I'm watching the gate in the jail

Steamed lamb with milk, orange stuffed with crab and abalone with bone.

Alan ordered these three dishes.

Chen Shisanniang thought to herself: Good guy, it really is a wealthy family who knows my sister well, and ordered all the highlights of our Chen family cuisine.

It's just that in this icy and snowy grassland, where can I find fresh big crabs and oranges from the south?

It is not difficult to make abalone with bones. The back kitchen of Huilong Inn has milk and ghee all year round.

As for the lamb... Thirteen Niang pulled out the hairpin from her head and scratched it in embarrassment.

"Miss Boss, there is a ewe in the back kitchen. It just gave birth to a lamb this morning, and it is only now walking and suckling."

Seeing that the proprietress was in a dilemma, the young man standing beside her hurried forward to make a rescue.

"Okay! I'll do it for you, so that you won't say that I'm not right. I'll convince you, old lady."

Thirteen Niang pointed at Wanda and said.

Alan cheered.

He missed Chen Sishan's dishes so much, he never thought that he would be able to enjoy the food when he came to the grassland.

Tuojin didn't understand the quick conversation between them at all, and hurriedly pulled Lao Liu over, and only after some translation did he know the whole story.

It turned out that the two groups of people still had this kind of relationship. It was also the first time he heard that Thirteen Niang had an older sister who was a cook in a wealthy family in the capital.

Now he respected Wanda's identity even more.

"According to your son, you can also cook?"

Thirteen Niang was about to go to the back kitchen when she suddenly thought of something and looked away at Wanda.

"A little bit, a little bit."

Wanda said modestly.

"Then come in with me. I'll be the lamb, and you'll be the abalone. Let's compete too. Don't be told that I can't even compare with you, and I want to compete with my sister for the title."

The girl was obviously inspired by Alan's words and succeeded.

"It's not necessary, it's not necessary. We don't go the same way, I just mess around at home."

Wanda waved his hand hastily, how dare he mess with this aunt.

It would be fine if he "lucky" lost, but at worst he would be ridiculed by her.

If "unfortunate" wins...their trip to Tieling will probably end here.

"Come or not!"

Chen Shisandao pulled out a kitchen knife out of nowhere, and slashed it onto the table in front of Wanda.The knife cut a crack in the curved willow noodle table.

The Jinyi guards standing behind Yang Xiuxian made a gesture to step forward, but was stopped by Yang Xiuxian.

"It's okay, just kidding."

"Come on……"

Wanda met this kind of woman for the first time in her life. She was so frightened that her eyes filled with tears, she stood up "humiliated", and followed her to the back kitchen.

"Thirteen mothers..."

Tuojin didn't expect that this matter would develop like this. He just brought big businessmen here to stay overnight and flirted with this beautiful prairie flower by the way. How did it become a cooking competition?

"What? You want to go to the kitchen too?"

Thirteen Niang turned around and sneered.

"No, no."

Takumi quickly refused.

Just kidding, in their tribe, only women and slaves would work in the kitchen.

This Boss Wan is really... Hey, the Han people are really strange.

"Let's go upstairs to wash and rest first. You can come down to eat later, and you have to hurry tomorrow morning. Don't be tired."

Yang Xiuxian grabbed Wan Lan who was about to flee to the back kitchen, and said to the rest of the people.

Qiu Zijin and Lao Liu took the lead and ran upstairs, and the other Jinyi guards also formed a companion to go upstairs. In an instant, only Tuojin and the others and two or three people who were sitting and eating were left in the lively hall. FIT.

Tuojin looked in the direction of the back kitchen, thought for a while, pulled a bench and sat down, folded his arms around his chest, and began to close his eyes to rest his mind.

Behind the counter, the accountant who was planning to make money and the waiter who was resting on the counter looked at each other, exchanged a knowing look, lowered their heads, and stopped talking.

"Do you know how to pick abalones?"

After entering the back kitchen, the two washed their hands. Thirteen Niang opened the cabinet and took out a small pottery urn from inside, squinting at Wanda and asked.

"Okay."

Wanda carefully lifted the white cloth covering the mouth of the urn, and after seeing the fermented pasta underneath, she couldn't help saying, "Good pasta."

The dairy products on the grasslands are indeed better than those in Beijing.

The milk in Beijing is too thin to make such thick crispy cheese.

"Excuse me, Thirteen Niangs, do you have any frosting sugar?"

Wanda raised her head and asked, "And where do you keep the boiled suet? Thank you."

Thirteen Niang saw that every sentence he asked was on point, and knew that this handsome man was also an expert in cooking, and definitely not the "slightly understanding" he just said, so she couldn't help but look at him more, stretched out She pointed to the cabinet where the ingredients were placed.

The more she looked at him, the more she felt that he had red lips and white teeth, and his appearance was dignified.

Moreover, his attitude towards women is completely different from those reckless men on the prairie, and is also different from ordinary men in the Central Plains. Instead, he is polite and courteous, not at all obscene or offensive.

Thirteen Niang rolled her eyes, turned around and went outside to skin the lamb.

Looking inside while lowering the knife, a few drops of blood splashed on Thirteen Niang's white cheeks, she didn't even feel it, and still secretly looked at Wanda's busy back from time to time.

After finding the ingredients and tools to use, Wanda thought about it, then went out through the back door, and chipped a huge clean ice cube into the large water tank outside.Then gear up and get ready to perform well.

"Brother, what is the relationship between you and Master Nama?"

Wanda picked up the file and prepared to deal with the big ice cube first.

As soon as she looked up, she saw Thirteen Niang, who had finished killing the lamb, came in with the still steaming lamb body, approached him affectionately, and asked in a low voice.

The dots of blood on the face were like gorgeous peach blossoms blooming on the girl's delicate face, exuding a strange sense of beauty.

Wanda tapped her cheek, Thirteen Niang blinked, and it took a while to react.He lowered his head in embarrassment, and wiped away the blood with the back of his hand.

"I'm a soldier."

Wanda replied evasively, and started to make ice sculptures.

"It turned out to be a 'brother soldier'."

Thirteen Niang covered her mouth with a smile.

"What's the relationship between the girl and Master Ma?"

Wanda raised his eyes.

"He saved me. I recognize him as a foster father."

Thirteen Niang turned around and walked to the cutting board, picking up the knife to debone the mutton.

"From then on, he protected me and my shop, and I inquired about the comings and goings of the grassland tribe for him."

It turned out to be Mrs. Ma's "informant"... This woman is very lucky to be able to make such a living in a place where several forces are mixed.

Seeing that the Fengji Fort not far away was attacked like that, her "Huilong Inn" was not far from there, but she was unscathed, so she knew that this person was all about black and white, Tatars, Jurchens Even the people of Daming want to sell her some face.

"What does Brother Bing need from the servants?"

After cutting the processed lamb into small pieces, Thirteen Niang watched Wanda skillfully pick up the ghee on the ice, her beautiful eyes shone brightly.

"Why don't I kill all the Tuojin people for you?"

The words that came out of Cherry's mouth made people shiver.

"I don't want his life."

Wanda put down his chopsticks, turned around and wiped his hands, "I want to know whether Sanchiha's death is related to this Tuojin. Or, who knows how the stupid battle at the end of last year was fought."

Thirteen Niang opened the lid of the pot, looked at the fragrant apricot cheese boiled into the color of milk, and slightly raised the corners of her mouth.

"You are not an ordinary soldier, you are a senior official from Beijing."

She only took the three tenderest pieces of lamb, steamed them on top of the apricot cheese, discarded all the rest, turned her head to look at Wanda and said affirmatively.

"I'm a high-ranking official, and I'm from a military household... It's my duty to protect the family and the country."

Wanda said realistically.

When Thirteen Niang saw him like this, she was even more grateful. While pounding the myrrh, she watched Wanda put the remaining crispy cheese in a small pot and fry it slowly.

He knows how to cook, and he is a good man who is dedicated to his country... It's really hard for people not to like him.

"If it's related to Sanchiha, all I know is that he had a conflict with Governor Chen."

"Which Governor Chen?"

"Who else is there, the one from Liaodong Daying, the one who always opposes my adoptive father?"

Thirteen Niang sneered, "They used to drink at my place, and they patted each other on the table, almost knocking down my mother's shop."

Wanda was silent for a long time before recovering and asked, "Does Master Ma know about this?"

"I know. But at that time, Sachiha's nephew was dead. Not long after their quarrel, Sachiha took people back to his tribe and never appeared here again. It was also at the beginning of this year that we Knowing that he was slaughtered by Chen Yue."

"Aside from this, was there nothing else going on during that time?"

Wanda asked.

"Also... Also, in the second half of last year, Tuojin took several Jianzhou Jurchen people to his pasture to do business. Then he drank and ate at my place. This is very common , it doesn't matter."

Thirteen Niang said, "People come and go here, mostly doing black market transactions. In Liaoyang, not everyone can get the imperial edict. Where they need to trade, they have to do business with me."

"You draw?"

Wanda laughed.

"Of course, this number."

Thirteen Niang showed three fingers.

"Then you have collected a lot more than the horse market. No wonder they have to get the imperial edict."

The horse market is one out of thirty, and the thirteen mothers are out of ten, so it can be said that they are not unscrupulous.

"I can only keep [-]%, and the remaining [-]% ​​will be used as military pay at the border."

Thirteen Niang said bitterly, "Otherwise, relying on the money issued by your court, you want to repair the city gate? You also want to pay labor, who will do it if you don't have money?"

Wanda laughed twice, thinking that this woman is really a wonderful person.

It's a pity that I'm gay for thousands of years, and I'm going in circles, otherwise I would definitely fall in love with her crazily.

"Those Jianzhou Jurchens..."

Wanda wanted to ask again, but suddenly the curtain hanging at the kitchen door was raised, and a boy next to Tuojin probed his head and asked in Jurchen, "Are you all right? Why are you talking so slowly?"

Thirteen Niang raised her head and stared, thrusting her waist forward, and scolded him all over her face.The words used were absolutely obscene, which made the kid's face turn red from scolding, and he put down the curtain resentfully and turned around to go out.

"It's okay. I'll find a way to help you get his words out."

After playing the tigress here, Thirteen Niang turned her head and smiled warmly at Wanda, "Maybe, I can let him lure those Jianzhou Jurchen businessmen over here too."

"Really?"

Wanda's eyes lit up, "That would be great."

"If the servant's house is done..."

Thirteen Niang walked up to Wanda in small steps, bumped into his shoulder, and said with a soft smile, "Brother, how are you going to thank my family?"

"I……"

Wanda took a step back, holding the finished abalone with both hands, and walked out with flexible steps, "I respect you as 'auntie', and let your adoptive father take less kickbacks next time."

"cut……"

Chen Shisanniang looked at the back of him who was almost running away, and bit her gorgeous red lips.

"Shopkeeper Wan, I'm going to order you..."

The two dishes were placed on the Eight Immortals table at the same time, and everyone who had been trimming for a while gathered around.

"Why just order it like this? I thought it was a big dish."

Qiu Zijin pointed to the "steamed lamb with milk" disappointedly and said, "There are only three pieces of meat in total."

"On a sheep, there are only three pieces of meat that can be eaten."

Thirteen Niang stretched out three fingers, "A piece of cheek meat on the left and right faces, and the tenderest piece on the tenderloin. The rest... the meat is too old to be eaten."

Everyone was speechless.

"But, aren't you using lambs that are less than a day old? How can the meat be too old?"

Qiu Zijin was dumbfounded.

"Otherwise, why is it called 'official cuisine'? You think it's an ordinary big restaurant, and it's still worth the money."

Thirteen Niang sneered.

"That's right, Chen Si... When his sister cooks, each meal costs about ten catties of green onions. Because only the section of a green onion that is as long as a little finger is the most tender, the rest are unusable."

Wanda added.

Although the Qiu family is rich and honored, it is not so "satisfactory" to such a wasteful level that they bowed their hands and bowed down.

These words stunned Tuojin and others even more, they never imagined that the extravagance of the Han people as officials could reach this level.

There are three pieces of meat in total, how to distribute them has become a problem.

Thirteen Niang was considerate, took three plates, put three pieces of meat in each, and placed them in front of Wanda, Tuojin and Alan.

All the rest let out a long sigh.

The most painful thing in the world is this. The peerless delicacy is in front of you, but it has nothing to do with you.

It was Tuojin who moved the chopsticks first. It was the first time for him to taste the legendary "official food" when he was so big. He picked up a piece with chopsticks, which was no bigger than a thumb, exuding a charming milky and delicate fragrance. piece of meat and put it in the mouth.

The slightly trembling piece of meat just entered the mouth, without even moving the teeth, it completely melted in the mouth in an instant.

It melted into a bag of juice, with the thickness of cheese, the smoothness of fat, and the fragrance of almonds.The three suddenly burst between the lips and teeth, and Takumi almost chewed his tongue and swallowed it.

"Uh, uh..."

Takujin was simply dancing with his hands and feet, his face full of ecstatic expressions.

The few companions sitting beside him swallowed their saliva constantly when they saw the boss lose his composure. It was hard to imagine how delicious it must be, and how it could make people forget about it.

On the other hand, Wanda and A Lan, they go to the palace to beat teeth from time to time, and they are also very familiar with this dish.Behaving naturally and calmly.

Thirteen Niang leaned close to Wanda, watched him sip his meat, and without saying a word, stretched out her hand and pushed him, "Hey, how is it better than my sister?"

Yang Xiuxian saw that she was looking at Wanda in the wrong way, and the teasing before following up in the kitchen was completely different.

Thinking of what Qiu Zijin said just now, he immediately walked to Wanda's side and separated them with his body.

"Girl, you can't get married between a man and a woman. Shopkeeper Wan has a family. Miss, please respect yourself."

Thirteen Niang gave him a disappointed look.

"I don't want him to marry me... Forget it, since you look good, I don't care about you."

Yang Xiuxian couldn't laugh or cry when he heard the words - does this girl only look at people's faces?

"Not bad. It tastes like Chen's family cuisine."

Little Alan affirmed Thirteen Niang's craftsmanship generously, "The key is that the sheep is good. There is no smell of mutton, only umami. The smell of myrrh has not been taken away, but it has further stimulated the delicious fragrance of the mutton itself. .very good."

This dish is originally a medicinal diet, and the so-called "milk" in "steamed lamb with milk" does not refer to milk.It is snow-white almond milk, which is fragrant, smooth, and slightly sweet, and because almonds are cold in nature, they can neutralize some of the warmth of mutton. Even the elderly and weak can use this as a tonic .

Adding myrrh can further promote blood circulation and regulate qi, which is very nourishing.

This prescription is supposed to be unsuitable for a child like Wan Lan, for fear that he won't be able to make up for it.But because there was only such a small piece, and it was rare to eat it once, Wanda didn't stop it.

"You kid, you have a big breath. How many good things have you eaten?"

Thirteen Niang saw that he looked like a glutton, he was very cute, she couldn't help joking.

"Your sister is a cook in my aunt's house. How many good things do you think I have eaten?"

Alan lifted her chin proudly.

"Alan!"

Seeing that his words were not serious or serious, Wanda gave him a hasty look.

"you……"

Chen Shisanniang thought that this little brother was just acquainted with her after eating the dishes made by her sister, but she didn't expect that she actually worked at his sister's house.

Then what does his family look like when they get rich?

"Children talk nonsense, girl, don't take it to heart."

Wanda simply stood up, picked up a conch with his hand, and stuffed it into Wan Lan's small mouth.

"Eating can't keep your mouth shut?"

"Hiss... Father, what about Liang..."

"Cool, let you wake up."

The abalone stuffed into A Lan's mouth was cold abalone chilled on ice, and it was put into the mouth of the hot mutton that had just eaten, isn't it "the two heavens of ice and fire".

Wan Lan clutched her cheeks, thinking that fortunately, I have good teeth, otherwise I wouldn't be jumping in pain.

Takuzu looked at the plate in front of him, which looked like a long fish dish.

The plate was divided into left and right sides, and on the left were five small white snacks with a little burnt yellow, each no bigger than a thumb, and they really looked like abalone shells.

The one on the right is amazing. I don’t know whose hands are so dexterous, but they carved out the shape of a lotus flower out of ice.Each petal of the lotus flower is dotted with a small white cloud.

The little clouds have different shapes, some are like lambs, some are like bunny rabbits, and some are like little turtles and little monkeys, which amazed everyone.

"Is this what you call 'abalone with bone'? What is it made of? Is it really made of shells?"

Takumi asked curiously.

"It's all made of daigo. The crispy cheese is made into the shape of abalone, named 'abalone with bone' or 'abalone with butter'. This is the 'best taste in the world', and it was the most popular in the Gusu generation of the Ming Dynasty. .”

Wanda first pointed to the five on the left and said: "These are all fried by me with butter. The outermost thin shell is crispy and has a burnt aroma. The inside is lubricated soy milk. , Gritting your teeth, the milky aroma is overflowing, even if you have eaten it for three months, you won’t know the taste of meat.”

"As for this one, it was picked out in ice water, and then chilled on an ice sculpture for a while. This kind is suitable for eating in summer. It melts in the mouth, like nectar in the heart."

He pointed to the several conch shells of different shapes on the petals of the ice sculpture and said.

"Brother is very skilled. Picking a conch can pick out flowers. I'm afraid even my sister can't compare to this skill."

Thirteen Niang put a piece of "lamb" into her mouth, and nodded, "Ordinary cooks can only pick out the appearance of abalone and Rushan. At most, you can add rouge powder to enhance the color. Your hand can be called It's dead."

"The yogurt and yogurt are all ready-made by the girl. If I don't innovate in the technique, how dare I compare with the girl?"

Wanda slapped Wan Lan's hand that was trying to pinch the second abalone, "In the end, it's not because this kid wants to eat it, and he was born and trained."

Not only did Alan like it, but Azhi when he was a child and the current eldest son of the emperor also liked to eat these animal clouds of different shapes, which made Wanda develop the unique skill of picking abalones.

Thirteen Niang looked at Wan Lan who was acting coquettishly in Wanda's arms enviously, and couldn't help but think of her ups and downs when she was young.If I hadn't met my mother, I was willing to take her in...

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but my eyes turned red.

"Okay, I declare, it's a tie! There's no tie."

The little ghost from Wanlan clapped his hands and said.

Thirteen Niang looked at his carefree expression, and gave Wanda a hard look.

Although he is young, he is a good father...

"Girl, no matter how delicious these snacks are, you won't be full. Let the girl order the kitchen to serve some fish, meat, wine and vegetables, so that we can satisfy our hunger."

Seeing the thirteenth lady's expression of wanting to swallow Wanda alive, Yang Xiuxian couldn't hold back anymore, stepped forward and said.

"That's right, let's serve. I'm even hungrier after eating this snack."

Qiu Zijin said to Thirteen Niang while swallowing the crispy cheese in his mouth.

Thirteen Niang turned around with a smile, and walked towards the kitchen with twists and turns.

At the end, he turned around and gave Wanda a wink, which made him turn his head away in fright.

"Brother Tuojin, isn't she your woman?"

In order to prevent Tuojin from suspecting that he had "pried the corner of the wall", he pulled up the stool, sat next to Tuojin and asked in a low voice.

"Ma'am? No, no..."

Tuojin smiled nonchalantly, "The proprietress does not belong to any man. She is a whirlwind on the prairie, a she-wolf. She will not stay for any man, and no man can tie her down."

Chen Shisanniang is Huilong Inn, and Huilong Inn is Chen Shisanniang.

She is in the middle of the grassland, leaning against the vast Daliang River and the steep Fengji Fort, but she does not belong to anyone's sphere of influence and is an independent existence left behind.

"Here we are, there is a legend..."

Takujin put his head close to Wanda's ear and whispered.

"This ferocious female wolf is looking for a father for her little wolf cub."

"What do you mean?"

Wanda looked puzzled.

"She wanted to find a man, and she fell asleep. Then she was pregnant with a wolf cub, raised by herself, and inherited the inn."

Takujin said, winking at Wanda, "That's her little wolf cub, it has nothing to do with father."

Wanda's mouth opened involuntarily.

Chen's family dishes have always been adopted by the master's daughter and passed down from generation to generation.It's like Xiaohui's mother was adopted by her mother "Chen Twelve Swords".

But this "Chen Shisandao" wants to have a daughter by himself, and pass it on from mother to daughter.

In other words, as long as Chen X Dao gives birth to a girl, her family's cooking skills can be passed on endlessly!

"Chen Shisandao" on the grassland wants to create a matriarchal clan by himself? !

and many more……

Wanda narrowed her eyes.

Should he tell this "Prairie Thirteen Knives", that "Capital Thirteen Knives" had already put this matter into practice more than 20 years ago.

Now "Chen Shishidao" is about the same age as her.

She took another step slowly...

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