It's been almost two months since I joined the army, maybe it's really a vacant position, I have never accepted the summons of the unit to which I belong, except for the occasional whim to go to the right military guard to chat and fart with a few generals, even the specific military deployment of the right military guard is vague. If there is a real war, I am afraid that I will be beheaded countless times when I join the army. Except for a few veteran officers with seniority, the so-called Right Wuwei is like a concentration camp for the children of high-ranking cadres, and after coming a few times, they are very familiar with these people.

One thing has to be admitted, although it is full of eunuchs, strict discipline, high-intensity training and sophisticated equipment have allowed the Guards to maintain super-first-class combat effectiveness. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the officialdom was mostly pure, and the upbringing of the children was also very harsh, and many people expressed their willingness to stay in the army and serve rather than go home to be disciplined, which can be seen from the tutoring of the official eunuchs.

After all, the army is the army, and there is no place where the big men gather together without a miasma. The more disciplined and combat-ready the troops, the more such messy bad guys there are. I only came twice, and I was dragged to a Fengyue place by a few shameless guys who had just been under the pretext of admiring my name and contacting my feelings.

There is no imaginary singing of poetry, and there is something that is difficult to give up with the popular head card, and even the so-called flower wine did not drink two sips, and directly turned to the topic, it seems that the pragmatic style of the empire has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and even the brothels have kept up with the pace of the times. Since we are with the soldiers, we also have to show the majestic and bold masculinity, and pulled a girl who looked more unpleasant and walked into the cave room. I first gave her a Marxist-Leninist education in it, and then I pinched the time, feeling that if I went out now, it was not enough to prove my heroism, so I talked about the importance of attracting investment and economic construction, until the girl was exhausted by what I said, I paid the service fee, and walked out majestically. When I went out, I got a full house, and one of the guys named Cao Xianhuan shouted very enthusiastically, which left a deep impression on me.

I didn't dare to tell the two ladies about this matter, and even Lanling hid it, and only communicated with Cheng Chu in private. After listening to my story, Cheng Chu laughed half-heartedly. It turned out that most of the children of the nobles who joined the army were the youngest sons of the family, and the inheritance of the family was unattainable, and they used the army as a springboard for life. After joining the army, the butter boy of the scholarly family can degenerate into a prehistoric beast, but the beast also has to rely on military pay and family supplies to live, and the consumption of high-end entertainment venues is amazing, not if you want to go, so there is a pragmatic scene. Cheng Chu was deeply sympathetic to my plight, and strongly asked to take me, the senior brother, to see the real Fengyue Holy Land, but I politely declined with curiosity.

As a paramilitary enthusiast (you can understand as a quasi-military genius, it seems to be a little shameless), to be able to participate in the observation of famous historical events from a distance, let my sincere heart gain great satisfaction.

The primitive means of communication separated the fierce fighting in Liaodong from the singing and dancing city of Chang'an, and the last battle report came ten days ago. Under the leadership of General Su Dingfang and with the support and cooperation of Silla You, the powerful Tang army won successive battles, annihilated more than 40,000 enemies, captured more than 10,000 Baekje soldiers, and recovered 13 Silla cities occupied by Baekje. Due to the cold weather, in order to sympathize with the soldiers and horses, the offensive has been stopped, and the next spring will be warmed up to fight again.

Compared with Liaodong, Qin Yu's repeated defense adjustments were like vacations, and from time to time he entrusted his comrades-in-arms who returned to Chang'an to bring home letters, and sometimes the letters were mixed with Qin Yu's self-study homework. If it's a round trip, they'll wait for me to arrange my homework again and take it with me.

Looking at the content of Qin Yu's family letter, most of them are about customs and customs, and they rarely talk about military affairs, like a travelogue; Coupled with neat self-study homework, it's really leisurely. In the middle of winter, the bitter cold conditions on the border made Tang and Tu armies unable to mobilize incidents, and most of the government soldiers who were dispatched from Guannai stayed in Lanzhou, Suzhou and other big cities to recuperate, and did not assign specific tasks, but only preventively accumulated troops and existed as reserves. Knowing Qin Yu's current situation made me put down the heart that I had been carrying, although he was eager to fight, but the cruelty of the battlefield was unimaginable, and I didn't want any accidents to happen to my friends.

After all, the paper workshop was not completed before the arrival of midwinter, although there is a huge investment in Lanling without keeping the cost, but for this era, the amount of work is still too large, and the newly built craftsman residential area alone has an area of nearly 100 acres. And in the middle of the project, Lanling didn't know what nerves to have, and expanded the scale of the workshop again, I persuaded several times to no avail, so I had to give up, who called people the investor. Lanling's mature appearance hides a tenacious heart, and what he recognizes must be completed conscientiously. I admire the spirit of not giving up until the goal is achieved, this feeling makes me subconsciously keep a small distance from her, Lanling seems to feel this, the two of them have always maintained this tacit understanding, very subtle.

Ever since I shared my views on the war in Liaodong with Lan Ling, Lan Ling has been happy to discuss with me the details of this despicable and shameless strategy. This is the advantage of talking on paper, being able to speak freely without restrictions, immediately revise what is inappropriate, and then re-deduce until you achieve your strategic intentions. Both of them were able to obtain information on the Korean Peninsula through their own channels, and then they merged and tried many times to find out what was wrong and make corresponding adjustments to various variables. It's very interesting, Lan Ling and I like this game very much, and we are silent in the fun of plotting behind the virtuality, and fully explore the dark side of the two of them. Whenever the deduction was successful, the two looked up at each other and smiled weirdly, which made me feel comfortable.

Time flew by like this, and it wasn't until Ying asked me what ravioli I wanted to eat that I realized the arrival of the winter solstice. This wonton is the dumpling that was often eaten in later generations (in the Tang Dynasty, dumplings have become exactly the same as today's dumplings, and they are fished out and eaten separately on a plate, but they are still called wontons. The Song Dynasty called dumplings 'Jiao'er', which is the etymology of the word 'dumplings' in later generations. Bright. It can still be seen between the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. The custom of eating dumplings during the Spring Festival was quite popular in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Dumplings are generally wrapped before 12 o'clock in the evening of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and eaten until midnight, which is the beginning of the first day of the first lunar month, eating dumplings takes the meaning of 'more age Jiaozi'), 'delicious but dumplings', if it is not for the festival, it is really forgotten about this thing, and the sin deserves death.

Of course, you have to eat mutton traps in winter, but considering Ying's rejection of mutton, the big meat radish traps are also good, as for leeks, ask first.

"Do you have any leeks?" I don't know much about vegetables, so I don't know if leeks can grow in the cold winter.

Ying nodded, "Yes, it was only delivered in the morning, it is fresh." ”

"Then pork leeks and pork turnips, hehe." Don't mention dumplings, I can't wait to mention it. I miss the time when the family sat at home making dumplings, thinking of my parents, my heart was sour, and I don't know how they are doing now. twisted his leg and pulled himself back to reality, "Second daughter! Go and inform the kitchen that the three of us will make our own dumplings this time, and let them mix the filling and noodles and send them together. ”

The second daughter listened to my command and went happily to deliver the order.

"Let's go, wash your hands, do it yourself, and have plenty of food and clothing." I dragged Ying to wash my hands.

On the big kang, the stuffing, noodles, and small boards are lined up; The two daughters are rolling skins, me and Yingbao, and the picture is warm. Although Ying was born in a wealthy family, she has received professional training and superb craftsmanship, and the dumplings are poured out of a mold, and they are exquisite and beautiful together. I belong to the amateur contestants, just to be qualified with a tight bag, and things that can't be pinched together have happened repeatedly, and from time to time I ask Ying for help, and the shapes are different, and the rocks are craggy.

Watching the steaming dumplings come up, I burst into tears and sighed in my heart, it would be nice to have spicy food.

"Second daughter, take the garlic." If you don't have spicy food, garlic will make it.

Ying pushed me next to her, "Don't look for me at night, it stinks." ”

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Dumplings are a kind of food that is eaten in the north and south of our country, it is also known as powder horn, dumpling bait, jiaozi, flat food, wontons, etc. According to the "Diet" section in the book "Tongya", because it was invented by the Hun and Tun clans, it was named "wonton" in transliteration. This kind of food, as early as the Three Kingdoms period, was mentioned in the book "Guangya" written by Zhang Yi, a native of Wei, and it has become "the food of the world" by the time of the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Eating dumplings on Chinese New Year's Eve, taking the meaning of "New Year's Jiaozi" (good luck in the coming year), has become a must-have food for the Spring Festival in the vast areas of northern and southern China. In the Qing Dynasty, Fucha Dunchong's "Yanjing Years Chronicles" described: "At the beginning of each session—...... Regardless of whether they are rich or poor, they all use white flour to make noodles and eat them, which is called boiling and repairing, and the whole country is the same, and there is no difference. The rich family, secretly with gold, silver, small and precious stones, etc., are hidden in the sorrow, so that the fortune is smooth, and the family eats it, then it is good all year round. It can be seen that eating dumplings on the first day of the new year is for a year of good luck, this food custom has been inherited, according to the relevant historical research, dumplings as a food to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new began in the Ming Dynasty, flourished in the Qing Dynasty.

Another version: dumplings, formerly known as "Jiao'er", were first invented by Zhang Zhongjing, a Chinese medical saint.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, disasters were serious in various places, and many people were suffering from diseases. There is a famous doctor in Nanyang named Zhang Ji, whose name is Zhongjing, who has studied medical books since childhood, learned from others, and became the founder of traditional Chinese medicine. Zhang Zhongjing not only has excellent medical skills, can cure any incurable diseases, but also has noble medical ethics, whether poor or rich, he has seriously treated and saved countless lives.

When Zhang Zhongjing was an official in Changsha, he often treated the people for diseases. One year, when the local plague was prevalent, he built a cauldron at the entrance of the yamen and sacrificed medicine to save people, which won the love of the people of Changsha. After Zhang Zhongjing returned to his hometown from Changsha, he walked to the bank of the Baihe River in his hometown, and saw that many poor people were suffering from hunger and cold, and their ears were frozen. He was very distressed and determined to save them. When Zhang Zhongjing returned home, there were a lot of people seeking medical treatment, and he was very busy, but he always remembered those poor people with frozen ears. He imitated the method in Changsha and asked his disciples to set up a medical shed and set up a cauldron on a vacant lot in Dongguan in Nanyang, and opened it on the day of the winter solstice to give medicine to the poor to treat their wounds.

Zhang Zhongjing's medicine is called "Jiao'er Soup", which is to boil mutton, chili pepper and some cold-dispelling herbs in a pot, and then take out these things and chop them after cooking, wrap them into an ear-shaped "Jiao'er Soup" with dough, and distribute them to the begging patients after cooking in the pot. Two delicate ears per person, a bowl of soup. After eating the soup, people have a fever all over their bodies, their blood is smooth, and their ears are warm. After eating it for a while, the patient's rotten ears will be cured.

All of the above are reprints.

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