National teacher, your man ran away

After the first snowfall, there were fewer boats in the whole Qingjiang County, including the wharf. The northern rivers freeze for a long time. After winter, the further north, the more severe the freezing of some river sections, and the water transportation stopped. , From this time until April of the next year, it is the off-season of the pier.

However, for Yao's restaurant, whether the wharf is off-season or not does not have much impact on the restaurant's business.

After winter, Yao Yixin changed the menu of the food shop. The fast food downstairs is mainly a variety of stews. The small stew pots are custom-made from the kiln factory, and there are various stews with meat and vegetables. With a serving of yellow rice, adults can eat very full. There are all kinds of dry steamed cured meat, cured fish and bacon, etc., with tofu skin, dried tofu, frozen tofu, etc., and homemade Bean sprouts, catch up with someone digging ice for fishing, you can also use fresh fish to make a fish soup stew pot, put some tender tofu in it, and have a cup in winter, and you will be warm after eating it.

In addition to the stew pot, there are also a variety of lo-mei and pickles to choose from downstairs. Get together with a few friends, order a few dishes, two stew pots, and a bottle of warm wine, it will be a good table meal .There are not many dishes at home in the winter. Many residents in the town like to bring guests to the restaurant. The food is fresh and delicious. The key is that the price is similar to what they cook at home. It is really a bargain!

Compared with the fast food downstairs, the dishes upstairs are more local. In addition to ground pot chicken, ground pot lamb, spicy lamb scorpion, fish and sheep Yiguoxian, farm reunion dishes, etc. have been added. Among them, what surprised Yao Yixin was that the farm reunion dishes he made at random unexpectedly became a hot item in the box on the second floor!

This peasant family reunion dish is actually a farmer's hodgepodge. "Miscellaneous" was an unpleasant name in the Yuan Dynasty, so Yao Yixin simply changed the name to it and called it a farmer's reunion dish.

This dish was not originally included in the new menu, but when trying the dishes, there were still a lot of leftovers such as radishes, potatoes, dried vegetables, tofu skins, etc. Yao Yixin cooked it and made a piece of pork belly braised in brown sauce. These leftovers were stewed together, and it was unexpectedly delicious. Those vegetables and soy products were full of the soup of the braised pork, and it was even more delicious than meat. Under Huang Yun's strong recommendation, Yao Yixin agreed to make this Try a dish on a new menu.

Unexpectedly, this test turned out to be really popular.

Everyone in the world has a curiosity-seeking mentality. In the new menu, except for the sheep and scorpions, other new dishes can be known at a glance about how they are made and what the ingredients are. Therefore, at the beginning, many people ordered sheep and scorpions and farm reunion dishes. , especially farm reunion dishes, because of the festive name, there are especially many people ordering dishes.

Maybe it’s because I eat too many kinds of precious ingredients. This kind of rural stew is unexpectedly popular. Many people eat it by themselves, and bring their relatives and friends to taste it. Yao’s food in winter The shop is full every day, which makes the eyes of other nearby restaurants turn red with envy.

However, no matter how jealous they were, they didn't dare to make any crooked ideas about Yao's food shop. Didn't they see that the boss could even ask for the inscription written by Master Guoshi?Even the county magistrate has taken good care of them, and if they had ten more guts, they wouldn't dare to touch the county magistrate's bad luck.

Fortunately, Yao Yixin’s manager, Huang Yun, is a good person with a very high emotional intelligence. Whenever his restaurant is full, he will take the initiative to recommend customers to other restaurants. The buddy sent them over, and they came and went again and again, and several other restaurants in the town were convinced. Every time a buddy from the Yao family took guests there, he would give the guy who led the way some money to buy tea, and everyone got along more and more harmoniously. up.

After the winter, the two elders of the Su family in Mozhu Mountain Villa also sent a lot of things for the winter. They are some things that are not easy to buy in Qingjiang County, such as fresh citrus from the south, all kinds of exquisite fur clothes, and copper hand stoves. , the silver frost charcoal from the hand stove, the tribute wine, tea, silk and satin cloth from the imperial gift, etc., along with a handwritten letter inviting Yao Yixin to go to Mozhu Villa for the New Year.

After the Dongdong waterway stopped, it was much more difficult to go out on the official road. The weather was cold, and Yao Yixin didn't want to go out at all. Although she was very touched by the invitation of the elders, she still wrote a letter and declined politely. Besides, their family now has a large population. He is the only serious master of the Yao family. If he goes to the Black Bamboo Villa for the Chinese New Year, to put it bluntly, during the Chinese New Year, he doesn't even have a family member to visit the grave of the Yao family's elders, which would be a bit outrageous.

Yao Yixin specifically explained these concerns clearly in the letter, along with some snacks he made recently, including home-made fried honey twist, peanuts in honey sauce, dried sweet potatoes, milky pancakes, amber walnuts Kernels, peanut candy, five-spice crispy rice, dried bean curd with pickled peppers, etc., as well as a lot of homemade air-dried chicken, air-dried mutton, etc., are all homemade, which can be regarded as a local instrument.

What Yao Yixin didn't expect was that it was these unremarkable earth rituals that made this year's New Year's banquet in Mozhu Villa so beautiful!

As the leader of the local tyrants in the Yuan Dynasty, Mozhu Villa has always had the custom of holding a New Year banquet.Just like the imperial court's New Year's banquet, the guests are royal family members, civil and military officials, and the New Year's banquet in Mozhu Villa, the guests are the old friends and business partners of Mozhu Villa for many years, almost spread all over the place. In the Yuan Dynasty, even Fanbang would come to participate, which can be described as very lively.

In previous years, for the New Year’s banquet in Mozhu Mountain Villa, all kinds of ingredients are top-notch and precious ingredients. Ginseng, bird’s nest, sea cucumber and abalone are common, and bear’s paw and tiger’s milk are not uncommon. The cold dishes at the beginning were either sweet and sour radish or small pickled melon from the farm. The guests who participated in the banquet were all terrified. Those who didn't know thought that Mozhu Villa had gone bankrupt.

It's just that these people have all gone through strong winds and waves, and they would never make a fuss on this occasion. Instead, they seemed to be tasting some delicacies. I took a bite to express my politeness. I didn’t expect that once the seemingly inconspicuous radish skin was delivered between the teeth, it was extremely crisp and refreshing. The rice vinegar appetizer, and the addition of honey would not make the teeth sour. I really wanted to eat it after a bite Take another bite.

It's a pity that Mozhu Mountain Villa is really stingy, don't look at the size of the plates, there are only seven or eight pieces in one plate, arranged in the shape of a flower, it looks good, and it disappears after a few bites, looking up, I wanted to order a few slices from left to right, but I didn't expect everyone to finish eating!

Fortunately, the hot dishes started to be served at this time. The handsome attendants took down the cold dish dishes, and served them hot in exquisite stew pots one by one, such as sea fish stewed tofu, farm reunion dishes, dry steamed and dried chicken, dried mutton, mutton Stewed radishes, pan-fried buns, small wontons in chicken soup, etc., look like they were made by a farm restaurant on the side of the road in the countryside, but the aroma from the stewing pot makes your mouth water. I picked up my chopsticks...

Looking at it again, the couple from the Su family in the Mozhu Mountain Villa hastily stood up and delivered a New Year speech, and they couldn't wait to sit down and taste the delicious food. The menu for this year's banquet was brought by the couple from the Yao family. Yes, they have tried it several times at home, but it is still very delicious and it is hard to stop eating it again.

I don’t know why, probably because they eat too much big fish and meat, all kinds of exquisite and expensive dishes can no longer attract them, just like city people who are used to eating big restaurants, but they like to drive and go to places far away It's like eating farmhouse vegetables in the mountains, and the picture shows the original taste of the farmhouse vegetables.

What's more, many of the various spices that Yao Yixin uses in cooking and seasoning are never thought of by the cooks in this time and space. When they are added to the dishes, the taste of cooking is delicious that many people in this time and space have never tasted. Even the chili sauce used as a dipping sauce was eaten up bit by bit with pan-fried buns.

This is probably the cleanest New Year's feast that Black Bamboo Villa has had. Although the stew pot is not big, there are at least twenty or thirty dishes for each person. Even if you taste a few mouthfuls of one dish, you are almost full. What's more, many people can't help eating up the stew pot, especially the West Lake beef soup and air-dried mutton. One is delicious, and the other is chewy and suitable for drinking. Basically, everyone's stew pot is full empty.

Has the Black Bamboo Villa got a new chef?An old friend who was acquainted with the two elders of the Su family couldn't help asking.

"How can there be, it is a nephew of our family who has nothing to do and made a Zhuangzi to play with. These ingredients and delicacies are all created by my nephew. He said that it is almost Chinese New Year, so he specially gave some to us. Try it, no, just in time for the big banquet, I will share some with you.”

Some?

Everyone's eyes brightened, that is to say, there are still many of these delicious ingredients in Mozhu Villa?Several old friends of the second elder of the Su family immediately decided to stay here for a few more days. Since they are respected by their nephews, it must be difficult to buy them outside. If they want to eat, they can only rub their faces with shame.

Su Mengquan didn't expect that his unintentional remark would attract him a few "brazen" eaters. However, he soon discovered that the Yao family's specialty delicacies, which he thought he could eat in the beginning of spring by saving a little money, didn't take long. God, the people in the kitchen came to ask for help, saying that the air-dried mutton was finished!

Finished?

impossible!He remembered that it was written very clearly on the gift list. Xiner sent a total of ten air-dried sheep, all of which were cut and air-dried, and they were very well preserved. Sun, don't grow worms, how could it be eaten up so quickly?

cough!He admitted that recently, because of the delicious air-dried mutton, he has been a little greedy, and every lunch and dinner plus supper, he ordered people to serve a plate of air-dried mutton with wine, but even if he ate three meals a day, he would not eat it so quickly ah?

"Master, you only ate two legs of lamb these few days, but, but..." The cook in charge of the dining room gave Su Mengquan a embarrassed look.

"Just what? Does anyone else dare to steal in our Black Bamboo Villa?"

"No, no! No one dares to come to our villa to steal. It's just that some of the master's friends have eaten the air-dried mutton for every meal these days. They said, it's what you said, the master, that being in Mozhu Villa is like being at home. Good wine and good food..."

"Put P!" Su Mengquan was furious, and then thought of something, his expression changed, and he hurriedly asked, "Then, how much air-dried mutton is left in our house?"

"Here, go back to the master, and there is still one left, plus a sheep's neck..." The cook in charge saw his master's pale face for a moment, and was too frightened to say anything.

In fact, what he did not say is that not only is there not much air-dried mutton left, but even the air-dried chicken has been eaten up long ago, and the air-dried chicken tastes much better than the marinated chicken sold in the market because of the addition of chili powder and some spices when marinating There are so many that those distinguished guests order this dry steamed dish by name every day, and they come and go again and again. Even if Yaojia Village sent a full 60 air-dried chickens this time, it is not enough for so many people, let alone the New Year's banquet. Still used some?

"Master? Master?" The cook in charge was a little frightened when he saw his master's dull expression, and hurried over to help his master.

"Chun'er Qiu'er! Hurry up! Pack your luggage! Let's go to Yaojia Village to celebrate the New Year!" Su Mengquan hurriedly pushed away the dining room steward, and asked his servants to inform Hu Qingyang quickly. I can catch up with the New Year's Eve dinner, as for why those who celebrate the New Year go to other people's houses to celebrate the New Year?

joke!Can you have a good New Year without air-dried mutton?

Coincidentally, taking advantage of being a guest at Yao's house, he had to bring the cook with him this time, and steal a cook from Yao's house by the way, such as air-dried chicken and air-dried mutton, it is best that he can make it at home, and it is convenient to cook and eat at any time , otherwise how would he live the rest of his life?