The food in the Tang Dynasty was exquisite, and the shape was also very beautiful. For example, in aristocratic homes, fruits were placed in luxurious toothpans in a certain shape, which could be both ornamental and edible, and various pastries and snacks were held in different utensils to make them colorful and fragrant.

During their travels, Su Xing and Tingyu passed by a temple and found monks handing out pastries and meals at the temple gate.

There are many people, some homeless people, and some local people, all of whom are poor people, so they set up stalls at the entrance of the temple to treat people for free. Not long after, two monks served them home-fried tea soup and vegetarian snacks.

The tea is verdant and fragrant, the dim sum is particularly beautiful, and the flower shape and leaf shape are contained in the box, which is very appetizing.

Su Xing guessed that there might be a chef with superb cooking skills and a slight obsessive-compulsive disorder hidden in the temple, if it was an ordinary family, who would have the heart to pay attention to food styling in such a remote and poor place?

I was deeply impressed by the other party's craftsmanship, but I didn't go into the temple to look for it.

The wind was strong and the weather was cold, and the free clinic lasted until the afternoon, when the people were almost gone, and they had time to buy a few bags of tea from the monks. Because Tingyu said that these teas were good, the chopper who forced her heart to be like stagnant water heard it, and immediately broke down and bought several bags.

"So many?" Tingyu was surprised.

"Haha, give away, give away. Su Xing explained.

One bag was placed in the leisure house, one bag was given to Shaohua to bring to Uncle Chang, and two bags were sent to Wen Lao and Senior Brother Lin, who also loved to drink tea. Leaving a bag at home, Tingyu is quite particular about tea, and she only brews it when she sees it. Su Xing is not particular, so the green tea and black tea at home are generally drunk by her and the visitors.

The tea box is a thing used by nobles, and the temple uses a paper bag, a paper bag used to hold tea, which can preserve the fragrance of tea and not disperse.

Originally, Su Xing was afraid of being expensive, but the monks didn't take money.

"The two donors gave medicine and gave medicine, and the merit is immeasurable, how can this temple collect the money and wealth of the Bodhisattva......?" recited the Buddha's name, and the two monks returned to the temple and closed the temple gate.

The two looked at each other at first, then bowed to the courtyard gate, and then left. They had hired wagons all the way and were waiting at the bottom of the hill at the moment.

"Tingyu, otherwise, you can go with Aunt Bai after the New Year. The incantation can be pondered anywhere, not necessarily at home. Su Xing suddenly suggested, "Don't worry about me, I rarely go out, Shaohua and they are next door, it will be fine." ”

How fortunate the two are, they both have a skill, and it is their hobby. It's not fair that she wakes up every day and can do what she likes, while Tingyu has to hide her skills.

With Tingyu's qualifications, it should not take a few years to get the qualification certificate.

Tingyu glanced at her, looked at the town not far from the mountain, and said, "How can you calm down in that kind of place? Don't worry about it, I have my own measure in this matter, let's go quickly, otherwise it will be too late to enter the city." "I want to go into the city to buy pastries and go back for the New Year.

In fact, during the ancient visit, Su Xing often returned to the Su Mansion to feed the cats and dogs under the cover of Tingyu, and then went back there. In the early hours of Chinese New Year's Eve, the two of them came home together with a lot of things, some of which were still hot.

Throughout the ages, businessmen have been very industrious, especially during the New Year, when people have been moving for a long time.

They wanted to spend the New Year there, but the atmosphere of the New Year on the street was strong, the children were running and jumping happily, and a wisp of nostalgia was always a thorn in the hearts of the wanderers, and people who could go back tried to go back.

So, they came back and bought a lot of things. Along the way, you can always meet a few noble people who know how to be grateful and generous, in addition to making good connections, they also earn coins to buy New Year's goods.

Buy and buy, don't want any fancy container antiques.

The ancients were good at using natural things to make packaging, there are paper bags, small bamboo cages or rattan baskets, the craftsmanship is ancient, delicate and simple. They bought all dried goods, dried fruits, steaming pancakes, pancakes, pastries, and the like.

Of course, it is indispensable to buy meat for Xiaofu, such as air-dried venison.

Chinese New Year's Eve was to worship the ancestors, so they brought a lot of things.

In ancient times, the north wind was cold and there was no snow, and the snow in Yunling Village did not reach the calves.

After the snow, it didn't matter how many Xiaofu few, Xiao Ji couldn't stand it, so the heating was turned on in the house, and the house was warm when they came back.

As soon as they got home, the first thing they had to do was to clean up the small ancestral hall, and then go back to their rooms to freshen up themselves. After changing into clean and warm new clothes, they placed offerings, incense, and worship in the small ancestral hall...... It was already past seven o'clock in the morning when I was done.

Firecrackers were lit at the entrance of the small ancestral hall, and the pastry offerings were removed, leaving the fruit in its place.

"You take those snacks to the leisure house for everyone to eat, and I will take these to Aunt Bai's house. "Tingyu assigns work.

"Good. ”

The two of them just walked out of the gate with something in their hands, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, looked up and looked around, ha, it turned out that the two sides of the door and the eaves of the door were pasted with couplets and red lanterns respectively, which looked particularly festive.

Needless to say, it must have been Shaojun who did it. They greeted them before they went out, and they probably saw that they didn't return for a long time, so they took the initiative to help post it.

In previous years, it didn't seem to be so lively, but this year everyone seems to be very excited.

There was no snow today, Su Xing and Tingyu left the house with dim sum tea leaves one foot at a time, one went to the leisure house, and the other went to the Bai family's house.

The north wind was howling and blew numb.

Casual residents love to join in the fun, but there is no habit of worshipping ancestors, and the restaurant is still open as usual. The weather is cold, and there are not many people who come to breakfast. Su Xing didn't pay attention to it, and put it on the table in front of the iron plate as soon as she entered the door.

"Yo, Susu, what good things did you buy and come back?" Ander was the first to see her, and he couldn't help but smile when he saw her big bag.

"It's all food, dim sum and tea. The tea is fried by the monks in the temple themselves, and Tingfei said that it was okay, just for the New Year, and it was given to everyone to relieve their greasy. Su Xing said, rubbing her face with both hands, and it took a long time to regain consciousness.

"When I heard the sound of firecrackers, I guessed that you were back, and sure enough, ......" Lu Yi came over and looked, "Huh, dried mutton?"

Bai Shaojun, who was upstairs, had already gone downstairs when he heard the sound of firecrackers next door, and said in surprise when he heard this: "Is there a lot of mutton jerky? "He wants to eat it alone when he's bored on the night shift.

"Yes," Su Xing took out one of the packets, "and another pack is here for everyone to eat." ”

Bai Shaojun took it and sniffed it, well, there was no smell, and he couldn't help but happily stepped forward to give her a hug, and sighed: "You are really my timely rain, I like you so much." ”

Su Xing slapped him away, "What about Shaohua?"

I haven't seen you for a long time, and I miss it a little.

Seeing her ask, Bai Shaojun pressed her shoulders with both hands and turned her to face the dining area, "Where is such a big person, you didn't see it?"

Su Xing fixed his eyes, and of course it was Bai Shaohua who caught his eye. Seeing her look over, he beckoned to her with a smile on his lips, as if he had noticed her a long time ago. At the same table with him were several young men and women, one of whom she knew, the eldest cousin Bai Shaoyuan.

She hadn't seen the rest before, and they were very unfamiliar.