Taking a deep breath, the unique sour smell of pickled cabbage floated up. Fang Zheng swallowed and said, "This is forcing the poor monk to eat pickled cabbage powder at night!" [Read "ji" here.
"Master, pickled vegetable powder? What is this? Is it delicious?" The squirrel came when he smelled the sour smell. When he heard Fang Zheng talking about food, he immediately became energetic. Climbing up the ladder, he squatted on the edge of the Buddha vat and looked in, saying, "Is this pickled cabbage? How did it change from white jade color to gold color?"
Fang Zheng said: "This... chemical reaction, marinated for a long time, that's it."
After saying that, Fang Zheng reached out and picked up the big stone on top. Without the obstruction of the big rocks, we can see more clearly! At this moment, after being pickled for a long time, the white jade cabbage leaves have turned golden yellow, and the golden light is very dazzling. The cabbage clapper was originally the color of white jade, but now it is also white, but with a little gold in the white. It is like a thin layer of gold inlaid on the white jade. It is also very beautiful.
But this is no longer important, it is all going to the stomach anyway. Fangzheng didn't care about that. He first pulled out a large piece of cabbage leaves and asked the monkey to bring a big basin to put it in. Then he put the big stone back and returned the Buddhist jar to its place.
When Fang Zheng came down again, he saw a group of disciples and salted fish surrounding the big basin of pickled vegetables, watching the fun with curious faces.
"Is this pickled cabbage? It looks delicious..." The squirrel licked his lips, touched his belly, and his little eyes began to shine.
"I don't know, this stuff is so sour, I guess it won't taste good." Xianyu said, "I've lived a long time and have experienced a lot, so what I said is right."
Hong Hai'er was about to say something when he saw Fang Zheng at the door. He rolled his eyes and said, "You've never eaten it, how do you know it's not delicious?"
Xianyu hummed, "I've lived for so many years, what haven't I seen before? I've eaten all the peaches! Is this the only thing? It must not taste good!"
"Very good, there is no salted fish for dinner today. Let's go and eat some flat peaches." At this moment, Fang Zheng's voice rang out. When Xianyu heard this, he was dumbfounded! Turning around suddenly, he looked at Hong Hai'er with a proud look on his face, and wailed: "Master, you can't blame me! This is just a trick to trick me! You have to take care of tricking your own family, right?"
Hong Hai'er said: "You said it yourself, not me..."
"That makes sense, Jing Xin must be hungry today." Fang Zheng said with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Hong Hai'er's original pride disappeared instantly, and he wailed: "Master, you can't be like this. If he doesn't think so, there's no point in asking? It's his own fault... "
Fang Zheng said: "It is indeed his own fault, but your starting point is to trick him. So, just accompany him to starve. The poor monk has long said that fellow disciples and monks who eat in the same temple should support each other. , lots of love."
"Master, you are talking about fellow disciples... er, fellow fellow disciples?" Hong Hai'er suddenly realized and exclaimed.
At first, I was dejected, thinking that I would starve just after I had made a meritorious service. This was too inhumane. I kept muttering in my heart: "Thieves who are bald do not have hair..."
After hearing this, Xianyu suddenly raised his head and shouted: "Fellow fellow disciples? Master... what do you mean?"
Fang Zheng glanced at Xianyu and asked, "What? You don't agree?"
"Master! I bow to you!" Xianyu knelt on the ground and kowtowed immediately!
After coming to Yizhi Temple for so long, Xianyu has long seen that the core of Yizhi Temple is one master and four disciples. If you don't enter this threshold, you will always be considered an outsider, and even he is only half an insider.
Similarly, as a core, it is good to have enough food and take care of yourself is the biggest benefit.
The point is... Xianyu really envies the relationship between Fang Zheng and his four disciples. The feeling of a family where one family is close and the other is harmonious makes him envious.
Although he doesn't say it in his heart, and even always thinks of himself as an ancestor, the fundamental reason is that he wants to behave differently and arrogantly, so as to cover up his envy and loneliness.
Now, he finally has the opportunity to integrate into this big family, how can he be unhappy? How can you not worship
Seeing this, Hong Hai'er immediately ran to the side, poured a bowl of water, threw in two pieces of cold bamboo, and said reluctantly: "Here, let's have tea."
Monkey placed a chair behind Fang Zheng. Fang Zheng sat down and Xianyu immediately handed him tea.
Fang Zheng nodded with satisfaction, and after drinking tea, he said: "Xianyu, you have been coming to my Yizhi Temple for so long. Although you still have some indelible ruffian spirit in your bones, after the observation and test of the poor monk, You meet the requirements to join this temple. Today, the poor monk will officially accept you as a disciple and give you the dharma title: Jingqin. In the future, you must work hard and encourage without neglect."
"It's Master!" Xianyu shouted quickly.
Fang Zheng nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, you and Jing Xin go out to take care of the temple. You can only eat from tomorrow."
When he heard that he had no food to eat again, Xianyu suddenly had a bitter look on his face, but it was a great joy to think that he finally got a long-term meal ticket and didn't have to do odd jobs or deceive others to make money. Went out happily...
Hong Hai'er followed him out with a bitter look on his face. The two guys were muttering something as they walked...
"Really? Did you pretend that the previous bet didn't exist? Didn't you take away half of my rations?" Hong Hai'er exclaimed.
"Of course, we are senior brothers. Junior brother, I have just started, so I still need some support from my senior brother..." Xianyu said.
Hong Hai'er laughed loudly and said: "That's natural. Let me tell you, with my status in our temple, that's..."
Hong Hai'er paused for a moment and quickened his pace. After taking Xianyu out of Fang Zheng's sight and making sure that others couldn't hear him bragging, he started to brag again. I completely forgot that Xianyu has been coming to Yizhi Temple for so long. Does Xianyu not know what his status is
Shaking his head, Fangzheng ignored them and came over to look at the pickled cabbage in the basin carefully. He tore off a small piece, washed it briefly with water and put it into his mouth. The sourness in his mouth brought with it a unique softness, and with a gentle press, it tasted sour and refreshing. The juice inside came out, and the unique sour taste exploded instantly. Fang Zheng felt as if all his taste buds had been activated! A sudden increase in fluid in the mouth is a sign of a big appetite!
I swallowed the sauerkraut into my stomach in one gulp, and I felt a gurgling sound in my stomach, followed by a sound!
Fang Zheng was actually—hungry!
He felt as if he could eat a cow in one go! And everything I see is particularly appetizing... For example, I want to eat sauerkraut when I see it, I want to eat crystal rice when I see it, I want to eat dog meat when I see a lone wolf, I want to eat monkey brains when I see a monkey... Well, it seems that I have gone astray.
(End of chapter)