In the Han Dynasty, the city set up markets, such as Chang'an, the capital of the Han Dynasty, set up two cities in the east and west, opened four gates, set up city officials, city supervisors, and the daily transaction amount was very large. Other county cities, such as Linzi in Qi and Handan in Zhao, also have large cities. Xuanping was only a medium-sized county in Dahan, so he opened a market in the city in the middle of the month, and the merchants gathered for the people in the county to buy and sell their daily needs.

The carriage stopped in front of Xuanping City, and several people in the car got down, among them a young girl, wearing a green brocade and algae deep coat, with a string of pine white jade around her waist, refreshing and pretty. The people around were silent, secretly guessing which noble girl this was.

"Take whatever you like." Zhang Yan turned around and said with a smile, "Sister will account today." ”

Zhang Hao cheered, hugged her left arm and said, "Sister is the best." ”

The surrounding people were boiling, Zhang Yan was walking in the market, and suddenly felt the fireworks coming to her face, and she couldn't help but exhale, lively and warm. She likes both Yangchun Baixue and Xia Riba people, and no one can say that she can't eat, but when the two are together, they are lovers.

Xuanping's market is naturally not as lively as Chang'an East City, there are many products, a little look, most of the things are rough, people don't look big, and that box, Zhang Xuan has been like a little bee flying out of the cage, crashing in the market, holding a bunch of things in his arms.

"Aren't you going to pick something?" Zhang Yan asked Zhang Shou, who was following him.

"Nope." Zhang Shou shook his head and said, "Actually, there is everything in the house, and I don't lack anything." Brother Ah Xuan only heard that Sister Ah would account for him, so he was excited to buy things everywhere, and after a while, he was about to buy a bunch of things that he didn't need. ”

Zhang Yan chuckled.

She bought a pound of freshly fried chestnuts, which the shopkeeper wrapped in sun-dried plantain leaves and handed them to her.

paid the money, handed a pack to Zhang Shou, and picked out one as he walked, and he couldn't do it. Hands tossed each other and peeled off their shells.

Frowns slightly.

"Sister," Zhang Shou asked, "Isn't it to taste?" ”

"Hmm." "It's not sweet enough," she said. ”

"The lady probably doesn't know," the family said with a wry smile, "If the fried chestnuts are to be sweet, you need to add starch sugar." The price of caramel is expensive, and there are many powerful families in Chang'an, so they can afford to buy it. In the small place of Xuanping, the chestnuts are fried with starch sugar. No one wants to buy it at all. Don't you see, in Chang'an, a pound of caramel chestnuts costs more than 100 yuan, but Xuanping only sells 30 yuan? ”

"Hmm." Zhang Yan frowned and said in annoyance, "But I'm used to eating sweet chestnuts." ”

"This," the family hesitated.

While speaking, Zhang ran back. Holding a small yellow birch bow in his hand, he asked happily, "This is what I picked up in the bow in front of me, Sister, can you look at this?" ”

Boys always like brave and aggressive things, Zhang Yan pursed her lips and smiled. "If you like it."

The birch bow was equipped with twelve birch arrows, and the arrows were cleared and smoothed. Zhang extravagant stretched his bow and arrows. Find a cypress tree next to you and shoot it.

The girl in yellow walked under the tree, and suddenly heard the voice of a boy not far away, "Oh no." When he turned around, he saw a small arrow swaying towards his face, and he raised his arm to block in a hurry. Poof", the missing pointed yellow birch arrow "shot" at the wrist through the wide sleeve. Fall to the ground with all your might.

For a moment, everyone was stunned.

Zhang Yan reacted first, glared at her younger brother fiercely, and reprimanded, "If you are so reckless, you will stay at home in the future and don't go out." ”

Zhang Xuan shrunk his neck, knowing that he was at a loss, and he didn't dare to argue.

Having said that, the younger brother got into trouble, and she, the eldest sister, still had to take responsibility and apologize.

Zhang Yan waved at the girl in yellow, "My brother is stubborn, and I ask this lady to forgive me." His cheeks were slightly embarrassed.

The girl in yellow bent down with a painful wrist and said angrily, "If you ask him to shoot me an arrow, I won't care about him." ”

Zhang Yan smiled, took the Huanghua bow and arrow, and presented it with both hands, and then pulled Zhang Hao's hand to the front, and pointed, "My sister shoots if she likes to shoot, if he screams in pain, he is not my younger brother." ”

I've seen a scoundrel, I've never seen such a scoundrel, the girl in yellow was stunned with a bow and arrow, couldn't help but laugh, and said, "I don't want it, he's so rough and thick-skinned, such an idea of a small bow and arrow, where does it hurt him." ”

"My sister looked at her eyes and dared to ask Ling Zun who was-"

Zhang Yan blinked her eyes and said, "Father Xuanping Hou." ”。

"It turned out to be Mrs. Zhang from the Xuanping Marquis's mansion," the girl in yellow pursed her lips and smiled, "The Xuanping Marquis returned to Fengyi two months ago, and my father came to visit him, but I never visited my sister with him. My surname is Sun, my single name is a word, and my father is the magistrate of Xuanping County. ”

"Coincidentally, when I passed by, I seemed to hear that my sister wanted to taste sugar chestnuts," she smiled, like a spring flower, "My family is the best at this, and my sister can come to my house to try it if she is free another day." ”

A thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl, with a faint dimple on her face, very sweet, bright and warm.

Sun Kou was the first friend Zhang Yan made after returning to Xuanping.

Once upon a time in Chang'an, Zhang Yan also had some same-sex friends. Like Lu Yi, Chen Hu, and Sister A Rui of the Cao family.

Those who are about the same age as themselves are still children, and those who are older than themselves are children, and they can't talk about going together. are all people from noble families, which one in Chang'an City is not a ghost and a ghost? When I met and said a word, I was afraid that the other party would mean something, and I felt tired and panicked when I went back to think about it.

Only when he returned to Xuanping, who was far away from the Tiangao Emperor, did he feel that every smile and smile became pure. Sun Kou inherited the family at a young age, read some books, people are dexterous, know the taste, in Xuanping County is a first-class daughter's family, the two talk about the boudoir together, very common language.

Half a month later, Zhang Yan visited Sun's mansion.

Xuanping County household is less than 10,000, then a county magistrate is called long, rank 500 stone, although can maintain the family to live, but it is far less generous than the Marquis of Shiyin, the residence is in the county government, the inner government is a total of two.

Sun Ning greeted Zhang Yan in front of the corner gate.

The madder dyed red dress was spread in the summer breeze, curling Nana, Zhang Yan sighed, feeling that time was too slow, when would she have this style.

"I'm tired of playing the piano." Sun Ning smiled and stretched out his ten fingers, dangling in front of him, "Ah Yan came by coincidence, so I had a chance to take a breath." ”

Walking up to Langxuan, Zhang Yan pursed her lips and smiled, "Yan wants to go to see the elder of Sister Kou's family first." ”

"You don't have to." Sun Ning said with a smile.

"Nope." Zhang Yan shook her head and insisted, "Etiquette cannot be abolished." ”

"That's so." Sun Yu curled her lips slightly, "My mother should be in the main room now, and I will take you there." ”

Madame Sun was a kind woman dressed in dark clothes, with a round bun as muffled as her dress, and her face was slightly round, and when she laughed, she showed the same dimples as her pretty daughter.

"Don't dare to be." She was smiling at this time, and steadily held Zhang Yanzuo's hands, looked at it, and praised. "Sure enough, it's a clever and lovely child, and the Marquis of Xuanping is so blessed."

She turned her face and asked Sun Ning to say, "Greet Mrs. Zhang well." ”

"Yes. Mother. Sun Ningrou complied.

Sun Ning's boudoir is delicate and small, and the furnishings and utensils are not valuable, but they are very elegantly placed by the owner. There is a lacquered piano hanging on the wall.

Sun Ning followed Zhang Yan's gaze and fell on the piano, sat down on the bamboo couch behind the desk, and asked with a smile. "Ah Yan's family has a family history, and she should have learned to play the piano, right?"

Zhang Yan touched her nose and said ashamedly, "I practiced some when I was in Chang'an before, but I only knew some basic fingering." I haven't been back to Xuanping for a long time, and my father is already planning to hire a violinist for me. It's just that I'm busy in the house these days, and I haven't taken care of it yet. ”

"Then you don't have to do anything, I can tell you something." Sun Ning smiled to himself, "My father used to be good at the piano, so he got to know a lot of luthiers in the county, and the best luthier in Xuanping, surnamed Zhu." The word is according to the house. Now he is practicing the piano under his hall. ”

"Oh." Zhang Yan was slightly stunned.

"If Ah Yan wants to practice the piano," Sun Ning said. "I have an idea. My family only has one daughter, and it is very monotonous when I practice the piano. Why don't you come over too? The two of them can also learn from each other. ”

"It's fine." Zhang Yan smiled, "It's just that I still have to go back to my father." ”

There was a gentle knock on the door outside, and Mrs. Sun came in with a rattan plate and said with a smile, "I heard that Mrs. Zhang likes to eat sugar chestnuts, so I happened to make some new ones at home, and brought them over for Mrs. Zhang to taste." ”

Zhang Yan was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, aunt." Next to Xie Wei stepped forward to take it and put it on the case.

The chestnuts were dry and slightly hot, Zhang Yan peeled them and tasted them, and said, "This taste? ”

"How?" Sun Yu said with a smile.

"It's not caramel candy."

"Hmm." Sun Ning bowed, "It's Zhetang." ”

At this time, the sugar is more expensive than the caramel sugar, but the taste is also better than the caramel sugar.

She also reached out and took a peel, "Chestnuts are famous for being produced in Yanji, Yanji chestnuts are fuller and sweeter than ordinary chestnuts, if they are new chestnuts just picked in September and October, just bask in the sun for a few days, they are sweet and delicious, and there is no need to add sugar at all." Actually, in terms of it, it's still the best taste. ”

"Chestnuts should not be eaten too much." She put it in her mouth, her eyes narrowed slightly, and she said with a smile, "In winter, there is a kind of fruit in Xuanping, the villagers call it chestnuts, the skin is black and black, and thin, you can pinch out the water, it tastes fresh and sweet, it is as delicious as chestnuts, and juicy water, it is not as dry as chestnuts, Ah Yan will like it when the time comes." ”

"Well," Zhang Yan peeled a lot of chestnuts and said with a smile, "I'll definitely taste it then." ”

Back at the Hou Mansion, at dinner, Zhang Yan explained to Zhang Ao about the piano practice.

Zhang Ao frowned and said, "With the identity of our family, we can invite the piano master to enter the house, why should Yan'er go to someone else's house?" ”

Zhang Yan smiled, "That being said, if I learn the piano alone, it will be very boring." It's better to be with people to have momentum. ”

So Zhang Ao agreed.

On the third day, Zhang Yan hugged the qin, and the royal family drove her to Master Zhu's house.

In the piano house, Master Zhu had already received the bundle of Xuanping Hou, and said lightly, "You play a song first." ”

Zhang Yan played the song "Spring".

One of the pianos, most of them rely on practice, they haven't started for too long, and the rustiness of fingering can't deceive people, a song stumbles, Zhang Yan's face is slightly red, and she doesn't dare to look at the master's lips pursed into a straight line.

"The level is too poor." Master Zhu pointed out mercilessly, "The fingering is immature at first glance, and many of them are wrong." The person who plays the piano is not even familiar with fingering, just like building a house without a foundation, and the day the house rises, it will not be long before it collapses. ”

Zhang Yan got up and bowed, "Please also ask the master to teach them one by one." ”

Master Zhu taught her fingering, and finally said, "You will practice this fingering gesture first, when you are proficient in fingering, when I will really teach you to play the piano." ”

Zhang Yan's face was colorless, since she came to this era, no one has reprimanded her so harshly, and she couldn't help but arouse her anger, put everything aside for the time being, and concentrate on fiddling with fingering.

Summer and June is the hottest day of the year, on this day, Sun Ning went to Xuanping Marquis Mansion as a guest and gathered in the Water Pavilion.

"Yes, that's it," she looked at Zhang Yan's posture of stroking the qin, "Ah Yan's progress is fast, and after a while, Master Zhu should be satisfied." ”

"Uh-huh." She answered.

Beside him, the red clay stove was blazing, and when the water boiled, Zhang Yan stopped and ordered to add tea and corn.

Tu Yu served two bowls of tea with a copper ladle and brought them over.

"The taste is too light." Sun Ning took a bite and said with a frown.

"Don't blame Tu Yu, I asked her to put less corn." Zhang Yan said, "I prefer the taste of the tea itself, and it can only be shown when it is lighter." ”

"Really?" Sun Ning tasted it again, the tea was hot, the heat remained in the air, and sweat gradually oozed from the faces of the two, Sun Ning looked at Zhang Yan, took Luo Pa to wipe the sweat stains on his forehead, and suddenly said with envy, "Ah Yan, the powder you applied looks so good, and you don't see flowers when you sweat." It's still refreshing. ”

Zhang Yan was stunned, took Luo Pa to wipe the sweat stains on her forehead, and said with a smile, "I could have given you some." However, the fat powder I use now is sent by my grandmother from Chang'an on a quarterly basis. There is not much on hand. ”

Before returning to Xuanping, she handed over the recipes for various fat powders to Shaofu. Emperor Gao has passed away, and Empress Dowager Lu has become the most noble and powerful woman in the Han Dynasty, and her reasons are no longer applicable. What's more, she didn't plan to keep those recipes for the rest of her life.

Shaofu's fat powder is more sophisticated, and they can serve it, and they can save some effort.

Sun Ning smiled enviously, "The Queen Mother really loves Ah Yan." ”

She took the feather fan in the waiter's hand, fanned hard for a while, a small goose plush flew down, coughed, pouted and complained, "I have a special physique, I can't touch these feathered things, when the weather is hot, I don't use a feather fan to suffer even more." On a hot day, I felt the sweat of my hand that was more permeating, and I only felt that the more I fanned, the hotter it became, and I really didn't take advantage of it. ”

When Zhang Yan heard this, she thought about it and smiled a little mysteriously, "I have an idea." ”

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Note: Zhesan is sucrose.

Sugar fried chestnut method, with sand in the iron kettle, add caramelize on the fire to fry hot, throw chestnuts in which to roll over and stir-fry, after ripening, the chestnut shell is reddish-brown, the fruit is loose, soft, fragrant and sweet after the shell, it is a snack treasure.

China is the hometown of chestnut production, and the first high-quality Yanji is recommended. Historical records: Yan Qin Qianshu Li, his people and thousands of marquis, etc. It can be seen that the abundance of production.

According to the "Xijin Diary", Su Qin said that although Yanmin does not cultivate and enough to jujube chestnut, Fanyang in the Tang Dynasty is Tugong, and now Yanjing City and Autumn are fried with mixed stones, and the chestnut is smaller than Nanzhong, and the taste is quite sweet, and it is named after the royal chestnut. It can be seen that Yanji has been famous during the Warring States period.

In addition, you can guess what the fruit is according to the description in the text.

These are my favorite foods.

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