80s Taoism

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The morning in Meiziao begins with the first crow of the rooster. A new day begins, and a new page is opened. The scare of last night seemed to have been reversed. It's just that Liu Qiaoye doesn't think so, because Zhang Jiaohua's appearance still worries her endlessly. The yellow hen last night did not make up much of Zhang Jiaohua's losses.

Zhang Youping strode towards Yidushui Commune early in the morning, touching the tens of dollars in his trousers pocket with his hands from time to time. It is rare for Zhang Youping to bring so much money when he goes out, and he is always worried that the money will fall out of his trouser pocket.

On an autumn morning, mist filled the sky, and within a few steps, my hair was covered with countless tiny drops of water, and my hair seemed to turn white instantly.

When Zhang Jiaohua woke up, her father had already returned from the commune, and he had an extra piece of loin (the pork rib with a spare rib attached to it). Also bought a pork belly. For Zhang Jiaohua's family, this was already a very extravagant behavior. It's not a festival, and no one lives, buying so much meat is a luxury for any Meizi'ao family.

Early in the morning, Liu Qiaoye sharpened his knife and tried every means to make some repairs. Let Zai Zai recover as soon as possible.

Zhang Jiaohua was awakened by the smell in the kitchen, the smell of meat made him unable to stay on the bed. He got up and ran into the kitchen. Before he could rinse his mouth and wash his face, he wanted to grab a piece of fried pork with red pepper just out of the pan. When he stretched out his hand halfway, he was slapped by Liu Qiaoye.

"Go wash your mouth and wash your face." Liu Qiaoye just patted lightly, but there was a smile on his face that could melt ice and snow.

Zhang Jiaohua hurriedly rushed to wash up hastily, but when he came back, there was still a little toothpaste left in the corner of his mouth that hadn't been wiped clean.

"Brat, you didn't wet your hands, did you?" Liu Qiaoye gave Zai Zai an angry look.

"Why didn't you wet your hands? Your sleeves are all wet." Zhang Jiaohua didn't lie, one of his sleeves got wet because he didn't even bother to roll up his sleeves when washing his face.

At that time, people in Meiziao raised all kinds of pigs. After a few years or so, these pigs would be replaced by fine-bred pigs. People at that time could no longer taste the aroma of the pork they are today.

Don't look at the fat meat of Huazhu, which is more than two hundred catties of pig fat is as thick as two fingers, but the judgment of people in this era is completely different from that in a few years or ten years later. In this era, thick fat is the first choice. The thicker the fat, the more fragrant the meat. Although lean meat is not greasy, it will be rough. When Zhang Jiaohua ate, his teeth would be filled with shredded lean meat. Fat meat tastes sweet.

Pig belly is used to make soup, and one pig belly is used to make a big bowl. This time, neither Zhang Youping nor Liu Qiaoye thought of giving some money to Zhang Jiaohua's grandparents. They just wanted to put all the meat into Zai Zai's stomach and turn it into Zai Zai's meat. They didn't know what Yuanyang was, and they didn't know that just eating meat could not effectively restore Zhang Jiaohua's Yuanyang.

Zhang Jiaohua gorged himself on the food, and stopped eating until his belly was full. Only then did he notice a detail.

"Father, mother, why do you support chili? Is chili better than meat?" Zhang Jiaohua found out that his parents didn't touch the pork belly with their chopsticks today, so he asked very strangely.

"Chili is delicious. Stir-fried meat with red pepper is the best." Liu Qiaoye laughed.

"Father, let's go to the mountains to collect herbs later, okay? My old Taoist master said that if you lose Yuanyang, you can't make up for it by eating meat. You need to make Qi-tonifying soup." Zhang Jiaohua suddenly remembered something.

"Buqi soup? You don't know medical skills. The herbs in the mountains are the same as thatch grass. Where can you find them?" Zhang Youping laughed.

"Master taught me last night. Memorizing those medicinal materials, I suffered a lot of boards." Zhang Jiaohua couldn't help looking at his hands. In his dream, his hands were swollen from beatings, but fortunately they are healed now. But it still seems to feel that spicy feeling.

"Just go with Zai Zai once." Liu Qiaoye said while putting the dishes and chopsticks into the dishwashing dish.

"Yes, Dad will accompany you. If you lie to me, watch how I spank your ass." Zhang Youping hugged Zai Zai into his arms, and pinched the boy's little butt hard.

"I knew it clearly. I still don't believe it." The boy was a little unhappy, and his mouth was raised high.

The Diamond Mountain Leopard is in a good mood today, and Zhang Jiaohua has meat to eat, so he is indispensable. Zhang Youping and Liu Qiaoye doted on the children a little bit, they were not willing to move their chopsticks, they didn't stop Zhang Jiaohua from feeding the diamond mountain leopard with meat.

Meishan stretches for hundreds of miles, among which there are many remote mountains and old forests. Like a huge treasure trove, waiting for those who have the key to discover it. There are also various medicinal materials distributed in the mountains near Meiziao. But for the people of Meiziao, these medicinal materials are not much different from those firewood for cooking.

When Zhang Jiaohua walked into Meishan, he excitedly found surprises in every corner of the mountain forest.

"This is Poria, this is Magnolia..."

Zhang Youping was very surprised, he didn't expect Zhang Jiaohua to know so many herbs all of a sudden. No one in Meizitang knew these herbs. There have never been books on medicinal materials at home. Where did Zai Zai learn this from? Could it be that there really was a fairy in his dream who taught him skills? Zhang Youping has always been difficult to accept this point. But things just appeared in front of him in such a weird form. Zai Zai learned the Meishan spell without a teacher, and now he knows the medicinal materials.

Every time Zhang Jiaohua found a medicinal material, he called Zhang Youping to dig it out. Some medicinal materials take stems and leaves, some medicinal materials take rhizomes, and some medicinal materials take fruits...

When he returned home, Zhang Youping's bamboo basket was already full of medicinal herbs. The only regret is that Zhang Jiaohua did not find a wild ginseng. Zhang Youping resolutely forbids Zhang Jiaohua to go deeper into the forest. Zhang Jiaohua had no choice but to give up.

But when the two returned home, Liu Zongtai came. He brought rituals, and also a wild ginseng.

"I went to the town early in the morning, but unfortunately I couldn't find the wild ginseng of the previous year in the pharmacy. Just such a wild ginseng should be less than ten years old." Liu Zongtai didn't say that even if he had the wild ginseng of the previous year, he couldn't afford it.

"How much is this wild ginseng, we will give you the money." Zhang Youping said.

"Youping, you deliberately slapped me in the face when you said that. You saved three lives of our Liu family. If I can't bear even a wild ginseng, am I still human?" Liu Zongtai was a little excited.

"Then what are you going to do with your cow?" Zhang Youping asked again.

"What else can I do? That beast is so powerful, how dare I take food from its mouth?" Liu Zongtai smiled wryly.