This cooking cake is the kind sold by Wu Dalang, which was originally called steamed cake, and changed to cooking cake in order to avoid the ridicule of Zhao Zhen of Renzong a few decades ago. In fact, it is the steamed bun of later generations. As for the steamed buns at this time, they were filled with meat, which were meat buns in later generations; The vegetable bun is called vegetarian steamed buns.

As a side dish for the next meal, it is a few plates of various pickled vegetables - the fresh vegetables grown by the Han family themselves are reluctant to eat, and they are all sold to large households in the city for money.

The flour used to make the soup cakes and cooking cakes is nine and a half liters of coarse flour from a bucket of wheat, and even the husks are ground in it, not the white flour that grinds the wheat to only half of it. Such a meal can fill the stomach, but there is no taste at all, not to mention two meals a day, and there is always half a day when the stomach is growling.

At this time, ordinary people are all the same as the Han family. Originally, the Han family was quite prosperous, at least every ten days and a half months, after entering the city to sell vegetables, they could buy some wine and meat to treat themselves. But now that the family is suddenly poor, even if the meat is bought, it is for Han Gang to replenish his body, and Han Qianliu wants to have a dime of wine to live a dry life, but he is reluctant to spend that money.

Instead, I begged for some unwanted sake lees from the familiar winery and poured boiling water into an old wine jug to smack the taste and quench the cravings. However, although he ate coarse food, watching Han Gang eat in a big gulp of energy, the husband and wife were both dazzled.

Han Qianliu and Han Ah Li may be a little unclear, but Han Gang, who has the memory of studying abroad for two years, knows that his two elder brothers died in battle, and there must be a pension, and there should be five or six horses for money and silk. But this bereavement is like flowing water through the desert in the yamen, and after a few turns of the hand, it disappears without a trace. If these pensions can be paid in full, the Han family's family will definitely be more comfortable, and there will be no problem in redeeming one and a half acres of vegetable fields.

Han Ah Li ate quickly, but Han Qianliu held the bowl and slowly sipped the wine lees mixed with water one by one. Han Gang's eyes did not become short-sighted due to years of hard reading, and he could clearly see the two lines of small words tattooed on the back of Han Qianliu's left hand. The small characters were blurred a lot because of the many wrinkles, and Han Gang could barely distinguish the 'bow...... Hand...... Four' these few bits and pieces.

Han Gang knows something about this. This is the number of the Qinzhou Township Soldier Organization to which Han Qianliu belongs, and the fourth commander of the archers. Because he was the lowest in the army and was a border archer in Shaanxi, he only stabbed the back of his hand. If it is a forbidden army, it will definitely be tattooed in the face - Han Gang's second brother who died in battle has tattooed words on his face - and the upper military titles such as Bao Yi and strongman archers in the township soldiers also have to tattoo words on their cheeks.

Two meals a day, barely full, always had to go into battle, and after death, he couldn't even get a pension, this was an ordinary family in Shaanxi in the Song Dynasty.

Han Qianliu sipped the sake lees water, didn't know what to think, put down the bowl and sighed: "Alas, if people are greedy, they don't even want to be cheeky." The third brother is cured, and he is planning to redeem the field. Li Lezi is good, and he even thinks about changing the pawn sale to a broken sale! ”

"Phew! Wanted to go crazy with his heart! Han Ah Li slapped the chopsticks on the table with a tiger face, "When he asked for money to save his life, he paid for it, and he also introduced some quack doctors, so that the family's money was used like running water." Now we are not short of money. Let him dream! When the third brother is well from his illness, he will go to the door and redeem all the land that was pawned to Li Lezi. If you have one acre of money, you will redeem one acre, and if you have two acres, you will redeem two acres! ”

"Didn't I say the same thing to Li Lezi today? Hewan Caitian I will definitely be redeemed. ”

"! Today, Li Lezi is still scolded by his mother, and you will be watching from the side! He just saw that you were a saw-mouthed gourd, so he dared to bully him! In other words, it was an old lady, and he was relieved of his heart by a flat shoulder! His in-law Huang Da Ma is also a good thing, and the last time he saw Yun Niang at the ferry, his saliva almost flowed out. The old lady didn't have a rolling pin in her hand at the time, otherwise she would knock a bigger tumor on the door of his head! ”

Han Gang only realized at this time that before he met him, Li Lezi had already met with his parents and talked about the vegetable field. No wonder he immediately turned his face when he saw himself mention it. I think it was because my parents picked enough mountain goods in the mountains in the south in the afternoon and were about to go north to Zhoucheng, when they met Li Lezi at the ferry.

Han Gang stopped his chopsticks and lowered his head: "It's all bad for children...... The father and mother will be bullied by Li Lezi. ”

"What nonsense!" Han Ah Li turned around and drank again, "Cure the disease and save your life, no matter how much money you have, you should spend it!" ”

"That's right, no matter how much money you use to save your life, you have to spend it. The incense was broken, and when I went down, I didn't have the face to see the ancestors of the Han family. Han Qianliu raised the bowl and drank it all, wiping the residual wine hanging on his beard with the back of his hand, "Third brother, don't think about it." Back then, your grandfather went from his hometown in Mizhou, Jingdong, to sell goods in Kansai, and he discounted the capital, but he didn't have a penny, and he only had one piece of clothes left, and he couldn't go back to his home, so he could only settle down in Qinzhou. But your grandfather rented a tenant from the time he left, and he had already bought your father and me that vegetable field of three acres and two corners and fifteen steps [Note 1]. It took me 20 years to buy another 110 acres of land.

It's all gone now, but it's back to when your grandfather first came to Kansai. In another twenty years, your father will still be able to save the land back, and he will still be able to drink wine and eat meat. People in this world are not afraid of poverty, but only of laziness. As long as you are diligent, you can achieve anything you do. Third brother, you are a scholar, the sage book is full of belly, and your father has nothing to teach you, only to send you the word diligent, you must be diligent in reading, diligent in doing things, and you must be diligent in becoming an official in the future. ”

"Daddy said yes." Han Gang bowed his head to be taught, although Han Qianliu couldn't read a basket of big characters, his visible knowledge was not bad. He looked up and said with a smile: "The sage also said, 'Be sensitive to things and be cautious of words', that is, do more and say less. Daddy's words are already half of the truth of the saint. ”

"Worthy of a saint!" Han Qianliu was very happy by his son, and as soon as he craned his neck, a bowl of turbid sake lees water was poured down. Smacked his lips, picked up the flask and shook it, and sighed: "It's no different from the wine in the official shop." The wine in the official workshop is as light as a year after year. It sells for the price of wine, and it tastes like water. A bucket of grain goes down, and a few liters of wine are three or five times as much water. ”

"And you used to drink so much?!" Han Ah Li stopped drinking again, and Han Qianliu felt bored to himself, so he went to smack the pot of sake lees water. Her own mother-in-law is very spicy, and Han Caiyuan is a let.

Han Gang smiled: "It would be nice to be able to brew it yourself, and you won't mix it with water if you drink it yourself." ”

Han Qianliu shook his head and sighed: "Who said it wasn't." But which one in Qinzhou dares to brew privately?! Three thousand miles from Qinzhou, I don't know where the thorn has gone! ”

Han Gang was stunned for a moment, and an untouched memory jumped out - by the way, the drinks of the Great Song Dynasty are sold exclusively by the government.

Since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, in order to make up for the lack of national use, it has followed the old rules of the Five Dynasties. Not only wine, but also salt and iron are all government businesses. And tea, alum, and incense, the government has to pass through it.

If someone wants to snatch food from the government, if it is an official household, they may be let go lightly depending on the situation; But if it is a private household, the lightest one is also a thorn match, and the heavy one is directly losing the head. Especially in Qinzhou, how many people have been planted on this. Qinzhou is the border, the size of the fort is 100, the village near the Tibetan department has an official wine workshop, specializing in the business of the Tibetan people, those villages also sent a small official to supervise the liquor tax one by one, just to let the government monopolize the wine profits.

'It seems that it is not possible to open a distillery to make money!' But it's going to lose your head. Han Gang shook his head secretly, open a wine shop privately, and be beheaded or exiled with ironclad, even if he can contract an official wine shop, as long as he makes a little improvement, after the business improves, it will either be taken back by the government or taken away by the red-eyed guys.

Han Qianliu didn't know what Han Gang was thinking, he always hoped that his son would have a chance. While drinking, he sighed: "Third brother, it's good that you can be an official." With an official body, no one cares about home-brewing. Today, I went to deliver food to Huide Lou in the city, and I saw the veterans who were running to appease Xianggong's house and took the wine medicine from the winery behind the building and went back, saying that the house was going to brew its own ......"

"Drink your lees, what are you doing so much?!" Han Ah Li rushed Han Qianliu again, turned back to Han Gang and said, "When you were seriously ill that day, third brother, I and your father went to General Li's temple to make a wish and donated twenty catties of sesame oil. Since that day, you have been getting better every day. This is General Lee's blessing. I discussed with your father that twenty days would be an auspicious day. When the time comes, the wheat of every family in the village has been planted, and there will be nothing left or right. Just go to General Li's temple to hold a few seats, one is to reward the gods, and the other is to wash your bad luck......"

Han Gang smiled and nodded. Han Qianliu and Han Ah Li are both good parents, and they are reluctant to eat for their sons, and they are reluctant to use them for their sons. Being able to meet such considerate parents, in Han Gang's heart, inexplicably overlapped them with the image of their parents who were left in another time and space.

The tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop, and the child wants to raise but does not wait.

Han Gang is glad for himself, and after being reborn, he can still have the opportunity to do his filial piety for his parents and make up for the regrets in his heart. However, growing vegetables is not a good livelihood, and he does not want to come back from the field every day with the smell of dung and water like Han Qianliu.

Han Gang doesn't think much about it now, if he wants to get his parents out of the hardships of hard work and make his life easy, he must work hard by himself. However, money is not enough, only power is the guarantee. No matter what angle he looks at, Han Gang has a reason to find an official position for himself.

Note 1: Mu, Jiao, Bu, is the unit of calculation of land area in China. One acre is four corners, and one corner is sixty steps.

PS: The Northern Song Dynasty wine official sales, if you don't have a good backstage, don't want to make the wine shop bigger. If you do cross over, you must be careful about this. By the way, salt, tea, wine, and alum were all monopolized in the Song Dynasty. Most of the famous restaurants and wineries are state-owned. As long as it makes money, the Northern Song Dynasty court will intervene, but there is nothing that does not compete with the people.

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