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Chapter 27 With the current and against the current

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    The preparation of beggar's chicken is very simple, and there are two versions: economical and luxurious.

    The economic version is to wrap the chicken directly in lotus leaves, wrap the outside with a thick layer of wet mud, and put it into the fire to simmer. The deluxe version is more complicated. The chicken is marinated in rice wine and salt, and the chicken belly is stuffed with meat.  Dice, mushrooms and various spices, wrapped in lotus leaves and wet mud and roasted.

    Qin Kan is now considered a rich man, so of course he chooses the deluxe version.

    In spring, the grass in the south of the Yangtze River is long and green, and the weather is neither cold nor hot. Every time it clears up, there are tourists outing the moat everywhere, including women from wealthy families, literati reciting poems, and carrying hot food.  The hawkers carrying heavy loads and even the little beggars in scanty clothes were holding broken pottery bowls, laughing and rolling in the green grass outside the city.

    Brother Bohu is rarely drunk today, and his mind is quite clear, but his eyes are a little dull and he seems to be floating when he walks.

    "Brother Qin Xian is so excited to go on an outing today?"

    "Brother Tang should go out and walk around more. It's not good to be bored in the house all day. Although it is an elegant thing to indulge in poetry and wine, it is ultimately harmful to the body"

    Qin Kan carried two chickens in his hands and patrolled around the moat. Tang Yin followed Qin Kan carrying two jars of wine and a food box filled with seasonal side dishes.

    "What does my dear brother want to do with two raw chickens in his hand? Do we eat raw chickens?"

    "Today I will cook a delicious meal for Brother Tang. Although the sage said: 'A gentleman stays far away from the cook', but it is okay for a man to cook occasionally"

    Tang Yin looked at Qin Kan with a strange expression, as if he had eaten the saint like a chicken, and he was very condemning.

    "How do you read the sage's book of the wise brother? Mencius said: 'The gentleman stays away from the kitchen', which means that the kitchen is a place for killing, and it is unkind. A gentleman cannot bear it, so he keeps away from it. What does this have to do with a gentleman not cooking?  "

    Qin Kan: ¡°¡­¡­¡­¡­¡±

    A defective product produced by modern assembly line education!  Qin Kan's old face became hot, and he didn't know whether it was red or not.

    "Brother Tang, we are here to eat chicken. Isn't it too disgraceful to talk about academics?" Qin Kan said with a straight face, a look of embarrassment flashing across his face.

    Fortunately, I didn¡¯t ask Little Eight Pond to follow me today, otherwise she would have rolled on the floor laughing.

    Unexpectedly, Brother Bohu had a very stubborn drive towards academics. He shook his head repeatedly and said, "If you are not good at learning, you should examine yourself. Brother Yu has detailed annotations in the book "Mencius" that I have reviewed. Brother Yu will give it to you later.  , the saying goes that learning is like accumulated soil, accumulated over many years, it will eventually become a mountain"

    "Brother Tang, come and dig the soil!"

    "oh¡­¡­"

    Qin Kan found an empty place by the moat. Under a weeping willow with new buds, Qin Kan stuffed two chicken belly with diced meat and spices, wrapped them in lotus leaves, and wrapped them with a thick layer of lotus leaves.  Then he and Tang Yin dug a pit next to the tree, put the chicken in the pit, and found some dry firewood to light a fire in the pit.

    Tang Yin watched Qin Kan doing this with an expression of hesitation and a bit of disgust: "It's both mud and leaves. Can this thing be eaten?"

    Qin Kan didn¡¯t even look back: ¡°If you don¡¯t want to eat, don¡¯t eat. Don¡¯t rush to eat if you have something to eat later.¡±

    The waiting process was long. Qin Kan took out a large linen cloth from the food box, spread it out on the green grass, and placed the wine and side dishes he brought on the linen cloth. The two took off their shoes and sat cross-legged while drinking.  While waiting for the beggar's chicken to come out.

    "My dear brother has been hired as a county staff member. Can he handle errands well?"

    Qin Kan took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "It's okay. Anyway, I don't have any big ambitions, but with wine, meat and money, all the world can be a fairyland."

    Tang Yin smiled bitterly: "My good brother is so open-minded. Back then, Brother Yu was inexplicably involved in a fraud case and was stripped of his official status. The capital took pity on my talent and gave me a job as a county official. However, Brother Yu was too arrogant and resigned angrily, wandering around the world.  To this day, I still have no fixed place. If I had been as open-minded as you back then, maybe my situation would not be as miserable as it is today."

    Tang Yin sighed heavily, and a hint of jealousy gradually appeared between his brows.

    Seeing the dejected look of this talented man who has been famous for hundreds of years, Qin Kan had to persuade him: "Brother Tang, life is not always smooth sailing. There will always be failures and setbacks. No matter whether it is with the flow or against the flow, life should eventually have its success."  A goal must be a direction. Brother Tang has been depressed these past few years, indulged in sensuality, and lived in depression and decadence. Is this kind of life worthy of your hard study in the poor years? Is it worthy of your abundant talents? "

    Tang Yin looked confused and said: "Goal in life? What goal should I have?"

    ¡°Goals vary with time and situation. When you are going with the current, you may as well set a goal of running a thousand miles a day. When you are going against the current, you may as well make progress one foot or one inch every day. There is nothing wrong. Taking a small step every day is the same as running a thousand miles every day.  The same, small amount when countercurrent flow??, it¡¯s more admirable than traveling thousands of miles downstream. It¡¯s better than drifting with the tide and living a life of confusion.  "

    Tang Yin was stunned for a long time, sighed solemnly, stood up and bowed to Qin Kan respectfully to the ground.

    "A single word of advice will serve you for a lifetime. A wise brother will give you good advice, but a foolish brother will be extremely grateful."

    "Brother Tang is so polite, but I am ashamed to be so polite."

    "Brother Xian is a man of great wisdom. Why are you talking about this to Brother Yu today?"

    "The chicken is not yet cooked, so it is idle"

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    The heart-to-heart talk was a bit perfunctory, mainly because Qin Kan couldn't change his mentality for the time being. In the past, when he talked about life and his ideal partners, they were always women, but it was in vain to switch to men, which made him a little uncomfortable.

    When the chicken was cooked, Qin Kan used a branch to pull out the two earthen bags that had been burned into a black charcoal shape. He pounded them twice with a stone, and the outer layer of dried earth shattered, revealing the chicken wrapped in lotus leaves.

    As soon as the soil was broken up, a strong aroma of chicken suddenly filled the air, making people salivate.

    "It smells so good! Dear brother, what kind of method is this? Tell me quickly!" Tang Yin was a little shocked, and his eyes were full of greed.

    "This is a beggar's chicken"

    Tang Yin was too lazy to listen to his explanation. He grabbed it with his hands and couldn't wait to eat it. He screamed when he was burned, but he still sucked in the cold air while devouring it.

    Qin Kan curled his lips, he was a talented man from the south of the Yangtze River, look at his appearance

    Just as he was about to open the remaining chicken, he heard a surprised "Huh" sound coming from the river bank not far away, and then a figure flashed, and there was a very redundant person sitting cross-legged on the linen. He was dressed very luxuriously.  , wearing a moon-white silk gown, with a jade belt tied around the waist, and a Nafu jade pendant hanging on it, he said with a hearty smile: "Haha, you two brothers arrived too early, so you got to eat"

    In the astonished eyes of Qin Kan and Tang Yin, the visitor was not polite and snatched the chicken from Qin Kan's hand. He followed Qin Kan's example and smashed the topsoil with rocks, peeled off the lotus leaves, and ate it.  His mouth was full of oil, and he could tell by the light. He obviously admired the taste of the chicken, but there was no room in his mouth to express his appreciation.

    Qin Kan was dumbfounded as he watched this dear man eat. Hearing him say "two brothers" just now, he seemed to be quite familiar with him and Tang Yin, but he really didn't know him!

    There are only two chickens. If this stranger eats one, it means that Qin Kan will have nothing to eat.

    Until the whole chicken was eaten clean by the stranger, and only a pile of chicken bones were left on the grass, Qin Kan couldn't help it anymore, and looked at Tang Yin with some resentment.

    "Brother Tang, you didn't tell me if you had guests coming"

    Tang Yin was shocked, his eyes widened and he said in astonishment: "I don't know him. Isn't he your guest?"

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    There are two theories about the origin of beggar chicken, one is the Southern Song Dynasty, the other is the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty. The second one is adopted here, based on the fact that the party members retreated.  .  .  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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