To The Land of Nevernight

The guard looked at the name card Tang Shen gave, and respectfully welcomed the brother and sister into the door.

Tang Shen and Tang Juan waited in the room for a while, only to see a tall and thin old man in a straight gray cloth shirt enter the room.He first glanced at Tang Shen, then at Tang Juan.Then he stepped forward, returned the name card to Tang Shen, and said, "Young master, I don't know who's name? I'm the housekeeper of the Liang family. It's really unfortunate that I'm here today. My lord has gone to Jinling. I'm afraid it will take eight days or ten days." to come back someday.”

Liang Daru went to Jinling?

Tang Shen didn't expect that the two people he was going to visit today, one didn't want to see him, and the other couldn't see him at all.He said: "My surname is Tang, and I met Mr. Liang once in Zhaojia Village, Wu County."

The housekeeper said: "My lord did go to Zhaojia Village two months ago. Is Mr. Tang looking for your lord urgently?"

Tang Shen shook his head: "No, I just moved to Gusu Mansion. I remember my lord once said that I can go to him in the future, so I came here to pay a visit."

Butler: "If there is no urgent matter, I will send someone to inform the young master after the lord returns from Jinling. Can the young master leave his address?"

Tang Shen told the housekeeper his home address, and the housekeeper personally sent him out and returned the name card to him.

On the way home, Tang Juan whispered: "Brother, you actually know such a powerful person. Is Mr. Liang the governor of Gusu Mansion? There are guards guarding the gate."

"You know quite a lot."

"Of course, I don't know who the magistrate of Wu County is, but who in Gusu Manor doesn't know Daru Liang?"

Tang Shen really wanted to say: Your brother didn't know about it two months ago, and by the way, I don't know who the magistrate is either.

Tang Juan went on to say: "When Liang Daru took over as the governor of Gusu Mansion, father was very happy and told us several times. Who doesn't admire the four great scholars in the world, but father seems to say that Liang Daru was relegated to Gusu From the Su residence? Brother, what does it mean to be relegated?"

Tang Shen frowned.He didn't know anything about these official affairs. The original owner didn't pay attention to these matters, so his memory of this aspect was also very vague.Besides, Tang Xiucai is just an ordinary poor scholar. He doesn't know much, so he can't say anything.

Tang Shen said: "How do you remember these things? Dad also said this? I can't even remember."

Tang Juan made a small face: "Because father said that even if Liang Daru was relegated, he could live a life of wealth and wealth like a fairy. He is envious. Brother, I also want to live a fairy life."

Tang Shen: "..."

What's going on with this father and daughter!

Back home, Tang Shen smelled a burning smell as soon as he entered the door.He hurried into the kitchen, only to see Aunt Yao was cooking, the big iron pot was pitch black, and the smell of burnt permeated the entire small courtyard.Aunt Yao coughed twice, just as Yao San was going home, he quickly poured out the pot of black paste.

Yao San: "Mom, what are you doing, you're all confused."

Aunt Yao's cooking skills are pretty good. Ever since the mother and son came to the Tang family, Aunt Yao has been cooking. This is the first time she has burned something.

Aunt Yao said: "When I came back and saw that you hadn't come back, I remembered what my little boss said, you need to use flour to make sauce. No, I just wanted to try with some flour I still had at home, and I didn't expect to make it like this gone."

Yao San was also very strange: "Little boss, I've never heard that flour can be used to make sauce."

Tang Shen didn't expect that the first time Aunt Yao cooked rice paste, it was to make sweet noodle sauce!

He said dumbfoundedly: "Ms. Yao, why are you in such a hurry and don't wait for me to come back. Let me try it, and you can watch it first. I only saw other people making this sweet noodle sauce, and I haven't made it myself. Maybe I have to try more several times."

"Okay!"

Aunt Yao cleaned up the kitchen and reheated some steamed buns.The whole family was full, and they all came to the kitchen to watch Tang Shen make sweet noodle sauce.

Tang Shen changed into a coarse sackcloth and rolled up the cuffs.He looked at the big black iron pot, took a deep breath, looked away, and started to prepare the roux.

Compared with other seasonings, white fine flour was quite expensive in this era.At first it was an experiment, not sure if it could really make sweet noodle sauce, so Tang Shen only scooped three spoonfuls of flour.He put the flour into a bowl, added water and stirred well, then added a little soy sauce and four tablespoons of sugar.

Stir everything well, heat up a pan with a small amount of rapeseed oil, and he pours all the batter into it.

Not long after pouring, Tang Shen couldn't turn the pot anymore.The batter was burnt black and mushy, and the familiar smell of batter soon permeated the entire kitchen.

The four of them coughed and left the kitchen, Tang Juan said: "Brother, you are not as good as Aunt Yao, you are faster than her!"

Tang Shen said angrily, "Shut up!"

After cleaning the pot and trying again, Tang Shen failed twice.

Tang Shen rarely cooked in his previous life, but when he was a graduate student, his roommate was a "chef" who loved to cook.Sweet noodle sauce, peanut butter, burrito with scallions, buns and fried dough sticks. I said "I really want to eat pizza" the night before, and the next morning my roommate brought a plate of pizza out of the kitchen - all handmade, no takeaway added.

Tang Shen saw that his roommate had made sweet noodle sauce, but it was a bit difficult to make it himself.

Looking at the batter in the bowl, Tang Shen's eyes stopped on the dark brown rapeseed oil.Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration and poured the batter into the pot again.The three of them thought that Tang Shen was going to burn the pot again this time, but who would have thought that while he was frying the batter, he was holding the oil pot and pouring oil along the edge of the pot.

The sound of sizzling fried oil sounded in the kitchen, the batter was fried into sauce brown, and a strange fragrance wafted out.

Smelling it, Don Juan licked his lips: "Brother, what does it smell like? It smells really good."

Aunt Yao said, "Little boss, don't put so much oil. You asked me to eat on the street today. I ate a lot. I found that people in Gusu Mansion have a rather bland taste and don't like oily food. You put so much oil, they can't eat it."

Tang Shen tasted the sauce, and added a few spoonfuls of sugar.Sweet and soy sauce filled the small kitchen, Tang Juan and Yao San stretched their necks to taste what it was like.Tang Shen put the sauce into a bowl, and the little girl rushed up impatiently.

"I'll try it!"

Don Juan dipped some of it with his chopsticks, and the brown sauce was sticky and thick, sticking to the tips of the chopsticks, and was licked clean by the little girl. "It's so sweet and fragrant! It's much more delicious than the fragrant sauce that the village chief's family often makes." As she spoke, the little girl wanted to take another bite.

Tang Shen asked Yao San and Aunt Yao to taste it again.

Yao San: "Delicious!"

Aunt Yao frowned and said: "The taste is good, but my little boss, I can't get used to it. You put too much oil in it, it's a bit greasy. Most people in Gusu Mansion eat light food. Although they like sweets, they're not. This heavy sweetness."

Tang Shendao: "Aunt Yao, you said people in Gusu Mansion don't like to eat oil?"

"No, I ate at several stalls today, and they put very little oil in."

Tang Shen: "Maybe it's not that they don't like oil, but that they haven't found something that can eat oil without being greasy."

"what?"

Tang Shen: "Have you noticed that the more oily something is, the tastier it is?"

This question immediately overwhelmed Aunt Yao.She thought: "Fried meatballs are indeed delicious, but you can't eat too much, and they are also greasy."

Tang Juan raised his hand: "I like fried dough sticks the most. Aunt Yao took me to eat at the breakfast stall in Gusu Mansion yesterday. Gusu people also like fried dough sticks."

Tang Shen nodded: "Yes, people like to eat foods with high calories. The higher the calories, the better the taste generally."

"What is high calorie?"

Tang Shen: "The easier it is for you to gain weight."

Don Juan said in shock: "Then I can't eat more fried dough sticks!"

Aunt Yao was puzzled and said, "I don't understand what the little boss said, but do people in Gusu Mansion really like to eat this food?"

Tang Shen smiled slightly: "Aunt Yao, you don't like it because you are old and have a bland taste. Why don't we open a stall in a few days and try it out?"

At the same time, Tang Shen didn't know that when he left Liang's mansion, a figure who followed him quickly ran back to Tang Ju's house.

"You mean, the person Tang Shen is going to visit is probably Mr. Liang?"

The servant girl nodded, and said: "I can see carefully, Mr. Liang just left the Gusu mansion this morning, the master mentioned this matter. Then Tang Shen took out the name card and was welcomed into the Liang mansion by the guards. Steward Liang personally sent him out of the house. I thought it was not a simple matter, so I came back and reported it to my wife, and didn't give them the 20 taels of silver."

Mrs. Tang was dressing up and getting ready to rest. After hearing this, she put down her comb and began to think.

This servant girl is her dowry servant girl, and she has followed her since she was very young. She is not very old, but she is very good at doing things, so she was sent to do this work.What the maid said was probably true, and the person the Tang brothers and sisters wanted to visit was Master Liang.

"lady?"

Mrs. Tang said: "You go to the treasury to get ten taels of silver, go to Linglong Embroidery Village, pick out some clothes for young girls and send them to them. Buy some household items, pens, ink, paper and inkstone and some books. You don't need to send any money. Yes, just send something. You don’t need to pick expensive things, but they should be good and complete.”

The servant girl nodded: "Yes. Ma'am, can you just send the things over there? Do you want me to bring a word?"

"No. They are relatives. We can't get too close just because they may have a relationship with Mr. Liang. Our family won't be so obsequious."

"Okay." After finishing speaking, the servant girl turned around and was about to leave.

Mrs. Tang said: "Stop. Just remember, no matter what, that is the young master and young lady of the Tang family."

The maid thought for a while, then nodded in agreement.

On this side, Yao San was still making pancakes when someone knocked on the door.

Don Juan: "I will open the door."

When I opened the door, I saw a woman in her 20s.Don Juan was stunned, before he could speak, he heard the man bow his head and say, "Miss."

"Ah, I'm not Miss. Brother, someone is looking for me, but I don't know him. Did I recognize the wrong person?"

Tang Shen came over, the servant girl said again: "Master."

Tang Shen was taken aback for a moment, and subconsciously thought that the other party had identified the wrong person.

The servant girl said: "I am Mrs. Tang's personal servant girl. You left in a hurry, the master had something to entertain me, and Madam didn't know about it until you left. Madam specially sent me to give you some summer clothes and autumn clothes, as well as some books. Paper inkstone. I’m afraid you didn’t have a lot of things ready when you first arrived in Gusu Mansion.” Then, a few porters carried two boxes into the yard.

Tang Shen looked at the boxes quietly, and said, "More kindness from Mrs. Tang, but we've already bought everything, I'm afraid I'll have to trouble my sister to take it back."

"Master, this is not allowed. If I can't complete the errand, I will be scolded by my wife."

Tang Shen wanted to refuse, but this maid was very stubborn.

Finally the maid left, Tang Shen looked at the two boxes in the yard and smiled helplessly.

Tang Juan and Aunt Yao opened the box and saw that it was really just some daily necessities, clothes, pens, inks, papers and inkstones.There are no valuables, and the clothes are only prepared for Tang Shen and Tang Juan to wear. They are not silk and satin, but the style is generous and beautiful, obviously carefully selected.

Aunt Yao said: "Little Boss, your relatives are really nice. You can't just spend money on these things, you bought them with all your heart."

Tang Shen said, "It's only been a day, and they already know where we live."

Don Juan: "Huh?"

Tang Shen checked the contents of the box, thought for a while, and said, "But Mrs. Tang doesn't seem to have any malicious intentions."

Only one step at a time.

In the next few days, Tang Shen thought a lot, and even wondered whether Mrs. Tang guessed that they wanted to separate, so she purposely tried to please her in advance.But he dismissed the idea again.

Tang Xiucai was the son of a concubine. According to the regulations of this dynasty, he would not get much money after the separation of the family. Tang Ju's family would not deliberately plot against the two children for this little money.Moreover, what Tang Shen really wanted was to separate the family, to separate the relationship between the two families, not for money.

"Could it be that they know that I'm visiting Liang Daru in order to get close?"

But after waiting for a few days, after delivering the things, Tang Juren, Mrs. Tang, and even the maid never showed up again.

Tang Shen: "Is it true that I think too much?"

Putting this matter behind him, Yao San went home that afternoon and brought the stall regulations approved by Fangshi.

Yao San: "Now we can finally open a store."

Yao San has built a breakfast cart these days, it is not as gorgeous as the breakfast carts of later generations, it is just a small wooden cart.They bought a stove and coal, made a bucket of whole grain batter, and waited to sell it the day after tomorrow.

Ah Huang and Yao's mother and son were very excited, but Tang Shen thought a lot.He went out in the afternoon to stroll Brocade Street again, and at night he found Yao San: "Brother Yao, tomorrow you go outside Hukou City and hire dozens of people, preferably men and women, old and young. Only hire They spend half an hour, you can negotiate the price."

"It's easy to find. There are many people in Gusu Mansion, and there are also many idlers looking for work. But my little boss, why are you looking for this?"

"Are our pancakes delicious?"

Yao San swallowed his saliva, recalling the taste: "It's delicious! My little boss, I really didn't expect pancakes to be so delicious after being smeared with sweet bean sauce. But what's wrong?"

Tang Shen said: "We don't have much money, I can't wait to be discovered by others, I have to make money quickly. It's useless for you to know that it's delicious, let more people know it's delicious."

"What does that have to do with hiring people?"

Tang Shen's expression was calm, and he didn't even take a breath when he spoke. He said very confidently: "Hire someone, trust me!"

In the early morning of this day, on Suijin Street, many stall owners selling breakfast found a new face.

The person pushing the cart was a middle-aged strong man, the person who collected the money was an old woman, and the person who served breakfast was a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy!

At first, there was no one in front of this stall, but at some point, seven or eight people suddenly appeared, without looking at other stalls, they went straight to Xiaoerlang's stall, and formed a long line.

"I heard that the pancakes at this stall are delicious."

"No, I ate one last night and thought about it all night."

Other stall owners: "..."

You nonsense!This stall was obviously only erected this morning, and it took less than an hour to add up!

However, passers-by did not know that the stall was only opened today.

Seeing so many people queuing up and hearing people say how delicious this food is, many pedestrians stopped and joined the queuing team.

One person asked: "Brother, what are these multigrain pancakes? I haven't heard of them in Gusu Mansion before."

Before anyone could reply, a middle-aged man at the front of the line said very enthusiastically: "Mixed grain pancakes are delicious. I tried one for my daughter-in-law two days ago. My daughter-in-law thought about it for two days. But the boss only makes one hundred pancakes a day." One, I won’t sell it after finishing it, I can only buy one today.”

"What? Just make a hundred?"

"That's not right! Brother, I've already bought it, you can queue up slowly, don't worry."

"Okay, thank you big brother, I will definitely buy one and try it."

Tang Shen finished making another multi-grain pancake, and Yao San's loud voice spread across half of Brocade Street: "Get out of the pot!"

Aunt Yao counted the money softly, while Tang Juan was dumbfounded watching from the side.

"Yao... Aunt Yao, please pinch me. Didn't we just open the stall today, and it took an hour? Why are there so many people queuing up to buy our pancakes? Am I dreaming..."

Tang Shen was immersed in making pancakes. Hearing this, he laughed disdainfully and thought to himself: Is this still too many people?

He used both hunger marketing and queuing marketing. After 1000 years, he has been successful, and now he has attracted more than a dozen customers, is it still easy to catch?

Other stall owners on the side: "..."

What a shame! ! !

The author has something to say: To: This multigrain pancake is delicious, I eat it every day!

Tang Shen: I got the customer based on my strength.

Stall owners: shameless! ! ! !