Infrastructure masters in the red building

In the capital, Rongguo's mansion and Zhenguo's mansion turned against each other because of the incident of "cooking meat in a copper pot". The children of the two families even fought over it, and even went to Shuntian mansion. This matter was immediately spread as a joke.

But this does not prevent "Xiaolou Hot Pot" from changing its signboard and reopening for business.

The cattle and sheep slaughterhouse that supplied the "Xiaolou" earlier was "chopped up", and it was impossible to continue supplying meat for a while.The beef and mutton in other shops are not as good as the first one, so many people predict that the business of "Xiaolou" will be bad.

The "Small Building" was reopened, and even the signboard was changed, but it no longer continued to make the copper pot shabu-shabu, but changed to a kind of food called "sauerkraut white meat pot".

This sauerkraut and white meat pot is not the brass shabu-shabu pot used earlier, but an ordinary large copper pot with a smooth mouth. A bracket is placed under the pot, and a small bowl of hot charcoal is placed inside.The whole pot was served hot, but no one needed to cook the pot by himself, as all the ingredients in it were already prepared.

Speaking of which, the ingredients are not particularly expensive. They are slices of pork belly sliced ​​as thin as a cicada's wings, and pre-cooked blood sausage.In addition, there is a slightly yellow vegetable, but no one knows what this vegetable is, but since the name of this pot is "sauerkraut white meat pot", it must be sauerkraut.Because of the sauerkraut, even the soup in the pot has a very obvious sour aroma.

Strange to say, this sour smell especially stimulates the appetite, making people drool when they smell it from a distance.

As for the white meat, it is those thinly sliced ​​pork belly. Most of these meats are three fat and seven thin, and some can be fat or thin.It looks a bit greasy, but what is puzzling is that it is not greasy at all when it is eaten in the mouth. It is only plump and soft, and the meat is fragrant, which is extremely delicious.

The sauerkraut and the blood sausage spread on top of the white meat are also unique. The blood sausage cut into money pieces is said to be mixed with high-quality broth and various spices, poured into the casing, and cooked to form.The blood sausage tastes delicious, without any fishy smell, and the taste is extremely fresh and tender, which is comparable to the smooth and soft taste of the fresh bean curd just launched by Wanqing Building opposite.

The most important thing is that this "sauerkraut and white meat pot" is only half the price of the original "copper pot shabu-shabu", and there is no extra charge for charcoal fire and soup base, but it can still make people full and delicious Sweat, feel comfortable all over.

"Dongmen Hot Pork" was earlier brought by Jia She to smash most of the copper pots, and the young master of the owner had his leg broken, so he closed down for a few days.I heard from the copperware workshops in the city that they are working day and night to remake the damaged copper pots.

In addition to "Dongmen Hot Pork", several shops in the city are also very interested in this kind of food. The structure of this copper pot is not a secret. Shabu-shabu", "South Gate Shabu-shabu" and "North Gate Shabu-shabu".

Unexpectedly, the "Small Building" reopened at this time, but came up with such a trick, and immediately used low-priced fresh food to seize a large number of customers from the "East Gate" during the temporary closure.

In addition, Baigongfang began to sell ready-made copper pots, and rich families can buy back the copper pots and cook meat at home.When the "East Gate" regained its vitality and began to reopen, the business was far from as hot as before.

However, the business of "Xiaolou" has come back to life with the help of sauerkraut and white meat pot.Its few ingredients are not difficult, white meat, blood sausage, find a careful slaughterhouse, inquire about the workshop, they can be imitated.But only the sauerkraut——

People in Beijing didn't even know what kind of dish it was, let alone try to imitate the taste of that sauerkraut.

The next day, Jia Fang found an opportunity to invite Shui Xian to move to the "small building". He invited Shui Xian to dinner in the private room upstairs, and thanked Shui Xian for taking care of Qingsong before.

In the eyes of the employees of the "Xiaolou Hot Pot", Jia Shun can only be regarded as the second boss if he is the big boss.Therefore, Jia Fang took advantage of his little "privilege" to express his gratitude. After all, Shui Xian invited him several times, and he came and went without being indecent.

After Shui Xian arrived, he was ushered to the private seat on the third floor by the waiter of the "small building".Arriving here, Shui Xian first asked about the location of the cleaning room, went there to look around, then came back and sat down, only nodded, but did not make too much comments.

Jia Anxin knew the other party's eccentricity - if it wasn't for him, he would have spent a lot of money here, went to Baigongfang to order a few sets of "sanitary ware", and furnished the "lavatory" for this private room, otherwise, even if there is a need for Shui Xian, He will also run back to his Wanqing Building opposite to solve it.

After the two sat down, Jia Fang thanked him first.

Shuixian asked Qingsong: "How is that child?"

Jia Fang replied: "It's already almost healed. If I didn't insist on him staying in the mansion for a few more days, I'm afraid he would come here today."

Shui Xian said with a "huh" and said, "He is a loyal child, he deserves to be treated well by you." He asked again, "How about the lawsuit in Shuntian Mansion?"

What Shui Xian was referring to was, of course, the "broken leg" lawsuit between Zhen Guo Mansion and Rong Guo Mansion.

"Don't mention it...it's not convenient for my elder brother to go out now." Jia Fang sighed, "The Zhen Guo government has been refusing to withdraw the complaint. It was my elder brother who broke the leg of Niulanshan."—— But it was indeed Jia She who broke Niu Lanshan's leg.

"There were several times over there that my elder brother was going to be sent to the court to confront him, but my elder brother was backed by his father and mother, so he refused to die. He insisted that the other party made trouble for no reason, planted the blame, and said that he didn't go to Dongmen City at all that day, and insisted that the other party find someone The evidence, accusing him of going to Dongmen City in person, was willing to go to court."

Shui Xian couldn't help smiling.

Jia Fang continued: "You also think this is cheating, don't you? But there is something even worse in the future. The Zhen Guo government found out the witnesses and passed them on to my elder brother, but my elder brother said that those witnesses belonged to the Zhen Guo government. People who can do it can't prove it."

Shui Xian clapped his palms immediately, and said: "Brother Ling is indeed a wonderful person. If this trick of dude meets dude, Duke Zhen's government will suffer a lot." He thought for a while and then smiled, "Bring a message to brother Ling later. , so that he might as well mention the other party, and say that witnesses can be found outside the Zhen Guogong's mansion for the matter that day."

Jia Fangqi asked, "Who?"

Shui Xian pointed to himself, with a smile in his eyes.

Jia Fang: ...Isn't it?

Shui Xian was also present that day.However, I don’t know if the Zhenguo government has the guts to ask Shui Xian to come forward to testify—if Shui Xian really comes forward, and a king with a different surname will testify in court in the hall of Shuntian Mansion, will the Zhen Guo government? It will be even worse, and it is unknown.

Therefore, as long as the people in Zhen Guogong's mansion still have a semblance of reason, they should find a way to resolve this matter instead of provoking new incidents.

"Don't worry! Brother should be able to get out of this incident." Shui Xian stared at Jia Fang, "The government of Zhen Guo...should not be able to withstand the pressure."

After hearing this, Jia Fang thought to himself: Pressure?What pressure?As the leader of the Eight Dukes, the Ningrong Second Mansion put pressure on other Dukes?

But Shui Xian immediately changed the subject. He looked at several pots on the table and asked with great interest: "Zi Fang, what do you want me to try today?"

Jia Fang immediately became interested, and pointed out: "To be honest, these are several kinds of pots that I have recently figured out. I think that with the fine craftsmanship of the master chef at Wanqinglou, no one on my side can match it." Yes. In order not to make a big laugh in front of you, I can only try some new ideas."

He pointed out one by one: "This is the sauerkraut and white meat hot pot that has been selling very well downstairs recently. This is the sour soup fish hot pot that I just figured out recently. This kind is troublesome to the old boy of Baigongfang. He specially helped me." Make the pot and make Jiugongge hot pot..."

If Jia Fang can still lose to others in eating hot pot, then he should be ashamed to live in this world.

A while ago, someone cut off the best beef and mutton, and the copper pot could not cook the meat, so Jia Fang found another way and chose other ingredients. In addition to the pickled cabbage and white meat hot pot made with pork belly and blood sausage, he also focused on Fresh fish, as well as offal and other miscellaneous vegetables.The sour soup made with tomato and the red oil pan bottom fried with chili are the most suitable for these two types of ingredients.

Ever since, the three pots were steaming and bubbling in front of Shuixian.

Shui Xian smiled and shook his head: "Zi Fang, it seems that you really care about eating. From you, I have really seen a lot of fresh ways to eat."

"What? Did you make up your mind to go to the end with that 'East Gate'?" Shui Xian asked.

Jia Fang's face blushed, thinking that it was because he missed these flavors himself, so he made it out of public welfare and selfishness.But on the surface, you must not relax, pretending to be tough and saying: "Since our two families have turned against each other, we should simply fight to the end, whether it is the lawsuit of Shuntian Mansion or the business of Xiaolou. This kind of thing, either the east wind overwhelms the west wind, or The west wind overwhelms the east wind. Anyway, we can’t back down.”

Shui Xian clapped his hands lightly: "Yes, this ambition is indeed indispensable."

He lifted his chopsticks and looked at the three pots in front of him. The chopsticks paused in front of the sauerkraut and white meat pot: "I've tried this pot—"

"Well, on the first day your store reopened, I ordered such a pot and sent it directly to Wanqinglou. It tastes really good, fat but not greasy, and it's very satisfying." Shui Xian briefly commented on the sauerkraut and white meat pot.

Jia Fang does know that there is a food delivery agreement between the two "buildings". If the customers of Wanqing Building want to order the sauerkraut and white meat pot from Xiaolou, just ask, and the staff of Wanqing Building will run errands for them. How often, a hot pot will appear in Wanqing Building.When checking out, customers only need to pay once, and the two restaurants will automatically split the bill.

But he really didn't expect that Shuixian had already tasted the first day when the pickled cabbage and white meat pot came out.

If Jia Fang is a foodie, Shui Xian will never be left behind.

Jia Fang let out a "hmm" and pointed to the second pot: "This is fish bone soup made with sour soup, and the pre-cooked fish fillets are boiled in the pot. It is sour and appetizing."

Shui Xian approached, carefully appreciating the bright red soup in the copper pot in front of him and the snow-white fish fillets floating in the boiling soup, couldn't help asking: "Sour soup? Isn't it made of vinegar?"

"No," Jia Fang added, "this is 'red sour' made from a pickled fruit called tomato."

The soup in the pot was boiling, and it seemed that even the air was filled with a sour aroma.When Jia Fangdan just smelled this smell, he felt full of saliva.

Shui Xian on the opposite side seemed to be the same way. As soon as Jia Fang finished speaking, he held up his chopsticks, picked out a red fruit from the tumbling red soup, and asked, "Is this the tomato you mentioned?"

Before Jia Fang could answer, Shui Xian had already put the small red fruit into his mouth, and after tasting it, he immediately closed his eyes.

Jia Fang was terrified—the one picked by Shui Xian and sent to his mouth was not a tomato, the tomato used to make the sour soup had already turned into juice.The one held by Shui Xian happened to be a sea pepper prepared in advance to increase the spiciness.

But it’s no wonder that chili has not officially appeared as a seasoning in this time and space. In addition, the fruit of Shanghai pepper is exquisite and small, and the color is gorgeous. Shui Xianxu made the same mistake as Fuya. What kind of impact does it bring to your mouth.

Jia Fang looked at the person in front of him and blushed a little bit. He suddenly remembered that he had had an extremely cramped dream. In the dream, Shui Xian became angry and blushed because he got a copy of "Postpartum Care of Sows".Then he... woke up with a rather shameless laugh.

To be honest, Shui Xian's current appearance is not much different from what Jia Fang saw in his dream, with flushed cheeks, sweat on his forehead, and his usual fairy demeanor completely gone.He raised his eyes and looked straight at Jia Fang, even his eyes were slightly reddened, with annoyance in his eyes.

God! ——Jia complained in his heart, he really didn't mean it.If Shuixian hadn't moved too fast, he would have definitely reminded him that he wouldn't let the other party swallow a whole sea pepper.

Jia Fang was in a hurry, looking around, and finally found his handkerchief and threw it into Shui Xian's hand: "If it's too spicy, spit it out! Don't hold back."

But Shui Xian probably never had a precedent of spitting out food in front of people, and stared at Jia Fang without responding.

Jia Fang hurriedly searched for tea again, stuffed the milk with almonds that he had prepared in advance into Shui Xian's hand, and then came to Shui Xian again, put one hand on the other's shoulder, and looked at him in a panic. Looking into Shuixian's eyes, he asked repeatedly: "Are you okay?"

He had heard a saying that too high a capsaicin concentration might make a person insane for a short period of time, causing hallucinations in front of his eyes-could this sea pepper be too spicy for Shui Xian, causing this person to instantly become stupid?

Jia Fang didn't realize that he was also sweating, and his heart was beating up to his throat.

Who would have thought that Shui Xian would recover at this time, he lowered his head, held Jia Fang's handkerchief and coughed a few times, then replied hoarsely: "I swallowed it—"

Jia Fang: You actually swallowed it directly... You are really capable!

He handed the almond milk to Shui Xian's lips, almost gulping it down.Unexpectedly, Shui Xian really slowed down, raised his head and blinked at Jia Fang, and asked in turn, "Why does it look like it scared you?" His tone was a bit naughty.

Jia Fang: ...why didn't I accidentally smash the almond milk?

He put down the small porcelain cup, let go of the hands on the shoulders of others, Shi Shiran returned to his original seat, sat down and said: "Yeah, I was scared. What you swallowed just now is called chili pepper. Seeds are spit out. But I think you swallowed it without spit out the seeds, I am afraid that tomorrow the pepper will take root in your belly, blossom and bear new peppers, so I am a little panicked.”

Shui Xian just swallowed a mouthful of almond milk in his mouth, and the mouth that was so hot that it was almost numb finally felt a little better, and when he heard Jia Fang say this, he couldn't help laughing for a moment, and almost spit it out.

Outside the private room, shopkeeper Ren just arrived, he had something urgent to tell Shui Xian to let Shui Xian make a decision, then he specially greeted the staff of "Xiaolou" and was brought here.Before the man had time to knock on the door of the elegant room to inform the inside, he suddenly heard a hearty burst of laughter from inside.The laughter is clear and moist, revealing the joy from the heart.

Shopkeeper Ren hurriedly stopped the guy, leaned forward to listen quietly, his face was full of surprise - he heard that laughter sounded like Shui Xian, but in his impression, his little master had never let out his voice so recklessly and freely. Laughed out loud.

What is so worth rejoicing about?

The Wang Shuixian of Beijing, whom Shopkeeper Ren recognized, had a calm and self-sufficient personality since he was a child. Later, after inheriting Wang Jue, he stopped talking and smiling. I have seen him express great sorrow, joy and anger.

However, shopkeeper Ren has always felt that this is the right way. People with high positions and powers always want to avoid revealing their emotions and let others guess their minds--the same is true for business people.

Shopkeeper Ren shook his head, determined to forget about it.After all, the more he knew about the Lord's private affairs, the more dangerous he would be.He waited for the laughter to dissipate before he asked the guy to inform him, entered the private room respectfully, and waited at the door with his hands down.Shui Xian didn't open his mouth, so he didn't intend to ask first.

But I heard Jia Fang talking eloquently: "... this plant was first planted in a distant continent called America, and was later brought back to various countries by the navigators of Europa, and was kept as an ornamental plant in the garden until many years ago. It was not until years later that someone discovered its seasoning properties. It can bring spiciness to dishes far beyond ginger, dogwood, pepper and mustard.”

Shopkeeper Ren didn't know what Jia Fang was talking about, but he did feel that the rich aroma in the private room was mixed with a warm and slightly pungent breath.

"The taste of this chili is not so much a 'taste', but a pain. It's pungent, tingling, burning... It's a mixture of many complex feelings." Jia Fang said, and Shui Xian nodded repeatedly. , should be a deep understanding.

"But after eating spicy food, people will sweat and feel refreshed, which will stimulate people's appetite and make people eat more."

Shui Xian nodded and sighed: "That's true. After trying the spicy one just now, I really look forward to trying it again. Zi Fang, I understand. Some people are born with the ability to eat. saying you."

Jia Fang hastened to be humble: "No, no... I just have a strong taste." He also said the same in "Who Sitting with You" in Shuixian Mansion that day.

Shui Xian nodded, and recruited the shopkeeper, and the two discussed in a low voice.Shui Xian then said: "Understood, let's do it like this!"

Shopkeeper Ren turned around and said "Excuse me" to Jia Fang, then exited the private room.Before leaving, he heard Shui Xian asking: "Then why is there a 'nine palace'-shaped shelf in the middle of this pot?"

From this, shopkeeper Ren suddenly realized one thing: In fact, his little master and the young master Jia San across from him are completely in the same boat when it comes to new affairs.