The weather in Guilin is very sunny these days. Sitting in the classroom by the window reading in the morning, the light is enough to warm people's whole body and mind. In this sunny weather in early winter, it is suitable for reading books with quiet years, tasting small delicacies in life and enjoying themselves. Don't talk about Nietzsche Dostoevsky, don't talk about profound topics, you can enter the circle of life and smell fireworks.
Reading Mr. Wang Zengqi's "Old Taste", a thick smell of smoke and fire came to my face, which was saturated with the sense of the times and a touch of purity left after the changes of the world. Old flavor comes from life, and years pass and evolve from life. This is a book about eating, which can be called a book covering China's food culture. With simple and delicate words, it tells the delicious food that Wang Lao saw and heard in four stages of his life. A dish and a meal seem sparse and common, but all of them reveal Wang Lao's love for life and infinite yearning for the ultimate happiness of life.
China people love to eat, and it is a big country of food, which can be traced back to thousands of years of food culture.
So the documentary "China on the Tip of the Tongue" was released before, and it was very popular with the people. We often call ourselves "foodies" in our daily life. When we go to a place, we must first appreciate the special food there. Moreover, when we meet acquaintances at ordinary times, we will habitually ask, "Have you eaten? What to eat today? " This shows that China people's obsession with eating is deeply rooted.
Mr. Wang Zengqi not only loves to eat, but also knows how to eat. Whether it is ordinary food or delicious food, he can taste the most ordinary food and its unique taste, and regard food as his confidant.
This book, like a real documentary, slowly unfolds a food story of an era to readers.
Wang Lao has a deep love for Kunming. This book uses three chapters to describe his memory of eating in Kunming for eight years. Simple and touching.
I checked the information, and the depth of Wang Lao's complex for Kunming can be summarized by this poem: "I haven't returned it for a long time, and my hometown has no such beautiful lakes and mountains." Liu Nong of Long Beach, you have been looking for me for fifty years. "
Teacher Wang's most unforgettable memories of Kunming are food, flowers, trees, customs, and professors and classmates at the conference. Mr. Wang said, "My first few novels were written in this teahouse. If I am still a novelist, then I am a novelist soaked in Kunming teahouse. "
The first article is "Soaking in Teahouses", which is about The National SouthWest Associated University students' love of soaking in teahouses. The "drum" of the big teahouse; Small teahouses have their own characteristics: the "director's son" in Ludong Teahouse, the "blind rap" in Jiexi Teahouse, the "American movie star" in Chengmen Teahouse, and the reunion of classmates in Guangfa Teahouse, which is called "Guangfa Society". Forty years later, these old memories have not been worn away.
What impressed me most was what Wang Lao said. The influence of soaking in teahouses on college students is: first, the congress is poor and lofty, unwilling to bow to evil forces, so-called muddy but not dirty; Second, the teahouse produces talents. Most of the students in the general meeting don't chat in the teahouse, but read in the teahouse. Even Wang Lao himself said that the paper was written in the teahouse. Third, you can get in touch with society. All kinds of people in the teahouse arouse people's strong interest, and when they hear more stories, they become stories written by them. This reminds me of Mr. Gu Long and Mr. Lin Qingxuan, both of whom are well-known in the literary world, based on their rich market experience.
Wang Lao said that if you want to study the history of The National SouthWest Associated University, you have to know the teahouse near the General Assembly. After reading this, I seem to see the indomitable students of the General Assembly, such as Zhu Ziqing, Wen Yiduo, Luo Changpei and Shen Congwen ... full of blood and righteousness in that war-torn era. Falling into the fireworks world, cute and tough.
In The National SouthWest Associated University, there are many famous teachers, and universities with master's degrees are universities.
In a difficult environment, it has achieved a legend that has been praised by the world so far. If one day, I come to Kunming, I must go to those old teahouses written by Wang Lao; Visit the legendary and ancient campus of National Southwest Associated University to pay tribute to teachers and students.
Pay tribute to the national The National SouthWest Associated University and the immortal spirit.
I have been longing for Yunnan, crossing the bridge rice noodles, flower cakes ... countless special foods. Reading Wang Lao's book this time strengthened my idea of traveling to Yunnan.
Wang Lao's love for Kunming is reflected in every part of his life. Writing about the fruits in Kunming, the delicious and juicy "Zhu Bao" pears make people choke when reading; That Yiliang pomegranate is as big and bright as a ruby, and it is as sweet as honey in one bite; The name of charcoal bayberry is enough to make people appetite; Papaya slices have been soaked, slightly sour and crisp, with endless aftertaste ... and chestnuts fried with the best sugar in the world have become a fantastic story in Wang Lao's pen: "I rode a horse in chestnut forest several times, like a painting."
Life is delicious, it is pure happiness.
When Wang Lao recalls Kunming, he is always full of praise for Kunming cuisine. In his works, it seems that he saw a Manchu-Chinese banquet. The delicious food on earth, unheard of before, seems to belong only to the sky.
The fried mullet in Dongyuelou is cut into pieces as big as cloud cakes and cooked with slow fire, which is called "the best in the world"; Steamed chicken with the store number "Yangyi" can be described as one of the masterpieces of Kunming cuisine, "which can best preserve the original flavor of chicken"; The chicken soaked in oil in Yingchun is cut into large pieces, repeatedly burned with hot oil, sprinkled with pepper and salt, and finally slipped into the mouth, with crispy skin and tender meat; There is also a snack Yumai Baba, which is ground by hand and wrapped in bayberry leaves. It tastes slightly salty and smells delicious. ...
I can't forget rice noodles and bait slices. "Burn bait block yo ...", lingering for a long time.
However, after several decades, everything has changed. There are no braised chicken rice noodles and eel rice noodles, but Wang Chang rice noodles may come from Guizhou. Crossing the bridge rice noodles is not as delicious as before. There are no chicken slices and loin slices like that-no knives like that, no soup like that, and no fat hens like that. The bait block is not as thick as before, as thin as a mirror.
Such changes are regrettable.
Times have changed, development is fast, and everyone has begun to pursue low cost and high profit. Without the intention and patience of working in the past, they only think about how to make money. In the past, delicious food became common, and even some delicious food disappeared in history. It may be replaced by foreign fast food, pickles, McDonald's, KFC ... Modern people may never eat those real foods again.
Is this the progress of society or the sorrow of the times?
I can't help sighing like Wang Lao: "How did these changes happen? Why is this happening? "
When people are old, they like nostalgia.
A friend who used to get along well with each other walked away. The delicious food I have tasted on earth is like a dream without trace.
The most unforgettable scene is the story of an ordinary tea party in the old flavor.
"Old friends don't * * Luoyang east, now empty. Flowers are similar every year, and people are different every year. " Nothing is sadder than this.
The old taste of the old taste is not covered by years. I will never forget my old friends.
Wang Lao's life is full of ups and downs. After years of war, he was labeled as a "Rightist" and stayed in other places. His homesickness is beyond words. Writing fried rice and coke crumbs reminds me of the poverty in my hometown during the turmoil; Writing about wild vegetables in my hometown, water shield died in my hometown as food to escape from famine, and now it's already a taste; Pickled vegetable soup is also extremely missed. On snowy days, family members will pickle pickles and add kudzu slices to make soup. Every time I miss the snow in my hometown, I miss the pickles and soup in my hometown!
Wang recalled that once she went to Shen Congwen's old man's house for dinner, Jenny Zhang Zhaohe made pickle soup, which was absolutely delicious.
Those people, those things, those delicious foods. ...
Grow old slowly, but when you get old, you often think of the scenes of your youth. When I read it, my nose was sour, but I was more moved.
When you are old, you can still say with a smile, "sherwood anderson's" Weird Town "records an old writer,' His body is old and no longer of much use, but there is something about him that is really completely young. "I hope I can have an evergreen childlike innocence like this old writer."
Wang Lao did it. His indifference, peace, love for life and sincerity shine in this complicated world.
Forever young, forever in tears.
Finally, let's end with a sentence from a book review written by a reader I saw before: "No matter some intriguing foods in Kunming or Wang Zengqi, they have passed away forever. But this book, in the ancient language of China, shows Wang Lao and all the places he has experienced, all kinds of diets he has tasted, and some intriguing past years to readers, so that we can find it in this era of lack of spirit. "
A book a year, a pen to clear the window for self-entertainment. There is also a general laughing place, with six square meters as the kitchen.
In short, a person's tastes should be broader and more miscellaneous, and "sweet in the south, salty in the north, spicy in the east and sour in the west" should be tasted. This is true for food, and it should be true for culture.
I hope young people can accumulate more knowledge about life. The ancients said that the function of poetry: you can observe, group, complain, and learn more about the names of plants, insects and fish. This last point seems to be different from the previous points, but it is actually very important. Plants, insects and fish are mostly closely related to people's lives. Being interested in plants, plants, insects and fish shows that you also have a wide range of interests in people.
His toiletries are in this teahouse. Go to the teahouse to wash your face and brush your teeth, then sit down, make a bowl of tea, eat two biscuits and read a book. Until noon, I got up and went out for lunch. After dinner, have another bowl of tea until dinner. After dinner, there was another bowl. It was not until the street was dimly lit that I went back to the dormitory with a thick book.
I don't like shopping. I like shopping in the food market. Look at those green and fresh fruits and vegetables, which make people feel the joy of life. ..... People who cook usually eat very little. After my food was served, I just tasted two chopsticks for everything, and then I sat smoking, drinking tea and drinking. From this perspective, people who are willing to cook for others are less selfish.
I advise you not to be too narrow-minded and try everything, whether it is ancient or foreign food, such as sunflower and onion. A person who eats Chinese cabbage all year round has no luck. Many vegetables that everyone has become accustomed to, such as spinach and lettuce, are actually exotic dishes. There were no tomatoes and onions in China decades ago, and many people didn't like them. Don't they all like it now? Many things, at first glance, are not used to eating, but they taste after eating.