Chapter 61: The Blood Cuckoo in the Cold Rain [3]
"But Miss...... If we go to dinner, we have to communicate with them. In case ......"
Don't look at the sugar-fried chestnuts who are giggling on weekdays, but if you really want her to rush forward like this, she is no longer worried about what to happen, but there are 10,000 reluctances.
This reluctance is nothing more than because she is not bold enough and does not grasp enough.
"What if?"
Zhao Mingming asked.
Of course, she knew what the sugar-fried chestnuts were worried about.
Asking like this is nothing more than letting her say it generously.
Expressing one's worries and admitting one's cowardice is a cruel way.
But when the last word comes out, I feel a sense of relief for no reason.
Zhao Mingming asked rhetorically.
The sugar-fried chestnuts were silent, but after a while, they spoke:
"I've just heard that human emotions are too complex...... It's hard for us to tell what to do if we lose money......"
"They're all human...... And it's all men...... In case we both ......"
Sugar-fried chestnuts stumbled and said.
"What if we eat it? I've only seen strange beasts eat people, and you've seen people eat strange beasts?"
However, as long as it is a creature in this heaven and earth, when it is just born, it is confused, there is no sense, and there is no cognition.
Newborn babies in humans are not as good as foreign beasts.
But as a living being, what is the meaning of choosing to know the world clearly?
This sentence made Zhao Mingming speechless.
She can't deny the complexity of human emotions.
At least it's much harder than getting along with other beasts.
It all depends on whether humanity accepts it or not.
The world is wider than the nine mountains, and it is also more prosperous than the nine mountains.
Humans have a lot more choices than other beasts.
Maybe it's just because I don't want to die, so I try to live with such a simple truth.
Zhao Mingming once read in a book, saying that the biggest difference between humans and alien beasts is that humans seem to be always thinking, this kind of thinking is either seeking an answer to something, a solution to something, or someone's favor.
However, the problems in the mortal world are not only solvable by thinking, and the truth that human beings say is often only a sophistry about the self. It sounds like gossip and nonsense, but it may hide great wisdom.
But consciousness is a higher pursuit.
Instinct doesn't make the beasts make choices or think about meaning.
But what Zhao Mingming doesn't understand is that human beings seem to like to get to the bottom of a thing.
Humans can live according to their own consciousness, but the beasts rely more on their own instincts.
There is still a difference between inability and consciousness.
Instinct is only sleepy, sleepy, full and not hungry and other basic things.
But in the face of wind, rain, thunder and lightning and other things that are beyond the reach of manpower, he pinned his hope on the clay statues in the temple.
Isn't that ridiculous?
Zhao Mingming felt so at the beginning of the pages.
Even if you don't do it, you have to use your own judgment to make a definition of self-righteousness.
It's like a beggar must be lazy to eat, and a rich man must be diligent and hardworking.
These ordinary people, ordinary things, can barely say a word, or so.
If everything doesn't go well, then move on to the next thing.
Until you come across something that goes your way.
When there is no hope, go to the temple and pray as a kind of support and sustenance.
But when her consciousness became more profound, she always looked back, but she felt that it was actually herself who was ridiculous......
This seems to be unreasonable, but in fact it is the normal state of the world.
It is precisely because of this kind of irrationality that human beings will be optimistic and strong and strive to live.
But countless mistakes have been made, and countless times have to be corrected or even restarted.
Isn't this the only way to satisfy one's desires and pray for the best of one's life?
Thinking about it this way, Zhao Mingming even felt that human beings were actually not those creatures who knew the corresponding to the alien beasts.
When there is no satisfaction, desire drives the spirit and body to move forward.
Although the same error tends to happen in this way.
These mistakes are always very different in the big loop.
In other words, only those who have such a state can be called human beings.
Sugar-fried chestnuts feel that human beings are not good and not kind.
In fact, human beings are not creatures that exist for the sake of goodness or sacredness.
Human refers to a state of existence or living.
Expectations are shattered, prayers are prayed, cries and struggles, and struggling to find.
It is in this state that human beings are in a state that repeats the cycle of turbulence.
Human knowledge is just a general term for living beings in this state.
As long as any living being can attain this state, it can be called a human being.
Zhao Mingming knew that she was not a qualified human being now.
Alien beasts always boast of being high.
But that's not the case with clear things.
This is not necessarily the case with muddy things.
Not only is he not afraid, but he is also very ambitious.
She wants to cultivate this state of "human being" to the great perfection.
Be a thorough, most qualified "human".
But in the hustle and bustle in front of you, how many people are qualified?
Who has to say is not clear.
So Zhao Mingming is not afraid.
What she is looking for: "human" is not such a foreign name or habit.
It is a complex and vigorous view of feelings, the right to choose, and the ability to cognitive.
These things are brought in the mountains for a lifetime, but they cannot be learned.
If these words were to be spoken, they would definitely be opposed by the beasts in the Nine Mountains as early as possible.
Impulsively, maybe he will say behind his back that Zhao Mingming's thoughts are really forgetful......
But only Zhao Mingming knows it.
After all, she felt that her brain was smart enough.
Sugar-fried chestnuts looked nervous, and his eyes wandered to look ahead.
Her heart was panicking.
It can only be accumulated bit by bit in reality.
Even if you suffer a little loss, it doesn't hurt.
As for being deceived, Zhao Mingming never thought about it......
Zhao Mingming frowned, grabbed the wrist of the sugar-fried chestnuts, and walked forward.
But the dense flow of people in the market made them walk very slowly......
"Miss, it's so uncomfortable to crowd people here......"
Zhao Mingming felt a strong sense of uneasiness beside her.
What's more, it seems that this is just a market, not a place to eat.
"Follow me!"
Zhao Mingming muttered to herself.
The wings of her nose twitched slightly.
As if he was looking for something, he walked straight in one direction.
In fact, although the flow of people is dense, it is far from the point where sugar-fried chestnuts are said.
Zhao Mingming knew that she was just doing it in her own heart, but she didn't pay attention to it.
"It seems to be over there!"
Each table is equipped with four benches.
Each bench can be done for two people.
A cast-iron cauldron with one missing ear was placed on the stovetop.
Not for a while.
What appeared in front of Zhao Mingming and sugar-fried chestnuts was a noodle stall.
A few grease tables sat behind a humble stove.
Zhao Mingming said firmly.
"Miss is right! That's what I thought of before!"
Half of the sugar-fried chestnuts stood behind Zhao Mingming, but her head poked out of Zhao Mingming's right shoulder, sniffed and said.
The soup inside was tumbling violently.
Zhao Mingming walked closer and slightly fanned the heat raised when the soup was tumbling with her hand.
"This is it!"
Lao Li, the stall owner, looked up at the two of them, and then replied.
It's just that his gaze is a little suspicious.
I don't know how these two girls who are dressed in gold and delicate clothes came to their stall to ask questions.
"What is this food?"
Zhao Mingming asked.
"Tofu noodles!"
She knows what tofu is.
But this tofu noodle has really never heard of anything.
The first time Zhao Mingming ate tofu was when she had just transformed into a shape.
"Miss, what's the matter with tofu noodles?"
Sugar-fried chestnuts asked.
Zhao Mingming also shook her head.
Later, I learned that this tofu is also divided into regions.
The kind of tofu she ate felt extremely tender, but it was still a little old compared to the south.
The real tender tofu is more delicate than the lotus, and the gauze is more silky.
She was very curious about this white and tender tofu cube.
Eat it until it is slippery in your mouth, you don't need to chew it at all, and you can swallow it in one bite.
For this reason, Zhao Mingming also deliberately went to understand what the tofu in this world is all about.
But after a long time, he has also become closer to the state of "human beings" step by step.
Every meal is indispensable for oil, salt, and fireworks.
But only this tofu can be eaten with it when it is raw, cut into pieces.
However, this tofu has some benefits that are not available for individual eating.
That is, whether it is raw or cooked, it can be eaten.
Although the alien beasts don't care about this.
After eating, the tofu below has already tasted.
and Zhao Mingming's simple way of eating, presumably, her father Zhao Ze is a big connoisseur of eating tofu.
However, like Zhao Mingming, he also likes to eat tofu that has been mixed, but with leek leaves instead of shallots.
As for what to mix, everyone has their own preferences.
Zhao Mingming's favorite is a small section of shallots, and then add two spoonfuls of autumn oil and a little vinegar.
Put in the already cut tofu cubes and flip them gently, and turn the bottom full of soup on top to eat first.
It can also make the surface of the tofu slightly harder, and the taste is more elastic and tough.
But it can't be burned for too long.
If it is completely cooked, not only will the tender taste of the tofu disappear, but the skin will inevitably become wrinkled......
Before each meal, I also instructed the cook to blanch it with boiling water.
Because the tofu was transported from the world under the mountain to this mountain, it was inevitably contaminated with a lot of earthy taste.
When it is so hot, it removes all the earthy flavor.
This leek leaf is also treated like tofu, and it is immediately removed after rolling in water.
When it is left at half temperature, sprinkle with a layer of salt flowers and drop a few drops of old wine.
When it is fully cool, it is marinated and flavored.
It looks a little sad, let alone eats it in your mouth.
At the turn of spring and summer, the leek leaves just after the beginning of spring are added.
This is a leek leaf, fragrant and tender, with concurrent buds and leaves, but it is a little more clinisky than the mint that shows its sharp corners.
However, the tofu here is not mixed, but burned.
Some roasted tofu needs to be fried in oil first, while others are dry and roasted without oil.
Zhao Mingming saw the stall owner Lao Li cut the capital into one-inch thick squares, then poured a little vegetable oil into a frying pan, and then used chopsticks to put a piece of cut tofu on it.
Simply chop the leek leaves into minced pieces and sprinkle them into the tofu and you're ready to use.
One bite down, full of spring.
Even people who are always sad and sad on weekdays and lament the passing of the white horse, they are extremely eager to stay for more time in this spring, or next year's spring, which will come earlier.
The stall owner is a middle-aged man who is honest.
When answering Zhao Mingming's culture, he seemed a little nervous.
His free left hand was on the back of his head, pulling at his hair.
"You're going to fry it?"
Zhao Mingming asked.
"No, it's fried. If you want to fry it, the oil must at least be less than all the tofu cubes. The people here have a light taste, and the tofu doesn't eat oil, not to mention that I have a small business here...... I can't afford to put that much oil. ”
It was also the first time she had seen someone cook.
When she was on the mountain, she didn't even peel a single fruit herself.
At first glance, this vivid fried tofu is extremely high in nature.
But he didn't even dare to raise his head.
"What do you mean?"
Zhao Mingming had never heard of this word.
Zhao Mingming asked again.
"Noodles are noodles...... Eat a few taels and tell me. Then cut and cook. ”
The stall owner pointed to the big cast-iron country next to him where the soup was tumbling.
"That's it...... This tofu it doesn't like oil very much. Just a little bit so that it doesn't stick to the pan. And it can only be fried for a while, after a long time, it will be old, and there is a hard shell on the skin, and the edges and corners in the mouth are sharp when eaten, and there is no feeling of tofu at all. ”
The stall owner said.
"What about that side?"
"Lao Li, I didn't see that you still have such peach blossom luck? Such a beautiful girl actually kept saying that she wanted to eat your tofu?
One said.
Zhao Mingming tilted her head and listened.
"I don't want to eat noodles, I just want to eat your tofu!"
Zhao Mingming shook her head, pointed to the tofu in the frying pan that was about to be fried out of the pan and said.
As soon as the words ended, several diners behind the stall owner burst into laughter.
"What's so funny about this? Aren't you eating tofu too? Why do I have to eat it like this, can't I eat this tofu if you can eat it?"
Zhao Mingming said.
She was a little angry.
The smiling faces of these people caught her eye, but she didn't know why they were laughing.
It sounds like it's because I want tofu......
But this stall is here, isn't it just for making tofu to eat?
Then he handed over a silver ticket.
"Ten thousand taels?!"
Lao Li, the stall owner, didn't know what the sugar fried chestnuts were for.
After all, not long after going out, the eldest lady's temper on this body has not been completely suppressed.
"Our young lady wants to eat this tofu, you just have to do it!"
Sugar-fried chestnuts pulled Zhao Mingming's cuffs, stood a step ahead and said to the stall owner Lao Li Lao Li.
How do you know that this 10,000 taels is more than enough to add up to the things in the entire market?
"Two young ladies, I'm here...... A bowl of noodles only costs eight dollars. If you just eat tofu, three of you will be enough. But this ten thousand taels ...... I can't even find it in the next place!"
Lao Li, the stall owner, said.
After waiting for the results, I found that it was a silver ticket with a face value of 10,000 taels, and I almost shook my hand and fell into the oil pot and fried it with the tofu.
Sugar-fried chestnuts were shocked by the astonishment of the stall owner Lao Li......
Neither of them had any idea of money......
Even the people who were eating noodles in the back were holding chopsticks and looked closer.
The soup on the chopsticks dripped down the chopsticks and landed on the pants, and I didn't notice it.
"Miss......"
Then he returned the silver ticket to the sugar-fried chestnuts.
But his hand kept rubbing the silver ticket.
My eyes were always fixed on the two words of 10,000, and I couldn't pull them out at all.
"We have a lot of extra money in our bodies. Only this silver ticket...... What do you think we should do?"
Zhao Mingming asked.
"Or ...... Don't eat it......"
Sugar-fried chestnuts just wanted to speak, but they saw Zhao Mingming's gesture and closed their mouths.
Although Zhao Mingming didn't know what this big money was, how much was 10,000 taels.
But from the performance of Lao Li, the stall owner, and the diners behind her, she knew that this 10,000 taels should be worth a lot.
The only way at the moment is to let them leave.
As long as Zhao Mingming and sugar-fried chestnuts don't eat, they won't give money.
So as long as these two people leave, this dead knot will naturally be untied.
Lao Li, the stall owner, scratched his head and said.
He was indeed helpless against the silver ticket of 10,000 taels.
And in the face of these two little girls who seem to be ignorant of the world, they can't bear to be deceived.
looked at the stall owner Lao Li quietly.
But he was embarrassed to look at this honest middle-aged man again, and lowered his head.
"Haha......"
"But we're hungry......"
Sugar-fried chestnuts whispered.
Zhao Mingming didn't say a word.
The market, which had been noisy before, suddenly fell silent.
"It's definitely higher than the price you set!"
Zhao Mingming took out the silver ticket from the hand of the sugar-fried chestnuts, stretched it out in front of the stall owner Lao Li and shook it and said.
Zhao Mingming looked at it and suddenly laughed.
This smile is really sinking fish and geese, and the ice is melting and the snow is melting......
Except for the stall owner Lao Li, who lowered his head, the rest of the people were all stunned.
The stall owner, Lao Li, nodded again.
"Here you go! No need to look for it! A bowl of fried tofu, a bowl of tofu noodles!"
Zhao Mingming said.
After the stall owner Lao Li saw it, he nodded.
"Then since the price is higher than yours, we don't eat white food, right?"
Zhao Mingming then asked.
Sugar-fried chestnuts whispered to Zhao Mingming.
Zhao Mingming smiled faintly and did not speak.
She saw that the stall owner, Lao Li, was still staring at the silver ticket on the board in a daze, and couldn't help but urge:
Slap the ticket on the board.
Then he pulled the sugar-fried chestnuts around the stove and the stall owner Lao Li, and went to the back to find an empty seat.
"Miss, we seem to have suffered a loss......"
"The two young ladies are 10,000 taels to eat a bowl of fried tofu and a bowl of tofu noodles from this stall!"
Although the stall owner Lao Li is not a martial artist.
But this shout can really be regarded as a majestic mountain and river!
"Fried tofu?underneath?!"
The stall owner, Lao Li, seemed to have just come back to his senses.
Then put away the silver ticket with a face value of 10,000 taels on the board, and knocked the chopsticks in his hand to the edge of the pan!
Lao Li, the stall owner of the stall opposite, said a little sourly.
"Look at it, look at it! The real 10,000 taels of silver tickets! I won't tell you anything, although my Lao Li doesn't even have a family background of 100 taels. But in the early years, he was also a knowledgeable person! This 10,000 taels of silver tickets, I have also seen the eye blessing a few times, and the hand blessing has touched it a few times. Although so many years have passed, as soon as I took over, this feeling suddenly returned! I knew that I couldn't make a mistake! You are looking at these two young ladies, this look, this demeanor, how well they dress, which point is not that...... That...... What about the beautiful looks of everyone, they will never deceive people!"
The stall owner, Lao Li, said excitedly.
attracted the whole market people, shoulder to shoulder, one after another, one after another.
I want to see what the eldest lady is, and she spent 10,000 taels just to eat this Lao Li's bowl of fried tofu and tofu noodles.
"Isn't it bragging!"
But who is Miss?
How can you shout so unabashedly?!
Lao Li, the stall owner, coped with the envious eyes and rhetoric of the people around him, but he fried a bowl of tofu in his hand unhurriedly.
"Miss, this human seems to have used the two of us as the signboard of his stall!"
Sugar-fried chestnuts pouted and said.
She didn't have anything to ......
Although the smile is still honest.
But he never lowered his head again.
The waist bar is also much straighter.
"This young lady, you eat it while it's hot!"
Lao Li, the stall owner, said with a smile.
Zhao Mingming looked at him at this time, but he was no one so shy.
Sugar-fried chestnuts asked.
"Isn't it completely different from just now?"
Zhao Mingming said.
"Look at the stall owner. ”
Zhao Mingming took a piece of tofu with chopsticks and put it in her mouth, and said to the fried chestnuts with sugar.
"What's wrong, Miss?"
Zhao Mingming said.
"Ah, how does Miss know? What can you do with 10,000 taels of silver?"
Sugar-fried chestnuts asked.
"That's right...... It's like a different person!"
Sugar-fried chestnuts said.
"I now know how much 10,000 taels of silver is worth!
Sugar-fried chestnuts gasped and said.
Her face also came up.
The so-called tofu noodles are nothing more than boiled noodles with a layer of fried tofu on top.
"Ten thousand taels of silver, so change a person's character. Personality is able to influence a person's fate. In this case, isn't it 10,000 taels of silver that completely changes a person's whole life, from beginning to end?
Zhao Mingming said.
"Shhh...... When the young lady said this, it was true! 10,000 taels is really too valuable......"
Sugar-fried chestnuts suck and eat noodles.
accidentally, but it splashed a piece of soup on Zhao Mingming's face.
Zhao Mingming was about to wipe it off with a handkerchief, but a thin and white hand stretched out in front of her.
There are no new tricks.
Tofu and noodles are two foods, put together, aren't they tofu noodles?
Zhao Mingming felt that she was thinking too much and was disturbing herself......
Zhao Mingming did not bear out his handkerchief.
She asked, pulling out her own and gently wiping the marks on her face.
"But it's abrupt...... I just see that Miss seems to have not been out for a long time, but she has traveled south and north below, and has experienced a lot, and I may be able to talk to Miss about things on the ground. ”
On the slender fingers, there is a handkerchief folded in a long strip.
When she looked up, she thought it was a young man wearing a scarf and a green shirt.
"What's the matter?"
The young man had not taken the handkerchief before, but he could still understand it......
After all, women are reserved.
If he comes up and takes it, it will make him feel that something is wrong.
The man said.
"No, I don't. ”
Zhao Mingming said coldly.
Zhao Mingming said after eating another piece of tofu.
"If Miss needs to change money, she knows a smart place to go, so she recommends herself and is willing to make a front stop for Miss!"
As soon as this person heard Zhao Mingming answer, he suddenly felt that there was a door!
"Miss can know that although these 10,000 taels of silver tickets are precious, they are extremely inconvenient to use. ”
The man chuckled lightly, then spoke.
"Yes. ”
"I've eaten 10,000 taels of tofu like this, but it's enough! Do you think I need to change money?"
Zhao Mingming reached out and took out the sugar-fried chestnuts, then took out all the silver tickets, put them on the table and said.
Each of these silver tickets is worth 10,000 taels.
When it was stacked, it was a few inches higher than the bowl of tofu noodles.