Chapter 139 housewarming
The head of the house is also a chef, with all the pots and pans, and there is a well not far from the kitchen. The whole house was rented by A Yao for only more than a month.
As for other places, such as the simple furniture of houses and houses, they will be slowly working on them in the future.
The first time A Yao moved in was to clean the kitchen, clean the inside and out of the kitchen, and then move the steamer, iron pot and pancakes outside. She took the seasonings and the bowls and chopsticks that the previous owner did not take away. More than a month has passed, and she didn't have the courage to use them. The bowls and chopsticks were purely left by the previous owner.
It seemed like it was already noon without doing much.
In the late autumn of the capital, the wind blew.
After working, I walked out of the kitchen with sweat and was blown by the autumn wind. The hot sweat was taken back. A Yao was shocked and ran back to wipe the sweat with her handkerchief. It was autumn. Don’t come to the capital and don’t start with anything. The medical conditions in this era are not good.
She didn't want to try it again when she was "treated" by holding chickens back then.
"Free firewood, ginger, scallion, garlic, soy sauce and vinegar, rice, flour, bowls, chopsticks, plates, and pens, ink, paper and inkstones. I will make a booklet and write down..." A Yao put her fingers on her fingers and sorted out the kitchen for a whole morning, and she knew what she lacked.
Eat two sour-filled buns nearby, one oil glutinous rice ball, and a bowl of white porridge. I took noon and took it over. The tofu mill next to me sells tofu and cooked soy milk. She bought soy milk before she went back. If she made it in the afternoon, she would make salty soy milk. If she was too busy, she would drink it directly as afternoon tea.
"It costs six cents for sour stuffing, two cents for oil glutinous rice, two cents for white porridge, and one cent for soy milk, and ten cents for a total of ten cents. The price is similar to that of Nanxun."
Since all of them are out, I will buy the things I should buy and continue to build her kitchen in the afternoon.
I asked people to inquire about rice shops, food and food shops selling seasonings, and bowls and chopsticks. I was not far from home. What surprised A Yao even more was that the night market was on this spacious street. After nightfall, the shops on both sides put out tables and chairs, and hawkers carried the loads to the night market to do business.
There was a curfew in the previous dynasty, and trade was divided into two parts. When we arrived in this dynasty, the court encouraged the people to do business and relaxed the curfew. There were nine wings and sixteen wings in the capital city. At night, people could move in the wings, but they could not leave their own wings. To be more understandable, the wings were the districts of later generations, and the wings were the streets.
On the street is the Dongcheng Night Market, which is the closest night market to the imperial city. Dongcheng Xiangyun gathers great officials and nobles, and there are also small officials and wealthy people living here. Naturally, this night market is the most lively and prosperous among the nine wings and sixteen wings.
Although there is no sign of the prosperity at night during the day, there are crowds of people on the streets, and there are also blonde and blue-eyed Gentiles. A Yao felt passionate and bloody when she saw it. There were business opportunities in places where there were people, and maybe she might meet someone on the street who was an official at home.
I don’t lose money if I spend eight jin of money.
If the bird's nest is there, she should have chosen Dongchengxiang as well.
A Yao pressed her left hand to hold the money and the palm of her right hand to get into the fantasy of a winner in life. The future winner in life has not yet been put into the pot today.
A dou of rice costs 250 liters, ten liters are a dou. An adult needs about two liters of rice a day. She can’t eat so much, and this dou of rice can last for more than ten days.
30 cents of four taels of pork, the aquatic products in Beijing are more expensive than Nanxun. For example, phingfish is a rare product; seasonings such as pepper, cinnamon, onion and ginger are only one cent a day. Seeing that dried ginger is only twelve cents per pound, A Yao simply puts one pound of each thing that is tolerant.
After buying rice, cut meat, seasonings, and a pot of soy milk in her hand, she almost couldn't hold it up. She regretted that she would go home and continue to sort it out. When she saw the old man selling firewood at the entrance of the alley, she quickly placed all the things in the stone table in the yard and ran out to find the old man to sell firewood.
She went in and out, and was seen by the neighbors. When A Yao dragged firewood home, the woman who was enjoying the shade of the trees shouted A Yao: "Little girl, you just moved here, are you a family member? I saw you alone and you are so young, so I asked them to help."
"My mother married far away, I went to Beijing to find my sister. She worked in a wealthy family in Beijing, and I was the only one at home." A Yao thought, facing the door to those women. If there were still people at home, they would definitely be seen through over time, and said half-truth and half-fake.
She made up all the wealthy families. Little did she know that she was really confused by A Yao.
"Ah snee!" A Yao rubbed her nose with her bird's nest and asked her if she had anything to do. The maid in front of her put her clothes on her to wash. Seeing that she sneezing for fear of getting sick, she quickly took back her clothes and stabbed her a few words and left.
Bird's nest was not concerned, thinking to myself, was it Yaozhu who was talking about her?
On the other end, as soon as A Yao finished speaking, the women's eyes were full of sight. There was a little pitiful person here, which made A Yao feel uncomfortable.
"However, if you can rent it here instead of going to Futianyuan, your family probably has some money."
Futianyuan is a welfare home provided by the imperial court. All widows, widows, orphans, and alone can be used.
A Yao's smile froze, and she secretly scolded the aunt who was bored and disgusting everywhere. She looked at the sound and spoke a tall and thin woman, looking at her with disgusting eyes.
"There are still a bunch of housekeepers waiting for me to take care of. I'll thank you for saying goodbye first. I'll visit all the sisters when the house is settled." She didn't answer the aunt's words, nodded to the others, and took the things home.
When they walked away, they still had a few words floating into their ears.
"The little girl has just moved here, she has no mother, no father, and her sister is not here, she is alone. You come up with Futianyuan and change her face. Who likes to hear this?"
"Then I'm right. If you can rent it here, who can I pretend to be pitiful with if my family has some money..."
A Yao closed the door.
The firewood was chopped, so she quickly rinsed the shabu with well water, and put it on the stove. She used tiny branches to build fire into the stove, stuffed a little straw. Seeing that the fire on the stove gradually became more vigorous, she added thicker firewood.
The iron pot is red. A Yao took the bucket and poured it into the pot to boil water. Then use hot water to wash the pots, pans, and wipe the bed, tables and chairs...
When she was thirsty, she drank soy milk. The neighbors cooked one after another, and the fragrance of the food came. Only then did A Yao realize that it was already dusk and it took more time to organize the kitchen than she thought.
"Tu tuk tuk."
"Who?" A Yao asked standing by the door.
"I'm from the next door. We just spoke under the big tree at the door in the afternoon." The person outside the door said. A Yao thought about it and his voice sounded familiar, so she opened the crack in the door and glanced at him a few times. "Auntie, is there anything wrong?"
"Oh, the little girl's mouth is so sweet. My surname is Li, and my husband's surname is Wang, and I call him Grandma Wang." The woman is in her forties, with a kind appearance and a calm speech. She was coaxed by A Yao, and her eyes were filled with laughter and she was so happy:
"The house has not been lived in for more than a month. I think you should be cleaning it. If you buy rice and flour, you probably don't have time to make it. This is the 'fish' made by my family. If you don't dislike it, you will fill it up today and you can do it slowly at home, so you don't have to hurry."
The fish is a batter. Pour the rice paste into a colander and flow out one by one, which looks like fish and noodles. It falls into the soup and cooks it into a thick powder soup. The fish made by Aunt Wang is made of the soup and cut the gourd into shreds. Eggs are made into the soup and spread them. It can be eaten as a vegetable or as a staple food to fill the stomach.
"Thank you. How come that happens? I can't shout out for you so young. Will I call you Aunt Wang?" A Yao took it and accepted her kindness. She originally thought that she would go out to buy a few sour buns to fill her stomach while it was still dark.
"This is close to the border of the wing. There are officials patrolling at night, and there are few thieves. But you are young and alone, so it is hard to guarantee that you will not be careless about people. It is best to buy a tiny dog, which is good-looking at the house. Don't choose a cute puppy, but it's not useful." Aunt Wang instructed.
A Yao was very grateful. She was a newcomer and was not familiar with the place in the capital. Fortunately, she had kind neighbors to help her: "Thank you, Aunt Wang, I will go to buy a dog to visit tomorrow. Where is the best place to buy?"
Seeing that A Yao was listening to her words seriously, Aunt Wang told her the location, and then opened the route and told her in detail, for fear that she would not remember it, so she asked her to find someone on the road tomorrow.
Chapter completed!