Daguanyuan Food Research Bureau

Calvin is so ecstatic. ——Zose Wo Zijisode

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Being held hostage, Jia Ying's heart skipped a beat, but she didn't turn her head. According to years of experience in reading books and dramas, her first reaction was that if she saw her face, she would be silenced. There are only pearls in this yard, and it's useless to struggle. Instead, it might anger the other party. She obediently followed the man and took a few steps backwards. The man behind her relaxed her vigilance, and her hand gradually slipped down, only covering her mouth.

Hearing the sound of Taoists talking outside the courtyard at this time, Jia Ying blinked, grabbed the hand with his backhand and was about to bite.

Feeling a pain in his hand, the man quickly let go.Seeing that she was about to run, he hurriedly held her back.

"Hey, hey - it's me."

Just as Jia Ying was about to shout, she was taken aback when she heard the voice. Although she deliberately lowered her voice, it was very recognizable, and she immediately recognized who it was.Turning around, it was indeed Mu Shi.

He was wearing a blue satin jacket with a lot of grass leaves on his body, hissing and shaking his hands, looking at her helplessly.

"Little one," he frowned, looking at the teeth marks on his hands, "Why are you biting so hard?"

Jia Ying curled her lips and was about to speak, when someone outside the courtyard said: "Master Mu, take that thing out, at least it will be easy for Xiaodao to talk back."

It seemed that the noise had been noticed by those outside the yard. The two Taoists didn't seem to know that the yard belonged to Jia Ying, so they approached directly.

As soon as the words fell, Mu Shi said something bad in a low voice.

Before Jia Ying could react, Mu Shi had already picked her up and ran away.

Mu Shi ran fast, his eyes were amazingly bright, and he turned his head to see if the two Taoists were following. He smiled and said loudly: "Both go back to the Taoist priest, I have thrown the bag out. I’m watching. And this little guy, I’ll invite her to meet, and you can tell the owner of the yard.”

Jia Ying was so frightened by his actions that she subconsciously grabbed his front collar tightly, and she still had the thought to feel emotional, as if this guy was always in a hurry every time he appeared on the stage, and only when he recovered did he realize the scene around him going backwards.

Wait, wait, so why is she running away too!He was the one who committed the crime, so let's just run away by himself, what are you doing with her? !

Mu Shi seemed to be very familiar with the layout here, he made a big circle, and the two Taoists really lost track of him.

He came all the way to a corner of the wall, finally stopped, put her down, and jumped...

He touched a long stick hanging from a tree.

Jia Ying looked at him in bewilderment as he bent down and began to stab the wall with a long stick.

She thought this was some kind of hero who had a light ability to lead her to fly over the wall, but it turned out that this was digging a dog hole...

Standing aside, Jia Ying's heart was broken.

There was the sound of an urn being pushed outside the wall. Mu Shi stretched out his hand, and then crawled in with a cat. It seemed that this was not the first time he had done this. The young man's body was slender, and he slipped in easily. .

Jia Ying just stood there and watched, the development of this moment was really unexpected, and the picture was too impactful.

It was really the first time she saw a person go through a dog hole.

After a while, the door on one side was opened from the inside. Mu Shi's face was ashamed, black and white, only a pair of dark eyes were shining brightly, but there was no embarrassment at all. His expression seemed to be calm when he heard her knock on the door. to open the door.

He smiled and said, "Come in, I'll lock the door."

Just as Jia Ying stepped in, he put the latch on the door and pushed it. Noticing Jia Ying was looking at him, he explained to her with a smile: "By the time those Taoist priests arrived, we had already finished eating. The pedantic ones were just those two Well, the old Taoist master knows, and I’m afraid he won’t care about me.”

Jia Ying opened her eyes slightly.

He was the first to speak to her in that tone, as if she were not a child at all, but his own age.

Jia Ying seemed to understand why he was so many years younger than Jia Zhu, and the two of them could still play together.

This is an abandoned yard, overgrown with weeds, only a stone path twists and turns, two bluestone houses, one of which even has a lot of tiles flying.

Mu Shi raised his head, stared at the empty house and said thoughtfully, "He has a temper." After speaking, he ran to the previous dog hole and pushed the urn back.

Jia Ying was puzzled after hearing this, and didn't say much, and followed him obediently.

He took her here for a while, but she didn't remember the way. She thought that Mu Shi would send her back later. Since all the Taoist priests in the temple know him, it seems that there is no danger. Why don't you see where he is? Toss what.

...to be chased.Thinking of this big brother who kidnapped the genius doctor last time, did he steal the pill made by the old Taoist priest this time?

She couldn't help asking curiously: "What are they chasing you for?"

Mu Shi didn't answer, bent down and took out a bulging bag from the urn.

He touched it, and the bag was still warm, so he couldn't help laughing: "It's just that I suddenly want to eat roast duck. Speaking of which, I'm not in the scope of the Taoist temple. The old Taoist leader doesn't care about me, but the two of them always make a fuss."

It turned out to be roast duck...

Wait, wait, so why roast duck.Jia Ying was powerless to complain, and felt for the first time that she had lost to an ancient man.

In the annotation of "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", Jia Ying probably learned that Mu Shi occasionally came to this Taoist temple, but he didn't expect to meet him the first day he came here.

The main plot is indeed the main plot, even if she doesn't trigger it, it seems that it will happen on her own initiative.

She was thinking wildly in her head, the two of them entered the intact room, the style of the painting changed instantly, it was completely different from the messy and desolate outside, it was warm and comfortable, and the furnishings were neatly arranged, Jia Ying saw standing by the side at a glance There is a big bookshelf with many books on it.

Mu Shi dragged out a low table from one side, and took two cushions.

"Sit down for a while." He still squatted down and looked at her at the same level. "I'll take care of it and come over. Last time, Shanduan asked me to bring you the picture album. There are still some he didn't take. You can read it first. We'll have dinner when we get back."

Shanduan is Jia Zhu's word.

Jia Ying subconsciously nodded obediently.After watching the other party leave, Jia Ying couldn't help but twitched the corners of her mouth as she looked at the album on the table.

No wonder the eldest brother didn't take it back for her. "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Hui Zhen Ji", "Shan Hai Jing"... Listening to Yuan Chun, Jia Zhu was a rebellious young man earlier, but he has become more stable in recent years. Very elder brother fan.

At least he would never read such a book to himself.

Jia Ying folded the "Book of Mountains and Seas" in her hand, hugged it to her chest, looked at the bookshelf again, and couldn't remember tears welling up in her eyes.

This place...is simply heaven.

After living as an ascetic monk for three years, the internet-addicted girl finally found an oasis in the spiritual world.She was so bored that she got more than 1000 points from that psychic jade, and now she is finally liberated.

It was still early, and there was no need to light up the house.Jia Ying got up and stood in front of the bookshelf to look at it. She was not tall, and she could only see the big tomes on the bookshelf by looking up.

Although I don't know who Mu Shi is, but since he has a good relationship with Jia Zhu and has these books, his family background is not bad.

In this era of peace, unless the emperor takes any action, class solidification is very serious. If you study, the students of the high school will enjoy better teachers and books (while ordinary people may have to spend time copying books), and the level of contact is also different. , When I become an official in the future, at first glance, they are all familiar uncles and brothers, and they are all relatives who are twisted and turned.

Of course, it is not ruled out that noble sons from poor families will be born. Generally, they will unite with the sons of the same class to deal with the pressure of the seniors and juniors.Therefore, as an official in this era, most newspapers will say what year they are.

Just like this Mu Yunzhi, even though he lives in a broken courtyard outside the city, he still has a collection of books that no one else can get in his whole life.

Jia Ying shook her head and sighed with emotion, then obediently ran back and opened the book "Hui Zhen Ji".

After a while, Mu Shi came back.

He changed into a new set of clothes, the fabric looked a little rough, his long hair was tied up, and he sat cross-legged across from her very casually.Glancing at "Hui Zhen Ji" in her hand, she laughed: "Do you understand?"

This sentence was uttered by him, as if it was just a simple question.

Jia Ying shook her head.But I said in my heart, "Hui Zhen Ji" has a famous colleague "The Story of the West Chamber", which is the story of Cui Yingying and Zhang Sheng.

However, in this book, Zhang Sheng first took a fancy to Cui Yingying's beauty, and after he got it, he abandoned Cui Yingying when he went to Beijing to rush for the exam.

Compared with "The Romance of the West Chamber", it has a tangy smell of human scum.

Well, a very typical feudal novel, which can remind her of the humble status of women in this era.

Knowing intellectually that the author is living in this era and has his limitations, Jia Ying still thinks that Yuan Zhen should play with Bai Juyi as expected.

Mu Shi turned over the bag on one side, and said casually: "Forget it, just read it after reading it. Pass me the book."

Jia Ying didn't understand what he was going to do, so she put the book up as she said.

Mu Shi reached out to take it, stabbed and tore the last two pages of the book, and wiped the table with it. After wiping, it became a ball and threw it into the bamboo basket on the side before putting the paper bag in the bag on the table. on the table.

Jia Ying was taken aback for a moment, and then he heard him say: "These two pages are like this, and everything is used to its fullest."

She stared at Mu Shi, he was still smiling casually, but showing a bit of arrogance.

In fact, she has roughly finished reading the last two pages. I remember correctly that the editor of the book said a lot of things later, trying his best to defend Zhang Sheng's shamelessness. If you don't observe women's morality, call her a monster.

Jia Ying couldn't help laughing.

He acted like this in front of her as a child, as if he didn't care what she thought at all, and he did whatever he wanted.It's just too bad for the second grade.If it were a real child, they would probably think him weird.

However, she found it amusing.

Mu Shi opened a paper bag and took out some scones.He laughed again: "Don't eat this, it's not good if it's rough and scratches your throat."

Jia Ying: ... I don't know if it's because she's overhearted, but she always feels that he's playing tricks.

He opened a few paper packages at a time, they were all very common street food, but Jia Ying opened her eyes, they were all small snacks that she had never seen before.

Finally, it was the roast duck theme this time. Both of them subconsciously sat up straight and looked towards the center of the table.

The paper was unwrapped layer by layer, and there was a faint fragrance coming out, but Mu Shi frowned quickly.

Slowly opened the last layer, it was late autumn, and it was a bit cold, so Mu Shi closed the door, it was still early in the day, but it was a little dark from inside.Except for the faint oily sheen, some couldn't see clearly. Both of them subconsciously leaned on the table and looked closely at the roast duck at the same time.

Jia Ying stared at it for a while, sniffed, and couldn't help but said, "Are you sure this is roast duck?"

After hearing this, Mu Shi was silent for a while, then took out a dagger from his waist, poked it, and cut it down.

That roast duck instantly turned into two pieces.

Mu Shi and Jia Ying: "..." Damn it.

The sharpest adjective to describe weapons is probably cutting iron like mud.

Mu Shi's dagger is very sharp, but he really cut mud once in his lifetime.

The complete duck skeleton is covered with mud, wrapped in a layer of paper, brushed with a layer of oil and burned.

Mu Shi stared at the disintegrated "roast duck" with a face full of disbelief, while Jia Ying was already leaning over the desk and laughing.

He subconsciously argued: "I only saw the hanging ones, but they were already cold, so I bought the ones in the stove."

Jia Ying wiped away the tears from her laughter, she really didn't expect there were fakes in ancient times.

This fake and shoddy really hurts feelings too much, it's hard for Mu Shi to chase after this in the Taoist temple, but he really didn't bring any meat.

With a face full of frustration, Mu Shi put away the lump of mud and threw it away. Seeing the little girl smiling, he felt even more depressed.

He said angrily: "This is my mistake, next time I will take you to eat the best roast duck in Beijing."

Jia Ying nodded, but said in a coaxing tone, "Okay, okay."

So the last two of them just casually ate the dessert that Mu Shi had planned to store up.

Jia Ying's favorite is a kind of crispy and crunchy pancakes, with a mouth full of crumbs in one bite, with a strong aroma of egg yolk, inside is genuine sweet and sour hawthorn puree, and the occasional crunchy parts are specially cut into fine cubes The pulp also has the taste of jujube paste, but the crispy diced inside is broken melon seeds.

Although there is always a feeling that I have not eaten without eating rice, but I am super happy to have this kind of street food.

While eating, Jia Ying felt that something was wrong, and when she raised her eyes, she saw the person sitting across from her staring at her.

Subconsciously wiped, there was no debris on his face, Jia Ying looked back in doubt.

Mu Shi immediately pushed the package in front of her.

Jia Ying was embarrassed: "I, I'm already full."

He withdrew his gaze and said with a smile, "Then you can take it back." After saying that, he stood up and went to the bookshelf to have a look.

"The one surnamed Xie took away my "Shangshu" again." He whispered, "If I really win the job, I will win the first prize."

When Jia Ying heard him talking about the imperial examination, she suddenly thought of Jia Jinglai who was still practicing alchemy.

In the past few generations of the Jia family, there have been several Juren, but except for Jia Jing, they are all from the side branch of the Shu family.

The side branch of the common people, the latter is of course the side of the common son. For example, in Rongguo Mansion, Jia Zhu will definitely move out after their second wife. At that time, their branch will become a side branch.

Jia Ying's daily contact with several masters, Jia Jing, Jia She and Jia Zheng, counting up a generation, that is, Jia Daihua and Jia Daishan, they are all the eldest sons, and other clansmen like Jia Zhu must not live here. Now in the Duke's Mansion, some of these people have gradually declined, and some may not even be able to afford food.Those who have made a fortune, people of the same clan will be promoted one or two, after all, no matter what, outsiders can't compare with their own family members.

From the earliest Duke Ningguo, Duke Rong, through generations, the Jia family is like the root system of a big tree, which keeps branching and taking root. big tree.

There is no superficial house fight, no brother Ni Qiang because of trivial matters, only the simplest links like a mechanical system are maintained, and the family relationship is far beyond the pediatrics that a modern person can think of.

Therefore, if Jia's method of gnawing at the foundation is not to be ransacked, the decline is not a matter of these generations.

For the first time, Jia Ying realized why families existed in ancient times.

In front of him, Mu Shi had already arranged the books on the shelf. After sighing a few times, he sat back and looked at her with his head propped up: "Little guy, why are you here?"

Hearing his address, she was dissatisfied in her heart, and inside, he was younger than her.

Jia Ying thought about it, but said truthfully, "Come offer incense to the old man."

Mu Shi didn't ask too much on this question, and asked again: "How is Shanduan doing recently?"

Now Jia Ying understood the purpose of bringing her here.

Her face darkened, she put down the cake, and said in a low voice: "Big brother is not well, he always lies down on weekdays, recently my wife has started to prepare..."

Mu Shi fell silent, lowering his eyes and wondering what he was thinking.

Jia Ying took a deep breath, and took out the pocket watch again. Although she knew it was Cupid, it was a birdman just like an angel, so it was okay to fool around.

She pushed the pocket watch in front of him.

"I heard that this man has the power to save many people, can you find it?"