Eat in Song Dynasty

Chapter 48 Birthday Ceremony

After Wen Shu finished praying, he burned the Zaojun statue again, then filled the mutton dumplings cooked in the pot, adjusted the dipping sauce, cut a plate of pickled and sour radishes, and brought them to the main room.

Wen Tai took out the half-catty rice wine that he had just bought from Li's foot shop in the afternoon, and the father and daughter sat facing each other, eating and recalling what happened in the past year while listening to the sound of firecrackers outside and children's play.

If we say that the past year has not been good for Wen Tai, not to mention the disaster that burned down the shop, even other things are not going well, especially Wen Shu's marriage, which is simply a big rock hanging in his heart. Before he made up his mind, his heart was still in suspense, and he still had the fifty pennies.
Thinking about my livelihood next year, the dumplings in my mouth are not very delicious.

But for Wen Shu, it was complicated and hard to tell whether it was good or bad. Although the shop was burned, he picked up the iron box from the ruins by a blessing in disguise.

Xiaoxing said that the iron box was developed by people tens of thousands of years later. Its full name is "Shan Hai Jing Transmission System". During the trial period, it accidentally ran out of energy and wandered in the universe. Skyfire, the energy-depleted system can be reactivated.

And as the first person who successfully opened the iron box and entered the world of Shan Hai Jing, and left bloodstains behind, she was bound as the host by the system.

Although the world of Shan Hai Jing is full of crises, there are also many opportunities. Whether it is good or bad depends on her own ability. Generally speaking, it is a good thing.

Besides, the fifty guan, although it once became a boulder on her body, no, it is still pressing on her body, it should be regarded as a sudden disaster, but because of this, she accepted the protection task and embarked on the road of martial arts.

Although it's only been less than two months, the benefits of practicing martial arts needless to say, not to mention the security in this world can be used for self-defense, even exploring in the world of mountains and seas will also give you an extra power to protect yourself, besides, this world may not be safe. how long.

Hearing that there is a war on the border again, and more losses than victories, she always has a faint uneasiness in her heart. If the world is really chaotic, she can survive better with a good martial arts.

In short, this matter is really hard to tell whether it is good or bad, maybe it is in response to the old saying that good fortune and bad fortune depend on each other.

After dinner, Sun Heping came over and invited Wen Tai to watch a puppet show at Sangjia Wazi, while Wen Shu asked Wang Ling to go shopping together.

Since I have received the usual money from her father, why don't I buy things at night, and the new year is approaching, and there are many years to buy, so I just go shopping together, and if there are suitable ones, I will bring them back together to save money. Turn around and forget about it in a hurry.

The city of Tokyo at night is undoubtedly beautiful, especially on New Year’s Eve. Lantern festivals are set up in many places, and the soft lights illuminate the city of Tokyo brilliantly, like shining pearls in the dark night.

There was also a lantern festival on Nanfeng Street in the north of the city, and that was the goal of the two of them tonight. There was an endless stream of men and women carrying lanterns on the road, old and young.

Amidst the commotion, Wang Ling pulled out a small blue porcelain box from her sleeve as if conjuring: "A-Ning, it's your birthday tomorrow. This is my birthday present for you. Let's see if you like it."

Wen Shu happily took it. The small azure porcelain box contained a delicate and white paste like lard, and there was a faint fragrance of roses after smelling it carefully.

"My new face cream has added a lot of precious medicinal herbs, and of course your favorite rose flower."

"Thank you Ling'er, I like it very much." Wen Shu turned around and gave her a bear hug.

At the same time, I sighed in my heart, since I met Wang Ling when I was ten years old, every year on her birthday, Wang Ling would specially prepare a rouge powder for her, and most of the rouge powder she used on weekdays were sent by Wang Ling .

It may be that people are born with different talents. Wang Ling is also born with a pair of skillful hands, but she has no interest in the kitchen. Instead, she is very fond of mixing fragrances and making powders, and loves to study.

In addition, she has a good family background, and rouge and gouache are considered a tight business at the moment, so the Wang family also agrees with her to study this way, and does not force her to learn cooking skills.

After the two became friends, every time Wang Ling made a new rouge, lipstick, etc., she had to try it first, and she would call Wang Ling to taste any new dishes she learned or studied.

The relationship between the two of them gradually grew between the food and the meal, and now they are close friends who talk about everything.

The Lantern Festival on Nanfeng Street was very lively. There were all kinds of lanterns on the long Yongdao, and the shops on both sides of the street were full of people, and it was very lively.

Wen Shu took a glance, and saw a wooden sign outside a Wangji cloth store, which said that a certain fabric was on sale today, how much is it per foot, and immediately pulled Wang Ling in.

If you have money or not, you have to tear a piece of new cloth to make clothes during the New Year. This is a customary rule. Due to the attraction of the special price, there are already many women and young ladies standing in the shop at this time, and a kind-faced female shopkeeper is greeting they.

Wen Shu glanced at the shelf where the cloth was placed, and then pointed to a piece of satin blue cotton cloth to ask the price, the shopkeeper smiled: "This is a material that just came in from the south, and it costs twenty cents a foot, and the lady is for my father at home." Buy it, this color is bright, it is suitable for making clothes during the New Year's festival, and it will show people's spirit."

Twenty cents a foot, Wen Shu calculated in her heart, according to her father's stature, it would take at least seven feet to make a long gown, and in case there is a place where the cutting is damaged, there is a little leftover, so it has to be pulled eight feet.

Cotton is 150 Wen a catty nowadays, and it is enough for her and her father to have two catties of cotton together, which is 460 Wen. With four hundred coins, I can buy a lot of new year's goods.

After finishing the calculation in her heart, she pointed to the two pieces of red fabric next to the blue satin fabric and asked, "What's the price of those two pieces?"

The shopkeeper looked back and praised: "Young lady has a good eye. This is just arrived two days ago. It is the most fashionable material on Jiangnan Road. The young lady in the south has to wear it all over the New Year. It is the same as the one just now. Twenty cents a foot."

Wen Shu nodded. She made a dress of six feet long enough, so she turned around and asked Wang Ling, "Which of the two colors looks better?"

"They all look good, they happen to be the same color, why don't you pull three feet each, and make the crimson one a small jacket, and the sea-shang red one a skirt."

Wen Shu felt that what she said was reasonable, so he called the shopkeeper, and according to his words, he pulled out the fabric and cotton, walked around for a while, and the two went back.

Early the next morning, it was time to practice martial arts again. Before going out, Wen Shu picked up four pairs of rabbit flower buns in different shapes from a basket, and planned to take them to another courtyard for Master Liu.

Although this master was only temporary and not a formal apprenticeship, he taught her for a while after all, and he did his best, and encouraged her a lot, so it was appropriate to send a few flower buns to show his affection.

23 is the new year, and there are a lot of people coming and going to buy new year's goods on the street, which makes the roads crowded and the carriages go very slowly.

Wen Shu lifted the curtain and looked at the stalls selling couplets outside, and sighed in his heart, what a profitable business!
It's a pity that her study time is short, not to mention the couplets, even the writing is sparse and tight, and it's far from beautiful, otherwise she would have to take part in the couplet sales business this year.

Sighing and sighing, a sweet scent suddenly came into the nose, Wen Shu smelled the smell and looked over, but saw a stall on the street frying sweet and crispy "crispy Qiong Ye", swallowed, hurriedly closed the curtain lay down.

She couldn't smell it anymore, and if she smelled it again, she was afraid that she would rush down and buy another copy.

The carriage swayed forward like this, and it took half an hour to barely reach the city gate, and it was easy to leave after seeing the city, but something happened at the city gate unexpectedly.

(End of this chapter)