Celestial masters don't count

Zhuli Pavilion is a typical courtyard house. Once you enter, you will see a screen wall of pine, crane and auspicious clouds. Around the screen wall, there are four cross-shaped paths leading to the door and three corridors respectively. There are houses with red doors and red windows on the corridors.

The yard is quite simple, with a canopy built, some fruits and vegetables are grown in the shed, and a large water tank with lotus flowers in it.Large lotus leaves almost cover the entire mouth of the tank, fresh and green, very cute.There is an old pomegranate tree planted in the corner, and the red fruits are hanging down in abundance, which is gratifying and lovely.

This courtyard house is dominated by vermilion. The corridor pillars, railings, glass window frames and doors are all vermilion, but not only does it not make people feel tacky, but it has a different kind of festiveness.I feel happy when I look at it.

Lu Liu led Mao Jiu in, and walked to the big room in the middle hall.There is a hole in the big house, which is similar to the lobby of an ancient inn, but cleaner and more elegant.

There are quite a lot of people in the lobby, but they all look relaxed.And it's not that noisy, and it's very kind to talk.

Lu Liu walked to the counter. There was a little girl on the counter. When she saw Lu Liu, she immediately burst into a smile, sweet and lovely.

The little girl said happily: "Liu Shao, why are you free today?"

Lu Liu said, "Not welcome?"

"Welcome, welcome, Flourishing Piper Brilliance. It's still the same position, okay?"

Lu Liu said yes.The little girl entered the order number into the computer, and then drew a sign for Lu Liu.

Mao Jiu noticed that the signboard was very elegantly made, a brown sandalwood signboard, with a simplified Chinese word '绕' engraved on it.There is also a lifelike bamboo carved on the top of the sign, and a red rope is tied to the head.

Lu Liu took the sign, looked up and saw the little girl on the phone, and quickly said: "I'll bring a friend to try something new, there's no need to call your boss."

The little girl said seriously: "That won't work, Young Master Six. When you come back, our boss doesn't cook for himself? If this happens, if I don't report it, the boss will scold me to death."

"Come on. Your boss has a very good temper, you are used to it."

The little girl stuck out her tongue, but continued on the phone.

Lu Liu is used to this, every time he comes here, the owner of the restaurant will mobilize people to meet him.Even though I said it several times, I still didn't listen.

Mao Jiu was quite surprised that the people here were familiar with Lu Liu, and also surprised that Lu Liu was familiar with this place.He thought that Lu Liu was so familiar because he often ate here, but from what the little girl said, it turned out that the boss was very attentive to Lu Liu.

Lu Liu said as he walked, "The boss here is a famous chef for generations in the family. His ancestors were all imperial cooks in the palace, and they have their own recipes passed down. If it is not for the familiar old gourmets, or if there is no one to guide them, they will never be found here."

The royal chef in the palace?Generation celebrity chef?

Mao Jiu became interested, but seeing Lu Liu's familiarity with this place, he couldn't help but ask, "Do you often come here?"

"I've been here a few times."

How many times have you been here?

"I think the people here are very familiar with you. The boss cooks for you himself."

Lu Liu stopped and looked at Mao Jiu with a half-smile.

Mao Jiu looked away and landed on the vermilion door in front of her, drawing the delicate patterns on the door in her heart.Silently, ignoring Lu Liu's gaze.

Lu Liu pushed open the door and walked in.A light voice floated into his ears: "What are you thinking? I did a little favor for the boss here, and she just thanked me."

Mao Jiu rubbed her nose and stepped in with a smile on her lips.

The inside of the main room is also a typical courtyard house arrangement, with an Eight Immortals table, two chairs on both sides of the table, a couch on the side against the wall, and a reclining chair.There was also a birdcage next to the deck chair, but it was empty.

But Mao Jiu strongly suspected that if there were any guests, there would really be a starling on the cage, a starling who would be funny and say auspicious words.

Lu Liu sat on a chair next to the Eight Immortals table, opened the teacup, poured the tea on the other side, and called Mao Jiu over.

Mao Jiu looked up, and saw two copybooks and paintings hanging in the middle. The calligraphy was good, and the painting was also good.Very elegant, very artistic conception.

He walked over, sat down and said, "Your friend is very interesting."

Make a place to eat so elegant, pleasing to the eye, and everyone eats happily.If you add a table of veritable delicacies, it will make people eat again and again, and become a repeat customer countless times.

The two were drinking tea in the main room, and after a while, people came in one after another, serving many dishes.Plates of meat and internal organs were brought up, as well as the most attractive hot pot. The red spicy soup inside was filled with a few peppercorns, which was gorgeous and stimulated people's appetite.

Plug in the stove, and slowly wait for it to roll away.There are many dishes on the table, most of which are meat and tripe.Then there are noodles, vegetables and sauces.Finally came the wine and a plate of beef sauce.

The last person put aside the iron pot of hot pot for soup and left.

At this moment, only Mao Jiu and Lu Liu were left in the main room. Lu Liu picked up the wine bottle and poured two glasses, then pushed Mao Jiu to drink.

"Aren't you hungry? Eat the beef sauce first to pad your stomach, and then boil the meat after the soup boils."

Mao Jiu took the wine glass and picked up the chopsticks with the other hand.Staring at the meat and tripe on the table with sparkling eyes: "Is this mutton? Boiled mutton?"

Lu Liu raised his eyebrows: "Okay, I can recognize this."

The beef and mutton slices are very thinly sliced ​​and twisted out by a machine. Each slice is uniform in thickness. If you don't eat it in your mouth, you can't tell the difference between mutton or beef.Moreover, there is a stack of sauced beef that is misleading first, and most people will mistake it for shabu-shabu beef.

I didn't expect Mao Jiu to be able to taste it at a glance, this must be an old gourmet.

Mao Jiu rolled his eyes and smiled, picked up the sauced beef and ate it.The taste is extremely stimulating to the taste buds. The rich flavor of the sauce and the unique texture of the beef are combined, and the taste buds are immediately conquered.

Take another sip of Zhuliguan's home-brewed sake, and the scorching taste immediately fills the mouth and tongue, which is very refreshing.

"Delicious! Delicious!"

Mao Jiu's lips were stained with the white light of wine, a little gaudy.The eyes are a little brighter because of the delicious food, which is very beautiful.That excited attitude infected Lu Liu.

The corners of Lu Liu's lips curved slightly, he knew that Mao Jiuhui liked the food here.

Sure enough, there was nothing wrong with it.

Suddenly, the door opened.A gentle female voice came in with a smile: "The friends Liu Shao brought this time are really satisfactory, and I am too embarrassed to praise me as a cook."

Mao Jiu looked up, facing the woman who was walking up.The woman is about 30 years old, with a handsome appearance, but a gentle temperament, clean eyebrows and clear eyes, and a kind and clear person.

The woman was surprised when she saw Mao Jiu: "Is it a child?" Then she looked at Lu Liu with teasing eyes: "A little boyfriend?"

The wine that Mao Jiu drank into his mouth spurted out all at once, choking his throat and nasal cavity, making him extremely uncomfortable.

Seeing this, Lu Liu poured him a cup of tea to clear his throat.Some helplessly said: "Boss Liu, don't scare the children."

Boss Liu covered his lips and smiled lightly, and it was covered, and he said no?

Lu Liu glanced at her with a helpless face.

Boss Liu was taken aback for a moment and understood.This is not yet the result.

Then he walked forward with a smile and apologized to Mao Jiu.Mao Jiu waved his hand to show that he didn't mind, and then asked her what's the secret to eating hot pot with boiled mutton.

Boss Liu was stunned for a moment, and asked, "How can there be a trick?"

Mao Jiu said: "I heard from the little girl outside that you have to do the cooking yourself as soon as the sixth brother comes. The hot pot soup and sauced beef should be made by you yourself, but it's too polite to do such a small amount."

With that said, in order to let her cook, he carried her overtly and secretly.He is so good at talking, but he still talks about his heart.

Boss Liu liked Mao Jiu very much, and besides, the kid's grinning and gluttonous appearance gave him a good-looking appearance, so it was hard not to like him.

"The trick is there. The only trick to eating hot pot in the dog days is—"

Mao Jiu listened breathlessly, while Lu Liuwu was drinking the wine by himself, too lazy to mix it up.

"Turn on the air conditioner."

Mao Jiu: "..."

Boss Liu laughed out loud, thinking that Mao Jiu's reaction was too cute.This expressionless expression on his lips is actually a bit aggrieved, so cute.Boss Liu has a child of his own, and his maternal instincts are rampant, so he really wants to take Mao Jiu home to raise him.

how cute.

Boss Liu said, "Okay. I'm not teasing you. I'll boil mutton for you myself."

Mao Jiu declined, and it wasn't because his hand was disabled.

Boss Liu laughed when he heard this: "Eating mutton in hot pot also pays attention to time and order. The order of simmering is wrong, and the taste of the soup is spoiled. The time of simmering is wrong. If the time is too short, the meat will be undercooked, and if it is too long, the meat will be too old to bite. Move. After the meat is boiled, how to eat it is also a matter of attention.”

Mao Jiu became interested.

He doesn't like being waited upon, but if it comes to delicious food, that's another matter.

"Then I will trouble you, Boss Liu."

Yo, so polite.

Boss Liu was quite surprised, looking at Mao Jiu, he wished he could quickly boil the mutton, but even though he was so eager, he was still well-behaved, serious, very polite and educated.He glanced sideways at Lu Liu, who was staring at Mao Jiu with a smile on his face.

Shaking his head with a smile in his eyes, a wave of dog food came oncoming.

"The order of shabu-shabu is simple, first the tripe, then the mutton, the third is the vegetables, and then the noodles. The last soup has the taste of the original soup base, but also the umami taste of the meat and vegetables. The noodles are put down to absorb the soup. The taste is tender, delicious and juicy.”

Boss Liu said as he dipped the blanched tripe and mutton into the sauce, wrapped them in fresh and green lettuce, and put them in Mao Jiu's bowl: "Try it."

After Mao Jiu ate it, his mouth was full, and he couldn't help but praise while eating: "It's delicious! It's so delicious!"

His face was expressionless, and his eyes were bright.It was more sincere than the flattery that was full of expressions that made the flowers almost bloom. Boss Liu was so happy that he kept simmering mutton, hairy tripe, dipping sauce and wrapping lettuce to feed Mao Jiu.

These two, one of them was happy to feed, forgetting about it.One was happy to be fed and carried away.

It's really...the love between mother and child.

Lu Liu was a little lonely and drank white wine by himself. Boss Liu, who was obviously cooking for him himself, only cared about being courteous when he saw Mao Jiu.Mao Jiu, who was obviously the one who brought him to eat, didn't give him a look, and went all out with Boss Liu.

Before he knew it, he ate a lot, and Mao Jiu held his stomach full.Satisfied, he squinted his eyes slightly, just like the British shorthair at home, when he was full and satisfied, he spread his limbs and squinted his eyes slightly to lose his mind.

Lu Liu couldn't hold back, and started to masturbate.Mao Jiu froze for a moment, then relaxed her body.Therefore, Lu Liu failed to restrain his ugly face and continued masturbating.

Boss Liu put down his chopsticks embarrassingly, but was too late to pick them up.He turned around and went outside to ask the waiter to clean up, and brought over some fruit after dinner.

The waiter quickly came to clear the table and put the fruit on the table.Boss Liu brought a set of tea sets over and was boiling water.

Lu Liucha brought the fruit to Mao Jiu's mouth, probably addicted to serving.

But Mao Jiu came back to her senses immediately, and found that the two were too close.Looking up at Boss Liu's ambiguous and teasing eyes, he couldn't hold back his face.He got up and backed away, and went to get the fruit to eat by himself.

Lu Liu's expression was calm, as if he was not annoyed by the rejection.In fact, there is a slight disappointment in my heart.

Mao Jiu glanced at Lu Liu out of the corner of his eye, no matter how he looked at it, he felt that the other party was disappointed after being rejected by the cat.

For a while, the main room was a little quiet.There was only boiling water left, which was Boss Liu boiling water to make tea.

Suddenly, the bell broke the silence.Mao Jiu looked over and saw that it was Lu Liu's cell phone that rang.

Lu Liu took out his phone and glanced at the screen, then got up and went outside to answer the call.Mao Jiu didn't notice that her gaze followed Lu Liu, and she followed it outside but couldn't look back.

Boss Liu burst out laughing suddenly.

Mao Jiu suddenly came back to his senses, facing Boss Liu's smiling eyes, he was a little embarrassed.But it was only for a while, and soon he calmed down again.

After Boss Liu had boiled the water, he made tea.Her skill in making tea is also passed down from her ancestors, an old handicraft.The style is beautiful, and the tea tastes delicious.After brewing a cup, he handed the cup to Mao Jiu.

He smiled and said, "Can I call you Ah Jiu?"

Mao Jiu nodded and said yes.

Boss Liu said: "You are the first person Liu Shao brought here... Are you surprised? Ah, what I just said was just to tease you. Liu Shao has always come here alone, you are his first Bring them over to eat together."

Is it……

Mao Jiu rubbed the rim of the cup with her thumb, and her eyes fell on the back of Lu Liu who was calling outside, showing a thoughtful expression.

Hey, it seems that Liu Shao is not unrequited love, but it is not easy to cultivate into a real fruit.

Boss Liu narrowed his eyes and thought with a smile.

"Ah Jiu, do you want to know how Liu Shao knew Zhuli Pavilion?"

Mao Jiu tilted his head and looked away: "Huh?"

"He came here by himself. Sixth Young Master grew up in the imperial capital, but he never had the chance to go out for a walk. Later... I don't know why, but he wandered around the imperial capital. After wandering here, he came in There was no place at that time, and the waiter asked him to leave. He didn’t leave, so I invited him to cook on a whim. Later, he knew this place and had eaten here several times, and I had to cook every time.”

Mao Jiu always felt that what Boss Liu wanted to say was not these things, but he chose to listen.

Such an attitude made Boss Liu feel respected and comfortable, and he liked him a little more from the bottom of his heart.

She continued: "On that one occasion, Liu Shao saved my life."

Mao Jiu was a little surprised, but she still hid it well.

"I was almost killed by my ex-husband once."

Mao Jiu couldn't hold back her surprise. Although Boss Liu had a handsome appearance, his temperament was so good that it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he was a lady of every family.Such a unique woman actually met such a cruel husband?

Boss Liu had a smile on his face, but when he mentioned her husband, his expression faded, revealing disgust.She slowly talked about the past——

Boss Liu’s family is a generation of chefs, and there have been several generations of royal chefs in his ancestors.Seriously speaking, it is a family of royal chefs.The Zhuli Pavilion is the inheritance of the Liu family. Just this courtyard house is a priceless treasure in the imperial capital, but the real priceless treasure is the recipes passed down by the Liu family.

She is the only girl in Boss Liu's generation, and she plans to hire a wife in order to continue the inheritance.Her ex-husband was the orphan of her father's friend, and her family was poor, relying on her father's support to survive.

The ex-husband is also considered to be up to date, relying on his own efforts to be admitted to the University of Chinese Medicine and become a doctor.Step by step to become a director, the ex-husband's family is very grateful to Boss Liu's family, especially the ex-husband's mother, who loves her as if she is her own daughter every time she sees her.The younger siblings in their family also respect her and treat her as close as an older sister.

The ex-husband pursued her and was willing to marry her.He is not the only one in their family, so it doesn't matter if he is married.The ex-husband's mother agreed.Boss Liu's father agreed to it because he grew up when he was young.

Boss Liu didn't agree, she didn't like her ex-husband.Later, her parents passed away due to an accident, and her ex-husband was always by her side to take care of her, taking care of her up and down, and accompanying her out of those dark days.

After Boss Liu married him, he thought he had become a family member, so he took his ex-husband's mother and younger siblings from the cramped rental house to live together.

Because they are family friends, they are very familiar with each other.So get along very happily, no friction at all, very harmonious.The ex-husband's mother, her mother-in-law, was very kind to her.She is very kind, and she does all the housework at home every day, and she never gives Boss Liu a chance to do it.

The mother-in-law took her hand and said: "When your parents were reborn, they were pampered as little princesses. You can't be spoiled if your parents are gone. Don't worry, mom loves you. Mom always treats you as a princess. Mother's own daughter."

Boss Liu was very touched. Her mother-in-law treated her very well after marriage.Most of the times when quarrels with her ex-husband would be directed at her, she knew that her ex-husband's family was very grateful to her.

Without the help of Boss Liu's family, the ex-husband's family would have been impoverished and even fell ill and died.

The fact that the ex-husband's family repays kindness is also what makes Boss Liu most at ease. As long as a person repays kindness knowingly, it proves that his character is trustworthy.

Boss Liu drank the soup she cooked every day in the warm words of her mother-in-law. It is said that the soup was prescribed by her ex-husband to help women take care of their bodies.

After five years of marriage, Boss Liu has never been pregnant.Gradually, she became anxious. After going to the hospital for an investigation, she found out that her fallopian tubes were blocked and it was difficult to conceive.Both her ex-husband and her mother-in-law comforted her, saying that she could adopt one if she had no children.

The understanding and gentleness of her ex-husband and mother-in-law made her feel deeply guilty. Later, she was even more moved when she saw that her mother-in-law was not worried about her son's incense, but worried about their old Liu family's broken inheritance.

She brought her ex-husband's younger siblings with her to teach, and planned to teach them all the crafts of the old Liu family.At first, her husband and mother-in-law disagreed, saying how could the Liu family learn from the inheritance of the old Liu family.

Boss Liu said, "You are all my family, why can't you learn from the legacy of the old Liu family?"

She took the two children with her to teach, and asked him to recite the recipe formula.After the child finished learning the recipes, she began to get sick and weak, and she went to the hospital to find out the reason.

The body is getting weaker day by day, and even the Zhuli Pavilion can no longer manage it.At this time, her husband helped her take over the restaurant, and then searched for ways to replenish her body and treat her illness.

Her husband is a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine, and there is nothing he can do about her disease.At that time, the mother-in-law did housework and meals at home every day, and took good care of her.

"To be honest, I was really touched at that time. I am grateful to God for allowing me to meet my husband's family. They encouraged me when I couldn't have children, and they stayed with me when I was sick." After a moment of silence, Liu The boss sneered: "Of course I later realized that it would be a waste to feed my gratitude to the dogs."

Mao Jiu could vaguely guess who the source of Boss Liu's weakness came from.

The first time Lu Liu came to the Zhuli Pavilion, it happened that Boss Liu was hopeless about his illness and returned to the Zhuli Pavilion with reluctance.I happened to meet Lu Liu, so I wanted to cook for the last time.

After Lu Liu finished eating, he insisted on asking the boss to go over.When the waiter came, Boss Liu was a little annoyed. When he walked to the place and saw Lu Liu's bottomless eyes, a secret hope that even she couldn't explain suddenly appeared in his heart.

Boss Liu asked Lu Liu indifferently if there was anything else he could do, and then issued an order to evict the guest.

Lu Liu glanced at Boss Liu, and said a few words: "The palace of fate is sunken, and it is dangerous to encounter disasters. Eyes pierced by red veins, disasters are dangerous, and wealth and property will be lost. Husband and wife have lines in their palaces, and people are not good. Defects, there should be children. Now the children's palace is slightly collapsed, and the children's relatives are weak."

Boss Liu was stunned, staring blankly at the young man in front of him, unable to say a word.When Lu Liu left, she was alone in the warm main room, but it was like falling into an ice cellar.

Later, her husband and two younger siblings came over, with worried faces, and the first thing they said was to ask what was the relationship between Lu Liu and Boss Liu, and whether they came to covet the inheritance of Zhuli Pavilion.

What her ex-husband said clearly regarded her as a dead person.

At this moment, Boss Liu looked at her worried husband, but felt like falling into an ice cellar.The cold rushed up from the soles of the feet, and it couldn't go down no matter what.

The analysis of Lu Liu's words means that Boss Liu encountered a terrible disaster, which was not a natural disaster but man-made.He said that Boss Liu met people in a bad manner, so it was easy to guess who the artificial person was.

She should have had children, but almost lost the fate of children.Boss Liu shuddered when he thought that her husband was a Chinese medicine doctor, and the soup that her mother-in-law made for her to drink every day.

Boss Liu lifted the lid, added hot water and made tea again.While soaking, he said: "Later, I went back to investigate and found out the truth. It turned out that my illness caused that old woman to beat the villain."

Mao Jiu is very familiar with villain beating, he is from the south, and villain beating is most popular in the southern Guangfu area.Beating villains is a custom of praying for peace but also harmful witchcraft.

Write a person's birth date on a piece of paper, worship the evil star White Tiger at a special time and place, and curse at the villain while hitting the villain with his heel.It will break up a person's luck, make him weak and eventually die of illness.

"My ex-husband and mother-in-law's family have long been dissatisfied with me. No, not only me, but also my old Liu family. They hate our old Liu family, huh, is it ridiculous? This is probably the farmer and the snake true version of the story."

Boss Liu's ex-husband's family had long been dissatisfied with the Liu family's support for more than ten years. They hated the Liu family's sympathy but had no backbone to refuse the Liu family's support and help.They survived by relying on the Liu family, and then began to covet the Liu family's inherited recipes and Zhuli restaurant.

The death of Boss Liu's parents was also caused by his ex-husband's family.The ex-husband's family had planned it long ago, with deep scheming and a sweet heart.The family of four hibernated for seven or eight years just for the property of the Liu family.

The ex-husband did not hesitate to marry her to marry her, and the whole family supported her and drowned her happily.The traditional Chinese medicine soup my mother-in-law cooks every day is Bizi soup. As for the blocked fallopian tubes, my ex-husband is a doctor, so it is not difficult to get these things to lie to her.

Let her think that she can't give birth to a child, and feel guilty for teaching the Liu family recipes to her ex-husband's siblings.Then the mother-in-law used the villain to curse her, but she couldn't find the reason for her illness.

"The whole family relies on our Liu family to survive, but they still want to take our Liu family's property and recipes, and our Liu family's life. Tell me, how can there be such a disgusting white-eyed wolf in this world."

Mao Jiu also felt sick when he heard it.

"It's a pity, it's too anxious. They only know the recipes, but they still don't know how to cook. It took me five or six years to understand the recipes, and it took them three months to figure it out? If he is later, wait a little longer. Son, I adopted Zhuliguan to him. It seems that because their hospital wanted to evaluate the vice president, the president's daughter fell in love with him. He couldn't hold back, and the family couldn't hold back, so they wanted me to die early. You said Said, such a family is really a blood-sucking worm. After sucking our Liu family, we will go to the dean's house. The dean's daughter doesn't know that he is married at all, and he is still young and promising."

"So, what happened in the end?"

Boss Liu smiled, his eyes were full of ice: "I called the police. Didn't he want me to die? I did what he wished, entered his game, gave him some firewood, and murdered him for money. Entered the bureau and stayed there until the end of time. There are many people in there to take care of him, so that he can learn what it means to regret. As for his family, they are all kicked out. No matter how poor they were back then, they still live as they do now, and their reputation is still bad Live a life despised by everyone."

"Ah Jiu, do you think I'm too cruel?"

Mao Jiu: "If you have the intention of harming others, you should bear the consequences."

Boss Liu clapped his hands and smiled happily: "That's right. Hey, the more I look at you, the more I like you, or you should marry my daughter."

"Your daughter?"

"Ah, I later married my first love and had a daughter with my husband. She is very beautiful, look—"

"Wait, you...how old are you?"

"I'm born in the [-]s."

Mao Jiu's eyes widened, over 40 and still so young?

"Look at my daughter, isn't she pretty? Or—"

"Boss Liu, are you promoting your daughter again?"

Boss Liu was embarrassed, got up and fled.

Lu Liu and Mao Jiu were left in the main room looking at each other.

After a long time, Lu Liu asked unhappily, "Do you really want Boss Liu's daughter?"