Anecdote of the Northeast

I just knew that I would get merit, but it was the first time I discovered that this merit can give so much.

How should I put it, in the past, you could earn enough food and clothing by working hard, and you worked hard on your character, and when you encountered a big order, it was enough for you to eat and drink for several months. At that time, you felt that you were already an excellent company in the industry that earned the most money. leaders.

But once in a while, you do a favor for a big company and take orders that they can’t finish. At that time, you had the mentality of doing your best, mainly because you wanted to have more friends and not to offend a behemoth. However, this list is very unusual.Why is it unusual? Although this list requires you to recuperate for more than two months and you cannot work, it allows you to complete the task plan for the whole year, and there is still room left.

I looked at the koi that almost turned into a golden koi, a merit that flew into my body with its tail swinging, and I was really full of various feelings in my heart.

Be happy, and I am really happy. Anyway, I feel relaxed in the second half of the year. I am not happy, but I am a little bit. I need to rest for the next two months, and I can’t practice. I am not used to it.

But fortunately, I have many things to do this month, such as painting, such as cooking for Wu Yuan.

This guy Wu Yuan lives pretty well. The high-rise hotel apartment in the city center has a balcony outside the living room window. From the balcony, you can see the sea view with the Oriental Pearl Tower.

More than 100 square meters, the house with three bedrooms and one living room was decorated by Wu Yuan with a very modern atmosphere. All the furniture is pure wood, and the kitchen is very large, which is said to be more European-style.The fabrics in the house are almost all yellow and red, which gives a warm and enthusiastic feeling, which doesn't match Wu Yuan's personality. It is said that it was chosen for him by his aunt.

I live in the guest room of Wu Yuan's house. Although it is not big, there are seats, wardrobes, and single beds inside. It can be said that although the sparrow is small, it has all internal organs.

There is also a room that he turned into a work room. I didn't go to see that room. After all, it is a place where people work. I feel a little embarrassed to go to see it.

How should I put it here, it is not at all the same as the place I have been in contact with before.Whether it is in my hometown or in the house I rented later, the neighbors there will pay attention to who lives near their home, and they will become familiar with you within a week of your stay.

But the people here in Wu Yuan are different, except for the doorman, no one shows much concern for the neighbors.Almost all the people living here are relatively young people, and even half of them have come to Shanghai from other places to work hard, and they pay more attention to things that are directly related to themselves.

Of course, I’m not that good, and the above emotions will appear in just a few days. The person who came to the above conclusions is a smoker who followed me this time, an old Beijinger who has died for more than a hundred years, and was a daughter of a wealthy family. The housekeeper is the kind of Mammy Lai in Dream of the Red Chamber, but no one is as good at it, at most it is a third-in-command, in charge of the kitchen and purchasing.

I promised to cook for Wu Yuan for a month, but I know those few hometown dishes back and forth.I thought about it, how could I have to eat the same food for others within a week, so I asked Aunt Du to come over and teach me how to cook.

Oh, don't think that Aunt Du knows how to cook. She has been a ghost for more than a hundred years. Cooking is the second best thing. The first thing she is good at is knife skills. Before she sold herself to a rich family, she followed her family .

After his death, this kung fu was picked up again, and he practiced it quite well. Anyway, Zhao Jingang and his brother are quite afraid of Aunt Du.

In the past two days, Aunt Du has been teaching me how to cook. In fact, occasionally I also think that even if I don’t become a painter, I can actually open a small restaurant by relying on my cooking skills. I should not die of hunger.

The old man's studio is really not too far from Wu Yuan's house, you can take a bus when you go out, and you can get to the studio in less than 15 minutes after getting off the bus.Speaking of which, this studio has been unused for a long time, but the real estate belongs to the old man, and the old man has no time to take care of it, so the studio has been empty all the time. This is why the old man was so positive when he heard that I wanted to use the studio. The reason for pushing this to me.

No matter how good the studio is, if it is not used for a long time, it is a waste.

The old couple was very old, and every time they came, they would be picked up by the family members. The two old people would hold each other's hands and come to the studio when they got out of the car.

The two of them are the kind of old people who are easy to talk to, and the old man looks like that kind of old-fashioned person who has received strict higher education. Every time he sees him, his clothes are neat and tidy. The pronunciation is very standard, especially I have heard the old man speak English with an authentic London accent, and I enjoy listening to it.

The old lady is a very kind old man. Every time she comes to the studio, she will bring an insulated box with her own lunch in it.I was lucky enough to eat two bites, probably because they are older, and the taste is somewhat heavy, but the others are simply impeccable.

While chatting, the grandmother also gave me a medicated diet to treat dark circles under the eyes after staying up late. It is said that it is an ancestral prescription and it is very effective.

We got to know each other very well within a few days, and the two old people also liked to chat with me. There is no way, I am especially good at chatting with the elderly.

So, I also know a lot of their stories.

When the grandfather was young, he wanted to study in the UK. His parents were afraid that he would not come back if he ran away, so they found him a daughter-in-law, who was only 15 years old at the time.

The two had never met before they got married, and the grandfather left on the third day of their marriage.The grandma gave the finale to her father-in-law and mother-in-law alone.

The grandfather came back after five years of absence. At that time, the grandmother was about to starve to death because the family had no money.

Of course, after the story, there is absolutely no one clamoring to be a new-style youth, a literary youth who wants to love freely, and some are just a scholar who has learned a lot about bridge construction and is still very conservative in his heart.

The two of them survived the War of Resistance together, ushered in liberation together, and lived through ten years of hardship together. Now, they also go out to buy vegetables together every day, and go to the park to exercise together.

The old couple just want a group painting similar to "Fate of the Three Worlds", and want to put it at home, and then recall the sweetness of the past together.

The old couple came for a short time every day, from ten in the morning to two in the afternoon, so that I could outline the composition and do some close-ups of the face for future use.

The rest of the time is my creative time. At that time, I was the only one in the whole studio, of course, there would be three or two immortals.Those who don't like to talk very much, and those who like to talk, all ran out and wandered around.

No one has ever been to this place in Shanghai, and everything they see is new.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, I packed up my things and left the studio.Instead of getting off at the station below Wu Yuan's house, I made another two stops and went to a market there.

"Brother Ma, let me tell you that there is a fishmonger here who has obtained a batch of very fresh sea fish. Some of them look like ordinary small yellow croakers. In fact, the belly of the fish has white phosphorus and is used to make fish balls." It will be very delicious, and with some herbs, it can be made into a very nourishing medicinal meal. This kind of small yellow croaker is very rare. In the group of small yellow croakers, only a batch of such small fish will appear after [-] ovulations. Hurry up, don't be bought by others."

Aunt Du has been wandering around several nearby vegetable markets recently, mainly to see where there are good ingredients. When she sees them, she will try her best to encourage me, buy them back, and then teach me how to cook.

It just so happens that I really want to cultivate this craft, so every morning and afternoon, I will go to the vegetable market.

According to Aunt Du's instructions, I found the fishmonger and bought the small yellow croakers that Aunt Du mentioned.I started to go shopping again. I can’t just make a fish ball for dinner. That’s too little. These five fish are enough for me to eat alone.

After that, I bought some mushrooms, and it is also good to make a mushroom stir-fry.Finally, at the suggestion of Aunt Du, I bought a bag of cold dishes sold by a small vendor. According to Aunt Du, the cold dishes here are well prepared, and the ingredients are very fresh, not left over from yesterday.

Dinner is served at seven o'clock in the evening, and Wu Yuan usually arrives home at six o'clock in the evening. When he sees me cooking, he will consciously come to help.

Although every time, I will find all kinds of excuses to drive him out, after all, I have to learn how to cook with Aunt Du, so I don't have time to talk to him.

After dinner, Wu Yuan would enter his studio to sort out some of his architectural designs. This guy is very enthusiastic about his professional courses.Like me, I regard feudal superstition as a side job, and I do it when I have time, mainly focusing on my major.

As for me, I usually go back to my room and read a book.Now I have been seriously contused due to the meridians in my body, and I can't enjoy the cultivation casually, so of course, I started to be lazy, although I will still wake up very cruelly in the morning, but it doesn't matter, I can do some Things I like to do myself.For example, playing games online or something, I am idle anyway, not to mention Hui Xiaobao will help me with tricks.

Speaking of books, Wu Yuan has a lot of books of various types, so I just borrowed a few and read them if I have nothing to do.There aren't many good shows on TV these days, so I don't really like watching them, but this book is still very interesting.

What Wu Yuan lent me was a magazine introducing the country's customs and customs. It was quite thick, and it said something like a collection of commemorative editions. The price was 754, which is really not cheap.

After such a leisurely life, after half a month, my painting has also begun to come to an end.It went much smoother than expected, mainly due to the fact that the two old men were more talkative and told a lot of stories about their youth.These stories gave me a strong inspiration, and the painting became more and more smooth.

I thought that this month would pass without any surprises, but I didn't expect that something happened during the No. 20 day when I lived in Wu Yuan's house.

At first, I thought it was not a big deal, but unexpectedly, things took a very strange direction and developed in the past, which made me unexpected and unprepared.

This matter mainly happened to Wu Yuan.

This guy took an order, and a rich boss asked him to go to his hometown in Northeast China to see Feng Shui, show him Yang Zhai, and design a house for the elderly to live in after retirement.

It was not the first time for Wu Yuan to do this kind of work. He skillfully carried a small bag and left, but he came back the next night.

When I saw it, it wasn’t right. Feng Shui can be read in one day. Besides, isn’t it necessary to design a house?

I struggled for a while, should I go over and ask what happened, or just pretend it didn't happen and what to do.But Wu Yuan didn't give me time to worry about it, so he just poured beans out of the bamboo tube and said everything.

"That family hired three Feng Shui masters, so I withdrew."

Uh, actually, I haven't competed with others, come on, I'd better buy some good food tomorrow and make some good ones for him to eat.