Chapter 45 Have you ever risked your life for delicious food?
In the first year of Jingchu in Daliang, the first county examination in history that allowed women to participate finally came to a successful conclusion.
Jiangzhou Prefecture has a total of seven counties under its jurisdiction. This time, a total of 370 people passed the county examination and became students, nearly half of whom were from Zhaoping County!
Ji Tian was officially promoted from county magistrate to seventh-rank county magistrate.
The prefect Bi Cong also made a good appearance in the court!
A total of eighty students from Longchang Academy took the county exam, and sixty-five passed.
The pass rate of over 80% also made Longchang Academy famous and attracted more students to study there.
Longchang Academy, in Linfeng Garden.
"Have you heard? The academy is organizing an event to celebrate everyone's good results this time!"
Zhao Sicheng pushed open the door and excitedly told a few people the news he had just heard.
Longchang Academy plans to hold a competition at the beginning of next month.
One reason is to celebrate the brilliant achievements of the students of the academy in this county examination.
Secondly, we also want to give everyone this opportunity to relax.
Zhou Da had a headache and asked, "Isn't it another poetry competition?"
Xu Shiming said: “If it was a poetry competition, he wouldn’t be so happy.
I guess—it’s the sports meeting!”
Zhao Sicheng said happily: "Yes, it's the sports meeting!"
According to the competition rules he inquired about, there were three events set up this time: Cuju, Chicken Fighting and Jumping the Hundred Ropes.
Needless to say, Cuju is an event for boys.
Fighting chicken is the shuttlecock kicking game played by girls.
Both boys and girls can sign up for the rope skipping event, which is commonly known as "rope skipping".
Each competition is conducted in groups, and registration is voluntary.
"How about Cuju, shall we go?" Zhao Sicheng asked them with raised eyebrows, his eyes full of excitement.
"Let's go, I used to be on the school team, and I've always wanted to experience ancient football!"
"I'm going too!"
Seeing Zhou Da and Xu Shiming both raised their hands, Zhao Sicheng turned his gaze to Chang Yunxiao who remained silent.
"Do you go there often?"
"No, come on."
Chang Yunxiao's reaction was completely expected, so Xu Shiming and the other two prepared to ask Liang Zhou and Gu Chaoyang.
Before leaving, Xu Shiming looked at Zhao Sicheng and teased, asking why he didn't go on a date with his girlfriend today.
Zhao Sicheng laughed twice and said that Xiao Wan went to Yuxiang Pavilion with Zhu Lan and others to queue up early in the morning.
Xu Shiming thought for a moment, "Yuxiang Pavilion? Is it the one that's very popular recently..."
Zhao Sicheng nodded: "Yes, it was the shop opened by an old imperial chef in the palace who returned home after retiring.
It is said that only the emperor and his concubines in the palace can eat the "Ice Plum Yogurt" made with his unique secret recipe.
The supply is limited every day, and the exact number of servings sold depends entirely on the chef's mood.
If I’m in a bad mood, I might just not sell it.”
"Ah? Wouldn't that mean the people in line are waiting in vain?"
Zhao Sicheng shrugged: "Maybe this is the imperial chef!"
…
In Jiangzhou City, the team in front of Yuxiang Pavilion has already turned three corners.
But the door of Yuxiang Pavilion has not been opened yet.
Xiao Wan, Zhu Lan, Qin Yuwei and Qiao Youyou were standing in the middle of the team, and their calves were feeling sore.
Just to taste the legendary "Iced Plum Yogurt", they lined up before dawn today.
When they arrived, everyone was stunned.
Before daybreak, there were already more than fifty people queuing at the door!
Who would have thought that the people of Jiangzhou City would fight so hard for a bite of sweet food! ?
But now that I’m here, what else can I do?
The four of them had been waiting in line for an hour, but there was no sound from the tightly closed door of the Imperial Fragrance Pavilion.
Qiao Youyou jumped twice on the spot to relieve the numbness in her legs, lamenting that it was so pitiful that the ancients didn't have takeout.
Zhu Lan said weakly:
"Even if we have takeout, we can't... Each person can only have one portion of the 'Iced Plum Yogurt' and it must be eaten in the Imperial Fragrance Pavilion. You are not allowed to take it away."
"How stingy! Are you afraid that others will steal your recipe?"
Qin Yuwei asked what the "Iced Plum Yogurt" was and why the business was so popular.
Qiao Youyou said she didn’t know, after all, no one had ever brought this thing out, but those who had the luck to taste it all said it tasted amazing!
Thinking that this might be some kind of ancient black technology, they forced themselves to cheer up.
A voice suddenly sounded in my heart -
Have you ever risked your life for a bite of delicious food?
"I heard that the imperial chef makes as much ice plum yogurt as possible every day depending on his mood." Qiao Youyou suddenly became anxious. "We've been waiting for so long. What if they say they won't sell it today when they open the store? Or if they're sold out by the time we get to the queue, what should we do?"
Several people fell into silence.
This sounds too tragic to even think about.
At this moment, the crowd suddenly became agitated, and the door of Yuxiang Pavilion was finally slowly opened.
A woman came out and hung a large wooden sign on the door.
"Today we are selling 60 bowls of ice plum yogurt, while stocks last."
Sixty bowls...
The people in the queue simultaneously stretched out their fingers, squinted their eyes, and counted the number of people in front of them one by one.
"Fifty-eight, fifty-nine..."
When Qiao Youyou counted to sixty, she happened to point to the stranger in front of the group.
a bolt from the blue.
"It's over... it's just not enough..."
Qiao Youyou's eyes turned dark and she wanted to die.
It’s so miserable!!!
Zhu Lan and the other two were in a similar mood as she was, all looking hopeless.
What to do? Retreat immediately.
Or should I just be a gambler, what if someone in front of me suddenly gives up?
While I was struggling, the team was already moving forward at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Zhu Lan suddenly saw a familiar figure walking towards him.
Xiang Wenyuan?
"Hey, hey, hey, who is this?" When Xiang Wenyuan saw them, his eyebrows almost flew to the sky.
"Isn't this our top candidate, Senior Sister Zhu? Why, are you also thinking about this ice plum yogurt?"
Qiao Youyou rolled her eyes.
What are you saying? Do you want to shake your hands again?
Zhu Lan smiled wryly, "Yes, Junior Brother Xiang. What a coincidence, it turns out you can't eat it either?"
Xiang Wenyuan arrived later than them, so it would definitely not be his turn to have the ice plum yogurt today.
"Tsk tsk, look at what Senior Sister Zhu said." Xiang Wenyuan grinned at them.
She patted the person in front of them.
"Okay, go back now."
The man immediately saluted and said, "Yes, Master!"
Then he turned around and trotted away from the team.
Xiang Wenyuan stood where that person originally stood, turned around and laughed at Zhu Lan and the others.
"Find someone to queue for you!???" Qiao Youyou was so angry that her eyes were spitting fire.
Xiang Wenyuan looked innocent: "No?"
"You kid—"
"Why, you want to fight?"
“Come on!”
Qiao Youyou felt that she could accept not being able to eat this bowl of iced plum cheese today.
But I absolutely cannot accept that the last bowl of ice plum cheese ended up in the dog’s stomach!
"Wait, Youyou, look!" Qin Yuwei pointed to the front of the team.
One person probably fainted from exhaustion after waiting in line for too long and was carried away.
Haha, doesn’t this mean there’s one extra bowl?
"It's so pitiful that four people share one bowl." Xiang Wenyuan looked sympathetic.
"Yes, desserts like this are the easiest to make you fat.
We gain one pound of weight, but you gain four. How pitiful! "
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