Behind Guangdefang West Street, Caiyi Lane, near the intersection of Cao Canal and Yong'an Canal, there is a ready-to-wear shop that has been closed for more than two months, and it has been more lively recently. Craftsmen and servants came before dawn, and took advantage of the early coolness to clean up the repairs that came in and out. It looks like it's going to open before July.

That's what it should be.

According to folklore, July is the month of ghosts, and the first day of the seventh month is the day when the "ghost gate" is opened. On this day, because the ghost gate is opened, the ownerless and lonely souls in the underworld will pour into the yang world, wandering in the entire yang world, always looking for something to eat. Therefore, in the days of July, many places will choose to use the practice of litigation to transcend the lonely soul; Another implication is to pray that the ancestors can help heal the sick and bless the family home.

Therefore, in July, there are no festive days, and more people will not choose to hold happy events in July.

But at the same time, July is a wonderful month. On the seventh day of the seventh month of July, the Cowherd will carry the child to meet the Weaver Girl on the Tianhe, and it is said that the dew in the morning is the tears of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl when they meet. For the people, it is the begging festival, also known as the Qixi Festival, which is a day for young men and women to meet and get acquainted, begging for marriage, and it is also the day when Chang'an Beijing evaluates the flower list.

Neighbors with good deeds came to listen, but they only knew that according to the general example given by the master's family, it should be a restaurant or something. Looking at the materials used on the site again, the visitors immediately lost their in-depth interest. This shop faces two floors of the street, although it is not big, but it is facing two canals, and there are many bridges and corridors on the water, so the front of the door is open, and the traffic and horses can be passed, and the terrain is excellent; With his back to the West Street in the fang, it can be regarded as a quiet place in the middle of the noise. If this is to open a tavern, I'm afraid it won't be something that ordinary neighbors can eat.

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On June 22, a light rain fell from the sky, and on a rare cool day before the great heat, it is advisable to sacrifice and travel, bathe and tailor, pray for blessings and Jiao, accept marriages, and open market coupons.

Early in the morning, Caiyi Lane was already surrounded by cars and horses, blocking the entrance of the shop that was about to open.

A passer-by who was rushing to work was about to shout loudly, but his companion covered his mouth, looked at it, immediately obediently shrunk his neck, lowered his head, and left as soon as possible by the side of the road in the fierce eyes of many slaves and guards along the street.

The neighbors are fearless, and in the past thousands of years, they have not heard that opening the door to do business will harm the neighbors. When the elder of the court married his daughter-in-law at the neighbor's house next door, he also went in to give gifts and ask for a cup of wine to drink.

So, if you should squeeze it, if you can't squeeze it in, let the child get in, and you will have to ask for the lottery later.

As for the guards of those noble families, I didn't see my baby riding on someone's neck to watch the excitement. That's the benefit of the neighborhood.

With the shouting of "the auspicious time has come", the deafening sound of firecrackers sounded in an instant, and a large number of golden copper coins fell from the sky and were thrown into the crowd, causing a lot of loud cheers.

The huge red satin was picked off the plaque with a bamboo pole, revealing a plaque with gold on a black background. Three big characters in the book: lazy review, payment: Xiao Li Tanhua.

At this time, the neighbors knew that the shop was actually a noodle restaurant, and it also sold some home-brewed liquor.

In the end, it is a rich man, you make a restaurant decorated like this, the screen mural or something I can't understand, but the furniture materials are there, a water of rosewood, what a good wood, used to play square tables and benches, it is really a bad thing, a rich man who is damn by God.

When I entered the noodle restaurant, I looked at the name of the dish on the wall behind the counter, not to mention, it was really not expensive.

There are Yangchun noodles, shredded noodles with pickled cabbage, eel noodles, and kidney flower noodles...... There are all kinds of them, no less than ten of them, and there are even braised beef noodles, no need to ask, ask is the ploughing cow that fell to death, the ploughing cow of the rich family is not good legs and feet, and it is always one or two heads that fall to death if there is nothing to do.

"Yo, you're old, the shop opened today, the owner said, all the food in the store is free, but today the first day of opening, there are not many ingredients, you can only choose one, please try it, where you can't, please forgive your neighbors."

The guy is polite, the words are beautiful, everyone's happy day, it is already very face-saving to be able to entertain for free, not to mention, the owner is still a nobleman, didn't see those cars and horses outside, even Fang Zheng came, is upstairs and downstairs to help Zhang Luo, didn't say, can't find fault.

"Please also serve a bowl of braised beef noodles to Lao Yu!"

"Well, please sit down, and we'll be here in a moment! The pickles on the counter are delivered, there are plates, you can always pick them up, or you can call to bring them to you......"

Upstairs near the window, Chen Shiyi imitated the pattern of the drunken immortal residence in Pishi Town, and also used hollow screens to separate several semi-closed private rooms, and was talking with friends who came to cheer and congratulate.

King Wei looked at the guys and cooks who were running inside and out, busy before and after, and said with a smile to Chen Shiyi: "You are the shopkeeper, but you can be regarded as busy with these two brothers." ”

"Thank you for your help."

"It's nothing."

It turned out that the second shopkeeper and his companion of the noodle shop were actually Ju Gong and Jing Cui who had been sent to their hometown and handed over to the local custody a month ago, and the king of Wei ran away at the request of Chen Shiyi, and intercepted the person on the way, saying that he was escorted back to the capital, and the king of Wei personally wanted to take care of it and make the two serve hard labor. can avoid the pain of traveling thousands of miles, the messenger was overjoyed, patted his chest and said that the procedures of the yamen would be handled by them, and the people would take them away.

As a result, before the shop opened, there were two more people who worked hard to "serve hard labor".

As he spoke, a large bowl of noodles was served.

Everyone came early, didn't eat breakfast, was hungry, looking at the various noodles pouring sauce in front of them, the index finger moved, gobbled up, and did not forget to give a thumbs up while eating.

Yan Huizu, the son of the newly recognized governor of the Left Army, was a thick man with big shoulders and a round waist, and he pulled the noodles clean in two bites, wiped his mouth, and said: "Brother Chen, your noodles taste good, but you don't eat them, they are not the same as the noodles in the Central Plains." ”

Chen Shiyi smiled when he heard this: "Indeed, my side is the water surface of the south, and it is indeed different from the noodles in the Central Plains. ”

As he spoke, he picked up the noodles in the bowl and introduced: "The noodles in the north are wide and strong in the mouth, so the soup base must be thick and the taste must be heavy, otherwise it will not be easy to taste, and the sauce is only for matching." The water surface of the south, only one point wide, as thin as a slice, the entrance is not very strong, but it is better to enter the flavor, so the soup base of the southern water surface is mostly light, if you want to make the taste of the noodles richer, you need to think about the toppings, so the toppings in the south are varied, and even with pickles. Thanks to Ju Gong and Jing Cui, they are all southerners, otherwise, this water surface is really not a day or two to master the trick. If Brother Yan feels that he is not hungry, there is still this bamboo tube rice to eat. ”

Everyone just saw the bamboo tube that the guy brought up and put in the middle of the table, and they didn't know what it was, so they were busy eating noodles and didn't bother to ask for a while. I saw Chen Shiyi pick up the blade resting next to the bamboo tube, cut the bundled hemp rope, and along the gap in the bamboo tube, pry open the lid, unwrap the lotus leaf wrapped in rice, and the room was suddenly full of fragrance.

"...... this?" Yan Huizu asked, swallowing his saliva.

"Bamboo lotus leaf rice. The glutinous rice is wrapped in spices, lard, and steamed over high heat. Taste it. ”

"Well, it's delicious! There's no meat in it, but it's better than meat! ”

The crowd was full of praise.

King Wei shook his fan and said a little unexpectedly: "It's okay, Chen Shiyi, I didn't expect you to have this hand." I thought you were going to hire a cook, but I didn't expect to do it yourself, you are amazing! ”

"I learned from my mother......"

"That'...... What is this small bowl of soup and water in front of each person? ”

"That's what you drink, it's noodle soup."

"You're just going to give the guests noodle soup? It's not hard to make soup in the kitchen. ”

"It's not that it's difficult or not, but this is the authentic way to eat in the south, the original soup becomes the original food. Moreover, there is a saying that the first dumpling is the second noodles. ”

"How?"

"In the south, this soup is used for guests, and the first soup should be used for dumplings, otherwise the dumplings will be boiled too much, the water will be thick, the entrance will be astringent, and the taste will not be good; As for this noodle, you should use the second soup below, otherwise the clear soup is low and watery, and it is not easy to eat. If you can't do the above, the store will have to greet the customer. ”

Li Sanjia shook his head when he heard this, and said straightly: "I didn't expect a small noodle soup to be so exquisite." Wonderful, really wonderful! ”

Xu Liang quipped on the side: "Our newly recognized brother can be said to be able to go to the battlefield and the kitchen, and I don't know which family's daughter will have this good fortune to marry our eleven virtuous brothers in the future." ”

Before the young man could answer, Li Sanjia had already unfolded the fan with a "brush", shook it lightly on his chest a few times, looked at Chen Shiyi meaningfully, and said with a smile: "We don't have to worry about it, as I expected, Brother Chen Xian already has someone in his heart." ”

The young man was shocked and hurriedly argued: "How can there be ...... Nothing ......"

Everyone was interested, and they all asked Li Sanjia where did they see this.

Li Sanjia took a sip of noodle soup, sold enough again, and said: "The name of this store, lazy review, where does it come from?" Yuan Zhen's "Leaving Thoughts", take the second flower bush lazy review, what are the first two sentences, do you need me to say more? ”

Everyone suddenly realized, even Yan Huizu pulled Fu Xueyan, who was sitting next to him, to explain for a long time, and then looked at the young man and let out a knowing laugh.

Chen Shiyi's face was red, and he went downstairs to greet the guests, and ran away like a rabbit.

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For three days in a row, Chen Shiyi was entertaining the noble children who were called friends and cheered by King Wei and others, and he didn't know where they had so much spare time all day. It wasn't until Lord Si Zheng and Gong Yu came when they heard the news that King Wei disappeared.

On this day, it was the first day of the seventh month, and few people ate out at night, and they all returned home early, and there were few pedestrians in the night market.

Chen Shiyi sent Ju Gong and Jing Cui back to rest early, and he and Twelve were left in the store, planning to put out the stove and close the door board after finishing the day's running water. These days, I have to go to the yamen to be on duty during the day, and go back to the shop to help the next night, not to mention that I haven't been able to practice the exercises properly, and I haven't even found time to do a general preparation.

Fortunately, business has stabilized in the past few days, and if you go back and hire a helper, you can basically pick yourself out and get busy with business.

The boy was thinking to himself, but he could hear the footsteps of entering the store.

Chen Shiyi didn't look up, and was about to greet "It's closed" when he heard a familiar voice coming into his ears.

"Lazy review! It's a noodle shop! ”

"But we don't have much money on us, so we can't afford to eat......"

"Why don't you go and make a fate, and by the way, help me make a braised beef noodle, and the eel noodle will also be made."

"Huh? Sin, sin ......"

"Ah what, isn't it the duty of a monk to turn into a relationship, what's the sin?"

"Have you ever seen a monk who will ask for meat to eat, and he also pointed it out, eat as good as you can......"

"Are you going?"

"Don't go!"

"Don't go and die!" The girl said viciously, and then sighed again: "We have no money in our pockets, and if we don't go, we will really go hungry." ”

"It's not that you gambled again and lost all the last bit of food money......"

"You're embarrassed to say that when you were lucky before, didn't you also shout that Senior Sister won more? Where was your Buddha back then? ”

"Amitabha, Sin, Sin, ......"

"Shut up, and then beat you to death!"

Chen Shiyi stood up, walked behind the two people who were staring at the menu sign behind the counter, and said softly: "If you don't make eel and beef into a hot dish, with Yangchun noodles, and then a tube of bamboo lotus leaf rice, the little master will eat vegetarian noodles." ”

The girl turned her head and just wanted to say, "I don't have any money, can I take credit for it, and if I can't accept the little monk from the shopkeeper, I can bet the little monk to you" and something like that, but she saw a young man wearing a mask standing behind with a smile, taller than herself, and a beautiful monkey squatting next to her, she suddenly opened her eyebrows and laughed, her apricot kernel-like eyes were bent like a crescent moon, and she nodded in a hurry: "Okay, okay!" ”

The two playful dimples on his cheeks were sweet, Chen Shiyi happily beckoned the girl and the little monk to sit down, and walked to the back kitchen by himself, feeling happy in his heart: Sure enough, July is a good season.