"Hungry, bear with it first, there is a Zhangjia baked cake shop in front, where the cake is the first in the capital, you bear with it on an empty stomach."

There is no curfew in the capital.

For the sake of Mahang Street and his party, Cheng Yuguan came to Ninghui Hall to wait in less than five watches.

Li Mian also knew that Cheng Yu was in a hurry, so he also waited in the Ninghui Hall early, and as soon as Cheng Yuguan came, he took her out of the palace from the nearest Donghua Gate and rode to Mahang Street.

The capital seems to be a busy night, sleeping. On the road, there are only people who are rushing to make a living, and outsiders like Cheng Yuguan come to feel the fireworks.

The two rode side by side and soon came to Mahang Street.

Because Mei Ling couldn't ride a horse, she was ruthlessly left in the palace by Li Mian.

The further they went to the southeast, the more pedestrians there were on the road, and when they were about to reach the street, because there were too many people gathered in all directions, it was not easy to ride a horse, so the two dismounted, put the horses in the rental shop on the side of the street, and walked to the street.

The prosperity of the capital is not only the prosperity of commerce, but also the large population. It's about what kind of supporting facilities are very complete.

Along the way, Cheng Yuguan has seen this kind of shop that can place rental horses, ox carts, and donkey carts, and there are all kinds of streets and alleys.

There are also people who patrol the streets to report the dawn, wandering around the streets and alleys.

In every street, there is a fixed place, and there are idlers, etc., waiting to be hired.

On every street, there are also people who are responsible for cleaning and cleaning, getting up early and going out to do things.

So although there is still a faint mist, the fireworks in the capital have already shown some appearance.

Along the way, Cheng Yuguan saw many small shops, all of which were set up at the entrance of each street and alley, selling steamed cakes, cooking cakes and other things for pedestrians and residents to make breakfast.

But Li Mian didn't even look at it, and only asked Cheng Yuguan to wait.

"Look, that's the Zhang family's baked cake shop in Haizhou, his family has been making cakes for generations, and he can eat his family's freshly baked Hu cakes every morning, which is really delicious."

Li Mian pointed to a shop with a white cloth banner and a picture of baked cakes on it, and asked Cheng Yuguan to see it.

Cheng Yuguan followed the direction pointed by Li Mian, and before he saw his door, he heard his voice first.

Listening to the sound of "bang" and "bang", Cheng Yuguan is not Miss Jiao, she naturally knows that this is the sound of dough falling on the dough table.

When I got closer, sure enough, a small door, through the door and window, I could see that in the spacious room, there were more than a dozen people wearing hats, wrapping their backs, kneading dough and making cakes in full swing.

There are three or five people cooperating with each other on each noodle table, and there are five or six such noodle tables, all the way to the backyard, from the door, you can vaguely see the stove baking the baked cakes, and there is a special person in front of the stove, baking the baked cakes in full swing. Drawers of baked cakes are pulled out of the stove, bringing out the rich smell of golden wheat and burnt cakes.

"Here, taste it!"

There are a lot of people who buy baked cakes, but there are also many people who make baked cakes and sell them, Li Mian smoothly followed the crowd, bought two baked cakes, and handed them to Cheng Yuguan.

One bite down, the burnt fragrance overflows.

"Let's buy two more!"

Cheng Yuguan proposed.

"One is not enough to eat."

Li Mian pointed to the shop on the side, "When you come to the capital, how can you not eat a bowl of gourd soup in the morning?" It was just right with the baked cake. ”

Li Mian said as if it was a matter of course, and Cheng Yuguan followed Li Mian to the open-air stall on the side and asked for a bowl of soup.

It is thicker and sweeter than porridge, a bite of cake, a bite of porridge, it is really delicious.

"Hakka, buy a fried lung and eat it, and I'll give you a stuffed ginger dish."

Cheng Yuguan was immersed in eating in the store, and a child in short sleeves and long pants walked into the stall to sell side dishes.

Cheng Yuguan subconsciously glanced at the store, but saw that the store didn't look at it, it seemed that someone came to his store to sell side dishes, and he didn't care at all.

Li Mian was more familiar, as if he had seen such a child selling side dishes, asked the child to have a side dish, and took out five dollars and handed it to the child.

The child left with a thousand thanks, and Li Mian motioned to Cheng Yuguan, "Eat quickly, this small dish was also washed and sent by nearby people, and it tastes good." ”

With the rich aroma of wheat, a thick bowl of gourd soup, and refreshing side dishes, there is no more comfortable breakfast than this.

The baked cake was eaten, the soup was scraped clean, and the side dishes were also eaten by the two of them, Li Mian took out twenty big coins from his cuffs, put them on the table, and took Cheng Bufu to Mahang Street.

This is the street of Mahang Street, there is already such a delicious taste, Cheng Yuguan is looking forward to Mahang Street even more.

"Do you go to that store often?"

On the way, Cheng Yuguan couldn't help but ask.

Li Mian knew what Cheng Yuguan meant, "On this street, the rules are very good, all meals, ten big dollars for a meal, five dollars for side dishes, the foot shop there, the taste is enough, fifteen big dollars for a piece, if it is a restaurant, it will be expensive, the two of us, it will cost hundreds of taels." ”

"Oh~"

Cheng Yuguan was stunned. So that's the case, she said that she didn't see Li Mian ask the price, so she took out the money, and she thought that Li Mian was a frequent visitor here.

Come to think of it, the rules of Mahang Street are heavy, and the children just now should be allowed to enter the store to sell side dishes.

is so harmonious that Cheng Yuguan sighed a little.

"Here, eat some red silk pads to pad your mouth. This snack doesn't take up space, let's finish shopping in the ghost market for a while, and I'll take you to Huixian Tower to open your eyes. ”

Speaking of the rules and liveliness of Mahang Street, Li Mian seems to be honored.

In this lively place full of fireworks, Li Mian's usual cold noodles are a little melting, more peaceful and vivid.

Cheng Yuguan secretly observed Li Mian's rare and vivid appearance, and also enjoyed the liveliness of Mahang Street.

"You daughters and noblewomen all love to keep pets, there are them in the ghost market, as well as calligraphy, painting, embroidery, spices, facial cleansers, everything."

Li Mian took Cheng Yuguan to Mahang Street and stopped under a spacious boulder gate.

"In this door, it's the ghost market seller. After the hour passed, the ghost market dispersed, and at that time, the excitement began. ”

The weather at the end of May, the morning sun is already a little dazzling, which does not deserve the name "Ghost Market". But there are a lot of things sold.

Especially the birds, birds, cats and dogs with a big taste, most of the people who come to the ghost market gather in front of these stalls to buy.

Cheng Yuguan was separated by a group of guests, and looked at it from a distance, well-behaved cats and dogs, and all kinds of kingfishers.

"If you like it, buy one."

Li Mian said to Cheng Yuguan.

Cheng Yuguan shook his head, "Forget it, I haven't settled down yet, so I won't delay these creatures." ”

Cheng Yuguan is a person who attaches great importance to stability, she can't be at peace with what happens, let alone buy another little life to be unstable with herself.

When Li Mian heard this, he was not reluctant, the two of them walked around the ghost market, but chose a good fan.

"The calligraphy and painting on this fan are not bad."

Li Mian nodded, and handed the fan in his hand to Cheng Yuguan.

Cheng Yuguan played with the fan, and the man who set up the stall said proudly, "So that Miss Gongzi knows, my family was originally a restaurant at the end of Mahang Street, and now there are too many big restaurants to do it, so it has been changed to selling coffins, but when the ancestor opened the shop, many literati and ink writers left ink treasures in our store, and this is one of them." It is said that this ink plum picture was painted by a famous painter in the previous dynasty. ”

Cheng Yuguan didn't know how to paint, so he went to see Li Mian, but saw Li Mian nodding, "It's the work of Shen Duan in the previous dynasty, it's not bad." ”

As he spoke, Li Mian took out a silver ingot from his purse, and the seller happily took out a nickname to find money for Li Mian.

There is a peculiarity of the lively place. It's that you don't consciously want to spend some money and buy something.

Li Mian bought himself a folding fan, turned his head and touched a piece of jade for Cheng Yuguan.

"Here, this jade is quite white, use it to press the corners of the skirt."

Cheng Yuguan took it with a smile and tied it between his eyes.

The ghost market seemed to be fleeting, Cheng Yuguan and Li Mian walked from the west to the east, and when they turned around, they saw that the seller was already packing up their things, and disappeared into the street in a blink of an eye.

"The sun is coming up, let's go, please listen to a little song."

Cheng Yuguan followed Li Mian, on the street that extends in all directions on Mahang Street, I don't know where to turn, I saw the two of them come to a stage, on the stage, there are already horns in the voice, this clear voice, immediately attracted people from all over the world who were wandering around.

Li Mian pointed to the stage and talked to Cheng Yuguan to popularize science, "The songs at the beginning of the stage are all really capable of catching people. This is Sun Ersan, he only sings once a day at the opening, you look at the audience, there are many people who come to listen to his voice. ”

Cheng Yuguan listened to it well, unconsciously became distracted, and when he came back to his senses, after a song, the horn just now had already stepped down and disappeared.

Li Mian waited for her to come back to her senses, and when he saw her coming, he said, "Let's go, these four streets and eighteen lanes, if you want to finish it in one day, you can't do it if you don't hurry." And you can't take a car, you have to walk. Otherwise, when you go to the next store, you can't eat good things with an empty stomach, aren't you unwilling? ”

Li Mian said that Cheng Yuguan was also funny when he heard it.

"My belly will never fall off the chain."

Li Mian glanced at her stomach, "Don't talk too much." ”

Another street, bypassing the opera garden, is a variety of shops. All kinds of tricks hung at the door, and Cheng Yuguan was dizzying.

Shop by store, food, clothing, housing and transportation, only what you can't think of, no one doesn't sell.

Cheng Yuguan, a person who has no desire, bought two big bags of things, came to Huixian Building, and the store arranged for a guy to run errands for her, and put her and Li Mian's things in the rental shop with their horses for preservation.

"Come on, I'm tired of shopping for a long time, let's see what I want to eat."

Li Mian asked Cheng Yuguan to order. Cheng Yuguan shook his head, "You are more familiar, you can do it." ”

Li Mian really opened his mouth and came, obviously very familiar with this place.

"This is the Sichuan restaurant, the taste is more sufficient, and I will go to the southern restaurant to eat fish in the evening."

Cheng Yuguan is indispensable.

Waiting for the dishes, Cheng Yuguan looked at the running hall with interest.

I saw them accurately report the name of the dish outside the kitchen, who wants cold, hot, who wants thin, fat, and they all remember it clearly.

After a while, all the dishes ordered by Li Mian were put on his arm by Runtang and served together.

"Your lean meat topping noodles, your fat meat topping noodles, as well as white meat, assorted steamed buns, lamb in the oven, king pan fish, fried fish rice, chalcedony soup."

It's full, and there's nothing wrong with it.

When the running hall left, Cheng Yuguan stretched out a thumbs up to Li Mian, "This running hall is really powerful." ”

Li Mian smiled, "You can afford to look at people, but if you think it's powerful, then there will be more powerful people in this horse street, but they just do their own duties." ”

Cheng Yuguan shook his head, "Being able to perform their duties and do a good job is amazing." ”

When Li Mian heard this, he nodded good-naturedly, "Okay, okay, what you said is." Hurry up and eat, the dough will be lumpy in a while. ”

In the afternoon, the streets are even more lively, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as shoulder to shoulder.

There are people from all over the capital who come here to shop, there are outsiders who come to play, and there are all kinds of small traders on the street, wearing uniform uniforms, holding or carrying or carrying various color plates and boxes, which are visible to the naked eye, shuttling everywhere, selling snacks.

Not long after Cheng Yuguanxing ate, he held a bunch of them in his hand for a while. There are preserved ginger that she loves to eat, and there are also plums that Li Mian bought for her to consume.

At the end of the unitary time, the golden sun has not yet set, and the colorful buildings in front of the main stores of various restaurants are lit with lanterns and candles, and walking on the road, it is even brighter and more lively than in the daytime.

"When it's hot in a few days, I'll take you to Qingfeng Tower. It's a great place to cool off in the summer. From morning to night, I don't feel bored. ”

The two of them couldn't really stay for the third watch and then go back, and after admiring the various lanterns and candles in front of the various shops, the two began to walk outside the street against the flow of people.

On the road, there were men and women in twos and threes, all of whom were heading to Mahang Street, but the two of them were leaving.

Seeing that Cheng Yuguan was reluctant, Li Mian said next time.

When Cheng Yuguan heard this, he was naturally happy.

This time you have fun, and next time, this is a sign of coming out to have fun, right?

But after thinking about it, Cheng Yuguan hesitated, "After I have a succession, I should leave the capital." The fourth brother is busy with business every day, and there should be no chance to come again. ”

Hearing Cheng Yuguan say this, Li Mian's smiling face that had been hanging for a day was a little restrained, "Your father's attitude should easily agree to your succession." Besides, just stay in the capital, it's a big deal to follow the queen mother. You don't have to go out. ”

For Li Mian, Cheng Yuguan naturally would not hide it, she said directly, "My uncle should stay in these few days and arrive in the capital." When the time comes, the fourth brother and the queen will be the masters, and I will help my uncle to succeed me. Yuguan is here, thank you to the fourth brother first. ”

Hearing that Shenwei General Cheng Liuchuan was coming, Li Mian paused, a little abrupt.

He said that why she looked outside the palace every day, it turned out that she was worried.

After a lively day, the two of them fell silent on the way back.

It wasn't until the side gate of Ninghui Hall that Li Mian said to Cheng Yuguan, who was about to enter the harem, "Don't worry, when General Shenwei arrives, I will definitely discuss your succession with General Cheng." ”

Seeing Li Mian agree, Cheng Yuguan couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"Thank you Fourth Brother, I know that Fourth Brother is a good person."

Cheng Yuguan said excitedly.

From the time they met in the wild and Li Mian came to help, she knew that the fourth prince was a good person with a cold face and a warm heart, and now that she looks, it is indeed the case.

Cheng Yuguan got what he wanted, jumped into the side door, and walked excitedly from Jiacheng Yongdao to Fengyi Palace.

Outside the side gate, Li Mian shook his head and smiled, he was praised as a "good person" here in Cheng Yuguan.