Daguanyuan Food Research Bureau

shopping, shopping, shopping, shopping...

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The flow of people is like weaving, the flute and drums are noisy, and the lanterns of various colors reflect the whole street like daytime.

"Two bowls, please, one rose and one sesame." The boy said with a smile.

After the stall owner was busy responding, he immediately opened it. When he lifted the lid of the pot, he didn't forget to look up.

Because of the large swath of steaming mist, which was smudged with colorful lights, the smiling young man with red lips and white teeth on the opposite side became even more unreal.

The stall owner couldn't help but be speechless. He didn't know which high-ranking official's child was better-looking than the fairy boy on the New Year picture.

After asking the price, the young man handed him some copper coins, and the stall owners lined up in their palms, glanced over, and hurriedly said: "This young man paid too much, he doesn't have so much money."

Jia Ying said with a smile: "I want to take care of your deposit for borrowing this bowl. My friend is in the restaurant opposite. After using it, I will send it back to you."

The stall owner came to realize that there were still female customers, so naturally there was no objection.

After the cooking was done, the stall owner looked at the young man standing opposite him. It seemed that there was no young man with an attendant, so he was not sure, so he found a wooden food box from one side, put the two bowls away, and then handed it to Jia Ying.

As soon as they arrived at the restaurant, Xiangling hurriedly took it from her hand, and the two walked upstairs side by side.

"Girl, after a while, can I watch the lion dance and put on lanterns with the maids in the mansion?" Xiang Ling looked forward to it, and she read in the poem, "Looking at Pan Yan with both hands, and looking at Luoshen separately" Well, all these years in front of the traffickers, she never knew that there was still a festival where she could go out. Every time she asked why it was so busy outside, the traffickers always looked flustered.

Jia Ying smiled and said, "Everything is fine here, go and play by yourself."

Hearing this, Xiangling laughed happily and became even more interested.

When they went up to the third floor, they saw Daiyu looking at a revolving lantern. Jia Ying smiled and said, "What story is this lantern telling?"

Daiyu opened her eyes when she heard the voice, and said to her, "I watched it for a long time, it looks like the Eight Immortals crossing the sea."

After returning to Gusu from Jinling this time, Jia Zhu and his party had to visit relatives in Lin's mansion. Jia Min knew that her daughter was bored in the mansion by herself, and she had no friends in Gusu, so she said that she would leave their family behind. It is said that there are few people in the two families, so it is better to go to the Lantern Festival together, and it will be lively no matter what.

Thinking that the mansion was deserted and that it was her aunt again, Jia Zhu immediately thanked her and stayed.

After that, Lin Ruhai led Jia Zhu to have a New Year's banquet with the local gentry, and they didn't give up until the Lantern Festival.

For people at this time, the Spring Festival has a great sense of form, even though it is a holiday.But it's not like a festival for people's entertainment, watching the year and worshiping ancestors, or visiting relatives and friends, all kinds of affairs are mixed together.

Lantern Festival is the carnival of the ancients. During the nine-day holiday, in larger towns, there will be official lantern festivals and fireworks, and folks will spontaneously hold carnival parades such as lion dances, dry boats, and stilts.

In the morning of the [-]th day, Zigu was greeted, and lanterns were hung in the hall. In the evening, the Lantern Festival was presented together, and the moon was admired. Because Jia Min and Daiyu were weak, although Jia Zhu had recovered from illnesses these years, her constitution was still weak, and she always It was resting, and Lin Ruhai was also happy, and there was no fireworks in the end. Lin Xiangyu and Jia Ying were used to seeing fireworks, so it didn't matter, but Jia Lan had been lost for a long time.

Today, at night, Li Wan is led by Jia Min, and together with the wives of the local officials in Gusu, they go out for a walk—in fact, a group of women walk a certain route together, wearing white silk jackets, crossing bridges and touching doornails, which is a kind of Blessing activities.Jia Min also meant to let Li Wan get acquainted with the circle of officials' wives here.

Gusu is densely populated, and during the Lantern Festival there are many people everywhere, and the air is turbid. Daiyu didn't plan to come out at first, and she didn't want to, but she knew she couldn't be crowded, and there were no familiar girls in Gusu to go out with.

It's just that I can't bear Jia Ying who loves to be lively.

Jia Ying patted her chest to promise that she would never get tired and let her have fun, Daiyu got curious and agreed.

After Jia Ying did her homework for half a day, she went to the little girl in the mansion and asked about interesting or delicious places in Gusu.

In Jinling, he received a lot of old-fashioned dumplings, and Xiren wasn't around, so Jia Ying had to manage the accounts by himself. He simply didn't have any expenses, but his income was quite a lot. Now he is also a person with a small treasury.

Jia Ying rented a private room by the window in this restaurant with the best view to watch the parade, ran for a street by herself, and brought back something new when she found something new. Once, she came back and asked Daiyu to help solve it. After solving two lantern riddles, Xiangling learned a lot from this, and she also solved a lantern riddle by herself, and came back with a lotus lantern in her arms.

Therefore, Jia Ying changed into men's clothes and ran outside in a hurry, not pretending to be other people's hands, and came back with a lot of things, and then joined Daiyu, looking downstairs, several little maids were sitting on the side, relaxed and comfortable.It's a different kind of fun to watch other people's excitement when you're not in the middle of it all.

Just now Jia Ying saw that Tangyuan shop upstairs, although she had already eaten yesterday, it was just authentic Lantern Festival, she missed Tangyuan for a while, so she ran out again and brought back two bowls.

Jia Ying walked over and sat down, and Zijuan also set up two bowls of glutinous rice balls.

Daiyu glanced at it, and said with a smile: "I didn't eat enough yesterday, you can use it yourself, I won't eat."

Jia Ying pushed the bowl of rose stuffing in front of her: "Taste it before we talk."

Daiyu knew what she said because it was different from yesterday, and saw that the soup in the bowl was exceptionally clear, and the fat and white dumpling glistened like glass beads under the light, which was different from what she saw yesterday. Over the spoon.

Daiyu tasted it for a while, and without Jia Ying's explanation, she understood the difference between glutinous rice balls and Yuanxiao.

The taste is completely different from Yuanxiao. The glutinous rice skin tastes a bit like the cold glutinous rice cakes I have eaten before, and it is a bit elastic.She looked at the spoon in surprise, the glutinous rice balls that had been bitten open slowly collapsed, pouring out the rose-colored soft sand inside, and there was a faint fragrance immediately.

Jia Ying also said "Huh?"

The thickness of the skin is moderate, but the taste is not blindly soft and glutinous. Under the reflection of the lights and various colors in the house, it looks a little clear.

But without waiting for her to think about it, the mellow aroma of the ground sesame overflowed her mouth. It was not like the sandy shape of modern machines. Sesame seeds were all in a slightly smaller granular shape. That sweetness and warmth wraps it up.

Jia Ying couldn't help crying in her heart, long live the handwork.

Holding the spoon in her hands, Daiyu laughed and said, "Have you tasted it?"

Jia Ying nodded, with bright eyes, and said seriously: "This skin is not pure glutinous rice flour, but also mixed with lotus root starch. So it's not completely glutinous."

Because she was planning to eat other things, Jia Ying only bought a bowl of four. Daiyu saw that she wanted to try something else, so she didn't scoop it out, and pushed her own bowl to her.The two of them exchanged bowls and ate.

Seeing that Jia Ying was about to leave again, Daiyu said: "Baoyu, don't buy too much, I don't need much, you just buy one, share it with me."

Jia Ying originally wanted to say that it doesn't matter, she can eat no matter how much she buys, but she expected that Daiyu would settle the bill for her first, and she didn't want to ignore her kindness, so she agreed with a smile, and then hugged some girls. Su's local snacks came, and Daiyu hadn't been in Gusu since she could remember. For a while, the two of them studied how to eat, and even had a little joke.

However, Jia Ying, who once again ran into the sea of ​​delicious food, quickly became dizzy when she saw the dishes she liked, and she couldn't remember Daiyu's instructions.

"...You serve such a big plate, it's useless for dinner, okay?"

It was only then that Jia Ying realized that she had spent impulsively. Facing Daiyu's gaze, she felt guilty for no reason, and took out the purse from her bosom and handed it in.

"Next time I go out, I'll only bring these few copper coins with me. Ah Yan, help me watch over my money."

Jia Ying had a good attitude of admitting her mistakes, but Daiyu then thought that she was running around like this, maybe she was really hungry, not to mention that she could keep playing without being here, why bother to come here all the time, so she could only let it go with a sigh pass.

Seeing her softening, Jia Ying hurriedly sat down, put the plate between the two of them, and imitated the sound of "Dangdang~" in her mouth.

Daiyu didn't understand what was going on, but she could feel the uncontainable excitement from her voice, so she cast her eyes over and saw a plate of bread wrapped in flour, deep-fried until golden, and drizzled with soy sauce. Gorgon sauce, with a lot of shrimp on the side.

"I didn't expect to meet someone selling shrimp and eel here." Jia Ying clenched her hands into fists, her face flushed with joy.

It's been a lifetime since the last time I ate it.

The gravy has a light sweetness, and the raw flour wrapped in it is fried golden and crispy. The eel meat inside is the eel back that has been deboned.Crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, it overflows with freshness, sweetness and tenderness.The taste is unbelievably three-dimensional, the liquid has gravy, the solid has eel floss, and the skin is crispy.

The sweetness of the sauce on the outside and the saltiness of the eel back inside are neutralized by the flour in the middle, creating a strange and harmonious taste. It is an unexpected appetizer, and the source of each taste can be easily distinguished by careful identification.

Although Daiyu likes it, she is not a person who can eat very much. It was unprecedented for Jia Ying to take her to eat supper this night, so Jia Ying took care of almost the whole plate, and she even asked the restaurant to serve a bowl of rice .

When Jia Ying finished eating, Daiyu looked at her in a strange way.

Touching her bulging belly, she was very injured and went out for a walk to digest.

Jia Ying lost her calories and possible weight for a while, only to realize that something was wrong with the direction of the crowd, and she didn't know what was going on in front of her, people kept pushing forward.

Fortunately, there were not too many people at this moment, but because of his height and previous experience, Jia Ying had no choice but to walk forward, even though it might be more crowded there.

She didn't walk for too long, suddenly a hand appeared from the side and grabbed her, seeing who was coming, Jia Ying felt relieved.

Jia Ying grabbed Mu Shi's clothes with his free hand.

Although they have already seen the lanterns hanging in the shops beside the road, the area around the two of them is getting more and more crowded.

Mu Shi turned around helplessly, and after apologizing, he circled her with his arms, at least not being squeezed by the people behind.

Jia Ying frowned: "Why are there so many people this time?"

Mu Shi sighed: "We're going to watch the fireworks, but I think the people in front have fallen into the river with such a crowd."

Jia Ying also sighed, but didn't ask him why he was here, instead, he asked, "Why didn't you squeeze out all of a sudden?"

Mu Shi said: "I just saw that there were people standing at the door of the store. This area was crowded with people, but they didn't go any further. It seems that we have entered the fireworks area designated by the government. I'm afraid there will be people behind. If more people come again, maybe they won’t leave until the fireworks are over.”

Jia Ying blinked and realized that she was too short, so she could only see the head.

This area is flat, and I don't worry about stampede incidents or the like, but I just keep crowded here until the fireworks are over. Daiyu is still in the restaurant, and she is not interested in watching any fireworks at all.

Mu Shi looked at Jia Ying, and saw that she was dressed in men's clothes, her face was no longer bright under the smudge of the lantern, but became hazy and quiet. She looked thoughtful, and her eyes were indescribably lively.

He opened his mouth to speak, but his heart was already pounding, and his voice was difficult for a moment, but she took the lead.

"I have an idea now, you don't want to watch the fireworks?" she asked.

"...No, I don't want to." He said against his will.

The girl in front of her nodded in satisfaction, then looked at him seriously, and said softly: "Wait, just hold me and run out."

Mu Shi was infected by her and became serious, but his ears felt hot.For a moment, he was fascinated by these words, and his mind had already begun to think of the appearance of having a white head with her and a house full of children and grandchildren.

The next moment, he saw the "dim and quiet" Jia Ying suddenly call out.

"what!"

The sound was loud, and everyone nearby cast their gazes.

Mu Shi didn't pay attention to the others, and was flustered for a while, before he had time to ask, he saw her covering her stomach with her hand, with a painful expression on her face.

"my child--"

Mu Shi: "..."