Qiming 1158

Chapter 1066 Zhongdu Morning Market
It is not only a few commercial streets in Zhongducheng that sell breakfast.

There are also street vendors on the streets of many residential areas who get up early to sell breakfast, but every well-known store will make a name for itself on the commercial street, and start their own morning market battles on the commercial street early in the morning.

Therefore, as long as the residents of Zhongdu are not getting up late or rushing out in a hurry, they usually choose to go to the three commercial streets to satisfy their "one day's plan in the morning".

Right now, there is almost no difference between the morning market in Zhongdu and the morning market in Lin'an in the Southern Song Dynasty. They are the same prosperity, the same crowds, the same variety, and the same fragrance. They are full of Su Yonglin's favorite world. Fireworks.

If you look at it in detail, the morning market in Zhongdu can be regarded as all-encompassing. The types of breakfast range from northern food to Jiangnan food.

Walking on the street and looking to both sides, you can see fragrant biscuits, bean curd flowers, glutinous rice cakes, crab buns, crystal buns, fried vegetable cakes, steamed dumplings, shrimp dumplings, etc. on the street stalls. Looking at it is fragrant and mouth-watering.

All kinds of colors are piled up on the stalls early, and let the past diners see and choose.

When the diners see it, they tell the stall owner what they want to eat, and then sit on the low stool next to the stall. The stall owner will put the food on the low table in front of him and wait for it.

If the diners have plenty of time and money, pay more attention to the pleasure and comfort of breakfast, and want a variety of varieties, then abandon the street stalls and go directly to the street breakfast shops.

These breakfast shops are generally run by some family members, or they are very confident in their own early, so they will give up the way of running a stand and switch to a fixed store operation.

The interior of this type of breakfast shop is generally decorated in a passable manner, and the tables, chairs, and benches inside are also different from the low and small stalls outside.

The diners on the walking stalls are sitting on the low table and need to lean forward to eat the food on the low table. If they are interested in eating, they will look like some animals are eating, which is quite indecent to a decent person. .

The tables, chairs and benches in the breakfast shop are no different from their own.

The diners sat down seriously, straightened their backs, and stretched out their chopsticks in the face of the breakfast on the table. There was a great sense of pleasure in pointing out Jiangshan's reckless exercise of power. People are different.

At the same time, there are more options in the breakfast shop, some shops on the walking stalls have them, and those not on the walking stalls also have them in the shops.

Such as sheep blood, mutton powder soup, pork bone soup noodles, five-flavored meat porridge, seafood porridge, fried white sausage, fried plum fish and so on.

All kinds of breakfasts are placed in the bowls and dishes of the food counter in the store. Diners often get confused when they go in, and then it is very difficult to overcome their phobia of choice, choose what they want to eat, sit down and eat.

After eating, pay different prices depending on the quantity and type of dishes.

Those who like to eat rice, of course, go to those breakfast restaurants to eat. All kinds of rice foods are enough to make people who like to eat rice very happy.

If you like to eat pasta, you can go to the [Tea Branch], which is a shop specializing in pasta, to get a bowl of hot three fresh noodles, or a bowl of shrimp noodles, or silk chicken noodles, pig and sheep noodles , Yutong skin noodles, salt fried noodles, bamboo shoots splashed meat noodles, fried chicken noodles and so on.

As for the way to eat breakfast, there is a clear difference between the old Zhongdu and the non-local people who come to Zhongdu to work. Outsiders can see it at a glance.

Faced with the bustling business scene in Central Capital, foreigners are often confused, and faced with a dazzling array of food, they simply do not know how to choose.

They ate this and were afraid that the other would be more delicious. They paid attention to one and the other. In the end, they ate a full belly in a daze, but they felt that they had not eaten anything, and they only regretted it.

This is not the case with Laozhongdu people who often come to have breakfast. They have their favorite shops and breakfasts very early.

A regular customer who is familiar with a certain store knows what is the most appetizing breakfast in the store, and the goal is clear. The old god paced into the store, sat down calmly, and shouted "Dude, the same way."

In a short while, a man working in the store brought the favorite food of the regular customer and put it in front of him with a smile on his face.

"It's the same, fried noodles with salt, three pieces of pork with skin, two cloves of garlic, and a bowl of hot soup, all together, you haven't been here for a while."

"Hey, doesn't the government want to build a school in the surrounding villages? Our family is good at making paper, so the government has set rules with us and called our eight paper-making workshops in Zhongdu to hold a meeting together. Heads up, how can I care about eating."

"Hey, you've always made a lot of money, but don't forget to visit our little shop."

"Hahaha, I can't forget you if I forget anything, just like this salt-fried noodles. No, I'll come as soon as I have time. Come on, let's go, this noodles will kill me."

After speaking, the regular customer stopped paying attention to the man, and concentrated on the salt-fried noodles in front of him.

This noodle is also very particular, you have to bite into the meat, then bite off a small clove of garlic, and finally take a sip of the glossy salt-fried noodles, and then chew it, and feel the aroma of meat, garlic and noodles. The feeling of strength playing a symphony in the mouth.

The traditional cakes that northern people are used to eating also have a strong heritage here.

Not to mention the general steamed cakes and cooking cakes, soup cakes are more popular in the morning, especially the mutton soup cakes, pork bone soup cakes, etc. that have been improved by some stores.

The old soup cakes only had soup and cakes, and the improved ones added thin noodles or tofu skin to increase the taste.

A bite of cake, a bite of soup, a bite of noodles or tofu skin, mixed together, full of fragrance.

In addition, there is also the "cabbage burrito" included in the palace menu disclosed by Su Yonglin.

This kind of burrito has also become the favorite of the majority of Lao Zhongdu people who like cakes because of the fact that there are vegetables, meat and cakes.

Cabbage burritos are often made of freshly sliced ​​green leafy vegetables and stewed very soft pork, spread on a thin flat cake, and then smeared with some of the sauces that everyone is used to, and then use their own methods. Roll, roll, roll into a single-handed burrito, wrap it in greased paper and eat it.

This is often the first choice for people who are busy with work and school in the morning when they are on the road.

For example, students who want to go to Zhongdumeng School and Middle School.

They get up late in the morning, but they have to catch up with the early class, so they don’t have time to enjoy breakfast leisurely. The burrito is a good choice. If you take it, you can go and eat as you go, without wasting time on the road. All, very satisfying.

If you have a little more time, you can have a bowl of wontons while eating burritos. The wontons are cooked quickly. In some stores, the wontons are cooked in a few seconds after passing through the water, and they are steaming in the soup bowl.

Take a bite of the burrito, and have a wonton with the soup, which is fragrant and delicious without choking.

A burrito, three cents for a small one, five cents for a big one, and three or four cents for a bowl of wontons, all add up to less than ten cents, and a breakfast would be enough.

If you want to save some money and want to save some money for a bigger one, three or five cents of a vegetable burrito can handle the whole morning.

If you want to eat better, such as a bowl of salted fried noodles with meat, the price is only ten cents if you add enough ingredients, and a large bowl of mutton or pork noodle soup, soup cake, the price is the same.

Others such as crab meat buns and dumplings are indeed a little more expensive due to the transportation of seafood, but they are not much more expensive, and they are only one or two cents more expensive than ordinary meat buns and meat dumplings.

Not to mention that the accommodation in Zhongducheng is indeed not cheap, but when it comes to eating meat and vegetables, Zhongducheng is indeed quite cheap.

The mornings of Zhongdu people are spent in this steaming and bustling morning market.

After walking for a while, Su Yonglin's stomach growled. He really couldn't stand the temptation of delicious food, so he gave up the idea of ​​continuing to move forward.

As an old Zhongdu person who is not an old Zhongdu person, Su Yonglin doesn't have much research on the Zhongdu breakfast shop, mainly because there are not many opportunities to come out, so it seems that he took Xin Qiji and Hu Wei together I chose a stall with a street stall.

The stall is placed on the side of the road, surrounded by four low tables, each with four low stools. On the low table is a wooden tube and a wooden box. There are chopsticks in the wooden tube and spoons in the wooden box. Simple cutlery.

At this time, the four tables were already filled with three people, and Su Yonglin and others grabbed the last one and ordered tofu flower, fried vegetable pancake, chicken soup wonton and vegetable burrito.

During this period, the number of fried and fried foods in the breakfast stalls and stores in Zhongducheng has been greatly improved compared with the past.

This is mainly due to the imperial court's emphasis on and regulation of agriculture.

After the grain production was stabilized, the Zhongdu court specially arranged for some rural areas to plant oil crops instead of grain, and then signed a contract with them.

The contract stipulates that the oil crops they produce will be specially purchased by the state, and then the oilseeds will be squeezed by the official workshop of the oilseeds department under the Ministry of Agriculture, and then the official store of the oilseeds department will be responsible for selling it in the market.

After the various costs and expenses are controlled, the price of oil will also be controlled. If you buy a large amount, there will be discounts of different strengths, so let’s leave it aside for the time being. Just in the Zhongdu area, the price of oil is not expensive. .

In this context, a variety of fried and fried dishes appeared in large numbers, and the breakfast was even more colorful.

Not long after the three sat down, the quick-handed stall owner prepared the breakfast.

Su Yonglin, who had been hungry for a long time, couldn't control himself, so he started eating with a face full of joy.

"Come on, don't be polite, eat it big, haha, I like to eat tofu flowers since I was a child, I still remember when I was a child, there was an aunt in the family who could make tofu flowers, it was fragrant and smooth, and it was very hot Huh, very comfortable."

Su Yonglin was holding a bowl and eating tofu flowers with a satisfied expression.

Xin Qiji took a bite of the burrito, and he was also satisfied.

Only Hu Wei was a little nervous, eating with the wonton bowl in small bites, and didn't dare to talk nonsense.

Xin Qiji didn't have any taboos, so he started chatting with Su Yonglin.

"You must have had a richer breakfast when you were young, right? After several trips to the south, I feel that the officials and eunuchs of the Southern Song Dynasty are very particular about their food, clothing, housing, and travel. They are very different from ordinary people."

"That's not it, it's very particular."

Su Yonglin poured a bowl of bean curd flowers into his stomach, sounding the charge for himself. He picked up a fried vegetable cake and bit it down. The aroma of the leeks mixed with the oily fragrance bloomed in his mouth.

"At that time, the family was an official while "catching up with the sea", and the money was tight, so my grandfather wanted to have the style of a family of Zhongming Dingshi. From the morning, the whole family would gather together, and a big table of 36 dishes would not be repeated early.

Ordinary people's porridge and side dishes are not allowed to be served on the table. To be served on the table are fish porridge, shrimp porridge, crab porridge, and mutton porridge that is hard to come by, as well as crystal shrimp dumplings, four-color steamed buns, large buns with thin fillings, and thin skins. There are so many spring cocoon bags that I can see them all. "

Not to mention that Hu Wei, who came from a bitter background, had never heard of these things, even Xin Qiji, who came from a wealthy family, was a little surprised to hear that.

"So many? Chen... My family was considered rich when I was young, and breakfast was not so exaggerated..."

"It's too exaggerated to be like my family. If you don't tell me, I think it's an exaggeration. When the family has the most breakfast, there are only five people eating breakfast. There are 36 breakfasts for five people, and none of them can be eaten."

Su Yonglin stuffed most of the remaining fried vegetable pancake into his mouth in one gulp, chewed it for a while, then drank a few more sips of the soup in the chicken soup wontons, swallowed it, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"What should I do if I can't finish it? I just throw it away. Sometimes I still have more than half of it that I can't finish eating, and I throw it all away. I'm determined not to keep it until the next meal. My grandfather said ostentation. I don't like doing this, but I can't help it. , and no one listens to me.

I persuaded my grandfather not to do this, but my grandfather just laughed and said that our family is rich, we can do what we want, no matter how extravagant we want, we deserve it, anyway, the emperor doesn’t care, the emperor doesn’t care, Who else dares to make irresponsible remarks? "

"This... is really not something that should be advocated."

Xin Qiji's voice was a little low.

"What shouldn't be advocated? That's the wrong thing. Grandfather is in a depressed mood. He can't stand up politically. He can only vent in other places."

Su Yonglin shook his head, picked up a cabbage burrito, and took a bite: "Every time I see such extravagance and waste at home, I wonder, how many people can the food we waste every day be able to feed more people? Woolen cloth?

If we eat less at home, or give the unfinished food to the beggars outside, maybe those beggars will survive and not starve to death, but no, there is no such thing in our family, and we would rather throw it away. I don't feed those who need it either, which I always regret. "

Hu Wei, who came from a bitter background, remembered the miserable life of his family when he was young, and was silent.

Xin Qiji was also silent for a while, and then he laughed.

"But what you are doing now is much greater than back then. No matter how kind-hearted you were in the past, no matter how you gave the beggars what you couldn't eat, you could only save a few or a dozen people, but now, You can save millions of people."

Su Yonglin raised his eyebrows, looked at Xin Qiji and said with a smile, "Have you Xin Youan also learned to flatter you?"

"Just tell the truth, if this is flattering, would anyone dare to tell the truth?"

Xin Qiji took a bite of the burrito and chewed it with a smile.

Su Yonglin laughed.

"Liu Bei said, don't do good because it is small, don't do evil because it is small, any good deed, no matter how small, as long as it can be done, it should be done, saving 1 people is good for 1 people , saving one person is also good for one person, at least, that one person cares."

With that said, Su Yonglin looked at Hu Wei who had not spoken, and smiled kindly: "What do you think?"

"I... I... Of course I'm right, of course I'm right... ah!"

Su Yonglin suddenly asked a question, but Hu Wei didn't respond for a while, and made a bluff, shaking his hand, and a wonton fell to the ground.

"Don't be too nervous, I'm not a man-eating beast, and I won't eat you, so why are you nervous?"

Su Yonglin smiled helplessly, looked at Xin Qiji and asked, "Am I scary?"

"You shouldn't ask me about this."

Xin Qiji smiled and said, "Would it be better to ask him?"

Xin Qiji pointed at Hu Wei, whose face was flushed.

Sandwiched between the two bosses, Hu Weidun felt that he was in a dilemma and that he was not a person inside or outside.

Xu Shi knew that his image was indeed galloping in an irreversible direction after the big cleanup. Su Yonglin laughed out loud, but didn't say anything.

(End of this chapter)