Li Qingzhi got up early in the morning as usual that day.
After Jueweizhai opened in the capital, one of Chang Zhan's apprentices stayed there to help look after the shop, so there was only one person left in their family who was responsible for cooking.
However, their family is not large, and with Zhang Zao's help, they can manage the work.
When Li Qingzhi went to the kitchen, the two teenagers were already cooking, and Li Laogen was still sitting behind the stove, lighting a fire.
Li Laogen is old and sleeps less, so he gets up very early every day and has nowhere to go, so he just comes to the kitchen to light the fire.
While he was lighting the fire, he kept muttering: "The food you cook is not as delicious as Ah Qing's. Ah Qing is the god of literature, and the food he cooks is so delicious..."
What does cooking have to do with Wenquxing? Li Qingzhi found it a little funny.
He took a look and found that today's breakfast was pancakes.
Ever since they came to Beijing, the frequency of eating pasta has increased dramatically. Fortunately, their family members like pasta and they don't feel uncomfortable.
Pork, pickles and dried tofu are mixed into the filling and wrapped in the pancake, then fried in oil. It smells so delicious!
Li Qingzhi took one and ate it without hesitation, then said, "I'll go out and buy some tofu pudding."
The noodles alone are too dry, it would be better to drink some tofu pudding.
"Sir, are you going to buy tofu pudding? We were originally planning to make soup." Zhang Zao said.
"Buy some tofu pudding. I want to eat it." Li Qingzhi said.
Don't eat cabbage soup again... Let's eat tofu pudding.
Compared with modern times, the ingredients at that time were really too scarce!
If we were in Chongcheng County, we could eat vegetables and radishes in winter, but in Beijing... we basically ate cabbage every day, or pickles, dried vegetables, and sauerkraut.
There was a family that made tofu near Qingshi Lane. After Li Qingzhi went there, he asked for two buckets of tofu pudding and found a porter to help him carry them back.
He is strong enough so he could carry it back by himself, but that would easily cause a sensation and would not be appropriate.
When we returned to Qingshi Lane, everyone in the lane had already gotten up, and some were gathered together chatting about Lu Mingshan.
"I heard that yesterday, Taoist Master Lu ran into Minister Wang from the Ministry of Works and immediately saw that there was a thief in Minister Wang's house!"
"I've heard that, too. Taoist Lu is really amazing!"
"There was a case in the government office before, and the murderer couldn't be found. Taoist Lu happened to pass by and directly revealed the identity of the murderer!"
“Master Lu is truly a god!”
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When they saw Li Qingzhi, they stopped what they were saying and greeted him one after another.
Li Qingzhi said, "Everyone, I bought two buckets of tofu pudding, but my family can only eat one bucket. Do you want to share some?"
Of course they did. Those who were chatting there went home to get bowls and came to Li Qingzhi to serve the tofu pudding.
They also talked to Li Qingzhi about Lu Mingshan: "Li Jieyuan, has Taoist Lu ever told you your fortune?"
"Li Jieyuan, have you heard about what happened yesterday?"
"Li Jieyuan..."
Li Qingzhi spoke to them with a smile.
A lot of things related to Lu Mingshan have happened in Beijing recently.
The first is... The Minister of Revenue Wei Dongzheng was so angry that he fell ill and submitted a memorial to resign.
He really liked his concubine, but she didn't like him at all, even had an affair, and the child born was not his!