The daily life of the Analects and Tao Te Ching

April 6

cloudy weather

Why do we have to dance with knives and forks when eating Western food?

Why is the cabinet called a refrigerator and the box called a freezer?

Why is the thing in the toilet called a toilet when it is obviously for human use?

Why is it that no one rides a horse now, but the road outside is still called a road?

Why can water still flow out of the water pipe even though we live in a high place?

Why is the power of lightning hidden in the walls?

These questions have troubled me for a long time. Although Kong Lun said that you can ask him if you don’t understand, I don’t think that guy can explain it clearly.

Originally, I planned to keep these questions silently in my heart and not tell anyone.

But after having a mobile phone, I had a new idea.

This guy obviously knows more about modern things than Kong Lun, why don't you just ask her?

In order not to make Kong Lun feel abandoned, I specially chose a time when he was not at home, and asked all the doubts in my heart.

The phone was stuck for a long time, and there was no answer for a long time.

Is it because I'm asking too many questions?

"Sorry." I whispered.

The mobile assistant paused, and said, "I'll tell you a secret secretly, and I haven't found the answer to this question yet."

Did she accept my apology?

Although it was a pity that I didn't get the answer I wanted, fortunately she didn't get angry because I asked a question that was beyond her ability.

If you don't know, it's good; if you don't know, you're sick.

Before, someone got mad because I asked something he didn't know, thinking that I was messing things up ╮(╯_╰)╭It's ridiculous.

After Kong Lun came home, I told him about it.

"It seems that the mobile phone can't answer all questions." I said with emotion.

"It shouldn't be." Kong Lun frowned and said, "Why don't you change the keyword?"

Key words?What it is?

"Keywords are what you need to enter into the search engine when you search for information," Kong said.

Seeing my confused expression, he paused, and then said, "How about I teach you how to input keywords?"

"Yeah." I answered.

After he got my affirmative answer, his expression looked super happy, as if a child got a long-awaited gift.

Is it such a happy thing to help others answer questions?

Although I am also a book spirit of ancient books, sometimes I still can't understand some ideas of Confucius.

For example, why does he like dealing with people so much, why does he like to experience new things so much...

I looked at Kong Lun silently, and suddenly found that after he came to the 21st century, there was a big deviation from the image in my memory.

Didn't this guy always say "the body and the skin are the parents"?After the 21st century, his hair is neatly cut, and his clothes are all trendy fashion brands. At first glance, he looks like a young man walking on the street.

Looking back at myself, because I couldn't stand the enthusiastic service of the barber shop, I just cut my hair twice at home with scissors. I usually wear cultural shirts with promotional slogans printed on it, as if I have not integrated into this era at all.

Seeing me in a daze, Kong Lun stretched out his hand and shook it in front of my eyes.

"What are you thinking?" he asked.

"I was thinking that you adapted really quickly, and you feel that you have fully integrated into the life here." I said.

Kong Lun blushed a little, smiled awkwardly, and said, "Don't laugh at me. If you hadn't helped me out yesterday, I wouldn't have known how to end it."

After a pause, he continued: "When I saw my neighbor today, he asked me how the western food was."

"None of his business!" I said, "How did you answer?"

"After all, he is kind, so I can't hurt my face too much." He said, "But I don't want to lie because of this kind of thing, so I told him that the food is very good, but it doesn't suit my taste."

I thought about the bloody beef and nodded in agreement.

Kong Lun asked me what I wanted to check, and I told him the questions I asked the mobile assistant before.

After he listened to my words, he suddenly burst out laughing.

"Why are you laughing? Do you know the answers to these things?" I said dissatisfied.

He waved his hand and said, "That's not what it meant, it's just that I suddenly remembered a joke I heard not long ago."

joke?what kind of joke

He cleared his throat and said, "You have so many questions, is it "One Hundred Thousand Whys"?"

"One hundred thousand why?" I didn't quite understand his joke.

"A Hundred Thousand Whys is a book," he explained.

"But you clearly know that I am the Tao Te Ching." I said.

"Of course I know you are from the Tao Te Ching, but "One Hundred Thousand Whys" is just a metaphor." He laughed, "I think it's okay."

"I don't think so." I said, "This is too strange."

I'd be okay if he was comparing something to something else, but what the hell is comparing one book to another? !

"Well, it might be a bit strange." Kong Lun said, "But many people say that now."

Many people say this?Do you have to follow suit when many people say this?

Kong Lun didn't speak.

After a while, he said that compared with "a hundred thousand whys", he found a word that was more suitable for me.

"What word?" I asked.

"Barbarian." He said.

April 6

cloudy weather

In my impression, zongzi are all made of glutinous rice wrapped in zong leaves. Although some people add bean paste and candied dates to make sweet food, some people add egg yolk and meat to make salty food, but glutinous rice has always been Eternal protagonist.

However, Kong Lun brought me back a kind of miraculous zongzi today. There is no glutinous rice in it, but a translucent jelly-like substance that looks crystal clear, like a work of art.

"Is this really edible?"

I poked the zongzi with my hand, and it didn't feel as sticky as I imagined, but it was a bit like a snack made of glutinous rice flour.

But glutinous rice flour is white, but this thing is transparent.

I am a little curious about where Kong Lun found such a magical thing.

"Zongzi is a seasonal food. The Dragon Boat Festival passed yesterday, so today the supermarket is discounting unsold zongzi at a low price. I think this zongzi is quite rare, so I specially grabbed a box for you." he said.

"grab?"

I think his wording is a little subtle.

Doesn't this guy always say he's a gentleman?Why would you grab something?

"Grabbing is just an exaggeration. I actually paid for it." Kong Lun said, "But it may be that the discount is relatively strong. That scene is really the same as not paying for things."

He said aggrievedly rolled up his sleeves and showed me the bruises on his arms.

"Originally, I saw that those people who went shopping were not young, and planned to be courteous, but I didn't expect that they didn't give me a chance to be courteous at all, and pushed me aside directly." Kong Lun said.

He seemed quite shocked by the incident.

In his stereotype, the elderly are all slow and trembling, but what he saw today completely overturned his previous cognition.

Not only did those elderly people not need help, but they also walked like flying and reacted quickly, which made him feel inferior.

"In comparison, I feel more like an elderly person." He said with emotion.

Calculated according to the lifespan of a human being, isn't he an old man?

If you want to be courteous to the old man, it should be those guys who are courteous to him, right?

After listening to my words, Kong Lun laughed so hard that he couldn't straighten up.

"I actually think what you said makes sense," he said.

"Confucius once asked Laozi for advice, so it's not a disadvantage if you call me 'teacher'." I joked.

Compared to what happened to him in the supermarket, I want to know more about this zongzi.

For example, how to eat this thing?

"It seems that you can eat it directly." Kong Lun said after studying the words on the packaging box.

The zongzi in this box has four fillings of different colors, namely red, green, yellow and purple.

To be honest, just looking at the color, I don't think any of them look edible.

But since Kong Lun said that it is edible, I am willing to choose to believe him.

After thinking twice, I chose a zongzi with yellow filling.

"What's the smell?" Kong Lun asked.

I can't describe what it tastes like. It's very sweet and greasy at first, but it seems to have a hint of chestnut taste after careful tasting.

Could it be zongzi stuffed with chestnuts?

I asked Kong Lun to try one too, and he chose the most unnatural-looking green.

"Because I can't imagine what green tastes like, so I want to try it." He said.

I think the color looks a bit like mustard, and I was about to stop it when I saw him take a big bite.

The expression on his face was very strange, but he didn't appear to be so hot that he burst into tears.

"It's sweet, but it tastes like tea," he said.

I still understand what tea tastes like, but he said it's very sweet...bitter and sweet?

I shook my head, somewhat unable to imagine the smell.

"Why don't you have a taste?" He handed over the zongzi in his hand.

Although I said I wouldn't eat it, when the zongzi was handed to me, I naturally lowered my head and took a bite.

The taste is indeed amazing, but not unpalatable.

What the hell is this stuffing made of?

Tea with sugar?

"By the way, the guy from The Songs of Chu seems to like the Dragon Boat Festival very much." Kong Lun said.

I couldn't help but roll my eyes when I thought of the guy who was immersed in dreams all day and night.

Although Nan Hua often talked in his sleep, he still had moments of sobriety, but Chu Ci was different. That guy even thought that the Dragon Boat Festival was set up to commemorate Qu Yuan.

Under his influence, many people believed this statement.

But the Dragon Boat Festival has existed since the Spring and Autumn Period!

Although later generations may incorporate commemoration of Qu Yuan into this festival, this festival was by no means specially set up to commemorate Qu Yuan at the beginning!

It's not that no one told that guy the truth of the matter, but he just didn't listen and insisted on his own opinion...

Alas, don't understand what those romantics are thinking.