Palace Full of Delicacies

Back in the room, the golden ball of hair had already slept in the middle of the bed in a big character shape, with a pinch of white fluff at the tip of its tail shaking from time to time, scratching the ground.The color of this cat's coat is very special, usually yellow cats will have some spots on their body, but this guy is pure yellow from head to toe, only the belly and the tip of the tail are white.

"I haven't fed you anything tonight, what did you eat?" Su Yu poked his bulging belly, obviously full.

An Hongche turned over slowly, stretched his waist long, sat up yawning, wagging his tail, looked up at Su Yu's face for a while, and then reluctantly moved a little into the bed.

Su Yu immediately accepted Uncle Cat's alms, climbed onto the bed to occupy the place he sacrificed so much, took advantage of the opportunity to wrap the paw-licking cat into his arms, and sighed: "Sauce, you can't guess , How did our Su family become the founding fathers of the country."

An Hongche glanced at him, and continued to lick his paws boredly. It's no wonder.In the 27th year of Taiping, Taizu fought against Mangzhou and was trapped on the way. A fish seller surnamed Su offered three carts of live fish.

"That's not loyal at all..." Su Yu buried his nose in the cat's lap, humming listlessly.

An Hongche looked down at him quietly, a smile gradually appeared in his amber eyes, he lowered his head slowly, and licked Su Yu's temples.How could this stupid thing understand that the person who can offer fresh fish to the royal family is the most loyal minister.

Licking his face with a barbed tongue, it was slightly itchy. Su Yu was flattered and dared not move. He obediently accepted the caress of Mr. Cat on a whim, and fell asleep unconsciously.Mrs. Zhao told him a lot today that the uncle and his father were not born of the same mother. The uncle's mother was the concubine of Su Yu's grandma after her death. Things have not been settled yet.But the daily physical work has exhausted Su Yu's energy, he really doesn't have the energy to play any house fights.

When the night passed by, the moon was in the middle of the sky, half asleep and half awake, Su Yu seemed to feel a pair of cool thin lips gently touching the corners of his lips. He tried hard to open his eyes, but he couldn't see clearly. Seems like a beauty.

Struggling to open his eyes in the morning light, the soft touch was still there, and Su Yu quickly lowered his head, only to find the sauce nestled in his neck, which was sleeping all over the place.This guy is very domineering, with a long tail around his neck, and one front paw resting against Su Yu's chin, preventing him from moving around in his dream.

Su Yu was a little confused looking at the quilt on his body, he seemed to be lying on the quilt to sleep last night, how did he cover it with the quilt?

"Squid, squid, fresh grilled squid!"

Loud shouts spread throughout the path leading to the Bodhi Temple. Squid was called soft fish in this era, and Su Yu's grilled squid sold well, and many people came here to taste it.

"It's not very good." Someone ate a skewer and felt that it tasted fishy and not delicious.

"Of course the food you bought here is not delicious." Someone who often eats it saw him, and pointed to the small stall under the big tree, where the authentic Suji grilled soft fish was.

These days, seeing that Su Yu's business is doing well, many people started to follow suit.Squid is worthless in seafood, and the cost is very low, but recently hawkers in the capital have rushed to buy it, and they have doubled the price of squid.Su Yu looked at the grilled squids on the opposite side, and he wasn't too worried about being robbed of his business, because without cumin powder, it would be difficult to cook grilled squids well. What he was worried about was that those unpalatable squids would go bad. His reputation hindered his plan to open a "chain store".

"Meow!" Sauce's cry called Su Yu's attention back, and he quickly looked up, and saw a young man in a fancy dress grinning and touching his scratched hand. Wronged.

Because there were so many customers, Su Yu didn't have time to collect the money, so he put a wooden box on the table. The buyer would throw copper coins into the box before buying the squid. This little fat man probably wanted to eat the squid first, but he was guarded. The "money cat" next to the money box was scratched.

"It's thirty Wen in total." Su Yu rubbed the cat's head, but the smile on his face faded away. He knew this chubby guy who was going to buy a cat half a month ago.

Fatty had no choice but to touch for a while, only to find a silver bead from his purse.

"It's too precious, I can't find it." Su Yu hurriedly stopped Xiaopang from throwing the silver beads. The beads weighed at least two or two, and he couldn't exchange for zero with his daily income.

Xiaopang scratched his head: "I forgot to bring money today, so there is no need to look for it."

"Then how can I do that?" Su Yu quit immediately, what if this person used this as an excuse to want his cat, what can he do, he immediately pushed the silver beads back, and took back a handful of squids that he had baked and didn't intend to sell them to him.

Xiao Pang snatched Nazizi's oily squid skewers, took a bite without any explanation, and then quickly handed Su Yu a small jade token, "Go back to my house to get the money." disappeared.

"Hey!" Su Yu couldn't stop him, he looked at the two-inch long jade tablet in his hand, and couldn't help frowning.

The jade plaque is made of sapphire, and a delicate unicorn is carved on the front, with tiger eyes and dragon beard, and feet on auspicious clouds.This thin slice of sapphire alone is enough to fill a bucket of squid rings.Except for a line of inscriptions that are so small that it is difficult to read, there is only a big "Zhao" character on the back.

The unicorn is the consort of the prince, who is the owner of this piece of jade, you can imagine with your toes, it is the younger brother of the current emperor, King Zhao An Hongxi!

On the way back after collecting the stall, Su Yu absently drove the donkey cart.King Zhao's move was obviously intentional, but why a high-ranking prince would come to him, a skewer seller, again and again is really puzzling.

The kitten that had been sitting in Su Yu's arms crawled up his arms to his shoulders, and sat firmly on it, as if it was driving a donkey cart.This cat is not like a cat at all, just like a dog, he is not afraid of strangers at all. He runs around with him every day. To collect money, let alone give him three taels now, even if you give him 300 taels of silver, you will not sell it.

Su Yu was poked into the ear by the cat's fur, and felt itchy immediately. He rubbed against the cat's body, squinting and found a large field of rape blossoms blooming in the field, and the yellow and orange flowers spread all the way to the sky. The cat is looking at the rapeseed field, which is as bright as clouds.

"Spring is here." Su Yu stopped the donkey cart, sat side by side with the kitten on the shaft of the cart, quietly watching the afterglow of the setting sun scatter into the flower field.

"Meow." The kitten responded in a rare way, looking at the beautiful scenery in front of him with good eyes, as if he could write a poem right away.

A strange feeling gradually surfaced in Su Yu's heart, Zhao Wang would definitely not be interested in him as a skewer seller, it could only be because of this special cat.In an instant, an absurd thought flashed through his mind. As a time traveler, the golden finger assigned to him by God, could it be...

"Sauce, you are not a ghost, are you?" Su Yu turned his head strangely, and met those big amber eyes.

"..." The cat didn't answer Su Yu's question, but just gave him a paw when it heard "Sauce".

Stupid slave, how many times have I told you not to be called by this name!

Thanks to Uncle Cat's ruthless blow, Su Yu temporarily put King Zhao behind him, went home to fill himself and the cat's stomach, and lay down on the bed to study his heirlooms.

There are more and more grilled squid stalls in the market, which makes him feel a sense of crisis. Cooking grilled squid is not a long-term solution after all. If he wants to make a lot of money, he still has to cook traditional seafood delicacies.It's just that the seasonings in this ancient world are far from the modern ones. As a newcomer, Su Yu doesn't know much about the ingredients in this world. If you want to make popular delicacies, you can't do it without skills.

According to his aunt Zhao, the Su family ancestors were famous chefs in the East China Sea, and they were best at cooking fresh fish from the sea.It's just that people in the previous dynasty were not as enthusiastic about seafood as they are now. Although the Su family was wealthy, they never became a rich family.This "Su Ji Recipe" is the secret book of dishes recorded by the Su family in the past dynasties. Many dishes have been lost, because this recipe only records the ingredients of each dish, but does not mention the method at all. For example, this first dish Dish - "White jade shell wrapped in silk".

The recipe says, "Fresh scallops, mung bean powder, garlic, ginger, sauce", it's nine words full.Then I drew a picture of the finished product, which was outlined with a line drawing. I drew a shell with its mouth open, with a pile of strips piled on it, and signed it "White Jade Shell Wrapped with Silk".

Su Yu was confused, adding mung beans to the scallops, what is the method?

An Hongche, who was playing with his paws boredly, suddenly felt that it was an eyesore when he saw the man's frowning expression.Looking down at the yellowed ancient book, "White Jade Shell Wrapped with Silk", this is not a rare dish, even the royal chef in the palace can cook it.

"Mung bean powder, mung bean powder, can it remove the fishy smell?" Su Yu scratched his hair and buried his face in the quilt, puzzled.

Attracted by his scratching his head, the kitten rushed over to hug his head and scratched it quickly, scratching the messy hair into a mess.

"Hey!" Su Yu hurriedly grabbed the troublesome front paws, but the naughty ghost became playful, and then quickly kicked with his hind legs, "You bastard, your hair is like a fan..."

Su Yu smiled and held down the fluttering fur ball, and suddenly froze for a moment, wait, fans!

Modern people often eat Longkou crystal powder, which is slender and translucent, smooth and tender in the mouth, and the most delicious vermicelli is made of mung bean. The so-called mung bean powder does not refer to the powder made of mung bean, but the vermicelli made of mung bean .

Just say why it looks so familiar, isn’t the white jade shell wrapped in silk just steamed scallops with garlic vermicelli?

Su Yu picked up the book in his hand, and flipped through it quickly. The ingredients were detailed, and the recipes were all in a few words, but with illustrations, he could think of the dishes in his previous life, and they were not far from each other, but the names of the ingredients were all strange.Thinking of this, the corners of Su Yu's lips could not help but curl up slightly. For him, this book is a translation manual for ingredients in this world. Although it is not a treasure book, it is what he needs most now.

"Sauce, I love you so much!" Su Yu picked up the kitten that was still kicking him relentlessly, and kissed the furry cat's face fiercely.