Chapter 64: The legendary ice plum cheese, is this it?
Zhu Qingyan's eyes widened. So expensive! ?
Sorry, she chose to queue up. At worst, she can come back another day.
"Sir, you see how hard it is for the girls to line up outside in such hot weather, isn't it?"
Seeing Zhu Qingyan shaking his head, the woman immediately started to use her rhetoric to attack Chen Ziming fiercely.
Men all love to save face, especially when someone comes with a girl, how can they refuse!
Sure enough, Chen Ziming started to take out his wallet.
"Senior Brother Ziming, forget it..." Zhu Qingyan felt it was not a good deal.
"It's okay. It's a rare opportunity."
Chen Ziming smiled at her, took out half a penny and threw it to the woman without asking for change, and asked her to lead the way.
The huge procession of carriages finally passed by. Xiang Wenyuan ran over anxiously, but only saw Zhu Qingyan's back.
By the time he caught up, a man and child in front of the team had already given up their position.
It was Zhu Qingyan and Chen Ziming's turn to step in.
Zhu Qingyan then turned around and saw Xiang Wenyuan.
"Junior Brother Wenyuan, what's the matter?"
"Senior Sister, I..."
Xiang Wenyuan turned around and looked at the two servants who were ranked about tenth behind Zhu Qingyan.
Ahhh, I’m numb!!!
It was all in vain!
What else can he say? What should he say?
Senior sister, please come and queue up at the back. Is the feng shui good here?
Zhu Qingyan looked at Xiang Wenyuan strangely, who had a look of astonishment on his face, and was puzzled.
Xiang Wenyuan forced a smile.
"I... just came to say hello, haha."
He walked silently to the two servants, feeling furious.
"Master..."
"Get out!" Xiang Wenyuan kicked each of them on the butt.
Useless thing!
As soon as Xiang Wenyuan joined the queue, he heard a familiar voice beside him.
Zhu Lan was walking forward, chatting and laughing with Qiao Youyou and Qin Yuwei, and happened to pass by Xiang Wenyuan.
"Tsk tsk tsk, I didn't expect that ancient people had such a flexible mind for making money!
Even cattle farming has developed into an industry!"
Qiao Youyou said with emotion while rejecting the scalpers rushing towards her from both sides.
The three of them had already walked past, but Qiao Youyou suddenly turned around and doubled her volume.
"Hey! Who is this? Isn't this Mr. Xiang?"
She looked at Xiang Wenyuan, who looked depressed, exaggeratedly, and said with sympathy:
"Why are you still queuing by yourself? You look so weak, don't break your legs later!"
You are weak, your whole family is weak!
If looks could kill, Qiao Youyou would have been glared to death by Xiang Wenyuan.
Xiang Wenyuan watched as the three of them took out the queue-skipping tickets they had won in the competition, and went straight into the Yuxiang Pavilion under the envious gazes of the long queue.
Humph! What's there to be proud of?
That crappy coupon can only give you a discount once!
Next time, won’t you still have to queue up obediently?
The Yuxiang Pavilion was empty at this time. Zhu Lan and the others came in and sat for a while. Then the door outside was officially opened and the guests came in one after another.
The waiter came towards them carrying three bowls of iced plum cheese.
Qiao Youyou rubbed her hands together excitedly. Zhu Lan and Qin Yuwei also tilted their heads slightly, eager to see what treasure was in the bowl.
Last time they queued for so long but didn’t get to eat, which made them so curious!
Moreover, this was made by the master chef in the palace. They, the modern people, would like to investigate what kind of delicacies the ancient emperors ate!
"Three guests, please enjoy your meal!"
Three bowls of iced prune cheese were placed on the table.
The dark brown porcelain bowl was only half the size of a palm, and it was filled with a milky white, soft liquid.
The surface is covered with a layer of golden plum jam, decorated with a few pink petals, and a bright red cherry-like fruit is placed in the center.
The sweet and sour taste of plums mixed with the aroma of milk and flower petals filled the air. The three of them took a deep breath in intoxication at the same time.
But...why does this taste seem familiar?
Zhu Lan took a sip with a small spoon. It had a smooth and mellow taste, and a sour and sweet milky flavor...
The three of them looked at each other.
Isn’t this just yogurt! ?
After all this time, I still thought it was some unprecedented and unparalleled delicacy.
That's the result?
Why do I feel like I've been scammed?
The waiter who was not far away noticed their frozen expressions, sighed, smiled, and shook his head.
Here are a few more guests who were moved to tears by the delicious iced plum cheese!
Qiao Youyou was confused: "So, was yogurt so rare in ancient times?"
This was something she didn't expect.
Zhu Lan said: "Yogurt should have been developed by nomadic peoples, and it was introduced to the Central Plains relatively late, so it may not have appeared in this era.
This iced plum cheese... should be a fermented milk product that the royal chef discovered by chance and made without knowing why."
Qiao Youyou: "The ancient people were so pitiful that even yogurt was considered a treasure."
They finally understood why the yogurt at Yuxiang Pavilion could only be eaten in the restaurant and not taken away.
After all, lactic acid bacteria can reproduce, which means that more yogurt can be made using the previous yogurt as a bacteria strain.
The royal chef regarded yogurt as his own unique skill, so he was naturally afraid that someone would buy the yogurt home. He also discovered the secret of making yogurt with yogurt.
Qin Yuwei remembered that she had heard someone say last time that the ice plum cheese in Yuxiang Pavilion was not available every day, and the supply quantity was also uncertain. Sometimes it was not sold at all for many days in a row.
"It's probably because the technology is not mature yet. The chef just discovered the method by chance through the phenomenon, but he doesn't understand the essential principle."
The production of yogurt requires very high environmental temperature and control of fermentation time.
There is also sterilization, which is a difficult problem for ancient technology.
Therefore, the royal chef could not guarantee the success rate of making yogurt. It could be said that he was taking a chance every time he made it.
At this time, Zhu Qingyan and Chen Ziming also bought ice plum cheese and walked in.
When Zhu Qingyan saw Zhu Lan, his face darkened a little, but Chen Ziming walked up to him and said hello.
Zhu Lan didn't notice the two of them when he came in. But when he saw Zhu Qingyan behind Chen Ziming, his heart started beating fast.
Oh my, oh my, is the love story in the original book about to begin! ?
According to the original plot, Zhu Qingyan and Chen Ziming, who was in the same academy, secretly fell in love.
Zhu Qingyan was adopted by Mr. Zhu into the Zhu family. At her coming-of-age ceremony, the Chen family came to propose marriage, and the two got happily married.
but!
A few years after getting married, Zhu Qingyan discovered after giving birth to two big fat boys that Chen Ziming was actually a mama's boy, and a really bad mama's boy at that!
Basic operations like keeping a mistress are no problem at all.
Zhu Qingyan was heartbroken. She had to endure the PUA from her scumbag and mother-in-law, take care of her baby, and take the imperial examination at the same time.
His strong will despite his disability is truly admirable!
It can be regarded as an inspirational textbook in the history of Daliang education!
Zhu Lan said that she admired such spirit.
Such a brain is incapable of empathy.
The first rule for being a cannon fodder female supporting role is not to get close to the heroine, or you will become unfortunate.
Based on the principle of keeping one's distance from others, Zhu Lan chose to let go of his desire to help others and respect the fate of others.
He even helped them choose a seat with a great view.
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