Chapter 42 I Want to Eat Hot Pot
Ouyang Xiu is still very active, and he helped Wang Anshi find a position in just one month.
As soon as the place close to the capital was in short supply, it was quickly occupied by the powerful and powerful children. It was difficult to find a position in Bianjing. Being able to find a position within a month means that Ouyang Xiu has also made great efforts.
Originally, Wang Anshi was not very willing to work in Bianjing, so he returned several imperial edicts issued by the Secretariat and did not accept the appointment of the office.
It’s not that I want to go to a place to experience it. Wang Anshi has experienced enough over the years. The real reason is that he has to ask for a job outside because his family has too heavy burden.
It is not easy to live in Bianjing.
Even though Wang Anshi had the support of a large family, he was still a little short of money to live in Bianjing.
Of course, if you can reach the level of a senior official, you can naturally live and work in Bianjing.
But now he is just a middle- and low-level official in Bianjing.
Ouyang Xiu knew about these situations, so the position he helped Wang Anshi was called the judge of the group shepherd.
Although this position is also a position of the court, it is different from the position of the museum. It has greater flexibility and can often go to the local area and its salary is not low.
The chief of the group shepherd's director was Bao Zheng, who was solemn and honest, and was a famous scholar of the world. Being an official under his jurisdiction will also be beneficial to his future development.
So Wang Anshi did not reject it, but there was a big reason because of Ouyang Bian.
Ouyang Bian's learning progress was too fast, and he was afraid of missing out on Ouyang Bian's best growth time.
Wang Anshi officially accepted the appointment of the judge of the group herder.
The judge of the group herd is a subordinate of the group herds department and is in charge of the national military and horse breeding.
At this time, cavalry was the main force in combat, and the role of war horses was particularly great, so in the Zhenzong Dynasty, a special group of the herds department was established.
The chief of the Maid Department is the Maid Commander, and the Maid Commander is only an intermediate official in this department.
Such an official position does not have independent administrative leadership, and the superiors and subordinates have to go to various places to handle some work frequently, and it is even less able to play its talents.
This is not a very good position for Wang Anshi. For Wang Anshi, he hopes to be in charge so that he can truly display his talents.
Wang Anshi started to take office, so he could not urge Ouyang Bian at all times, so he set aside the system for the homework assessment in the next tenth. Wang Anshi would assign tasks to Ouyang Bian himself for the rest of the time.
Ouyang Bian got some of his own time because of this.
It was snowing heavily, and Bizhu held an oil-paper umbrella and carefully covered the snowflakes with Ouyang Bian who had already reached her chest. One master and one maid were walking leisurely in the vast snow.
"Silang, it's so cold that it's so snowy. It's so warm to go to the Zhangjia Restaurant to take a carriage. Why do you have to walk over like this?"
Bizhu complains.
A few months have passed, and the Bizhu has grown. The fifteen-year-old girl has blushed and is very cute.
Ouyang Bian carried his hands behind his back, lowered his head slightly, and laughed and said, "There are flowers in spring, moon in autumn, cool breezes in summer, snow in winter. If you don't have any worries about it, it's a good time in the world. When it snows heavily, you will naturally have to come out and watch it well. Hiding in the carriage, what's the fun?"
Bizhu stomped her feet and curled her lips: "But I'm almost frozen to death!"
Ouyang Bian rolled his eyes: "Then let's go quickly."
The master and maid speed up their pace.
When Zhang Qi saw Ouyang Bian with a blue face and white lips, he was very surprised: "Why did you freeze into this ghost? Is the carriage broken?"
Ouyang Bian smiled reluctantly: "There are flowers in spring and moon in autumn, and the cool breeze in summer and snow in winter. If you don't worry about anything, it is a good time in the world. When it snows heavily, you will naturally come out and watch it well. Hiding in the carriage, what's the fun...ah...sneeze...!"
Zhang Qi quickly pulled Ouyang Bian into the room, burned the stove in the room, and then made hot tea, allowing Ouyang Bian and Bizhu to drink a few cups, which made him slow down.
"Mom, I won't show off again."
Ouyang Bian breathed, wrapped himself in a quilt, asked Zhang Qi to open a crack in the window, and stared blankly at the heavy snow floating outside.
For a southerner, watching snow is something that you will never get tired of.
"I heard that I have been studying with your teacher recently, right? Hahaha...ah!"
Zhang Qi flirted with the tea bowl and couldn't help laughing out the pig's scream.
Ouyang Bian glanced at Zhang Qi.
Zhang Qi smiled for a long time before he stopped, panting, and was obese, he was not very physically strong.
"As soon as I think of the expression you said, "I would rather die than study", and then I think of you looking dejected in your teacher's house, while carrying [Zi Yue...], I feel that the scene is particularly funny."
Ouyang Bian rolled his eyes again.
When the chef of Zhangjia Restaurant heard that Ouyang Bian came over, he ran over happily and brought a few more plates of stir-fry dishes to offer treasures: "You haven't come recently, there are no new dishes, so I just thought about trying a few new dishes myself. Can you try it?"
Ouyang Bian stretched out his chopsticks and fiddled with them a few times, picked up a small piece to taste, and frowned.
The fat chef widened his eyes and looked a little nervous.
Ouyang Bian nodded casually: "It's still OK, you can go."
The fat chef asked carefully: "Do you think it's not delicious?"
Ouyang Bian waved his hand: "It's not that bad. I have studied too much recently and I'm so depressed and have no appetite... Ah, I really want to eat hot pot!"
Zhang Qi was stunned: "What is hot pot?"
Ouyang Bian was stunned: "Don't you know hot pot?...oh, yes, antique soup."
The fat chef was a little disappointed: "Oh, you are talking about antique soup. It's okay, I'll just ask someone to arrange it."
Ouyang Bian's spirit suddenly became excited: "Okay, add more chili peppers. It's better to eat spicy food on such a cold day!"
Zhang Qi and the fat chef were both stunned: "What?"
"Chi pepper!" Ouyang Bian smiled, but his face collapsed the next moment. It was still the Northern Song Dynasty, and it was still far from the introduction of peppers into China!
However, there should be a substitute.
Ouyang Bian used his brains, and the benefits of being an editor will come out at this time, and he will always know some strange knowledge.
"Go to the pharmacy and buy a drug called spicy fire, also called sea pepper, just use that."
Ouyang Bian smiled.
The mainstream saying of the origin of chili peppers is that they are introduced overseas, but in fact, there are chili peppers in China, but no one has tried to eat such weird things.
The advantage of opening a restaurant at home is that you can eat whatever you want.
A table of fresh vegetables and meat was cut into slices and placed on the plate. The copper pot was burned with charcoal fire, and white mist filled the house, adding a lot of warmth to the house.
Ouyang Bian smelled the fragrance of chili peppers and couldn't help but make saliva, and praised: "This is life! It's snowing outside, the hot pot in the house is rumbling, and a bite of meat and wine..."
Bizhu interrupted, "Madam, you are not allowed to drink."
Ouyang Bian glanced at Bizhu and scolded: "Talk too much!"
Bizhu covered her mouth and laughed.
"Ah...sneeze...!"
"Ah...sneeze...!"
...
Fat Chef and Zhang Qi sneezed in turn, and the smell of chili in the air made their noses feel a little uncomfortable.
Zhang Qi wiped his nose with a handkerchief and pointed to the red copper pot, "This thing can't be eaten to death, right?"
Ouyang Bian smiled and said, "It's not like a person who eats it for the first time, he will live worse than death."
Chapter completed!