In the blink of an eye, the spring of Jiangnan returns to the earth in February, all things sprout, the branches in the courtyard stretch out, and the street is more and more lively.

As early as three months ago, a family moved from the countryside in a corner of the suburbs of Hangzhou. When this family first arrived, they cowered like a little mouse in the kang hole, and they couldn't wait to block their faces when they went to the street. Gradually, for some reason, there was a little more money in his hand, and the old man came out to eat and drink from time to time, and he was bold when he was drunk, and he said that he was the father of the wife of the prefect of Hangzhou today......

At the beginning of this, everyone laughed when they heard it, just thinking that he was a brainless person, but he said it many times, and he said something in and out of his words, and even with the lady's face, he could describe it roughly. People still didn't believe it, but someone saw a big girl with extraordinary demeanor all over Qiluo once went in and out of the old man's house, and a pungent daughter-in-law came forward to inquire, and the girl just pursed her lips and smiled, and there was some respect for the old man in her words......

"That old man, the fourth is the father of our prefect's wife, do you believe it?"

"Originally, I didn't believe it, just because his family looked crooked and cracked jujubes, where is he worthy of being the family of our prefect's wife, but there is a way that a phoenix comes out of a pheasant, and it is not impossible......"

"Besides, the big girl didn't deny that he wasn't!"

"If it's really Madame's family, then why don't you recognize each other?"

"I heard that Madame's health is not very good, these days in the mansion to raise her body, heirs are important."

"I see, I heard that Mrs. has not been pregnant for many years, and it is really a 'thin land' from the poor countryside."

"Hee-hee-hee-hee-hee......"

To say that this is to tell right and wrong after dinner, not only the ability of the long-tongued women in the whole world, but even those who are not very satisfied with Yuan Zhiheng's too tough wrist in the past day, and dare not show it on the surface, all of them are looking at the old rich family in the countryside with relish.

But the fourth Qian is a coward, he has never come out of the house in the past few days, and he is only willing to come out of the tavern to eat when he is addicted to alcohol. His old woman and her two children were even more cautious, and people occasionally smelled the aroma of boiled meat from outside the earthen walls of his house, and often heard the sound of the woman beating the dog and scolding the chicken chasing her daughter.

There is no way to know what is on the side.

On February 2, the Qingqing Festival, the prefect Yuan and his wife went out to Qingqing, and ordered all the people to have fun together.

So on this day, the painting boats on the Qiantang River come and go, the officials and nobles on the boat are all invited by Lord Yuan, and there are scholars and students fighting poems and reciting, martial artists compete with martial arts and compete with fists and feet, and the drama sings and blows...... The congestion on the shore was crowded layer after layer of people, and the hawkers and merchants took the opportunity to peddle some sesame honey noodles and flowers.

The nobles on the river were still swimming in the river, and some squires and rich people on the shore who had a little money gathered together to have fun.

"Come on, today is a good day, the Qiantang River has been occupied by the nobles, why don't we have fun on the ground?" A squire surnamed was resentful because he was not invited to the ship.

"What does Zhang Yuanwai propose?" Although some of the other wealthy officials who are a little bit of a face are reluctant to deal with him on weekdays, they also consciously give him a little thin noodles on such a day as today.

In the early years, the squire surnamed Zhang begged for a living on the river, and made some "easy money", which is easy to say but is vicious and damaging to yin morality, but it is a foreign merchant who passed through here, and made his family's boat, he saw that the wealth hurt people's lives, and in vain they got the money accumulated by people in the layman for a year, and those businessmen went south and north all the year round to live in a fixed place, and it was difficult to find their families when they disappeared, and they were unknowingly brought to the river by him, and his family did not look for them, and the government did not know, so he did the ghost in vain.

With such a character, few people have dealings with him in the past few days, but he himself has some small money, he is very arrogant, and he is very generous.

"Well, let's play leaf play, how about it?"

"Zhang Yuanwai is not drunk, that leaf play is against the laws of the imperial court, what kind of occasion is this, where do you dare to play this." Several others immediately waved their hands in refusal.

"What are you afraid of, the prefect said that he wants all the people to have fun together, do you understand that there is no fun without leaf play? Besides, you dare to say that you are not good at this on weekdays? And you, you, none of you who have ever touched this leaf card dare to stand up so that I can take a look. ”

As soon as he said this, everyone stopped talking, this leaf play has a history of two hundred years, because it is also a kind of gambling, since the previous dynasty issued a decree to prohibit it, but although it is forbidden on the surface, there are still not a few people who play in private. Some of the big officials in the face court are secretly playing, and now that the saint is old, he also turns a blind eye to these, and the people below him are even more inappropriate.

"Hey, look at your timid appearance, let's do it, win or lose is mine, if I win, I will pay the money to buy two mouthfuls/live pigs, unload the boiled meat on the spot, and give the villagers who come to cheer to eat meat and drink soup, what?"

Two mouthfuls/live pigs? As if he had already smelled the smell of meat, before he finished speaking, the nearby villagers shouted hello! Good! I didn't care about the sidelines, and hula-la came around. When the other few saw this posture, they were also interested, and they went down smoothly to bet with him on the leaf card.

No one paid attention to the win or loss, and the leaf card was played a few times, Zhang Yuanwai did not lose his words, clapped his hands, and sure enough, there were four small guys who staggered and carried two mouthfuls of fresh pigs.

"Unload these two beasts, put a few pots on the shelves, and bother to ask if there is a cook here who can cook, come out and cook a few meat dishes." Zhang Yuanwai smiled proudly, but what he said caused strong feedback from the people in the four places, if you talk about cooks, as long as there is meat, everyone is a cook.

Although they thought so, they all giggled and no one came forward, but fortunately there was a tavern cook here. The cook came out and waved towards Zhang Yuanwai, lifted the kitchen knife, "Dong Dong Dong", and kept for half an hour, two mouthfuls of fresh pig poop bones, skins, and three piles of goods, and they were unloaded neatly and distinctly.

The cook added pepper to the pot and put the pig's head in it and burned it, and the rest of the goods were put in together, and the clean meat was thrown directly into another pot, one pot was boiled, and the other pot was steamed and stewed in white water.

It is the most common and simplest method, but it is perfect for such an occasion, and the fragrance only attracts people's gluttony.

After waiting for a few times, the meat in the pot was cooked, and the crowd here was already surrounded by water.

Seeing this, the member was even more energetic and lifted the lid of the pot with his own hands. And the people thought that this bad thing would change their hearts and do good deeds today, so that they might be blessed.

I only heard him say that today's meat can be eaten by everyone, but it can't be eaten in vain, why don't you have a competition, see who eats more meat, and the one who eats the most wins, I will give him the meat money, and the others who lose will be counted according to a pound of ten cents of silver, and how much silver will be paid for as much as they eat.

As soon as he said this, there was an immediate uproar, ten cents of silver can buy two catties of meat, and five catties of goods are off, he is a lion with a big mouth. But the meat tastes so good, and the one who eats the most doesn't need silver......

Seeing this, Zhang Yuanwai said otherwise, I'll get some more pasta, and those who lose will need ten yuan to eat a pound of meat, but they don't need money to eat noodles, so they can eat when they are full!

As soon as he said this, someone immediately came down to "compete", but you don't need money to eat noodles, it's a big deal not to eat meat, only noodles!

There are too many people who want to end the competition, Zhang Yuanwai made another trick, scooped up pork soup, mixed it with warm water, and let these people drink the soup first to see who drank the most, and selected the first seven, and then the seven people competed.

This person is really treacherous, this person has drunk broth, where is there any spare place to eat meat and noodles? The seven were not stupid, and after half an hour, they each went to a place to avoid people and poured a few bubbles of urine back, and then they began to compete.

In the beginning, four of the seven people only ate noodles, and this noodle tasted really good. There are not only noodles, but also three clay jars, a jar of vegetarian pickled cucumbers, a jar of five-sided tempeh, and a jar of red and bright chopped peppers. Of course, along with these three jars, there are also large pots of meat that are steaming and fragrant.

"Qian Laosi, don't just eat vegetarian noodles, the big meat over there is so fragrant." Someone recognized that the black and thin old man among the seven people in the competition was the fourth out-of-town Qian Lao on the outskirts of the city, and they started to tease him.

"This meat is fragrant, but this pickled cucumber is crunchy, and the black bean sauce is just right, but I don't dare to eat this pepper seed...... "Qian Laosi "sucked and sucked" eating noodles, and eating pickled cucumbers. After eating a bowl, he habitually added the bottom of the bowl clean, and he didn't forget to talk to the funny people next to him.

But the meat is really fragrant, and the more you eat the noodles, the more fragrant the meat will be!

What an evil sect!

"Qian Laosi, didn't you say that our prefect is your son-in-law, with such a son-in-law, you can't even eat meat?" The outsider also seemed to know this Qian Laosi, and he also coaxed.

As soon as Qian Laosi heard this, he subconsciously quickly glanced at the painting boat on the river over there, but there were too many onlookers here, and he couldn't look outside at all. He couldn't see the outside, so he felt that the outside couldn't see him, and he breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time felt that what Zhang Yuanwai said was very true.

That little Cui'er is now wearing red and green on the river and eating delicacies from the mountains and seas, why can't he, who is an old man, eat a bite of meat?

Not to mention that this gluttonous insect is as confusing people's minds as a wine worm, Qian Laosi threw the noodle bowl in his hand and strode towards the fragrant meat pot. I stretched out the hook and went in, and I accurately took a fat and thin cooked braised elbow!