The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 499

When eating, there is a table for women in the house, and a table for men in the yard. It is lively and lively.

The dishes on the table include stewed grass carp in clear soup, stewed mountain mushrooms with small stupid chicken, large bowl of haggis, fried chicken tenders, small meatballs, fried garlic sprouts with meat, fried celery with meat, fried peanuts, pickled vegetables, pork ribs and potatoes stewed with beans.

The staple food is rice.

Lao Tan drank Ganoderma lucidum and ginseng wine, while others drank Sanbai.

Several people at the dinner table talked about the relocation of some parts of the three northern towns (the three towns on the border with Inner Mongolia). The fifth brother-in-law works in the shale mine in the town and knows more about it.

He said: "Last year, there was a lot of noise about relocation, but there was no movement. This year, some places started to register houses and land. It seems to be true."

The eldest brother-in-law said: "I heard that a military base was built from the north of Loujiadian to Qingshanwa."

The fifth brother-in-law said: "There are constructions and everything, but they are all related to the army. Our shale has also been notified. After this maintenance, we need to install dust prevention and purification. If we don't, production will not be allowed. The pollution is too serious. The nearby Two villages had to be relocated."

"Did you say how much will be paid for the relocation?" the second brother-in-law asked.

The fifth brother-in-law said: "It's not decided. The dust prevention and purification is at least 1 million, and it's only the first phase. If we continue to mine, the second and third phases will have to keep up. The cost is too high and it's not worth it. It's not sure whether it will be opened or not."

"Shale is a project in the province, so it can't be yellow." The elder brother-in-law said, and then said: "If the north is moved, the Lamagou will also have to be moved. The underground is completely empty, and it belongs to the subsidence area."

Lamagou is the village where Lao Tan's family lives. It used to be a coal mine. The coal underground was dug out, forming a subsidence area. It has been said that it will be relocated, but there has been no movement until now.

There are four old houses and a courtyard of Lao Tan, which have not been lived in for ten years.

The third brother-in-law said: "I heard that it will be moved, but I don't know when it will be. It should be soon."

The eldest brother-in-law said: "If you move, all the compensation will be given to the fifth child. None of us can ask for it. They support the old lady."

Old Tan said: "That is."

The second brother-in-law and the third brother-in-law also said, "That is."

"I don't want it, I should support the old lady." The fifth brother-in-law said.

"If you don't want to give it to you, whoever asks you to take care of it will give it to whoever takes care of the elderly. Don't think that the old brother is a son, so stand aside." The eldest brother-in-law said: "The old lady enjoys happiness with you, and everyone in our family No, besides, the old lady won't go either.

If you say that we are the same, there is no one who is not filial, but when it comes to serving the elderly, let alone anyone, you are not as good as the fifth child.

The old lady is 86 this year, so there is nothing wrong with her. If this could not be done in my house, the service would not be able to reach this level. "

The second brother-in-law said: "The old lady is a blessing from Xiu."

The eldest brother-in-law said: "That's true, it's a blessing from pure cultivation. Our family raises two children who scream all the time, and the old lady helps six children by herself. It's not like us.

What kind of life did the old lady live at that time?It’s almost the same if you want to eat, and the suffering is endless-I am older than you, I know, my family was also poor at that time, and there was nothing I could do to help.The old lady was alone, and she forced the children to grow up.

What is the blessing of cultivation?Suffering suffered out.

The old lady has never conceded defeat in her life, never cheated anyone, and lived poorly, but she never stole or robbed, she was kind-hearted, no one knew about it, and she had a good reputation. "

The second brother-in-law said: "Yes, my mother has suffered a lot in her life."

The third brother-in-law said: "Well, it's okay now, and I will enjoy the blessings when I grow old."

The eldest brother-in-law said: "That's at Laowu's place. It's not necessarily the case in our family. Look, the old lady has a clean heart. She is 86 and has no illnesses or disasters. Her legs and feet are still good. We can't reach this level."

The second brother-in-law said: "None of us may live to be 86."

The eldest brother-in-law said: "It's enough for you to be like this. You are so sluggish all day long that you drink three times a day, and you can't do without a meal. If you want me to say that you listen to the old brother, in the autumn, hurry up and rent out the land to go to the provincial capital. Someone can take care of the girl, otherwise you won't be able to stop drinking."

"When I go to the provincial capital, I will still drink this wine. After drinking it for a lifetime, can my children control me when I grow old?" said the second brother-in-law.

The fifth brother-in-law yelled at the second brother-in-law: "What's the matter, whoever is old is not allowed to be controlled by his children, you are shaking the sky."

Everyone laughed.

After laughing, they drank and ate food. At this time, the old lady came out of the house and walked to the table. She first looked at the food on the table, then at everyone, and said, "Drink less wine, eat more food." , it's deadly hot. Have some beer to cool off."

Then seeing that there was no beer on the table, he asked, "Did you buy any beer?"

Lan Jun, the eldest sister's son, said: "I bought it, and I'm pulling it in the well, grandma."

"Oh--"

The old lady walked up to her second son-in-law, picked up the wine glass and put it in front of her nose, smelled it, and said, "This wine is not good, it's too spicy, and it's not pure grain." As she spoke, she poured out the wine in the glass, and then Said: "The wine is not good, don't drink it, drink beer, the beer is cool."

"Okay, I'll take it now." Lan Jun smiled and agreed, got up and went to pick up beer by the well.

When the old lady saw that her grandson was going to get a beer, she stopped talking, turned around and walked slowly towards the house, until the few people on the table were relieved.

"Come on, my mother has spoken, I won't let you drink white wine, let's dry up the wine in the glass and exchange it for beer." The eldest brother-in-law said.

"It's fine if you do it, the main reason is that I don't have any wine in this glass." The second brother-in-law obviously didn't drink enough, and said aggrievedly.

"If you want to drink, go outside the gate by yourself. We are changing beer." The fifth brother-in-law said.

Everyone drank the wine, Lan Jun brought a bottle of beer to everyone, but Lao Tan didn't want it, and poured a glass of ganoderma and ginseng wine.

The eldest brother-in-law said: "Old brother, you can also exchange beer."

Old Tan then handed the wine glass in front of his eldest brother-in-law to ask him to taste it. The eldest brother-in-law took a sip and said in surprise, "It's not as strong as beer."

Old Tan said: "Yes, it is mainly to nourish the stomach. I have a bad stomach."

The fifth brother-in-law said: "I drank it yesterday, and it has no energy at all, and it's really sweet."

The niece and son-in-law, who had been silent all this time, were barefoot doctors in the village, and asked Lao Tan, "Old uncle, what do you put in your wine?"

Lao Tan told about the medicinal materials he put in, and his nephew and son-in-law said after hearing this: "I have also studied Chinese medicine in the past few years, and the common people recognize Chinese medicine."

Old Tan said: "Learn and practice. Traditional Chinese medicine is our national art. It has been used for thousands of years. It is easy to use. Especially in our rural areas, the common people recognize it. I have come into contact with several old Chinese medicine practitioners. almost."

Lao Tan almost spoke out about his illness.

The eldest brother-in-law said: "I believe in Chinese medicine. Western medicine treats the surface quickly, but does not remove the root. Chinese medicine comes slowly, but removes the root."

The second brother-in-law said: "If you want to treat a serious illness, you need Western medicine. They can operate."

The eldest brother-in-law said: "Chinese medicine can also operate, who said that Chinese medicine can't operate."

Lao Tan said: "Traditional Chinese medicine is the earliest to talk about surgery. Anesthetics were first invented in China. Mafeisan was studied by Bian Que. When Cao Cao had a brain pain and asked Bian Que to treat him, Bian Que wanted to perform craniotomy on him. Cao Cao Small-minded, he thought that Bian Que wanted his life, but he didn't listen, and instead killed Bian Que. Otherwise, it would be the first craniotomy."

The nephew and son-in-law said: "Chinese medicine is not easy to learn, if you don't have understanding."

Lao Tan said: "Yes, it is not enough without understanding, but it is also the accumulation of many years of experience. Chinese medicine first talks about listening, hearing, asking, and then drug compatibility. The so-called prescribing the right medicine is to know what is inside and look outside. The same disease needs to be used according to different constitutions. Different medicines, the difficulty lies in this.

Unlike Western medicine, when there is inflammation, take anti-inflammatory drugs, and then give anti-inflammatory injections, it is really impossible to cut the thorns that should be cut.The inflammation is gone, but the root cause of the disease is still there. I don’t know when it will recur, and the relapse will be serious.

Now that Chinese medicine is not good enough, in addition to quack doctors cheating and harming people, medicinal materials are also one aspect.In the past, all kinds of medicinal materials were wild, and they were dug up the mountain with a pickaxe.I remember that when I was a child, I went to the mountains to dig medicinal materials during the summer vacation, Polygala, Scutellaria, Bupleurum, Anemarrhena, and mountain horse meat.

What medicine is it now?The medicinal properties of most of the planted ones are definitely not as good as in the past.It would be even worse if some fakes were added, as the disease could not be cured quickly, and sometimes things would be delayed. "

(End of this chapter)