On New Year's Eve, the whole family sat together to have a reunion dinner. Therefore, every family will make a very hearty New Year's Eve dinner.
Brother Xuan also ate very heartily this evening, including sweet and sour pork ribs, braised fish, chicken stewed with mushrooms, stir-fried cabbage, and also made glutinous rice balls.
Pang Jinglun rubbed his hands, smelling the scent and smiled and said, "Asan, your cooking skills are getting better and better." When Asan first started cooking, he could only say that it was not unpleasant. But now, it is full of color, fragrance and flavor. This tonic can be said to be super fast.
Brother Xuan was also a little curious: "Asan, have you really never cooked before?"
Asan shook his head: "No, I have never cook." Knives, swords, and spears were all good at them before. I had never touched kitchen knives, and I had never been in the kitchen.
"Then you are very talented in cooking." If you hadn't followed them, Ah San's talent would never be discovered.
Pang Jinglun took a few bites, and seeing that Brother Xuan hadn't moved his chopsticks, he asked, "Why don't you eat anymore?"
"My parents are definitely eating New Year's Eve dinner now." It's the first time for New Year's Eve when they grow up. Thinking of this, Brother Xuan felt sour.
Pang Jinglun put a piece of chicken into a bowl, and while eating, he said, "Don't worry about the delicacies of the mountains and seas that the master and madam eat." Although A Sanhui secretly would give him a meal, but it was a cold day. When I came back, the food was basically cold, and the meaty dishes were delicious.
Seeing a layer of oil floating on the surface of the chicken soup in the bowl, Brother Xuan took a sip and found it to be particularly delicious. He couldn't help but said, "The chicken soup I eat at home does not have a drop of oily flower." If there is oily flower. , He will not eat. Unexpectedly, this oil flower is so delicious.
Asan said: "My son, for the chicken you used to eat at home, the cook will first tear off all the chicken fat, and then simmer it, then skim off the top layer of oil. Then add Codonopsis, or red date mushrooms, etc., and boil. Afterwards, it will be simmered slowly. No matter if the soup is drunk directly or noodles, it doesn't have a drop of oiliness. "They ate it with the original flavor.
"Only the big families are so particular about it. Ordinary people can't eat this chicken fat if they want it." This chicken fat is also extremely nutritious.
Brother Xuan nodded and said, "I gave Dahe and the others a bowl of bone soup before, and they were very grateful to me. Teacher, do you think most of the people are as poor as they are?" New Year's Eve They can't even eat a meal of meat, and they are poor enough.
After eating a piece of fish, Pang Jinglun said, "What kind of suffering is this? The people of the previous dynasty lived to suffer! At that time, there were so many names of exorbitant taxes and taxes that they could not count. Eat bark and grass roots. Although you can't eat meat often now, as long as you are diligent, you can still eat something." The reason why Dahe's family is so poor is because Dahe is in poor health and needs to take medicine all the year round. With such a medicine jar, the family is naturally impoverished.
Brother Xuan paused, and said, "My father said that he had eaten grassroots before." As for having eaten mice and insects, he didn't say anything.
Ah San inserted: "Some bark and grass roots are actually good to eat. In famine years, when the government does not provide relief, the bark and grass roots will be eaten up. If there is no food, some people are too hungry to eat Guanyin. earth."
"Guanyin soil? What kind of food is that?" I have never heard of such a food when I grow up so big.
Asan smiled bitterly: "Guanyin soil is not food, it's a kind of white mud. It won't make people feel hungry if you eat it."
Brother Xuan said incredulously, "How can this mud be eaten? It will kill you if you eat it?"
"The feeling of being hungry is too uncomfortable, and many people can't bear it. But the white mud can't be pulled out of the stomach. In the end it hurts to roll on the ground, and then is suffocated to death." Because I saw it with my own eyes, I described it. It is also more vivid.
Brother Xuan was shocked.
Asan put down the dishes and said, "Master, when people are really hungry and can't bear it, they will eat people..."
Pang Jinglun hurriedly interrupted: "Can you still eat well?" If you ask Asan to continue talking, let alone Brother Xuan, he will definitely have no appetite.
A San was silent, then picked up his chopsticks and lowered his head, slowly eating rice.
Lying in bed at night, Brother Xuan asked, "This man is extremely hungry, does he really eat people?" He has also been hungry, knowing what it's like to be hungry. But cannibalism, as long as you think about Brother Xuan, you don't shudder.
Ah San said with a hum, "Well, they like eating children the most because of their tender meat. One of my cousins was poisoned by these wicked men." As San's ancestor was born in Hebei, everyone couldn't survive the drought. I heard that there is food in the northwest. The crowd flocked to the northwest.
Brother Xuan was stunned: "You, you unexpectedly..." He actually experienced such a thing personally.
Pang Jinglun asked unchanged expression: "How many people were you when you came out of your hometown?"
Asan said: "Our family, grandparents, my parents, my uncles and aunts, etc. There are a total of ten people. It was my grandparents who didn't make it at first. After that, my brother and cousin were so hungry that they fell down. My father and uncle I went to find someone to eat. My aunt missed my cousin because he was taking care of my cousin. As a result, my cousin was caught by those people and cooked."
Brother Xuan's hairs stood up.
Pang Jinglun glanced at Brother Xuan, and then continued to ask: "What then?"
"After my uncle came back, he knew about it, so he fought with those people, and ended up taking himself in. My aunt heard that my uncle was gone, so she didn't cry or make trouble at the time. But after my cousin was gone, , She hacked the man who ate my cousin to death with a knife, and then hit the wall to death by herself." When she said these words, Ah San's tone was calm.
Brother Xuan did not expect Ah San to have such a tragic experience: "A San, how about your father, mother and younger brother? Are they all okay?"
A San shook his head and said, "My mother cut off her own flesh for him to eat in order to save my brother. My brother survived, but my mother left. Finally, my father took our brothers to the northwest, just in time for recruiting soldiers. My father was lucky enough to choose, and then my brother and I entered the Northwest." He really felt that the Northwest was paradise at the time, because he had food, and he didn't worry about someone coming to grab his food.
After a pause, Asan said, "My father died when he was attacking Taiyuan. However, the government has always photographed Buddha and our brothers. Not only do we have food and clothing, but we can also study martial arts." So, he was very good. Thank you Yuxi and Yun Qing. After being selected to enter the dark guard, he has also been doing his best as a errand.
After a long time, Brother Xuan said, "I'm sorry." I had known that this topic shouldn't have been brought up, and it made Ah San think of the sad past.
Ah San misunderstood what Xuan Ge'er meant, and said, "Master, you are not sorry for me. You are sorry, Madam." When he was hit by the disaster, Xuan Ge'er hadn't been born yet, and it had nothing to do with him.
Pang Jinglun really felt that A San was a good fight, and in order to let Brother Xuan know that it was not easy to live, he actually fabricated such a tragic life experience.
Asan said: "Master, you have been in good condition since you were young, and you don’t know the suffering of the people. Not to mention the famine years, even during the peaceful period, the people’s life was also very hard. In order to fill their stomachs, they worked hard all day long. But one Yue, but I can't eat a meal of meat." The emperor and empress empress gave him the life of Xuan Ge'er. As a result, the child didn't know how to be grateful.
Brother Xuan said nothing.
Pang Jinglun muttered in his heart, he used to think that Ah San was a boring gourd, but now he knows that he has completely missed it. This eloquence is better than him: "Ada, don't think too much about it. Whoever does not commit two crimes when he is young, as long as he doesn't die or live for a woman in the future."
Brother Xuan was so ashamed that he could hardly burrow into the ground: "I know I was wrong."
Asan said; "Knowing your mistakes can improve Mo Dayan. If you really change the master, the master and madam will be very happy."
After being relieved, Brother Xuan also felt better. Lie on the bed and thought for a while, then fell asleep.
After about half an hour, Asan got up to fill the firewood. If you don't add firewood, the pit won't be hot in the middle of the night. He is fine, but Brother Xuan can't bear it.
Add good firewood, and Ah San will go back to the house. As soon as I climbed into the bed, I heard Pang Jinlu say: "Your life experience is too miserable. After A Xuan knows the truth, what do you want him to think?" I must think that this is what the empress wants him to do.
A San was afraid of going to bed, put on the quilt and said, "It's not made up."
"No..." At this point, Pang Jinglun's tongue was about to knot: "You, what you said is true?"
"Ok."
Pang Jinglun hurriedly apologized: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that just now."
Asan lay on the bed and said in a low voice, "My brother and I are very lucky to survive. At least, our family's incense remains unbroken."
Pang Jinglun was very surprised, and asked, "Are you married?" He thought that the dark guard would not be married and would be loyal to the royal family for a lifetime.
"My brother is married, and I already have two children." After a pause, Asan said: "When I return to Beijing, I will also marry a wife and have children." After this mission is completed, he can turn from dark to light. Live a normal life. Of course, he was willing to be a dark guard. It's just that I still want to marry a wife and have children and live a normal life.
"Then what's your real name?" San, it's definitely not your real name.
Asan shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, sir." It's about the lives of himself and his family, how can I say this casually.
Pang Jinglun also realized that he was a little overstepped, and said hurriedly: "It's late, let's go to sleep!"
As soon as the two lay down, they heard Brother Xuan say: "Father, mother, I'm sorry, I know I was wrong."
Pang Jinglun was helpless. They only found out after living in a house that Brother Xuan had the habit of talking in sleep. Fortunately, I only talk for a while, otherwise I really can't sleep.
Asan said, "Sir, there is something wrong with the young master in the future, so please tell him more." As a guard, he is always bad.
"Don't worry, I will." The Queen Empress picked A San Dang Xuan's guard, really discerning.