Chapter 643: The Wisdom of the Old Lady

You really don’t treat the current second-grade people as human beings!

If you are angry, go visit the old lady!

The old lady looked very good and was inviting her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to prepare a banquet.

The catering lady was looking at the order for the old lady, and she brought Su You over: "The savior has come! Uncle Wenqu, come and see if this order is okay."

Su You first greeted the old lady, and the old lady said: "You have sent too many strange things, especially the ones from the south, hahaha..."

Su You took the fire sheet and said: "It was all done by that boy Zhang San. People in Bianjing are also very curious and always think that things they have never seen before are good. Then they think that the method must be complicated and the price must be expensive. I heard that

Fang Zhiwei Nanshi Zhai, a dish of scallops, shrimps and stuffed loofah was sold for three times a plate?"

Neither the old lady nor the catering lady knew clearly: "How do you know the taste? It's quite expensive..."

Su You shook his head: "Actually, it's just an ingredient. The preparation can be simple or complicated. The key lies in the taste."

"For example, this scallop is just for freshness. Soak it in water, remove the old tendons and wash away the sand, then steam it with ginger, scallion cooking wine and water."

"As a flavoring agent, the soup can be added to various dishes. The scallops themselves, stir-fried leeks, stuffed loofah, steamed eggs, minced meat fillings, dumplings, and steamed pancakes are all suitable."

"Seafood is all dry food. It needs to be soaked and there are many techniques. Wow, is this a sea cucumber? Bring it to me quickly!"

It's really a sea cucumber, but this sea cucumber is really exaggerated. The dried sea cucumber is nearly a foot long!

Su You was speechless: "What a good thing! When this thing comes out, I'm afraid it will be as thick as a calf in a flat can!"

The old lady was not happy when she mentioned it: "You're still looking for a flower boy! What kind of nickname did you give me?!"

Su You smiled and said: "Old lady, this is the custom of Yimei Mountain. It is easy to raise a low life. See how strong Bian Gu is now?"

"Besides, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's nickname was Piggy, and Emperor Taizong's favorite princess was called Rhinoceros Baby. It's not too much for me to use a flat jar, right?"

The old lady said: "I heard that you named it based on the jars from Tutu Primary School in Meishan? Anyway, I went to Monk Daolong to ask for a few peace charms, put them in those jars, and asked your Hachigong to take them back.

Buried under the pear tree in Kelongli. What if this happened to my great-grandson..."

Uh...Su You had never thought of this before. He just said it casually at the time. He didn't expect the old lady to be so concerned about it.

However, this is also the care and affection of the elders. Su You smiled playfully and said: "Having an old man in the family is like having a treasure. You see, we don't think about this. It's you, old lady, who thinks so carefully!"

After that, he looked at the order: "Let's just make pork, add chicken, duck and fish. We are tired of eating beef and sheep in Shaanxi. At most, we can make mixed tripe."

"The dishes include five dishes and one soup, half meat and half vegetables. The portions should not be large, but should be exquisite and delicious, with all colors and aromas, so that others will not say that we have become rich and extravagant."

The old lady felt that Tanhua's son-in-law could tell the truth about everything he did, so she nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, these are the rules set by our ancestor King Wu Lie, but in the past, we were defeated day by day, and the rules were no longer needed."

Su You looked at the furnishings in the hall and was speechless. The Shi family's metal luxuries, no matter how low-key they were, still dazzled his eyes with golden light.

Thinking of this, he said: "Uh, old lady, what was the object that I asked you to pay attention to before?"

There is an antique area in Daxiangguo Temple. People in the Song Dynasty were very curious about novelties, such as the fake beeswax doll invented by Su You, and the animal-shaped incense charcoal extruded from carbon powder and spices. They are worth the money.

On the contrary, those top-quality cultural relics, such as Shang and Zhou bronzes, Warring States glazed glass, Qin bricks and Han tiles, did not receive the attention they deserved.

For example, the four door panels that Da Su found in Fengxiang were handwritten by Wu Daozi, and they cost no more than 100,000 yuan, which is just 100 guan.

After Su Xun's death, the four door panels became the decorative paintings of Laoweng Jing's Temple.

Nowadays, some enthusiasts are researching and collecting these things, but due to financial constraints, it is not possible to do them if they want to.

The most valuable antiques of the Song Dynasty today are calligraphy works and some tablet rubbings, which are very valuable.

Others, such as the calligraphy of King Zhong, the poetry manuscripts of great literati of the past dynasties, even a piece of shredded paper, are frighteningly expensive.

Then there are the arts, the main paintings, of course, are not craftsman paintings, but literati paintings.

Next, there are books. For a family of scholar-bureaucrats, this is the foundation, accumulation, and continuous investment of countless generations.

Su You is also doing this now. The background of the Su family in Meishan is actually not very good. It is mainly because of two generations of evildoers that it has some respectability.

By the third generation, it is true that "I wish my children and grandchildren to be foolish and carefree, and to serve as ministers without disaster or illness."

In fact, this is good, but this is another matter, and Su You's purpose of collecting these is to prepare for the establishment of a museum in the future.

Now that you have the basics in hand, you should look further ahead.

The old lady smiled and said: "The vendors at Daxiangguo Temple are also thieves. As long as Da Zhi asks for something, the vendors will dare to double the price."

After saying that, he said angrily: "And that Liu Ban, he is really against my Shi family at every turn."

Su You touched his nose. The Liu family was a traditional family of Shi Zhi and Jin Shi.

My elder brother, Liu Chang, was an authoritative scholar who knew astronomy from the top and geography from the bottom, and was an authoritative scholar in the Spring and Autumn Annals and Han Shu. His family collected numerous pre-Qin ding-nai, and he was a great scholar who could decipher the laws of the three dynasties by identifying inscriptions.

His younger brother Liu Tong helped Sima Guang write "Zi Zhi Tong Jian". He also wrote "Eastern Han Dynasty Journal Mistakes", "Han Shu Annotation", "Han Palace Rituals", and I heard that he is currently writing "Five Dynasties Spring and Autumn" and "Internal Translation of Mandarin".

》Two masterpieces.

Er Liu's collection of books is the largest in Beijing, and his family attaches great importance to education.

Liu Tong's wife is also a person like Mrs. Cheng. The family has little money, but has a collection of thousands of volumes of books, and is known as "Mozhuang".

Together with Liu Chang's son Liu Fengshi, they were collectively known as the "Three Lius of Mozhuang" in later generations.

If the Shi family competes with other families for bronzes, I'm afraid in the eyes of the Liu family, it's just like the nouveau riche who think they have too much money, so they spend everything they grab secretly.

Su Younan smiled and said: "Old lady, put all these things in a bowl. I will visit the Liu family tomorrow. By the way, where is Wei'er?"

The old lady said: "Weier and some aunts and sisters-in-law are making guns and sticks in the school yard. Do you want to take a look?"

Su You waved his hand: "I'm not going, I might as well watch the catering lady prepare her diet."

The old lady took Su You's hand and said, "Recently, there are many affairs in the government. It is a good thing that you came to Shi Mansion after returning to Beijing."

"Just listen to me. From today on, I will live here. It's okay to go out and meet nerds like the eldest son of the Liu family. Don't meet the rest of the people. We'll talk about everything after the meeting."

Su You smiled and said: "Most of my acquaintances are outside. There are not many acquaintances in Beijing. I only have one Zhang Zihou, who will probably return to Jinghu after the meeting. The rest are only familiar to Mr. Jiefu."

The old lady pursed her lips: "When Wang Jiefu came to Beijing, it was because the scholars praised him and the people were happy, and they all said that the world would be saved. Now several years have passed, and the clans and clans are blocking the streets and scolding, and the officials and officials are scolding, and the common people are scolding them.

He rushes into the house and scolds people. If he doesn’t say anything else, he offends people everywhere, how can he get away with it?”

"I don't have any other knowledge, I just see a lot of things. Anyway, you should stay away from this kind of person."

Speaking of Su You, I suddenly remembered that there was a passage in Su Shi's memorial to Liu Chang: "Zi Gong died not long ago. Learning has lost its origins, and heresy has spread. He speaks loudly, and condescends to the world. It doesn't matter.

It is natural to say that it is true. If it is not true, people may sigh. Who can recite the words to accuse him of wrongdoing?"

Nowadays, this article is extremely popular in Beijing and is used as a weapon to attack Wang Anshi. They all say that this is ironclad evidence that Su is slandering Wang Anshi.

Unfortunately, rumors only stop at the wise. Of course Dasu liked Pi Liyangqiu to slander Wang Anshi, but Mr. Gongshi passed away in the first year of Xining, and Wang Anshi was still mourning in Jinling at that time!

I don’t know if Wang Anshi’s notebook contains this item.

Thinking of this, another question arises. When Old Man Long came to Beijing, it was Liu Chang and Ouyang Xiu who resisted. "In the Chang period, he violated the ancient Taoism and failed to learn well. The king's system must be punished. If he did not do it, he would be punished by Shaozhengmao."

Fortunately, how can I reward you?"

"When Chang Qi heard about it, he was afraid and dared not receive the gift."

However, Liu Chang was quite approving of Su You's "Emotional Theory" and defined the "one above emotion" mentioned in Su You's "Emotional Theory": "Benevolence and righteousness are nature, and ritual and music are emotion."

Therefore, today's ideological trend is quite confusing. Everyone is groping and greedy, sometimes conflicting, sometimes agreeing.
Chapter completed!