After arriving at Heishui County, the car turned around and finally stopped at the door of a small dilapidated restaurant, Ma Tianyao looked at the signboard, which said 'Afang Snack Bar'.

A film crew of more than 20 people went in together, and the small shop was crowded, and the owner was a girl in her twenties, not very pretty, but very clean.

I originally wanted to greet the guests, but seeing these people carrying cameras everywhere, they didn't look like they were coming to eat, and they suddenly didn't know what to say.

Ma Tianyao looked into the store, there was a menu on the wall, it was very simple, only steamed buns, porridge and the like.

"Boss, each of us will have a bowl of tofu brain, and another dumpling!

"Oh...... Oh oh oh oh

When the landlady heard the order, she immediately shouted to the back, and answered in the kitchen behind.

While waiting for the meal, Ma Tianyao smiled and showed her intention to the girl, I heard that she was here to shoot local snacks, the girl seemed to be a little touched, and wanted to say something, but she didn't say it.

"Is Fong your name?"

"No, it's my mother's name. ”

"Your mother's name?"

This made Ma Tianyao a little surprised, and the other party nodded and smiled sweetly.

"My mother passed away very early, although our shop is broken and small, but it has been open for more than 50 years, and it is still opened by my grandfather, and then my father took over, in order to commemorate my mother, it was changed to Ah Fang snack bar. ”

"Oh......"

At this time, an 'old man' with a hunched waist came out from behind, and this person was the girl's father. However, Ma Tianyao knew that this so-called 'old man' was in his early fifties at most, and people in the countryside grew old quickly, and many elders in their village were also like this.

After the tofu brain and the steamed cake were ready, the old man was about to go to the back kitchen, Ma Tianyao hurriedly stopped the other party and started talking with a smile.

"Uncle, is your dumpling made of big oil or horse oil?"

The old man, who was originally kind, immediately changed his eyes when he heard this, looked at Ma Tianyao carefully, and spoke.

"Tut-tut, you still know how to make pastries with horse oil? There are few young people of your age who can recognize them, let alone know that they must be ......made with horse oil."

After saying that, the old man sighed again.

"Alas, the four treasures of Heishui County, how many years have it been, not to mention outsiders, not even a few locals know about it. ”

"The Four Treasures of Heishui County, are you talking about pot helmets, dried noodles, steamed cakes, and tofu brains?"

"You know that, huh?"

"Hehe, I'm from our Heishui County, but I'm not in the county seat, my home is in Majiawa Village, Meadowzi Town!"

"Oh! no wonder ......"

……

Knowing that the other party was also from Heishui County, the old man was no longer restrained, sat on the table and leisurely lit a cigarette, and chatted with Ma Tianyao again.

"Girl, it's not me who blows it, we have this cake in the four treasures of Heishui County, and I am the only one who can make the most authentic one in the county. You know why not?"

"One is because of the formula, and the other is because of horse oil!"

"You know this? That's right, the recipe of this crispy has been passed down for hundreds of years, and there are not many people who will know it, and horse oil is not easy to buy this year, my family lives in Lingqian Village, and I used to be the descendants of the tomb keepers, and the village has the habit of raising horses since ancient times, so there is horse oil. ”

"I've heard of Lingqian Village, but I don't know much about the origin of this Lingqian Village, uncle, does this have anything to do with the recipe of the dumplings?"

The 'mausoleum' that Ma Tianyao and the old man talked about is the joint burial mausoleum of the Tang Emperor's husband and wife, and the location is seven or eight kilometers north of Heishui County.

This joint burial mausoleum has not been developed, although it is also a tourist attraction, but there are few foreign tourists, usually the locals have nothing to do, they will go to visit, but most of them are also because of the high terrain, and as a mountain to play.

The old man said that the village in front of the mausoleum, the whole village is circular, the whole burial mausoleum ring encloses, most of the people in the village raise horses, occasionally there are people who use horses to bury the mausoleum camels, some tourists exchange some change to subsidize the family.

Hearing Ma Tianyao ask this, the old man immediately became excited, bared his teeth and smiled, and patted the table gently.

"Girl, if you want to talk about our village, this origin is too big, the ancestors of our village, it turned out that they were all generals who fought with the Tang Emperor, and later the Tang Emperor and the Wu Emperor died and were buried here, these soldiers were scattered around the mausoleum to guard the imperial mausoleum and settle down, and gradually formed a village, which is now the village in front of the mausoleum!

Because of this, until now, there is still a custom of raising horses in our village, which used to be war horses!"

The people in the filming team didn't expect that they could hear an ancient legend while eating, and there was a vague connection with the dumplings, which was an unexpected gain, Director Xu immediately took out a book to record it quickly, and told the photographer to shoot it well.

At this time, Ma Tianyao asked again.

"What about the dumplings, does it have anything to do with these people?"

The old man smiled and nodded.

"The older generation in our village has passed down the legend that the dumplings were originally the royal products in the palace during the Tang Dynasty, and after the Tang Emperor was buried here, because he loved to eat the dumplings, the dumplings became a special tribute, which was specially used to worship the Tang Tombs!

And the main task of our Lingqian Village is to be responsible for the sacrifice, so this recipe for the pastry is naturally available. Girl, I think you are filming our special snacks in Heishui County, right?"

"yes. ”

"Hehe, since we have talked about Tangling, we have to mention our Tangling pot helmet. It also belongs to the four treasures of Heishui County, and it was also invented and created because of the construction of the Tang Tomb, which has a little bit to do with our Lingqian Village. ”

"Oh?"

Ma Tianyao really didn't know much about this, and immediately pricked up his ears and began to listen, while the others even forgot to eat.

"When the mausoleum was built for the Tang Emperor and the Wu Emperor, our ancestors were responsible for supervising the work, and the joint burial mausoleum was almost like a mountain, so many craftsmen, people, and soldiers were mobilized at that time.

In order to be able to eat a full stomach, some soldiers made cake blanks with flour, put them in helmets and roasted them on the fire and eat, this kind of cake not only tastes crispy, but also is easy to store, and was later used by the local people. Because the cake is made from a helmet instead of a pot, it is called a Tangling pot helmet.

This Tangling pot helmet is different from ordinary pot helmets, specifically, you are a local, you should know. By the way, if you are interested, go out a few dozen meters, and there will be a company that specializes in selling Tangling pot helmets. ”

"Oh, okay, thank you, though...... I don't think your business is doing very well......"

Speaking of business, the old man sighed again.

"Alas, it's hard to put it into words, now children like to eat hamburgers and chocolates, who still eats pastries, plus it's too difficult to make pastries, and the taste of horse fat is not good after replacing it with big oil, and slowly selling less and less. But it doesn't matter, my daughter graduated this year, this store, it doesn't matter if it opens or not, it's just a little reluctant, and I don't want the inheritance of the cake to be broken in my hands......"

At this time, the girl whispered next to her.

"I came back this summer just to learn how to make pastries and pass on this production method, which can be regarded as fulfilling one of my father's wishes. ”

Ma Tianyao nodded, her mind had already begun to move, she felt that today's shooting, she must not just shoot a dumpling back.