18. Eating bamboo civets by the stream
It's a new year again, and the time for spring has arrived. ~with~dream~small~say~щ~suimеng~lā
Although Gao Yue had cut off the homes of seventy-three households before, the people were always forgetful, but now that the taxes on land and commerce were clear, everyone knew their burdens, and soon everyone felt that it was convenient again, and public opinion thought that it was natural for Da Yin to do so.
Xingyuan Mansion is now more prosperous, before and after the Qingming Dynasty is more common, Hanyin Street and the grass market in the north of the city and the west of the city, visitors are like weaving, the umbrella cover is like a cloud, many big households have also begun to organize the dragon boat racing competition in the Dragon Boat Festival right away: each Kuofang guild is sponsored by a dragon boat team, and the head of the boat is inserted with the name of its own goods, all of which are still trying to win!
Lujiaozhuang is adjacent to the ferry of the Dazhu River, the weeping willows are verdant, bright and bright, it is a good season and a good place to play, Yun Shao smiled and Zhihui, tied a swing on the willow tree, and pushed Jing'er, Da'er and Weiru three children to play, Ah Cuo is drawing water by the stream, preparing to cook a picnic, because the cold food has just passed, to prepare to burn some hot ones.
Wu Cailuan, who lived in Xingyuan Mansion, sat on the grass, playing backgammon with Gao Yue face-to-face, and said "Lu Lu Lu" endlessly.
In the past few months, although he left the center of the government again, Gao Yue had a difficult time to spend a comfortable and leisurely time, bowing with his wife and concubines and children, putting paper kites, flying leaf play, graining boards and potted plants, and sometimes feasting and singing with his colleagues in Junfu Prefecture and County, in order to show the peaceful years: the meridian boundary law in Xingyuan and Fengxiang is also equivalent to a great success, the anvil base book has been painted, and a copy is prepared in the Fuzhou Hall, county offices and households, but Gao Yue slightly violated a previous promise: because he and Dou Shen were not in harmony, so he did not send the book to the household department.
Dou Shen sent someone to ask for it before, but Gao Yue just didn't allow it, and the relationship between the two became even more rigid.
At this time, a cart decorated with colorful silk came slowly along the road full of willows, and then the curtain was lifted, and Yunhe walked down with a smile, carrying a small bamboo cage in his hand, and the cage was covered with a red cloth towel.
As soon as I saw my little aunt, I was very happy, and I didn't swing anymore, clapped my hands to meet her, and asked my aunt what new things she brought me this time.
Gao Yue seemed to have a tacit understanding with Yunhe very early, so he pointed to the bamboo cage and said to his wife and Jing'er, this is what I said to Ah Ni before, something interesting.
Yun Shao laughed and said don't be in a hurry to remove the cloth towel, let me guess what's inside.
I only heard the creaking sound in the bamboo cage, "It seems to be a child's call" Yun Shao furrowed his black eyebrows and said curiously.
"Could it be a child in there?" He cried out in surprise.
When Yun Shao heard what his son said, his body suddenly shrugged, and a cloud of mist floated on his head:
In the Antler Village Hall, Gao Yue stood behind the curtain with a nervous face, holding his sister Yunhe's fragrant shoulders with both hands, and whispered, "You must not tell Ah Ni about this." ”
Yun He asked nervously what was the matter with his brother-in-law.
At this time, Gao Yue lowered his head, very painful, and said that the post station sent me this from Chang'an City, and after finishing speaking, he lifted a bamboo cage covered with a red cloth towel.
"Brother-in-law, what is this?"
Gao Yue said to Yunhe, don't be surprised if you see anything, and immediately show it directly to Ah Ni when Qingming is in the green, and she has to accept it.
After speaking, Gao Yue brushed it, ripped off the cloth towel on the bamboo cage, and Yun He sighed, only to see a pink baby in the bamboo cage, laughing and crawling around.
"That's right, Yunhe, this is what I gave birth to by cheating with Princess Lingxu."
"Sister, what are you thinking about?" Yun He stretched out the fan and scattered Yun Shao's illusions.
"Isn't Qingqing a child?" Yun Shao came back to his senses.
Gao Yue couldn't cry or laugh, so he really uncovered the cloth towel.
"Wow, what is this, is it a mouse?" He exclaimed.
"It's like a tanuki, but it's smaller than a tanuki." At this time, Yun Shao also looked at the guys who were spinning around in the bamboo cage.
"Look at its teeth, they're so long." Atso also came over, and this animal was also something she had never seen before.
"Can you eat it?" Wu Cailuan scratched the bun and looked at the fat little guy in the bamboo cage.
And Bao Bao grinned even more, especially when he noticed that this guy was even more cute than himself, and he was also strong and cute, the jealousy of the monkey suddenly grew, and he ran around the feet of the Cailuan refiner and barked.
Gao Yue was silent, and glanced at Yun He, and Yun He said proudly, this is when Father stepped down from Tanzhou, a businessman came in from Nanzhao, and he was right, it was called a bamboo rat; But my sister is right, it's also called a bamboo civet.
After speaking, Yun He boldly opened the bamboo cage in the exclamations of others, grabbed the tail of the guy who was bigger than a mouse but smaller than a cat, and lifted it heavily, this guy's eyes were like black beans, his belly was round, his limbs and claws were short, and when he struggled, he looked even more short and black and smooth all around.
"It also has a nickname, called 'I have oil.'" Gao Yue said in place of Yunhe.
As soon as the words fell, the bamboo rat screamed, revealing its yellow and bright teeth, which was not a homonym for "I have oil" and "I have oil", which caused everyone to laugh.
"Just hold it down with a wooden plank and take the oil from it, and it won't dare to scream anymore." Yun He also laughed.
Gao Yue looked at it, thinking to himself that bamboo rats, bamboo rats, you can't be too arrogant to be a man and a mouse, and shouting all day long that I have oil is the end of being taken oil, such as the pair of Dou's uncles and nephews in the court
"Can you eat it?" Wu Cailuan looked at the chubby bamboo rat greedily and asked a calm question for the second time.
"Refiner, this bamboo civet is so cute, how can you bear to eat it." Yun Shao was very sorry and disagreed.
In the earthen stove dug by the stream, the barbed wire used to grill the fish is stretched over, and below it is a rising fire, mixed with stones and charcoal, and the bamboo rat whose skin has been stripped stretches out and strung with bamboo skewers, is made into a longing to fly, has been roasted to a crisp yellow, and the oil is dripping down, and Ah Cuo sprinkled pepper, cinnamon, orange peel, ginger, and garlic on the net, and soon the strange fragrance overflowed.
"The meat is very tender." After baking and dividing, Yun Shao took two bites and was full of praise.
Wu Cailuan tore and agreed.
A few of the children also enjoyed eating.
Yunhe said that there are a few more that can be put in Yangzhou Grange to raise, they like to eat miscanthus and bamboo, and there are many in Yangzhou.
At this moment, several domestic servants gathered around a Kunlun slave with disheveled hair and a dark body, and ran over.
"It's Wei Daotian who has returned from Fujian!" In the past few months, Wei Daotian finally completed the mission of going to see the emperor's uncle, Wu Cao, who was also the Fujian observer, and returned to Xingyuan Mansion.
"Has the letter arrived?"
Wei Daotian knelt in front of his master, took the bamboo rat meat sent by his master, and nodded.
"What's the news from Jingshi?"
"I heard that when the Holy Lord was worshipping in the suburbs, he had already said that the Liufu Party had destroyed the mountain mausoleum (Emperor Zhongzong's Dingling), and I felt great shame every time I thought about it, so I had to send out an army to suppress the hatred."
"I'm afraid the Holy Lord's edict to let you go out of the army is about to arrive." Yun Shao was very concerned.
But Gao Yue was calm, took a bite of the bamboo rat meat overflowing with sesame oil, and said, "I am not in good health, and I can't control the army that is being conscripted." ”