Cub Nursery

"What about Concubine Xian?" The snake body cub wrapped the tip of its tail around Yan Xun's ankle, trying to raise its head, its face was chubby and a little red from the cold.

Yan Xun put the newly made fur hat on the snake cub, and said with a smile, "It should be pretty, I haven't seen it before."

Yan Xun is the prettiest person in the eyes of the snake-bodied cub. He automatically imagined Concubine Xian as Yan Xun, patted the hat on his head with the tip of his tail, and happily went to whisper to other cubs .

Concubine Xian blew a pillow breeze, and the gypsum tofu recipe was settled.

The gate of Honglu Temple opened again, and this time it was Yang Shuning who came in with a few Taoist soldiers.

"General Yang!" Yan Xun stepped forward and cupped his hands.

Yang Shuning's hawk-like eyes looked around the whole Honglu Temple, he remembered clearly when he personally sent ten cubs and one adult monster here.

The main house is dilapidated, and the wing rooms have long since rotted away, making it uninhabitable.Even the surrounding walls and gates were repaired later, and there was no intention at all to make life easier for these cubs.

Now I don’t know what it looks like inside the main house. The outside doors and windows have been replaced with new ones. Many pottery pots still have fragrance wafting out.

In the corner of the yard, there is a square and weird little house, and there is a big iron pot.

The big iron pot was bubbling and steaming, and it smelled delicious.

Jing Fengye stood beside Yan Xun, the little cubs didn't hide because of Zhou Guang's visit several times, but this time they boldly hid outside the main room, peeking at Yang Shuning and the Taoist soldiers with their small heads exposed.

"Lord Yan." Yang Shuning cupped his hands angrily, "The emperor has agreed, he can leave Honglu Temple, but he has to get a few seals!"

The eyes of the little cubs lit up when they heard that they could leave Honglu Temple, but their eyes dimmed after hearing the seal.

Seeing the reaction of the little cubs, Yan Xun frowned slightly, and asked, "General Yang, what kind of seal is it? But the emperor ordered it?"

"So what if it's not!" Yang Shuning's face was a little ugly.

But Yan Xun was not afraid, and asked again: "What about the seal? I am the Chancellor of Honglu Temple, so I need to know the most detailed information!"

With a wave of Yang Shuning's hand, the Taoist soldiers took out some yellow talismans and said several ways to seal them.After listening carefully, Yan Xun pointed to one of them and said, "Use this one, I have to trouble General Yang to break the seal when I return to Honglu Temple, otherwise I will sue the palace!"

"This general will do what he says." Yang Shuning said, he couldn't help but look at Yan Xun with admiration.

When he fought on the battlefield, his body was full of evil spirits. When a young man as big as Yan Xun saw him, he would probably be too scared to speak, but Yan Xun was completely different. He stood in front of those cubs, like a hen protecting them, Not a little courageous.

Dao Bing held the yellow talisman, murmured something, and stuck it on Jing Fengye's body with a 'slap'.

Jing Fengye didn't resist, the yellow talisman disappeared in an instant, his body shrank rapidly, and finally turned into a chubby child, the dragon scale marks on his face were not too obvious.

"I'll go get clothes." Yan Xun would sew clothes for the cubs when he was free, and now he still has some in stock, which he just took out for Jing Fengye to wear.

The fur jacket, trousers, and small leather boots all have a ring of fur on the outside. Jing Fengye puts it on, and it can't be seen that it is a monster at all, but it is a little boy carved in powder and jade.

Now he is as old as the other cubs, Jing Fengye looked at the little cub seriously, "You wait for me to come back obediently. The bone soup in the pot has to continue to boil, watch the fire."

"Let's go." Yan Xun patted the heads of the little cubs one by one, then took Jing Fengye's hand and walked out of the gate of Honglu Temple.

There was a carriage outside, escorted by Taoist soldiers at the front and back, Yang Shuning was also in it, staring at the carriage coldly.

The windows on both sides of the carriage were sealed, and the outside could not be seen, only the sound could be heard.Yan Xun saw that Jing Fengye did not show a curious expression, so he whispered: "Now we are walking on a relatively remote street, there are many shops, listen, they sell candied haws."

"En." Jing Fengye nodded emphatically, Yan Xun bought candied haws back, the sweet and sour taste is delicious.

Whenever he heard voices on the road, Yan Xun would say a few words.

Jing Fengye's body became small and soft, leaning against Yan Xun, listening very seriously with a small face.

When they arrived at the gate of the Zhou Mansion, the Taoist soldiers and the carriage went straight in, and when the gate was closed, Yan Xun and Jing Fengye got out of the carriage.

"Brother Yan, the craftsmen have all been found. They are all born in the same family, so they are reliable." Zhou Guang greeted them personally.

"Brother Zhou!" Yan Xun hurriedly handed over the wooden box he brought.

Inside are the soap prepared by the cubs, and several kinds of snacks that Yan Xun figured out by himself, none of which are available outside.

Seeing that Yan Xun actually gave Zhou Guang the wooden box he brought, Yang Shuning immediately widened his eyes, he seemed to have nothing and was hostile by Yan Xun.

The bathhouse was built in Zhou Guang's yard, surrounded by wooden sticks and covered with hay, so it was hard to see what was going on inside.The production is also simple, that is, the bricks are not red bricks fired in Honglu Temple, but blue bricks.

As soon as Yan Xun told the craftsmen, work started immediately inside.

Zhou Guang prepared side dishes outside, and the box Yan Xun gave him was opened, and the snacks inside were brought out and served, as well as wine.

"Brother Yan, do you have an idea on how to use punctuation?" Zhou Guang, a senior scholar, understands how to use punctuation now, but he has to let scholars all over the world use it. clue.

"What's so difficult about this? Please ask Song Feiliang to write a poem, and then ask your disciples, Brother Zhou, to let it go and say that the next year's imperial examination will take this exam, so that everyone in Daqin will have to learn it and be proficient." Yan Xun laughed.

Song Feiliang is good at learning, but he is also a poet madman, and literati love to praise him for his limelight; Zhou Guang's disciple is not Zhou Guang himself, so there is a lot of room for maneuver.

In this way, no one is afraid that no one will learn from him, Zhou Guang said happily: "Then come this way, brother Yan is really a wonderful person."

"Hmph, small tricks." Yang Shuning stuck his neck, couldn't talk together, and couldn't leave, so he reached out to eat the snacks on the table. Just about to put them in his mouth, he saw Jing Fengye eating snacks next to him, and remembered this It was taken out by Honglu Temple, and it was not right to eat it immediately, or not to eat it.

Jing Fengye took another piece of snack, "Eat it, it's delicious."

When he first came to Daqin, he was personally escorted by Yang Shuning. Jing Fengye was afraid of Yang Shuning's evil spirit. It was a terrifying aura that he had killed so many monsters. The anger was on his face, but Jing Fengye found that he was not so scared anymore.

"Little monster, I can crush you to death with one finger!" Yang Shuning said, threw the snack into his mouth, and bit it viciously.

Just when Yan Xun heard this sentence, he raised his eyebrows and said: "Why does General Yang threaten a little monster? This is the capital, not a battlefield. If there is really something wrong with him, there is no need for General Yang to take action, I will naturally be the first Don't let him go!"

"I will not resist." Jing Fengye said solemnly.

Yang Shuning was so blocked that he couldn't speak, Jing Fengye looked like a child now, as if he was bullying a child.

However, Zhou Guang and Yang Shuning have the same literary and military skills, even in the Zhou mansion, the two still have 'differences', Zhou Guang didn't speak for him, and watched the fun cheerfully.

The bathhouse was built, water was gurgling in the cauldron, Zhou Guang left Yan Xun for dinner, Yan Xun shook his head, and led Jing Fengye out.

Back in the carriage, before returning to Honglu Temple, Yan Xun gave Yang Shuning another wooden box.

If this was given before, Yang Shuning would not only not want it, but would even sneer at it. Now that he had had enough of being angry in the Zhou Mansion, Yang Shuning didn't refuse, and took the wooden box directly.

When he returned home, Yang Shuning opened the wooden box and took a look, thinking that there were some snacks, but it turned out that there were only a few square pieces without patterns, and it was not transparent soap, but it was really easy to use.

The military commander practiced martial arts in the school every day, even when he usually moved a lot, his body smelled like sweat. Ever since he used soap, Yang Shuning found that he was not used to taking a bath without soap.

Yan Xun specially sifted fine flour for the thick white bone soup boiled in a large iron pot, and made hand-rolled noodles.Put fried green vegetables on top, then put three large pieces of fat and thin meat, and a round egg.

The little cubs guarded their wooden bowls, some followed Yan Xun's example and held chopsticks, and some used a small fork to roll up the noodles and a piece of green vegetable, with one mouth, and swallowed them all in one gulp go down.

"What's it like outside?" the little cub asked curiously.

Jing Fengye has returned to its original appearance, holding a larger wooden bowl, holding noodles with chopsticks, and said: "It's very lively, there are sellers of candied haws, and the yelling is so loud that you can hear it from a long distance... ..."

He repeated what Yan Xun said, and the cubs listened very carefully, with great interest.

As soon as the bathhouse in Zhou Guang's mansion was built, the emperor arrived in disguise.

There are two compartments inside, changing clothes outside and taking a shower inside.Naturally, it is not as good as the royal white jade pond, but the outside of the wall is cold, but the inside is indeed hot. If you live in such a house in winter, wouldn't it be like spring?

It's just that the bathhouse and the place where he lives are naturally different. Zhou Guang is not sure, so he has to ask Yan Xun.

It was getting colder and colder, Yan Xun looked at the bricks accumulated over the past few days, thinking that it was almost done, he waved his hand and said, "Let's separate the main room into a separate room, a kang!"

"I understand, it means the wall of the bathhouse fell down, and it is the kang!" The flower tree cub raised his hand and said in a milky voice.

"Well, but the technique is different." Yan Xun smiled, "It needs to be made of thin stone slabs and clay slabs."

The claw cub hurried to the front, raised his gloved paw, and expressed his need for help.Yan Xun nodded with a smile, assigned tasks to each cub, and everyone worked together.

While working, the little cub asked Jing Fengye, "How does the candied haws seller shout?"

"Selling candied haws..." Jing Fengye choked, his face expressionless, but his voice was lifelike.

The cubs followed suit, with voices one after another.

When Zhou Guang came, he happened to see a kang that was almost packed.

"Brother Yan, what is this?" There was a newly built stove outside, and there was also a big iron pot on it. Zhou Guang almost guessed what it was, but he still asked.

"Kang, sleeping on it in winter can keep you warm all night." Yan Xun said, "You can finish the dish today, Brother Zhou will know it at a glance."

After the kang was ready, the stove outside was lit, and the chimney on the roof began to whine and smoke, and the kang inside gradually became hot.Zhou Guang's eyes lit up when he saw it, he thought this was much better than the bathhouse, no, each has its own merits.

Spread a layer of hay on top, and then spread quilts. It's not winter, it's the most comfortable time in spring and autumn.

Zhou Guang almost didn't want to leave, so he said directly: "Brother Yan, I will enter the palace right away, don't worry, I understand." Saying this, Zhou Guang glanced at Jing Fengye not far away.

Yan Xun naturally understood, but this time he shook his head and said, "Brother Zhou, I have a merciless request, can I bring two this time."

The little cubs all secretly listened, but they also knew that the news would not come immediately, and they had to wait.

The kang is very big, and there is a small room directly separated from the main room, with a wooden door, the whole inside is a kang, and a row of wooden cabinets, in which the clothes and bedding of the cubs are placed.Yan Xun and Jing Feng slept near the back at night, on the side away from the stove. The cubs' nests were placed on the kang one by one, and when the fire was lit at night, the whole small room was warm.

The recipe of gypsum marinated tofu is no longer a secret. All the big aristocratic families, merchants, and well-connected people in the capital got the recipe from the yamen in advance, and made it by themselves when they came back.

It's just that these people ate the tofu made by Honglu Temple at first, and the taste of the one they made was different, and they always felt that something was missing, so Du Qinsheng's business was still very good.

But seeing Yan Xun this time, Du Qinsheng's complexion became dark again, and there were dark circles under his eyes, "Yan Xun, I made you miserable, almost got beaten to death."

"What's wrong?" Yan Xun took a closer look and found that Du Qinsheng was really injured.

"It's not because of you..." Du Qin was full of resentment.

It turned out that after the emperor agreed to publish the gypsum marinated tofu recipe in the name of the court, the yamen in the capital printed it non-stop, distributed it, and posted it at the gate of the yamen.

This is a job of great merit, so Du Xuanfeng asked Du Qinsheng to take an errand to post to the village with tofu recipes to earn a little credit. As a result, the villagers didn't know what it was, and Du Qinsheng was not like an official, they thought it was him If he wanted to do something bad, Yue Hei Feng Gao secretly beat him up.

Hearing that Du Qin was full of complaints, Yan Xun said lightly, "That's because you are incompetent. This time, when you go to Sunjiacun, you will tell me that I have made tofu according to the recipe. It is delicious. How many more people will you bring with you?" Go to the site and make a tofu meal and show them. This thing can be sold for money, which is coolie money."

"Huh?" Du Qinsheng didn't believe what Yan Xun said, but he didn't dare to say it.

Everyone in the Sun Family Village knew about Yan Xun, Du Qinsheng went there again, and when he talked about Yan Xun, he was not beaten.

It is not difficult to make tofu, but it is more troublesome to grind it with a stone mill, but Du Qinsheng has a lot of people, and within a few days he made a tofu meal in front of the whole village, and everyone was dumbfounded. Looking at herself, Du Qin said proudly: "This thing can be sold for money, it's coolie money."

"Master Yan said this, right?" Sun Yuanbao said bluntly, "Master Yan is a good person."

The village head and clan elders also echoed, "Master Yan is a good person."

They could see clearly who Du Qinsheng was, and even if they knew how to make tofu, they still had to be grateful to Yan Xun.Unconvinced, Du Qin ran to the next village. As a result, this village had long been envious of the good prices for the beans in Sunjia Village, and had already inquired about Yan Xun.

"This thing can be sold for money, it's coolie money." This sentence has also been said by Lord Yan, and it has been passed on from time to time. Every family knows the tofu recipe, and everyone knows this sentence.

Some people didn't understand, so some people who understood said: "Master Yan is saying that all of us can make tofu, but not everyone has the strength to grind and boil tofu, and wants to sell steaming tofu in the morning." You can’t sleep half the night with tofu. So, we can occasionally make tofu and eat it ourselves, but if we want to sell it, we have to work hard every day and suffer.”

"This is the business that the emperor gave us. As long as we are willing to endure hardships, we can earn money." Someone said, "God bless the Great Qin, God bless the emperor."

But children are also required to stare at the image of a chunky cub on the edge of the tofu recipe, and ask adults curiously, "Daddy, what is this?"

"I don't know. But the scholar in our village said it might be something from the 'Conservation Hall'."

"What is 'Conservation Hall'?"

"It's about taking care of homeless children."

"Those pudgy guys don't look like children, are they monsters?"

"I've seen a monster before. It's so vicious. It's as big as a hill. It can swallow five or six people with one mouth. Back then, your father escaped by running fast, otherwise..."

I don't know if it's a monster or not, but it doesn't look like a human being. I look at it a few times every day, and it's actually quite pleasing to the eye.Chunky and chunky, just like my dog ​​just gave birth to a cub.

Sun Yuanbao carried an ox cart full of beans into the city, causing many people to stare at him.

Beans can be made into tofu, which doesn't taste beany at all, and the taste of soy milk is also good. The price of beans has risen a lot in a while.

Yan Xun was waiting outside Honglu Temple, seeing Sun Yuanbao coming as promised, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Nowadays, beans can be made into tofu, why are you sending so many?"

"Hey, the village chief said that adults are good people, so you can have as many beans as you want." Sun Yuanbao said honestly, "There are only two families in our village who make tofu, and there are enough beans."

"If you want to make tofu, you have to come to the city to sell it. It is not convenient to grind in the city, and there are not many beans. Few people are willing to work hard to make tofu for themselves. There are more rich people, and it is easier to make money." Yan Xun pointed out, "Some big families want more. If they can give it away every other day, it will be a long-term livelihood."

"I see." Sun Yuanbao took the extra reward from Yan Xun, and left happily.

He didn't understand what Yan Xun said about how much money was more and how little money, but what the adults said was always right, he asked his brother to make tofu and sell it in the city when he returned home.

While other people were still groping around, Sun Yuanbao's family had already made clean tofu and went into the city. They quickly found a big family who delivered tofu for a long time. They made a lot of money and became a wealthy household in the village. .