Live streaming life: The ancients begged not to stop

Chapter 281

When I woke up in the morning, the sunlight outside filled the streets. A few magpies gathered on a not-so-tall plane tree, as if discussing what to eat today.

Qi Cheng still didn't go to work today, but he didn't ask the system to send someone because he had been summoned and would be going back to his hometown soon.

The weather is starting to get cold, and his parents are going back to the city, but today they are mainly going back to bring back some things.

After driving back home, he happened to catch the village market. Qi Cheng rested for a while and planned to go to the market to take a look. When he was a child, the village market was quite big.

But now it feels a lot smaller.

……

The people outside the sky felt that the market in this village was similar to theirs at this time, except that the things sold were slightly different.

For example, they didn’t have any of the seafood on the bus at that time, so they could only eat some dried fish and the like.

"The price of vegetables isn't that high anymore," Xiaosuozi's mother said, pointing at the cabbages on the tent. "A pound is only a few cents, and this big head is only a few yuan, enough to last three or four days."

"Yeah, the other dishes are cheaper too."

They were indeed quite surprised. Although they knew that there would be greenhouses in later generations, greenhouses also required some extra costs. How come the vegetables became cheaper in winter?

"There are quite a lot of different fruits, and they all look like they're from the south. People in the future will have a treat."

Tang Dynasty

Li Tai was drooling at the candied haws at the market. This thing didn't exist in the Tang Dynasty. While the anchor was buying at the stall, he memorized the steps of making candied haws.

"Brother, this candied haws looks quite simple. Let the palace chef try it. I remember you still have some candied haws here..."

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Qi Cheng bought one for ten yuan. It was quite cheap at the village market. Although he didn't ask around, it usually cost five yuan each in the city.

Two for five bucks here.

I went to the tofu stall again and bought a big piece of tofu. The tofu in the village was still made with the traditional brine, and the taste was a little different from that in the city.

This one is more fragrant.

People in the Ming and Qing dynasties thought that candied haws were quite expensive. They thought that this thing was just something to coax children to eat. How could it be so expensive? It could buy six kilograms of scallops.

Although most people have never eaten scallops, they know that scallops are a good thing. This dish is not available in ordinary restaurants.

Only a few fishermen on the beach were puzzled as to why these scallops were a little different from the ones they usually caught.

……

Qi Cheng continued to walk in, and the place next to him gradually changed from selling vegetables to selling meat, as well as various cooked foods. He was more interested in the beef offal cooked in a big pot.

After taking a closer look, Qi Cheng bought a pound of beef offal soup directly. It would be nice to drink steaming hot beef offal soup in winter. This kind of soup needs to be paired with some noodles, fish or something like that. Fortunately, all of them are available at the market.

This thing can be said to be a local specialty. Although it looks similar to fried dough sticks, there are actually big differences in the preparation of the two things.

The people outside the tent opened their mouths wide as they looked at the oil in the pot. Although they already had oil, each family only had about ten pounds, and they usually couldn't afford to eat it.

The oil in the pot was only enough for them to eat for a year.

"Why does this thing need so much oil? Won't it be greasy? And why does the dough look so soft? It can't be as delicious as flatbread."

"I think this oil will definitely be reused. It's not like they'll use so much in one day."

"That's for sure. No matter how wealthy one is in the future, they can't change the oil every time they fry something. But there are quite a few varieties on this stall. I think the balls with sesame seeds must be delicious."

Some restaurant owners shook their heads. Although they have fried foods, they definitely don’t have the same for staple foods because the cost is too high.

"There probably isn't anything good in this episode, at least nothing we need."

……

Qi Cheng bought some things and strolled to the grocery store. There was a small path there that led him home, so he didn't have to go around the village.

I walked to a stall where they were selling all kinds of paintings, such as pictures of fat babies which are still very popular in rural areas, and world maps.

What attracted Qi Cheng was a picture of eight horses, because his family had a copy of this picture before, and it brought back some memories for him.

Daqin

Fusu was very surprised when he pointed at the world map on the stall. He had seen world maps on the skylight before, but most of them were just a flash and the records were not very detailed.

You have to know that the map was very important at that time, otherwise Jing Ke would not have been able to use the excuse of presenting the map to come to the palace to assassinate his father.

I really didn't expect that maps in later generations have fallen to this level.

"This map is great! Have the artist draw it quickly!" Qin Shi Huang quickly ordered. "Where is that Somalia the host mentioned? That landmass looks quite large. How can it be so poor?"

Several ministers silently complained, how could they possibly know.

Tang Dynasty

Important pictures were naturally drawn by ministers. Li Shimin, like the host, was looking at the picture of Eight Horses. He thought of his good horses.

Two of them even fell on the battlefield.

If he knew that several of his statues of the Six Horses of Zhaoling had been stolen, he would be so angry that he would lift up his coffin and come out to beat these unfilial descendants.

After leaving the stall, Qi Cheng quickly returned home via the side road. He had a lot of things at home that needed to be taken to the city, but his car wasn't a truck.

I definitely can’t make this trip.

"Pack these first, and come back when you have time."

What the people outside the sky were more curious about was why there were so many pots of flowers planted. Isn't this something that only the big masters in the city like?

It can’t be eaten or worn.

In winter, we have to take them to the city to be taken care of.

"Don't worry, I'll take good care of your flowers." Qi Cheng and his mother promised to water them on time. "It's quite warm at home. Maybe they'll be in bloom by the time you get over there."

"That would be better."

Before leaving, his mother asked about how things went with the little girl, whether they went out to play, what they said, and whether they made anyone angry.

Qi Cheng could only smile and nod.

In fact, the relationship between the two is quite ordinary, and Qi Cheng can also feel it. In order to make his mother happier, he naturally only reports good news and not bad news.

"Okay, you must drive slowly on the road. Put the food and other things I gave you in the refrigerator immediately. It's a bit hot where you are, and it will easily go bad if you leave it outside."

"Okay, I get it. When you're done with your family matters, come to my place soon. It's a bit cold at home."