Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 347
Chen Nian nodded after hearing this, thinking that this is indeed the case, sometimes the communication between people is like this, no one knows which of the friends around him will leave first.

But this is what you have to experience.

From the moment I entered the dreamland, I was destined to come here to learn how to cook.

Therefore, he had to go to the capital this time.

So Chen Nian went out and bought a roast chicken, some mutton, a fish and some medicinal materials. Now that his cooking skills are more advanced than before, he naturally planned to greet this old friend with a dish of fish and sheep.

At noon they talked a lot, ate a lot, and drank a lot of wine.

"Why don't you go to the capital together, it's not interesting here, you just walk around the streets every day." Chen Nian suddenly suggested.

"Forget it, I won't go. I'm more suitable for the weather in the south. It's dry and cold in the north. How can I stay here comfortably?"

"Row."

Chen Nian didn't say much, everyone has their own choice.

A few days later, Zhang Fugui introduced three shopkeepers to Chen Nian, one of them, after seeing the environment here, immediately said that this place was too remote and not suitable for his location, but the other two One is still quite interesting.

As a result, after several rounds of lobbying and introduction by Zhang Fugui, one of the owners decided to buy the store at a price higher than the market.

Because here is not only a tofu shop, but also a place where Zhuangyuan Lang was born. It just so happens that the shopkeeper has a young son who is studying.

So this is the context.

Chen Nian had already packed his luggage on the day when the land deed was handed over and signed, and before that, Zhang Fugui had also found a caravan for him. It just so happened that a caravan was leaving Yangzhou for the capital today.

And because the goods transported are relatively expensive, they are also escorted by the most famous local bodyguard bureau.

Security is certainly not an issue.

Therefore, Chen Nian left Yangzhou with a big package on his back and a whole body of money.

"If you have time in the future, go back to Yangzhou to have a look."

"You too, if you have a chance in the future, come and play with me in the capital."

"No problem. Although I prefer the south, I still have to go to the capital once in my life. But when you get there, please write me a letter to report that you are safe."

"Okay, then I'm leaving."

"Go, safe travels."

In the end, Chen Nian left with the caravan, and there was no bloody scene where the eldest lady or the maidservant came to say hello, and there was no sudden situation of bandits robbing the road.

Along the way, they rushed as much as they could, and stopped to rest when they were too tired. If they encountered a town, they went in to repair it and buy some supplies.

But fortunately, Chen Nian was able to find it through his relationship, so he could sit in the carriage, and it was a separate carriage. Of course, it would cost a lot more money.

Although Chen Nian is not the kind of social bull-nose patient, he runs a restaurant after all, so he is very good at chatting and getting close to people. On the first day, he met a few friends in this motorcade.

He knew almost the entire team the next day.

After all, it is better to have a better relationship with people when you are away from home.

And sometimes when you go to the wilderness, you happen to run out of the water you brought with you, and if others have a good relationship with you, they will take the initiative to drink water for you, otherwise, you will be thirsty.

In this way, they finally arrived in the capital until almost 20 days later.

The capital of the Great Xia Dynasty was also Chang'an.

But the city wall here is still somewhat different from the city wall that Chen Nian saw when he traveled.

But after all, after such a long time of baptism, the biggest difference is that the people under the city walls are different.

At this time, people came and went to make a living, but in later generations, people who came and went under the city wall mostly came and went for entertainment.

Since Chen Nian had a good relationship with them before, those people went to deliver the goods after entering the city, and the carriage of Chen Nian was responsible for taking him to the destination.

This saves a lot of effort. The reason for thinking this way is that after entering Chang'an City, Chen Nian found that this place is surprisingly large. The most important Suzaku Avenue is nearly [-] meters wide from left to right!

There are row upon row of houses on both sides, but the layout is very neat. The city is planned into squares one by one. The old age looks a bit like the workshop system in the Tang Dynasty.

According to the driver outside, there are a total of [-] squares in Chang'an. The closer to the north and the middle, the more dignitaries and dignitaries, and some imperial institutions are set up there.

Ordinary people may have to go a little further.

The old cousin is located in Fuchunfang, where there are mostly shops selling food, restaurants, braised meat shops, inns and so on.

It is a relatively prosperous place.

Chen Nian couldn't help sighing in his heart, he didn't expect his cousin to be a little rich woman, after all, his house in Yangzhou was only sold for 200 taels, and of course there was a school district housing bonus.

But you must know that the location of his shop is not prosperous.

Thinking about it this way, if you want to own a store in Chang'an, the capital city, you will need a lot of money.

Even if he is too poor to live on by then, the money left over from selling the shop will be enough for the rest of his life.

However, the money is probably the cousin's original dowry and some money from her husband's family.

So thinking about it now, my cousin's husband's family seems to be pretty good, and they are willing to spend so much money to do business for my cousin.

Not long after, the carriage stopped in front of a shop, and Chen Nian looked out the window.

There are three big characters written on the signboard!

“Dim Sum Shop”

The door of the pastry shop was open, and there was a woman busy back and forth inside.

It looks somewhat similar to old age.

He is about 1.7 meters tall, and his figure seems to be out of shape due to years of hard work, and his arms and hands don't look particularly slender.

This point is different from Chen Nian's imagination.

This is the normal posture. How can a busy person have such a slender and weak figure like a lady?

A carriage stopped in front of the door and attracted the other party's attention. At this moment, Chen Nian lifted the curtain and jumped off the carriage.

Finally took the luggage down.

"Chen Nian?" The other party called out tentatively.

"It's me, cousin." Chen Nian nodded with a smile on his face.

Seeing the other party's true appearance, Chen Nian felt something in his heart for some reason, and then the other party trotted over eagerly, hugging Chen Nian tightly!
Tears flowed.

This has nothing to do with men and women, but the most sincere family affection.

Although it was the first time for Chen Nian to meet with the other party, and even the exchange of letters was only once, at this moment Chen Nian could really feel the warmth from the other party's embrace.

It's just that I still feel a little uncomfortable.

After all, you can't expect a person who knows that he has a sister for the first time to show that kind of expression of crying with joy after seeing his sister.

But even so, he reached out and patted the other person's back: "Cousin, let's talk first."

"Okay, okay, go in and talk, go in and talk." Then she brought Chen Nian into the house, but soon she beckoned the driver who delivered Chen Nian to come in and sit down together.

But the current task of the coachman is only to deliver the old year, and after the delivery, he has to go back to help unload the goods together, so there is no way to stay for a long time.

After hearing the other party's rejection, Lu Ke directly packed a lot of snacks for the other party.

"I have nothing to thank you here, you can take these snacks back and eat."

In the end, after the driver gave way, he still couldn't speak to Lu Ke, so he had to go back with these snacks.

After seeing off the coachman Lu Ke, he returned to the house and looked at Chen Nian.

"Your name is Chen Nian, you should be my third aunt's son."

"Yes." Chen Nian nodded, "Cousin, then you are my aunt's daughter?"

"That's right, I remember when I got married, you were only so small." Lu Ke stretched out his hand and gestured on his thigh as he spoke, "I didn't expect that after so long, you have become so small." A big boy."

But this memory doesn't exist in my old mind, and even the recipes don't give me relevant memories.

"It's just that you couldn't come because of the zodiac sign at that time, so I didn't see you for the last time, but I didn't expect that we would meet again in this way after more than 20 years."

It was only then that Chen Nian realized that there seemed to be such a custom in some places, even if his own sister got married, but if there was a conflict in the zodiac sign of the family members, then he could not go to the scene to watch it.

So I don't have this relevant memory.

"Yes, cousin, I came here immediately after I received your letter."

"It's good to be here, the journey is exhausting, you should be hungry, I'll get you something to eat."

"No, no, no, I'm not hungry. We just ate in the last county before entering the city, and we're not too hungry now, but it doesn't matter. I'm here this time to learn the craft from you, and I can help you by the way. "Chen Nian quickly waved his hand and said, and then offered to say that he could help here.

"It's okay, you don't have to do anything and you'll be fine. My sister is rich and can afford you. Even if you want to marry a daughter-in-law in the future, my sister has the ability to make arrangements for you." The words were full of riches and grandeur.

Old age feels full of security after listening to it.

But the sense of security belongs to the sense of security. Of course, Chen Nian can't be that old man: "It's okay, sister, I sold my tofu shop for 200 taels before I came here, and now I am rich."

"It can be sold for 200 taels?" Lu Ke sounded a little surprised.

"That's right, cousin, have you forgotten that my small yard once produced the number one scholar, and the 200 taels is because I am in a hurry to sell it. If I wait a little longer, I can sell it even higher." Chen Nian said proudly. Originally, he only recognized Fu Xin as a person, so he took him in and let him study in his own home.

Unexpectedly, the other party actually won the first prize, and directly turned his tofu shop into a blessed place.

"Oh, by the way, there is another thing, my younger brother lived with Zhuangyuan Lang back then."

So Chen Nian just lived here.

In the first few days, Chen Nian didn't do anything else, he just went around the neighborhood and bought some daily necessities. As for the quilts needed, Lu Ke had already prepared them.

When he first came to the capital, Chen Nian spent a few days simply strolling around, only to realize that this place is actually more lively than Yangzhou, although Yangzhou is full of rich salt merchants, and there are many merchants from other surrounding small countries who come to do business.

But after all, Chang'an is the capital and political center of Great Xia.

Moreover, the rich people in Yangzhou are at most rich and wealthy businessmen, but the place near the root of the imperial city is full of palaces of princes and generals.

The guards guarding the gate are different from the guards in front of the gate of Yangzhou Mansion.

"It seems that I still have to be cautious in the capital. I can hit three princes and nobles with this brick. If I really offend some high-ranking officials, then my small body is not enough for others to trouble me."

After getting acquainted with the surrounding environment, he returned to the pastry shop, where he also began to prepare to learn crafts.

I still have some experience in making desserts for aging. After all, I did a lot of baking bread and cakes when I was in school.

And in the end, some students' graduation projects and thesis are also in the direction of pastries.

Although this is not what Chine studies, but sometimes they also discuss with each other.

However, there is still a certain gap between the things used to make cakes and snacks and this era. After all, many equipments are not available, especially without electricity, which limits the performance of aging.

Now if he is allowed to do it, he may be able to make steamed buns, puffs, bake cookies and so on with the conditions he has now.

It is pitifully small compared to a dim sum shop.

Chen Nian mainly came to learn how to make sour plum soup, but in Chen Nian's impression, most of the sour plum soups he drank were made from sour plum soup powder or concentrated juice.

Obviously there is no such thing in this day and age.

After a brief inquiry, Chen Nian learned that the sour plum soup made by his sister also needs to put several kinds of medicinal materials in addition to plums.

And the heat when making soup is also very particular.

"Xiao Nian, I don't really recommend that you learn sour plum soup first, because it's a bit difficult. It's better to learn how to make pastries first. There are many opportunities for you to try every day."

"And besides that, you usually watch how I make sour plum soup, and try it after you get familiar with it, what do you think?
Lu Ke had already made a complete plan for Chen Nian. When Chen Nian heard this, he couldn't say that he wanted to learn sour plum soup and nothing else, so he quickly agreed.

There are many types and styles of dim sum in my cousin's dim sum shop, and there are many people who come to buy them every day.

Lu Ke asked Chen Nian to choose one of those types first, and asked him to start learning from this one. Then Chen Nian looked around, and finally fixed his eyes on one of the dim sum: "Sister, I want to learn this first."

"Soft cake?"

(End of this chapter)