Brothers, friends, and brothers are in harmony. Zhou Jijiu and Luo Siye used to think that such a situation could only happen in a small number of private families, but today, the two of them saw with their own eyes when the third prince and the fourth prince met again.
, the fourth prince went up and hugged his brother without saying a word, and then after letting go of his hand, he was too embarrassed to bow and apologize to others.
The third prince first hurriedly helped the person, then wiped his tears and shook his head, saying that it was all his fault. They believed that after ten or eight years, it would become a very delicate memory for them. Especially since they had no choice but to accept the second son a few days ago.
The prince also has to go to the Imperial Academy to attend the Zhou Fei Wine Festival. At this moment, there is an illusion that the world is gathering in the Imperial Academy.
As for apologizing to Zhang Shou, although the emperor said it very lightly, the fourth prince was originally prepared to do it, but when Zhang Shou smiled and talked about the new charter announced in Jiuzhang Hall, the fourth prince only apologized halfway and forgot about it.
Putting the matter behind him, he kept running around and cheering, then waved his fists to show his confidence, vowing to retake the exam next year, and later caught up.
Facing such a pair of brothers who don't look like aloof and royal at all, regardless of whether they were previously admitted or dismissed candidates, I couldn't help but feel a lot more relaxed. As for those who had just arrived in the capital, I couldn't help but like to use conspiracy theories to speculate on the fate of everything.
A student from Zhaoming Academy saw the fourth prince crying and laughing. Before his tears dried, he pulled the third prince forward to talk to Zhang Shou. He couldn't help but feel a little sour.
Not to mention the prince, even a child from a rich family will become tactful and sophisticated at a young age because of the complicated circle in his family. How can a dignified prince be so naive? He must be pretending!
No matter what others think, this short yet seemingly long Imperial College Open Day ended successfully. The emperor’s personal visit became a hot topic for countless people, and the latest batch of Jiuzhang Hall’s graduates, as well as
The new system suddenly launched by Zhang Shou also attracted a lot of discussion. In contrast, the people such as Chief Yue Shan of Zhaoming Academy attracted much less attention.
No matter how famous a local celebrity is, how can he cause such a sensation when he first arrives in the capital?
However, Captain Yue Shan also hoped that not too many people would pay attention to or talk about his appearance in the Imperial College, so after leaving the Imperial College, he immediately followed the captain who had obviously unclear intentions to the residence he had arranged, and then sent the person away.
Go. When he settled down, he inquired and learned that he was the first to arrive in the capital among the four people who were called to Beijing this time.
Guangdong was too far away, so he should have been the last to arrive. However, he had taken his students to travel around the southeast in the name of travel early. Therefore, the emperor's recruitment order was not sent to Guangdong, but because he was a student of the imperial censor.
As a reminder, I sent it directly to Yangzhou. Now that I met the emperor on the first day in the capital, he was naturally filled with joy and sorrow.
As for the plan to bring Zhaoming Academy out of a corner of peace, it would be best to set up another academy in the capital. Now, President Yue Shan can only keep it in mind. Not even a few students have revealed it. After all,
, today’s example of Fang Qing making a mistake and almost getting into trouble is the best lesson.
As for Fang Qing, who was classified as a black sheep by President Yue Shan, after leaving the Imperial College, he wandered the streets of the huge imperial capital alone, feeling very desolate and desolate like a heartbroken man at the end of the world. Although he is still a scholar now, he took the first subject for some reason.
He missed it, and he was once confident about next year's examination, but at this time, let alone hope, he even felt that the road ahead was dark.
"Authentic sugar water! Authentic sugar water from Guangdong! Grandpa Taizu also said that the sugar will not be discarded, and the authentic double skin milk..."
After walking for who knows how long, Fang Qing was stunned for a moment when he heard this strange hawking sound. Being in Guangdong, he certainly knew that from Guangzhou to Shunde, there are sugary drinks from various places. It is said that this can be traced back to Taipei.
The past events of Emperor Zu's southern expedition - because the Holy Emperor once said with emotion to the people around him, Guangdong is a place where delicious food gathers, especially all kinds of sweets are well made.
Therefore, in order to meet Taizu's expectations, when Guangdong finally became part of the Ming Dynasty, the cooks in Guangdong racked their brains to make many things that Emperor Taizu ordered to eat - even if they had never heard of it at first.
Yes. Although the final taste was said to be uneven and unsatisfactory, generations of people later studied it and found that sugar water is indeed extremely popular in Guangfu.
But this is in the capital, not in Guangfu. How could someone sell sugar water on the street like this? And they keep talking about Grandpa Taizu?
Fang Qing looked around curiously and found that this was just a small street with few people, and the man selling sugar water was standing at the corner of the street pushing a small cart. He was dressed simply...or rather shabby, with his head lowered and rickets.
His waist and hands were even cold in his sleeves. Even though he was actually very depressed, at this moment he suddenly wanted to help his fellow villagers.
If you are not from the same hometown, how can you make Cantonese-style sugar water? Especially the double-skinned milk, it is said that it was made to cater to Taizu's love for dairy products. However, in order to remove the possible fishy smell in the buffalo milk, how many cooks are there
It takes a lot of brains to choose the type of buffalo, but now that the cook from the same country has gone to the north, he can't bring the buffalo with him, right?
As for not throwing away the sugar, in order to prevent the bitterness of the nuts in the dipping sauce, it took a lot of effort to remove the coating of the walnuts, and finally won the praise of Emperor Taizu. However, the peanuts that Emperor Taizu once mentioned,
No one knows what it is...
So Mr. Fang strode straight to the cart as he thought of it. When he got close, he said bluntly: "Give me a portion of double-skinned milk and a portion of candy!"
However, what he didn't expect was that this action of taking care of business caused the other party to stare at him. And it was not until this moment that he discovered that the other party had a gauze wrapped around his mouth and nose, which made him look a bit sneaky. But
He had just become a little wary, but suddenly he felt that the other person's brows, eyes and expression were familiar, so he frowned unconsciously.
"Have I seen you somewhere?"
"How could that be possible? I'm just a sugar drink seller, how could I have met the young master? Young Master, it's easy not to give up the candy, but you have to wait slowly for the double-skinned milk. Do you really have time?"
Fang Qing suddenly became more suspicious when he noticed that the other party's voice was obviously dry in his answer, and his eyes were even more wandering. He just didn't want to look at him. Fang Qing became even more suspicious. Especially when he saw that the other party's fingers were round and his skin was smooth and delicate.
Like someone who often does menial work, the three points of suspicion gradually increased to seven points: "Of course, I have plenty of time."
He answered this, and saw the person laugh dryly, and then skillfully cooked the glutinous rice dumplings, stirred the sugar water for dipping, and then boiled the milky white milk on the other side. Each movement seemed very deft, and he couldn't help but
I wonder if I am too wary because I have experienced too many things today.
Soon, the other party took out the glutinous rice dumplings with a smile on his face, and handed him a portion of four candies with walnut brown sugar water for dipping. He lowered his head and tasted the first one, and he immediately felt like it was delicious.
When he tasted the food from his hometown, it was even more fragrant and glutinous than the taste of most cooks in his hometown. Now he immediately forgot about other things and took one bite at a time, and in a moment he had eaten all four of them.
When he finished eating, he thought of his ambitions when he left his hometown, his respect and love for his teacher in the past, and his indifference and rejection from others in Zhaoming Academy from Yue Shanzhang just now. Fang Qing only felt sad.
Unconsciously, two tears fell on the small porcelain plate with only a few broken walnuts left.
With his eyes blurred, he didn't even notice that compared to the coarse porcelain bowls mostly used for street food or simply portable items such as paper bags, the porcelain plate in his hand was a bit too delicate. Just here.
At this time, he heard a deep voice coming from his ear.
"I am a stranger in a foreign land, and I miss my family members even more during the festive season. I know from afar that my brothers have climbed to a high place, and there is only one less person planted with dogwood trees."
Although such a song "Remembering Shandong Brothers on September 9th" is indeed very suitable for this kind of time when I have just eaten the special desserts of my hometown and am thinking about the past and missing my hometown, the Double Ninth Festival has already passed, and Fang Qing always feels that
The other person's poem sounded a bit strange.
When he looked up again, he saw that the person was no longer paying attention to him. He was carefully pouring the milk in the pot into another bowl while it was still hot. When the milk skin in the bowl solidified, he used chopsticks to make a slit in the milk skin in the bowl and took out the milk at the bottom.
Pour the milk carefully into another bowl, leaving the top layer of milk skin.
Immediately afterwards, the person began to beat the eggs again to get the egg whites, then beat the egg whites, added sugar and mixed with the poured milk, skimmed off the upper layer of foam, and then put it into the original bowl with the milk skin and steamed it. Seeing this
After going through the process, he was suddenly in a trance.
I remember that my mother at home was very good at doing this. Before he left, he boasted that he would be a Jinshi when he returned home. If news came out in the future that he was expelled from Zhaoming Academy, would his mother be heartbroken?
I don't know how long it took, but Fang Qing suddenly heard a cough. When he looked up, he saw the other party handing him a small tureen: "This is Shuangpi Nai... Guest, we have both of the dishes you asked for.
Two desserts for fifty cents!"
Fang Qing muttered heartily, but the fragrant milk smell in the bowl made him temporarily forget his doubts. He casually took out a handful of money from the purse in his waist, but he didn't count it and was afraid it wouldn't be enough, so he simply
He grabbed another handful and handed it over, then took the tureen and another handful of small and exquisite spoons handed over by the other party. After just one taste, he was completely satisfied.
It's really the authentic taste of hometown! But there is a little difference. It seems that the milk taste is different from that of hometown, but it is also mellow!
Regardless of scalding, he finished the small bowl of double-skinned milk in three mouthfuls. Fang Qing breathed a sigh of relief. Just when he was about to hand back the bowl and spoon, he suddenly noticed the lines on the utensils, and then discovered that,
Whether it's a tureen or a spoon, the porcelain is so delicate that even the best restaurants, not to mention roadside stalls, might not be willing to use it.
At this moment, all his initial surprise and suspicion came to mind.
However, the memory that he had just failed to inquire was still there, so he pretended not to notice anything. When the other party took over the handed utensils, he suddenly reached out and pulled off the gauze covering the other party's face.
The moment he saw that face clearly, he was completely stunned.
"Song Shude?"
"Fang, you eat your food and I'll do mine. Why are you trying to tear me down?" Song Juren was furious for a moment. He put the porcelain bowl and spoon in the hanging bag beside him and cursed.
After saying this, he hurriedly put a gauze scarf on his face, then pushed up the car and started to leave. But since Fang Qing recognized him, how could he let him go so easily, so he quickly stepped forward to stop him.
"What are you doing? If something happened to someone else's family suddenly, they would have to sell sugar water on the street to make ends meet. But your family is the richest man in Guangdong. Even if this is the capital, you Song family are still here. As for you to be reduced to this
Selling sugar water on the street?" Fang Qing felt more and more something was wrong as he spoke, and then suddenly raised his voice, "Is it possible that you were kicked out of the Song family?"
"Bah, bah, bah!" Song Juren was furious, "Crow's mouth, who said I was kicked out of the Song family?"
Fang Qing has always been outspoken, and he has offended many people. If he had not come from Zhaoming Academy, he would have gotten into a lot of trouble, so he has always been nicknamed Crow Mouth in Guangfu. But today, because of his words, he got into trouble.
He was originally very taboo about this nickname, but now Song Juren suddenly mentioned it again, and he was immediately furious.
"You bastard Song, do you have the nerve to talk to me? Aren't you just relying on the success of your Song family, so you spend three days fishing and two days drying nets, and don't do your job all day long?"
Song Juren was also so angry at the nickname of this bastard Song that he suddenly blurted out: "Why don't you do your job properly? I just participated in the imperial chef selection competition a few days ago and entered the semi-finals directly. Even Princess Yongping said that I
The sugar water is delicious!”
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Fang Qing dumbfounded, and he immediately realized that he had said too much. But the incident at Xinglong Teahouse had already spread like wildfire. Thinking about it, even if Fang Qing had just arrived in the capital, he would still be in trouble as long as he met a few more fellow villagers.
Knowing this, he didn't bother to hide it, and snorted coldly.
"My uncle went to Zhao Guogong's house to look for someone, and kept saying that his family was unfortunate. However, Zhao Guogong said that he had three hundred and sixty lines, and he was the number one scholar, and the emperor also praised me. He choked and retreated. How come I don't do my job properly?
"Luckily I'm not there!"
Seeing that Song Juren was so confident, Fang Qing, who had just found it incredible, was finally convinced that he was not lying to him, but was telling the truth! Thinking that Song Shude, a dignified scholar, suddenly wanted to run for the imperial chef, Song
There was bound to be an uproar in the family. He thought it was funny at first, but when he thought about it, he felt that Song Juren's deviance was just a trivial matter.
"Even if word of your incident spreads, it will still be a good story, and it will be better than if I caused a big disaster."
Song Juren originally put down his words and was about to leave in anger, but when he heard Fang Qing say that he was in trouble, he stopped immediately. The two were scholars in the same department, one was third, the other was fourth, and they were laurels in the same department.
One of them was ranked 17th and the other was 18th. In addition to the usual activities such as cultural gatherings, people tend to look up but not look down. It can be said that they are extremely familiar.
He looked at Fang Qing doubtfully: "Crow's mouth, who did you offend with your mouth?"