Lucky husband

After renting the yard and tidying up the room, Li Mingjin and the others are considered to be staying in the capital.

Early the next morning, Li Mingde and Bai Zhiwen left the south side and went to the east side. Almost all the people living there were officials and officials. The houses there occupied the largest area in the capital, but not so many people lived there. Many, because each house will be not small.

The person the two of them are going to find on this trip is their teacher, Zhang Anhao, the former servant of the household department.

Before leaving for the capital, Li Mingde and Bai Zhiwen mentioned in the letter to Zhang Anhao that they would have a classmate Wan Rongtong together, but because they couldn't get a reply from the teacher on the way, they didn't know if the teacher would like to meet Wanrong Tong.

In addition, Li Mingde and the others didn't tell Wan Rongtong the identity of their teacher, so they didn't plan to call Wan Rongtong together for the first time when they visited the teacher, and they would wait until they asked the teacher.

When Zhang Anhao left, he left property for the two disciples, and handed it over to the boy Wenzhu he brought over to take care of it. He originally wanted to use it to support the two disciples to study.

In the end, the two of them were useless, but before entering Beijing, Wenzhu still approached each of them and gave them 300 taels, which was the profit from his business operations in the past few years. The real profit was more than that, but Wenzhu opened more later. There are several shops, so there is not much cash on hand that can be mobilized.

Bai Zhiwen and Li Mingde didn't spend the money on themselves. Bai Zhiwen bought a topaz paperweight, and Li Mingde bought a box of high-quality Hui ink as gifts for the two of them when they went to visit the teacher today.

Zhang Anhao was very useful to the two disciples, he happily accepted it, and gave them his personal opinion that he had just found some time ago and wrote down when he read the mansion newspaper.

For students like Bai Zhiwen who are about to take the imperial examination, there is nothing more valuable than such a manuscript.

Having not seen the teacher for many years, Bai Zhiwen and Li Mingde chatted a lot with Zhang Anhao, and they naturally talked about the encounter with the Liu family's carriage when they entered the city.

Zhang Anhao only said: "The Liu family is becoming more and more arrogant now, they will only kill themselves if they do this, you are just students, just study hard, and wait until you have tried it."

After leaving Zhang's house, Bai Zhiwen and Li Mingde took a remote road, and the two discussed what they had just heard from Zhang Anhao.

According to the meaning of that sentence, it should be saying that the Liu family will not be arrogant for long. The Liu family is the queen's mother's family and also the prince's mother family. If the Liu family falls, isn't it saying that the prince's position may not be stable .

Bai Zhiwen and Li Mingde didn't say the last sentence, they exchanged a glance tacitly, the current emperor is old, if the crown prince's position is unstable, it can be imagined that the capital is destined to be unstable in the future.

The rain is about to come and the building is full of wind, I hope their next year's test will not be affected by this...

Li Mingde and the others left, Bai Ting and Li Mingjin stayed at home and continued to clean the yard. Yesterday, they only cleaned up the room in a hurry. The luggage hadn't been packed yet, and the other rooms hadn't been cleaned, and the yard probably wasn't there for some days. Inhabited, there is a thick layer of ash.

Cleaning up the house, both Li Mingjin and Bai Ting are very easy to do. At this age, Qiu Mama is often taught to do things by herself, but she has also been an ordinary maid before, so naturally she is not used to doing these things. Next.

It's just that Bai Ting and Li Mingjin were unwilling to let her do it, so they suggested to let her see what the house lacked, and they would go out and buy it later.

The kitchen was not cleaned up last night. They ate on the street outside. It’s okay to eat out once or twice, but it will be expensive if you eat more times, and the things outside are not necessarily clean. Since they all brought their family members to rush for the exam, then There is no need to go out to eat.

Nanny Qiu put down the rag in her hand, wandered around a few rooms, and seriously considered what to add. There was nothing in the kitchen except a pot, and she had to buy a set of bowls, chopsticks, and pans.

There are five of them in total. There are only four stools in the main room, and it is inconvenient to eat. Let’s see if I can buy another one, or find out if there are more stools in other rooms...

It is not necessary to have all the items in the rented house for a short time, but in order to live more comfortably, it is better to add everything that needs to be added as much as possible, so that you will not suddenly find that something is missing when it is time to use it.

After inventorying several rooms, Madam Qiu had a good idea of ​​what to buy, when there was a knock on the door, it was a boy from Wan's family who came to deliver bowls, chopsticks and seasonings.

The yard rented by the Wan's family is similar to that of Li Mingjin's, except that they have more people and cleaned it earlier, and they have already bought some things and Mrs. Wan gave them a copy.

After thanking her, Mother Qiu moved the things into the cleaned kitchen, thinking about what to cook for lunch, and remembering to buy them together later.

At noon, Li Mingjin and Bai Ting had just finished cooking, and Bai Zhiwen and Li Mingde, who had been out for a whole morning, came back with serious expressions on their faces.

Li Mingjin came out with a plate, and looked at Bai Zhiwen: "Ah Wen, brother, you are back, how about meeting the old gentleman in the morning?"

Bai Zhiwen replied: "The teacher explained that we can bring Brother Rong Tong with us when we go to see him tomorrow. Now he is alone at home and needs to find something to do."

Zhang Anhao agreed to teach Wan Rongtong mainly because he met two young disciples, Bai Zhiwen and Li Mingde, today, and he was satisfied with their knowledge, so he agreed as soon as he was in a good mood.

Bai Zhiwen and Li Mingde didn't want their family to worry about the troubles outside, so Bai Zhiwen brought up the topic of taking Wan Rongtong to see Zhang Anhao.

Back then, Li Mingjin and the others didn't know much about the official system, and didn't know what the position of Minister of the Household Department was. They only thought that he was rich in knowledge and respected him.

Now after learning about the other party's life experience, Li Mingjin felt that they were really lucky. He happened to meet Mr. Zhang who was unconscious on the way home. This person can be said to be a legendary figure in the contemporary Dayu Dynasty. .

Li Mingjin was a little confused about this matter. He didn't quite understand it. If he hadn't had that dream at the time, according to his father's personality, he would have saved the old man. As the master said, he has a lot of blessings in him, or does it mean that his prophetic dreams will bring good luck to those around him.

Bai Ting also came out with a bowl. Hearing what they said, she asked, "You haven't told Mr. Wan the identity of Mr. Wan? He only knows that you have a teacher who will correspond with you every month."

"Well, brother Rongtong doesn't know yet." Li Mingde nodded, "We will tell him when we go to him in the afternoon, and hope he doesn't mind us keeping it secret."

"Then you should be more tactful, don't scare people." Bai Ting joked.

She is a little more familiar with Wan Rongtong. In the years of studying with Li Mingde in Fucheng, she occasionally meets her husband's classmates. In her opinion, Wan Gongzi's temperament is a bit too lively, which is not the same as the traditional scholars in her impression. .

Listening to Bai Ting's words, Li Mingjin also joked: "I think it's better to find a doctor to follow outside. If you faint from excitement, you can ask the doctor to come in for diagnosis and treatment."

After lunch, Bai Zhiwen and Li Mingde went to the next door to look for Wan Rongtong.

With the help of a servant in the Wan family, they arranged a special room as a study, where they could discuss knowledge together in the past.

Mother Qiu only found out when she set off for the capital together that Bai Zhiwen and Li Mingde were actually the disciples of Mr. Zhang Anhao, the former servant of the household department. Naturally, due etiquette could not be ignored.

In the afternoon, she took Bai Ting and Li Mingjin to make pastries in the kitchen, as things for Bai Zhiwen and the others to bring when they went there tomorrow.

There was only one simple stove in this yard, and after thinking about it, Qiu Nanny decided to make mincemeal oil cake.

The cake skin of the oil cake is soft in the mouth and can be swallowed without too much chewing, which is suitable for people of Mr. Zhang's age.

The fillings are rich in content and can be prepared according to personal preferences. If it is for older elders, you can add less sugar, if it is for children, you can add some sugar, if it is for women, you can add more various fillings Dried fruit adds a sour taste.

Li Mingjin used to only make the simplest white cakes with his mother at home, and hadn't had much exposure to other cakes. When Madam Qiu wanted to teach him, he entered the kitchen with great interest.

"Brother Jin, Madam Bai, although the name of this mincemeat oil cake is oily, it is not fried, but steamed. It is divided into three layers, the upper and lower are the skin, and the middle is the filling. I will start with the cake skin .” Qiu Nanny rolled up her sleeves and started to work.

First, heat the fine sugar, maltose and water they bought in the morning in a pot. After the sugar and water are integrated, add glutinous rice flour and make a paste.

Madam Qiu made this step very carefully, because there should be no loose glutinous rice balls in the glutinous rice paste, otherwise the steamed cake will have a rough texture.

Qiu Momo made it once, and she watched Li Mingjin and Bai Ting do it again, making sure that the glutinous rice paste made by the two of them was okay, so she put the three of them together in a pot to steam.

After the cake skin was steamed, Madam Qiu started to make the fillings.

The most important thing in the stuffing is to add lard, and mix the lard with fine white flour. This step should also be meticulous, try to make the lard and fine white flour all mixed together, without clumping, agglomerated flour and lard .

Then add fine sugar, maltose and honey, as well as various dried fruits and dried fruits. There are many kinds of dried fruits that can be bought in Beijing, such as sesame seeds, melon seeds, walnuts, almonds, pine nuts, peanuts, dried red dates, raisins, dried plums, etc. etc. These can all be added to the filling.

After the filling is prepared, add an appropriate amount of water to make a paste, and then steam it in a pot.

After the cake skin and filling are steamed, take it out while it is hot, sandwich the filling with the upper and lower layers of cake skin, cut into pieces, and the finished product is mincemeat oil cake.

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