Traveling through ancient times: daily life on the run

The young guard immediately took a piece and put it in his mouth, his expression full of color. He really liked the slightly sweet and sour taste, so he couldn't help asking: "Young lady, how much is this? I want to buy some back and give it to my sister to try. She will definitely like it."

"No rush, everyone, eat slowly, I'll serve the food right away."

Luo Yu was extremely proud of herself. She had never expected that she would accidentally develop a talent when she used her cooking skills for the first time.

Never mind that, she wants to earn back the money she spent several times over.

She had just brought out a plate of braised meat and a plate of pig ears, and when she turned back, she found that both plates were gone very quickly. The young guard said with a smile: "I haven't even tasted them yet, how come you are so fast?"

Then he turned around and spoke to Luo Yu: "My dear, the food you cook is really delicious. It's even more delicious than what I cook in the big hotels outside."

Luo Yu chuckled: "That's because you're hungry, young master. If you're hungry for a few more days, you'll be starving. Even if I give you a few peaches, you'll grab them faster than a monkey."

"Hahaha, the young lady's words are so interesting."

Ye Yucheng said little, only frowning slightly. What was this silly boy proud of being compared to a monkey? He didn't stop the guard from talking. Luo Yu thought this guard must be someone important, perhaps a relative of this lord.

"By the way, young lady, please don't call me Young Master. My name is Yan Xuan. May I ask your name, young lady?"

The guard next to Yan Xuan nudged him with his elbow, probably to remind him to understand the rules.

Luo Yu chuckled and introduced himself confidently: "My surname is Qin, and my given name is Zhou, which means a small boat."

Anyway, the name is two-thirds correct, so it’s not considered a scam.

"Miss Qin Zhou, your cooking is really delicious. Where are you planning to do business? I'll come visit you when I'm free."

Ye Yucheng finally said, sparing his words: "Don't talk while eating."

Yan Xuan pursed his lips and played with the chopsticks in his hand.

Aunt Qin served rice, and soon a few more dishes. Luo Yu smiled and walked into the kitchen to cut the braised tofu. He then checked to see if the braised tea eggs were cooked and only needed to soak them for a few minutes before serving them to them.

This group of people who were eager to eat were even more skilled than she had imagined. In no time, they had finished the ten pounds of braised meat, two pig ears, four pig trotters, twenty pieces of braised dried tofu, and over thirty braised tea eggs. Even the five pounds of cooked white rice had been scraped clean. The last few plates of side dishes were almost gone, and they could be mixed with rice using sour radish juice. It was delicious, truly delicious. The radish was so appetizing!

Luo Yu gritted his teeth and decided to accept twenty taels of silver.

She spent less than five taels of money on these ingredients in total, but the food recipe was precious. Although the labor was not worth the money, she had been busy all night last night and most of the day today, so she couldn't treat herself badly.

When paying the bill, she paused for a moment, saying she wanted to calculate it. Unexpectedly, Yan Xuan raised his eyebrows and generously took out a purse and gave it to her: "Miss Qin Zhou, I have some gold leaves here. I'm really sorry that I ate all your food today."

Luo Yu opened it and saw at least ten gold leaves (one gold leaf was worth about twenty taels of silver). Although she was not clear about the money conversion method in the current dynasty, she knew that these gold leaves were much more than twenty taels of silver.

He seems to be a rich young man.

Luo Yu didn't want to take advantage of her, so she took out three gold leaves from her purse and handed them to the other party, saying, "Master Yan gave me too much. Please keep the rest. I will prepare some pickled radish for you to take back to your sister to try."

Yan Xuan refused to take the purse, so Ye Yucheng took it for him. He thanked Luo Yu for the hospitality and did not show any expression from beginning to end.

Luo Yu asked Aunt Cai to pick up two small cans of pickled radish, one for Yan Xuan and one specifically for Ye Yucheng. Her smile was so sincere that it was impossible to refuse.

"It's not an expensive ingredient, you're welcome."

Luo Yu now just hopes that they will leave quickly, the farther away the better. If they don’t leave, Xia Liang, the big foodie in their family, will probably go crazy.

When the group was about to leave, Ye Yucheng suddenly turned around and his eyes were fixed on the woodshed next to the kitchen.

Luo Yu's heartstrings began to tighten again. Damn, is this person more alert after eating a full meal?

"Miss Qin, see you later!"

Yan Xuan is a sensible guy who knows how to eat and drink his fill and leave quickly.

"Miss Qin, I'm just giving you a quick reminder. Please be careful and don't cook too much meat."

When Luo Yu saw him withdraw his gaze, he immediately bowed and said goodbye.

"Thank you for the reminder, sir. I will keep it in mind."

Yan Xuan behind him shouted: "Brother Ye, hurry up and go, while we are full, let's catch the big white tiger quickly."

I had just finished praising him, and this kid actually dared to threaten to arrest my Xia Liang!

Luo Yu was extremely angry. If she knew that this boy was the young master of a noble family who had sneaked into the Imperial City Division's team just to join in the fun and capture the White Tiger, she would have snatched the jar of pickled radish from his arms.

Only after the group of people disappeared into the apricot blossom forest did Luo Yu secretly relax. The stone in his heart fell to the ground, and he also earned three gold leaves.

When she handed a gold leaf to Aunt Cai, she was so shocked that she dared not breathe.

"Girl, you can't do that. These are all ingredients you bought with your own money. Just give me some hard work reward. How can I, an old woman, dare to keep this piece of gold leaf on myself?"

Indeed, Luo Yu looked around these adobe houses and found that there was not even a place to hide anything. He couldn't put it next to his pillow, which would be really dangerous.

"Auntie, if you believe me, I will help you exchange the gold leaves for silver notes and some for copper coins. Then you and Uncle Liu can use the money to start a small food business. How about that?

Don't make braised meat if it's too expensive. You can make smoked braised dried tofu, braised tea eggs, and pickled radish together. What do you think? "

The old lady originally thought that she would be very grateful for Luo Yu giving her two hundred coins, but she didn't expect that the girl really intended to give her a gold leaf.

"Girl, how can you be so kind? If you sell this recipe or start a small business yourself, you will definitely make more and more money. You give me, an old woman, this..."

"Auntie Cai, I have no way to repay you and Liu Bo for taking me in. When I leave the capital, I can still use these recipes to start a small business. There is no conflict between our business."

Luo Yu couldn't say anything nice. She had just been taking advantage of the other party's kindness from the beginning, so naturally she didn't need to hear any words of gratitude.

She didn't want to say too many hypocritical words. Only when she gave the old couple enough money so that they could have a stable life in the future, would she feel that what she did was not so bad.

Luo Yu and Aunt Cai cleaned up the aftermath tacitly. Aunt Cai had never seen a gold leaf in her life, and she didn't dare to tell Uncle Liu, fearing that someone else might overhear them. The two old people would be in great danger.

After thinking for a long time, Aunt Cai decided that after Miss Qin exchanged the gold leaves for silver notes, she would put them directly in a wooden box, lock it, and bury it under the bed, so that the old man could not tell anyone.

What Luo Yu was thinking at the moment was that she had to quickly buy some meat and secretly bring it back for Xia Shi to eat in the evening. It would also attract attention if she asked the store to help cook the meat every time she bought it, so she had to find a way to secretly cook it somewhere.

Xia Liang was drooling in the woodshed. She thought that if one day she really had to eat raw meat and bite people, she would first bite to death that stinky boy named Yan Xuan.