The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty

It is said that the monks were training almost in a closed manner. After Yun Yan wrote almost the same book, he had a lot of free time. He didn't plan to write too much at once. He still had to look at the audience's response and adjust accordingly.

And with the training craze in full swing, after Xiaoshu, Bianliang officially announced that he had entered the dog days.

At this time, Yun Yanhui assumed part of the logistical responsibilities. The abbot allocated some funds to the monks to spend, Yunyan returned to buy wormwood, pufan and other things, and also prepared some fruits to cool off the heat every day.

There are a lot of cold food and drinks in Bianliang, because the people of this era have already mastered the ice making technology, so there are shops that sell ice cubes. Such as rock sugar mung bean, kumquat snow bubble, lychee dew, etc., are very popular.

Because these monks are in high demand, Yun Yanhui often buys the ingredients and processes them in order to better supply them. Sometimes you don’t even need to buy ice. There is a deep well in the temple.

Yun Yan went back to the house and handled these things in an orderly manner. With more people, it didn't affect them at all, and gradually built up some trust.

Today, a batch of rock candy mung beans were placed in Lengshui Town in the well. Zheng Ping and Yun Yan returned together to lift them from the well and distributed them to the rest of the monks.

Hui Na drank the rock candy mung beans in one breath, and saw the dog with his tongue sticking out at his feet, feeling distressed, so he splashed some water and poured it into a bowl to drink.

"This year's sunbathing is hotter than in previous years. See if it makes my big tiger hot..." Hui Na wiped his light head, "Even I want to drink ice water from time to time, Yan Ge, I see you get sun-dried. Ficus pumila, it’s better to make jelly now. It’s just delicious in the evening for a few hours in town."

When the other monks heard it, their eyes lit up and they screamed, "Yes, yes, boil some sugar water, squeeze some mint juice, add it to it, and eat a bowl, it can't be more enjoyable."

"It was planned to be made tomorrow, and I will drink this today." Yun Yan said back slowly, drinking a cold drink.

Hui Nai strangled his neck, "Eating today will not be the same tomorrow, Brother Yan will be refreshed!"

Seeing a group of bald heads clamoring to eat jelly, they would not continue to train if they couldn't eat it, Yun Yan could only cast a glance at Zheng Ping for help. Those pumila fruit were picked back by Zheng Ping.

With the end of Yun Yanhui's scheduled training, the day of going on stage is getting closer and everyone's pressure is getting heavier. Zheng Ping often comes to take care of Yun Yanhui.

Zheng Ping said helplessly, "Then eat today."

Everyone cheered, "Ms. Zheng is still happy!"

The gate of the courtyard was pushed open at this time, and he stepped forward clearly.

When the monks looked at him, their voice disappeared immediately, and they continued to lick the bowl pretending to be.

I glared at them clearly. I heard the sound outside just now. It was very noisy. He came in sternly, "The Eighth Princess will give me some ice, and take some to cool off with you."

Yun Yan looked back and found that Zhao Yunchu was also here, just behind, leading two servants to bring in a piece of ice, probably to run errands for his mother.

The monks cheered, and under Zheng Ping's command, the ice was picked up, and now it was chiseled and put into the remaining rock candy mung beans.

Zhao Yunchu came all the way and was tanned with sweat beads on his nose. When he saw Yun Yan coming back, he came over and pulled his hand. As soon as he touched his hand, he said idiotically, "Brother, your hand is so cold."

Yun Yanhui felt goosebumps, pulled him under the eaves, and handed him a bowl of rock candy mung beans.

Zhao Yunchu took it with one hand and touched Yun Yan's hand with the other.

Yun Yanhui had been serving rock candy and mung beans, and his hands were naturally cold, but Zhao Yunchu was comfortable, but he was uncomfortable. After pulling out his hand, Yun Yan said back: "This is a hot day, what are you doing personally to deliver ice."

"I'm here to ask the senior brother if he wants to visit my house," Zhao Yunchu said embarrassedly, "This year it is weirdly hot. I have an ice room at home to escape the heat."

"It's not necessary anymore." This is at a critical juncture. Zhao Yunchu didn't know that he was the main creator. He wouldn't be able to leave the post and enjoy himself, besides... "In fact, we are not too hot, you see, we eat every day. Eat cold. There is a bamboo forest next to where I live, which is cooler than other places."

Zhao Yunchu: "Then... Then I will stay for one night?"

Yun Yan replied: "..."

Yun Yan replied, "I have two rooms in my house. My sister and my mother sleep in one, and my brother and I sleep in the same room. You can only sleep with Beibei when you come. I see, you know it." It’s feasible for the mage to sleep there, anyway, if you give him ice, it won’t be hot."

Zhao Yunchu couldn't hide his disappointment, "Okay."

After agreeing to make jelly, Yun Yan returned to calculate the time and ran to collect the dried pumila fruit seeds. This prickly pear fruit is to be used as a jelly. When you pick it back, you must first cut it open and take out the seeds and dry them.

Pack the yellowish fruit seeds with gauze, immerse them in a basin of clean well water and squeeze them hard to squeeze out some gum.

When Zhao Yunchu saw it, he came to help, washed his hands and squeezed the pumila fruit seeds together. After being squeezed, it is hoisted into the well and iced to accelerate the setting, and at the same time it will make it very cold and refreshing, similar to modern jelly.

This kind of food has been popularized as early as the Tang Dynasty. Almost every family is in the city, and it has continued to the modern era. When Yunyan was a child, some people picked it and made it. The steps are exactly the same as those thousands of years ago. There are also tricks. If novices don't master it, it won't be condensed.

After calming the jelly, Yun Yan went back to look for mint leaves.

Mint does not need special planting. Wild mint is found in many places in the temple. It grows well and has good reproduction ability. It can grow a large piece at will. The fresh mint leaves have a refreshing taste in the mouth, which is refreshing. It can also be dried and soaked in water to cool off the heat.

Yunyan cut a large handful of wild mint back, pounded it out, strained it, and went to the well.

The sugar water does not need to be iced, the brown sugar is boiled, just let it cool.

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In the evening, after the monks finished their evening class, they sat together in the yard and waited for a midnight snack. Reading scriptures in the morning and evening to do homework, and training at other times, this time is really tiring.

Yun Yanhui brought up the jelly, and by this time it had already condensed into a transparent gel, which was crystal clear and very cute.

Take out the bowls, pour some sugar water into each bowl, sprinkle some mint juice, and then scoop the jelly into the bowl with a spoon. The monks took a bowl by themselves and ate them in one bite. They only felt that their mouths were cool and sweet.

The taste of the jelly is tender and ice-cold, coupled with the sweet sugar water and the refreshing mint flavor, it radiates the heat of the whole body, and only feels the coldness exuding from the belly.

At this time, send a quick leg and go to the melon field in the temple to talk to the guarding brother, picking some melons to eat, it is even more icing on the cake.

It was the first time that Zhao Yunchu attended such a "party". It was exceptionally fresh. He ate jelly together with him. He was stopped by Yun Yan after he only ate half of it. He was not allowed to eat any more, because he was afraid that the child might get sick from eating too much cold food.

The monks opened their plackets and aired them and said back to Yun Yan: "Brother Yan, you said we can go out to give a lecture, can we really succeed?"

"Of course it can," Yun Yan replied confidently, "and it will definitely bring the Bianjing trend."

"If this is the case, the hard work of this period of time is not in vain." The senior brother of Hui character sighed leisurely.

Knowing that they kept screaming, the stars in the night sky were shining, and the whole city was still in noisy, especially around the Daxiangguo Temple where they were. The night market is brightly lit, like a city that never sleeps.

Cold drinks, fruits and night breeze, Tokyo is not too hot during dog days.