Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 702: You returned to the city and married a fairy? Jiangyou local specialties other than aconite

"Today is only the second day of the Chinese New Year, and you've already reported to school. Doesn't that mean you didn't spend the New Year at home at all?" Fang Yan asked Fan Changting.

Fan Changting shook his head repeatedly:

"How could it be possible that they didn't celebrate the New Year? They must have come after the New Year!"

The dialect is strange. We arrived in Beijing on the second day of the New Year and celebrated the New Year?

So he thought about it and asked:
"So you came here by plane?"

Although it seems unlikely, you can't say for sure.

After all, if the local leaders came forward, coordinated the air tickets and allowed them to come, it would be the same.

As a result, Fan Changting said:
"Oh, why take a plane? I came here by train. In January this year, an express train from Beijing West Railway Station to Chengdu was opened. It's called T7/8, Tianfu Star. It takes less than hours from Chengdu to Beijing West Railway Station."

Fangyan was surprised:
"Is there still such a thing?"

Fan Changting also took out the train ticket stub and handed it to Fangyan:
"Hey, you still don't believe me when I say this, maybe the 'Four Modernizations' are just a joke?"

Fangyan took a glance and found that it was true.

He hurriedly said:
"Okay, okay, now that you're here, hurry in and sit down."

"Okay!" Fan Changting nodded and was about to follow him into the house.

Fang Yan then realized that there was a young man behind him, so he asked Fan Changting:
"By the way, this is Lao Fan..."

Fan Changting finally reacted and said to Fang Yan:

"Oh, he's from Jiangyou, his name is Peng Bo."

He was a thin young man wearing glasses. He spoke in a dialect that was not quite standard Mandarin:

"Brother Fang, you can just call me Xiao Peng."

Fang Yan nodded, and then called the two of them:

"Okay, Lao Fan and Xiao Peng, come inside."

After entering the porch and reaching the front yard, Lao Fan said in surprise:

"Hey, your door is so small, but the inside is so big?"

Fang Yan said to him:
“That’s what a quadrangle is.”

Fan Changting looked left and right, feeling like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden. After looking around, he asked Fang Yan:

"Little BJ, you are so good at arranging things. Is this whole yard yours?"

Fangyan responded with a smile:
"They were all given to me by my superiors."

Bloomberg, who was standing by, also looked around and sighed:

"This place is cozy. It doesn't look big from the outside, but it's huge inside!"

Fan Changting shook his head again:
"It's just that the north is too cold. We have to keep a fire going. Your big house must use a lot of coal, right?"

Fang Yan said to Fan Changting:
"I have the heater connected here, don't worry about that."

Fan Changting asked:
"What's the heater?"

Fang Yan was stunned and a little confused by his question.

But then I thought, they just arrived here, and the guesthouse probably doesn’t have heating.

The dialect said:

"That's it...anyway, you'll know if you go into the house and take a look."

As he said this, he led them to the main courtyard.

After entering a larger place, the two people looked around in a dazzled manner.

At this moment, two dogs, one red and one black, appeared from Fangyan's utility room.

After these few months, the little guy has grown a lot.

When seeing strangers, I am still very wary.

But when they saw Fangyan, they very wisely chose to wait and see.

This is a habit they developed under Hei Nuo's leadership.

As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together. Even dogs are no exception.

"Wow, you have a dog?"

"They are still the best five red and five black ones. These two dogs are beautiful!" Fan Changting was surprised and liked the two dogs more and more.

Bloomberg also said:
"This dog is well-fed, with shiny fur, comparable to the dogs in the slaughterhouse in our town."

Fang Yan said to Lao Fan and the others:

"There is also a wolfhound in the study."

"You have a study here?" Fan Changting was surprised.

What a fresh name, Study!

I have only seen this name in novels and essays before.

he asked:
"Is it like Lu Xun's 'Green Forest Bookstore'?"

Fangyan knew that the other party was talking about the courtyard house at No. 21, West Third Street, Gongmenkou. That was the "Tiger Tail" study designed by Lu Xun. It was a small room of 4.8 square meters behind the north room of the house, with glass windows on three sides for lighting. It was not as big as Fangyan's study.

Fang Yan nodded to Fan Changting and said:

"Well, it's almost the same nature."

Old Fan looked around the entire courtyard and said with emotion:

“It has everything. It’s amazing!”

Then he smacked his lips and said:

"You made the right decision to return to the city!"

"It's already like this in less than a year. What will it be like in a few more years?"

Fang Yan greeted him:

"Okay, hurry up and go inside. I'm waiting for you to show me the local specialties you brought."

After hearing Fangyan's words, Lao Fan finally reacted and hurriedly followed Fangyan into the main hall.

After entering the main hall, Zhu Lin, as the hostess, came to Fang Yan.

Fang Yan then introduced to Zhu Lin:
"This is Lao Fan, Fan Changting, the leader of my educated youth group when I was sent to the countryside. He is a local high school student and this year he took the college entrance examination and was admitted to Capital University of Chinese Medicine."

"The other one is called Peng Bo..." Fang Yan was suddenly shocked when he said this, and realized that he had not asked the other party which university he was from.

“By the way, which university did you apply to?” he asked Bloomberg.

Bloomberg said:

"Same, I'm also from Capital University of Chinese Medicine, but I'm studying Chinese medicine."

Fangyan nodded. Jiangyou is a major producer of medicinal herbs, where aconite is grown. It would be a good place to study Chinese medicine there.

Zhu Lin greeted the two of them:
"Hello."

Lao Fan lowered his voice and asked in dialect:

"Who is this lesbian?"

Fang Yan introduced with a smile:
"My wife! Zhu Lin."

Lao Fan was immediately surprised:
"Oh, little BJ, you're so quick! This fairy-like girl is going to be your wife?"

"You came back to the city just to marry someone, right?"

Fang Yan smiled and said:

“Everything is fate.”

Old Fan turned around and said to Zhu Lin:

"Comrade Zhu, you have a good eye. When we, little BJ, went to work in the countryside, we were very popular and all the female educated youth in the surrounding area were jealous of us."

"I didn't expect it to fall into your hands!"

Zhu Lin covered his mouth and laughed:

"Hahaha, really? When he was working in the queue, he was quite popular among the female educated youth?"

Lao Fan nodded:
"Of course not. A young man from the capital, with delicate skin, tall and handsome, it would be strange if he wasn't popular..."

"Cough cough!" Fangyan's cough interrupted his output.

After hearing this, Lao Fan quickly changed his words:

"Oh, Comrade Zhu, although little BJ is quite popular, he definitely has never done anything to let you down!"

"I can vouch for his innocence."

The dialect is speechless:
"Go to hell, you might as well not explain. The more you explain, the worse it gets!"

Lao Fan said to Zhu Lin in non-standard Mandarin:

"What I said is true. When he was sent to work in the countryside, he was very honest. He definitely did not flirt with any of the female educated youths."

Zhu Lin smiled even more happily.

Then I asked them to sit down, and I brought them tea.

Fangyan introduced them to his family and also introduced these people in his family to Lao Fan and the others.

Old Fan discovered that Fangyan's family had quite a lot of people. If the yard wasn't so big, they might not be able to fit all of them.

Then he put his bag on the table and said to Fangyan:

"I brought you some local specialties this time, but most of them were given to me by the leaders of the Youth League Office."

"Did you bring the aconite?" Fangyan asked.

After hearing this, Lao Fan said speechlessly:

"How can you send medicine to someone during the New Year?"

Fangyan asked:

"Not aconite?"

Lao Fan said:

"Of course not."

Fangyan frowned slightly:

"Besides aconite...what other local specialties does Jiangyou have?"

After hearing this, Lao Fan unzipped his bag and took something out, saying:

"Zhongba soy sauce! Jiangyou lily! And dried walnut flowers, and Taibaisu snacks."

There is quite a lot of stuff in this big bag.

Fangyan finally came to his senses and realized that these were indeed Jiangyou's specialties.

Especially Zhongba Soy Sauce. It was in the early years of Daoguang. Han Xian, the son of the owner of Qingxiang Garden, passed the imperial examination and became a prefect. When Han Xian went to Beijing to express his gratitude, he brought the best soy sauce he brewed at home as a tribute. The imperial chef used the tribute soy sauce from Qingxiang Garden to cook imperial meals. Emperor Daoguang tasted it and was amazed, and named it "Zhongba Soy Sauce".

As for the others, Jiangyou lily is also a kind of medicine and food, and its planting history can be traced back to the Guangxu period. Although it is not as famous as the Longya lily, its quality is actually quite good.

As for dried walnut flowers, they are also a local specialty. In fact, they are wild walnut flowers picked randomly on the mountain. After drying, they can be used for stewing soup, cold dishes, or stir-frying meat when needed.

Taibai Su is a local traditional pastry made from Jiangyou peanuts and was later listed as an intangible cultural heritage.

"I also brought you some cured rabbit meat." As he said this, he took out something wrapped in newspaper from his pocket, and a smell of cured meat mixed with the smell of pine wood smoke filled the air.

This thing is caught by traps in the local mountains. Although it doesn't have much oil, it is very fragrant after processing. Especially during festivals, this thing can be served on the table and is also a good meat dish.

Fang Yan said to Fan Changting:

"Lao Fan, you must have worked so hard to carry so many things all the way here."

Fan Changting waved his hand:

"It's not hard. I just took the car and didn't walk much."

At this time, Peng Bo also took out a wooden box from his pocket and placed it on the table:
"Brother Fang, I brought a Wushan stone inkstone."

The Wushan stone inkstone is a kind of inkstone that has existed since the Tang Dynasty. The stone is as black as ink, with pure color and delicate texture like warm jade. It feels warm and smooth like baby skin. The stone is firm and dense, and it makes a crisp and pleasant sound when knocked. It has good ink-releasing properties, which can make the pen and ink flow smoothly and write with ease.

Generally, stone inkstones are carved with various themes such as birds and beasts, flowers, birds, insects, fish, figures and landscapes.

Peng Bo opened the lid and revealed a palm-sized black inkstone carved with plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum.

It has beautiful shape, ingenious conception and fine carving.

When everyone present saw it, although they didn't know much about inkstones, they all knew it was a good thing.

Fangyan liked the local specialties that the two gave him very much.

PS: I am here to promote Jiangyou’s specialties…

(End of this chapter)