There is a street across the east side of the Great Xiangguo Temple in Tokyo City is Sweet Water Lane, but although Sweet Water Lane is called Lane, it is actually three parallel streets, from east to west are the first, second, and third Sweet Water Lane, of which the third Sweet Water Lane is closest to the Great Xiangguo Temple, which also makes it more prosperous here, restaurants and shops on the street can be seen everywhere, and the pedestrians come and go endlessly, showing the prosperity of Tokyo City.

In the middle of the third Sweet Water Lane, there is an east-west alley, through which you can reach the Daxiangguo Temple in the west of Sweet Water Lane, and it is precisely for this reason that the restaurants and shops here are more concentrated, and countless merchants want to open their own shops here, which also makes the land price here can be described as a real inch of land, and the merchants who can open shops here are all big businessmen with heads and faces in Tokyo City.

However, in this golden place where shops are lined up, there is a small steamed bun shop standing here, the door of this steamed bun shop is not big, compared with the surrounding magnificent shops and restaurants, it can be described as shabby, but it is this shabby small steamed bun shop, but it is located at the corner of the street, which belongs to the best store at this intersection, but it is occupied by this inconspicuous small steamed bun shop.

However, although the face of this steamed bun shop is small, but the business is unusually hot, there are two long queues in front of the door, many of them are brocade clothes and small hats, and they know at a glance that they are the descendants of the rich and noble, but these people do not buy the delicacies of the mountains and seas in the big restaurant next to them, but they just run to this small steamed bun shop to queue up to buy steamed buns, which is really puzzling.

The bun shop is facing the second floor of a restaurant, Zhao Yan and Zhao Xu are sitting opposite each other, in addition to a few small dishes in the restaurant in front of them, the most conspicuous thing left is a plate of steamed buns in the middle of the table, and Zhao Xu is looking left and right at this plate of steamed buns at this time, with a curious look on his face.

"Third uncle. This is the famous sauerkraut bun in Tokyo City? Zhao Xu looked at the steaming bun in front of him for a long time, but he didn't find anything surprising, so he couldn't help asking.

The so-called sauerkraut bun is a famous dish in Tokyo, and it may seem that there is nothing unusual about sauerkraut buns in the eyes of others. But only this sweet water lane sauerkraut bun is different, the sauerkraut meat bun made is delicious and unique, not greasy to eat, but makes people appetite, as long as you eat it once, you will always remember that unique taste, which also makes this sweet water lane sauerkraut bun extremely famous in Tokyo City, countless princes and nobles like to let their subordinates buy a few buns here to go back.

"Yes, I didn't expect you to hear of its name. Hurry up and eat it while it's hot, if it's cold, it will lose its taste. Zhao Yan also said with a smile at this time, and then reached out and picked up a bun and put it on his mouth and took a bite, the thin bun skin was filled with delicious sauerkraut and meat, although it was not as much juice as xiaolongbao, but it was extremely sour and delicious, this was not the first time Zhao Yan had eaten this kind of bun, but every time he tasted it, he still couldn't help but admire it in his heart.

In the morning, Zhao Yan took Zhao Xu to Zhao Hao for a physiology class. There are other classes to be held in the afternoon, but not before the class. They were going to settle lunch, so Zhao Yan brought Zhao Xu here, and he also made an appointment to meet here.

Zhao Xu has long heard of the name of the sauerkraut buns here, but unfortunately he has never had the opportunity to taste them, and now that the opportunity is in front of him, he will naturally not let it go. At the moment, he grabbed a bun with one hand, and then bit down hard, but he was quickly conquered by the peculiar taste of this bun, and ate the bun in his right hand in three or two bites, and then continued to nibble on the bun in his left hand. The empty right hand was not idle, but reached out again and grabbed one, without the slightest trace of the demeanor of the Ninety-Five.

Seeing that Zhao Xu ate so deliciously, Zhao Yan also smiled, he didn't eat again after eating one, and pushed the plate in front of Zhao Xu, but almost all of the buns on this plate were stuffed into Zhao Xu's stomach, and he was choked and rolled his eyes because he ate too quickly, Zhao Yan hurriedly poured him a cup of tea, which prevented Zhao Xu from becoming the first emperor in history to be choked to death by buns.

"It's delicious, it's so delicious, you will always feel tired of eating too many meat buns, but this sauerkraut bun is different, and the sour taste inside is even more peculiar, it can make people have a great appetite, it is really a rare delicacy!" Zhao Xu drank a few cups of tea in a row, and then praised loudly.

"Hehe, Xu'er, if you really think it's sauerkraut buns, then you're very wrong!" Zhao Yan suddenly laughed when he heard Zhao Xu's words.

"What do you mean, didn't we eat sauerkraut buns just now?" Zhao Xu couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this, if such a delicious bun is not the sauerkraut bun in Sweet Water Lane, then how delicious should the real sauerkraut bun be?

However, Zhao Yan shook his head when he heard Zhao Xu's words and said: "What we eat is the most famous sauerkraut bun in Sweet Water Lane, but although it is called sauerkraut bun, in fact, sauerkraut is not used in the bun!" ”

"What, this...... How is this possible, what I ate just now is sour, isn't it sauerkraut? Zhao Xu was surprised again when he heard this.

"Hehe, sour is indeed sour, but it is not sauerkraut, the sauerkraut buns in this sweet water lane are actually sour meat, as for the vegetables, although some processing has been done, the sourness in the bun filling is mainly made of pork into sour meat, and the buns made in this way will taste so peculiar and make people have endless aftertaste." Zhao Yan explained with a smile that making steamed buns with sour meat is the secret of this steamed bun shop, and not many people know about it, and even if they know this secret, they may not be able to make such delicious steamed buns, because this steamed bun also has the secret recipe of the ingredients for the steamed bun filling, which is the key.

"I see, this steamed bun shop is really cunning enough, the name is sauerkraut buns, but it is actually sour meat buns." Zhao Xu said to himself thoughtfully at this time, but at this time he suddenly thought of something, and said eagerly, "Third uncle, no, won't the meat spoil if it is sour, this thing won't eat bad stomach, right?" ”

"Haha~, don't worry, the meat is sour and doesn't necessarily hurt the stomach, as long as it is steamed at high temperatures, it will become a delicacy, even if it is not made into buns, it is delicious!" Zhao Yan immediately laughed and said, in later generations, there were some ethnic minorities in the south who liked to eat sour meat, but he didn't expect that in the era of the Great Song Dynasty, this kind of sour meat made of delicacies had already appeared.

Hearing that this kind of sour meat will not eat bad stomach, Zhao Xu breathed a sigh of relief, but then he thought of one more thing, and asked again at the moment: "Third uncle, there is still something wrong, according to my Great Song Dynasty law, rotten meat is absolutely not allowed to be sold, otherwise it will be exiled for a year, if it causes death, it will be sentenced to hanging, although the buns in this bun shop are delicious, but they are also made of sour meat, and it is also illegal to do so, right?" ”

"Yes, Xu'er, your familiarity with the Great Song Law is far beyond my expectations, speaking of which, this steamed bun shop has a history of more than 30 years, as for why it has been able to sell sour meat buns without being investigated and punished by the Yamen, there is a rather interesting story in this!" Zhao Yan smiled again at this time and said, it just happens that he has nothing to do now, and this story can also make Zhao Xu increase his knowledge.

"Oh? What kind of story? Zhao Xu's eyes lit up when he heard this, he liked to hear Zhao Yan talk about these stories of Tokyo City the most.

"Hehe, the first time I ate the buns here, or Cao Song brought me here, the story of this bun shop is also what he told me, it is said that more than 30 years ago, when it was still the Renzong period, the curfew in Tokyo City has not been lifted, it is not as prosperous as it is now, and the business of this bun shop is also very ordinary, and it can even be said that it is a little depressed, and the shopkeeper's family can only rely on this bun shop to make a living......"

It turns out that the shopkeeper of this steamed bun shop is surnamed Hu, the real name of the shop is Hu Ji Baozi, Hu shopkeeper works hard to run this steamed bun shop, supporting a family of more than a dozen, speaking of Hu shopkeeper is also a rare good person, although the income of the steamed bun shop is not much, only able to support the family, but when encountering any difficulties around the people, he is also enthusiastic to help, the steamed bun shop is about to spoil because he can't sell it, he will never heat it again the next day as a new bun to sell, but to distribute the buns to those beggars, This also made the shopkeeper Hu have a very good reputation in the vicinity, and even won the reputation of "Hu Dashan Man".

However, there are unforeseen circumstances, one year there was a catastrophe near Tokyo, and the city was also affected, many shops were bleak, and Hu Ji steamed buns were also affected, but because of Hu Dashan's reputation, many people were still willing to come to him to buy steamed buns, so their family could barely make ends meet.

But the so-called house leak happened to rain overnight, one day Hu Dashan went to buy meat, but was deceived by the meat shop's guys, bought a batch of meat that had been sour, originally according to the law of the Great Song Dynasty, selling such a spoiled person is to be exiled, but the meat shop is quite powerful nearby, if Hu Dashan dares to sue, at most he can only let that guy be exiled, but he will offend the meat shop because of this, and he will not want to buy another pound of meat in the future.

If it was placed in the past, Hu Dashan would definitely think that he was unlucky to bury this batch of meat and then buy new meat, even if he lost himself, he could not use this kind of sour meat to make buns with his conscience, but during this time, the business of the bun shop was so bleak, the store could not be opened at all, and he had spent most of his savings to buy meat before, and there was no money to buy new meat, so if he didn't use these sour meat, then his bun shop would have to close, and their family could only wait to starve to death.

When he said this, Zhao Yan suddenly stopped, and then said to Zhao Xu with a solemn face: "Xu'er, what would you do if you were Hu Dashan?" (To be continued......)