I deliver food in the Southern Song Dynasty

"Brother Tian, ​​have you noticed a phenomenon. Those scholars like to call Lin'an the capital. Why is that?" During dinner at night, Bai Li suddenly thought of this question and asked Meng Tiange.

"Ben Lin'an is not called Lin'an, it's called Hangzhou, isn't it?"

"It seems to be, but my father said that only some very old people can still say the name Hangzhou."

"That's because the emperor was defeated in the north, and his capital was in the south of the Yangtze River, so he changed his name to Lin'an. Lin'an, Lin'an, temporary safety, which of the people who went north didn't want us to fight back in the Song Dynasty? National shame, national shame But, the scholars don’t think so, they just hope to maintain the status quo, peace and happiness, Lin’an, Lin’an, this is the capital, it’s the foot of the emperor, it’s the best place in the world.”

"So that's the case. Sigh, speaking of it this way, scholars are really the most spineless!"

"Actually, that's not always the case. It's just that the court situation is like this now. After the Dajin was wiped out, many students and scholars had heatedly discussed whether to fight against the Mengren. Alas, if it was really good at that time Just call back and it'll be fine."

"It's just a heated discussion. After the discussion is over, how should I live my life?"

"That's the truth..."

The two were drinking hot and spicy soup, and when they were talking vigorously, a light yellow color suddenly came from the back kitchen.

"Miss Jiang? Why are you here?" Bai Li hurriedly got up to greet her.

Jiang Molan said with a slight smile: "I smelled the spicy Hu spicy soup outside the hall, and I was a little curious, so I came over to have a look."

"Does Miss Jiang also like to drink Hu spicy soup? Would you like to try our third brother's? I'll get you a bowl." Bai Qu enthusiastically said.

Meng Tiange hurriedly persuaded: "Let's say goodbye. The Hu spicy soup made by our third brother likes to mix cinnamon and kaempfern. It is very spicy. How can a delicate little lady like Miss Jiang bear it. Xiaobai, don't do bad things with good intentions." gone."

But Jiang Molan said: "That would be the best, with cinnamon kaempferia, it is the authentic Hu spicy soup."

Under Meng Tiange's curious look, Jiang Molan took the hot pepper soup from Bai Li, sat beside them, and drank it with them.

gurgling gurgling.

I drank it in a few sips, without being choked by the spicy taste at all.

After Jiang Molan finished drinking the soup, she said to Meng Tiange, "I heard that Miss Meng is also from Chengdu?"

"Really? Miss Jiang, are you from Chengdu too?"

"No, I'm from Lizhou. I just lived in Chengdu for a few years."

"Lizhou, where is it? Is it also from Sichuan?" Meng Tiange asked more curiously.

"Lizhou belongs to Jiangling Prefecture. It's a small place, and no one knows about it."

"It's the first time I've seen it. It turns out that girls from Jiangling Mansion can drink spicy food like this."

Jiang Molan still responded indifferently: "The same is a woman from the rivers and lakes, wandering all over the world, I don't know how much bitterness and saltiness I have eaten, let alone such a little bit of spicy food."

Meng Tiange felt that there was something in her words, so he didn't say much.

"Miss Meng, I'm going to an important dinner tonight, and I hope you can go with me." Jiang Molan finally revealed her real reason for coming.

"Whose dinner is it?"

"The farewell banquet of the new Sichuan system envoy, General Yu Jieyu."

After hearing this name, Meng Tiange's expression became extremely heavy.

Sichuan has been in turmoil for decades, because the Mongols burned, killed, looted and did a lot of evil in Sichuan. In 16 years, there were twelve envoys, each of whom did nothing and fled in a hurry.

Therefore, after this tough former Minister of the Ministry of War was ordered in danger and shouted the slogan "May I take ten years off, take the land of Sichuan with my hands, and return it to the court", the people of Sichuan are looking forward to it.

Afterwards, Meng Tiange said to Bai Li with some guilt: "Xiaobai, for tonight's order, you can pick the one that is close and send it away, and the one that is far away can't be delivered. If the customer wants to blame, you can tell me, I will I will go to appease you tomorrow."

"Okay, Brother Tian, ​​don't worry. I will try my best to deliver what I can."

As a result, this night, for some unknown reason, the business in the building was much slower than usual.

There were not many people in the hall, and many girls were too busy to sit and play in the outer flower hall.

Bai Li didn't have a lot of business here, and after sending out two orders in Wushanfang and Dayinfang, they didn't have anything to do.

"Why is the business so bad tonight... Yawn! Fortunately, the husband is not here, otherwise she will be very sad when she sees this scene."

Third brother Shi smiled and said: "Silly girl, our husband is not such a money-grubbing person. It's good to have some free time once in a while, your third brother and I are almost exhausted these days."

At this time, a boy ran over: "Third brother, third brother, Miss Xinyi is greedy, and suddenly wants to eat Jasmine dew. I ask you to send it to the flower hall immediately when you are done."

Brother Shi San said angrily: "Hey, let me tell you, can this Xinyi girl understand something? How many times have I said that she doesn't take orders at night, don't take orders at night! She still needs to eat Jasmine dew, why doesn't she go to heaven?" Ah, it would be nice if Jasmine could save up to two servings a day, even if the customer ordered it, I might not have it, so why give it to her? No, you can tell her exactly what I said."

The boy ran out, and after a while, he ran back again: "Third brother, third brother, Miss Xin Yi said, it's this time tonight, and there will be no more guests. I ask you to bring her the Jasmine Lu you left behind. She'll just pay whatever it takes."

"Does she not understand human language? There is no Jasmine, no! I don't care if you have guests or not, anyway, the thing she wanted is gone!"

The boy ran out again, and after a while, it was Xin Yi who twisted his waist and broke in this time.

"Third brother, I just want to ask you, is there any jasmine?"

Third Brother Shi raised his head and stared at it, and replied angrily, "How many flowers are left."

Xin Yi said: "Then steam it, how much work will it cost you? Anyway, your old man has nothing to do right now, and it's not like I won't pay you."

Third Brother Shi said impatiently: "It's not a matter of money or not. Tonight, I steamed toilet water for you. If the guests want jasmine scrambled eggs and jasmine fresh clam soup tomorrow, how can I deal with it?"

Xin Yi pointed at Bai Li very bluntly and said: "Isn't this girl's family from Huahua Shop, just ask her family to send it over."

"People's shops also supply goods on time and in a fixed amount. How can there be any reason to make a few extra trips for your extra request?"

Xin Yi sneered and said: "She came here to run errands, what's the matter with running a few more times? Now, this is thirty Wen, is it enough to compensate for the loss of your jasmine? I'm going to eat fresh jasmine dew tonight , let’s start doing it right away.”

Third Brother Shi's face turned red with anger, but in front of the noble tea girl, he just dared not speak out.

"Thirty Wen! Wow, that's a lot of money. It's a lot of money! Third brother, it's okay, jasmine is not worth much. You can get a big bag for five Wen at our house." Bai Yue Smiling and smoothing things over, he said, "Thank you sister Xin Yi, this is really a blood-bait for us!"

Xin Yi snorted coldly, and sneered, "You're welcome, it's not easy for you errand girls to make some money. I heard that you are busy with your work for a month, and you can only get four or five hundred Wen at most? Tsk tsk, really Poor, if you want to be pretty, like we accompany guests in the hall, which month is not one or two thousand yuan to go up? It's a pity, you look like this, so you can only stay here with the cook , wait and see if I can pick up some leftovers to eat."

After the ridicule, Xin Yi twisted his waist again and walked away proudly.

"Xiaobai! You are not angry at all. Listen to what she said. Are those words spoken by people?"

Bai Li smiled and said: "Third Brother, you still talk about me, don't you just obediently make Jasmine Dew for her?"

"I'll do it, I'll do it... I'll make a ghost for her! Xiaobai, do you want to take revenge on her? After a while, the third brother steamed the dew, so you spit in it!" Third brother Shi suddenly made an evil plan.

Bai Li hurriedly dissuaded him: "Don't! Third brother, please don't do this! Flower dew is the most precious, and it takes a lot of hard work to steam a half bowl. It's a pity to ruin such a good flower dew just to get angry. What's more, she will definitely be able to taste it, and when the time comes, it will be difficult to clean up the situation. I don't want my husband to feel embarrassed because of me when he comes back. "

"She belittled you so much. Could it be that you can only endure it and wait to be bullied by her in the future?"

"It doesn't matter. What's more, none of her words are correct. She thinks that our errands can only get four or five hundred cash, but we don't know that our monthly money has long since risen to match theirs. She thinks I It was because of my lack of beauty that I was forced to do errands, but I didn’t know that Qinwei’s sister and husband wanted me to come in as a tea girl, but my father didn’t allow it, and I didn’t like Israel’s work as a servant.”

"What? Xiaobai, you were originally arranged to be a tea girl? Then why did you refuse? How easy it is for a tea girl." Brother Shi San was very puzzled.

Bai Li squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "I don't care about relaxation. It is because everyone in the world wants to relax that Hangzhou has become Lin'an, and Chengdu has become a capital of ghosts."