I sold snacks in ancient times

Today is Yin Xu's birthday.

Qi Yongfan has always kept this matter in mind, and went to a carpenter early to order an exquisite wooden box.There were a whole bunch of disposable toothbrushes in the car, and he chose five of different colors and put them in wooden boxes.

His own electric toothbrush lasts a lifetime.Modern technology is advanced and comes with a lifetime warranty.This warranty is not literal. No matter where you are, even if you are in a different time and space, big companies can send back broken things, repair them and send them to you.

As for toothpaste, shower gel and other supplies, there is also an unlimited supply, which is included in the fare paid at the beginning.

But the "unlimited quantity" of personal items is not really inexhaustible like snacks.At most, it can only be used by Qi Yongfan for a lifetime, which has been carefully calculated by scientists.

If he sells it or gives it to others, it will be useless when he grows old.

So Qi Yongfan didn't send toothpaste, but only put a toothbrush in.It looked a bit shabby, so he thought about it, and added another bar of soap.

Modern bar soaps can be used to wash and exfoliate the body.He usually uses super-grade shower gel, and if he doesn't need it, he just gives it to Yin Xu.

Early in the morning, Qi Yongfan delivered breakfast and birthday presents to the next door.

The warm spring breeze blows the jujube tree branches that have just been pulled out by the wall, and there is an obvious fragrance of flowers.Sporadic green grass grows in the corners of the yard, no longer bare grass roots like in winter.

The pavilion stands in the warm spring day.

Yin Xu put on his coat and walked through the pavilion to open the door.His eyes fell on the wooden box in Qi Yongfan's hand, and he turned to serve breakfast, simple rice porridge with side dishes.

These dishes, leaves can also be done now.But Yin Xu still prefers to eat the porridge cooked by Qi Yongfan, which is neither too thick nor too thin, just right.

Qi Yongfan put the wooden box in his arms and said, "Happy birthday!"

Yin Xu was stunned for a moment, only to realize that the "birthday" in the other party's mouth refers to the birthday.To be honest, he almost forgot that today is his birthday.

"Thank you." He said softly.

"I'll come to your house at noon!" Qi Yongfan said with a smile: "Let this chef cook you an invincible and delicious lunch."

"Ah."

The two walked in, Yin Xu and Ye Zi sat in the pavilion and settled the breakfast.After eating, Yin Xu opened the wooden box, looked at the contents, and asked in surprise, "Is this a toothbrush?"

"Yes, last time I saw your pig mane hair toothbrush, it was too hard, not as comfortable as this one from the Western Regions."

Yin Xu touched the soft hairs on it, thinking that even the emperor used a wolf toothbrush.When did Qi Yong possess such ability to do business with merchants from the Western Regions?

In fact, he already had doubts.The various delicacies of Xiaxing Tavern have never appeared in Dayin.And Qi Yongfan never let him step into the house...as if there is some invisible secret in the other party's house.

But he didn't mind that Qi Yong kept something from him.Who in this world has no secrets?

Qi Yongfan knew nothing about it.After bidding farewell to Yin Xu, he pushed the small wooden cart to the store to deliver the goods.

It began to drizzle at noon.By the time he got to the store, his robes were soaked through.He changed into the spare staff uniform in the store, drank a bowl of ginger tea made by Qian Ping, and felt very comfortable.

In ancient times, wood-fired stoves were used for cooking.Qi Yongfan sat behind the stove and warmed himself by the fire, his drenched robe hung on the side, and it dried after a while.

Business is good in the morning, with customers coming and going, and the employees are so busy that they don't touch the ground.After a while, Qian Ping ran in and said, "Boss, someone is looking for you outside."

Qi Yongfan stood up, wiped the bristling hair with a towel, covered it with a cloth, and asked, "Who is it?"

"It's the new shopkeeper of Longyou Tavern opposite." Qian Ping described: "Tall, thin, and very handsome."

Qi Yongfan thought, it's Wang Kuina again.

Although he is gay, he hates people like Wang Kui the most in his life. It reminds him of the unbearable past of being entangled by a certain rich second generation...

But this time Qi Yongfan was too young.Wang Kui not only stared at his butt, but also his cucumber.

The store is bustling.The aroma of food filled the air, and occasionally a few tables were billowing white mist from the hot pot.Qi Yongfan strode out, stood in front of Wang Kui, and said, "What do you want from me?"

Wang Kui sat on the table on the left side of the store entrance, took a sip of milk, and said unhurriedly: "I want to invite Mr. Qi to my Longyou house for a light meal. I always eat your hot pot skewers, and the doctor said he was angry." Too rich. Why don't you try something light?"

"I'm not free at noon." Qi Yongfan wanted to refuse at first, but felt that Longyou opened opposite his store, so he should also go to see how capable his competitors are, and said, "Otherwise, next time."

A hint of surprise flashed in Wang Kui's eyes, "You said it, you must come next time!"

"Okay, okay." Qi Yongfan said perfunctorily.

……

At noon, Qi Yongfan went to the vegetable market first to see if there was any good food to buy.Always eating snacks is indeed unhealthy as Wang Kui said.

However, these modern snacks have a long history and have been verified by improvements in food safety technology to minimize the impact on the body.

Like instant noodles hundreds of years ago, they are extremely poisonous, and long-term use can cause cancer.

However, in Qi Yongfan's era, eating more new types of instant noodles was even good for your health...

Despite this, Qi Yongfan still thinks that ancient pure natural ingredients are better.He wandered around, and the vegetable market was very lively, but there was only one stall that no one cared about.

The stall owner was a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy, holding a bamboo basket, looking at the passers-by, rolling his eyes, shouting: "Sell shrimp! Fresh red shrimp! Only forty yuan One catty!"

There are also people selling shrimps in the town, but they are all small shrimps fished out of the river, and the larger ones sell for a sky-high price of eighty or ninety yuan a catty.

Many passers-by were attracted by the boy's hawking, saying they wanted to see what the "red shrimp" he was talking about looked like.

The boy lifted the lid of the bamboo basket and looked at people mysteriously. The passers-by immediately ran away in fright, and some passers-by scolded: "Non-virtuous, use the poisonous shrimp from the stinky ditch to fool people! There are a lot of them in Hexi. Do you still dare to sell for 40 Wen?"

The boy retorted: "Why are they poisonous shrimp? I cooked it myself and it tasted delicious..."

"Look at the strange appearance of this shrimp. It is black and red. It is poisonous! Someone in the town has eaten it before. The shell is so hard that he died of poisoning the next day after eating it."

Passers-by threatened.

"You liar!" the boy yelled, "I ate it, why didn't I get poisoned?"

"Who knows, maybe you are deceiving people to sell shrimps. Tsk tsk, you have such scheming at such a young age..."

After making such a fuss, no one dared to come to the boy's booth.Every spring and summer, there will be this crab-like red shrimp by the river in Nanshan Town, but the people in the town never dare to eat it.

Even if the nearby villagers had nothing to eat, they wouldn't bother with the red shrimp.One is that red shrimp is difficult to catch, and the other is who knows if eating them will cause poisoning...

Out of curiosity, Qi Yongfan walked over to have a look.The bamboo basket was open, and a bunch of black and red shrimps were crawling around in it.The boy was not in the mood to talk to him, and took a wooden stick to poke down the shrimps that were about to crawl out.

My mother, isn't this a crayfish? ?

Qi Yongfan began to doubt life, how could this thing appear in the Great Yin Dynasty.He always thought that the Great Yin was equivalent to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the crayfish was introduced from the US Emperor in the Sakura Kingdom in 1918, and it was not gradually introduced to China until the later period.

Crayfish are so delicious, but no one here eats them?Business opportunities flashed through Qi Yongfan's mind, and he immediately stepped forward and asked, "You dragon... bah, how do you sell shrimp?"

The boy said listlessly: "How many do you want? If there are not many, I will give them to you."

The lobster in the bamboo basket weighs about five or six catties.

Qi Yongfan said: "I want them all."

"Really?" The boy opened his mouth wide in surprise, and then said joyfully, "I'll sell it to you cheaper, how about 100 Wen? I'll give you the bamboo basket too."

The boy was still very uneasy. He thought that if he couldn't even sell the money, he might as well go home and cook for himself.But the aunt is sick and urgently needs money to buy medicine.

Qi Yongfan readily took out his money bag, took out a sling of copper coins and handed it to him, then went home with a bamboo basket in his arms.

In modern times, Qi Yongfan is a crayfish lover.Every summer, he would go to the supper stand to buy lobsters, which cost two or three catties.However, lobster is still very expensive. Although he is greedy, he can't afford it.The price in the aquatic product market was a little cheaper, so he went to buy it himself and cook it.

This cage weighs a whole five or six catties!Qi Yongfan returned to the car excitedly, eager to cook a big pot of delicious spicy crayfish right away.

The steps of making crayfish are extremely cumbersome.He first cleaned the lobster with a brush, and then began to peel the shrimp line.Fortunately, the ancient crayfish were relatively clean, and he finished cooking them quickly.

There are hundreds of crayfish, and Qi Yongfan's hand is almost broken.Put the oil in the pan, add millet pepper, minced garlic, salt and pepper, soy sauce and other seasonings, and stir-fry skillfully.The pot is small, so in order to ensure the taste of the crayfish, he fried them three times.

The smell of incense spread in the RV, and even the range hood couldn't completely absorb the smell.The exhaust pipe spread the aroma of the stir fry to the next door, Yin Xu took a deep breath and said, "Brother Qi should be cooking."

"It smells so good!" Ye Zi looked forward to it and said happily, "Maybe there will be something delicious again."

Yin Xu was playing with the pink toothbrush in his hand, feeling a little greedy unconsciously.When he was in the palace, he would never be like this...

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When it comes to birthdays, how can there be no birthday cake.

But Qi Yongfan doesn't know how to bake, and there is no oven in the car.He casually found a meat floss bread roll in the warehouse, thinking that he would plug in a candle when the time came, and it would be all right.

Anyway, it's someone else's birthday.

A large pot of thirteen-flavored lobster was ready, he put it in a clay pot, filled it with soup, sprinkled sesame seeds and coriander, and brought it to the next door.

Yin Xu had smelled this smell from a long way away, and looked at the prawns in the pot, they were bright red, quite pleasing, and couldn't help asking: "What is this?"

Qi Yongfan originally wanted to say lobster, but when the words came to his lips, he changed it to "red shrimp".

"I've never seen it before, and it's from the Western Regions?"

Qi Yongfan shook his head, and said: "There are them by the river, but people in the town don't eat them."

Yin Xu doubted: "Can it be eaten?"

"Of course! Keep it safe and you will fall in love with it after eating it!"

Qi Yongfan put the earthen pot aside, grabbed a crayfish and skillfully peeled the shell to get the meat.