When Yun Chu sat up from the warm Kang, he felt that all the bones in his body were rattling.
The sleep I had last night was the most comfortable sleep I had in the fourteenth year of my life.
Mainly because you don’t have to worry about whether it will be thrown away, whether it will be eaten by wolves, whether it will be killed by Turks who suddenly appear, or someone else.
The tall city walls of Chang'an City gave him a sufficient sense of security, and the people of the same clan everywhere in Chang'an City also gave him a strong sense of security.
Of course, he was also grateful for the pot of sweet-scented osmanthus wine he drank during dinner last night, which allowed him to sleep with the gentle aroma until dawn.
It took a lot of effort to pull the legs out of the cotton quilt, because when the legs came out, Naha also came out.
Even when the child was sleeping soundly, he never forgot to hug Yun Chu's legs. What Yun Chu could not bear the most was that his feet were covered in urine stains.
I opened the quilt and took a look, and sure enough, this damn girl peed on the bed.
Just when he was about to raise his hand to hit, he saw Naha's beautiful big eyes looking at him resentfully.
"Didn't you sleep by yourself last night?"
"I want to sleep with you, what if the wolf comes?"
"There are no wolves in Chang'an City."
"have!"
"No!"
"have!"
"Well, even if there is, aren't you already good with the stick? You can beat the wolf."
"I don't think I can beat it."
While the two brothers and sisters were arguing, Mrs. Cui opened the door and walked in, saying to Yun Chu: "Dafang said that at the third watch, the young lady left her room and entered the husband's room. She wanted to hold him back.
The lady warned her that if she tried again, she would be beaten to death with a stick.
It’s my concubine who asked her not to keep holding on to the little lady.”
Yun Chu was stunned for a moment.
"Can Big Fat talk?"
Without waiting for Mrs. Cui to explain, a little girl with low eyebrows and sullen eyes flashed out from behind Ms. Cui, saluted Yunchu and said, "I am a big fat slave."
Yun Chu's face twitched and he said: "Who is the second fat man, and who is the third fat man?"
Mrs. Cui said with a smile: "The little lady is kind-hearted and did not give me such a festive name. The rest of the people lined up from Dafei to Shifei."
Yun Chu looked at Naha who wanted to get into the quilt again and whispered: "You have used all the ten numbers I taught you on your family, right?"
Mrs. Cui covered her mouth and smiled: "Actually, such a name is quite good. In these days, it is not easy for servants to gain weight."
Yunchu wiped the urine stains on his feet with Naha and said to Cui: "I'm leaving, you have to clean her up."
When Cui saw Yun Chu about to get up, she quickly said, "Let's wash up first."
After saying that, he asked the maid Da Fei to bring a basin of water. She washed her feet first before washing her face so early in the morning.
Mrs. Cui took advantage of Yunchu's washing of feet and said, "The young lady gave me this name. Please don't change it."
Yun Chu pointed at the lynx lying on the eaves with only the face of a traitor and said: "That beast is called Big Fat. It's not good to give people random names. I don't pay attention to that here. Just call it whatever it is."
name."
Mrs. Cui said: "They didn't have names before. The owner could just call them Chunhua, Qiuyue, or the like, but they might as well call them Dafei or Erfei. At least they still have a surname called Yun in front of them."
Mr. Lang, you don’t have to worry about it, the name given by the lady herself is enough to make them happy.”
Although Yunchu still felt that Naha's behavior was inappropriate, Cui could always find an argument that convinced Yunchu.
Yun Chu himself also observed that whether it was the big fat little maid, the second fat needlework lady, the third fat cook, the fourth fat assistant cook, and the other few fat girls, they seemed to have no complaints and worked hard early in the morning. live.
When I went out, the snow accumulated in the huge Yun house had been swept away.
When Yun Chu went out today, it was because of those unlucky people from the Qiuci Grand Pass Command Yamen.
Their families already knew the news that they were killed in battle, but what they didn't know was that the dead man in their family had left them a large sum of money.
Yunchu is familiar with the matter of handing over pensions. It is not as simple as simply handing over money to the widow.
In front of Qian, Yun Chu could see through all kinds of evil and ugly faces.
There are parents who take their son’s pension and abandon their daughter-in-law and grandchildren. There are uncles who take the money and abandon their nieces and nephews. Of course, there are also those who take the money and abandon their elderly parents and run away with their children. In short, people’s hearts are focused on money. In front of me, it is so ugly that the dead people are not worth it.
Of course, there are also heartwarming scenes. At this time, the extra money will be meaningful, and the dead will feel that their death was worth it.
There are not many good scenes, but more arguments.
Some people are happy and contented without speaking in front of the officials. When the people in the official presence leave, it is common for people to have their heads smashed out of pig's brains.
Yun Chu had to fulfill Fang Zheng's instructions first, because his request was the simplest and least involved. He only needed to hand over the money to a woman named Zhi Xia.
When I left home, the snow had stopped, but the sky did not clear up. When I walked out of Jinchangfang, it started to snow again, but now what fell was a flurry of snow powder.
The distance from Jinchangfang in the east to Fengyifang in the west is not very short. It has to pass through eight streets. Taking a carriage was originally a good option. Yun Chu gave up riding the carriage and decided to hold an umbrella by himself. Go on foot, so that you can get acquainted with Chang'an City while brewing your emotions.
Fengyifang is right next to Yanping Gate and not far from the West Market. There are a lot of broken rules in Chang'an City. The biggest one is that business is not allowed outside the East and West markets.
Therefore, Fengyifang can only be regarded as a factory area, of which the winery is the most famous, and the rest are either vinegar shops or soy sauce shops.
When Yunchu passed by Zhuque Street, he did not expect that a car would pass by at this time. The Jinwu guards stood on both sides of the street, blocking people's passage.
The people of Chang'an seemed to be used to this kind of scene, and they were not impatient. They stood quietly in the snow, waiting for the nobles to leave first.
When Yun Chu saw that the people pulling a cart of hot soup next to him were not in a hurry, he naturally had no reason to be anxious, so he quietly held up his umbrella and prepared to see if any noble people were passing by and needed to close the road.
First of all, there is no need for road closures for princes passing by. The Eight Immortals in the Wine Song said: "Ruyang will face the sky after three fights, and saliva will flow at the mouth of the road." From these two lines of poetry, we know that princes are not qualified to close roads.
However, when Yunchu noticed that people in the distance began to kneel and worship, he lowered his head to look at his newly made green shirt, then decisively turned around and walked towards the alley. The snow on Zhuque Street had been trampled into black mud.
When I kneel down, do you still want this dress?
After getting into the alley, Yun Chu found many people who were unwilling to get their clothes dirty. They lowered their heads and leaned against the wall.
Seeing this group of people, Yun Chu still felt that since there were nobles from the palace appearing, it wouldn't be a big problem for him to kneel down and worship.
Yun Chu appeared very naturally and walked very naturally, and did not attract the attention of these people who did not like to kneel down and worship the powerful.
When passing by the entrance of Guangfufang, Yunchu changed his mind and didn't want to kneel down, so he went straight into Guangfufang.
Guangfufang is a very lively market. Although there is no trading here, Yunchu kindly saw a guy holding a small bag of wheat and exchanging hot Hu cakes with the people in the Hu cake workshop.
It seems that as long as no money is used, it is not a transaction.
Yun Chu held up an umbrella and came to the Hu Cake Workshop. He took a look inside and found that the woman making the Hu Cake was quite clean, and the man guarding the door had no dirt on his hands. They looked clean, which is the most rare thing.
What's interesting is that the man knew how to wipe his hands with a rag when serving biscuits to the guests.
Yun Chu took out two big coins, handed them to the man at the door and said, "Can I exchange two copper cakes for two Hu cakes?"
The man's eyes lit up and he immediately said: "It's just right to replace the good copper cake with the good Hu cake."
As soon as the Hu cake was taken out of the stove and placed in Yun Chu's hands, a strong aroma of wheat hit his nostrils.
Just when he was about to bite, the clean woman in the room came out with a white water sheep's head on a wooden plate and placed it next to the basket that held the biscuits. The sheep's head was steaming hot, and the best thing was that there was a shallow sheep's head on the side.
Plate with pepper and salt.
The little woman has a beautiful smile, her eyes are crooked, and there is an indescribable charm and charm in the corners of her eyes.
"Can you put the sheep's head meat into the Hu cakes for me and fill them with five copper cakes?"
The man took Yunchu's cake with a smile, skillfully cut the cake into two halves with a knife and sprinkled a layer of salt and pepper on it. Then he wiped his hand on the rag, not afraid of burning it, and started walking down the Yangtou Mountain.
Tear meat.
"Put the tongue, the sheep's tongue in, and the meat on the cheeks. No fat, no eyeballs. Leave the sheep's brains for you to eat to replenish your brain. Otherwise, I'm worried that you will end up like Wu Dalang in the future."
The man was very deft at what he did. When Yunchu mentioned Wu Dalang, he asked curiously: "What's wrong with Dalang of the Wu family? Is he talking about his sister entering the palace again?"
I heard that he was not very kind to this girl who entered the palace before."
Yunchu was stunned by what this man said. He didn't expect that what he knew from history books would be known to everyone in Chang'an.
There were two bulging biscuits. Yun Chu asked a man to wrap one biscuit in lotus leaves and hold it in his hand. He also wrapped the other biscuit in lotus leaves, leaving a gap exposed. While the mutton was hot, the biscuits were boiled.
Mouth, took a hard bite...it tasted really good.
The mutton had a slight odor, but it was covered up by the salt and pepper, leaving only the aroma of the meat. When paired with the piping hot biscuits, it was the best meal Yun Chu had after coming to Chang'an.
He was not in a hurry to leave. He just stood at the door of the cake shop, eating cakes with meat and talking nonsense to the man.
At this time, there was a sudden rush of gong beating on Zhuque Street not far away, followed by a huge commotion of shouting for the master and the son.
The man pulled Yun Chu outside the door into the workshop. The wooden board was immediately removed from the door, and the room suddenly fell into darkness. The only other sound was the sound of Yun Chu eating.
"My Lord, can you still eat at this level?"
Yun Chu said vaguely: "The pancakes are delicious, and so is the mutton."
"If it tastes good, you have to look at the time. This is an assassin coming. An assassin is coming, aren't you afraid?"