Villager of Daming

Chapter 234 Questions about the current affairs of the delicious dishes before the year (sixth update)
On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, the snow fluttered down.

The prices of various commodities in the market have risen again, and the buyers are cursing while paying.

The employees of various shops and trades will pay their wages to the shopkeeper today, and they will have a holiday after taking it.

My family is far away and I can't go back. After receiving the money, I stared at the snow outside in a daze, as if I didn't know where to go for a while.

In the library, the homesick students secretly wiped their tears. The students from rich families who lived in the nearby state capital had already gone home, and the rest were going to spend the New Year in Nanjing.

"Brother Sixi, did you cook the wrong dishes today?" At noon in the box restaurant, there were still people coming over for dinner, and there was still work to do all day.

If there is a job to look for tomorrow morning, then work for another morning and stay at home after noon.

"Tomorrow will not be open. On the last day of this year, I will make a good meal for everyone to make everyone happy." Zhu Sixi, the head chef here, responded with a smile.

The dishes given today are Mushu pork, fish-flavored shredded pork without chili, pot-packed pork, fried pork with bean curd sticks, and carp soup.

All three coins, not five coins, eat whatever you want.

"Is this a meal to return all the little money we made from us before?"

"Xiaqiu Village sells bento boxes to take care of us."

"Xiaqiu Village is benevolent and righteous."

"I heard from others that there are three memorial archways erected by the courts of Zhongzheng, Renyi, and Goodness at the head of Xiaqiu Village."

"And the Great Ming Pillar bestowed by the Holy Spirit!"

"The dried pickles sold in Jubiqi's store are cheaper than those made at home."

When the diners talked about Xiaqiu Village, they boasted in various ways, but none of them said anything bad.

After a long time of contact, they have already learned about the business in Xiaqiu Village.

Taking any one out is more profitable than selling boxed lunches, including the library. Rich students usually buy things in the library if they need things.

Going back during the Chinese New Year, I heard that many scholars bought several sets of hardcover books.

There are also beer, Jubiqi, vegetables, drunk crabs, broth sold to Fuhualou, oyster sauce, and cooking wine.

Only box lunches are three or five, and even vegetarian dishes are fried in oil.

"Sixi, will you still sell box lunches next year?" Some people are worried that if they want to rest, what will they eat?
"Sell, recruit workers next year, bring in apprentices, and then the apprentices will cook, and we will have other things."

Zhu Sixi told everyone that the village did arrange in this way, leading a group of apprentices and teaching them simple dishes.

After working for two years, you can become a teacher and open your own shop outside.They are not allowed to leave within two years, otherwise the training fee will be paid up.

Of course, I will not teach you how to make broth, cooking wine, or oyster sauce, nor will you teach sauces, stewed ingredients, or fried meat sauce for noodles.

Stretching noodle teaching, including how to make tent ash, open a shop outside, you can come to master to buy meat sauce.

"It's good to lead apprentices, teach apprentices more."

"Is my second child okay? I know the rules, just take care of the board and lodging."

"I have a nephew..."

Everyone began to talk about the apprenticeship at the Box Restaurant. According to the rules, no money was paid during the apprenticeship period. After finishing the studies, they would work for the master for free for two years.

This is a trade for a living, and it cannot be taught casually.

……

"It's time to eat, let's all come to cook." In the library, Wang Shu greeted the students.

The students who were homesick for a moment forgot about home and came to pick up their meals with their own trays.

The food here today is the same as that of Box Restaurant. Other students who made reservations in advance also came here. If you don’t come, you can’t come. If you don’t come, you won’t come.
So far, no student has been blocked. The key is that the food in Xiaqiu Village is delicious.

"There is a lot of meat today, and there are two dishes I haven't seen before."

"Tomorrow thirty, can they still give us food?"

"It should be given. Where shall we buy food for the Chinese New Year? The Fuhua Building is open, so there is no money."

"Firecrackers are set off in the imperial city on New Year's Eve, and we can see the fireworks."

"What if you don't pass the exam after the Chinese New Year? Just go home like this?"

"Hey! I don't have the face to go back, do I stay in the library all the time? I guess they will find a reason to persuade us to go out!"

As soon as the topic changed, everyone felt that the food was not delicious, and they were full of worries.

……

Outside the Donghua Gate, in the tent area of ​​Xiaqiu Village, Prince Zhu Biao and King Qin Zhu Xi had left. It was approaching New Year's Eve, and there were a lot of things to do in their residence.

The villagers relaxed and no longer needed to cooperate with Hanhan's acting.

"Hanhan drinks rice wine?" The village head brought over a jar of rice wine.

"Drink!" Zhu Wentian took it, opened the mud seal, poured it into a wine warming container to heat, this was bought, and it was more than ten years old.

The children are in charge of grilling skewers. Pregnant women and those who are too old or too young have finished their meals and went into the tents to warm up.

On one side of the tent, the cloth was unrolled and rolled up, and a wooden shelf was placed, with glass on it, which looked much brighter.

"Scholars, who do you think will pass the exam next year?" the head of the village took a mutton skewer.

"No one. Those admitted this year made His Majesty very uncomfortable. When he asked about current affairs next year, His Majesty was angry. From now on, His Majesty will no longer want them."

Zhu Wentian told about the historical situation, and now he feels that Zhu Yuanzhang is even more angry because he is compared with others.

The children in Xiaqiu Village are doing well, but they are not in a hurry to take the imperial examination. Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao are waiting.

Chief: "..."

"Since that's the case, why do we care about them? If they don't pass the exam, His Majesty said they won't be admitted. They can't live forever, can they?"

"We don't care about the others, 260 people, we use it, put it in the department store, and the bridge and road from Xiaqiu Village to Nanjing.

We have made more money, so we can ask them to learn from craftsmen and start from the basics.Isn't that what the children in our village are like!
Over the next year I taught them the Law of the Ming Dynasty, and I haven't done it well yet, but... I can guess some. "

Zhu Wentian had already arranged the way for those students, work should not be wasted, learn while doing, and increase knowledge.

"Okay! So good! What's the current affairs policy?" The village chief approved Hanhan's arrangement, and then asked about the term.

"Ask, what is the choice between the few people in Peking and the cold winter?"

"Of course it has to be managed well, and it must be developed. It is against Beiyuan, which is right next to the canal and can enter the sea. If it goes further north, it will be loess and grassland, which is not suitable for normal farming life.

Don't be afraid of cold, cold can burn coal, coal... Hanhan!Is there coal there?It is really impossible to transport coal from Henan, because there is the Yellow River.

When it is not freezing, it is taken from the Yellow River to the canal and sent to the local area for burning.There are many medicinal materials locally, but not in the south.

In winter, isn't this still transporting ice!As long as there is a basis for survival and the circulation of goods, everything else is easy to handle. "

The head of the village answered this question, and Peiping could not give up, but should strengthen it in turn.

"Your Majesty would love to hear it that way. He thinks you can be admitted, but those students can't, they won't."

Zhu Wentian affirmed it, knowing this is enough, and then consider the writing format.

"Why is this so difficult? It's clearly a simple matter right in front of me, and I don't need to think about it at all, because I usually..."

The chief paused as he spoke, and turned his head to look around. Everyone in Xiaqiu Village looked at him like that, including the kid who grilled skewers.

"Ah~!" He sighed, "So that's how it is! No wonder it's easy for the children of the family to take the imperial examination for those who were high officials before."

　Without today, brothers and sisters who have monthly tickets and recommended tickets vote, the farmer bows!Thanks!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)