Tang Dynasty good man

Chapter [-] Promotion

Harvesting wheat in summer and harvesting millet in autumn, Wangjiazhuangzi walked in and out side by side, walked with his head down, looked up at the sky, the whole Zhuangzi was the whole of life.People are lazy, and their hearts are lazy. When I am lazy, I gradually develop the habit of being indifferent to external affairs.

Wangzhuang used to be Houcun, and Houcun used to be... I can't remember now, I walked away in a daze, and suddenly stopped and exclaimed: Oh, rice is planted here!

"Back to Lord Hou, this is our family's land, and the rice is also our family's. It's late rice, so it should be harvested." The housekeeper was very helpless, and I didn't think it should be. I remember that it was desolate back then, but when the ridges suddenly changed, I became unfamiliar, and I forgot about it long ago.

In the back village, some farmers also built tile-roofed houses.I thought that the only place where farmers built tile-roofed houses nearby was Wangzhuang, but I didn't expect that Zhuangzijing was very common in the surrounding area.The half house in Guanzhong is unique, other places have herringbone roofs, but here there is only one side, which leaves the space of the courtyard, especially the blue bricks, blue tiles and white walls, which look the most elegant.

The butler followed me and didn't know what I was feeling. The old man felt that I was strange today. When I came back, I didn't go to take a bath but suggested that I go out for a walk. It was very difficult to serve.

From time to time, there are women and children around me carrying things from Wangzhuang. The lotus leaf package is covered with red lining paper. The three big characters of Nanjinchang are written in lines, which are eye-catching and friendly. The small packages are tied together with paper strings. , Raise your hands and walk with energy.

When acquaintances meet each other, they greet each other first from far away. The east, the parents, and the west exchange a few short words, proudly boasting about what skills the child has learned from the teacher in elementary school, and holding up the big and small bag on the finger to complain to the other side. with.Things from Nanjinchang are expensive, but there is no way, people get what they pay for, and after using that thing, they can't use anything else, so they just fiddle with it.Desserts prepared for the holidays, a few seasonings that were only used by rich families a few years ago, stationery used in children's schools, a small roll of rare cotton thread...

"It's a female worker in the weaving workshop," the housekeeper saw that I was listening seriously, and was afraid of being despised by the two chattering ladies, so he quickly pulled away and explained, "I have a landlord with spare money, and when I get off work, I will go to the primary school to pick up the doll. Then Go south to Jinchang and pick some gadgets to bring back."

Oh, I just heard that Dalai said that wages were raised once in order to compete with the inner government for labor.It seems that many people are gradually getting used to the days when they have spare money, so it can be regarded as letting some people get rich first, right?After all, being able to eat a few bites of dim sum in a farmer's family was a corrupt practice in the past, and he was entitled to show off in front of acquaintances.

"It's all like this?"

"The ten or so Zhuangzi in front of me are not uncommon. There are girls and daughters-in-law at home. They go to the weaving workshop. It's a little bit worse in the distance, but it's much better than previous years." The housekeeper pointed to the surrounding fields. Pulled up the tops of Chinese cabbage, "The old man ran a lot. I heard this saying a lot. The years of hard work are all the achievements of your hands. There are not so many good things in agronomy. If you have money, there is nowhere to go for snacks." .”

"Explanation?" Laughing, he patted the forehead of the doll who had left the school.The child was startled, and ran a few steps before throwing a lump of dirt at me to retaliate. Seeing that I was inclined to fight back, he nimbly rolled down the field ridge.Made a face at me from afar and disappeared down the ditch.

"Your Majesty, you are considerate of the common people. You have invited Mr. Liu and Lord Hou to run the agricultural school." The housekeeper also laughed when he said this. Wai Quan, you are alone, Mr. Liu’s ancestors burned high incense to sit in the wind of our Wang’s house. Good wheat, Chinese cabbage, that’s not what our family planted first, and they’re taking advantage of it.”

"Well, you can think so, let's not say that, hehe."

When Steward Qian talked about these things, he was full of vigor, and his chubby face was shiny and full of pride. "Speaking of it, it is not a major event that will determine the world. It will be three or two days, and it will be three or two months. But after three or two years, the world will be turned upside down, and this is the ability of Lord Hou. When those female workers entered the workshop, they were all yellow and thin in linen. So the clothes became bright, white, plump and juicy. Now this is a matchmaker in front of me. It is said that she is a girl from a workshop. Her in-law’s green eyes are robbed at home. The few who came up from Guanggaoli with household registration have all married off, all of them are from the nearby Zhuangzi People in the village, if you say that the matchmaker is a matchmaker, come over and ask the old man first, it's very polite!"

It seems that Lao Qian is interested in working this month, and he looks like him. Even if he retires without relying on the Wang family's pension, he can still set up a matchmaking agency to make ends meet.These villages nearby have spare money to build roads, the soles of their feet are flat, and they can walk vigorously. It's not like the old days where even cattle can stumble on the ground, and people are willing to come out for a walk.

Around the bend of the river, many small puddles have been drawn on the formerly desolate tidal flats, the small ones are three to four quarters, and the big ones are less than one mu. I made full use of the narrow and crowded river beach resources to open up a private plot, and learned how to plant. Lotus vegetables, water chestnuts, and a few vacant ponds to raise fish and shrimps do not have the scale of Wangjiazhuangzi, but they have learned the farming mode of Wangjiazhuangzi.

A few half-sized men in the river are setting up a long net to trap small fish and shrimp, and there are several large wooden barrels next to them, which contain a lot of wild fish in the river.I was interested in this, squatting on the side to watch, every time the boys pulled a net, they threw it all into the bucket of water, and when it was almost full, they took the wooden bucket and poured it into the small pond of the fish farm, and celebrated the release festival Same.

Shaking his head, this is not the way to raise fish, and there is no distinction between fish species. The fish pond is only so big, and it may not survive if it is poured in too much.The housekeeper took advantage of the situation and ran over, bowed his head and picked in the bucket for a long time. He skewered two large bunches of fresh river prawns on a thatched pole, threw a few copper coins and ran back happily.

"Stir in the oil, sprinkle some salt and pepper to make it crispy, and have a drink with Lao Hu at night and have a few dishes."

Salt and pepper shrimp, this way of eating is from the Wang family, and now it has become a must-have dish for drinking in high-end restaurants. It is quite popular, mainly because the oil price is too high to become a home-cooked dish.He asked with a smile: "What are the children doing at home? This way of raising is not acceptable."

"Feed the fish," the butler took the shrimp skewers and rinsed them in the river, and explained: "There are not many fish farmers here, the key is that we can't afford fish food, that is, our Wang family and Yun family can afford it. But the farmers There is a farmer’s method, just forget about crucian carp, grass carp, etc. Catfish beard is easy to raise, just catch wild fish and throw it in, don’t worry about it.” Stand up and point to several miniature fish ponds, “All-raised catfish, this fish No thorns, oily, no fishy smell, no other fish troubles in cooking, as long as you send it, someone will collect it. They always send live fish to big restaurants and big families. Nowadays, there are many people eating it, and the price is good. The Yun family didn’t know about it recently. It doesn't matter who runs away, the seven or eight kings and princes all take fish from her house, and the water truck that delivers the fish passes by early in the morning."

This is a lot of money, and asked: "What about our family?"

The housekeeper spread his hands helplessly, and said with a smirk: "Our family has to take catfish beards from Yun's family, look, this matter has been reversed."

The two looked at each other for a while.Laughed.Blame me, I, an expert, picked out catfish as a scourge when throwing fish fry at home. The pure one-water economic fish put in the fish pond at home, let alone catfish, there are not many hemp fish... Intangible so that there is no breeding Experienced girl Yun got an exclusive.

It was getting late, and he turned around and asked, "How is our fish doing?"

"It's a lot of walking, but it's still not good for Yun's family to sell. The fish with long thorns and long scales is not easy to clean up, and it smells bad if it's not prepared properly. There are still few who can eat." When passing by the pond at home, the housekeeper looked at the farmers with noodles. He yelled at one and asked a few times, but he didn't listen carefully to the others, but the farmer proudly said that the grass carp in his pond had gone to three or four catties, and he couldn't help frowning.

It seems that it is time to solve the problem.The Wang family stepped forward to rent the Yun family's land on behalf of the farmer.Farmers have worked day and night all these years, whether it is water chestnuts or fish ponds, they have poured countless sweat and hopes into it.The Wang family can't just sit back and wait for the grass carp to grow to three or forty catties, right?Who will it be sold to?

Crucian carp and grass carp are the main fish.What to do?These days, crucian carp is still sold, and it is usually used by women who have little milk during breastfeeding to take it back to stew soup to promote lactation; The guest's evaluation is quite high, and several friends sent someone to learn the craft back home. It is popular in a small number of aristocratic circles, but after all, it has not formed a trend in big restaurants. The key is that the way of eating is too refined.The cumbersome production process does not conform to the eating habits of these years, the popularity is not high, and a stable consumer class has not been formed.

Stewed fish cubes, braised in soy sauce, steamed, grilled... There are many dishes, but they are all served on a plate in the banquet, this is not acceptable.You can't expect Jiajia to have a banquet all day long.There may not always be these things in the banquet, it needs to be eaten by a commoner.

"It's windy. Don't squat in the yard, be careful of the cold." Ying pulled out a long coat and put it on me, "I love to catch cold in autumn, so be careful."

"Oh, it was still hot outside," Ying reminded her this morning and evening, feeling that the night was indeed a bit chilly.His mind was muddled, thinking about Lanling and sugarcane for a while, and all about fish for a while.Autumn is the season when the fish is fat and meaty, and it tastes good until the twelfth lunar month, so hurry up.Winter, what did I eat in winter?

"It's still early for winter," Ying pursed her lips and yelled at me into the room, "Are you hungry in the next day? I ordered you to have an extra meal?"

"Is there any fish?" One tendon, the mind is full of this now.

"It's late at night, it's troublesome to start the pot, it's a long wait." Ying got up and planned to call the girl to send a message to the kitchen.

"Forget it, it's so troublesome, get a bowl of whistle noodles." He leaned back and stretched his limbs comfortably and said a few times.Whistle noodles are good. I used to exchange meals with my unit, and the ladies ran madly to various shabu-shabu restaurants. Although I feel disgusted by that thing, I have to carry forward my style and try my best to have fun. A table of junk food is full of soup It tastes disgusting.After all the belching ladies were sent home one by one, I went to the noodle shop with a few men who were persecuted by shabu-shabu to replenish their appetite. Only by eating a large bowl of whistle noodles with various toppings can we truly appreciate the superiority of socialism.

Sighed lightly, maybe the shabu-shabu could solve the problem.Deeply condemned by my conscience, since I joined the work, I have three hatreds, the first hatred is that the leader is not considerate of the subordinates?The second hates that the salary of the financial front is shrinking day by day, and the third hates that someone proposes to go to Yuzhuang to eat shabu-shabu on weekends!Generally speaking, I hate the latter item the most. Although the consumption is not high, I always feel that I haven’t eaten anything, especially when I can’t see that the gradually sticky bottom of the pot is more disgusting than a garbage pit. Stepping into the cesspit, it is really full of color, smell and taste.Alas!All the delicacies of China are destroyed here, I am a historical sinner!

"Where's the fourth child?" The two of them patted their bellies contentedly after finishing the noodles, "Call her to receive the order."

"The concubine takes orders," Ying slapped me on the back after following a dignified and standard court etiquette, "Misfortune comes out of your mouth!"

"Go!" Smiling and pushing Ying, he took a copper basin for washing feet and studied it.good.From the style point of view, it is a standard shabu-shabu pot, but with an iron plate in the middle, it becomes a mandarin duck pot?On the one hand, try to use the existing seasoning to make it more spicy, and on the other hand, it is delicious red date chicken soup... no, red date crucian carp chicken soup, which can increase the shipment of crucian carp.

Ying led the fourth child with wet hair and came over, grabbed the footbath I was holding, and stared at me hatefully.

Ignoring Ying, she turned to the fourth child and asked, "Isn't the family planning to buy land in the West Market?"

The fourth child doesn't know why.Nodding his head stiffly, he took two cans of crickets from under the table and began to look at them.

"Don't move!" Hurry up and grab it, this is the general who fought in the Cheng's house on the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the fourth child is sad when his body smells bad. "Warning, don't move under the table, the outer walls are all for you."

"Stingy!" The dissatisfied fourth child, Chao Ying, leaned over to him, shook Ying's arm and complained, Ying seemed to remember something.His face turned away in thought.

"Let's start a restaurant in the name of the Chen family, and the Qian Wang family will pay for it." Wipe off the smell on the pot and hide it away, "It's the same size as Tongfulou, how much do you think it will cost?"

"On the west market?" The fourth child and Ying cast their eyes towards Yang's epilepsy.Seeing my sincere face, the two of them looked at each other, and the fourth child said in surprise: "Brother-in-law is full?" Ying nodded helplessly, raised her hand and slapped the fourth child.

"Questions. Whatever I eat!"

"Brother-in-law, you are a shrewd person talking nonsense. We have been in West City for many years, and the distance is like a mountain. No matter how useful the signboard of the Chen family is, it can't compete with others..." The fourth child was pragmatic, and listed the difficulties for half an hour. He concluded: "No matter how good a restaurant is, it has to last through the off-seasons of winter and spring. It earns half a year's land money in a year, and there is a curfew in the city. It is really not worth the land price in Xishi."

"I didn't plan to make much money. There is a signboard in West Market, and it's cheaper to open a semicolon outside the city, so I asked what the price is in West Market." After thinking about it, he added: "Our business does not distinguish between seasons. It's good if there is food, but it's the same if there is no food. Sell."

The fourth child looked at me suspiciously, curled up and snuggled into Ying's arms to calculate the small account, "According to the big numbers. Let's talk about thousands of things. It depends on how the interior is arranged."

"That's thousands of strings, no decoration. We sell common people's dishes." The main purpose is to let everyone develop the consumption habit of eating fish, not to make money for the family, but to sell to Zhuangzi's fish pond, and take the popular route.Chaoying nuzzled, "Withdraw the money from the accounting room and let the fourth brother go to buy it. The sooner the better. Oh, by the way, I have a cold and a fever today, and I will ask Lao Liu to ask for leave in the morning, for three days first."

"Who is it?" Ying called the second daughter who was teasing Jiu Jin over there to help the fourth child with the calculations, and took the opportunity to crawl into my ear and said, "I didn't discuss it with my concubine in advance, no matter what was ordered, our family didn't take all of it." share reason."

I asked all night, and a few words were thrown away, and I was thinking about what to do tomorrow. I haven't studied the shabu-shabu, and the ingredients in the recipe are still a problem. Let's fry it randomly.

Chinese prickly ash, aniseed, ginger, garlic... Throw in oil pan and deep-fry in a mess. It is fragrant, and it is fried with a bowl of old sauce as the base.A few fat chickens rolled up and down in the big pot of soup, crucian carp brought a blended and boiled milky milky white soup, Wangcai and Zhenbi surrounded the big stove for cooking sticks, jumping excitedly, while Ying sat aside and watched me Playing around with a few new footbaths I just bought.

For the time being, it will be like this, but it is a bit shallow. After drawing a suitable size and style, let the servants go to Nanjinchang to order [-] pieces first.After a busy morning, I found fresh vegetables, sliced ​​meat, fungus, tofu, everything I could find, and the most important thing was a huge plate of thinly sliced ​​grass carp placed prominently.The trays were neatly and neatly placed, and a few charcoal stoves were set up to put on the footbath stand after high-temperature disinfection. Different kinds of soups were filled and waited for the pot to boil.

There is a large tray of oil bowls in various formats for selection. Ying, the second daughter, and the fourth child sit around and look at each other. I don’t know what kind of food this is.

"Look, learn from me," he said, put a chopstick of fish fillet into the basin, stir the fried fragrant oil mixed with sesame paste and other seasonings with chopsticks, took the oil bowl and turned it under the three people's noses, "Xiang Bar?"

"En!" The fourth brother was quick, grabbed the head of the second daughter and brought two kinds of seeds to the oil bowl, stirring vigorously.Following my example, I took out the tender and cooked fish fillets from the pot and dipped them in, and poked them into my mouth with the hot air, and they were hot and fluttering.

"Okay, the demonstration is over, everyone take it easy." I can't taste the good or bad of this thing, one piece is enough, if there is too much nausea, I have to let them taste it.I took a piece of Guokui and dipped it in an oil bowl to eat. The freshly cut tender cabbage is delicious even after dipping it. The thin slices of hard ribs of lamb specially prepared for myself are the most delicious when dipped raw. The taste of boiled water is complete. Savage, not cooked.

"Is it possible?" After half a catty of raw meat and lettuce, it's very refreshing. It's been a long time since I ate it so cool. I used to be embarrassed to eat raw meat like this with my female colleagues in the work unit. It's different at home. No one dares to laugh at me.

The three ladies nodded in unison, sweating profusely, depending on the situation, it seems that the hobbies of the ladies have not changed much for more than 1000 years, so I am very relieved.As long as the three at home are satisfied, there is nothing to say to the outside world, not bragging. There is no more picky woman in Chang'an than these three.

"Brother-in-law is going to use this to open a restaurant?" The big grass carp prepared for three catties obviously couldn't stand it, and it took three plates before it was reluctantly passed to the fourth child. After eating a few slices, I started to cook the pot helmet.

"Okay?" He tapped on the chopsticks of the fourth child, "Girls eat less raw meat, and they will grow corns!"

"Okay!" The fourth child rolled his eyes, "The Qian Chen family who started the restaurant... I'll take care of it together."

The expression on Ying's face changed several times, and the chopsticks poked the second daughter secretly, and the two exchanged glances, "Half of the family, the fourth child only has a few dollars, and my sister will save half of the expenses for you." Said holding up the chopsticks Knocked twice on the forehead of the second daughter, "Eat, hurry to go when you are full. The sun is not on the right track yet, so grin your mouth wide and wait to bite the moon?"

The second daughter ran away crying in a tacit understanding, the fourth child cast a contemptuous look at his back, and provocatively poured a plate of mutton slices into the pot.