Chapter 187 Mooncake (1)
The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, and as the bright moon above our heads becomes fuller each day, the already lively Chang'an Night Market begins to become lively. It's not yet the Mid-Autumn Festival, and at night, carefully dressed men and women can be seen everywhere on the streets of Chang'an, lowering their heads and whispering. When they are happy, they can even look at each other and smile at each other.
When the Jingzhao Prefecture police officer who was patrolling the streets saw this situation, he did not show the "understanding" or "joking" eyes of ordinary pedestrians. Instead, he stepped forward and interrupted the charming atmosphere of "romantic romance" without politeness. , waving people away: "It's not the Mid-Autumn Festival yet! What are you doing? It's so late, why don't you go home?"
The faces of the man and woman whose whispers were interrupted froze, and they looked at the group of servants in front of them who came to disturb people's interest with sullen faces, and they were in a bad mood.
"What are you doing? It's almost the Mid-Autumn Festival. What does my matter have to do with you?"
"You know it's almost the Mid-Autumn Festival, but you don't take it seriously! It's so late, and the streets are almost deserted. Why don't you go home quickly?" shouted the "beating mandarin ducks" officer, looking at the two people in front of him. The “lover” who was found out said, “Leave your name and address, and I’ll come to you tomorrow to ask when you’ll be back home!”
The two young men and women looked extremely ugly when they heard this: The parents at home are not as lenient as these guards. Why is this?
The quarrel broke out immediately!
Seeing the quarrel not far away, Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu, who were passing by, twitched their lips and looked at Huang Zhong, the leader of the team of guards from Jingzhao Mansion, and said: "This... although you won't let them stay on the street at night. It’s for the good of both of them, but this kind of thing...isn’t it too much?”
After Huang Zhong saluted Liu Yuantong and Bai Zhu, he twisted his serious face, sighed, opened his mouth, hesitated to speak, but finally said: "You don't understand, I am doing this for their own good! "
As for how to "be good for them", Huang Zhong refused to say anything. He just shook his head and said: "In short, don't wander around in the street at night! Especially for such young and charming people." Little ladies, if they encounter a bad person, their lover can’t protect them by himself, and if something happens... eh!"
Hearing Huang Zhong's emotion, although he didn't directly say what happened, Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu vaguely guessed something. They looked at each other, Liu Yuan stepped forward, coughed lightly, and asked Huang Zhong: "Has something happened to the little lady recently?"
Huang Zhong shook his head, glanced at Liu Yuantong and Bai Zhu, who had already guessed something, thought for a while, and then said: "The adults are not allowed to talk about it, and the young lady's family is not allowed to talk about it. After all, if this kind of thing spreads, the little lady will The lady herself and her family members can no longer hold their heads high!"
Although he keeps saying "I'm not allowed to talk about it", from the words "the young lady's family won't let me talk about it" and "can't hold my head up", it's clear that the matter has almost been said.
Looking at Huang Zhong's serious face in front of him, Liu Yuantong and Bai Zhugan coughed and understood: "That's right!"
Seeing that the two people understood the meaning of the words, Huang Zhong coughed and said: "I will patrol the streets during these days and try not to let these people wander outside as much as possible. I will just stay until the Mid-Autumn Festival. There are so many people and the night is open, there will be fires, fights and other things happening at that time. If we are unable to do anything else at that time, we will ask the two temple ministers and colleagues from Dali Temple to help take care of it!"
When Liu Yuandong and Bai Zhu heard this, they nodded hurriedly and said "should" and "should".
Huang Zhong breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the adults' words had been brought to him. When he was about to leave, he was stopped in time by the two people behind him. When he turned around, he saw Bai Zhu lifting the lantern in his hand and saying to him: "Don't forget Please send me the lanterns waiting to participate in the lantern festival!"
This is also the reason why the two of them came to look for Huang Zhong. To participate in the lantern festival, they must report it to Jingzhao Mansion in advance: they always bring the lanterns made by the entire Dali Temple. How can they be justified if they don't take back a beauty lantern?
Looking at the two people who were determined to win the lantern for that beauty, Huang Zhong twitched the corner of his mouth and sighed, "My colleagues are so interested" but did not forget to reveal, "I told you and your family to remember to throw in your own lantern, too." A few wooden sticks will make you safer!"
There are many people participating in the lantern festival this time!
It’s really just for a beauty lamp! The two of them immediately nodded in agreement after hearing the words. When they returned to Dali Temple and talked to everyone, everyone was in a state of sigh. Although they cursed a few words "Jingzhao Mansion is sinister", they just ignored the matter of calling their family members to throw lanterns together. Everyone responded.
It doesn't matter if you slap me in the face occasionally!
He grabbed a handful of fried chestnuts and ate them while chatting. At this moment, he saw Ji Caimai and several carpenters carrying a large stack of boxes passing by the lobby door. Everyone who was eating fried chestnuts couldn't help but look at it. He was stunned: "Ji Cai bought the Mid-Autumn Festival moon cake gift box, has it been ready?"
These carpenters are much faster than they thought! The square-sized gift box is divided into upper and lower layers, and a poem "Reciting the Moon" is engraved on the outside, which looks quite elegant.
Ji Caimai turned the mooncake gift box and inspected it carefully. He was very satisfied, tilted his head and asked Wen Mingtang: "What do you think, Master Wen?"
Wen Mingtang nodded and said, "Not bad!"
As expected of the carpenter recommended by the picky Lin Shaoqing, this craftsmanship is really good!
Seeing that their employer was "satisfied", several carpenters breathed a sigh of relief. With Lin Fei, a picky "employer" in front of them, Ji Caimai, Wen Mingtang and others were simply too "easy to talk to".
However, due to Lin Shaoqing's "pickiness", they were forced to improve their skills a lot. These days, they have also received many orders for mooncake gift boxes due to their outstanding skills. In addition to the official chef of Dali Temple, there are also many There are various styles of gift boxes available in restaurants and libraries. But without exception, the gift boxes are engraved with two verses of "Yin Yue". Among so many poems, the two most beautiful ones are those engraved by the chef of Dali Temple.
"The bright moon rises on the sea, and the world is at this moment together."
Even the always picky Lin Fei praised these two verses when he saw them, and then asked Wen Mingtang: "Who wrote it?"
Wen Mingtang pointed to the name in the lower right corner and said: "A famous hermit named Zhang Jiuling."
Lin Fei nodded when he heard this, glanced at her, and said: "You are good at cooking, but your poetry is only at the level of 'three or two kittens'. You really can't write such a poem."
Wen Mingtang: "..."
Is this praising her cooking skills or mocking her poetry writing ability?
After Lin Fei finished speaking, he looked at the pile of mooncake molds with various patterns in Wen Mingtang's hand: the round molds had patterns such as plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum; they were printed with Chang'e flying to the moon, Kuafu chasing the sun, Jingwei A set of molds for legendary stories such as reclamation of the sea and Nuwa patching up the sky; the last set is molds with weird shapes such as peanuts, persimmons, jade and gourds.
Seeing that Lin Fei's eyes fell on the last set of molds, Wen Mingtang took the initiative to explain without him asking: "This set has metaphors, namely 'a wonderful pen produces flowers (peanuts)", "good persimmons happen (persimmons)", "Everything goes well (jade)" is the same as "Fu Lu (gourd) brings good luck". "
Lin Fei: "...This is a good trick!"
Wen Mingtang said "hmm", and when he was about to start drafting the contents of the gift box, he heard Lin Fei speak: "On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, there will be a lantern festival in Jingzhao Mansion, and I, Dali Temple, will also participate. Did you know?"