Xinman's Collection

After talking to Xin Xin, Xin Man came out with his head drooping. The little flower basket he had been holding in his hand had already been gripped badly. Xin Man spread his hands, grabbed the grass ears on it and placed it on the window sill.

The window sills built outside the courtyard in my hometown are very large, which is convenient for the villagers to dry some things. Now, besides Xin Manfang’s small flower baskets, there are dustpans woven by Grandma Xin, potatoes and peanuts dug from the ground on the window sills. .

Xin Man picked up a large potato and patted off the soil on it. The potato took up the entire palm of his hand, and it weighed heavily in his hand.

"Full."

At this time, Tantai Buddha came out of the house. When Xin Man and Xin Xin were talking, he also visited Xin Man's parents. Now he saw Xin Man from the window of the back room and walked out.

"Teacher Tantai, do you want to eat potatoes?"

Holding potatoes with one hand for a long time was a bit tired, so Xin Man turned into holding them with both hands, "Roasted potatoes and roasted peanuts, do you want to eat?"

"Well, I'm hungry." Tantai Fo nodded, he had driven for so long, and he really didn't eat much.

There was a hint of a smile on Xin Man's face, "Then I'll make it for you, but this potato is too big, I'll replace it with a few smaller ones."

As he spoke, he turned around and picked from the window sill, took a basket to decorate potatoes and peanuts, and held some red fruits in his hand.

"Eat some sweet potatoes to pad your stomach first, and it will take some time to bake." Xin Man handed the red fruit to Tantai Buddha.

Tantai Buddha took it in doubt, "Sweet potatoes?"

Xin Man explained to him as he walked, "This sweet potato does not refer to sweet potatoes, but a kind of wild fruit, also called wild sweet potatoes or ground fruits. It is very sweet. By the way, when eating, remove both ends and wash it It is clean and can be eaten directly."

Tantai Buddha clumsily removed the two ends of the ground fruit. He was inexperienced for the first time, and the white flesh inside came out. He ate it into his mouth, it was indeed delicious and sweet.

"Is it delicious?" Xin Man asked with a smile.

"Ah."

"The branches, leaves and vines of the ground fruit can also be used as medicine, and the fruit is also used for medicine." Xin Man recalled what Xin's father told him, and said to Tantai Buddha.

Tantai Buddha raised his eyebrows, picked up a fruit and continued to eat, "What's the use?"

Xin Man was a little stuck. Father Xin told him, but it was a long time ago, and now he has almost forgotten it. Xin Man recalled it for a long time before he could say, "Cure... Indigestion in children."

Tantai Buddha: "..."

"Hahahahaha."

Seeing that Mr. Tantai had just made a ground fruit, and now he was holding it in his hand but didn't know whether to eat it or not, Xin Man was amused and laughed.

"Many eat." While Xin Man was laughing, Tantai Buddha stuffed the peeled fruit into Xin Man's mouth.

"Hmm." Xin Man was stuffed, chewing and swallowing, "It's time, Teacher Tantai, I'll bake potatoes for you."

The children in the village have a lot of fun, and baked potatoes are one of them. Not only is it fun, but you can also have a delicious meal after cooking. Therefore, when they were young, Xinman and his little friends often went up and down the mountain to be mischievous.

Some friends’ families don’t allow their children to waste potatoes. Even if they face the fate of being beaten, they still steal a potato and hide in Tibet. It’s like a guerrilla war, frightening but full of wit.

Grandma Xin was very nice, she just gave Xinman potatoes and asked him to take them away for fun. Because of this, at that time, little Xinman often walked with her chest upright, very proud.

The small earthen kiln they built at that time has long since disappeared. This one was newly built by the children in the village. The vertical direction of the small earthen slope they found was also very good. The hole is on the ridge, one above and one below. Ten degrees.

The upper hole was first built with stones, and the oblique corners were sealed. Tantai Buddha wanted to help, but was pushed away by Xin Man, "Teacher Tantai, don't move, this will be fine in a while, you wait to eat potatoes, or your hands will get dirty." .”

There should have been children playing with it before, and the stones were on the side, which was easy to grab, but there were soil and burnt ashes around, and Xin Man grabbed a few and only got a handful of ashes.

Tantai Buddha squatted aside obediently, with no place to put his hands, he stuck his hands on his chin, and looked at Xin Man seriously without taking his eyes off him.

The speed of building stones was really fast. After finishing, Xin Man picked up the surrounding firewood and stuffed it into the hole below. There was a lighter in the basket. The firewood was dry and easily ignited.

Fire and smoke burned upwards along the laid stones, and the smoke came out of the cracks, and the fire was clearly extinguished inside, and the sound of firewood burning could be heard.

Xin Man was in the same position as Tantai Buddha, with his chin resting on one hand, waiting for the firewood to burn out, and pulling it with a wooden stick from time to time.

In this way, the firewood was burned several times, and the temperature in the small kiln was already very high. Xin Man took out the extinguished firewood, then threw the potatoes and peanuts in the basket into it, and pushed down the stones on it. , crashing down, burying the food inside.

Then cover the hole tightly, and you can wait for the potatoes and peanuts to be cooked.

Patting the dirt on his hands, Xin Man pointed to the seasonings in the flower basket, "Teacher Tantai, do you like sweet or salty?"

Seasonings include salt, sugar, pepper, and cumin powder.

Tantai Buddha had never eaten such potatoes, so naturally he didn't know which one was delicious and how to choose, but he pointed at the candy with a finger, and asked Xin Man, "Which one do you like to eat?"

Xin Man smiled, "Teacher Tantai's taste is the same as mine, and I also like sugar."

Sprinkling sugar and salt on baked potatoes are of course two different flavors, and Xinman prefers the sweet one.

Seeing that it was about the same time, the temperature of the stones in the small kiln also dropped, and Xin Man began to dig out to find the buried potatoes and peanuts.

The potatoes and peanuts that had just been pulled out were still warm and not gray in appearance. Xin Man threw the potatoes and peanuts into the basket while pulling them out.

There was a white cloth under the basket, and after the potatoes rolled in it a few times, the cloth became dirty, Xin Man didn't care at all, it was originally used to wipe the soil, and when he found everything and made sure nothing was missing, he took the Tantai Buddha with him. Came to a stone pier and sat on it.

"The potatoes are so soft and squishy, ​​and they have a special roasted taste."

Xin Man wiped his hands with a white cloth, the hands were covered with dust, it was useful only after washing, the white cloth could only roughly wipe it off, but that was fine, he picked up a potato and peeled it, Tantai Buddha looked at it seriously.

Peel off the top of the potato, Xin Man held the bottom and handed it to Tantai Buddha, "Teacher Tantai, just dip it in sugar and eat it."

After Tantai Buddha took it, Xin Man opened the sugar jar and looked at him expectantly.

The yellow potatoes are stained with white sugar granules, which melt in the mouth, soft and sweet.

"Eat well." Tantai Buddha ate it in two bites, and imitated Xin Man just now, peeled off all the remaining skin, dipped it in sugar, and handed it to Xin Man's mouth, "Taste it."

There was still ashes in Xin Man's hand, it was really hard to hold it, he pursed his lips, opened his mouth and took a bite.

Potatoes can be eaten in a thousand ways, are productive and filling, and are simply one of the greatest foods in the world.

Tantai Fo and Xin Man were quite satisfied after eating, and they took one bite after another, and finished all the small potatoes they brought, but the peanuts were left.

When they went back, they met Xuan Ruobo, he was wandering around the yard with the little girl Miaomiao in his arms, when the two came back, Miaomiao opened her mouth and called her uncle, and Xuan Ruobo found out.

"Why did you go and haven't come home for so long?" Xuan Ruobo walked over with Miaomiao in his arms.

Miaomiao laughed straight, pointing at the corner of her uncle's mouth with her fat hand, "Black mouth, uncle~"

"Huh? Why is the mouth dark?" Xuan Ruobo was also puzzled, and took a closer look.

Xinman's hands were still dirty, he ate potatoes from Tantai Buddha, the corner of his mouth was probably covered with dust, he wanted to wipe it with his arm, but before he could move, a hand from the side stretched out and wiped the corner of Xinman's mouth with his thumb clean.

Tantai Buddha's expression was as usual, and his movements were natural. After putting down his hand, he pointed to Xin Manti's basket, "Do you want to eat peanuts?"

This question is for Xuan Ruobo.

Xuan Ruobo was so flattered that he forgot all the questions he had just now, "Give it to me?"

Tantai Buddha raised his eyebrows, otherwise?

"Eat ~ eat peanuts."

Xuan Ruobo didn't have time to answer, Miaomiao moved the chubby body straight forward.

"Miaomiao be careful, uncle will eat for Miaomiao." Xin Man chose the cute little niece in a second, and her brother-in-law threw it out of her mind, and brought all the peanuts in front of Miaomiao.

"But Miaomiao can't eat so much, how about giving one, and the rest of the uncle will help Miaomiao pack it." Xin Man only took one peanut for her.

The little niece is fine as long as she has something to eat, and her uncle has no objection to what she says. She is holding a peanut in one of her fat little hands, and her saliva is about to flow out. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, she probably didn't listen to what uncle said at all. .

Just wanting to stuff the peanuts into his mouth, Xin Man hurriedly stopped him, "Peel the peanuts, uncle."

The basket was handed over to Tantai Buddha, and Xin Man came to Miao Miao and peeled the peanuts.

"Eat Miaomiao, Uncle eat." Miaomiao stuffed two peanuts in the palm of her hand, the little girl smiled, Xiaopang picked up one and gave it to Xinman.

Xin Man suddenly felt soft, and affectionately touched Miaomiao's little face, "Miaomiao is so kind, thank you Miaomiao."

"Hey~" The little girl was still shy, and ate her own peanut into her mouth while laughing.

The old father's heart was so sore, he hugged the little girl and shook, "Where is Dad, why don't you give Dad one?"

"Two~" Miaomiao still knew how to count, she stretched out two fat fingers and gestured, "Uncle~ and Miaomiao, dad is gone."

Xuan Ruobo: "..."

QAQ It turns out that Dad is ranked behind Uncle, so sad.

Xin Man was not polite to his brother-in-law at all, he ate the peanuts and said, "If there are three peanuts, they don't necessarily belong to brother-in-law."

Xuan Ruobo: "...Because there is your sister."

Xin Man: Hahahahaha, as long as brother-in-law understands.

Xuan Ruobo wanted to cry even more, the little girl pouted her mouth a few times, and said softly, "Dad, give it to Dad Miaomiao."

Her chubby hand picked out a little bit of crushed peanuts from her mouth, and she was about to stuff them into Xuan Ruobo's mouth full of saliva.

Xuan Ruobo hurriedly hid back, and said loudly, "Thank you, Dad, Miaomiao eat by herself, be good."

Miaomiao let out a cry, and stuffed the crushed peanuts back, Xuan Ruobo was sweating profusely at this moment.

"Girl is really considerate." Xuan Ruobo said sweatingly, "Father will take you in for a drink of water."

As he spoke, he swayed his precious daughter into the house.

Xin Man put the basket away, and took the roasted peanuts with him, saving them for Miaomiao to eat, "Teacher Tantai, there are not many houses in my hometown, and here is a kang, we have to live with brother-in-law and father. "Mother Xin, Xin Xin and Miao Miao shared a room with Grandma Xin.

"Mm, good." Tantai Fo rubbed Xin Man's head, waited for him to put the peanuts in the room, and fetched water to wash hands together.

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Xin Man: Ah... Teacher Tantai rubbed his head without washing his hands after eating, my hair smells like potatoes.

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After chatting for a few words, we continued our journey. The journey up the mountain took time and energy, so we stopped and walked, and finally they arrived at the gate of the magnificent Taoist temple before sunset.

"This..." Emperor Zhao looked at the majestic Taoist temple in astonishment.

Before the emperor's brother left, because of fear, he only let the emperor bring a few servants, food, clothing and caregivers, how light and easy he was when he left, and after he left, Emperor Zhao sent someone to guard at the foot of the mountain to prevent Brother Huang repented and went down the mountain.

But later, he found out that Brother Huang really kept his promise, so he withdrew the guards. After that, he just sent people to watch over them. Zhao Huang, so Zhao Huang always thought that Brother Huang was always under his control.

But everything in front of him subverted his cognition.

Without skilled craftsmen, how was this magnificent Taoist temple completed?

"How did this Taoist temple come about?" The eldest prince Shao Zhu knew his father's heart well and asked.

There was a smile on his face, but there was also deep doubt in his eyes.

The youngest Taoist scratched his face, "It was there when I came here, I heard it was built by the master."

The second prince, Shao Ji, sneered, with a deep and melodious voice, bewitching people's hearts, "Young Taoist priest, don't talk nonsense, you said that your master asked someone to build it, or your master built it alone, if it's the latter..."

The meaning in the words is obvious, and they are very mocking, as if they don't take this uncle of the emperor seriously.

Of course, the little Taoist immediately became angry, but before he could speak, he was interrupted by the oldest Taoist beside him, "Your Majesty, princes, this Taoist temple was indeed built by the master alone. At that time, there were three people beside me, including me." Brothers, I have seen it with my own eyes."

The Taoist priest looked as usual, and gave a few people a slap in the face.

Of course Emperor Zhao and the four princes didn't believe it, especially the fourth prince was even more disdainful, thinking that these Taoist priests were just looking for an excuse to deceive them.

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