Chapter 11 God bless those who have finished eating in winter

In the classic novel by British novelist Forsyth about the murder of French President Charles de Gaulle by a British assassin, there is a detail mentioned.Faced with the pursuit of all France in the evening of summer, the British assassin briefly contemplated giving up the mission, but after recalling the details of his mediocre life, he decided to continue his journey--in the unpleasant places he recalled. Among the details, one is "lukewarm tea". After the cold weather, I feel especially about these words.When the lazy cat by the stove looks at the people running around outside the window, it must not be able to imagine the effect of a bowl of hot tea and hot soup on them.Here, Sister Xue asked Second Master Bao not to drink cold wine. When he spoke, Second Master Bao was heating the stove and sitting in the warm pavilion. Miss Xue could only talk about the truth of drinking cold wine to write and fight, but she didn’t know that it was rainy and snowy in winter. , Huaiyang delicacies, and Lingnan delicacies are all for the uncles who are covered with animal fur decorations.In ancient dramas, a dying person is rescued in a snowstorm, a bowl of ginger soup can save a life, a small restaurant with a lamp like a bean, a good man breaks in, blows the snow on his clothes and asks for a warm pot Wine comes with chunks of meat.This is the diet in winter. Hunger and cold are a sharp weapon for killing people.

Residents in the northern part of the northern hemisphere are used to cold winters and know how to deal with them.It has become a tradition for Russians to rely on vodka to resist the long and boring winter, and the novels describing the life of the Cossacks, when it comes to the friendship between the poor, start with a samovar and drinking hot tea, and drink vodka and get drunk on the streets of Moscow. Staggering to orgasm.When the Poles go out in snowy weather, they never forget to bring their rum with them, so that everyone has a red wine nose for a long time.While people in southern Europe brew sweet and delicious wines with their various fruits, the British, who are fascinated by cold fog all day long, make strong whiskey in a smoky way.This is like Jiangnan in China. When the countryside is still drinking hot rice wine with shredded ginger, Erguotou and instant-boiled mutton are served in small street shops in Beijing, while herdsmen in Ningxia will make thick milk tea for you.This is the way to deal with winter, strong wine, hot tea, thick soup, people rubbing their hands and exhaling in the cold air, relying on all these to create an immediate paradise atmosphere.

Of course, just drinking warm is not enough.Northeast people pick up "chaotic stew", Sichuan people show hot pot.As usual, it is a large pile of meat and vegetables, mixed with seasoned magical plants, a large ladle of thick soup and hot water, and Gargamel stirs it in a large pot like a magic liquid, and boils it vigorously.Those of you who have tasted slow food may be quite dissatisfied with this, but the cold and bleak winter needs to be suppressed by majestic rudeness.A pot of rich and bubbling feast, no matter whether you are meat or vegetables or ginger, chopsticks and spoons are in a hurry to pick it up, before it is too late to blow, bite down with a juicy soup, the tongue jumps like a fish to avoid being scalded , Swallowing it in one gulp, it burned from the throat to the stomach.It's winter, everyone is wrapped in heavy clothes, like a fat bear who can't fish yet, you have the right not to sway your orchid fingers, not to put on airs of a lady, and not to show the reservedness of "brothers are afraid to be taboo and picky when eating", Just shake off the cheeks and eat it with a bang.

Non-Christians in China are more enthusiastic than Christians, and the west wind has spread the inexplicable thing of Christmas, but in the final analysis, the Spring Festival is the last trump card holiday.When my mother was still living on her wages, every Chinese New Year, the unit distributed some big meat and big fish, which was not only a flattery, but also a good match for the strong momentum of winter.My father said that when he was young, there were no other dishes during the Chinese New Year, and his grandmother always stewed big fat meat to satisfy the children who had no oil and water.During the Chinese New Year, when everyone visits the house, in the poor families on weekdays, candy, jerky, chocolate and other high-fat foods that are not conducive to health can also be served to the guests. .

People from the north and the south love to soak in the bathroom in winter. Most of the time, they don't seek cleanliness, but warmth.There is a very romantic way of playing in the movie: white wine is placed on a wooden plate, and the old people soaking in the pool push the plate to each other and take a sip.We drink less baijiu here, but more people take a bath after drinking hot rice wine.Usually after drinking some wine or mutton soup, take a bath, the whole body will be warmed up, and the face will be rosy, which can really cure all diseases.After taking a bath, everyone lay down, and acquaintances began to throw cigarettes and chat with each other, saying that their children, wives, parents, and parents were short-tempered.Ai Jing’s old man just reads, so in the bathroom he often sees the green cover version of “Water Margin” from the 1970s.In Angel's "Turkish Bath", you can see the girls' coffee and sugar bowls. Our place is not so gorgeous, but everyone loves to sleep on the bed.The tea in the bathroom is not good tea, not to mention the aftertaste.The shopkeeper admitted that he was going to find some ordinary fried greens.But when you go out after taking a bath, a cup of hot tea quenches your thirst, and the happiness you serve is like a fairy.Some old people are hungry after taking a bath, so they give a cigarette to the waiter, "Go out and order me a wonton", and the waiter agrees, put the cigarette on their ears, and go out to buy wontons and come back.The diet in winter has the same characteristics as the hot water in the bathhouse and the bed at home: thick white steam, warming hands.

Zhang Chu’s song says: “God bless the people who have finished their meal.” If God is kind enough, it may be necessary to add a sentence: “God bless those who have enough to eat in winter, and bless those who wander alone in cold weather, wandering in foreign lands, Miss the people who have strong wine, hot soup, hot pot and big meat.” Happy children always make more brilliant wishes on Christmas Eve, hoping that when they wake up the next morning, they can find jigsaw puzzles and comic books in their socks. , basketball shoes, game consoles and chocolates.Before they grow up, they may not be able to understand why some adults can tie their heads together in winter, drink and eat meat, sing loudly, and pray for plenty of food and more than a year during the Chinese New Year.It is a secret that cannot be declared by all languages ​​and regions in the world, and it is an eternal prayer theme that began when God was first worshiped by people.