Chapter 30: The Man Who Was Deated
After separating from Sister Wang, Silly Zhu couldn't help but think of the girl just now, and there was a longing in his heart, but Silly Zhu, who had never experienced feelings, didn't understand what was going on
When I returned home, it was already 8 o'clock, and when I saw that the master was still waiting for me, I found that the master was staring at me, and I couldn't help but ask curiously:
"Master, what are you staring at me?"
"Did you meet someone today?"
The girl who thought of the stupid pillar when he heard this was the first thing he thought of, but he thought that the master was casually asking and honestly told him about today's events. Hearing the words of the apprentice, the old Taoist priest also felt a little comforted in his heart, his apprentice's marriage originally thought that he could no longer see it, and the old Taoist priest had already realized that his limit was not far away, as long as half a month, and as short as these days, he didn't expect to see each other before he died
Sensing that something was wrong with the master, the stupid pillar also asked, but the old Taoist priest did not explain, but just said to the stupid pillar, "I have no regrets, old Taoist, I have no regrets", his own skills have been taught to the apprentice, and the rest is his own accumulation, plus before he died, he can still see the apprentice's future partner, the old Taoist priest is extremely satisfied
The next day was Saturday, and the rain didn't go to school today, Silly Zhu saved some money for his sister and then went to work, and after arriving at the rolling mill, he gave yesterday's money to Sister Wang, because after yesterday, Silly Zhu found that he had no change, so he decided to give the money to Sister Wang today. After receiving the money, Sister Wang was also very happy, she was more than 200,000 yuan a month, and this time it was 30,000 yuan, and she was about to eat more meat at home on the National Day
Because there is no reception today, the silly pillar is busy in the greenhouse all morning, it is almost October, and the weather is slowly getting colder, and the day after tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, the silly pillar thinks about making some moon cakes in these two days. After lunch, when Silly Zhu was reading a book in the back kitchen, he remembered that he was going to cook for the big leader tonight, and he also planned to make some mooncakes now
The things in the canteen are very complete, and Silly Zhu decided to make some meat and vegetarian food to send some to the big leaders and Master Wu, as well as Uncle Wang, Director Tang, and a few friends who have a good relationship. called Sister Wang to ask him to help him and noodles and so on, and he would share some mooncakes with her, and he would go out to buy materials, and the vegetarian ones would make five-kernel meat and beef ones
After an afternoon of busy work by the two of them, it was finally done, Silly Zhu cut a few points for the people in the canteen, everyone praised the deliciousness, and asked Lao Ji to help him send the finished moon cakes home, and Silly Zhu rode a bicycle towards the big leader's house
The husband and wife in the big leader's family were very happy to see the stupid pillar coming, and they hadn't seen the stupid pillar for a long time, and they heard Secretary Liang call and say that the stupid pillar was on vacation for a month, and both of them were also concerned about asking how the stupid pillar was doing, and the stupid pillar said that there was no problem and then took out the moon cakes he made.
After cooking, I rushed home with the rice wine stupid pillar sent by the big leader, tomorrow weekend and the day after tomorrow because it is the Mid-Autumn Festival, so I will rest for two days in a row, and I will buy the dishes of the Mid-Autumn Festival tomorrow
When his sister was doing her homework at home, Silly Zhu handed the mooncakes sent by Lao Ji to the master and sister to let them taste what they made, and then went to cook by themselves
Soon the time came to the weekend, Silly Zhu woke up his sister in the morning for breakfast, and was ready to take his sister to buy vegetables and buy some grapes, oranges, apples or something by the way, the little girl was either running crazy or sleeping all day long, and let her go out with her to run
After eating, Silly Zhu took his sister to the vegetable market, bought some meat and vegetables, and the brother and sister set off towards the outside of the city, there is a gathering near the city today, and there will be no less fruit to buy in it, and it is cheaper than the city
The two brothers and sisters came to the bazaar, and there were people coming and going, as well as all kinds of food and drink. Walking and walking, I saw a few fruit stalls, and the silly pillar walked to the stall and found that the person selling things turned out to be acquaintances, and the boss had cooked with him before, and then the boss also heard the movement and looked up
"Master He, it's you, I'm here to buy something today."
"Yes, it's not the Mid-Autumn Festival tomorrow, bring my sister to buy some fruit"
"Look at me, I just shipped it from the south in the morning, if you buy it, it's cheaper for you."
Silly Zhu looked at it and found that the oranges were really good, so he nodded and asked the boss to weigh some for himself. The two bought some bananas, oranges, melon seeds, peanut candy or something at the rally, the stupid pillar pushed the cart, and the rain was licking the small sugar man in the back seat with one hand and the sugar gourd in the other
The brother and sister walked around the assembly for most of the day, and looked at the time, it should be almost 11 o'clock, and the stupid pillar took his sister and rode towards the courtyard. In the afternoon, Silly Zhu originally wanted to send some mooncakes to friends or elders, but he didn't expect an uninvited guest
"Master He, hello" The person who came was Wenren Muxue two days ago, but there was also Wenren Mingxue, who had a relationship with Silly Zhu. After seeing that her sister was looking for a cook in the rolling mill, Mingxue was also a little surprised
"Master He, it's you, I don't know if you still remember me, I once went to your canteen with the secretary of your director, Lou, and I didn't expect that the master my sister was looking for was you, but I feel relieved that you are cooking."
"Of course I remember, but we haven't seen each other for more than a year" Silly Zhu looked at the woman in front of him who had a relationship, the two of them are sisters, they look a little similar, and they are indeed sisters in terms of appearance
Wenren Muxue didn't expect her sister to know the prodigal son in front of her, yes, in Wenren Muxue's heart, she was stupid and kept staring at herself after hitting herself that day, she was already a prodigal son, but the dishes made by this man did taste good
"Master He, I don't know if you still remember what I told you two days ago about my grandfather's birthday and inviting you to cook, we came here today to invite you to cook."
"Well, yes, but what kind of dishes do you want to use, how many tables are there, what time will the table start" Silly Zhu nodded after listening to the words of the two
"We plan to use Lu cuisine, my grandfather is from Shandong, as for the number of people is not too much, we have a total of more than a dozen people in our family and count 2 tables, starting at 7 o'clock in the evening"
"You write a menu, I'll see which dishes I don't know, and I'm discussing with you about changing the dishes," he said, and took the two back to his home
The old Taoist priest saw that the stupid pillar came back with two girls, one of them was a little older, about 22 years old, and the other was younger, the old Taoist priest looked at the other party's face and confirmed in his heart that this was the other half of the apprentice's future. The old Taoist priest saw that the other party was born in a powerful family, his parents were alive, healthy, and his parents were not evil.
Seeing that the things he had been thinking about in his heart had a result, the old Taoist priest's heart was truly perfect, as for the life of the stupid pillar after getting married and having children, the old Taoist priest didn't care too much, what his apprentice could teach himself, and what he had taught in the future all depended on his own creation
Wenren sisters also politely greeted each other after seeing that there was an old man in the other party's house, and when Wenren Mingxue wrote the menu, the old Taoist priest had already chatted with Wenren Muxue. It's good to see that the other party is so knowledgeable, and Mu Xue is also very surprised, I didn't expect that an elder in a cook's family could have this kind of knowledge and knowledge, and this kind of temperament is not available to my grandfather and grandfather, it seems that the old man in front of me should be very high, and I don't understand why he is in this kind of family
Silly Zhu took the menu written by the other party and looked at it, there are basically some big dishes of Lu cuisine on it, except for some ingredients that are particularly difficult to find, but there are a few Huaiyang dishes on it.
"Miss Wenren, didn't you say that you make Lu cuisine? How can there be Huaiyang cuisine," Silly Zhu also asked curiously
"My grandmother is from Yangzhou, and the old man has been in BJ for many years and has always wanted to eat Huaiyang cuisine, I don't know if Master He can make these dishes."
Silly Zhu looked at a few Huaiyang dishes on the menu, including braised lion's head, squirrel mandarin fish, and crystal meat, but this crystal meat himself doesn't know. Immediately and honestly return to himself and will not crystal meat. The two discussed whether to replace the crystal meat with Wensi tofu
The old Taoist priest is chatting with the little girl here, the old Taoist priest is well-informed, no matter what the little girl asks, she can say a few words, especially when she learns that the old man knows a lot of things about the Qing Dynasty, although several elders of his family were also born around 1890, but the age is not very old, so many things about the Qing Dynasty are not clear. The old Taoist priest did not intend to break the two of them, in his opinion, everything should go its own way, and if he helped, there would be uncontrollable changes. Wenren Mingxue was ready to say goodbye after doing a good job, and Wenren Muxue saw this, and the old Taoist priest agreed that he would have time to chat with each other in the future
Silly Zhu was also a little curious about what his master talked about with the other party to make this girl so happy, but he didn't bother to ask when he remembered that he still had something
The next day is the Mid-Autumn Festival, Silly Zhu started preparing today's meals early in the afternoon, Silly Zhu didn't plan to do a lot, now the weather temperature is also twenty-seven or eight degrees, do too much to eat tomorrow will be bad. So I made 4 dishes, a rock sugar elbow, a squirrel osmanthus fish, steamed crab and a vegetable, and opened the rice wine brought from the big leader's house. Today I had dinner in the courtyard, which was requested by the old Taoist priest, saying that we should enjoy the moon together during the Mid-Autumn Festival
Open the rice wine brought back from the big leader's house and pour a glass for the master first, and then pour a glass for himself, and after the master and apprentice drank a glass of wine, Silly Zhu also felt that the master had been a little silent in the past two days, and immediately asked the master if there was anything wrong. The old Taoist priest looked at the stupid pillar in silence
"Pillars, people have joys and sorrows, and the moon is cloudy and sunny and the moon is lacking. Master can meet you as an apprentice in this life, I am very satisfied, I have no regrets in my life."
Silly Zhu suddenly heard the old Taoist's deep words, and instinctively felt that something was about to happen, "Master, what's wrong with you, why did you suddenly say such things?"
The old Taoist priest just looked at the moon and didn't speak, the master and apprentice both looked at the moon silently, only He Yushui was gnawing on crabs, she couldn't understand what the old Taoist priest said, but when she saw that the two of them didn't speak, she thought that the two of them just didn't eat when they encountered something unhappy
After returning to the room at 10 o'clock, the old Taoist priest suddenly stopped the stupid pillar
"Pillar, I'm nearing the end of my life, I want to explain my future to you"
Silly Zhu was a little flustered when he heard the master suddenly say that he was about to be in the limit, but the old Taoist priest asked him to calm down
"Zhuzi, I have lived for 108 years, I have seen too many lives and deaths, death is not terrible to me, I was originally worried that the inheritance of our sect will be cut off in my hands, but the ancestor blesses, you and I master and apprentice originated 2 years ago, and the fate ended in these few days. But you kid gave me a big surprise yesterday and made my life complete. Lao Dao was born in Daoguang 28 years, his parents died since he was a child and was adopted by your ancestors, given the name Ye Xuan, and has been the head of the sect for 79 years.
Silly Zhu heard that the old Taoist priest wanted to pass on the throne to him, and hurriedly refused, but the master was about to pass away, and he couldn't let him go with regrets
"Lao Dao, I have no wife and no children in this life, in 1900 received a disciple named Lin Chaoyang, in 1905 received two apprentices of Cao Long, the two participated in the Anti-Japanese War in 37 years, but life and death are uncertain, now I don't know whether it is life or death, if you are still alive in the future, you will meet each other, these are the names of the sects and the sect of the mind, the five Taoist techniques are among them, and now pass it on to you, you have to keep it well."
Silly Zhu sadly took a few books from the master's hand, and wanted to say something, but was stopped by the old Taoist
"Pillar, don't want mother-in-law's, men should stand up to the sky, there is a courtyard in the west of my city, which has my records of practicing medicine over the years and the secrets of medical skills, you go with me in the past two days, you have to remember to keep it, Lao Dao has nothing else over the years, only these things have been preserved", the stupid pillar still wanted to let the master go to the hospital for examination
"Master, otherwise, let's go to the hospital for a check-up."
"Haha, Zhuzi, do you think that the medical skills of those people in the hospital are better than me, Lao Dao, I have been walking the rivers and lakes with your ancestors since I was 10 years old, and it has been nearly a hundred years now, I have seen good medical skills, but they have all passed away, I dare not say the first and second among the existing doctors, but I still dare to say the first and second among the existing doctors, but I still dare to say it in the first few times, and I am not a physical problem, my body organs have also come to an end, this is no longer something that can be solved by medical skills, you kid is alive and well than anything else I am gratified"
The master and apprentice looked at each other wordlessly in the room, the stupid pillar didn't sleep this night, and he was always reminiscing about the bits and pieces of the year with the master, from meeting the master to saving him at the door of the courtyard, and then to preaching and teaching, and taking himself to practice medicine, the usually strong stupid pillar shed tears at this time, which is the fear of death and the sadness of parting
The next day, Silly Zhu asked for leave, he wanted to spend the last few days with the master by his side in the past few days, and Lao Dao did not object, and neither of the master and apprentice said anything about last night. However, Silly Zhu needs to go to Wenren Muxue's grandfather's house to cook today, this is required by the master, he smiled at Silly Zhu, and the smile made Silly Zhu a little inexplicable and confused
Soon Silly Zhu came to the location according to the requirements of the address, a single-family villa, although no one guarded it, but Silly Zhu still saw that the identity of the people living in this place was not low, because it was very quiet, and the place where he lived and the place where the Lou family lived was different