The Road to the Imperial Examinations of Farmers in Ancient Times

At dusk in summer, the sky is full of clouds in the west, and the setting sun hangs in the west like a big and round egg yolk.

The kitchen was bustling with activity. The chef directed the little apprentices below to wash and chop vegetables, and the servants in the kitchen were working in an orderly manner.The big fish with thick wrists was placed on the stand, and the chef raised and lowered the knife. In the blink of an eye, the big fish was cut into pieces and sliced ​​into slices.

After asking the direction of the kitchen, Li Wen came over here.

The steward who came with him led the way, and said, "Master Li, what do you want to do, just give me an order, and the servant can just order others to do it. There is no need for you to go to the kitchen yourself." Jing, Mr. Li has been to Zhuangzi several times, and their master treats people as honored guests, and these servants do things according to the master's wishes.

The master sent someone over to say that the young master and Lord Li had come to the village for a short stay for two days. As soon as the steward received the news, he told the servants in the village to be careful in serving them, and he even followed each other, without careful arrangements. well all things.

"It's okay, I'll just come and have a look." Li Wen didn't have the idea of ​​a gentleman staying away from the kitchen, and he didn't think that men couldn't enter the kitchen.When he was young, his mother was cooking in the kitchen, and he helped light the fire in the kitchen.

Although he doesn't have many opportunities to cook, he can do things like light a fire and cook a simple dish by himself.He may not be able to cook complicated dishes, but he does remember a few recipes.

They caught a lot of fish today, and he remembered a few recipes for making fish, so he wrote them down and sent them to the kitchen.Now that we're in the kitchen, Li Wen wants to see how the dishes are doing, "Have all the fish we caught today been sent to the kitchen?"

The place on the Zhuangzi is big, and after waking up, a few boys went crazy around the Zhuangzi. Li Wen didn't care about the few boys, and there were guards following them, so nothing happened.

The steward replied, "Yes, Mr. Li, I sent someone to bring the fish to the kitchen."

When they arrived, they saw the chef cooking fish, and Li Wen couldn't help applauding because of his knife skills.

When the chef saw that it was the steward who came, he greeted the steward and looked at the son who came with the steward. He remembered that Mr. Li came to Zhuangzi. Could this be Mr. Li?The steward introduced to everyone that this person was Master Li. The chef was startled and put down the knife in his hand, and all the servants in the kitchen knelt down to salute hurriedly.

"Get up, get up, I just want to see how the fish is doing in the kitchen, I don't want to delay your work, everyone get up, keep doing what you have to do, don't worry about me." Kneeling down, Li Wen hurriedly asked everyone to get up, those who needed to wash the vegetables continued to wash the vegetables, and those who wanted to do something continued to do it, don't let him affect the work 9

Everyone got up and went about their business.

The chef knew that Mr. Li had someone send over some recipes for making fish. He had studied them carefully just now, and these recipes for making fish were really ingenious.Now that I saw myself, the chef wanted to ask these recipes for making fish.But before he took the initiative to ask, Master Li took the initiative to talk to him, and the two quickly talked about the method of cooking fish.

The most important thing in making fish is how to deal with the fishy smell while retaining the freshness and fragrance of the fish, so there are not many people who can make good fish.

Some people don't like to eat fish, just don't like the fishy smell of fish. It would be great if the smell can be better hidden. Therefore, it is necessary to use onion, ginger and garlic when cooking fish, which can be better Get rid of fishy smell.

"Okay, you guys keep busy, I won't bother you here." Li Wen stayed here in the kitchen for a while, and mentioned how to make the fish better.After Mr. Li made such a point, the chef instantly had a feeling of enlightenment. No wonder the fish they cooked before was not delicious. It turned out that the ingredients were not right, and the control of the heat is also very important. If the fire is too long, the meat will be old. Yes, if it is just right, the meat will be fresh and tender.

"My lord, please go slowly."

After Mr. Li left, the chef was full of energy and started cooking with full firepower.

Li Wen asked someone to move the dinner inside the kiosk. The weather is hot at this time and the wind is cool outside the kiosk. It is best to eat outside here.The three boys sat obediently in their seats, waiting for their whole fish feast to be served. Under their anticipation, the dishes were served quickly one after another.

The tofu soup cooked with fish head is thick and white, with a handful of scallions sprinkled on top, which has a scent of scallions.

"Wow, this is the fish we caught." Seeing the dishes being served, the cubs yelled happily.Li Wen couldn't help laughing, and said, "Yes, this is the fish we caught today, you all should eat more." He asked the servant girl who served beside him to serve soup for the boys.

The soup was still hot, and he didn't forget to tell the boys to eat slowly.

The stewed tofu in the soup was soft and fragrant. After playing for a long time, the boys were hungry. There would be something to eat, so they just cared about eating and couldn't care about others.

The table was filled with all kinds of dishes. Today I ate a whole fish feast. Most of the dishes on the table were fish-based, and there were also a few cold vegetarian dishes.

Chen's mother saw that the little master who would not eat fish on weekdays ate fish so deliciously, she drank two bowls of soup in a row.

Almost no old tears.The little master wants to be so obedient when he eats all the time, so why worry about the young master not being able to raise him up, madam!

It seems that when I go back, I must ask Mr. Li for some cooking recipes.

Li Wen didn't know about Brother Chen's refusal to eat on weekdays, because with him, the kid's appetite was always good, and he wanted to continue eating after eating.He was just worried that the child's body was weak and his stomach was poor. Seeing that the child ate almost the same amount, he refused to give the child any more food. For this reason, the child often quarreled with him.

But the child is easy to coax, maybe he is delicious and fun, and he will forget all the unhappy things in a while, Li Wen couldn't help rubbing the child's head, and a smile flashed in his eyes.

The few of them couldn't finish eating so many dishes, and there were still a lot of dishes left.

When they finished their meal, they didn't see Zhao Xiangyi coming over. Unfortunately, that man didn't have a good meal, so Li Wen asked someone to remove the dishes, and gave the remaining dishes to the servants below.

The sun has set, the clouds in the west are layered, and the clouds in the sky are fluttering with the wind.

The flowers in the yard are blooming just right, the flowers are in clusters, the vegetation is green, a few rabbits are gnawing on the grass in the garden, there are a few butterflies dancing in the flowers, and a few children are chasing each other inside.Li Wen suddenly wanted to draw this scene, so he ordered the waiter to bring over the pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

The little book boy next to him was studying ink quietly, for fear of disturbing the master's painting if he made any noise.

Li Wen glanced at the children playing in the yard. The brush in his hand was dipped in ink and landed on the rice paper. Several innocent and lovely children appeared on the paper with different postures, such as plants, flowers, bees, butterflies. , There are also a few little rabbits squatting on the side grazing, the brush is dipped in paint, and then layer by layer, quickly coloring.

Not long after, a picture of children playing was finished.

After finishing the last stroke, Li Wen put away the pens, threw all the pens in his hand on the table, looked at the painting he just made, and nodded in satisfaction.

At some point, a few boys playing in the garden ran to his side and gathered around to stare at him as he painted.As soon as he looked up, Li Wen saw a few boys with wide-eyed eyes, couldn't help laughing, and asked, "When did you come to my place?"

"Wow, brother, are you painting us?" Li Haopeng dared not speak out until his brother finished the painting. His face was full of excitement. He recognized the scenery in this painting, wasn't it the garden they were staying in right now? ?Aren't the kids on here the same as them!My brother drew them!

Brother Chen and Yang Yang blinked, looked at the painting on the table, and looked at Mr. Li with undisguised admiration in their eyes.

"Haha, it was you who drew it. You were playing just now, so I drew this painting because my hands were itchy." He was too busy on weekdays, and Li Wen had no interest in painting. During the years of studying in Nanyang, he followed his teacher seriously. I have studied painting for several years.It's just that he puts more attention on reading than painting. After all, no matter how good painting is, he doesn't take the exam, so these can only be fun in his spare time.

After becoming an official in the imperial court, he found that being an official is not at all easier than taking the imperial examination, and he has no time to paint.

I saw a few children playing today, and suddenly became interested, so I made this painting.

"Brother, is this me in the picture?" Li Haopeng leaned over, saw the three children in the painting, pointed to a slightly taller one wearing blue clothes, and asked if it was him.Then he pointed to the other two, Brother Chen was wearing red clothes, Yangyang was wearing white, and he asked, "This is Brother Chen, this is Yangyang, brother, am I right?"

"Yes, what you said is correct." The ink and paint on the paper were still wet, Li Wen didn't let the boys touch it, "I can touch it later, the paint on it is still dry." It would be a pity to damage it, He doesn't necessarily have the mood to paint again.

"Oh." The boys were obedient and said in unison, "We won't touch it."

Brother Chen's eyes are glued to the painting, Mr. Li painted him, he is in the painting, and his good friend, little rabbit.

Brother Chen likes this painting so much, Brother Chen wants this painting..

It's just that Li Wen didn't understand the meaning in the child's eyes.

When the ink and paint on the painting were dry, Li Wen asked Li Tong to put the painting away. He painted this painting on a whim, so he didn't think about what to do with this painting. He thought it would be better to hang the painting on the Zhao Xiangyi went to study, the walls of that study were empty on all sides, nothing at all.I'm afraid that the study room is all pretending, and Zhao Xiangyi may not even move the books in it.

However, Li Wen found that since he came to Zhuangzi, the number of books in that study had increased a lot, it is not difficult to guess

It is estimated that Zhao Xiangyi had people add those books specially for him, because he likes to read books when he has nothing to do in his spare time.

Seeing that it was getting dark at this moment, Li Wen led the three boys back into the house, and asked people to prepare water for bathing. These boys played outside all day, and their clothes were dirty , It's time to wash and change into clean clothes.