The mysterious bird of destiny, the beginning of China

Chapter 343 Extra Five: Sophora Flower Cake

"So, a stone tablet can be engraved with at least tens of thousands of words..."

"This is inheritance!"

Gong Yue's face was full of emotion and admiration, and she said: "Li Qingzhao during the Song Dynasty valued the inheritance of Chinese civilization, so he did this to inherit Chinese civilization and prevent accidents. The Tianji Pavilion on the ground was burned down, and the ancient books in it were lost. Therefore, the lower three floors of the Tianji Pavilion were built and filled with stone tablets!"

Listening to Gong Yue's introduction, Li Qingzhao looked at the magnificent building in front of him and the people walking around him. They looked at the books in their hands, like fish in the desert soaring in the ocean of knowledge.

Can't bear to give up a minute or a second of time.

Suddenly, Li Qingzhao seemed to have returned to the past, to the time of the Song Dynasty, when he had just completed the compilation of "Yi'an Dadian".

At that time, Tianji Pavilion was open for a while, and there were so many people, their eyes full of desire.

At this moment, Li Qingzhao suddenly saw a strange person in Tianji Pavilion.

In the spacious and bright Tianji Pavilion, many blond and blue-eyed people suddenly appeared. They were also studying in this Tianji Pavilion and browsing the books here at will.

Gong Yue on the side did not notice Li Qingzhao's gaze and continued to introduce, "After the Song Dynasty, Tianji Pavilion was expanded several times and continuously enriched. Therefore, today's Tianji Pavilion is no longer just a collection of "Yi'an Dadian". Instead of a building, it has become a library, with no less than one hundred thousand books in it..."

Gong Yue turned her head and saw Li Qingzhao looking at the blond man not far away.

She paused and introduced:

"Those are Westerners. After all, China now has a vast territory and advanced technology. Westerners have been backward for hundreds of years, so they have been sending people to learn our Chinese culture!"

"Well, it's more about technology knowledge!"

Hearing Gong Yue's answer, Li Qingzhao had doubts in his heart, and then asked: "What dynasty came after the Song Dynasty?"

As for the reasons for the demise of the Song Dynasty, Li Qingzhao didn't care. After all, she knew from the beginning that the Song Dynasty would not exist for long and would inevitably fall into reincarnation for several generations.

Upon hearing Li Qingzhao's inquiry, Gong Yue thought that Li Qingzhao was testing her historical knowledge, so she immediately blurted out:

"After the Song Dynasty came the Ming Dynasty!"

"Of course, strictly speaking, there was a Yuan Dynasty in the decades between the Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty. However, the Yuan Dynasty was only established for a few decades, and there was no unified dynasty yet, so we just ignore it. Forget about it, just let it be a short period of war.”

"It has been six hundred years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. Today, China is well-deserved to be the world's most powerful country!"

"Hmph! Even all the other countries in the world combined can't compare to me, China!"

After hearing Gong Yue's explanation, Li Qingzhao gradually gained some understanding.

In short, a dynasty was indeed established after the Song Dynasty, called the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, the Ming Dynasty seemed to be very powerful and still exists today, which aroused Li Qingzhao's strong interest.

Looking at ancient and modern times, which dynasty has lasted the longest since the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties in the pre-Qin period?
Undoubtedly a big man!
It is clearly recorded in ancient books that the Han Dynasty lasted for thousands of years!

Perhaps because of the divine bird, it is extremely difficult for the Han Dynasty to last for thousands of years.

However, I didn’t expect that the Ming Dynasty at this time would have lasted for six hundred years!
This made Li Qingzhao very interested in today's country.

Therefore, she walked towards an area in Tianji Pavilion and saw that history books were stored in that area.

Gong Yue on the side looked at where Li Qingzhao was going, but did not follow him and said directly:

"Okay, sister, you take a look first, and I'll go shopping there..."

After saying that, seeing Li Qingzhao nodding slightly, Gong Yue walked to other places, leaving only Li Qingzhao to walk into the history book area.

In this area, a large number of people were seen reading quietly. It was so quiet that you could hear a needle drop.

Li Qingzhao slowed down, and his ancient costume attracted the attention of the people around him, but they only looked at him a few more times.

……

The bustling city begins to flash with neon lights in the evening, making the city even more beautiful.

The roads are wide, vehicles are moving, people are coming and going on the sidewalks, and the nightlife seems to have just begun.

However, at this moment, a woman suddenly walked out from a dark corner. She was dressed in simple ancient costumes. She had a fair face and beautiful appearance. However, she looked confused at this time. She looked at everything around her and was filled with excitement. strangeness.

"What is this place?"

The woman opened her red lips lightly, her voice was gentle and delicate, but her tone was full of doubts.

"This is four hundred years from now!"

Bai Zhi suddenly appeared in the void, and his feathers appeared in five colors. The colors were gorgeous and emitted a magical light.

However, it seems that no one around him can see his figure at all. They can only see the confused woman in ancient costume, talking to herself.

"Four hundred years from now?"

Hearing the words of the divine bird, the woman had a look of surprise on her face, and then she couldn't help but ask: "Am I not already dead? Why did it happen four hundred years later..."

"Did the divine bird take me four hundred years into the future?"

The woman seemed to have thought of something, looked at the divine bird in the void aside, and then asked.

"Moreover, it restored my youthful appearance!"

The woman looked at herself, then looked at her hands. She was surprised by the fingers with skin as soft as gel and fingers as green as onions. The body in front of her was exactly the body she had when she was young.

"It's not that I brought you to four hundred years in the future, but that you lived to four hundred years in the future!"

Bai Zhi shook his head slightly, explained the woman's wrong idea, and said, "Of course, you are not wrong in saying that I brought you to four hundred years later."

"So, why are you taking me four hundred years into the future?"

After the woman asked, she nodded and said, "Do you want me to take a look at this time four hundred years later..."

"That's right!"

Bai Zhi nodded, and saw that the brilliance around him suddenly shrank, and then the colorful feathers turned black, and his shape slowly changed, and then he changed from a magical bird to an ordinary swallow.

The woman looked at the magical bird that turned into an ordinary swallow and then landed on her shoulder without saying anything.

Then, she raised her head and looked around to familiarize herself with her surroundings.

What comes into view are tall buildings and colorful neon lights. There is a constant flow of vehicles on the street. Pedestrians are wearing clothes with sparse fabrics, which looks very cool.

Shi Miaorou walked out of the shadows and onto the bright sidewalk. As the light illuminated her figure, her appearance was truly exposed to pedestrians.

Wearing a dark red horse-faced skirt and a dark blue star-studded gown embroidered with peonies, she has a black bun on her head. There are exquisite hairpins and golden steps on her beautiful bun. Whenever she walks, The golden step will sway slightly and flash with fluorescence.

Her face is fair, her skin is as good as snow, her eyes are brighter than at night, her nose is high and straight, and her red lips are as moist as peach stamens soaked with dew in spring, delicate and crimson.

Her appearance immediately attracted the attention of passers-by. After all, in modern times, people wearing ancient costumes is just a hobby, but it is just an imitation of the costumes. But at this time, the woman on the sidewalk seemed to be like an ancient person, with every smile and smile. It shows the gentleness and dignity of ancient women.

"This will be the Ming Dynasty four hundred years later..."

Shi Miaorou's soft voice filled the air, and her eyes reflected the surrounding scenery, which surprised her but also felt that it should be so.

"Judging from their faces, they are very confident, which means that today's dynasty is still strong!"

Shi Miaorou nodded slightly, then turned her head and asked Bai Zhi, who turned into a swallow on her shoulder, "Is the world still the Ming Dynasty today?"

"Yes, and no!" Bai Zhi's voice rang in Shi Miaorou's ears, "Strictly speaking, the world of this era should be China!"

"It should be China!"

"China!"

Shi Miaorou nodded, and then walked forward along the sidewalk, aimlessly, while looking around with a look of surprise.

China four hundred years later and China four hundred years ago were like two different worlds, which filled Shi Miaorou's heart with curiosity.

Whenever she sees something or someone that interests her, she can't help but stop and watch.

"Girl, do you want to try one?"

Shi Miaorou didn't know when she stopped in front of a food stall. She looked forward and saw a snack street in front of her. The place where Shi Miaorou was was just the entrance to the snack street.

Shi Miaorou looked at the snacks on the snack stall, but they were made of a kind of flower. The flowers are smaller than peanuts, and the petals are white. Some are already in full bloom, and some are still bud-shaped, looking like small crescents.

At the same time, there is also a faint fragrance of flowers permeating the air. Even the fragrance of various delicacies in the snack street cannot cover it up.

The reason why Shi Miaorou was attracted was because of the fragrance of flowers.

But Shi Miaorou also recognized what kind of flower it was, but she didn't expect that four hundred years later, people still eat it.

"Is this a locust flower?"

"Yes girl!"

Behind the food stall was a middle-aged aunt. When she saw Shi Miaorou dressed in ancient costume, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes, and then she praised without hesitation:
"Nier, your clothes are not good. How much did they cost?"

"...It's not expensive, it's just two taels of silver!"

The middle-aged aunt's words made Shi Miaorou look stunned for a moment, and then she replied

"Two taels of silver?"

"...It's just two thousand yuan..."

Shi Miaorou heard Bai Zhi's reminder in her ear and quickly changed her words.

"I see!"

"Nier, would you like to eat something?"

"Give me one!"

Shi Miaorou smelled the fragrance of locust flowers on the tip of her nose, and her memory quickly drifted to a long time ago. She remembered that it was when she had just established the Tongkang Society. Due to the raids by the Yuan people and the immature food in the fields, she could only pick locust flowers from the trees for cooking.

But the taste is also very delicious.

Seeing that Shi Miaorou was silent but her eyes were on the fresh and cleaned Sophora japonica flowers on the stall, the middle-aged aunt said:

"April and May are the season when locust trees are in full bloom. I picked these locust trees from the village and then took a car to the city."

"I have several acres of locust trees at home. At this time, I won't eat the locust flowers!"

Auntie said while cooking in her hands.

She first poured some cooking oil on the frying pan, then put fresh acacia flowers into the batter and stirred it, but there was not much batter and it only served as a sticking agent.

"Zi..."

Immediately, he poured the Sophora japonica on the frying pan, and suddenly there was a burst of sound.

The small wooden shovel compacted the sophora flower cake. When it was about to mature, he put some fresh chopped green onion on top and asked at the same time:
"Does Nier eat coriander?"

"eat!"

Looking at the sophora flower cake in the frying pan, Shi Miaorou nodded quickly.

However, the aunt added some coriander and quickly took it out of the pot and put it in a small food box.

But it wasn't over yet. I saw the aunt cut a lot of small tomatoes and placed them evenly on the sophora flower cake. Finally, she spread some honey and that was the end.

"All right!"

"The honey above is also locust flower honey, which is made from locust flowers collected by bees. It is more suitable for locust flower cakes!"

"Thank you!"

Shi Miaorou quickly took it and looked at the exquisite sophora flower cake in the palm-sized lunch box in her hand. It was like a work of art, and Shi Miaorou couldn't bear to eat it.

"how much is it?"

"twenty!"

Shi Miaorou touched in her sleeves and took out a big red banknote.

"Hey, a young man like you still uses cash? Oh, don't you bring your mobile phone?"

The aunt took the banknotes and said while looking for change. After all, she didn't see Shi Miaorou playing with her mobile phone just now, so she said this.

Shi Miaorou didn't know what a mobile phone was, so she didn't speak.

When the locust flower cake entered the mouth, the faint fragrance of locust flower bloomed immediately. However, Shi Miaorou couldn't help shaking her head, chewing carefully, and said regretfully:
"You shouldn't add coriander..."

The taste of coriander dilutes the fragrance of sophora flowers, and even honey can't enhance the floral fragrance much.

However, the method of making sophora flower cake is slightly different from that of four hundred years ago. At least it was not fried in oil.

After all, in the past, oil could not be eaten often. Therefore, after picking the Sophora japonica flowers, they are mostly steamed and eaten, which can retain the original taste of the Sophora japonica flowers.

"what about the taste?"

After getting the change, the aunt looked at Shi Miaorou eating carefully, with a kind smile on her face.

"taste good!"

"But the coriander dilutes the original taste of the sophora flower!"

"Who says it isn't?"

Hearing Shi Miaorou's words, the aunt greatly agreed, and then couldn't help but said: "But young people nowadays have very picky tastes. Some people like to eat coriander, so they also need to add coriander and chopped green onion. According to me, it should be both." Don’t add it!”

“Isn’t eating sophora flower just to eat its taste?”

"What you said is absolutely true."

Shi Miaorou agreed very much with her aunt's words, nodded and smiled, and then looked into the snack street. The long snack street was full of fireworks and bustling.

While Shi Miaorou was eating sophora flower cake, she walked towards the snack street. She walked very slowly, as if she was tasting the sophora flower cake in her hand, and she seemed to be reminiscing.

In a moment, she finished the little sophora flower cake. After licking her moist lips, Shi Miaorou couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect that four hundred years later, I could still taste the same taste..."

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(End of this chapter)