Meng Shaoyuan looked at these two dishes with fear.
Not to mention, Manager Ge really invented "herring bald lung" and "paper wrapped fried chicken".
Chen Yinge took a bite of the "herring bald lung", frowned, looked at the "paper-wrapped fried chicken", didn't move his chopsticks at all, but reached to the side of the plate of green vegetables and lard residue, and took a bite:
"Frost-beaten vegetables are particularly sweet."
Don't tell me, you must be dissatisfied?
"Professor Chen." Meng Shaoyuan said with a smile: "The two dishes you mentioned are now lost. The chefs in this restaurant really don't know how to cook them. Please bear with me. If I say they are simple, I am really bragging. .”
Chen Yinge smiled calmly: "Yes, many ancestors' gadgets have been lost. Once they are lost, they are lost. Some of us always want to restore these lost gadgets, but if they are really restored, will they still taste the same? "
Hey, there seems to be something in the words?
"There are too many lost things." Chen Yinge put down his chopsticks and took a sip of tea: "Many of our lost things have been promoted in Japan. For example, kneeling down, it used to be our orthodox sitting posture, otherwise it would be rude. But later We invented high-legged seats such as chairs, and kneeling and sitting gradually disappeared. But when it was spread to Japan, it became their traditional cultural symbol.
Another example is fish and sashimi. During the Han and Tang Dynasties, fish was most popular in China. The original meaning of the idiom "popular" is that everyone loves to eat fish and barbecue. Li Bai has a poem, "When the child blows, a few frost blades are waving, and the red flowers fall on the white snow." Beginning in the Ming Dynasty, the custom of eating raw fish began to decline in China. Why? Most of our freshwater fish in China contain parasites. Chen Deng during the Three Kingdoms period died of parasites because he loved eating sashimi.
What about Japan? I also learned it exactly as it was, and it became popular all over the country. And he learned it very thoroughly. Not only did he learn to cut it thinly and eat it with mustard, but he also completely retained the ancient Chinese style in many details.
In Japanese cuisine, sashimi is usually served on perilla leaves and served with shredded white radish. This is actually learned from the Chinese fish culture, because according to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, perilla detoxifies fish and crabs, and white radish is eaten with it. Radish is useful for digestion and digestion..."
Meng Shaoyuan listened with great interest.
He knew many of them, but he still didn't know things like "The frost blades waved in the breeze, and the red flowers fell on the white snow".
Look at Professor Chen, he talks freely and eloquently, which is better than strolling around in the garden, but it makes you listen in rapt attention without even realizing it. This is how good he really is.
It has been a long time since Chen Yinge chatted with someone so cheerfully. When he was in high spirits, especially when talking about Japanese culture, he would also include a few local Japanese sayings from time to time.
Later, he sighed deeply:
"Why? Because we felt that those cultures were backward and no longer suitable for the development of the times, so we abandoned them categorically. That is progress. King Wu Ling, riding on horseback and shooting in Hufu, abandoned the attitude of the superior country and faced his enemies, those The uncivilized Hu people learned from it, and Zhao became a strong country, which is also progress. Looking at the development and strength of China, many people have the courage to abandon the methods of their ancestors.
But there are some things that cannot be lost, and that is integrity. The Japanese learn from us Chinese kneeling, sashimi, and matcha tea. The details are trivial and not worth mentioning, but they also learned the essence of our Chinese culture. During Japan’s reform and reform, the top and bottom were united as one. In order to make Japan a powerful country, ordinary people did not hesitate to endure hunger and sell iron at the expense of others..."
Meng Shaoyuan nodded frequently.
Putting aside the grievances between China and Japan, national unity is very important on Japan's road to becoming a powerful country. However, during this period, China lagged far behind.
Especially when it comes to "integrity", China has produced many traitors...
When Chen Yinge said this, he suddenly felt strange: "Hey, can you understand the Japanese I just said?"
"I can understand." Meng Shaoyuan quickly replied: "I hired a Japanese teacher to teach me Japanese, and I still learned Kyoto dialect."
"Oh?" Chen Yinger quickly changed into pure Japanese: "You are actually learning Kyoto dialect?"
"Yes, my teacher also talked to me specifically about the tone of voice of Kyoto people, such as arrogance and so on..." Meng Shaoyuan answered fluently in Japanese.
Chen Yinger suddenly laughed: "That teacher of yours probably learned Kyoto's country dialect, right?"
this……
Yamashita Yuri is a serious Japanese. When teaching these Kyoto dialects, she explained all the key points in detail.
Meng Shaoyuan repeatedly saved danger by relying on his Japanese with a Kyoto accent.
"To put it simply, it is nothing more than the arrogance of Kyoto people. They regard people from other places as country people. Naturally, there is a bit of arrogance in their tone, but that is just the surface, not the essence of Kyoto dialect." Chen Yinge There was disdain in his tone: "The true Kyoto aristocratic accent is far from being so superficial. There is so much knowledge in it."
That's right.
When you were in Hong Kong, your authentic Kyoto dialect with an aristocratic accent made the Japanese officers think that they had offended some big shot in Japan and fled.
Although Yamashita Yuri Ai is Japanese, she is not a so-called Japanese aristocrat after all, and her knowledge of aristocratic culture is limited.
"You are a spy." Chen Yinge said unceremoniously: "Learning the Kyoto dialect may be of great use to you in the future. Come on, come on, I am broke, and I am embarrassed to be entertained by you, so I just take a few days. Time, let’s talk to you about Japanese aristocratic culture, talk about the privileges of Japanese aristocrats that you don’t know, and then correct your so-called Kyoto accent.”
Meng Shaoyuan was overjoyed.
Chen Yinge was born in a Chinese official family. His grandfather was a feudal official. His father Chen Sanli had a good relationship with Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Liangjiang. This was a truly aristocratic family. At that time, they were the most popular group of overseas students in Japan.
The Japanese are even proud to marry their daughters to these people, and there have been cases where women have gone on a hunger strike to marry Chinese people.
The people Chen Yinge interacted with in Japan were all upper-class people, so he knew them well.
With his guidance, I will be more comfortable when dealing with the Japanese in the future, and I will be more comfortable pretending to be Japanese nobles, and I can completely avoid the dangerous situation of exposing my secrets once I encounter a real Japanese noble.
Meng Shaoyuan quickly stood up and bowed respectfully:
"teacher!"
…
For three days, Meng Shaoyuan seemed to be missing.
The matter of evacuating cultural scholars all fell on Wu Jingyi.
This Young Master Meng didn't know what he was doing.
Wu Jingyi was also helpless.
When she came to work early in the morning, Wu Jingyi was shocked.
As soon as I entered the office, I saw a Japanese man standing there openly.
Why can one recognize this person as Japanese at a glance?
It's too simple. Is he wearing Japanese clothes?
It doesn't look like a kimono, it's weird wearing a black curved hat.
"Assistant Wu, you are late."
As soon as this "Japanese" opened his mouth, Wu Jingyi realized that this was Master Meng Shaoyuan!
"You...what are you causing trouble like this?" Wu Jingyi was dumbfounded: "What are you wearing?"
"This is called winter straight clothes." Meng Shaoyuan said proudly: "The hat is called Heian-style black hat, and the clothes are called Chuyi. The fan in my hand must be taken... Hey, do you think I look like one? A high-ranking official in Japan?”
"I don't know what Japan's high officials are like." Wu Jingyi said slowly: "I think you look like a funeral director."
Holy shit!
He studied hard with Chen Yinge for three days, with food and accommodation in his room. Chen Yinge told him all the culture he knew without reservation.
Even the Japanese accent in Kyoto has been greatly corrected, and it is no longer just arrogant and rude.
How about you tell me directly that I look like a funeral director?
However, Meng Shaoyuan also believed that with these three days of intensive training, he would be more worry-free when dealing with the Japanese in the future.
There is no need to pretend to be a Japanese noble, but there is no trace of their style.
It was too troublesome to smoke a cigarette while wearing clothes. Meng Shaoyuan finally lit a cigarette: "How far have you evacuated?"
Have you finally thought of asking this? Wu Jingyi rolled her eyes at him: "Two batches have been evacuated. The Japanese monitor the ships leaving Shanghai for Wuhan very strictly, and it takes a lot of trouble."
"Don't let anything happen." Meng Shaoyuan repeatedly warned: "These people in the literary and art circles, even if they can't lift a gun or throw a grenade, sometimes the pens in their hands are better than thousands of troops. .”
"I know." Wu Jingyi nodded and said: "So, although our manpower is tight, I still mobilized as many agents as possible and escorted them all the way to Wuhan. After arriving in Wuhan, our comrades there will personally be responsible for the response .but……"
Wu Jingyi hesitated for a moment and then said: "I am personally responsible for the first batch. It can be seen that some of them are somewhat reluctant to pay attention to us when they hear that we are spies."
"The title of spy is basically stinky in China." Meng Shaoyuan smiled bitterly: "We people are only responsible for working against the enemy. What ideas and doctrines do they have have to do with us?"
"Director Meng, your idea is very dangerous." Wu Jingyi specially reminded: "Those who join our military command must take political and ideological classes first. Don't forget that it was specially explained above..."
"Forget it." Meng Shaoyuan interrupted her: "We are all our own people, let's not talk about those words in the officialdom. I can't even deal with the Japanese killing traitors, so how can I care about anything else? If I don't talk about this, I won't Say this."
He cheered up and said, "Assistant Wu, help me see if there is a ship to Hong Kong. I want to send a big shot there. This is something Mr. Dai specially asked me to take care of."
"OK."
"That's right." Meng Shaoyuan seemed to have remembered something: "If you want to take something to your husband in Hong Kong, you can also ask him to send it there with you. However, you can only ask your husband to pick it up, but you cannot let others give it to you. Send it over, sir."
What kind of big shot is this that deserves Director Meng to be like this?
Wu Jingyi was a little confused.
