Li Jingshan sat down in front of a wonton stall and put down twenty yuan in the money basket, "Two bowls of small portions." He beckoned Ruan Mingyu to sit down, "Do you want to add minced green onions and shrimp skin?" ”

Ruan Mingyu adheres to the principle of inclusiveness when it comes to food, and responds with a smile: "It's good to be the same as yours." ”

Li Jingshan smiled and shouted to the stall owner again, "Add minced green onions and shrimp skin." ”

The stall owner in front of the fire answered loudly, grabbed two handfuls of wrapped small wontons and put them in the pot with water, sprinkled the ingredients on the bottom of the coarse porcelain bowl, and then scooped up the small wontons in the hood and put them into the bowl, added a spoonful of thick white beef bone broth, and finally dotted two drops of sesame oil.

"Slow use of guest officers!" Two bowls of fragrant wontons were brought to them.

"The filling is thick and the skin is thin, and the flesh is elastic. Add minced green onion and shrimp skin to enhance the taste, so you should eat it hot. Li Jingshan scooped up a wonton with a small spoon, took a deep breath, and reveled: "What a delicacy in the world!" ”

Ruan Mingyu was tempted by her, so he also picked one up and carefully put it in his mouth - it really had a unique flavor. I couldn't wait to pick up one again, as if I didn't want to ask: "Dare to ask the eldest lady, this kind of place doesn't look like everyone will come." How do you know? ”

"My father brought me here once or twice before." Li Jingshan flipped the small wontons, and the faintly transparent dough rose and fell in the water waves, "This place is called Zhuangyuan Lane, and it is a ghost market not far from here." My father once took me to the ghost market, and I came to eat after the market was over. ”

Ruan Mingyu shut up in amusement and concentrated on eating.

In fact, Li Zhiyuan only came to the young Li Jingshan once, and only left a vague impression in Miss Li's memory. When Li Jingshan was shy, she remembered this market full of market atmosphere.

Before Li Jingshan crossed over, she also loved to search for delicacies from all over the world. After visiting a few times, I also found out the "food map" here.

Ruan Mingyu cleaned the last shrimp skin at the bottom of the bowl, and looked up at Li Jingshan with resentment, "Does Miss Li have any misunderstanding about my appetite?" This small portion of wonton is only enough for me to stuff my teeth. Boss—"

Li Jingshan suppressed Young Master Ruan's hand to call for another bowl, and said with a smile: "Who said that this girl only invited you to eat this, there are many delicious foods here!" ”

She pulled Ruan Mingyu deeper into the alley. Sure enough, the more you go inside, the more intense the aroma becomes, and Li Jingshan stops in front of various stalls from time to time, whether it is a variety of pastries and sweets, or barbecue fried noodles, she can always find the mouth-watering one from the dazzling array of foods.

Walking from the end of the alley to the end of the alley, Ruan Mingyu ate heartily.

"Is the young master satisfied with what he has eaten?" Li Jingshan asked with a smile in her mouth with a sugar gourd in her mouth.

"Satisfied!" Ruan Mingyu took a bag of salt-baked peanuts, peeled one and threw it into his mouth, "Sure enough, it is hidden in the city, and the taste of the people is the most ecstatic." ”

Li Jingshan rolled her eyes, "Then young master, do you dare to go with me to see a different kind of food?" ”

Ruan Mingyu looked at the mouth of the alley that was about to end, and wondered, "What other delicacies?" ”

Li Jingshan blinked her eyes slyly, "It depends on whether you dare to eat it." Pulled Ruan Mingyu into the alley.

A small and inconspicuous stall with a row of plates on the board, on which a bamboo skewer is worn with a slip of food. Ruan Mingyu took a look at the dim wind lamp in front of the stall, and was so shocked that he almost retreated: the strings were clearly all kinds of insects: the famous scorpions, grasshoppers, and the unnamed insects and maggots were neatly arranged in that saucer, and at first glance I thought I had stabbed the worm's nest!

Li Jingshan looked at him and smiled, "Do you dare to eat?" ”

Ruan Mingyu remembered the half dish of bee chrysalis he had eaten in the other courtyard, and he turned around with the tip of his tongue against his back molars, and responded: "Why don't you dare!" ”

Li Jingshan gave him a thumbs up, picked and picked a few strings from those plates, handed them to the stall owner, and said, "Trouble these strings of pepper and salt, these are wrapped in syrup." ”

"Okay!" The stall owner took those skewers, put them in the hot oil pan and fried them until fragrant, sprinkled them with pepper and salt while they were hot, or poured syrup, and handed them to Li Jingshan, and did not forget to praise, "The girl is an expert." ”

Li Jingshan took it one by one, and said to Ruan Mingyu with a smile: "The salty fragrance is crispy, and the sweet teeth and cheeks are fragrant, which one do you want to taste first?" ”

The smoke from the stalls and the aroma of food lingered around Li Jingshan, and her delicate face also looked ethereal, but the apricot eyes were brighter, reflecting the lights of the street.

Ruan Mingyu's Adam's apple moved slightly, and he blurted out, "I want both." ”

Li Jingshan handed him a candy-wrapped one, "Try this first." ”

Ruan Mingyu held the grasshopper with all the beard and tail, and opened his mouth several times but failed to bite it. Li Jingshan looked at him and smiled, took one too, and bit down an insect like a sugar gourd and chewed it.

Ruan Mingyu was provoked by her, and he bit one down ruthlessly. The sweetness of Mr. Enter's maltose, followed by the crispy worm body, tastes like halva!

After eating a bunch, he immediately reached for a bunch of salt and pepper. This time, the fat and round fat insects on the bamboo skewers did not make him hesitate, and when he took a bite, he burst in his mouth with salty and fresh juice, and it was really a feast on the tip of his tongue.

Ruan Mingyu swallowed those insects like a cloud, licked the sugar chips at the corner of his mouth, and suddenly asked, "Is it also your father who gave you the courage to eat insects?" ”

This is unreasonable for an eldest lady who was raised in the boudoir in her early years.

Li Jingshan had just bitten down a grasshopper, and she chewed the worm slowly, thinking about it, but she couldn't tell him that when she was working in the field, she often had the opportunity to poke a hornet's nest and catch scorpions and bamboo insects to roast and eat?

She swallowed the last bit of sugar and smiled, "No. It was a delicacy that I discovered when I visited here on my own. To add credibility, he added, "That's why when I was in the other courtyard, I learned to fry bee chrysalis and eat them." ”

Ruan Mingyu showed a clear expression, and unceremoniously took the last fried bamboo worm in Li Jingshan's hand and put it in his mouth.

Li Jingshan looked at the young master's unfinished appearance, and suddenly felt that it was rare for this gentleman to accompany her to taste the fireworks in this world.

Coming out of Zhuangyuan Lane, the lights of the city have been burned, and people in costumes are everywhere flowing through the sea of lights. The first moon in the sky and the lights on the ground reflect each other, burning a fire tree and silver flowers that never sleep.

There were many people on the street, and it was inevitable that they would be crowded together, Ruan Mingyu opened his hand to protect Li Jingshan in his arms and walked carefully. Li Jingshan smelled the faint incense of agarwood on the young master's body, which she helped her smoke this morning. I suddenly felt a little bit like each other.

Ruan Mingyu suddenly stared at the roots of her reddish ears and asked in a low voice, "What are you thinking?" ”

The slightly hot breath sprayed on the thin skin, burning that skin even redder.

Li Jingshan pulled Ruan Mingyu forward and said, "Where is there a lantern riddle, will you?" Let's take a look. ”

Ruan Mingyu smiled and followed, "My second brother is the best at guessing lantern riddles." Luckily, I was able to learn a little bit of his ways. ”

"Your second brother?" Li Jingshan turned to look at him, this was the first time he had told her about his family.

Ruan Mingyu nodded, and said as if everything was in place, "Well, the eldest brother assisted my father in managing the Jingbao Pavilion, and the second brother joined the office, and he was just promoted to the Ministry of Rites last year as an errand boy." According to my mother's evaluation, my eldest brother is a money string, and my second brother is a nerd...... What kind of lanterns do you want? ”

"What about you?" Li Jingshan smiled and casually pointed to a lotus lamp, "I want this." ”

"Ha, my mother said that I was a fine bean, and I didn't leave my hands to roll all over the ground." Ruan Mingyu raised his hand to untie the lotus lantern.

"Do you have any sisters?"

"No, I'm a young man, but I have a sister-in-law. The eldest brother married the daughter of the big shopkeeper of 'Rong Jin Zhai', and his son has reached the age of three; the second brother just got married to the granddaughter of the elder Hanlin Zhangge last year and got married at the end of the year. ”

"Yo, the riddle is 'don't forget before the flower, and sincerely look for the dark fragrance (play a solar term)'." He held the lantern up in front of Li Jingshan and said with a smile: "You might guess? ”

Li Jingshan has lived for two lives from modern times to ancient times, and she has not learned this ability to chew words, so she immediately shook her head and pushed the lantern back, "I won't, come on." ”

Ruan Mingyu approached Li Jingshan in the bustling crowd and whispered in her ear: "Then how are you going to thank me?" The tip of her nose lingered with the dark fragrance of osmanthus oil between Li Jingshan's sideburns.

Heartfelt search for the dark fragrance......

Li Jingshan took a step back in a panic, not wanting her back to bump into the crowd, and her body staggered.

"Be careful!" Ruan Minh Yu reached out and grabbed her waist and brought her to him.

The waist is soft, and the dark fragrance floats......

Ruan Mingyu's heart lake was stirred by this dark fragrance, blowing a pool of spring water.

Don't forget before the flower. With the delicate flowers in front, how can the heart not forget?

However, if you forget your original intention...... Ah, what a dilemma!

Under Li Jingshan's stunned gaze, he hurriedly put down his hand, coughed embarrassedly, and turned his head to look at the lantern in his hand, "Well, this is a word puzzle, the first sentence is a 'mang' word, and the second sentence is a 'kind' word." Therefore, this solar term is 'mango seed'. ”

He turned around and took the lantern to the stall owner to exchange, walked two steps, turned back to Li Jingshan and said, "You owe this thank you first." ”

Li Jingshan froze in place, her heart pounding so much that she barely heard what he said. When Ruan Mingyu came back with the lantern and handed it to her, she replied as if she was in her soul, "Okay." ”

The warm light reflected her red face, Ruan Mingyu almost looked at it again, and only remembered a poem "I am afraid that the flowers will fall asleep in the middle of the night, so I burn a high candle to shine red makeup." ”

It turns out that the begonias under the lamp can be so beautiful......

He took a deep breath and said in a muffled voice, "Let's go back." ”

Li Jingshan looked at the bright lights in front of her, turned her head to look at him, "Aren't you shopping?" ”

Ruan Mingyu grinded his teeth in her ear and said, "If you go shopping any further, I'm worried that I'll eat you!" ”

Li Jingshan blushed and nodded. Xindao, I'm afraid to keep going, I'll do you......

Two long figures, carrying a warm yellow lotus lamp, walked side by side into the lamplight.

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After the Lantern Festival, the jewelry industry suddenly became busy. In addition to the sales arrangements for the Shangsi and Qingming festivals in the spring, we must also pay close attention to the preparations for the first Saibao Conference in Minzhou City on the Shangsi Festival.

This time, a total of nine major jewelry stores in the city participated in the event, and each jewelry store selected a set of works to participate in the competition, and the judge group selected the most satisfactory set of jewelry. The case division group is composed of local famous ladies or popular singers and dancers, and the wife of the prefect of Fang is invited to be the chief of the case division group.