Chapter 3424: The Extra Chapter 3
Yin He hesitated for a moment while holding the cake, and finally asked, "Five cents?"
The old man's eyes widened. Bai Shan quickly reached out and held Yin Huo back, saying, "One penny is enough. He said five pennies would cover the whole thing."
The old man finally calmed down and took a look at the cloth bag in front of him. There weren't many cakes in it, but it looked like there were at least seven or eight. So he generously took out five coins and said, "I'll buy them all."
Yin Huo silently accepted the money and waited until he left with the rabbit and the cake before asking, "Are the cakes so cheap? They must be two cents each outside, right? I use vegetable oil in these cakes and put a lot of meat in them. Because it's so humid here, I also had someone grind up some Sichuan peppercorns and add them in to keep the cold away."
He said, "I've calculated it, and five cents isn't expensive."
Sichuan peppercorns are not cheap, meat is not cheap either, and even vegetable oil is a bit expensive in this place.
Bai Shan: "I know, but I'm afraid he will beat you." There may be people in this small town who are willing to spend five cents to buy a cake, but it is definitely not this old man.
"Anyway, the cakes are sold, so just tell me whether you're happy or not."
Yin Huo thought about it and nodded, "It feels good."
So Yin Huo took the initiative and said, "Let's go. To celebrate the sale today, I'll treat you to a meal at the restaurant."
There are only two restaurants in the town, and they are opposite each other.
Yin Huo didn't make a choice and took them straight to one of them. They had eaten at both restaurants when they first arrived here. Even over such a long time, they had visited all the food shops in the market, so they naturally knew what the food tasted like.
The restaurant only has one lobby with only five tables, and the space between the tables is very small.
The group took a look and then arrogantly sat down at a table facing the door so that they could see the street when they turned their heads.
It was early winter now, and there was nothing to do here after paying the autumn taxes, so there were still many people taking to the streets.
Zhou Man and his friends ordered the best dishes in the restaurant without any hesitation. Well, there were only a few dishes in the restaurant.
This is a small town. If it weren't for two fairly famous mountains nearby, even these two small restaurants wouldn't be able to open.
Zhou Man gave Mingda a bowl of white rice and said, "The rice here is delicious. It's finer and softer than the rice in Guanzhong. It tastes good to me. You can try it."
Because they were the only table of customers, the restaurant served the dishes fairly quickly, all of which were simple steamed, stir-fried, and boiled dishes.
Mingda took a bite and thought, “Hmm, the cooking was just average, but the rice was indeed delicious.”
"Can't this rice be grown in Guanzhong?"
Zhou Man said, "I'm afraid it's due to the climate. New rice varieties are also grown here, but I've learned that the locals haven't given up on the rice they've saved for seed, so the taste is a little different."
She said, "We can ask the Sino-Agricultural Temple to send someone over to do some research and increase the yield of these rice varieties with different tastes."
Bai Shan said: "This cannot be achieved in the short term. I can only make a suggestion to the Sinong Temple."
Mingda: "You want me to speak?"
The person who is currently managing the Sinong Temple is a member of the imperial clan and is considered Mingda's cousin.
Zhou Man spread his hands and said, "My eldest nephew proposed it twice but it was not accepted. Perhaps you can make a suggestion. Whether it will succeed or not depends on their own plans. Maybe because the cost is too high, they are unwilling to do it."
Mingda thought about it and nodded, "I understand."
She turned her head to look outside the door and asked, "Winter is coming. Are we going to spend the winter here this year?"
"No," Zhou Man said, "Although it's not as cold here as in Chang'an, and there won't even be any snow, it will still be very cold after the first snow. You and Yin Huo are not in good health, so it's not suitable for you to spend the winter in the mountains."
"That……"
Zhou Man chuckled and said, "Let's go to Xiangzhou. There are hot springs there. Let's stay there for the winter. I heard the scenery there is also very beautiful."
Mingda: “Is it far?”
"It's not very far. It should be there in two days' drive." This is because there are many mountains here and we need to take a detour, otherwise it would be faster.
Zhou Man and his friends had a good plan. They would go to Xiangzhou quietly when the weather got colder.
When they arrived, they used the excuse of being tourists and did not reveal their identities. This area was inhabited by the Yi people, who looked after themselves. Although there were village heads, they were often the chiefs of the local major clans.
Seeing that Bai Shan and his friends really looked like tourists, sightseeing, eating and drinking every day, he didn't pay much attention to them.
but! ! !
One morning, soldiers and officials from the Liuzhou Governor's Office entered the town, found the village head, and asked directly, "Where are the Shanghe County Lord and his men?"
The village head was confused. "Who?"
The officer paused for a moment and then said, "Former Prime Minister Bai Gong, don't you know? He has settled down here, in a place called Changdu Mountain."
The village head pointed blankly in a direction and said, "Changdu Mountain is over there. No, who lives there? There is a village at the foot of the mountain, but it's not close..."
It was the village head's son who reacted and quietly reminded him.
He then remembered, "Oh, a few months ago someone told me they wanted to build a place for hunters to stay on Changdu Mountain. It was a group of tourists who would only stay for a while and leave when the weather warmed up. It was agreed that the house would be left for the people here..."
When the officers and soldiers heard this, they thought it was the former prime minister Bai Shan. Only those who were rich and free could have such a hobby. They hurriedly said, "Take us there quickly. His Majesty has a verbal order and sent something to them."
The headman took them to Changdu Mountain in a daze. When he led them up the mountain breathlessly, he was sighing in his heart that they were a bunch of weird people who liked to live in the mountains. Then he saw that someone was already waiting at the entrance.
The other party came forward, saluted, and looked at the officers and soldiers, "Who are you and why are you here?"
The leader took out an official document and said, "From the Palace Department, His Majesty has sent us here to deliver a letter and some gifts to the princess, as well as some fruits and vegetables that Lingnan is sending as tribute."
The head of the village widened his eyes again. Isn’t he the Duke of the County?
How did she become a princess again?
The man took the document, glanced at it, and then returned it. He turned sideways and said, "The princess and her husband are inside. Please follow me."
When the officers and soldiers came up, they carried a lot of things, three boxes in total.
Zhou Man and his friends wanted to eat tofu today, so they took the soaked beans down the mountain to grind them into a paste. They were now struggling to cook the tofu in the kitchen.
Of course, the main force is Bai Shan and Bai Erlang, while Zhou Man and Ming Da Yin may be making things worse.
Zhou Man has a wealth of theoretical knowledge and experience, and he is very knowledgeable when it comes to making tofu, but I can't ask him in detail.
For example, when cooking tofu, add an appropriate amount of brine and stir it. What is the appropriate amount?
Zhou Man only remembered that when his sister-in-law made a big bucket of tofu, she added one-third of a bowl of brine, but that bucket was their family's bucket, and the bowl was also their family's bowl, and the ones they use now... they look different.
And to what extent should it be stirred?
Should the fire be big or small?
Bai Shan saw that she was just talking nonsense, so he simply took her recipe and started to work on it himself. No matter what it turned out like, they would be the ones to eat it in the end.
(End of this chapter)
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