Xiaoxi is happy.

Li Bai and Li Ning couldn't wait to close the door of the hall, as if they had never been there.

Li Ke was already on the verge of the outbreak, Li Bai was hesitating to take Qi Niang to dodge first, and when he turned his head, he saw that the little girl had already run to her father's side, squatted down with someone, and snatched Xiaoxi from his head on tiptoe.

Qi Niang was also very embarrassed to hand over the small handkerchief: "Ah Weng, I'm sorry, my little magpie has caused you a mess." ”

Li Ke's rage: Reset to zero.

This little girl is really pitiful.

The old man took off his head and hid it behind him, shook his head with a smile and said, "It's okay, don't make a mess." ”

Li Ning pinched her thigh: "Brother, is this our Aye?" ”

Li Bai: "Yes...... Right? ”

Not sure, take another look.

However, Li Ke never gave them a chance to watch the play again. He raised his eyes and looked at Li Dalang sharply: "Is it okay to be reckless and buy bad land in the name of your family?" ”

Li Ning bowed her head in shame.

Li Bai was about to explain to his father that the land could still be saved, so Li Ke said even more fiercely: "And you, the children are so old, why don't you bring them back early!" ”

After wandering outside for many years, he actually looked for a woman behind his back.

If you don't see it with your own eyes, you can't believe it at all.

Li Bai saw that his Aya pointed at Qi Niang, and knew that he had misunderstood. But when he saw Qi Niang raising his head and shouting "Ah Weng", his father's expression softened a lot, and he simply kept silent.

Silence is the silent answer.

This is a guarantee for him to Qi Niang. Protect. Umbrella.

Qi Niang received Li Bai's eyes, pulled Li Ke to sit down, and offered a cup of cold tea: "Hey, don't get on fire on a hot day." Drink a cup of tea and listen to their quibbles. ”

Li bai:?

Fortunately, Li Ke saw Qi Niang's face and was willing to give them a chance to speak. The brothers hurriedly told Li Ke that the river water under the dry field could be diverted by a high-drum car, which was not a bad field, but a good field.

Qi Niang's eyes widened when she heard this.

Obviously, I was in the ridge before, and I still doubted whether I could succeed, how did I get home, and I blew it into the sky for Ah Weng!

Li Ke obviously understood the temperament of these two children and didn't believe it.

Li Bai said again: "This is the inspiration that Qi Niang got from the cylinder car. Qi Niang, hurry up and draw the high drum car for you. ”

Qi Niang sighed in her heart, she was simply a gadget to please Ah Weng.

Even so, Qi Niang happily took the pen and paper handed by the maidservant, and crookedly drew the water diversion diagram of the high drum car again. This time it is better than when she was in the field, Qi Niang believes in her head and waits for praise.

Li Ke stroked his beard: "Well, it's a good thing." However, Qi Niang's calligraphy and painting, should I invite a gentleman. ”

Qi Niang's face was suddenly indifferent: Oh.

Li Ke was amused by the little girl's instant face change, and his anger subsided a lot. Then he said: "Go for it, if it can really be done, this money for buying land can be advanced at home first, and you can borrow it." ”

Li Ning was overjoyed, and Li Bai was also very happy.

He and Qi Niang didn't need to go to Chang'an.

The craftsmen of Qinglian Town have never made this kind of tube car, and some dare not start. After Li Bai added the silver money with a wave of his hand, he responded to the convenience of the convenience.

About half a month later, a pair of high drum cars were erected on the Huoxi River.

In the summer, when the river is fast-flowing, the wooden carts slowly rotate under the force of the impact, driving them to the high cliff bank, and then pouring the river water into the dug ditch.

Everything is carried out in an orderly manner, and this is considered a successful trial.

Li Ning was so excited that she wanted to do a somersault on the ground and kowtow to Qi Niang again, which scared Qi Niang and hurriedly dodged.

Li Bai smiled: "The ditch is only a corner, and Brother remembers to open it." ”

"Hey, I'm staring."

Under the corridor, Li Ke happened to pass by Li Bai's courtyard.

Seeing the triumphant appearance of the two brothers, he was about to criticize two sentences, but Qi Niang suddenly jumped over from behind him, raised his hands and asked for food: "Ah Weng, Ah Weng, this is Qi Niang's idea!" ”

Qi Niang has starry eyes, and her palms are saved, suggesting that Li Ke will give her some rewards.

Li Ke was strict, but the little girl was soft and glutinous, "Ah Weng" was really cute, and hurriedly squeezed out a not very skilled smile, and reached into his sleeve pocket and pulled it out.

Then, Qi Niang got a small handful of golden beans.

Li Ke patted her on the head: "Good granddaughter, take it to play." ”

Qi Niang: "......" is such a generous Ah Weng!

You must know that at this time in Datang, the main currency in circulation is still copper coins and silk silk. For this reason, the imperial court issued many edicts, requiring money and silk to be parallel, and the currency is the end, and the silk is the foundation, and the cart cannot be reversed. ①

On top of that, gold is used only if there is an occasional large transaction.

The royal family of the Western Han Dynasty liked to give gold, and experienced the turmoil of the Wuhu Rebellion, until the Sui and Tang dynasties, people's love for gold was still undiminished.

Qi Niang was so happy that she circled around Li Ke a few times, shouting "Ah Weng is so good" and "I like Ah Weng the most" Yunyun.

Li Bai looked at his father with a smile and a smile: "I stretched out my hand at you to ask for a candy to eat, not to reward money." ”

He walked towards Qi Niang and stretched out his hand: "This girl is very sweet, and in the past, she was rewarded with a few pieces of candy, and she could eat them all at once." Aya gave her a handful of golden beans, but she wanted Qi Niang's teeth to be eaten badly? ”

When Li Ke heard that there was still this stubble, he hurriedly persuaded him: "This is not good." Good granddaughter, give the golden beans to Erlang for safekeeping, and Ah Weng will fetch you candy again! ”

Qi Niang flattened her mouth, and obediently handed over the golden beans that were not yet warm.

She remembered the tragic scene last year, when Meng Haoran sent her the winning money, but was confiscated by the master.

Qi Niang took advantage of Li Bai's turn and made a gesture to kick his ass.

Li Bai suddenly turned around: "What are you doing?" ”

Qi Niang shrank her head, Li Ke was happy to see it, coughed lightly, and diverted the topic to cover for her: "Since the irrigation problem has been solved, this can barely be regarded as fertile land." However, it is located at the junction of two counties, what are you going to plant? ”

Li Ning watched Qi Niang make a fuss, hehe smirked for a long time, and when he heard his father's question, he hurriedly stumbled and replied: "Back to my father, you don't need to plant, Zhang Wulang was planted before, and now he just needs to ensure that he can live." ”

Li Ke was surprised: "What did you plant?" ”

"It's our nine-leaf green peppercorns in Mianzhou."

The area is mountainous and hilly, and it is the most suitable for growing peppercorns.

During the Kaiyuan period, spices such as cumin, shallots, garlic, pepper, coriander (coriander) and other spices in the Western Regions had entered the Central Plains from the Silk Road, but the dominant ones were still local seasonings.

This green pepper has an unshakable position in Shudi. ②

Mianzhou's nine-leaf green peppercorns are very famous.

Compared with Jinyang pepper, Hanyuan pepper, etc., its skin is thicker, drought tolerant and barren, and it can best adapt to the mountainous and hilly environment.

Zhang Wulang specially ordered people to plant this drought-tolerant green pepper tree in the mountains, perhaps because he was afraid that Li Ning would discover the secret of the dry field too early and would not be able to complete the signing of the deed.

How would he have thought that the Li family had now solved the irrigation problem and completely turned decay into magic.

Li Ke thought of the high price of green peppercorns as a spice, and it was rare that he didn't scold Dalang, nodded with his hands behind his back and said: "Spring planting grabs moisture (3), but the growth of the coming year is not as good as autumn planting." Let everyone be more concerned, Jiuyeqing can bear fruit after a year, and their benefits will be indispensable when the time comes. ”

Li Ning's eyes lit up, and he said yes.

This is the first time that my father has taken the initiative to give him instructions!

Without waiting for Li Bai to say goodbye, Li Ke turned around and added: "If there is a bumper harvest next year, don't forget the credit of my good granddaughter!" ”

Qi Niang's little face collapsed for a long time, and she smiled again.

Li Bai: "......"

You're a pet.

*

After Xiaoman, before the mango planting.

Qi Niang's birthday has arrived.

Last year's birthday was before arriving in Yangzhou, and I ate a soup cake without taste, which was made by Li Bai himself. Qi Niang was moved at the beginning, but when she tasted it, she was immediately unmoved.

This year, two days before his birthday, Li Bai began to be eager to try again.

Qi Niang was very distressed.

She felt that Master did not have the talent to make noodles.

Strictly speaking, the soup cake of the Tang people has to hold the reconciled noodles with one hand, and tear the slices into the pot with the other hand, and the slices have to be torn thin. Weak as spring, white as Qiujuan, is to describe this kind of dough. (4) The kneading noodles of Shaanxi in later generations are the inheritance of this delicacy.

Li Bai was like throwing mud last year, and this year he decided to make it simpler and get a suo cake (noodles) for Qi Niang.

The spring Huaiye Lengtao is over the solar term, and Li Bai wants to make a classic yellow chick cake.

Qi Niang squatted outside the house, listening to Li Bai working in the house for a long time, and finally brought out a bowl of uneven paste.

Li Bai wiped his sweat: "Qi Niang, come and taste it!" ”

Qi Niang: "......"

The Tang people really have a soft spot for soup cakes, not only to eat on their birthdays, but also to feast relatives and friends on the third day after giving birth, called "soup cake banquet". In their eyes, eating soup cakes is a blessing to children.

Qi Niang knew this truth, and she didn't want to live up to the master's kindness, so she simply closed her eyes and heart, and took a big bite with the bowl.

Li Bai was very happy: "Is it delicious?" ”

Qi Niang chewed, and she had no time to speak, so she could only nod. Although Master's cakes don't look good, they still taste good, especially this yellow chick, compared to noodles, the chicken is cooked!

Congratulations.

Qi Niang swallowed a note and asked, "Master, you also got this chicken?" ”

Li Bai: "No, that's what the cook made this morning." ”

Qi Niang: "......" is no wonder.

The little girl was thinking about how to tell Li Bai euphemistically that this bowl of cakes was still raw, and there were two excited voices outside the courtyard.

"Qi Niang, look at what good things Ah Weng has made for you!"

"Qi Niang, I'm me, I've done it too."

Qi Niang's heart trembled, stiffened her neck and slowly turned her head to look-

I saw Li Ke and Li Ning holding a big bowl, and the bowl contained soup cakes that were exactly the same as those made by Li Bai. She didn't even have to taste it to know it was unripe.

The father and son gathered around Qi Niang with anticipation.

Qi Niang wants to cry without tears.

This is the unique soup cake that your Li family has passed down from generation to generation!