The princess relies on the cat to get the upper hand + special episode

Of course Le Ning knew what he was thinking, but after thinking about it, it was not Xu Xiake who wrote his travel notes with Su Hanzhang. He insisted on walking through every mountain and every river in person. It took more than 30 years. In this era, there is only one way to go. That said, it may take a few years on the road.

Yet this is exactly what she needs.

It is enough to get rid of the entanglement of the blood-sucking parents for a while.

Le Ning thought about the current hot pot business in Zou Gong's restaurant. Zou Dequan had promised her to take a share of the profit from the hot pot business every month, which would be divided into many shares according to the money she earned as an apprentice. The next person will give it to her parents every month.

Under this situation, Le Ning wished that he could return as late as possible.

Seeing the younger brother's look like a fish in water and full of interest in everything after he left Wang'an, Su Hanzhang thought that he would stay in Zou's mansion during the Le Ning New Year's Day, and only vaguely heard that he brought some meat for the family, and the rest would come again. Without further ado, he also guessed that maybe the junior brother's family also had difficult scriptures to recite, so he didn't say much, and acquiesced to this matter.

Under the intentional or unintentional procrastination of the two, and the fact that there were many obstacles along the way, when the two of them returned to Wang'an...

It is eight years later.

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Many memorable events happened during the trip.

Let's start with the nearest Luoyang.

Luoyang peonies are famous all over the world. When the peonies are in full bloom, the whole city of Luoyang seems to be submerged in a sea of ​​peonies. Scholars from all walks of life in the city hold flower viewing parties one after another, or hold flower banquets. The most proud peony species, if this is the title of a poem, it will be another way to become famous all over the world.

In addition, some Luoyang famous chefs may be invited to decorate the dishes with peony petals at the flower banquet, which is considered arty.

After all, the Peony Banquet has not been around for a long time. It is normal for the people of Dali not to open their brains enough to study directly how to eat peonies.

Although the peonies were not eaten directly, the water mats of the peony flower banquet were extraordinarily grand. In later generations, the Luoyang water mats, the Longmen Grottoes, and the Luoyang peonies were also called the "Three Wonders of Luoyang".

The feature of this water banquet is that there are soups and soups along with the dishes, and they are served on the table one by one in turn. They are both hot and cold, sweet and salty, and both hot and sour. There are 24 dishes in total, and among these 24 dishes, peony jelly dishes are the first.

The recipe of this peony jelly dish is quite complicated, with white radish as the finishing touch, and the side dishes are mushrooms, ham, chicken eggs, soft fish, winter bamboo shoots, chicken meat, crab meat, etc., first cut the white radish into rice noodles Thin shreds, soak in water, then spread the eggs to make skins, shred them finely, and cut out a few triangles for subsequent use.

Soft fish is the modern dried squid, which is soaked with the same dried shiitake mushrooms and then shredded. Such dried mountain and seafood can bring out the most umami taste when cooking soup. The soaked shredded radish Boil the broth for several hours with another whole soft fish, shiitake mushrooms, ham, chicken eggs, chicken meat, chicken bones, and big bones.

Then, retake the previous seasoning, shredded shiitake mushrooms, shredded soft fish, shredded ham, shredded chicken eggs, and shredded chicken meat, all spread on a white porcelain plate, making a square moon arch, with the egg skin as the petals in the center. Take out the color of a golden yellow peony, then pour it with milk-white broth, and garnish with shredded green onion at the end.

It has five colors and five flavors, so it is called Luoyang Yancai.

Regardless of the soup base, the selection of materials, or the final form, it is in line with the style of a literati, and the taste is outstanding. Therefore, this water table is an indispensable top card for the annual peony flower banquet.

When Le Ning and Su Hanzhang passed through Luoyang together, they happened to catch up with the peony flower banquet. They were all amazed when they had to taste the peony and jelly dishes while enjoying the flowers.

The ingredients and implication are all excellent, even the soup is extremely delicious, when the thick white soup entered the mouth, Le Ning almost scalded his mouth.

She licked her lower lip and asked Su Hanzhang next to her, "What do you think, big brother?"

Su Hanzhang looked at her with a smile: "I have something to gain, I think the younger brother will not miss me."

Le Ning rubbed her nose. She didn't think she had a modern memory plus a cooking system. In many cases, the wisdom of the ancients was better than hers, but their vision was not as broad as hers. She didn't think that in this peony Being famous at the banquet is just a way to attract jade.

She thought of something——

scented tea.

Nowadays, people in Dali have a prosperous way of drinking tea, but they haven't learned the original taste of this tea. Maybe it's because Lu Yu's "Tea Classic" hasn't been published yet. She thought, maybe she can try to make a scented tea, and she will definitely become a scholar. They were happy at the banquet.

……

Three days later.

Wang Zhu, a scholar from Luoyang, heard that Zou Dequan's apprentice passed by here, so he came to visit him. He saw a white porcelain teapot in the hall. The tea poured out of it was light and clear, but the tip of his nose was scented with flowers. He was curious and asked about it. What is it? After getting the name of "Peony Tea", she clapped her hands and said:

"This tea is elegant! Can you invite the two of you to help me with my flower banquet?"

Tea was Le Ning's idea, but Su Hanzhang's dim sum hadn't been released yet. The two thought it would be great to see the different characteristics of this flower feast, so they accepted the invitation.

Therefore, on the day of the flower banquet, the scholar's mansion was extremely lively.

Calling friends and bringing companions, bringing chickens, everything you need, people are smiling, and the red and white peonies in full bloom in the courtyard complement each other.