Chapter Seventy-Three: It's good to wait for me to get fame and marry you
Coming out of the teahouse, Kang Damao and Shen Luojun boarded the canopy boat on the bank of the canal again, and sat on the bamboo chair at the bow of the boat to quietly enjoy the beautiful scenery on the bank of the canal.
The water quality of the canal in Yangzhou city is clear, passing through the city, the historic sites along the coast are numerous, starting from the entrance of the Yangtze River, there are Guazhou Gudu, the famous temple Gaomin Temple, the ferry port of the Maritime Silk Road of the Tang Dynasty Yangzijin, the Jianzhen Dongdu Wharf Pagoda Bay, the tomb of the sage Puharding of the Western Regions during the Xianchun period of the Southern Song Dynasty, etc.
The canopy boat slowly moves along the canal, through the tunnel of time, from the Spring and Autumn Period, the Han Dynasty, the Sui and Tang Dynasties to the Song, Yuanming and Ming dynasties until the Qing Dynasty, feeling the profound cultural heritage of Yangzhou, not only along the canal there are historical sites scattered in the meantime, the prosperous scene of the market, the folk culture on both sides of the river, the life of the people and the canal itself are like the Northern Song Dynasty painter Zhang Zeduan's "Qingming Riverside Map", the long picture scroll is vivid and displayed in front of you.
Before they knew it, it was noon, the sun was shining warmly, Kang Damao and Shen Luojun were not hungry at all at this time, maybe they were too full of morning tea, and the two decided to ignore lunch and continue to play.
In the evening, Shen Luojun leaned on Kang Damao's shoulder, admiring the sunset that was about to set in the west, thinking that the beautiful scenery in front of him was about to be submerged in the night, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: The sunset is infinitely good, but it is just near dusk. The nostalgia for the scenery in front of you is like the relationship between the two, and it is not easy to cherish it when they get together.
"Da Mao, are you still going to take the merit test?" Shen Luojun asked seemingly plainly but thoughtfully, she clearly remembered that Kang Damao personally told her that he would marry her when he got fame in Zhenjiang Mansion, but he didn't know if he had gone through so many things, and now Kang Damao has forgotten his original thoughts.
"Of course, there are too many things before the year, and after the year, I can concentrate on reading books when I am busy for a period of time and when the business is stable, and it will be a triennial township exam until August, and it should not be a big problem to lift people." Kang Damao said confidently.
Shen Luojun stared at Kang Damao with a look of wanting to speak and stopping, did she want to ask Kang Damao if his previous words still counted? It's just that the words came to his mouth and he swallowed it hard.
"Shall I marry you when I get a name for myself?" Kang Damao turned his head with a smile and said.
"Huh? Well! Shen Luojun's voice was weak, and then she leaned on Kang Damao's shoulder and closed her eyes, enjoying the tranquility and fleeting beauty of the two alone.
Even if the voice just now was small, Kang Damao could hear it clearly, he smiled and pulled Shen Luojun into his arms, took off the windbreaker on his body and draped it in front of Shen Luojun, his arms tightened again, feeling the soft and boneless warmth of his beloved's body.
The canal at night is the most magnificent paradise in Yangzhou, with wharves, bridgeheads or Hongqiao railings and bridge holes, all of which are full of colorful colors. On the east bank of the canal, the flaming red lanterns and the flaming red light are projected on the river, embankment, willows, and ancient buildings in the town, and the towns and trees are dotted into a sea of flowers and lights, which makes people's whole heart burn up, and it is not only the beauty of "fireworks March".
The moon and the canal are probably the most charming words in Yangzhou City, the neon lanterns along the canal are dazzling, bright and abnormal, the bright moon is in the sky, sparkling, the canal under a round of bright moon, reminds people of the classic couplet: the moon in the air, the moon in the water, the moon has friends to enjoy the moon.
"The world is divided into three bright moonlit nights, two points of scoundrels are Yangzhou" to Yangzhou City has added a hazy and can never erase the poetry, in addition to taking a boat to admire the moon, the inns, tea shops, restaurants, everywhere are good places to enjoy the moon.
Kang Damao and Shen Luojun got off the boat after staying on the boat for a long time, went ashore, and moved their neck bones on the shore, and at this time they were also hungry, and they were ready to find a good place to enjoy the moon along the canal.
In a restaurant called Shiweitian, Kang Damao and Shen Luojun sat by the carved window of the canal on the second floor, and when ordering, the two found that there were Longjing shrimp in the dishes of this restaurant, and the two of them looked at each other and ordered another one, and the fresh and fresh fragrance of Longjing shrimp in the morning is still in my mind.
He didn't eat at noon and now Kang Damao is already hungry, he looked at the dishes and let go, he must have fun tonight and eat to the fullest.
West Lake vinegar fish, eight-treasure tofu, steamed hairy crab, bamboo shoots and duck pot, sesame fragrant duck palm, bamboo tube belly lungs, cold fish skin, Yangzhou fried rice, plus the previous Longjing shrimp, not counting Yangzhou fried rice, a total of eight dishes were ordered, and the table was full, and Kang Damao's originally suppressed foodie nature was completely let go in front of Shen Luojun at this moment. The delicacies on the table are really full of color, flavor and flavor, and before moving the chopsticks, you can't help but want to recount the stories behind these famous dishes.
"West Lake vinegar fish" is also called "uncle and sister-in-law", its age can be traced back to the Song Dynasty, this dish uses West Lake grass carp as raw materials, before cooking, it is generally necessary to starve in the fish cage for a day or two, so that it excretes intestinal debris, removes the earthy taste, the fish meat is tender after cooking, with crab flavor, the taste is fresh and tender, sweet and sour, and the meat is distinctive.
There are poems: "The skirts are drunk and drunk, the green sun shadow is on the platform, how many lake boats are in front of the door, and half from the three pools to the moon." Why bother looking for Zhang Han perch, the fish is beautiful and the flavor is said to be the West Lake, and the loss of the gentleman has this reconciled hand, and he knows that Song Sister-in-law did not have it back then. The last sentence of the poem refers to the creation legend of "West Lake Vinegar Fish".
Eight treasure tofu is a famous dish of the Taoist court, it is said that even the Kangxi Emperor is very fond of eating, once, the imperial dining room takes the tender tofu made of high-quality soybeans, adds minced meat, minced ham, minced mushrooms, minced mushrooms, minced pine nuts, boiled into a soup with chicken soup, the tofu is white and delicate, the eight treasure ingredients are fragrant, lubricated like fat, Kangxi tastes it, feels that the tofu is extremely tender, the taste is delicious and abnormal, extremely satisfied.
He believes that this dish has two major characteristics: one is to use tofu, shiitake mushrooms, pine nuts and other longevity things as raw materials, which can make people live longer; The second is that tofu is cooked well, which is delicious and delicate, better than bird's nest. Therefore, the dish is made of eight kinds of high-quality raw materials, so it is named "Eight Treasures Tofu", which is also very good for post-illness recuperation, weight loss, and delicate skin after eating.
Steamed hairy crab, is the traditional Han famous dish in Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, this dish crab original taste, orange color, crab meat delicious, nutritious, although autumn is the best time to eat crabs, now Kang Damao and the two can be regarded as catching the tail of late autumn, steamed hairy crabs will naturally not let go.
Dried bamboo shoots and old duck pot is also a traditional famous dish in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, using the old duck in the next year, Tianmu Mountain bamboo shoots are boiled, the soup is mellow and strong, oily but not greasy, crispy but not rotten, raw and appetizing.
Hemp-fragrant duck paws, the red oil is very deboned and delicious; The bamboo tube belly and lungs are very light, and there is no oil flower, and there is no greasy feeling in the mouth when you drink it; The cold fish skin is very refreshing, the cold fish skin is not very spicy, and the fish skin is very elastic; Yangzhou fried rice is distinct, loose, soft and hard, harmonious in color, full of luster, tender and smooth, fragrant and delicious.
After a big meal, the two of them came out of the Shiweitian Restaurant, Kang Damao held on to the wall and walked slowly a few steps, and the next moment, he simply leaned against the wall and looked a little embarrassed.
"Look at you, why are you still like a child, it's not that you can't afford to eat, there's no need to overeat like this, you will become a big fat man if you continue like this, see who will ......" Shen Luojun said and kept silent, her next sentence was to see who would like you.
"Hey, hey, hey! Even if I become a big fat man, you're still going to like me, right? Luo Jun. Kang Damao said with a smirk.
"Don't stink, I'll help you walk around now, digest your diet, and promise me that you won't be allowed to eat like this next time." Shen Luojun came over as he spoke, and helped Kang Damao to slowly pace by the canal.
Kang Damao naturally had no opinion, his head nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and he didn't dare to eat so crazy in the future, maybe he was in a good mood with Luo Jun, so he didn't care about it.
The two of them chatted while walking, and while walking, they saw the people carrying a change of clothes in their hands and entered the bathhouse together, and the two of them came to the famous bathhouse hot spring street in Yangzhou City, this market is built on the mountain, and the back of each shop can go straight to the mountain, and the bathhouse and natural hot springs here are famous far and wide.
Yangzhou people in winter have daytime activities during the day and have fun at night, as the so-called "water in the daytime, water in the skin at night", naturally go to take a bath at night, Yangzhou is the first in the world, absolutely enjoy.
After eating and drinking, Kang Damao looked at the steaming bathhouse and instantly didn't want to leave, he really wanted to go in and take a bath and rub his back, if he took Erhu and others he would definitely take a bathhouse, and after taking a bath, he would lie down there with a big grin, a pot of Biluochun, plus a plate of green radish, wouldn't it be beautiful.
It's just that now I can't go to the bathhouse with Shen Luojun, but soaking in the hot spring is also a pleasure, I don't know if there is a small pool for men and women to bathe in the hot spring villa on the side of the mountain in front of me? Kang Damao thought about it, so he pulled Shen Luojun and walked towards an open-air hot spring near the mountain not far away.