The house with three entrances and three exits is indeed very large. Since the front yard faces the street, it is used as a clinic, so Uncle Wang, Zhao Sheng and Liu Cheng live in the middle yard, while the Lin Ping'an brother and sister, Sylvia Yunshu and Xiu'er live in the backyard.
That night, several people cooked a sumptuous dinner in the house.
Liu Cheng and Zhao Sheng were both children from ordinary families, so they were naturally good at cooking. However, when they saw the jar of thin, white salt, their eyes widened.
"Brother Zhao Sheng, is this salt?"
Liu Cheng could hardly believe his eyes. He had never seen such fine white salt.
Zhao Sheng was also confused. He stretched out his fingers and dipped some in the clay pot, put it on his mouth and licked it. He nodded repeatedly and shouted:
"It's just salt, but why is it so thin?"
Liu Cheng also dipped his finger in it and tasted it in his mouth. After a while, he couldn't help shouting:
"It's indeed salt, but why doesn't it have any bitter taste at all and is it thin and white?"
In fact, how did they know that this jar of salt was the refined salt that Lin Ping'an had purified early in the morning.
Salt in ancient times was very rough. It was usually eaten directly after seawater was dried and crystallized. It contained a lot of impurities, so it had a bitter taste.
Although Lin Ping'an didn't want to make any inventions in this ancient time, he still attached great importance to his basic quality of life. He knew that this kind of coarse salt was not only bitter, but also bad for the body, so he put it on the market a few days ago. The purchased coarse salt is purified.
Not only that, he also made simple chicken essence himself. For a modern time traveler like him, these are completely child's play and not worth mentioning at all.
Liu Cheng and Zhao Sheng shouted and immediately attracted others in.
Sylvia Lin and Xiu'er came from wealthy families, but they had never seen this kind of refined salt. They couldn't help but taste it now, both with surprised expressions on their faces.
"My brother did this."
Lin Wan'er on the side said very proudly: "My brother said that eating salt in the past would make you sick, so I boiled this salt myself."
Hearing this, everyone was even more surprised.
Seeing this scene, Lin Wan'er became even more proud. She pointed at another clay pot and said:
"And that one, that one is chicken essence. My brother said that adding some to it when cooking and making soup will make it taste more delicious."
Everyone was doubtful, so Liu Cheng took out the can of chicken essence, scooped two spoons of it and put it into the soup. After a while, a strong fragrance wafted out.
These people had not had a full meal for several days. At this moment, their Adam's apples couldn't help but their saliva was almost drooling.
"smell good!"
Xiu'er sniffed and looked eagerly at the pot of chicken soup.
Sylvia Lin held the jar of chicken essence curiously, looked it up and down, then stretched out his slender fingers and dipped a few pieces into his mouth. After a moment, he frowned slightly and stuck out his tongue.
Seeing this scene, Xiu'er also tasted it curiously, and suddenly stuck out her tongue with a frown on her face.
They just don't understand why putting something so unpleasant into the soup makes it taste so delicious.
After a while, a large table of dishes was ready.
Liu Cheng and others had been hungry for several days, and they were devouring their food voraciously. Even Sylvia couldn't help but eat two bowls of rice.
As for the chicken soup, not a drop was left.
Lin Ping'an couldn't help but sigh slightly in his heart. The ancient food was really not that good. Apart from stewing and stewing, there was almost no cooking. As for condiments, there were even fewer condiments.
"I have no choice but to make do with it."
He sighed inwardly.
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Early the next morning, Dorgon came to find Lin Ping'an.
"An Da, you are such a beautiful newbie."!
As soon as he entered the door, Dorgon looked around and marveled.
"No matter how beautiful it is, can it be as beautiful as the palace you live in?"
Lin Ping'an smiled and said, "Thank you for your money."
Dorgon waved his hand nonchalantly, stepped forward and grabbed Lin Pingan, and shouted excitedly:
"Come on, let's go horse riding today."
This matter was agreed upon last time, so Lin Ping'an did not postpone it. Now that Wan'er was taken care of by Sylvia Yunshu and Xiu'er, he naturally didn't have to worry about it anymore, so he followed Dorgon out of the house.
Outside the gate, Duoduo and Dayu'er were already waiting there with their horses respectively. Dorgon pointed to a black horse and said to Lin Ping'an:
"This horse is called Heiyun, and I gave it to you."
Lin Ping'an took a quick look and saw that the horse was not only tall, but also slender. The hair on its body was like black paint and there was no mottled color. Although he didn't understand horses, he knew that this must be a good horse.
"Lin Pingan, can you ride a horse?"
Dayu'er on the side stared at Lin Ping'an and asked.
"Probably so."
Lin Ping'an replied that he had ridden a horse when he traveled to the grassland in his previous life, but it was just a circle led by someone.
Hearing Lin Ping'an's words, Dayu'er couldn't help but cover her mouth and giggle.
"You should be able to do it, right? Then can you do it?"
While talking, Dayu'er got on the horse with very clean and neat movements.
Lin Ping'an didn't say anything. He walked up to the horse named Heiyun, reached out and grabbed the reins, stepped on the stirrup with his left foot, exerted force on his waist and abdomen, turned over and sat on the horse.
Seeing this scene, Duduo couldn't help but clapped his hands and applauded.
"Okay, I didn't expect you, a Han Chinese, to be able to ride a horse."
Dorgon said with some surprise. At the same time, he got on his horse and walked with everyone outside the city.
Heiyun was obviously well-trained and walked very steadily without any bumps. Lin Ping'an's nervous mood suddenly relaxed.
"By the way, where are we going to ride horses?"
He asked Dorgon.
"Go to the school grounds in the south outside the city."
Dorgon pointed to the south and said: "Every time there is a grand festival, there will be horse riding and wrestling competitions there, and there will always be tribal troops there."
While talking, several people had already walked out of the city gate.
Dorgon shouted, waved his riding whip, and took the lead in galloping towards the south.
Duduo and Dayu'er also let out a soft drink respectively and rushed out in the blink of an eye.
Lin Ping'an knocked the horse's belly with his legs, patted Heiyun's neck and said: "Heiyun, start running!"
As if Heiyun could understand Lin Ping'an's words, Hei Yun stepped forward with four hooves and started running. Perhaps he was also worried that the master on his back could not ride a horse, so he ran very slowly.
In the blink of an eye, Dorgon and the other three ran further and further away from Lin Pingan's eyes. Lin Pingan suddenly became anxious, stretched out his hand and slapped Heiyun's butt hard, and drank loudly.
"Drive! Drive..."
Black Cloud suddenly let out a long, pattering hiss, accelerated suddenly, and shot out like an arrow from a string.
Lin Ping'an was caught off guard. He felt like he was driving a car in his previous life and stepped on the accelerator, leaning back suddenly.
Unfortunately, what it brought him was not the pushing feeling that excites a man, but the terror brought about by the moment of emptiness.
Yes, it is indeed terrifying!
Just like a person who suddenly lost his support, direction and balance, Lin Ping'an fell upside down and fell directly from the back of the black cloud.
The three Dorgons in the distance heard the long hiss of the black cloud, and couldn't help but look back together, but they happened to see this horrifying scene.
"No, Lin Ping'an is down!"
Da Yuer let out a scream, pulled the reins hard with both hands, and immediately reined the white horse under his crotch so that its front hooves stood upright, making a long neigh.
Dorgon and Duoduo were stunned, turned their horses' heads at the same time, and ran towards Lin Pingan.
"Da Yu'er, didn't he say he could ride a horse?"
While the horse was galloping, Dorgon shouted to Dayu'er.
"He said it should be possible!"
Da Yu'er's hair was flying, she straightened the bun on her forehead, and shouted loudly: "God knows what he said he should know, but actually he doesn't!"
"Han people really love telling lies!"
Duduo on the side shouted angrily, but was whipped by Dorgon on the side. He shouted at Duoduo:
"Duduo, what are you talking about? Lin Ping'an is our answer!"
"That's also a deceitful An Da!"
Duduo whispered in a low voice, slammed his legs against the horse's belly, and the three of them rushed towards Lin Ping'an like a gust of wind.
Lin Ping'an's fall was not light. Even if it was grass, stars were shining in his eyes at this moment. All the bones in his body seemed to be broken, especially the stinging pain in his waist that made him unable to move even half an inch.
If I go, it won't be useless, right? ...Lin Ping'an bared his teeth, as if his soul was out of his body, looking motionless at the white clouds in the sky.
The black cloud on the side shook its pony tail and looked at the young man on the ground with great confusion. It was probably the first time that he met someone who fell off him as soon as he started running.
So it snorted, stretched out its wet tongue and licked Lin Ping'an's face.
Lin Ping'an was a little itchy from being licked by the black cloud. He wanted to raise his hand to push the other person's head away, but found that he could not move at all.
There was a rapid sound of horse hoofbeats from far away, and Dorgon and the other three arrived in front of Lin Ping'an in an instant.
"An Da, are you okay?"
Dorgon dismounted his horse and rushed to Lin Ping'an in a few steps. He knelt down and asked eagerly.
"It should be fine."
Lin Ping'an replied with some pain.
It's this damn thing again... Duduo couldn't help shouting: "An Da, you Han people say it should be fine. Is it something or nothing?"
Lin Ping'an grinned and said, "It should be fine, but there may be something, and there may be nothing."
After listening to these words, Duduo thought for a while, nodded and said:
"Then I understand. It turns out that you just said you should be able to ride a horse. In fact, you may or may not be able to!"
Da Yu'er on the side couldn't help covering her mouth when she heard this tongue twister, but she didn't have the nerve to laugh out loud.
