A few days later, the gossip came from nowhere, saying that the Hu people in the north were going to invade the Tang Dynasty, and now the people on the border have been poisoned.

This rumor became more and more ferocious, and the people of Chang'an City were all indignant, some wanted to ask for orders to go north to attack the Hu people, some beat up the grassland merchants on the street, and even many Hu goods shops in the West Market were smashed and robbed.

Li Er ordered that the source of the rumors be strictly investigated to see who was spreading rumors and inciting the people.

The volcano of Chang'an Laojunguan retreat and healing made Yuan Tiangang sigh, I spent the price to leak the heavenly secrets, and kindly reminded the imperial court to pay attention to the prevention of military disasters in the north, but unfortunately the people in power were confused and could not perceive the crisis, but they were just regarded as groundless rumors, which is sad and lamentable......

In the backyard of the tavern, Li Yuanying was pushing the stone mill hard, Xiao Doudou looked at his sweaty father, and asked very puzzled: "Daddy, other people's stone mills are all pulled by donkeys, why are you pushing ours?" ”

Burst...... Li Yuanying's feet slipped, and his head slammed on the push handle of the stone mill, and he immediately turned blue.

This unlucky child, don't talk if you can't speak, and scold your dad and me as a donkey? Can I tell you I forgot to buy it? Besides, I don't know how to raise livestock.

Got up and patted the dust on his body, Li Yuanying replied with a dark face: "Daddy is using a stone to practice skills, this is a peerless kung fu, called Tai Chi, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand." ”

"Daddy, aren't you grinding beans? I remember you saying that you were going to make me tofu brain, why did you change it to practice again? ”

…… I'm tired, ignore me!

"I've got a way for you to push the stone mill easily, believe it or not, Daddy?" Xiao Doudou didn't care and insisted on talking awkwardly.

Li Yuanying smiled disdainfully, and said in her heart that if you can come up with any good idea, at most, let me buy a donkey.

"The kind of wine that Uncle Qin drank last time, you can grow your strength after drinking, you drink two sips to ensure that the grinding is very fast." Xiao Doudou reminded.

"I'm grinding soy milk, not grinding!" Li Yuanying emphasized loudly, but his actions were very real, and he had already stopped grinding and walked to the wine cellar.

The God of War wine is not covered, Li Yuanying didn't dare to drink more, one small sip after another, drink a sip and push for a while, the small stone mill is like an electric motor, wooing and turning, and a pot of beans will be ground up in a short time.

Li Yuanying looked at the kitchen without a roof and said: "Our kitchen hasn't been cleaned up yet, so we can't make anything delicious for the time being, so let's sell a breakfast tofu brain, I hope it won't overturn this time." ”

Half an hour later, watching her daughter squint her eyes and eat tofu brain sweetly, Li Yuanying finally breathed a sigh of relief, at least this thing will be popular with children.

Sure enough, the stall was set up outside the door, and the passing crowd felt new when they saw the white and tender tofu brain, and the price of a bowl of three pennies was not cheap, but it was acceptable, and many people tried to ask for a bowl to try.

"Oh my God, what does this smell like? Could it be sugar? Someone exclaimed, attracting everyone's attention.

Li Yuanying said that he was fussed, and explained with a smile: "Yes, the raw material of this tofu brain is soybeans, and white sugar is added to each bowl when eating, so the taste is sweet, of course, if you don't like to eat sweet, I will replace it with a salty mouth with marinade tomorrow." ”

"I like it, we like it so much, who doesn't like sugar?"

"Yes, sugar is not an ordinary thing, I have only heard of it but I have never eaten it."

……

The onlookers shouted nonsense, buying tofu brains more enthusiastically, Li Yuanying didn't care, seeing that the business was booming, he was very happy.

When the morning passed, more than 100 servings of tofu brain were sold, although the total price was not even one or two silver, but as a snack bar, the top was good.

"Doudou, come over and help Daddy collect the stall, huh? Where's my sugar jar? Who took my candy jar away? Li Yuanying looked at the empty corner of the table in surprise, and secretly scolded the world, what kind of people are these, even a little sugar is rare.

Xiao Doudou asked distressedly: "Daddy, the sweet sugar has been stolen, is it impossible to eat it anymore?" ”

Li Yuanying rubbed her daughter's hair and comforted her with a smile: "It's okay, we still have a big bucket at home, and we can't finish it." ”

Near noon, a noblewoman came to the tavern with two children, a man and a woman.

Li Yuanying didn't recognize it, thinking it was a diner who came to eat, "The tavern is being renovated, and it will only open for business the day after tomorrow, if you want to eat, please go to another house, sorry." ”

The lady didn't speak, looked Li Yuanying up and down for a while, and then smiled and said: "It's the fifth brother Yuanying, I'm your second sister-in-law, and I'm here to visit you and my niece today. ”

The two children were very polite, respectfully saluted Li Yuanying, and called them the fifth uncle.

Only then did Li Yuanying understand that this was the future eldest grandson of the Tang Dynasty.

called the second sister-in-law, and then beckoned her daughter Xiaodoudou to come over, and asked her to take her brother Li Chengqian and sister Li Lizhi to play together.

Li Chengqian was only eight years old at this time, and Li Lizhi was just five years old, so he should be younger than Xiaodoudou.

"Your name is Little Doudou, isn't it? My brother brought you a gift, you see, this is a candy from the Western Regions, it tastes very sweet and sweet, and the whole Chang'an will give it to you in this jar. As he spoke, Li Chengqian handed over a square wooden box.

Xiao Doudou narrowed his eyes with a smile, and under Li Chengqian's encouragement and Li Liqian's expectation, he cautiously opened the wooden box.

"Hehe, how about it, haven't seen it, don't just look at it, dig a little with a spoon and taste it, it is guaranteed to be sweeter than honey......" Li Chengqian enthusiastically introduced.

He didn't see that Xiao Doudou's face had frozen, and he picked up the jar in the wooden box and looked left and right, which was very strange.

A moment later, under the incomprehensible gazes of Li Chengqian and Li Li, Xiao Doudou quickly ran to Li Yuanying, who was chatting with the crown princess here, holding the jar, and shouted as if asking for merit: "Daddy, I caught the thief who stole our sugar, it's him, look!" ”

Well? Li Yuanying looked at her daughter's fingers, and said something in her heart, isn't that Li Chengqian?

"Are you mistaken, that's your cousin, your own person, how can it be a thief?"

Li Chengqian was very embarrassed, I didn't expect this cousin to be such a person, I said that candy was a gift for her, how could she slander me for coveting this little thing? For a while, Li Chengqian's impression of this cousin was greatly reduced.

Xiao Doudou held the jar and pleaded: "You see, even this jar belongs to my family, and there are marks on it." ”

Oh? Li Yuanying looked at it, it was really the jar of white sugar I lost, what was going on?

The crown princess was puzzled and asked what was going on, Li Yuanying explained that she opened a store to sell breakfast in the morning, and this jar of sugar was a condiment, and it was stolen in the chaos, but she didn't expect it to appear here.

The eldest grandson's face was ugly and asked his son, "Cheng Qian, what the hell is going on?" Where did you get this jar of sugar? ”

Facing his mother's questioning, Li Chengqian blushed and shouted: "This is the candy I bought from a merchant in the Western Regions for a lot of money, it's not white sugar, it's just this part of Chang'an, mother, don't listen to their nonsense, the price of candy in Datang is equivalent to gold, it's not something ordinary people can afford, how can they ...... it if it's just a tavern merchant?"

"Bastard! He is your dear fifth uncle, how dare you be disrespectful? The eldest grandson got up angrily and raised his hand to fight, but was stopped by Li Yuanying with a smile.