Jagged city

Jagged City - Chapter 250 World Cultural Heritage

Lin Tao became a meritorious official such as Nate of the clan, and was even more loved by the elders of the clan. 【 #_ 】As the number one scholar of the Lin family, he naturally has to say a few words.To be honest, in just half a day, Lin Tao was touched by the existence of Baishi Town and the Lin clan that he had never thought about before.Lin Tao said emotionally: "I grew up in the city and was ignorant of my hometown, but it was the first time I returned to Baishi Town and the clan, but I felt the warmth of home. This is probably because blood is thicker than water. No matter how far you have traveled, or in a foreign country, we Lin people are not rootless duckweed, because our roots are here. On the first day home, the clan gave me great honor, I am ashamed, because I have not yet I really want to make a contribution to the clan. I decided to use the 2000 million yuan awarded to me as a scholarship to Baishi Academy. In addition, on behalf of my father Lin Zhiyuan and his family, I will donate another [-] million yuan as a scholarship. As for how to reward me, it will be arranged by the school. , I won’t ask any more.”

As soon as Lin Tao finished speaking, there was warm applause on and off the stage. Lin Zhennan on the stage was extremely proud of being Lin Tao's grandfather. From this incident, it can be seen that Lin Tao is not a person who loves vanity and greedy for money. An additional 2000 million was added to the bonus. This is Lin Zhennan's good grandson, so Lin Zhennan slapped the loudest, and Lin Zhiyuan stood up and bowed to the elders around him. Lin Zhiyuan was very satisfied and excited.

"Sit here!"

After Lin Tao bowed, he was given a seat by Da Zong Lao. At this moment, Lin Tao realized that a seat had been prepared for him in advance. Lin Tao's status in the Lin clan is very respected at this moment, because he has become a special member of the Zong Lao Hui.

Lin Zhijian's limelight this year was completely overshadowed by Lin Tao. He hid his jealousy in his heart and made a statement on stage. He also donated his prize money and added another 1000 million.Once again won warm applause from the crowd.After Lin Zhijian stepped down, Lin Zhennan announced the list of 36 winners one after another, and said with a smile: "Lin Zhijian and Lin Zhiyuan are both big money, other descendants of the Lin family should not donate all their prize money."

It was rare for Lin Zhennan to tell a joke, and everyone cheered and laughed. According to the order of the patriarch, those people behind happily took the bonus with peace of mind.Lin Zhennan announced again that the dinner party will begin, and the Lin clan's military performance will be held in half an hour.

At this time, the drums sounded, and people in ancient costumes jumped on the stage one after another. It turned out that it was Mu Guiying who broke the sky in Peking Opera.All the actors are from the Lin family.Lin Tao really wanted to go down to have dinner with his wife, but several old men dragged him to talk, so he didn't dare to mention this.While singing on the stage, there were also shouts from the audience.

"Sixi Maruko is here!"

But I saw people with door panels on their heads walking into the crowd one after another. They said it was a door panel, but it was actually an oversized tray with two to three hundred dishes stacked on top of each other.

"Wow!" Lin Zhiyuan's family, who saw this scene for the first time, opened their mouths in astonishment. Zhu Yueting shook Lin Zhiyuan's arm and said, "There are so many dishes that weigh three to five hundred catties, and the person serving them is really a strong man." But how did that dish get on the table?"

"Look at it!" Lin Zhiyuan said with a smile.

Just then the yelling began again.

"Attention, the golden boy and the jade girl are starting to serve!"

But there were some more people in the crowd. These people had a big silver plate on their heads. On the plate stood half-grown children with bare calves. There were eight pairs of boys and girls. They were all about twelve or thirteen years old. Inside a long whip.The pole was no more than the thickness of a thumb, but it was two feet long. It was held by the boys and girls in the silver plate.But when the whip flicked, the golden flying claw accurately grabbed the plate on the door panel, and then flew over the heads of the people and landed on the table. Shaking, the flying claw let go, and flew to the plate on the door again.

Many people in the crowd at the Lin family's son-in-law's side saw it for the first time, and they couldn't help but exclaimed and applauded.

Lin Zhiyuan said with a smile: "This is a sacrificial golden boy and jade girl. They are cultivated from the age of eight, and they can only participate in the sacrificial dinner at the age of 12. These children are outstanding in martial arts among the younger generations of the Lin family. Every time they participate in the sacrificial ceremony The dinner, if there are no mistakes, will be richly rewarded. It will be a special honor for the family."

"Wow, flying around looks very dangerous, isn't there a time when it's on the head?" Xiao Xiao couldn't help laughing behind her.

"Also, although the sacrifice to the boy made a mistake, it is even more embarrassing for the person who was splashed with vegetable soup, because the people of the Lin tribe know martial arts, and being sprinkled with vegetable soup can only show that the skill is short. If the dropped plate is caught by the people below If you catch it safely, it’s not a mistake.”

Acting on stage, serving food off stage, the performance on stage is wonderful, and serving food off stage is thrilling. Plates fly over your head from time to time. It would be a lie to say that you don’t worry about falling off.Therefore, everyone in the audience is three-pointed to watch the show, and seven-pointed to concentrate on the plates flying in the air.And there is another rule that if the plate falls from the sky and the people below don't catch it, then the next year's New Year's Eve dinner will not be attended.

Lin Zhiming told his son behind him, "It's possible that the plate might fall to your uncle's side, so you can keep an eye on it."

"I know." Lin Hao had to focus more on the two golden boys and girls who were flying the plates here.

"Here comes the old chicken soup with wild ginseng!"

"Damn it, the casserole is flying this time." Someone in the crowd exclaimed, how dare they watch a show, everyone stared at the flying casserole.

"Attention, it's falling." Lin Zhiming shouted suddenly.

"Ah!" Lin Hao was staring at Xiao Xiao, and a casserole fell from the top of his head.Lin Tao quickly stood up and grabbed the pot ears with both hands.And Lin Zhiming at the front table was also holding a casserole.Looking further west, Lin Zhiping's family is holding three casserole pots.

"Brother, pay attention!"

"Sister-in-law pay attention!"

Now the brothers of the Lin family understood that this was a slap in the face, hitting the middle, keeping the two brothers busy, and the key target should be Lin Zhiyuan's family.

Sure enough, the whips crossed in the air, and three casserole fell down at the same time. Originally, Lin Zhiyuan and Xiao Xiao should have two tables at the front and back, and two casseroles would be enough, but three casserole fell at the same time, except for the mistake of the golden boy and the jade girl. Besides, that could only be intentional, in order to embarrass Lin Zhiyuan.

There were applause and exclamations from the audience, Lin Tao turned his face to look, and saw three casserole pots fell on the heads of his father, Xiao Xiao and others, and it was too late to go there now.

"Grab the big one!" Xiao Jinlin was thrown out by the neck, flying in the air and grabbing two pot ears, and the remaining two were caught by Xiao Xiao and Lin Zhiyuan respectively. Although Lin Zhiyuan's kung fu was wasted, but In the past two years, he has insisted on the method of exhaling, and he has sharp ears and eyes. He also often exercises with Zhu Yueting, but he lives younger and younger, so he catches the falling casserole.Xiao Xiao has been practicing the method of breathing for six or seven years, and this year she also learned the Yinyue Kung Fu suitable for women. Coupled with the training from the security company, it is not easy to reach out, and it is not difficult to catch the falling casserole.However, although Jin Lin who flew out caught the casserole of No. [-], it was hard to find where it landed, and because of inertia, he rushed to the old lady at the front.

Mrs. Lin shouted: "My dear grandson, stand still."

The old lady leaned back, stretched the crutch to Xiao Jinlin's feet, and brought it directly to the table by virtue of inertia.Only two feet away from the ground, Xiao Jinlin jumped down steadily holding the casserole, and then said: "Grandma will give you a big casserole!"

"My dear grandson, let's sit next to grandma." The old lady kindly pulled Xiao Jin Lin over, Jin Lin looked at Xiao Xiao behind her, saw her smiling and nodded, and obediently sat beside the old lady.The crowd here burst into applause again.

The old man Lin Zhennan in the stands snorted, because he was very nervous just now. He and his grandson Lin Tao were on the stage, and the two sons in the audience were raided. I was deeply worried, and three casserole dishes fell.If he got a full body and a face full of chicken soup, he, the patriarch, would lose his face.Fortunately, the descendants in the audience did not embarrass him.The old woman and great-grandson put on a good show and won applause from everyone.I am very satisfied in my heart, but the old man is very dissatisfied with the person who instructed the three golden boys and girls to fall into the casserole at the same time.

Lin Tao smiled at the old man, "Grandpa, my **** wrist is not weak, and the cooperation is just right."

The old man loved Lin Tao very much, and smiled at his eldest grandson, "The women of the Lin family have two to three hundred catties of normal strength. Although your grandma is old, she goes up to the mountain every day to fetch two barrels of clear spring for me to make tea for. It's exercise."

Lin Tao was a little speechless to the old man, and such an old lady was willing to order her to fetch water from the mountains, and she seemed quite complacent.Lin Tao asked the old man for leave to go down to have dinner with his wife.The old man smiled and said: "You go down first, but after the martial arts performance starts, you still have to come up, maybe someone will challenge you?"

"Who is looking for me? Our Lin family?" Lin Tao asked in surprise.

"The Lin family is second. In addition, the Song family and the Ma family will have masters come to you to discuss with you in the name of congratulations. And the news of ancestor worship must have spread to Wudang Mountain. Your name is Zhenwu. This touched Wudang You, of course, have offended many martial arts people, so there may be people from outside Baishi Town coming tonight. You have to be prepared."

Lin Taoxin said, the name Zhenwu was not called out by your old man, it was the first time I heard this name, and this time I was used as a gun by the old man.And it made me lose my temper.Lin Tao agreed, jumped off the martial arts stage, and returned to Xiao Xiao's side.Uncles and brothers congratulated Lin Tao one after another.

"I thought you wouldn't come down from the stage?" Xiao Xiao whispered.

"Of course this delicious food tastes good when you eat it with your wife." Lin Tao grabbed Xiao Xiao's hand under the table. Although they have been married for many years, Xiao Xiao still showed a blush, and her heart was sweet.

Xiao Xiao took a sip of the old chicken soup and found it very delicious. She also tasted the very common Sixi meatballs, and an indescribable meaty smell filled her mouth.

"Wow, is this pork? Why does it feel different? It's so delicious." Xiao Xiao couldn't help but said.

Lin Tao said "En En En En En En", and the person at the door ate meat.Obviously conquered by this delicacy.Zhu Yueting in front was also full of praise.Lin Zhiyuan sighed: "The ingredients of these dishes may still maintain their all-natural characteristics. In addition, the spring water on the mountain is also the key to cooking. In addition, the big kitchen of the Lin nationality makes some condiments by itself every year, such as miso, sesame oil, Tianjiang—whatever, collects raw materials and makes them by themselves, and some old soups have been preserved for hundreds of years. The taste is naturally very special.”

"Dad, tell me how great it would be if this was introduced into our fast food restaurant!" Xiao Xiao whispered to Lin Zhiyuan.

"Well, that's right. Anyway, the clan also has business, so they shouldn't mind developing it outside, but it's better for you and Lin Tao to discuss this matter." Lin Zhiyuan is obviously very jealous of the old man.

Lin Taoxin said, as expected of talking about business, it seems that apart from himself, the other three are thinking about how to commercialize.These Sixi meatballs are so fragrant, Lin Tao can feel that there is beef in it, and there seems to be venison in it - it seems that a variety of meats have been fused together, and it is obviously not the kind that is put together randomly, otherwise it would not be so delicious.Lin Tao was eating well, but he could feel someone staring at him, and couldn't help turning his face to watch.Seeing his cousin Lin Hao's two children, both four or five years old, licking a spoon and staring at him eating meatballs, Lin Tao almost choked.But seeing that the meatballs at his cousin's house were gone, and there were six more on his side, yes, there were six more—Lin Tao glanced at the unfinished ones, and they were basically four meatballs. Bibi was a circle bigger than others, and there were eight meatballs in it. Look at his father's one, which was also eight meatballs. In this way, although Lin Tao was being watched by others, the dishes were obviously added.

Being stared at by his nephew and niece, Lin Tao couldn't eat anymore, but Xiao Xiao also enjoyed it, so Lin Tao inserted two meatballs, handed the other four to Lin Hao and said with a smile: "These meatballs are really delicious. What kind of meat is it?"

"This child is greedy, but speaking of it, I eat it once a year." Lin Hao smiled awkwardly, and put the meatballs into the child's bowl, and the two little guys were about to eat.The sister-in-law next to him tapped it with chopsticks: "Little greedy cat, thank you uncle."

"Thank you, Uncle." The two little fellows had oily mouths, and after finishing speaking, they couldn't wait to deal with the meatballs.

The sister-in-law next to me said: "I secretly asked Chef Juanzi, the recipe is kept secret, but give me an incomplete Sixi meatball recipe, although it is not as delicious as this one, it is not too bad. I feel that mushroom sauce should be used in addition to the meat, otherwise it would not be so fragrant."

Xiao Xiao said quite insightfully: "My brother and sister are right. The key is to make these kinds of meat flavors blend together properly instead of conflicting with each other. Maybe the mushroom sauce is the key."

"That's right, that's what I meant, or sister-in-law made it clear. Does sister-in-law also cook at home?" My sister-in-law was a little puzzled, seeing Xiao Xiao really doesn't look like someone who entered the kitchen?

Lin Hao coughed and said quickly: "She means that sister-in-law is a master!"

Xiao Xiao smiled and said: "My cooking is not as delicious as your elder brother's. It seems that this is the talent of the Lin family. Now our fast food restaurant has a special food development department, and I occasionally look at the recipe ingredients when I am free. "

"Oh—" There was a booing voice from the southeast corner.

It turned out that a middle-aged man missed the connection and put a plate of braised venison on the shoulder of the old man in front of him.He was beaten hard by the old man with a walking stick.While beating and scolding: "You trash dim sum, you are embarrassing me here. Get out of here quickly."

The middle-aged man ran away with his head in his arms after being beaten.Still yelling in his mouth: "I only ate three dishes, and there are 33 more! I will not leave even if I am killed."

Everyone burst into laughter when they heard it.

"Old Nineteen, let your children eat in the back, don't make trouble for me." Lin Zhennan shouted on the stage.

The middle-aged man ran to the back with his family resentfully, and his father sat down again with a cane.He was still muttering: "Next year, I will come alone to save my worries."

Hearing from Lin Zhiyuan that those who didn't catch the plate were not allowed to attend the dinner party in the second year, Xiao Xiao exclaimed: "Ah, what a pity, there are so many people in this dinner party, how can we not let them come?"

Lin Zhiping stretched out his head and said: "Brother, although the old rules do not allow people to come, but in the past few years there has been a thick-skinned person sitting far behind, and Zong Lao is too embarrassed to push people away. For the descendants of the Lin family, it was too much not to allow the reunion dinner. Later, the rules were changed. Anyone who failed to catch the plate would go to the corner in the next year. Don’t you see that there are dozens of tables in the four corners? It’s the one who didn’t catch the plate last year.”

Lin Zhiyuan saw that it was indeed so.Xin said, sitting in the corner is even more shabby.

"It's our father's attention!"

Seeing Lin Zhiping nodding, he said to himself, only our old man can come up with such a bad move.

Xiao Xiao savored the newly-flying two-inch long fish, blinked at the plates flying in the air and said, "I think this sacrificial dinner should be included in the World Cultural Heritage List."

Lin Zhiyuan said with some pride: "That's true. Only the Lin family has such a unique skill. The Song and Ma families don't have it."

Just as Lin Zhiyuan finished speaking, Lin Zhiping next to him stretched his head and said, "Brother, the Lin family's ancestor worship and sacrificial dinner party was declared as a world cultural heritage five years ago, but many foreigners came to investigate and study, and it was included in the list back then. There were too many people in those two years, and there were thousands of people coming in for an entrance fee of [-]. Later, a few ancestors couldn't see it, so they canceled it, preventing foreigners from coming in, canceling the previous publicity and Scheduled. Even so, there must be a lot of people outside the martial arts arena, all blocked by the Lin family's joint defense team."

While Lin Zhiping was talking, someone rushed onto the stage and muttered to Lin Zhennan and several elders.Not long after the man went down, tables began to be set up at the back of the northeast venue. Ten minutes later, the gate of the martial arts arena opened, and a stream of people poured in, no less than six to seven hundred people. Looking from a distance, Lin Tao saw that there were indeed people with various skin colors and clothes.

"For Chinese New Year, why are these foreigners coming here to join in the fun?" Lin Tao said with a frown.

Xiao Xiao pushed Lin Tao and said with a smile: "People celebrate Christmas, but New Year's, really uneducated."

At this time, Mu Guiying on the stage broke through the sky and the Peking Opera ended.As soon as the actors stepped off the stage, someone shouted loudly at the gate: "Patriarch of the Song family, the two elders of the clan have arrived with their juniors!"

"The Patriarch of the Ma family, the two elders, have arrived with the younger generation!"

"Patriarch of the Qin family, bring the younger generation here!"

"The master of Wudang Mountain Qingfeng Temple has arrived with his disciples!"

"Yan Wangjian Bawangquan master, bring his disciples here!"

"The owner of the Yuemachuan Xingyi boxing champion is here with his disciples!"

Master Feng of the Wudang Taiji Hall came with his disciples!

"Welcome fellow martial artists, guests and friends from all walks of life!" Lin Zhennan stood on the stage and clasped his fists.

Lin Tao turned his face to watch, and another two hundred people came in one after another, and they were all Lian's sons.Lin Tao said in his heart, could it be that these people came after me? The news spread too fast!