Unnamed island.
"This is West Lake's vinegar fish. The fish must be killed alive and steamed to be the best. After it is steamed, the condiments are poured on it, so it is still steaming hot."
In the exquisite room, the little old man's round face looked kind and friendly: "By the way, there is also this wine, you can try it too. I know you always like drinking."
Yu Liancheng first tasted the vinegar fish from West Lake. It melted in the mouth, fresh and tender.
Then he picked up the wine glass and took a sip of the wine. However, he felt that the taste was mellow and long, and it entered his throat. He smiled and said, "Good wine, good food."
"As long as you like it." The little old man said with a smile: "Guess again, who cooked this dish and who brewed the wine?"
Yu Liancheng held the wine glass and said with a smile: "Could it be Shaman? She knew I was coming to the island, so she made preparations in advance."
"Wrong, wrong." The little old man clapped his hands and smiled: "Some people say that women are like cats. And Shaman is a lazy cat. She usually just basks in the sun and sleeps in. Even barking for food is weak. If she I will prepare food and wine for you, and suddenly treat you well, either because I am in trouble or because I have something to ask you."
Yu Liancheng smiled and said: "Fortunately, you cooked this dish and brewed the wine. I can still sit down and have two glasses of wine."
The little old man also sipped a glass of wine and said with a smile: "Although the vinegar fish is named after the West Lake, it does not come from the West Lake, but from four villages, especially Tangqi Township. I go there once every year. Not only are the plum blossoms beautiful, but the fish are also delicious." Beautiful. It is indeed not easy to transport fish from Tangqi Township to my small island and keep them alive and kicking. You should eat more."
"As for this wine, I spent thirty years brewing a total of eighteen jars. Shaman and Beef Noodles drank two jars secretly. In addition, in the past two years, I liked to blow the sea breeze and fish. Drinking , so now there is only the last jar left. Normally I am reluctant to drink it myself, but I know you are an alcoholic, so of course I have to take it out and ask you to taste it more."
"If I don't clear the plates today and the wine bottle bottoms out, I'll be sorry for you."
Yu Liancheng smiled: "But I never thought before that a free-spirited person like you could actually cook and make wine yourself, and his attainments are so high."
The little old man smiled and said: "I learn things quickly, and when I was young I was very energetic and interested in everything, so after I finished learning martial arts, I studied music, chess, calligraphy and painting, astronomy and geography, and cooking and winemaking for a while. What's more, you should also know that food and drinks always taste better when they are made by yourself."
"Haha, it's a pity that I am also lazy." Yu Liancheng laughed and changed the topic: "I am visiting the island today. I have a question I want to ask."
The little old man smiled and said: "I wonder if I can answer the question about the Jade Faced Divine Sword."
Yu Liancheng looked at this amiable smiling face and said, "May I ask the old gentleman his surname?"
The little old man stroked his gray beard and said with a smile: "My surname is Wu, and my name is Wu Ming."
A meaningful smile appeared at the corner of Yu Liancheng's mouth: "Ignorance, or namelessness, or... both."
Others may not understand, but the little old man understood it and sighed softly: "For me, an old man who is about to be buried in the ground, there seems to be no difference."
Yu Liancheng understood and didn't ask any more questions. He raised his head and drank the glass of wine.
When they first met, he asked the little old man the same question.
However, at that time, the little old man casually answered "Tian Wu, Riyue Ming", and Yu Liancheng did not ask the question carefully, nor did he have the confidence to ask.
But now, he asked casually and got an answer, but he also had a question in his mind.
"You... seem to have become more powerful. You are just sitting there, no different from ordinary people, but I don't even have the courage to take action against you." The little old man put down his wine glass, with a distant look on his face. , still with a kind smile: "Are you really a genius who has made such rapid progress? In just a short period of time, you have become an extraordinary person."
"It's hard to raise a dragon in shallow water! I just went to the big rivers." Yu Liancheng also put down his wine glass with a smile on his lips: "Even I may not be able to match your talent. As long as you are willing to jump from puddles to rivers and seas If you go there, you might be able to leap over the Dragon Gate, turn into a dragon, and reach the sky in one step."
The little old man shook his head: "It's hard to leave my homeland. What's more, I am old, no longer young, and have no ambition. And I have always understood one sentence."
"What words?"
"I would rather have a chicken head than a phoenix tail. What's more, the undercurrents in the river are surging and there are too many sharks. My old bones may be swallowed up completely as soon as I enter."
"Haha, I'm just being sentimental."
Everyone in the world has dispersed, only bones are left in the vinegar fish, the wine jar has bottomed out, and Yulian City is ready to leave.
"Wait." When Yu Liancheng stood up and was about to leave, the little old man suddenly said.
"how?"
"Although this old fish can no longer jump over the Dragon Gate, he still wants to see the magical power of a real dragon." The little old man smiled, his eyes twinkling, surprisingly clear, and curious like a child.
"There is nothing you can't do."
Yu Liancheng thought for a while and picked up the wine bottle.
Although the wine jug has reached the bottom, there is still a little residual wine.
The last remaining wine was poured into the wine glass. Yu Liancheng smiled and said: "Since it is a real dragon, it can also use clouds and rain."
As he spoke, he waved his sleeves, splashed the remaining wine into the sky, turned around and strode away.
Just when the little old man was wondering, the clear sky suddenly turned cloudy, dark clouds came to cover the sky and the sun, the cold wind howled, and raindrops the size of soybeans fell like fried beans. In an instant, they were densely packed, covering the world in a curtain of rain. .
What's even more amazing is that in the rain curtain, there is a faint aroma of wine, as if it is raining wine all over the sky. And the aroma of this wine is the same as the wine he brewed.
"It's amazing, it's amazing." The little old man held up his palms and praised: "I don't think I can see such magical methods in my lifetime. I'm so surprised."
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After pouring wine, Yu Liancheng went to Shaman's residence.
This wine rain came and went quickly, leaving only a scent of wine.
When the sun shone on the unknown island again, Yu Liancheng saw Shaman standing in a field of flowers.
She was still wearing a fluttering gauze robe, no makeup on her face, and the flowers around her had lost their color. The dark, soft long hair rippled slightly, like ocean waves in the night. The slender waist stretches into plump hips, and the legs are long and straight. It seems to have an indescribable temptation.
As if hearing footsteps, Shaman turned around and saw Yu Liancheng.
She smiled, her smile was like a glacier thawing, spring returning to the earth, and new buds blooming in the sunshine.
"You came."
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ps: Use the extras to practice for the new book, otherwise you won’t know how to write about martial arts.
