After the prosperous Tang Dynasty

Knowing that Xiao Yansui had many ideas, Xiao Song also felt a little curious.After putting down the chess record in his hand, he stood up from the desk, and together with Xiao Yansui, walked into the outer room.

Because the bottom of the hot pot needs to be heated by burning charcoal, for the sake of air circulation, the windows outside the room are directly opened, and the air soaked in the cool winter outside is blown in by the cold wind. Fortunately, the room is warm enough. This kind of coolness only makes people feel refreshed. Vibration, but it won't feel cold.

It is easy to eat hot pot just waiting for it to be warm, and it is more comfortable to open the window.

Xiao Yansui opened a chair for his grandfather Xiao Song, and then sat directly beside him, picking up various sauces.

The bottom of the mutton soup in the hot pot is particularly delicious. When you get close to it, there will be a thick and thick taste. In the brass hot pot with deep ginger candy color, the mutton short ribs looming in the thick soup Here, as the soup base is heated, the small bubbles of gurgling sway slightly, which makes the index finger move.

Xiao Yansui reached out to take several servings of dipping ingredients, and began to ask Xiao Song about his taste in this aspect, and then began to add them one by one and stir them evenly.

"The mutton soup is thicker. I just tasted it. The lamb chops in the pot are already very tasty. You can eat them directly without adding any dipping sauce." After a pause, Xiao Yansui continued: "Other ingredients That’s right, you can take it out of the hot pot and eat it directly, if you like the taste of dipping sauce, it’s not bad to add a little more.”

Listening to Xiao Yansui's explanation, Xiao Song nodded, looked at the burning charcoal under the brass hot pot with great interest, and couldn't help laughing: "When Ah Weng was in Hexi, there were soldiers in the army who He was born as a barbarian, and he also roasted a sheep for us. The whole sheep was roasted on the fire, and after it was cooked, the mutton on it was sliced ​​and eaten."

"Ah, I know." Xiao Yansui responded casually.

Xiao Song didn't ask how Xiao Yansui, a girl who lived in Chang'an City since she was a child and only recently came to the south of the Yangtze River with him, knew about the roast sheep unique to Northwest China. After all, Xiao Yan's family knew about it. Sui has read a lot of casual books and miscellaneous books. If anyone travels to the Northwest for a generation, and then writes down his own miscellaneous notes, it is not surprising that Xiao Yansui is willing to build them.

In addition, Chang'an City itself is an inclusive and extremely open city. Merchants from the Western Regions, Dashi and other places often come to do business. In Chang'an City, it is very possible that any new gadgets will appear.

Xiao Song picked up a piece of lamb chops with his chopsticks and put them in the bowl in front of him, because it was fished out of the boiling hot lamb soup, so he definitely couldn't eat it directly, so he just held up the chopsticks to cool it down for a while, while He said with a smile: "The barbarian's roasted lamb is also interesting. The lamb is roasted by the fire until it is golden and crispy, and the fat inside drips and falls on the firepower. When it is 'boosted', the fire in the pile of firewood will suddenly increase. Put the sheep in the cage."

Xiao Yansui was also picking up mutton chops, she didn't rush to take them out and dip them in the dipping sauce, but directly stuck the lamb chops on the protruding part of the brass hot pot, making two "sizzling" sounds, followed by After a burst of white gas, he used hot metal to scald the soup of the lamb chops until he put them into the bowl in front of him. While eating slowly, he took the time to say: "Well... so what you said , In fact, I also want to eat roast lamb."

Xiao Song said with a smile: "It's a pity that Ah Weng doesn't understand these things, but you can tell the cook about the scene at that time and let them try."

"Let's try it first!" Xiao Yansui is not in a hurry. Her barbecue skills are limited to the later generations when they eat barbecue in restaurants. On the special oil paper, wait until the oil flowers sizzle when they are baked, and then use chopsticks to pick them out...

It's just that the cooking technology in the Tang Dynasty is still relatively scarce at this moment, such as hot pot. In fact, as early as hundreds of years ago in the Three Kingdoms period, there was almost a prototype of hot pot. However, the hot pot at that time was white It's just a group of people eating around a hot pot for warmth. They don't pay much attention to soup base, ingredients, and dipping sauces, unlike Xiao Yansui. Absolutely nothing to say about the richness and freshness.

The grandfather and grandson chatted while eating, and when the maid next to him brought two plates of extra-fresh and emerald green vegetable leaves, Xiao Song couldn't help but be a little surprised and said: "This is--"

Xiao Yansui glanced at it, and replied: "It's grown in the greenhouse in Zhuangzi. Before it grows too big, I asked someone to pull out a few plants."

As she spoke, she also pointed to the courtyard outside Xiao Song's window, the greenhouse made of glass that looked extraordinarily crystal clear, "The principle is similar to this, but the vegetable greenhouses in Zhuangzi use thick meadow seeds to keep warm. , and only the part on the roof uses a part of glass for rich lighting."

Moreover, unlike the glass greenhouse where Xiao Song planted flowers and plants in the courtyard, the area is limited. Even if the temperature of the sun is not enough, there is also connected floor heating to keep the temperature as constant as possible. In the vegetable greenhouse with a much larger area, Considering the cost, the furnace is fired directly at the low-temperature vent, and the concentration of carbon dioxide is much higher than the normal state of the air.

In other words, the vegetable greenhouse environment in Zhuangzi is actually very fragile. Moreover, considering the quality of coal at this moment, it is often more difficult to fully burn than later generations. In addition, coal is more willing to burn in greenhouses, which is more likely to cause carbon monoxide. Poisoning incidents, and the coal may contain various harmful substances, which are difficult to remove by the current technology.

In order to minimize the harm, after Xiao Yansui built the vegetable shed in Zhuangzi, he specifically told the people in the village that no one should be allowed to sleep in the vegetable shed at night, even if it is colder outside, and they must keep watch over the shed to prevent it from happening. In the case of fire or water, you should also stay outside in a specially guarded room.

Xiao Song was amazed when he heard it, and even temporarily put down his chopsticks and looked in his glass greenhouse.

Due to the suitable temperature, sufficient water and fertilizer, and the daily care of artisans who are good at growing flowers, the precious flowers and plants in this glass greenhouse grow particularly lushly, as if they have never experienced the autumn when everything is withered and the trees are lonely.

"But the flowers and plants in the greenhouse have a big shortcoming." Xiao Yansui said suddenly.

"What?" Xiao Song looked away and asked immediately.

"Can't stand the wind and rain," Xiao Yansui's tone was flat, and he simply explained the logical relationship.

"Don't look at the lush and beautiful flowers and plants in the greenhouse. However, the flowers and plants cultivated in this way will become extremely demanding on the surrounding environment. If you don't pay attention, they will wither and die."

Xiao Song frowned slightly, and wondered softly: "I've never paid attention to this." After all, if it was the flowers and plants that he loved, there would have been servants and artisans who raised them carefully every day. If there are no pests, there will always be someone to take good care of it.

Xiao Yansui turned her head sideways and said casually: "After all, there is no change of seasons throughout the year, and the climate in the greenhouse is extremely single. The growth cycle of plants is actually directly destroyed by the outside. Growing plants, for water and nutrition, their roots will go deeper in the ground, even if they are frozen in winter, they will naturally recover when the weather is warm and spring comes next year."

Xiao Yansui did not continue with the following words.However, for these delicate-looking flowers and plants in the conservatory, to put it bluntly, if you take them out and blow a cold wind, they may die directly...

After hearing this, Xiao Song couldn't help showing a thoughtful expression on his face, but after a while, he smiled nonchalantly and said: "It's just for enjoying flowers, it doesn't matter if it's more delicate , left and right are changed back and forth in the hands of people who can take care of them carefully. It’s not like trees in the mountains and forests, and they are expected to grow into pillars so that they can be cut down to build houses.”

"..." Xiao Yansui twitched the corner of her mouth.

Those precious pillars will be cut down sooner or later and used to build houses and make furniture. As for the fragile flowers and plants, they are carefully raised by every owner, just to see their blooming appearance. It seems that they have not ended well...

Xiao Song took another piece of lamb chops. The lamb soup in the brass hot pot was bubbling all the time. Each piece of lamb chops seemed to be in a complete shape, but in fact, it was already cooked when it was being stewed to taste. It is soft and boneless, and when it is really picked up for a taste, it has a fresh and tender taste, and it is effortless to chew.

After slowly eating the hot soup, he suddenly said something very meaningful to Xiao Yansui, and even he didn't use the daily name "Liu Niang" that many people would have the same name. Instead, he deliberately read Xiao Yansui's name, and said slowly: "However, Yan Sui, you are the daughter of my Xiao family, and you are different from them all. No matter how precious you are, you should be raised. However, when it comes time to encounter something, you must be able to bear it, and you must be able to bear it."

Xiao Yansui paused, nodded simply, and responded directly, "Yeah."

At this point, Xiao Song also felt a little emotional, and smiled at his only granddaughter, who he personally taught and watched grew up: "Actually, Ah Weng is also like this. He has endured hardships, and only then can he be like a master. One set, I don't care at all."

Born in the Xiao family of Lanling, and the main house of his direct relatives, Xiao Song's whole life can be regarded as being pampered and pampered, except that when he served as the Hexi Jiedu envoy and fought against Tubo, he was forced by the chaotic environment. , more or less suffered.

However, if the surrounding environment allows, Xiao Song will never be harsh on himself.To be honest, Xiao Song has been an official for so many years, in fact, he has always had such a concept, which is completely different from those who fight for power and profit, and spend all their time...

He doesn't want to rebel, like Li Linfu, no matter how powerful he is, he will never be able to surpass Tang Xuanzong. Sleep soundly, why bother?

In contrast, Xiao Song, such a hands-off shopkeeper, before he took the initiative to serve Xuanzong as an official and returned to his hometown for retirement, although he didn't care about things, he didn't have power in his hands. He taught his grandchildren when he had nothing to do. If it wants to continue for a long time, the descendants are the most important. In this way, Xiao Song thinks that he can live a much more comfortable life than that guy Li Linfu...

After the grandparents and grandson finished eating the hot pot, Xiao Song got up straight away, intending to walk around the yard, but after walking a few steps, he went to the glass conservatory again, intending to take a look at the flowers and plants that he usually tended.

Although Xiao Yansui still has a lot of things in his hands that he wants to tinker with, but he has just had a full meal and the surroundings are warm. It is a good time for hibernation. He will inevitably feel a little sleepy in the afternoon, so he tries to open his eyes wide , walked over with his grandfather Xiao Song.

In the glass conservatory, there is lush greenery, which is in stark contrast to the somewhat bleak scene outside with dead branches and fallen leaves.

When Xiao Song was fiddling with the flowers and plants one by one, Xiao Yansui directly pulled over a chair and sat beside him.

Xiao Yansui was looking at the entire greenhouse from the inside with her chin resting on one hand, wondering if there was any part that could be improved.

Xiao Yansui is not very interested in the flowers and plants that are almost all green leaves at present.In contrast, she is more interested in all kinds of fruits and vegetables that can be eaten...

Just as she was distracted thinking about the problem, Xiao Song let out a soft cry of surprise, which instantly attracted Xiao Yansui's full attention. She suddenly turned her head and subconsciously said, "Ah Weng?"

"Liu Niang, look here," Xiao Song didn't hide his excitement in his words. He stretched out his finger, pointed at a peony plant cautiously, and exclaimed, "It's actually blooming buds in this season..."

Xiao Yansui was silent for a moment, and asked in a very natural way: "Ah Weng, when does the peony flower bloom?"

Xiao Song: "..." He silently turned his head and glanced at his precious granddaughter, and was also silent about this question.

After all, at the time of the Tang Dynasty, peonies had always bloomed with gorgeous flowers, and Luoyang peonies were even known as the "King of Flowers".When people appreciate flowers, peony is naturally the most important part of it.

However, for Xiao Yansui, this was not the case.

Compared with the years of living in the Tang Dynasty, her common sense of life is still derived from the modern society of later generations in her previous life.

In fact, to be honest, for Xiao Yansui, she is not much of a gardening enthusiast herself. For flowers and plants, at most, they are potted in the house that will not bloom and are hard-lived aloe vera, cactus and the like. .As for the plants that bloom, her understanding is basically limited to the fact that most of them bloom in spring, and of course there are also those that bloom in summer, autumn, and even winter.

In addition, the flower gardening cultivation technology of later generations has become more and more developed, and there are more and more new varieties of classic flowers, as well as the wide use of greenhouses, basically presenting a kind, no matter what season it is Here, the flower shop is full of flowers.It's been a long time, even if Xiao Yansui has seen when a certain flower blooms, she is not sure, it will be the flowering period of this flower at that time...

After a while, Xiao Song shook his head with a helpless smile and replied: "The flowering period of peonies is in the spring of May, but I really didn't expect that it will produce flower buds in winter, and it will bloom in a few days. "

Regarding the peony flower, there is actually a folk legend about Empress Wu.Thinking of this, although Xiao Song enthusiastically and his granddaughter carefully popularized all kinds of common sense about peonies, but he has no intention of showing off this pot of peonies that are about to bloom and showing off among his friends.

It's a pity that today's snow fell too lightly, and it would be like drizzle later. Otherwise, the world would be covered in silver, and only the national beauty of peonies would bloom against the snow. It would be a rare grand sight up!

Xiao Yansui, as the person who invented such an artifact as a glass greenhouse for growing flowers, was not at all excited. After seeing the pitiful little buds of this peony, Xiao Yansui sat back again and had a conversation with his grandfather Xiao Yansui. Song laughed and said, "Are there any other flowers quietly? If the temperature in the greenhouse is always at this temperature, it is estimated that other flowers will also bloom out of season."

However, vegetables that are out of season will affect the taste. Even the cultivation technology of later generations cannot completely solve this problem. The technical level of the Tang Dynasty is even more limited at this moment, let alone!It's just that I don't know how the flowers and plants in the off-season will be different...

"Wait for me to look carefully." Xiao Song was quite excited after hearing this, and couldn't help but look at the small buds of the peony, and then looked at the other flowers and plants one by one with extra care.

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Compared with the Jiangnan generation, the leisurely happiness of Xiao Song and Xiao Yansui, the grandfather and grandson in Shanhai Town, has been covered with a layer of snow outside Chang'an City. Looking up, it is a haze.

Li Wenning and Liu Tan shared a carriage, and due to the weather, the carriage also drove slower than usual.Fortunately, there are soft cushions in the carriage, and there is a small stove burning tea on the table, which is quite warm.

Liu Tan carefully poured a cup of tea, gently pushed it in front of Li Wenning, and whispered softly: "Princess."

Li Wenning glanced at him and reached out to take it. While the two were talking softly, there was a rather rapid "da da" sound of horseshoes not far outside. The sound was huge and extraordinary.

As the sound of horseshoes got closer, Li Wenning couldn't help but frowned slightly.

Liu Tan slightly opened the thick curtain of the carriage on one side, took a look, and whispered to Li Wenning: "They are the direction to enter the city..."

Li Wenning nodded slightly, turned his head and just glanced at it, but his gaze fell firmly on the flag of the Jiedu Envoy defenders in the northeast area of ​​the border that flashed past in front of the opponent's horses and horses.

"Princess?" Seeing Li Wenning's frowning, Liu Tan was still slightly worried, so he couldn't help calling softly.

Only then did Li Wenning look away, shook his head, and secretly suppressed the doubts and uneasiness in his heart.