"You are very hard and tired. Sit down and have a rest, drink a cup of lukewarm tea and look at some of my works." —— Wang Zengqi

Wang Zengqi, who didn't know much about it before, only knew that he was the representative of Gaoyou salted duck eggs. Besides, what he heard was that he was a "gourmet", saying that he could eat anything, eat anything and do anything. As a result, Wang Lao in memory has another identity, a gourmet.

The title of slow cooking life has something to do with life, so I'm sure it has something to do with eating. So I walked into this book with curiosity, and some expectations always bloom after you appreciate his beauty. Yes, this is how I feel after watching Slow Cooking Life.

This book has collected many classic works of Wang Lao, including the familiar Plants on the Earth, the Season of the Grape Moon, the Food in My Hometown, etc., and added some very rare articles, which are said to be Wang Lao's collections. In a word, reading it is a pleasure. The beauty of vision, the pleasure of hearing and the fragrance of smell make you feel excited all the time.

There is never a lack of beauty in life, but a lack of eyes to find beauty.

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Flowers and plants are common plants in life. When you are in a good mood, stop and smell the flowers. When in a bad mood, who wants to take care of these things? However, in Wang Lao's pen, these flowers and plants, flying in the sky, crawling on the ground and swimming in the water, are all lovely.

Trees in winter, flowers in autumn, plants, insects, fish, birds and animals all bloom happily, laugh and make noise, and oppose beauty. Anyway, I'll take you to see Wang's garden:

There are fragrant gardenias, sweet and vulgar white orchids, quiet orchids, short-lived morning glory, and poor okra, impatiens, green bristlegrass, verbena, xanthium, ragweed, stinky sesame, plantain seeds, xanthium and so on.

By the way, it's interesting to say that Xanthium looks like it, but it's really a childhood shadow. As long as you touch it, it will stick to your clothes like a mangy dog. You have to take it off carefully and you can't shake it. I hate it. I don't know how many children were beaten by adults because of this. It's quite interesting in retrospect.

In fact, everything in life has its beautiful side. It's just that the fast-paced life makes us lose our yearning and passion for life. Your life is not lonely. There are many lovely things around you. Slow down and they are waiting for you to enjoy.

One tea and one meal for a lifetime.

"A person's tastes should be broader and more miscellaneous, and he should taste all the" south sweet east sour west sour ". This is true for food and should be true for culture. "

With the growth of age, the delicious food eaten as a child gradually disappears, but in Wang Lao's pen, you relive the delicious food we swallowed in those years and come back. It's a wonderful feeling, which gives you the illusion that everything I ate when I was a child was the best.

Bean juice in Beijing, salted eggs in Gaoyou, puffer fish in Jiangyin, and bacon in Hunan evoke countless greedy insects. Just looking at Wang Lao's description, I feel important and delicious. Don't worry, there are lion's head in Huai 'an, hot pot with sauerkraut and white meat in Liaoning, casserole meat in Sichuan, dried plum meat in Shaoxing, sufu meat in Suzhou, vegetable hoof in Zhenjiang and so on. I can't help swallowing what I just looked at in my mouth.

Do you think this is the end? No, what's more, we haven't shared home cooking and wine, such as pickled pepper and mushroom soup, assorted spinach, shredded radish, dried silk, fried corn, preserved eggs mixed with tofu, tenderloin mixed with sesame sauce, boiled edamame, salted duck, crystal elbow, and fried dough sticks brewed by Wang Lao himself.

Do you want to eat? If you want to eat, you are right. To tell the truth, I couldn't help swallowing several times.

But then again, some things can be eaten these days, but don't object to others' eating. Don't always eat what you don't eat. Whoever eats it is outrageous.

Life is interesting.

Wang Lao's life is like a duck to water and he is very happy. I've been everywhere, I've eaten everything, I've seen everything with affection, and I've loved everywhere I've walked. This kind of life is very enviable.

But do you think Wang Lao's life is really so smooth? No, in the hustle and bustle of the world, the constant bombing of sirens, the bitterness of labor reform in cowshed, building pigsty, scraping frozen manure and carrying food ... these pains and helplessness, Wang Lao did not use too much pen and ink to tell.

On the contrary, take us to appreciate flowers and plants, listen to insects and birds, eat all kinds of delicious food and see mountains and rivers with an optimistic and positive attitude. Life is interesting because Wang Lao has a simple heart and a pair of eyes that are good at discovering beauty.

Look at Wang Lao's friends, Shen Congwen, Jin, the aunt in the building, the idle people in the downtown area and so on. These people swallow the pain of life like water, and can smile at the world like the sun in the most difficult times. So warm, as gentle as sugar.

In fact, people should have some fun when they are alive. Whether walking birds, drinking tea or sitting still, playing cards, writing and reading, it should be like gardenia written by Wang Lao: Fuck you, I just want to smell so good. Do you care?

Life is to live, not to show others, how to live happily, how to care about others' faces, complaints and depression, which is the only way in this life.

Be realistic and look at those who go against the trend and turn over the salted fish. In fact, they are particularly good at sitting on the bench kicked by fate and then facing the bleak life with a smile.

Finally, I want to say:

You must be very hard and tired. Sit down and have a rest, have a cup of warm tea, and let me accompany you to read some works by Wang Lao!