svetikya Chapter 154 Good stuff? 4 claws.
Chapter 154 Good stuff? 4 claws.
Wang Mantang's home is in Courtyard No. 9, Dengzhan Hutong, a quadrangle with only two wing rooms and three main rooms. The main room belongs to Wang Mantang's family, and the two wing rooms belong to the widow Sister Liu and the doctor Lao Zhou. Sister Liu's name is Liu Cuilan. She was originally a servant of Wang Mantang's family, but now she has turned over a new leaf and become a tenant of Wang Mantang's family.
Zhou Keming is also a tenant. He was a military doctor who occupied Kyoto before. He is still a doctor now, but he is no longer a military doctor. Instead, he has become a doctor in the gynecological hospital. Doctor Zhou is also a good person. Basically, if there is a cold or fever in the hospital, he can help solve it.
Wang Mantang has two sons and two daughters. The oldest one is now 24 years old. He is married to a college student and has a son, Paozi. The youngest son was born two years ago and is only two years old now. His name is Mendun. It has to be said that Wang Mantang has an incredible talent for naming and he is so casual about it.
"Lao Xiao, Dongsheng, are you here? We've been waiting for you. Dongsheng, you too, why don't you just come? What else do you need? What else can the family do without? Come in, come in."
Xu Dongsheng and Xiao Yitu came to Wang Mantang's house and just knocked on the door. At this time, Wang Mantang opened the door himself. Seeing Xu Dongsheng and Xiao Yitu coming, he hurriedly invited Xu Dongsheng and Xiao Yitu into the house.
Xu Dongsheng handed the prepared souvenirs to Wang Mantang. Although Wang Mantang said no, his face showed more satisfaction with Xu Dongsheng. Although it was he who asked Lao Xiao to invite Xu Dongsheng and he could come without bringing anything, he did not expect Xu Dongsheng to still bring something.
Entering the yard from the gate, there is a large screen wall. In the middle is a carved auspicious cloud with a big Chinese character "Fu". When you get closer, you can see pictures of children playing, an octogenarian playing chess, and children enjoying their time in the middle of the auspicious cloud and around the Chinese character "Fu". On the four corners, there are pheasants and rabbits laughing, as well as deer singing and birds flying.
Moreover, the contents of the carvings are all hollow reliefs, just like a vivid picture attached to a wall. Xu Dongsheng, who is proficient in carving, can see that the sculptor of this screen wall also spent a lot of effort during his lifetime.
As for why he died, there is a signature on the lower left corner of the screen wall: "The fifth year of Daoguang, Longji Sun Fushan Jiao". Obviously, this screen wall has existed for 133 years. If the person is still alive, it would be a miracle. However, it also proves that the history carried by this screen wall is still long enough.
"How is it? Not bad, isn't it? This screen wall was left by our Longji's ancestor. Back then, the ancestor went to the south to learn carving and came back with it. He was considered the best carving artist in the capital."
Seeing Xu Dongsheng staring at the screen wall in fascination, Wang Mantang thought that Xu Dongsheng was impressed by the craftsmanship of the screen wall. He immediately proudly introduced the origin of the screen wall to Xu Dongsheng, and Xu Dongsheng smiled and nodded.
"It is indeed exquisite. This thing must be well preserved. It is the hard work of one person and the history of an entire generation. By the way, why is the rabbit in the lower left corner newly added?"
Xu Dongsheng praised with a smile, then asked Wang Mantang why there was one less rabbit in the lower left corner.
"This, this rabbit, it's a long story, let's not talk about it anymore, let's go to the yard."
When asked this by Xu Dongsheng, Wang Mantang's face suddenly became miserable, but he recovered after a moment, and then pulled Xiao Yitu and Xu Dongsheng towards the yard.
Although this courtyard house has only one entrance, it is still very luxurious inside. There are side rooms on both sides and a main house in the middle with a total of five rooms, three main rooms and two side rooms. There is a large courtyard in the middle and side rooms on both sides of the courtyard. At this time, a large table was placed in the courtyard. This is a specially made table with a hot pot in the middle.
At this time, there were several women and a strong man busying around, as well as two acquaintances. One was the girl whose feet Xu Dongsheng had massaged that day, and the other was the cold beauty from the steel rolling mill, Wang Guoying. Xu Dongsheng thought about the name, and then looked here, and immediately understood that this girl was Wang Mantang's daughter, and it was possible that the other girl was also.
"Huh? Comrade, it's you? I finally found you."
Xu Dongsheng saw the little girl, and at this time the little girl also saw Xu Dongsheng. She immediately ran to Xu Dongsheng and excitedly told Xu Dongsheng that she had finally found Xu Dongsheng.
"Ah, it's you. I didn't expect to run into you again. Master Wang, who is this?"
Xu Dongsheng greeted the girl with a smile. She didn't expect to meet this girl here. She just did it casually to verify her methods. She didn't leave her name or information afterwards. She didn't expect to meet her at Wang Mantang's house.
But this was at Wang Mantang's house, so he smiled and asked Wang Mantang who this person was.
"He is my father, and I am his second daughter. My name is Wang Guolan. Later, we went to the steel mill to look for you several times, but we didn't run into you. I thought we would never have the chance to find you, my benefactor. I didn't expect that you would come by yourself while I was waiting at home."
Hearing Xu Dongsheng's question, Wang Guolan didn't wait for Wang Mantang to introduce herself and immediately told Xu Dongsheng who she was. Xu Dongsheng also began to pay attention to this girl. Wang Guolan was thin, with fair skin, an oval face, a high nose bridge, her hair tied into a braid and thrown back, her eyes were black and bright. At this time, she was wearing a floral top, a pair of blue pants and black shoes. She looked young and lively, full of vitality and youthful charm.
"This is fate. I didn't expect that you would be Master Wang's daughter. I saw that you were injured and I happened to know some massage techniques, so I came to help you at the desk. It was a little late at that time, so I was in a hurry to go home and didn't leave you my contact information. This is my fault."
Xu Dong smiled and explained that he didn't know whether fate was so wonderful or not.
"It's okay, it's okay, what's your name?"
Upon hearing this, Wang Guolan hurriedly asked Xu Dongsheng what his name was.
"Let me introduce myself to you formally, Miss Wang Guolan. My name is Xu Dongsheng, which means the sun rises in the east."
After Xu Dongsheng finished speaking, he extended his hand and shook hands with Wang Guolan. Wang Guolan quickly wiped his hands and shook hands with Xu Dongsheng.
"Oh, by the way, please go sit inside with my dad and Uncle Xiao first. We'll be busy, and you'll have to eat more. My dad said he spent a lot of effort on this."
Wang Guolan heard her mother coughing behind her and quickly withdrew her hand. She remembered that it was not a good idea to do this in public, so she immediately told Xu Dongsheng that they had to get busy, and Xu Dongsheng nodded.
"Yes, yes, let's go inside and have some tea while they do it."
Wang Mantang saw that Xu Dongsheng and Wang Guolan knew each other, and looked at them in surprise. Logically speaking, Xu Dongsheng and Wang Guolan should have no intersection, but how could they know each other?
Wang Mantang was very curious, but he didn't ask. He believed that his wife and the others would ask. He immediately smiled and took Xu Dongsheng and Xiao Yitu to the living room of the main house. The main house had three bright rooms and three dark rooms, which was equivalent to six rooms. Xu Dongsheng and Xiao Yitu entered the living room. At this time, there was already a man sitting in Wang Mantang's living room, peeling peanuts. There was a bottle of wine in the middle of the table. The man was dressed in a suit and glasses, and looked to be in his thirties.
Xu Dongsheng smelled the scent of disinfectant from him and immediately guessed that this person was Zhou Keming.
"Old Xiao, here you are. Who is this?"
Seeing Xu Dongsheng and the other two enter the room, the man stood up to greet them, said hello to Xiao Yitu, and then looked at Xu Dongsheng.
"This is Xu Dongsheng, Lao Xiao's good friend. Dongsheng, this is Doctor Zhou Keming."
Wang Mantang smiled and introduced Zhou Keming to Xu Dongsheng, and also introduced Xu Dongsheng.
"Sit down, sit down. We were able to get this little thing today, all thanks to Doctor Zhou. Otherwise, we would have been dreaming of getting it."
Wang Mantang invited Xu Dongsheng and Xiao Yitu to sit down, and then he and Xiao Yitu praised the good things they had obtained this time, all thanks to the help of Doctor Zhou.
"Brother, what good stuff did you get? Look how excited you are."
Seeing Wang Mantang's excitement, even Doctor Zhou, who was not easily affected by fame or disgrace, looked outside from time to time, and Xiao Yitu was also curious about what was stewing in the pot.
"Hey, to tell you the truth, it's the four claws of the black bear. Last time Maizi wrote to me saying that there were black bears in their area and they were attacking villagers. They were scared at the time, so the captain took people to fight them. Unexpectedly, this black bear was not only cunning, but also could not be killed unless shot in the head.
We have Doctor Zhou living here, and Maizi knows about it, so he asked if he could get some medicine to kill this thing. To this end, the production team even took out three chickens as bait, threw them into the mountains, and finally killed this guy with the medicine.
Just last night, we received something from Maizi, saying that it was a token of gratitude from the village, and that the remaining 1,000 kilograms of meat and bones were distributed by the village. Four claws were sent to us, two for me and Dr. Zhou. Dr. Zhou said it was boring to eat alone, so he suggested that the two families cook together and have a lively meal.
So I invited you here. Dongsheng, this thing was something that only the emperor and the landlords could eat in the past. If we leave this place, we will know nothing about it. "
After Wang Mantang finished speaking, he told Xu Dongsheng not to tell anyone else. Xu Dongsheng was also shocked when he heard this. He didn't expect that what Wang Mantang got was really not an ordinary thing. At least, this thing was something he had never eaten or even seen in two lifetimes.