After the genius was abolished, he became my Taoist companion

95. One thought

The moment he lost his cultivation, Tan Duzhi's mind went blank, but he quickly realized that he had faced the biggest test.In fact, he had vaguely sensed that something was wrong long before this day.

His sea of ​​consciousness was in chaos, and he could feel that he was only a thin line away from breaking through.There are countless voices yelling at him in his head, as long as he has a thought, he can become a completely different person from before.

If it had been before, he would have insisted on his point of view without hesitation—he wanted to be a person who could protect the common people.But thinking of Wen Ruyu's words, he hesitated.

People around him are nice to him because he can give back to them, if he can give them nothing.Will they still be nice to themselves?Are the people he protects really worthy of his protection?

Every monk who can practice to a high level is not stupid, and Tan Duzhi is not stupid either.The reason why he has such doubts is because he has already noticed a trace of clues in normal times.

So he came out of the Primordial Ruins with his body full of scars. He just wanted to see if he had no cultivation base, whether he would be cared for carefully or would be worse.In the end, he lost, the sect gave up on him, and the former Taoist companion switched to the arms of others.

Tan Duzhi just found it ridiculous, but his self-proclaimed justice turned out to be a reason for others to attack him, and the person he protected became the person who hurt him the most.

They humiliate themselves mentally, and make themselves disabled people who cannot walk.In fact, at that time, as long as he was more realistic and realized that what he had done before was not worth it, he could regain his cultivation.

But in that case, the Dao heart that he has persisted for more than 400 years will completely collapse. In order to protect himself, he will become the kind of person he once hated the most-the kind of person who has great strength but no mercy and compassion.

In the dark days, he questioned himself every day. He could live easily with just one thought, so why must he stick to the morality before?

Maybe it's because you don't want to prove your failure, or maybe you just don't want to admit defeat.He actually waited with his tattered body until he got Ye Huangui.

Xiao Ye Zi is a very simple person, he is enthusiastic and lively, warming Tan Duzhi's dark and moldy heart like a little sun.

Tan Duzhi couldn't say when he fell in love with him, he only knew that when he handed over the Hongmeng Pearl and waited for Xiao Yezi's reaction like a prisoner waiting for trial.Ye Huangui hung the Hongmeng Pearl on the beam of the house and used it as a light bulb at home.

The moment the Hongmeng Pearl lit up, his heart was also illuminated by Xiao Ye.

The common people are not worthy of his protection, but Ye Huangui is worthy, and Ye Huangui is also a member of the common people, so he is willing to continue to uphold his morality for Ye Huangui.

At the same time, he also knew that he couldn't become the fair and regular Tan Duzhi before. He had selfish desires, the desire to monopolize Ye Huangui.

He never thought that one day he would stay in a small mountain with peace of mind, let alone that he would seriously plan the future for him and Ye Huangui.

He wants to protect Ye Huangui and their home, he wants to be someone Xiaoye can trust and rely on, he wants to plow the spring and autumn harvest with him, watch the summer lotus and enjoy the winter snow, and he wants to see his smile every day in the future .

Tan Duzhi said to Wen Ruyu: "I admit that I was stupid before, and what you said about me were all right. But now I have changed, and now I am a person with flesh and blood and emotions. I can distinguish between emotion and emotion. love."

He said sternly: "If it's just moving, I won't plan my future with him. So I'm sure, my feelings for him are love. Maybe you think it's ridiculous, of course, I used to think it's ridiculous too— —How can you have feelings for someone who has only been together for a few months? But this is the truth, I like him and want to keep him.”

The peach pit in Wen Ruyu's hand fell to the ground with a thud, and he gave a thumbs up after recovering: "You're enlightened! You're finally enlightened!"

Tan Duzhi:? ? ?

Wen Ruyu sighed and said: "In the past, I was angry when I saw you, like a puppet, you did what others asked you to do and you didn't have your own ideas. Now it's good, you have flesh and blood and you will be jealous."

Wen Ruyu said with emotion: "I would rather my opponent be a real person than a puppet with high cultivation but no opinion. Tan Duzhi, I won't call you a puppet in the future."

His eyes sparkled with excitement: "Brother, just wait for your health to recover, and we will fight in a dignified manner."

Tan Duzhi thought for a while: "If possible, I don't want to fight with you."

Wen Ruyu was touched and said, "Do you think I'm your benefactor? Don't want to do something heavy? There's no need for it!"

Tan Duzhi said sternly: "No, because you are no longer my opponent." He was afraid that Wen Ruyu would be split in two if he struck down with the sword in time.

Wen Ruyu stopped: "You are really annoying as always."

At this moment, Tan Duzhi walked towards his wheelchair slowly: "He is back, I will tell him personally after these things, don't tell him."

Wen Ruyu said clearly: "I see, you want to surprise him, right?"

Wen Ruyu thought for a moment: "By the way, let me ask, after your cultivation level recovers, how are you going to take revenge on those who bullied you?"

Tan Duzhi chuckled: "As long as they don't come and dance in front of me, it's fine. If it's endless, I don't mind giving them a ride."

Wen Ruyu clasped his hands together suddenly: "Sure enough, it's what you can say now. Thinking about you in the past, it's really irritating. You still don't do anything when others put their noses in the face."

Tan Duzhi looked out of the door with gentle eyes: "The past was the past, and the present is the present."

Wen Ruyu understood: "I understand, it used to be fraternity, but now it's exclusive love, right?"

Tan Duzhi didn't want to talk to Wen Ruyu, it was all nonsense.He rolled his wheelchair and headed out the door, and the sound of calling for wealth came from the direction of the stone bridge.

Tan Duzhi just wanted to get out of the threshold, when Wen Ruyu said seriously: "Little Yezi is still a child, she doesn't understand anything, you can't force him if you like him. You have to wait until he likes you before you can do it, otherwise You are no different from a beast."

Tan Duzhi nodded: "I know. I will draw it slowly."

He still has a long, long time to be with Xiaoye, he can wait, one year, two years, ten years, 20 years, he believes that one day he will be able to watch the clouds and see the moon.

Ye Huangui's happy voice sounded from outside the fence: "Old Tan, Uncle He gave me a lot of lotus pods! Do you want to eat lotus seeds?"

In the next few days, the weather became hotter and hotter.The annoying cicada screamed at the top of his voice day and night, and the background sound of the three talking was always accompanied by the chirping of various cicadas, making people's brains buzzing.

Ye Huangui couldn't take it anymore, he had already drank two bowls of lotus seed soup, but he was still disturbed by the noise from the cicadas.So he made a decision: "Let's go catch Zhi!"

Tan Duzhi asked with concern: "Is it because they are too noisy? It's so noisy that you can't sleep well?"

Ye Huangui nodded: "This is only one reason, and another reason is that I am greedy for fried cicadas."

As soon as the words fell, both Wen Ruyu and Tan Duzhi were stunned: "Fried cicadas?"

Ye Huangui nodded: "Yes, it's delicious. It's fragrant and crispy when fried in oil. You wait, I'll go catch the cicada tonight!"

Before the sun set, Ye Huangui started to act.Starting from the camphor trail, as long as the bowl-sized tree is three feet above the ground, he wrapped it with oiled paper on the side of the road.Tan Duzhi rolled the wheelchair and followed Ye Huangui. Ye Huangui was in charge of tying the oil paper, and he was in charge of staring at Ye Huangui.

Behind the two of them was Lucky Fortune Duck and Duck Auspicious. There were more animals than people. They looked around curiously, like guards keeping watch over the two of them.Wen Ruyu couldn't help laughing every time she saw these two people going out.

Cicadas will get out of the ground and climb up trees at night, and when they find suitable branches or leaves, they will retreat from their outer shells and become flying cicadas.

Tan Duzhi saw Ye Huangui tied up vigorously by the side of the road, he smiled and said, "You know a lot."

He always thought that he was well-read, but after meeting Ye Huangui, he became a waste who didn't work hard.

Ye Huangui chuckled: "Hey, isn't this boring at home alone? I always want to have some fun. At that time, I was so noisy that I couldn't sleep all night, so I had to take revenge on them and fry them up! "

Suddenly he thought of another delicacy: "Old Tan, did you know that there is also a very delicious worm in our soybean field."

Tan Duzhi wondered, "Are there insects in the soybean field?"

Ye Huangui nodded: "Yes! It's called Doudan, and they are still young. They will be fat in August and September. I will catch them for you to taste. They are delicious, fresh and tender."

Tan Duzhi struggled and said, "Xiaoye, our family is rich now..."

You can buy a lot of meat to eat, so you don't have to eat these weird things.

Ye Huangui couldn't understand Tan Duzhi's voiceover, he smiled and said, "You haven't eaten it before, let me try something new. Maybe after you eat it, you will never forget it."

Tan Duzhi made up the appearance of Dou Dan in his brain. He knew about Dou Dan, and he knew that it was round.That Doudan should be a round beetle, right?It should taste delicious and crispy?It's not that unacceptable to think about it this way.

After dinner, when the sky darkened, Ye Huangui took Tan and Wen to pick up the cicada monkey.He should be thankful that the water in the valley is running water, and there are not many mosquito bites.If you were in Bailu Town or Baiyu Town, you would be infested with mosquitoes at night, and if you went out for a walk, you would get a few bags on your body.

Ye Huangui originally wanted to come out with a bean lamp, but Wen Ruyu couldn't stand it anymore, so he contributed his Ye Mingzhu.At this time, the three of them were wearing night pearls wrapped in gauze around their waists, and they walked towards the camphor path outside the stone bridge.

Just outside the stone bridge, Wen Ruyu exclaimed in surprise: "What is this?!"

96. Fried Cicada Monkey

I saw a dozen or so golden beetles the size of an inch long thumb crawling under the oil paper that Ye Huangui wrapped in the afternoon. They had jagged feet with hooks, and two big eyes on their heads gleamed under the light of the night pearl. A little bright light came.

This bug... is so cute!

Ye Huangui was happy: "There are so many! This is the larva of Cicada, this is delicious."

While talking, he reached out to pick up the cicada monkey hanging on the tree.Knowing that the monkeys are clumsy and do not know how to dodge, they can be removed from the trunk by reaching out.

There was a small wooden bucket on Tan Duzhi's knees. Ye Hugui caught the cicada monkey and threw it directly into the bucket. After a while, a layer of golden cicadas crawling slowly appeared on the bottom of the bucket.

Wen Ruyu hated these little bugs at first, but seeing Ye Huangui pick them up so vigorously, he couldn't help but do it too.Not to mention, picking up each of these little bugs is quite a sense of accomplishment.

At this moment, Tan Duzhi saw a slit in the back of a cicada monkey in the bucket, exposing a little white.After thinking for a while, he called Ye Huangui: "Xiaoye, there's something wrong with one of them."

Ye Huangui was delighted when he looked at it: "I just know that I can't wait to get out of my shell."

Tan Duzhi said: "Cicadas that have been shelled off can still be eaten?"

Ye Huangui thought for a while: "Cicadas that have been shelled off are more tender!"

Tan Duzhi smiled, well, it really was Mrs. Ye who answered.

There are dozens of cicada monkeys crawling on each camphor tree. If you have the patience to look for them, there are cicada monkeys hanging on the weeds and vines by the roadside, and even on the railings of stone bridges.It's no wonder that Ye Huangui's brain hurts from the noise, this is simply a cicada monkey's paradise.

Just on the camphor path in front of the stone bridge, the three of them picked up half a bucket of cicada monkeys.When I walked into the fruit forest, I didn't pick up a few trees, and the small bucket was full.

Tan Duzhi played his role at this time, he rolled the wheelchair and quickly went to the house to replace it with a bigger wooden barrel.When he came out of the fruit forest, there was more than half of the cicadas in the big wooden barrel.

Ye Huangui's vengeance must be avenged: "If I let these cicadas get out of their shells, I will definitely be driven crazy by them."

Tan Duzhi said: "So it's better to fry them!"

Except in the fruit forest, Ye Huangui also tied oil paper on his chestnut tree, but he was going to let Wen Ruyu make a trip.

Wen Ruyu was picking it up vigorously, and he happily accepted the task.He found a cloth bag, and then carried the cloth bag and floated towards the chestnut tree.

Ye Huangui was about to lift the wooden barrel on the ground when a slender hand stretched out beside Leng Buding.Tan Duzhi held the handle of the barrel: "I'll do it."

Seeing the concern in Ye Huangui's eyes, Tan Duzhi smiled and said, "It's not serious. Besides, Uncle Fu said, I recovered faster than he expected."

Ye Huangui finally relaxed: "If you feel heavy, just leave it to me, don't force it."

Tan Duzhi smiled even more happily: "Okay."

Cicada monkeys, big and small, rubbed and rustled in the wooden barrels, and most of them were covered in mud.The first thing Ye Huangui did when he got home was to pour these cicada monkeys into a big wooden barrel to wash.

After washing three times in a row, the cicada monkeys took off the outer layer of soil and became clean, and the washed cicada monkeys were golden in color.The timid people might panic when they see so many cicada monkeys, but Ye Huangui is not afraid at all.

He poured fresh water into the barrel and added some salt to the water.

Tan Duzhi asked curiously, "Does adding salt make them cleaner?"

Ye Huangui nodded: "Yes, they crawled out of the mud, and there are still dirty things in their stomachs. After soaking in salt water, they can spit out the dirty things. This way the earthy smell will be light gone."

Tan Duzhi nodded: "I see." He sincerely praised Ye Huangui: "Xiaoye, you really know a lot."

Ye Huangui felt embarrassed: "What is this? You know a lot. There are many things I haven't seen. If you want to say that you know a lot, you must know a lot. The farthest place I have been to in my life is Jiuxiao City. You are different, you have traveled to many places!"

Tan Duzhi smiled and said: "If you want to go out for a walk in the future, I will accompany you."

Ye Huangui nodded quickly: "Okay, okay!"

At this time, Wen Ruyu's voice came from outside the door: "You two stop flattering each other, I made a big guy."

As he spoke, he walked in quickly, only to see a black snake's Qicun pinched on his right hand.The snake was as thick as his arm, with erect scales growing on its triangular head. This snake was not easy to mess with at first sight!

Ye Huangui trembled when he saw it: "Oh, what a big snake!"

This snake is a kind of poisonous snake in the local area. The locals call it the Tricera viper, and those who have been bitten by it cannot live for half an hour.Ye Huangui never dared to go up the mountain at night in summer because he knew very well the poison in the mountain.

Seeing the snake, he felt sorry for Wen Ruyu: "Old Wen, you haven't been bitten by a snake, have you?"

It's all because he has gotten used to being comfortable recently, forgetting that there are such terrible snakes on the mountain.He even asked Wen Ruyu to pick up the cicada monkey!

Wen Ruyu showed her snow-white teeth: "If a snake of this level can bite me, wouldn't it be embarrassing for me? Come, bring the knife."

Ye Huangui wondered, "What do you want a knife for?"

Wen Ruyu said: "The meat quality of this snake is very good, butcher it to make braised snake meat. Your skills are better than mine, and the snake meat you make must be delicious! Look, it's so big that it can cook three big bowls!" "

Ye Huan was convinced: "That's amazing, Old Wen."

Wen Ruyu chopped off the snake's head with one knife. Although the snake's head fell off, the snake's body writhed wildly.Wen Ruyu peeled the skin and removed the internal organs in one go, and what finally fell into the bamboo basket was a pure snake.

Wen Ruyu, who had slaughtered the snake, handed the cloth pocket to Ye Huangui at this moment: "What about frying the cicada monkey? Are you ready?"

Ye Huangui looked at the cicada monkey floating slowly in the wooden barrel, and estimated the time: "I need to soak for a while."

Wen Ruyu was a little depressed: "Ah, do you have to wait? I thought I could eat it when I came back."

Ye Huangui patted his chest: "Don't worry, I will let you eat them before you go to bed!"

After soaking for more than half an hour, the cicada monkeys not only vomited out the dirty things in their stomachs, but also drank the salt water and sank to the bottom.At this time, Ye Huangui fished out a big bowl of Cicada Monkey. He cleaned the Cicada Monkey and put it in the Shau Kei aside.

He had already put half a pot of clear water in the pot, and when the water boiled, he poured a spoonful of white wine into the water.He poured the cicada monkeys into the pot and blanched them for a while, then he scooped them up quickly.

At this time, the color of the water in the pot has turned light yellow, exuding the smell of earth mixed with white wine.

Ye Huangui explained: "Soak it in salt water first, then blanch it in boiling water. Once the cicada is cooked, it won't taste earthy."

After cleaning the pot, he poured half a pot of oil into the pot.While the oil was hot, he peeled a handful of garlic and smacked them into minced garlic.The shallots pulled from the vegetable field were cleaned and cut into sections. After thinking for a while, he looked at Tan Duzhi: "Old Tan should be able to eat a little spicy now, right?"

Tan Duzhi nodded affirmatively: "No problem." Recently, he and Wen Ruyu often sneaked to the kimchi altar where Ye Huangui lived. The pickles and sour bamboo shoots in the kimchi altar had been eaten by the two of them. .

Hearing what Tan Duzhi said, Ye Huangui prepared another small basin.He sprinkled a large handful of Chinese prickly ash in the basin, and also put two large handfuls of dried peppers.This is not over yet, he also dug out a small handful of coriander planted in spring from the storage bag.

After all the ingredients are prepared, the oil in the pot is already smoking slightly. When you put the front part of the chopsticks in, you can see fine bubbles coming out of the tip of the chopsticks.

Ye Huangui shook the Shau Kei, feeling that the water above the cicada monkey was almost contained.He carried the Shau Kei and poured the Cicada Monkey into the oil pan, and the pan burst into flames.

Ye Huangui put the lid on the pot without saying a word, what a mistake, he made a mistake in judgment.

When the sound of the explosion in the pot gradually subsided, Ye Huangui lifted the lid of the pot again.At this time, the cicada monkeys in the pot had already floated up, and the hot oil made them squeak.A smell of fried food wafted out of the small courtyard.

No matter when, fried food can arouse people's appetite.

When the cicada monkeys in the pot turned golden, Ye Huangui scooped them up and put them aside.He wanted to wait for the oil temperature to rise before frying again, so that the fried cicada monkeys would be more crispy.

After being fried twice in a row, the cicada monkeys were already golden, and their claws would fall off their bodies with a slight touch.

Ye Huangui left a little base oil in the pot, and poured the prepared ingredients into the pot after the oil was hot.After stir frying a few times, a spicy taste will rise!At this time, add the fried cicada monkey, add pepper powder, chili powder and fine salt, stir-fry a few times with a spatula, and a deep-fried cicada monkey is born.

Oily cicada monkeys piled up in the bowl into hills, and the hot oil caused their backs to burst slightly, exposing a seam.The plump meat is about to squeeze out from the seam!The red, yellow and yellow in the bowl came together, and the spicy and delicious smell rushed into everyone's nostrils.

Unable to wait for the chopsticks, Wen Ruyu started directly.He pinched a cicada monkey and threw it into his mouth without hesitation, only to hear the crackling sound coming from his mouth, Wen Ruyu slowly opened his eyes wide: "Oh, this is too delicious!"

Knowing that the monkey fragrance is crispy, it has no taste in itself, only a smell of meat.However, the condiments that Ye Huangui added endowed the cicada monkey with the soul, and the cicada monkey wrapped in chili powder and pepper noodles is spicy and delicious, and you can't stop eating it once you eat it.

Ye Huangui took three pairs of chopsticks and handed them to Tan Duzhi, he said with a smile: "When Uncle Yan was still alive, he liked to eat cicada monkeys most."

Tan Duzhi took the chopsticks, put two pairs of chopsticks on the table, and picked up a grain of Cicada monkey.Just when Ye Huangui thought he wanted to taste it, Tan Duzhi brought the cicada monkey to his lips: "After working so hard for so long, you should be the one who should taste this delicacy the most."

Ye Huangui thanked him, but he was not polite to Tan Duzhi either.Cicada Monkey still tastes the same as before, maybe because there are two more people in the family, Ye Huangui feels that today's Cicada Monkey tastes better than before!

Even those like him who can't eat spicy food can't help but eat a few more.

On a quiet night, the lights are on in Xiaoshan’ao’s house. Through the big kitchen window, three people can be seen sitting around the dining table, drinking green plum dew and eating cicada monkeys. Their laughter penetrates the window and flies far away. far away.