Chapter 33: The Night Market
Ye Qian didn't need many raw materials, they were all things that could be bought in pharmacies and some chemical raw material stores on the street, but it was a little troublesome to buy.
When the thing arrived, Ye Qian took Luo Xing to the clean room behind Lingyuxuan and began to prepare the potion, while Luo Fu said that he was physically exhausted and went back to the room to rest, in fact, to avoid suspicion.
Many antique shops have such places, and there must be specific places for the identification, regular maintenance and maintenance of some antiques.
After entering the house, things were placed on the table, and Luo Xing went straight to the incense burner.
Ye Qian hurriedly stopped Luo Xing: "Hey, Xiaoxing, what are you doing?" ”
Luo Xing turned around and said, "I'll burn incense." ”
Not only the antique industry, many industries need to burn incense when they want to do business, one is to calm the mind, and there is also a function, in ancient times, it was to repel mosquitoes, at that time it was not like there are screen windows or something now, only to rely on this to disperse mosquitoes.
Ye Qian glared at him angrily and said, "What kind of incense?" There are at least eleven or twelve kinds of incense stored here, do you know what kind of incense to burn? ”
"This ......"
Luo Xing was stunned for a moment, and only asked after a while: "That...... Master, how much more attention is paid to burning incense? ”
"A bottle is less than half a bottle and it is dangling."
Ye Qian shook his head and said: "The rules for burning incense are big, the knowledge in it is no less than that in the antique industry, these more than a dozen spices can be burned separately or mixed, and the ratio and dosage are not something that can be clearly explained in one or two sentences. ”
"Oh."
Luo Xing walked back after hearing this, and began to help Ye Qian.
The process of configuring the liquid medicine is not complicated, the key is in the ratio of raw materials, a deviation of every penny, may make the liquid medicine ineffective, either there is no effect at all, or even the outer set of porcelain with the original utensils inside is corroded cleanly.
As soon as he opened all the ingredients, Ye Qian suddenly smelled a rancid smell into his nose, and the movements in his hands suddenly stopped, and finally couldn't help but say, "That...... Luo Xing, you better go and burn the incense. ”
Although he was a little confused, why the master didn't let him burn incense just now and now he wants to burn it, Luo Xing still obediently walked to the incense burner, looked at the dozen kinds of spices on the shelf next to him, and asked, "Master, which one to burn?" ”
Ye Gan swept his eyes and said, "Count the third row from top to bottom, the third box of spices on your left hand side, it should be dipterocarp incense, take out two or three pieces, and throw them in." ”
Luo Xing was a little unconvinced, and said in his heart, how do you know that this is dipterocarp, but as soon as he opened the box, he found that it was really dipterocarp, and according to Ye Gan's request, he took out a few spices in it and threw them into the incense burner and began to burn incense.
"Master, how do you know that dipterocarp is in it, you've been here?" Luo Xing walked back to Ye Qian's side and asked strangely.
"Well, here it is."
Ye Qian took a container, carefully poured the bottom of the liquid medicine into it, and said as he poured it: "But I haven't seen the spices in it, I will slowly teach you some knowledge in the future, but you have to remember that all spices must have special utensils for storage, and you can see that the box with dipterocarp is made of iron birch." ”
"Master, how do you know that the wood is iron birch?"
Luo Xing was even more strange, he was also familiar with all kinds of wood, but if he hadn't just opened the box to get incense, he wouldn't have been able to see it with his eyes alone.
Ye Qian shook his head: "Learn slowly, the textures and meridians of various types of wood are different, and each type of wood has its own characteristics...... Okay, don't get distracted, come here, I'll tell you how to prepare this potion. ”
The specific formula will not be repeated, to make a long story short, almost at five o'clock in the evening, this box of unpacked liquid medicine is considered to be configured, Ye Qian breathed a long sigh of relief, took off the rubber gloves with the help of Luo Xing, and then carefully closed the box and said to Luo Xing on the side:
"Remember, don't move this box of potions, you have to remember the recipe I taught you just now."
Luo Xing nodded and said, "No problem, Master, but I still don't ...... the specific proportion."
Ye Qian waved his hand and interrupted Luo Xing's words: "This ratio, you can remember it, it doesn't matter if you can't remember it, this thing is not intended to be used to solve the ......"
Luo Xing didn't understand a little and asked, "Master, what do you mean by that?" ”
"Nothing special, you can figure it out for yourself."
Ye Qian shrugged his shoulders and said, "Okay, let's go, I'll talk about something tomorrow." ”
Although it was not clear what the purpose of Ye Qian's words was, Luo Xing did not dare to ask again.
As soon as he went out, Ye Qian saw Wang Xiaoxian coming over, his face was bright, and he couldn't help asking, "What's the matter, Xiaoxian, why are you so happy?" ”
"It's nothing, isn't it okay to be in a good mood?"
Wang Xiaoxian and Ye Qian were about to quarrel as soon as they met, and Ye Qian was used to this matter.
"Absolutely."
Seeing that Wang Xiaoxian didn't say anything, Ye Qian didn't care, and was about to go to the guest room, but he didn't take two steps before he heard Wang Xiaoxian's voice.
"Hey, Ye Qian, go out for a walk with me."
As soon as Ye Qian turned around, he happened to see Wang Xiaoxian stretching out his hand to call him, so he stopped, held the pillar next to him and said, "No problem, where to go, I'll accompany you." ”
"Go to the night market!"
Jiangcheng's night market is a major feature, although almost all cities have their own night market, but Jiangcheng is exceptionally different, has become a custom, winter from 4 pm to 11 pm, summer from 5 pm to 2 am the next day, has lasted for more than 20 years.
The night market in Jiangcheng, the most famous is the food street, covering two streets, from beginning to end there are hundreds of stalls selling various snacks and special drinks, it has always been the best place to experience the local customs, and it is also the most lively place in Jiangcheng, which is very popular with outsiders.
Luo Xing originally wanted to follow, but was directly blasted away by Ye Gan...... Just kidding, how can you bring a light bulb in a good two-person world?
Not long after Ye Qian arrived in Jiangcheng, he was not very familiar with everything here, so on this trip to the night market, Wang Xiaoxian acted as a guide.
Now, Wang Xiaoxian and Ye Qian are sitting at the table at the door of a food stall, waiting for the arrival of the food, there are many people queuing at the door of this food stall, Ye Qian and Wang Xiaoxian waited for a long time to wait for a seat.
After all, it is a food stall, although it is said that there are a lot of things ordered by two people, but the portions are relatively small, and the speed of serving things is very fast.
It didn't take long for the first side dish to be on the table in front of the two.
Wang Xiaoxian is very enthusiastic about the role of the guide, and introduced: "You see, this is the famous fire cloud in our Jiangcheng, which is made of rice noodles and noodles made of Jiangcheng local Jiangcheng rice, and then added several spices unique to our Jiangcheng and fried it, it looks like a burning cloud, it tastes soft and sweet, and the aftertaste is endless." ”
Ye Qian listened to Wang Xiaoxian's lively words, stretched out his chopsticks and put a slice in his mouth and tasted it.
Wang Xiaoxian stared at Ye Gan's face and asked expectantly, "How is it, isn't it delicious?" ”
Ye Qian tilted his head, smacked his lips carefully, and said: "The taste is okay, but this raw material is a little worse, I am afraid that it is not glutinous rice from Jiangcheng, and the master of frying is not at home, the heat is too much, resulting in too much oil, and it is a little greasy in the mouth." ”
"Wow, you really are."
Wang Xiaoxian pouted and said, "Ye Qian, people are kind enough to invite you to eat, can't you say a word delicious?" Where do you talk like that? ”
"But it's not very tasty."
Ye Qian looked at the burning clouds on the chopsticks, and then at Wang Xiaoxian, who might go berserk and kill people at any time, and finally decided to shut up.
The second snack came up, and this time it was another authentic snack in Jiangcheng, yam cake.
It is mentioned here that in fact, not only Jiangcheng, but also the night markets of many cities have such a situation, that is, when several different food stalls are connected together, it is likely that one will stand up and take the lead, and find a person to specialize in these few businesses, once someone wants to eat any of the snacks of one of them, then this person will come out to promote the snacks of other families, which is very much like a small intermediary.
This is also the way of survival of the food stall owners, after all, snacks are just snacks, the amount is relatively small, it is impossible to be a staple food, so that several or even a dozen together, can effectively drive the overall sales volume, this situation is not only today, from ancient times to the present, whether it is a morning stall or a night market stall has such a custom, this is also a way of survival for small citizens.
This time the yam cake came up, Ye Qian stopped talking, Wang Xiaoxian asked him if it was delicious, he only said it was delicious, and after three or two dishes in a row, Wang Xiaoxian was furious again: "Hey, I said Ye Gan, people are kind enough to invite you to eat, why is your attitude so bad?" ”
Ye Qian couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Xiaoxian, it's not that I have a bad attitude, and you don't let me evaluate these snacks, what can I do?" ”
Wang Xiaoxian said: "Who won't let you evaluate, you won't die if you say two good words." ”
Ye Qian continued to smile bitterly: "But Xiaoxian, this thing is really not that delicious...... You see, like this yam cake. ”
As he spoke, Ye Qian picked up a piece of yam cake that he had taken a bite of, and said, "You haven't finished eating it, have you?" You see this gap, the most important thing for this kind of thing is to cook or steam the yam and grind it into a powder finely, and then mix it with the white flour and other flours in proportion. It's just a taste or something, but this yam cake is so careless about the raw materials, I don't know how to talk about it if I want to praise it! ”
Wang Xiaoxian was speechless by Ye Gan, originally she wanted to bring Ye Qian to show off the snacks in her hometown, but today this snack stall is really unsatisfactory, especially this yam cake, which has reached an unbearable level.
But Wang Xiaoxian has never been a person who admits defeat easily, although he is not satisfied in his heart, but he still stiffly said: "So what, anyway, it's not your treat, if you don't think the things here are delicious, you can do it yourself!" ”
At this time, the owner and cook of the food stall who had heard a bad word next to him came out angrily and said, "That is, if you think my food here is not delicious, you can make one for me to see." ”