The Mid-Autumn Festival is getting closer.

As one of the most important traditional festivals in the Han civilization, it is naturally highly respected and loved by the people.

At this moment, the inside and outside of the palace are filled with jubilation and festivity, blowing away the depression and slaughter of autumn.

In the palace, it seems that it has been completely renovated overnight.

Everywhere is lit up, draped in red silk and lanterns, and all kinds of exotic flowers and plants are placed.

Compared with the luxurious atmosphere in the palace, the outside of the palace is a different situation.

In order to cater to the Mid-Autumn Festival, the street stalls are piled with various allegorical paper-cuts, lighthouses of different shapes, and sky lanterns of different sizes.

The most striking are naturally mooncakes and preserves.

Mooncakes, which are the special pastries of the Mid-Autumn Festival, are specially made for this purpose.

Originally used to worship the moon god, mooncakes have gradually developed into an indispensable food on the table when viewing the moon, symbolizing family reunion.

Mooncakes in different places, tastes and production methods will be very different, Chang'an, as the capital of Xu, brings together people from all over the country, so the types of mooncakes are the majority.

In the Mid-Autumn Festival and August, the osmanthus is fragrant, and it is the season when the candied fruit of osmanthus flavor prevails.

Where to enjoy the moon, in addition to moon cakes and candied fruit, it is naturally melons and fruits.

Therefore, there are many fruit vendors, as many as a dozen or dozens of species, and most of them are transported from all over the world.

Food is in the folk, Ye Qiange thinks so.

While eating osmanthus cake, he looked around, like a hunter looking for his prey.

"This should be good."

He came to a stall, and a faint fragrance of lotus wafted into his nose, arousing people's appetite.

"Guest officer, the lotus crisp baked today is crispy, you can taste it, you can not taste it." The vendor smiled as he busied himself with other guests.

"Bring me ten boxes."

The vendor was stunned at first, and then overjoyed, ordinary guests generally buy one box, at most two or three boxes, Ye Qiange bought ten boxes at once, absolutely generous.

The lotus crisp is packed in a wooden box, and the box is also engraved with a lotus pattern, which is very pleasing.

"Take it."

Behind him, Mo Mo and the other guards couldn't help but smile bitterly as they watched Ye Qiange continue to scavenge all kinds of food on the street, and then threw the things he bought to them without hesitation.

Take it again, and my sword can be thrown away.

The guards were speechless, they had never realized that they had such a function.

Since Chen Guzhong and several people were imprisoned, Xu Yichan sent a few more guards to Ye Qiange.

Originally, Mo Mo strongly opposed Ye Qiange on the street.

After all, there are too many pedestrians on the street, rubbing shoulders one after another, crowds of people, and even the girls in the boudoir have come out.

Therefore, it is difficult to fortify.

So, Mo Mo transferred some more guards, and then, all of these guards became Ye Qiange's porters.

Ye Qiange took a bite of the peach, and immediately the juice was full of teeth, sweet as Yi.

"Ten pounds."

To be rich is to be capricious, and the 50,000 taels of silver tickets robbed from Cai Xian and Chen Yu are enough for him to buy the fruits of the entire street.

Suddenly, he glanced at a few green things.

His eyes widened, his heart was shocked, and his breathing couldn't help but become short.

You can't be mistaken.

Holding his breath, he pushed the passers-by away and walked towards the stall.

"Sure enough!"

Ye Qiange's body shook suddenly, looked at a few round big guys, swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva fiercely, and his face was overflowing with joy.

Bought it, bought it!

"What do you need, this guest officer?"

Ye Qiange followed the sound and found that the vendors were two Hu people, no wonder the pronunciation was so weird.

"Persians?"

Ye Qiange said in slight surprise.

"The guest officer knows about Persia?" When the two Hu people heard this, their eyes couldn't help but light up. In the Great Xu Dynasty, foreigners were called Hu people, and few people knew about Persia.

The Persians are the Iranians of later generations, and it is easy to identify.

Ye Qiange smiled and nodded, "Persia is located on the coast of the Persian Gulf, and once established a powerful Persian Empire, which should now be destroyed by Arabia. ”

When the two Persians heard this, they immediately spoke in an uproar.

"Those filthy Muslims are a bunch of blasphemers, and sooner or later the glory of our Persians will shine again on the land of Persia and kill all Arabs......"

You will never be able to fulfill this wish. Ye Qiange said a little in his heart.

"Guest, your intelligence is truly astonishing."

After a while, the two of them woke up from the resentment of the country's ruin and family, and said to Ye Qiange with a surprised face.

Ye Qiange didn't care, pointed to the watermelon on the ground, licked his lips and said, "Do you still have this kind of melon?" ”

That's right, it's watermelon.

Ye Qiange thought he was wrong before.

Because, watermelons were introduced to China in the Jin Yuan period, hundreds of years later than now!

"There are only five left." Vendor Road.

Ye Qiange sighed secretly, "This kind of melon was transported from the Western Regions?" ”

The Persians were a little surprised, but then relieved, "The road is too far, and the melons are too big to sell in Daxu, so we only brought these few." ”

"I bought them all." Ye Qiange looked at the five round watermelons and was very happy in his heart.

After paying the money, Ye Qiange lost the interest of continuing to shop, and rushed to the palace with a group of guards.

Back in the Flying Frost Palace, Xu Yichan had already returned and was reading carefully.

Seeing Ye Qiange running in with a few round things in his hands, his face was full of excitement.

Immediately afterwards, another group of palace maids walked in in an endless stream, and after putting down the things Ye Qiange bought, they lowered their heads and slowly retreated.

Xu Yichan couldn't help but gasp when she saw the piles of items.

But then, he rolled his eyes disdainfully.

thinks that Ye Qiange is a pure waste of time and energy, there is nothing to eat in the palace, do you need to go outside to buy it in person.

Her eyes raised slightly, and she couldn't help but shudder when she saw Ye Qiange pouting her buttocks, stroking those green things with a tender and sweet face.

"What is this?" Xu Yichan's eyes flickered, and she couldn't help but ask.

"Watermelon." Ye Qiange blurted out.

"What a strange name." Xu Yichan muttered.

"It's not surprising that this melon comes from the Western Regions, so it is called watermelon, which is reasonable." Ye Qiange shrugged.

How does it make sense?

Xu Yichan ignored him, and when she saw it for the first time, she thought it was quite novel, "This watermelon is used to eat?" ”

"Of course, it's definitely better than you think." Ye Qiange said, and then sent the palace maid to go to the ice cellar to get some ice.

Watermelon chilling is king!

Soon, the palace maid lifted half a bucket of ice, Ye Qiange soaked the watermelon in ice water, and after half an hour, he took it out.

"It's time to witness the miracle!"

Ye Qiansinger rose and fell, the watermelon has been cut into eight petals, the bright red flesh, and the full juice are mouth-watering.

"Take a bite."

Ye Qiange picked up a petal and handed it to Xu Yichan's mouth, Xu Yichan's face flushed, but she didn't refuse, opened her small mouth and took a bite gently.

Suddenly, a refreshing sweetness spread from the mouth.

"How?"

"Barely in the room."

Ye Qiange smiled, the empress was arrogant again, handed her the watermelon, and said, "When you eat it, you spit out the seeds." ”

After speaking, Ye Qiange picked up a petal and buried his head in nibbling on it.

The watermelon weighed six or seven catties, and in less than half a cup of tea, it went into the stomachs of the two of them.

"Wait a minute, let someone send one to the Queen Mother, and Mother and Tiantian will send one." Ye Qiange glanced at the remaining four watermelons.

"Hmm." Xu Yichan pouted, with a hint of regret on her face, obviously she liked the taste of watermelon, and said gloomily: "It's a pity that there are only five." ”

"It's a little less, but we have seeds, and we can grow them ourselves."

"Can you plant?" Xu Yichan was surprised.

"Although it comes from the Western Regions, it doesn't mean that only the Western Regions can be planted." Ye Qiange explained: "Most areas of Daxu can be planted, but it will not be until the early summer of next year. ”

"Next year?"

"It's okay this year, just a little bit of trouble." Ye Qiange thought for a while.