The sun was gradually turning to the west, and Bo Jinhou, who was holding the time, was almost done with his calculations. He sat or stood or walked around in the small courtyard. After all, Bo Jinhou, who was still young at heart, couldn't bear his temper and rubbed his hands in a hurry. Resistant. In the middle of the night, Bo Jinhou, who was cooking tea with his sister in the house, looked like Bo Jinhou wandering around in circles in the yard doing nothing. When he saw that the sun was about the same, he told his sister and led Bo Jinhou out.
There was no talking all the way, and the two of them arrived at the blacksmith shop in the middle of the night. The two brothers with somewhat elegant names had obviously just finished their work and were sweating profusely. Lou Zhen was sitting at the door panting, a dirty rag wiping the sweat on his face. Lou Gui, who was holding the huge ax wrapped in rags, saw the person coming clearly. With a swipe of his thigh-thick arm, the huge ax that was almost the height of a man spun away towards the third watch of the night.
Lou Gui seemed to be testing Ye San's depth. This was also a hidden secret. After all, the weight of the ax was still unknown. If the opponent's hand was light, he might not be able to catch it. If the hand was strong, he would feint. one time.
In the middle of the night, there was no hesitation in his hands, and he stood firm on his feet. As soon as his hand touched the weapon that was as tall as a human, he felt that it weighed more than a hundred kilograms. He drew a circle with the giant ax on the spot. Before he could stabilize it, he turned his wrist and used his strength to rotate the Xuanhua ax in his hand. Then, with a "dong" sound, he stood the ax on the ground, using the force outside the door. In the afterglow, the ax blade shines like a crescent moon, and the texture of the ax surface is as smooth as clouds rolling over each other, which is very beautiful. There are also two dragons carved into the ax handle, lingering and clinging to each other, soaring into the clouds and mist as if they are soaring into the sky. The dragon's head is illuminated with light and lifelike, as if it can break through the wall and ride on the clouds with just a touch of eye.
"Good ax! Good workmanship!" Ye Sangen said two good things one after another, sincerely praising the Xuanhua ax and the skills of Lou Gui and Lou Zhen.
In the middle of the night, all his attention was focused on the Xuanhua axe, but he never noticed that his exposed hand, which he had just grasped with a thousand pounds of effort, shocked the two brothers opposite him and rendered them speechless.
Lou Zhen just felt that the force of his brother's swing just now, combined with the original weight of the giant axe, was definitely more than a hundred kilograms, but he was taken lightly by this gentle-looking brother, and he couldn't help but feel impressed by him.
Lou Gui was deep in thought. He didn't know what he was thinking about. He stood there for a few breaths and then said: "The ax weighs one hundred and eight kilograms. The surface of the ax is forged from fine steel. It can be struck nine thousand times on the front and ten thousand times on the back. There are no more impurities. The ax handle is made of tungsten steel, which is the remaining material I used to make. It was calcined for a day and night, and the wear resistance can be assured."
In the middle of the night, he only admired the Xuanhua giant axe, and did not take what Lou Gui said to heart. He played with it back and forth a few times, and then said to Bo Jinhou: "Try it."
Marquis Bo Jin couldn't hold back his excitement for a long time. Hearing these words in the middle of the night, he immediately stretched out his hand to hold the handle of the axe. He was so angry that he picked up the giant ax and swung it several times. Fortunately, the blacksmith shop was big enough, otherwise the six-foot-long giant ax and Bo Jinhou's brute force would have caused a mess in just a few blows.
At midnight, seeing that Bo Jinhou liked it, he picked up a rag and wrapped it up, then said goodbye to the Lou Gui brothers.
As soon as Lou Zhen came back to his senses from the late night use of force, he was shocked by Bo Jinhou using his arm to wield a chopstick with the giant axe, which weighed more than a hundred kilograms. The two of them even left without reacting. . Lou Gui, on the other hand, watched the two of them go out and hesitated to speak.
Holding the weapon in hand, Bo Jinhou was impatient. On the way, he kept asking Ye Sangeng if he wanted to start teaching him the three-move Kung Fu. Ye Sangeng only said that he was not in a hurry.
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At the beginning of Youchu day, the sun was tilted to the west.
At this time of the day, I had a headache every day. In the middle of the night, I was unskilled in lighting a fire and boiling water at the door of the kitchen. After all, I was used to eating in taverns and restaurants, so cooking by myself was really unfamiliar. Fortunately, Bo Jinhou, who had separated from the blacksmith shop in the middle of the night, trotted back in the dark, carrying a big red-feathered rooster and holding a jar of Roselle juice that can be seen everywhere in the market. At that time, I was still a little confused, but I didn't ask him what he was going to do. I just went to find some food and came back.
"I'm not late. I'm afraid you won't be able to wait until I cook." Bo Jinhou put down the wine jar, then broke off the fluttering rooster and continued, "Wait a minute. I'll show you my skills."
After saying that, Bo Jinhou cleanly boiled water to bleed and pluck the feathers, cleaned the chicken inside and out, rubbed a layer of salt on it, washed a bundle of fire-igniting thatch, and wrapped it layer by layer on the chicken. Then they poured water and mud into the outer layer of thatch, filled the hole dug with the mud with firewood, put the chicken rolled into a ball, and then covered it with a layer of firewood. Then they took out the fire sticks and started a fire.
Bo Jinhou was quite familiar with this technique, and he must have done it frequently since childhood.
Bo Jinhou was also honest with his siblings. While watching the fire and adding firewood, he said: "At that time, when my aunt was living on the street and couldn't eat, I would steal chickens and roast them. My aunt often praised me for cooking them. It's delicious." When he accidentally mentioned this sad incident again, Bo Jinhou became lonely again. He raised a dirty hand covered with mud and ash and wiped it on his face without hesitation.
Of course, Ye Zangeng saw it in his eyes, and pursed his lips but said nothing. He had also experienced this kind of thing, and naturally he understood that anything he said now was in vain. It was best to deal with this kind of thing on his own.
The sister on the swing was thoughtful. Even if she couldn't see it, she could hear the disappointment in Bo Jinhou's tone. She raised a topic and said: "From what you did just now, it should be mud chicken. I remember the first time I ate it was in the capital." The Xilou here is where authentic Jiangnan cuisine is cooked. As for the mud chicken, the mud chicken in Changzhou, Jiangnan Road is the most delicious. The best lotus leaves are wild lotus from the east of Taihu Lake. Changzhou has a suitable climate. , you can see lotus leaves for seven or eight months a year, but to make this mud chicken, it is best to choose the months of May and June, when the lotus leaves are the tenderest. Taihu mud is also used for mud. You must know where Taihu mud passes through The dead fish and rotten shrimps in the lake are nourishing, and the nutrients are the most abundant. The lotus leaves and mud are first exposed to the sun to remove the moisture, and then soaked and diluted with Taihu Lake water, with fine salt and their so-called secret thirteen spices. The ground medicinal powder is applied evenly on the inside and outside of a young rooster that has been free-range for a year, then it is wrapped in lotus leaves, paste and mud, and then simmered with ebony white charcoal over a fine fire. The result is so fragrant."
My sister was swinging on the swing under the warm sun in late winter, and the melodious oriole sound that came out of her mouth had fallen on her ears in the middle of the night. She must have been used to it for so long that she didn't think anything of it, but Bo Jinhou over there could see and hear it. He was so crazy that he didn't even realize that the flames were burning on his hands.
In the middle of the night, he looked at Bo Jinhou, who had just continued to fire, and stopped moving. He turned his head and saw his dazed look, which made him laugh. He raised his hand and pushed him, and said with a smile: "The fire is about to go out."
Bo Jinhou looked away in embarrassment and said, "You know so much."
Hearing Bo Jinhou's praise for his sister, Ye Sangen joked: "Then God really let you find a treasure. I don't know what blessings you cultivated in your previous life to make God treat you so well."
My sister raised her foot and kicked Ye Sanwu once, and scolded with a smile: "A dog can't spit out ivory from its mouth, it's so nagging. How can God let the good people suffer and the bad people enjoy the blessings?"
"You can't say this, you can't say it." Bao Jinhou quickly waved his hand, as if to slap away what his sister just said, "Bah, bah, bah, God won't hear you."
Bo Jinhou's series of movements made Ye Sangen laugh so hard that his sister seemed to be able to imagine the childlike appearance of a tall and thick man dancing like a child, which was also a string of silver bell laughter.
I have to say that Bo Jinhou’s craftsmanship is really good, he is old and tender and is suitable for salty and fresh food. Even his sister, who has always had extremely tricky tastes, praised him repeatedly and said: "The finishing touch is nothing more than that handful of fire-kindling thatch. I only knew this stuff before." It is used to make fire. Unexpectedly, it can also be used for seasoning. When I light the fire, I can smell a fragrant smell. Wrap it on the chicken and heat it over the fire so that the aroma slowly penetrates into the chicken, making it tender and chewy. The chicken has an extra flavor, and this technique is even better than that of the master chef in the imperial kitchen."
The blind sister's words really sounded like a glutton, and these few words made Marquis Bo Jin beam with laughter. Nibbling on a shiny chicken foot, Bo Jinhou said: "I have never eaten anything made in the palace, but I feel that the mud chicken I made is absolutely unique."
"Yes, yes, yes." Without the usual coquettish posture of Xiaojiabiyu who chewed her food carefully while eating, her elder sister, who had long forgotten "eating without saying a word", also gnawed on the chicken drumsticks with a mouth full of oil.
In the middle of the night, I suddenly felt relieved. I have traveled all over the country with my sister in the past few years. Although the journey has not been bumpy, it has lost the glory of the past. Regardless of the reason, these days should be regarded as the happiest days for my sister in the past three years.
"There's something I don't understand." Bo Jinhou just stared at the chicken feet in his hands and said without raising his head, "What do you two do? I heard that you are very particular about what you say, unlike us. I come from an ordinary family. As a sister, you know everything, you can make tea, you know how to brew wine, and you can even say these words that I can’t understand even after eating a mud chicken. And you are so good at being a younger brother. , I have inquired, Han Youyu is from Wudang, he has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and his brother Han Kunpeng is also treated obediently. Are you a young lady from a big family who came to visit our Lixia City? of?"
Without waiting for the reaction of the siblings in the middle of the night, Bo Jinhou added: "It's impossible even if you think about it. There are so many rules in a big family, so it's not normal for you two to not go back for the New Year. What are your identities? "
Ye San did not expect that Bo Jinhou would ask about their identities. He just smiled and said nothing, biting into the piece of chicken breast called "poultry tenderloin". My sister smiled and said, "You're half right. We really come from a big family, but we, brother and sister, have no worries in that big family. Why go back? Why don't we travel all over the world for our family?" Be as cool as you want."
Bo Jinhou raised his head and looked at his sister. With his limited experience, he couldn't see anything wrong with his sister who was good at hiding her emotions and emotions. "If you two don't dislike it, can you take me with you in the future?" I have heard my aunt tell me stories about knight-errants since I was a child. I also want to be like them and use my sword to help when there is injustice in the rivers and lakes. Oh no, the little brother in the middle of the night taught me how to use an ax, and I drew my ax to help." At the end, he agreed. laughed twice.
Of course, in the middle of the night, he would not let him follow his brother and sister to the so-called sword-fighting arena. No matter what the reason, he would not bring this oil bottle with him. He politely refused and said: "My sister and I have traveled everywhere as a family. No matter what, what are you saying?"
"I can cook, I can work, I can do laundry, I can fetch water and sweep the floor." Bo Jinhou quickly listed his advantages in an attempt to impress the mysterious siblings. His purpose is to "use swords and draw axes to help each other".
My sister's silver bell rang with laughter again, and she said with a smile: "Then I have to bring you as a free coolie. When the time comes, you will have to pay for all the laundry and cooking."
After all, he was still a young man, and he seemed to be determined not to give up until he found out the identity of the two siblings. However, his sister changed his subject with just a few words.
Hearing that his sister had agreed to his request and got the answer he wanted, Bo Jinhou smiled naively and said, "No problem, no problem."
In the middle of the night, he turned his head and looked at his sister. He couldn't figure out what she said and did in the past few days. For the first time, he felt strange. This was not like his sister's usual personality and style at all.
As if she felt her brother's eyes, the blind sister turned around and "looked" at him. When they faced each other, there was a smile in those dull eyes, which was even more intriguing.
The elder sister reached out and took the younger brother's wine bowl, raised it high, and a vague outline was outlined in the dim moonlight. She cleared her throat, her voice was gentle, and there was a sense of comfort in her tone, and she sang: "When you are proud of life, you must sing loudly, don't use it." The golden cup is facing the moon in the sky, time does not wait for you and me, but when we meet with wine, we will laugh."
Bo Jinhou, who was eating a chicken rack, looked up blankly and looked at the blind woman's actions. Although he didn't understand what the words meant, he still felt very heroic.
Seeing his sister happily drinking down half the bowl of wine, Ye Sangen drove away the chaotic thoughts, leaned back, pillowed against the big tree, and loudly agreed.
"Have a laugh when you meet the wine, slowly savor the fireworks of the world, the world of mortals is stunning."
