Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 801 Return (seeking a monthly ticket)

Speaking of it now, Chen Nian suddenly wants to taste the taste of fried buns made of Sophora japonica and Yuqian, but these two methods can only be limited to the season, and can only be eaten in that season .

In the next period of time, Chen Nian would cook noodles for them in different ways every day, and occasionally pass by a town to buy some rice and vegetables, and he could also cook some vegetables or something.

After more than a month, they finally arrived in Yangzhou, where they also had a semicolon, unloading the medicinal materials from the car and handing them over to the shop here.

After counting the number and calculating the price, the shop here took out the bank notes again, and Chen Nian helped move the goods, and there was nothing else to do after that.

Because the big shopkeeper will take people to the silk and satin factory to buy fabrics, and Chen Nian naturally does not need to go there. When he buys fabrics and satins over there, the people who pack them will naturally load these silks and satins into cars.

But today this matter can't be done, they have to buy a lot of silk and satin, even the silk and satin shop has to adjust the goods.

Therefore, they have been living in Yangzhou for the past few days. There is Master Liu's house here, and they lived in this big house under the leadership of the shopkeeper. Lingma County has more style over there.

Among other things, just walking around in it for half an hour won't make it down.

This reminded Chen Nian of the He Garden and Ge Garden that he had visited when he was in Yangzhou. Speaking of which, the scale was similar to this.

"Sure enough, rich people are rich everywhere, and poor people are poor everywhere." Chen Nian couldn't help sighing.

But Yangzhou is a very familiar place for aging. Not only have I been there twice in reality, but I have also aged in Yangzhou twice in the dream space. The first time I learned Wensi tofu here. Chen Nian met Fu Xin here.

The second time I came to learn pastry, I was still at home in Yangzhou City, and I went to the capital Chang'an after waking up.

But this time Chen Nian found his original tofu shop based on his past memories, and found that things here have changed. Although the streets are still the same streets, the houses on both sides are somewhat different.

Moreover, the shop where I originally sold tofu has now become an ordinary private house.

I came to Tianning Temple along the original road, and the monks here have also changed. I asked if there was indeed a Wensi monk here before, and the other party had passed away for hundreds of years.

So Chen Nian stayed here again for a vegetarian meal, the taste of the vegetarian meal remained the same, it was exactly the same as before, and Chen Nian found some sense of belonging.

After eating, Chen Nian took some silver and put it in the merit box before leaving.

After walking out of Tianning Temple, Chen Nian went to the theater where Little Peony was at the beginning. The theater here is still there, and operas are being sung inside. Chen Nian went in and ordered a pot of tea and some snacks and sat down. Come down and listen.

The actor above sang well, but not as good as Little Peony, but even so old, he couldn't stop clapping and applauding with the spectators below the stage, but he didn't throw copper coins and silver onto the stage like they did. Go up, because the silver that Chen Nian is carrying is still useful.

They cannot be rewarded.

Finally, at night, Chen Nian came to Ruyi Building. The owner’s surname is no longer Yang, but Fu. I heard from the waiter in the store that the owner of this store was named Yang many years ago, but later the owner of this store was named Yang. Something, and then it has been down here.

Although the location here is good, due to the special nature of the previous owner, no one took over until a young man surnamed Fu came here and took over the building decades later.

The name has not been changed, and it is still called Ruyilou, and then it has been working from generation to generation until now.

Chen Nian didn't ask the name of the boss surnamed Fu, he just ordered a piece of Wensi Tofu here, ordered two more dishes, ordered a small pot of wine, and made a seat by the window, watching Cruise below, while eating meals.

The food here tastes pretty good too, similar to the ones I ate at Ruyilou back then. I don't know if the old masters were hired back by the Fu family.

After eating, Chen Nian left the money and returned to Liu's house.

After returning, those people were rolling the dice to win money, drinking and eating some side dishes.

After seeing Chen Nian came back, he asked Chen Nian to come and play with him, but Chen Nian waved his hand and said that he didn't know how to do this, and then went back to the house.

If you just eat and drink, Chen Nian can accompany them to drink some, but Chen Nian is not very happy to play cards, although he can, but being willing to play is two different things.

Unless it's when the family sits together when they go back to their hometown during the Chinese New Year, Chen Nian may play mahjong and poker with them.

But let Chen Nian take more money out to play, it feels good to win Chen Nian, but it will feel distressed to lose Chen Nian.

After staying in Yangzhou for three days, Chen Nian went out with them again, bought some gadgets for Xiao Fugui that he couldn't see in the north, and brought gifts for Gao Genzhu and his sister-in-law.

On the last day, the silk and satin factory transferred all the goods they wanted and loaded them into the car. They only waited to leave after eating early the next morning.

Before they left, they cleaned the yard again. Although Mr. Liu's other relatives who are in charge of the business here also live in this yard, after all, they used their house, so it's not easy to leave a pile of mess for them to clean up. .

It has been more than March since we set off again, the grass is growing and the trees along the way are already green.

I took almost the same road back as when I came back, but the weather was obviously much better.

It's just that the goods were heavier when they went back, so the speed was a little slower. They stopped and stopped along the way. When they almost returned to Lingma County, it was already the middle of May.

Passing by the forest where I stayed at the beginning again, the trees were already covered with Sophora japonica.

So they stopped here early, and the accompanying men took off their shirts one by one, climbed up the tree, and shook off the pagoda tree flowers, while the people below were responsible for picking them up.

After they collected all the Sophora japonica, they sent them to Chen Nian. Chen Nian first cleaned the Sophora japonica, then poured the noodles into it and started to make Sophora japonica stir-fried.

When Chen Nian heard this term at first, he thought it was replacing the leeks in the fried buns with Sophora japonica, but after listening to Gao Genzhu, he realized that Sophora japonica was used instead of potatoes.

After it was ready, I tasted it in the old age and found that the fried buns made with Sophora japonica were softer and less dry than potatoes, but they tasted different.

If Chen Nian is a food blogger now, he will definitely find some poems about Sophora japonica and put them in the copy, and then when he introduces it, he will also talk about the fragrance of Sophora japonica.

But it's a pity that it's not old, and when it's eaten, it doesn't know what the taste of Sophora japonica is, because if you have to talk about the taste, it's most obvious when you wash it.

At that time, I could smell some scent of Sophora japonica, but I really couldn't smell it after the treatment.

Along the way, Chen Nian got along with everyone as if they were his own people, and they also fully recognized Chen Nian's cooking skills.

Because in addition to making noodles for them in different ways, Chen Nian also often cooks some stir-fried dishes that they have never eaten before.

Sometimes when passing by some places that produce fish or chicken, the old people will buy them and stew them in a pot, and put some cornmeal pancakes around them.

In the past, when they came back from the south with the caravan, basically everyone of them would turn darker and thinner a lot, but this time they were darker than black, but at first glance, except for black, everyone also got fatter .

So much so that Master Liu was startled when he saw them.

If it weren't for the accounts handed over by the big shopkeeper, which clearly stated their food and clothing expenses for this trip, and this account and the money they brought back at the end were all in line, Mr. Liu was really afraid that they would pull that cart The goods turned around and went to the capital to sell the goods, and then spent the rest of the money for a few months before returning.

"What's the matter with you? Why are you fatter than before?" Master Liu asked in surprise.

The big shopkeeper stroked his beard in embarrassment: "It's nothing, it's just that the old cooking is so delicious, we eat more every meal, doesn't this make us fat?"

Mr. Liu was a little dumbfounded: "It's the first time I've heard that someone running a business can become fat. You are considered unprecedented, and there will be no one in the future, but old-fashioned cooking is really so delicious?"

"Yeah, master, you don't know that old age, really, I don't think there is anything he can't make, and he changes patterns for us to eat along the way, basically there is no repetition, even if there is That's why we suddenly wanted to eat that day and asked him to make it.

The same thing tastes good when he makes it under his hands. "

The shopkeeper was talking endlessly.

"If it's according to what you say, I'm actually a little curious. It's a pity that Gen Zhu's side is easy to talk about, but there's nothing I can do if Chen Nian doesn't want to come here."

Mr. Liu is still looking forward to it, but he also feels that Chen Nian is a bit difficult to deal with.

Give money, people don't care, give it to women, I heard that Chen Nian still has a childhood sweetheart waiting for him in his hometown, give it to career, people think it's good to work in the noodle shop now, and don't want to do business with him, but give it to others He doesn't know what to give.

In the end, after thinking about it, I have to wait for a while, Chen Nian has been running for so many months, and it is time to rest when I go back.

As for Chen Nian, he went back home as soon as he came back, and he was not worried that Mr. Liu would not pay his wages, because there was no need for him to deduct this point from himself if he was a big family.

It was afternoon when Chen Nian came back, just as Xiao Fugui came back from school.

As soon as he entered, Xiao Fugui, who was bored alone in the yard playing with rocks, heard footsteps and immediately threw the rocks from his hands.

"Brother Chen Nian!"

Xiao Fugui was very happy. He didn't have Chen Nian to play with him these few months. He felt that those children were extremely boring, and Liu Song went to school in a private school. Learned a lot less than the other party.

He was always speechless when he was making comparisons, which made him a little depressed.

Chen Nian bent down and picked up Xiao Fugui, then carried Xiao Fugui into the yard: "Brother Genzhu, sister-in-law, I'm back."

"Come back! Just come back."

After seeing Chen Chen, the two immediately put down their work and greeted him.

"tanned."

"That's right, if you're outside in the wind and sun all day, wouldn't it be dark?" Chen Nian said with a smile.

Then the two took Chen Nian's luggage and put it inside the house. Chen Nian followed in and took out gifts for several people from the luggage.

Chen Nian bought a belt inlaid with jade for Gao Genzhu, a set of rouge and gouache for Zhang Chuanfang, and many toys for Xiao Fugui.

"You spend money indiscriminately. No matter how much money you have, you can't afford to spend like this. These things are not cheap, are they?"

"I can't bear to buy cheap and expensive things, and besides, I don't have that much money." Chen Nian replied with a smile.

Looking at this set of rouge and gouache, Zhang Chuanfang still liked it in his heart, but he was still complaining that he was so old and worked every day, how could he use the things these young girls used?
But Gao Genzhu said that his daughter-in-law is equally good-looking no matter how old she is. Such a show of affection caused Zhang Chuanfang to blush and beat her husband a few times.

After chatting, Xiao Fugui wanted to take Chen Nian to play with the newly bought toys, but Chen Nian refused, because since he came back, he still wanted to help Gao Genzhu and his wife with some work.

"No, you can rest. We have finished all these tasks. You have been running outside for so many months. Let's rest for a few days before we talk."

In the end, the couple did not let Chen Nian go to work.

"Little Fugui, during my absence, have you studied hard?"

"Yes, brother Chen Nian, I am serious about reading every day, and I have learned a lot of words, come here, I will write for you."

Speaking of Xiao Fugui, he pulled Chen Nian into the room and spread out the paper, and then started to write with a brush.

Life has returned to ordinary life again. You don’t have to think about rushing when you wake up every morning, and you can sleep in a warm bed. You don’t have to be exposed to the wind and sun, and suffer from the cold.

But this experience is also very precious to Chen Nian. He believes that this is what life should be like, to experience more things and enrich his own experience.

Even if you don’t talk about how you have improved yourself, but when you start bragging in the future, you can know what others say, and they have no way to understand what they say, and they can’t get in their mouths, so they can only listen quietly. Let me say something awesome.

That night, Master Liu sent the housekeeper to bring Chen Nian the wages for going out this time, and also invited Chen Nian to take Xiao Fugui to Liu's mansion to play with their young master when he was free.

Chen Nian naturally nodded in agreement.

After a period of time, Mr. Liu really started to ask Chen Nian to come over for dinner every now and then, and Chen Nian naturally saw the other party's intentions, and set up the stove to cook a few barbecues and meals for them. Master Liu was full of praise.

But when Mr. Liu proposed to invite Chen Nian to cook at their house, Chen Nian politely declined.

In this way, Chen Nian stayed here for more than two years, and went out to do business with Master Liu's caravan every year.

Moreover, aging in the Genzhu noodle restaurant has exhausted the pasta that Gao Genzhu will have.

On this day, Chen Nian suddenly received a reminder in his mind that he had completed his studies here, and he was about to return to the rehabilitation space in seven days to prepare for returning to reality.

(End of this chapter)