Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 346 Limited Return
"Finally fell asleep."

Chen Nian thought so before falling asleep, but he also began to look forward to what kind of world he would enter, and what kind of food he would learn next.

After an unknown amount of time, Chen Nian was awakened by a knock on the door.

"Chen Xishi, Chen Xishi, wake up and don't sleep! There is a letter from you, from the capital!"

"Here we come!" Chen Nian replied subconsciously, and then put on his clothes sleepily.

The moment he opened the door, Chen Nian realized what the person who knocked on the door called him just now...

"Chen Xishi?"

"This is my new name? Is this my name in this world?" But soon he found that all the surrounding facilities and furniture seemed a little familiar!

The desks, chairs, and cabinets are old and simple, and a memory floods into my mind, but this is not the kind of enlightenment like entering the dream before, but the previous memories flooded into my mind again.

"Summer?"

After reconfirming it again, Chen Nian couldn't help taking a breath, the air in the whole room seemed to be several degrees colder!

"Are you back in the dream of Wensi Tofu?"

"What does this mean? Limited return?"

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but shudder.

He turned his head and glanced at the window. That's right, it was still the dilapidated house where he sold tofu. The windows were not very tight. In winter, the cold wind would blow in through the gaps in the windows.

"Chen Xishi don't sleep, I have your letter! Do you want it? If you don't want it, I'll leave!"

Suddenly the voice at the door came again.

But now he realized that the person who sent the letter was called himself. He sells tofu, and he is quite famous in the area where he lives now. In addition, he has a handsome appearance, sword eyebrows and star eyes, a tall and straight figure, and a wind god. handsome.

Over time, the name of Chen Xishi spread, although Chen Nian himself was very against this name.

But such things as nicknames would not have obtained the consent of the person concerned.

While holding the shoes, he walked towards the door: "Come here!"

I wondered in my heart, maybe the letter from the capital was not sent by Fu Xin, right?

After all, I only knew a number one scholar like Fu Xin in the capital, oh yes, and his old friend, little Mudan.

When I left, it happened that Zhuangyuan Lang was going back to his hometown to parade. Now that it is winter again, they have already returned to the capital. Moreover, Zhuangyuan Lang is different from other advanced Jinshi. He wants to stay in the capital directly. Enter the Imperial Academy, and then go up step by step.

When he came to the door and opened the wooden door, a familiar figure stood in front of the door.

I saw a neighbor looking at me with a letter in his hand: "Chen Xishi, you can figure it out, you are still sleeping in such a cold day, you are not doing business..."

Chen Nian laughed twice: "I'm sorry, I slept a little late last night, so I woke up a little late today, but is this letter from the capital?"

"Yes."

"Okay, thank you very much." Chen Nian nodded and took the letter, and then went back to the house to get a piece of tofu and brought it out to the other party: "Brother, I can't ask you to make a trip in vain, I don't have anything good here , there is only tofu, you can take this piece of tofu back and eat it."

"Haha, then I won't be polite. If you send me off, I may not accept it, but your Chen Xishi's tofu is famous far and wide, so I will not be disrespectful."

The man took the tofu cheerfully, Chen Nian laughed and scolded when he saw this: "You are a big bastard like us, you are still polite with me here, talk better next time."

After sending the messenger away with a smile, Chen Nian closed the door and returned to the house, opening the envelope while walking.

First glance at the inscription.

"Lu Ke."

Chen Nian: "???"

Who is Lu Ke?

Didn't the letter come from Fu Xin?
Could it be Fu Xin's family members?
But looking at the handwriting, it wasn't written by Fu Xin either.

Confused, he began to read the contents of the letter again.

Chen Nian took a deep breath after reading it!
So it was my distant cousin?

After Fu Xin was in high school, everyone in the capital also knew about their new No. [-] scholar, and some rumors about Fu Xin gradually became familiar to everyone, including the fact that he had taken him in at home.

Then the cousin also knew about herself, and then she went to inquire again, and found that the Chen Nian mentioned by the champion was actually her cousin, so she wrote a letter.

And when Chen Nian came to this world, he didn't seem to have heard that he had any parents here, but the other party said it clearly in the letter, and even said that he had a bear-shaped birthmark on the back of his waist.

That can't be fake.

And according to the letter, she was married to the capital city before, but there were some accidents in her family, so she came out and opened a dim sum shop by herself, and the business was pretty good, so she wanted to ask herself to go there.

At first, Chen Nian was a little bit puzzled, after all, he asked himself to go so far, what was he trying to do?
But soon he figured it out again. In this era, people pay great attention to blood relationship, especially when the family members like myself and my cousin are gone, and suddenly I find that there is a relative far away who wants to be together. , so that my heart can be comforted.

And besides that, Chen Nian also thought of a very crucial point. When I enter this dream again, it is definitely impossible for me to be a limited return from the system, a purely experiential reward. I am here to learn cooking, that is, Said that the dishes I want to learn this time are likely to be on my cousin?
It should be close to ten.

After all, every recipe will give me some hints, such as walking a few steps to Master Xie's noodle shop, or leaving myself at the entrance of Mapo Tofu shop.

But thinking of this, Chen Nian suddenly realized that he didn't seem to have looked at the recipes after returning to Daxia. It was all because he hadn't woken up yet, and someone knocked on the door outside to send him a letter, which made him forget.

So Chen Nian looked at the recipe in his mind.

Sour plum soup 0%.

It’s actually a drink, which is beyond the expectation of old age, but thinking about it, now my store has meat dishes, meat dishes and fish, and there are several kinds of cuisines alone, I really need some homemade drinks .

At that time, even if you take it out and sell it for five or six yuan a cup, that's normal, right?

After all, this kind of thing can be sold for more than ten yuan a cup in other stores, or even two or thirty yuan.

And sour plum soup and dim sum seem to go well together, so it seems to be right!
When I think of aging here, I can't sit still anymore.

Right now he has only one plan in mind.

Sell ​​the store and go to the capital!
Of course, the journey to the capital is far away, so Chen Nian still needs to make some preparations.

But now I still have a lot of savings, which should be enough for travel expenses, and it is another sum of money to sell the store.

In addition, Fu Xin also helped a lot with the old things that Fu Xin had to prepare when he was preparing to go to Beijing for the exam, so he felt that it would not be a problem for him to go on the road.

The only thing we need to face is that the road may not be very safe. After all, the mountains are high and the road is far away. Calculated according to the distance of later generations, it would have to be more than 11000 kilometers. In addition, the roads are not so accessible during this period, so it is impossible to have The kind of tunnel that goes directly through the mountain, so the distance can only be longer.

In case there is a horse bandit or something haunted on the mountain in the middle, all my belongings will be put in it, and not only my belongings will be put in, but my life will also be ruined.

So the best way is to find a caravan to go with them. They have a mature route, and there is a high probability that they will have a check in the middle.

But those are all things for later, the first thing to do now is to sell the store first, and there are basically only two ways to sell the store in this era, the first is to ask the people around you , to see if they are willing to accept it, the second is to find a dentist.

But the people around him thought about it for a long time, and it seems that there is no one suitable to accept, and they are all doing small business, so they probably don't have the extra energy to sell their own shop.

But if you go to a dental office... there will be a handling fee.

After all, it is impossible for others to give you publicity for nothing, just like the current intermediary, and there is another point, that is, if you want to find a dental firm, you must first sell the land to the dental firm, but they want To make money, you must go to the bottom of the price to lower the price, and then raise it when it is sold, so that you can eat at both ends.

So no one wants to choose Chen Nian.

Because he also knew a very well-informed person.

Zhang Fugui.

Zhang Fugui is also the second young master of the Zhang family, the former owner of the theater where Little Mudan was, but later fell into decline because of being secretly messed up by that surname Yang.

However, Zhang Fugui didn't feel much sadness in his heart, after all, he was kicked out since he was a child.

Compared to his original name Zhang Qing'an, he still prefers Zhang Fugui.

Rich and powerful, but also more down-to-earth.

Thinking of Chen Nian directly opening a stall to sell tofu here, after all, the business still needs to be done. Before the store is sold out, the tofu in the store must at least be sold out, otherwise it will be thrown into the hands, and the money will not be lost. , but mostly a waste.

Who knows dishes on the menu, A Journey.

This poem is old and I can still recite it by heart.

It was almost noon when Chen Nian suddenly saw a figure carrying a shoulder pole coming from the west end of the street, his steps were brisk, his lips moved slightly, as if he was humming some cheerful little tune.

And on his pole, there are all kinds of things, ranging from brooms and washbasins to small rattle drums for children, hair ropes for women, flower ropes for children, and even a corner of a bamboo basket. , You can also see a few books lying quietly inside.

I just don't know if the book is serious or not.

"Hey, old Zhang, come here."

Chen Nian greeted the other party from a distance, signaling Zhang Fugui to come to his side.

"What's the matter, Chen Xishi? Do you want to treat me to dinner at noon today? That's fine, I just happen to be a little hungry."

"What Chen Xishi, if you call me that again, be careful I'll lose my face." Chen Nian said, he could make such a joke on acquaintances.

"Hahaha, okay, okay, old Chen, you haven't said if you want to invite me to dinner? If you don't, I can leave."

After hearing this, Chen Nian patted his chest: "It's okay to eat, you can eat at my place at noon today."

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Fugui was puzzled: "Is the sun coming out from the west today? When I said this in the past, you always let me go. Why are you so straightforward today?"

"Stop talking nonsense. I'm a straightforward person. Ask your neighbors, who doesn't buy more tofu and cut them a slice?" While talking, he stepped aside: "Come in, come in and talk."

Finally, Zhang Fugui brought another load of goods into Chen Nian's house, put the things in the corridor, and then went straight to the house and sat down.

"Did you ask me something?"

"You are so smart, I do have something to ask of you."

"What did I say? If you didn't ask me for something, could I have dinner at your place? All right, since you have something for me, I want to eat roast chicken at noon."

"No problem, isn't it just roast chicken, I'll go out and buy it for you later, but before that, I have to talk about my business, that is, I want to sell my shop and my land Now, let's see if you know the person who wants to take over soon."

When Zhang Fugui heard this, he couldn't sit still. Although he usually knew people wherever he went, the person who had the best relationship with him in Yangzhou City was Chen Xishi, who sold tofu.

As a result, he now said that he would sell the store?
"Why sell it? But there are other high-quality jobs?" Zhang Fugui asked suspiciously.

"It's not that high, it's just that I'm going to the capital, so it's useless to keep the store here, and I don't know if I will come back in the future."

"Going to the capital? Zhuangyuan Lang is going to arrange an official position for you? There are such good things, can you take me with you?" Zhang Fugui's eyes lit up when he heard it.

"No, no, even if he arranges for me, I can't do it. Can't I go through the back door? I, Chen Nian, am not the kind of person who likes to go through the back door." Chen Nian waved his hand and explained: "It's because I have another one in the capital." The distant cousin, she should have married to the capital city before, but later her family was in decline, so she could only use the dowry to open a dim sum shop there. Later, she heard about the number one scholar in the capital city before the exam, so I only inquired a few times to confirm that there is still a younger brother like me, so I dragged someone to bring me a letter, asking me to help, but I don’t have any relatives here, now that I have found such a brother, I must go and meet my relatives Get together."

When Zhang Fugui heard this, he immediately gave up the idea of ​​continuing to joke.

He was going to reunite with his family, so he definitely had no reason to stop him, no wonder Chen Nian wanted to sell the shop.

"Okay, I'll check back to help you find out. I just heard that a few shopkeepers on the street next door seem to have plans to open a branch. Your position is not bad, and you have the popularity you have accumulated before. You shouldn't Difficult to shoot."

"Okay, thank you brother, I'm going to buy roast chicken right now, and I'll buy anything else you want."

"What else is there... I don't need to buy more mutton. I don't need to buy more. I come back and cook some mutton soup. It happens to be cold today. I still have wine here. Let's keep warm together."

"After all, you're going to the capital. It's not certain whether we can meet in the future. A meal of this wine will save you a meal."

　Thanks to book friend 20220304 for tipping 500 starting coins for the character's aging and 500 starting coins for this book.

　　Thank you and listen to the wind, but look at Jinnian's 1500 starting point coins as a reward.

　　Thank you y1yyyyy for the 5000 starting point reward.

　　Thank you, the boss spent money.

　　Many thanks!

　　I won't ask for leave again this month. I went to the supermarket yesterday, but the hot pot restaurant at the door was really delicious, and I ate it before I came back. It turned out to be late.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)