Records of the Cattle and Horses of Chang'an

Chapter 541 Pig Brain Soup

Liu Manqiang felt much better when she saw Xiao Jiang's indignant look as he clenched his fat fists. She herself was being plotted against in marriage, and so was her only daughter. She felt furious whenever she thought about it, and she wished she could destroy the Cui family directly.

But the most urgent matter was not this matter, but: "Why doesn't Jiulang go back to Chang'an first?"

"Don't be angry, grandma. Jiulang had no choice but to do this."

Jiang Shangxian thought she was angry that Cui Bianxu didn't go back to Chang'an to tell her first. She was also a little embarrassed. After all, he was digging someone's ancestral grave, but Xiao Cui just went there to dig it.

Even if Liu Manqiang agreed first, it would be polite to tell her before going, right?

Don’t we Chinese people believe that courtesy is the best policy?

Xiao Jiang had no choice but to help Xiao Cui explain, "The Cui family has many gossipy people, and Cui's grandfather was a calculating man. Jiulang said that this time when we're going to find the secret medicine, we need to be quick, accurate and ruthless to catch them by surprise. Otherwise, if Cui's family arranges it, or if the news leaks out, I'm afraid many people will be watching. It would be extremely unfilial to disturb the peace of our ancestors. Besides, it's really a bit conspicuous for him to come back to Chang'an before leaving."

He hurried to Guazhou before the New Year, and after returning to Chang'an, he went to Qingzhou to get married. If he went back to Chang'an and ran away again, he would definitely be targeted.

Liu Manqiang waved her hands. "Why should I be angry? As an ancestor, it's only natural for me to help my descendants when they're in trouble. I promised you back then that as long as you're willing to adopt a child into the Liu family to carry on our legacy, he can take anything from this tomb."

Isn’t this what life is all about?

Don’t expect peace even in the underground!

Otherwise, why would the wealthy families build family temples and ancestral halls, while the common people would worship ancestral tablets in their homes?

It is to tell our ancestors not to sit idle, but to work hard. Even if they become ghosts, they have to continue working hard!

This was not the reason why she was anxious. Although she was a woman, Liu Manqiang's words were as reliable as hers, and her words were more reliable than those of men!

"I'm afraid he can't find a place to get in!" Liu Manqiang sighed heavily, her eyes full of worry.

She didn't even know where her great-grandson, Liu, was. If something happened to Cui Bianxu, where would she find a grandson to give birth to her child?

Jiang Shangxian suddenly realized something and hesitated, "That shouldn't be the case, right? Jiulang said that you told him the approximate location, Grandma. He's a skilled martial artist, and he has people with him, so how could he not be able to find it?"

"You, you don't know."

Liu Manqiang's forehead was covered in wrinkles, like the wrinkles of a hairless cat. "The land of Baiyue is mostly covered in endless deep mountains and old forests. Those trees have been there for countless years, blocking out the sun. At noon, if you walk through them, only a few strands of light can penetrate. It's extremely cold and gloomy."

"Even the locals wouldn't dare venture in there easily. Only the Yue tribe, who live deep in the mountains and haven't had any contact with the outside world for years, have ways to deal with things like snakes, insects, rats, ants, and miasma. If he goes there like this, I'm afraid he'll get into trouble once he enters the mountains!"

Jiang Shangxian's heart began to lift at these words. She had never been to Lingnan in modern times, let alone the ancient Lingnan. She couldn't even imagine the deep mountains and old forests. Not wanting to think the worst, she stammered, "Even if it's a perennial miasma, there should be some local herbs available for treatment..."

"Of course there is."

Liu Manqiang had never been to Happy's hometown, but she had only heard about it from her elders: "They are just some ordinary pills and medicine bags. They can be used outside the deep mountains, but they are useless inside the mountains. Besides..."

"What?" Jiang Shangxian couldn't help but open his mouth slightly, and took several breaths through his mouth out of nervousness. His palate felt a little dry, and his throat was dry as well.

Liu Manqiang's hand gently stroked her chest. Her heartbeat was a little faster, and the little thing in her chest was a little uneasy. "Since ancient times, tomb robbing has been rampant. All emperors' tombs have tried their best to prevent these villains. Nanyue is different from the Central Plains. The ancestral tombs are heavily guarded by traps, and I'm afraid there are still many evil objects guarding them. If you want to get in smoothly..."

"what?"

Jiang Shangxian felt his face stiffen. He suppressed his anxiety and tried to move his slightly clumsy head, holding on to a glimmer of hope: "I have given Jiulang the bronze compass that my grandmother gave me. I was worried that it would be difficult to identify the direction in the deep mountains. Having this thing will help him."

"Do not."

Liu Manqiang slowly shook her head: "You go and rest first, I need to think about it again. There is no need to tell your grandma about this first."

"Yes, don't worry, grandma." After the conversation, Jiang Shangxian's good mood for returning to Chang'an disappeared completely. His heart was also beating fast. The uneasiness on his face did not ease until he walked out of the yard and walked a long way.

Her mind is now full of things like corpses, turtles, ghosts and gods from TV dramas. While feeling a little excited, she can't help but worry about Xiao Cui.

Dude, you shouldn't be afraid of bugs, right?

Until he was about to reach the gate of the courtyard with Cui Bianxu, Jiang Shangxian always felt as if he had missed something, but many things are often like this, the harder he tried to think, the harder it was to remember.

The next morning, Jiang Shangxian was woken up by Yingzi, who was in high spirits, "Auntie! Ah! No, it's my wife! My wife! Hurry up, let's go home!"

Yingzi was so excited that she was envious of Jiang Wangri coming home yesterday.

In her eyes, the Jiang family was the best people to her since she was born. She also missed the old lady and Jiang's mother, Xia Zhenying, and Qing Yise...

Jiang Shangxian tossed and turned in bed last night, wondering what he couldn't remember. Then he wondered where Cui Bianxu had gone, and whether he had entered the mountains.

I was thinking so hard that my head hurt, but I couldn't think of anything. I was woken up by Yingzi's howling. I was groggy and dizzy. I wanted to get out of bed, but I felt my right leg numb and heavy.

He barely opened one eye and saw a fat lump of something: "Quick, tell Li Meng, I want to eat pig brain soup."

Chinese people believe in replenishing the body with like. If you break your leg, you can eat pig's feet. If you break your hand, you can eat pig's trotters.

When she was in school, every time before the big exams, her parents would buy pig brains for home crazily, and pick out the blood on them bit by bit with thin bamboo sticks. The cleaned pig brains had no fishy smell, and they tasted great when steamed with two slices of ginger and dipped in soy sauce, or stewed with Gastrodia elata to make a pig brain soup.

She is in urgent need of brain supplements.

Jiang Shangxian, who couldn't help drooling just thinking about it, forcibly dragged Manman, who had run in at some point and was still sleeping, to the ground and said, "Have you washed your feet yet? How dare you get on the bed!"

A fat cat that doesn't care about cat hygiene!

The fat cat, who was soundly sleeping, was suddenly thrown from the soft bedding onto the carpet, and its fur stood on end with a meow.