Chapter 180 Damn It, I’ve Become Tathagata Buddha’s Uncle! 【Ask for Monthly Ticket】
After Mu Guiying left, Li Yu and Diao Chan locked the door of the warehouse and strolled to the B&B.
Although it is only New Year's Eve tomorrow, there are already sporadic gunshots. Li Yugang was about to play badminton with Diao Chan when he suddenly saw a commotion in the stables.
Whenever the sound of firecrackers is heard, these horses will have stress reactions such as mania, struggle, and neighing.
If the sound coming from the bottom of the mountain reacts so loudly, then if firecrackers are set off in the yard tomorrow, won't these horses be even more scared?
Thinking of this, Li Yu planned to wait for Wu Song to come, send these horses to Qilin Village, and then pick them back after setting off the firecrackers on the morning of the first day of the new year.
"Xiaochan, what New Year gift do you want?"
After leaving the stable, Li Yu asked the little girl that if there was anything he liked, he could buy it while he was not busy today. Those who are celebrating the New Year must satisfy all the wishes of their children.
Diao Chan held Li Yu's arm, her head still touching his shoulder:
"As long as the husband doesn't chase me away, any gift will do~"
Then let’s take Huanggang Secret Scrolls... Li Yu decided to buy two sets of the Year of the Dragon limited edition Huanggang Secret Scrolls. Yue Fei and Diao Chan each had one set, and they must be very happy.
When giving gifts to children, you have to give them what they need most.
As for external things such as food and drink, they are secondary.
Diao Chan asked:
"What New Year gift do you want, sir?"
If you want money, the more money, the better... Li Yu muttered in his heart and said with a smile:
"As long as you are all well, I don't want any gifts,"
"That's not possible. You need gifts for the Chinese New Year... Anyway, I have prepared them for you. I hope you won't dislike them, sir."
Wow, you can collect new year's money by giving out gifts, that's great!
The older ones have to give the younger ones new year's money. Brother Shubao seems to want to give everyone a share of the new year's money. However, junior brother Yue Fei only needs to collect the money and does not need to pay it out.
Being young does have its benefits!
The little girl happily brought the badminton racket over and the two started playing badminton.
After playing for half an hour, everyone had a winner or loser. Li Yu was just going to prepare dinner when a figure flashed at the back door and Mu Guiying came to the real world:
"Ha, it did appear here."
Li Yuzheng was curious if he could go through the front and back doors in the future. When he saw Mu Guiying appear from the back door, he felt relieved:
"Can I choose where to travel?"
"Just think about the back door. I just tried it several times and finally figured out the way."
After Mu Guiying finished speaking, she expressed her gratitude to Li Yu:
"The children were so happy. They had never eaten such sweet pastries. Several of them were even reluctant to eat them and wanted to keep them to honor their parents... Fortunately, we bought a lot and everyone in the village tasted them."
For ancient people, sweets were truly a luxury among luxuries. For example, during the Three Kingdoms period, Yuan Shu, who was the fourth generation and the third prince, had a wish before his death that he had a bite of honey.
Cao Cao's son, Emperor Wen of Wei, Cao Pi, was addicted to sweets. He ate grapes, drank wine, and kept sugar cane in his hands. He even regarded the rock sugar brought from the Western Regions as a treasure and named it Shimi.
The lofty emperors cherish sweets so much, let alone ordinary people.
I wonder if we can promote the cultivation of sugar beets after occupying the territory of the Jin Kingdom. With sugar beets, we will have a continuous supply of sugar.
This thing not only allows the people to feel the sweet taste, but is also an important strategic material.
After talking about Muke Village, Mu Guiying said madly:
"Come on, Fairy Xiaochan, I'll play two games with you... I'll be here early in the morning for tomorrow's New Year's Eve dinner, don't waste it, right?"
I came to have New Year's Eve dinner early in the morning. Do you think it will be delayed?
Li Yu returned to the kitchen and started preparing dinner.
Mu Guiying played badminton for a while and asked to take a rest when she was tired, but within two minutes she picked up a bean bag and started to chew on it.
Bean buns in the Central Plains area are made by soaking mung beans and red beans, then boiling them thoroughly with sweet potatoes, jujubes and other ingredients, and then stirring them evenly with sugar to make a dough bun.
It tastes sweet, with the aroma of beans and the texture of sweet potatoes. It is delicious hot or cold.
While eating, Mu Guiying asked about tomorrow's arrangements.
She heard that the horses would be frightened and needed to be transported away. She devoured the bean buns and volunteered to move the horses in the backyard to Muke Village. She could not delay the owner of the village from having fun with firecrackers!
There are stables in Muke Village and a groom who specializes in raising horses, which is more than enough to take care of a few horses.
After the meal, Diao Chan mentioned the New Year gift, and Mu Guiying asked:
"Do you still need to prepare gifts? I thought it would be enough just to eat. Then I will go back and look for it... Fairy Little Cicada, do you like the gem as big as an egg?"
Diao Chan’s delicate little face was full of speechlessness:
"If I remember correctly, those artificial gems were ordered by me, right?"
"Ha, forget about this, it doesn't matter, there are many good things in Muke Village, you will definitely be satisfied!"
The two were chatting when Diao Chan saw Wu Song coming in and quickly greeted:
"Brother Erlang, have you eaten? I have left some food for you."
Wu Song smiled:
"I have eaten. I ate in the city."
Mu Guiying has been studying books on being an emperor recently:
"It's not a treat from the villagers again, is it? Brother Wu, it's not good for you to keep asking for treats like this. As a cadre, you must be honest and upright, and you can't just ask for invitations."
Wu Song laughed twice:
"It's not a treat from the village... I'm going upstairs to change. We'll talk later."
After saying that, he hurried upstairs. Diao Chan and Mu Guiying looked at each other and felt that today's tiger-fighting hero was strange.
Early the next morning, Li Yu came back from running and did a few more sets of squats. Just as he was about to have breakfast, he saw Yue Fei walking into the yard carrying a red cloth bag.
Seeing Li Yu, he quickly bowed and saluted:
"Student Yue Fei, meet sir!"
The good student I am proud of is finally here... Li Yu wiped the sweat from his face with a towel:
"No need to be so polite. Have you eaten? Let's have breakfast together and chat about your recent studies."
"I will obey my master's orders!"
At this time, most of the residents were still sleeping in, and there was no one in the restaurant. Li Yu washed his face, filled a bowl of eight-treasure porridge, took some food, and led Yue Fei to the small private room.
As soon as I sat down, Diao Chan also came in:
"Junior Brother Yue Fei, remember to try the bean buns. They were made by Mr. Yue Fei himself. They are super delicious."
When Yue Fei heard this, he quickly went outside to get two.
After everyone sat down to eat, Marshal Yue talked about what he had seen and learned during this period.
He has mastered simplified Chinese characters and is also proficient in using modern hard pens such as gel pens, ballpoint pens, pencils, and fountain pens.
In addition, I also read some history-related books, gained a rough understanding of the entire development process from Xia, Shang and Zhou to the Republic of China, and also realized some constraints and drawbacks that restricted development.
In short, the little guy has understood the development of the entire Chinese nation from a macro perspective and expanded his thinking and vision, which is a good thing.
As for martial arts training, since he established contact with modern society, Zhou Tong did not urge him to practice martial arts. Instead, he taught many military formation training methods.
Obviously, the old man also knew that Yue Fei must be trained into a handsome man, not a general who only knows how to fight with generals.
"Since senior brother delivered some iron plows to Qilin Village, the farming speed has accelerated a lot. Wang Yuanwai also specially opened up some wasteland so that the village can have more land."
In addition to thousands of acres of fertile farmland, Qilin Village is also surrounded by barren hills, slopes, etc., all of which can be reclaimed for farming.
It's just that it's difficult to open up wasteland with wooden plows, and the village has always been self-sufficient and has never thought about clearing up wasteland.
Now that he had the iron plow bought by Wu Song, and knowing that there would be wars in the future, he naturally had to buy more food to avoid famine in the future.
The reclaimed land is relatively barren and the location is not good. Common crops cannot grow, but high-yielding crops such as sweet potatoes and potatoes can be grown, which can add a lot of food to the village.
After Yue Fei talked about the changes in Qilin Village in high spirits, he also talked about the adventures of his trip to Liquan:
"Suddenly a dragon emerged from the spring, filled with evil aura. The students were startled and threw rocks at it. The dragon instantly turned into a spear, and the spring water dried up in an instant... The spear was extremely sharp. , when I hold it in my hand, there is a faint sound of dragon roaring."
Dragon?
Is this to ride on the heat and get gold plating?
Tathagata's uncle was reincarnated and practiced cultivation. Not to mention Western Buddhism, it is estimated that heaven, demons, underworld, etc. all want a piece of the pie to gain some popularity.
After Yue Fei ascends to heaven, the weapons can also transform into magic weapons, and the organizational problem is solved with a sudden transformation.
Which practitioner can withstand the temptation of weaving!
According to this analysis, Yue Fei's horse probably has a certain background. Li Chun, a veteran horse dealer, couldn't even give away a horse that he hadn't sold in two years.
But when I saw Yue Fei, this white horse, which was originally violent and violent, turned out to be as well-behaved as a mouse when it met a cat. Maybe it also followed him to get gold plating.
Well, Yue Fei is now thirteen. When he was fifteen, he got engaged and got a white horse.
And that horse has not been sold for two years. If calculated this way, it should have come with Jiaolong, but it just waited for two years at Yue Fei's father-in-law's house.
As expected of Tathagata's uncle, this row of noodles is indeed different... Li Yu thought that he was Yue Fei's teacher, so rounding it off, wouldn't he become Tathagata's uncle?
Hey, I can only think about this in the B&B, but I can't spread it blindly, lest the Tathagata try to trick the mighty dragon on me.
Yue Fei finished his bean buns, drank two mouthfuls of vegetable porridge, and continued:
"Elder Zhiming, who is practicing in Liquan, gave a book of war, which records various formations. The student specially copied five or six copies and brought them as gifts to sir and brothers."
Good guy, you are quite generous! Buddhism gave you the military manual plug-in, but you use it to share it?
In the original work of "Shuo Yue Quan Zhuan", Elder Zhiming is an eminent monk in Wutai Mountain. Because he likes the Feng Shui of Liquan, he has been practicing here.
But when Yue Fei got the magic gun, he concluded that Li Quan's feng shui was broken, handed over the military documents, said goodbye and returned to Wutai Mountain, and also predicted that Yue Fei would meet his apprentice Dao Yue on Jinshan Mountain twenty years later.
If I guessed correctly, this elder Zhiming came to protect Yue Fei and also gave him the Book of Sharpshooting.
Ever since Yue Fei was born, Patriarch Chen Tuan gave him a calligraphy and helped him reach Qilin Village with the help of a water tank. Then Zhou Tong showed up and adopted him as his adopted son, and Elder Zhiming was always hanging around, fearing that something might happen to his Buddhist uncle.
Li Yu is not very interested in military literature. Firstly, he may not be able to understand it. Secondly, even if he learns it, it will be useless. Instead, he can do research for Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Li Shimin and others, and maybe he can gain something.
I just don’t know if our nephews and grandchildren would have any objections to sending Buddhist things out.
No matter, other gods can't come to the real world anyway, and in the book world, there is the support of a superior old mother, so what are you afraid of?
After breakfast, Yue Fei very wisely helped clean the yard and also cleaned the empty stables.
During the Chinese New Year, you have to clean everything inside and out.
Li Yu slaughtered the big goose sent by Xiuhe, stuffed the prepared sauce into its belly, sealed the goose's butt with a roasting goose needle, blew air on it, then blanched the skin, let it dry and started brushing the skin with crispy water.
After hanging the roasted goose, he cleaned up the suckling pig he bought online, removed the bones and modified the knife according to the tutorial, and then applied a layer of sauce for marinating.
Tonight is the New Year's Eve dinner. We will arrange a roast goose and a roast suckling pig to make everyone happy.
If an ordinary family acted like this, they wouldn't be able to finish the leftovers until the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, but the number of people eating tonight was unusual, so there wouldn't be much leftover at all.
And even if there are any leftovers, Mu Guiying and Lu Bu will pack them away as soon as possible, and there is no hope of eating them until the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.
Not long after, Lu Bu also arrived wearing new clothes. His eye circles were still red. He probably couldn't help but shed tears when he went back yesterday and remembered his good brother Niu Fu.
Tsk, what a good man who values friendship!
"Brother Pengju, come here, let me share with you the new changes in the world of the Three Kingdoms and see if it inspires you."
When he saw Yue Fei, Lu Bu, who liked to be a teacher, took him and talked about the latest trends of the Bingzhou Army.
No matter who he is, he can't help but want to teach such a sensible and talented man, and the best way is naturally to explain it through practical cases.
After hearing the news that Guo Jia had joined the Bingzhou Army, Yue Fei was fascinated:
"With Mr. Wenhe controlling the general direction and Mr. Fengxiao making clever plans, the Bingzhou army will surely ride the wind and waves and be invincible. Congratulations to Marquis Wen!"
After being in contact for a long time, and Yan Qing often lived in Qilin Village, the original little researcher also knew how to get close to him and talk a little more obediently.
When he heard that the Bingzhou Army had begun to eradicate illiteracy, Yue Fei praised him repeatedly:
"If all the soldiers in the army can read and write, the huge Bingzhou Army will become the cradle of officers. Once it is divided, teams can be pulled up in an instant and Han Xin's style of commanding troops can be recreated!"
After sighing, he took out his cell phone from his arms, opened the note, and quickly wrote it down.
These experiences are important assets and must be remembered well.
Lu Bu also talked about other trends and gave Xiao Yue Fei a solid military lesson.
While they were chatting, Mu Guiying, wearing jeans and a down jacket, came:
"Xiao Feifei, have you found the one who played with the firecrackers? Our explosives have been tested for several rounds. The explosion effect is good, but there is still a certain gap with what Mr. said."
Yue Fei stood up and saluted:
"Marshal Mu, we have made initial contact. Ling Zhen is now an officer. Although he is not in power, he has no intention of leaving the army. We do not want to force him."
Qilin Village is not Liangshan, and they will not force you to join the group when they see that you are a talented person.
Now it’s time to form a good relationship and explain the importance of artillery by the way, so that Ling Zhen can increase the intensity of research and development and think more about it.
Technical talents have to dig deep into technology and work as officials every day. Isn't this a waste?
Mu Guiying waved her hands indifferently:
"It's okay. Once we finish the research, we will share the technology with you."
As she said that, she touched Yue Fei with her shoulder and asked in a low voice:
"How is that going?"
Yue Fei scratched his head with a little apology on his face:
"Brother Yan Qing went to Tokyo to inquire. The defense is very tight. It is said that there are experts from Ouchi protecting him. There is no way to start... Marshal Mu, please be patient and we will think of other ways."
"Hurry up, this is serious business!"
Lu Bu on the side was confused and asked curiously:
"Are you planning to kidnap the emperor of the Song Dynasty?"
Mu Guiying laughed:
"It's almost the same. My brother is really handsome in his clothes today. Fortunately, today is New Year's Eve and there are not many guests at the B&B, otherwise he would be so fascinated that he would be drooling."
This crazy girl was afraid that Lu Bu would get in the way and ruin the good thing, so she quickly changed the subject.
As a veteran narcissist, she knew very well what Lu Bu wanted to hear.
Sure enough, when he mentioned this, classmate Lu Fengxian quickly stood up and turned around:
"Handsome, isn't it? I found several tailors to make it. Unfortunately, my good brother Niu Fu passed away. I can't wear new clothes there, so I can only wear them here. Please don't mind me, brothers and sisters. I'm already a brother." I tried my best to suppress my charm, but..."
The guy sighed heavily and shook his head, looking like "It's not my fault that I'm handsome." Mu Guiying subconsciously took out a throwing knife and almost secretly gave it to him.
Lu Bu finished his narcissism and looked around:
"Where's Erlang?"
Yue Fei pointed in the direction of the top of the mountain:
"I went to visit his brother's grave. I heard that in the real world there is a custom of visiting the graves of elders on New Year's Eve."
While they were chatting, Diao Chan brought hot tea and various snacks.
After everyone ate and drank for a while, Lu Bu asked Yue Fei to go back and get the 18-foot-long Liquan Spear and play with it in the yard for a while.
While they were playing, a loud shout came from not far away:
"Good marksmanship!"
Qin Qiong carried a wooden box and greeted everyone as soon as she entered the gate:
"Dear brothers and sisters, Brother Yu is a little late, please forgive me."
Mu Guiying was eating almonds, staring at the box in Qin Qiong's hand and asked Diao Chan in a low voice:
"Xiaochan Fairy, what do you think is inside?"
"It should be the New Year's money... Brother Shubao is the oldest, so he will prepare a piece of New Year's money for each of us. Sister Guiying, you have to prepare it for me too."
Mu Guiying patted her chest:
"Don't worry, everything is ready. Master also specified the gift for sir."
Upon hearing that Empress Nuwa personally arranged gifts for Li Yu, Diao Chan asked:
"What kind of gift is it? My queen actually arranged it herself."
"I'll show it to you in the evening. I can't take it out yet. It has to be kept secret."
Everyone prepared gifts, but no one said what they had prepared. Only little Yuefei, an honest child, showed off his gifts as soon as he arrived.
When Wu Song returned from visiting the grave, everyone gathered together to eat, drink, and chat about their current situation.
Li Yu was busy with the New Year's Eve dinner in the kitchen. Those that needed to be steamed were placed in a steaming bowl, those that needed to be fried were marinated in advance, and those that needed to be fried were cut in advance.
In short, all the dishes should be arranged and a good reward for this hard and fulfilling year.
After lunch, he took out the prepared dumpling fillings and asked Qin Qiong, Lu Bu, Wu Song, Mu Guiying, Yue Fei and Diao Chan to wash their hands and prepare to make dumplings.
Today, whether you are the future Duke or the Marquis, you all have to roll up your sleeves and make dumplings for me.
The whole family works together, this is called Chinese New Year, and this is the meaning of reunion!