Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 72 Crystal Ginger Candy
In the lobby of the "Shuiyunjian" restaurant, Yu Jiguang, Chen Lixing, Da Chu, Mao Shaofan and a group of four were still sitting in their old seats.

"Sir, the food is here!"

Qingtang, who was now sitting at the counter and acting as a waiter, came to their table carrying a plate of food, which carried a fragrant aroma.

Yu Jiguang looked up at the dish and said, "Young lady, you are wrong. We didn't order this dish."

Qingtang smiled and said, "That's right, the three of you are regular customers of our 'Shuiyunjian'. This is a dish of 'Roasted Conch with Wine' presented to you by our shopkeeper."

When Da Chu heard this, he smiled and immediately reached out to take it: "Thank you."

"You're welcome."

Qingtang said smilingly: "It is a blessing for us at Shuiyunjian that several distinguished guests are willing to come."

After Qingtang finished speaking, he danced away.

Yu Jiguang and the other two are now almost becoming VIPs of the "Shuiyunjian" restaurant.

Come every day!

Besides, in the eyes of little girl Qingtang, they were all followers of Mr. Yang, so a free dish was no big deal.

Chen Lixing watched Qingtang walk away, and couldn't help shrinking his neck. He said to Ji Guang worriedly: "Mr. Kong, we have now traced back to Prefect Cao!"

Mao Shaofan also had a worried look on his face: "Yes, Cao Fuyin is the confidant of Prime Minister Qin..."

Yu Jiguang was even more worried. After investigating for a long time, they were about to find out that the case was Qin Xiang.

Yu Kongmu felt like a dog biting a hedgehog, not knowing where to start.

Da Chu picked up a conch with a toothpick and put it into his mouth, sucking: "Tsk! It smells so good! So chewy!"

He picked up another conch and put it into his mouth: "Pah, this is only a male."

Chen Lixing pondered and said, "Mr. Kong, I think if we continue to investigate this matter, what if...

"We can't keep it to ourselves. We can't investigate any further. We have to report this to the guard and ask him to make a firm decision."

Mao Shaofan nodded worriedly: "Yes, Kongmu, we can't just dig a hole and bury ourselves."

Da Chu sucked another conch: "Pah, it's also a male."

Yu Jiguang frowned: "I'm talking about Da Chu!"

"Ah?" Da Chu stared at Yu Jiguang with straight eyebrows.

Yu Jiguang asked, "How can you tell that this snail is male just by its tongue?"

Da Chu said confidently: "There is no meat. Once you suck it, you will know it is a male."

"Yisuo..., where is your hometown?"

"Guizhou, what's going on?"

"That's okay..."

After all this time he said it was empty?
Yu Jiguang was speechless, and turned to Chen Lixing and said, "Let's go and discuss the accounts. We won't follow you. Let's go back and ask for instructions from the escort first."

Da Chu looked bewildered and said, "You haven't even eaten the free dishes that were just served yet, and you're leaving now?"

Yu Jiguang said unhappily: "You only know how to eat, why don't you just be a waiter?"

"Dahe" means packing.

Because in this era, except for dishes with soup, all dishes were packed in lotus leaves or oil paper.

In the Jiangnan region, lotus leaves are almost always used, so it is called "Da He".

Da Chu was very willing to accept the advice and immediately asked the waiter to serve him.

……

Ever since Madam Li glared at him in reproach, Yang Yuan felt too embarrassed to hang around in front of her for the entire afternoon.

I had to sit in the patio and kill time alone.

Yang Yuan stayed at the "Shuiyunjian" restaurant until dusk fell before leaving.

If we go back at this time, it would be about the same time as when we get off work at the "Moshanghua" embroidery workshop.

For Dan Niang, it was just another day of training.

She was already an expert at setting up beauty traps in the gang, and now with the guidance of the head of the Tokyo Shangting Gang, her progress could be said to be rapid.

Mrs. Li was very pleased. She thought that Dan Niang was a beautiful girl with a smart nature, but she didn't know that it was because of her solid foundation.

After Yang Yuan returned to the Song family shop, he habitually glanced into the lobby first, but there was no sign of Old Man Song.

Yang Yuan felt relieved immediately and rushed into the kitchen.

"Second brother!" Lu Xi smiled sweetly when she saw Yang Yuan, but immediately became a little shy.

They used to be together day and night, but now that their relationship was clear, she felt uncomfortable when she saw Yang Yuan again.

The matchmaker will be coming to propose marriage soon.

Daddy had told her that both parties would only perform two ceremonies, namely Nacai and Nazheng, and the two ceremonies would be held on the same day.

As for the wedding, it will be scheduled for next spring.

But after completing these two rituals, even if she had the title of Yang Yuan's wife, how could she not feel ashamed?
The six rituals for marriage in ancient times included Nacai, Wenming, Naji, Nazheng, Qingqi and Qinying, which were established since the Zhou Dynasty.

However, not all dynasties followed the Six Rites completely because they were too complicated.

For example, from the Han Dynasty to the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the crown prince did not need to perform the "welcoming ceremony" among the six ceremonies when he got married.

During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, due to social unrest, the six rituals were all abolished. People only needed to kneel down and pay homage to their parents-in-law when getting married, and even the wedding ceremony of drinking the wedding wine was gone.

During the Sui, Tang and Song dynasties, as society gradually stabilized and people became wealthier than before, the Six Rites began to be restored.

But at that time, only officials and nobles performed the six rituals, while ordinary people performed at most four rituals, omitting the steps of asking for the name and requesting the date.

Matchmaker Liu felt that the matchmaking she had arranged was too easy and she felt embarrassed to take the benefits for nothing.

In addition, Yang Yuan was originally renting a house from the Song family and had been familiar with Lu Xi for a long time.

So after some research, Matchmaker Liu removed the "Naji" link.

Nowadays, only the three ceremonies of Nacai, Nazheng and the "Qinying" which will be held in the spring of next year are retained.

The "nacai" and "nazheng" transactions were about to begin. For Luxi, this was an extremely solemn event.

However, to Yang Yuan, the ceremony was just something performed for others to see, and he didn't feel anything about it.

In fact, for most men, they don’t feel anything about such rituals. They just feel tired and bored.

A man will only experience three major psychological changes in his life.

One time was after his wedding night, when he woke up in the morning and saw his wife sleeping sweetly in his arms.

From that moment on, he will realize that he is already a man!
From now on, he will take on the responsibilities of a man.

The second time, he carefully took the crying new life from the midwife's hands.

From that moment on, he realized that he was already a father.

From now on, he will have to take on the responsibilities of a father!

The third time was when his father closed his eyes.

From this moment on, he will realize that he will be the pillar of this family in the future.

From now on, he will take on the responsibility of being the head of the family.

As for those strange rituals, the men usually doze off while playing the suona and do not do their job properly.

So, Yang Yuan felt very strange when he saw Lu Xi's shyness. It was just an engagement, so what was the big deal?

Yang Yuan whispered, "Luxi, where is your father?"

Lu Xi said, "My father went to Uncle Qu's place. I don't know what happened."

When Yang Yuan heard that Old Man Song was not there, he chuckled, reached into his arms, and took out a lotus leaf bag.

Lu Xi asked curiously, "What is it?"

Before Yang Yuan opened it, Lu Xi smelled a sweet fragrance with a hint of ginger.

Lu Xi sniffed, his eyes lit up, and he said excitedly, "Ginger candy cake?"

"Ha, your nose is sharper than a puppy's, it's crystal ginger candy cake!"

Yang Yuan responded with a smile and opened the lotus leaf package, revealing pieces of amber ginger candy inside.

Cut the ginger candies into small cubes the size of a wine glass.

Each piece of ginger candy is covered with snowflake-like icing, and the cut is as delicate as fat.

Luxi curved his eyes happily and opened his mouth waiting for him to feed him.

Yang Yuan naturally picked up a piece of ginger cake and stuffed it into Luxi's mouth.

Fortunately, this scene was not seen by Old Man Song, otherwise he would be jealous again.

At this time, Old Man Song was dragging his lame leg and slowly walking into the backyard of Qu Jianlei's house.

He raised his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Old Qu, what is the important matter that you summoned us here today?"

(End of this chapter)