So, I said: "Uncle Wang, don't call me little brother, my name is Zhang Jiansheng, just call me by my name." I am a native of Haizhou Prefecture, and I was ordered by my parents to go out to study, and I will go to Beijing to catch the exam when it comes to next year's big exam. I didn't know the road just now, so I went to my father-in-law and disturbed me. ”

Uncle Wang smiled and said, "Brother Zhang, don't be polite anymore, then you'll see the outside." ”

I deliberately put the topic on Alian's body. I said, "Uncle Wang, the girl who just washed the clothes is your daughter, right? I wonder how many children Uncle Wang's family has?"

Uncle Wang frowned, hesitated, and said, "Don't hide it from Brother Zhang, that girl is my newly adopted goddaughter, called Ah Lian." Alas, she was a hard-working child, and her family originally lived in a small village on the north bank of the Yangtze River, but who knew that the Yangtze River flooded and submerged their entire Zhuangzi. She survived because she was picking lotus outside by boat, and then she wandered here, and it happened that the old man had no children and no daughters under his knees, so he accepted her as a righteous daughter. ”

The people here are simple, and Uncle Wang is also very honest, so he told the ins and outs of Ah Lian. I don't know if he intentionally or unintentionally, he omitted the things that Murong Lei had been here.

I deliberately "ah" and said, "Uncle Wang, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked so much." ”

My words may have touched a sore spot on him.

Uncle Wang didn't care, and said: "Over the years, I've gotten used to it. ”

Uncle Wang then said: "But Xiaolian is very well-behaved, and we both like it very much, and after only a few days of coming, she has regarded this place as her home, and she rushes to do housework." We also asked someone to help her inquire about the situation in her hometown, as well as her parents and relatives, but there was no news, but we knew that her original village has now become an ocean, and it is estimated that it has become a river, and the original Xiaowangzhuang will no longer exist. ”

Uncle Wang said that in the end, he actually looked a little happy.

I also understand that Uncle Wang and they are old, and suddenly their diligent daughter comes, so they are naturally happy, and there are children in the countryside who want to prevent old age, so he is afraid that Ah Lian will leave them. Human nature is selfish, and I understand Uncle Wang's careful thinking, I estimate that I asked someone to find Xiaolian's parents, and I guess it was just a matter of talking.

I said, "Congratulations to Uncle Wang, it is a great blessing to receive such a well-behaved daughter in his old age." ”

Old man Wang praised me like this, his eyes narrowed into a slit, and his mouth couldn't close.

I chatted with Old Man Wang for a few more words, and while talking, Ah Lian walked in, and she said as she walked: "Abba, don't pull any more, this son should be hungry, take this son to eat, the dishes over there are all on the table." ”

Ordinary people in rural areas in central Jiangsu are like this, generally the east house is two small rooms, one small room is used as a kitchen and a small room is used as a restaurant, and there is only a wall in the middle.

There are several dishes on the small round table, boiled water chestnut, green pepper lotus root slices, fried loofah heads, etc., there are two plates of meat dishes, a braised carp, steamed chicken.

These are all green foods.

Uncle Wang smiled and said, "I don't know if these dishes are suitable for Brother Zhang's taste, so let's eat them." ”

I deliberately put on the dishes, sniffed them with my nose, and praised them sincerely: "Uncle Wang, these dishes are full of flavor and aroma, which has opened my eyes, and my gluttonous insects have been hooked off by them." ”

The old woman smiled and said, "Where is it, Brother Zhang is really good at talking, eat it quickly, the food will not taste good when it is cold." ”

Looking at these refreshing side dishes can't help but whet my appetite. However, a question flashed through my mind: "Can an ordinary farmer make such a dish?"

Old man Wang filled me with a bowl of wine and poured a bowl himself.

Old man Wang said to me proudly: "I don't have any wine utensils, let's make do with a bowl and drink it, this is my own wine, you must taste it." ”

Then he said to Allian's mother and daughter, "There are no outsiders here, you can eat your own food." ”

Allen's mother said to me, "This is all the old man's belongings, and he is usually reluctant to drink them. ”

The old man Wang said: "Where to speak, the old woman chews her tongue indiscriminately." ”

I was humble and excused myself: "Uncle Wang, I'm usually not good at drinking, I'd better eat some food, and the wine will be free, right?"

Old Man Wang smiled heartily and said, "This is a twenty-year-old wine, I usually don't want to drink it, it's rare to see you at first sight, you have to drink something." Come, eat some food before drinking. ”

I picked up the bowl, and just as it was about to reach my mouth, someone came hurrying over from outside.

The man snatched my wine and tilted his head, "Goo-dong, goo-dong, goo-dong." "Drink all the wine out of my bowl.

"Good wine, good wine. The man finished his drink and put the bowl on the table. "Uh......", and burped again.

It seems that this man is also hungry.

When I looked closely, I realized that it was the monk who was carrying a cloth bag, and he had come here with me.

I don't know what his last name is, so let's call him Pocket Monk for the time being.

The pocket monk wiped his mouth with his hand, not minding what others thought, and he said to me: "You are really not a good person, I chased you for a long time. It's good that you have good wine and food here, and my old man is running around on the road alone, and people think I'm crazy. Since you are not good at drinking, then I will suffer a little bit monk, and I will help you do it!"

I thought to myself, it's no wonder you're not crazy. It's just that I marveled at the speed of the monk, I rode the horse for half a day, and he was able to catch up in an instant, and he followed so accurately that I admired, and I overturned my previous opinion of him.

After the monk finished speaking, he sat down without waiting for everyone to react.

Old Man Wang and Ah Lian looked at this uninvited guest in surprise, and they didn't react for a while.

Old man Wang said: "Xiao Lian, go and get the bowl and chopsticks, and greet the holy monk." ”

Old man Wang poured another bowl of wine.

Ah Lian hurriedly got up and said, "Holy monk, wait a minute, I'll go." ”

After a while, Allen brought a set of cutlery.

At this time, the pocket monk glanced at everyone and said, "The old man came in a hurry and confessed." ”

This time, he didn't drink.

The monk didn't wait for others to speak, and he didn't use chopsticks, so he stretched out his black hand, pulled open a chicken leg, put it in his mouth, and bit it down fiercely, his mouth full of oil.

Everyone didn't move their chopsticks, just watched him squeak and eat alone.

Old Man Wang and his wife looked at each other, while I sat still, smiling and watching what was going on under the pocket monk.

Old Man Wang lowered his head, he couldn't bear to look at the monk's embarrassed appearance, and it was difficult to persuade him.

Allian snorted and laughed, feeling that something was wrong and quickly covered his mouth with his hand.

Ah Lian's godmother just stared at the monk, a little stunned.

The pocket monk didn't care about the eyes of others, and a chicken leg was gnawed by him three times and five divided by two. He rubbed his greasy hand over the monk's robe, staring greedily at the other chicken leg on the plate. 🐺

muttered in his mouth: "It's delicious, it's delicious, it's been a long time since the Sprinkle family tasted such delicious chicken legs." ”

The Pocket Monk has torn off the cloak of civilization. I don't call myself "old man" anymore.

I pushed the rest of the chicken in front of him and said, "I've taken my place, I'm in charge, and I'll give you the rest of the chicken." ”

No one will eat the chickens that the monk grasps dirty, so I will be a favor.

The Pocket Monk said wryly, "That's embarrassing. Before he could finish his sentence, one hand was already on the other chicken leg.

Old Man Wang had already come back to his senses at this time, and said, "Holy monks, use it slowly, you stay for a while, and I will ask them to make a few more for you to eat." ”

The pocket monk only cared about eating chicken with his own relish, and had no time to take care of the old man Wang. The other chicken leg had been destroyed by him, and he tore the chicken wings again, and when he looked up, he saw that everyone was staring at him, and waved his hand embarrassedly and said, "What are you doing with it, eat, eat, just leave me alone."

Actually, here is that I am a little familiar with him, Old Man Wang looks at me with his eyes, waiting for my next article. I smiled bitterly and said: "I only have a one-sided relationship with this monk, and I can't talk about familiarity, Uncle Wang, he is not informal, so we will follow his example, no need to be polite." ”

The pocket monk suddenly stopped his movements and said to me: "You are wrong, we are not one-sided, we always have a relationship of a thousand faces. ”

With a "quack", a piece of greasy chicken was gnawed down.......

A chicken was quickly eaten by him, and even the usually annoying chicken butt went down to his stomach.

Old man Wang smiled and said, "The master is not in a hurry, I will ask the old woman to kill one more." ”

This monk looks like he hasn't eaten for a few days?

The pocket monk wiped his hands on the monk's robe and said, "No need, no need, I'm already full of wine and food, you don't care about me anymore." I went out to digest and digest, walked a hundred steps after eating, and raced over the living immortals. After saying that, he stood up, walked out of the east house, and walked away.

Ah Lian saw him walk out, took a mouthful of food and put it in Grandma's bowl, and said, "Abba and Grandma, aren't monks who don't eat meat?"

"Little girl, who said that monks don't eat meat? You expose my shortcomings behind my back, beware that I come back and eat all the things on the table, so that you don't have to eat. The Pocket Monk answered at the window of the East House.

Ah Lian stuck out his tongue mischievously and said: "Great monk, don't be ashamed, don't be ashamed, eavesdrop on other people's speeches, don't be ashamed, and eat all the food, even more ashamed and ashamed." ”

Allen saw that the pocket monk was witty by nature, so he no longer respected the holy monk.

The pocket monk said outside the window: "Little girl, don't be sassy, you are so powerful, be careful not to find a good son-in-law, hehe." ”

Ah Lian's face was red when he was said by the pocket monk, but his mouth was still unforgiving: "Hmph, I don't want a good son-in-law or a bad son-in-law, I will serve Abba and Aunt all my life, so I won't marry." In his heart, he remembered Murong Lei's appearance, and he didn't know how he was doing now.

"Little girl, you can't be sincere, right? I know your little caution and that little secret, do you want me to help you tell it?"

The monk shouted loudly.

Ah Lian didn't dare to squeak, and thought: "This monk has no cover in his mouth, and he is really ashamed to say it." ”

"Amitabha, the wine and meat have passed through the intestines, the Buddha has stayed in his heart, and the great monk has gone elsewhere to transform his fate, goodbye. ”

Listening to the sound is getting farther and farther away. But I know that the Pocket Monk will not really leave, and he will not leave easily after him so hard to track me down.

Old man Wang half-truthfully rebuked Ah Lian: "Little girl, you talk nonsense, and you have offended the holy monks." ”

After speaking, Old Man Wang hurriedly got up and went out, where was the shadow of the pocket monk.