Chapter 45: Rhythm at the Dining Table

Since he came into contact with the Tang people, Yun Chu felt that he had never met a fool.

And when he was in the Aries tribe, to be honest, he had never met a smart person.

When he was with fools, Yun Chu felt very tired. Now it's good. He finally entered the ranks of smart people, and then he found that he was even more tired.

Qiuci City is a banquet that Yun Chu had already eaten.

And after the banquet, there is another process that must be followed, which is to pack up the leftovers and take them away.

Living frugally is a virtue of the Tang people, and everyone from the emperor to the people is now following this virtue.

It's not that you can't eat delicacies from mountains and seas. After tasting the taste of delicacies from mountains and seas, packing up the remaining food and taking it away is in line with the values ​​of the Tang people.

Now, those increasing Hu merchants are the leftovers and leftovers that Yun Chu is going to pack up and take away. These meals will be kept in Chang'an.

Yun Chu was originally going to share these leftovers with Fang Zheng, but later he learned from Fang Zheng that the Shangzhou Ninth Zhechongfu led by Ding Dayou would return to Shangzhou for reorganization after the Laoshan Battle. He immediately found that Ding Dayou was the best partner.

Ding Dayou did not disappoint Yun Chu's expectations at all. On the second day, he heard from He Yizheng that he led his subordinates to Qiuci City with injuries to mourn the brothers who died in Qiuci City.

For this reason, He Yizheng, who obviously read a lot of books, was very emotional and said that Ding Dayou was a rare martial arts school with friendship among the many Zhechongfu groups in the Western Regions, and was a world apart from those cheap guys in the army who only knew how to fight and gain military merits.

He Yizheng taught He Yizheng how to sew wounds, and the relationship between the two naturally became stronger day by day.

It's strange to say that He Bingshu and Liu Chong have the same status, both of them are doctors, but when Liu Chong saw He, he was quite scared.

When He ordered Liu, he didn't care that their official positions were the same, and his attitude towards Liu Chong was even worse than that towards Yun Chu, the chief physician.

"Doctor Yun doesn't know that doctors also value family background. Our master is Zhang Honglu, the famous doctor who cured Emperor Taizong's dysentery. He is a third-rank official.

Except for Sun Shenxian, which doctor's family background can be compared with He Yizheng? If it weren't for Liang Wuhou's invitation, our doctor wouldn't have come all the way to the Western Regions to suffer.

He Zhang Chong is just a rural doctor. He relied on hard work in the army to advance to the position of doctor. Doctor Yun must not be friends with him, otherwise it would be a disgrace to his status."

Doctor Yun felt that his status might not be as good as Liu Yizheng, so it was very suspicious that He Yizheng treated him so well.

In fact, this is not difficult to guess.

He Yizheng was attracted by Yun Chu's ability to suture wounds.

There is nothing wrong with this. Yun Chu, who had left the university and worked in the system for seven years, did not have much resistance to such things.

It is not impossible for others to take your things, but they have to pay an equal price.

Being a royal doctor is not Yunchu's goal, so this kind of skill is an advantage that he can exchange.

He Yizheng should have known from Ding Dayou that Yunchu has the wonderful skill of suturing wounds, so he washed Ding Dayou clean and left it to Yunchu to display his skills.

Before witnessing Yunchu's skills, He Yizheng did not say a word to Yunchu, until the wound was sutured and the patient looked good, he took the initiative to get close to Yunchu.

Later, when he heard Yunchu say that catgut was the best suture, he was willing to lower himself and make friends with Yunchu.

Yunchu knew all this. Among the people Fangzheng warned him not to offend in the army, there was this He Yizheng.

Today, he learned about his origins from the medicine boy. In Yunchu's view, after Fangzheng and Ding Dayou, his third dish in the circle of Tang people was officially served on the table.

If Fang Zheng is a dish of porridge that nourishes the spleen and stomach and stores energy, then Ding Dayou is a meat dish that can strengthen bones and muscles, grow meat, and increase strength.

Yun Chu is still unsure of what kind of dish He Yizheng is currently serving, but from what he has learned so far, even if it is not a dish of sea cucumber with scallions, it is at least a dish of braised pig's tendon.

When eating at the table, the best state is to have a dish in the stomach, a dish in the mouth, a dish on the chopsticks, and eyes on another dish. This is the most effective and quickest way to enjoy a big meal.

Fang Zheng's dish has obviously been swallowed, and Ding Dayou's dish has been bitten in the mouth. How to hold He Yizheng's dish on the chopsticks still needs to be carefully studied.

Too early will burn your mouth, too late, the dish will be cold, and it is very important for Yun Chu to grasp the right time.

He Yizheng invited Yun Chu to drink tea.

Yun Chu didn't like the tea that He Yizheng brought because what he drank was not tea at all, but oil soup with tea added.

The herdsmen on the grasslands drank butter tea, and Yun Chu accepted it because the living environment forced them to do so. Butter tea can remove greasiness very well and has a good effect of increasing physical strength.

It is difficult for people to understand why the Tang people drank oil soup tea, especially since He Yizheng, as a doctor, could not have been unaware of the damage that drinking oil soup all day would cause to the body. In addition, his tea soup also contained onions, garlic, ginger, dates, orange peel, dogwood, mint, cloves, star anise and salt, which was much harder to swallow than butter tea.

However, when he saw Dr. He's slightly upturned eyes, which were tied with a gauze net on his head, and the corners of his eyes that were stretched into the temples with an eyebrow pencil, Yun Chu understood that he must make this oil soup tea. Drink it, because this is what you call aristocratic style.

It is very important to follow the local customs when visiting a country. Even this custom goes beyond etiquette in many cases.

When I followed the leader to the pastoral areas to explore the impoverished areas, the local unscrupulous local officials actually took the leader to sit in the home of a real poor herdsman.

When the herdsmen presented the white hada, and the herdsmen's wives wiped the silver bowl with holy cow dung, and then filled the silver bowl with butter tea and presented it to the big boss, the big boss looked shameless and dipped his fingers in the milk tea to worship the heaven and the earth. After that, he drank it all in one sip.

Since the bowl was not closed, the herdsman's enthusiastic wife refilled it for fear that the distinguished guest would be dissatisfied.

So, the big leader drank three bowls of butter tea at the herdsman's house that day, and he seemed happy and unwilling to miss his childhood.

When he returned to the county, Yunchu heard the shouting curses of the secretary of the top leader, which could be heard clearly in the entire corridor.

Then, the big leader didn't take another bite for the whole day, and even if he did, he would vomit whatever he ate.

Having such an experience, Yun Chu drank the tea soup in one gulp without even frowning when he faced the sheep tail oil that had not completely melted in the tea bowl.

After finishing the drink, he smacked his lips and said: "In the past, when I lived in the mountains with my master, I could only drink plain tea, which was far less rich in taste than the tea soup that Yi Zheng makes today.

I secretly think that when making tea soup, pine cones are the best. When the pine cones burn, a faint rosin will blend into the tea soup. The mountain spring water is clear and cold, so don't wait for the water to boil before boiling the sheep tail oil. Put in, when the mutton oil is still melting, put in the dried tea powder, At this time, the suet will wrap the tea leaves, and the two flavors are completely compatible. Then add dates, orange peels, dogwood, mint, and after the water boils, add green onions and ginger to remove the miscellaneous smell. Finally, use salt, the ancestor of all flavors, to unify all the flavors. , In this way, the monarch, ministers, and envoys are all ready, and a sip is like drinking from a cheese spring. "

Doctor He was stroking his palms and smiling and said: "Today I met a close friend. My master is a sage from the mountains and fields. He can't change his mind after a spoonful of drink and a basket of food. How can we and other common people in the city be compared?"

Come, come, come, now the water is boiling three times, it is the wonderful tea scene of "Sudden rain comes with the sound of pine trees entering the cauldron, and white clouds fill the bowl with flowers." Let's drink together! "

Yun Chu held the bottom of the tea bowl with one hand and grasped the body of the tea bowl with the other. He concentrated and calmed down. After his heartbeat calmed down, he first smelled the disgusting smell of the oil soup, and then observed the appearance of the tea soup with "the pine flowers floating in the air and the orchid gas entering the pot lightly". , and finally imagined the artistic conception of "jade dust frying to make haze", then turned off his sense of smell and taste, and drank the bowl of tea soup completely covered with mutton oil in one gulp.

For a long time, neither of them spoke, completely immersed in the timeless temperament of drinking tea, and could not escape from their trap for a long time.

You can't drink tea until it's full, but if you drink tea three times, you'll be full, and you'll be laughed at as a cow-drinker. Therefore, Yun Chu could only watch with regret as an eight-foot-tall boy took away the stove and tea sets.

Doctor He was stroking his beard and laughing and said: "Two times of tea, can't the doctor be satisfied?"

Yun Chu smiled and said: "Yi Zheng is an elder, and his mind has long been cultivated to be careful and peaceful. Yun Chu is just a young man, how can he know what moderation is."

Doctor He smiled and waved his hands and said, "Brother, you are so humble. Your ability to suture wounds with needle and thread is enough to make you famous all over the world and you have a bright future."

The smile on Yun Chu's face gradually faded away, and he said with a little sadness and dissatisfaction in his voice: "If a master with such a wonderful ability doesn't die of old age, how can he get a name and a future in the world?"

Doctor He was tapping the table with his index finger and said, "Brother, at the age of thirteen, he has already graduated from the eighth rank of doctor. Don't you want to rely on this skill to find a way for yourself to be promoted?"

Hearing this, Yun Chu seemed to be extremely angry. He tore open his clothes with all his strength, exposed his back and turned it to He Yi Zhengdao: "Are these scars from a certain family worthy of this eighth-grade doctor?"

Doctor He was looking at the dense scars on Yun Chu's back that had not yet completely healed and said, "Searching for a future among thousands of armies is not something we and other doctors should do."

Yun Chu put on his clothes again, looked at He Yi Zheng and said, "Yi Zheng doesn't know something, but a certain family has used all their wealth in exchange for this thing!"

As Yun Chu spoke, he slapped the admission notice for the four majors on the table.

Who is He Yizheng? A mere admission notice for a four-course major is not shocking to him. Although he feels that someone like Yun Chu actually got an admission notice for a four-course major, it is a bit unworthy.

Still whispering: "Is this young brother planning to abandon medicine and become an official?"

Yun Chu smiled bitterly and said: "The soil on my master's tomb has not dried for a long time, which shows that becoming a good doctor is not what my master wants."

Doctor He was secretly happy, but said: "What a pity, what a pity."

Yun Chu stared at He Yizheng with his slightly red eyes and said, "If Yizheng is buying a residence for a certain family in Chang'anfang City, from now on, whenever anyone asks about the art of suturing wounds, Yun Chu Definitely, this superb technique was the work of He Bingshu and He Bo'an. I only occasionally saw Dr. He practicing this strange technique when I was practicing medicine in the army.