North and South groceries

For Luo Yong, Qiao Junlin hadn't heard from him since he went to the distant city of Chang'an.

But for Qiao Junlin, Luo Yong has never been far away from him. In Chang'an City where he lives, there are traces of that country boy everywhere.

In Chang'an City in early spring, every household was burning kangs. When winter just entered last year, Qiao Junlin learned that some of Luo Yong's disciples had come to Chang'an City. He also went to Ma's Trading Company to greet them and even helped them. Solicited some jobs.

At this time, Qiao Junlin was no longer as sensitive about his origin in a small place as he was at the beginning. He began to face up to his origin and the fact that he would be underestimated by many people in Chang'an City because of his origin.

He acknowledged this fact and decided to break it one day.He will become a great man, and by that time, his name, his origin, will all be an honor.

Of course, this is not an easy task. He has been working hard for this matter, with the innocence and stubbornness of a young man. Judging from the current results, he has indeed done a good job.

In terms of qualifications, Qiao Junlin is good at martial arts but not good at literature, but hard work can make up for his weakness, and his grades in cultural courses are not bad, especially the mature and prudent masters in the college, who often praise him.

Every time he goes to a martial arts class, it is often time for him to show off. Because of his diligent practice and outstanding qualifications, he has already left his classmates farther and farther away.

Qiao Junlin often rides the Yanerfei that Luo Yong gave him to practice riding and archery. He can draw a bow and shoot arrows on a bicycle with a mop in both hands, and he can almost hit a hundred shots.

The students of Simen School all said that this is very handsome. Qiao Junlin has performed for them countless times. If that Luo who was born under the national flag and grew up in New China is lucky enough to look at this scene... Anyway, in the eyes of the students In, he is indeed handsome.

Yan'erfei is now quite common in Chang'an City. The price is much cheaper than before, and many families with relatively average economic conditions can afford it. Now this thing is gradually changing its role from a novelty to a A means of transportation for everyday use.

The road conditions in Chang'an City are relatively good, and the road surface is relatively smooth, which is very suitable for Yan Erfei's driving.

Because of the popularity of bicycles, there are still many car repair stalls in the market. The main business is to repair bicycle chains. Some people are really clumsy. If the chain is broken, they will not change it themselves, so they have to push it to a nearby workshop to find someone. Help with repairs.

In each square of Chang'an City, usually near several main gates, there will be one or two stalls that help people repair cars. Repairing the chain of a car costs a penny.

In fact, the bamboo chains shipped from Lishi County cost about one penny per section on average. The reason why the charges at the car repair stalls are so low is that each section of the bamboo chain is made of several pieces. components.

Generally, if there is a problem with the bamboo chain, only one or two parts will be broken. It costs one penny to replace one part, and two pennies to replace two parts. price.

Therefore, people who are generally more frugal still have to buy some chains and carry them on their bodies, and fix them by themselves if something goes wrong.

Bamboo chains like this usually cost around 75 Wen in Chang'an City. Earlier, someone shipped a truckload of goods and sold them loosely in the market. A chain only cost [-] Wen. Many people rushed to get it.Everyone knows the chain seller, isn't he the servant next to Du Qilang?

I heard that Du Qilang always went to Lishi County, and every time he came back, he would bring back a lot of good things. He shared those things with a few acquaintances, and sold the excess at a bargain price. Because of this, the common people like Du Qilang.

Such a chain sells for 75 yuan a piece, and three or five families gather together, buy a chain and share it, and each of them can use it for a long time when they take it home. It should be no problem for a year or two. Chains aren't always bad either.

"Crack!" A certain boy was thinking about something in his heart, and he stepped hard, and the chain of the car broke. He thought to himself that it was unlucky, and hurriedly got out of the car to check.

"Yo, the car chain is broken." An idler came out of the nearby shop. It seemed that he was the owner of the shop. There was no business at the moment, so he was idle.

"It's not." The boy untied a small cloth bag from the handlebar, and there was a spare chain in it.

This car was originally bought by his lord to play with. Now that the freshness has passed, he sympathizes with these servants and puts it in the yard for them to use instead of transportation. Not to mention it is much more convenient. In the past, when they had something to do and needed to go out to run errands, they could only run on two legs. Since they had Yan Erfei, the work of running errands has become much easier.

The owner of the shop saw that the boy was playing around with a piece of bamboo chain for a long time, but he didn't take off a single part, so he asked him, "Can you know it?"

"Not very good." The boy said truthfully.Their lord has experienced the novelty of Yan Erfei, but there is a large group of servants who are more experienced than him at home, they are not yet fresh, a group of people ride around, it is very rare When it was his turn, although he had ridden several times before, it was the first time he had encountered a broken chain.

"I'll fix it for you. Look at mine." Without saying a word, the store owner took the chain in his hand, checked the damage of the strip on the car, and removed one. The corresponding parts come down.

Quickly repair the chain, put it on the gear, turn the pedal, and it's all done.

The boy thanked him repeatedly, but the owner of the shop just waved his hand indifferently, "Go, go, it's just a matter of convenience.

In today's Chang'an City, there are not a few people who repair car chains for free like this. This thing, just like in later generations, some older uncles and aunts can't play with their mobile phones. , quickly find a young man to ask, hey, what's the matter with my mobile phone, the young man saw it and helped them fix it.

In addition to Yan Erfei, peony cushions are also relatively common in Chang'an City.In some high-end recipes, the owner will also spread a few peony cushions on the kang head in the store.

Earlier, when the vast majority of people could not buy this kind of cushions, the way the shopkeepers did it was able to attract some business for them.But the current enthusiasm has almost passed, and the citizens have basically returned to rational consumption.

Recently, many kinds of peony cushions have appeared in Chang'an City, but the most authentic one is recognized by everyone as the peony cushion produced in Lishi County. The gap between banknotes and counterfeit banknotes is almost the same. Some people accidentally bought a fake cushion, and they regretted it.

Many rich and noble families have bought large peony carpets from Lishi County. Not to mention, the mats from Lishi County cannot be imitated by ordinary craftsmen. On the large carpet, it is easy to see the gap.

In addition, many men from rich and noble families bought cashmere sweaters and pants from Lishi County to wear. Those who wore them said that the clothes were very warm.

Nowadays, the dress of a turtleneck sweater and a long robe has become a fashion in Chang'an City. There are so many people, it's not enough to divide them, and if you don't have any status, you will definitely not be able to get them.

There are quite a lot of good things in Lishi County. In Chang'an City, there are probably many nobles who have ideas about Lishi County, but Luo Sanlang's name is relatively famous, and he has the nickname of Coffin Baner .

I heard that around New Year's Eve, some thieves went to their village to abduct a little lady, but they were chased all the way from Shizhou to Fenzhou, and they were dragged out. Finally, the little lady was found, and the heads of those thieves were also taken away. I can't keep it.

Those guys who want to make an idea of ​​Lishi County have to think carefully at this time, if they really touch the people under Luo Sanlang's hands, will the coffin board be chased all the way to Chang'an City by them? .

However, from those who have been to Lishi County, Lishi County is still very good. Luo Sanlang’s family’s most delicious jujube cake only sells for a penny. Now there are still a few people in Chang’an City who haven’t heard of it. said this.

I heard that recently there is a new Dongpo pork, which is very delicious. The reason why it is called Dongpo pork is said to be because Luo Sanlang cooks meat in Xipo village. In the villages on the east side of the mountain, it is not known whether it is true or not. (False, of course.)

I heard that today's sages also value Na Luo Sanlang very much, and even rewarded him with five hectares of fertile land.

In the eyes of many nobles in Chang'an, the reward for these five hectares of fertile land is almost as good as no reward. The reason for this is probably because the coffin board was directly made into a swallow and sold for money instead of directly dedicated to His Majesty the Emperor. for the sake.

In Xipo Village, Lishi County, Luo Yong still doesn't quite know what kind of changes his appearance as a time traveler brought to Chang'an City in the seventh century.

This afternoon, he went to Xu's guest house, and then came back with a jar of waste oil.

The business at Xu's guest house has been doing well recently, and Aunt Luo and her husband and wife have also done a lot of business. Besides ordering jujube cake and Dongpo pork, some customers also expressed that they want to eat stinky tofu.

So Luo Yong asked the Xu brothers to help him bring another iron cauldron back from the city, and spent a lot of money, but the business was still going well. In Xu's guest house, stinky tofu is not sold as a snack, but as a dish. , a plate costs ten cents, and there are quite a few people who are willing to eat it, and more than ten plates can be sold every day.

Once Aunt Luo’s stinky tofu is fried, even though she has planned to use lard, a lot of waste oil will still be produced every day. When the waste lard accumulates, Luo Yong sometimes mixes it with chicken food, But don't use too much either.

Luo Yong thought about it for the past two days, and asked those Dinghu people who went to the city every day to help him buy some caustic soda from Xueji Bufang.

Caustic soda was used by Xue Weng and the others when they dyed cloth, and they always had it at home. Luo Yong shared some with him, but Xue Weng didn't earn him any money.Luo Yong heard from Xue Weng and the others before that those who do fur processing also need to use caustic soda.

Some time ago, Luo Yong read a novel on a smart phone in his space, saying that by boiling lard and caustic soda with some water, soap can be made. Right now there is a lot of waste lard. Going to try it out.

Because the oil used to fry stinky tofu is used, so before making soap, you have to wash the oil first. You know the method of washing the oil. When I was wandering on the Internet, I saw a buddy who set up a stall to fry fried dough sticks. Pass.

Now he has used this method himself. Although washing oil with water is not as magical as the legendary oil washing agent, it still has the effect of removing impurities to a certain extent.

Wash the waste oil once, let it cool, and then add the prepared caustic soda solution to boil it. As a result, it boiled in the middle of the night.

A can of waste lard, plus a large bowl of caustic soda solution, boiled over a low heat on the kang, adding some water to the lard from time to time, from seven or eight o'clock in the evening to three or four in the morning, and finally got a jar For the soap liquid, because glycerin is not intended to be used, and in order to save salt, the step of salting out is not carried out, and the boiled soap liquid is directly molded.

Looking at the box of khaki-colored soap, the color and texture reminded Luo Yong of the days when he lived with Grandma Luo when he was a child.

He remembered that at the earliest time, they used this kind of soap in their home. The color was earthy yellow and dark red. At first glance, it looked like a piece of sugar cake steamed with brown sugar and rice milk. The shape was long and thin. , packed in khaki straw paper. Every time she buys such a piece of soap, Grandma Luo has to cut it in half with a knife. Stored in a closet for now.

There was no mold at the moment, so Luo Yong took a pottery bowl and put it on the top of a shelf near the kang head.

Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, when the soap in the bowl dries up, it can be removed from the mold. Then take it out and cut everything. After a few days, it can be taken out for bathing and washing.

For the production of this soap, Luo Yong didn't think about mass production for a while. He refined as much soap as there was waste oil, and took a rest when there was no waste oil.

On this day, Luo Yong had nothing to do, so he carved a soap mold at the grocery store. He didn't think about any tricks, so he made it according to the sugar cake mold he remembered.

He has always suspected that the soap he and Grandma Luo bought earlier, those who made the soap must be trying to save trouble, directly bought a few sugar cake molds from the market and took them back and used them as soap molds.

Don’t even think about sugar cakes in this place in Hedong Road. The price of rice is so expensive. If you buy a little occasionally and use it to make porridge, you can’t bear to make sugar cakes.

You can make a few pieces of soap, anyway, regardless of whether it is soap or sugar cake, if you put it in the mold and press it, the things you make will look similar, and if you put it on the shelf, it will also satisfy your eyes.

"Brother, what's in this bowl?" Si Niang and the others quickly discovered the extra thing on the shelf.

"Sugar cake." Luo Yong said casually.

"Liar." Siniang didn't believe it.In her impression, the sugar cake is obviously not like this.

"The sugar cakes in the north are made of flour, and the sugar cakes in the south are made of rice, which is different." Luo Yong taught them a lesson.

"Then why put it on the shelf to shed dust?" Goro didn't believe it either.

"There are some things added in it, and it will be delicious after a few days." Luo Sanlang continued to lie to the child.

Hearing what their elder brother said, the children in the family were somewhat skeptical. The fermented bean curd in their family also needs to be kept for a long time before they taste good. Maybe the sugar cake in the south is similar?