Huaiyuan, the ancient city of Zhangkai, has smooth water and land connections, boats and cars, and merchants flocking to it.

There is Zheng Tu in the city. His ancestors have made a living by slaughtering cattle and selling meat for three generations.

One day, Zheng went to the countryside to buy a cow. It was healthy, round-waisted and plump.

Zheng Tu observed its shape and fat, and took pleasure in it. He led the cow back to the village, thinking about it all the way, and making a sure profit.

The next morning, Zheng Tu sent his servants to carry a basin, pour water, add salt, stir and place it in front of the cattle.

After a while, Zheng Tu was drinking from a pot and approaching with a knife, intending to kill.

Zheng Tu looked at the cow's face and suddenly saw that the cow's eyes were filled with tears and looked sad.

Zheng Tu thought that Niu had a good understanding of human nature and had a premonition of his doom.

But he still raised the butcher knife and wanted to stab him.

In an instant, the cow's front legs "thumped" and knelt down on the butcher's back, tapping its head to the ground repeatedly.

Zheng Tu was stunned and stunned.

Zheng Tu thought about it. After more than thirty years of slaughtering cattle, thousands of cattle fell under the sword. Tears were often shed before death, but the cattle that knelt down and kowtowed were the only ones he saw now.

In order to make a living, Zheng Tu no longer had any worries and decided to attack the cow with his knife. Blood immediately flowed out of the cow's neck and filled the basin.

Remove the cow and clean its skin.

At a moment's rest, Zheng Tu was slashing the cow with his sword. The knife in his hand suddenly hit the ground with a bang. He knelt on the cow's knees and kowtowed three times in a row, dumbfounded.

It turned out that after skinning and disemboweling, a calf was found in the belly of the cow.

Zheng Tu suddenly woke up and realized that the cow knew she was pregnant. He knelt down and kowtowed to beg for his son.

The cow loved her son, so she touched Zheng Tu deeply and refused to sell her meat. She buried her in the wilderness, built a grave mound, burned incense, knelt down, and kowtowed in worship.

From then on, Butcher Zheng put away his knife and washed his hands, and established a rule: descendants of the Zheng family are not allowed to kill cattle.

Zhangkai Yijue Alley is close to the Huaihe Wharf.

Because the people in Huaiyuan have not forgotten the "Qing Palace Royal Point" plaque in front of Wang Guaizi's door, they regard the puff pastry candy cake as a specialty.

Just like Tianjin Wei’s Goubuli Steamed Buns and Yunnan’s Cross-Bridge Rice Noodles, Yijue Lane’s puff pastry candy cakes also have historical allusions.

If not, the people from the county magistrate's office would not come to Wang Guaizi again and again, insisting that he explain the ins and outs of the puff pastry in the chapter on local delicacies.

The way he behaves is the same as when he makes candy cakes, and he never hesitates.

He knew that although the plaque of "Qing Palace Royal Point" was hung in front of his house, the Wang family was not entitled to the exclusive patent.

During the reign of Emperor Guangxu, when Empress Dowager Cixi passed by here, two people made candy cakes for her instead of one person.

They have all passed away long ago. One is an ancestor of the Wang family, and the other is Qiu Junfa, the neighbor from across the street.

The two families have been fighting openly and secretly for several lifetimes over this plaque.

Since Wang Guaizi was crippled by his father, and his enemies took their only daughter who was madly in love with Wang Guaizi and fled away from home, this "Qing Palace Imperial Point" plaque was hung firmly on the door of Wang's family.

Nowadays, it is okay to use it to attract business. If he really writes down his determination in a book in black and white, Wang Guaizi will feel guilty.

If Wang Guaizi hadn't told the story, the story of this pastry candy cake would have been lost.

In the late Qing Dynasty, there used to be two sugar cake shops at the entrance of this alley. The sugar cakes they made had their own characteristics and were indistinguishable.

It happened that that year Lafayette was touring all over the world and the boat was docked at the dock. She wanted to taste folk snacks on a whim, so the Wang and Qiu families obeyed the order and offered sugar cakes to the dragon boat.

Lafayette had a great time that day and had a great appetite. He ate three of the enemy's candy cakes in one go. He repeatedly said hello and when he served the Wang family's candy cake, for some reason she only took one bite and put it down.

From then on, Lafayette's golden teeth determined which of the Wang and Qiu families was superior, and the plaque of "Qing Palace Royal Point" has been hanging on the door of Qiu's house ever since.

Wang Guaizi has been aware of the Wang family's hostility towards their enemies since he was a child.

He actually thinks that the enemy's family is quite nice, and the enemy's candy cakes are also quite delicious.

In particular, Chou Nizi's talkative eyes often made him crane his neck to look across the street.

She didn't understand why the old man was so angry.

That day, he just wanted to deliver a load of spring water from the White Milk Spring in Jingshan Mountain to his enemy's girl, but before he could carry it to the door of his enemy's house, he was accidentally beaten and disabled by the crazy old man.

The underpopulated enemy had no intention of confronting the Wang family again, so one night they moved out and left the house empty.

Wang Guaizi, who had lost his leg, was even more stubborn. He had never married in his life. He used this unique way to get revenge on the old man who had only one child left.

A new candy shop opened opposite.

The shop owner is a middle-aged man with a surname of Bu and a Korean.

As soon as this shop opened, Wang Guaizi's "Qing Palace Royal Point" became ineffective day by day.

On this day, when there were many customers, Wang Guaizi sneaked into the store and took a look. He felt refreshed.

The shop is clean and warm, with snow-white tablecloths, shiny tables and chairs, and some small ornaments with strong ethnic characteristics hanging on the walls.

The sugar cakes are served with delicious Korean pickles, spicy cabbage, dolage... and white and tender tofu curd.

The shopkeeper surnamed Bu recognized Wang Guaizi and warmly invited him to sit down. He also ordered some sugar cakes and side dishes for Wang Guaizi to taste and give advice.

Wang Guaizi's original intention was to gather information, but this made him even more ashamed.

The shop owner said that his business in Yanbian was very prosperous, but his widowed mother became more and more nostalgic as she got older, so she had to return to Huaiyuan to open a shop... Wang Guaizi was shocked, and the candy cake he had just taken a bite fell on the table.

The shopkeeper didn't notice and kept talking.

He said that running this shop was all based on his grandma's early skills, but later on, the cake making method was incorporated, adding a few more steps, not to mention the taste.

Wang Guaizi didn't know how he walked out of the store.