CHAPTER XXII

The capital, in a certain garden.

The man in brocade clothes questioned his subordinates kneeling below, "What did you say?" How could Rong Zhi get hurt? ”

The three-dimensional facial features of the man who spoke were as handsome as a knife, and the whole person emitted a kind of king aura that shocked the world, his eyes were sharp and profound, and he unconsciously gave people a sense of oppression.

The guard lowered his head and replied: "Master, Song Yuanqing, the guard in front of His Royal Highness King Chen, said that His Royal Highness is now living in a farmer's house, and his health is fine, but it is not suitable to move for the time being, and the master does not have to worry."

When the man in brocade heard this, the anger on his face finally eased a little, "Rong Zhi has always done things in a measured manner, why was he injured this time?" ”

"Back to the master, Song Guards said that His Royal Highness found some clues about the silver mine in Nanlingzhou, and when he went to verify it, he met an assassin."

"Wow, the second brother's hand is getting longer and longer, the governor of the south, Jiang Nian, is an old fox, but I don't know what benefits the second child promised him, so that he willingly gave up a silver mine." The man in brocade said lightly, but he couldn't ignore the dangerous aura emanating from his eyes.

The kneeling guard didn't speak, only lowered his head so that his expression could not be seen clearly. The man glanced at the person who was still kneeling below, and ordered in a deep voice: "You have someone to pay close attention to the movements of Nanling, and report to me at any time if there is any situation." Also, did Rong Zhi notify his master of his injury? ”

The guard secretly glanced at the man above, and replied respectfully, "The old gentleman's whereabouts are uncertain, and the Song guard has gone to look for it himself." Presumably there will be news in the near future. ”

Hearing this, the man nodded and said, "Well, let's go down." ”

Only then did the guard raise his head, salute and say, "My subordinates retire." ”

After a few moments, the room was empty, except for a steaming cup of tea.

Three days later, on the official road leading to Qingshui Town, two ox carts were moving side by side in the morning fog.

"September, let's be this morning... Can breakfast really sell well? "The first time I came out to set up a stall today, Aunt Lin was still a little nervous, the Su family's wages were high, but if the things couldn't be sold, she was also worried.

In fact, not only Aunt Lin, but also Su Changsheng's daughter-in-law Feng Shi was also worried, Su Changsheng only said that she believed in September, Feng Shi secretly looked at September, the little girl Xu had not woken up yet, sleepy eyes yawned, Feng recently heard Su Changsheng talk about this niece every day, and also knew that September beat had become capable since the last illness, but after all, she was still a child, Rao is ability, and she couldn't help but think nonsense. It's just that her mentality is okay, and she is not as obvious as Lin's performance, which will hear Lin's ask the doubts in her heart, and subconsciously look at September.

In September, who was haunted by sleepy insects, she heard Lin's question in a trance, and saw that Lin and her aunt were looking at her nervously. After a little thought, I realized that these two people still didn't know the bottom of their hearts. Trying to shake away the sleepiness, he said with a smile: "Auntie, auntie, I guess you are still on an empty stomach, let you taste it first, and then you will know if you can sell it." ”

In order to get an early stall, I spent all day in September and Yun Niang in the kitchen to study tofu brain and soy milk. Su Changsheng moved the stone mill from the old house, Yun Niang sat in front of the stone mill and patiently grinded the soy milk according to the guidance of September, and poured out the first two beans after grinding, and then began to grind the soybean milk to be used after thoroughly infiltrating the gaps of the stone mill and removing the dust.

The stone mill used at home is not large, and the grinding is very slow, but fortunately it is not particularly laborious. Grinding soy milk is a very boring thing, if it weren't for the first time to teach Yun Niang, September Iron would definitely have little patience.

In the middle of this, Su Changlin and Yun Niang switched to grinding, and finally waited until the bucket on the side was already full of soymilk, and in September he asked Yun Niang to filter the ground soymilk with a bamboo basket padded with muslin to remove the bean dregs.

After filtering twice, only the shiny soybean milk is left in the barrel, the thick aroma of raw soy milk is overflowing, September is very satisfied, pour a small half bucket in the pot and wait for Yun Niang to boil, put half of it in the basin, add sugar for a while, you can drink delicious freshly ground handmade soy milk.

The next thing is to make tofu brain, low heat, and stir while cooking. When the pot gradually got a bit of colloid, I boiled the salt and brine I bought in September, slowly added it little by little, and continued to stir. The soy milk begins to clump and eventually forms tender tofu cubes in the pot. With a touch of a spoon, the tofu cubes are gently shaken around, which makes the most tender tofu brain.

The small half bucket made a large half pot, scooped it all out, and September remembered the tofu brain he had eaten in his previous life, and adjusted the soup. One person happily served a bowl, and the Su Changsheng brothers and Yun Niang both ate it with relish, and this time the soup was a spicy flavor made from chili pepper and pepper dogwood. Thinking that there was still a sick number at home to taboo, Jiujiu and Yun Niang tried to adjust two flavors, one with pickles and the other with sugar.

Yun Niang took a large pottery bowl, filled a spicy soup, and asked Su Changsheng to bring it to the old mansion. In September, I brought a bowl of sweet soy milk and a bowl of salty tofu brain. put it on a plate and sent it to Chen Ye.

Watching him finish eating the tofu brain, he picked up the soy milk and drank it slowly, with no expression on his face, and September couldn't help but feel anxious. In her heart, Chen Ye is a rich boy who has seen the world, and there must be countless delicious foods in his mouth, if he approves of it, then this is really good.

September waited patiently for him to finish drinking, Gu Chenye glanced at him, and saw September looking at him with a trace of nervousness on his face. I immediately understood what she was thinking.

"Well, you need a bowl of soy milk every morning, and you don't have to add sugar." Gu Chenye said word by word.

September was overjoyed, and hurriedly responded and went out with a plate. Probably the more cold-faced people are, the more exciting they are to say a word of approval.

So when I was ready to set up a stall, before the rooster in the village crowed, Yun Niang started to make tofu brains, and in September, I endured sleepiness and got up to adjust the soup, and when Feng and Lin came, this side was already ready.

Su Changlin and Su Changsheng put the things they needed on two ox carts, Yun Niang brought out half a pot of noodles fermented in advance, and handed it to September for him to protect carefully, and Lin and Feng alone held a pot and then went on the road.

When they arrived at the gate of the city, Su Changsheng and the two brothers helped set up a breakfast stall, and then they and Su Changlin drove another ox cart into the city. It was not yet dawn. The fires of the two stoves were burned in advance, and only a little charcoal was brought to keep the temperature of the soy milk and tofu brain.

If there is soy milk, there must be fritters, and the simple breakfast cart designed in September comes with a stove, which is ready to be used to fry fritters or do other purposes in September. A piece of charcoal was sandwiched from the other two stoves, and the oil pan on the dining car began to swell. Lin and Feng cleaned up the table, set up the seasoning dishes and chopsticks, and looked at September nervously.

September had already prepared the fried noodles, just waiting for the oil to boil in the pot, seeing the two of them, she looked at her restlessly, knowing that the first time they came out to do business, it was inevitable that they would not be adaptable, and smiled and said to them, "Auntie, you and Aunt Lin will go over there to fetch half a basin of water first, and the dishes and chopsticks that will be used up in a while should be cleaned as soon as possible, so as not to be insufficient." ”

"Hey, okay. Girl, let's go. Lin Shi spoke first, and Feng Shi took a slightly larger iron basin and said hello.

In September, the company chose to set up a stall outside the city because of its proximity to the water, which solved the problem of cleaning dishes and chopsticks.

After a while, the kung fu oil pot has begun to boil, and the weather is hot and gradually brightened, in September, the prepared noodles are cut into strips, put them in the pot, and start to fry the fritters, Lin and Feng also came back with water, first let them fill the tofu brain by themselves, and pad their stomachs with fritters.

At this time, the number of pedestrians and vehicles passing by gradually increased. September looked around, and saw that some people had already looked this way, but none of them stepped forward to ask, and after thinking about it, he took a plate with two servings of tofu brain and fritters, and walked towards the officers and soldiers guarding the city.

In September, people are small and walk slowly, and people are white. Holding the plate immediately attracted the curiosity of passers-by, and the fried golden fritters and the tofu brain poured with spicy sauce led passers-by to stop and watch. Someone couldn't help but ask, "Little girl, what's on your end?" ”

In September, she was asked by an old man who was well-dressed, followed by a little boy beside him, and returned crisply: "Grandpa, this is tofu brain and fritters, which are the food sold at our breakfast stall, this tofu brain has a delicate taste, melts in the mouth, and fritters, and a lot of eggs are added when fermenting, delicious and cheap, grandpa, you can go over there to try it, these two portions are for the two big brothers who guard the city, they guard our safety every day, and they must not have come to eat." With that, he walked forward with small steps.

The old man and the few people around him who stopped to watch looked at each other, "Let's go, Xiao An, let's go and taste it too, old man, I am greedy for that tofu brain." The old man who was talking to September just now immediately took the child to the Su family's breakfast stall. There were a few people next to him who hesitated, then some turned around and walked away, and some also moved towards the breakfast cart.

September took two copies of tofu brains and handed them to the two soldiers guarding the city, one of them happened to be a familiar face, the one who Su Changsheng bribed last time, "Two big brothers, this is the tofu brain and fritters we made at the stall earlier, my uncle will definitely send you a copy when he leaves, saying that he is grateful for your care." ”

The two soldiers guarding the city, you look at me, I look at you, I don't know who the uncle in the mouth of the little girl in front of me is, they found the unique stall not far away early in the morning, they also listened to what September said there just now, and they had a good impression of September.

Seeing their doubts, September explained: "My uncle's surname is Su, two eldest brothers, hurry up and eat, it's not good if it's cold for a while." ”

The soldier with a familiar face reacted first and laughed, "It turned out to be a girl from the Su family." Then we're welcome. As he spoke, he took the tofu brain on the September plate and ate it in a big gulp, and the other one began to eat it when he saw this. In less than a minute, the two bowls of tofu brains were empty.

The familiar face picked up the remaining fritters and praised them while eating, "Little sister, your food is really delicious, when I am on duty, I will definitely come over to cheer if you are still there." ”

"Brother Li, I'll go too, tell my brothers and let them try it too." Another said.

September smiled sweetly and said hello and went back with the bowl.

There were already four people on the long table of the stall over there, one of them had a tofu brain and fritters in front of him, and after tasting a mouthful of tofu brain with the old man who was talking to September, he asked for a soy milk under the recommendation of Lin's family. When September came, I heard the admiration of several people and the hearty laughter of Lin.