The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty Chapter 18: Tokyo is not too hot

As the saying goes, the monks are training in a closed manner. After Yun Yanhui wrote almost the book, he has a lot of leisure time. He doesn't plan to write too much at one time, but he still has to see the audience's response and then use it accordingly. adjust.

With the development of training in full swing, after Xiaoshu, Bianliang officially announced that he had entered the dog days.

At this time, Yun Yanhui assumed some logistical responsibilities. The abbot allocated some funds for the monks to spend, and Yunyan returned to buy mugwort leaves, palm fans and other items, and also prepare some fruits to cool off the heat every day.

Bianliang has a lot of cold food and cold drinks. Because the people of this era have already mastered the ice-making technology, there are still shops that sell ice cubes. Such as rock candy mung bean, kumquat group snow bubble, lychee dew, etc., are very popular.

Because of the large demand for these monks, Yun Yanhui often buys ingredients and processes them himself in order to provide better and more supply. Sometimes you don't even need to buy ice cubes. There is a deep well in the temple, and some cold food has been frozen in a cold well, which is no worse than adding ice.

After Yunyan returned to the house, things were done in an orderly manner. With more people, it didn't affect her at all, and she gradually built up some trust.

Today, a batch of rock candy mung beans was quenched in cold water in the well. Zheng Ping and Yun Yanhui lifted them up from the well and shared them among the resting monks.

Huinai drank the rock candy mung bean in one go, and when she saw the dog sticking out her tongue at her feet, she felt very distressed, so she poured some water and poured it into a bowl for him to drink.

"This year's Sanfu is hotter than in previous years. It looks like my big tiger is hot..." Hui Nai wiped her bare head, "Even I want to drink ice water from time to time, Brother Yan, I Seeing that you have dried lilac fruit, why don't you make jelly now, just eat it at night when you are in town for a few hours."

Once the other monks heard it, their eyes lit up and they exclaimed, "Yes, yes, boil some more sugar water, squeeze some mint juice, add it in then, eat a bowl, it will be more enjoyable. "

"That's what I plan to do tomorrow, I'll drink this today." Yun Yan said back slowly, drinking the cold drink.

Huinai restrained his neck, "Eating today will not be the same tomorrow, brother Yan, be more refreshing!"

Seeing a group of bald heads clamoring to eat jelly, as if they would not continue training if they couldn't eat it, Yun Yanhui could only cast a look at Zheng Ping for help. back.

As Yun Yanhui's scheduled training ended, the day of taking the stage was getting closer, and everyone's pressure was increasing. Zheng Ping often came to take care of Yun Yanhui.

Zheng Ping said helplessly: "Then let's eat today."

Everyone cheered, "It's still Mrs. Zheng's refreshing!"

At this moment, the courtyard door was pushed open, and Clear stepped in.

When the monks saw him, their voices disappeared immediately, and they continued to lick their bowls in a pretentious manner.

Learn glared at them. Just now, he heard a noise outside, and it was very noisy. He came in with a stern face, "The Eighth Princess gave me some ice, and I will bring some to cool off with you."

Yunyan looked back and found that Zhao Yunchu was also here, just behind, leading two servants to bring in a piece of ice, probably to run errands for his mother.

The monks cheered, and under Zheng Ping's command, they took the ice and put it into the remaining rock candy mung beans.

Zhao Yunchu came all the way and was tanned with sweat beads on his nose. When he saw Yunyan returning, he came over and pulled his hand. As soon as he touched his hand, he said, "Senior brother, your hands are so cold."

Yun Yanhui got goosebumps, pulled him under the eaves, and handed him a bowl of rock candy mung beans.

Zhao Yunchu took it with one hand and held Yun Yanhui's hand with the other.

Yun Yanhui has been serving rock candy mung beans, and she hasn't basked in the sun. Her hands are naturally cold, but Zhao Yunchu is comfortable, but he is not. After pulling out her hand, Yunyan replied, "What are you doing here to deliver ice on this hot day?"

"I'm here to ask my senior brother if he wants to be a guest at my house," Zhao Yunchu said embarrassedly, "This year is very hot, and I have an ice room at home to escape the heat."

"I don't have to." This is the critical moment. Zhao Yunchu didn't know that he was the main creator. I eat cold food every day. There is a bamboo forest next to where I live, which is cooler than other places.”

Zhao Yunchu: "Then...then shall I stay for one night?"

Yunyan replied: "..."

Yunyan declined in return: "There are only two rooms in my house. My sister and my mother sleep in one, and my brother and I sleep in one. You can only sleep with Bei Bei when you come. I see, you It's feasible to sleep at the master's place, anyway, if you gave him ice, it won't be hot."

Zhao Yunchu couldn't hide his disappointment, "Okay."

Because she agreed to make jelly, Yunyan calculated the time and ran to collect the dried Xueli fruit seeds. This lilac fruit is to be made into jelly. When it is picked, it must first be cut open, and the seeds are taken out and dried in the sun.

Pack the pale yellow seeds with gauze, soak them in a pot of clean well water and squeeze hard to squeeze out some gelatin.

When Zhao Yun first saw it, he came to help, washing his hands and squeezing the seeds of lilac. After being squeezed, it is hoisted into a well and chilled to speed up the setting, and at the same time make it very cold and refreshing, similar to modern jelly.

This kind of food has been popularized as early as the Tang Dynasty, and almost everyone knows it, and it has continued to modern times. When Yunyan Hui was a child, some people still picked it and made it. The steps are exactly the same as those of a thousand years ago. There are also some tricks in it. If the novice does not master it well, it will not be condensed.

After collecting the jelly, Yunyan went back to find the mint leaves.

Mint does not need special planting. There are wild mint in many places in the temple. This thing grows very well and has good reproductive ability. You can grow a large piece at will. Fresh mint leaves have a refreshing taste in the mouth, which is refreshing. It can also be dried in the sun, soaked in water to drink, and it is also very cool.

Yunyan Hui cut a lot of wild mint back, mashed out the juice, filtered it clean, and put it into the well.

The sugar water does not need to be iced, the brown sugar is boiled, just let it cool.

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In the evening, after the evening class, the monks sat together in the courtyard and waited for a snack. Morning and evening chanting and doing homework, and training at other times, this time is indeed quite tiring.

Yunyan brought the jelly up, and by this time it had already condensed into a transparent gelatinous, crystal clear and very cute.

Take out the bowls, pour some sugar water into each bowl, sprinkle some mint juice, and then spoon the jelly into the bowls. The monks each took a bowl and ate it in one bite, only to feel that their mouths were full of coolness and sweetness.

The taste of the jelly is tender, smooth and cold, coupled with the sweet sugar water and the cool mint flavor, it exudes the summer heat all over the body, and I only feel that the cold air is exuding from the stomach.

At this time, I sent someone with quick legs to go to the melon field in the temple to talk to the guarding senior brother, and pick some melons to eat, which is the icing on the cake.

It was the first time for Zhao Yunchu to participate in such a "party". It was very fresh. He followed him to eat jelly. He was stopped by Yun Yanhui after eating half of it.

The monks opened their clothes and said to Yun Yan, "Brother Yan, do you think we can really succeed when we go out to teach the scriptures?"

"Of course," Yun Yan replied firmly, "and it will definitely bring the Bianjing trend."

"If this is the case, then the hard work of this period of time will not be in vain." The senior brother of the Hui character generation sighed leisurely.

Zhi is constantly tweeting, the stars in the night sky are bright, and the whole city is still noisy, especially in the area of ​​Daxiangguo Temple where they are. The night market is brightly lit, like a city that never sleeps.

Cold drinks, melons and fruits, night wind, Tokyo is not too hot in dog days.