066. No one knows Lu Xun better than me(1/2)
The beef tongue in Sendai is very famous, and even the fake Tokyoite, Qianlinya, has heard of it.
After leaving Xiantai Station, it is Niu Tong Street. Although the names of the shops on both sides are different, they all sell Niu Tong.
Through the glass window, you can see that the shops are crowded with people, the guests’ tables are steaming hot, and the plates are neatly packed with beef tongues.
When the curtains were lifted in and out, the scent of charcoal grilling and the "squeaking" sound of barbecue came, which was extremely tempting.
"This is not bad, there are not many people." Qingshui said to the diners in the surrounding windows.
"Isn't this too much?" Qian Linya felt that there was already a lot.
"We must queue up at meal times." Shimizu felt that she was free to the environment here. "At least we can go in and eat directly. It's so good, my stomach is so hungry."
"Which one is delicious?" Qian Linya asked next to him, looking like a student.
"Follow me."
"I'll be with you." Qian Linya looked like he recognized the leader.
Qingshui looked very happy. Perhaps after discovering that Qian Linya finally became a little timid and cute after discovering her territory.
The two of them walked under the plaques of "Ida Beef Tongue" and "Flavor Tongue". They didn't know how far they walked, until even Qian Linya felt hungry, Qingshui finally pulled him into a small shop with a simple style.
"Welcome!"
When I opened the curtain, the welcome from the clerks was mixed with a fireworks, and they all came to my face.
The location of this store is not as good as the previous ones, but it is also crowded, so they found a seat to sit down.
Qian Linya saw the master who roasted beef tongue and was grilling a few slices of beef tongue. The slices of meat on the charcoal and iron net were "sizzling" and oiled, and couldn't help swallowing.
The clerk handed over a menu, Qingshui looked like she didn't need a menu, and then handed over and gave it to him, saying, "What do you want to eat?"
The content of the menu is very simple, it is just a variety of beef tongue set meals, one person, two people, and even 1.5 people.
Looking at the price tags at the back, the beef tongue for one person is 1,800 yen. He leaned aside and asked Shimizu in a low voice, "Hey, I said, how many beef tongues do you have for one person?"
"Three pieces."
"It costs 1,800 yen for three pieces?"
He converted it in his mind, and converted it into rmb, and it would cost 120 yuan per plate of beef tongue. The average beef tongue costs 40 yuan?
He was a little surprised by this number in his heart.
"I'll treat you." Shimizu said.
"That's a bit more luxurious, give me 1.5 people." Qian Linya put down the menu.
Qingshui smiled and called the clerk over to order food.
The barbecue was an old man with white beard. He looked serious and didn't speak. He grabbed the beef tongue with his hands and threw it on the iron rack. He burned it back and forth without sprinkling any seasonings. It was baked in a short while.
He picked up the brown beef tongues on both sides with long charred chopsticks on the tip, placed them on the plate, and put them on the table. Then someone brought them a big soup and a bowl of rice, which was considered a place to be served.
Qian Linya looked at the bull tongue in the plate in front of him for a while, looked up at Qingshui, and found that she looked expectant.
"Then I... eat first?"
"It's okay."
"I'm starting to move."
After putting his hands together, he put a piece into his mouth, carefully rejected the 40rmb-worthy beef tongue and commented:
"Although I don't know if the price of 1,800 yen is expensive, this one is really delicious."
Qingshui smiled happily.
Japanese cuisine is good everywhere, but one thing is: there is too few dishes and not enough to serve, so it depends on the soup. Qian Linya poured the soup into a bowl, picked up every grain of rice and ate it, and walked out of the restaurant with Qingshui, sniffed his clothes, but fortunately it didn't smell like barbecue.
"Thank you for your hospitality," said Qian Linya, "I'll treat you to dinner."
"It's okay if I ask for another meal, after all, I'm here." Kiyomizu said, "Where do you want to go for a walk next?"
"Aren't you going to prepare for the Hesu?"
"It's too late. Besides, I finally came to Xiantai once..." Qingshui tilted her head and thought, "Do you want to go to Xiantai City to have a look?"
"At least put the luggage in your hand first?" Qian Linya held two large suitcases in his left and right hands.
Shimizu put his hand on his chin and nodded: "That's right."
He couldn't help but wonder: How much is this guy looking forward to visiting Sintai with him?
She must like her hometown very much and would like to recommend it to herself, a Tokyoite.
Thinking of this, Qian Linya couldn't help but smile: "Daoxianzhai, I found you are quite cute."
"Is that true?" Qingshui, who was walking in front, turned around and looked disdainful. "Didn't I realize it now? Am I the most cute in the world?"
"No, no, no, I'm too arrogant to say that I'm the most cute in the world. As far as I know, my sister Mengye is no less cute than you."
Qingshui jumped and said, "Is that so? Sister Guan is so disgusting."
"Well……"
After being said this, he couldn't think of a way to refute it. Fortunately, Quami quickly forgot the topic of "My Cong" and turned around and asked, "Which nerve did this trip to Sendai trigger your nerves, and suddenly thought of praising me for being cute?"
Qian Linya did not care about her rude statements, but instead said with kindness: "I suddenly realized that you are very nice to me."
Shimizu turned her head and said, "Hmph, are you trying to get more gentleness from me?"
"I think that if you are so kind to me, it is easy to turn me into a useless person," said Qian Linya. "I can't help but enjoy your kindness to me with peace of mind."
Shimizu's expression became serious.
"Aren't you enjoying it with peace of mind all the time?"
"No, at least I would feel a little guilty before."
"It means that you will feel guilty in the future and enjoy my good deeds to you?" Qumizu frowned and thought for a while, and finally opened his frown again, "It's okay."
"What's OK?"
"I won't hate it if that, so it's okay."
Qian Linya didn't understand whether the "that" she said meant that he had become a useless person or that he enjoyed her service with peace of mind. In short, at this moment, he was moved by Qingshui for a moment.
"Qingshui, I want to be your lifelong companion."
Shimizu's face collapsed: "No interest."
"I am the partner of justice, and I am the partner of justice."
"unnecessary."
Amid Qian Linya's persuasion, Qingshui took him to find a place to store his luggage and put both large suitcases in it.
He didn't quite understand why her house was in Sendai, but she would rather leave her luggage elsewhere than go home.
Of course, he was a guest today, and he was in Ding Qingshui's state, so he had no doubts about her arrangements, so he followed him to the ruins of Xiantai City.
In ancient times, Sendai was recorded as "Chianye" or "Chianti" (pronounced sendai), until Ida Masamune recited a poem when he built a city in Sendai: "My country is prosperous, like the pines of Sendai forever" for thousands of years. Since then, it has been recorded as "Sendai" (pronounced sendai).
The Xiantai City built at that time is where Qian Linya and Qingshui are now standing.
They were on a mountain on the edge of Sendai City, from above the cliff, they could overlook the entire Sendai City. On the top of the mountain, a bronze statue of Ida Masamune riding stood tall.
"I said, Sendai people really like Masato Ida." Qian Linya looked at the bronze statue in front of him. Except for the eye mask used by the one-eyed dragon, this image was almost exactly the same as what he saw in some games.
"That's certainly. Masatori Ida is the builder of Sendai Castle, and he was also the one who created the origin of Sendai City. He is also the ancestor of Sendai Basilica." Kiyomizu said in a flash, putting a 50-yen coin under the bronze statue to express his wish.
Although Qian Linya did not have the same feeling, he expressed his understanding of this feeling.
The so-called "city traces" in Japan are different from those in China. During the Warring States Period, Japan adopted the castle-tree system. "city" refers to a private castle for Daming to live in. Castle-tree is the place where ordinary people move.
It is not like the Chinese city, it is a wall that frames the administration, economy, living areas and a large number of ordinary people. The residential city is just a place where the nobles live.
Therefore, unlike initially I imagined, the ruins of Sendai City are only a small piece, and now they have been transformed into a park, which is exactly the size of an ordinary park.
"The place we are standing is the Honmaru of Sendai Castle, which was built by Masatori Ida," Kiyomizu stood on the cliff in a moment, looking down at the entire Sendai City, pointing to the northeast direction, "That area is Ninomaru, and that is Sannomaru. Now it has been converted into other buildings."
She introduced to Chirinya like a tour guide: "This Honmaru was built more for military purposes, so it was far away from the mountain. During the Edo Shogunate period, the descendants of Masamune of Ida were unwilling to live here because they were too far from the town and life was inconvenient. You can tell by looking at the terrain that you have to climb the mountain when you go back and forth, so you developed the Ninomaru below."
Qian Linya listened to her explanation and also figured out the structure of the entire Sendai City: the mountain was the original Honmaru, which was built on the cliff, which was easy to defend but difficult to attack, and the way to go up the mountain was guarded by Ninomaru and Sannomaru, and further out was the Sendai City Town.
"This Sendai Castle was quite magnificent in history. Unfortunately, during the Meiji period, Honmaru was demolished and converted into a military camp. Now the only one left is this statue."
He looked around and saw white lines on the ground outlined places like "the palace" and "side hall", like a schematic diagram of the house structure. If you want to see the magnificent Sendai Castle Motomaru, you can only rely on imagination.
After pondering for a moment, Qian Linya said, "So, we can basically see nothing here?"
Qingshui stretched out a finger and pressed his mouth: "Imagine, Zhao Youzhai, humans want to enjoy the beautiful scenery, and imagination will always be the original and final origin and destination."
"Although I understand what you are saying, I still feel lonely."
Qingshui instantly picked up her arms, pursed her lips, and finally concluded: "It seems that she is a type without culture."
"No culture?! Daoxianzhai, how dare you say I am not cultured?"
"Our Sendai is a city that requires people with cultural heritage to appreciate it well, so you should learn about culture quickly."
“So I learn culture just to appreciate your hometown, right?”
To be continued...