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Chapter 509 Papaya and Xi Shi

Chapter 510 Papaya and Xi Shi

"Then he told me the story of 'Wei Bian Sanjue'. He said that in ancient times, a scholar broke such a cowhide rope many times in order to pursue knowledge."

"Later, I started the enlightenment of Chinese studies with him, and then I gradually felt that this is not only a kind of learning, a kind of knowledge; it is also a kind of purification, a kind of practice."

"Just like running mountains and archery can exercise the body, it can temper a person's spirit. I think my vision of the world, my way of thinking about problems, and my attitude towards people and things have gradually become better than those of my peers. It's different..."

"I don't know what it can really do. I just know it's comfortable. Those words, those sentences, are so comfortable to read..."

"When I read a good poem, a good word, or a good article, I really have a feeling of rain pouring down from the top of my head and penetrating my whole body along the spine..."

"The first time I applied this knowledge was the word 'longitude and latitude'. At that time, many students couldn't remember which of the longitude and latitude was horizontal and which was vertical. I didn't know where the courage came from. I stood up and told my classmates what my fourth grandpa told me..."

"I still remember the admiring gazes of my classmates and the surprised expression of the teacher. It was only then that I realized for the first time that this knowledge might be really useful..."

"When I got back to the ancestral hall, I triumphantly told the fourth grandpa what happened at school. Do you know what the fourth grandpa did? He touched my head, praised me for being smart, and sighed. In one breath, I turned out "The Analects of Confucius" and began to enlighten me."

"Later I learned that all children learn "The Analects of Confucius" from the beginning of 'knowing what you know, not knowing what you don't know', or from 'learning without thinking is useless, thinking without learning is perilous', but I am not. "

A Yin was very curious: "What was the first Analects of Confucius that Fourth Grandpa taught you?"

Li Junge breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Ning Wuzi, if a country has Dao, it will know; if a country has no Dao, it will be stupid. It is easy to know, but it is impossible to be stupid."

A Yin said: "Are you still so stupid? Isn't Fourth Grandpa's request too high?"

Li Junge sighed and said: "The original text of the Analects does not mean this. It is Confucius' praise of Ning Wuzi. He said that Ning Wuzi can use his intelligence and wisdom to the best of his ability when the country is prosperous. When the country is dark, he Just pretend to be deaf and dumb and don't care about world affairs. Many people can achieve his ingenuity, but his kind of 'ignorance' is beyond the reach of ordinary people."

A Yin asked in confusion: "What does Fourth Grandpa mean by teaching you like this?"

Li Junge said: "He wants me to get real happiness in this knowledge, instead of turning this knowledge into a fetter for him. He doesn't want me to be like my old man who left home for decades in search of truth and never came back. It is with deep regret in my heart…”

Ayin said: "The old man is an elder. I don't want to say what's wrong with him, but I can't figure out why he hasn't returned to his hometown for decades. This, isn't this unfilial? Your Li family, the most important thing, no, no is this……"

Li Junge raised his hand to stop A Yin from continuing: "A Yin, you haven't experienced it, so you really underestimated the aftermath of the movement that year. When the people of the country first embarked on the road of rectifying chaos, it was inevitable that they would have made too much effort at first. That's why the old man's behavior at that time was a disgrace to the world! Among the Chinese people and the public opinion, this is worshiping foreigners, because his actions, on the surface, are exactly the same as those people's actions!"

"The crime was very serious at the time. With the perfect qualifications of the fourth grandfather, he ended up retiring from Lijiagou. This is not only public opinion, but also political, and it also involves academic suppression..."

"At that time, the national self-esteem of the Chinese people was similar to that of Tai Chi Banner and Brother Ah San, fragile, sensitive and neurotic. Until today, they have gradually regained the true graceful attitude of citizens of a big country..."

"Even so, some comments on the Internet are still very popular..."

"Fortunately, over the past few decades, the debates of those years have gradually settled down, at least in the academic world, so everyone generally accepts the old man's remarks..."

"Chinese people have followed the standard for thousands of years. After all, it cannot be distorted. The more people who can think independently, the more influential the old man..."

"Until last year, the old man's journey back to his hometown was really free of obstacles."

"He is a person who surpassed his era and saw the chaotic world clearly with the eyes of history..."

"He fought against a force by himself. He was tenacious and unyielding for decades. He gradually turned his thoughts from the creek into the mainstream, and finally knocked that force to the ground and defeated it with all his might."

"I don't care about other people's misunderstandings about him, but you will become the daughter-in-law of my Li family in the future. I hope you can know a little bit about this and respect him like fourth grandpa."

"What he did is far more noble and great than you imagined; and the treacherous waves behind it, the sacrifices he made are far beyond what you understand..."

Ayin threw down the laver she was cleaning, and threw herself into Li Junge's arms: "Erpi, I don't want you to face such a thing in the future, we will live a good life in Lijiagou. You, you scared me..."

Li Junge patted Ayin's head lovingly, and said with a smile: "You think too highly of me, and I don't have the skills of the old man! I have been guarding Lijiagou and you all my life. Fourth Grandpa's enlightenment, is it true?" Is it taught by Bai?"

Ayin looked up at him worriedly: "Really? You promise me?"

Li Junge looked down at her: "Really, I assure you!"

Only then did Ah Yin turn her worries into joy, hugged him tightly, and said: "Well, as long as you promise, then I will take good care of you for the rest of my life, and we will learn from Ning Wuzi, and we will take what you said The big tortoise in Chu country lives happily in the mud all his life!"

Li Junge rolled his eyes secretly in his heart, this Miao family girl still doesn't understand the profundity of Chinese, is there any way to describe her husband like this?

It was already four or five o'clock when the two washed the laver and sea cabbage.

Thinking that there was still a dish to cook for A Yin in the evening, Li Junge cleaned up a piece of reef above the high tide line, spread seaweed and sea cabbage on it, and said, "Let's clean it up tomorrow, and just bring some back to the tooth-making festival tonight. "

Ayin also had no objection, and the two started to return, putting the things they inspected along the way into net pockets and backpacks.

On the way, Li Junge turned to the papaya tree and picked a green papaya.

When he got home, Li Junge took out the pig's trotters that had been simmering for a day from the soup pot. The pig's trotters were already soft and rotten.

He stewed papaya and trotters in a small earthenware pot for A Yin, made seaweed keel bone and cassava soup for himself and Liang Huzi, and then Li Junge went to pick mud, mix nutritious soil, and grow taro vegetables.

Dinner consisted of two dishes plus a cold sea cabbage. A Yin felt uncomfortable with Li Junge's smiling eyes, and said, "Er Pi, why are you so tired of smiling?"

Li Junge said with a smile: "Ayin, in fact, this thing may not be useful, and I think yours is fine, and running mountains and climbing cliffs will be a burden..."

Ayin let out an "ah", blushing all over her face: "You...you already know everything, don't you?!"

Li Junge laughed loudly: "I wasn't sure at first, but now I know!"

A Yin was also embarrassed, she lowered her head and laughed for a while, but didn't dare to raise her head, and said, "There, don't you men think that the bigger the place, the better?"

Li Junge said with a smile: "It depends on who you are. Literati and officials never regard big breasts and fat buttocks as beautiful. Otherwise, Yangzhou's thin horses and the Prime Minister's Mansion would not be so popular..."

A Yin gave Li Junge a supercilious look: "Shameless!"

Li Junge smiled and said: "Where is shamelessness? This is actually a kind of cultural recognition. It is similar all over the world. Look at those supermodels who are promoted to the sky. What does that place look like? Usually they have small breasts and narrow hips. There is no difference. would be too big..."

"Do you know that there is a small pot called Xi Shi in the purple sand pot? The capacity should not exceed 250ml. The size is about the size of your palm. It is most suitable for you to hold. This classic pot was not called Xi Shi back then. The correct name should be Xi Shi milk. This is also one of the pot shapes that literati and doctors love to play with. Ayin, you have actually exceeded the standard..."

A Yin threw a pig bone over and smashed Li Junge's eyes with gold stars: "Shut up! The more you talk, the more energetic you are!"

This meal is too much to eat. Zhenger Bajing is discussing cultural phenomena with A Yin, and A Yin always thinks he is playing hooligans.Alas, it's no wonder that the ancient book "Golden Poetry", which reflects the well-off life and folk customs of the Ming Dynasty, has always been so prejudiced. In the future, it is more appropriate to discuss these things with Boss Xu...

With a snow-like loneliness, Li Junge packed up the dried bee pupae, put the newly harvested peppers on it, and then went to add water and ingredients to the quails.

After doing this, spread the baking soda obtained after the complete reaction into a thin layer on the dustpan, put it in a cool and ventilated place to dry, and then come back and start processing the pigskin.

Take off the stretched pigskin, and grind the inner surface with fine sand until the pores are exposed on the inner surface.

Then turn the pigskin over, remove the pig hair, and wash it again. Use a rolling pin to roll out the excess water from the pigskin that has become soft during the washing process, and then soak it in Glauber's salt water for a second time.

Suddenly, I had an idea, and the mud in the four bamboo troughs beside the stove can also be used to remove water by siphoning!
So I found a few more linen straps, and used this method to suck out the excess water in the bamboo tank.

While collecting and kneading the half-dried middle and bottom mud that had been dried for a day, A Yin came over with a bamboo tube.

Rubbing Li Junge's forehead, Ayin smiled embarrassedly and said, "Erpi, did you hurt you just now?"

Li Junge smiled and said: "It's okay, don't you often say that my face is thicker than Dadu's?"

A Yin said: "Who blames you for being so annoying, these words shouldn't have been said on the show..."

Only then did Li Junge come to his senses, and said with a smile, "I accidentally forgot those two sniffing mouths...the two beards..."

(End of this chapter)