I seek longevity in Datang

Chapter 16 Willow Dark Flower Bright Another Village

"Brother." Fang Shu cupped her hands in salute.

"It's you little brother, do you want to buy prey?"

"Exactly, what's your surname, eldest brother?"

"Miangui, my surname is Li."

Li is the surname of the country, and there are so many people with the surname Li.Fang Shu pointed to the wild roe deer on the ground.

"Brother Li, I want this roe deer, but I can't divide it. How can I buy it?"

The big man stared straight for a long time, scratched his neck, and said:
"I don't know."

Hey, this silly.

Fang Shu asked again, "Where does eldest brother live?"

"My family lives in Li Xiangcun."

"Where is Li Xiangcun?"

"Out of town, go west for about ten miles."

"How about this, Brother Li. You weigh and settle the bill first, and I'll pay. Or leave it with you, and I'll pick it up after shopping?"

"Okay, okay." The big man replied repeatedly, smiling so hard that he couldn't see his teeth.

Weighed and settled accounts, paid the full amount, and gave the big man four taels and another 110 Wen.

Fang Shu turned around and went to the wine shop, and bought ten catties of old wine.I bought five catties of brown sugar at the grocery store.I bought two catties of tea cakes at a tea shop, but I don't know if they are good or bad, but the price is not low.I went to the rice shop and bought twenty catties of fine wheat flour.

Tea is packaged with wine.The dough is wrapped with sugar.Put it in the pannier. 37 catties (approximately 60 catties in modern times), the ancient unit of measurement is "half catty eight taels".Fang Shu hehehe, covering her mouth and laughing.

Returning to the market, I saw that the big man still had more than half of his prey left.Fang Shu was a little anxious, so she wanted to help sell it, what else could she do.

He poured the supplies he had just bought into the big man's basket, and put three rabbits, three pheasants, and five quails into the back basket. He asked for the selling price, and said that I would sell the goods for you, so he carried them and left.

I still want to grab the wool of shopkeeper Li.

When I arrived at Jishitang, the shopkeeper Li was not polite and sold directly.

"Uncle Li, my elder brother has too many prey to sell for a while, so I'm here to ask you for help again."

"Little friend, little friend, besides buying a few, what else can I do for you?"

"I have a prescription for eating food. Do you know any restaurant shopkeepers you know? I am a prey and I sell prescriptions for eating food at the same time.

In this town, I trust you the most, the old man will not bully me, so please.Brother, hunting is not easy, the weather is getting warmer, and prey is not easy to store. "

Shopkeeper Li's old eyes lit up, and he hurriedly ordered the staff to invite Fumanlou Qian's shopkeeper to come and talk.

Not long after, a chubby middle-aged man arrived at Jishitang. Shopkeeper Li took Fang Shu out of the door. After exchanging greetings, he pointed at Fang Shu and got to the point.

"This is a young friend of mine. His eldest brother is good at hunting. Does Brother Qian accept wild game? My little friend has some recipes for cooking ingredients. Do you want it or not?"

Shopkeeper Qian flipped through the prey, nodded and asked:
"What else is there besides these?"

"There are also wild sheep and roe deer, and a small wild boar, weighing about 100 catties."

"What recipe does my little friend know?"

Fang Shu thought about it, that would be too much. The diet of the Tang Dynasty did not evolve to stir-fried vegetables. She ate sheep but not cattle. Eat with a knife.Either grilled or steamed.

This area of ​​Xi'an is full of pasta, cakes (dumplings are also cakes), wonton siu mai, noodles and so on.There are not many types of vegetables, such as celery, okra, womb (cabbage) and so on.

After thinking about it for a long time, he said:
"Braised, sweet and sour, and spicy are suitable for almost all meats, and salted lamb, spicy rabbit head, large plate chicken, chicken stewed with mushrooms, ginseng chicken soup, and quail can also be stewed.

The steamed mutton can be dipped with chives, chili sauce, or barbecue.

Fish can also be steamed, boiled, braised, sweet and sour or made into pickled fish.

There are also other vegetables, tofu and other recipes.

If you want to say that the whole set of prescriptions will not be sold to Wan Jin, this is the foundation for my family to live and work.

Shopkeeper Qian's recipe for home-cooked food is still fine. "

Shopkeeper Li hurriedly stated that he bought Fang Shu's medicinal recipes, how much they cost, and how effective they were.

Shopkeeper Li hurriedly bought all the prey in the basket, and asked Fang Shu to clean up the kitchen. Fang Shu agreed, and then ordered to clean up, dice the rabbit, blanch the pheasant with green onion, ginger and old wine, and cook the chicken breast and chicken legs. Clean and prepare ginseng for use.

So he took the money shopkeeper and went to the big man with a beard to buy prey.The big man bared his teeth happily, and followed Fang Shu to Jishitang with the roe deer, wine, sugar and tea, etc., waiting.

Fang Shu went to the back kitchen, and sure enough, the cook cleaned up very well.

First of all, I made spicy rabbit diced, adjusted the taste, and stewed.

I also made quail stewed ginseng whiskers in the same way as ginseng chicken soup.Wild ginseng has a great medicinal effect, and Fang Shu determined the dosage after consulting with shopkeeper Li in detail.

The pheasant was overcooked.Use diced chili, minced garlic, coriander (chopped coriander), soy sauce, mature vinegar, and sesame oil to make the sauce, shred the chicken, taste the saltiness, add a little sugar to enhance the freshness, mix well, and sprinkle with sesame seeds.Squeeze the peppercorns for oil, remove the peppercorns, and pour in the hot oil to make it fragrant.

He asked the cook to watch the pot.The diced rabbit should be harvested before it comes out of the pot.How long does it take for the quail soup to come out of the pot? It needs to be simmered on low heat, and how to skim off the fat.

He also made it clear to shopkeeper Li that he could enjoy delicious food with shopkeeper Qian, and there are important things to do today, so we can talk about Fang Zi another day.

He left with the big man with Qiuxu.

After leaving the town and walking for more than a mile, there is a fork in the road. To the north is Qujiangchi Town, to the south is Wujiapo, and Dahan's house should be slightly north to the west.At the intersection, the big man automatically stopped, looked at Fang Shu, and didn't speak.

Hey, what a fool.Fang Shu didn't make a sound, and the man blushed with anxiety.Fang Shu stopped teasing him.

"Brother Li, can you see if this works? I'll follow you to your house. You clean up the wild roe deer for me. I don't want the water and skin. I just want meat and bones, okay?"

"Little brother, this leather is valuable. It can be sold and made into boots."

"Oh? Well then, I want the leather. Big brother, can you cook the leather? If you don't deal with it, I still can't get it."

"I will."

The roe deer is more than 37 catties, and the things Fang Shu bought are also 37 catties (I won’t tell you that I did it on purpose).

The big man is 1.9 meters tall, with long hands and long legs, and he walks with two baskets in his stride. This is also a practiced man.

Fang Shu trotted away. Fortunately, she had practiced before, otherwise she would really not be able to catch up.

Just like this, he still dislikes Fang Shu for being slow, and insists on letting Fang Shu sit in the basket and drag her away.

All right, my sister hasn't practiced qinggong yet, so I can't outrun you.Fang Shu really wanted to experience it in a basket.

Empty one basket, and the other plus the miscellaneous things bought by the big man, it weighs more than a hundred catties, which is quite balanced.

Fang Shu was sitting in the basket, flickering up and down, the big man hooked the basket with his hand on the shoulder pole, swaying back and forth not too much.

Along the way, Shu Fang asked, and the big man answered, how many people are there in the family, who is the village head, who is the patriarch, and who is the head of the village?Ask clearly and answer clearly.

There is also a widowed mother and brothers in the big man's family.His father is also a hunter and is gone. His brother is a scholar and he is only 13 years old.

The village head is the patriarch of another family in the village, surnamed Zhou.The head of the village is their patriarch surnamed Li.There are other miscellaneous surnames in the village, but not many.

Fang Shu asked, is there anyone with the surname Fang?
There really are!Not bad!
Shilidi entered the village in less than an hour, Fang Shu praised, strong man, convinced!

Fang Shu told the big man that if anyone asked who she was, he would reply that it was Brother Fang.The big man complied.

After a while, he entered Li's house, and the big man who entered the courtyard shouted:
"Mom, I'm back. There are guests."

"Who is it?" A neatly dressed middle-aged woman came out of the house, saw Fang Shu crawling out of the basket in a daze, and said:
"Cheng'er is reckless again."

He quickly gave Fang Shu a hand.

Fang Shu bowed her hands and greeted the aunt.

The big man asked Fang Shu to sit at the square table in the yard, and after a while, he took the things he bought and went into the house to deliver the goods to his wife.

After a while, the two mothers came out together, and the woman thanked Fang Shu:
"My son is stupid and not good at words. Thank you brother for your help. My son's prey was sold for more money, and there was nothing left. I even set up a restaurant. It is all thanks to you, brother, but how can I thank you? "

"I came to my aunt's house, one is to ask Brother Li to take care of the roe deer, and the other is to ask for something."

As he spoke, he took out dough and sugar and handed them to the woman.

"I don't know what my aunt's family lacks, so I bought fine noodles and brown sugar, which is not a respect."

The woman is at a loss:

"I should be the one to thank the little brother. Cheng'er, let's see what kind of leather the little brother Fang likes later, and get him a few."

Fang Shu even said:

"No, no. Auntie, Brother Li, I do have something to ask.

My name is Fang Shu. I am an orphan. I don't know who my parents are or how old I am.It was my grandfather who raised me, not my own grandfather, but I took my grandfather's surname.

My grandfather and I lived in no fixed place, and lived in ruined temples and caves.Grandpa passed away the year before last, and I was the only one left.

He has never registered a household registration and has become a refugee.I want to go to Chang'an City, but I can't get in, I'm afraid I will be caught as a soldier, and my small body can't bear it.

Hearing that the head of the Li family is the head of the village, I want my aunt and brother Li to find a way to see if they can register.There is also a decent household registration.With a guide, it is convenient to go anywhere. "

Watching the mother and son look at each other, it was difficult.

Or say that this matter is difficult to handle, the ancients practiced the continuous sitting system.If one person commits a crime, the whole family or the whole village will be implicated, or their home will be confiscated and exiled, and they will be demoted to common people.Or go to jail or even be beheaded.

To re-enter the household registration, at least five respected clan elders are required to be guarantors.The problem is that if you don't know Fang Shu well, who would dare to be a guarantor easily.

Fang Shu took out "Herborist" from her bosom again, and said:
"Grandpa taught me to read and write, and I knew how to pick herbs, and because of this, I got to know the shopkeeper Li of Jishitang, and the shopkeeper Li Fumanlou Qian who was introduced by shopkeeper Li.

Although I don't read much, I understand etiquette, righteousness, honesty and shame, and my grandfather also told me to be a good person, and never commit crimes and implicate others.I can swear on it. "

The ancients believed in reincarnation of cause and effect, and they dared not make oaths lightly. The oaths made must be fulfilled, otherwise they are afraid of retribution.

The ancients had a lot of faith, and Fang Shu and the Li family were kind enough to help the Li family clear the prey that had been stored in the ice room for almost a winter (most mountainous areas lack water, and the villagers store ice in the cellar in winter).

The Li family has three children. The elder Li Cheng is 21 years old and unmarried, the younger sister Li Yan is married at 17 years old, and the youngest son Li Xin is 13 years old because he is a gold-eating beast because of his studies and can spend money.Aunt Li is only 37 years old. The ancients are really old, and their life span is short.

So Fang Shu's help was on the point. Li Cheng was dull, and the prey couldn't be sold out eight out of ten times.The ones that can't be sold out are usually big game (hence the furs at home).Due to limited cooking skills, wild game is not very popular in restaurants.

Small prey can only be sold for one or two hundred cash each at most, which is not enough to save much money.Today's income is unprecedented, and the mother and son of the Li family are in a dilemma.

Aunt Li pondered for a long time before she made up her mind and said:

"I'll take you to the patriarch's house, my family can be your guarantor, brother Fang, no more."

Fang Shu felt relieved, it would be nice if there was a chance.

(End of this chapter)