The next few days were spent on the road during the day and rest at night, until they crossed the Yellow River and walked for another two days to Xingzhou.

Xingzhou is a medium-sized city, because of the convenient transportation, so there are many permanent and floating populations.

She went in and walked around to see if there were any specialties, but she was not interested when she asked.

The more famous ones here are pomegranates and persimmons, she bought a few pomegranates and tasted them, but she didn't know if they were not well preserved, and they were not as delicious as the ones in the space.

As for persimmons, not to mention, there are in the space.

As usual, she packed some special dishes in the restaurant and bought some noodles and steamed bread cakes, which she didn't know how to cook, so no amount of money she bought.

She also found a braised meat shop on a relatively remote street, and when she used her divine sense to investigate, she found that there were many people waiting in front of the store.

Thinking that such a remote place should not be a childcare hired by the boss, I looked for it.

Before she arrived, she smelled the domineering fragrance from a distance, and she was attracted to the centuries-old braised meat shops in later generations.

She hadn't eaten authentic braised pork for a long time since she came here, but now she wanted to taste it, and whether it tasted as good as it smelled.

After waiting at the back of the crowd for nearly half an hour, it was her turn, looking at the braised meat in the clay pot and on the board, there were mutton and sheep's trotters and offal, and the meat in the other slightly smaller clay pot was darker, and it seemed that it should be beef.

Qian Yan was a little impressed by this boss, and he was able to blatantly sell braised beef, which is not something that ordinary people can do.

In ancient times, no matter which dynasty, the cattle were protected, and the killing of cattle not only had to be reported, except for those who died of illness and old age, accidental casualties, and those who killed strong cattle were to be beaten or imprisoned.

Of course, there are privileges everywhere, for example, some officials will raise a lot of cattle in their courtyards or villages, some of which are used to pull carts and plough the land, and the extra are killed and eaten.

Of course, you can't just kill them, but let those cattle "get sick" or have "accidents", so that you just need to report it.

Generally speaking, for these high-ranking officials and nobles, the government will not be particularly serious, and they only treat ordinary people as Ding Mao is Mao.

"What does the girl want? My braised pork is famous in Xingzhou, no matter what kind of food you are satisfied with, there are cut here, you can also taste it first. ”

The boss saw that she didn't speak for a long time when she looked at the braised pork, and thought that she didn't know which one to buy, so she couldn't make a decision, so she reminded.

When she came back to her senses, she really pinched two and tasted them, and then said with a smile: "Okay, then the boss will give me five catties of each!" ”

The boss was taken aback by her generosity, the price of this braised meat is not low, even if it is a repeat customer, most of them buy a pound or two to beat the tooth sacrifice, and I really haven't encountered this opening is five catties per piece.

But he won't talk much, how can the business be pushed out, even if he doesn't worry about selling this braised meat, it will take more than half a day to buy it, after all, the amount is there.

It's almost sold out at once, and he saves trouble, not to mention that the other party doesn't bargain, how cost-effective it is.

The boss called his wife and son next to him to help pack together, that is, they were picked up with oiled paper and tied with straw rope.

Qian Yan looked at the approximate amount, paid the silver taels first, and went to the carriage to take down a large basket.

Just when the basket was full, and the beef, sheep's head, and sheep's trotters were all wrapped, there was some lamb and offal left.

Under the gaze of the people around him, he quickly got into the carriage and left.

Let the ugly ugly quickly put the braised meat into the space while it is hot, and she will go out of the city.

When I found a place to enter the space at noon, I saw a platter of cut braised pork on the table, Yuan Bao was grabbing a piece of sheep's trotters to gnaw, soup was stewed in the pot, and the ugly ugly turned into a half-human tall and was waving a shovel to fry vegetables.

"How? Have you tasted it? This braised pork tastes good. ”

Chouchou replied to her while putting minced garlic in the pot, "Yes, with those famous century-old shops, the marinade in this shop is definitely inherited."

By the way, why didn't you ask the boss for soup, we bought so much, it shouldn't be too much to order soup. ”

Tilt Yan shook her head and said: "The braised pork is drained and put in a clay pot, and there is no soup on the surface, so I don't want people to serve it to me, just to prevent someone from stealing the master and learning the art." ”

Chou Chou nodded, "In ancient times, it was indeed very strict in protecting secret recipes, and there were many inheritances that would rather be passed on from generation to generation.

Forget it, it's good to eat some, the dish is ready, hurry up and wash your hands and eat. ”

"Okay! Ugly, you are becoming more and more virtuous and good mother now, this green vegetable is fried and verdant, and you have an appetite at a glance! ”

She walked to the well to fetch water, and praised it.

This well was dug after the courtyard wall was built, and there was already a water source in the valley, but when the wild beasts went there to drink, they felt that it was a little unclean, so they made a well in the courtyard themselves.

In this way, whether it is draught or washing, it is convenient to make a stone trough by the well, leave a drain hole, plug the drain hole can be used as a basin, open it will flow down the pipe to the outside of the yard.

The tube is made of plastic sheeting, rolled into a cylinder like a seal, and then sealed with a wire scald.

After a quick wash, Qian Yan couldn't wait to taste a few kinds of braised pork.

"Hmmm! This sheep's hooves are strong and toothless, and the sheep's head meat is also fragrant and chewy, and this beef liver is delicious! ”

While eating, he nodded and praised, and finally simply broke the baked cake, sandwiched the beef and lamb head meat in the middle, a mouthful of baked cake and meat with a mouthful of fried vegetables, and drank mutton soup from time to time, one word, beautiful!

When he was almost full, he opened his mouth and said to the ugly: "Alas~ Not only do you want the marinade, I also want it, the beef we bought before hasn't been made yet, there are deer and wild boars in this space, if you can use the marinade to eat, it will definitely be more delicious." ”

You must know that there is aura in this space, that wild boar they have killed one before, and it does not have the fishy smell and dry wood taste of the wild boar outside, and it is as delicious as the black pork sold in supermarkets in later generations.

So since they had this space, they haven't bought meat other than beef outside, because it's not as delicious as this.

"Since you can't get it, don't always mention it, the more you mention it, the more troublesome it becomes. Let's stop at Kaifeng City, Tokyo? ”

Ugly interrupted her.

Qian Yan nodded: "Yes, there is no place to stop on the way, anyway, it is all the same, if there is such a braised meat shop in Xingzhou, I don't want to go in."

The pomegranate and persimmon are not half as delicious as our own, and the persimmon is not sweet enough but hard in addition to the thick meat.

When we arrive in Kaifeng, let's take a good look around the capital, and then go to Luoyang White Horse Temple to go around, but unfortunately the season is not right, otherwise we can still see the peony. ”

Although she has seen it in later generations, after all, many of them have lost their original taste, and they are definitely not as original as this ancient one.

After talking about the future plan, after lunch, Qian Yan took the ox cart out of the space again, yes, she changed into an ox cart, because this road is not far and it is a long uphill road.

She's already searched with her senses, and it's more than ten miles away.

And maybe because this side extends in all directions, there are more pedestrians and vehicles passing by, this road has more potholes than other places, and it should be a ravine rolled out by more vehicles.

If it is a horse-drawn cart, they run too bumpy, or the ox-drawn cart is more stable, although the speed is slower, anyway, she is not in a hurry, it does not matter.

Looking up at the sky, it was cloudy at noon, and it looked like it was going to snow, and sure enough, the humidity at the water's edge was greater.

The bullock cart walked slowly, so she could take a good look at both sides and find a place to stop and rest before dark.

It is impossible to travel in the snow, especially on this official road where people come and go, unlike in the mountains and forests, where you can find a place to enter the space at any time when you are tired.

You must find a good location on this official road in advance, otherwise, it will be very uncomfortable if there are people nearby who can't enter the space.

"Help...... Help me...... No one...... Come and save me......"

A faint voice came, and Qian Yan looked left and right, but did not see anyone.

Because this is an uphill section, there are ditches dug on both sides of the road, which are supposed to be used for drainage.

The direction of the sound seemed to be coming from below, probably in the gutter on the side of the road.

Tilt Yan let the cow slow down, and did not stop, who knows if it is a trap, although it is on the road, it cannot be taken lightly.

First swept towards the ditch on the right hand side with his divine sense, and saw a wheelbarrow overturned inside, with a hemp bag pressed on top of the cart and a middle-aged woman pressed under the car.

It should have been that the sack was pressed on it when the car overturned, and the woman was pressed against her leg again, so she couldn't break free.

Seeing that she was indeed alone, Qian Yan hurriedly parked the car on the side of the road, walked over and looked at the depth of the ditch, and it was only one person to go deep, fortunately there was no water in it, otherwise she would be soaked in the water on this cold day, and she would be frozen to death if she was not crushed to death.

"Sister-in-law, wait a minute, I'll come down to save you!"

She shouted to the woman who had already seen her below, stepped back a little, took off the big on her body, and put it directly into the storage bag, and then walked to the ditch and jumped down.

"Auntie...... Thank you, girl, for your kindness, this ...... This sack is too heavy for you to move, or ...... Let's go find someone, trouble girl. ”

The woman thought that she had been suppressed here for a while, and she was a little weak to speak.

Qian Yan comforted: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, I have a lot of strength, and I will be able to rescue you soon, don't move, so as not to hurt your leg again." ”

As he spoke, he picked up the two corners of the sack and lifted it directly, and the relaxed look, the woman who looked at it was stunned, and even forgot the pain in her legs for a while.

Qian Yan moved the sack away first, and it was really heavy, estimated to be about 200 catties, and it didn't look like it was grain, and I didn't know what it was, it was dead and heavy.

Then he quickly lifted the wheelbarrow so that it turned out to the other side, stopped the woman from trying to move, squatted beside her, reached out and touched her pressed thigh, and found that it was okay, not to the bone.

It should have been a thick layer of dry weeds underneath as a buffer, but it was just a flesh wound.

"Sister-in-law, you shouldn't hurt your bones, but your legs will be a little bruised, just keep them at home for two days, I'll help you up now."

The woman hurriedly thanked you: "Thank you so much, if it weren't for you, I don't know how long I would stay down, I listened to several cars passing in front of me, and they didn't stop, only the girl you are kind."

I don't know what to call a girl? My name is Zhou Ling, I live in Zhoujia Town, which is three miles away from here, if the girl is not in a hurry, you may wish to go back with me, I let the family entertain the girl well, and repay the girl for saving her. ”

Qian Yan waved her hand and said, "You don't have to repay it, you really can't walk anymore, I'll send you back."

My ox cart is on it, and I can tie your wheelbarrow to the back and take it back with me. ”

As he spoke, he helped Zhou Lingling up, let her lean her weight on herself, walked to the slower slope next to her, picked her up and jumped up.

He put her directly on the wheels in front of her, and then went down to carry the wheelbarrow and sack.

After tying up the wheelbarrow, the sack was placed on the back box first, and then he asked curiously, "What is in this sack?" It's really heavy. ”

Zhou Fuling looked at her with a look of surprise, "It's the hearth soil, my family is a medicinal herb shop, and I went to the back villages to collect it."

Girl, you're really good, do you have kung fu? I was able to easily carry the more than 200 catties of soil, and I knew that two men helped me load the car before. ”

"Hearth soil? Is it just soil mixed with plant ash? What is the effect, and you have to collect it specifically? ”

Qian Yan nodded perfunctorily at her question and continued to ask, she was curious about this.

"The hearth soil, also known as Fulong liver, is the hearth soil formed by years of firewood and grass fumigation, which has the effect of stopping bleeding, vomiting and diarrhea in warmth, and can be used for deficiency and cold blood loss, vomiting and diarrhea.

This soil also has to have a year, at least more than ten years, most of the villagers are good to take when the house is built and the stove is demolished, and the crescent-shaped clod of soil sintered into the stove is removed when the stove is dismantled, and the scorched black part and impurities around are removed, and the red and yellow ones in the center are taken into medicine.

Usually no one often dismantles the stove, so when I go to collect medicinal herbs, I pay attention to it, and when I hear that there is a stove or house to be rebuilt, I will say hello to them. ”

Qian Yan nodded, I see, I didn't expect that the soil under this pot can be used in medicine, and Chinese medicine is really broad and profound.

However, she still didn't understand a little, so she asked directly: "This thing is so heavy, how can you let a woman come to collect it, and no one will come with you?"

And how did you fall into the ditch? The road is not narrow, and there is no snow, and there is no snow on the road, and it is not slippery. ”

Zhou Fuling sighed, "It was supposed to be my man's man who came over, but when he was grinding medicine before, the medicine grinder on his foot suddenly broke, and he cut his leg all of a sudden, and he couldn't walk far at all."

And we have agreed with the other party to pick it up, for fear that the other party will think that we don't want it and dispose of it, so I ran this trip. ”

(End of chapter)