The sound of chickens is in the month of Maodian, and the track of Banqiao frost.

Mistletoe leaves fall on the mountain road, citrus aurantium flower Ming post wall.

The influx of Confucian scholars made Chang'an City more prosperous. In order to prevent riots, the curfew in Chang'an was enforced extremely strictly. Every three moments of the first shift, thousands of Beigong guards began to patrol the streets under the leadership of Zhi Jinwu, which made many Confucian students who were still strong in the game miserable, and had to calculate the return time in advance, and dragged it out until the last moment before they were willing to reluctantly leave the Qinglou Pavilion.

However, no matter how strict the curfew is, it can't stop the enthusiasm of merchants from all over the country, and those hawkers from all over the world who speak various dialects pick or lift or pull or rush to deliver all kinds of dazzling goods to the east and west markets, hoping to sell them at a good price.

Qingfeng Lou's business is getting better and better. Although Du Wu did not admit his relationship with Qingfeng Lou, the fat chef would go to the Da Sima Mansion every once in a while, and then two or three days later, a new dish would be put on the table, and the dignitaries in Chang'an City already knew it. Some officials' positions are too low to cling to Wang Mang, so they will often go to Qingfeng Lou to consume, so that after getting acquainted, they will take out two more dollars and invite a group of people to dinner. There are also those who don't deal with Wang Mang, but looking at Du Wu is not bad, they also come to cheer on the field, and occasionally give Xiao Er a few rewards, so that they can transfer their name cards to Du Wu. However, more of them are the gourmets of Mu Chang'an's kitchen gods, just to come here to taste the new delicacies. As a result, the guy in charge of buying vegetables in Qingfeng Lou is even busier.

In the early morning of this day, as soon as the city gate was opened, Du Er led a man and drove a carriage to go to the villages and towns outside the city to see if there were any fresh vegetables, and by the way to buy two pork fans and come back. After two days of experimentation, he had learned how to make salt-and-pepper pork jerky, and he had also learned how to make salt-and-pepper from the head of his family. This is a top-secret recipe that can hold up a restaurant's top-secret recipe. Because no one would have imagined that peppercorns, which could only be used as building materials and aromatherapy in the past, were actually one of the raw materials of pepper and salt. Of course, in order to prevent people from learning the formula, the head of the family also specially gave this formula a name, called the Flower God of the Western Regions. Du Er smiled after hearing this, his pig head couldn't think of this name anyway, the head of the family is the head of the family, and a name will lead the source of the formula to the Western Regions, so that the guys who want to steal the formula can't think of it even if they knock their heads out.

Walking through the market outside the city gate, Du Er came to a village. The pig was negotiated with the farmer in advance, and when Du Er arrived, the two sides inspected the goods, weighed the weight, and were just about to kill the pig, but the pig desperately broke free and sprinkled in the yard, and several people took a lot of effort to catch the pig again. The peasant hatefully asked the butcher who had been waiting for a long time to get the white knife in and out of the red knife, ending the pig's life. The butcher is a good hand, and he will divide the pig into eight pieces, divide each part, throw it on the carriage, and even the pig's blood will be coagulated and put in a large clay pot, and take it back to make blood tofu. This is a dish that the head of the family taught a long time ago, and now it has become one of the signature dishes of Qingfeng Building.

Du Er packed up the pork, gave the money to the farmer, turned around and saw the farmer's youngest son staring at the carriage, smiled in his heart, took the butcher's knife in his hand, cut a small piece of pork, and handed it to the farmer: "Satisfy your boy's hunger!" With that, with a wave of his hand, the man drove away from the farmer's house.

At this time, it was already a moment, and it really took a lot of time to chase the pig just now. Du Er urged the guy to hurry back. The carriage picked up speed, and the Qingfeng Lou flag on the carriage began to hunt.

When he was about to reach the gate of the city, a man with five big and three rough men blocked the road and shouted, "Is the car in charge of Qingfeng Building?" ”

Du Er got out of the car and glanced at the person blocking the road. Seven feet long, with big shoulders and a round waist, it looks quite strong. It's just that there are some pockmarks on the face, and with a strong body, it looks a little terrifying.

"I'm a cook, why are you blocking my way?"

"It's rude." The man arched his hand indiscriminately and said with a smile: "The small one is a merchant from Yizhou, doing some business of selling rabbits." I have some good rabbits, is the best products for the dignitaries and nobles, just now I saw your carriage, I know that your number is dedicated to the banquet of the upper class people in Chang'an, so I dare to ask, but also please don't be surprised. ”

Since following the head of the family, Du Er's requirements for ingredients have become higher and higher, otherwise he would not have personally gone out of the city to purchase pork, and he would have to look at it two days in advance. At this time, I heard that there are good meat rabbits, how can there be a reason not to go.

At that moment, he followed Dahan to the end of the market, and a carriage covered with sackcloth appeared in front of him. When the young man who was driving the car saw the big man coming, he hurriedly jumped out of the car and diligently lifted the sackcloth.

Good fellows, a cart full of rabbits, it seems, no more than one or two hundred, in a dozen cages. The rabbits were munching on hay when they saw someone coming and hid back en masse.

Du Er is a chef expert, and at a glance he can see that some of these rabbits are already a little wilted, which should be caused by long-distance transportation. Rabbits are timid by nature, and long-distance transportation can make them languishing.

"Your rabbit is wilting, I'm afraid you won't live long, we are a small business, and few customers order rabbits." Du Er was worried about going back to prepare for the spoon, and he didn't want to waste time here.

"Slow and slow," Dahan is in a hurry, this is not the price, no one wants it, if so many rabbits all die, this trip will be a big loss.

"Honor, have mercy on us lowly people, if these rabbits are pulled back, they will almost all die. You can just give me some money, and I'll transfer it to you, do you think it's okay? ”

"Whatever you want? I'll pay for one, will you? "Du Er intends to tease him, how can there be any reason to give money casually when he is doing business?

"Give! But after all, except for one cage, the others are all according to one penny. "The man spoke very cheerfully.

Yes, now it's Du Er's turn to be surprised, and this good thing? But that different cage made him more curious.

"What are you talking about except for a cage, what is that cage like, why can't it be at this price?"

The man lifted a cage from the back of the carriage, and there were ten rabbits in it, and they looked very good, and their whole body was covered in snow-white rabbit fur, and they were very beautiful. What's even more peculiar is that the eyes of these rabbits are actually blue.

Du Er's curiosity was aroused at once. He has lived for half his life, he has seen white rabbits, black rabbits, gray rabbits, and even rabbits with a little miscellaneous hair, and he has also seen red-eyed and black-eyed rabbits, but he has never seen a rabbit with blue eyes. And the rabbit's blue eyes look particularly beautiful, like jewels. Although he had never seen a gem, the little lady of Shiso did, and she said that the gems were beautiful.

"Why are the rabbit's eyes blue? How do you feed it? Saying this, Du Er stretched out his hand to touch it, but the big man blocked the rabbit cage behind him.

"Honor, I fed this cage of rabbits with Chinese medicinal herbs. I came all the way from Yizhou, the rabbits in the car died countless times, you have also seen the rabbits that did not die, wilting a few, not long to live, although a money and a rabbit I am a blood loss, but after all, the rabbit itself is not angry, I have nothing to say. But this cage of rabbits is completely different, you see how good the spirit is, and many of my medicinal materials are great tonics, in this way, I will make a price, fifty dollars a piece, if you think you can, I will give it all to you, and by the way, I will send you some Chinese medicinal materials that are big supplements. What do you think? ”

"Hiss~hiss~" Du Er grinned, "Fifty dollars, you're too expensive, now a chicken is only twenty dollars." ”

"My rabbit has great merits, my medicinal materials are greatly supplemented, and the rabbits who eat medicinal materials are also greatly supplemented, especially for those dignitaries and nobles, what they eat is not rabbits, it is identity, and the current dignitaries and nobles do not want to kill themselves in that regard. Do you say yes and no? After speaking, he gestured with the kind of eyes that men understand.

Du Er understood at once. In these years, rich people are drunk and dreaming of death, soaking in the green building every day and not returning at night, they must be in high demand, but this raw material costs fifty yuan a piece, a little too expensive, who can afford to eat? It's better to give it away. To whom? That's right, the head of the house. The head of the family has been taking a concubine for a few months, and the housewife has not seen the joy yet, so this is the most suitable for the head of the house. Thinking of this, he cleared his throat: "Okay, fifty dollars is fifty dollars, but I can't fit so many rabbits in my carriage, or you come to the city with me, and I will let the shopkeeper give you the money." ”

The man happily responded, and the two carriages entered Chang'an City one after the other.

Du Yi, the owner of Qingfeng Building, has already gone to the door to see it twice, and the damn Du Er hasn't come back yet. It's almost three o'clock, and there are already guests waiting in Qingfeng Building, just buying pork, why are you so lazy?

Finally saw the carriage of Qingfeng Building enter the main road, and Du Yi greeted him and scolded: "You melon coward, the people in a restaurant are waiting for you to cook, where are you fooling around?" ”

Du Er jumped out of the car and shouted dissatisfiedly, "Then let them wait." If you want to eat the dishes of the disciples of Chang'an Kitchen God, you have to be patient. Shopkeeper, I picked up a big bargain today, look at the carriage behind, a cart of rabbits, a money one, is it cost-effective? ”

Du Yigang wanted to scold, but when he heard that there was a money and a rabbit, he suddenly grinned with joy, and asked with some suspicion: "It's really fake, you don't want to trick me." ”

At this time, the man's carriage also followed, Du Er introduced Du Yi, and specially told the rabbit with blue eyes to be reserved for Da Sima's Mansion, so he hurriedly beckoned the man to carry the pork into the back kitchen.

Du Yi was quite satisfied with the deal. A rabbit for money, it is simply a grab, although it is a little wilted, it is also caused by the bumpy journey, and it will be raised for two days and then it will be alive again. As for the blue-eyed rabbit, he cut the price again, and when he saw that he couldn't cut it down, he asked the man to send a lot of what he called medicinal herbs. Du Er is right, the eyes of these rabbits are indeed blue, very beautiful, and they are also very large, they are indeed good for nourishment, and they are the most suitable for the head of the family.

Today's Qingfeng Building is as busy as ever, Du Er can't spare time, Du Yi arranged a guy to send the blue-eyed rabbit to the Da Sima Mansion, and repeatedly told him to hand it over to Mr. Du or the little lady of Zisu, the guy took the order, drove the carriage and went straight to the Da Sima Mansion.

The so-called no coincidence does not make a book, today happens to be the Great Dynasty Meeting, and Du Wu has not dispersed the dynasty at this time. There is less than a month to hold the sacrifice ceremony, Emperor Ping's pro-government and the next day's amnesty are within the scope of discussion, and the ministers quarrel for a long time above the court, making the already lengthy court meeting even longer.

The first time the guy came to the Great Sima Mansion, he was a little frightened when he saw the battle in front of the mansion. It is said that the seven officials in front of the prime minister's door, the posture in front of the Zaiheng Mansion is even more sufficient. The man waited for half an hour in front of the house, but the old housekeeper went out to run errands and saw him, so he went in and invited Shiso to come out to get it.

In the end, it is the girl's heart, as soon as she saw such a cute rabbit, she forgot everything, and after rewarding the guy with a few dollars, she beckoned the family to carry the cage in, and she wanted to watch the rabbit with the teacher.

It was the first time I had seen a rabbit with blue eyes, and I was shocked at first glance. Then the two of them built a nest for the rabbits in the yard, put the Chinese herbal medicine feed sent by Xiao Er into the dustpan to dry, and the two ran to the flower pond to pull weeds to feed the rabbits. Looking at the little rabbit's moving mouth, Shiso felt like her heart was about to melt.

"Little lady, why did the guy from Qingfeng Mansion send a rabbit to Mr.?"

Speaking of the reason, Zi Su was angry: "He actually said that this rabbit was made into a dish for the master's body, hum!" How can such a cute rabbit be eaten? Don't you say, Master? By the way, and rhubarb, you can't touch the rabbit's mind, if you dare to come close, I'll break your dog's legs! The big yellow dog didn't feel like Shiso was telling a lie, and looked at it from a distance, with its tail between it, as if it were only a gas bag.

Pipa's face turned red all at once. She understood what it meant to make up for it. It's just that since that skin-to-skin kiss, Mr. rarely does too intimate actions, saying that he is still young, and he will be a little older. She felt that she was almost seventeen, and she was no longer young. I didn't know how to explain to my husband that everyone else was like this, so I had to keep it in my heart and didn't dare to say it.

I didn't expect the guy from Qingfeng Building to be so discerning, and he directly sent supplements, so it would be easy to do, hehe.

Just thinking about it, I suddenly heard Shisu say, "Master, why is your face red?" You don't have any ideas, do you? I tell you, you can't touch my rabbits, I'm going to keep these ten rabbits, and you won't be allowed to fight them. After saying that, he took a rabbit's ear and put it in the cage, and said as he put it, "None of you can beat their minds, huh!" ”

Pipa looked at Zisu with tears and smiles, thinking that she would find another opportunity in the future, Zisu will not always be at home, and whether she eats or not has to be decided by her husband. Thinking about it, his eyes moved to the pile of Chinese herbal medicine feed again: this guy is so strange, why do you feed such strange feed to rabbits?