Dong Lin walked out of the Jiuqu Pavilion, looked at the sky, and staggered back to his own pharmacy. The eldest brother was watching the little guy grab the medicine in front, and when he saw Dong Lin coming back, he was full of alcohol, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Brother, I have heard that you have returned to the city a long time ago, why are you only coming home now?" ”

Dong Lin said: "Because of the hard work of the errand, the official rewarded the wine and dinner, but he came back late. ”

After speaking, he touched his forehead and said, "Brother, I drank a little more, and after seeing my father and mother, I went back to rest, and I will talk about it when I have something." ”

Watching Dong Lin walk to the back step by step, the elder brother shook his head and continued to take care of the business.

The Dong family was originally a businessman who came from other towns to sell crude medicine, but later it became big and simply opened a crude medicine shop in the city. There are three brothers, Dong Lin is the second on an errand outside, and the elder brother and younger brother take care of the business at home.

Dong Lin got up from the bed, only to feel a splitting headache, and said to his wife holding the child outside the door: "I have a bad headache, I think it's a bad wine, you make a bowl of sour soup for me to sober up." ”

When the wife saw her husband get up, she put down the child and came in and said, "When you go home today, my brother and Saburo said that they would invite you to eat noodles in the evening, and the two of them came to the back to see them several times. I heard that it's good to eat some food, so you might as well go out with your brother and Saburo to eat. ”

Dong Lin was dizzy, muttered, got dressed, washed his face indiscriminately, and went to the front to find the eldest brother.

Da Lang and San Lang had already closed the shop, and the two of them were sitting idly at the door. Seeing Dong Lin coming, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "You slept so well that you couldn't wake up!" Is it okay now? Let's go to the north of the city to eat noodles together! ”

Dong Lin said: "What kind of noodles to eat?" My mouth is so dry right now that I just want to eat a bowl of sour soup. ”

San Lang took Dong Lin's hand and said, "My brother has been gone for many days, but I don't know how many new shops have opened in the city, and now it is the most popular to eat noodles." In the north of the city, many shops gathered together, and it was very lively, and the people all over the city went to eat. Because of the large number of people who eat, the price of wheat in the city has more than doubled in more than a month. Although the noodles look a little like soup cakes, they are actually different, smooth and delicious, and the soup is fragrant. ”

While talking, he took Dong Lin's hand, and the three of them locked the shop and came straight to the north of the city.

The volcanic military city is not big, with the Yellow River on one side and the mountains on the other, which is stuck at the throat and built, with only two city gates in the north and south. The north side of the town starts from behind the yamen, and there is a lot of business in various alleys, and there is a mess of everything. Because of the obstruction of the view, Du Zhongxiao demolished several alleys and built a small freight yard of porcelain and lacquerware in this area. These two were important commodities trafficked to the Northland, and although the Volcano Army was small, it had the only field within a few hundred miles of the vicinity, and it was very lively for a while. Some of the people who came here to do business were the Central Plains people who went up the Yellow River, and some of them were Guanzhong people who came from Fuzhou.

Dong Lin was stunned, pulled by the two brothers, walking on this strange street, and had a little illusion for a while, he really went home?

When he arrived at a roadside stall, San Lang pulled Dong Lin to sit under the shed and said to him, "Brother wait here, I'll go buy noodles." ”

After speaking, he went to the place where the noodles were sold with Da Lang.

Dong Lin sat under the shed, looking around curiously, trying to recall in his mind what this place used to look like. If you remember correctly, this place is behind the yamen, only two alleys away from the yamen, and it used to be messy. There are very cheap inns, as well as small businesses for each of us, and women of all ethnic groups who do leather and meat business, leaning on the door and laughing. It's chaotic and everything is cheap. Looking at the present, there are well-dressed diners all around, some with Central Plains accents, some with Kansai accents, one by one, which is extremely absurd.

Da Lang and San Lang took three large bowls, put one in front of Dong Lin, and sat down separately.

Seeing Dong Lin looking around, San Lang said, "Does my brother remember here?" In the past, in spring and autumn, the merchants who collected firewood in the mountains liked to live here. We want to buy their medicinal herbs, and we don't miss them. ”

Dong Lin nodded and asked, "How did it become like this?" ”

San Lang said: "The yamen in the north recruited people to cultivate the fields and build the way out, and gradually there were some appearances, and there were many people around to apply. There was a shortage of people in such a place, so the officers demolished it, and those who had nowhere to settle down all went to work in the barracks. Those who leaned on the door and laughed here were all sent to the camp to serve tea and water to people. There are those who have not married a wife who have been recruited to cultivate the fields, and they have a family. ”

Dong Lin has been working as an errand in the military city, and he doesn't know the development of the camp and field affairs, so he listened: "I didn't expect that in two months, it would be so big. I heard that they planted wheat this year, at the current price of wheat, how can they pay it back next year? ”

San Lang sighed when he heard this: "In the past, we rarely produced wheat here, and occasionally there were some, and there was no mill, so it was rare to eat wheat noodles once." Since the arrival of the new knowledge officer, he has made a lot of pasta. Tsk, compared to corn, it is much more delicious. Brother tasted it, this side is really fragrant and smooth. ”

Dong Lin looked at the big bowl of noodles in front of him, the soup was a little cloudy, with a layer of oil flowers, and the top was sprinkled with green onions and coriander, which was very refreshing.

Picked up a bite and ate it, smacked his lips and said, "Ah, this noodle tastes really different, I haven't eaten this kind of thing before." Speaking of which, when I went to Bingzhou this time, I also saw that there was a pasta seller at the beginning, but unfortunately I was reluctant to buy it and try it. ”

San Lang said: "It's okay, we have some food here, and I'll buy you to eat in a while." ”

After eating a large bowl of noodles, Dong Lin sweated, and the wine finally woke up, drank all the soup in the bowl, licked his lips and said, "It's really strange, how can the soup in this noodle be so sweet?" Are they willing to put a lot of meat? ”

San Lang stepped forward and whispered: "Buying and selling people, how can you be willing to put meat?" I was surprised at first, but then I ate too much, and after looking carefully at the store many times, I saw that they used mutton butter butter. Which of those things did you want before? Now there are more words and more sellers in the city. It's a pity that it's hard to buy wheat noodles in the city now, otherwise we would have gone home and made our own food. I heard that these ways of eating came from the camp and field affairs. In the past two months, business in Dongjiazhai has improved a lot, and I heard that there are many more merchants from Fanbang, who are willing to spend money and come up with many novel ways to eat. ”

Dong Lin nodded, faintly feeling that a new era was coming, and the Volcano Army was different from before.

In fact, these eating methods are all made by Du Zhongxiao according to his memory, from ramen noodles to meat sandwich buns, the northern noodles in his memory, everything that is suitable has been tried. It's a pity that mutton is not delicious to make meat sandwich buns, and pork is too expensive, and this snack is now a high-end luxury. There are only various kinds of noodles, which soon became popular in the Volcano Army, and everyone loves to eat them. In addition to the pasta, it is a large pot of mutton soup, because it is cheap, and the dough cake is full, so it has become a delicacy in markets and other trading places. Wherever there is a market place, there must be one or two. Like the soup poured in the noodles, although the mutton soup has the word meat, it is actually made of large bones and various haggis, which is not lacking in nutrition and meat taste, but it is a waste use.

Just when Dong Lin was looking confused, he suddenly saw a figure in front of him and hurriedly shouted, "Daddy Qin, are you here too?" ”

The man turned around and saw that it was Dong Lin, with a smile on his face: "It turned out to be a section level, what a coincidence." ”

This person is one of the porters hired by Dong Lin, and he has been with him for dozens of days along the way, and he is already very familiar with him, so he hurriedly beckoned him to do it.

After listening to Dong Lin's words, San Lang realized that thanks to these porters along the way, his brother had no trouble when he had errands. Hurriedly got up and said, "Daddy will sit here for a while, and I'll go buy a bowl of wine to eat." ”

After saying that, he got up and walked quickly. After a while, he picked up a bottle of wine, took three small bowls, and put them on the table.

After the wine bowl was arranged, San Lang handed over a few oil paper packets and said: "This is a new famous food in the military city, called meat sandwich buns." Although the name is so, it is actually meat in a bun. The meat inside is the best pork belly, which is very fragrant, but the price is expensive, and it is often impossible to eat. ”

Daddy Qin thanked him, opened the oil paper bag, took a bite, his mouth was full of oil, and he couldn't help but praise: "How can there be such a good thing in the world!" ”

After speaking, he picked up a small bowl and drank a bowl of wine with the three brothers.

Putting down the wine bowl, Dong Lin asked Daddy Qin: "Daddy, when will you go back?" Thanks to you for this trip. ”

Daddy Qin said: "We are the porters of the goods, and there is no reason to go back empty-handed, otherwise wouldn't it be in vain on the road?" It's a pity that most of the merchants here are from the Central Plains and Guanzhong, and very few go to Bingzhou, so it's difficult. Fortunately, after hearing about it, the officers here agreed with us to work here for a month or two, and when the autumn came, the firewood here was harvested, and we were hired to pick it up and sell it in Bingzhou. You rulers are very good-hearted, and think of us poor people, how can you not rely on him? That's where you live. In a few days we were going to the north to camp and work in the fields, and after these two days we had nothing to do, and we went around the city, and we happened to meet the festival. ”

Dong Lin nodded again and again, and was also happy for Daddy Qin and the others. He hired people to have such good deeds and rejoice in them. At that time, they were talking about the price of a one-way trip, and the price was higher according to the journey, because they were afraid that they would not be able to find a job to do when they went back. It's not in vain to wait for a month or two, and I'm still doing work in the fields to make money, and waiting for the freight to return is even earned in vain.

After drinking two bowls of wine and listening to his brother and younger brother talking about what they had seen and heard these days, Dong Lin knew that the camp in the north had done a big job. The terrain was flat and the land was fertile, and as soon as the Xiang army had reclaimed the road, many people saw the opportunity and gathered there.

The Volcano Army is located in the mountains, and the people under their rule have a hard life, especially the people in the mountains, who are all envious of the life of the people in the plains. Suddenly, there was an opportunity to settle down in the plains, and all the Han people and Tibetan households gathered from the mountains to the camp and the fields.

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