Li Yue burped with satisfaction after finishing the rice in the bowl.
"Is it tasty?"
"tasty!"
"I'm going to open a store."
Li Yue thought about it and said: "You are so good at cooking, you will definitely make a lot of money."
Zhang Yang shook his head and said: "The family needs a long-term income, but I don't plan to cook by myself, so I found two cooks."
Li Yue raised her chin and said proudly: "Your skills are only for cooking for me, right?"
Zhang Yang put away the dishes and said without any wavering: "Because I'm lazy."
"This is a bit disgraceful."
"Do you have to talk sweetly?"
"Is it not good?"
"Sweet words become cheap if you say them too much."
"..."
Li Yue bit her lip in dissatisfaction.
After sitting for a while, he returned to his room and slammed the door hard.
After the Hungry Ghost Festival, it’s time to prepare for autumn.
In the morning, it was a bit cold before the sun rose.
The grain harvest has just begun, and granaries everywhere are very busy.
We came to a grain store where a sign recruiting workers was hung yesterday.
Seeing the store owner open the door, Zhang Yang stepped forward and said, "Store store, do you still need more people here?"
The shopkeeper looked up and down and said, "Can you do hard work?"
Zhang Yang patted his arm and said, "You have the strength."
The store owner took out a small wooden sign and said, "Go to the east gate of Chang'an City to move grain. Take this sign and give it to the person in charge. It will cost you thirty cents a day."
"Understood."
After taking the sign, Zhang Yang came to the east gate of Chang'an City.
There is a group of people waiting here with the same sign.
When a group of people transporting grain arrived at the city gate, people surrounded them and moved the grain into the grain store in the city.
Zhang Yang gave the sign to the person in charge. The person in charge took one look at it and said, "New here?"
Zhang Yang nodded.
The steward put away the sign and said, "Are you so thin and strong?"
Zhang Yang said: "Yes."
After saying that, Zhang Yang picked up a bunch of soybeans and carried them on his back.
It's quite positive to see Zhang Yang working without saying a word.
The steward nodded pertinently and said, "If you come back tomorrow, I'll tell the store owner that I'll give you an extra three cents in wages."
"okay!"
Carrying a bag of soybeans with difficulty, Zhang Yang walked into the city step by step.
Carrying soybeans all the way to the grain store.
The storekeeper is counting the food that has been brought in.
Where the soybeans are stacked, there are drainage tanks connected to each other.
What is placed in the water tank is bean paste.
The color of the black and yellowish bean paste is not very good, but it is almost fermented.
Zhang Yang took a second look and realized that this was the best raw material for making soy sauce.
While Zhang Yang was taking a break to catch his breath, the shopkeeper's daughter was also looking at Zhang Yang at the door. Every coolie on weekdays was dirty.
This was the first time she saw such a handsome and clean coolie.
After a short rest, Zhang Yang ran out to work.
He struggled to carry a bag of soybeans on his back and carried it all the way into the city.
After two trips back and forth, Zhang Yang was already sweating profusely.
The store owner looked at Zhang Yang and said, "Young man is quite hardworking. What's your name?"
Zhang Yang wiped his sweat and said, "My surname is Zhang."
The shopkeeper handed him a bowl of water and said, "Take a sip of water."
Zhang Yang took out his water bag and said, "I prepared it myself."
I only drink boiled water on weekdays and carry a water bag with me.
The store owner admired Zhang Yang more and more.
The store's daughter's eyes fell on Zhang Yang, focusing on the looming muscles under his clothes.
It took half a day to move the food. The store owner gave Zhang Yang five cents more and said, "You are the hardest working among these people. I will give you five cents more."
Zhang Yang said: "Can I exchange these five cents for some sauce?"
"These sauces aren't worth much either."
While talking, the store took out a few tablespoons of sauce and put it into a cloth bag.
There was a lot of sauce, more than ten kilograms.
The shopkeeper said: "This is ten cents worth of sauce. I will give it to you as five cents. If you come back tomorrow, I will give it back to you."
"Thanks to the store."
After saying that, Zhang Yang took Jiang and left.
Seeing his daughter looking at Zhang Yang's back, the store owner naturally knew what his daughter was thinking. He whispered: "You can't marry a poor boy like this. There are many good families in Chang'an."
I saw Zhang Yang coming back with his clothes soaked in sweat.
Li Yue frowned and said, "Why don't I give you those two jade pendants."
Zhang Yang said curiously: "Seriously?"
Li Yue helped him take off his coat and said: "I regret it, you should still work hard."
Pouring cold water on Zhang Yang, Li Yue wiped his back and asked, "Is it hard?"
Feeling Li Yue's strength, Zhang Yang said: "It's not very tiring. I originally thought of getting some soybeans from the store, but I didn't expect that he had ready-made sauce."
Zhang Yang had no money, so even if he saved money, he would use it very sparingly.
Sometimes Zhang Yang would bring something back while doing some hard work.
This way you can earn wages and save your own money.
"What do you want these sauces for?"
"Make soy sauce."
In fact, Zhang Yang cannot be said to be thin. In order to survive, he has to work hard to make money. He has been quite strong for a long time.
It's just that he looks very thin when he puts on clothes.
"Soy sauce? Is it delicious?"
“A dipping sauce that’s also a seasoning.”
Zhang Yang still had red marks on his shoulders because he had been carrying grain bags for a day.
Li Yue touched the red mark with her hand, and her nose felt a little sore for a moment.
He can really endure hardship.
I really feel sorry for him.
"I'm telling you, with soy sauce we can make braised pork."
"You're so tired and you still want to eat."
"People are iron rice is steel."
Li Yue was angry but could only compromise with a smile and scolded: "Okay, the food you make is the most delicious."
After the two had dinner, Zhang Yang put the sauce into a small jar and let it simmer for a few days.
Early the next morning, Zhang Yang came to work outside the city.
When the manager saw Zhang Yang coming again, he said, "The store said that if you come again today, I will give you more wages."
Zhang Yang nodded and said, "Thank you very much."
There is no shortage of coolies, but hard-working and young coolies like this are always being sought after.
Li Tai is in a good mood these days.
After solving the egg puzzle, he was able to eat three bowls in one meal.
Knowing things that others don't know and understanding the power that others don't know, Li Tai feels that he sees everything in the world differently.
It's like I have reached another realm.
But the others in front of me are still in the simplest world.
What is air pressure?
Li Tai took a sip of water from a bamboo tube. As the teacher said, this was the effect of air pressure.
After consulting many classics, the word air pressure was not recorded.
There are records of anger.
The knowledge that records this is all miscellaneous books.
Most of the books in the Imperial College are the Five Classics and Six Classics, but these miscellaneous books are in the market and it is difficult to find them. Some miscellaneous books even often write about strange powers and gods, and are not welcomed by many scholars.
