Chapter 36 Winter Solstice Guests

It snowed heavily for three days, and the entire emperor was white. On the fourth day, the sun finally rose from the east, like the only egg yolk in a large bowl of white flour.

Shen Shaoguang looked at A Yuan who was making a metaphor, and then at the sun, "It does look like it."

"Still unfamiliar." A Yuan added, covering her cold face, sniffing her nose. Cooked must not be so cold!

In the small north wind in the early morning, Shen Shaoguang and Yu San, Achang, and Ayuan were sweeping snow at the door. The snow is not cold and the snow is cold. Fortunately, ate the hot mutton soup cake just now, otherwise would have been frozen to death.

Shen Shaoguang also sucked his nose, and as soon as he spoke, a cloud of white mist spewed out, "Yes, it must be raw."

Achang bared his teeth beside him.

Yu Sanguan was rustling with a broom.

Shen Shaoguang sighed again: "I really live up to a day like the Winter Solstice."

In the blink of an eye, it is the winter solstice with the longest night and the shortest day of the year. In this dynasty, the winter solstice is a big solar term, second only to the new year, and officials in the court have to take a seven-day holiday, even the officials, slaves and servants have three days off.

On the day of the winter solstice, the palace will hold a grand meeting and a banquet for hundreds of officials. In some years, the emperor will go to the southern suburbs of Yuanqiu to worship the sky. In the evening, there is a family banquet in the palace. For the emperor, it is a busy and tiring day.

The concubines will save a lot of trouble. Those who are favored, just think about the clothes and jewelry for the evening family banquet, while those who are not favored eat the mutton soup cake "preferred" by the palace, and then spend time with the palace servants by drawing ninety-nine pictures of eliminating cold.

The maids were happier, wearing the new festive clothes given in the first couple of days, and drinking soup cakes with more meat than usual—it was just a little cold, and they had to be warmed on a small stove before they could be eaten, otherwise they would float. Layers of white greasy suet.

In the past few months, the morning food has been cooked in three, but this morning it was Shen Shaoguang who made the mutton soup cake in the palace.

It is very simple to make. The first night, the mutton is cut into small pieces and stewed until it is rotten; in the morning, the noodles are mixed with warm water, the noodles are pulled, and another pot of clear water is boiled and placed in a bowl; The soup is poured over it with meat, and it's done. It's a good bowl of noodles to eat hot in such cold weather.

This kind of mutton soup cake, compared with the mutton minced mutton cake made in the past two days, seems to be longer and fragrant, but it lacks "fried strength". If there is anything special, it is the hand of the little lady. It was a coincidence that the hoto pieces that were pulled out looked like leek leaves, some with very fine and small pleated petals, some like goldfish, and some butterflies. There are four bowls of soup cakes, each bowl is different.

A Yuan looked at Shen Shaoguang and knew that the little lady was pushing herself, so she picked the flower first, Shen Shaoguang picked the goldfish, Yu San took the leek leaf, and A Chang smiled and brought the bowl of butterflies.

Afraid that they would not have enough to eat, Shen Shaoguang also used the original pan to spread out a few egg pancakes, but they didn't wrap their heads.

This time, came out to freeze, and then did another activity, and that bit of food was completely digested.

Shen Shaoguang smiled and said to A Yuan and Yu San, "Let's cook Dayan Yue wontons for lunch."

What Shen Shaoguang said about Dayan Yue wonton is dumpling. At this time, dumplings have not yet got their name. They are a branch of wontons, and most of them are eaten with soup and water.

In the past life, all festivals were food festivals, but for northerners, half of the food festivals were dumpling festivals, especially in winter. During the Chinese New Year, ate dumplings for several days in a row. Although ate all kinds of fillings, still had enough of appetite.

At that time, I thought, when I have a small family, I will definitely eat rice, hot pot, pizza, barbecue, even instant noodles, and no dumplings these days.

Who would have thought that when I came to this different time and space, I really became the head of the family, and I was also a dumpling pie.

However, A Yuan was not as rebellious as Shen Shaoguang in the previous life, and said "Okay" with joy, and said that the shrimp, pork, pork and big wontons from the little lady's bag last time were really fragrant.

Shen Shaoguang made a decision: "Then it's still stuffed with shrimp and pork today."

The speed of snow-sweeping under Ah Yuan's hands has sped up a bit.

On a big day like today, everyone eats reunion dinner and drinks reunion wine, and few come to the restaurant. Therefore, only a little of the ingredients are prepared for the guests, and Shen Shaoguang leads the three of A Yuan at ease for the festival.

Shen Shaoguang washed a few copper coins and put them aside, and another piece of white tofu.

Ayuan looked at her indifferently, but even Yu San didn't know what the little lady was going to do.

Just like all parents teach their children, Shen Shaoguang wrapped the money in the dumplings and said to A Yuan, "Whoever eats the money will have great fortune next year."

Yu San let out a laugh, but A Yuan and A Chang really laughed.

Ah Yuan smiled and said, "It's good, it's good, I eat a lot, I can definitely eat this with money."

Shen Shaoguang nodded, learning probability well.

"When I eat it, I will give it to the little lady. If the little lady has great fortune, I will also have fortune."

Let the child speak warmly, Shen Shaoguang laughed.

Achang also smiled and said, "If I eat it, I will give it to the little lady."

Shen Shaoguang looked at Yu San with a smile.

Yu San squeezed the folds of the dumplings, and said expressionlessly: "They all took a bite, don't you think the little lady is pickled?"

Shen Shaoguang smiled: "I don't mind, they eat big wontons, I just want the money."

Yu San: "..."

After the run was finished on San, Shen Shaoguang was refreshed, and then gave A Yuan and the others popular science: "Just pack a few more pure tofu, whoever eats it will be lucky." In order to prevent A Yuan from saying something to himself, he quickly added, "I have enough luck, you eat more to make up for your luck."

Both A Yuan and A Chang nodded.

Yu San had nothing to say, he just hoped to finish the package quickly and stay away from these three goods.

Sure enough, there were not many diners at noon, only a few scholars who looked like scholars. They were probably scholars of the current class. Of course, they may have fallen behind and stayed in Beijing to look for opportunities.

Lighting a hot pot for them and boiling wine, Shen Shaoguang and others went back to the kitchen to eat their own "Dayanyue Wontons".

At this time, dumplings did not carry too much "nostalgia", but as a traveler, Shen Shao brought a few bowls of dumplings to those foreign scholars who were traveling abroad with the human touch of a thousand years later.

"This is a festive meal presented by a small shop. The sundial has passed, and the sun has grown to the south, and several lords are respected and blessed. ①" Shen Shaoguang said auspicious words with a smile.

Several gentlemen smiled and thanked them. One of them looked particularly handsome and elegant and looked at Shen Shaoguang intently, Shen Shaoguang raised his eyebrows, nodded to them again with a smile, and went back to the kitchen.

The other scholar looked at the handsome man and said in a low voice, "Huan Qi is handsome, this little lady is beautiful, and she matches her well. It's just that she is a member of the Qilang family, but she doesn't match well in the world."

Huan Qi glanced at his friend and said, "Don't talk nonsense. This is the little lady Liu Sanlang likes, and he sent the official media to offer her as a wife."

Everyone was quite surprised, and they all turned to look at the kitchen, but unfortunately the beauty was blocked by the door.

"I can't wait to stay in this workshop. It's the first time I've heard of it. That Liu Lu is also a scholar who has passed the scientific examination and is an official of Jingzhao. Why do you want to find such a market business woman?"

The other sneered: "The color makes you dizzy. I didn't expect that looking at such a shy and serious Liu Lu, you would be dizzy."

Another asked, "Then the marriage can be done?"

Huan Qi shook his head: "No. Liu San never explained the reason to me in detail. He only said that the little lady was not a match for her status, so she rejected it."

The other three shook their heads and sighed: "She is also a little lady who knows how to advance and retreat and understand etiquette."

"Look at her words and actions, she is very elegant, she looks like a noble girl, and she has studied in the market. It is really rare to see this Jiayuan in the market. Liu San wants to come here too."

"Or maybe you fancy this cooking? Not only is it beautiful, but also delicious." Another one ate dumplings and smiled, "I have never eaten such a delicious big wonton."

The person who said that Liu Feng's color made his mind faint, but shook his head and retorted: "It doesn't match in the end." After thinking about it, "If you accept it as a concubine, it would be appropriate." He looked at Huan Qi again: "What do you think, Qilang?"

Huan Qi took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "'Everyone has their own couples, and their colors must be the same.' It is better to marry a wife."

"I didn't expect Qilang to have such a romantic appearance, but he behaved according to the etiquette..."

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A few people drank with other people's "merry things", happily ate hot pot and dumplings, had a full meal, settled the bill, and went out of the store.

Those people spoke in low voices, and Shen Shaoguang didn't know that one of them had the surname Huan, so when the lady master and servant from the snowy day came back in the afternoon, they could only shake their heads regretfully at them again. didn't know it three days ago, how can know it now?

The girl lowered her head and sighed softly.

Shen Shaoguang couldn't see the beauty's sadness, so he gave an idea: "How about the little lady handwritten a few notices and posted them in this workshop? It's better than this way."

The girl's eyes lit up, "What the little lady said is very true." She asked Shen Shaoguangfang if there was a pen and ink shop.

"In the past, there was a pen and ink shop in the east of Qianfang, which sold very loose ink. It's just that the proprietor's house didn't know what to do, so he didn't open the door since the beginning of the winter. The big ink shop has to go to the East Market to find it." Shen Shaoguang said with a smile, "I have a pen and ink here. If the little lady doesn't dislike it, she can use it."

Shen Shaoguang didn't use a good pen and ink, he just made do with it every day. This girl looks like a rich girl, but I am afraid she is willing to take power at this time.

The girl really smiled and thanked, "Then thank the little lady."

Shen Shaoguang personally went to the cabinet to get the pen and ink, and asked A Yuan to go to the back house to get the paper for his daily writing.

The girl thought about it for a while, and with a swipe, it turned out to be a hidden poem. The words "Looking for Huan Lang" were embedded at the beginning of each sentence, and she mentioned "Fansha", which is to point out her residence. .

Shen Shaoguang was quite surprised, seeing that the rate of talented women in this dynasty was high, and he met one casually. Not to mention whether the poems are good or not, the speed of conception alone is enough to be commendable, and the small script of this hairpin is also very beautiful.

It's just—written in this way, literature and art are literary and artistic, and the information arrival rate is probably a bit low. After all, this requires Huan himself or his acquaintances to see it, and to be able to see that it is a hidden poem, and guess the answer to the mystery - it's a bit difficult.

If Shen Shaoguang wrote it himself, 80% of it was written as a wanted notice in the court.

But then again, if you really find it in this workshop, it's still more dramatic and romantic. Shen Shaoguang accepted the laity of burning the qin and cooking the crane, and thought it was very good.

The little lady copied three or four more.

Shen Shaoguang did it to the end, made paste on the stove, and borrowed Achang to help them paste it.

The little lady smiled and asked, "I see that the expensive wine shop is very lively, can you post a picture outside here?"

Shen Shaoguang smiled and said, "Yes."

Shen Ji is connected by two stores. The facade is not small. Shen Shaoguang has specially renovated it. It looks neater than the surrounding stores. The section of the outer wall next to the kitchen is especially flat and eye-catching. The "dog hunt" notice has a tendency to become a community bulletin board.

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