In the blink of an eye, April has come, and the Ming Dynasty Academy Examination will be held on April 20, and candidates from all counties under the jurisdiction of Runing Mansion are also gathered in Runing Mansion on this day.

Shen Kang and other Luming students, according to the usual practice, embarked on the road together.

In April last year, there were many fewer classmates who went to Runing Mansion to take the provincial examination, and some new faces were added. This convoy of horses is composed of thirteen carriages, in addition to Shen Kang, Wang Lucao, Jiang Liuchou, Wang Luan, Sun Zhou, and Song Yuan are also among them.

Because there are more acquaintances, this road is naturally lively.

On the way, ten miles away from the city of Runing Mansion, Shen Kang looked at the lush woods on both sides of the official road, and was in a good mood for a while. He turned his head to look at Liu Shu and said with a smile: "Stop the carriage." ”

Liu Shu lifted the curtain and said to Wei Wurui: "Childe wants to stop." ”

Wei Wuyi shouted: "Pilot! "And tighten the reins.

The wheels took a few more steps forward, and finally came to a slow stop.

Shen Kang, who was in the workshop behind, stopped the car and stopped one after another.

Shen Kang jumped out of the carriage, looked up at the sky, it was as blue as water, and he breathed deeply in the fresh air of the mountains and forests, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously rose upward.

Jiang Liuxuan and the others jumped out of the carriage and came to Shen Kang's side.

Jiang Liushu said: "Why did you park?" In a little while we will be in town. ”

Wang Luan asked, "Shen San, are you feeling unwell?" ”

Shen Kang shook his head with a smile and said, "I saw that the trees on both sides of the road were lush and I wanted to rest here for a while. ”

Wang Lucao raised his eyes to look at the surrounding scenery, the mountains in the distance were undulating, green like a jade dragon. On the nearby hillside, the tender grass burrowed out of the soil, and the towering tree above its head was luxuriant with green leaves.

The leaves are gently swaying in the warm spring breeze, like a baby's little hands, tender and full of life.

He unconsciously raised the corners of his mouth, put away the folding fan, and said to the little guy beside him: "Shop brocade, we want to rest here for a while." ”

"Yes." The little guy on the side lowered his head and agreed, and then called a few helpers, rummaged through the carriage, and got busy.

Sun Zhou laughed and said, "Eh, if you don't say it, I won't have noticed that the scenery here is so elegant." ”

Song Yuan said with a smile: "Brother Sun is wild, he can't see this scenery." Hahaha. As he spoke, there was another hearty laugh.

While several people were laughing, the servants of Wang Lucao's family had already taken out a roll of clean plain brocade in the car and spread it out under the big tree.

There are also servants holding a thick brocade couch to step forward, the brocade couch is separated, delicate plates and bowls are filled with seasonal fruits, light wine and water, and they are held on the vegetarian brocade one by one.

This long plain brocade, under the sunlight, is like the Milky Way. The small clay pot on the stove was steaming white, the fresh fragrance of tea lingered on the tip of the nose, and the cheeks of the hot people were slightly hot.

In just a few breaths, this wild feast was placed in front of everyone.

Wang Lucao took the lead in stepping on the brocade and sat down on the brocade couch steadily, and Jiang Liucao also sat on it as usual.

Wang Luan looked at all this, couldn't help but sigh secretly, and said with a smile: "It's really luxurious." ”

Wang Lucao held a folding fan in his hand, slowly fanned his chest, and said with a smile: "You don't have to be polite, please sit down." ”

"Then I'll be respectful and obey." Wang Luan arched his hand, sat down with a solemn expression. The rest of the people bowed their hands to the people around them one after another, and then walked up. Shen Kang felt that he was the youngest, and waited for everyone to sit down before finally going up and sitting down in the vacant seat.

Jiang Liusu lowered his eyes and looked at the picnic in front of him, and said dissatisfiedly: "Wuyang, bring the lunch box we are carrying." ”

Wu Yang said yes, and then got into his own carriage.

Sun Zhou said with a "tsk": "We can't eat all this food, Brother Jiang Xian is still not satisfied?" ”

Jiang Liuxuan shook his head and said, "No, no." ”

Everyone looked at him one after another, waiting for Jiang Liushu to talk.

The gaze of everyone made him feel very satisfied, he stood up and slowly paced around everyone with Su Jin.

He raised his head and said with a smile: "This person lives a lifetime, there are people who face the loess with their backs to the sky, and work hard all their lives, just to have a full mouthful." There are also people who are born without worrying about food and clothing. There are even some people who not only don't worry about food and clothing, but also always pursue the word "good". ”

He straightened his chest and said, "Just like me, I was born in the Jiang family in Qingzhou, and our Jiang family, whether it is a branch or a side root, is a wangmen." This lookout is naturally the way to look at the door. Otherwise, how can we use the word "hope"? ”

Everyone here, the family is not as good as Jiang Liushou, hearing this, they only feel that the wealthy family deserves to be a wealthy family, and there are such great reasons in terms of eating and drinking.

Shen Kang also knows some from the Ming and Qing dynasties, but in the end it is not as good as what he has seen with his own eyes, what else can he say:

In the end, it is not enough to say that poverty limits my imagination.

But Jiang Liusu's words haven't been finished yet......

Wu Yang took out a six-layer food box from the carriage, carried it by two servants, and came to the side of the Su Jin Wild Banquet.

As soon as the food box was opened, a plate of delicate side dishes appeared in front of everyone, the red ones were pickled fruits, the green ones were green vegetables, and the tender yellow ones were the core of the woad cabbage, but sprinkled with a handful of salt, it was the simplest and most refreshing side dish with wine.

Jiang Liuxuan pointed to the dish and said with a smile: "This food, there is no need to pursue complexity in everything, just like this small dish, it needs to be refreshing, you add more ingredients, add more cooking techniques, that is a violent thing." ”

At this time, the second dish was taken out, and it was better to say that it was a dish, but it was better to say that it was a soup.

Jiang Liuchu squatted down with a smile and said, "This is called Jianlian Red Date Soup." ”

Shen Kang smiled and asked, "What's the doorway here?" ”

Jiang Liuxuan smiled and said, "Hehe, the best of the lotus seeds can be called Jianlian." This Jianlian, also known as macaroni, goes to the skin, goes to the core to use, can calm the nerves and nourish the heart, red dates, there is no need to say more, a good product to replenish blood and qi. Add two crisp white fungus to make this medicinal food. ”

He paused slightly, and then said: "Soak the red dates and lotus seeds in water separately, the red dates need to be soaked in water for half an hour, and the lotus seeds need to be soaked for a whole hour, after soaking, add spring water to the casserole, and then put the soaked red dates and Jianlian together into the casserole and boil over high heat, and then turn to low heat and cook for half an hour. ”

The poor imagine the life of the upper class, just like holding a nest and thinking about steamed buns. If it weren't for Jiang Liuxuan's words, how could they know what the life of the nobles was like?

A white fungus lotus seed soup, he can also say a long story, ah, no, it's Jianlian red date soup.

Hearing him say this, Wang Lucao smiled nonchalantly and said, "Let's take a bowl and taste it first." ”

Jiang Liuxuan was talking energetically, and he was very happy to see Wang Lucao holding it like this, instead of being contemptuous, and even took a small bowl from Wu Yang's hand with a smile, put two spoonfuls of Jianlian red date soup, and handed it to Wang Lucao.

"You taste it."