Farming Happiness: Husband, Come and Plough the Fields

Kyoto has a night curfew, and only in the west of the city, close to the outskirts of Beijing, can a night-time street be opened.

Surrounding the Evernight Street are small shops with relatively unique characteristics. Food and groceries are mixed together in an orderly manner, but it gives people a lively feeling.

There are many inns and restaurants in the surrounding area, and there is a special flower street and Liuxiang across the street. When it gets dark, lanterns are placed every few steps downstairs, making it look like daylight.

The couple found a carriage house to park the carriage, and asked the clerk at the carriage house. They found that passing through Huajie Liuxiang was the other exit of Evernight Street.

At the beginning of the lanterns, the flower girls dress up carefully, put on heavy makeup, and wear close-fitting dresses. Some of them are more bold, wearing translucent dresses, only covering the key parts. Then, they stand downstairs, pose, and wink at the guests. , taking this opportunity to drum up business.

Flower girls don't rely solely on their own faces. Some people directly set up stalls to paint people passing by. They can also set their own requirements for picking up customers. Others simply set up a stage to dance, play the pipa and sing ditty below.

Among the flower girls, there was a woman who was particularly eye-catching. She had big waves. She wore a small dress on her upper body that only reached her navel. The dress on her lower body fit her legs. Her buttocks were slightly raised, and she was dancing fiery dance music.

The woman's facial features were deep, and it looked like she was not a native of Daqi, but she was said to be a foreigner who had come to Kyoto to make a living.

Li Haitang really wanted to stop and watch the excitement for a while, but no matter how open Kyoto was, not many women dared to walk through the streets of Hualou, so they could only come and go in a hurry.

Xiao Lingchuan wiped his hands with cold sweat. He had just left the carriage shop and the clerk saw that he had given him a reward, so he said one more thing.

Next door to Hualou Street, there are several small butlers. At night, many ladies from wealthy families enter them in carriages and order waiters to wait on them. The waiter also said that women abide by the three obediences and four virtues. However, that kind of excitement will not be achieved after being fucked once. I became addicted and have been out of control ever since.

Men are superior to women, and women obey their husbands when they get married. Even so, many people can't stand the temptation and take risks.

Most of them are raised by wealthy businessmen. Rich businessmen followed the convoys, coming once or twice a year and a half. There was a long time left, and the outer room could not be defended, so they had to find some fun to pass the time.

This place is too dangerous, Xiao Lingchuan has already entered a state of alert, but his wife said that in modern society, these have formed an industrial chain, and the people have long been accustomed to it.

He didn't worry about anything else, he was afraid that his wife would have a sudden idea and go to the corner.

Li Haitang didn't know, otherwise he would have asked, is she such a gossip?

As the couple walked through Hualou Street, Li Haitang kept pinching his nose. The air was filled with the pungent smell of low-quality perfume. How much had been sprinkled!

The night market was crowded with people, and the smoke of fireworks floated in the air. The passing customers took a sniff, and then consciously moved towards eating.

It was a bitter summer, and after seeing the corpse, Li Haitang had a moderate appetite. At least she was not interested when she saw the meat skewers at the stall in front of her.

"Sheep gun and mutton eggs, the best tonic for men, freshly baked!"

The stall owner shouted, and a young lady who was passing by looked at the stall and immediately blushed and hid far away.

After a roar, many people gathered around the stall, staring eagerly at the things on the oven.

This thing is rare. Although you can't get rid of the fishy smell of the starter, it is really nourishing.

Next to the stall, the lady selling Shaoxiancao looked calm, unmoved and did not yell.

Li Haitang was more interested in the smooth and tender Shaoxiancao that relieves summer heat. She and her aunt ordered a bowl.

"Okay, little lady, our Shaoxiancao contains poria powder, which also has beautifying effects."

After the aunt finished speaking, she quickly fished out a porcelain bowl from the basin, then added roasted grass jelly, soup, taro balls, various kinds of beans, and sprinkled a layer of raisins on top.

Xiao Lingchuan didn't like sweets, so he watched his wife standing there and finishing the meal in a few seconds. At the end, she was like a kitten, licking her lips with a satisfied look on her face.

That’s it!

Li Haitang misses it very much. Just like the ones she had eaten before, that memory has been far away from her for a long time and has long been dusty.

"How about another bowl?"

Xiao Lingchuan saw that his wife liked it, so he suggested.

"No, the roasted grass jelly is too sweet and greasy. It's okay to eat a bowl as a dessert, but too much will make it boring."

Li Haitang shook his head. There were many delicacies in the night market, and many of the snacks were modern, such as frying small potatoes in an oil pan. The small potatoes are only slightly larger than a quail egg. They make a sizzling sound in the oil pan. When they are almost cooked, their skins are browned and they give off a fragrant aroma.

The stall owner puts the small potatoes into a small box made of oil paper, drizzles a layer of chili sauce on top, adds a small amount of sugar, and has green coriander floating on top.

Li Haitang hesitated, and finally chose to watch people eating.

She had only walked through three or four stalls, and there were more delicious food ahead, so she had to keep some food in her stomach.

The area around Kyoto is not far from the sea, and there is no shortage of seafood at the night market. There are stall owners who specialize in grilled prawns and clams. The prices are cheap, attracting many people around the stall.

Open the back of the prawns, remove the fishy lines, and add some minced garlic and salt to freshly grilled prawns. No extra seasoning is needed to fully demonstrate the delicious taste of the prawns.

Grilled prawns may seem like the simplest thing, but it actually requires a lot of knowledge. The most important thing is the heat, as well as the order of seasoning. The shrimp meat must not be tender or too old.

Li Haitang followed suit and paid a penny a skewer. She bought five skewers to try, one with garlic open-back shrimp and the other with salt-and-pepper open-back shrimp, each with its own characteristics.

Several students from Songhe Academy passed by and ordered a hundred skewers in front of the stall.

"One hundred, the stove can't hold them, so you have to wait."

The charcoal fire in the oven made the stall owner's face turn red. He wiped his face with a clean white cloth around his neck, turned around, and counted the numbers in the bucket he brought.

There is only one prawn on a stick, and if several people share it, one hundred is not too much at all.

"Oh, Zhao Laowu's grilled shrimp is really delicious. It would be great if we could eat it at any time."

Several people lamented that their Songhe Academy was far away from the night market, basically across Kyoto, so they could only wait for the holiday and come together.

There was a night curfew and I couldn't go into the city, so I had to find a hotel nearby to sleep for one night.

"You said we are just good friends, but classmates who don't know this think we are just strolling through Flower Street and Liuxiang!"

One of them shook his head politely and smiled bitterly. As a foodie, he went through all the trouble for Zhao Laowu's grilled shrimp. Fortunately, there were like-minded people. Otherwise, he would have no motivation to do it alone. It would take most of the day to go back and forth. It was a lot of hard work to walk down here. Fortunately, it didn't rain today and it was worth it to have grilled shrimp.