Food bloggers made fortunes in ancient times

Song Yan hurried back to Zhangjia Village, without entering the house, and went directly to the Niu family across the street.

He knocked on the door and went in: "Aunt, are you home?"

Aunt Niu came out of the house: "What's wrong, Xiao Song?"

Song Yan scratched the tip of his nose: "The matchmaker you told me about last time, where does she live?"

Aunt Niu smiled until her eyes narrowed into slits and said, "The matchmaker lives in the next door Liumu Village. When you get there, ask for Matchmaker Qian and I'm sure someone will tell you."

"When are you going to go to the Shu family to propose marriage?"

Song Yan said with embarrassment: "Just wait two days. I haven't prepared the betrothal gifts yet."

He then asked Aunt Niu: "What kind of betrothal gifts are usually required? I have no idea."

Aunt Niu smiled and said, "Generally speaking, silver jewelry, cloth, and cakes are indispensable. If you have more money, you can also prepare some more expensive things."

Song Yan listened carefully and nodded continuously: "Aunt, I understand. I will go and prepare the betrothal gifts now, and then I will ask you to go with me to the Shu family to propose marriage."

Aunt Niu agreed cheerfully: "Okay, Xiao Song, go ahead and prepare. I will definitely help you get it done properly."

After chatting with Aunt Niu, Song Yan immediately began to prepare the betrothal gifts.

Shu Changyu is a man, so he doesn't need to prepare these jewelry.

Song Yan stood in the market, feeling a little troubled. If one thing was missing, she would have to find something else to make up for it.

After much thought, he decided to buy some fine writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstone.

Song Yan went to a stationery store and picked out a set of high-quality writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstone.

Then, he went to pick out some cloth suitable for men, with calm and elegant colors and soft and comfortable texture.

Thinking that Shu Changyu would look very elegant in clothes made of these fabrics.

As for the pastries, Song Yan plans to make them herself.

In the evening, Song Yan returned to her room early and entered the kitchen with her consciousness.

He took out the flour, rolled up his sleeves and started working.

He planned to make some cream-filled puff pastry rolls, peony-shaped small pastries, and lotus root powder and cinnamon sugar cakes, which were pastries that appeared in Dream of the Red Chamber.

He skillfully softened the butter, mixed it thoroughly with the flour, sprinkled it with roasted pine nuts, and kneaded it into a smooth dough.

Then roll the dough into a thin sheet, cut it into even-sized crispy rolls, place them on a baking tray, and bake in the oven.

As for the small peony-shaped fruits, it is a bit troublesome.

Knead flour and water into a soft dough.

Then use pumpkin powder, purple sweet potato powder, spinach powder, and red yeast rice powder to mix out various bright colors.

Then start pinching the petals.

Song Yan took a lot of effort to knead the dough into the shape of peony petals, and then pieced them together piece by piece.

After a while, lifelike peony flowers appeared before our eyes.

Put it into the steamer and steam it over high heat.

The lotus root powder dissolves in water and becomes as smooth as silk. Add some osmanthus sugar and the rich osmanthus fragrance gradually fills the air.

As time passed, the aroma of pastries gradually filled the kitchen.

Finally, the cream pine nut rolls were baked. The crust was golden and crispy, exuding the rich aroma of cream and pine nuts.

The peony-shaped small noodles are also steamed and are brightly colored, like blooming flowers.

The lotus root powder and cinnamon sugar cake is crystal clear in color, and the aroma of cinnamon sugar and the fragrance of lotus root powder are refreshing.

Song Yan carefully arranged the pastries, feeling a sense of accomplishment.

Just when Song Yan was busy preparing the betrothal gifts.

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At daybreak, a skinny monkey was driving a donkey cart. In the cart, Song Zhengdu closed his eyes and silently recited the Four Books and the Book of Filial Piety.

The donkey cart moved forward slowly, and the wheels made a creaking sound as they rolled over the cobblestone road.

The skinny monkey looked back at Song Zhengdu from time to time. He said loudly, "Brother Song, study hard and get the top score. Then we can bring glory to our Thanos Gang."

Song Zhengdu smiled helplessly: "Brother Skinny Monkey, I haven't even passed the examination for Tongsheng yet, how dare I dream of becoming the top scholar."

As the donkey cart moved forward, more and more pedestrians appeared on the street.

There were hawkers carrying loads on their shoulders and shouting, and there were pedestrians hurrying on their way.

Suddenly, a few hooligans rushed out from the alley next to it, with fierce looks on their faces, and blocked the way of the donkey cart.

The skinny monkey put his hands on his hips and yelled, "What do you want to do? Get out of the way!"

The hooligans laughed, and one of them tilted his head and said, "Hand over your valuables, or you won't be able to leave."

Song Zhengdu said calmly: "We are just students going to take the exam, and we don't have anything valuable on us."

The thugs obviously didn't believe it and started pushing Skinny Monkey forward, trying to snatch the packages from the donkey cart.

The skinny monkey held the package tightly and confronted the thugs: "Which gang are you from? How dare you touch your grandpa!"

The ruffians burst into laughter.

One of the tall and thin guys stood up and said contemptuously, "You? You're still a monkey. Don't you see who we are? We want this package today."

"Hand it over quickly if you know what's best for you, or you'll be in trouble."

The skinny monkey stiffened his neck and glared at them angrily: "I am from the Thanos Gang. If you dare to touch me, believe it or not, I will tell Brother Ying when I get back!"

When the thugs heard the words "Thanos Gang" and "Brother Eagle", a hint of hesitation appeared on their faces, but they soon became arrogant again.

"So what if we're the Thanos Gang? We're not to be trifled with. Brothers, go ahead!"

The skinny monkey panicked for a moment, but Song Zhengdu was unusually calm at this moment. He looked directly at the thugs and said, "If you dare to make a move today, the Thanos Gang will never let you go. No matter where you hide, as long as you are still in Yunshan County, we will definitely find you."

"Let's not talk about whether you can bear Brother Ying's methods. Even if we fight to the death, you may not get anything good out of it."

The hooligans were intimidated by Song Zhengdu's momentum for a moment, but soon someone started shouting again: "Don't listen to him, there are only two of them, are we afraid of them when there are so many of us?"

As they spoke, the thugs started to stir again, with ferocious looks on their faces.

At this critical moment.

Suddenly, there was a burst of hurried horse hoof sounds in the distance. Everyone looked and saw a group of people galloping towards them.

The man on horseback was wearing a guard's uniform and had a sword on his waist, guarding a carriage.

Song Zhengdu recognized the man on the horse. On the day his family moved to a new house, when the young master of Prince Hui's mansion came to the banquet, this guard was following the young master.

Before Song Zhengdu could call for help, Luo Ge saw Song Zhengdu surrounded by gangsters. He whispered a few words into the carriage, then waved his hand and drove his horse to Song Zhengdu with several guards.

When the thugs saw this scene, they were immediately panicked.

Brother Luo glanced at the hooligans fiercely: "How dare you, you idiots, to cause trouble here."

The hooligans were so frightened that they immediately knelt down and begged for mercy: "Please spare our lives, sir. We are blind and do not recognize a great man."

"If we hadn't met by chance today, I don't know what evil things you would have done!" Brother Luo said sternly.

He turned to look at Song Zhengdu: "Are you okay?"

Song Zhengdu said gratefully: "Thank you, brother. I'm fine."

Luo Ge nodded slightly, and then ordered the guards behind him: "Take these ruffians away and punish them severely."

The guards immediately tied up the thugs and took them away.

After dealing with the thugs, Song Zhengdu felt relieved.

Luo Ge said to Song Zhengdu: "Be careful when you go out next time. If you encounter this situation again, you can come to Prince Hui's Mansion to find us."

Song Zhengdu thanked him again, and Luo Ge returned to the carriage and reported the situation to the people in the carriage.

Afterwards, the carriage slowly left under the escort of the guards.

Song Zhengdu looked at the carriage going away and couldn't help falling into deep thought.

Could it be that young master in the carriage?

The skinny monkey was shocked: "Brother Song, you actually know someone from Prince Hui's Palace."

Song Zhengdu shook his head and said nothing, then he said, "Brother Shouhou, let's go to the examination room quickly, otherwise we will be late."

The skinny monkey nodded quickly and drove the donkey cart quickly towards the examination room.

Finally arriving at the examination room, Song Zhengdu got off the car carrying his package.

Zhou Teng and his friends were already queuing up. When they saw Song Zhengdu, Zhou Teng quickly waved to them.

"Zhengdu, we are here!"

Gu Qianfan suddenly looked up and his eyes instantly locked on Song Zhengdu. A hint of astonishment flashed in his eyes.

At this time, Song Zhengdu walked over quickly and stood with them.

Zhou Teng asked in a low voice: "Zhengdu, why did you come just now? We were all worried to death."

Song Zhengdu said apologetically, "Something happened on the way."

Gu Qianfan quickly restrained his expression and said with a smile: "Brother Zhengdu is lucky to have made it in time, otherwise he would have missed the exam."