, it is localized. Including the stories in the play, most of them are also classics that have been circulated in the local area for a long time. Because it is a local actor who plays for the locals, it is very down-to-earth, which is also the reason why the small reverse drama has endured in the local area. My grandfather and grandmother, father and mother are all fans of the little backlash, and I am no exception. ”

Xu Ming became excited: "It turns out that he is still a big fan of drama, this is important information." It seems that I also have to be a theater fan, otherwise, it will be difficult to enter the door of the theater fan's house. ”

The carillon pretended to be in pain and said, "If you become a fan of the opera, then there will be no good life of freedom, and they will pull you to play whenever they have time." If it's okay, you can play from morning to night. The key is that you don't just have to be a good listener, you also have to comment. After watching a play, you also have to express your opinions on the characters in the play, and when you disagree, you will also fight for red-facedness. You say, do you dare to become a fan of this family? It's better to quit early. ”

"Don't scare me, is it harder to be a fan than to go up the knife mountain and down the sea of fire? I'm done with this theater fan, and we'll go to the theater now. Xu Ming is actually a fan of drama, and when he was in college, he was an active member of the drama club of the law department.

Zhongqin thought for a while, flipped through the WeChat public account of the troupe, checked the repertoire list and said: "There is a "Little Resignation Shop" today, I heard my dad say, this scene has been suspended for more than ten years, at the beginning, the heroine was played by the most popular actress in the troupe Qin Yufen, because she fell in love and married Chen Daohai, the drummer in the same troupe, I don't know why, the two left the troupe soon after marriage, and heard that a restaurant was opened. Later, I don't know what the reason was, I divorced a few years ago. After that, Qin Yufen returned to the troupe, and now the troupe is the director's responsibility system, and the income is self-supporting. The repertoire is submitted by the director for review, and after it is passed, it can be performed publicly. Because "Little Resignation Shop" is a traditional famous drama, it became popular again soon after the re-enactment. ”

Xu Ming nodded and said, "I know about "Little Cidian" because I learned about it when I saw a historical rumor by chance. In 1896, when Li Hongzhang visited Germany, Kaiser Wilhelm II held a state banquet for him, hoping that Li Hongzhang would introduce the national anthem of the Qing Dynasty. Because there was no national anthem in the Qing Dynasty, Li Hongzhang remembered the small backstage play in his hometown that he was familiar with, so he got up and improvised and hummed a small backcut "Little Resignation Shop". Let the Germans mistakenly think that the little reverse drama hummed by Li Hongzhang is the national anthem of the Qing Dynasty. ”

Xu Ming knew that "Little Resignation Shop" was a fold in the whole "Kitchen Knife", and "Kitchen Knife" was a drama based on the love story of a couple of men and women in folk circulation.

The story takes place in a small town in the south of the Yangtze River, the town is called Sanghe, the town is not big, but because it is a necessary place for water and land transportation, merchants who do various businesses come and go every day, and it is very lively.

There is a Hu Ji inn in Sanghe Town, the proprietress Liu Fengying is shrewd and capable, busy all day long, and no one in the town praises and praises. Liu Fengying's husband is idle, fighting cocks and lackeys every day, doing nothing, and is a well-known second-rate son. Liu Fengying and her partner Xiao Deyan supported the façade, although there were few people, but under her skillful hands, the inn was managed in an orderly manner. While she was busy entertaining guests who came to stay at the hotel, she also ran a grocery store, selling melon seeds, sesame candy, straw sandals and other daily food and clothing, and her business was also booming.

One night, when it was about to close, Xiao Deyan was busy with the door panel, and a pale and tired guest looked around, and hesitantly walked into the Hu Ji Inn.

"Do you want to stay at a hotel?" Xiao Deyan looked at the guest and asked. "Hmm." The guest agreed, and then coughed continuously, "Guest officer, are you alone?" Xiao Dehan looked at the guest coughing and asked suspiciously.

"Yes, alone." After the guest finished speaking, he coughed even more. "Who are you? What do you buy and sell? Xiao Deyan felt that this customer was a little strange, so he thought to himself that he would find a reason to send him away when the store was full.

The guest coughed for a while before he sighed and complained: "My name is Cai Mingfeng, I am from Huizhou, and I originally did some tea business. A few days ago, I was sick for several days because of the wind and cold, and the tea money was not recovered in time. What I never expected was that after just a few days of not going out, the customer closed the door and the boss was nowhere to be found. Now that I don't even have a coil, if your store can take me in, I will be grateful when I make a comeback. ”

Xiao Deyan was about to speak, but the proprietress Liu Fengying saw that the guest was sick and had no servants to take care of her, so she stayed alone, and did not slack off at all, but greeted warmly: "Although the guest officer can rest assured to stay, if you need anything, please give orders." He asked Xiao Deyan to clean up a room and settle him in the store.

The next day, Liu Fengying personally invited Langzhong in the town to help him diagnose and treat him, and instructed Xiao Deyan to take medicine for him, and under her careful care, within half a month, Cai Mingfeng gradually recovered from his illness and recovered his health. With the help of Liu Fengying, he started business in the town again.

"Boss, I see that you are busy all day long, it is too hard, and you don't have to worry about food or clothing when you sit at home with your beauty, why bother? Why don't you follow me, and you want the wind to be windy, and you want the rain to be rainy, how about it? Boss Chen, who runs a money village, passed by the grocery store and saw Liu Fengying busy in the store, so he deliberately walked into the store and stared at Liu Fengying greedily and said.

Liu Fengying replied without raising her head: "Boss Chen said that he laughed, I, Liu Fengying, can lift with both hands and walk with both feet, why should I sit at home and let others feed me." Boss Chen has money, so let's do more good deeds. "The boss surnamed Chen made his fortune by loan sharks, and he did all kinds of evil in the town. Last month, he had just taken the daughter of the owner of the cloth village in the east of the town, who owed him a loan shark, as a concubine, and Liu Fengying was as disgusted as a fly when she saw him. When Boss Chen saw that Liu Fengying had something to say, he slammed the door and left.

As soon as Boss Chen left, Boss Wang of the butcher shop carried a knife of donkey meat and walked into the grocery store: "Dragon meat in the sky, donkey meat on the ground." This piece of fine donkey meat was specially left to you. "Liu Fengying likes to eat donkey meat, and as long as Boss Wang has donkey meat, he will leave a good piece for Liu Fengying.

"Brother Wang always thinks about me, what do you want to thank you?" Liu Fengying has a somewhat good impression of Boss Wang, many years after his wife's death, he has not renewed the strings, and she feels that this man is still a little affectionate. Seeing that there was no one in the store, Boss Wang approached Liu Fengying's side and lowered his voice and said, "Sister Fengying, change your heart for heart, you know that the eldest brother thinks about you, and you also let me taste your meat." ”

Liu Fengying was very surprised to hear Boss Wang speak like this, her face was red and white for a while, and she didn't know what to say, Boss Wang saw that Liu Fengying was a little angry, and hurriedly walked out, while slapping himself and said, "Count the big brother didn't say it, count the big brother didn't say it." ”

When it got dark, Cai Mingfeng came back with a cloth blanket on his back. Seeing that the proprietress Liu Fengying was still busy loading and unloading the goods and settling the accounts for the day, she greeted: "Today is finally good, I have made several transactions, this is the capital you lent me, and now that I have returned to the capital, I can return it to you, thank you for the proprietress who was willing to help me when I was poor." ”

Cai Mingfeng said, took out a piece of silver from the blanket and put it in front of Liu Fengying. Liu Fengying saw that there were a few taels more, and she wanted to return it to him. Cai Mingfeng said: "This is the interest you deserve, and I will feel uneasy if you don't charge me." As he spoke, he bowed his hand politely to Liu Fengying.

Liu Fengying saw the sincerity of Cai Mingfeng's words, and saw that there was no irregularity between his comings and goings, so she had a different good feeling in her heart.

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