Chapter 111
"Lamb liver soup?" Wang didn't know what it was, so he wondered.
"It is a snack made of washing and steaming lamb liver, crushing it, and then adding red beans, which is best eaten by children." Jiang Wanbai explained.
As soon as Wang heard that it was good for Tian Chengyun, she hurried back, and asked carefully how to make this thing and what to pay attention to when doing it, and made sure that there was no omission, so she went out to prepare in a hurry.
"Mother, tomorrow is Laba, in a while, are we freezing a basin of ice?" Tian Lao Er said.
Frozen ice? Jiang Wanbai thought for a while, and remembered that this was the custom here, freezing a basin of ice today, breaking the ice tomorrow, and everyone eating it separately, it is said that this will ensure that there will be no stomach ache in the coming year.
In fact, this custom is unreasonable, and the ice is so cold, if you eat it badly, it will be bad, Jiang Wanbai frowned and looked at Tian Laoer, and found that he looked like a matter of course, so she knew that this custom wanted to change, and it was not so easy to change.
"Boil a pot of boiling water for a while, let it cool and then take it outside to freeze, be careful, don't fall dust or anything." Jiang Wanbai wanted to reduce the risk as much as possible.
The winter of the Great Li Dynasty was at least twice as cold as that of modern times, and it didn't take a night for the water to freeze into a big ice mound, and it was impossible to take it out of the clay basin.
There was no choice but to put the clay pot on the fire and roast it first, so that the ice at the bottom of the pot would melt a little, and after a while, a large piece of white and crystal ice would fall on the cloth that had been prepared with a bang.
Tian Lao Er picked up the hammer and happily slammed it on the ice, and the crystal ice immediately burst apart.
Tian Chengan had been waiting on the side for a long time, and when he saw this, he quickly reached out and took a small piece, first licked it with his tongue, and found that it was cold, and immediately showed a smile.
Just like he was reluctant to eat sugar, he didn't bite the ice, but showed it to Jiang Wanbai, Tian Laosan, and everyone in the Tian family, and finally, he put the ice in front of his left eye, closed his right eye, and focused on the ice, or through the ice, looking at the other side.
I don't know if he saw those funny people distorted by the ice, or if he saw the colorful world in the ice, he couldn't help but laugh.
Laughing enough, he tried to move the ice far away, looking left and right as he went, and suddenly he exclaimed, "This ice has seven colors!" ā
The Tian family more or less took a piece of ice and ate it, although it was not as cheerful as Tian Chengan, but today was a festival, and the mood was good, after listening to Tian Chengan's words, they all showed a smile, a kind of pampering smile for children.
Tian Chengan saw that everyone didn't believe his words, so he was a little anxious, "This ice really has seven colors, otherwise, you see." With that, he first went to pull Tian Laosan's hand.
Tian Laosan doted on his youngest son, so he naturally half-squatted down and looked into the ice, but unfortunately, he didn't see anything, and the ice was just an ordinary piece of ice.
"Dad, did you see that?" Tian Chengan said urgently.
Tian Laosan wanted to say that he saw it, but he was not good at lying, so he opened his mouth and stammered for a long time, but he didn't say anything.
Tian Chengan was even more anxious, "It's right there, look, Dad, look at it." ā
Tian Laosan was a little embarrassed at this time, and he couldn't help Tian Chengan was coquettish and begging, he leaned forward again, looked hard for a long time, and then pretended to see it and said: "I saw it, I saw it." ā
After speaking, he straightened up and touched Tian Cheng'an's head with a big hand like a fan, "Cheng'an, play by yourself." After saying that, he turned around and went to help Tian Lao Er clean up the broken ice.
Children are not so easy to deceive, especially when this adult's acting skills are still very bad, Tian Chengan puffed out his mouth, very dissatisfied, looked around, and he aimed his eyes at Jiang Wanbai.
Walking on his short legs, he ran to Jiang Wanbai's side in a few steps, and while pulling Jiang Wanbai's hand with his hand, he said, "Milk, I really saw it, I didn't lie." ā
Jiang Wanbai glanced at the ice in Tian Chengan's hand, a very crystal pyramid-shaped ice cube, and immediately believed Tian Chengan's words.
When sunlight passes through a triangular pyramid, the colors will be separated, and the colorful color will be formed, a very common optical phenomenon.
As for why Tian Chengan saw it, Tian Laosan couldn't see it, it was because of the light area problem, if Tian Laosan was asked to take this piece of ice and try it a few more times, he might be able to see it.
"I've seen it before, and Cheng'an didn't lie." Jiang Wanbai touched Tian Chengan's head and said with a smile.
"Really?" Tian Chengan was affirmed, and immediately laughed, as bright as the sun.
"How could I lie to you, of course it's true." Jiang Wanbai is serious.
Tian Chengan nodded fiercely, "Milk, I'm out to play." ā
Jiang Wanbai nodded, Tian Chengan was like a happy bird, taking the ice and flying out of the yard, without thinking about it, he must have gone to share this interesting story he had just discovered with his friends.
Jiang Wanbai looked at his back and smiled, reached out and picked up a piece of thumb-sized ice, and put it in her mouth, unexpectedly, the ice was not as cold as she thought, and even had a hint of sweetness, which made people can't help but take the second one.
"Mother, today is Laba, Wang Ji pawnshop clearance, let's go and have a look!" Zhao Shijian yƬ said.
Wang Ji Pawnshop is the largest pawnshop in the county, it will collect a lot of things throughout the year, and then deal with them in different categories, but there are always some things that are lost when they are collected, or something happens in the middle that cannot be dealt with.
So, I don't know what year it began, it began to openly sell these things to everyone on the day of Laba, just like Laba boiled all the grains and leftover rice into Laba porridge.
At first, everyone didn't pay much attention to it, until later a person bought a very inconspicuous jade pendant full of oil, he took the jade pendant to the house, and after carefully wiping it for warmth, he found that the jade pendant had become crystal clear and valuable.
With this incident, in the second year, there were many more people who came to buy things at Wang Kee Pawnshop, and the habit of Wang Ji Pawnshop was retained as a feature, and it has been more than 30 years now.
After thinking about it, Jiang Wanbai Jue's is quite interesting, in modern times, she has also been to some pawn shops, and when she came to ancient times, it was worth visiting this pawnshop again.