Chapter 12 Panda
A deserted street was covered with knee-high snow, and no one braved the cold to clean it.
On both sides of the street are old jujube trees.
The wrinkles on the bark of the jujube tree are the most common among the woods, and the dark brown branches are also the hardest of the woods.
This kind of tree grows very slowly, and when it is a sapling, it grows faster, but after a few years, the trunk begins to grow slowly, and it does not grow a few centimeters in a year.
The dates of this jujube tree are not as sweet as winter jujubes, and they are not as big as winter jujubes, and the juice is not very sufficient. And if you eat too much raw, you will have diarrhea. Therefore, to eat this kind of date, you have to dry it and eat it.
In autumn, lay the dates and put them in the sun to dry, tossing them from time to time to make them even better. When the skin is bulging, it's almost there. Put it in a sack and put it in a dry place. If you want to eat it, you can take it out again, and it will not be a problem to store it for more than half a year. At this time, the skin of the jujube is also dry, and the brown flesh inside is very chewy, and the more you chew, the more fragrant it becomes......
It can also be used to steam cakes, cook porridge, and there is another way to eat, that is, to make tea......
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The predecessors planted trees and the later people enjoyed the shade, and there were too many dates on both sides of the street to eat them all, so they rotted on them.
In late autumn, most of the dates are ripe and fall to the ground, rotting into mud that nourishes the soil.
There is also a small part of the tenacious ones, which grow on them, and gradually wither. The skin of these dates also turned black and dried naturally. Due to the accumulation of sugar, this black date is particularly sweet.
A donkey cart approached.
The cart was pulled by an old donkey, with gray hair and two pointed ears hanging down, listless. From time to time, I sniff a few times and exhale hot miscellaneous gas.
Its four hooves did not have iron palms, so it was also sharpened very badly, and it was wrapped in cloth by the donkey's owner, as if it were wearing shoes.
Wearing shoes also has the advantage of stepping on deep snow without freezing panic......
The donkey cart stopped, and Zhou Sheng, dressed in an azure robe, walked down. His long hair was neatly combed and particularly spiritual. The only disadvantage is that the hair on the cheeks is slightly curled, which is because it is dirty. Zhou Sheng hadn't washed his hair for several days, and the oil on his head was old, but it was just a small thing, and it didn't get in the way.
patted the donkey's buttocks, and Zhou Sheng walked down upside down.
When I saw the old jujube trees on both sides, I found one with the most dates in comparison, and kicked it hard.
"Wow~~"
What fell was not air-dried haode black dates, but a large cloud of snow, which fell into his neck with a bang, making Zhou Sheng sizzle a few breaths of cold air.
He glanced up at the tenacious dates on the top of the tree and cursed.
"It's so hard to eat a few dates......
"Phew, Phew"
After spitting twice in the palm of his hand and rubbing it, Zhou Sheng rolled up his sleeves and rolled up his trousers. The next moment, he climbed up with a brush.
Zhou Sheng's kung fu climbing the tree is quite powerful, and this jujube tree has many branches, and the jujube tree is not tall. The tallest jujube tree, which is not more than five meters, is very easy to climb.
On the jujube tree, pluck the sparse black jujube and put it in the pocket of the azure robe.
This azure robe was made of new materials he bought. As for the cyan robe that the Sage made for him, he changed it into a few small clothes for the two little ones to wear. Although the clothes were made by the sage, they didn't have any special effects for him, but for ordinary people, they could still ward off evil spirits.
After filling his pocket, Zhou Sheng jumped directly from the tree.
Rubbing his frozen red ears, he got into the carriage in a few steps. Stretched out a kick and kicked the donkey's buttocks, and the old donkey moved forward slowly......
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It was warm in the carriage, and there was an incense burner with rosin in it, which cleared the mind......
The little beggar sat on the side with his sister in his arms, and Zhou Sheng sat lazily opposite.
took out the dates in his pocket, wiped them on the curtain of the carriage, threw them into his mouth, and chewed them heavily.
Crunchy
It's really sweet, but it's too small, and the jujube pit is too big. Swallowing the jujube meat and the jujube kernel, Zhou Sheng is eating now, and he has developed a problem, no matter what he eats, he eats it all.
Eat citrus, even the skin. Eating bananas is even more like eating the skin.
This all depends on his digestion ability, Zhou Sheng has gradually moved out of the category of 'human', and in two days, he wonders if his stomach can digest stones......
threw a handful to the little beggar, as for the smaller little ones, they can't eat this thing, and they are easy to get stuck in their throats by the jujube pits......
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The shoin is the largest seowon in Kyoto. The academy is called the academy, and there is no other word before the word academy.
The academy, for as long as it has been recorded, has existed and has always been in Bianliang.
Whether it is the Han Dynasty of the previous dynasty, or the Great Qin of the previous dynasty, or even the previous dynasty, the existence of the academy has been recorded.
Bianliang has always been the imperial capital of all dynasties, because it is the leader of the entire continent. It's just that the names of the imperial capitals of each dynasty are different.
The academy does not interfere with the world, and the dynasties will not provoke it.
It can also be said that the academy is actually a courtyard, but the people in the courtyard have changed from generation to generation. If there is anything special, that is, the house of the academy is very old, how to say it, there is a kind of vicissitudes of history.
I haven't smelled the vicissitudes of history, and I don't know how to smell it, but it probably is the smell of old chaff, or the smell of dust from old books that have been pressed at the bottom of the box for decades and pulled out, and when the books are opened.
There are no powerful people in the academy, and it is estimated that the powerful thousand-year-old monsters are all dead.
On this day, Zhou Sheng came to apply for the job, and he deliberately dressed up a whole ......
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The location of the shoin, of course, is in the middle of nowhere in Kyoto, and if it is built next to the vegetable market, how can it be learned if it is noisy.
There are not only Confucianism, but also other schools of thought, which can be said to be a hundred schools of thought, and even Buddhist colleges, where there are a few great monks who teach people to recite scriptures and eat fasting.
When the donkey cart arrived at the gate of the academy, Zhou Sheng lifted the curtain and walked down.
The gate is chic, like ...... Chaimen ...... Yes, that's the word, Chaimen. I don't know how many years ago the academy was built, even if the wood used is strong, it can't withstand the erosion of history, and now there are a lot of wormholes, and many caterpillars have made their homes in it.
On the side of the gate, there were no tiger-backed guards, only one...... Alien Beast ......
This beast has black and white stripes on its body, two big black circles, and a fat body, this is the legendary iron-eating beast, which is recorded in classical books, and has not been extinct for thousands of years. Also called silver dog, cat bear......
One of the most popular names is the giant panda.
There are a lot of these things in the wild forest, like to eat bamboo, in this shijie, giant pandas are not worth much!
This giant panda is a prime-age panda, lying lazily at the gate basking in the sun, of course, there is no sun at this time in this weather.
There were several layers of bedding underneath it, as well as pillows. Its sharp claws are picking and eating the insects inside the gate, and the panda also eats meat.
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Zhou Sheng stepped forward, arched his hand and said, "Brother Panda, be polite, may I ask if this is an academy?"
No wonder Zhou Sheng asked, this academy is different from what he imagined, no matter how you say it, it has to be splendid......
As for asking about this panda, it also makes sense. This shijie is a crazy shijie, even a mouse can become a demon, let alone a panda, maybe this giant panda in front of him is a kung fu master, or he can use it to watch the door!
The giant panda lazily ignored him, just yelled a few times at the gate. Before long, a young man came out.
This young man has clear eyebrows, a scholar's robe, and a folding fan in his hand, which makes Zhou Sheng sigh in his heart, it is worthy of the academy, the people inside are so windy, and the snow in the winter shakes the fan, there is wind and bones......
Zhou Sheng asked, "Brother Tai, is this a academy?"
The young man glanced at it lightly, closed the fan with a snap, rubbed his hands, and said impatiently: "Yes, what are you here for?
"Oh, excuse me, I'm here to apply for a teacher's ......"
The young man glanced at Zhou Sheng curiously, and only said after a while: "Boss, you went to the wrong door!"
Zhou Sheng frowned, and said suspiciously, "This is not the academy?"
"It's the academy, but this is the back door, please come to the front door, don't make trouble at the back door, it's quiet here......"
"The back door, I said, why is the pomp so bad, but the back door is the back door, which door is not the same entry."
Zhou Sheng drove the donkey cart and entered the academy. Inside, it was very deserted, a white snow, and there was not even a shadow of a person in sight.
The giant panda and the young man led the way, the giant panda was proud in the front, and the young man was in the back. Zhou Sheng sighed in his heart, we still have a pair of fiery eyes, and I can see at a glance that this cat bear is extraordinary.
After talking with the young man for a while, Zhou Sheng also understood the situation of the academy.
The academy is divided into gardens according to various genres. Some schools have many students and are lively, while others have few people and are deserted.
There are more than 230 kinds of schools in the entire academy, including hundreds of schools, minerals, timber, planting, agriculture and commerce......
There are 30,000 students, and the courtyard is very large.
The dean of the academy is 'Yan Zhitui', that is, one of the three princes.
The area where Zhou Shenglai came was the Garden of Ten Thousand Beasts, a place dedicated to communicating with wild beasts, and there were very few students. This young man was one, and in addition to him, there were two students in total. The entire garden, which can be said to have only three students, is also the garden with the least number of people in the academy.
As a student here, my daily job is to study animals, and to put it bluntly, I am an animal handler, serving these animals every day to eat, drink and lazar. Except for people who really love haode in this area, other people really can't stand it.
The young man's name is Chen Qi, and he has been in this garden for more than three years, and he wanders around all day long, which is also the only benefit.
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On the white mound, there was a sudden rumbling sound, and several big brown bears ran down, the thick limbs, the big head, and the extra-large bear paws, which made Zhou Sheng can't help but want to taste the taste of bear meat.
Several large brown bears ran wildly ahead, and the bears' paws all had a layer of sticky stuff on them, exuding a fragrance. That's honey, bear paw plus honey, so Zhou Sheng wants to chop off this bear paw, delicious!
The big bear at the front is still holding a honeycomb, the size of a human head.
Behind a swarm of bees is chasing wildly, catching bears and stinging. However, this bearskin is too thick to pierce in. And a bee that loses its needle loses its life. After a while, the bee colony was helpless and finally went home.
Chen Qi explained: "Behind the mound is a bee forest, all of which are hornet's nests, and you can't enter them. Whoever goes will die, that is, these bears have thick skin, so they can go in and steal some honey to satisfy their hunger......"
When the panda saw the honeycomb, his black eyes lit up, and he went up to touch it twice, and then he fanned the big bear with a head of seven or eight hundred pounds, snatched the honeycomb over, and stretched out his big tongue to lick the honey.
"Roar~~"
The big brown bear roared unwillingly a few times and retreated.
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Zhou Sheng praised again: "Good kung fu!"
"This panda's name is Ah Tie, and he is one of the overlords in this garden. It is as famous as the king king bee in the bee forest, as well as the king of the big willow tree, as well as the king of the sky eagle and the king of Wong Tai Sin, all of them are enlightened."
Panda, Queen Bee, Willow Spirit, Eagle, Weasel, these should be the five most powerful monsters.
Walking around the yard, Zhou Sheng found that there are really many animals here, there are old snakes hibernating, crocodiles in frozen lakes, and bird nests on trees.
There were even two rhinos, leopards, tigers, lions were seen. What made Zhou Sheng happiest was that there was still a herd of elephants......
"What a place, it's the most haode ingredients!!"
This longevity garden can be said to be the place with the most living creatures, and there is too much game. It also covers an area of the most extensive garden, with a radius of more than ten kilometers. It is said to be a seowon, but it has actually been separated from the seowon. Of course, the annual funds still have to be given in the same way, which is also what makes the academy dissatisfied, which costs too much.
Many animals gather together, although there is a food chain, many animals can prey on each other, but it cannot satisfy the appetite of all animals, so they can only be replenished from the outside.
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The donkey cart passed through this garden, and the panda and Chen Qi were not sent away, and finally entered the real academy.
The place Zhou Sheng wants to go to is Confucianism, and there is a good place for self-cultivation. In Confucianism, Wanshou Garden is not far away, and it is also a place where Zhou Sheng is happy, and the animals in Wanshou Garden are so fat, it is a pity not to eat them.
Where Confucianism is, there are colorful auspicious clouds in the sky in the courtyard, which is really a spring of literature and thought, and those clouds form a gorgeous article......
Most of the students are eleven or twelve years old, and when they really reach the age of Zhou Sheng, there are really not many people who come to the academy. These students have already passed the enlightenment stage, but they have no real understanding of the shijie concept, which is the age of confusion.
Zhou Sheng sent an invitation, and after a while, an old master came over.