Such a group of dozens of people arrived in the capital four days later.

At dusk, the city gate was closed, and the guards shouted a few times under the city tower, and the guards above poked their heads out and looked: "It's Grand Prince Xie and Murong Houye!" And he opened the door.

As soon as he entered the city, Achu couldn't help but lift the curtain and look out: "Wow! So many houses, even better than Dali!"

Chi Tao smiled: "No matter how good Dali is, at most it is only a mansion city, this is the capital, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, the face of the Central Plains, can it be bad?" ”

Today, Xie Yao, Murong Ling and Tingyu all rode in front, Xie Yao and Murong Ling discussed for a while, and then said a few words to Tingyu, and when he heard the rain, he turned the horse's head and came to the carriage where Chi Tao was riding: "Gongzi has arranged a place for you to live, but it's late today, do you think you will go over here, or go back to the house with Murong Marquis for a temporary stay for one night?" He lowered his voice: "It's not that my son-in-law doesn't invite you to live, my family has a large population, and it's really inconvenient." ”

Chi Tao knew that when he moved from the inn before, he had heard Chi Xing say that the move could not be at night, otherwise he would not be able to invite the king of the stove, and the fortune of this family would be poor. But she didn't believe it...... She glanced at Achu and heard that she could go to Murong Mansion to borrow it, but Xiao Nizi was already overjoyed, so she almost blurted out that she agreed.

Then you can't go!

Chi Tao said: "Thank you for your kindness." However, we are in the dust, so we still don't go to Murong Gongzi's mansion to disturb - after all, it is inconvenient to bring your family. "Everyone knows that it's an excuse, no matter what Murong Ling says, he is also a marquis, the family must be a big mansion servant, and Chi Tao is only a half-servant, what's the inconvenience? It's just that he doesn't want to cause trouble for himself and Murong Ling.

Achu's smiling face collapsed.

Chi Tao ignored her.

Listening to the rain and replying to Xie Yao, Xie Yao nodded, smiled at Murong Ling, and instructed a guard to take the carriage of the Chi family around the corner and go to the residence he had arranged in advance.

Although it is dark, but in the end it is the prosperity of the capital, while the lanterns hanging at the door of each house can also be seen clearly, this alley bluestone paved pavement is neat and neat, and very wide, enough to accommodate a carriage to walk.

When he reached the innermost end, the coachman reined in his horse: "It's here." ”

Chi Tao jumped out of the car, looked up at the door, there was no inscription on the smooth plaque, and the guard who sent them said in a low voice: "The house that our son secretly placed has been empty." ”

Chi Tao nodded, took Chi Xing and Ah Chu into the door with the guards, turned the shadow wall, and it was a clean courtyard. After the guards found the lantern and lit the fire, they took the pond peach around, only to see clearly, this is a courtyard with two entrances in front and back, three tall main rooms in front, and a small courtyard in the back, it is a row of rooms and two wings on the left and right, and the east wing room is equipped with stoves and other things for the purpose of the stove room. Further back, the location that was supposed to be the rear cover house did not rise the house, but a vacant lot, and it was not paved with bluestone slabs. Chi Tao was pleasantly surprised to find that there was a small well.

In fact, her family is full of daughters, and if she goes out every day to fetch water, or has someone deliver water to her door, it is much more inconvenient, and if she has a well in her own home, it is much more convenient.

She saluted the guards: "Thank you, big brother." When he returned to the house, he took out a small jar in his luggage: "I made it when I was in Fucheng, and when I ordered a little food when I ate, it tasted much more fragrant!" ”

The guards knew that this thin young man was specially brought back by the master to cook, and even the problem of not eating for many years could be cured, so there must be a set. happily took it, and instructed to pay attention to the door, etc., and took the coachman back to resume his life.

Chi Xing and Achu were waiting in the main room, and when they saw that the people were gone, Chi Xing's face showed the excitement that she had endured for a long time: "Such a good house, let us live?" ”

Chi Tao smiled: "I'm a special chef who was hired back with a high salary, what is it to give a place to live?" She thought for a while, "In this way, this house is not small, let's live in the back, and the front main room is cleaned up and used as a place for Gongzi Xie to eat." "The three big rooms of the main house are spacious and bright, the middle one is a dining room, and the east one is set up with a study, Xie Gongzi can wait a little when he comes, and the pond peach can also be used when he doesn't come, and the west side is collapsed as a place to rest after dinner.

Chi Xing is a hundred people who listen to her sister. Achu still didn't speak angrily, Chi Tao didn't bother to pay attention to her, because it was late, she cleaned up a little and rested.

The next day, when Chi Tao was still asleep, she felt Chi Xing get up and tiptoe out.

Chi Tao opened one eye and looked at the sky - it was still dark and there was no light at all, so he knew that Chi Xing had just moved to such a "mansion", and he couldn't wait for a moment, and he hated to have to clean up the house without eating or sleeping.

Chi Tao slept for a moment before getting up, taking advantage of the bright sky, he saw Chi Xing like a little bee, one in the east room, and the other in the west room. Chi Xing saw Chi Tao come out, and said with a smile: "I scrubbed the stove room, all the utensils are complete, even firewood and rice, as long as you buy some vegetables, you can start the fire and cook." Gongzi Xie is so good to us, you can't be lazy, get that trouble-free 'Xia Offering', you have to make something delicious. ”

Chi Tao chuckled and deliberately teased her: "Yes, yes, Gongzi Xie is handsome and golden, and he is as kind to us as a mountain, don't you fancy him?"

Chi Xing blushed, dropped the rag in her hand and tore Chi Tao's mouth: "You Nizi, you don't speak more and more slippery." This bastard is the girl's family? Besides, Xie Gongzi is a person like heaven and man, what am I? Even the lowliest maid is better than me! His expression darkened.

Chi Tao saw that her sister remembered the incident in Qingshan Village again, and her heart tightened, and she hurriedly pulled her to laugh and play for a while, and then she heard someone call the door.

It was the little guy Mo Xiang next to Murong Ling, Chi Tao had seen it a few times, but the slave followed the master, this Mo Xiang was also an ice cube face and did not smile, and he was not very familiar with Chi Tao.

Mo Xiang was followed by a carriage, and when he saw Chi Tao open the door, he raised his chin, and the people behind him unloaded things from the carriage and moved in the same way.

Chi Tao said "hey, hey" twice: "What do you say?" ”

Mo Xiang wore a poker face as always: "It was my son-in-law who said that you are afraid that all kinds of things here are not complete, so I sent it." Today, he and Gongzi Xie are here for lunch, so you can prepare early. ”

Chi Tao had no choice but to go into the house to take inventory, and saw that a lot of rice grains and various beans and peanuts were sent, as well as some green fresh vegetables, beef and mutton and a fresh mandarin fish, she patted her head and asked Chi Xing: "Did you bring those peach blossoms that Achu asked Achu to pick last time?" ”

Chi Xing thought for a while: "Bring it!" Originally, there were a lot of things, and I didn't want to bring that, but Achu said that she had to take it when she was going back to work! ”

As he spoke, he found a blue porcelain jar: "It's all inside!" ”

Chi Tao opened the jar and saw that it had been dried, and there was a faint fragrance of peach blossoms, so he had a plan in his heart.

The two of them made breakfast and ate it, and left one for Achu, Chi Tao soaked in the stove room to prepare lunch, Chi Xing saw that the few things of the three of them had been placed neatly, so he walked around in the backyard again, and there were words in his mouth: "Here are courgettes, those two rows of wead, beans ......."

Chi Tao didn't care about her, and poured out the peach petals first and ground the powder. Seeing that there was a spring tree, a pomegranate and a pine tree planted in the yard, my heart moved, and I moved a ladder out of the firewood house, climbed up and picked some pine yellow and spring tree buds. In fact, it has been a long time since spring has been in place at this time, and there are not many young shoots, but fortunately there are still some available.

Suddenly, I heard a vendor outside the door shouting in a long voice: "Sell milk, milk!" ”

Chi Tao is happy, the capital is really ready, and there are even milk sellers. Originally, she planned to use sesame oil and flour to make muffins, but the sesame oil has a strong flavor, and it is not good with honey, not as good as ghee. Selling milk, Chi Tao hurriedly ran over and opened the door: "This way!"

The Tsing Yi vendor was pushing a small cart with a big urn on it, and when he saw someone shouting, he ran over with a smile: "How much do you want?" ”

Chi Tao lifted the lid, scooped it up with the big spoon next to it and looked at it, the milk was white and clean, and there was a natural milky fragrance coming to her face, and nodded secretly: "How did you sell it?" ”

"Thirty pounds."

Chi Tao was a little surprised: "So expensive? "Rice noodles are only a dozen pennies a catty.

"Big brother just moved here, right?" The vendor took off his hat and fanned the wind, "There are not many people who sell milk in the capital, and there are only seven or eight households including me." But some of them have expensive children, but they have to drink one pill every day, or the women in the family also buy and drink everything, and sell it out every day. ”

Chi Tao thought about it, the natural yield of this thing is not high, so he went back to the house and took a pot and scooped five catties: "I want another five catties tomorrow." ”

The peddler was agreeing, and the house across the door opened the door, and a sister-in-law with a headscarf came out: "Coming?" Weigh a pound as usual. Looking up at Chi Tao, and then at the half-hidden door behind Chi Tao, he was a little surprised: "This house has been sold?" He looked at Chi Tao inquiringly.

When she first arrived, Chi Tao didn't want to talk too much and show her details, so she smiled at the woman and turned around and went into her house.

Now that you have milk, you can try many things that you couldn't do before.

Milk into the pot to boil, poured into the copper basin to cool, remove the milk skin, then boil and then cold, after repeated many times the milk has been extremely thin, but the milk skin has accumulated a thick pile. The milk skin is then fried in a pan to obtain ghee, which is the butter of later generations. The remaining cheese in the pot is also carefully put away.

Mix the dough again, mix in ghee, honey and pine yellow, knead until strong, cover with a damp cloth and set aside. Pour out the dried petals, grind them into fine powder with a clean mortar, slaughter the mandarin fish, handle them inside and out, smear them with a thin layer of salt, and pour two spoonfuls of wine to marinate them.

Chi Xing saw that she was busy, so she walked to the stove room: "But what can I do?" ”

"Just in time." Chi Tao's arm is still sore, although she has systematically learned cooking skills, and eventually has some attainments, but in this environment with no running water and no gas stove, she is too busy to keep her feet on the ground, "My sister helped me roll out the dough into the thinnest slices." ”