It was noon at this time, so at this mutton noodle stall, I would definitely not meet Xie Guang'an, an acquaintance who traveled between Huaifeng Mansion and Long'an Mansion all year round.

Fang Chang ate the noodles seriously and turned around to ask Xu Lianrong:

"Why didn't you see Lao Xu?"

Xu Lianrong was gently placing a bowl of tofu noodles on the table next to her and gave the diners who ordered the noodles. When she heard this, her face turned dizzy:

"My father has passed away for five months."

Speaking of this, tears faintly appeared in her eyes, but someone immediately called the stall owner. Xu Lianrong turned around and went to greet him.

Fang Chang sighed slightly and said nothing.

He looked at Xu Lianrong and his wife closely, and it turns out that her close relatives died of illness recently.

Birth, old age, sickness and death are common things in the world.

Even if a practitioner has no illness or disaster, he will have life span. If he grows, lives and destructs, this is the way of heaven and cannot be disobeyed.

After paying the dough, Fang Chang walked out of the bustling Huqiao Town.

The official road in Zhennan turned around and turned west. In front of it was Huaifeng Mansion, and he had passed by here many times, and was not unfamiliar.

The fields on the road have been harvested, and most of the pear trees in the mountains have been picked.

The pears in Huaifeng Mansion are very famous. They are sweet, juicy, thick skin, and resistant to storage and luck. They are much better than the wild pears on Xianqi Cliff. Fangchang bought more than ten kilograms and put them in a bag. They were prepared to eat them as snacks on the way north.

Going out from the north gate of Huaifeng Mansion is a place that Fang Chang has never walked.

I looked west at Xingqing Mansion and saw that the literary atmosphere in that direction was prosperous and prosperous, as if it was rising sun, as if it had stirred up the human fortune. It seemed that during this period, the two Mr. Jian of Xingqing Mansion continued to expand their careers.

Along the way, Fang Chang walked neither fast nor slow.

It is faster than the pedestrians passing by on the road, slower than the carriage, horse, donkey and mule, and with snow-white clothes and swords behind it, it looks like a man with skill in the martial arts world.

The sun in late autumn is no longer as strong as summer, but he is still wearing a straw hat to cover the wind and sun like many people on the road.

On this day, Fang Chang reached a new world.

This place is called Heyi Prefecture, which has already left the sphere of influence of the rebels, but it is not under the rule of the court.

Listening to the discussions of the people around, the local magistrate first increased the taxes two years ago, causing the people to suffer a lot, and then suddenly raised troops to rebel, fighting back and forth with the surrounding two states. The battles and wars made the market quite declining.

Until the southern rebel army approached, somehow, there was a sudden truce.

What happened to Fang Chang, the reason for the rebellion of the prefect, was that since the place was still peaceful, he was not going to take care of it too much. After all, this time he went north to remove the root cause.

After looking at the sky, Fang Chang turned around and walked into the shop next to the road.

The autumn wind is already bleak, rolling the fallen leaves on the official road, constantly swirling in the corner.

"Store, what food can you eat?"

Seeing a customer coming in, the owner of the shop came up happily to greet him:

"Please sit down. We have noodles, rice, and glutinous rice. We have been marinated for a few days. We can stew tofu and eat a few seasonal vegetables that can be stir-fried with oil and salt. By the way, there is an old cow in the nearby village who calls for killing it. There are some beef here, which is very cheap. If you have good teeth, you should not miss it."

Fang Chang casually found a stool and sat down, and asked, "What's there to drink?"

"Only tea," the store said, "but if the customer wants to drink something smoothly after traveling for a long time, there are the fried dough sticks left in the morning, so you can cut them and stew them in the soup."

"Well, then I'll give you a fried dough stick soup and cut it into two plates of beef, there's no need for anything else." Fang Chang said.

"Okay, wait a moment."

The owner immediately went to work hard. It was just a shed, with tables, chairs, benches and stoves under the same roof. Fang Chang turned around and watched the store’s movements.

He put some oil in the pot, stir-fry a few chopped green onion, threw it into the green fresh vegetable leaves and stir-fry it a few times, then added water to boil, cut a few leftover fried dough into small sections, and poured it into the pot. When the soup in the pot is turned up again, he put it in a pot and served it for Fangchang:

"Please use it, wait for the beef."

The owner walked to the cutting board, took out a large piece of beef dripping with juice from a basin covered with a sorghum stalk cover, and then cut it with a crackling sound. The knife technique was very generous. He put the sliced ​​meat into the plate, and then ordered two drops of balsamic vinegar and two drops of sesame oil before bringing it over.

"Thank you."

Fang Chang said, then stretched out his chopsticks and picked them up to eat.

It was indeed old beef, very chewy and a little bit of wood. Fortunately, the square teeth were not a problem, and the beef on this plate was not harder than copper and iron, so it was eaten by him.

After careful savoring, the taste was quite good.

Of course, it will definitely take a lot of effort for ordinary people to eat.

In the countryside, the most common and cheapest ones are generally mutton. Pork with fat is a precious thing, while chickens and ducks are different from those in the city and are of moderate price.

Beef is the most unusual. In some places, some big families can raise cattle and sell them after receiving brand tickets for beef cattle. The prices are often high and have long been won by wealthy families. It is not the turn of this rural area.

But for ordinary people, only plowing oxen can be seen, which is an important means of production. No one will slaughter it without authorization, and the government controls it strictly. Only sick cows and old cows can be slaughtered after reporting. This type of meat is often crude, and the cooking methods in the village are not good, so the price is very cheap.

It is said that heroes who walk around the world like this the most.

After all, it is a meat that can replenish physical strength, which can relieve greed and is cheap, and it is not stressful for the wallet. Besides, it is very important to have a good tooth when walking in the world, and everyone is not afraid of it being difficult to chew.

At this time, a few people walked into the store and just ordered some pickled vegetables and rice, and started eating there, and the speed was very fast.

Fang Chang asked the shop owner for a clean small bowl, untied the gourd around his waist, poured out the wine, and ate and drank with the beef.

The fried dough stick soup made by the store is soft and soft with golden and white fried dough sticks, with oil flowers and green vegetable leaves floating on it, which is very beautiful. The fried dough stick soup tastes smooth and it actually has a bit of the shadow of the mutton noodles in Huqiao Town, but there are quite a difference.

After drinking a few cups, I heard the diners next to me finish the bowl of corn rice, and asked the store for tea to fill the seams and throat. The fried dough stick soup made by the store was soft and soft, with oil flowers and green vegetable leaves floating on it, which was very beautiful. The fried dough stick soup tasted smoothly, and it actually had a few shadows of the mutton noodles in Huqiao Town, but there was a lot of difference.
Chapter completed!