Chapter 447 [Only drink the Yangtze River water, and eat Chongming crabs]
In front of me are three tiled houses hidden under the vines of ancient trees. A small courtyard is divided by a bamboo fence. A fish net is hung beside the well and a grape trellis with green vines climbing next to it. An old man in his early sixties is sitting at the stone table, with tea in front of him and smoking a dry tobacco pipe happily.
Green trees, blue waves, hanging nets, old man... suddenly formed a quiet and leisurely picture. Zhou Yi pursed his lips and felt that disturbing such an old man was a sin.
"Grandpa, someone is looking for you."
The girl from the bamboo raft ran to the well and slapped her hands, gulped her stomach, raised her head, and her youthful hair fluttered. Such a wonderful picture was destroyed by a strange smell, which was body odor.
There are thousands of girls' body odors, and everyone has a love and pursuit. The "Empress Xiang Concubine" back then also had body odor, and Emperor Qianlong liked it. But Zhou Yi and the others did not have this hobby and couldn't help frowning slightly. It felt so a pity. Such a beautiful girl suffered from this disease. God is unfair. How can people get married in the future?
It seemed as if I saw the expressions of Zhou Yi and others. The girl looked dim and ran into the house in panic and never came out again.
"Master, why are you here again?"
The old man knocked off the ashes and gave Mingwei a big roll of his eyes, obviously he was not welcomed.
"This donor Zhou bought a strange stone that is 53 meters high and weighs 7,000 tons. He wants to transport it to Lu Province. It is difficult to transport air and land transportation, so he has to take the water route. Isn't this here to find you, the Dragon King?"
Mingwei laughed and said, "It's time for Brother Dragon King to show off his skills."
"A strange stone that is fifty-three meters high! It turns out that the rich boss has arrived?"
The old man snorted, not looking at Zhou Yi and the monk: "What's wrong with having money? Buy stones? Do you want to learn from the foolish monarch of Song Huizong? Please ask me. I want to live a few more years. It's the monk who is convenient to be with others, and I'm not interested."
"Brother Chang, I don't believe it. Wouldn't you be itchy?"
Mingwei didn't need anyone to let him go. He smiled and sat opposite the 'Shui Dragon King': "Stone is at the South Gate Wharf, just waiting for my brother's boat; this time I have to walk the canal, Huai River, straight into the Yellow River, and then enter the Yunshui Mountain area and go straight to Jianma Lake..."
"It happened to be rainy season, and the water level skyrocketed. It is not difficult to cross the canal Huai River from the Yangtze River. However, from the tributary of the Yellow River to enter Jianma Lake, you have to pass through the 50-mile Water Ghost Beach and the Jianshi Canyon. This is too dangerous..."
Chang Sihai's eyes lit up, and he took Mingwei's words and started chatting.
"It is extremely dangerous for others. But with the joining forces between the Dragon King, where can I go?"
Mingwei smiled and said, "Don't worry, I have traveled around the world and made my own Feng Shui map. These fifty-mile water ghost beach and the sword stone canyon cannot help me. I have the best boating method in the world. These two places where the boatman in the world are famous are nothing. The difficulty of the old brother doesn't want to conquer these two dangerous places?"
"Monk, you are such a bastard!"
Chang Sihai stared at Mingwei for a long time, and suddenly laughed: "You have caught my life gate. You wine and meat monk!"
"Did you agree?" Mingwei was excited. Chang Sihai had just nodded and had to eat and drink for half a month. Before leaving, he had to get a few jars of Five Gods Brews back. This was all a talk with Zhou Yi.
"How much do you give?"
Chang Sihai looked at Zhou Yi and Liuxu: "A 53-meter flower stone group requires a ship with a displacement of at least 8,000 tons. My apprentices happened to have a 10,000 tons bulk cargo ship purchased from the Yangtze River Freight Company. The deck was modified, so it was fine to put this stone. But it was fuel-intensive and there were great risks on the road. You had to insure all crew members. If you count it like this, I'm afraid it would take about one million to go on this trip. Is there any problem?"
"Brother Chang, the fair price should be 700,000 yuan, right? You are not a greedy person. How could you learn to speak loudly by the lion?" Although it was not spending Mingwei's own money, it was related to his sense of accomplishment. Before Zhou Yi could speak, the monk would cut the price.
"Nonsense, the fair price does not include the risks of over 50 miles of Water Ghost Beach and Sword Stone Canyon. There is no sonar detector on this boat. It depends on my life to fight. If there is anything, I have to leave some money for the girl, right?"
Chang Sihai blushed slightly and sighed: "You also know that Xiang Gu has the problem of 'body fragrance'. It is very expensive to treat diseases in big cities, and it is not cured once or twice. If she can't get rid of her disease, how can I see her parents in the Nine Springs? This girl...is pitiful..."
"Zhouyi..."
Liu Xu gently poked Zhou Yi and pointed at the house. Although this girl's illness is life-threatening, it is unbearable to put it on the girl. When Xiaoyezi was sick, Liu Xu felt a little sad, so she naturally hoped that Zhou Yi could cure the girl.
Zhou Yi patted her arm, nodded slightly, and signaled that he had a clear idea: "As Mr. Chang said, one million stones were transported to Jianmahu, I would also like to thank you. I shouldn't be able to leave today, right? I wonder if I can eat the famous Chongming hair crab here?"
"Haha, Mr. Zhou is a happy person. Since he came to me, there is no other thing, and he can always manage fish, shrimps and crabs. Xiang Gu, Xiang Gu, washed all the dozen hairy crabs in the house. Grandpa will stir-fry them to entertain guests later."
"It's true, we're here this time." Zhou Yi smiled and looked at Liuxu and Xiaoyezi, handed the jar of Five Gods Brew in his hand to Liuxu's hands, rubbed his hands and said, "Mr. Chang, do you have more male or female crabs in your house? Why don't I do it?"
"You, a rich man who is rich in luxury and food, makes crabs? Did I hear that right?"
Chang Sihai smiled and shook his head repeatedly: "Let us the boat family do it, don't waste things."
"Let him cook." Mingwei snatched the words and said, "Old brother, you don't know anything. Although Donor Zhou is young, his cooking skills are top-notch. If you ask you to do this hairy crab, it would be a waste. Don't be polite to him. He is our chef along the way. Let him clean up, just wait and eat."
"Really? Then I'm going to open my eyes today. Xiang Gu, after washing the crabs, I'll take them over and show you Uncle Zhou and let him choose."
Chang Sihai is an experienced person in the world. Look at his beautiful granddaughter. He looked at Zhou Yi and Liu Xu, who were obviously not a couple, and casually gave Zhou Yi the hat of an "uncle". He was preventing problems before it happened. This little guy is rich and generous, and he likes to be confused with women. Although his granddaughter has a problem with personal fragrance, who knows whether he is good at this? Emperor Qianlong loved this back then. No wonder Chang Sihai was nervous. His son and daughter-in-law were all gone in a disaster. He pointed to such a granddaughter for his life. If there was something wrong with his granddaughter, he would not be able to live.
"Well. Uncle Zhou, look, crabs are alive."
With a gust of "scent" wind, Chang Xianggu walked to Zhou Yi with her head down, with the big hat on her head still on her head. Zhou Yi raised her head and didn't see her face. This girl was too inferior.
"A good crab is worthy of being one of the three Chinese crabs. It's amazing."
I picked up a Chongming hairy crab and shone it in the sunshine. The thin crab shell became transparent, and the amount of crab roe and fat were clearly visible. After checking the food identification function, it was still authentic and wild, and it was not the scam products on the market that were urged by hormones.
Chinese people laugh at foreigners for not eating crabs, but they don’t know that there are more than 300 freshwater crabs in the world. There are only more than 20 that can be eaten, and most of them are concentrated in Asia, especially in China. Foreigners do not refuse to eat them, but the first person to eat crabs on their side was either poisoned to death or had diarrhea, and later they did not dare to eat them. It is still the Chinese people who are lucky to eat, and their ancestors rushed forward to be the "first person" to eat crabs, which opened up a new battlefield for food for future generations.
Among Chinese mitten crabs, the most famous ones are Shengfang crabs in Baiyangdian, Qingshui crabs in Yangcheng Lake and Laohai crabs in Chongming.
Shengfang crab and Qingshui crab are characterized by large, hard shells and green color. The only disadvantage is that the meat is thick and loose and the fat is insufficient. Therefore, you must wait until after autumn fat, and you will still eat crab roe.
However, Chongming old hair crabs are unique. They have a small shell and fine meat and beautiful aroma. Without waiting for autumn fat, female crabs will produce yellow and male crab fat and thick oil. This kind of crab must be fried. There is a point when stir-frying. Male crabs and female crabs should be matched reasonably, and they are very good at cooking. If they can be fried, the crab paste will be oily. If they are not fried enough, the crab roe will have a fishy smell. Chefs with insufficient levels may even fry the male crab and female crab separately so as not to be unable to grasp the heat. But in this way, there will be no such deliciousness as the blending of male crabs and female crabs. You know...
"Good crab, good crab, this time I've had a good taste."
Zhou Yi praised him, put down the crab, touched Chang Xianggu's hand, and grabbed it and kept pulling it in front of him.
"What are you doing!"
Liu Xu and Chang Sihai shouted in unison. Liu Xu was stunned. Chang Sihai grabbed the dry tobacco pipe and rushed over. Mingwei wanted to catch it but didn't catch it, and he secretly complained in his heart, donor Xiao Zhou, what are you doing? Look at the crabs and see the crabs, what are you doing when you touch the big girl's hands?
"Haha, the girl will have body odor. In fact, it's not that she is in bad health, but that she is too good."
Zhou Yi smiled slightly, turned to look at Chang Sihai who had already rushed to him with anger, "Sorry, Sorry, Miss Xiang is so shy. If I said I wanted to take my pulse, she might have to hide in the house again, so she could only do a sudden attack..."
"Uh, take the pulse?"
Chang Sihai looked down and saw that he was not taking his pulse. He also took Xiang Gu to see the old Chinese doctor. Although Mr. Zhou's technique was a bit strange, he was really taking the pulse. Chang Xiang Gu blushed and looked down and refused to look at Zhou Yi, but she did not break free. A cold air came from the fingers of the "Uncle Zhou" that made her feel very comfortable and she was reluctant to leave.
"Mr. Zhou...Sir, you are a doctor?" Chang Sihai hid his hands behind his back and laughed dryly: "You... said Xiang Gu is in good health just now?"
"It's very good, and it's very good." Zhou Yi nodded and then withdrew his hand: "Mr. Chang, your granddaughter has never caught a cold or a fever since she was a child. She can go into the water after rolling her legs in the middle of winter, and she won't be afraid of the cold. In summer, she will feel very hot when taking a hot bath at 37 or 8 degrees. But she just wants to use hot water above 45 degrees, otherwise it will be unhappy, right?"
"It's amazing! How do you know Mr. Zhou?"
Chang Sihai was speechless when he heard this. Even Chang Xianggu moved the big hat on his head and looked at the young "uncle".
"Before I finished speaking, your granddaughter had hair loss when she was a child and almost became bald. Later, when the disease was cured, she grew black and shiny hair..."
"You can see all this?"
Chang Sihai really wanted to whistle to the sky, is this a doctor or a fortune teller. He was obviously a stranger, but he was right, he was an absolute miracle doctor!
Chang Xianggu was holding a hat on her head, but she could see her hair fluttering, as if it was dyed in black, but who would have thought that this girl was once a bald man?
"Mr. Zhou, what kind of disease is Xiang Gu? Can it be treated?" Chang Sihai said hurriedly.
"I didn't say that Xiang Gu is not only not sick, but also healthier than ordinary people..."
Zhou Yi smiled and said, "Doctors and Taoists say that the human body has yang energy, but it is actually Yuanyang. The more vigorous a person's Yuanyang is, the better the body is. Such people are not afraid of cold, rarely get sick, and have a long lifespan, and at least they can enjoy 90 years old. But there is one thing, because the yang energy is too strong, they are prone to sweating and fat, hair loss and body odor. Xianggu's hair loss in her early years was caused by the impact of the vigorous Yuanyang in her body. Later, hair loss was cured, and the excess Yuanyang in her body had to change the direction, which became body odor..."
"Uncle Zhou, can my body odor be cured?"
Chang Xianggu couldn't help but ask.
"It's a pity to be able to cure."
Zhou Yi shook his head and said, "You have this disease because of your good physique, which is different from ordinary body odor. If you treat it fundamentally, you have to use silver needles to suppress your Yangming, Shaoyang, and Taiyang Six Meridians. In this way, although the body odor will disappear, it will make you become like an ordinary person from now on. You will also be afraid of colds in winter, catch a cold and have fever. If you become a real weak woman, won’t you regret it?"
"If you become an ordinary person, you will become an ordinary person. Girls always have to get married. If this disease is not cured, how can you get married? Mr. Zhou, please help Xianggu treat it. I thank you."
Before Chang Xianggu could speak, Chang Sihai made a choice for his granddaughter.
"If I had a needle, Xiang Gu's body would probably become worse than that of ordinary people. From now on, she would never be able to live in a wet and cold place. This clear water nest will definitely not work. Do you want her to leave you?"
Chang Sihai lived in the same way as water for the rest of his life. Letting him leave the water is like killing him. Zhou Yi doesn’t have to think about this principle. Now Zhou Yi wants Chang Xianggu to choose, whether to leave his grandfather in order to become a fragrant beauty, or to continue living here and be a "xianggu". Although this is cruel, no one can help her choose.
"Uncle Zhou, I will no longer treat the disease..."
No treatment!
Not to mention Chang Sihai, even Willow Seeds were extremely shocked. It was unimaginable to live with this "body fragrance" all your life.
"Silly kids talk nonsense!"
Chang Sihai instantly realized his granddaughter's intentions and burst into tears: "Grandpa doesn't care. Treat me honestly. If you find a good family to marry in the future, you can close your eyes even if your grandpa dies, otherwise you will be unfilial!"
"I won't get married, and I won't leave Bishui Nest. I'll be here to accompany my grandfather. My grandfather is in good health and can live a hundred years old or two hundred years old..."
Chang Xianggu lifted off her hat and showed a beautiful face that made Liuxu dizzy and fascinated me. She glared at Zhou Yi stubbornly: "If you help me cure it, I will hate you!"
"That's not possible. Xiang Gu is so beautiful. I don't want you to hate me. Don't worry, I won't treat you. This is Xiang Gu's own choice. We will all respect you, right Mr. Chang?"
Zhou Yi laughed, clapped his hands and picked up the crabs: "I'm going to treat these crabs. Everyone should happily wait for my delicious meal, and no one is allowed to cry."
The grandfather and grandson of Chang Sihai were crying, and they were still crying loudly. This one said, "Grandpa, I won't cure my illness, I will accompany you." The other one said, "Grandpa is good, my granddaughter is actually not willing to give up on you, so Xiaoyezi burst into tears, and Liuxu's eyes turned red.
Mingwei put his palms together, and he just murmured in his mouth: "Amitabha, what is the suffering of the world? It is the suffering of life and death, the suffering of illness, separation, and sentimental suffering, so that you can be empty in life and death, and get rid of illness, and kill the ** to achieve great happiness. But in this way, what is the difference between earth, rocks, and trees? I can't figure it out, Amitabha... It smells so fragrant, so fragrant."
Both Chang Sihai stopped crying, and both stared at Zhou Yi walking out of the kitchen. On the wooden tray were four dishes, scalloped shrimp, garlic and carp, stir-fried celery and scallion and ginger.
But the plate of fried crab with onion, ginger and a large sea bowl was covered with, and it could only be judged by the taste.
"What a great heat, the shrimps are just right, and the carp can see that they are extremely tender, and there is also this water celery..."
Chang Sihai was most proud of his saliva. He couldn't help but pick up a chopstick and put it into his mouth. He exclaimed: "Fresh and tender, which not only fully retains the fragrance of this water celery, but also completely cooked and thoroughly cooked. Oh, and this shrimp is even more authentic than the old ship owners who have been decades old. Mr. Zhou, are you a doctor or a cook? Why am I becoming more and more confused..."
This old man is really, is there anyone who is the owner like this? Before the guests even moved their chopsticks, he ate it first.
Liuxa swallowed her saliva when she saw it, but Xiaoyezi didn't care about so many. She grabbed two big prawns in one hand and happily put them into her mouth.
Seeing what he had eaten, Mingwei's Zen trick had long been broken, but he started eating without going up, but stared at the crabs clasped under the sea bowl: "Donor Zhou, why don't you uncover this bowl?"
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