Food for the people

Chen Zhuang said that he also lived on West Street, and it was not too close to Qiao Yu's place, but it was not too far away. He came to Qiao Yu's place every morning and went back after finishing his work in the afternoon, which was not a problem.

Today is already here, and it is not too long before noon, so Qiao Yu simply refused to let him go back, so as not to cause trouble in running back and forth, and Mr. Yan did him such a big favor, he must be willing to repay him first After a while, he simply didn't leave and stayed with him for lunch.

Lu Jincheng readily agreed.

Qiao Yu went into the kitchen to greet Aunt Qiufeng, then came out and asked Lu Jincheng, "I have to go shopping in the street, do you want to go together?"

He definitely can't leave Lu Jincheng alone at home. Except for him, everyone seems to be a little too reserved in front of him. He doesn't seem to have the temperament to actively chat with others. Based on the principle of not neglecting his benefactor, Qiao Yu felt that Lu Jincheng should be brought along.

Obviously, Lu Jincheng felt the same way. As soon as Qiao Yu asked, he immediately nodded in agreement, as if he was waiting for Qiao Yu's words.

Qiao Yu asked him before, then turned to ask Chen Cong, everyone left, and Aunt Qiufeng was busy again, so she couldn't leave him alone in the yard. He said first: "My lord, I won't go, I'll go talk to my aunt in the house, and get to know her well."

After speaking, he smiled at him, turned his head and entered the kitchen.

Qiao Yu: ...

Aunt Qiufeng can only gesture, do you understand?

"Don't worry, he's still smart, no problem." Lu Jincheng said.

He had dealt with Aunt Qiufeng the first day, and he knew she couldn't speak, so when he said that, Qiao Yu had no objection, and said, "Okay, then let's go."

The two went out one after the other. Lu Jincheng was always one step behind Qiao Yu. After a long silence, he suddenly asked, "What happened to your father and Lingtang?"

Qiao Yu paused and said, "Well, it's not here anymore."

Qiao Yu turned to look at him, and found that there was not much surprise on Lu Jincheng's face. In fact, he has been to his house so many times, and there will always be only the two of them. It is time to guess, let alone according to his elusive guards. If you really want to know about the skills you have shown, you should already know it.

Qiao Yu thought for a while and said, "So now is the time to tell the truth? I answered a question for you, do you have to answer a question for me too?"

Lu Jincheng hummed suspiciously, then realized what he meant, his eyes darkened, and he said, "Ask."

Qiao Yu wanted to ask him who he was, but he held back after thinking about it. In fact, he had already guessed in his heart, but he never asked him in front of him. In his opinion, Lu Jincheng was unwilling to speak out. It must have its own reasons, but he was not that curious at first, but now he wants to know more and more.

He changed the question and asked, "Is Yanjin your real name?"

Lu Jincheng smiled and nodded.

The fourteenth prince's surname is Lu, and his name is Jincheng, and his character is Yanjin, which means Yanru ancient Hanjin.

It's just that he never thought that Qiao Yu would ask this.

Lu Jincheng pondered for a moment and said, "I do have something to hide from you, but it's not that I don't want to tell you, it's just that it's not yet time."

After listening to his explanation, Qiao Yu found it interesting, and asked, "I don't know you, but someone does."

Lu Jincheng smiled when he heard the words: "If you really want to know, you can ask me."

Qiao Yu said, "Didn't you say it's not time yet?"

"If you want to know, I'll tell you." Lu Jincheng looked at him with slightly curved eyebrows and a gentle smile in his eyes.

Qiao Yu shrank her neck, and suddenly felt that the conversation was a bit wrong, and she seemed to feel strange while talking.

He changed the subject and said, "Okay, if you don't tell me, I won't ask. Tell me when you think it's convenient. It's okay. I saw fish sellers on the street a few days ago, and I didn't ask." I don't know if it's still there today."

He obviously changed the subject, but Lu Jincheng didn't continue, and followed him and said, "Go and have a look."

Hanyang City is located in the north, and it is quite cold in winter. Although there are rivers around it, they will freeze in winter, so fish are scarce in winter. Now that the weather is getting warmer, the rivers are thawing, and fishermen who rely on water have begun to move around. There are fish for sale.

In fact, Lu Jincheng doesn't have many rare fish. The Empress Dowager loves Prince Yan's mansion so much that he will leave a copy for him. Although Hanyang has a long winter and the rivers are frozen, Jiangnan does not, so there are cars from Jiangnan every winter. The horse brought some things that Hanyang did not have and offered them to the emperor, and they were also rare items of the highest grade.

He didn't care about it himself, but he never thought that Qiao Yu would like it. He thought that tomorrow he could ask Chen Cong to bring some of the frozen ones from the palace to Qiao Yu for a taste.

Qiao Yu really misses fish. He was born in a southern city. Although there are no big rivers and seas, there are many inland rivers near his small town. When he was a child, his favorite thing was to fish in the river, and take it back when he caught it. Just eat it, the original ecology still tastes good.

Later, he didn’t have to worry about seafood such as fish and shrimp. There is a famous member-only supermarket chain next to his community. Seafood comes from all over the world. As long as you can afford it, you can basically not worry about not being able to eat what you want.

After arriving here, I realized that even fish can’t be eaten in this place in winter, so I really thought about it.

When he saw fish for sale on the street a few days ago, he immediately bought two. If it wasn’t for the weather getting hotter and there was no refrigerator, he could have bought more. The two fish he bought would be eaten on the same day when he returned home, braised in soy sauce He and Qiao Ling were very satisfied with a big plate.

Qiao Yu made up his mind to buy fish. After going to the street, he looked around to see if there was any fish for sale. After walking around, he saw a stall near the end.

The stall owner is a middle-aged man with two fish baskets on his back and a pair of straw sandals tied around his waist. It looks like he just came back from fishing. The weather is still cold and his lips are blue. Seeing Qiao Yu coming over, he rubbed his hands repeatedly and asked, "Which one do you want to buy, my lord?"

He spread a few plantain leaves on the ground, and the fish were thrown on them hastily. Many of them were motionless, and only a few were still breathing hard with their gills open.

Qiao Yu pointed at four fishes in total, one was bigger and weighed about three catties, and the remaining three were small fish weighing about one catty, and the species of fish were also different. The big one was a black fish, probably because of its ferocious temperament. It is so big that it is still jumping when other fish are struggling to breathe.Among the three small ones are carp and crucian carp, none of which are expensive species.

Seeing that he wanted so much at one time, the man's attitude improved a lot, and he said, "If you want these few, I'll give you a cheaper price, this black fish is twenty yuan, and you can give me ten yuan in total for the remaining three." .”

Fish are scarce in this season, so the price will go up. After the man finished speaking, Qiao Yu didn't say a word. He was afraid that Qiao Yu would not want it anymore, so he took out a smaller carp and said, "If you want it, I will take this small carp with you." gave it to you."

Qiao Yu said, "Then help me wrap it up."

The man was very happy when he saw him speak. He took out a straw rope made of aquatic plants from the fish basket, passed it neatly through the mouth of the fish, tied a knot, put it on again, and tied another knot again. together, and handed it to Qiao Yu.

Qiao Yu was carrying the fish and was about to take out the money from his pocket. A hand beside him had already handed over the money. Qiao Yu said with a smile, "I'll give it to you. Don't hand me a coin of silver. I can't find it."

The man who sold the fish waved his hands and said, "I can't find a piece of silver, so please give me a coin."

Hearing this, Lu Jincheng waved his palm in front of Qiao Yu's eyes, and said, "Copper plate."

Sure enough, thirty copper coins were counted and placed in the man's hand.

Qiao Yu laughed and said, "You didn't even have the ten cents you gave me last time, so why are you carrying so many copper coins on your body today?"

Lu Jincheng smiled and said nothing, the copper coins in his purse have been kept from that day until today, and it finally came in handy.

After buying fish, Qiao Yu went to the pharmacy to weigh some spices. This time, the pharmacy helped to grind them into powder and pack them into a bag.

Although the weather is warmer now and everything is beginning to recover, it has just begun to sprout, and it will take some time to grow, so there are still very few fresh vegetables that can be eaten, except for an old lady who sells something similar to purslane Wild vegetables, the rest are dried vegetables sold in shops.

This wild vegetable looks like purslane at first glance, but it is not the same when you look closely. The leaves are bigger and extremely tender. Qiao Yu doesn't know what it is called, so he thinks it is purslane.

Qiao Yu hasn't eaten green vegetables for a long time, and it's rare to see this purslane. The old lady doesn't have much left, and the price is also cheap. The wild vegetables look very fresh. I bought it and gave me five cents.

When Qiao Yu got home, she saw Chen Cong chatting lively with Aunt Qiufeng. Although Aunt Qiufeng couldn't speak, Chen Cong could understand even guessing tricks. There is no obstacle.

Wen Sheng obviously liked Chen Cong more than Lu Jincheng. He didn't know what Chen Cong said, but he was being teased and giggled.

Hearing noises coming from the yard, Chen hurriedly ran out from the kitchen, and saw two people standing in the yard, his prince was holding a few fish in his left hand, and a small paper bag in his right.

Chen hurriedly followed his prince since he was a child, when he saw his prince holding such a thing, Chen hurriedly exclaimed in his heart, and didn't dare to think too much, he immediately went forward to lift the thing in his prince's hand down.

"My lord, where are these things?" Chen hurriedly asked.

Qiao Yu rolled up his sleeves and said, "Let's put the fish outside, I'll kill them later, and put the rest in the kitchen."

Chen hurriedly said: "Let me kill the fish. I have killed fish before, and I will definitely clean it up."

After he finished speaking, he went to the kitchen to get the knife, and skillfully killed the fish.

Qiao Yu saw that his technique was really good, so he was relieved to let him do it, but he told him not to cut the fish into pieces before doing it, and he had other methods.

Chen Hue nodded like a pounding garlic, and obeyed him.