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Daiyu smiled and said, "Brother Rong, you don't know that our Yangzhou dumplings are made the same way as those in the north. However, after being cooked, the taste is quite different. Do you know? These dumplings are called Dinggou dumplings. The dumplings lack the same flavor as ours in the south, brother Rong guess what it is? This is the most common dish for hospitality in our south."

Shui Rong said: "Is it meat? The north also has it."

Daiyu said with a smile: "It's not meat, it's fish. We are the land of corn in the south of the Yangtze River. When guests come, the most important thing is fish. These Dinggou dumplings are fresh meat dumplings made by the chef to make the soup quality more delicious." Thick but not greasy, making the dumplings more delicious."

Shui Rong listened and praised: "I didn't expect the southerners to be so particular about food. What about this steamed stuffed bun? Although it's not big, the steamed stuffed bun in the palace is not so delicious."

Lin Zhong said with a smile: "This steamed stuffed bun is made by us southerners. I guess there is more meat or sugar in the palace, but we Yangzhou people don't like sweet buns. This stuffed bun is called Sanding steamed stuffed bun in Yangzhou."

After hearing this, Shui Rong hurriedly asked, "Which Sanding?"

Daiyu said with a smile: "San Ding refers to diced chicken, diced meat, and diced bamboo shoots. These three diced are used as fillings. They are fresh, fragrant, crisp, and tender, and they are fat but not greasy. Sometimes ginseng, shrimp, etc. are also added. Ding, the ones that add the latter two are called 'five ding buns'. However, generally restaurants and restaurants do not make five ding buns, but three ding."

Lin Zhong nodded and said: "Five diced steamed buns are too time-consuming and expensive, so restaurants and restaurants always make three small sized buns. The best three-dimensional steamed stuffed buns are very particular, not only the proportion of three small sized buns must be well proportioned, but also large diced chicken, medium diced meat, and bamboo shoots are required. The meat is small and the grains are clear. The meat should be pork belly, too fat or too refined is not good; the chicken is required to be fat and tender, and if you are particular, you must use the next year's hen; the fresher the bamboo shoots, the better, and you can eat them crispy and tender The taste is just right.”

Shui Rong said with a smile: "I never thought that folks would be so particular about food, I think it's an eye-opener."

After a while, Xiaoer quickly brought several dishes and brought a jug of wine.Xiao Er said: "Our shopkeeper said, Mr. Lin, let's see what else we need to add, and we will prepare it right away."

Shui Rong said: "There are so many dishes, the few of us are enough. Uncle Lin, tell them not to add more."

Lin Zhong looked at it and thought it was rich enough, so he said to Xiao Er: "No need to add more, these are enough for us, if you want to add more, I will tell you later!"

Xiao Er went downstairs with a smile.

Seeing that Shui Rong was not in a hurry to eat, Daiyu just looked carefully at the dishes on the table and said with a smile, "Brother Rong thinks there are no meat dishes?"

Shui Rong said: "No, I think these vegetables are not very special, but they look very delicate, like this green vegetables, the color seems to be darker than ordinary green vegetables."

Lin Zhongdao: "That's walnut black cabbage, also known as black cabbage and black cabbage. Because the color is dark green and almost black, and the leaves are wrinkled like walnuts, it is called walnut black cabbage. Young prince, don't underestimate this cabbage. Many doctors have heard of it. It is said that eating more of this dish is good for the body, and we have a saying here that 'walnuts, green vegetables and mutton in winter'."

Daiyu also smiled and said: "Brother Rong, the ancients said that if you want to eat and go to Yangzhou, you want to wear to go to Hangzhou, of course it is not empty talk."

Shui Rong said: "No wonder, the fireworks in Yangzhou in March are what countless elegant literati yearn for. Shui'an, let's enjoy it."

Lin Zhongdao: "So it's still early to visit Yangzhou City. In half a month, no matter where we go to the city or the countryside, we will have a fresh feeling."

Shui Rong said: "I'm going to take a good look at Yangzhou in a while, and then go to Gusu. I heard that the food scene in Gusu is also very good."

After coming out of the restaurant, several people got into the car and headed towards Xiaoxihu.

When they came to the side of the river, everyone suddenly felt that there was an openness in front of them.The willows on both sides of the embankment have sprouted.The river water was crystal clear, and the grass on the ground was green.Shui Rong smiled and said: "Seeing these willow buds, I remembered that when we came, there were only rice-sized buds on the willow branches in the capital, but the willow buds in Yangzhou have already come out. I don't know who cut out the thin leaves. The spring breeze of the moon is like scissors, and it is really vivid."

Daiyu looked at the surface of the river, then turned to Lin Zhong and said, "Uncle Lin, go and see if there is a boat, I want to take a stroll on the boat."

Lin Zhong listened, nodded and said: "It's just not long after noon, it should be there, Yu'er, take a look here first, I'll go find a boat."

Shui Rong, Daiyu and the others walked forward along the embankment. Although it was still early spring, with a gust of wind blowing and there was still a hint of coolness, they were all very happy.

The warm sunshine, the gentle spring breeze, watching the boats passing by on the river, and the wicker wicker blowing with the wind, and the occasional bursts of laughter from tourists make people feel refreshed.

Daiyu stopped, picked up a willow stick, looked at Shui Rong and said, "Brother Rong, now you know why the ancients liked to break willows when seeing off friends, right?"

Shui Rong said with a smile: "Of course I know. But looking at me, I realized why so many people praised Zhou. I'm afraid there are people who have been to Jiangnan who didn't come to Yangzhou, right?"

Daiyu said: "If you come to Jiangnan, if you don't go to Yangzhou, Gusu, or Hangzhou, then it must be for nothing. Brother Rong, do you know Yao Gu's "Yangzhou Spring Ci"?"

Shui Rong glanced at Daiyu, and said with a smile: "Guangling is cold, there is no fog and no smoke. The warm sun condenses the flowers and willows, and the spring breeze disperses the orchestra. Most of the gardens are houses, and there are fewer cars and horses than boats. Don't call tourists to live here. Tourists stay idle. .In the outskirts of the capital, people on horseback can be seen at any time. Here, there are indeed more boats than horse-drawn carriages. I just wonder if this is the case in Gusu?"

Daiyu smiled and said, "Then I won't tell you, brother Rong will naturally know when he arrives in Gusu."

Shui Rong was talking, suddenly looked at the front, and asked in surprise, "Why is he here?"

Seeing that Shui Rong suddenly stopped looking at the front, Daiyu muttered to herself, and quickly looked forward, only to see two Taoists, one old and one young, walking towards this side.

Daiyu was surprised to see Shui Rong, and asked, "Brother Rong, do you know them?"

Shui Rong still looked ahead and said, "Sister Daiyu, do you know who that young Taoist priest is? He is Liu Xianglian, a friend of Ziying and me. Both Ziying and I have been looking for him in the capital for a long time. Came here."

After Shui Rong finished speaking, he already went forward and shouted, "Brother Liu! Why are you here?"

The young Taoist Liu Xianglian saw that it was water-melting, and asked in surprise, "Young Prince, why are you here?"

Shui Rong pointed to Daiyu, who was looking at her from behind, and said, "Brother Liu, this is my fiancée, Miss Lin. I will accompany her to go back to my hometown in Gusu to pay respects to the ancestral tomb, and I will take a stroll here by the way. Brother Liu, you Let Ziying and I find it easy!"

Seeing a pavilion not far away, Liu Xianglian quickly stepped forward and pointed to the old Taoist beside her and said, "Young prince, this is my master. I accompanied the master here to visit old friends, so I also came here for a stroll. It is a rare encounter, we Go sit there, what do you think?"

Shui Rong turned back to Daiyu and said: "Sister Daiyu, please wait for me a moment, I will have a few words with Brother Liu."

After Shui Rong finished speaking, he made Shui'an look at Daiyu with a wink, and he and Liu Xianglian went into the front pavilion and sat down hand in hand.Shui Rong said: "Brother Liu, I haven't seen you for a few years, you have become more and more unrestrained. But today, I don't know if I should say a few words or not?"

Liu Xianglian hurriedly said: "Young Prince, but it's okay to say, my master is not an outsider."

Shui Rong then told about the last time he met Aunt Liu, and told Liu Xianglian that Feng Ziying was married and became her brother-in-law.

After hearing this, Liu Xianglian remained silent for a while.

Shui Rong said again: "Brother Liu, listen to me, Ziying has told me everything about you. I won't hide it from you, my fiancée, Miss Lin, has stayed in Rongguo Mansion for several years, the girl you care about the most , although committing suicide is pathetic and respectable, but she is really not worthy of you if you become a monk for her. You have to know that her character has her faults first, and she is not having an affair with a person. Think about it, she will be with your brother-in-law A woman who is not innocent, no matter whether she is voluntary or not, it is not the work of a good woman. Besides, she has already passed away, and the dead cannot be resurrected. Also, your aunt's eyes were crying because of you, and she said it was her If you are dead, there is no way to see your parents. You have not seen your aunt's appearance now, and Ziying and I are worried."

When Liu Xianglian heard this, a trace of sadness appeared on her face, she looked at Shui Rong and said, "The young prince is talking about my aunt, my aunt's eyes are crying out?"

Shui Rong nodded and said: "Yes, Ziying and I just met at that time. She was sick and staggered on the road like an old man. But don't worry, Xianglian, Ziying and I have already given your aunt some money for a year or so. She should not suffer. Brother Liu, listen to my advice, you should go back. Your aunt is so helpless, even if she has no worries about food and clothing, it is very difficult to survive like this. If Brother Liu wants to go back, In April, the Royal Guards of the Imperial City will select a group of deputy commanders. Ziying and I have already served there. Brother Liu has a good martial arts skills, so it is not difficult to find a job. In the future, we will find a good woman who suits our wishes and start a family. , let your aunt live a good life, and we can continue our brotherhood at any time, isn't it good?"

After Shui Rong finished speaking, he bowed to Liu Xianglian's master, "Master is a fairy wind, I don't know if I'm right or not? But I hope that Master can make Brother Liu return to the vulgar."

The Taoist said with a smile: "You are a friend of Xianglian, and you are a dignified prince. Of course you can't say wrong. Dependence, origin and extinction are all in one's thought. Taoism is the same as Buddhism, and everything is not forced. If Xianglian wants to go back to Beijing , as long as he is willing. However, we will stay here for two or three days, and then we will go back to Gusu. If he wants to go back to Beijing, he can come back at any time next month."

After hearing this, Shui Rong asked pleasantly, "Could it be that Master also lives in Gusu?"

Liu Xianglian said: "Master and I practiced in Gusu Huqiu. I will remember the kindness of the young prince, and I will go back to the capital as soon as possible. I don't know when you will go back, young prince?"

Shui Rong said: "I estimate that we will go back after the [-]th day or before March. We will go to Gusu Lin's house tomorrow, which is the former residence of Master Lin, the Yangzhou inspector censor. If Brother Liu returns to Gusu, you can go there Find me. If you want, wouldn't it be better for us to go back to the capital together?"

Liu Xianglian listened, nodded and said: "Okay, if I go back to Gusu, no matter what time I go back to the capital, I will definitely visit the young prince once. Thank you for your kindness. I will accompany Master to visit my old friend, and I will go to Gusu later." We'll talk later!"

Shui Rong said: "Alright, brother Liu, then I'll wait for you in Gusu!"

Bidding farewell to Liu Xianglian and his disciples, Shui Rong returned to Daiyu, saw Lin Zhong had come, and said that he had found a boat and let everyone go there together.

Several people boarded the boat, Lin Zhong said: "I have chartered this boat, Yu'er, young prince, you can go wherever you want."

Daiyu said: "Uncle Lin, let the boatman take us around this large river first. I know there are a few small rivers that also flow into this place, so I will choose some of the most lively rivers to have a look."

Shui Rong said: "Sister Daiyu, since it is a small river, can this boat go in?"

Daiyu smiled and said, "Of course. These small rivers are all artificially built. Brother Rong, don't you remember the legendary Yangzhou 24 Bridge?"

Shui Rong said: "That's just the poet's exaggeration, right?"

Daiyu said: "It's not an exaggeration, it's less. In Yangzhou City, some rivers lead to the center of the city, and there are bridges everywhere."

Lin Zhong nodded and said: "That's right. However, those rivers leading to the city are more comfortable to sit on a boat in the evening when the weather is hot."

Shui Rong said: "Go shopping at night?"

Daiyu smiled and said, "Brother Rong, this place is no better than the capital city. When the capital city is lively at night, everyone likes to go shopping. When the south of the Yangtze River is lively at night, we just sit on a cruise ship, listen to songs, watch dances, enjoy the moon and taste delicious food. Du Mu has a poem that says '24 On a moonlit night on the bridge, where can the jade man teach me how to play the xiao.' It’s the characteristic of our moonlit night in the south of the Yangtze River.”

Shui Rong said: "It's inconvenient to taste food on the boat, no matter how good it is?"

Lin Zhongdao: "It's not inconvenient. Almost all the boats here have small kitchens for cooking. If the guests want anything, just tell the boatman. Generally, there is something on the shore, and they can also be cooked on the boat. This kind of food is called 'boat food' in the south of us. "

Shui Rong smiled and said, "I didn't expect the southerners to enjoy it so much. It's a great regret in life not to come to Jiangnan!"

Not to mention how Daiyu Shui Rong wandered around Yangzhou.

But at this time, the Xue family in the capital, because of Xiangling's marriage on behalf of Xue Pan, began to hide the truth from Xue Pan.Later, I realized that it was really hard to hide it, so I had to say that Baoqin's girl, Ruer, married her. Xia Jingui also asked Wan to not mention a single word to Xue Pan, and Xue Pan naturally complied.

Seeing that Xue Pan had never asked about Xiangling, Xia Jingui saw that Xue Pan was in a good mood on New Year's Eve, so she told Xue Pan that Xiangling had been seriously ill a few days ago and had already been sent to a nunnery outside.Xue Pan also knew that Xiangling was seriously ill, and he had already promised Xia Jingui that he would not ask about Xiangling anymore.

After the Lantern Festival, Ru'er came back and told Baoqin that the Mei family had brought back a two-year-old boy outside and let Xiangling adopt him as an adopted son. However, Xiangling fell ill again, and it was not serious.

Baoqin felt guilty after hearing this, so she discussed with her brother Xue Biao and asked Xue Biao and Xing Xiuyan to visit Xiangling at Mei's house.

Xue Biao and his wife came to Mei's house and said to Mei Hanlin and his wife: "My wife, my sister didn't have this illness, but how could she not be sad when her brother-in-law left? We see that her illness is really serious. Now my sister's matter is small, but the child's matter is big. The child is only two years old, so don't let my sister's illness get over the child. The child is still young. My sister said that she is willing to go to the nunnery to observe festivals for her brother-in-law. If she can be sick Well, I will come back naturally. If the illness is not cured, she said that she is willing to stay in the nunnery for the rest of her life, and she only hopes that her in-laws and his wife will agree."

Mei Hanlin and his wife knew that Xiangling was originally weak. Since the first month, they have been asking for medical treatment, but there was no effect. Believe it or not.But still holding a sliver of hope, he didn't really want Xiangling to go to the nunnery so soon.

On the first day of February, Mei Hanlin and his wife were playing with the nanny who had just learned to walk when their daughter Mei Shiyun came in and said, "Father, mother, I think my sister-in-law is really sick. She hasn't recovered from yesterday until now." After dinner, Ru'er said, if this continues, I'm afraid my sister-in-law will go with my brother soon."

Mei Hanlin asked in surprise: "Shi Yun, is your sister-in-law really so serious?"

Mei Shiyun nodded and said with tears: "Father, mother, I think it's better to let my sister-in-law go to the nunnery. If it can be cured, it will be our family's blessing. If it can't be cured, it will be my sister-in-law's fate."

Mrs. Mei thought for a while and said, "Shi Yun, take me to have a look. If that's the case, just let her go."

Mei Shiyun then accompanied Mrs. Mei to Xiangling's room. Mrs. Mei saw Xiangling lying on the bed, she was too thin, her face had no blood, and her eyes had no gleam.Compared with when he first came to Mei's house, it was like a heavenly bag.

Mrs. Mei felt sad when she saw Xiangling like this, so she could only comfort her: "My dear boy, I know you feel wronged, but you have to be considerate of us two old ones. We white-haired people send black-haired people, the pain in our hearts Who can know? Since you are willing to go to the nunnery to observe the festival for Zitao, I can't stop you now, just go and see if you can benefit from the compassion of the Bodhisattva and make your body recover sooner. Mother only hopes that you will be well Yes, if you can, you can come back anytime, this is your home!"

Mrs. Mei finished speaking, and said to Mei Shiyun: "Shiyun, send someone to inquire and see which nunnery is the best. If you choose a nunnery, send someone to take your sister-in-law there, and ask Ru'er to accompany her That's good, and give some silver taels to the nunnery."

Ru'er at the side heard this, and hurriedly said: "Madam, let's go to Dizang Nunnery. I know someone there, and our girl also knows Master Yuanxin."

Mrs. Mei looked at Xiangling, Xiangling nodded and said: "Mother, don't be sad, my heart will die long ago when my husband is gone. After I leave, take care of mother, father, and sister. If I go there, you Don't be sad, I will have a good reunion with my husband in the underworld."

When Mrs. Mei and Mei Shiyun saw what Xiangling said, they both shed tears.

After noon on the second day of February, Xue Biao and his wife and a housekeeper of the Mei family sent Xiangling and Ru'er to Dizang Nunnery together.

Xue Biao and his wife had known Master Yuanxin, the host of Dizang Nunnery, and they only said that their sister was seriously ill and hoped that the nunnery would take care of her.Seeing that Xue Biao and his wife were so reasonable, the housekeeper of the Mei family who came along was relieved, and went back and said a lot of good things about Xue Biao and his wife.

On the fourth day of February, Baoqin disguised as Xue Biao's wife, Xing Xiuyan's girl, and Xing Xiuyan came to Dizang Nunnery by car, gave Yuanxin 100 taels of silver, and gave them such instructions, then picked up Xiangling Ru'er, and went straight to the East Gate Ferry and go.

It turned out that because of Xiangling's substitute marriage, Baoqin always felt ashamed of Xiangling, although Xiangling voluntarily stayed in Mei's house afterwards.If it wasn't for the recurrence of the old illness, Xiangling really hoped that she could stay in Mei's house forever.

Since being abducted by kidnappers, Xiangling has suffered a lot in the world.Although when Xue Pan first brought her into the capital, life was temporarily stable, but she was just a girl in Xue Pan's house.After Xia Jingui entered the house, not long after, his old illness did not heal, but he was beaten all over his body, dying, and almost lost his life.

Although Dai Baoqin married into the Mei family, the Mei family treated her very well.Xiangling has never been treated like this as a serious master, and Mei Shiyun often comes to comfort herself. At Mei's house, Xiangling really feels at home.However, since he was already so ill, he knew it would not last long, so he agreed to go back to the south of the Yangtze River with the Baoqin brothers and sisters.Although Xiangling doesn't know where her hometown is, if she can be buried in Jiangnan after her death, it is indeed her dream wish.

When Xiang Ling was supported by Bao Qin and Ru'er on board the boat about to go south, a smile appeared on Xiang Ling's haggard face, and she said gratefully to Bao Qin: "Thank you, Miss, for your kindness to Xiang Ling. In my next life, I will be a cow and a horse in return!"

Baoqin hurriedly said: "Xiangling, don't say that, I should be thankful, you have helped me so much, don't worry, when I go to Jiangnan, I will definitely ask a good doctor to cure your illness."

So, can Baoqin and his party reach Jinling smoothly?How long can a sick body like Xiangling last?Will she still have a chance to find her hometown and biological parents?And see the next chapter.