Chapter 3 Tang Dynasty man, do not eat free food (thanks to Justin_yu's Silver Alliance(1/2)
After breakfast, Jia Ping'an walked around the house.
This house... has seven houses, and it seems that it was still somewhat wealthy.
"I did not know how to send you to study in the countryside and buy those books. After a few years, my family became poor."
Yang Deli said about what happened back then with a sigh.
This year, I really cost money to read. Because the printing industry is not developed, most textbooks are copied, so books have become a major obstacle for ordinary people to read. In addition, the various expenses of reading are really not something that farmers like the Jia family can bear.
Jia Ping'an beat him up, walked to the front of the wing room, and reached out to push the door.
"Don't……"
Yang Deli was about to dissuade him, but it was a little late.
The door fell straight outside, and Jia Ping'an quickly avoided it.
Bang!
The door panel fell down, and the splashed dust made Jia Ping'an look all over his head.
But the door panel was rubbing against Yang Deli's face and fell down, but he was not afraid.
Jia Ping'an felt that he would be scared to pee, but why is my cousin so strong?
"Cousin..."
Yang Deli said lightly: "After my aunt went, I often encountered such things. The kitchen knife suddenly fell down and the tiles fell off the roof when I went out... I almost hit someone. If there were too many things, it didn't matter."
This is...it's so fateful!
It turned out that the grandfather's family was completely destroyed, and the reason why Yang Deli was lucky to live was because of his hard life.
Jia Ping'an stood there blankly, feeling that he must have offended God and traveled to this place.
It would be fine if the family was barely barred, but how could it be with a broom star and a bad student?
He looked up at the eaves and felt that he was just a bad guy.
God, why don’t you give me a good place!
The farmer's son had only a cousin who looked very vulgar, plus the vigilant eyes of a village, and the hundreds of cavalry who might have arrived from Chang'an City, chopped him up with one knife.
Yang Deli held the purse and squatted beside him and slowly counted the money.
Jia Ping'an was waiting for the tofu to be formed. In just half an hour, Yang Deli counted copper coins more than thirty times, and looked nervous.
The thirty-sixth time counting the money began, Jia Ping'an said helplessly: "Cousin, it's only five cents."
What's the best thing to count for five cents? You can see it clearly at a glance, but Yang Deli counts tirelessly. Isn't this obsessive-compulsive disorder?
Obsessive-compulsive disorder is more troublesome. For example, you always check whether the natural gas stove is closed or whether the door is closed.
Yang Deli looked up and said seriously: "A dou of rice for five cents, and this money can buy a dou of rice..."
A dou of rice is about ten kilograms. According to the appetite of Jia Ping'an and Yang Deli, they are not far from starving to death. In other words, the Jia family is not far from being destroyed.
It's so pitiful!
Jia Ping'an guessed that the time was almost over, so he went to start tofu.
Move away the stones, uncover the wooden lid, uncover the cloth...
White and tender tofu, watery tofu...
He rudely grabbed a piece of tofu with his hands and put it into his mouth, savoring it carefully.
Perhaps the beans are better now, and he feels they are sweeter and more tender than the tofu he ate in his previous life.
"Ping An, what is this?" Yang Deli also made a small piece and tentatively ate it.
His eyes lit up instantly.
Even though it has not been cooked, the sweet and smooth taste of the tender tofu has defeated the dark chef in an instant.
"This is..." Yang Deli made another piece, and this time he slowly tasted it, "Delicious! It's delicious! I've eaten for so many years and have never eaten such delicious food. Ping An, where did this come from?"
Well……
Jia Ping'an thought about this question and said calmly: "Cousin, there are thousands of benefits in the book, and I have realized that I have benefited from it!"
Yang Deli was stunned and frowned and said, "Mr. I said you were studying...what... I went to the oxpiyan, and it was useless. I even had a fight with him and almost started a fight. But at that time, you looked dazed and... I was worried that you would be stupid when I was studying."
Jia Ping'an was speechless. According to his calculations, the original body was indeed stupid in studying. In addition, he was regarded as an unlucky person since he was a child, so he probably had already become autistic.
He said lightly: "The wood is fascinated by the forest, and the wind will destroy it. Cousin, everyone said that someone was unlucky back then. What if someone showed his clever appearance?"
This is an excuse he had already thought of. Otherwise, a poor student would sooner or later be considered a monster to be burned to death.
This village is very evil! Jia Ping'an couldn't help but feel a little painful when he thought that he was almost buried alive when he came.
Yang Deli suddenly started crying, "I promised my aunt to take good care of you, but I didn't notice that those people bullied you, I'm sorry for my aunt!"
Jia Ping'an just wanted to find an excuse to avoid being discovered by others. Unexpectedly, Yang Deli was so good at scheming, and he could complete the matter in one go.
Yang Deli cried for a while and was suddenly stunned.
"Ping An, this thing...is valuable!"
It’s only now that I realized that tofu is valuable, and this cousin is afraid that it’s not a clever person either.
However, it’s better not to be smart!
Otherwise, if he finds clues, he will shout: My peace is possessed by a ghost, and then Lao Jia can return to heaven in vain.
Old Jia was proud of himself, and then cut the tofu into pieces and brought the best dish at home. Yang Deli carried a table with crooked legs, and the two brothers set off like this.
"The broom star is out." The village is still in chaos. Many people go home to hide, and the rest are far away. A child refuses to go home, but his mother gives him a 50 cents on her butt and runs home crying.
When the rest saw their brothers' heroic appearance, someone asked, "Yantai, what are you doing?"
Yang Deli was very proud, Jia Ping'an frowned and said, "Don't show off."
Yang Deli immediately changed his words and said, "Let's go shit."
Who doesn’t have a thatched house? Who wants to bring furniture with you when you poop?
Jia Ping'an looked at the bamboo basket in his hand, then looked at Yang Deli carrying the table, thinking that the old Jia family was really lucky.
The two of them went all the way to the official road. Yang Deli was very physically strong. He said as he walked: "Ping An, when Tofu earns money, I will go and find a matchmaker to tell you a wife, at least... My aunt said that you must have three children, so you have to find a wife with a big butt. The unmarried women in the village don't have big butts."
Jia Ping'an was speechless and felt that in Yang Deli's eyes, he was the old Jia family's stallion.
Yilulu!
A long neigh of a war horse came, and then a small team of cavalry appeared in front of them. People on the official road avoided them one after another.
The group of cavalry were wearing armor and galloping towards Chang'an.
"It's Mingguang Armor!" Jia Ping'an said happily: "Is this a mansion soldier?"
He had seen the restored Mingguang Armor look in later generations, and was very dazzling. But when he saw the living Tang Dynasty soldiers, the visual impact of the people and horses was as good as dragons made him stunned.
Yang Deli carried the table, looked over with his body tilted, and said proudly: "Ping An, this is Yue Qi."
Yueqi is the name of cavalry in the palace.
"We have twenty prefectures in Huazhou, and these Yue cavalry can often be seen."
Yang Deli took it for granted, and... Jia Ping'an was proud to see it.
"A few years ago, the Turks were proud and were destroyed by the previous emperor. Later, they attacked Tuyuhun until they were beaten. Until now, we no longer have to worry about foreign enemies coming."
Yang Deli said as he set the table down, Jia Ping'an put the tofu into the plate, put a wooden spoon next to it, and then spoke to the pedestrians on the official road: "White jade tofu, white jade tofu!"
Why is it called white jade tofu? Because China regards jade as beauty, gentlemen are like jade and gentle as jade...
For example, when praising a woman, the sentence: skin is as good as jade, it can make people yearn for it.
Huazhou is 180 miles away from Chang'an City. On the left is Tongguan and on the right is Lantianguan. It can be called the existence of Qinglong on the left and White Tiger on the right.
The pedestrians saw it and Jia Ping'an scooped a spoonful of tofu into his mouth, looking intoxicated.
"delicious!"
A pedestrian came over and asked, "What food is it? How much is it?"
Yang Deli sniffed and touched the purse on his waist. There was the last property of the old Jia family, five cents.
"This is fate." Jia Ping'an said seriously: "Try it first."
"No money?" The pedestrian frowned, "The men of the Tang Dynasty never eat for nothing."
What this group of people said was very natural. Jia Ping'an smiled and said, "It's all said that it's fate, just eat it."
He made a spoonful of tofu and went over. The pedestrian glanced at him and ate it in one bite.
"How?" Jia Ping'an had absolute confidence in tofu, but Yang Deli looked entangled, thinking that his cousin had smoked again and actually didn't have money. If there were outsiders present, he would probably cry again and report to his aunt that his cousin's unreliability.
The pedestrian slowly raised his head, his throat moved a few times, and praised: "Tender, sweet... delicious! It's so delicious!"
There are many words to praise food, but no matter how many or the gorgeous words, they are not as straightforward as such.
The pedestrians next to them stopped one after another, and Jia Ping'an shouted: "Fate, today is fate, everyone who is willing to taste it comes, I won't charge you!"
To be continued...