After Zhu Nian left the logistics department on the second floor, he came to the restaurant on the first floor of Tianxiang Pavilion. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

At this time, there were already many guests sitting in the hall on the first floor, and the little two were running forward and back, smiling and smiling, busy entertaining them.

The shopkeeper's name is Meng Shen, and Zhu Xinnian has been calling him Uncle Meng.

He came to Tianxiang Pavilion as a shopkeeper when Master Zhu had just started a business, and it can be said that he has been watching Zhu Xinnian grow up, and he is a middle-aged man who is quite kind.

At this time, he was standing behind the counter, holding the account book in one hand and calculating the accounts with the abacus on the counter in the other.

Behind Uncle Meng stood a sixteen or seventeen-year-old young boy named Yang Wei, who also had an account book in his hand at this time, and was seriously reconciling with Uncle Meng.

I saw that he was wearing a cyan robe and a straight scholar's hat on his head.

In Zhu Xinnian's memory, this Yang Wei is an upright person, and he has the best regard for Zhu Xinnian among the people in Tianxiang Pavilion.

Zhu Nian glanced at Yang Wei a few times, a satisfied smile appeared on his face, and then walked in the direction of the door.

When passing by the front of the counter, Zhu Nian respectfully greeted Uncle Meng: "Hello Uncle Meng!"

"Hmm. Uncle Meng was concentrating on the account book at this time, and after hearing Zhu Nian's greeting, he didn't look up, but just let out a "um" to indicate that he had heard it.

Yang Wei raised his head in surprise when he heard Zhu Nian's voice, with irrepressible joy on his face.

"Xiao Nian, what are you going to do?"

"Oh, I just finished work and want to go out for a walk. Zhu Nian looked at Yang Wei and replied.

Zhu Nian turned around and wanted to leave, but she suddenly realized a problem: she had no money on her!

So Zhu Nian turned to Yang Wei again and said, "Can you lend me some money first?" ”

Yang Wei didn't expect Zhu Nian to ask for his help at this time, and replied very excitedly: "Okay, how much do you want?"

"Hmm..."For ancient money, Zhu Nian really didn't know anything, she could only recall with difficulty how much it cost Zhu Xinnian to buy things when she went out, and then estimated a rough idea, and Yang Wei said a string of numbers.

"Then you can give me 500 Wen money first, and I will definitely pay you back later!" Zhu Nian assured Yang Wei.

"Well, Xiao Nian, wait a minute. Yang Wei untied the small money bag hanging from his waist, and then took out a string of copper coins from it.

"Here you go, Xiao Nian, exactly 500 yuan. Yang Wei handed the string of copper coins to Zhu Nian's hand.

"Thank you. Zhu Nian gave Yang Wei a grateful smile, and then turned around and left Tianxiang Pavilion.

Looking at Zhu Nian's distant back, Yang Wei was stunned, he recalled the sunny smile that Zhu Nian had shown him just now, and scratched his head with his hand embarrassedly.

"Stinky boy, I told you not to reconcile the accounts well! I told you not to reconcile the accounts well!"

While Yang Wei was distracted, Uncle Meng had already quietly rolled up an account book, and there was a violent shudder towards Yang Wei's head.

"Oh, master, stop fighting! Stop fighting!" Yang Wei dodged around holding his head.

"Hmph!" Uncle Meng threw the ledger onto the counter, then clasped his hands around his chest and gave Yang Wei a big roll of his eyes.

"But...... It's been a long time since I've seen Nian'er smile like this. Recalling the smiling face of Zhu Nian just now, Uncle Meng also showed a kind and kind smile.

Walking on the street, Zhu Nian felt very new to everything around her, and she kept looking around, stopping and stopping.

On both sides of the street, there are tea houses, taverns, workshops, pawnshops, etc., and there are many small stalls with large sheds parked in the open space near them.

Zhu Nian saw an uncle carrying a stick, and the big stick was full of fiery rock sugar gourds, she happily rushed over, pointed to the sugar gourd and asked the uncle the price.

"How do you sell this sugar gourd?"

"A string of pennies. ”

"Okay, give me a string. Zhu Nian handed the uncle three money.

The uncle accepted the money, then pulled out a string of sugar gourds and handed it to Zhu Nian.

Taking the sugar gourd, Zhu Nian said "thank you", and then continued to walk down the street in a bouncing manner.

After walking for a while, Zhu Nian saw a dilapidated and quaint civilian house on the side of the street, and a large wooden table was placed in front of the door, on which was placed a large bamboo basket of almost oval, and a quilt was covered with a quilt.

Zhu Nian walked over, and it happened that a grandfather about 50 years old walked out of the door carrying another big bamboo basket.

"Little girl, do you want to buy a few steamed buns?"

"These are steamed buns?" asked Zhu Nian, pointing to the big bamboo basket on the table.

"Look at you've just been here. Our family specializes in making steamed buns, and our steamed buns... It's famous, and people around here come to buy it every day!" the old man kindly introduced to Zhu Nian.

Zhu Nian suddenly stared at the bamboo basket on the table and was stunned, as if he was thinking about something.

Seeing Zhu Nian standing motionless in place, and without saying a word, the old man stretched out a hand and shook it in front of Zhu Nian's eyes, "Little girl?"

Zhu Nian came back to his senses and suddenly showed a mysterious smile.

"Grandpa, can I borrow it from your kitchen?"

"Huh?" the old man looked very surprised, and did not turn his attention for a moment.

Zhu Nian took out all the money left from his body and handed it to the old man.

"Grandpa, I won't use your kitchen for nothing, this money is for you. ”

"You kid, what do you say about money and not money! People in this neighborhood don't know that my old Li Tou is warm-hearted. The old man returned the money to Zhu Nian, and then beckoned her into the house.

"Let's go, then come in with me, and I'll take you to the kitchen. The old man readily agreed to Zhu Nian's request.

"Thank you, grandpa!" Zhu Nian smiled brightly again.

Under the guidance of the old man, Zhu Nian soon came to the kitchen.

She looked around, saw a huge steamer, and smiled with satisfaction.

"Grandpa, can I use your steamer?" asked Zhu Nian, pointing to the steamer in the corner.

"No problem. ”

"That.. Can you give me some more flour and eggs?" asked Zhu Nian again.

"Everything is in the cupboard, you can use whatever you want, just don't waste it too much. "The old man was very cheerful. "I'll go outside to sell steamed buns first, and if there's anything, I'll call me outside. After saying that, the old man left the kitchen first.

Zhu Nian took a deep breath and felt very warm in his heart.

She didn't expect that she could meet such a kind old man just after crossing here, and she felt that a warm current was slowly flowing in her heart, diluting the unhappiness of meeting Tao and Zhu Yanran before.

Zhu Nian opened the cabinet door, took out two bowls and four eggs and put them on the table, and then she skillfully prepared 2 taels of flour and 1 tael of starch with her past experience.

She first puts the flour and starch into a bowl, then pours in water and quickly stirs it with chopsticks.

She then put four eggs into another bowl, added a small amount of white sugar, and stirred them again with chopsticks until they were white and sticky.

Finally, she puts the flour and eggs in a bowl, pours in a little oil, and stirs again until it is even and free of particles.

There is also one container missing.

Zhu Nian looked around and saw a round shallow-bottomed bamboo tube in the corner of the table, she nodded, then took it to herself and poured all the things she had just stirred into it.

Looking at the results of his production, Zhu Nian smiled with satisfaction, snapped his fingers, and then put it in the steamer.

In ancient times, steamers could not use electricity, but could only burn fires manually.

Zhu Nian had no choice but to squat down and fill the firewood on the side into the fire hole under the steamer from time to time.

After waiting for about three quarters of an hour, Zhu Nian felt that the time was almost up, so he took the round bamboo tube out of the steamer.

She put the steaming bamboo tube on the table, opened the lid of the bucket, and a simple golden cake appeared in front of Zhu Nian's eyes.

That's right, it's cake!

Zhu Nian wants to give the dead Zhu Xin a different 15th birthday.

Cakes generally need to use low-gluten flour as raw materials, but in ancient times, there were no such particulars, and Zhu Nian could only use ordinary flour and starch in proportion to make the same taste of low-gluten flour.

"Zhu Xinnian, today is your 15th birthday. Zhu Nian spoke into the air, but then she was stunned for a moment and said, "Oh, no, according to your words, it's 'birthday'." ”

"Yes, today is your 15th birthday. Zhu Nian corrected, "From your memory, I can see that since your father died, you have never had a birthday. ”

Zhu Nian suddenly felt an indescribable sadness, this was not her own thoughts, could it be that Zhu Xinnian heard her own words?

"Zhu Xinnian, today I will use the way of our hometown to celebrate your birthday. Zhu Nian lowered his head, looked at the cake and said, "This kind of thing is called cake, and our people there have to eat it on their birthdays." ”

After speaking, Zhu Nian grabbed a piece of cake with his hand and stuffed it into his mouth, and then sang a happy birthday song.

"I don't know if you can still appreciate the taste of it, is it delicious?"

Then Zhu Nian's tears suddenly flowed uncontrollably.

"Is that you? You feel my intentions, aren't you?"

Zhu Nian wiped away her tears with her hands, and then said, "Don't worry, from today onwards, I will live well for you, and no one will bully you again." ”

At this moment, Grandpa Li walked in from the kitchen door and happened to see Zhu Nian with tears streaming down his face.

"Oh, girl, that's good... Why are you crying?"

"I'm fine, grandpa, thank you for your concern. Zhu Nian saw Lao Li Tou walking in, wiped a handful of tears with his hand, collected his emotions, and shook his head.

Then, Grandpa Li saw the cake on the table and was very curious.

"Eh, girl, what is this?"

"This is called a cake, I created it myself, grandpa, can you taste it?" Zhu Nian patiently explained to Lao Li Tou, then took a knife and cut the cake into six even pieces.

"Grandpa, you taste it. Zhu Nian handed Lao Li a piece of cake.

"Good. Lao Li Tou took the cake and stuffed it into his mouth, and then his eyes lit up instantly.

"Delicious, delicious!" Lao Li Tou praised again and again, and gave Zhu Nian a thumbs up, "Sweet but not greasy, soft and elastic, it's amazing!"

Zhu Nian also ate a piece of cake, and after hearing Lao Li Tou's admiration for herself, she smiled happily.

"Grandpa, since it's delicious, I'll leave the remaining four pieces to you. ”

"Really?" Old Li's eyes brightened even brighter than before.

"Hmm. ”

"Great, when my grandson comes back from school, I'll let him try this... Cake!"

"Okay!" Since becoming a chef, Zhu Nian's happiest thing is to hear about the recognition and support of others for his cooking skills.

Then, Zhu Nian took out the string of copper coins on his body and dismantled 100 pieces from it.

"Grandpa, don't shirk this time. I've used so much of your stuff and you deserve the money. It's not easy for you to make money, so take it quickly. ”

"Not really, you don't use much of me. Besides, I even ate the cake you made!" Old Li still refused to accept the money.

"Grandpa, if you don't accept the money, I'll take away all the rest of the cake, and your grandson won't be able to eat this delicious cake!" Zhu Nian began to use the food temptation method.

"It's... Okay, okay, then I'll take the money. But you'll have to grab two steamed buns from me and go!"

Lao Li Tou had never eaten such a magical and delicious thing, so he didn't resist the temptation.

"Good!"

After a while, Zhu Nian and Grandpa Li returned to the street.

Lao Li Tou took out two steamed buns from the big bamboo basket and stuffed them into Zhu Nian's arms.

"Although my steamed bun is not as good as your cake, it is a must-have in the steamed bun industry!" said Lao Li Tou very proudly, "If you are hungry on the road, you can eat some! ”

"Well, okay, thank you grandpa. Zhu Nian thanked Lao Li, and then took the two steamed buns and reluctantly turned to leave.

"I'll come back when I have time in the future!" Looking at Zhu Nian's distant back, Old Man Li shouted loudly.

Zhu Nian turned around and said "yes", and then walked down the street.

On the street, she took a bite of steamed buns, and her eyes lit up.

This steamed bun is snow-white in color, looks very good, and it tastes soft but chewy, and the taste is slightly sweet, which can be described as full of color and flavor.

Good steamed buns!