This is a courtyard full of bricks and stones, there is nowhere to stay, the second and third courtyards have been opened, it looks a lot more open, and the family is eating around a table.

When Zhang Xiaoshan was pulled in, he noticed the two burly men, but when the two were eating, they were slow and not in a hurry at all.

There was also a young man in a green shirt, who looked very ordinary and stupid, and was pulling the rice in the bowl one bite at a time.

"You sit here, I'll add two dishes and chopsticks!"

After Zhang Xiaoshan was arranged to sit down, he saw the appearance of the three people on the table clearly, not so much like the appearance of Jinling people, but a little like those Hu Shang, with thick eyebrows and rough skin, not like people raised in Jiangnan Water Town.

"Who are you?" A big man paused, tilted his head and asked.

"Neighbor, Zhang Xiaoshan!" Zhang Xiaoshan's eyes were wide open, without the slightest discomfort.

"Oh......" The big man replied, pulled two more mouthfuls of food, and spoke again, "My name is Xiong Er." ”

"The surname bear is rare?"

"Xiong Da is also surnamed Xiong, it is not uncommon, the name of the two of us is the princess ......"

"What princess got up, I can't stop your mouth when I eat, hurry up and eat, stop talking!" seemed to be on guard against Zhang Xiaoshan, and the other big man saw that the situation was not good, so he hurriedly picked up the vegetables and spoke, planning Xiong Er's words.

Princess? Which princess? The princess of the new Song? Zhang Xiao kept muttering in her heart, she found that this family was very strange and had many secrets.

"Come, taste the rice from Sanjiang Province!" Li Shuangshuang served a small bowl of rice at this time and handed it to Zhang Xiaoshan, and she herself squeezed Li Congjia to sit down, holding her head and looking at Zhang Xiaoshan.

"Sanjiang Province?"

"In the very north, I heard that there is no summer in the very north, the days are very short, the nights are very long, the soil there is black, and the rice grown is very delicious!" Li Shuangshuang explained that the rice he ate at home was still brought over from Chang'an, and it was also sent by Roujia, but he only brought two bags and couldn't eat it for long.

Looking at the rice grains in the bowl, they were indeed larger than usual, exuding a pastoral aroma, although Zhang Xiaoshan had eaten, but it was difficult to resist, and he still tasted a small bite.

"This is the West Lake lotus root, but I don't look like the West Lake lotus root, it's the vendor who makes a name for himself and said nonsense, this is steamed sea bass, the sea bass is older, but it's okay, this is spicy cabbage, but it's not so spicy, this last dish is braised pork, which goes well with rice, and there is a soup, clear water soup." Li Shuangshuang introduced the lunch she cooked, and what made her most proud was the braised pork.

"It's a big bowl of boiling hot water, so why is it called soup?" Xiong Da expressed his doubts, Li Shuangshuang has not cooked well in the past few days, even the soup is confused, got a bowl of boiled water, after it is cold, it becomes soup, in the past, when he was in Chang'an, it was not like this, the princess had to come to eat every three or five days, Li Shuangshuang always made a big table of dishes, at that time, they also had a mouthful, but it was not like now.

"Shut up and eat your fish!" Li Shuangshuang roared and glared at Xiong Da.

The bear was yelled, and he didn't dare to argue with him, and obediently went to eat his own fish again.

Zhang Xiaoshan covered his mouth and smiled, only thinking that this family was very interesting, it turned out to be a little girl in charge.

"Come, try this lotus root, although it is not the lotus root of West Lake, but it is fresh, very crisp!" Li Shuangshuang was very generous, and sandwiched a lot of lotus root slices into Zhang Xiaoshan's bowl.

Zhang Xiaoshan is naturally not easy to refuse, after taking a bite of the lotus root, he feels that this lotus root is not like Jinling's practice, when Jinling makes lotus root, he often cooks soup, mixed with radishes, chicken nuggets, as the name suggests, it is a chicken soup, but it is not as crisp as this, and the bite is rattling in the mouth.

This lotus root fragment is crystal clear, with coriander and all kinds of condiments, which is very flavorful, but it is not as sticky and tasteless as the lotus root in the chicken soup.

"Delicious, right?"

"Well, crisp and delicious!"

"Then try this perch again!"

Zhang Xiaoshan took a pair of chopsticks and tasted it, only to feel that this sea bass was extraordinarily delicate, very delicious, and there was no fishy smell of fish at all, and there was a hint of sweetness of rice wine.

"This fish?"

"I'm older, I'm more firewood, it's all to blame on the fishmonger!" Li Shuangshuang knew that his steamed sea bass was not ready, and when he bought it back, he found that the fish was old and not fresh enough.

"No, I didn't mean that, this fish is extraordinarily fresh, no fishy smell, and a little sweet!"

"Is it sweet? Why can't I taste it?" The bear sucked on his chopsticks and ate the fish, but he didn't taste any sweetness.

"Your tongue is really good, I only put a small spoonful of rice wine, and you can taste the sweetness!" Li Shuangshuang's eyebrows and eyes were crooked, thinking that he had met a bosom friend, in the past, only Rou Jia could taste it, but Li Shuangshuang didn't like Rou Jia.

For the rest of the time, Zhang Xiaoshan only pulled the Sanjiangdao rice in the bowl, and didn't dare to eat vegetables, after all, he had already eaten a lot at home, and if he came here as a guest, if he couldn't finish the bowl, he was afraid that he would be laughed at.

So much so that Li Shuangshuang felt that the spicy cabbage and braised pork he made did not meet Zhang Xiaoshan's appetite, but later thought about it, Zhang Xiaoshan had tasted the braised pork she made in the courtyard next door, and she also said that it was delicious, how could this come to the dinner table, so she didn't move the braised pork.

Eating is always fast, and most of the dishes on the table fall into the belly of the Xiong brothers, and the rest of the people just taste it.

Before leaving, Li Shuangshuang also asked Zhang Xiaoshan to come to eat often, she said that she would cook a lot of delicious food, and she wanted to make them for Zhang Xiaoshan to eat one by one, Zhang Xiaoshan responded, but probably not often, after all, this is not her own home, and it is always bad to come to eat from time to time.

Out of the yard, Zhang Xiaoshan came to Mr. Su's house again, the old gentleman saw that someone was coming, and hurriedly wiped the grease stains on the corners of his mouth, thinking that he had eaten something greasy just now, and only told Zhang Xiaoshan what book he wanted to read, take it, and remember to return it on time.

Zhang Xiaoshan was still choosing a book in the courtyard, and the old gentleman carried a jar and entered the house.

Popular novels, scripts, and lyrics, Zhang Xiaoshan chose two books, one is "The Legend of the Ghost Fox", and the other is Bai Letian's poetry collection.

Holding the two books selected, Zhang Xiaoshan jumped out of Lane 17, today the sun is a little big, today I am very full, today, I met interesting people.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xiaoshan curled the corners of his mouth slightly, and after laughing a few times, he left Lane 17.

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Seventeenth Lane is still as usual, some people walk, some go home, some worship the door, some take a rest, until Shen Shi, a sedan chair stopped at the mouth of the alley.

There were four small servants accompanying him, all of whom were internal officials, and a middle-aged man with a sallow face came out of the sedan chair and went straight into Mr. Su's courtyard.

After an hour, the middle-aged man with a sallow face left the courtyard and disappeared at the end of Wutong Street in a sedan chair.

A lot of things happened on Wutong Street today, especially Jin Qiming's fall into the water is the most talked-about, the front foot just fell into the water, and there was a teahouse behind to talk about it, and then after the processing of the blind man's storytelling, a story spread all over the size of Jinling.

said that Jin Qiming relied on his identity as a person to bully people from outside Chang'an, but he didn't expect this Chang'an person to bird him and threw him into the Qinhuai River, so Jin Qiming secretly swore that he must make a big deal about it, make that family unhappy, and make that little lady cry and cry for her mother.

It was said that this Jin Juren was originally a person from Fujian, because he longed for his son to learn, so he came to Jinling to study, who expected that he would not be in school for three years, and only fell into the identity of a Juren, because of his difficulty, he threw himself under the door of Xiao Gong An, and did a bureaucracy.

Although it is a Mu bureaucracy, but in fact, it is no different from a dog's legs, this little grandfather An has been a gentleman since he was a child, likes to gamble and visit the Qinglou, can be called a bully, and received a few Mu bureaucrats, gave him ideas, wrote poems, and harmed a few innocent daughters of two families, and was imprisoned at home.

Although he is the second prince of Fujian, he is hostage in Chang'an, and he does not have much right.

Jin Qiming was depressed these days, so he informed the second prince of the experience, the second prince had no right, so he could only persuade him to report to the official, and then make a plan, Jin Qiming complied, and went to the county government to report to the official this morning, after all, the sunset was deliberately done by someone, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it was a murder for money.

But things were not as Jin Qiming expected, the official temporarily turned against him, and he didn't save him when he saw death, Jin Qiming soaked in the Qinhuai River, and only then did he get out and almost lost his life.

After going back, he told the second prince what happened today, and the second prince seemed to be unable to bear the humiliation of the Fujian people, so he personally took him to the Ping'an County Ya to meet the county lord for a while.

In the county office, Jin Qiming saw the official errand in the morning, the leader was called Zhou Zong, a native of Jinling, and his ancestors had been working in the Ping'an County government for three generations.

When the county lord heard that the second prince of Fujian was coming, he hurriedly greeted him in person, and the good tea and good seat were waiting, but as soon as he heard that it involved a family in Lane 17, the county lord changed a person, saying that the matter ended here, and it was obvious that he was deliberately maintaining the family.

The second prince argued with him, but the county lord didn't buy it at all, and simply called someone to blast it out, and even threw Jin Qiming out of the county office.