In the 24th year of the Qin Dynasty, the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty, Sishui County (old Chu land), Liu County in the southeast of Peixian County, near a wooden house next to Weishan Lake.
"If you hear the Tao in the morning, you will die in the evening!" Cui Wenzi then put down a bunch of bamboo slips and said, "That's it for today. Let's go cook."
Gao Yao nodded, bent down, and cupped his hands: "Wei."
It had been more than a month since he arrived here. At first Cui Wenzi was impatient about teaching reading and writing, but he became interested when he discovered that Gao Yao turned out to be a prodigy with a photographic memory.
It is difficult to find a master, and it is also difficult to find a successor. Just like Confucius, without his outstanding disciples, Confucianism would not have as much momentum as it does now.
As for learning, Gao Yao naturally took the initiative to take on the task of cooking. After all, an alcoholic and a cat don't look like they can cook.
What made him depressed was that there were no tools here. He only had a spoon and some earthenware dishes, and there were only two kinds of seasonings: salt and Sichuan peppercorns.
But there are a lot of weird sauces, and there are even sauces made from frogs.
If you don’t have an iron pot, you can only cook or grill.
Fortunately, Cui Wenzi found some edible mushrooms and vegetables in his pharmacy. As we all know, mushrooms are generally not poisonous as long as they are cooked. Coupled with his great improvement in cooking skills, Gao Yao thought of ways to cook different dishes every day, and they tasted good.
At least Le Ye is very satisfied with licking the basin clean every time. The biggest compliment to the chef is that the guests finish all the food.
It's a pity that the staple food here: millet rice and wheat rice, are extremely unpalatable and difficult to swallow, which makes him feel uncomfortable. He is already considering grinding this stuff into powder and making noodles.
After lunch, Cui Wenzi was usually drunk and fell asleep on the bed. Gao Yao went to the river to clean the kitchen utensils, and Le Ye was scurrying up and down in the water.
Sometimes I can catch a big fish for him, and then stand next to him. With a sway of my body, the hair on my body is instantly clean and new. Of course, his whole body is covered with water.
Gao Yao:......
Gao Yao sometimes feels strange. According to his understanding, cats are afraid of water, but when he thinks about Le Ye's strangeness, he doesn't bother to think about it.
"Master Le, today Lao Cui taught me what the saying 'Hear the Tao in the morning, die in the evening!' What does it mean?" Gao Yao was washing the pottery dishes and Kuaizi, still thinking about learning.
He used to be quite a cultural person.
"Meow~" Meowle explained.
Gao Yao suddenly realized: "I know the way to your house in the morning, and I will go there and kill you at night! So that's what it means."
"What about 'Zi Buyu's strange power and chaotic gods'?"
"Meow~" Meow Le continued to explain.
Gao nodded to show that he understood. The original meaning was: "Master doesn't want to talk to you, and will use strange force to beat you until you are unconscious!"
Cui Wenzi, who was sleeping soundly in the room, twitched the corners of his mouth, then turned over and covered his ears with linen cloth.
After cleaning the kitchen utensils and cleaning up the area around the wooden house, Gao Yao stood in the yard and began to practice physical training. Now he didn't dare to stop at all.
Because when he takes a break, he will miss his sister and worry that she will be bullied. When he goes to bed at night, he will even cry silently thinking about it.
He has always been an emotional person.
"Ah! Hey, ha!"
The posture of the body-building technique was strange. Gao Yao started to scream after practicing for a while, but he still did not stop.
If there was a chance to go back, he still wanted to be a rich man's bodyguard.
"I never wake up from a big dream, but I know it all my life!" Cui Wenzi didn't know how long he slept. He stretched out on the bed. When he went out, he saw Gao Yao exercising.
At first, he didn't take it seriously. After all, during the Warring States Period, hundreds of schools of thought were competing, and there were all kinds of body-building techniques. After looking at it for a while, I started to be surprised, and after looking at it for a while, I became shocked.
He is a descendant of Taoism and is proficient in medical skills and divination. He just feels that these movements coincide with the rules of the human body's acupuncture points. Every move can exercise the body and nourish the spirit without inner visualization, and it is extremely efficient.
"What kind of physical skill are you doing?" Cui Wenzi stepped forward and asked curiously.
Gao Yao was stunned: "Go and build Yuan Dan Xuan Gong."
Cui Wenzi:? ? ?
Out of stock, Shenmo (5 p.m.).
Cui Wenzi has learned this strangely named physical technique. Although he only knows its form, it has already surprised him. In Taoist practice, it is inevitable to take some elixirs, which naturally contain some erysipelas. Under his mental visualization, this set of physical techniques has the miraculous effect of detoxifying and nourishing the skin.
"Lao Gao, I can't learn your precious physical skills in vain. You can choose the divination and medical skills that I am best at." After learning Xuan Gong, Cui Wenzi reciprocated.
According to the custom of the Qin Dynasty, people are addressed by their surname and official position first, followed by their given name, such as Qin Wang Zheng. But Gao Yao was different from everyone Cui Wenzi had ever met. It seemed that everyone was equal in his eyes, so he just called him Lao Cui.
He followed the local custom and called him Lao Gao, but he and others had been taught not to shout like that.
Gao Yao was startled. According to the memory given to him by Le Ye, this set of physical skills did not restrict the spread, but he didn't expect that the drunkard Lao Cui could actually do divination. But isn't this a feudal superstitious thing?
When he was a child, his father asked a well-known local blind master to have his fortune told. He still remembers what the blind man said after carefully touching his face.
"Human beings are endowed with yin and yang energy, which corresponds to the shape of heaven and earth. Therefore, it is better to use the shape of a person to resemble the shape of an object. A swallow with a jaw and a tiger's neck, flying and eating meat, is the prime minister of thousands of miles. The most important thing for human beings and ministers is beyond words!"
Of course, my father was very happy after hearing this and gave the blind man a full 30 yuan.
Then for more than 20 years, he used facts to tell his father, who was already under the influence of Jiuquan, that feudal superstition cannot be trusted!
"I'll learn medical skills!" Gao Yao replied. It's normal for a chef to know some medical skills, right? After all, he was going to make medicinal food, and according to his guess, Yi Xiaochuan would definitely come to this place.
If the two of them could go back by then, he would definitely have to castrate him. Wouldn't it be unknowing to learn some medical skills? Of course, if you can’t go back, no, no, you can definitely go back!
Hearing that Gao Yao was going to learn medical skills, Cui Wenzi felt a little pity, and then nodded: "Then I will teach you some common medical knowledge tomorrow. In addition, you can read the simple books in my room as you like."
...
Gao Yao lived a fulfilling and peaceful life. Every day, Gao Yao learned about the brewing of various herbs, their habits, their effects on the human body, and how to treat some common diseases.
He has excellent memory and understanding and can learn anything quickly.
One day, Gao Yao had a sudden idea. He brewed some medicinal materials in Zhuyuan Dan into some fish meat. The effect was very obvious. He couldn't sleep at night. He had to get up and perform physical exercise three times before he felt a little sleepy.
Cui Wenzi also drank three large bottles of wine for the first time that day before finally closing his eyes.
The next day, Cui Wenzi became very interested in Gaoyao's medicinal diet. Some ordinary medicinal materials, even combinations of things that no one wanted, could have such outstanding effects.
The nature of heaven and earth is indeed the greatest gift to mankind.
With the help of medicinal food, Gao Yao's physical training skills also improved by leaps and bounds. Muscles gradually appeared all over his body, and his hair grew a lot. He wore local linen clothes and spoke with an authentic Chu accent.
Now no one can tell that Gao Yao is not a real local unless he checks his household registration.
Cui Wenzi has not been seen in the past two days. It is said that he is helping him apply for household registration. As a well-known local doctor, this matter is naturally easy to handle.
It's just a bit troublesome to follow the rules of Daqin's household registration. Here, five families are protected, ten families are connected, one is guilty, and nine families are prosecuted. If there is no corrective action, ten families will sit together.
The trouble was that he had to find someone to be his guarantee and get permission from the government before he could become a Qin citizen.
After eating, he practiced for a while by the river. Gao Yao looked at Le Ye who was running up and down in the water, as if he couldn't use up all his energy. He suddenly thought: "Le Ye, my skill has improved greatly recently, how about... Why do you two compete and learn from each other?"
Miaole jumped out and tilted his head to look at the confident man in front of him. He was a little speechless. After thinking for a while, he nodded.
"Meow~"
bring it on!
"Haha!" After losing the move, Gao Yao lay on the ground and began to doubt his life.
Why is it that even though he is so big, he is not as strong as a cat that is not as big as his palm? Why have I been so useless since childhood?
"Meow~" Miaole walked up to him, raised two cat paws in front of him, and gestured.
In fact, there is only a slight difference in strength between the two of you. If you work hard for a while, you can catch up with his current strength!
After hearing the meow, Gao Yao instantly became motivated.
Yes, I have only been practicing for a long time and I have already swelled up, so I have to work harder! Gao Yao immediately got up and continued to practice hard, and set a small goal for himself: to surpass Le Ye in strength!
Seeing the shovel officer's hard work, Miaole lay in the bird's nest on the tree, comforted by Laohuai.
It seems that people still need encouragement.
The little bird next to Miaole was pitifully pushed aside and watched eagerly. The returning big bird stood on the edge of the nest and sang bravely to Miaole.
"Meow~" The golden tail swept the little bird and the returning big bird to his feet.
What are you looking at? It's your honor to have Uncle Meow sleeping in your bed! Give me a massage!
bird:......
A few days later, Cui Wenzi came back staggeringly carrying a wine flask. When he saw Gao Yao, he fumbled around for a long time, took out a bamboo slip and threw it over.
"Give."
Gao Yao had been practicing for a long time and his skills were much more agile than before. He took it in the air and said, "What is it?"
"Make sure you memorize your household registration information. If the officers and soldiers ask you questions and you can't answer them, you may be caught as a slave. By the way, I also found a job for you as a cook in the government office, so you don't have to do it. I'm in prison." Cui Wenzi explained with hazy eyes.
"When are you going to have dinner? I'm hungry!"
Gao Yao carefully put the bamboo slips of household registration in his arms and said quickly: "I'll do it right away."
After studying these days, he already knows the importance and difficulty of household registration information in Qin State, and now he is full of gratitude to Cui Wenzi.
"Remember to wash your hands and soak kitchen utensils in boiling water, otherwise the disease will easily enter from the mouth!" Cui Wenzi continued to instruct.
Gao Yao waved his hand: "I got it!"
Gao Yao, a modern man, is accustomed to these things, but he will not realize how talented the people of this era are in medicine who can think of this.
For dinner, Le Ye and Cui Wenzi almost ate in the basin. It was so delicious!
Gao Yao took out the household registration slips and looked at them carefully under the moonlight. He saw some patterns on the bamboo slips, and some words engraved in Qin seals below the patterns.
Ancestry: Gaojia Village, Nanhe County, Handan County
Date of birth: February 2, the first year of the First Emperor's reign
Sex: Male
Position: Chef of Liu County Government Office, Sishui County
Looking at the words above, Gao Yao felt a little proud: He is also a decent person!
The next day, under the leadership of Cui Wenzi, Gao Yao officially started working. Then on the first day, he conquered everyone in the government office with his cooking skills, and even the county magistrate issued a special order that Gao Yao would be solely responsible for his three meals from now on.
Gao Yao was immediately flattered and respected by everyone in the kitchen. Some of the servants even wanted to learn from him, but Gao Yao refused.
In this day and age, a craft is a family heirloom. If you can't go back, you can give your children something to remember.
In the blink of an eye, Gao Yao's life was enriched again. Before getting off work, he would go to the shopping mall to order the various seasonings and vegetables he would need for tomorrow. When he went back, he would just bring some of the day's food and heat it up so that he could take care of Lao Cui and Le Ge's daily meals.
Chefs rarely starve.
In the evening, I learned medical skills from Lao Cui, and I didn't dare to let go of the body-building skills.
Even once when the county magistrate's retainers came to commend him, he asked them to help make an iron pot and shovel, and came back to cook and add food to Le Ye.
It's okay to work in the government office. Being one step ahead is a genius. Too much lead may lead to unforeseen disasters. This is what Cui Wenzi told him.
With the connection, Gao Yao also asked the boys to find out if there was a person named Yi Xiaochuan nearby, and promised that if anyone found this person, he would pass on part of his cooking skills to him.
He felt that although he didn't know how Yi Xiaochuan got him here, there must be a way to get him back.
As the days passed, Gao Yao's mood became heavier and heavier. Even if he achieved a breakthrough in physical training, he was almost 1.8 meters tall, tall and powerful, and his strength reached 300 kilograms, it did not bring him much joy.
The longer time passes, the slimmer the hope of returning home.
On this day, Gao Yao was cooking in the official office. There was no one in the kitchen, it was his rule.
A boy asked at the door: "Can I come in?"
"Can."
The waiter came in very politely: "Chef Gao, a noble man came to our tavern. He ordered a dish that the chef can't even cook."
Gao Yao didn't care: "What kind of food?"
Over the past few days, he found that Brother Le was so delicious that he almost turned Lao Cui into a pauper in just two months. He had no choice but to do some part-time work in the tavern when he had nothing to do, and noble people came to help cook a few dishes and share some money.
"What's it called?" The boy scratched his head and suddenly couldn't remember. The main reason was that the pronunciation of the dish was quite strange.
Gao Yao glanced at the boy, his memory was almost the same as before.
"Where is the noble man?"
The boy quickly said: "Just outside the door."
"Then let him in."
After a while, a woman came in, wearing a light green brocade dress. She was gentle and elegant, and she spoke in a soft voice: "Can you cook tomatoes and scrambled eggs?"
Gao Yao was surprised: "How do you know how to make scrambled eggs with tomatoes?"
Lu Su was a little happy, but also a little shy: "My husband wanted to eat it, so he told me."
"Beloved? What's your beloved's name?" Gao Yao asked eagerly.
"Yi Xiaochuan."
"Yi Xiaochuan? Hahaha, Yi Xiaochuan! Hahahaha!" Gao Yao laughed crazily.
Finally, finally he had a chance to go back.
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