The Manchu and Han Banquets in Qing Dynasty

Xi Xi's face darkened, unexpectedly that Zixiu would reject him, but it was more of a kind of helplessness, the person he loved was not far away from him, but he couldn't accompany him every night.

"Don't worry, one day, I will let you appear in front of everyone." Kangxi murmured.

Zixiu was a little moved, and said: "Actually, I don't really care about this, as long as I can be with you, I will feel very happy.

"Let's go out for a walk tomorrow. There are three days before New Year's Eve. If we don't go out, we will have to wait until next year." Kangxi changed the subject.

"Okay." Zixiu was very excited when it came to leaving the palace. Although the palace is huge, he has almost three o'clock lines every day: home, imperial dining room, and Qianqing Palace.It's really boring to stay for a long time.

Kangxi laughed, he didn't know what Zixiu was thinking, but people in the palace were like this, wearing gold and silver in the eyes of outsiders, but in fact they were empty and boring, extremely boring.

Unlike last year, this year it hasn't snowed yet, but the cold wind is still biting, and Zixiu feels cold wrapped up like a rice dumpling.It was still Ming Feng and Liang Jiugong driving the carriage, while Kangxi and Zi Xiuni kissed each other in the carriage, living a rare two-person world.

The carriage drove into the urban area, Zixiu opened the curtain to look at the scenery outside, and found that there were quite a lot of people on the street, selling all kinds of things.They got out of the carriage and planned to walk on foot. After all, they couldn't see many things clearly in the carriage.

"Zixiu, look at that." Kangxi pointed to a lively place, Zixiu followed his fingers to look, and found an old man kneading dough.

"Young Master, do you want to see it? Let him pinch you out." The person opposite Zixiu was also very curious. This kind of craft is not common, and it is difficult to learn.

"Okay." It was the first time in Kangxi's life that he saw someone kneading dough, and his curiosity was immediately aroused.

"Old man, how much is your face?" Kangxi asked, pointing to the face that was being pinched by the old man.

The man didn't lift his head, and said, "Three Wen for the finished one, and five Wen for the first pinched one. Do you want to buy the pinched one, or let the old man pinch it now?"

Kangxi said happily: "I want to make it now, make two dough people holding hands, that is me and him." He pointed to Zixiu, and continued: "If you make it look like it, the one tael of money will belong to you." You." He put the silver in front of the old man, and the old man finally looked up at him.

"No problem, it's just that there are still a few customers waiting in front. Please go to the back and line up, my lord." The old man said in a neither humble nor overbearing way, then bowed his head and continued to work.

Kangxi looked worried, but he had no other choice, so he dragged Zixiu to queue at the back. Zixiu thought it was funny, he never thought that the emperor of the Qing Dynasty would be deflated in front of an unknown old man.

After about a stick of incense, finally it was Kangxi and Zixiu's turn. Kangxi said: "Just pinch me and him, hold hands, and pinch them a little like each other."

The old man kneaded the dough with his head down, and said, "Don't worry, young master, it's not like you don't charge money."

Kangxi was still angry in his heart, and he was always a little worried. The old man just glanced at the two of them. Can they really be pinched?Zixiu pulls his sleeves and asks him to be patient.

I saw that the old man first pinched the dough man's body, then pinched the head and glued it on, followed by the arms and legs... After the theme was finished, he took a very thin pen tip and began to shape the details such as the eyes and nose, and then Changed other colors to make clothes and so on.

Kangxi's interest was aroused, and the old man was engrossed in his hands, and it only took a short while to finish making a face mask.The old man made Kangxi's face mask first, and Kangxi really wanted to take it over to have a look, but the old man refused, fearing that he might damage it.

It wasn't until the little figure of Zixiu was finished that the hands of the two dough figures were held together, and two sticks were pierced under the dough figure, that the old man handed the things to Kangxi.

Kangxi gasped in admiration after seeing it. Not only did the clothes of the two faces resemble each other, but even their facial expressions were vividly drawn, especially the two holding hands, which made him very happy.

Kangxi pulled Zixiu away with his face satisfied, and Zixiu said: "Folk artists are no worse than those in the palace. These skills should really be passed down."

"You're right, it's just that the skills of these people are not passed on to the outside world. If there is no heir, I'm afraid it will be lost soon." Kangxi handed the face mask to Zixiu. Zixiu looked at the two villains and thought There was a burst of emotion.

At this time, the skills are not as good as those of later generations. Many people have the mentality of passing on to their sons and not to their daughters, and not to pass on to their concubines. In addition, they hardly accept apprentices, so a craft is easily lost.

"Then we should keep this well." Zixiu shook his face and smiled happily.

"Well, go back and find a place to keep it. Are you hungry? Let's go eat something."

"Okay, let's go to Yushan Restaurant, it's on this street." In fact, Zixiu wanted to visit Ding Zhiyuan, as Chinese New Year was coming, Ding Zhiyuan would be bored here alone.

A group of people walked to Yushan Restaurant. The restaurant's business is booming these days. At the end of the year, everyone wants to go out and have fun. Of course, they have to find a place to eat when they are tired.It happened to be noon when they went, and the restaurant was overcrowded, and there were actually people sitting and waiting on the side.

Zixiu laughed, he thought the senior brother would be bored, but looking at the situation, the senior brother obviously made a lot of money and laughed out loud.A waiter recognized them and took them to a box upstairs. Ding Zhiyuan said that no matter how many guests there are, a box must be reserved for them.

"Adults, what dishes do you want to eat?" Xiaoer asked with a smile on his face.

"Seeing how busy you are, you can just order some." Kangxi said casually.

"Those guys, please wait a moment." Xiaoer left with a wink, but just as he walked out, he saw Ding Zhiyuan walking in.

"Zixiu, emperor...Young master, you are here." Ding Zhiyuan was wearing an apron, obviously he had just come from the kitchen.

Zixiu said: "Brother, your business here is really good, will we bother you?"

"Of course not. It's too late for me to be happy that you guys can come. Why bother?" Ding Zhiyuan has already quite adapted to being the boss, and he speaks and acts much more transparently than before.

"That's good, but brother, the New Year is coming soon, and you don't want to rest for a few days?"

"It's been agreed, from New Year's Eve to the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, these days are busy." Ding Zhiyuan smiled shyly.

Zixiu said: "It's a pity that I can't help you much, but if you need it, you must tell me."

Ding Zhiyuan glanced at Kangxi, then nodded and said, "Okay."

While talking, the dishes were already being served one after another, Zixiu had to suspect that the kitchen was prepared for them first, otherwise it would not be possible so quickly.

"Then you guys eat first, I'm going down to get busy." Ding Zhiyuan saw that the food had already been served, so he didn't stop any longer.Zixiu knew he was busy, so he didn't want to keep him.

"Shopkeeper, it's bad, there's an argument down there!" Before Ding Zhiyuan could leave the room, a waiter ran in with a panicked expression, ignoring that there were still customers inside, and opened his mouth to yell.

Ding Zhiyuan asked, "Who is it?"

There are not many people who dare to come here to make trouble. Everyone knows that there is someone behind him, so they don't want to offend him.There were people who made trouble here before, but they were taken away by the Yamen not long after. Since then, this is the first time someone dared to make trouble here.

"It's Mr. Ma. When he sees that there is no seat to sit, he asks others to get up and let him...Anyway, the shopkeeper, go and see for yourself." Xiao Er didn't make it clear after talking for a long time. I don't know who that young man is.

Ding Zhiyuan seemed to know this person, his face became ugly, he cupped his fists to Kangxi and the others and said, "I'll deal with some things first, you guys take it easy."

"Brother, you can go, don't worry about us." Zixiu smiled considerately.

Ding Zhiyuan nodded, and followed Xiaoer out.

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No.60 three courses

"If you sleep with me, I will let you go today." Far away, Ding Zhiyuan heard the frivolous voice of that young master Ma.He frowned secretly, wondering which poor man had offended this Buddha.

"Be more respectful..." This is another voice, clear and sweet, one can tell it is a woman.

"What are you looking at! Let's see the young master take care of you!" As soon as these words came out, there was a commotion downstairs. It was obvious that the dinner guests were frightened by him.

"I don't know Mr. Ma is here, Zhiyuan is polite here." Ding Zhiyuan walked down the stairs step by step, without any timidity, followed by several mistresses, all of whom seemed a little shy.

Mr. Ma withdrew his hand that was about to touch someone else's face, turned around and looked at Ding Zhiyuan, and said, "Shopkeeper Ding is busy with business, how dare I bother you, I just wanted to have a quick meal today, but unexpectedly the restaurant is full, Shopkeeper Ding, Your business here is booming."

That Young Master Ma was actually very handsome, dressed in brocade clothes, he looked elegant, but his behavior was too frivolous, which really made people disliked.The servants behind him also showed off their might, looking like a dog fighting for power.

Ding Zhiyuan glanced at the person he bullied, it turned out to be a man!He quickly understood that that person should be a woman disguised as a man, but it's a pity that her too fair and tender face betrayed her.There is a shorter man beside the woman, who should be her maid.

"It's all for everyone's compliments to save face. Mr. Ma, you have a lot of adults, so don't worry about it like this little brother. Please come upstairs to the room." On the way here, he had already asked someone to clear out a box, and fortunately The people in that box just finished their meal, otherwise this matter would be more troublesome.

Mr. Ma looked at the person being bullied by him reluctantly, and finally thought for a moment, and said: "It seems that in order to save the face of Shopkeeper Ding, I'm going to do it today."