Chapter 49 The style of the old homeowner

The characters in it are obviously different from those in the novel in terms of life attitude.People in the Red Chamber are very pursuing the quality of life, and they never tire of fine food and fine food.The characters in Journey to the West are different, and they don't pay much attention to the quality and taste of life. Most of the things they pursue are as follows: the first category is those who want to eat the Tang monk's meat to live forever, such as the White Bone Demon, the King of Golden Horns, etc.; It is for "girls seeking yang", such as the king of the daughter country, the jade rabbit spirit, the golden-nosed white-haired mouse spirit, etc.There are also those who want to eat people and do evil, those who want to occupy the mountains and fields as kings, etc. They don't pay much attention to the details of life.

But there are exceptions.There is a character in the novel who wants nothing but the quality of life.He is the comrade old head of the Guanyin Temple, that is, the old monk "Elder Jinchi" who stole Tang Monk's cassock in the TV series. This person claims to have lived to be 270 years old, and he likes to pay attention to clothing, utensils and supplies, and has no interest in other things.For example, he doesn't like to travel, in his own words, he "wasted his life, and never went out of the mountain gate"; he doesn't like to ask immortals, and he doesn't have the slightest idea of ​​replacing Tang Seng to learn scriptures like the yellow-browed monster; he doesn't like horses, he Later, he became obsessed with Tang Seng's brocade cassock, but turned a blind eye to the equally rare white dragon horse, and even burned the white horse to death.

As soon as this person appeared on the stage, the author laid out his attention to dressing: he was wearing "a Pilu square hat, the brilliance of the cat's eye stone on the top"; The golden edge shines brightly"; and "a pair of monk's shoes hold eight treasures, and a stick is embedded with clouds and stars", an old monk dressed in gold and silver and gaudy appears vividly on the paper. The author felt that the presentation was not enough, and began to exaggerate his attention to utensils and supplies.For example, when he invited Tang Seng to drink tea, "a suet jade plate, three tea clocks inlaid with blue and gold. Another boy, with a cupronickel pot, poured three cups of fragrant tea."Not only the tea set used is a good tea set, but the tea leaves are at least 8,000 yuan a catty good tea, otherwise the author would not say that the tea is "really beautiful in color and durian, and tastes better than sweet-scented osmanthus".

His old man lives in such a luxurious life, why readers can't feel that he is tall?Because the author never forgets to remind you that his taste is actually very bad, and his compulsion is very low. For example, the old master showed off his seven or eight hundred cassocks to Tang Seng, and ordered "the Taoist to open the warehouse, Toutuo carried the cabinet, and carried out the twelve cabinets. Unlocked, set hangers on both sides, pulled ropes around, and took out the cassocks one by one. Shake it off and hang it up, please Sanzang to watch." This move is too hurtful.As some pretense guides say, the ticket stubs for the opera should be clipped in the book for the guests to find easily. How can they be blatantly embedded in the glass plate of the coffee table?There are countless ways to display a good cassock, so how can you hang them up one by one by pulling the rope?

Furthermore, the author keeps reminding you that the cassocks themselves are not of very high quality.The book uses Sun Wukong to say that these cassocks "are all things that are worn with flowers and brocades, embroidered and sold with gold", and the contempt is beyond words.You know, Sun Wukong is a local goblin who grew up in the mountains, he lacks artistic talent, and he doesn't pay attention to his clothes, so he can be regarded as very tasteless.Even he didn't think the cassock was high-end enough, could it be something good? Not to mention Tang Seng, who has seen the world, not only a mage from a great temple, but also the imperial brother of the Tang emperor, of course his ability to distinguish good from bad is super strong.Although he was not as harsh as Sun Houzi, he saw through the old homeowner's details at a glance, and gave the old homeowner a brilliant comment - "a greedy and treacherous person".

Compared with the old master, Tang Seng is so tasteful!Although he looks dusty and worn out, do you know that the horse he rides is a dragon horse whose full name is "Third Prince Aolun Dragon King Yulong"?Did you know that the staff he held was a tin staff with nine rings worth two thousand taels of silver?Do you know that the purple gold bowl he used for alms alms is not only a high-quality official kiln in the Tang Dynasty, a famous utensil of the first generation, but also a high-end product bestowed by the emperor. If you have seen the world, you can be regarded as a high-sighted person. After receiving this bowl, you will "smile slightly" and "just hold the bowl."

What even more reflects Tang Seng's taste is that he never wears brocade cassocks, but wraps them in oiled paper and puts them in the suitcase—do you think he cherishes them?This is actually a clear proof of his extremely high grade!Please remember, to put the most luxurious gadgets in the most inconspicuous place, this is the highest level of style. Nowadays, many people are also pursuing taste, which is true, but they must learn from Tang Seng, otherwise they will become like the old homeowner.Once at a meal, there was a cadre at the banquet. When he got a cup of coffee, he frowned slightly, pushed the cup away with his hand, and said lightly: "I have relatively high requirements for coffee." However, your nose hair is big. The clusters are exposed outside, are your requirements for your appearance not as high as coffee?