2 Tea and tofu

Chapter 2 Tea and tofu The Timekeepers walked through the market, keeping an eye out for DeLay. Their clothes had transformed. so they fit right into the crowd. Jackson's jeans and hoodie had been replaced with a blue kimono, patterned with gold dragons. Instead of her T-shirt and cotton pants, Sarah was wearing a long, silky kimono. It was pale green, like her headscarf, and it looked as if pink blossoms had been scattered over it. Both of them wore white socks and wooden sandals. A wide sash went around Sarah's middle, fastened behind her in a huge bow. As she smoothed the front of the sash, she found the paper squares tucked inside it. "I wonder what we'll need the origami paper for," she said.

计时员们走过市场，留意着是否有迟延。 他们的衣服变了样。 所以他们正好能融入人群。 杰克逊的牛仔裤和连帽衫被一件印有金龙图案的蓝色和服所取代。 莎拉没有穿t恤和棉裤，而是穿了一件长长的丝绸和服。 它是淡绿色的，就像她的头巾一样，看起来好像粉红色的花朵散落在上面。 他们俩都穿着白袜子和木凉鞋。 一条宽腰带绕在莎拉的腰上，在她身后系成一个巨大的蝴蝶结。 当她把腰带的前面弄平时，她发现里面塞着纸方块。 “我想知道我们需要折纸做什么，”她说。

The History Hub always gave them exactly what they needed on their missions. Tempo was flying ahead, chirping hungrily at the food stalls. Jackson was gazing at the stalls too. "Noodles," he said. "Sushi, tofu, dumplings..." Sarah smiled. Jackson loved cooking, and he was always looking for new recipe ideas! Beyond the market was a very tall, grand building. It reminded Sarah of the tiers of a wedding cake, with its stories stacked on top of each other, each topped with an ornate roof. Smaller buildings clustered around it, and they were all surrounded by a stone wall and a moat. It certainly looks important, Sarah thought. Maybe it's something

历史中心总是给他们提供他们在任务中需要的东西。 泰普在前面飞奔，在食品摊上饥饿地叫着。 杰克逊也盯着包厢。 “面条，”他说。“寿司、豆腐、饺子……” 萨拉笑了。杰克逊喜欢烹饪，他总是在寻找新的食谱创意！市场那边是一座高大的建筑。 这让莎拉想起了婚礼蛋糕的层层堆叠，每一层都有一个华丽的屋顶。 小一些的建筑簇拥在它周围，它们都被石墙和护城河包围着。 看起来肯定很重要，萨拉想。 也许是什么

to do with our mission. "Hey, look at this," said Jackson. He fished out a small packet from his own sash. It was made of folded paper. Jackson opened it to reveal some brown metal discs. "These must be coins," he said. "I think the History Hub wants me to buy some food!" Sarah laughed. "I am hungry," she said. "If you go and get us some supplies, I'll see if the rest of the gang can help us figure out what DeLay might be up to." Jackson hurried off, and Sarah slipped behind a flower seller's display and opened her watch. She pressed a button, and a gallery of faces appeared. The Timekeepers! "I love your obi, Sarah," said Luke. "My what?" Sarah asked. "It's what your sash is called," he explained. "If you're wearing a kimono and an obi, you must be in Japan!"

和我们的使命有关。“嘿，看看这个，”杰克逊说。 他从自己的腰带里掏出一个小包。 它是用折叠的纸做的。 杰克逊打开盒子，露出一些棕色的金属光盘。 “这些一定是硬币，”他说。 “我想历史中心想让我买些吃的！”萨拉笑了。 “我饿了，”她说。“如果你去给我们拿些补给品，我去看看其他人能不能帮我们弄清楚迪莱要干什么。” 杰克逊匆匆离去，莎拉溜到一个花商的陈列柜后面，打开了她的手表。 她按下一个按钮，一排面孔映入眼帘。 计时员!“我喜欢你的宽腰带，莎拉，”卢克说。 “我什么?”萨拉问。“你的腰带就是这么叫的，”他解释说。 “如果你穿着和服和宽腰带，那你一定是在日本！”

Sarah moved her watch around to show the Timekeepers the busy market. Yasmin spotted Jackson buying noodles and laughed. "He'll be cooking up Japanese feasts when he gets home!" "Can you find out about Edo?" she asked. "We need some clue about DeLay's latest scheme." "We're on it," said Min-Jun. Moments later, Rosa said, "Here you go. Edo will one day be Tokyo, the Japanese capital." "The buildings surrounded by a wall and moat is Edo Castle," Hannah added. "The tall building in the middle is the castle keep. One of the other buildings is called the honmaru, which is where someone called the Shogun lives." "The Shogun is very powerful," Yasmin said. "Japan has an emperor, but that's mostly for show. It's the Shogun who really rules Japan."

莎拉把表挪了挪，让计时员看看热闹的市场。 雅斯敏看到杰克逊在买面条，笑了。 “他回家后会做日本料理的！”“你能找到江户吗？”她问。 “我们需要一些关于迪莱最新计划的线索。” “我们正在处理，”敏俊说。 过了一会儿，罗莎说：“给你。 江户有一天会成为日本的首都东京。” 汉娜补充说：“被城墙和护城河包围的建筑是江户城堡。” “中间那座高大的建筑是城堡。 另一座建筑叫做本丸，是一个叫幕府将军的人住的地方。” “幕府将军非常强大，”亚斯明说。 “日本有天皇，但那主要是作秀。 真正统治日本的是幕府将军。”

Sarah thanked the Timekeepers. "Good luck!" chorused her friends as she said goodbye. Tempo landed on her shoulder. "Cuckoo!" Sarah stroked the bird's head and went to meet Jackson. His arms were full with two cups filled with tea, two paper boxes, and a little paper package. They sat down on an empty vegetable crate to eat. Jackson gave Sarah a box and two chopsticks. "That's deep-fried tofu, coated with honey and sesame seeds." He popped one of the light brown cubes in his mouth. "Yum!" Sarah tasted one. "Delicious," she agreed. "Cuckoo!" Tempo squawked, looking at their tofu with bright eyes. "Tempo, birds don't eat tofu," said Jackson. "But they do eat these." He opened the paper package. "Sesame seeds," he said, and Tempo gave a happy squawk. While they ate, Sarah told Jackson what the other Timekeepers had discovered. "Edo's clearly an important place," she said, "but we still don't know what DeLay might be up to." "Let's search the city," said Jackson. "Hopefully we'll find him before he causes any trouble." Saving some of their tofu for later, they carried their supplies as they walked through the streets, looking for DeLay. Soon they reached a row of artisans' workshops, which were completely open at the front so people could see the craftsmen and women working. "Maybe they've seen something suspicious going on," Sarah said, thinking about the time glitches DeLay often caused around him. "Let's find out."

莎拉感谢计时员。 “祝你好运！”她告别时，朋友们齐声说。 Tempo落在她的肩膀上。 “杜鹃!”莎拉抚摸着小鸟的头，去见杰克逊。 他的怀里抱着两个装满茶的杯子，两个纸盒和一个小纸包。 他们坐在一个空的蔬菜箱上吃东西。 杰克逊给了萨拉一个盒子和两把筷子。 “那是油炸豆腐，涂上蜂蜜和芝麻。” 他把一块浅棕色的小方块塞进嘴里。 “好吃!”萨拉尝了一个。“真好吃，”她同意道。 “杜鹃!”天宝尖声叫着，用明亮的眼睛看着他们的豆腐。 “Tempo，鸟不吃豆腐，”Jackson说。 “但他们确实吃这些。”他打开纸包装。 “芝麻。”他说，Tempo高兴地叫了一声。 吃饭的时候，莎拉告诉杰克逊其他计时员的发现。 “江户显然是一个重要的地方，”她说，“但我们仍然不知道迪莱可能在做什么。” “让我们搜遍全城，”杰克逊说。 “希望我们能在他制造麻烦之前找到他。” 他们把一些豆腐留了下来，带着补给品穿过街道，寻找迪莱。 很快，他们来到了一排工匠的工坊，这些工坊的前面是完全开放的，人们可以看到工匠和妇女在工作。 “也许他们看到了什么可疑的事情，”萨拉说，想着迪莱经常在他身边引起的时间故障。 “我们来看看。”

"Cuckoo-oo-oo!" Tempo sped off to join a pair of elegant white birds perched on top of a sushi stall. They had long legs and a patch of red feathers on their heads. "I think they're cranes," said Sarah. "I know that people make origami cranes for good luck." "Maybe those cranes will bring us good luck in our mission," said Jackson. They went inside the first workshop. A woman sat at a long table covered in different fabrics and threads. She was embroidering a fish design onto some red fabric. "What a lovely color," Sarah said. The woman looked up with a smile. "It's beautiful, isn't it? Red fabric is our most expensive. I'm stitching slowly so I don't make any mistakes and spoil it." "What are you making?" Jackson asked.

“Cuckoo-oo-oo !”Tempo迅速离开，加入了一对栖息在寿司摊上的优雅的白鸟。 它们有长长的腿，头上有一小块红色的羽毛。 “我想它们是鹤，”萨拉说。 “我知道人们用纸鹤来祈求好运。” “也许这些鹤会给我们的任务带来好运，”杰克逊说。 他们走进了第一个车间。 一个女人坐在一张铺着不同布料和线的长桌旁。 她正在一些红色布料上绣一个鱼的图案。 “多可爱的颜色啊，”萨拉说。 那女人微笑着抬起头来。 “它很漂亮，不是吗？” 红色布料是我们最贵的。 我缝得很慢，这样我就不会出错，不会破坏它。” “你在做什么？”杰克逊问道。