Capital Datang

In Chang'an city in the cold winter morning, the bitter north wind blows non-stop. It is already the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, and the Spring Festival is coming soon. In addition, a heavy snow that fell a while ago has not yet melted, making Chang'an Winter mornings are also extremely cold.

Compared with the past, the streets of Chang'an today are extremely deserted. Most people listen to the sound of the cold wind outside, and then sleep in the warm quilt for a late sleep, because today is ten days, except for a few people who want to be normal Apart from going to work, most of the other people don't have to go to work.

Speaking of the benefits of ten-day rest, in the past, only officials or scholars in the academy could enjoy it. Workers in factories or shop assistants, etc., had little time to rest, unless they asked for leave from their masters.However, since Li Yin took the lead in promoting Xunri in Taiwan, and in the form of legislation, it is stipulated that all industries must have one day off every ten days, and special industries can allow employees to adjust themselves, so Xunri has spread, and later Li Zhi Ascension to the throne, Datang was reformed, and the regulation of the middle ten days was also introduced into Datang.

On the broad Suzaku Street, the number of pedestrians has decreased by half today, and the number of carriages is not too many, which makes the crowded Suzaku Street look a bit deserted. Nearly half of the breakfast shops on both sides of the street are closed, but some of the more popular Gao's shop is not affected, and business is still booming.

A simple and luxurious carriage came from the direction of the imperial city, surrounded by several guards on horseback, but this did not attract the attention of passers-by. After all, this is Chang'an, and there are countless dignitaries. What about the scene?So the people of Chang'an have long been familiar with this situation.

I saw the carriage heading south along Suzaku Street, then turned east at Anyi Square near Mingde Gate, and stopped when it came to the winding pool.It's not far from Sizi's Princess Jinyang Mansion, but a few years ago, shortly after Sizi and Shangguan Tingzhi got married, they moved to live in Taiwan, and only occasionally came back to live for a while.And just before Li Yin came to Chang'an, Sizi and Shangguan Ting went to Australia for fun.Haven't come back yet.

"Ninth brother, there is a breakfast shop here. Sizi often praises the breakfast here. She likes to eat this restaurant's breakfast the most in Chang'an. It just so happens that the two of us haven't eaten. Why don't we go down and have a taste?" On the way, Li Yin pointed to a breakfast shop not far away and said with a smile, that breakfast shop was not very popular.But it looked very tidy, with a flag hanging beside it, with four big characters 'Xu's shop' written on it.

Li Zhi in the carriage heard Li Yin's words, turned to look at the breakfast shop and said with a smile: "I also heard Sizi praise the craftsmanship of this shop, and it's also clean, but it's a pity that I haven't had the chance to taste it. Sixth brother, you treat me today, so I can just taste the craftsmanship of this family!"

Before Li Zhi received the news from Li Yin, he immediately got up from the bed, changed into casual clothes and left the palace.Now he really wants to know, what is the purpose of Sixth Brother's visit this time?It's a pity that after meeting Li Yin.Although Li Zhi asked several times, Li Yin changed the topic, and just said to find a place to talk again, but what Li Zhilun never expected was that his sixth brother would choose such a place for the conversation. An unassuming breakfast place. [

Li Yin and Li Zhi got out of the carriage and walked into the shop. The Xu family's shop was indeed very clean, and the entire shop floor was covered with tiles.The scrubbing is very clean, and the surrounding walls are also covered with white cement that has just been developed, so that guests don't have to worry about being covered with white lime like white lime.

Xu's shop doesn't have a big face.There were ten very neat tables in the shop. For some reason, there were no other customers in the shop, so the tables were all empty.The innermost part is the counter of the store. A woman aged 50 to [-] is busy in the stove behind the counter. From time to time, she opens the steamer, and there are bursts of mist inside, accompanied by the tempting aroma of food.

"Two guest officers, please come in quickly!" The woman behind the counter saw Li Yin and Li Zhi coming in, and immediately greeted with a smile, and then she turned to a small door next to her and shouted: "Da'er, come and greet the guests." !"

"Well, here we come!" With a crisp response, the cotton curtain of the small door was lifted, and a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl came out, wearing a crisp cotton coat and trousers, and a white neat apron, smiling. He greeted Li Yin and the two of them: "What do you two guests want to eat? Our Xu's shop has buns, pancakes, fried dough sticks, beef and mutton, as well as various porridge, spicy soup, mutton soup, beef soup... ..."

Hearing the little girl introduce so many kinds of breakfast at once, Li Yin couldn't help laughing and said: "Little girl, it seems that your store is not big and there are no customers in the store, so why do you prepare so many kinds of breakfast? Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to sell it and lose money?"

But the little girl blinked her lovely big eyes after hearing this, and then explained to Li Yin: "The customers don't know, our Xu family shop is small, but it is very famous in this area, and everyone who comes to eat in the shop It’s the dignitaries who live nearby, they are lazy, they usually don’t get up until mid-morning, and then they send their family members to buy breakfast, that’s why the shop seems deserted now.”

Hearing the little girl say that the dignitaries living around were lazy, Li Yin and Li Zhi laughed out loud. The land beside Qujiang Pool is extremely expensive, and some nobles in the city like to build a house here, but Qujiang Pool It's a bit far from the imperial city, so those who have time to live here are naturally those idle nobles who don't have to go to court. They have nothing to do except eat and drink every day. They have a lot of time to sleep in. The little girl did not wrong them when she said they were lazy. .

The woman behind the counter probably thought it was inappropriate for the little girl to say that about the customers in the store, so she hurriedly explained: "You two guests, don't listen to my daughter's nonsense, the weather is so cold now, the customers naturally don't want to get up early In addition, when the weather in Chang'an is cold, many nobles go to the south or Daqi to avoid the cold, and they will not come back until the next spring, so the business of our store is also affected, and the income in winter is much less every winter! "

Li Yin and Li Zhi naturally wouldn't mind. Among them, Li Zhi asked the woman behind the counter, "Miss Boss, why are only your mother and daughter busy in your store? Doesn't this little girl go to school?"

As soon as Li Zhi's voice fell, before the proprietress could answer, the little girl standing next to him rushed to say: "Usually the store is full of parents and elder brother who are busy, but my father just went out to buy goods, and my elder brother is behind to accompany the pregnancy." My sister-in-law, I just don’t have to go to school today, so I came to the store to help, if it’s usually my brother who greets you!”

Hearing the little girl's rapid-fire answers, Li Yin and Li Zhi laughed again, and at the same time, they had a good impression of this outspoken little girl.

Next, Li Yin ordered a basket of soup dumplings, a pancake, and a bowl of Hu spicy soup, while Li Zhi ordered a bowl of white porridge and a few deep-fried dough sticks, which were delivered quickly. The small pickles as a gift, the pickles are pickled with radishes, cut into thin shreds, and sprinkled with sesame oil, just the smell makes people very appetizing.

Li Yin hasn't eaten well since yesterday, and now he was already screaming with hunger when he was on the road, so now that he saw the breakfast being served, he was not polite at all, and first sprinkled pickles on the pancakes, Then he rolled up the pancake, and he swallowed it in a few bites, and because he ate it so fast, he didn't even taste the pancake.

After eating the pancakes, Li Yin drank a few more sips of the spicy and spicy soup, and immediately felt warm all over his body. In this cold winter morning, he felt an indescribable comfort.Next, Li Yin picks up the small soup dumpling with chopsticks, puts it on his mouth, bites off the skin, and slowly sucks the soup inside. After drinking it clean, he dips the soup dumpling into the ginger vinegar next to it. Put it in your mouth and slowly taste the delicious soup.

Soup dumplings are a delicacy in the south, but as the transportation becomes more and more developed, the exchanges between different places are also strengthened, so the specialties of various places are also spread, and it is not surprising to eat southern soup dumplings in Chang'an. [

"The store has good craftsmanship. This soup dumpling has the essence of Runzhou soup dumpling. More than 30 processes are not bad. It is really rare to be able to eat such an authentic soup dumpling in Chang'an!" After tasting the soup dumpling, Li Yin said, Immediately praised loudly.Runzhou is the Zhenjiang of the later generations. At that time, the soup dumplings in Runzhou were already very famous. Li Yin even went to Runzhou to taste the delicious soup dumplings, so he still remembers it fresh.

When the proprietress behind the counter heard Li Yin's praise, her eyes lit up and she said: "The guest officer is really well-informed, and it takes more than 30 processes to taste our soup dumplings at once. To tell you the truth, my My daughter-in-law is from Runzhou in the south. The skill of making soup dumplings has been passed down from generation to generation in the family. She made these soup dumplings by herself, but she is pregnant now and can only make ten baskets a day. If the guest officer wants to eat our soup tomorrow Bao, then you have to hurry up like today!"

Hearing what the proprietress said, Li Zhi couldn't help becoming interested in this kind of soup dumpling, so he asked for a cage himself, and then tasted it like Li Yin, but he also applauded loudly, and at the same time secretly cried out that it's a pity, After staying in Chang'an for so many years, I didn't know that there are such delicious soup dumplings here.

The two brothers didn't eat breakfast, and it was rare to experience the life of ordinary people, so they put down their airs and wolfed down the breakfast in front of them. Li Yin even added a bowl of millet mung bean porridge at the end I was full.

But when Li Yin just put down the chopsticks in his hand, Li Zhi finally couldn't help asking again: "Sixth brother, why did you come to Chang'an suddenly this time?" (To be continued. If you like this movie Works, you are welcome to vote, monthly tickets, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to m to read.)