People are born with a preference for sweetness.

This is because there are many sweet taste receptors in human taste cells, and after a person eats sweet food, the sweetness will bring a pleasant feeling through nerve conduction.

Desserts make people feel better, but in fact, they are both physiological and psychological.

When you're upset or emaciated, the brain needs sugar the most. At this time, eating other foods, fat, fiber, etc. cannot be converted into sugar. For some sweets, such as ice cream, cakes can be converted directly into sugar, which quickly relieves this symptom and satisfies the energy needs of the brain. When the human body is in a bad mood, the human body will also lack group B vitamins, eat some desserts, carbohydrates can promote B1, B12 intake, for the spirit of some comfort or satisfaction.

In addition to physiologically can quickly eliminate brain fatigue and discomfort, the satisfaction brought by desserts also psychologically meets people's needs for taste, most people pursue the taste of food, especially girls like sweets, let this satisfaction to relieve the mood, and some people shopping can make a good mood and other reasons have the same reason.

Unfortunately, the process of obtaining sugar is long and arduous.

In prehistoric times, humans have known to consume sweet foods from fresh fruits, honey, and plants. Later, it developed into the production of caramel from grains, and then developed into the production of sugar from sugarcane and sugar beets.

The history of sugar production has roughly gone through three stages: early sugar production, handicraft sugar production and mechanized sugar production, and every development of the sugar industry means a major leap in the level of industrial technology, and it also makes sugar from a luxury that only the aristocracy can enjoy, and gradually becomes a daily commodity that ordinary people can afford.

For the Chinese, the Tang and Song Dynasties are one of the important nodes.

In 674 A.D., China invented the use of drip method to extract local sugar. This method uses a set of funnel-shaped pottery, equipped with clay jars and other small facilities, boils cane juice to a considerable concentration and then pours it into a shingle (funnel-shaped pottery), drenching yellow mud from above, and using the adsorption and decolorization of yellow mud to prepare clay white sugar. The emergence of white sugar marks that sugar production technology has reached a new height. During the Tang Dynasty, there was even a skill of making rock sugar from sugarcane in Suining, Sichuan.

The sugar handicraft industry flourished in the Tang and Song dynasties, and the variety and quality of the sugar produced reached a very high level.

However, sugar, unlike salt, is not a necessity of life – except for the sugar-free sweet party.

Since it is not a necessity, it can basically be defined as a luxury. In the Song Dynasty, children of ordinary families could probably mix cheap caramel (maltose) to eat during the New Year's holidays. Only rich and noble families add brown sugar and not too white sugar to the soup to live a sweet tooth. As for rock candy, it belongs to the top global limited edition in Hermès, and I heard that there is such a thing.

Fang Zhongyong, who is a child of an ordinary family, was a senior sweet party in his previous life. When white sugar is sold, it is naturally not a disadvantage. In today's Great Song Dynasty, it is really a bad habit of high consumption that is not very suitable for the times. Father Fang once sighed that this kid gave birth to a poor life and grew a rich mouth. Can you appreciate the tragedy of a child with a sweet tooth holding a bundle of sugar cane and nibbling on it? Even with a mouthful of blood blisters, the sweetness of the sugar cane still made him want to stop.

Watching Yan Rongyue eat the elaborate and delicious ice cream, her good-looking eyebrows curled and her big eyes narrowed. Fang Zhongyong felt very happy.

Sure enough, sharing is a pleasure.

"How many of us?" A damn voice shattered Fang Zhongyong's pleasure.

Fang Zhongyong glared coldly at the bear child Yan Quanjie.

All bear children in the world are annoying, whether he is good-looking or not.

The mother's family is not easy to offend, Fang Zhongyong reluctantly pulled out a smile and said: "All of them, all of them." He said to a large group of people from the Yan family and the Zeng family: "Everyone is welcome to come and try it, and if you have any comments or suggestions, you can put forward them!" I'm going to improve and make everyone happy. ”

The guy who called the truth came out again and proved that trying to satisfy everyone is actually a false proposition. The cute little maid cat slave put forward her own opinion: "Why is there only a peach in Miss's ice drink, and none of ours?" ”

Fang Zhongyong felt that he was not very business-minded, and a small role like this kind of girl should definitely be excluded from the tasting crowd. Well, bear children should also be excluded. Besides, is that a peach? Have you ever seen a coffee-colored peach? Could it be a bad peach?

For the sake of his own sexual well-being, Fang Zhongyong decided to patiently explain: "That's not a peach. That's a heart, love! Hearing this, Yan Rongyue, who had originally lowered her head and ate violently, lowered her head even more. Fang Zhongyong is complacent, and we have also practiced earthy love words!

The cat slave shouted: "Uncle is eccentric! ”

Yan Rongyue was ashamed: "Cat slave, what nonsense?" Who is your aunt? ”

The cat slave said very honestly: "The day before yesterday, I heard what you and your wife said in the room. Madame said that if Gongzi Fang passed the test this time, Madame planned to meet him. Mrs. also said that she and the old man don't care much about the people in the family, as long as the two of you like it, Fang Gongzi can set up a family affair with good character. After saying that, I felt that I had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly ran away.

Happiness came so suddenly, so suddenly that people couldn't believe it.

Fang Zhongyong looked at Yan Juhou with a blank eye.

Yan Juhou smiled bitterly: "My mother inquired about Wen Yuan's personality in many ways, and felt that Wen Yuan's virtuous brother had a very good character, and when she asked what Keiko's sister meant, Keiko did not object. I wanted to find an opportunity to tell me about it, so as not to be abrupt. And there is a small condition, it seems that my Yan family is a little snobbish. ”

Fang Zhongyong hurriedly said: "Don't be snobbish! Not snobbish at all! A beautiful woman like Keiko, if she has no talent at all, how can an ordinary person who can't be called outside Donghua Gate be worthy. The younger brother swears here that he will be the title of the gold list to make his sister happy. ”

Zeng Ye didn't know what he remembered, he just smiled beside him. Zeng Gong, an honest child, pulled Fang Zhongyong aside and said, "What about the sister of the Wang family?" ”

The voice was a little loud, and it was heard by Yan Juhou.

Yan Juhou said in a deep voice: "Who is the sister of the Wang family?" ”

At this time, if it is not clear, it will be troublesome, Fang Zhongyong tried his best to explain: "It is Wang Anshi's sister, and she is related to the Zeng family. The younger brother has seen it twice, and it has nothing to do with it. ”

Yan Juhou said suspiciously: "It's good if it has nothing to do with it." Don't be half-hearted and step on two boats! Don't be unpredictable! ”

The group swept away the ice drink made by Fang Zhongyong and walked away. Fang Zhongyong sat in the empty living room, drinking slightly bitter tea, but in his heart he felt sweeter than adding eight catties of sugar.

Love is sweet, but double love does not necessarily mean double sweetness.

The next day, Fang Zhongyong, who had not slept all night, washed with circles in his eyes and ate breakfast with a heavy heart.

What to do? Yan Shu's daughter is naturally impossible to be a concubine with others, so is Wang Yi's daughter willing to share a husband with others? With Wang Anshi's violent temper, he had to beat his own negative person out of the dog's brain. However, Mr. Wang Yi didn't seem to say anything related to marriage, and he didn't promise anything, and he only said a few words to Miss Wang Lingwei. It has nothing to do with the Wang family. Well, it just doesn't have anything to do with it.

But how do you feel a little self-deceived? Still inexplicably a little weak-hearted?

Don't want to! How to solve the worries, only Shuangquan wine, which has a lot of stamina.

Let Li San set up the carriage and Uncle Zhong accompanied him, Fang Zhongyong and the three of them left Yanfu and went straight to the Shuangquan Hotel.

After finding a private room, Fang Zhongyong drank two glasses of stuffy wine.

Before the worries were resolved, the noise in the box next door came.

A voice said, "Brother Lu is so drunk!" ”

Another voice said, "Brother Lu's alcohol consumption is naturally better. Brother Lu is not like our powerless scholars, not only proficient in poetry and books, but also skilled in bowing horses. Archery is a must, and we will see it another day. ”

The Brother Lu said, "It's so-so! It's still worse than Li Guanglai! As for seeing, how? There are no mountains and forests in this place, and no one can let me shoot them? I think back then, I was outside Jinxi City......"

Hearing this, a cold light flashed in Fang Zhongyong's eyes. called Uncle Zhong and said, "Uncle Zhong, go and inquire about who that Brother Lu is, where he lives, and what he is doing in Hongzhou." Hurry up! ”

Uncle Zhong reported after a while: "It's still an acquaintance." It's our son of Luzhi County, who came here to try the show, but his name fell to Sun Mountain. I don't go back to my hometown, and I drink and have fun here with a few gangs all day long. Originally, I was in this county with the magistrate, but a few years ago, I was driven back to my hometown for some reason. The villain has seen it a few times before, so he recognizes it. As for the place to live, it's the inn we used to live in. Childe wants to visit him? ”

Fang Zhongyong said with a smile: "When I have the opportunity, I naturally want to pay a good visit." ”

In his heart, he has already determined that this thing must be the murderer of the son of Mr. Fang Tangjing! I thought it was just a manslaughter, but today it seems to be intentional. For a beast like this who takes pleasure in killing people, letting him live one more day is the greatest malice to this world!

As a powerful president later said, our task is to send them to God, and if they are caught at the airport, they will be shot at the airport, and if they are caught in the toilet, they will drown them in the toilet and forgive them for God's business.

Fang Zhong never believed in God, if he had a choice, it would be a better choice to send this Lu Gongzi to see the evil ghost who was responsible for peeling the skin and bones in the underworld. It's time to send him where he needs to go!

Hearing that the banquet next door was about to end, Fang Zhongyong said, "You two go to the newly opened ice drink shop to have a look, so you can get started." I went to the bookstore to buy some anthologies, so I didn't have to follow me. I'll meet you at the ice drink shop. ”

When Fang Zhongyong followed Lu Gongzi to the Gaosheng Inn, he saw that Lu Gongzi was already drunk. The servant held him up, and kept shouting for the kitchen to prepare the decanting soup. Fang Zhongyong said in his heart, this is fine, it is always not good to make it bloody directly, and it is not easy to clear up the relationship afterwards.

When the guy passed by with the decanting soup, Fang Zhongyong threw two copper coins on the ground and said, "Xiao Er, but you dropped the money?" ”

The greedy guy looked down, thanked him repeatedly, and troubled Fang Zhongyong to serve the plate for a while.

Fang Zhongyong, in the spirit of helping others, was very willing to help the guy. Worried that the innkeeper's cooking skills were not good enough to satisfy the noble Lu Gongzi, he kindly added some light green "delicious" powder to the decanting soup. He followed the man to the door of Lu Gongzi's guest room, and heard Lu Gongzi drink the bowl full of decanting soup under the service of the servant, and then left satisfied.

Walking on the road, Fang Zhongyong kept sneering in his heart. Drink it, you will have diarrhea after three days, and it will be relieved after taking the medicine for diarrhea. When you think it's just a simple gastrointestinal discomfort and it has been treated, the toxin will quietly destroy your liver, and after five days, you will die of intestinal rottenness, and the gods can't save it!

As for the feeling of fear, guilt or disgust that comes from killing, Fang Zhongyong said that there is none. How can this be considered homicide? Do you feel fearful and guilty for slaughtering a vicious dog? I'm afraid that I will only feel excited, right?

Fang Zhongyong was very excited, and a trace of gloom in his heart drifted away.

Fang Zhongyong knew that it was the resentment of Mr. Fang Tangjing, Fang Zhongyong muttered, old man, rest in peace! I hope you can be reborn in a good family in your next life, show off your wealth and change your girlfriend every day, and be a young master who "no one has any money, I have money"!

By the way, I still have to go to the bookstore to see, didn't I say that I was going to buy a collection of essays? Then buy a copy. After all, Uncle Zhong and Li San are servants of the Cheng family in Zhang County, so it's better not to miss the horse.

Watching people cross, they will be wrapped around their waists at every turn, and there will be masters under their command at every turn. It's a shame that the more you wear it!

Is it because he is too stupid and does not have the spirit of a king, or is the ancients too smart to be fooled?