Chapter 180: Harmony (II)
On the temple, the officials were solemn, and the report was on the matter, the Tao was a bumper harvest this year, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the saint smiled and stroked his beard.
There was no major event in the early dynasty, and he retired happily.
On the way back to the next dynasty to buy breakfast to fill the stomach, Pei Zhengwen and his colleagues chewed cakes and walked side by side, and the colleagues said: "In the harvest year, the price of rice has dropped, why don't the vendors change some good rice to make cakes, this cake is too hard to bite." Do you have something important to do today, take you to Sun Niang's foot shop at noon, her cakes are doing well. ”
"Nothing. Pei Zhengwen spit out two words, his unsuccessful son has been going to this store often recently, not to be a demon, to take care of his heart, he sees it in his eyes, it is worth going to Sun Niang's foot shop to take a trip, to see if this store is hiding a mystery, glanced at the cake, ate it in three or two bites, and did not waste it: "A good harvest is a good thing, you need to be vigilant against Beiyi going south to fight the grass valley." ”
"Haha, I don't think it will be this year. ”
In fact, Sun Niang's foot shop is on their way home or to the barracks, so there is no need to make a special detour.
Sun Niang's foot shop, the door of the store is closed, several old diners surround, colleagues squeeze over, the door of the store is pasted with a piece of red paper, the black characters are a little floating, as if the person who writes is happy, the pen is fluttering, he reads: "The cook and the flute, closed for a day." ”
"Hey, it's a pity, we didn't come at a good time, the cook and the cook. The colleague shrugged at Pei Zheng.
"It's okay, I'll come back next time. Pei Zhengwen said, delicious is a meal, unpalatable is a meal, just be able to fill your stomach, years of military life make him not care about appetite.
There was a sudden sound of horses' hooves on the street, some people in the distance exclaimed, some people cursed, and the fast horse swept in front of Pei Zhengwen and his colleagues and galloped in the direction of the palace, it was a scout!
Pei Zhengwen's face sank, glanced at his colleagues, and walked back tacitly.
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And the ceremony was carried out in an orderly manner.
A plus, wearing a skirt, a bow to the teacher.
Two plus flute, go to the hairpin, hairpin title bead phoenix hairpin, wear a curt, and worship the teacher.
Three plus hairpins, go to hairpins, hairpins pearl flowers and silver hairpins as hair crowns, change to large-sleeved long skirts, and three respects to show inheritance.
At the end, he sacrificed wine, Mochizuki admonished a few words, and gave Ah Yao the word Yaoguang, explaining: "You are the Yao who 'voted for me with a peach and repaid with Qiong Yao', and now I hope that you will shine like the Yao light of 'food and all things', leaving a glimmer of light in the long river of eternity, and you have not passed away in vain." ”
Yaoguang is also the one who has food and all things. It means to provide direction for food and all things. Mochizuki hopes that she can leave a name for herself in history with her cooking skills, and she has high hopes, and Ah Yao feels pressured, but she is also fascinated by the light of her long river, which pokes at the softness in her heart.
After the ceremony.
Mochizuki went to the kitchen to cook, don't worry about the time to prepare now, she asked a team to help, burn the fire and wash the vegetables, ingredients, chop fish and meat, boil the broth, she just went to change her clothes, rolled up her sleeves to do the final steaming, frying and frying steps, and the people and things in the yard were handed over to A-Yao to deal with.
Aunt Wang sighed, don't look at the guests invited by A-Yao don't do it, but this grass platform team is still in the kitchen, and there are a lot of handymen who temporarily clean up, and Mochizuki really has a heart.
"Ah Yao, you are so good-looking!" After the salute, Pei Shuo came to Ah Yao's side, his eyes shining, and the reflection of the sky in a clear pond also reflected Ah Yao's appearance, as if she had walked out of the Tianguang Lake. "You look so good in a big-sleeved shirt! And the phoenix hairpin and flower crown on your head. ”
"Is it really good-looking?" Ah Yao embarrassedly helped the golden phoenix hairpin, her cheeks were flying, the phoenix hairpin was a partial phoenix, her small head was inserted on the small tip of the fallen horse bun to reveal her side face, and she held a ruby the size of a rice bead in her mouth, decorated with three pearls of the same size, looking delicate and cute.
The pearl flower is inlaid with silver hairpin, the appearance is inlaid with golden chestnut, the pattern of osmanthus is played with silver in the middle, and the stamen is inlaid with pearls, it is inserted into the bun, and the arc is shaped like a hair crown.
"Uh-huh!" Pei Shuo nodded vigorously, plucked up his courage, and asked shyly, "That...... Do you like the first hairpin?"
Ah Yao blinked, there was one more guess in her heart, she stared at Pei Shuo, looking at him even more embarrassed, she didn't want to show her timidity, and her eyes glanced elsewhere.
"You made the hairpin?"
"Yes, yes!" On this point, Pei Shuo is very sincere, after affirming his actions, there is a kind of "I am amazing, I will fork the waist first" proud, and glanced at the ebony hairpin with some regret: "I begged Master Mochizuki for a long time, she was willing to agree to use the ebony hairpin, if I had known that you would add hairpins twice, one is gold and one is silver, I should go to play a copper hairpin, but I am afraid that you don't like it and refuse to accept it." ”
"These two things were given by the eldest princess. Ah Yao said softly, "I like this hairpin very much." ”
Yingniang chirped and gnawed melon seeds, and said that there was no one she liked, a hard-mouthed child, Pei Shuo grew up to be a talent, and it shouldn't be bad to think about Pei Xingzhi, remembering that under the flower tree back then, Yingniang pulled the corners of her mouth.
"You'll ...... at the end of the month"
Pei Shuo was about to invite A-Yao to the eastern suburbs to see the red leaves, but Pei Bo hurried over with a grim expression: "Young master, the general asks you to go back to the house immediately!"
"Go back quickly, and I'll make you something delicious when I get back." Ah Yao helped persuade.
"Well, that's it, when I come back, I'll make something to eat. Pei Shuo was reluctant, shook Cui Shengxiang and said goodbye to Ah Yao, and they went home with Pei Bo together.
She didn't know that as soon as Pei Shuo left, the next goodbye would be a few years later.
Mo Xingle saw the bird's nest in the crowd like Ah Yao, and before Ah Yao went over to say hello to the bird's nest, Pei Shuo came over, and when she glanced at the bird's nest, she found that Mo Xingle was already talking to her.
"Bird's Nest girl, I haven't seen you for a long time. Mo Xingle greeted the bird's nest, and when he got closer, he found that the bird's nest's clothing had changed, like a maid of a family.
"Brother Mo, you're here too. Bird's Nest laughed.
Bird's nest seems to have changed, it has grown taller and looks better. Mo Xingle looked at her face, probably fading away from the carefree childishness, the thin long eyebrows, and the corners of the eyes that were raised and extended were all covered with calmness, which made this cardamom girl a few years older.
"You two sisters really don't look like each other, they look the same, one is calm, and the other looks like children. Mo Xingle quipped: "Why didn't I see you in Sun Niang's foot shop, I followed Miss Mochizuki?"
Bird's Nest shook its head with a smile.
"Sister Bird's Nest!"
Ah Yao sent Pei Shuo away, fluttering like a flower butterfly, the bird's nest smiled apologetically at Mo Xingle, and walked towards Ah Yao: "It's all in time, and I'm still like a child." ”
"I'm still a baby. After Ah Yao finished speaking, she was hit by a burst of bird's nest, "I'm not ashamed." Alright, your salute is over, and it's time for me to go back to my life. ”
A-Yao was stunned for a moment, "Did the eldest princess ask you to come?"
"yes, I wouldn't be here. Bird's Nest wanted to rub her head but had nowhere to start, so she straightened the hairpin on her head, "Tell the girl, I'm going back." ”
Ah Yao hurriedly pulled the sleeve of the bird's nest, "Can't you stay here for a while......?" Or did I bother you with what I said last time?"
As soon as she spoke, she babbled, and she was pinched in the face by the bird's nest.
"Don't take it personally, I'm fine now. You didn't say the wrong thing, our family used to ...... So even if she cooks for the nobles, she may not be willing to eat, and now being transferred back to the kitchen to be in charge of the eldest princess's meals is a blessing for me. Speaking of which, thank you. ”
The bird's nest was attached to Ah Yao's ear and said in a voice that the two of them could hear, and at the end: "Now that she knows about the existence of you and the girl, it should be regarded as a kind of acquiescence." Come on, I'll see you in the kitchen of the Eldest Princess's Mansion next time. ”
Ah Yao nodded, her brain was still a mess, and the words of the bird's nest concealed the root cause of her and Mochizuki's incognito and coming to the capital to overturn the case, what happened.
Bird's Nest smiled and said hello to the others and left in an ox cart.
"It's time to eat!"
Li Gang shouted, and the aroma of food wafted out.
There are several people in Sun Niang's foot shop at one table, Aunt Wang, Yu Niang, Yu Niangfujun and Mo Xingle at one table, and Ah Yao Wangyue, Yan Niangzi and Ying Niang at one table.
The chicken is not a problem, take out the internal organs from the chest opening, wash them, put a few pieces of mellow tangerine peel in the chest, and smear them with sauce. Smear the whole mud chicken ball with a layer of yellow mud into an oval shape, wrap it with lotus leaves and tie it with hemp rope, bury it in the fire pit, bury it with soil, make a fire on it and cook it, and so on before serving it on the table, a hammer breaks the yellow mud that becomes hard, and even the chicken feathers can be taken off together, mixed with the fragrance of lotus leaves, and the chicken is fragrant and tender.
Stir-fried clams with perilla stir-fried with perilla are also an alternative appetizing spice, and when you pick up the clams, you will suck the pale yellow meat and sauce into your mouth.
When the taro is made, the ribs are cut and pickled into the taste, spread the taro on the pot and steam, a little fat in the ribs oozes fat, so that the taro absorbs, the taro powder is glutinous, and there is the taste of gravy, the ribs are also stained with the fragrance of taro, complementing each other, just like the wonderful match of bamboo shoots and fat.
Do two things with one fish. Grass carp take the whole bones of the fish, boil the soup with the fish bones, chop the fish into fish puree, add egg white and starch, wrap the minced and seasoned pork belly puree into it like wrapping rice balls, rub it into fish balls and boil it in the pot, and finally put seaweed and shrimp skin in the soup, drip a few drops of shrimp oil, sprinkle with chopped green onions, clear soup fish balls This is one of them, and then make a slightly sour appetizing fish soup, perfect.
Aunt Wang also sighed: "It's much better than me cooking, and I do it superbly, and I have seen it today." ”
Mo Xingle interjected: "That's it, Miss Mochizuki is one of the best cooks in Nanxun." ”
There is also a dish of stuffed bitter gourd, shave off the melon sac in the middle, stuff it into the minced meat, eat it first the bitterness felt deep in the tongue, chew until the elastic teeth and sweetness of the minced meat, and then the bitter gourd slowly returns to sweetness.
The bitter taste of first and then sweet makes everyone sigh that it is delicious, thinking that life is not easy, digging out the delicious dish in the depths of memory, which has nothing to do with value or taste, it just happens to appear at the worst time to give them the best comfort, and become the driving force for hope and yearning for a better life.
"It's delicious. Li Gang wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "It's as if Li Rou brought me out of the mountain village, and we were as happy as the first full meal we had in the capital when we earned money." ”
"It'll be fine later. Li Rou said softly.
"Li Rou, when I make more money, I will invite the cook to come, make nine dishes and one soup, and enjoy it. ”
Sun Niang's eyes were moist, she thought that the husband and wife stall of Sun Niang's foot shop had become her alone and struggled to support herself, watching the business in the store decline, she had no time to take care of it, and when the sesame oil chicken noodle soup brought back to life, she lowered her head and took a few more mouthfuls of rice, blinking her eyes to remove the water vapor, so as not to be seen by others.
Leng Buding had an extra piece of taro in her bowl, which was sandwiched by Song Fang: "Eat taro, taro is sweet." ”
"Good. ”
Ah Yao bit her chopsticks and looked at Mochizuki, she also thought of the roasted sweet potatoes and the bowl of rough and choking wheat rice, as well as the bitterness after coming to the capital.
Seeing off the guests, the courtyard returned to quiet.
Mochizuki and A-Yao returned to the house and carefully told her to be cautious in her words and deeds in the capital. At night, the kitchen is brightly lit and smoky, and Mochizuki is still teaching the secret method of court cuisine, the quality of the ingredients, which parts are suitable for fire, and which parts taste good with what ingredients.
Ah Yao knew that the time of parting was coming again, so she listened more attentively and lived up to Mochizuki's expectations.
Three watches, the full moon in the sky, and the stars are dotted.
The continuous firelight illuminates the winding of the mountain road, and the firelight swims like a long snake in the mountain forest, and it turns out to be a rapid march up close. Carrying the military flag at the head, the fluttering flag is illuminated by the firelight, and the word "Pei" is clearly visible, which is the Pei family army that has been terrified by the northern and southern barbarians with the saint fighting the country and fighting on the battlefield.
Pei Zhengwen took the lead, Bobu wore Yang Siren wearing silver armor and riding a red horse, and after the long tail, almost to the end, Pei Shuo carried a spear and followed the large team, and his exploits were not enough for him to follow the vanguard.
As Pei Zhengwen expected, the autumn harvest Beiyi came to fight the grass valley again, and occupied two border cities and small counties in a row, and the big city was still defending before it was breached, and the news was transmitted back to the capital, Pei Zhengwen asked for war to capture the border city back, got the holy decree, ordered the troops to set off, and called his unsuccessful son back before leaving, and asked him if he wanted to follow.
Since he chose the path of military promotion, Pei Shuo did not hesitate.
didn't even have time to tell Ah Yao that he had accompanied him from Yanmen with the luggage on his back and set off with the army.
Bird's nest is like walking a tightrope in the eldest princess's mansion step by step, and finally finds the position of the people around her, Taoguang is obscure, trembling and doing things for the eldest princess, quietly waiting for the opportunity to overturn the case.
A-Yao sent Mochizuki away, and she was left alone in the house, but it was different from the scene when she first arrived in the capital and was helpless, knowing that the bird's nest was in the eldest princess's mansion, they occasionally corresponded, and the bird's nest could also reunite with her when they encountered festivals.
The bleak life is only temporary, there is always a day when the bitter rain finally clears the wind, and the clouds see the sun, and watch the water wash the blue sky.
The third volume of bitter rain and wind is also over
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