Kaifeng House Small Dining Table

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After Zhao Hanyan returned to Kaifeng Mansion, he said goodbye to Zhan Zhao with a smile.Then she met six yamen servants on the way, and greeted them with a smile. By the way, she also found that three of the six people were sneezing. After questioning, they all said that it might be because the clothes were improperly added or removed when the weather turned cold, and they were slightly infected. wind chill.

On the way back to the kitchen, Zhao Hanyan thought about what to do tonight. Recently, she was looking at the recipes of herbal medicine. There are some good porridges to dispel the cold. You can try it.

Zhao Hanyan went back to the room first to get the book in which he recorded the recipes, and walked briskly to the kitchen while reading the recipes.When she was crossing the lane, she didn't notice that there was someone in front of her, so she bumped into it with a bang.Feeling that the thing hit by him was relatively hard and did not move, Zhao Hanyan thought that he had strayed and accidentally hit the wall, rubbed his nose while changing direction, and when he looked up, he found that he was facing the wall right now.

That just now—

Zhao Hanyan turned his head and saw Bai Yutang who was still standing still.The clothes on his chest were wrinkled and slightly messy, as if he had just been hit by some 'object', and the 'object' that hit him seemed to be her.

"Did I hit you just now?" Zhao Hanyan asked.

Bai Yutang looked at Zhao Hanyan with "Of course it's you".

Zhao Hanyan chuckled, closed the menu, and turned his back, "What a coincidence, I've bumped into you here, I'm sorry just now, I blamed me for not looking the way."

"I'm waiting for you." Bai Yutang turned around and walked towards the kitchen.

Zhao Hanyan was stunned for a moment, realizing that Bai Yutang was telling him that it was a bad luck.She hurriedly followed Bai Yutang and asked him if he was looking for her for something.

"You and Zhan Zhao went to Pang Mansion? How is it going?" Bai Yutang asked.

"I asked, Mr. Pang San said that the people from Wangyou Pavilion took the initiative to find him and sold him something. We also noticed when we searched the Yanhuo Pavilion last time. The fourth and fifth floors are all privately owned by Mr. Pang. It is definitely not a secret that he likes to collect things. He is almost the only person in the whole capital who is interested in Tianji Sword and Linglong Jade, and who can simply spend a lot of money to buy them." Zhao Hanyan explained.

Bai Yutang nodded, "That's right, the explanation is clear."

"From what you said, you seem to be suspicious of Pang San?" Zhao Hanyan speculated on Bai Yutang's expression, the corners of his mouth seemed to be hooked, and there was a slight hint of sarcasm.

"I suspect there are too many people."

Bai Yutang sat down at the table and poured himself a cup of cold tea to drink.

In summer, the table that was originally placed under the sycamore tree has been moved into the kitchen and placed under the south window, and Bai Yutang sat down at this table.The window is open, and there is still a patch of sunlight on the table.

Zhao Hanyan hastily reached out her hand to stop Bai Yutang from drinking cold tea, wait a while for the picture to be picked up, and then she will go and make hot tea for him.

Bai Yutang discovered that when Zhao Hanyan was making tea, he would wait for the water to boil and swirl the tea, which is what people who are particular about tea drinkers would do.

"Actually, it can be seen from many places that you have an unusual background." After Bai Yutang sighed, he reflected on why he was blind at the beginning, and he really believed that Zhao Hanyan was an ordinary little cook.

Bai Yutang's inner voice: At that time, I must have been fascinated by the delicious food cooked by the little cook. I had to admit that the food he cooked was really delicious. If I do it all over again, I will probably make the same mistake again.

Zhao Hanyan couldn't help laughing inwardly after hearing Bai Yutang's heartfelt voice.Bai Yutang just didn't recognize her identity at first, it's not a mistake.

"Okay." Zhao Hanyan poured the tea into a tea bowl and handed it to Bai Yutang.

Seeing Zhao Hanyan smiling happily, Bai Yutang stretched the corners of his mouth and asked Zhao Hanyan why he was smiling.

"Probably in a good mood." Zhao Hanyan said cheerfully.

"Did you feel better after meeting Mr. Pang? You chatted very well?" Bai Yutang suppressed his smile, and blew his tea with downcast eyes coldly.

"I'm in a good mood just happened." Zhao Hanyan only answered the first question, because she was thinking about Bai Yutang's voice in her heart, which caused Zhao Hanyan to forget the second question directly.

Bai Yutang waited for a while, seeing that Zhao Hanyan didn't answer the second question, and he felt that this question was very important, so he raised his eyes and continued to say to Zhao Hanyan, "I think you and Zhan Zhao both have a good impression of him."

"Well, he is very easy-going, but his mind is too sensitive, too smart, and he sees things too clearly, so he is a little tired." Zhao Hanyan finally blew his bowl of tea cold, and happily shared with a He took a deep breath, sighed to quench his thirst, then looked up at the window, and praised Bai Yutang with a smile, "So it's better to have a good temper like you."

"Oh? What's so good about it?" Bai Yutang's eyes lit up again just after their dimming, staring at Zhao Hanyan seriously.

It was afternoon, and the sun was bright and warm, and it happened to shine on Zhao Hanyan's cheeks that were a little flushed by the steam of hot tea. Coupled with the smile on the corner of her mouth, it created a kind of infectious and pleasant beauty.

To put it simply, you just need to look at this person quietly, without doing anything or thinking too much, and you will feel relaxed and happy.

"Follow your instincts, do whatever you want, don't wrong yourself, only wrong others." Zhao Hanyan rested his chin lazily, casually summed up Bai Yutang's free and easy character, and turned his eyes back from the window to Bai Yutang. Tang body.

Listening to Zhao Hanyan's judgment, Bai Yutang wanted to refute at first, but then he thought that his temperament was really like this, so he couldn't help laughing.

"Thank you for the compliment, although I don't think your words are really complimenting me."

"It's a real boast, but it's very real, without using those beautiful-sounding words. But we don't need to be polite like that anymore, right?" Zhao Hanyan asked with a blink of an eye.

Bai Yutang narrowed his eyes and nodded.

The person involved may not know how beautiful his beautiful smiling face is in the sun, and it is really flawless.Bai Yutang didn't know how to smile like this, so Zhao Hanyan felt that his smile was very sweet and beautiful, and it was more beautiful than all the desserts made by chefs of Michelin restaurants!

Zhao Hanyan was in a daze for a while, until Bai Yutang's palm magnified in front of his eyes, and then he was awakened to consciousness.

Bai Yutang looked at him seriously, "It's all just chatting with me, and you feel bored and distracted?"

"No, no. I see that your cheeks are a little red, and I wonder if you are also suffering from a cold. When I came back today, I met several yamen servants who were coughing and suffering from a cold." Zhao Hanyan explained cleverly.

Bai Yutang touched his face with his slender hands, "Is there any?"

Zhao Hanyan pointed to the water tank outside, "Go and take care of it."

You look so good-looking, you should take a good look, don't waste it.

Bai Yutang really got up and walked towards the water tank.

Zhao Hanyan immediately closed his eyes, covered his face with his hands, and took a deep breath.

"I didn't see it." Bai Yutang turned to look at Zhao Hanyan's back.

"Maybe it's not clear enough, go back to your room and look at the bronze mirror." Zhao Hanyan hurriedly suggested, "It just so happens that I should make dinner too."

Bai Yutang: "So early?"

"Yes, it takes longer to cook porridge, the longer the taste, the better the taste." Zhao Hanyan explained.

Bai Yutang nodded, he didn't understand, but as long as it was about cooking, he would believe no matter what Zhao Hanyan said.

"Go, go." Zhao Hanyan was a little afraid to look directly at Bai Yutang's face, she felt that she seemed obscene just now, so it's better to send Bai Yutang away as soon as possible.

"You shouldn't have to look at it. I haven't had a cold since I was a child. People who practice martial arts are in better health than ordinary people, and they rarely get sick." Bai Yutang said.

"Then among you martial arts practitioners, there is no one in poor health?" Zhao Hanyan felt that the theory that martial arts practitioners never get sick is actually unscientific, so he still had to remind Bai Yutang to pay attention, let him look in the mirror, and then left her kitchen up.The logic is just perfect.

"It's true. Although practicing martial arts can strengthen your body, it can't cure all diseases."

After Bai Yutang answered seriously, seeing Zhao Hanyan looking at him eagerly, he realized something.Next, he followed Zhao Hanyan's logic and decided to go back to his room to see how red his face was. Could it be that he was really suffering from a cold?

After watching Bai Yutang leave with a smile, Zhao Hanyan patted his chest, breathed a sigh of relief, quickly distracted, took a basin to wash the rice, called Laiwang to light the fire, and prepared four large casserole pots for cooking porridge.

"Eel porridge?" Laiwang asked happily.

"Cold-dispelling porridge." Zhao Hanyan then told Lai Wang why she made this kind of porridge.

After hearing this, Laiwang was even happier, and hurriedly begged Zhao Hanyan if he could teach him too, "Let my wife do it later. Recently, I see that many children have suffered from wind and cold, and I am really worried that my family will do the same."

"Actually, ginger soup is also available, but children generally don't like ginger. I don't like things that are too strong." Zhao Hanyan said.

Laiwang nodded, "Brother Zhao is too powerful, guess what, my child is like this, he doesn't like ginger soup."

Zhao Hanyan called Chunlai to come over and told him to buy some angelica, astragalus, curculigo and cassia twigs.

Zhao Hanyan turned to Laiwang and said, "Your child must love meat, right?"

"Naturally, I'm crazy about food." Laiwang laughed.

Zhao Hanyan took a piece of mutton leg, cut it into pieces after soaking in water, and wrapped it up. After Chunlai bought the stuff, he wrapped some angelica in it. Once he gave it to Laiwang, he told him to go home now. Just ask his wife to cook the porridge, and then come back here to light the fire.In this way, after Laiwang finished his work in Kaifeng Mansion, his wife's porridge was ready to eat when he returned home.

Laiwang didn't dare to answer: "Why don't you take it directly? Brother Zhao just tell me how to do it, and I'll tell my wife to buy it by herself."

"It doesn't matter, I can't use it up anyway, just treat it as a reward for your good cooking." Zhao Hanyan told Laiwang not to worry, "We have a little money in the kitchen. I still remember the gemstone ring that Duan Xiaowang bestowed on me last time. ? I asked Chun Lai Qu to change the money to raise food for everyone.”

Laiwang agreed, and then accepted.

"Let your wife decoct the angelica into water, extract the juice, cook it with a small amount of ginger juice, rice, and mutton until it becomes soft and rotten, and finally add some salt to it. Don't worry, the aroma of mutton in this porridge will definitely overwhelm it." Too much ginger, besides, the amount of ginger is not enough, so you will definitely not have any ginger flavor." Zhao Hanyan confessed.

Laiwang Yinghao, thank you again and run home quickly, so that you can come back as soon as possible and continue to work on the fire.

In addition to the angelica mutton porridge just now, Zhao Hanyan made three other kinds of porridge.One is to decoct curculigo, red dates and cinnamon twigs in water first, and put the remaining juice and rice into a casserole to boil, and then add brown sugar when it is ready to be cooked.The other is to put astragalus longan and rice, and add some wolfberry and honey when it comes out of the pan.The last one is walnuts, sesame seeds and rice, and brown sugar is added at the end.

While waiting for the porridge to cook, Zhao Hanyan and Su Yuerong made pasta together.After Su Yuerong made the noodles, she was going to make buns, but she couldn't decide what to fill, so she asked Zhao Hanyan to help her make up her mind.

"There are red beans in the kitchen, which can be used to make red bean paste buns. There are also mutton, beef and pork, green onions, cabbage and white radish." Zhao Hanyan also sighed by the way, "When it comes to autumn vegetables, the first thing that comes to mind must be cabbage and radish."

"Yes, white radish and beef are delicious together, as well as pork and scallions, pork and cabbage, and mutton and scallions." After being reminded by Zhao Hanyan, Su Yuerong thought of several fillings.

Zhao Hanyan went to get the green radish that he just bought this morning. The radish shoots on it were still very fresh and green.Zhao Hanyan cut off the radish shoots with a knife and asked Chun to wash them.

"Mutton radish can also be used." Zhao Hanyan remembered that she had eaten this stuffing at Zhouqiao Night Market before.

"Yes, this is delicious too." Su Yuerong couldn't help swallowing, "Ah, I can't wait to eat it, so I'll make it quickly, and all the gluttons will be hooked out."

"You and Chun go chop the meat stuffing, and I'll chop the vegetables and make the stuffing."

Su Yuerong agreed, and hurried to work happily.

The stuffing of buns does not need to be cut too thin like that of dumpling stuffing. Vegetables and meat should be slightly 'thicker' when cut, and the buns will have a more solid taste after they are cooked.When adjusting the stuffing, in addition to adding normal seasonings, Zhao Hanyan will also add some homemade sweet sauce. An appropriate amount of sweet sauce can improve the overall deliciousness of the stuffing and add a lot of color to the taste.

"Is there still skin jelly made yesterday?" Zhao Hanyan asked.

"There are some left, a big piece, haven't cut it yet." Xiuzhu who was lighting the fire replied hastily.

Zhao Hanyan asked where it was, went to fetch it, cut off the jelly without the skin on the surface, then cut it into fine pieces like meat stuffing, and mixed them in the stuffing separately.When the steamed buns are heated, the clear jelly will melt and blend with the flavors of the fillings to form a delicious soup.

When Laiwang came back at this time, Zhao Hanyan, Xiuzhu, and Su Yuerong started making buns together.

There are two steamers for steamed buns with each filling. There are two steamers in total. After the first batch of buns come out of the pot, it’s almost time to eat. Serve with four stir-fried dishes and two cold dishes. The pickled radish and spicy cabbage in advance are enough for a table of side dishes to eat with steamed buns.

There are six kinds of steamed stuffed buns with different fillings, and there are also four flavors of cold-dispelling porridge to choose from, so that everyone with different tastes can choose what they like.

Pick up a mutton radish sprout bun, take a bite, the meaty soup is overflowing, quickly take a sip of the juice, it is full of flavor, so fragrant that you want to close your eyes.The whole person is like being on a piece of thick, soft and fragrant mutton. There is a jumping radish sprout on the side, waving its leaves and dancing. People can't help but want to open their arms and spin and jump together.

In fact, not only the mutton and radish filling, but also other stuffed buns. After eating, it makes people jump for joy and have an urge to express their happiness.

After the second pot of buns was steamed, Zhao Hanyan took Chun Lai Chun to deliver the buns, and wanted to listen to everyone's opinions and evaluate how they were.

Bao Zheng picked up a steaming steamed bun that had just arrived, looked at the white and soft bun with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said from his heart: Pork and scallions are still my favorite stuffing, but in the future it will probably be made by a little cook I love it the most.I'll eat another warm one, but I don't know how it will taste if the chicken tip is used as stuffing for buns.

Zhan Zhao's heartfelt voice: Beef and radish is a must. Although I have eaten eight, I can eat three more.

Gongsun Ce's voice: A group of people who love to eat meat, alas, it seems that only I love bean paste buns the most.It's okay if no one grabs it from me, if there is any leftover, I can eat it again tomorrow morning.

Bai Yutang dropped half of the steamed stuffed bun in one bite, chewed gracefully, then swallowed the rest in a second bite, then changed the plate and continued eating as before.

Zhao Hanyan was surprised to find that Bai Yutang looked quiet and handsome, but his eating speed was definitely the fastest among all the people.Some people don't chew when they eat fast, but they still chew, fast!

Bai Yutang's heartfelt voice: It's troublesome not to be picky about food, but it's easy to keep up if you take care of everything.

Zhao Hanyan later found out that after Bai Yutang really finished eating one kind of stuffed bun, he went on to eat the next kind, even porridge, and he drank it alternately among the four.

Zhao Hanyan pursed his lips, turned and left silently with his hands behind his back.

When she turned her back to everyone, Zhao Hanyan couldn't help but smile happily, she was very satisfied with her heartfelt voice, she should go back to eat steamed stuffed buns.