There are really a lot of tourists by the Jinming Pond, and the business of the Xue family's shop is also booming. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Hundreds of strings of rock sugar gourds were sold out, the last hawthorn stocks were all depleted, and it became not so easy to eat rock sugar gourds before the autumn harvest.

In addition, hundreds of good meat buns have been sold, and there will naturally be no shortage of spicy soup and tofu brain.

The two wooden boxes of ice prepared in advance were almost sold, and the seven or eight people were very tired of working hard, and the income was also considerable, and the most important thing was that the reputation was out.

Just like in later generations, it is a truth that a certain product is unveiled at a famous fair, attracts wide attention, and then is widely praised.

In the prosperous and wealthy Great Song Dynasty, especially in Bianliang, Tokyo, people's interest in food is still quite strong. When word of mouth spreads throughout Tokyo, the Xue family's food will be unique, completely gain a foothold, and then the business will prosper and gradually prosper.

Just when the guests were gradually becoming scarce, Xue Zong had already planned to clean up the shop in advance and concentrate on going to Jinmingchi to see the scenery, but two guests came to the door.

One is old and one young, the other is an old man in the age of sixties, with an elegant bearing, but there is an indescribable calm and mighty; Behind her is a young woman, no powder, dressed elegantly, about twenty years old, with a more chic beauty than a young girl.

The old man's identity is not ordinary, Xue Zong made a judgment at a glance.

Either they have a prominent status, or they have extraordinary knowledge, and there will be no fakes in such things as bearing and cultivation, and it is difficult to hide them. All in all, it must be a highly respected figure in a certain field.

Xue Zong naturally didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly invited the old man and the young woman behind him to sit down.

"What are you two going to do?"

"Seeing that your business is booming, there seem to be a lot of novelties, and even the pork meat that was disliked in the past has been put on the table, and it is very popular, so that the old man is very greedy!"

The old man laughed and said, "Let's have a piece of meat bun, the old man will taste it, and give the old man's niece a cold drink, the weather is very hot." ”

"Okay!" Xue Zong smiled: "Dare to ask the lady, is it added to the smoothie with fruit milk or red beans?" ”

"I want red bean paste!" The young woman replied quickly, as if she already had an answer in her mind.

Xue Zong didn't care about it, but when he handed the red bean paste to the woman, a question arose in his heart, why was this woman so familiar with the red bean paste?

Ever heard? Or have you eaten it?

This kind of thing is naturally not good to ask in person, and old customers can't ask for it, especially this kind of customer who seems to have a noble identity. It shows that Xuejia products are qualified, possible, or are entering the high-end market.

The woman lowered her head and silently took a spoonful of red bean paste into her mouth, as if she was tasting it, and it seemed to be aftertaste, and the food was very elegant and delicate.

The old man was relatively casual, nodded again and again after the meat bun was eaten, and then said with a smile: "Yes, yes, the young man has a lot of ideas, this ancient method of cooking meat that was in the Spring and Autumn Period before the Qin Dynasty has been improved by you, it has become so delicious, it is really good." ”

Xue Zong said with a smile: "I saw that you are a learned person, the kid did get inspiration from ancient books, and I heard the merchants of Jingzhao Mansion (Guanzhong) say that there is a pot of helmet buns in the local area, and tried to combine the two, but I didn't expect it to taste good, so I promoted it."

To put it more carefully, this thing is indeed ancient, and it is not my latest originality. ”

The old man smiled: "Be diligent in research, bring forth the new, yes, the young man is not simple!" ”

Xue Zong hurriedly said: "Some little tricks of the cook's tongue, the elder praised it falsely. ”

"That's not right!" The old man said resolutely: "The world thinks that the gentleman is far away from cooking, and looks down on the cooking, but the people take food as the sky, what is the shame of cooking food?"

In addition, they can be diligent in research and innovation in cooking, not to mention in terms of knowledge. It can be seen that the young man is a smart person, and his ambition for the future will definitely not be between the kitchen and the market. ”

Xue Zongdao: "The elder praised it, the younger generation is indeed ambitious, and he has just participated in the recruitment examination of the Simen Pavilion; However, people always have to be down-to-earth, and they have to support themselves in the market to support their families. ”

"The young man is very ambitious, and he should be so."

The old man smiled and asked, "Dare to ask what the young man is called?" In the future, the old man may still be able to hear your Excellency's roll call outside the Donghua Gate at home, which is also a good story. ”

"Boy Xue Zong, I feel very honored to be expected by the elders like this, but I don't dare to easily hope ......for the roll call outside the Donghua Gate" Xue Zong smiled bitterly in his heart, no way, who let the famous artists of the Great Song Dynasty literary circle in this era come out one after another, how can they be opponents in the imperial examination?

"Xue Zong?" The old man seemed to groan slightly, and asked softly, "But Xue Zong, the author of the "Theory of the Six Kingdoms" at the top of the Four Gate Pavilions? ”

"It's the kid, it's just a shallow and clumsy job, and the top of the list is really a fluke, and the kid is ashamed." Xue Zong has completely adapted to the style of the ancients, low-key and modesty is a must, this kind of thing must be low-key.

"Xue ......," the old man didn't feel a little embarrassed when he spoke.

After knowing the name, naturally he couldn't continue to call the young man; It is impolite to call him by his first name, but naturally he can't call Xue Gongzi in his identity; Brother Zong'er's nickname is not something that outsiders like him can call casually, so it is inevitably a little inconvenient.

So he asked, "Does the young man have a table?" ”

"This..."Xue Zong groaned: "I haven't reached the crown yet, and I can't use the words on the table, but my father reserved two words when he left home, but unfortunately before I could reach the crown, my father died." ”

"What two words?" The old man seemed curious.

"Ride the wind!" The total score replied softly, and two words were spit out clearly in his tone.

"Riding the wind and waves, well, the young man will ride the wind in the future, and he will definitely ......" Halfway through the words, the old man suddenly hesitated, and some fragments suddenly popped out of his mind, an old, somewhat broken, and somewhat vague fragment.

What it was, the old man couldn't remember for the time being, and he couldn't remember clearly, but he was clearly sure that this matter must be related to the young man in front of him, especially his cousin, and this fragment was very important.

What exactly? The old man raised his eyebrows and pondered, but perhaps because of his age, he had no clue for a long time.

"What's wrong with the elder? But what's the discomfort? Xue Zong was taken aback, the old man's situation was very similar to a sudden cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease.

If there are really three long and two short, then it will be troublesome, once the topic of the Xue family's food eating the dead is generated, the reputation will be completely smashed.

Maybe there will be a life lawsuit because of this, especially the identity of the old man in front of him is probably not simple, if there is a slight mistake, the consequences are unimaginable.

Fortunately, "there is no danger", the old man quickly came to his senses and said with a smile: "I am old, my spirit is not good, and my thoughts are interrupted occasionally, so I don't care." ”

"That's good!"

The young woman on the side also seemed to be quite surprised, put down half a bowl of red bean paste, glanced at the old man suspiciously, and then looked at Xue Zong.

It seems that he clearly perceives some kind of strangeness, and the eighth uncle is obviously knowingly asking, and the purpose of this trip may be very meaningful. But the young man in front of him is really interesting, and what Ah Lian said is not bad.

Xue Zong didn't care much about the young woman's expression, after all, it was very impolite to stare directly at a woman's face these days, so naturally he didn't know the young woman's complicated inner drama.

Xue Zong, who was only concerned about talking to the old man, didn't notice that on the side of the Fengzhou boat on the pond, there was a pair of eyes staring at him silently. I don't know that she is standing on the boat looking at the "scenery", and the people who are watching the "scenery" are watching her from a distance......