I, the fox clan, Arita!

After returning home, Lingshu didn't rest for a moment, directed the helpers to work, and asked Yan Dachuan to take the time to buy a batch of clay pots from the kiln in the town, and hired Uncle Liu's ox cart to pull them several times before transporting them. Finished, hurriedly, and finally made all the goods that shopkeeper Shen asked for.

Early in the morning, two carriages entered Yan's Village, with bells hanging on the carriages, and they jingled all the way to Yan's yard, causing adults and children in the village to follow along to watch the excitement.

"Oh, when did the Dachuan family have such rich relatives?"

"This horse is really majestic! When we can ride in a carriage once, it will be worth it in this life!"

Horses are a luxury these days. A horse is worth dozens of taels of silver, not to mention the food and fodder to feed the horses.

"I don't look like a relative. Yan Youfu has been in our village all his life. Haven't you seen all the relatives in his family?"

"Don't even guess, this is the people from 'Shengxiangju' in the town, they came to Dachuan's house to buy hawthorn sauce!"

"That's right, my man has been working at Dachuan's house for the past few days. He pays [-] yuan a day and takes care of a meal at noon!"

"We have been going to the mountains to pick the hawthorn fruit and sell them to Dachuan's family."

At this moment, the two carriages of "Shengxiangju" were parked in front of the yard of Yan's house. The helpers were moving the clay pots to the cart one by one, and a group of villagers were watching at the gate.

Five hundred cans can't be filled in two cars in one trip, and they have to come again after transporting them back. The escort of the cart is the waiter of the shop who followed shopkeeper Shen last time, named Shen Yuan.

When it was time for the second trip, Ling Shu got into the carriage and followed Shen Yuan to "Shengxiangju" to settle the balance.

In the tent behind the lobby of "Shengxiangju", the shopkeeper Shen Qingsheng gave the remaining ten taels of silver to Lingshu. Lingshu put a small jar and a small wooden box on the table and said with a smile: " This box contains hawthorn jelly, and the jar contains grape jam. This one is relatively rare and has not been sold a few times. They are all sold to families with pregnant women. The taste of grape jam is different from that of hawthorn jam. You can save this jar. Let me eat it by myself. I have brewed a few jars of wine from these grapes. When the wine is ready, I will come here for you to taste. Besides, I have to say something more. Hawthorn is cold in nature. Pregnant women should not eat it. You can ask for a thousand Pay attention."

"Shopkeeper Xiaoling is really ingenious." Shen Qingsheng stroked his short beard on his chin, "One fruit can be eaten in so many ways, Shen must admire it."

"Shopkeeper Shen has won the prize. I'm just messing around on my own. How can you manage such a big 'Shengxiangju'?" Lingshu said modestly. It depends on your praise, if you don't mind, how about I give 'Sheng Xiangju' a dish?"

"Oh? I really want to see Shopkeeper Xiaoling's craftsmanship," Shen Qingsheng suddenly became interested, "Then please invite Shopkeeper Xiaoling to follow me to the kitchen."

What is "Shengxiangju"?The property of the Shen family of the imperial merchant is a well-known restaurant throughout Daqing. There are "Shengxiangju" subcolons all over the country. Except for the imperial palace, the dishes in "Shengxiangju" can be regarded as the number one even if they dare not be ranked first. It's second.

The shopkeeper Xiaoling dared to boast that he would give "Sheng Xiangju" a dish, was he too confident?Or too ignorant?

When these thoughts were rolling in Shen Qingsheng's mind, the two of them had already arrived in the kitchen.

It was still early, and it was still a while before noon, before the busiest time in the "Shengxiangju" kitchen, the people in the kitchen were preparing the ingredients for noon.

"Boss, you're here, but what's the matter?" Seeing Shen Qingsheng, several helpers in the kitchen immediately asked respectfully.

Shen Qingsheng ordered: "You guys stop for a while, this shopkeeper Xiaoling is going to cook a new dish."

"Shopkeeper, this is..." The chef's expression turned ugly, what does the shopkeeper mean?Do you hate the dishes you cook?

As a chef, how can you bear someone saying that the dishes you cook are not delicious?

"The shopkeeper Xiaoling said that he would give us a dish from 'Shengxiangju'." Shen Qingsheng explained simply.

As soon as these words came out, the chef's expression relaxed, and then he looked at Lingshu with contempt. Lingshu was still wearing an ordinary coarse cloth jacket, but his appearance was a bit out of place, and he looked like a commoner all over his body. In the eyes of the chef, Lingshu probably has never been to "Shengxiangju" to eat with his younger brother's attire, so he doesn't know where this young man came from so confidently saying that he would give a dish to "Shengxiangju". .

Wouldn't it be a waste of ingredients if the dishes weren't cooked well later?

But since the shopkeeper had spoken, they just followed suit.

Hmph, let me see what delicacies you can make!

The chef said coldly: "Then ask this little brother to let us study hard."

Lingshu naturally heard the disdain in the chef's tone, but he didn't care, smiled lightly, and made his own request: "Please help me prepare some lean meat, a bowl of flour, and an egg, and then Burn an oil pan, and I will fry the meat later, shopkeeper Shen, I want to borrow some of your hawthorn sauce."

"Shopkeeper Xiaoling really knows how to joke," Shen Qingsheng said with a smile, "Why don't you borrow it or not? Didn't you make the hawthorn sauce yourself?"

Lingshu manually cut the lean meat into thin strips, mixed with salt, rice wine, and a little egg white to marinate evenly, then coated the meat strips with flour, fried them in an oil pan, and fried them until golden brown, then took them out, and then Heat the oil until the eight layers are cooked, and fry again.

Then leave a little base oil in the pot, pour in a little hawthorn sauce and stir-fry, add some water, and finally put the fried meat strips in and stir-fry evenly, and it's ready.

A sweet and sour fragrance permeated the entire kitchen, which caused the mouth to drool. The helpers who had been watching, including the chef who looked down on Lingshu, were all Swallow.

Lingshu served the meat on a white porcelain plate, the white porcelain set off the golden meat, which looked very appetizing.

"If the master can carve a few small flowers from radishes and decorate them on the side, it will look even better," Lingshu said, "Shopkeeper Shen, would you like to try it first?"

Shen Qingsheng didn't refuse, and took a pair of chopsticks to pick up a piece of meat first.

The entrance is the silky hawthorn sauce, the sweet and sour feeling instantly fills the mouth, the crispy skin reveals the aroma of flour and wheat, followed by the salty, soft, tender and firm lean meat, several kinds The taste is mixed together, it is almost want to eat again!

Shen Qingsheng couldn't help but took another bite, then stopped his chopsticks, and asked Ling Shu, "Dare to ask Shopkeeper Xiao Ling, what's the name of this dish?"

"Crystal Meat with Hawthorn Sauce." Ling Shu smiled, "I also ask the master to give you some advice."

The chef picked up the chopsticks and tasted it, and was speechless for a while. This dish is indeed novel. Without this hawthorn sauce in the past, it is naturally impossible to have such a dish.

This dish is sweet and sour, charred on the outside and tender on the inside, with a lingering fragrance and endless aftertaste.

Crystal Meat with Hawthorn Sauce, the name is also very nice.

When Shen Qingsheng saw this, he understood that "Shengxiangju" had taken advantage of the dish Lingshu sent.

"Thank you, shopkeeper Ling, for giving me the food." Shen Qingsheng bowed his hands to Lingshu earnestly, and now he didn't call Lingshu "Treasurer Xiaoling", but directly called "Treasurer Ling", which was enough to see Shen Qingsheng's sincerity.

"It's just a side dish, not worth mentioning," Ling Shu said, "I hope shopkeeper Shen will support my family's business more in the future."

"That's for sure!" Shen Qingsheng promised with a smile.

Ling Shu: "If that's the case, then I won't delay shopkeeper Shen, and I'll take my leave."

Shen Qingsheng hurriedly sent Lingshu out, Lingshu didn't stop any longer, turned around and left "Shengxiangju".

When Shen Qingsheng returned to the kitchen, he saw that there was only a little bit of crystal meat with hawthorn sauce left on the large plate just now, and he felt heartbroken and gave the kitchen helpers a hard look.

"Hehe, shopkeeper, you're here..." The helpers looked at Shen Qingsheng guiltily, and didn't dare to look at him anymore.

Neither do they want to!It's all because the crystal meat with hawthorn sauce is so delicious!Once I ate it, I couldn't stop. If the master chef didn't stop me, I'm afraid the plate of meat would have been gone long ago.

Shen Qingsheng snorted, grabbed his chopsticks and ate a few mouthfuls of crystal meat, and then asked the master chef, "Did you remember the steps of the Ling shopkeeper's cooking?"

"Remember." The chef nodded.

I remember it, but I still have to try it a few times in private. After all, watching and cooking are two different things. No one dares to say that they can make exactly the same taste just by watching it once.

Shen Qingsheng was satisfied, and was about to finish eating the rest of the hawthorn crystal meat, when he saw Shen Yuan, the waiter in the shop, trot over and said, "Boss, butler Wei is here."

"Hurry up and serve tea, I'll be right here!" Shen Qingsheng said immediately.

Shen Yuan turned around and ran away, Shen Qingsheng took a few steps forward, rolled his eyes, and went back to the kitchen, where he put the rest of the hawthorn crystal meat on a delicate palm-sized porcelain plate, I carried it out.

People with the status of housekeeper Wei come to "Shengxiangju", and they are naturally arranged in the best wing room. Shen Qingsheng entered the wing room with a small plate in one hand, and said with a smile: "Could it be that you are the one who knows how to count the secrets?" Is the fairy growing up? The little one just got a new dish here, and it hasn't been officially served to the guests yet, so you came here just in time."

The butler Wei was about fifty years old, dressed in a navy blue brocade robe, and had a graceful bearing, perhaps even the magistrate of this county was not as imposing as the butler Wei, one could tell at a glance that he came from a wealthy family with hundreds of years of background.

"You can play tricks," Wei Yuanwu scolded with a smile, "What kind of fresh dish is it? If it's delicious, let our young master try it. If the young master likes it, your tip is indispensable."

"This dish is called Crystal Pork with Hawthorn Sauce. It was given to us by the storekeeper Naling at 'Shengxiangju'. It just came out of the pan and it's still hot. Try it soon." Shen Qingsheng said courteously.

"Hawthorn sauce?" Wei Yuanwu raised his eyebrows in surprise.