Yin You hesitated for a moment while holding the cake, and finally said: "Five cents?"
The old man's eyes widened. Bai Shan hurriedly stretched out his hand to hold Yin Yue down and said, "One penny is enough. What he said is that five penny can make a circle."
The old man calmed down and took a look at the cloth bag in front of him. There were not many cakes in it, but there were seven or eight, so he generously took out five cents and said, "I bought them all."
Yin You accepted the money silently, and waited until he left with the hare and the cake before asking: "The cake is so cheap? It costs two cents a piece outside, right? I use vegetable oil for this cake, and there is a lot of meat in it.
Because it’s very humid here, I also asked people to crush Sichuan peppercorns and add them in to keep away the cold.”
He said: "I have calculated that five cents is not expensive."
Sichuan peppercorns are not cheap, and meat is not cheap either. Even vegetable oil is a little expensive in this place.
Bai Shan: "I know, but I'm afraid he'll hit you." There may be people in this small town who are willing to spend five cents to buy a cake, but it's definitely not this old man...
"Since the cakes are sold, you can just tell me whether you are happy or not?"
Yin You thought for a while and then nodded, "It feels pretty good."
So Yin You took the initiative and said, "Let's go. To celebrate the fact that we finally sold something today, I'll invite you to a restaurant for dinner."
There are only two restaurants in the town, and they are across the street.
Yin Hui had no choice but to lead them directly towards one of the restaurants. They had eaten at both restaurants when they first arrived here. Even after such a long time, they had patronized all the restaurants selling food in the market.
After passing it, you will naturally know what the taste is like.
The restaurant has only one lobby. There are only five tables in the lobby, and the gaps between the tables are very small.
The group of people looked at it and then arrogantly sat down at a table facing the door, so that they could see the street when they turned around.
It is already early winter, and there is nothing busy here after paying the autumn tax, so there are still many people taking to the streets.
Zhou Man and the others rudely ordered the best dishes in the store. Well, there were only a few dishes in the store.
This is a small town. If it weren't for the two famous mountains nearby, even these two small restaurants wouldn't be able to open.
Zhou Man gave Mingda a bowl of white rice from the store and said: "The rice here is very delicious, thinner than the one in Guanzhong, and softer and more fragrant. It tastes good to me, you can try it."
Since they were the only customers at their table, the food was served fairly quickly, and they were all simply steamed, stir-fried and boiled.
Mingda took a bite. Well, the craftsmanship was average, but the rice was indeed delicious.
"Can't this rice be grown in Guanzhong?"
Zhou Mandao: "I'm afraid it's due to the regional climate. New rice seeds are also grown here, but I found out that the locals haven't given up on the rice they planted, so the taste is a little different."
She said: "We can ask Sinong Temple to send people over to study it and improve the yield of these rice seeds with different tastes."
Bai Shandao: "This is not something that can be achieved in the short term. I can only make a suggestion to Sinong Temple."
Mingda: "You want me to speak?"
The person who manages Sinong Temple now is the clan member, who is regarded as Mingda's cousin.
Zhou Man spread his hands and said, "My eldest nephew failed to pass the proposal twice. Maybe you can make a suggestion. Whether it succeeds or not depends on their own plan. Maybe because the cost is too high, they can just forget it if they don't want to."
Mingda thought for a while and nodded, "I understand."
She turned to look out the door and asked, "Winter is here, shall we spend the winter here this year?"
"No," Zhou Man said, "Although it's not as cold as Chang'an here, and it won't even snow, it will still be very cold after a light snowfall. You and Yin are not in good health, so it's not suitable to spend the winter in the mountains."
"That……"
Zhou Man then chuckled and said, "Let's go to Xiangzhou, where there are hot springs. Let's stay there for the winter. I heard that the scenery there is also very good."
Mingda: "Is it far?"
"It's not very far. It should take two days by car." This is because there are many mountains here, so we need to take a detour, otherwise it will be faster.
Zhou Man and the others had a good plan. When the weather got colder, they would go to Xiangzhou and leave quietly.
When they came, they used the pretext that they were tourists and did not identify themselves. However, this area is full of Yi people and they take care of themselves. Although there are village chiefs, most of them are the heads of major local clans.
Seeing that Bai Shan and the others really looked like tourists, they just traveled around and ate and drank every day, so they didn't care much.
but!!!
Early one morning, some officers and soldiers and people from the Liuzhou Governor's Office entered the town, found the chief, and asked directly: "Where are the Lord Shanghe and the others?"
Li Chang looked confused, "Who?"
The officers and soldiers paused for a moment and then said: "Don't you know, former Prime Minister Bai Gong? He lived here, in a place with a long Dushan Mountain."
The head of the village pointed in one direction blankly and said: "Changdu Mountain is over there, no, where are the people living up there? There is a village at the bottom of the mountain, but it's not close..."
It was the liang's son who finally reacted and reminded him quietly.
Only then did he remember, "Oh, someone told me a few months ago that they would build a place for hunters to stay on Changdu Mountain. They were a group of tourists. They would only stay for a while and wait for the weather to warm up.
Let's go, as agreed, that house will be reserved for our people here..."
When the officers and soldiers heard this, they thought it was Bai Shan, the former acquaintance, and only those with money and leisure had such interest. They hurriedly said: "Take us there quickly. Your Majesty has issued a decree and sent something to them."
The headman took them to Changdu Mountain with a dazed look on his face. When he led them up the mountain out of breath, sighing in his heart that they were all a bunch of weirdos who actually liked living in the mountains, he saw someone waiting at the entrance around the corner.
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The other party came up to them, saluted and looked at the officers and soldiers, "Who are you and why are you here?"
One of the leaders took out an official document and said: "Your Majesty sent us to deliver letters and things to the princess. We also sent some fruits and melons that Lingnan wants to pay tribute to."
The chief's eyes widened again, isn't he a county official?
Why did you become a princess again?
The man took the official document, glanced at it, returned it, and said sideways: "The princess and the consort are inside, come with me."
When the officers and soldiers came up, they carried a lot of things, three boxes in total.
Zhou Man and the others wanted to eat tofu today, so they took the soaked beans and went down the mountain to grind them into pulp. At this time, they were struggling to cook the tofu in the kitchen.
Of course, the main forces are Bai Shan and Bai Erlang, while Zhou Man and Ming Da Yin may be helping from the side.
Zhou Man has a lot of theoretical knowledge and a lot of experience. When it comes to making tofu, he is very clear about it, but he can't ask in detail.
For example, if you add an appropriate amount of brine and stir when cooking tofu, what is the appropriate amount?
Zhou Man only remembered that when his sister-in-law made a large bucket of tofu, she added one-third of the bowl of brine, but that bucket was their bucket and the bowl was their bowl. The one they are using now... they look different.
And to what extent is it stirred?
Is the fire bigger or smaller?
Seeing that she was just talking on paper, Bai Shan simply took her recipe and started thinking about it himself. Anyway, no matter what it was made, they would eat it themselves in the end.