Chapter 56

Wen Hui's eyes lit up immediately when she heard the word "boxing". She cried, "I want to learn it too. I want to be like Uncle Chu in the future, and beat those bad guys who bully me into fools."

Chuchen laughs and says, "well, when Xiaohui gets better, uncle Chu will teach you how to practice boxing. Then we'll knock down all the bad guys."

Seeing this, Zhou Wenping hesitated and said, "Xiao Chu, you just said it's a family boxing. Is it bad to pass it on to outsiders?"

Chu Chen waved his hand: "ha ha, brother Zhou, what's the age now? What are you talking about? For example, when I have a child in the future, who knows if he will work hard to learn? As long as I look at the right eye, I can stick to it. It's OK for me to spread the boxing."

After hearing the speech, Zhou Wenping put up his thumb: "Xiao Chu, your awareness is high. If there were no such strict regulations, maybe many of our ancestors' handicrafts would not have been lost."

Chuchen said with a smile: "brother Zhou, I'm not as great as you said. If I want to learn my boxing, I have to go through my test. Moreover, it's not so easy to practice this boxing. I've been practicing every day since I was six years old. Now I'm a little successful."

After hearing the speech, Li Guodong scratched his head and said, "isn't it more than ten years? No wonder people say that ten minutes on stage and ten years off stage, which I can't insist on. Ouch

Speaking of the end, Wen Yuting went up and twisted him, and said angrily, "you lazy guy, if you can be like brother Chu, I will tell my parents about our relationship, and they can't gossip. Can't you learn from brother Chu?"

Seeing this, Li Guodong said with a smile: "OK! I will take Xiaochen as an example, work hard, make more money, and strive for the great and glorious goal of buying a house in the capital as soon as possible and marrying you back home

His words made everyone laugh, and the atmosphere inside the carriage was much happier.

Happy time is always very fast, we chat between the train to Xijing. At this time, Wen Hui's mood has stabilized a lot after being comforted and teased by the big guy, but after all, she is so frightened that she needs careful guidance from Zhou Wenping and his wife.

Xijing, known as Chang'an and Jingzhao in ancient times, is one of the world's four famous ancient capitals. It is the birthplace of Chinese civilization and the starting point of the silk road. She is the longest established capital in Chinese history, the most influential capital with the most dynasties, ranking first among the "ancient capitals of China".

The most powerful dynasties in history, including Zhou, Qin, Han, Sui and Tang, were all founded here. Xijing is close to Weihe River in the north, famous Loess Plateau in the north and Qinling Mountains in the south. Its natural landscape is extremely beautiful.

There are many tourist attractions in Xijing, including Huangdi mausoleum, known as "the eighth wonder of the world"

the pit of terracotta warriors and horses, Shihuang mausoleum, ancient city wall ruins, Hanyang mausoleum, Famen Temple, eight scenes of Chang'an and so on, all reflect its profound historical and cultural heritage. It can be said that it is a world-famous tourist attraction, known as "natural history museum".

As the birthplace of Chinese civilization, Xijing has a very long history and heavy historical and cultural deposits. Chang'an School of Chinese painting, Guanzhong shadow play originated before Han Dynasty, Shaanxi puppet play originated from Western Zhou Dynasty, and H county farmer painting are all indispensable parts of Xijing culture.

When it comes to the historical celebrities in Xijing, they are even more unknown. There are more than 1000 people in the 24 histories and other historical books. Either born here or living and working here for a long time, they have created a glorious history and made great contributions to the development of the Chinese nation.

If you come to such a city, how can you not have a good time? And since it is a famous historical and cultural city, how can Chu Chen and others not visit the antique market. Of course, they need to wait until they have finished their business.

After getting off the train, Chu Chen suggested, "it's time for dinner. Brother Zhou, please tell me if there is a better restaurant nearby. Let's have lunch first."

Zhou Wenping said with a smile, "don't be so troublesome. I've already made the food ready at home. I always want to do my best. Moreover, the road is not far away. I can get home in less than an hour. If you are hungry, you can help yourself to some food."

Zhou Wenping used to have a three bedroom family in Xijing City, but in order to cure his sister-in-law, he sold it then. Now they are going back to their hometown in the countryside. Out of the station, Zhou Wenping went to pack a van, and then everyone rushed to the destination.

The road was smooth. It took about 40 minutes to get to Zhoujia village. The rural houses here are typical of Guanzhong residential style, with a sense of simplicity and magnificence.

However, it is still the western region, the impact of reform and opening up is not deep enough, and people still see some dilapidated houses. But generally speaking, it's OK. In Zhou Wenping's words, I haven't been home for several years. I didn't expect that many villagers have rebuilt new houses.

Along the way, Zhou Wenping and his wife kept saying hello to the villagers they knew, and gave some candy to the children. Wen Cong and Wen Hui kept looking around. They had never been back to their hometown since they could remember, so they were full of curiosity and fun about the surrounding scenes.Chuchen and others are also walking and looking. None of them has ever been to the countryside in Guanzhong area. The layout of the whole village, the characteristics of folk houses, people's mental outlook and so on, all the local conditions and customs are so novel in their eyes.

When everyone came to the door of Zhou Wenping's house, not only his family was waiting at the door, but also a brazier was set up. Crossing the brazier is an old custom in our country. Its significance lies in pursuing good fortune and avoiding evil, and turning disaster into happiness. This is also because sister-in-law Zhou has been ill all the year round. Now that she goes home, she is allowed to cross the brazier to get rid of bad luck and illness.

After simply completing the ceremony, Zhou Wenping introduced them one by one.

Because it's rare to go home once, Zhou Wenping's sister's family living in Xijing City, as well as his father-in-law and mother-in-law, all came together. The scene was very lively. I haven't seen my grandson and granddaughter for a long time. The two families miss them very much, so they come forward to hold them one after another.

However, since the two children can remember, they seldom meet each other. Wen Cong is OK. Wen Hui refuses because of the previous accident. In order to avoid their sadness, Zhou Wenping tells everyone about the previous accident.

"Damn it

Zhou Wenping's family was filled with indignation when they heard that. Zhou's father excitedly came forward and held Chu Chen's hand and said, "little Chu, thanks to you. If it wasn't for you, the hungry family really didn't know what to do. Besides, I heard that Wen Ping said that you had helped him a lot before. You are really the noble man of the hungry family!"

Chu Chen was very embarrassed and said, "uncle, brother Zhou and I are good friends. We should help each other as much as we can, but we can't talk about any noble people."

Seeing this, Zhou Wenping said with a smile: "Dad, we'd better not stand at the door. We haven't eaten yet. We'll have a chat while eating."

"Yes, yes! I'm so sorry. Go inside, hungry people Zhou's father quickly invited everyone into the room.

As we walked through the courtyard and came to the hall, we saw a round table with a lot of cold dishes on it. It looked very real.

After everyone sat down, the Zhou family warmly welcomed them. First they were polite, and then they started. What I didn't expect is that the color of these cold dishes is general, but they are very delicious, no worse than those of some famous hotels.

Seeing that everyone was so happy, Zhou Wenping said with a smile, "how about my mother's cooking?"

"Not only good, but delicious! Brother Zhou, you are so blessed that you can eat so delicious every day. "

Wen Yuting while eating praise, and Chu Chen they are also repeatedly praise.

At this time, Zhou Wenping's mother-in-law was carrying a chicken to the table. Zhou Wenping said to everyone: "this is my mother-in-law's specialty. Gourd chicken is not inferior to Xijing restaurant!"

Everyone was full of expectations when he said that.

Sure enough, the chicken is fragrant. Although it has been fried, it doesn't feel greasy at all. It tastes crisp, tender, rotten and mellow. It can be said that it's just right. With pepper salt, it's another flavor. However, no matter what kind of food, it's delicious.

"Brother Zhou, I can eat this chicken by myself. It's really delicious, but why is it called gourd chicken?" Li Guodong asked as he stuffed chicken into his mouth.

Zhou Wenping looked at him and said with a smile, "there is an allusion in the name of the dish."

According to legend, gourd chicken began as the official chef of Wei Zhi, the Minister of rites of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty. Wei Zhi was very fastidious in his dishes, and he was very extravagant. He ordered his family kitchen to cook crisp and tender chicken. The first chef fried the chicken first and then cooked it. Wei thought the meat was too old, so he severely punished him with whipping.

The second cook cooked the chicken first and then fried it. The chicken was really delicious, but Webster thought the chicken was shapeless and ugly, so he killed the cook alive.

The third chef learned from the experience of the first two cooks and tied up the chicken, then cooked it first and fried it later. The chicken made in this way is not only mellow, crisp and tender, but also looks like a gourd. Later generations will call it "gourd chicken".

After listening to this story, Wen Yuting said angrily, "Wei Zhi is so hateful, full of evil. But without him, there would be no such delicious food. It's so tangled!"

Chuchen said with a smile: "it's just a legend. If you know the official history, you won't say that. In fact, he is honest and kind-hearted. In order to excuse Du Da, his appointment as prime minister was shelved. How many people like this might kill the cook for a plate of chicken? So just listen to this kind of story. "

As soon as we heard about this, we praised Chu Chen for his erudition. At the same time, we talked about the allusions we had heard, trying to prove which were true and which were false. For a time, the scene was quite lively.