Chapter 103: Can’t you just rest for one night?
The color of the setting sun has faded, twilight gradually saturates the world, Zhu Ping’an slowly walks towards the direction of the inn.
There are also many snacks on the streets that smell good, and the shops are taking advantage of the last period before the night ban to do more business. The night ban regulations of the Ming Dynasty were clear: the evening drum was sounded at three o'clock at the first watch, and travel was prohibited; the morning bell was rung at three o'clock at the fifth watch before the ban was opened; anyone walking on the street at the second, third, or fourth watch would be whipped forty times. ; Anyone who violates the night ban after the first watch and shortly before the fifth watch will be whipped thirty times; illness, childbirth, death and funeral are allowed. Of course, there are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom. If you put a curfew and block the roads, right? Then I would go out in the evening and not come back. I would play all night and wait until I came back in the morning, like my uncle and others did last time; or they would sneak in from smelly ditches or bushes. Sneak away from the bush and fight guerrilla with you. In addition, the night ban only applies to the inner city, while it is much looser in the outer city.
While passing by a snack shop, Zhu Pingan was attracted by the attractive fragrance.
“We have deep-fried whitebait. It’s delicious and not expensive. I want some, sir.” The owner of the store is a young couple, and the man greeted them in front of the stall.
There was a bucket of lively whitebait in front of their stall. The body was translucent. The small whitebait had a soft shape, with a nearly cylindrical front part and a flattened back part. The head is long and flat; the bones on the top of the head are thin and translucent, and the shape of the brain can be seen outside the body. Zhu Pingan also heard the name of whitebait many times when he came to Anqing Mansion. It is said that this kind of fish can only live for one year. The whitebait is also called "Po Niangsheng", mainly because of its bloody reproduction method. This kind of whitebait lays eggs. From time to time, they would hit rocks, deliberately hitting them with their belly, until the belly would rot and fish eggs would flow out. After the fish eggs were laid, the whitebait would die due to the smashing of the belly.
The whitebait is wrapped in flour and fried. Of course, there are other ingredients, but you can’t tell. The fried whitebait is golden in color and exudes an attractive fragrance.
“Can I have a taste?” Zhu Pingan stopped and asked.
The store owner replaced words with actions. 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. The taste buds were full of tenderness, crispness, refreshing taste, fragrance, soft and boneless, which made people 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. I was originally going to order one portion, but then I remembered the meat-hungry vixen at home, so 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 while.
Soon, the two portions of fried whitebait were wrapped in a rough paper, tied with a rope, and handed to Zhu Pingan.
Zhu Pingan took two portions of fried whitebait, asked the boss the price, then counted 20 pennies 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 self-brewed 'Taihu sealed jar wine', which is perfect with whitebait wine."
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 With the money, he brought a small jar of "Taihu sealed jar wine" brewed by the shop owner using glutinous rice. He also bought five meat buns, two bowls of rice porridge, and a plate of crispy side dishes in food boxes in the inn lobby, 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 snatching the lunch box from Zhu Pingan's hand, just like a hungry citizen.
Zhu Ping'an was stunned for half a second before he realized. On the table opposite, the enchantress was already sitting on the table, taking small bites but quickly eating, a mouthful of fried whitebait, a small mouthful of meat buns, I can still find time to drink a sip of Taihu sealed jar wine, which can be said to be like a storm.
"As for it, wasn't there a meat dish every day before." Zhu Pingan closed the door and said lightly.
"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 you, you That's easy to say , 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 it without eating or drinking for a whole day! ! ”
Uh
Okay
Zhu Pingan was relieved.
The girl ate a portion of fried whitebait, two meat buns and half a jar of wine. She only drank half a bowl of porridge with the side dishes and then started to burp. She looked very full but her appetite was not very large.
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. Examination room food It was hard to swallow, and he didn't eat dinner, so three taels of meat buns and these meals only made Zhu Pingan feel 90% full.
"Looking at the delicious food you bought, I guess you must have done well in the exam."
After having a full meal, the witch held her chin with a smile and watched Zhu Pingan clearing the dishes, and asked with a coquettish smile.
"Just don't fail the exam." Zhu Ping'an said without raising his head, after putting all the dishes in the eating box.
"You scholars are just not happy. It's okay if you're good, but you still have to say something about whether you will fail the exam or whether you will feel aggrieved." The girl said with a smile.
Hearing this, Zhu Pingan raised his head and glanced at the girl, and said with a faint smile, "You just have a prejudice against us. If I was full of confidence just now, you would say that we scholars are the most arrogant."
"Is there something wrong?" The girl held her cheek and asked with a smile.
This is the ancient version of the angry youth. Zhu Pingan did not continue to argue with her. After packing up the things, he returned the food box to the inn. After returning to the inn, Zhu Pingan lit the oil lamp, lit the wick, and read the yellowed manuscript carefully again. Although I have a good grasp of the topics in the Four Books and Five Classics today, I can also see that the topics in the Four Books are becoming more and more tricky. As long as you have a thorough understanding of the Four Books and Five Classics, you will be able to master every move with ease.
“You can’t rest for one night, and you don’t care whether others can tolerate it or not!”
The girl leaning on the bed originally thought that Zhu Ping’an would rest for at least one night after finishing the exam, and she didn’t After a good night's sleep, I didn't expect that just before going to bed, this man stayed up all night to read, pouting and complaining.
Just saying these words from the mouth of a demon girl sounds so strange to people's ears, even if they stay for one night, they don't care whether they can eat 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 cleaning up the desk. The implication is that you are recovering well after your injury. Now that you're out, it's time for you, old man, to move out.
"Ouch, it hurts. My internal injuries seem to have recurred again. I have to take a nap to recuperate." The demon girl groaned on the bed and pulled up the quilt to "recuperate".
In the dead of night, there was only the occasional sound of turning books in the room. The girl on the bed had already fallen asleep, and the hand under the quilt no longer held the dagger. (End of this chapter)