Taoyuan City is located at the foot of Taoyuan Mountain. Taoyuan City is backed by Taoyuan Mountain. It covers an area of thousands of hectares. It is small but lively and prosperous.
Probably because it is located in a plain, with land routes extending in all directions, and facing Tongyuan River, one of the three major river systems of the Chen Kingdom, to the west, water transportation is convenient. It is also known as "if you don't eat drunken chicken and pear blossom wine, don't talk about Taoyuan having ever set foot in it", making Taoyuan City day by day. There is a huge flow of people, gathering traders and tourists from all over the world.
It was late winter, and the sky was twilight. On the neatly paved bluestone pavement in Taoyuan City, pedestrians had gradually begun to increase. The stalls lined up on both sides of the long street also began to shout. Women, old and young, went to the street to buy vegetables. Old and young men holding vegetable baskets, picking and choosing, sitting at the stall drinking tea and eating breakfast...
The sounds of hawking, bargaining, and chattering are endless, awakening this vibrant town.
"Taoist Priest Xiao Yu, are you here to sell wine and prey again? The pear blossom wine last time is not inferior to the century-old pear blossom wine of Lao Qinji, and the wild boar meat is tender and chewy. Many customers praised it. The wine and meat are still good. If possible, leave two bottles and a few kilograms for the little lady."
Accompanied by the Tongyuan River, the proprietress of Su's Breakfast Shop with strong willow trees next to the shop, wearing a snow-white apron, her sleeves rolled up high, her head wrapped in a handkerchief, steaming a drawer of steamed buns, looked up at Qing Qing who walked in. The little Taoist priest in thick robes said with a smile.
Lingchu came to Tao Yuancheng early in the morning to sell wine and common wild beasts he could hunt down. Since Lao Tao started the so-called training half a year ago, Lingchu has been able to hunt down many wild beasts every day.
It is useless to keep it and it would be a pity to throw it away. It is a good idea to simply store it with a storage bracelet thrown by an experienced person. It will not deteriorate if you put it in. If you have saved enough, sell it.
I've been here a lot, and I've become familiar with the large and small shops on this business street.
Especially several shops with good food.
Su's breakfast shop like this one is the best in Taoyuan City for its plain assorted steamed buns and mushroom wontons.
Once the spirit has tasted it for the first time, it will come back again.
"One plain assorted buns and a bowl of wontons. Let's eat here. Three plain assorted buns can be packed away. I remember correctly, the little lady." The proprietress quickly picked up a bamboo grate from the steaming steamed bun cage and put it away. On the small white porcelain plate, eight round wontons were added to the white and clear bone soup base.
This is what she orders every time. Lingchu smiles with crooked eyes, "Yes, the boss lady has a good memory. Next time she makes pear blossom stuffing or hunts wild boars, I will definitely leave them for my sister."
The word "sister" made the landlady, who had already been the mother of two children, laugh so hard that she couldn't even see her eyes. Taoist priest Xiao Yu was really sweet and clever, making people happy just by looking at him. When he was happy, he got two more wontons in his hand. "Taoist priest, please eat more. Girls are lucky if they are rounder."
"Thank you, Sister Su. My sister's business is as prosperous as ever." The proprietress's maiden name is Su, and she started the shop from a small stall. She likes people to praise her for her good business. Lingchu has been eating steamed buns for half a year. And wontons, of course I know.
As expected, the landlady smiled even more happily and picked out big buns for Lingchu to take away.
The proprietress has been making steamed buns for more than ten years, and her craftsmanship is unparalleled. The sixteen pleats on the snow-white steaming steamed buns are even and neat, which looks very comfortable. In the porcelain bowl painted with simple blue and white patterns, there are emerald green onions floating in it. The wontons are fragrant.
Strong, fragrant, fresh and tender.
Satisfied after eating the assorted vegetarian steamed buns and wontons served by Su's breakfast, Lingchu paid the money, said goodbye to the landlady with a smile, hugged the packed steamed buns, and bought drunken chicken, plum blossom cakes, glutinous rice cakes, and fruit candies. Set foot on the road back to Taoyuan Temple.
He did not use the magic of lightening his body, but acted like an ordinary person honestly. He spent two pennies and took a crowded oxcart to Wujia Village at the foot of Taoyuan Mountain.
Say hello to the enthusiastic villagers one by one, say a few blessings, take fruit candies and give them to Sister-in-law Li's two children, and then slowly go back to Taoyuan Temple.
Another half a year has passed, and Lingchu, who has entered the middle stage of Qi training, is not as fast as in the early stage. The higher the cultivation level, the more spiritual power is needed to break through to the next level. In addition, in the past half year, Lingchu has not known how much. Fighting wild beasts and monsters in the famous mountains and forests, or picking elixirs and fruits, the time spent on cultivation is also reduced a lot.
Half a year has passed, but we have only gone from the fourth level of Qi training to the sixth level of Qi training, and the next step forward is the later stage of Qi training.
When we returned to Taoyuan Temple, it was already close to lunch time.
With the sensitive five senses of a cultivator, he could already smell the aroma of the food while still outside Taoyuan Temple.
Sweet and sour pork ribs, braised tofu, fried winter bamboo shoots, leek and eggs.
With a little discernment, Lingchu guessed today's menu.
Together with the drunken chicken I brought back, today's lunch is very rich. It can be paired with a pot of homemade pear blossom stuffing, which will definitely taste good.
In the kitchen, Shen Rong, who was able to cook alone, was also wearing a Taoist robe. His hair was wrapped in a cloth like Sister-in-law Li's, and his hands and feet were quick to serve vegetables and wash pots.
She is completely unrecognizable as a pampered rich lady.
"Sister Rong, where is Xiaoyi? I brought him fruit candies." Lingchu walked into the kitchen, put down the snack Drunken Chicken in his hand, and asked with a smile.
Shen Rong gave birth to a healthy boy two months ago.
Named Shen Yi, after his mother's surname.
"That boy, he sleeps twelve hours a day, eleven hours a day, and he is still asleep after waking up once in the morning." Shen Rong's hands kept moving, with a gentle and loving smile on his face, "You Why buy him candy? It’s a waste of money and he won’t taste anything.”
One month after arriving at Taoist Temple, Shen Rong discovered something unusual about the three people in Taoyuan Temple.
But she knew in her heart that if people didn't tell her, she would just pretend she didn't know and wouldn't ask any more questions.
It's just that Lingchu was so young, and every time she disappeared for a while and came back, she would always have some injuries on her body, and sometimes she would be in a state of embarrassment. She felt distressed when she saw it, but the young and old in Taoyuan Temple, including the young herself, didn't seem to be the same. Very concerned.
She had nothing to say, she could only work hard to learn to cook, learn to herd cattle, and pay more attention to Lingchu, but she couldn't do any more.
Lingchu took a plate and put the drunken chicken on it, as well as the steamed buns and pastries he brought back, and put them on the dining table. "Let Xiaoyi have a taste, otherwise it would be so pitiful."
They ate fish, meat and vegetables all day long, and the children could only drink rice soup. Because in the early stages of pregnancy, Shen Rong was running around and couldn't keep up with nutrition. The child was fine, but Shen Rong couldn't breastfeed, so he had to drink rice soup every now and then.
At this time, Lingchu always lamented that it was a pity that Rhubarb was neither a female nor a cow.
A trace of sadness flashed across Shen Rong's expression. She felt sorry for her child. Thinking of this, Shen Rong did not continue to refuse Lingchu's fruit candy. Children are still young, so although they cannot eat candy, they can still lick it and taste it.
"I'm going to get a pot of pear blossom wine. Drunken chicken is a perfect match." Lingchu said hello and was about to get the wine.
Before he could move, the old man appeared at the door, holding a bottle of wine in his hand, "Come on, old man, I can smell the smell of drunken chicken from afar, eat quickly, eat quickly."
Stuffed pear blossoms!
Lingchu recognized it at a glance. What the old man was holding was the batch of pear blossom wine he had brewed. Come on, there was no need for her to get it.
As soon as he finished speaking, Yi Ye appeared at the door with a smile.
