"Let me tell you, Xi Ya, it's better to be prepared. After you move out, your grandfather and I will be worried about you all day long, so we will prepare your favorite food on 1, 3 and 5, and prepare your usual favorite food on 2, 4 and 6." ." Grandma rolled out the noodles.
The blind man stretched out his hand, pretended to fumble and picked up another slightly shorter rolling pin, and rolled out the other half of the dough.
"Oh, look at you, such a good child, why can't his eyes be cured?" Grandma sighed, rolled the rolled dough on the rolling pin, then took out the rolling pin, touched the kitchen knife and cut it into sections, then one section Remove the sections, take out a wide strip and place it next to the chopping board.
"Grandma, there's no need to be prepared now." The blind man said, "Grandpa Yuan's hybrid rice yields so much per acre, we won't go hungry."
"Hey, look what you said, you should be prepared if you are not going to be hungry." Grandma said matter-of-factly.
"Be prepared and be prepared" is his grandma's motto in life. He has heard her say this since he was a child. Basically, he hears it several times a day.
Every time grandma and grandpa would fill the refrigerator to the brim, with a lot of vegetables, meat, fish and eggs. In the side compartment on the refrigerator door were noodles that were about to expire. They always rushed to finish them before the expiration date was about to expire and then buy them. I bought new ones, but I just don’t buy instant noodles. The blind man thinks that instant noodles are actually quite delicious, especially the braised beef noodles, which he ate when he was sick as a child and thought they had a very "taste".
"Isn't that true? Grandma, science and technology are developing so fast now, even droughts and floods will be solved quickly." The blind man said again.
"That's the truth, but you don't know. In 1959, when I was four years old, my grandma basically didn't have enough to eat for the whole year, and she didn't have enough to eat in the next two years." Grandma said, and said Throwing the noodles into the boiling pot, "It's the same with your grandfather. We were both very young at the time, and our two families also supported each other to get through those three years. Otherwise, it would be hard to say."
The little old lady shook her head, with a hint of joy in her tone.
Grandma was born in 1955, one year older than grandpa. Grandma and grandpa could already remember things in 1959.
1959, that year, was the first year of three years of natural disasters.
That year started with a drought, which affected grain-producing areas in many major provinces, including Hui Province.
A blind man cannot imagine famine. Even in Daqi, he has never seen the horror of famine, so he cannot imagine it and dare not imagine it, because famine cannot be cut with a knife.
"Yao, you have never experienced hunger. You don't know that grandma and grandpa actually ate elm bark back then."
The bark of the elm tree is rich in starch and can be used to grind noodles. The ground noodles are called elm bark noodles. Therefore, eating the bark does not mean peeling off the bark to eat, but making it into noodles. This was also done to satisfy the hunger. After all, at that time, having a bite to eat was equivalent to saving a life.
Qin Xiya listened to grandma's "reminiscing about suffering", and also opened the cut noodles, put them on a plate, and gave them to grandma.
Grandma took the dough and put it into the pot. The "Remembering the Bitterness" was over, and the little old lady started to mix the dough sauce.
Chili sauce, chili oil, vinegar, soy sauce, MSG, it's a bit like cold noodle sauce, but the ingredients are richer because there is also homemade miso.
The blind man helped by serving miso and mixing the noodles. He also began to recall his own mistakes in the previous world.
In fact, he had known his faults for a long time, and he had listened to Saha's sharp comments, but Saha saved him face, and his faults were not limited to what Saha said.
He obviously has enough true spirits, but he always waits until he is unable to defeat the enemy before using them, causing so many people to die. This is really undeserved, because he could have avoided it.
Admittedly, this fault included his own element of underestimating the enemy. He always chopped some offal, and those offal were indeed offal, rotten sweet potatoes and stinky bird eggs. Also, because he chopped too many rotten sweet potatoes and stinky bird eggs, he gave birth to rotten sweet potatoes and stinky bird eggs. I have thoughts that I shouldn’t have.
This thought is "So I am so strong."
But are blind people really strong? He was indeed very strong when facing rotten sweet potatoes and smelly bird eggs, but he was at a disadvantage when facing Yu Xuexiu and Li Jiuling.
After passing these two levels, will he be strong? He was considered strong when he was in Zhuangqi Town, but wasn't he cut down first by Yi Dao?
Yidao was first a little-known master who was willing to be a horse bandit and not be famous in the world. This "low-key" master was just a little better than him.
If he hadn't mastered the sword, he would still be at a disadvantage.
From then on, the blind man realized that he was wrong.
What he committed was the crime of "arrogance". He thought he was very strong, but in fact he was not that strong. Because of this arrogance, he seemed to underestimate the enemy.
In addition to arrogance, it is "lucky". His luck comes from the "true spirit". What he thinks is that he has a true spirit, and he only needs to activate it in critical moments.
Indeed, he was asked to save the day from danger several times, but... he didn't have to save the day, right?
Not to mention that sublimation and attunement required voice control, and it was common for him to be beaten speechless, so he could only perform sublimation and attunement operations when he had a chance to breathe.
He couldn't be more wrong.
Do you want to blame grandma? How can it be? Grandma was not wrong. What grandma said about "being prepared" came from her personal experience, so she stored a lot of food.
But it was too late for him to understand that the "preparedness" his grandma said was not what he understood. Grandma's "preparedness" was based on the premise of "famine".
And the "preparedness" surface he saw was only based on [storage].
True spirit is not equal to food. Food can be stored and then eaten before the shelf life. Food does not involve fighting, but true spirit involves life and death, not only for himself, but also for others he cares about.
The greatest use of the true spirit is sublimation and enlightenment. Therefore, the real preparation for the true spirit is not to store the true spirit, but to consume it and maximize the karma and skills that one has mastered. This is his unique "preparedness for the future" ".
The blind man is always at a disadvantage when facing real masters. These masters have different specialties, and he is not an all-around player. Because he underestimates the enemy, he always puts himself in an embarrassing situation, and even hurts people who should not die.
The "arrogance" and "luckiness" that he didn't check were just like his "selfishness" when facing the bell. They were shy and hidden in the deepest part of his heart but he didn't know it. He would get lucky after one time, and he would get lucky after two times. There were still remnants, and it wasn't until the blood lessons accumulated that he realized how wrong he was.
Arrogance, luck, and selfishness constituted the "arrogance" that he was unaware of. It was this "arrogance" that caused things to happen that should not have happened.
The blind man said nothing, but the guilt and regret in his heart will not disappear because of [repentance], but will only increase with time.
The only thing that can dispel this [repentance] is his understanding of punishing rape and eradicating evil.
He will atone for his mistakes, but this sin will not be so easy to atone for. All he can do is try his best.
That's why he wanted to find a way to resurrect Master Yang's family and resurrect the bell, because this is what he thinks "should be done".
His growth is not the same as other people's. His growth is carried out amidst mistakes and bloody lessons.
He didn't see clearly until he made a big mistake, and then he was mentioned by Saha. This was his "too late to remedy the situation."
Now, he buries this "it's too late" deep in his heart and reminds himself all the time that he must never make the same mistake again.
He has indeed grown up. This "it's too late" is buried in his heart and he doesn't intend to show it. He still wants to make himself look as optimistic and positive as possible.
This optimism and positivity is not only for his loved ones, but also for those he cares about and will care about.
Qin Xiya put the prepared sauce on the table, and grandma also turned on the radio, which played some popular music.
But that lyric sounds a bit weird,
What does "you are my little apple, I can never love you too much"?
Are all popular songs today like this?
But just listening to the sound, the blind man was just thinking about whether popular music is getting worse and worse? Obviously many old songs sound very charming and have a long aftertaste, so they are not getting worse and worse, right? But this was not the focus of the blind man's thinking.
He knew that his grandma was taking care of him and giving the blind man some other sounds so that he would not be so "lonely".
But grandma didn't know that blind people don't feel lonely just because they are blind.
He has "seen" his grandparents, uncle, and the pastoral dog. His grandparents and uncle are very good to him, and the pastoral dog is also very close to him. Here, he will not be lonely.
He even saw the ones in the refrigerator that were full of them.
He faced his grandma and adjusted his sunglasses. It was really uncomfortable and unaccustomed to always wear sunglasses.
The blind man said: "Grandma, there is no need to be prepared now."
"It's better to be prepared." Grandma replied with a smile and fished out the noodles.
The blind man nodded: "Yes."
He handed the basin over, and grandma poured the noodles into it. Then he also poured the prepared sauce into the basin and stirred it up with chopsticks.
What grandma said about "being prepared for emergencies" will continue to be practiced by grandma.
And the blind man's own "preparedness" will continue in the future.
