Chapter 55 The carriage in the rain

When we went out, the sky was only slightly cloudy. Shen Shaoguang ran to the West Market without any faith, went to the vegetable market, bought some raisins and sugar for steaming summer cakes, and went to a famous restaurant to eat two bowls. Buttermilk cherries, when you leave the restaurant, things change.

Shen Shaoguang walked back quickly, and just before he left the West Market, there was a strong wind and raindrops fell.

Although he brought an umbrella, he couldn't fight against such strong convective weather, so Shen Shaoguang hurriedly ran back to Erxia at the east gate of Xishi City to take shelter from the rain.

Under the mansion, they were huddled together, and they were all unlucky people who got drenched when they went out.

"Last year there was little rain, but this year it's been more rainy."

"At this time last year, the sage was going to Yuanqiu to ask for rain."

"A saint is a saint in the end. He is favored by God. I remember that it rained a few days after begging for rain."

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Listening to the chat between the two, Shen Shaoguang sighed with emotion, while Hu Lu's hair was messed up in the rain, it's been a year since he left the palace, and now thinking about the life in the palace, it's a bit like a lifetime.

In the first rain of summer in the palace, it is customary to eat locust leaves to welcome the summer. The so-called cold scourers are the cold noodles of later generations. In the 21st century when Shen Shaoguang lived, many families followed the tradition of "Dumplings on the Winter Solstice and Noodles on the Summer Solstice". Judging from the inheritance of this eating habit, I am a great Chinese nation.

In the palace, the noodles made of locust leaves are not much different from those in the folk. They are all picked young locust leaves, smashed to extract the juice, and placed in the noodles.

Of course, the noodles in the palace should be made more finely. After all, there are special noodles. They should be wide and wide, thin and thin. The thinnest is not much thicker than a hair, and the middle is continuous. The bowl is simply amazing - but it's still that thing anyway.

The difference between the cold scouring of the royal locust leaves and the folk is in the toppings.

The first emperor loved to pour "Xiaoxiong" and "stack deer" when he ate cold tao, and Yujian noodles also loved this stuffing. In summer, he was not afraid of getting angry.

It is more reliable today, and like to pour shredded eel or sea bass. The shredded eel is fried first and then stewed in bone broth. It is a labor-intensive dish, and the taste is very fragrant; while the sea bass fillets should be refreshing, let the oil slip in low temperature, and then sauté the shallots and ginger in another pot, add the mashed glutinous rice and fish fillets , it will be out of the pot after seasoning, and it will not be so fresh and tender after a long time.

The concubines with heads and faces in each palace have different tastes, but in general, they all follow His Majesty. Therefore, as soon as summer begins, the price of eel and perch in Chang'an City will increase. Shen Shaoguang went shopping today. It was only half an afternoon, and there were no eels for sale.

The folk cold scouring is much simpler. The small ingredients made of clear sauce, garlic paste, vinegar, and sesame paste, and some tender cucumber shreds are enough to make people eat two big bowls. A Yuan said that the ladies of the rice grain store used to pour salt and brine directly...

Shen Shaoguang missed the fried sauce noodles and tomato egg noodles from his previous life again. Jajang noodles can now be replicated, but tomato and egg noodles are impossible.

Why don't you eat fried noodles tonight? Should use pork jasmine that is 3/7 fat and 70 percent lean, or quail meat jasmine? The quail delivered this morning is very fat, if cut into small pieces of fried sauce, it should be very fragrant...

When Shen Shaoguang pondered over 180 ways to eat cold noodles with water, the rain gradually lost its momentum, but the simmering fire changed to slow stewing, and it was simmering, without any intention of stopping.

"Alang, Mrs. Shen seems to be blocked by the rain at the entrance of the West City over there." Liu Chang saw Shen Shaoguang at a glance, thought about it, and knocked on the wall of the car lightly to remind Lin Yan.

Lin Yan lifted the curtain of the car and saw Shen Shaoguang in the crowd, in a white shirt and a red skirt, holding two bags and an umbrella.

Lin Yan's eyes weren't very good, and she couldn't see her face clearly, but her blurry appearance made her feel a little silly—or childish.

Putting down the curtain of the car, Lin Yan instructed the servant who was driving the car: "Go over there and pick her up."

Seeing the car with the guards coming, the people sheltering from the rain thought that the nobles were going to visit the West Market, so they all ducked to the side, and they murmured in their hearts, the nobles are really sick, and it is not good to stay at home on this day.

However, Shen Shaoguang recognized Lin Yan's car, which had the clan emblem on it, and the attendant surnamed Liu, who was riding a horse next to him, was also right.

Liu Chang dismounted, walked over to cross his hands, and said softly, "Little lady, go back with our car."

Of course it's good to be able to hitch a ride, Shen Shaoguang is not hypocritical, he smiled and thanked him, and walked over with an umbrella.

The coachman put down the bench for her, but Liu Chang didn't dare to help each other, and only stood a step away to prevent her from slipping and falling.

Lin Yan lifted the curtain of the car, Shen Shaoguang smiled at him, and got into the car steadily.

Kneeling and sitting opposite Lin Yan, putting the sugar, raisins and umbrella he bought next to him, Shen Shaoguang smiled and nodded as a gift, "Thank you Lin Langjun today."

"Just by the way." Lin Yan smiled lightly.

Shen Shaoguang lowered his eyes and smiled.

When no one spoke, the sound of rain outside made it seem extra quiet inside the car.

This is not the first time the two have sat opposite each other, but it is the first time they are in such a small space.

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Sitting opposite each other, it was also the first time that there was no food table in the middle, so it seemed that the two were so close together that Shen Shaoguang could clearly see the patterns on Lin Shaoyin's robe.

Lin Shaoyin is wearing a formal dress today, with a solemn color and a straight back, which makes him look more majestic. Do the math, oh, there is a synodic meeting today...

His eyes went up along the robe, the white collar, and the clean shaved chin. For the first time, he found that Lin Shaoyin actually had lip beads, tsk tsk... Shen Shaoguang's eyes lingered on Lin Yan's beautiful lips After two laps, he went up again, his nose was high and straight, and then he met his eyes.

Shen Shaoguang looked away and smiled nonchalantly: "Thank you very much for the tapestry of Mrs. Tai. Such a precious thing, I'm really ashamed."

Since the person who sent the things from Lin's house said that it was sent by Mrs. Tai, Shen Shaoguang naturally thanked Mrs. Lin. As for why it was Xie to Lin Shaoyin, that is another matter.

"My grandmother also likes the honey-stained wisteria from the little lady," Lin Yan thought for a while, and added, "I've been thinking about getting people to stain some flowers recently."

This kind of topic is very suitable, Shen Shaoguang laughed nonsense, "At this time, the roses are blooming, pick up stains with large flowers and thick petals, when making cakes as stuffing, drink it with water on weekdays, or add it to buttermilk , the color is beautiful and the smell is sweet, which is the best. Although the peony is also beautiful, the taste of the stain is a little worse. The worst thing is the crabapple flower, which is a pity.

At the same time, the two of them remembered the beautiful and beautiful Begonia plant in the house, Shen Shaoguang felt a little regretful, and continued, "It's a little late, the pear flowers in mid-spring are well stained, and the lotus flowers in a while are still suitable for frying and eating. , as for the golden autumn osmanthus..."

As he talked, Shen Shaoguang laughed himself. If I were to write "Hundred Flowers", I would definitely indicate the taste of various flowers as in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas".

Lin Yan raised her eyebrows to look at her, her hair was a little messy, and the crimson skirt was half-new, but her face was bright, reminiscent of the begonia in the back garden after a slight spring rain.

Begonia, the flower of wealth in the world.

Lin Yan looked away, and after a while, "Has the girl ever complained about Ling Zun's choice?"

Shen Shaoguang's smile faded, and after thinking about it carefully, the original owner was still young at that time, and there was no resentment in his mind, but more fear and anxiety, even his mother didn't seem to be resentful. As for brother... don't know.

As a person who has passed through and inherited the status of Shen's daughter, who has been a court slave for many years, Shen Shaoguang has some regrets, and some pity for the original body and relatives, but there is really no resentment.

Shen Shaoguang said with a smile, "Just thinking about eating and drinking, why are there so many superfluous thoughts?"

Lin Yan looked at her.

Looking at Lin Yan's serious eyes, Shen Shaoguang pursed his lips, "There are some things that you can't care about, you must do it." For example, to maintain justice and truth...

"My father just did what he thought he should do."

Looking at Shen Shaoguang's beautiful and calm face, and listening to her soft but heart-pounding words, Lin Yan was silent for a long time.

Shen Shaoguang felt that talking to this Shao Yin was too tiring, so he didn't make a sound at all, quietly listening to the sound of rain outside the car.

"Chuck", the car stopped suddenly, Shen Shaoguang swayed, and rushed towards Lin Yan. Lin Yan reached out to support him subconsciously, and Shen Shaoguang threw himself into Lin Yan's arms.

Both of them were a little stunned.

There was a commotion outside.

Shen Shaoguang sat up straight, and Lin Yan retracted his hand, clenched his fist, and put it back on his lap solemnly.

Liu Chang reported from outside the car: "It seems that the horse was startled in front, causing the car to collide."

"Go and have a look." Lin Yan said.

The road encountered traffic accidents and traffic jams in the Tang Dynasty, but there was nothing to do, so had to wait.

There seemed to be a sweet smell in the car. Lin Yan didn't feel it before, but now he felt that the sweet smell was going straight into his nose.

She glanced at the straw paper sugar bag that Lady Shen had placed beside her, because it was a little wet, showing some marks. Lin Yan subconsciously glanced at her front, and then hurriedly lowered her eyes, thinking that she had rubbed the candy on her clothes...

This pervasive sweet smell made Lin Yan feel a little dry, and seemed to be a little ironed. He raised his hand to lift the curtain, and murmured, it was really annoying rain.

Shen Shaoguang is nothing, after all, this level of physical contact in the previous life is too common - think of the subway in the morning and evening rush hour.

However, Lin Shaoyin is a scholar, and his arms and chest seem to be quite stiff... It can be seen that it is a real thing for the scholars of the Tang Dynasty to get on the horse to settle down and write articles.

Shen Shaoguang thought of those outstanding figures in the Tang Dynasty, and his eyes were placed on this Lin Shaoyin. It is a pity that I am ignorant of the history of the Tang Dynasty.

Liu Chang carried Jingzhao's talisman, and the rest of the guards and servants were also capable. When the time was not old, he came to report that he could move on, and briefly reported the cause of the accident and the treatment process. The two injured were Dr. Guozi. Zhou Qin's family members were only slightly scratched, but they were not serious. They have been sent to the nearby hospital. "I leave Fu Jing to deal with this matter."

"Yes, let's go." Lin Yan nodded.

The journey was not long, but the journey was quite twists and turns, and the car stopped in front of the Shenji liquor store.

A Yuan and A Chang were looking around anxiously, and when they saw Shen Shaoguang, he came up to meet him without opening the umbrella, "Little lady is back! Yu Saburo went to the car to pick up the little lady. Did the little lady get wet?"

"It's okay, it's okay..." Shen Shaoguang comforted them, turned around and waved goodbye to the Lin family with a smile, and asked Achang to put on an umbrella to find Yu San.

Smelling the sweet smell still left in the car, Lin Yan put down the slightly raised window screen, "Let's go."

In the evening when he was dealing with documents in the study, Lin Yan smelled the sweet smell again.

Taking a bite of the wisteria cake, thinking of the day's events, she said, "There are some things that you can't care about, you must do it", and the feeling of warm and fragrant nephrite in her arms, Lin Yan picked up the pen and wrote on the paper He said the word "荠", looked at it for a long time, and smiled somewhat resignedly.