After breakfast, he said hello to his parents, and Lin Xuan took his sister, Chun Yue, and Lin Ping out together.
Lin Ping is the son of Lin Feng, the housekeeper of the Lin family. Ever since Lin Xuan's last accident, Lin Dongyang arranged for Lin Ping to be his follower.
"Master, do you need to prepare a carriage?" Lin Ping asked.
Lin Xuan waved his hand and said, "No need, just walk. It's not far."
Although it is integrated with Lin Xuan's previous memories, those memories are just like watching a movie. Although I know what is going on, it is completely different from my own experience.
Chang'an City was the largest city in the world at that time. If you don't have a good stroll around, it would be a shame to travel back in time.
Chang'an City is divided into more than 100 residential areas, also known as squares, by thirty-eight vertical streets. Each residential area will be surrounded by square walls.
Changshoufang, where the Lin family is located, is not far from the West Market where Lin Xuan plans to go.
There were no shops on the streets of Chang'an, and stalls were not allowed to be set up at will. To do business, you had to go to places designated by the imperial court. At that time, the Tang Dynasty specially divided two places, called the East and West markets.
There are 220 lines of merchandise operated by Dongshi. “Rare treasures from all over the world have been collected.
In the West Market, there are nearly a thousand merchants engaged in various commodity transactions. There are many hotels, flag pavilions, restaurants and food stalls around the street. The "Barbarians" who came to Chang'an to do business in the Western Regions, Central Asia, West Asia and other places through the Silk Road
Many people also gathered in this city to sell gold, silver and jewelry, and buy silk, porcelain, etc. with Chinese characteristics, and transport them back to their country for resale.
The "thing" in the word "shopping" originally referred to the two major markets in Chang'an City of the Tang Dynasty, the "East Market" and the "West Market".
It didn't take long for the group to arrive at the West Market, where they saw a constant flow of pedestrians and various small merchants and hawkers everywhere.
I even saw a lot of blond and blue-eyed foreigners, and it was extremely prosperous.
Lin Xuan was afraid of being crowded out, so he held Lin Duoduo in his arms after arriving at the West Market.
Lin Xuan's purpose this time was to buy some seasonings, but he did not go to a store that specializes in selling seasonings. Since they are common seasonings, it is impossible for the Lin family to be without them.
He knew that many things were introduced into China from abroad, and there were many foreign businessmen in the West Market, so he wanted to try his luck.
After shopping for a long time, I also visited many shops opened by foreign businessmen, but I gained nothing.
Lin Xuan couldn't help but wonder, could it be that it hasn't been introduced to China yet?
When he came to another shop, Lin Xuan looked at it, but there was still nothing there. He asked the shop owner unwillingly, "Do you have any spices from your country here?"
The shop owner is a brown-haired foreigner. Lin Xuan doesn't know which country he comes from. If he can open a shop in Datang, he must be able to speak Chinese. Lin Xuan is not worried that he will not understand.
When Lin Xuan asked about it, he asked, "I wonder what seasoning the young master needs?"
Lin Xuan described to him the appearance of the seasoning he needed.
The boss shook his head and said, "Sorry, I haven't heard of this kind of seasoning."
Lin Ping, who was on the side, heard Lin Xuan's description and said hesitantly, "Sir, these don't seem to be seasonings, but medicinal materials."
"Have you seen it?" Lin Xuan asked excitedly.
Lin Ping said: "I saw him in the drugstore when I went to get medicine before. It is very similar to what the young master said, but I don't know if it is what the young master said."
"Let's go to the pharmacy." Lin Xuan said.
Regardless of whether it was true or not, he wouldn't be willing not to take a look.
"Brother, Duoduo is hungry, when are you going to go back?" Duoduo said dissatisfied.
Lin Xuan pinched Duoduo's nose and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will make delicious food for you when I find what my brother wants."
"real?"
Lin Duoduo liked the dishes made by Lin Xuan very much. When she heard Lin Xuan said that she would make delicious food for her, her mouth watered.
"Really, you little greedy cat." Seeing his sister's expression, Lin Xuan couldn't help but laugh.
Following Lin Ping to the nearest pharmacy, Lin Xuan described some spices to the pharmacy clerk, but he didn't expect that there were actually some.
Lin Xuan was very happy when he saw what the waiter brought out: aniseed, star anise, fennel...
After buying a big bag of each, Lin Xuan happily said to Lin Duoduo: "Brother will prepare delicious food for you when you get back."
"Oh, let's go back and eat delicious food." Lin Duoduo cheered.
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Lin Xuan returned home with the spices he bought and went into the kitchen to get busy.
"Sir, these are pork, and they are all for the servants to eat." Wang Dayou saw Lin Xuan holding the pork and said quickly. He thought Lin Xuan didn't know pork.
"What I want is pork." Lin Xuan said.
During the Tang Dynasty, no one would eat pork as long as their family had some conditions. Only those who really had no money and could not afford meat would eat pork.
Because the smell of pork is too strong, it is difficult to eat.
But Lin Xuan didn't care about this at all. People in the Tang Dynasty didn't eat it just because they didn't know how to cook it.
Tian Dayou saw that Lin Xuan knew it was pork and still insisted, so he didn't stop him.
While Lin Xuan was cooking, he did not forget to teach Wang Dayou how to cook pork.
Wang Dayou didn't want to learn at all. So what if pork was made into flowers? Who would eat it?
But when the smell of Lin Xuan's cooking came, Wang Dayou was a little shaken.
Because it was so fragrant, he didn't know if it tasted good or not, but just the smell made him drool.
Lin Xuan didn't pay attention and carefully cooked the dishes, braised pork, sweet and sour pork ribs, pot pork...
Including vegetarian dishes, we made a total of twelve dishes, eight meat and four vegetarian.
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"Xuan'er, did you make all of this?" Lin Dongyang looked at the delicious and delicious dishes on the table, swallowed his saliva, and said.
"Well, parents, try it. Yesterday I couldn't make it because of the seasoning, so I bought the seasoning specially today." Lin Xuan said with a smile.
"Wow, brother, is this what you call delicious? I want to eat it." Lin Duoduo said happily.
Lin Xuan smiled, put a piece of braised pork into his sister's bowl, and said, "Eat it, be careful not to burn it."
Lin Duoduo couldn't wait to pick up the braised pork and put it in her mouth.
"Hmm, it's so delicious." Lin Duoduo ate a piece of meat and praised loudly.
Lin Dongyang also ate a piece. It was indeed delicious, but he couldn't tell what kind of meat it was, so he asked curiously: "Xuan'er, what kind of meat is this? Why can't I eat it?"
Lin Xuan smiled and said, "Dad, this is pork."
Lin Dongyang said in disbelief: "How is it possible? I have eaten pork before, and it doesn't taste like this at all."
"Dad, no one knows how to cook it. As long as you have the right method, pork will be delicious." Lin Xuan said with a smile.
Lin Dongyang nodded: "It's indeed delicious."
"My Xuan'er is still very good. You have made even the unpalatable pork delicious." Zhang Qing praised happily.
Lin Xuan was a little embarrassed by her mother's praise, and quickly said, "Mom and dad, try something else. It won't taste good when it's cold."