As soon as the time sequence enters the wax moon, the New Year's flavor in the market is getting stronger and stronger, and every household begins to marinate cured meat with pork, mutton, and fish, and the imperial dining room buys a lot. After eating these cured meats at each meal, Concubine Wen told everyone to eat more fruits, such as pears, apples, bananas, kiwi and raisins, to strengthen their resistance.

The delicate eight beauties are troublesome, and they stay at home all day long, and Concubine Wen and Ling'er often join in the fun.

The market sells New Year's goods such as Buddha flowers, leeks, lettuce, orchid sprouts, walnuts, Zezhou dumplings (饴 sugar); Shops compete for brocade, new calendar, all kinds of large and small door gods, spring cards, peach charms (spring couplets), Zhong Kui, Cai Ma, Hui Hui Ma, Qi Qi (pronounced the same as "Junni"), tiger head and golden wisp flowers, spring post banner victory, etc., for the market is very prosperous; Hawkers hawk mascots such as "Tin Ta Chun Banner Victory, Pepsi Ji Huer" along the street to hang at the door in preparation for the festive season and pray for good luck in the new year; The city exploded and fireworks piled up on the streets, and Concubine Wen told the inner prison attendants to buy some in order to seek a strong New Year's flavor.

On the way back to the palace, Concubine Wen wanted to test the poetry cultivation of the three girls, and asked: "Please memorize the poems about Wang Anshi's 'peach fu'." ”

Ling'er took the lead and carried it up: "In the sound of firecrackers, the spring breeze sends warmth into Tusu." Thousands of households always replace the new peach with the old one. ”

Concubine Wen was appreciative, and then the master and slave discussed Wang Anshi's other famous poems "Thick green and red branches, moving spring does not need more", Xia Hua thought that this sentence was similar to "Shine on the layers of the tower, it is better to have a light in the dark" and "The stars are bright, it is better to be alone in the lonely moon." ”

"The wind and rain hit the garden at dusk, and the remnants of chrysanthemums are full of gold." Akiba said: "Even if the chrysanthemum is in a low-lying area, it does not change its golden appearance, and the fragrant soul is really valuable!" ”

"On a sunny day, the warm wind produces wheat, and the green shade and grass are better than flowers." Concubine Wen exclaimed: "It can be seen that nature is full of vitality, and if we appreciate every green leaf or herb, our body and mind will seem to be like them, cold and summer in the morning and twilight, full of greenery, and full of infinite vitality." Think about how much Prime Minister Wang loved flowers and trees at the beginning, he was a happy person. The maids all agreed.

If it's a sunny day, Concubine Wen invites friends to visit the streets at night, and the dance team is watching the Lantern Festival to preview the Lantern Festival - those song and dance teams that are ready to celebrate the Lantern Festival have already been rehearsed on the street.

Concubine Wen heard that the pharmacy would make some "Tu Su bags" (note: Tu Su, the medicinal wine drunk on the first day of the first month), a small cloth bag was packed into the Chinese herbal medicine Tu Su, and then tied into a "four goldfish concentric knot" and "Pepsi Ji knot" with a five-color thread, and gave it to the old customer's house.

From the beginning of the month to Chinese New Year's Eve, there are two festivals to celebrate, the first of which is the "Lapa Day" on the eighth day of the lunar month, also known as the "Laba Festival". On this day, the royal family and the monastery of Kaifeng should choose small ingredients such as "walnuts, pine nuts, milk mushrooms, persimmon chestnuts", cook them into "Laba porridge", and give them to the donor's house. The pharmacy will be "Tiger Head Dan, Eight Gods (Note: The main function is to treat wind deficiency and pain, coma and weakness, and numbness of limbs. Tu Su" and other Chinese medicinal materials are packed into a small cloth bag, called "wax medicine", Concubine Wen told the hospital to do more, take it to the Kaifeng bazaar, and give it to everyone for the health care of the court and the field in Layue.

Concubine Wen was full of curiosity about the vast Chixian County, and was busy asking the imperial doctor to teach the abundant production of traditional Chinese medicine in various places.

Taiyi enthusiastically introduced: "As early as the Sui and Tang dynasties and ten kingdoms, Zhejiang's Chinese herbal medicine was very rich, with a wide range of origins and many varieties. At that time, Hangzhou was rich in ginger papaya, honey, dried ginger, herba, hyssop, coptis, wolfberry, bergamot. Putuo Mountain, a Buddhist resort, is rich in dozens of herbs such as Putuo mountain tea, which cures pulmonary carbuncles and bloody diarrhea. Tiantai Mountain is rich in dozens of precious medicinal materials such as motherwort. Huzhou is rich in papaya and honey. Jiande is rich in white quartz and honeysuckle. Shaoxing is rich in dansha and stone honey. Yuyao is rich in pre-production and aconite. Jinyun is rich in wax and coptis. Dongyang is rich in Coptis chinensis. Linhai is rich in dried ginger and nail incense. "Concubine Wen thanked the imperial doctor.

One day, a lot of peach blossom tribute rice was offered in the palace, and Concubine Wen was very curious, because she usually only heard about white rice, rice, and corn, and was busy asking what was going on with peach blossom tribute rice.

The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs replied respectfully: "Peach Blossom Rice is an indica rice with japonica properties, with excellent quality, white and green color, and crystal shiny. The shape of the rice grain is slender and the belly is small and white. The cooked rice has moderate viscosity, strong swelling, moderate oiliness, rice and waist, has silk luster, fragrant, moist and fragrant to eat, and is rich in glutinousness. Peach blossom rice has a long history, according to legend, since the Tang Dynasty Wu Zetian, the magistrate of Bashu has to dedicate the best peach blossom rice to the emperor every year, so it is called "tribute rice".

Peach blossom millet has large particles, yellow color, fragrant taste, large viscosity, high sugar content, and rich nutrition. The rice cooked with it is yellow and oily, smooth and fragrant, sticky and sweet, and fragrant; The porridge boiled out is golden in color, transparent and shiny, fragrant, and accompanied by the dried tofu of Wei County, which is full of salty fragrance.

Peach blossom rice is the most famous in two places in the country.

There is a mountain behind the five societies of Liujiagou Village, Xuanhan County, Bashu, where peach blossom rice is produced, called Baiyan Mountain, and there is a hole called Baiyan Cave on the mountain. There is a mountain spring that flows all year round in the cave, which flows all the way to the three fields of the "old acre" of the five societies. In addition, the soil in these three fields is brownish-purple and fertile. Therefore, no matter what kind of rice seeds, as long as they come here, they will grow mysterious peach blossom rice.

As the birthplace of peach blossom rice, Liujiagou Village, Taohua Township, only three fields with an area of more than one acre produce peach blossom rice, and the total output is only 300 kilograms, so the real peach blossom rice is very expensive. The excellent taste has nothing to do with the rice species, and is developed by the unique soil texture of the rice field.

According to legend, since Wu Zetian in the Tang Dynasty, the local gentry have to dedicate the best peach blossom rice to the emperor every year. Therefore, people are proud to be able to eat peach blossom rice.

According to legend, when the great poet Yuan Zhi of the Tang Dynasty was the prefect of Dazhou Mansion, he often went out in March. One year, when Yuan Zhi took a boat up the Zhou River and traveled to the Tingjiang River (Donglin River in later generations) in Xuanhan County, some locals sent Liujiagou rice to worship. When he saw this kind of rice peeled, it looked very good. After tasting this rice, Yuan Zhen was full of praise, and wrote a poem and said: "On the evening of the Yiting Jiangsha, flowers and weeds and peach blossom rice." The long song is gone, and the green waves are clear. "Peach blossom rice is famous all over the world.

Baoji City, Shaanxi Province, as the hometown of Emperor Yan, once gave birth to a splendid Chinese farming civilization. In Qianyang County, Baoji City, both sides of the Qianhe River used to produce a rare rice - Qianyang peach blossom rice. Peach blossom rice because there is a layer of red outside the rice grains, the face is like peach blossoms, the porridge soup made is peach-colored, the boiled rice rises at both ends, and the middle is constantly waisted, like peach blossoms, so it is called "peach blossom rice".

Qianyang peach blossom rice is not only beautiful in appearance, taste "sticky", good taste, contains high nutritional elements, according to historical records, it is rich in vitamins, can prevent athlete's foot, oral inflammation, has the spleen, and stomach, clear the lungs, nourish the qi, strengthen the spleen and stomach, benefit the strong ambition, and the five organs, clear the blood and veins, clear the ears and eyes, stop annoyance, quench thirst, stop diarrhea and other effects, is one of the ideal foods to improve people's dietary structure. ”

Concubine Wen thanked the supervisor and thought to herself: "Bashu, the lovely hometown, is worthy of being the country of abundance, among which Xuanhan County is actually the birthplace of peach blossom rice!" No wonder in the entire Bashu, there are countless handsome men and women like fairies like stars on summer nights. ”

Peach blossom rice, pink face and peach cheeks, peach garden spring breeze, peach source mood, Concubine Wen thought about these many things related to peach blossoms, all of them were very wonderful, and she couldn't help but be happy.