In the early morning of the winter, the bitter north wind blew constantly. It was the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, and the Spring Festival was soon. In addition, the heavy snow that had not melted some time ago, making the morning of the winter day in Chang'an particularly cold...

Compared to the past, the streets of Chang'an today seem particularly deserted. Most people listen to the sound of the cold wind outside the window, and then sleep in the warm bed. Because today is the New Year, except for a few people who have to go to work normally, most people do not need to go to work.

Speaking of the benefit of rest in Xunyu, only officials or scholars in colleges could enjoy it. Workers in factories or shops, etc., had almost no rest time unless they asked for leave from the master. However, since Li Yan took the lead in promoting Xunyu in Taiwan, and in the form of legislation, it stipulated that all industries must rest every ten days, and special industries could allow employees to adjust themselves. So Xunyu spread. Later, Li Zhi ascended the throne and reformed the Tang Dynasty. Among them, Xunyu was also introduced to the Tang Dynasty.

On the wide Zhuque Street, the number of pedestrians has dropped by half today, and the number of carriages is not large, making the crowded Zhuque Street look a bit deserted. Nearly half of the breakfast shops on both sides of the street have no doors, but some of the more popular shops are not affected and business is still booming.

A simple carriage drove from the direction of the imperial city, and there were several horse-riding guards around it, but this did not attract the attention of passers-by. After all, this is Chang'an, and there are countless officials and nobles. Who would not bring a few guards to fill the scene when going out? Therefore, the people of Chang'an have long been accustomed to this situation.

I saw the carriage heading south along the direction of Zhuque Street, and then turned eastward at Anyifang near Mingdemen, and came to the winding poolside. It was not far from Princess Jinyang's Mansion in Yizi, but a few years ago, I moved to Taiwan shortly after I got married, and I occasionally came back to live for a while. And just before Li Yan came to Chang'an, Yizi and Shangguan Tingzhi and the others went to Australia for a trip, but they have not come back yet.

"Brother Ninth, there is a breakfast shop here. Wei Zi often praises the good breakfast. She likes to eat this breakfast in Chang'an. It just so happened that we didn't eat, so why not go and taste it?" On the carriage, Li Yan pointed to a breakfast shop not far away and smiled. The front desk of the breakfast shop was not big, but it looked very neat. There was a flag hanging next to it with four big words "Xujia Shop".

Li Zhi in the carriage heard Li Yan's words and turned to look at the breakfast shop and smiled: "I have also heard from Yizi praise the skill of this shop, and it is also clean. Unfortunately, I have never had the opportunity to come and taste it. Today, Brother Six, you can treat me, just try the skill of this shop!"

After receiving the message from Li Yan, Li Zhi immediately got up from the bed, changed into casual clothes and left the palace. He now wanted to know what the purpose of the Sixth Brother came this time? Unfortunately, after seeing Li Yan, although Li Zhi asked several times, Li Yan changed the topic and just said to find a place to talk. But what Li Zhi didn't expect was that his Sixth Brother would actually choose the conversation in such an inconspicuous breakfast shop.

Li Yan and Li Zhi got out of the carriage and walked into the shop. The Xu family shop was indeed very clean. The entire shop floor was covered with tiles and was scrubbed very cleanly. The walls around were also covered with white cement that had just been developed, so that guests did not have to worry about rubbing white gray like white lime.

The Xu family shop has a small front and there are ten very neat tables in the shop. For some reason, there are no other customers in the shop, so the tables are empty. At the bottom is the counter of the shop. A woman in her forties and fifties is busy in the stove behind the counter. From time to time, steamers are opened by her, and fogs are rising inside, accompanied by the tempting aroma of food.

"Two guests, please come in!" The woman behind the counter saw Li Yan and Li Zhi coming in and immediately greeted with a smile. Then she turned her head and shouted: "Come and greet the guests!"

"Well, here we come!" With a crisp response, the cotton curtain of the small door was lifted, and a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl came out, wearing a refreshing cotton coat and cotton pants, wearing a white and neat apron outside, and greeted Li Yan and the other two with a smile: "The two guests want to eat something. Our Xu family shop has buns, pancakes, fried dough sticks, beef and mutton, and there are also various porridges, Hu spicy soup, mutton soup, beef soup..."

Li Yan heard the little girl introduce so many kinds of breakfasts, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Miss, you see, your store is not big and there are no customers in the store. Why do you still prepare so many kinds of breakfasts? Are you not afraid of losing money if you can't sell them?"

However, the little girl blinked her cute big eyes after hearing this, and then explained to Li Yan: "The guests don't know that although our Xu family shop is small, it is very famous in this area. Those who come to the shop are all dignitaries living nearby. They are lazy. They usually get up until the three o'clock in the morning, and then they send their families to buy breakfast, so the store seems a little deserted now."

When the little girl heard the nobles living around her, Li Yan and Li Zhi all laughed out loud. The land price by the Qujiang Pool was extremely expensive. Some nobles in the city liked to build a house here, but Qujiang Pool was a bit far from the imperial city, so those who had time to live here were naturally those leisure nobles who didn't have to go to court. They had nothing to do except eat and drink every day, and had plenty of time to sleep in. The little girl said that their laziness did not wrong them.

The woman behind the counter may think it is inappropriate for the girl to say this to the shop's customers, so she hurriedly explained: "Don't listen to my daughter's talk nonsense. In this cold weather, customers naturally don't want to get up early. In addition, when the weather in Chang'an is cold, many noble people will go to the south or Daqi to avoid the cold. They will not come back until the spring of the next year, so our store's business has also been affected, and the investment in winter is much less!"

Li Yan and Li Zhi naturally wouldn't mind. Li Zhi spoke to the woman behind the counter and asked, "Boss, why are you the only mother and daughter in your store busy? Also, is this little girl not going to school?"

As soon as Li Zhi finished speaking, before the boss's wife could answer, the little girl standing next to him rushed to say, "Often the store, my parents and brother are busy, but my father just went out to purchase goods, and my brother was with his pregnant sister-in-law behind him. I didn't have to go to school today, so I came to the store to help. If it were normal, my brother would greet you!"

Hearing the little girl's repeated answers, Li Yan and Li Zhi burst into laughter again, and at the same time, they felt good about the little girl who was so quick-talking.

Next, Li Yan ordered a soup bun, a pancake and a bowl of hot soup, while Li Zhi ordered a bowl of white porridge and a few fried dough sticks. These things were quickly delivered. In addition, there were also free pickles in the store. The pickles were pickled with radish, cut into thin shreds, and sprinkled with sesame oil on them. Just smelling them makes people feel very appetizing.

Li Yan hadn't eaten well since yesterday. Now he was already hungry on the road and screamed in a hurry. Therefore, when he saw breakfast served, he was not polite at all. He first sprinkled pickles on the pancakes and then rolled the pancakes up. He swallowed them in a few bites. Moreover, because he ate too fast, he didn't even taste the pancakes.

After eating the pancakes, Li Yan drank a few more sips of the numb and spicy Hu La soup, and immediately felt warm all over. In this cold winter morning, there was a feeling of indescribable comfort. Then Li Yan picked up a small soup bag with chopsticks, first put it on the edge of his mouth and bite it open, slowly sucking the soup inside. After drinking it, he dipped the soup bag in the ginger vinegar next to it and put it in his mouth, and slowly tasted the deliciousness of the soup bag.

Speaking of soup dumplings, it is a southern delicacy, but as transportation becomes more and more developed, exchanges between various places have also strengthened. Therefore, special foods from various places have spread. It is not surprising to eat soup dumplings from the south in Chang'an.

"The store has good skills. This soup bun is deeply rooted in the essence of Runzhou soup buns. It is not bad in more than 30 processes. It is really rare to be able to eat such an authentic soup bun in Chang'an!" After tasting the soup buns, Li Yan immediately praised it. Runzhou was Zhenjiang in later generations. Runzhou's soup buns were already very famous at that time. Li Yan even went to Runzhou to taste the delicious soup buns, so he still remembers them freshly.

The boss lady behind the counter also lit up when she heard Li Yan's praise: "The guest official is so knowledgeable that he actually cooked our soup buns in one go through more than 30 processes. To be honest, my daughter-in-law is from Runzhou, the family has passed down the skills of making soup buns from generation to generation. She made these soup buns by herself, but she is pregnant now and can only make ten cages every day. If the guest official wants to eat our soup buns tomorrow, it will have to be as early as today!"

When Li Zhi heard the boss's wife's words, he couldn't help but become interested in this kind of soup dumplings. So he asked for a bag himself, and then he tasted it like Li Yan. He also shouted loudly. At the same time, he secretly said that he had been in Chang'an for so many years, but he didn't know that there were such delicious soup dumplings here.

Neither brother had breakfast, and it was a rare experience of this kind of ordinary life, so they put down their airs and swept away all the breakfast in front of them. Li Yan even added a bowl of millet and mung bean porridge to eat enough.
Chapter completed!