Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 904 Extra Story (1) Chang'an Tour

Great Xia Dynasty.

Chang'an, Wannian County.

Chen Nian woke up in a somewhat dilapidated house.

"here it is……"

"Dream space? That's not right, I haven't finished my last mission yet, how could I enter the dream space?" Chen Nian thought to himself.

Just after getting married, Chen Da fell asleep after experiencing the wedding night in the bridal chamber.

But this time without any warning or any advance explanation, the recipe pulled itself in.

Familiar room, familiar bed, familiar quilt.

There are also the familiar red beans.

"?"

"red beans?"

"How did the red bean appear here?"

The people around him were lying alive, Chen Nian couldn't be mistaken.

For a moment, he was a little confused about the situation.

Logically speaking, red beans should not appear here. In the past dream space, the only time the shadow of red beans appeared was when I was making scallion noodles, but at that time, red beans were still called An Linglong.

"Recipe, what's going on here?"

"It's just a small betrothal gift." Recipe replied.

"bride price?"

After thinking about it for a while, Chen Nian thought that it would be normal for the recipe to let Hongdou experience the dream space with himself as a dowry gift.

"Thank you."

After Chen Nian understood the situation, he didn't ask about the recipe again.

Hongdou was sleeping at first, but after sitting up feeling Chen Nian beside her, she opened her eyes dimly.

"Chen Nian... what time is it?"

Looking at his lovely wife, Chen Nian leaned down and kissed her on the cheek: "What time is it? It should be Mao time now."

"What time is that?"

“6:00~8:00，不过看外面的天色应该是6点多。”

An Hongdou hummed lightly, then rubbed her eyes.

But the next moment she realized something was wrong.

He suddenly sat up and looked around quickly: "Where is this? Aren't we at home? Why does this place look so old?"

An Hongdou said in surprise for a while.

Then he suddenly thought of something bad: "We were kidnapped, right? Where are we?"

Seeing Hongdou's panicked look, Chen Nian smiled: "Do you still remember that I said I would take you to see all the scenery you haven't seen before?"

"Actually, this place can be considered a dream. Most of the dishes I know were learned in my dreams."

"In a dream?"

And Hong Dou was thinking, reaching out and pinching Chen Nian's waist.

"Ouch, what are you doing?"

Chen Nian screamed in pain.

An Hongdou shook his head: "No, this is not a dream. There is no pain in dreams."

Chen Nian knew that it was difficult for him to explain clearly now, so he urged Hongdu to get dressed, and he also got dressed.

"Is this my clothes? Why does it look so earthy?"

"Of course, in ancient times, people were particular about what they wore and couldn't dress randomly. Now we are ordinary people, so we can only wear what ordinary people should wear."

Seeing Chen Nian's composure, An Hongdou felt relieved, no matter what, at least he wasn't kidnapped.

Moreover, although the surrounding furnishings are a bit dilapidated, everything is neat and tidy, and it doesn't look like it looks like in any ravine.

After putting it on, I still had Hongdou. I wanted to look for a mirror to take a look, but I looked around and found that there was no mirror at all.

"Does it look good?"

"My wife looks good in anything she wears." Chen Nian said with a smile, and then took An Hongdou's hand, "I'll take you out to have a look."

An Hongdou was shocked as soon as he walked out of the courtyard gate!
"My God, what is this place? Which film and television city is it? Why are there ancient buildings around, and everyone is wearing ancient costumes?"

"How can this be a film and television city? I've already said it's a dream. You'll know it all later."

"Morning shopkeeper Chen."

"Good morning, Xiaonian."

"Morning, Master Chen."

"Shopkeeper Chen, are you going to buy vegetables again?"

"Not Uncle Wang, my daughter-in-law is here, and the door will be closed for a few days."

Seeing Chen Nian and the people passing by warmly greet An Hongdou, I feel a little dumbfounded.

But Chen Nian didn't panic at all, because he now had new memories in his brain.

Unlike before in the Great Xia Dynasty, Chen Nian came in this time although he was still very young, but now he is the owner of a small restaurant in Chang'an, and his business is good.

He also worked as an imperial cook in the palace before, and he was deeply loved by the emperor. Later, Chen Nian still wanted to stay outside the palace, so he applied to the emperor and left the palace again.

"The process has changed slightly, but it doesn't matter."

Now Chen Nian has accepted his identity very quickly. The people he greeted just now are the neighbors around him. In fact, Chen Nian knew these neighbors before because they lived near his restaurant and his sister's snack shop.

Strolling on the roads of Chang'an City, Chen Nian introduced every shop and every acquaintance here to Hongdou.

"So you used to be an imperial chef and learned to cook in the palace?"

"Yes."

"Then why didn't you say that before?"

"I couldn't say it before, and no one would believe it if I said it."

Chen Nian explained to Hongdou.

After talking, they came to the door of the service station.

"Master Chen? Come back today to see how many old masters?"

All the handymen at the gate of the Tan Mansion knew Chen Nian, and now Chen Nian's status in the Tan Mansion was quite high, after all, he was the grandson of those old masters.

"Yes, I will bring my wife here to meet some masters."

"Come on, come on, my sister-in-law is so beautiful, she looks like a person walking out of a painting." The handyman was also very happy to see Chen Nian coming back, so he was going to take Chen Nian inside, praising the red beans as he walked , Hongdou blushed slightly when she heard it.

"Thank you."

"No thanks, sister-in-law, let me tell you, Master Chen's cooking skills are very good, not only Mr. Tan likes it, but also the master chefs in the house like him, even we like him very much.

On weekdays, Master Tan and the old masters often wanted to introduce girls to Master Chen, but Master Chen didn't agree to any of them. At that time, he said that he had a fiancée in his hometown, and today he finally met her. "

While talking, he brought Chen Nian to the back kitchen of the Tan Mansion.

"Several masters! Master Chen is back! He brought his wife with him!"

He yelled into it.

Not long after, I heard a tinkling sound coming from inside: "What? Xiaonian is back? And his wife?"

All of a sudden, several senior chefs aged between 70 and [-] years old ran out wearing aprons and holding rice spoons and spatulas.

"Oh, this girl is so handsome."

"What is your name?"

An Hongdou opened her mouth and didn't know how to address the other party for a while, but looked at the beard and wrinkles on the other party's face: "Grandpa, my name is An Hongdou and I am Chen Nian's wife."

"Okay, okay, that's a good name, come in and sit down... No, there's a lot of oily smoke inside, let's stay in the yard."

As he spoke, he asked the apprentices and grandchildren inside to move the stools.

"Xiao Nian, I didn't even look at any of the girls we told you about before. At that time, I thought you were lying to us. But now I see that your wife is so handsome and she is a perfect match for you. You two are a golden boy together. Jade girl!"

Chen Nian is their favorite junior, they completely regard Chen Nian as their own grandson.

"Grandpa, did you learn cooking from you before old age?"

"No, I wanted him to be my apprentice. In fact, my incompetent apprentice is still working as a chef in the palace. He is my apprentice's apprentice, but he is much better than my apprentice."

An Hongdou looked at Chen Nian in surprise: "Are you so good?"

Chen Nian smiled embarrassedly: "That's not true, in fact, my master is also very powerful."

The arrival of An Hongdou made several chefs very happy. After chatting in the kitchen for a while, Chen Nian took Hongdou to meet the master and his wife.

The master is on vacation today and does not need to be on duty, so he rests at home.

After Mrs. Tan saw Hongdou, she also fell in love with this exquisite female doll. After chatting for a few words, she felt that they were in love with her. She asked someone to bring some of his jewelry to the two of them on the spot.

"I really like this style. A pair of jade bracelets. They are very comfortable to wear. Come here and I will put them on for you."

"Thank you..." Then Hongdou was about to say auntie, but suddenly realized that it seems unpopular to say this here, so she quickly changed her words, "Thank you, madam."

"You're welcome, you're welcome." Mrs. Tan waved her hand, "You also have this pair of earrings, and this hairpin is given to you. You two must live a good life in the future, do you understand?"

"Thank you madam, we will live a good life in the future."

"That's good, that's good. Let's stay and have a meal together at noon. I just hit it off with Hongdou. I still have a lot to say to her."

"Thank you, madam. Then we will stop disturbing you today."

But since Chen Nian came back, he couldn't sit here like a guest, so Mrs. Tan sent Chen Nian to work in the kitchen, leaving Hong Dou here to chat with her.

Hongdou has always been in a daze, but the aunt in front of her is really easy to talk to and kind to people. When meeting for the first time, she took out so many jewelry without saying a word.

In addition, Chen Nian ran to the kitchen, so he could only drink and chat with Mrs. Tan here.

Fortunately, Hongdou has a very sweet mouth and knows a lot about skin care. During the chat, she even held hands with Mrs. Tan and talked about how to take care of her skin.

"Ma'am, if I have a chance to go back to my hometown in the future, I will bring you some skin care products from my place. You often use it to make you look 10 years younger."

"Okay, Hongdou, you have a heart."

Chen Nian had a sumptuous lunch with those masters in the kitchen.

But after the meal, the masters said nothing to let Chen Nian go to the kitchen to do the finishing work.

Just let the juniors do these things, completely forgetting that Chen Nian is also of the same generation as those apprentices.

So Chen Nian took Hong Dou to go shopping again. Chang'an was very big, so Chen Nian was familiar with the way and took Hong Dou to eat all kinds of snacks.

As a result, while eating, he met another acquaintance.

"Chen Nian, why are you here?"

"Prince Jing? I'll take my wife out to have some snacks and go shopping."

"Hahaha, I just said why you didn't open a store today. I was thinking of going to your place to eat at noon."

After chatting for a few words, Chen Nian introduced the other party's identity to Hong Dou: "This is His Majesty Prince Jing's younger brother."

"Prince Jing."

Then Hong Dou hurriedly greeted him again, thinking how Chen Nian knew everyone, even someone like Prince Jing could greet him so freely?

"At this time, my wife An Hongdou, An Ran's An, Hongdou gave birth to the red beans of the South."

"Hongdou, you don't need to be too polite. It's not bad. Seeing that you are finally married, I'm also very happy!" Prince Jing also said with a smile.

"Thank you for your compliment, Your Highness."

But Li Zhao thought for a while: "Does Your Majesty know?"

"what do you know?"

"Of course it's about you getting a wife."

"I don't know."

"Then let's go. I'll take you into the palace. Sister Huanghuang will be very pleased if she finds out about this."

In this way, An Hongdou followed the old age again, and entered the palace in a daze.

With Prince Jing leading them, they were not even searched.

Looking at the heavily guarded palace, An Hongdou suddenly felt a little flustered. Although she had been to the Forbidden City before, it was completely different from the fact that it was full of tourists and that it was full of guards, maids and eunuchs.

"Hongdou, you will kneel when you see His Majesty later. As for what she asks you later, just say what you say."

"it is good."

"But is His Majesty the Emperor a daughter? Just now I heard the prince say sister Huang."

"Yes, this is the empress of the Great Xia Dynasty."

But Hongdou thought for a while after finishing speaking: "Then if I say something wrong later, the emperor won't chop off my head?"

"That's not the case, His Majesty is not that kind of person."

When they arrived at the door of the royal study, Li Zhao went in to say hello, while Chen Nian continued to introduce eunuch Wang Jin to Hongdou outside.

"Hello, my lord."

"Hey, girl, you are Mrs. Chen's wife. No wonder Mrs. Chen looked down on any of the maids when he was in the palace. His feelings are because he still has such a fairy girl in his heart."

Wang Jin's speaking art is obviously higher than others.

It's just that the tone is a little sharp.

"Eunuch, you are too polite, thank you, Eunuch."

"No thanks, no thanks, let Lord Chen take you around Chang'an City later, if you need anything, you can tell our family, our family also knows some people outside the palace."

"Thank you, father-in-law."

At this moment, Li Zhao came out from inside: "Come in."

An Hongdou only felt that his experience today was really amazing, and he became addicted to it like an ancient person.

"Maybe in my old dreams, he had the final say. If I were really an ordinary ancient woman, how could I have the chance to follow the prince into the palace with such arrogance?"

Sure enough, Li Xu had a rare smile on his face after seeing Hongdou.

At the same time, An Hongdou also took a few cautious glances at Li Xu.

"This empress is really beautiful."

After asking some questions with Hongdou, Li Xu couldn't help but feel delighted to see that Hongdou speaks well and has a good personality.

Immediately rewarded An Hongdou with many treasures.

"Developed, developed!"

After coming out of the palace with these things, An Hongdou couldn't restrain the joy on his face.

After meeting Li Xu just now, they went to the imperial dining room to see the master and chatted for a long time before coming out.

"So many jewels!"

"Look at these bracelets, look at these necklaces and hairpins, hairpins!"

"Look at this jade, it must be glass!"

"This gold looks so delicate!"

Hongdou looked dazzled.

“When I go to the outlets, I can’t even buy so much clothes!”

"The emperor is really rich, just like the show on TV, these things are rewarded as they say."

Chen Nian looked at his wife who was grinning from ear to ear and couldn't help but smile and said: "There are a lot of these things in His Majesty's warehouse. It would scare you to death if you move them all out. But since she gave them to you, just keep them. If you don't, it will be a big mistake." resisted."

"Yeah, so I'm accepting it. Of course, it would be great if I could take these things home. Even if I don't take them with me, it's still a souvenir at home."

"That's not sure."

"You mean you can take all of these back?"

"Not necessarily, anyway, there are some things I can take back."

"No, didn't you say that this was your dream before? How could you bring back the things in your dream?" An Hongdou questioned, "Wait, do you have cheats like the protagonists in novels? Otherwise, how can people bring things from dreams to reality? And they can keep entering dreams to learn how to cook?”

"It seems that you have accepted this setting. In fact, this matter is a long story."

Along the way, Chen Nian was telling An Hongdou about his experience of learning to cook in a dream, and while talking about it, they also arrived at the night market in Chang'an.

"Come on, I'll take you to the Chang'an Night Market again."

At this moment, An Hongdou has changed from the golden flower in the morning to excitement.

"Unexpectedly, I actually found a husband with a cheat hehe!"

"Hahaha, this candied haws on a stick is delicious. I think it's even more delicious than the candied haws on a stick we had at that time."

"The mutton in this water basin is too big, but the meat on it is a bit less, which is a bit similar to ours."

"This pancake is just baked, it's hot, it smells so good."

"Chen Nian, are we going home at night? Can't we take a stroll outside?"

"Of course not. There is a curfew here. If you run around outside at night, it is a night crime and you will be arrested and beaten."

An Hongdou shrank her head when she heard this.

"Then we'd better go home."

"But we don't go back to our homes at night."

“If we don’t go back to our own home, then where will we go?”

"Wait a minute and you'll find out."

After eating at the night market and shopping, Chen Nian bought a lot of snacks.

All the way to the couple's door.

"Here is you again, which friend looks so high-end!"

Chen Nian didn't answer, but stepped forward and knocked on the door.

Not long after, a man opened the door and looked out: "Master Chen, you are here, please come inside, I will notify the master right away."

"master?"

"A high-ranking official again? Aren't you a chef, Chen Nian? How did you know so many people?"

"Although I am a chef, the owner here is my good brother. Let alone staying at his house for one night, it's fine for us to live here every day."

Not long after, Fu Xin trotted out, seeing the same surprise on Chen Hou's face.

Then he came close to Chen Nian: "Brother Chen, what's going on?? Aren't I sleeping in the dormitory?? Why are you back again?"

"You were also brought in by me? I thought..."

"Why? Think I'm still the one who doesn't know anything?"

"Yes."

"Okay, stop talking, come in first, thanks to you, I saw my wife again."

Sure enough, Hongdou also asked doubtfully after seeing Fu Xin: "Isn't this Xiao Fu?"

"Yeah, in fact, he was originally from this world, and then he ran into our real world somehow, and he is different from other people, he passed with memories."

"No wonder I haven't heard from you before, he turned out to be here where you met."

"Yeah, sister-in-law, we met again. Brother Chen stayed at his house in Yangzhou. She sold tofu for me to study. That's why I was admitted as the number one scholar."

"No. [-] scholar!" An Hongdou was startled, "I said how you study so well, so you are the No. [-] scholar at this time!"

"Ninety percent of the credit for being the No. [-] scholar of mine is due to Brother Chen."

As he said, Fu Xin brought the two into the house, and introduced his wife and Xiaolu to Hongdou.

However, when Xiaolu saw such a beautiful girl beside Chen Nian, her eyes were full of melancholy and sadness.

"It turns out that his wife is so beautiful and looks so virtuous..."

Although they had already eaten, Fu Xin still got some wine and side dishes here and chatted with Chen Nian while drinking, and An Hongdou also chatted with Yan Qiu from time to time.

But women and women can talk to each other, and one of them is an opera singer and the other is a singer, so there are many common topics.

"You two go to sleep tonight, I'm going to live with Sister Hongdou."

"Ah?" Chen Nian was dumbfounded.

"Isn't it?" Fu Xin was also stupid. He finally came back and couldn't stay with his wife at night?

But he couldn't say it.

Because the memory of his wife has always been with him.

"That's right, you two go to bed and don't worry about us. We have a lot to talk about tonight."

Hongdou also fully brought into this role.

Although her way of speaking is still modern, but here, no matter whether it is Fu Xin, Yan Qiu, or Xiaolu, they are already used to the old way of speaking.

So they stayed here for another night.

After eating in the morning, Chen Nian took the red beans and left.

"Chen Nian, I think it's really nice here, can I come here often in the future?"

"It should be possible, I don't know about that either."

"Well, I still want to bring some gifts to your masters when I come back next time, as well as some cosmetics for the emperor and sister Yan Qiu."

"You adapt quickly. You don't know that every time I come here, I will be miserable. Either I can't eat, or I almost freeze to death."

"Hahaha, this is called the predecessors planting trees and the descendants enjoying the shade. You have established a good relationship, and I will come and enjoy the blessing with you."

"That's right, it was really hard at the beginning, but it got better later on."

"I'll take you to other places again. I don't know how long we can stay here this time. No matter how hard it is, we have to eat and see it all. By the way, I will take you to see it again. Meet my other friends here."

In this way, Chen Nian and Hong Dou stayed in Chang'an for three days, went to all the places they could go, and met all the people they needed to meet.

Just after the night of the third day, after they had gone to sleep.

When I opened my eyes on the second day, the scene changed again.

(End of this chapter)