Du Qiyue drank some hot tea, ate some snacks, and then went to sleep with his clothes together. The shock proof of this carriage is not bad, but it is uncomfortable to sleep on it, so Du Qiyue has been sleeping unsteadily, listening to the sound of horses' hooves outside in a daze, sleeping for a while and waking up for a while.

At noon, Zhou Cheng, the little servant who led the way, stopped the carriage in the woods on the side of the road, and then ordered a few people to start lighting a bonfire to make lunch. It's said to be cooking, but in fact, it's just that the steamer puts the ready-made meals in it and steam it, but this is already a good meal when you are in a hurry.

Zhao Yiyun stayed in the carriage all morning and felt sore, so he got out of the car and walked a few steps in the open space to move his muscles.

There is a small stream in the woods where Zhou Cheng stopped, and there are many small wildflowers blooming by the stream, and the scenery is still good. Zhao Yiyun walked along the stream for a while before returning to the side of the carriage, Qin Yun had already moved a small stool in the carriage and put it there, afraid that the stool would not be clean, and threw a handkerchief on it.

After Zhao Yiyun sat down, he saw that there was no Du Qiyue around, so he asked, "What about Du Langjun, why don't you see him?" ”

"Xu is asleep, the little guy who went to deliver tea just now came back and told me that Du Langjun was asleep." Qin Yun said.

Du Qiyue had actually woken up at this time, but his hair and clothes were a little messy after he slept all the way, and he forgot to bring a mirror, so it took a little time to tidy up. By the time he had packed up and dismounted, the servants had already set up the pot and were stacking the steamer with the vegetables into the pot.

Da Mao came over with a bucket of water from the river, and when he saw Du Qiyue standing by the car, he walked over and said, "Xiaoyue, you are out, quickly find a place to sit, and the meal will be ready immediately." ”

Du Qiyue had long forgotten that Wu Mingyao was going to send Da Mao and a small guy to follow him, Da Mao was standing with the little guys in the morning, and he didn't see it, and now when he saw Da Mao, he asked strangely: "Da Mao, why are you here?" ”

"Xiaoyue, you forgot, the owner asked me to follow you, and I will give you a hand in the future." Da Mao scratched his head and said.

"Look at my brain, I slept all the way in the car just now, and I was a little confused." Du Qiyue patted his head and said, "Then you are in the truck with these little guys all the way?" When you get off the road, you can also get in the carriage and sit down. ”

"Don't, I'm good in the wagon, comfortable and bright, but I'm not used to sitting in that carriage." Da Mao hurriedly waved his hand and said, how can a rough person like him make such a good carriage, and Wu Mingyao told him before this time, let him follow Du Qiyue like an apprentice, since he is an apprentice, how can he follow the master in the carriage.

The pony carriage that Du Qiyue was sitting in was a little too small, if he added Da Mao, a tall man, I was afraid that it would be crowded and panicked, Da Mao was unwilling, and there was nothing bad for Du Qiyue, so he didn't force it. And the trucks that the little guys sit in are actually quite good, with wooden sheds on them and tarpaulins on all sides, and they can't be blown by the wind and rain when they sit in it.

After Da Mao finished speaking, he went to work with a bucket, Du Qiyue glanced at the place where Zhao Yiyun was sitting, and was thinking about whether to go over, the little guy who had brought tea to Du Qiyue before took a small bench in his hand and ran over, "Du Langjun, do you want to sit for a while, will I help you put the stool here?" ”

"Whatever you want, thank you for thinking of bringing me a stool." Du Qiyue said that he actually wanted to sit on the ground just now, after all, the grass here is still quite clean.

The little guy had a round face, delicate facial features, a pair of big and bright eyes, looking very excited, he put the stool at Du Qiyue's feet, smiled and showed two little tiger teeth, and said: "Du Langjun, our master asked me to follow you to take care of you in the future, Langjun don't say thank you to me again." ”

"It's you, what's your name?" Du Qiyue asked, he had a good impression of this long and likable little guy.

"My name is Liu Sanqiu, everyone calls me Qiu'er, and Lang Jun will call me Qiu'er in the future." The little guy said with a smile.

"Qiu'er, I remembered, I will entrust you to take care of it on the road in the future, you have to worry more." Du Qiyue said, but he didn't take this to heart, because Qiu'er looked younger than him, and the work of serving tea and water might be okay, and it was really difficult for him to take care of it all the way.

"I will definitely try my best to take care of Lang Jun. Lang Jun sit down now, I'll go see if the food is ready. Qiu'er said.

"Wait, do you have any extra pots in the car, I brought some noodles and want to cook some to eat." Du Qiyue asked.

"Yes, yes, Lang Jun wait a minute, I'll go get the pot, the noodles won't taste good if they are left for a long time." Qiu'er nodded and said, he thought that Du Qiyue was bringing made noodles, thinking that it would be a batter after a morning.

Du Qiyue turned around and took out a paper bag from the car, walked to Zhao Yiyun and opened it to show them a large bundle of thin white noodles of the same length and thickness, and said, "I brought some noodles and planned to cook some to eat, do you want Zhao Gongzi to eat some?" ”

Zhao Yiyun was very surprised to see the large bundle of dried ramen, twisted one and put it in front of his eyes, looked at it, and asked, "Du Langjun, why is this noodle like this?" How do you eat this? ”

"Hang the noodles on a pole and dry them and cut them off, and they make them the same as when you cook them, just put them in boiling water and cook them. I knew I wouldn't have anything to eat when I was on the road, so I brought these noodles with me, and as long as they don't get wet, they can sit for a long time. Especially when the weather is cold, it won't be bad for a month or two. Du Qiyue explained.

"It's a good thing, as long as you bring a pot, you can eat something hot when you're on your way." Zhao Yiyun looked at the noodles in his hand again and said, "I'm afraid it will take a lot of effort for Du Langjun to do so much, right?" ”

"It's really slow to pull by hand, and if you have a dough sheeter, you can save a lot of effort to do it, just knead the dough." Du Qiyue said.

"Dough sheeter?" When Zhao Yiyun heard this new word, he asked, "What is it?" ”

"It's about the same as a wooden foot mortar, except that the bottom of the mortar is not solid, but there are some small holes drilled underneath. Just put the kneaded dough in it, and then pound the dough with a wood, and the noodles will be squeezed out from the bottom of the mortar, and then dried in the sun. Du Qiyue said that he used to have this thing in his hometown, and he played with it when he was a child, so he knew it very clearly.

"Foot pounding, I haven't seen this before, is there one here in Great Lake Town?" Zhao Yiyun frowned and asked, he knew about the mortar, but he really hadn't seen it with his feet.

Du Qiyue paused, thinking that probably this Dafeng Dynasty had not yet invented the pedal tamper, and immediately said: "My father knows how to order a carpenter, and he used to figure out the pedal mortar when he was fine, but now it is broken." ”

"Is it possible to make a large amount of zuò dough with that?" Zhao Yiyun asked with concern.

"Well, you can do as much as you want." Du Qiyue said.

Zhao Yiyun was a little excited when he heard this, the border pass where he was stationed before was on the border of Cheze County, where there were very few places where rice and wheat could be grown, and it was rich in a grain called yellow millet. Yellow millet is a grain long, each grain is the size of a walnut, it is extremely hard to the touch, and it can only be eaten after grinding into powder. There are generally tens of thousands of people in the army, and it is naturally impossible for the men to make any pasta for everyone to eat, so they are all directly mixed with water and boiled casually. This yellow millet paste is very viscous after cooking, and it is often stuck in the mouth when drinking, and the throat can be stuck when you are not skilled in eating it for the first few times, and you can barely swallow it. If Du Qiyue's foot pounding can really make a large number of zuò noodles, he can get this thing to the army, and the food in the army will be much better, and eating noodles is better than eating mush.

"Would you do this, then?"

"I won't do it, but I know what it looks like, and I can draw it for the carpenter." Du Qiyue said, a little puzzled why Zhao Yiyun was so interested in this foot mortar pounding.

Zhao Yiyun laughed when he heard that Du Qiyue could draw the picture, and said, "Then it will trouble Du Langjun." ”

Du Qiyue's eyes were shaken by Zhao Yiyun's smile, and hurriedly said: "No trouble, no trouble, no trouble, a picture matter, I will draw it when I get to the inn at night." ”

At this time, Qiu'er ran over with the washed pot, looked at Du Qiyue and said, "Lang Jun, where are the noodles?" I'll cook it for you. ”

"Well, that's the noodles." Du Qiyue pointed to the dry noodles in his arms, and asked Zhao Yiyun again: "Does the son eat it?" ”

Zhao Yiyun nodded, Du Qiyue's ramen last time impressed him, and he was curious about how the noodles tasted this time.

"What about Mama and Qinyun?" Du Qiyue asked again, after cooking a few times in the Wu Mansion, he knew that Mama Shu Ci and Qin Yun were Zhao Yiyun's personal and loyal servants, and they usually ate almost the same as Zhao Yiyun. Now Zhao Yiyun, the master, must open a small stove to eat, and Mama Shu Ci and Qin Yun must follow, and the two of them are naturally indispensable for making noodles.

"Then I'm welcome, just ask Du Langjun to do more." Zhao Yiyun said.

"Okay." Du Qiyue responded, then grabbed a large handful of noodles and stuffed them into the hand of the beggar, and said, "You go and boil half a pot of water first, put these in when the water boils, and then call me then." ”

"Ugh." Qiu'er took the noodles, then carefully grabbed the noodles with one hand and ran away with the pot in the other.

It didn't take long for the water to boil, and after Qiu'er carefully put the noodles into the pot, she called Du Qiyue over. It was the first time for Du Qiyue to cook noodles on a bonfire, and the heat was not accurate, but this was for Zhao Yiyun to eat, so he did it very carefully, tasted it several times in the middle, and when he was sure that the noodles tasted strong and not hard, he scooped them up and divided them into four bowls, and asked Qiu'er to help serve them together.

Holding a bare bowl of noodles, Zhao Yiyun didn't say anything, but Qin Yun asked, "Du Langjun, can you eat like this?" ”

"Naturally not, I didn't put seasoning when I cooked it, so I didn't put the soup at all. But I brought my own meat sauce, and it tasted good to mix and eat, so I could eat some more dishes. Du Qiyue said, while hurriedly taking out the jar of meat sauce from the carriage.

Du Qiyue had long considered that he might eat with Zhao Yiyun, so this meat sauce was made according to Zhao Yiyun's taste, and there was a strong fragrance in the noodles as soon as he mixed it. Zhao Yiyun only ate a little in the morning, and after a long day's journey, he was already hungry, and when he smelled the fragrance of the sauce, he immediately took a bite of the noodles, "Du Langjun, the taste of this meat sauce is very good, and it is good to eat it alone." ”

Du Qiyue saw that Zhao Yiyun was eating well, and his heart became happy, and he said with a smile: "It's good if the son likes to eat." ”