I weave my destiny in parallel time and space

The style of this city is very different from that of the imperial capital.

The imperial capital had a lot of exchanges with Europe, so it was influenced by the West, and most of its buildings were Western classicism.

But the west side is different. Xia Ya even thought that he had arrived in Beichen. Both the eaves and pillars were designed with integrated architecture, which was very similar to Beichen, but also mixed with some Western-style neoclassical buildings, churches, There are also some Western-style palaces in the bell tower.

Now is the Lantern Festival, and the whole city is hung with orange lanterns. The whole city seems to have turned into a golden city exuding golden light, shining with a burning brilliance. This makes Xia Ya feel like she is looking at Hongya Cave in Chongqing. .

Xia Ya used to think that mixing Eastern and Western styles would give people an out-of-place feeling. But the city is different. The huge building complexes with different styles give people a sense of prosperity as "all nations come to visit" and a feeling of a world cultural exchange center.

Of course, the main reason is that these brilliant lights add a lot of points, otherwise this sense of prosperity can also be said to be a sense of colonization.

The courtyard of the house that Xia Ya chose was in a really good location, with a view of the entire city.

But the most eye-catching thing is the table placed in the middle of the courtyard. A lot of food has been placed on it. Dongpo pork, Longjing shrimp and other dishes are exuding an attractive color. Grilled fish is boiling on the heat of the stove. There is also a jar with Buddha jumping over the wall on the side.

Alicia used magic to maintain the freshness and temperature of the food, so that when they sat down to eat, the dishes would look like they had just come out of the pot. This was much easier to use than technology and hard work.

As they each sat down, the magic set by Alicia was gradually unlocked, and the aroma of the food on the table was tantalizing.

"Let's have dinner." Xia Ya said.

He took the lead in picking up a piece of Longjing shrimp with his chopsticks. The shrimp was white and tender, with fragrant buds and leaves and an elegant color. He put the shrimp into his mouth. The shrimp had the aroma of tea, and the tea had fresh shrimp, fresh and tender. , endless aftertaste.

Xia Ya and Alicia ate this Longjing shrimp only once, and they never forgot it. He and Alicia both like to eat shrimp, and the taste is indeed unique.

Seeing Xia Ya starting to move, Sissi, who had not had dinner and was already hungry, couldn't wait to pick up the chopsticks. She lives in this city, which is mostly Chinese people, so it is normal for her to use chopsticks. things.

But after picking up the chopsticks, she was a little embarrassed, because there were so many delicious things that she didn't know which one to pick.

"Let's drink the soup first." Alicia whispered, "The soup tastes best when it's hot."

She stretched out her hand and opened the lid of the altar in the middle of the table. The rich aroma rushed to her face, refreshing her heart and soul. The thick brown soup was dotted with various ingredients, like a work of art.

That's Buddha Jumping Over the Wall, which has been one of the representatives of China's famous dishes since ancient times. It is said that someone wrote a poem after tasting this dish: "The fragrance of meat rises from the altar and floats around, and the Buddha abandons his Zen and jumps over the wall when he hears it." This is the origin of its name.

There are dozens of raw materials for making Buddha Jumping Over the Wall, including abalone, sea cucumber, shark's fin, scallops, fish lips, mushrooms, bamboo fungus, tendons... Some ingredients come from the deep sea, and some ingredients come from the mountains. It can be said to be a collection of delicacies from both mountains and seas. altar.

Alicia's requirements for this family dinner were relatively high, so the materials used were also of the highest quality. For example, abalone is not the small abalone that only costs a few yuan a piece. You must use nine-headed abalone; sea cucumbers must be high-quality sea cucumbers with six rows of spines on both sides and pointed ends; shiitake mushrooms are the top-quality shiitake mushrooms in the mountains and wilds.

The production process of Buddha Jumping Over the Wall is very complicated and exquisite. The cooking process is very time-consuming and labor-intensive. There are many kinds of ingredients, and each ingredient needs to be processed separately.

Shark's fins should be soaked and cleaned, boiled and then steamed; abalone should also be cleaned and steamed; pigeon eggs should be boiled and shelled...

In ancient times, a team of chefs would make this dish, which would take at least ten days from preparing the ingredients to serving it.

The soup at Fo Tiao Qiang is made from pork leg bones, chicken bones, duck bones, scallops, etc. and is boiled for ten hours. Then the ingredients that have been processed in advance are added to the soup and simmered slowly. After a few hours of waiting, the pot is extremely delicious. The Buddha can only be born by jumping over the wall.

This was not something Alicia could do, so she ordered it directly from Beichen's restaurant and was the chef for the state banquet.

Alicia picked up the spoon on one side, scooped some soup, abalone, sea cucumber and the like into Sissi's bowl and placed them in front of her.

"Thank you." Sissi said.

"Try taking a sip first." Alicia whispered.

Sissi picked up the small bowl and drank it, taking a sip of the soup into her throat. The delicious flavors of various ingredients exploded in her mouth instantly, which greatly increased her appetite and left endless aftertaste. It was soft, tender, rich and meaty, and meaty. It’s not greasy, and it’s flavorful.

She only felt that her limbs and bones were warmed by the soup. She scooped up another piece of abalone and put it into her mouth. After a long period of slow cooking, the abalone was already soft and rotten, but it was rotten but not rotten, and had a delicate texture. .

"tasty?"

"Yeah." Alicia was chewing sea cucumber in her mouth, her face a little rosy.

Alicia's eyelids closed slightly, and she put a piece of Dongpo meat in another bowl, "Try this again, you should like it."

"We haven't had a meal together for a long time," Isabel said while drinking the soup from Buddha Jumping Over the Wall.

"After my mother died, Christmas wasn't even over," Alicia said.

"Yes." Isabel murmured softly with her eyes lowered.

"Now that we are so close, I feel like we can see each other every day, so I don't care so much about getting together." Eugenia said quietly.

Isabel looked at her in surprise and joked, "How can you still say such philosophical words."

Eugenia glanced at her angrily, "You and I are not young anymore."

Xia Ya showed a faint smile, picked up the chopsticks and picked up a piece of fish soaked in juice from the grilled fish and put it into his mouth. The hot and tender fish melted in his mouth, with a thorough spicy taste.

"In the future, we can get together often." Arthur said, "In this world, the blood connection is always the closest."

"That's not necessarily true. There are blood relatives who turn against each other in this world." Eugenia took a sip of soup gracefully and said, "For example, our father and Victor."

As she finished speaking, the place became quiet for a while.

"Yes." Isabel nodded, "This is the you I am familiar with. You are still the same idiot with no emotional intelligence."

A tic-tac-toe suddenly appeared on Eugenia's forehead. She seemed to want to say something, but movement from one side attracted their attention.

"Peng!"

In the city, fireworks drag long tail smoke into the night sky, and the gorgeous fireworks illuminate the night sky of the city. It also makes the already noisy and bustling city even more lively.

"It's fireworks!"

Sissi shouted excitedly. She got up from her position and came to the fence of the courtyard. She opened her eyes wide and looked at the fireworks, with the fireworks reflected in her bright eyes.

She is also at the age where she likes fireworks.

Alicia also liked this kind of beauty. She moved the chair next to Char and leaned on his shoulder to enjoy the fireworks together.

Fireworks are ephemeral things that burn, rise into the sky, bloom, and disappear. It was only a short time, so short that people thought it was just a beautiful illusion.

But this is the time when it puts all its effort into blooming. It comes only once in a lifetime, and then it will be silent forever.

If you live for a long time, you will fall in love with this kind of momentary beauty that blooms with all your strength, so she also likes epiphyllums and keeps a lot of them in her room.

Xia Ya also likes fireworks, but what he likes is watching fireworks with his family. The important people are around and the people he loves are nestled beside him. There is nothing more beautiful than this.

He enjoys his current life very much now.

However, the more comfortable life is, the faster time passes.