As the setting sun faded away, and twilight gradually filled the world, Zhu Pingan slowly walked towards the inn.
There are many snacks on the street that smell good, and the shops take advantage of the last period before the night ban to do more business. The night ban in the Ming Dynasty was clearly stipulated. The evening drum was sounded at three o'clock at the first watch to prohibit travel;
Traffic will be restricted after the morning bell rings. Those who walk on the street during the second, third or fourth watch shall be whipped with forty lashes; those who violate the night ban after the first watch and shortly before the ban is lifted at the fifth watch shall be whipped with thirty lashes. Diseases
, maternity, death and funeral are allowed. Of course, there are policies from above and countermeasures from below. If you block the road with a curfew, right, then I will go out in the evening and not come back. I will play all night and wait until I come back in the morning, such as my uncle and others last time;
Or they may sneak away from smelly ditches or bushes to fight guerrillas with you. In addition, the night ban only applies to the inner city, while it is much looser in the outer city.
When passing by a snack shop, Zhu Ping'an was attracted by the attractive fragrance.
"We have deep-fried whitebait. It's delicious and not expensive. I'd like some, sir." The owner, a young couple, greeted in front of the stall.
There is a bucket of lively whitebait in front of their stall. The body is translucent. The small whitebait is soft in shape, nearly cylindrical in front and flattened in the back. The head is long and flat; the bones on the top of the head are very thin and translucent, and the brain can be seen from outside the body.
shape. When Zhu Pingan came to Anqing Mansion, he heard the name of whitebait many times. It is said that this fish can only live for one year. The whitebait is also called "Po Niangsheng" because this fish will swim to the ground when spawning.
In the shoal covered with pebbles, they desperately grind the stones with their bellies. In order to grind their bellies to lay eggs, these whitebait mothers will die of heartbreak when they give birth to babies. Therefore, this kind of fish is also called "Po Niangsheng"
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The whitebait is wrapped in flour and fried, and of course there are other ingredients, but you can't tell. The fried whitebait is golden in color and exudes an alluring aroma.
"Can I have a taste?" Zhu Pingan stopped and asked.
The store owner used actions instead of words. He brought a plate of freshly fried whitebait and a pair of chopsticks to Zhu Pingan, with a confident smile on his face.
I added one with chopsticks, blew it a little, and put it in my mouth. My taste buds were filled with tender, crisp, refreshing, fragrant, soft and boneless, which made me want to eat.
"Well, it tastes great. Give me one, uh, two portions, and ask the store to wrap them up for me." Zhu Pingan put down his chopsticks, returned the plate to the store, and nodded with satisfaction. He was originally planning to have one portion,
But thinking of the meat-hungry vixen at home, I changed my mind and ordered two portions.
"Okay, sir, please wait a moment." The store owner warmly greeted Zhu Pingan and asked him to sit down for a moment.
Soon, the two portions of fried whitebait were wrapped in a rough paper, tied with a rope, and handed to Zhu Pingan.
Zhu Ping'an took two portions of fried whitebait, asked the boss the price, then counted 20 cents from his pocket and handed them to the boss.
The boss took the money and said, "If you like it, sir, you might as well come back next time. In addition, our store also has a homemade 'Taihu sealed jar wine', which is the best whitebait accompaniment."
Zhu Pingan thought for a while and remembered that the vixen at home had been moaning for several days about being unhappy without wine and meat. The exam went well. It would be better to satisfy her once and for all, so Zhu Pingan paid
I carried a small jar of "Taihu sealed jar wine" brewed from glutinous rice in the shop, and bought five meat buns, two bowls of rice porridge, and a plate of crispy side dishes in a food box in the lobby of the inn, and brought them back together.
Room.
As soon as he opened the door of the inn, he saw the enchantress rushing over like a wolf and a tiger... snatching the lunch box from Zhu Ping'an's hand like a hungry citizen.
Zhu Ping'an was stunned for half a second before he realized what he was doing. On the table opposite him, the enchantress was already sitting on the table. She took small bites but quickly started eating. She had a mouthful of fried whitebait, a small mouthful of meat buns, and she could also find time to take a mouthful of Taihu Lake.
Sealing the vat of wine can be described as a storm...
"As for that, wasn't there a meat dish every day before?" Zhu Pingan closed the door and said calmly.
"Is it a spell? You caught it easily." The demon girl had food in her mouth and her speech was a little unclear. She took a sip of wine to swallow the food and repeated what she just said. "As for it, you said it was easy. I will
I haven't eaten anything all day. Your damn uncle was eating and drinking at the entrance of the lobby with a few sour people early in the morning. It's daytime again, and I can't jump out of the window and walk on the roof! Try not eating or drinking for a whole day!"
Well
All right
Zhu Ping'an was relieved.
The girl ate a portion of fried whitebait, two meat buns, half a jar of wine, and only drank half a bowl of porridge with the side dishes before she began to burp. She was very full, but her appetite was not very big.
Zhu Pingan took his time and swept all the remaining food into his stomach. Except for the remaining Taihu sealed vat wine, Zhu Pingan was no better than the witch at this time. The food in the examination room was hard to swallow, and the dinner was also difficult to swallow.
He didn't eat, so three ounces of meat buns and these meals only made Zhu Ping'an feel 90% full.
"Looking at the delicious food you bought, I must have done well in the exam."
After having enough wine and food, the witch held her chin with a smile and looked at Zhu Pingan clearing the dishes, and asked with a sweet smile.
"As long as you don't fail the exam," Zhu Ping'an said without raising his head, after putting all the dishes away in the eating box.
"You scholars are just not happy. It's okay if you're good. You still have to say that you won't fail the exam and you won't feel aggrieved." The girl said with a smile.
Hearing this, Zhu Ping'an raised his head and glanced at the girl, and said with a slight smile, "You just have a prejudice against us. If I was confident just now, you would say that we scholars are the most arrogant."
"Is there something wrong?" the girl asked with a smile, holding her cheek.
This was the ancient version of an angry young man. Zhu Pingan did not continue to argue with her. After packing up his things, he returned the food box to the inn.
After returning to the inn, Zhu Ping'an lit the oil lamp, turned on the wick, and read the yellowed manuscript carefully again. Although he had a good grasp of the topics of the Four Books and the Five Classics today, he could also see that the topics of the Four Books were becoming more and more tricky. After all,
The Four Books and Five Classics are just these things. They are tested every year. Generally, they cannot be repeated. If it were now that educational institutions are developed, they would have been analyzed thoroughly by Longmen, Huanggang, and New Oriental. The propositions were repeated, and the examiners tried their best to answer them.
For some novel topics, complete sentences are even cut off from beginning to end, or several unrelated sentences are put together to connect places that should not be connected at first, just like the moonlight in front of the bed, the little people grow together.
.This type of questions is called cut-off questions, and the types are divided into long-term questions, short-term questions, sentimental questions, ruthless questions, every-chapter questions, and every-page questions. This kind of questions can ensure that they will not be repeated, but it will also greatly increase the difficulty. Originally,
They are not together. It is far-fetched to put them together. Some exam questions can make it difficult for candidates to get through.
"You can't just rest for one night, and you don't care whether people can eat or not!"
The girl leaning on the bed originally thought that Zhu Ping'an would at least have a night's rest after finishing the exam, and that she could have a good night's sleep. Unexpectedly, just before going to bed, the man turned up the light to read at night again, and couldn't help pouting and scolding.
It's just that these words coming out of the mouth of a witch are so strange to people's ears that they don't care whether they can eat it or not...
However, Zhu Ping'an has long been accustomed to it, and is used to the occasional provoking words from the demon girl.
"By the way, your injury is almost healed. It looks like you are almost gaining weight." Zhu Ping'an said calmly while clearing the desk. The implication is that you have healed your injury and gained weight. Are you an old man?
It's not time to move away.
"Ouch, it hurts. My internal injuries seem to have relapsed. I have to take a nap to recuperate." The demon girl groaned on the bed and pulled up the quilt to "recuperate" from her injuries.
In the dead of night, the only sound in the room was the occasional sound of turning the pages of books. The girl on the bed had already fallen asleep, and the hand under the quilt no longer held the dagger.