Kaifeng House Small Dining Table

Zhao Hanyan looked at the clothes and age of the person who came, and the expressions and attitudes of the crowd behind him, and immediately knew that this person should be Prince Duan who suddenly visited today.

After listening to Zhan Zhao's introduction of his identity, Zhao Hanyan was about to meet him at the prostration, and Duan Silian was busy, please don't be formal.

"Anyone who knows me well knows that I don't like these boring formalities, we just get along as friends." Duan Silian narrowed his eyes and smiled, the majesty that was originally serious disappeared in an instant, and became amiable.

Zhan Zhao looked sideways at Duan Silian.

"Can you tell me why this wine is so fragrant?" Duan Silian continued to look at the wine jar with bright eyes.

Zhao Hanyan roughly told the simple process of adding lotus leaves to wine making.

"Excellent." Duan Silian praised without hesitation, and then enthusiastically asked Zhao Hanyan if he could try it.

Originally, Zhao Hanyan saw that he was so interested, and would serve him wine out of politeness, but the other party was not polite, and asked directly so frankly, which was a bit too informal.Zhao Hanyan would not find it so strange if he was a member of the world, but it is a bit strange that Duan Silian grew up under the royal family education with many rules and etiquette.

But this is not a bad habit. Zhao Hanyan has been in the palace for a long time, but he is actually quite liking and straightforward.

Zhao Hanyan scooped out the golden wine pulp with a wooden spoon, and asked Xiuzhu to fetch the jug.

When Duan Silian saw a bowl over there, he reached out and touched it, and quickly gave it to Zhao Hanyan.

Xiuzhu, who brought the jug, was embarrassed and didn't know whether to give it or not.

"Just use this, I don't care too much." Duan Silian said bluntly, and after Zhao Hanyan poured the wine, he happily took a big sip from the bowl, "It's delicious, fragrant and sweet, and it's a hundred times better than our Dali wine! There are three beauties not to be missed: beauty, food and wine."

Duan Silian's attendants laughed and sighed that their master was right.

Zhan Zhao smiled, and said politely, "Prince Duan spends his days happily, which is enviable."

"Where, I'm not capable of doing anything, so I just lived a degenerate life." Duan Silian bowed his hands to Zhan Zhao solemnly, and praised him again and again, "Hero Zhan is famous in the north and south, he is a chivalrous hero, loyal to the liver and courageous, Duan has always been someone who really admires and admires him. A few days ago, I wondered whether I could learn martial arts at my age, and if I had the opportunity, I would also learn to be a hero, but I have to hide my face. Only then can I act chivalrously and righteously everywhere in Dali, otherwise it will be too easy to be recognized."

Everyone laughed, and Zhao Hanyan also laughed.

"To tell you the truth, my Duan clan in Dali really has some extravagant, lustful, powerful and bullying people. Usually because of my low seniority, I don't have much power, so I can't beat them. If I am as powerful as Zhan Daxia Martial arts, you must beat these things that need to be beaten to the ground!" After Duan Silian said, he clenched his fists, his eyes did not have the solemn and indifferent look when he first appeared, and they were full of high-spirited passion. Looking at his reddish cheeks, the whole person looked quite happy.

Duan Silian, being part of the royal family of the Duan family, is able to expose the shortcomings of his family members in public, which is rare.Seeing that he was so forthright and not airy as a prince, everyone couldn't help but have a better impression of him.

After Duan Silian finished speaking, he looked at Zhan Zhao with piercing eyes, and seriously waited for Zhan Zhao to give him an answer.

"It's not impossible, even if you are old enough to practice, you will have to endure hardships, and it will take at least ten years to practice the basic skills solidly, but there is no guarantee that you will become a master." Zhan Zhao explained.

"Ten years later?" Duan Silian raised his eyebrows, thinking that he would be 30 years old in ten years, and he may not be successful, "I will be old in ten years, even if I become a real master, I won't be able to do it for a few years , not to mention it won't work. Besides, those people I don't like in ten years' time are very likely to die, old and old, and they almost don't need to do anything."

Zhan Zhao smiled and said, "That's the reason. But it's best to learn martial arts from an early age, with a solid foundation and good talent."

"Zhan Daxia looks like a very talented person. He is slender, and he walks smoothly without making any noise. As for me, I am like a bear, walking like a stone is thrown on the ground." Duan Silian sighed , shook his head helplessly, and decided to completely give up this unrealistic idea.

Everyone was amused by Duan Silian again.

Duan Silian also wanted to ask some more about Zhan Zhao's heroism in the Jianghu. Since he led an embassy team into the territory of the Song Dynasty half a year ago, he has stopped and stopped all the way, and he has heard a lot about Zhan Zhao's hoeing and helping others. Duan Silian really wanted to compare the stories with Zhan Zhao, and wanted to know what those stories looked like from Zhan Zhao's side.

Zhan Zhao agreed, and invited Duan Silian to sit under the plane tree.Duan Silian sympathized with the hard work of the entourage, and also felt that the group of people around him were too reserved, which would make a righteous man like Zhan Zhao feel uncomfortable, so he dismissed them all and let them settle down by themselves, so they don't have to worry about him.

Zhan Zhao observes Duan Silian's actions, and secretly nods his approval in his heart, but he still has reservations about Duan Silian, maybe because of the contrast between his appearance and personality when he was serious, or maybe because he was bold and reckless when he was a child, so Zhan Zhao is still cautious Beware of Duan Silian, lest he be fickle.In case he turns around and really causes trouble, Mr. Bao will be troubled.

Seeing this, Zhao Hanyan naturally couldn't let the two of them sit and chat for nothing.Let Xiuzhu serve tea, make a pot of lotus leaf wine and mincemeal wine for them, and then prepare peanuts and fruit snacks and put them on the table.

Zhan Zhao hurriedly went to thank Zhao Hanyan.

Duan Silian is impatient to taste the mincemeal wine, it is really fruity and mellow, you can taste several kinds of flavors such as plum, apricot, green plum, but the wine is sweeter and not too intoxicating, it is more suitable for women to drink.

Duan Silian saw that Zhan Zhaohe and the cook were polite, so he followed suit to express his thanks.But right away, I still couldn't help but wonder why Zhan Zhao wanted to thank her specially, "Isn't this what a cook should do? If he thinks he's doing a good job, and rewards him with money, he will definitely like it more."

After Duan Silian finished speaking, he wanted to ask someone to reward Zhao Hanyan with money, and suddenly realized that he had just sent away his followers, and he was about to take off the gemstone ring on his hand and reward Zhao Hanyan.

Zhan Zhao immediately stopped Duan Silian, "Don't do that, he's not greedy for rewards. Otherwise, the little prince wouldn't be able to drink such good wine brewed with so much care, he just likes to make these."

Duan Silian didn't understand what Zhan Zhao said, and asked Zhan Zhao why.

Zhan Zhao briefly explained Zhao Hanyan's identity, but he couldn't explain too clearly, so he just emphasized to Duan Siliang that she was a scholar.

"Hey, life experience is so hard, and he came to Kaifeng Mansion to be a cook to make a living, so he should be happier if I give him a reward. Maybe with this money, he can study with peace of mind, and don't have to suffer as a cook here. "Duan Silian said happily.

Zhan Zhao didn't quite agree with Duan Silian's statement that "being a cook suffers" in Kaifeng Mansion. He hesitated for a while, wondering whether he should tell Duan Silian what he really wanted in his heart, but because he was not familiar with Duan Silian, he didn't really want to So, after all, it is related to Brother Zhao's real identity, and this is just his guess, he did not confirm it out of respect.

Just when Zhan Zhao was hesitating, Duan Silian decided to call Zhao Hanyan over, and happily handed over the ring to Zhao Hanyan.

"Thank you, thank you for the good wine, and can you make us some side dishes to go with the wine?" Duan Silian asked.

Zhao Hanyan accepted the ring under Zhan Zhao's surprised eyes, thanked him, and went to work in the kitchen.After a while, it was served. One plate was like braised meatballs, and the other was like fried noodles, but the inside of the noodles was a little green, like vegetable leaves.

"I know this, braised meatballs, are these... noodle slices?" Duan Silian originally thought that a cook who can brew such good wine must have good cooking skills, but now he regretted that he just made such a precious wine. The ring was given away.

Duan Silian's heartfelt voice: These two dishes seem too ordinary, but I have eaten them long ago. It seems that the cook is only good at brewing wine. At most, he will give ten taels of silver. My ring is a free confession.

Zhao Hanyan glanced sideways at Duan Silian, and didn't answer what the dish was, but said in a flat tone: "Taste it and you'll know."

After Zhao Hanyan finished speaking, he turned around and left.She also has a temper.

Duan Silian was stunned, and turned to look at Zhan Zhao, "Are all the cooks in your Kaifeng mansion so angry, I only reward you, and he got angry instead?"

Zhan Zhao couldn't help laughing, "I said earlier that you don't need to give it, and if you don't tell me, you might not be angry."

Because Zhan Zhao couldn't hear Duan Silian's heartfelt feelings, he thought that Zhao Hanyan was angry because he felt despised after taking the money.In his impression, little brother Zhao is a humble but decent cook.Little did they know that Zhao Hanyan never had a grudge against money, as long as someone was willing to give it to her, she would, even though she was a princess.

"Actually, she also serves as a police officer in the Kaifeng Mansion, and she doesn't come here all the time to cook, but now she does it to meet Prince Duan." Zhan Zhao explained, trying to smooth things over for Zhao Hanyan.

"Hey, it's better to be a fast catcher, that's great. But if he's an average cook, he really shouldn't occupy the position of the cook. The so-called seeking a job in his position, he only needs to make wine." Duan Silian was a little biased , probably out of breath, this sip of wine was a bit choking, so he had to put a piece of meatball in his mouth to smooth out the spicy taste of the wine in his throat.After chewing, he crushed the ball, Duan Silian stared blankly.

Zhan Zhao originally wanted to tell him that the little cook is very good at cooking, but when he saw Duan Silian's expression on eating, he felt that there was no need to say anything.

Duan Silian was still immersed in his astonishment, the meatballs were not meatballs, but wrapped in other things.It is a bit smooth, chewy, full of five spices, and the innermost layer is a bit sandy.In short, with the outer layer of braised meatballs, the taste of chewing together is more fragrant, especially delicious.If it weren't for the fact that there was still a lot left on the plate, Duan Silian almost spat it out to find out.He has always been very curious about food.

Duan Silian quickly swallowed what was in his mouth into his stomach, and then took another piece, only biting half into his mouth, looking at it again, it turned out that the meatball was wrapped in a quail egg!This quail egg must have been simmered by something, so it is more delicious and delicious. It is no wonder that when I just stuffed it into my mouth and ate it, I felt that the taste seemed familiar, but I was not sure.

Duan Silian's heartfelt voice: This is really delicious, I've never tasted it before, I was wrong to blame others just now.Fortunately, I restrained myself just now and didn't speak my mind directly to the cook, otherwise it would be really embarrassing right now.