Chapter 142: Embarrassment
While frying tofu, the peddler told Xiao Mu and Lin Ye a story:
"I think that before Emperor Gao, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, conquered the country, I was a beggar and a monk......"
As soon as Xiao Mu heard the vendor's first sentence, he knew what he was going to say next, which was nothing more than what Zhu Yuanzhang didn't eat when he was a beggar in the past, and he ate the moldy and spoiled tofu that others didn't want when he was hungry, but he found it very delicious - there are many similar stories, for example, Xiao Mu also knows a story called "Pearl Jade White Jade Soup", which is not much different from this legend. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
However, Xiao Mu looked at the peddler's intoxicated look, and he couldn't bear to interrupt him, thinking that it was fortunate that Wang Chengen didn't come with him, otherwise he would definitely have to reprimand angrily, "Bold, the matter of Emperor Taizu Gao is also something you can talk about casually?" ā
Sure enough, the peddler said almost exactly the same as Xiao Muchai: "Grandpa Tai didn't eat food at that time, so he saw that people threw away the tofu, and he didn't care whether it was rancid or not, he just took oil and fried it, and after eating a bite, guess what?" Grandpa Tai found that it was really delicious! ā
The peddler said happily, and Xiao Mu listened as if it was lively, without the urge to point out the flaws in his story - Zhu Yuanzhang was obviously so poor that he wanted to eat at that time, how could he still have money to buy oil to fry tofu? No matter how you think about it, oil is more expensive than tofu, right? Don't tell me that grandpa Tai has also done such things as stealing and robbing......
Xiao Mu felt that the peddler had talked so much, how could he buy a few yuan, but the peddler was not addicted, after all, it involved the reputation of his own stinky tofu, and he was very attentive, and he didn't see the meaning of Xiao Mu wanting to pay for tofu, and he didn't even care about taking care of the tofu in the pot, "Later, Grandpa Tai led the troops against the Yuan and became the commander of the first army, and after winning the battle, he rewarded the whole army, and ate stinky tofu with meritorious soldiers to celebrate!" It's not a villain, I'm boasting, my ancestor is a sergeant who fought under my grandfather, and I was rewarded with stinky tofu by my grandfather! My skills in frying stinky tofu are all handed down from my ancestors! ā
Now Xiao Mu finally understood what the peddler meant, it turned out that he had been babbling for a long time, just to take Zhu Yuanzhang to give him this fried stinky tofu and pull a big flag, so that his stinky tofu was different from other people, who was really fooled by his story, who doesn't want to taste two pieces of stinky tofu that grandpa ate at the beginning?
The hawker's behavior is similar to the advertisement in his later life, Zhu Yuanzhang was pulled by this hawker to be the "image spokesperson", and it is the kind that does not need money, listening to this hawker say so neatly, it is estimated that he has not boasted to others about his ancestral craftsmanship before.
Xiao Mu saw that the stinky tofu was selling well, and he wanted to buy two pieces to eat; Seeing that the peddler was talking so hard, and also mentioned the ancestor of his body, Xiao Mu felt that he had to take care of the peddler's business even more; What's more, this peddler was wronged by himself just now, and he was regarded as an alien who came to spy on the earth's intelligence, and he had to compensate him. All in all, no matter from which point of view, this stinky tofu must be bought today!
The peddler was still talking to himself: "It's good when I was still my grandfather, I heard my grandfather tell me, my grandfather was born in the bitter cold, and what he hated the most was the official bully in the fish and meat township, when his old man was alive, there were 'Dengwen drums' outside the palace, if there were corrupt officials who dared to oppress our people, they could go directly to beat the Dengwen drum, and the grandfather himself came out to call the shots for us!" Childe, do you know, as long as the corrupt officials at that time were greedy for more than sixty taels of silver, and were discovered by the great grandfather, they had to peel off the skin and grass! ā
The peddler babbled about the things that the whole Ming Dynasty was almost known to, but Xiao Mu, the traverser, was not completely clear about the common sense he said, and he was also interested in what the hawker said, and he could listen to it unconsciously.
But Lin Yi over there couldn't wait, and directly interrupted the peddler's nagging: "I'm going to talk about it, hurry up and bring me two pieces to taste!" ā
"Okay!" When the peddler heard that the young man who was originally disdainful of his stinky tofu also wanted to eat it, he thought that the story he had just told had an effect, so he quickly picked up a few pieces of tofu skillfully and wrapped them in paper, and handed them to Lin Yi with a smile, "We don't have to say the taste of our stinky tofu, you eat two pieces first, and if it doesn't taste good, I don't want your money!" ā
Lin Yi turned out to be stinky tofu, took it and ate a piece, and found that the vendor was indeed not all boasting, this stinky tofu fried did have a certain level, it tasted crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, and the taste was fragrant, which made the mouth fragrant......
However, Lin Yi didn't admit it, and still said nonchalantly: "Well, it's okay to eat......
Xiao Mu looked at Lin Ye obviously enjoying it, and ate all the remaining two pieces, and didn't keep a single piece for himself, but in the end he only said "make do", and he was very angry, so he had to ask the vendor for a few more pieces, and then directly ignored Lin Ye's expectant eyes, and ate by himself - while eating, he secretly aimed at Lin Ye to see how she would react.
"Ahem." Lin Yi saw that Xiao Mu was eating very fragrant alone, and he didn't eat enough of the two pieces just now, so he had no choice but to cough twice, trying to relieve his embarrassment, and then said shamelessly, "Well, although this stinky tofu looks vulgar, it tastes like it tastes special, and the store will bring me a few more pieces......
As soon as the peddler heard that there was business to do, he didn't try to pierce Lin Ye's disagreement, but still wrapped her tofu very neatly. Xiao Mu looked at Lin Ye's embarrassed appearance, and he was also very relieved in his heart, he felt that if he wasn't busy eating stinky tofu, he would definitely laugh out loud.
The two of them ate several pieces of stinky tofu before and after, and they were completely addicted. Since he has finished eating other people's tofu, Xiao Mu has to pay for the bill-he is also a big tomorrow, even if it is a private visit to Weifu now, how can he be generous, and if he doesn't directly take ten taels of silver out and smash it, the hawker will be dizzy and Xiao Mu will feel sorry for his noble identity.
However, there is always a gap between reality and ideals, and when Xiao Mu was about to reach out for the silver, he found that he didn't have any money on him at all! Come to think of it, as an emperor, there is really no occasion to spend money......
It's obviously a lot of money, but when it comes out to consume, he doesn't bring any money, and he can't even pay the bill for eating stinky tofu, isn't this going to be laughed at by a small vendor in this area? Xiao Mu was very embarrassed at this time, and even had the urge to pay off the jade pendant and other objects on his body......