Kaifeng House Small Dining Table

After Zhao Hanyan went back, he thought that if he wanted to eat freshly made bean curd at night, it was too late to start soaking the beans now.I asked Brother Chunlaichunqu if he knew which tofu shop was delicious. The two of them often compradors and were familiar with this aspect.

"I know two of them, do I want to buy them?" Chunlai asked.

Zhao Hanyan turned his head and looked around, and saw two empty clay pots prepared earlier under the wall, "Take these two pots, buy filtered pulp, and get some brine."

Spring comes and spring goes without saying anything, just pick up the jar and go.It didn't take long for the two of them to bring back two cans of soy milk and a small can of tofu brine.

"Aunt Li said that the half can of brine is enough for these two cans of berry, and the beancurd produced is the most tender." Chunlai explained.

Zhao Hanyan is still looking at the recipes to study the dosage. The recipes of the ancients are always too simple about cooking. How much is "a little brine"?It's not like cooking with salt and other seasonings. Zhao Hanyan can measure the amount by himself based on his original knowledge of these seasonings.Zhao Hanyan was worrying about how to measure the amount to use, and he was greatly relieved when he heard what Chun said.

"Aunt Li, you are a good person!" Zhao Hanyan sighed, "We will buy tofu at her house from now on."

Chunlai smiled and agreed, and he also thought Mrs. Li was a nice person.

According to the book, Zhao Hanyan heated up the pot, poured the cold soy milk into it, and kept stirring with a spoon. Maybe the raw beans were grown from traditional farmyard manure. When the soy milk boiled, with the rising steam With a very strong bean aroma, it is full of nose.

Zhao Hanyan then poured the soy milk into the large wooden basin, and waited for about half a stick of incense. When the soy milk cooled slightly, it was about eighty or ninety degrees, and a layer of oily skin would condense on the surface of the soy milk. Pour the brine along the wall of the basin while stirring quickly, then cover the lid and wait for the paste to simmer, wait for a stick of incense, then lift the lid to see, a pot of tender bean curd is ready.

Touch it with a spoon, the surface trembles slightly, the crystal is bright and very soft.Take a bite, it is tender and smooth, full of bean fragrance.It's a pity that it's a bit hot. If you let it cool down and use it again, it will be refreshing and relieve the heat.

Zhao Hanyan sealed the mouth of the basin with gauze, then wrapped several large lotus leaves on the outer layer of the gauze, and then wrapped the lotus leaves and the whole basin tightly with cloth strips.The next step is to leave it to Chunlai to fix the pot with a rope, and then drop it into the deep well water, keeping most of the pot submerged in the cool well water.

Zhao Hanyan boiled the brown sugar juice during this period, and then put the chopped sour raisins in when it was warm. The reason for chopping it was that it would make the fruity aroma of the raisins stronger. More into the brown sugar juice.The residual temperature of the brown sugar juice can also make the sour raisins rounder, and the taste is not so dry, and because this is sour grapes, the brown sugar juice sucked into the raisins can just neutralize the original taste of the sour grapes. Sour.After that, prepare a small bowl of chopped hazelnuts and a small bowl of pine nuts, even if the ingredients for sweet tofu are ready.

Zhao Hanyan also chopped up the bitter vegetables, put them into gauze and squeezed the juice, filtered the squeezed green juice again, and put a bowl of pure green bitter vegetable juice beside the brown sugar juice.

Considering that such a large pot of bean curd Bai Yutang would definitely not be able to drink, Zhao Hanyan tried to make other flavors, such as spicy and salty, for others to drink.

There was still some ham left for cooking last time. Zhao Hanyan cut the ham into cubes, put it in a frying pan with oil and stir-fried it, then added the sauce and crushed chili peppers, turned it over twice and served it. The ham meat was already full of spicy flavor. The chili sauce is ready, and the onion, ginger, garlic, vinegar, soy sauce, and pepper oil are added together to make a spicy bean curd seasoning.

If brown sugar juice is a sweet March, then ham chili sauce is a hot June.The salty mouth to be made next probably has the meaning of September with the autumn wind.Fungus, day lily, and fresh mushrooms are diced and stir-fried, add fresh soup, add soy sauce, add some sweet potato powder to thicken, and let it cool.

The three flavors of bean curd are like three seasons of climate, each with its own taste and characteristics.People who can eat all three flavors are blessed.After Zhao Hanyan chopped some parsley and scallions for later use, he suddenly thought that the "three seasons" were already available, so why not add another "four seasons", so he asked Chunlai and the others if they had any other bean curds for dinner.

Brother Chun Lai Chun Qu didn't think about it.Xiuzhu was quick-witted, and immediately understood the meaning of her princess's question. Xiuzhu pointed to the bowl of green bitter vegetable juice, "The cold winter is hard, and I can only describe it in terms of suffering. My son is amazing, so we made four seasons of bean curd."

"Senior Douhua, um, the name sounds good." Zhao Hanyan picked up the bowl of bitter vegetable juice that seemed to emit black gas, and asked Xiuzhu, "How about it, do you want to have a taste? If you eat bitterness, Fang Be superior to others."

"Slaves don't have the blessing of being a 'master', so they resigned to their fate and think it's fine now." Xiuzhu replied wittily.

Zhao Hanyan turned her head to look at Chun Qu Chun Lai's brothers, before she could ask, the two brothers said that their life was already hard enough, and if they drink hard, it will add to the bitterness, so why bother to suffer for nothing.Right now, I just want to eat something sweet, waiting for sweet bean curd.

"I still like spicy food," Xiuzhu giggled, "the hotter the day, the more prosperous it will be."

"Then I'll try the spicy one too." Chun Qu followed suit, looking at Xiuzhu with slightly straightened eyes.

Chunlai bumped Chunqu with his shoulder, and half-jokingly said, "I don't think you want to eat anything, you just want to eat swan meat."

"Swan meat? Do we have swan meat?" Chun Qu asked a little confused. Before he realized it, he really thought there was swan meat for a moment. After hearing everyone laughing, he realized that it was his brother who was making fun of him. , His face turned red.

"Maybe if you're lucky, you can eat it." Zhao Hanyan also teased.

Xiuzhu blushed unavoidably, feeling that Brother Chunlai's joke was wrong. What kind of swan meat, if you can eat big goose meat, it would be good."

"Hey, I like to eat big goose meat." Chun Qu's eyes lit up immediately, and he stopped teasing his younger brother. Instead, he stared at Zhao Hanyan with interest and suggested, "When shall we cook goose meat?" eat?"

"Okay, okay!" Chun Qu echoed, now his face was full of excitement when he mentioned eating meat, and he completely forgot about his embarrassment and blushing just now.

"Let me ponder over it." Zhao Hanyan picked up the recipes that had just been placed on the desk and rummaged through them.There are a lot of things to pay attention to when making meat dishes, and meat ingredients are relatively expensive. Out of the spirit of cherishing food, she can't be blinded by it.

Moreover, goose meat is not as good as chicken in terms of taste, and the meat quality is fishy, ​​so it must be handled properly and cooked with the most suitable cooking method.

Zhao Hanyan was sitting under the phoenix tree, only holding the recipe book in his hands, and there was a servant from the other side to invite Zhao Hanyan to Sansi Hall.

"Master Bao is looking for me?" Zhao Hanyan was puzzled, "Mr. Gongsun is back? Discuss the case?"

The yacha shook his head and told Zhao Hanyan that Gongsun Ce, Zhan Zhao and others had not returned, and then said that he didn't know what Master Bao asked her to do.

Zhao Hanyan quickly put down the book and went to see Bao Zheng.

When Bao Zheng saw Zhao Hanyan coming, he immediately put down the pen in his hand and signaled Zhao Hanyan to sit down.

Bao Zheng asked Zhao Hanyan about his practice in the temple with a smile. After being confused by Zhao Hanyan, Bao Zheng asked Zhao Hanyan if he had met Pang Taishi and other high-ranking officials with his father after returning to Beijing.

Zhao Hanyan shook his head, feeling that being asked by Bao Zheng again might reveal his truth, so he said to Bao Zheng: "If you have anything to do, please tell me directly. As long as the younger generation can do it, they will go through fire and water."

"What a good boy," Bao Zheng looked at Zhao Hanyan with satisfaction, "Grandmaster Pang and Commander Feng both have to go there, brother Zhao will watch people's hearts, so I'm thinking about taking you with me. It helps us solve the case."

"My lord is right, I will go with you." Zhao Hanyan said without hesitation.

"But your identity, aren't you afraid of being exposed?" Bao Zheng asked.

"No, I have lived outside Beijing since I was a child. After returning to Beijing, I have lived in seclusion and never socialized, so almost no one in this capital recognizes me." Zhao Hanyan added, "Only the Eight Kings are allowed, but he was arrested ten days ago. His Majesty has been transferred out, so he can't touch it."

Bao Zheng nodded when he heard the words, and felt relieved, and persuaded Zhao Hanyan to try his best to communicate with the Eighth Prince, putting filial piety first.

"Don't worry, my lord, I will pick the right time and I will never drag anyone down." Zhao Hanyan said.

Bao Zheng saw that the child was quite sensible, so he didn't go into details, and immediately took Zhao Hanyan to the Grand Master's Mansion.

When Zhao Hanyan was the princess of Pingkang, he was raised in the deep house of the palace, and no one knew him.Later, something happened to her parents who had never met at the border. After she had to observe filial piety, she was taken to the deep palace. Because she was in filial piety, she did not participate in every banquet, so she had zero contact with outsiders.She usually only deals with the queen and Zhao Zhen, at most she has met the old concubine, and then the eight sage kings.

So Zhao Hanyan really saw Grand Master Pang for the first time this time, and his curiosity was slightly aroused.

But when she actually saw Taishi Pang himself, she found that the old man was really as fierce as the rumors said, and he was like a big angry crab, sitting majestically on the red sandalwood chair with half-open arms.When looking at a person with a pair of eyes, it is like an eagle staring at its prey, full of the breath of 'kill you'.

After Zhao Hanyan met Grand Master Pang with Bao Zheng, he obediently stood behind Bao Zheng.

Grand Master Pang still maintained his intimidating sitting posture, glanced sharply at Zhao Hanyan, and asked Bao Zheng: "It's strange for you this time, why didn't you bring your gentle and refined student? Instead, you brought a child with a tender face? Could it be Do you dislike Gongsun Ce? Then the old man can invite him to be a guest."

"This is the new arrester of Kaifeng Mansion, Zhao Han." Bao Zheng replied.

Grand Master Pang snorted, very dissatisfied with Bao Zheng's incomplete answer to his question, and even looked at Zhao Hanyan very displeased.He impatiently asked Bao Zheng why he came here, and when he heard the abuse of women, he froze for a moment, stared, and slapped the table angrily to get up.

Grand Master Pang: "Lord Bao, who do you take this old man for? Is this a small thief that your Kaifeng mansion is eyeing casually? But don't ridiculously blame the old man for the case that your Kaifeng mansion is incapable of handling. Now the third-rank official of the court is dead. , you didn’t try your best to solve the case, but ran to my grand master’s mansion to make a fool of yourself, what a joke!”

Bao Zheng was in a hurry to explain, but Taishi Pang didn't give Bao Zheng a chance to speak, and directly opened his mouth to drive people away.

Bao Zheng had expected Grand Master Pang's attitude, he was neither angry nor annoyed, his expression was normal, he turned around and left with Zhao Hanyan.

After leaving the Grand Master's Mansion, after the two got into the car, Bao Zheng asked Zhao Hanyan how he was feeling.

"It should be because he knew about it, but even if the third-rank official died, he didn't take it seriously, and he didn't think it would be a threat." Zhao Hanyan sighed, "Actually, it's hard for a person with his temperament to take anyone seriously. It doesn't affect him."

Bao Zheng didn't say anything, it was his default.

Then the two went to see Feng Gao, the commander of the capital in front of the palace.

Because of the death of his second son Feng Zhixin, Feng Gao sent people frequently every day to urge Bao Zheng to find the murderer as soon as possible.Now that Bao Zheng came to the door, he also questioned that he might have something to do with the abuse of women, and he was more likely to be the next target of the murderer, which made Feng Gao even more angry.However, his official position was not as high as Grand Master Pang, and he didn't dare to be too arrogant towards Bao Zheng, but only expressed his dissatisfaction with Kaifeng Mansion's ineffective handling of the case.

Feng Gao kept complaining about Bao Zheng, persistently looking for the murderer of his son, and was not at all interested in Bao Zheng's sudden mention of women's sex. He seemed to be a pampering father who loved his son eagerly.

After Zhao Hanyan concluded these, he felt that Feng Gao's character did not seem like an ambitious person.

After Zhao Hanyan came out of Feng's mansion with Bao Zheng, he asked Bao Zheng who Feng Gao's wife was, and when he learned that she was the daughter of General Zhen Guo, she was talented in both civil and military affairs, so she became suspicious.However, most people can't find out about this matter, so they can think about how to deal with it when they go back.

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Late at night, moths buzzed towards the red lanterns, and the sound of cicadas seemed to never stop.A slight breeze that comes occasionally is like scratching the boots, and it can't relieve the fatigue of people who have returned from a day of running outside.

Zhao Hanyan moved a bamboo mat to the base of the wall, sat against the wall, and looked up at the shining stars in the sky. At first glance, he felt that those stars were motionless, but after staring at one of them for a long time, he felt that it seemed to be moving in the same direction. Little by little.

When a person is in a deep daze, the mind is emptied and the body is relaxed.

When Bai Yutang was about to jump off the west wall, he saw Zhao Hanyan, who was leaning against the east wall, looking at the sky with a smile on his face. The eyes are so charming that people don't even want to blink.After a while, Bai Yutang jumped off the wall and walked towards Zhao Hanyan.

Zhao Hanyan got up when he heard the sound, and asked Bai Yutang: "Have you found it? How is it?"

"I found it." Bai Yutang replied simply, but didn't say anything. Then he turned his head and looked around, asking Zhao Hanyan where his sweet bean curd was.

"You said, I'll go to Sheng, don't delay to listen." Zhao Hanyan turned around with a smile.

Bai Yutang looked at Zhao Hanyan's back and remained silent.

When Xiuzhu saw Bai Yutang came back, she came over and introduced to Bai Yutang the 'green bean curd' made by her son.

She explained sweet, salty and spicy to Bai Yutang respectively.Bai Yutang said that he is not a picky eater, and he can eat as long as it is delicious, so he said that he must try all three.

The sweet bean curd has grape fruit aroma and crisp nuts, which make people feel happy and happy after eating; the salty one has a meaty flavor and is very satisfying; Sweating, feeling strong and refreshed.

Bai Yutang couldn't stop eating the three kinds of bean curd, so he ordered two bowls of each.He also deliberately left some stomach for the fourth season of bean curd.

"What about the fourth season? Could it be that I came back late, because it was so delicious that Zhanwei and the others ate it up?"

"No, this is good for the body. I even named it Bishuipiaobaihe." Zhao Hanyan filled a bowl of snow-white bean curd, poured green bitter vegetable juice on it, and served it to Bai Yu Church.

Bai Yutang looked at the snow-white bean curd lying in the emerald green soup, and sighed that Zhao Hanyan's name was very clever.

"This is 'Winter'," Zhao Hanyan said, "Did you hear it clearly?"

"Dong in winter, of course I can hear you clearly." Bai Yutang thanked Zhao Hanyan, picked up the bowl and took a sip directly to his mouth.

Endless bitterness spread from the tip of the tongue, then to the root of the tongue, all the way down the throat and stomach.

Bai Yutang frowned and looked at Zhao Hanyan with complicated eyes.

"kidding me?"

"On the contrary, it's for your own good." Zhao Hanyan explained, "People usually eat the five flavors of sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, salty, but most of them eat the four flavors of sweet and spicy. After a long time, it will dry up the upper body, which is not good for the body. Occasionally eat a bit of bitterness. , not only can make up for the lack of the five flavors in the body, but also have the effects of cooling blood and improving eyesight, clearing heat and detoxifying."

"Thank you." Bai Yutang was caught off guard by Zhao Hanyan, raised his head and drank the remaining bitter bean curd in the bowl.