Text Volume 1 Wood Hibiscus Chapter 13 First Show
When you sing about wine, life is geometric
Three years ago, in Chengdu Mansion, in a ruined temple.
An, Da Xiong, and Ding Monkey sat in a circle, Yu talked about Yu Huan, and before he knew it, it was almost noon, and the empty stomachs of the three of them had already started to drum.
Da Xiong got up and said: "An, you and Brother Monkey sit for a while, I'll go buy some steamed buns and pickles, and we'll talk while eating."
Ann smiled slightly, but did not speak, because there was nothing else on him except this tattered clothes.
Ding Monkey yelled: Slow. Jumping up as he spoke, he said angrily: I said Big Bear, when will you be a fool to be a little promising, the brothers we just met, will you use steamed buns and pickles for the first time to entertain others?
Da Xiong scratched his head, his face turned red, and muttered: I want to treat Brother An to a good meal, but...
An Anxin thought for a while, and said with a smile: I am used to eating coarse tea and light rice in the mountains, those big fish and meat are too greasy, I am afraid that I will have diarrhea after eating them, and steamed bread and pickles are the best.
Ding Monkey shouted: No, even if it is steamed bread and pickles, we have to go to the largest and most luxurious restaurant in Chengdu to eat. Say no more, just follow me.
As he spoke, he turned around and strode away, Ann and Da Xiong smiled bitterly at each other, and reluctantly followed.
Ding Monkey swaggered in front of him with his hands on his back, and the burly bear followed closely behind, passing through the streets with a light car, looking left and right along the way, pointing and pointing, the posture was like the emperor going out on patrol, and the big bear was just like the majestic general.
Ann followed behind without hurry, looking at the simple and lovely two, her heart was warm.
At this time, Ding Monkey has stopped in front of a restaurant, only to see that the restaurant is antique, splendid, a plaque made of golden silk nanmu, three big characters painted in gold, drunken moon building.
Ding Hou'er looked up and down at the restaurant, smacked his lips, and beckoned: Brothers, come with me. As he spoke, he strode in.
As soon as the three of them entered the restaurant, they had their own little two to pick them up, and the three of them found a box, which had a window and was facing the long street with traffic downstairs.
After the three of them sat down and served tea, Xiao Er smiled earnestly: "Three guest officers, what do you want to eat?" Our restaurant has a complete range of dishes and a wide variety of dishes, in addition to local specialties, even the fish of the South China Sea thousands of miles away are also available.
Ding Monkey clapped his hands and smiled: Wonderful, although the good dishes come up, by the way, there is good wine, don't neglect my two brothers.
Xiao Er replied with a smile: Hantan incense, autumn dew white, bamboo leaf green, golden stem dew, monkey brewing, and the best flower carving and daughter red, I don't know what the guest officer likes?
Ding Monkey frowned and said: What a mess, I have only heard of Huadiao and my daughter Hong.
An smiled and said: It's okay for my daughter to be red.
Haole, Xiao Er answered.
When did Da Xiong and Ding Monkey come to such a high-end restaurant, the two of them looked east and west, and their mouths made smacking sounds from time to time.
After the two sighed, they lay on their backs on the wide chair and began to brag again, Ding Monkey sighed: When my monkey master gets ahead in the future, three meals a day must be so particular, no, four meals a day, and supper is indispensable, Monkey Master I will find a few maids to serve wine, and after I am full of wine and food, I will beat my legs and shoulders, bathe and change clothes, tsk, that is called life, that is called enjoyment.
Big Bear said with a smile: Brother Monkey, don't forget me and An, I don't want to be a maid, just be full of wine and meat.
Ding Monkey rolled his eyes and said, "Look at your appearance." Don't worry, with what I eat for a day, I will never treat the two brothers badly.
Big Bear smiled: That's good, that's good.
Ding Monkey turned sideways and looked at An Dao: Why did you want your daughter to be red just now, instead of Huadiao, just let him come up together, and our brothers can drink it.
Antao: Do you know the difference between your daughter Hong and Huadiao?
Ding Monkey and Da Xiong have been wandering the rivers and lakes for more than ten years, even if they can't guarantee food and clothing, how can they still appreciate wine. So the two of them shook their heads in unison.
Antao: In fact, Huadiao and daughter red belong to the same kind of wine, according to legend, whenever a family gave birth to a girl, on the day of the full moon, choose a number of wine altars, ask someone to engrave and paint to auspicious signs, usually carved with a variety of floral patterns, people, birds and beasts, landscapes and pavilions, etc., and then mud sealed cellars. When the daughter grows up and goes out of the pavilion, take out the cellar aged wine, and ask the painter to paint the "hundred operas" with oil paint on the altar body, such as "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea", "Dragon and Phoenix Chengxiang", "Chang'e Running to the Moon", etc., and with auspicious wishes, the "color head" of the full moon. At the same time, the wine is used to entertain the guests, called the daughter red, if the daughter is not an adult and dies, then the wine is called "flower withering" wine, taking the meaning of flower withering, that is, Huadiao wine.
Then he paused and said: The girl's untimely death is a sad thing, and no one wants to drink Huadiao wine, so there is a saying that the daughter who comes to the altar is red and will never drink Huadiao.
The big bear and the Ding monkey were dumbfounded when they heard this, and it took a long time to come back to their senses, clapping their hands again and again, and their expressions were greatly admired.
Da Xiong praised: An, you know so much, I will definitely ask you for more advice when I have time.
Ding Monkey snorted: It's really strange that the children in the mountains know so much.
An smiled: I have lived in the mountains since I was a child, and I have always longed for the outside world, and it just so happens that there is a knowledgeable old gentleman in the mountains who lives in seclusion here, and I will ask him for advice in my spare time. He told me what I said, but I have a good memory, so I casually recited it. It made the two brothers laugh.
Ding Monkey scolded with a smile: Where do you have a good memory, I see that your sour tone when you speak must be like the old gentleman.
Ann suddenly looked at the sky outside the window, stunned, and stunned.
The white-haired figure and amiable face appeared in front of An's eyes, as if he said to him again: Life is diligent, don't ask for anything. If you don't climb the mountains, you don't know the height of the sky, and if you don't go to the deep stream, you don't know the thickness of the earth...
Ding Monkey looked at An's lonely expression and thought that it was his own joke. Hurriedly said: An, don't take my nonsense to heart. Just as Xiao Er came up with wine and food, he shouted: The wine and food are coming. Interrupting Ann's thoughts, Ann shook his head and smiled: Come, there is wine today and drunk today, and tomorrow will be sorrowful tomorrow.
Ding Monkey and Da Xiong didn't know why, An had already stood up and poured wine for the two, and the three wandering teenagers in the rivers and lakes raised wine bowls together and drank happily.
After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food, the original clean and elegant box has been a mess, Ding Monkey has already been lying on the table unconscious, the big bear is also sitting with straight eyes, muttering: This monkey, usually looks amazing, hehe, I didn't expect to be finally won by my big bear, I, I... Before the words fell, he also fell on the table, and after a while, the snoring was like thunder.
Looking at Ann with one hand on her cheeks and the other hand on the wine bowl, her face was flushed, and her bright eyes exuded a strange look. Ann looked at the two of them lying on the table drunk, and a happy smile rose into the corners of her lips.
At this time, I only heard a burst of angry scolding from outside the box, followed by the sound of tables and chairs falling to the ground and porcelain breaking. I only heard one person say sharply: You ghost girl who doesn't know what to do, Uncle Ben has taken a fancy to you, it is your blessing, even if the king of heaven and Lao Tzu comes, I can't stop Uncle Ben, I think you still obediently go back with Uncle Ben and suffer less
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Oh, you ghost girl dared to hit me, and then there was a sound of a woman crying, and it was obvious that the man had done something to the woman.
An frowned, put down the wine bowl, got up and walked out of the box.
I saw that in the chaotic lobby of the restaurant, there was a group of diners standing around to watch the excitement, and everyone had different expressions, laughing and angry, pointing and whispering. Look at a girl in the circle sitting on the ground, hiding her face and crying, the flower basket in front of her is crooked, flowers are sprinkled on the ground, a red-faced, sturdy man with horizontal eyebrows and vertical eyes, standing with his waist crossed, spat splashing, and scolding.
Just as the big man stretched out his hand to grab the girl, a young man in a white robe who looked like a scholar blocked in front of the girl and said loudly: Looking down, Your Excellency is also a dignified manly husband, and in broad daylight, bullying a weak woman who is powerless, aren't you afraid of the shame of the world?
An said secretly in his heart after the crowd: Looking at this young man's stupid appearance, he really spoke so sourly.
The big man didn't expect that someone would dare to come out to confront him, he laughed for a while, and said with a cruel smile: Little ghost, I see that you are impatient, the uncle wants to take a new concubine today, and he is happy, you obediently kowtow to Uncle Ben a few times, call Grandpa three times, and Uncle Ben will bypass you, otherwise... I saw him raise his palm and slam it on the table behind him, and with a bang, the sturdy mahogany table shattered in an instant, turning into a pile of broken wood slag.
The onlookers hurriedly took two steps back, hesitated for a moment and came up again.
Although the scholar's face was pale, beads of sweat kept dripping down his sideburns, but his body did not tremble at all, and he only heard him say loudly: Life is in the world, the eldest husband has done something and has not done, since this matter is called encountered, how can there be a reason to stand by and watch? If Your Excellency insists on doing so today, then you will definitely protect this girl at the risk of your life today, even if you are not defeated and die, you will be worthy of your heart, and you will be worthy of the majesty of heaven and earth.
The scholar's generous words aroused the crowd of onlookers to applaud one after another.
An had a black line on his face and muttered: It's really terrible, it's like the reincarnation of the old master.
The red-faced man blushed and looked around the audience coldly with eyes the size of copper bells, so frightened that everyone immediately shut up.
Okay, good, good, the red-faced man stared at the white-robed scholar viciously and said three words in a row, and then said coldly: There is a way in heaven that you don't go, and there is no door in hell for you to break into. Uncle, I'll send you back to the West, and I'm going to do it.
Wait. The girl who had been crying on the ground suddenly crawled over, grabbed the red-faced man's trousers, and said sadly on her back: I'll go back with you, please let him go, and cried again.
The red-faced man laughed, stretched out his hand to pinch the girl's tender cheek, and said with a cruel smile: You have to get acquainted with me as soon as possible, there are still so many things, but now this kid has annoyed Uncle Ben, you asked Uncle Ben to let him go like this, what kind of face does Uncle Ben have in the rivers and lakes?
Seeing this, the white-robed young man hurriedly said: Girl, you must not fall into the tiger's mouth for the sake of being in the bottom, and he will die in the next day, and he will not succeed, girl, you go quickly, stop him in the bottom. As he spoke, he rolled up his sleeves and rushed up.
Seeing that the white-robed young man's head was about to shatter like a watermelon, he suddenly heard a person say angrily: Who dares to disturb Uncle Ben's drinking Yaxing. Everyone looked for prestige, only to see An with an angry face and separated the crowd and walked inside.
An walked to the middle of the white-robed young man and the red-faced man and stood still, stared at the white-robed young man and said in a deep voice: Is it you?
The white-robed young man looked at the young man who pretended to be in deep clothes and rags, and was at a loss for a moment and stayed in place. The red-faced man laughed angrily and said: There is another guy looking for death, today Uncle Ben will simply fulfill the two of you, so that you two also have a companion on the Huangquan Road.
Before the words fell, his right hand was raised, and the majestic palm wind slashed towards the top of An's head, and everyone couldn't bear to look at it anymore, so they turned their heads one after another.
Ah, a scream sounded, and everyone turned around, only to see the red-faced man's right hand shrunk in front of his chest, and above the palm, a chopstick ran through, and blood kept dripping from the lower end of the chopsticks. Looking at Ann again, he was still standing in place, expressionless, and still holding a chopstick in his right hand.
The red-faced man roared angrily and struck out his left fist, obviously not daring to use his palm technique again. Hearing another scream, the red-faced man's left hand still kept a fist posture, but a chopstick still ran through it, dripping with blood.
The red-faced man went crazy angrily, ignoring the three seven twenty-one, pulled out the two chopsticks, and said with a cruel smile: I see what other skills you have, as he spoke, he waved his arms and struck towards An's neck.
Then there was no sound, and the red-faced man stood still, his eyes showing horror and disbelief, and then he fell to the ground with a bang.