Zhang Zhaohua and Gao Chi walked towards the princess's bedroom without hurry, the prince and the princess's bedroom are not too far away, and it will take a quarter of an hour to walk, and every morning when they get up, Zhang Zhaohua and Gao Chi walk together, exercise, and have a pleasant chat, and the behavior of walking on foot has also been praised by everyone, and it is considered to be a great filial piety. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Because today is the second day of February, it is the day when the dragon raises its head, so along the way, I heard the sound of hitting the beam of the house with a long rod, which is to wake up the dragon, in addition to this there are other customs, such as scattering ash, the ash used, generally firewood ash, also with lime or chaff. Generally starting from the well, all the way around, into the house kitchen, around the water tank, the gray line winds continuously is called blessed, the ash is sprinkled in front of the door, it is called "blocking the door to ward off disasters", and sprinkled in the corner of the wall, which is intended to "get rid of a hundred insects".

Walking to the princess's courtyard, Zhang Zhaohua saw a servant woman in the open space in the courtyard with firewood ash carefully around the circle of different sizes, enclose one and put a handful of five-color beans into the circle, Zhang Zhaohua asked, only to know that this is called "ash hoarding", which is the meaning of this year's warehouse.

"We don't have such a custom in Yongcheng," Zhang Zhaohua said: "The festivals in various places are still not the same, for example, here in Beiping is to shave the head on this day, it is said that shaving the head has good luck, but in Yongcheng, women generally do not use scissors, do not do needlework, for fear of using a knife to cut the dragon's body." ”

"Beiping is only allowed to use scissors to shave his head," Gao Chi said: "I am not allowed to move the needle, saying that I am afraid of stabbing the dragon's eyes." It can be seen that the customs are also similar, do you eat smoked insects in Yongcheng?"

"Eat smoked insects?" Zhang Zhaohua grew his mouth in surprise: "Is there still such a custom in Beiping, smoke the insects to death and eat them?"

"Where did you think of it?" Gao Chi said with a smile: "Lavender is made of millet flour jujube cake, fried in oil, or used as a pancake from a noodle stall, called lavender." ”

Zhang Zhaohua asked which "smoke" it was, and then said: "I thought it was smoked, Yongcheng is burning incense today, hoping to use the smoke to drive away poisonous insects." ”

The two walked into the nave, which was not actually a hall, but the name of the princess's bedroom. After entering, I saw Princess Xu sitting on a chair, beside Zhu Yuying, the lord of Yong'an, and the two were talking about something.

Zhang Zhaohua and Gao Chi went over to say hello, Princess Xu saw that it was them, and she smiled, so Zhu Yuying quipped: "As soon as my brother and sister came, my mother was happy." ”

"It's that I come to my mother's place every day to eat and drink," Zhang Zhaohua also smiled: "Mother makes fun of me!"

"You come to me," Princess Xu said gently: "I don't know that it is your filial piety, I can only be happier when you are like this, and I can eat two more bites when I see you eating the local fragrance." ”

"That's the benefit of having a daughter-in-law. Gao Chi interjected.

In the palace, in fact, meals are eaten separately, and everyone has a small kitchen, so they can eat anytime and anywhere. When eating, everyone eats from each other, not only does each cook and eat, but even when he buys vegetables, he buys them from the dining house, and distributes the meat and vegetables and other raw materials to each palace. How much someone should share every day, such as how many catties of pork, how many catties of mutton, how many eggs, how many catties of vegetables, etc., have detailed regulations, and they are sent to each prince and county lord every day.

When a family eats, everyone eats from each other, which may be heard at first glance, or some people do not believe it. But please think about it, each person lives in one place, each person has a number of eunuchs, a number of palace maids, is it possible to take care of the prince's and lord's meal, and then make the palace maid and eunuch's meal separately? Moreover, the distance from this palace to the other palace is so far away, and it also has to pass through several courtyards, the same dish, and when people gather, the food will be cold.

Therefore, Zhang Zhaohua came to dinner with Princess Xu on time every morning, and he could be praised as filial piety.

Zhang Zhaohua came to make a reputation, came to exercise, no matter the wind or snow, he walked such a short distance with Gao Chi, and came to the middle hall to have breakfast together. But at lunchtime, she and Gao Chi went back to the prince to eat, because the princess often went to the Cunxin Palace to dine with King Yan.

Speaking of dinner, Zhang Zhaohua thinks this is too strange, there is no dinner here in Beiping, only when you are hungry at night, prepare pastries and pasta and other things to cushion your stomach a little, which cannot be regarded as a formal meal at all - this is different from Yongcheng and Nanjing, she thought that three meals were popularized in the Sui and Tang dynasties, but she did not expect that two meals or three meals are related to regional culture and wealth, three meals in the south and two meals in the north, the poor may have difficulty one meal a day, and the rich have four or five meals a day.

However, the pastries in Beiping are very much in line with Zhang Zhaohua's heart, and it is no problem to eat some at night, and there is no problem to secretly ask the small kitchen for two bowls of noodles, and there is no problem, anyway, I won't be hungry.

Seeing Zhang Zhaohua coming, the small kitchen on the princess's side was filled with lavender, knife-cut noodles, cat ears, fish pulling, scorched rings, hemp balls, small steamed buns with sand filling, puff pastry, muffins, sesame sauce baked cakes and fine pickles marinated chicken breast, and even beef jerky and cheese.

This is simply Zhang Zhaohua's favorite, she eats dumplings and pastries in the south, and she always can't show off any scum without falling out, and she eats too many glutinous rice pastries, and her stomach can't adapt to it. But Beiping is much better, fried dough sticks, baked cakes, steamed buns, the same as what you eat at home. Moreover, Beiping was influenced by the Jin Yuan, and the food was completely different from that in the south, like Zhang Zhaohua ate the most in Nanjing is goose, duck, shrimp and fish and other aquatic goods, as soon as she came to Beiping, she changed her favorite beef and mutton, the meat quality is also very tender, Nanjing also has beef and mutton, but Guanglu Temple's own sheep, there is always a fishy smell that cannot be removed, and it is not useful to feed it with leeks.

This is not such a problem in the north at all, the beef and mutton in the north are cooked, that is, nothing is put in, and there is no smell, and the cheese made in the house is better than the yogurt of later generations in terms of taste, no additives, any fruit in it is delicious, originally before Zhang Zhaohua came, everyone drank it like this, and did not think about adding fruit or anything, Zhang Zhaohua came, and made an example, now everyone adds dried fruit to the cheese, and then sprinkles a handful of sesame seeds, the white and black are all good-looking, and the taste is really great.

And there are copper pots in the north that cannot be refused!

This is the most commendable custom left by Meng Yuan, on a cold day, if you don't order a pot to eat, you really don't call yourself a northerner. When the water in the pot boiled, the mutton, which was as thin as a cicada's wings, was soaked into the brass pot, and it turned brown after a while. Take it out and dip it in some garlic and coriander sesame juice and put it in your mouth, which is simply a supreme delicacy. This way of eating is also available in the south, casserole, the taste is light, and I don't like spicy condiments very much, so Zhang Zhaohua, who was used to eating spicy in his previous life, was always upset.

Zhang Zhaohua's appetite has always been good, she doesn't eat fast, but she keeps eating, which makes Princess Xu look at it and her appetite is also greatly increased. Of course, Zhang Zhaohua is such a discerning person, seeing that the princess has finished drinking a bowl of porridge, he immediately serves her a bowl, and occasionally says a few jokes, which can always make the atmosphere at the table happy.

This is also the princess indulges her, it stands to reason that if she doesn't say anything, it is impossible for a female official not to know this truth, but the female official behind the princess just turned a blind eye, in her opinion, Zhang Zhaohua, who can make the princess eat more, really has a filial piety.

Zhang Zhaohua is willing to make the princess happy, it is a great blessing to meet such a mother-in-law, Zhang Zhaohua has also sighed his blessing countless times - a month ago, Zhang Zhaohua was still thinking about how to please her mother-in-law, but it turned out that her mother-in-law treated her better than her own mother, and when the Wang family couldn't take care of her, the princess took care of her completely.

When she first came to the palace, because she had transitioned from the humid south to the north, she had a small ringworm on her wrist, the color was pale yellow, and how small it was, it was as small as half a fingernail, and it was actually seen by the princess. The key is that the princess not only found out, but also gave her ointment, and asked the female official to tell her that she couldn't eat anything, which was even more intimate than her own mother.