I opened a restaurant in ancient times

Chapter 5

Zhao Heng came to town today not only because he wanted to buy food, but also to see where the stalls would be more suitable.

After asking Zhang Qiao, he knew that the stalls in Beishi are not fixed. If anyone wants to set up a stall, they only need to explain to the government in advance and pay the fee. The government will randomly select an empty stall and issue a sign after three You can go to the stall in the day.

The signs all say the time from a certain year, a certain month, and a certain day to the time when the fee is paid. Once the deadline is up, the stall will be under the jurisdiction of the government again.

If someone refuses to leave, the government will ask the thugs to leave, and the things on the stall of the person who asks to leave cannot be their own.

Since the implementation of this rule, several dishonest ones have been cleaned up and docile.

It must be said that the government management of this dynasty was very advanced.

Zhao Heng and Zhang Qiao wandered off to South Street. There are shops everywhere, all kinds of powder shops and cloth shops.

After the two bought the necessary items, Zhao Heng bought a bamboo basket at a stall. Expensive, only two cents a piece.

He put the things he bought in a bamboo basket on his back and followed Zhang Qiao out of the North Market.

In the direction of Zhilan Town leading to the surrounding villages, there are industries with carriages and horses.

They take ox carts several times a day, take people back to the village, and then bring some people to the town, and collect tolls from those who pass by.

Zhao Heng came here with Zhang Qiao with a bamboo basket on his back, each paid three cents and got on the ox cart.

There were already several men and women sitting on the ox cart, chatting gossip.

Seeing that the two got into the car, the woman who had good things took the initiative to say hello.

Although I rode an ox cart, the road was very bumpy, and I would get stuck from time to time.

When they arrived at the village, Zhao Heng and Zhang Qiao walked all the way home, and they also met aunts who were going home.

They had just finished working in the fields, and greeted them with a smile: "Zhang Qiao, you're going to the town? Who is next to me?"

"It's Zhao Heng, who just came to our village, and I went to work with me today. ."

Zhao Heng and the elders all greeted him, and the aunts didn't embarrass him, they let them go after joking twice and went home.

After parting with Zhang Qiao, Zhao Heng returned home, took out the food in the bamboo basket, and placed it carefully.

He was going to make something delicious to soothe his stomach.

The past two days have been too difficult, it's just the beginning of hell mode.

Before I could eat the fish I caught before, I bought chili peppers in Beishi, just enough to make spicy fish. I turned my wrist and sliced ​​the ginger for later use.

The hanging fish were picked and washed, gutted, cut into small pieces, and placed in a bowl.

Pour in a little cooking wine and a little salt, turn around and put the ginger slices in, stretch out your hands to grab the fish evenly, so that the flavors of the cooking wine and ginger slices can better penetrate into the fish.

Zhao Heng stopped and thought for a while, and felt that the crispy one tasted better.

Take a small bowl from the flour bag, put it on the board, add a pinch of salt to the flour and mix well. Lightly pat the remaining fish bones and flesh with a thin layer of flour.

Pour a small bottle of grain and oil into the already hot pan, and when the oil temperature is almost the same, put the fish in it and fry it.

The sound of sizzling sounded, the smell of fish floated into Zhao Heng's nose, and he swallowed.

About a few minutes later, both sides of the fish turned brown. Zhao Heng used long chopsticks to fish out the fish piece by piece and put it into another bowl.

Then cut the garlic and the remaining ginger, and cut the chili into small pieces.

"Fry a hot sauce first."

Zhao Heng searched in the bamboo basket, took out the peppers, hemp peppers, and some aniseed, cleaned and put them away.

When the peppers are placed in the pot, the fragrance and spiciness will burst out. Add the sesame peppers, coriander, chopped green onions, etc., remove the onions, ginger, and garlic, and simmer for ten minutes.

The hot sauce is ready, some in small jars and some in bowls.

Use a spoon to put the oil back into the bottle, put the fish in the pot, pour in some hot sauce, and spread the hot sauce evenly on the fish.

Finally, the chopped coriander and chopped green onion were sprinkled in, and the spicy fish was out of the pot. Zhao Heng found a better bowl to fill most of it, and put the rest in his eating bowl.

Zhao Heng hurried to Zhang Qiao's house while the dishes were still hot.

Zhang Qiao's family was sitting in the main room preparing to eat, and when they saw him coming, they were a little embarrassed and said, "I didn't help you, how can I be so embarrassed to take your things."

Zhao Heng put down the bowl and waved his hand: "I just did it yesterday. Come here, you have helped me so much, so just keep my heart, it's not anything of value, how about you try it."

The smell is already very fragrant, but Zhang Qiao refused, and picked up the chopsticks first. I took a piece for my mother, and put another piece in my bowl. The spicy and spicy taste suddenly awakened my appetite.

"Yo! It's so hot!" He sighed, Zhang Qiao's mouth was flushed red by the spicy mouth, but he couldn't help holding another big piece, and the fragrant Zhang Qiao couldn't wait to swallow his tongue.

The red and bright chili peppers paired with the juicy and tender fish, with the crispy skin and the aroma of the sauce, which made him appetite.

Aunt Zhang took a sip and thought it was very good. She didn't expect that this gentle and gentle young man could actually cook. The spicy taste was a bit strong.

In this hot summer, there is usually no appetite, and there is too much leftovers in the family to feed chickens. But today, Zhang Qiao's appetite was completely opened up by this spicy fish, and he ate half a bowl in no time.

Zhao Heng told him to eat happily, and he couldn't help but laugh: "It's good if you like this dish."

Zhang Qiao's mouth was full of words, and his mouth was full of "uuuuu", so he simply shut up.

After chewing the food in his mouth and swallowing it, he said bluntly, "If I knew that the fruit called chili is so delicious, I would have bought more!"

"There will be opportunities in the future."

Before leaving, Zhang Qiao took him to At the door, he said, "If you need any help in the future, come to me directly, it will be from the neighbors."

After returning, Zhao Heng made a pot of porridge, which happened to be a whole bowl.

The charred and delicious fish meat and the sweetness of the white porridge comforted Zhao Heng's anxiety in another world.

After a delicious meal, I feel much better.

A night without dreams.

The next morning, Zhao Heng and Zhang Qiao went to Master Li's house early. Today's task is to repair the wall.

After a busy day, Zhao Heng went to queue to settle the wages as usual. Unexpectedly, Mr. Li's housekeeper said, "You won't be here tomorrow."

Hearing this, the crowd exploded and whispered.

Butler Li coughed and waved his hand to make people calm down: "The news just came that the young master has been admitted to the county school. I'm not going to cultivate."

Everyone agreed, some envied Master Li's family for such a promising scholar.

On the way back, Zhang Qiao went to see his sister in a village not far from Lijia Village, so he separated from Zhao Heng.

Zhao Heng was walking slowly on the road, and not long after, he happened to meet Jiang Yuan, who was carrying a bamboo basket and his steps were heavy.

Zhao Heng stopped him: "Jiang Yuan, are you going to the town?"

Jiang Yuan said: "I'm going to sell something."

"Zhang Qiao isn't here, just to ask if there is any woodworking in your town, I I want to order something."

"Woodworking? There is one in the village." Jiang Yuan hesitated for a while, and said, "My dad does a good job, but no one has asked him to do carpentry for several years."

Zhao Heng thought He moved and asked Jiang Yuan: "If your father can, I would like to make something at your house, okay?"

When I went to Jiang Yuan's house before, there were always some wood and wood products piled up in the corner of the yard. It can be seen that the craftsmanship still exists Yes, I just don't know if it can be done in large pieces.

Although Dad Jiang has not done carpentry for others for many years, he often makes some gadgets when he is idle at home. The ceiling he made for customers a few years ago accidentally fell off, and there are no more customers to order large. piece of things.

Later, after three or five months, there was news that the roofer had missed a part, which caused the accident.

But over time, no one from the villagers went to find Jiang's father to work.

Jiang Yuan was pleasantly surprised: "I'll ask Dad when I get home, if I can, I'll call you, okay?"

Zhao Heng readily agreed: "Okay, I'm going to buy something in the town now. Are you going to sell mountain goods? Just drop by, let's go together."

Jiang Yuan nodded, he was indeed going to sell mountain goods. He was in the mountains recently. After hunting a lot of prey, I went to sell it again before the autumn harvest, and then I went back until the autumn harvest was over.

Zhao Heng thought that he nodded and agreed to go together, and asked him, "Are you tired, let me carry it for you for a while." He wanted to reach out and pick up Jiang Yuan's back basket.

Jiang Yuan took a step back abruptly, his body tilted slightly, and the basket behind him brushed Zhao Heng's arm.

"Are you all right?" Seeing Zhao Heng's arm being bruised, Jiang Yuan couldn't care to dodge.

"It's alright, do you really need my help?" He didn't expect Jiang Yuan's reaction to be so strong, Zhao Heng felt a little annoyed, he forgot that there was a gender like a little brother in this world.

Jiang Yuan doesn't look like a woman, and if he ignores the red mole on his eyebrows, he is completely a handsome young man.

When Zhao Heng touched the wound, he scratched a bit of the skin, and it will heal tomorrow morning.

"No need." Jiang Yuan quickened his pace, one step faster than Zhao Heng.

Zhao Heng followed him slowly, three or five steps away from him.

The two arrived in the town and went straight to the North City.

Jiang Yuan had handed over the money to the government two days earlier, and went straight to his position at this time.

Zhao Heng also followed him forward, Jiang Yuan was a little annoyed: "What are you doing with me?"

"I've only come here for the second time, I'm not familiar with it, I can't find the way back if I don't follow you for a while." Zhao Heng felt a little guilty, he just wanted to see how Jiang Yuan sold things, and he would use it in the future: "Can't you?"

"...Okay." Jiang Yuan felt helpless.

He has been very soft-hearted since he was a child, seeing some fluffy animals without any resistance. Dad said that he should not be reincarnated in an hunter's family, and such temperament should be reincarnated in a peasant household or a wealthy family.

Perhaps Zhao Heng looked too much like the puppy he raised when he was a child, Jiang Yuan tacitly agreed to follow him after hesitating.

Da Chu's national style is open, and there are often unmarried girls and brothers traveling with their fiancés on the street. When they saw Zhao Heng following Jiang Yuan, many people just smiled kindly and didn't say much.

When he got there, Jiang Yuan took off the basket on his body, lifted the cloth covering it, and took out the same things in the basket.

Zhao Heng looked at it. Most of the fruits and mushrooms were rare in the mountains. He was a little confused. Shouldn't the hunters sell wild animals?

No matter what kind of ferocious beasts, they were fluffy when they were young, and they were very attractive. Jiang Yuan could hunt things like this. He had no resistance to this kind of thing. .

He thought, the family is not particularly poor, there is no need to kill such a cute little creature, it is just to save yin virtue for aunt and aunt, and let it live.

Jiang Yuan's stall is in a good location, next to another young brother's stall. There are a lot of people passing by, and it is not worrying about not being able to sell it.

Jiang Yuan took the cloth that was originally covered on the back basket and placed it on the wooden board in front of him, and arranged it carefully and neatly.

Zhao Heng looked at him seriously posing the mushrooms, his eyes revealed a hint of youthful air, and his immature face was extremely serious, and he couldn't help laughing.

"Pfft!" It's really cute for a little boy to do something so seriously.