Working Emperor of the Northern and Southern Dynasties

Wheat rice is made from steamed wheat. Because of its low price, it is often eaten by ordinary people.

In addition to the common people, some officials will also eat wheat rice, but this will be regarded as a sign of honesty and simplicity. For example, during the Northern Wei Dynasty, Lu Yixi, who was born in a high family and held the positions of Jiuqing, Shangshu, etc., did not make money, although

When he is in a prominent position, whenever he feels sleepy, he will eat wheat, rice and vegetables, and he will enjoy it happily.

Chen Chang eats wheat rice, but the reason is very simple, that is one word - poor!

Chen Chang gave all the soup cakes to Shui Ling'er, while he ate wheat rice. The wheat rice was very rough in the mouth and tasted like chewing wax. When he swallowed it, his throat felt like a knife was cutting him.

Chen Chang ate so much that he felt like crying.

However, because his stomach was empty and his body was sore, he couldn't care about so much, so he just chewed and swallowed.

Shui Ling'er only took four or five mouthfuls of the bowl of noodle soup, then she pushed the bowl in front of Chen Chang and said pitifully in a low voice: "Young man has a delicate body, how can he eat such food? I want to eat it just now."

This wheat rice, but the husband refused."

"I know that the husband is doing it for my own good, but how can Ling'er watch the husband suffer? I ate the noodle soup, and now it's the husband's turn to eat it."

Chen Chang knew that she felt sorry for him. He stiffened his neck and swallowed the wheat rice in his mouth. He smiled and said: "It's not as valuable as you said. My body is a bit weaker, but what it lacks is polishing. I can't be spoiled.

,hehe..."

After that, I took another mouthful of wheat rice. This time I choked and stared because I had to swallow quickly.

Shui Ling'er was angry and distressed when he saw it. She beat his back with tears in her eyes and gave him some water. Chen Chang felt better now.

Shui Ling'er sighed quietly and said: "Actually, if we encounter a famine, it would be good to have wheat to eat."

Chen Chang knew that she had lived a very hard life in the past, and she must have remembered the sad past at this time, so he comforted her softly: "Don't worry, I will definitely let you live a life without worries about food and clothing."

"Oh, eat quickly, eat quickly, don't go hungry. I'll finish this wheat rice quickly, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat this wheat rice anymore!"

Shui Ling'er was surprised, staring with big watery eyes and asked: "Why won't there be no wheat rice to eat in the future?"

Chen Chang smiled slyly: "From now on, you will be the wife of a wealthy family. How can you let her husband eat such unpalatable wheat rice?"

"Unless...unless you, a wife as fierce as a tiger, deliberately give this wheat rice to my husband, hehe..."

Shui Ling'er knew that he was trying to make a big cake, but when she heard him say that she was his wife, she still couldn't help but feel sweet in her heart. Her eyes flashed, her cheeks flushed, and she spat: "Do I look like a woman as fierce as a tiger?"
Chen Chang looked at her pretty face and her shy and cute expression. The more he looked at her, the more he liked her. He had the idea of ​​teasing her and said, "It's not true now, but it will be hard to say in the future."

Shui Ling'er asked seriously: "How could Xiao Langjun have such thoughts?"

Chen Chang sighed quietly and said: "If I fall in love with another woman in the future, I'm afraid you will break my legs!"

When Shui Ling'er heard what she was talking about, her slightly frowned eyebrows relaxed and she smiled faintly. Her eyes were like the crescent moon at midnight, curved and soft. With a slight hook, she almost

Chen Chang's soul hooked into the sky.

"Young Master, you are too worried. Is Ling'er the jealous person? Since ancient times, there has been a saying that 'one wife, two equal wives and four side concubines' means three wives and four concubines."

"If the young man is really able to marry more wives and concubines, and give birth to children to expand the branches of the Chen family, Ling'er will not know how happy he will be."

"Ling'er doesn't dare to have any extravagant hopes, nor does he dare to ask for any status. He just wants to be by his side and be content."

Chen Chang was curious and found out that this was the origin of three wives and four concubines. In this era of princes, nobles, scribes, merchants, and wealthy merchants, three wives and four concubines were extremely common. He was accustomed to the monogamous system in his previous life, and he was not familiar with this ancient system.

The decadent life of three wives and four concubines is very uncomfortable.

Of course, not adapting does not mean not yearning for it.

How could he not have the ultimate dream of a man to embrace everyone and enjoy the blessings of everyone?

Seeing Shui Ling'er being so generous and reasonable, he couldn't help but think deep down in his heart: "If Miss Lou had the same thoughts as Shui Ling'er, the two of them, no, even several of them, would stay together for life.

If everyone is in harmony, wouldn’t we be free and happy?”

In fact, he deeply felt that being able to get Shui Ling'er was already a great blessing for him. If he failed her because of Miss Lou, it would be a shame.

Therefore, such thoughts flash in my mind and I don’t dare to think too much. Occasionally I think about it, and I often blame myself: "People must be self-sufficient, but I have this thought in my heart. Isn’t that too despicable and shameful?" <

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"Hmph, can you bear it if you still want to have three wives and four concubines?"

The scarred-faced man's voice was as frightening as his body. Chen Chang felt a sudden thunder sound in his ears, almost frightening him.

Turning around to look at him, I saw that this man had suddenly stood up and was staring at me menacingly.

He must have overheard the whispered conversation with Shui Ling'er just now. This big man is like an iron tower. If he really makes a move, he is afraid that he can be knocked down with just one finger, and he can't help but feel uneasy.

At this moment, the white-haired old man said in a deep voice: "Erlang, don't be rude! You don't dare to go and count the goods."

The scarred man glared at Chen Chang fiercely, then reluctantly glanced at Shui Ling'er's face before striding away.

Shui Ling'er was frightened by him just now. She just lowered her head and looked at the hem of her skirt and her toes.

The short, fat man went to the counter to collect money.

For a moment, the table was noisy, people were noisy, and footsteps were clumsy. People in the restaurant got up one after another and walked out with the short and fat man. The restaurant suddenly became much cleaner.

The white-haired old man crossed his arms and said to Chen Chang and Shui Ling'er: "I'm really sorry for disturbing the Xian couple just now. I couldn't have brought him to apologize to you!"

Chen Chang quickly bowed in return: "No problem, no problem, how dare you, how dare you..."

The white-haired old man lowered his eyebrows and looked at the food on Chen Chang and Shui Ling'er's table, smiled faintly, and said goodbye.

Because he was a frequent visitor here, the shopkeeper went out to see him off. The two whispered something at the door, and the shopkeeper nodded repeatedly.

Shui Ling'er was still in shock and said to Chen Chang: "Xiao Langjun, this is not a place to stay for a long time. Let's finish eating and leave quickly."

Chen Chang nodded repeatedly and lowered his head to cook. The wheat rice was really sad!

Not long after, the waiter came up with a tray: "Two distinguished guests, here are your water biscuits and pork skin biscuits!"

Chen Chang and Shui Ling'er were stunned. Chen Chang said in astonishment: "We didn't order these two things just now. Did the store make a mistake?"

The waiter smiled and said: "A small shop is run on a small budget and is not a charity. Naturally, we will not think about giving food to the guests for free without making money. This is what the shopkeeper Liao Da just ordered, saying that he should make amends to you two."
"By the way, the big shopkeeper has already paid for the wheat rice and soup cakes that you two just ate. I still need to clean up the leftovers, so I won't bother you two. Please use them slowly!"

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As soon as the waiter left, Chen Chang and Shui Ling'er looked at each other, what's going on?

Chen Chang stared at the steaming Shuiyin Pancake and Pork Skin Pancake in a daze. He saw that the Shuiyin Pancake was like the noodles of later generations. It was as thin as silk and as white as autumn noodles. There was a bowl of fragrant gravy next to it, which was stirred together.

It’s time to make braised noodles.

Chen Chang has never seen the pork skin pancake next to it, it looks like something fried.

Shui Lingre knew that for this pig skin pancake, first mix the flour with hot water into a thin paste, boil the water in a large pot, scoop the batter into a copper bowl with a small spoon, put the copper bowl into the large pot of boiling water, and use your fingers to

Turn the copper bowl to rotate quickly so that the batter evenly adheres to the inner wall of the bowl.

When the batter is hot and shaped, take out the copper bowl from the pot, pour the pancakes in the bowl into boiling water and cook.

Take it out and put it into cold water. It is very similar to dolphin skin, hence the name dolphin skin cake.

"Xiao Langjun, this..." Shui Ling'er ran out of ideas for a while.

Chen Changsi paid a moment and said: "I don't think the white-haired big shopkeeper is a bad person. Just eat with peace of mind. Anyway, if you don't eat, it's free."

In addition to his ability to observe people, he also knew that the big shopkeeper was running errands and purchasing goods for the Lou family.

Now that he has a marriage contract with his Miss Lou family, he can be regarded as a member of the Lou family. Thinking of this, I feel much more at ease.

Finally, Chen Chang no longer needed to eat wheat rice to remember the bitterness and sweetness, so he picked up a piece of pig skin pancake and put it in his mouth to chew it like a cow chewing peonies.

Then, he grabbed another piece of pork skin pancake with his oily hands, dipped it in gravy and handed it to Shui Ling'er, saying vaguely: "Ling'er... you eat too, eat some!"

Shui Ling'er felt uneasy, but she was obviously not a woman who didn't know how to refuse other people's kindness. Apparently, the pork skin pancake was already handed to her, and she was embarrassed to push it back, so she had to take it with some embarrassment, seeing that the meat juice was about to flow down.

, quickly stuck out his tongue and licked it gently.

Chen Chang saw her tongue dexterously extending out of the small cherry mouth to lick the gravy on the pig skin pancake. Her movements were cute and cute, and she couldn't help but feel excited.

Shui Ling'er couldn't help but feel ashamed when she saw her staring at her eating.

Chen Chang thought to himself, the feeling of being in love is good, and even having a meal can make you feel like a lover and a concubine. It is really a pleasure.

Since it was freeloading, there was no reason to waste it. Except for the bowl of wheat rice, soup cakes and Shuiyin cakes, the two of them ate them all. Chen Chang patted his belly and burped inelegantly, which made Shui Ling'er sneer.

Laugh straight away.

Shui Ling'er asked the waiter for oil paper and carefully wrapped the remaining four pig skin pancakes so that they could have a meal in the evening.

Although the two of them now have no land, no room, and no place to stay, Shui Ling'er, who knows how to take care of the house and is diligent and thrifty, has begun to play the role of the Chen family's housewife.

The business of this restaurant was really good, and some diners soon came. They were mostly peddlers. The portions served in the restaurant were large and the food tasted good, and the prices were fair. In the words of later generations, it was a good place to eat.

This is the working-class route, so it is reasonable for the business to be prosperous.

The two of them were about to get up and leave when a man burst in outside the store. He was sweating profusely and had a look of panic on his face. He just took a quick glance into the store and shouted: "Uncle, uncle, Zhu Langjun."

What? Something bad is going to happen..."