It seems that I am still too full [travel]

Since it is a banquet, it is natural to have a drink to one's heart's content.Greengage plums come out at the end of April and early May, and they are crisp, tender and sour. Only in the middle of May, when the yellow plums on the branches are soaked in rainwater, will the plums not be sour when they are used as plums or eaten raw. Big teeth.However, greengage plums, which are in season at the end of April, are sour and not easy to eat directly, but they are perfect for making wine.

The alcohol content in ancient times was not high, and even tasted slightly sweet, which was easy to get angry. Plums not only remove fire and detoxify, but also have the effect of relieving hangovers, and add a sweet and sour flavor to the wine. I don't know which genius of the previous generation invented it!

Not long ago, Xie Shi went to the county seat of Le County to see the renovation progress of Xie's restaurant. On the way back, he accidentally discovered that more than a dozen restaurants and tea shops in the county were selling green plum wine one after another. It was sour. The astringent aroma of fruit and alcohol wafted on the street, making passers-by salivate.

The two master and servant randomly picked a wine shop and walked in. After sitting down, they ordered a pot of good green plum wine and a plate of appetizers.However, no matter how high the expectation is, the disappointment will be great. The crab roe bag as an appetizer tastes good. , the wine entered his throat, Xie Shi couldn't help but frowned slightly, and began to doubt his life. Although this wine was not bad, it was really not a good wine, and it was far from the plum wine in his impression.

After returning to the academy, it happened that Wu Bai and others from the cafeteria of the academy came to thank them and asked what kind of wine to choose for the welcome banquet at the lecture, among which green plum wine was Hao Ran.Xie Shi became interested for a while, and took them to try making wine with green plums.

Green plum wine is not difficult to brew. Although he is a non-business food blogger, Xie Shi has naturally brewed it when summer comes.There are two methods of making green plum wine: soaking and fruit pulp fermentation. The methods in Guangfu and Jiangsu and Zhejiang are not much different. The fragrance slowly infiltrates into the liquor.

It's obviously too late for the back kitchen of the academy to make rice wine from scratch, and the strength and clarity of the wine bought from outside can't meet the requirements. Xie Shi remembered that the distillation facility for refining essential oils in Bazhen Pavilion was originally used to distill wine. When the steward asked, it turned out that there was a wine shop under the name of the Han family, and the wine produced was first-class golden wine. Except for his own people, the rest of the wine was sold to high-ranking officials and nobles at high prices.

Xie Shi was very glad that he didn't show off the technology of distilling wine after time travel, otherwise it would be the scene of social death. The ancient people had the technology of making shochu a long time ago, and gave it a " The high-end name of "wine dew".

When the rice wine is in hand, a layer of green plums and a layer of white sugar are covered, and the golden wine is poured in. Then you only need to wait for time, the masterpiece of this great winemaker. The long days in early summer are the most suitable for wine making.But the funny thing is, when Wu Bai, You Sishui and the others filled the glass jar with fruit and icing sugar according to Xie Shi's instructions, they felt pain in their flesh and murmured to themselves for a long time that only Chef Xie would dare to make wine like this Used it, after all, not everyone is like them, the icing is free to use.

Although the longer the plum wine is brewed, the taste will become more mellow and the fruity aroma infiltrated in the wine will be stronger, but one month later, when Xie Shi opened the altar to entertain, this distinctive green plum wine still captured the hearts of a group of literati .Xie Shi overestimated the drinking capacity of this group of ancient people. Plum wine is only slightly higher in alcohol content. Mr. Song is now in a good mood, and he is very excited. He said to Yang Weizhen who was sitting on the right: "Yang Tiju, the How about wine?"

Yang Weizhen, an old man respected by everyone, was also drunk at this time, waved his hands and said: "Brother Song Xi can just call me by my name," and then praised: "The sourness is refreshing, the sweetness is refreshing, and the wine is fragrant. Hey, this is the celestial product of wine. In ancient times, Cao Mengde talked about heroes by cooking wine with green plums. This time I try this new wine, and I know Cao Gong’s pride!" , What is the green plum wine I drank before!

Song Xiai heard people praise his academy and his children, Tao Taoran boasted: "Okay, then I'm not polite, I dare not say anything else, but the food and wine of my Dongcang Academy is absolutely unparalleled in the world, and you can find it in other academies." No way."

When the conversation came to a head, the old gentleman put the wine bottle on the table, and warmly invited: "Mr. Lian, you have been lingering here for the scenery, and it is rare to go south. In my opinion, there is no need to rush to leave after the lecture. Stay in Dongcang for a while, let the old man entertain you well, not only can you taste the delicious food of our academy, but also allow our students in Dongcang to admire the No.1 demeanor in the poetry world."

Friendship at the wine table always comes faster, this principle is common in ancient and modern times, even if you are a writer, you can’t avoid it, Mr. Song Xi mentioned this, it is a determined enthusiasm to keep people, and the smell of alcohol Yang Weizhen didn't care about whether it was suitable or not, he immediately agreed, and he agreed, and the few Jiangnan talents who came with him were no exception, and they agreed one after another.

Xie Shi knew very well that he was not strong enough to drink, and the wine bottle was poured with water at all. Watching this scene from the sidelines, he was dumbfounded, never expecting that his wine could be of such a use.Without any effort, he brought in a famous poet for the academy, and even packaged a few others as gifts—although these talented scholars did not know each other at the time of Xie, but they can be ordinary people when they deal with big bosses!

A flower banquet lasted from noon to nightfall. Although there was no music to drink, the flowers, fruits and wine on the table perfectly hit the point of this group of elegant, small and fresh literati, and aroused their interest in poetry , Plum Blossom Crisp, Double Skin Milk, Ice Bowl, White Chrysanthemum Pigeon Meat Ingot, and even the tomatoes cultivated by Xie Shi have been written poems praising them as rubies...

Xie Shi: Yes, but it's really not necessary...

Seeing the tired birds returning to their nests and the dusk getting late, Xie Shi brought the group of guests to the lecture hall of the academy, where Xie Shibei's highlight was.

In the mountain shed outside the lecture hall at this time, the theater troupe was busy, the lights were bright, the colorful silks were flowing, the curtains were not lifted, and the audience seats under the stage had already been arranged.A group of guests sat down one after another, thinking that they were here to listen to a drama tonight, and a scholar from Fuzhou whispered to the surrounding people whether today's play would be the most popular show in Fuzhou today, "The Seal of the Sea Beast".

"The Seal of the Sea Beast" is a song that common people love to listen to, so Xie Shi naturally wouldn't show these folklore to these scholars.Backstage, a group of well-dressed academy students stared excitedly ahead.

Fu Yu put his feet on his feet, looked at the teachers and elders in the audience with envy, and sighed: "I really want to go sit and watch the theater under the stage too!"

The classmate next to him patted him on the shoulder vigorously, reminding him to calm down, "Didn't you watch the audition before, besides, Fu Yu, have you memorized your words? Last time you were the only one who forgot the words! It's about our Dongcang's face, if you mess up, Brother Han who leads the team will be the first one to ask you, right, Brother Han."

Since Xie Shi became the head of the academy, in order to help his teacher manage the academy, the young Han Ning often acted as a microphone between the teacher and his classmates, or was called up to answer questions in class. Gradually, the former The character set of "Cruel Small Courtyard Grass" no longer exists, and now many students can make a few jokes with Han Ning.

Han Ning nodded lightly. Although his attitude was not enthusiastic, it was enough for other people. Hearing that the prelude had begun, he raised his volume and said forcefully, "Please come and line up, everyone. Let's try again one last time."

Although the rest of the people heard the movement ahead and were excited, they subconsciously obeyed Han Ning's order and obediently lined up.

If you want to explain the principles of modern science to the great Confucian scholars present, you must not use the vernacular. Xie Shi knew how much he was worth, so he and Qin Sui divided the labor and cooperated. In charge of the experiments and demonstrations, Qin Sui has been staying in the dormitory preparing to give lectures for the past half month. He didn't know what happened when Xie Shi made a big fuss, so he would ask: "The theater troupe invited today?" , what kind of drama is sung..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the rhythmic drumbeat sounded along with the human voice, which also blocked Xie Shi's answer.I saw that the curtains of the mountain shed were gradually opened. In addition to the outer curtains, several layers of gauze curtains were hung on the stage. At this time, as the white mist rose on the stage, the gauze curtains were lifted from the outside to the inside one by one, showing the dancers on the stage. There are six rows and six columns of actor dancers.

A loud and powerful voice chanted in an ancient tone: "Consulting in strategy, restless at night, sleepy when tired, thirsty for the blood of the knife on the battlefield, this matter, my lord, is unfair!" At this time Wearing a quilted train and a high crown from the pre-Qin period, the dancer holds a 龠 in his left hand and a pheasant feather in his right. He dances to the ancient music, and moves with each piece of music. Only then did everyone realize that this dance is actually the music of Yu Shun "Da Shao"!

The Confucian scholars seemed to suddenly realize that they were not listening to operas, but enjoying singing and dancing!It's a pity that no matter how they guessed, they couldn't keep up with Xie Shi's modern brain circuit.On the contrary, Mr. Song Xi was more sensitive, "Liuyou dances in the court, this is a sacrificial dance."

Yang Weizhen beside him was curious about the verses read by the narrator, and he could only vaguely thank them. These few lines were actually libretto in Peking Opera, and he appropriated and adapted them as he thought it was appropriate.

As soon as Shaoqu stopped, the lights on the stage disappeared without knowing how to set them up, and the dancers disappeared. In the end, there was only one trailing light left, which hit the troupe actors who had just appeared on the stage in the appearance of Confucian scholars.The beam of light was like a shadow, constantly moving with the dance moves of the actors. This novel lighting method and the effect of the cloud and mist gauze curtain in front really attracted the attention of the audience.

Confucian scholars, big or small, all in the audience pricked up their ears and stared at the unheard-of song and dance drama on the stage, "Listen to the libretto, this play should be about Confucius."

Sure enough, the scene changed several times on the stage, and the actors of the troupe took turns several times. Relying on the libretto of Zaju, combined with modern singing and dancing, they told the story of the Spring and Autumn Period. The story of the story, the Confucian scholars who know the life of the sages well and use allusions freely are undoubtedly the best audiences of this drama. Even if you don’t listen to the lyrics, you can understand this from the dance and expression on the stage. What to deduce.

Finally, accompanied by the singing of "Lan Zhiyi, Yang Yang's fragrance", after a group of people danced orchid exercises, the drumbeat gradually subsided, and the gauze curtains on the stage were lowered layer by layer from the outside to the inside, and they were made of dry ice. Together with the mist, the figures on the stage gradually disappeared.

Soon when the curtain was lifted again, this time the stage scenery was completely changed. There was an apricot forest on the field, the breeze blew, the apricot blossoms fell, the smoke faded, and a group of students wearing blue and white gowns appeared under the trees, faintly In the sound of the piano, their voices were full of youthful vigor, sonorous and powerful, and they recited "Xue Er Pian" and "Yan Yuan Pian" in "The Analects of Confucius".

"The Master said: 'Study and learn from time to time, isn't it easy to talk about it? Isn't it a pleasure to have friends come from afar? Isn't it a gentleman if you don't know but not stunned?'..."

This time not only the visitors were surprised, but even Qin Sui and Song Xi were a little surprised, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that the boys from our academy would also go on stage to perform. Seeing that the recitation is so good, it's not a big deal for us." The Academy is ashamed."

He said this humbly, but in fact, it is not ashamed, it is simply a big face!

The author has something to say: The whole description of the repertoire is based on the dance drama "Confucius" produced by the China Opera and Dance Theater. I recommend everyone to watch it!