The yard of Mr. Ma's house is very large. There are racks of weapons around the big yard. The racks are filled with weapons such as swords, guns, and sticks. There are also two stone locks for arm strength training next to it. The ground of the entire yard has been stepped on. It looks like it is often used.
A family that practices martial arts.
Mr. Ma is tall and well-built, with clean shaven hair and white eyebrows and white beard. He is standing at the door of the house and looking at us with a smile. He has a gentle look, not at all like the rumored bad tempered horse.
, which made us couldn't help but wonder if the previous rumors were all false, maybe because Mr. Ma's temperament has become gentler as he gets older.
"Quick, quick, come in and talk." Mr. Ma stopped us who were about to salute and enthusiastically let us into the house.
Mr. Ma's house has a Chinese-style structure, and this living room is also decorated in a pure Chinese style. The floor is paved with black marble, and the tables and chairs are all made of solid wood and imitated Ming-style furniture. They are neatly placed and there are plum blossoms hanging on the wall.
Orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums, there are four big characters written on the wall in the middle - "harmony and softness". These four characters are written vigorously and fullly, which is quite good.
I looked at the inscription, and it said Ma Zhanshan, a scattered person from the northwest. When Mr. Ma saw me staring at the words on the wall, he couldn't help laughing, "Little brother, I wrote that in my spare time. Let me
You are laughing."
I quickly complimented him and said, "The old man's calligraphy is vigorous and powerful, and he has the style of Yan Liu." In fact, I have no attainments in calligraphy. I am just familiar with Yan Zhenqing, a master of Chinese calligraphy, and Liu Gongquan, and learning to write big characters is generally just like this.
Calligraphy. I turned my head to Mr. Wang, who studied calligraphy very deeply. Mr. Wang nodded to me, indicating that I was right. I couldn't help but blush.
"Well, well, you are an expert after all. You can tell at a glance. Alas, your writing power is not enough, your writing power is not enough, haha." Mr. Ma said with humility, while stroking his beard proudly.
I immediately realized something was wrong. What was wrong was Mr. Ma’s beard. Judging from the style of Mr. Ma’s beard, he should have a long beard, but his current beard is very strange. The drooping beard is at the chin.
It suddenly became neat and tidy, as if it had been cut off with sharp scissors, but this cannot be considered strange. After all, Mr. Ma is also a strange person. Maybe he likes this style, or maybe I am too careless.
Mr. Wang came forward, bowed respectfully to Mr. Ma, and said respectfully, "Old man, I have admired your name for a long time and have always wanted to come to visit, but there are too many trivial matters. Fortunately, I have the opportunity to come this time. I am very happy. Please forgive me.
We arrived a little late."
"Are you the Mr. Wang from He Gang? I heard Qingshan say that." Mr. Ma squinted his eyes and looked at Mr. Wang. Qingshan is Ma Qingshan, Mr. Ma's youngest son.
"Oh, I don't dare. It's me. Brother Qingshan and I have dated several times, and we are also good friends. Logically speaking, you are my elder, and I am not actually an outsider." Mr. Wang is a businessman after all.
People are very good at talking, and he and Ma Qingshan have interacted with each other several times, and they can be considered to have some friendship.
"Hmm, of course you are not an outsider, come on, come on, sit down quickly, oh, by the way, who are these?" Mr. Ma pointed at us.
"Master Long, come and see the old man!" Mr. Wang called me, turned to Mr. Ma and said, "This is the master's apprentice, called Master Long!"
Mr. Ma looked at me and nodded, "Are you the apprentice adopted by the master? Well, you are pretty good-looking, and I heard that you have made a name for yourself in the past few years, so you are considered a junior.
Master, you are lucky to be a lucky person."
"The old man praised me." I replied. It seems that the old man is a man in the world after all, and he knows everything about the world. He also knows about me, a junior who has made some achievements, but he is also secretly happy. It seems that I
His reputation is bigger than expected.
"Does your master still have a bad temper? You need to change it. You see, I won't lose my temper now. What's the good of having a big temper?" Then Mr. Ma pointed to the four big characters on the wall: "Heshun"
Softness, this is the most important thing, ah."
At this time, Xu Huizhu also walked forward and said to the old man, "Old man, my father Xu Sihai asked me to take care of you."
"Oh? Are you Xu Sihai's daughter? Oh, Xu Sihai is so ugly. He didn't expect to give birth to such a beautiful daughter. He is really lucky!" The old man looked at Xu Huizhu with a smile. "Oh, by the way,
I heard that the master master and Xu Sihai are not enemies? Why are you here together? Well, well, in fact, they had nothing to do, it was just a dispute of temper. I was not there back then, but if I were there, I would have to scold them both!
You have done a good job and you have become friends, which will resolve the grievances of the older generation." After saying that, he took Xu Huizhu's and my hands and squeezed them tightly.
Xu Huizhu's face turned red and she was about to explain."
Mr. Ma said to himself, "Okay, gentle and gentle, this is the true meaning of life."
At this time, Maria, the loyal leaders He Changzhi and Jia Dao also came forward, and Mr. Wang introduced them one by one. Xu Huizhu took out her palm in embarrassment and gave me a fierce look with her eyes. I still have this girl in my hand.
The lingering fragrance of the palm and the warm feeling of the delicate little hand seemed to be still there. If I held it for a while longer, it would be okay for this girl to gouge out ten of my eyes, let alone one. I sighed secretly. Now, I feel so pure.
There are not many girls left, but how can we ease the tension between us?
Apparently, Mr. Ma was very happy and loudly ordered the servant, "Go! Let's prepare a table of good food. All the guests here today are distinguished guests."
We declined repeatedly, but Mr. Ma firmly refused, so we had no choice but to agree. However, it is not bad to say that we are distinguished guests. Not to mention Mr. Wang, even if we came under the banner of Master Master and Xu Sihai, it would still be very respectable.
In just a short while, wine and food were put on the table. To be honest, Shaanxi cuisine does not have a high status among the cuisines in the country. Shaanxi cuisine is extremely famous for its snacks, and the dishes prepared by the old man’s family are exactly
Shaanxi snacks.
The old man took a few bottles of wine, filled the small enamel bowls in front of us, and raised the glasses. "There are no big dishes in Shaanxi. It's a common meal. Don't make jokes! Let's do one first!" After saying that, he raised his neck and drank. We
I quickly raised my glass, Maria just took a sip, and the rest of the people, including Xu Huizhu, also drank the wine in one gulp. I looked at Xu Huizhu and thought, you little girl is quite good at drinking.
, and when Xu Huizhu saw me looking at her, she placed the wine bowl at me as if to demonstrate, meaning that she was done. I nodded, meaning that you are great.
Mr. Ma put down his wine bowl and kept saying "Eat food! Eat food!" and then introduced us to the delicacies on the table.
That bowl was spicy garlic lamb blood. The tender lamb blood chunks were soaked in the spicy soup full of red oil, with the aroma of garlic. It was really delicious. That bowl was lamb in a water basin. Large pieces of lamb were stewed in a big pot.
There are sesame cakes on the plate next to it, which are eaten with mutton. Put a piece of mutton, they are soft and glutinous, and melt in your mouth. Take a bite of the sesame cakes, they are crispy and sweet, and then take a sip of the soup. The soup is very fragrant. There is also
Authentic Shaanxi Liangpi, spicy, sour and sweet, with all five flavors. There are also large meaty spicy dumplings, lean meat with cured sauce cooked in a well-seasoned soup and baked crispy pancakes, with thin slices piled on top of the meat.
The spicy noodles are poured with boiling oil, and immediately the house is filled with a strong aroma.
We were so greedy that we almost forgot the purpose of our trip.
After eating for a while, Mr. Wang stopped his chopsticks and said to Mr. Ma, "Actually, Mr. Ma, we are here to ask you something."
Mr. Ma laughed loudly, "I knew you were in trouble, so don't worry, let's have a bowl first!" After saying that, he raised his neck and drank the wine. We didn't dare to neglect, so we raised our glasses and drank.
(The food has been served, why don’t you support the gang leader!)