The days when I skipped school and opened a restaurant in ancient times

The crisp bird chirping woke up a new day, Lu Yunnan closed his eyes as if unconscious, and let the bamboo branches and Xinglin take care of him.

"Young master, the porridge is here, drink it quickly. The madam watched it personally, and the old madam also sent elder sister Qinglin to bring honey bean bags over."

Tao Yu pushed open the door, followed by two little maids, both holding trays in their hands, and entered the room with a smile.

Tao Yu is different from Zhuzhi, she is the big maid in Lu Yunnan's Muyun Courtyard, and is in charge of all matters in Muyun Courtyard.Zhu Zhi and Xing Lin are the servants who take care of them personally, and they are also the schoolboys who follow Lu Yunnan to the academy to take care of them.

The jasper lotus leaf bowl contains shredded chicken porridge with shiitake mushrooms, and the honey bean buns are made into bunny shapes and served in small crystal dishes.

"It's all made in the kitchen by your method, young master. Come and eat some, don't be hungry, and let the madam and the old madam worry about it." Tao Yu set the table and chopsticks, looking at the honey bean bun in the shape of a little rabbit , couldn't help sighing: "Cook Zhao's craftsmanship is getting better and better. Look at this little rabbit, it's round and fat, and it's as good as yours, young master. It's not like at the beginning, ouch, no eyes Look at that lump of white dough."

Lu Yunnan picked up a honey bean bun, looked back and forth, "It's so realistic and cute, it makes people reluctant to eat it."

After finishing speaking, he bit the head of the "little rabbit" and tasted it carefully, "I added some milk to the dough, and the taste is really better."

Mushroom shredded chicken porridge is cooked with good pearl rice, and some corn is put in it, which is slightly sweet and fragrant in the mouth.Lu Yunnan didn't care about the heat, so he blew on it a little before blowing it into his mouth.

The meal was almost done, and I remembered that I promised to cook lunch for Chi Muhan and the Xu family brothers yesterday.

"Let Chef Zhao make more lunches, and send four copies to the Imperial College at noon. Give it away for one month. This month, I will eat at the Imperial College with my friends at noon."

After Tao Yu listened carefully, Fuli said: "Your servant, let me know."

The carved sandalwood carriage is driving on the bluestone road, and the faint aroma of sandalwood is wafting along the way.The bluestone is polished smooth, and the interior of the car is covered with thick silk cushions. The car drives slowly, but it doesn't feel bumpy.

Around the neck of the brown horse is an intricately woven sash, and on the sash is a ring of small and delicate copper bells.When the horse walks, it will make a clear and ethereal bell sound to remind pedestrians in front to avoid it.

Zhuzhi felt drowsy when he heard the brisk sound of the bell, but after nodding his head abruptly, he woke up, and the ringing of the bell in his ear stopped.

"Why did you stop?"

Zhuzhi pushed open the carved wooden door of the carriage and asked the driver Wang Laoliu.Seeing that there were soldiers blocking the road ahead, I just wanted Wang Laoliu to get out of the car and ask about it when someone came forward.

That person belongs to the city protection department, and everyone in the city protection department is a genius.Looking at the quaint "Lu" character engraved on the front of the car, and smelling the aroma of sandalwood in the air, he knew it was the car of Youxiangfu.

"I don't know which nobleman from Lu Xiang's mansion is driving, I'm afraid I want to ask the nobleman to take a detour and take the Suzaku Road. I'm afraid that Xuanwu Dao will not be able to go on in the past few days. If there are guests coming from far away, the superior will order his subordinates to clear the road ahead of time. .”

Zhu Zhi glanced at Lu Yunnan, Lu Yunnan nodded, Zhu Zhi replied: "It's easy to say."

Ningjing has four main roads and eight small roads, each with several roads.Qinglong Road is the road of the emperor, and only the royal family and members of the royal family can walk.Others can only walk if they want to take Qinglong Avenue.Xuanwu Avenue is an official road. This official road means that those who are officials and their clansmen can ride on it, but the cars of ordinary people cannot go.

There are no restrictions on Baihu Avenue and Suzaku Avenue.However, because most of the shops on Baihu Avenue are blacksmith shops, carpentry workshops, carriage and horse shops, etc., there are not many pedestrians who come to visit, and everyone is either riding a horse or driving a car.Therefore, people often see people galloping horses on Baihu Avenue, which is also known as the horse racing track.

Suzaku Avenue is another scene. There are many restaurants and shops here, and there are many vendors and jugglers on the street. It is a veritable business road.

The only bad thing is that there are so many pedestrians that it is difficult for cars and horses to travel.

The carriage stopped and went, stopped and went, and finally couldn't go directly.There was a noise in front of me, and there was a lot of discussion around a group of people.

Fortunately, Wang Laoliu's voice was thick and loud, and when he reported the situation in the carriage, he didn't make Lu Yunnan a little deaf who could only "ah?".

"Master, a foreigner and another foreigner quarreled in front of a spice shop. Many people gathered around to watch the excitement, our carriage can't get through."

Xinglin sat on the side, opened the curtain and looked out through the carved window, feeling a little anxious, "It seems that it will be over, if you are late, the school record will record the roster, Master Jiancheng will take a look, but some fine."

Lu Yunnan has a dog's nose, and various aromas from the spice shop slowly came in through the opened corner of the apricot grove. He was originally sitting slumped on the cushion, but after smelling the faint aroma in the air, he sat up suddenly.

"Hey! Master, what are you going down there for? It's still some distance away from the Imperial College, so you can't walk there!" Xing Lin couldn't stop calling Lu Yunnan, Lu Yunnan was impatient, and didn't bother to answer, just ran towards the spice shop, In the blink of an eye, the man got into the crowd.

Xing Lin leaned over the window and took a look, immediately pulled the bamboo branch out of the carriage, hurriedly said: "Let's go and stop it quickly, don't let someone accidentally injure the young master."

When Lu Yunnan got to the front, the two foreigners were scolding each other in their own language, both of them were anxious, talking like firecrackers, if they didn't understand it, it wouldn't hinder everyone's understanding, what they said was not good .

From time to time, there were people around who made noises, their voices were brisk and smiling, and they sounded like they were watching a show.On the surface, they said stop arguing, stop arguing, but anyone who listens carefully to the subtext is fighting.

Lu Yunnan couldn't understand the chattering language of the two aliens, his gaze was fixed on the spices placed at the door of the shop from the very beginning.

That's ground cumin and pepper.

"Shopkeeper, how do you sell the two kinds of spices at the door?" Lu Yunnan's eyes lit up and he was rich and powerful, "I want all these two big boxes."

The quarrel stopped abruptly, and the bearded man in different clothes looked at Lu Yunnan, because the quarrel had just stopped, and his tone hadn't adjusted yet.He spoke Dazhou dialect with a strong foreign accent, his tone was a bit harsh, but his enunciation was relatively clear, "You want all of them? Spices are not cheap. I brought this cumin and fennel all the way, not to mention It's cheaper."

People in Dazhou used spices for worshiping gods, offering sacrifices, and making incense.Common people rarely buy spices, the main reason is that they are expensive.

Incense is a thing for rich people to play with. They feel luxurious when they smell the fragrance in spice shops across the street.

The bearded man who spoke was named Paula, and he opened this spice shop in Ningjing City under the order of his master. Paula pointed to the red-faced foreigner opposite him, "He also said at the beginning that he would buy all of them, but in the end because The price is too expensive, quarrel with me. My store just opened today, so I don’t want to quarrel anymore.”

He looked at Lu Yunnan who was pointed at by Paula, who was wearing the robe of the Imperial College, and the jade crown on his head and the jade around his waist seemed to be of great value at first glance.Not to mention Lu Yunnan's extravagance, he expected this to be a rich son.

In order to dispel Lu Yunnan's idea of ​​buying, and to vent his anger, he leaned in front of Lu Yunnan, pulled him and pointed at Bo Laji, "He is a treacherous businessman."

After finishing speaking, he pointed to the pepper powder and said: "We grow a lot of peppercorns here, and they can be obtained without money! And he also ground it into powder without authorization. Who knows if they have added some non-alcoholic peppers to it?" Good stuff! He actually asked me to buy it with gold!"

The person who spoke should have lived in Ningjing City for some years. Although he has an accent, it is much better than Bora.When the other party spoke, the tone was high and low, full of emotions, just like the tone of Ningjing people when they were wronged and asked someone to complain.

Bora has a fiery temper and explodes at any moment, "It takes a long time for our caravan to travel all the way, and it is ground into powder to ensure a longer storage period. Our Juxiang Pavilion is a first-class spice pavilion, and our owner is from the Western Regions... . ” Paula’s words came to her lips, and she seemed to feel something was wrong, so she turned a corner and shouted: “We won’t add things indiscriminately!”

Paula also seemed to see that Lu Yunnan was a rich owner, and came forward to sell her spice shop, "Our Juxiang Pavilion not only has cumin from southern Xinjiang, but also fennel from Magadha Kingdom, as well as There is Gubu Polu from the Poli Kingdom, and the incense from the Persian Kingdom to ward off evil spirits. They are the dipterocarp and benzoin that you Da Zhou mentioned." The other party looked at Lu Yunnan, said the unit price of the spices, and compared the numbers with his hands, "You buy , we give you so much cheaper, it's a bargain.

Lu Yunnan remained unmoved, dipterocarp, benzoin, can I eat it?

"Zi...cumin powder and fennel powder, I want them all." Lu Yunnan looked at Paula, compared the same number as Paula, and began to bargain, "You want me to be so much cheaper."

Bora shook her head like a rattle, "No, you can get these numbers cheaper only if you buy dipteroin and benzoin."

The foreigner who had quarreled before saw that the two were talking about business, and pulled Lu Yunnan towards him, sincerely, "If you buy it with gold, you will be fooled!"

Just as Lu Yunnan was about to speak, Paula pulled him away, "We are doing business, what are you making trouble for! You are from Magadha, right? If you make trouble again, we won't go to your country to collect spices!"

As soon as Paula said this, the other party pointed at him in anger and cursed profiteers.

Zhuzhi and Xinglin finally squeezed into the crowd, protecting Lu Yunnan behind their backs, their small faces nervously facing the two tall and burly aliens, "What are you pulling my young master for? Let go!"

Someone in the crowd recognized Lu Yunnan, to be precise, he recognized the cinnabar mole on his forehead.

"I heard that the young master of Lu Xiang's mansion got a chance, and there is a cinnabar mole made from the fingertip blood of the Holy Dao on his forehead to calm his soul."

"This little man has red lips and white teeth, so it can be seen that he was carefully raised by a wealthy family."

"You can't go wrong, with such a generous purchase, you can only buy so many newly introduced spices, and there are not many in Ningjing City."

Paula heard the crowd's discussion, and understood that the rich young man in front of him had a lot of background. In order to get a good result, he gritted his teeth and said, "Your Excellency is sincere in doing business, and my new store opens. According to the words of you people from Dazhou, it is Ask for auspicious lottery. I will let you count these numbers again, but you must bring back the two boxes of spices."

Lu Yunnan looked at Paula's counting gestures, and the corners of his smiling eyes narrowed cutely, "Deal!"

This Paula knows how to do business, so he directly gave him a [-]% discount.

The foreigner who had quarreled with Paula before was stunned. He watched as Paula opened the door, but the buyer was a rich man, so he had no choice but to scold a profiteer again.Before leaving, he still didn't forget to look at Lu Yunnan with the eyes of a victim.

Hey, the small appearance is not bad, but it's a pity that he is a fool.

Lu Yunnan knew that the ones he bought were expensive, and he also knew that they were a bad street in the local area.But it can't be calculated like this, right now these two spices are the only ones in Dazhou.It was also the first time I saw him since time travel, he was really greedy.

And no matter what spice it is, it can't be much cheaper.

Lu Yunnan asked Bo La to send someone to follow him to the Lu Mansion to collect the money, and he got into the carriage with the packed spices.

"Master, did you forget that you have to go to school today?" Zhuzhi looked at the carriage going back and asked.

Holding two bags of spices in his arms, Lu Yunnan made a reasonable analysis: "Go now, the first class at the Guozijian is almost over. You will be caught by Xuelu, so why don't you go in the afternoon. Anyway, in Zhou Jiancheng If you are more than an hour late, you will be fined half a day of class, so I might as well just be absent for half a day."

Zhuzhi and Xinglin: "The young master is right..."

The author says:

The name of Meiluzhi in this chapter, the place names and the names of corresponding spices all refer to the wood chapter of "Youyang Zazu".