I sell morning tea in ancient times

"Boom, boom..."

After a thunderstorm, the heavy rain started to fall.

As soon as Meteor opened the door, countless raindrops hit her face, hitting her so hard that she couldn't open her eyes.She hastily closed the door again, took out the handkerchief and wiped her face, and said sullenly: "Miss, it rained so hard, it hurt the servant's face."

As soon as Tao Zhiyun and Cuiyun came out, they saw the rain-soaked appearance of Meteor.Tao Zhiyun suppressed her smile, Cuiyun also frowned.

When Meteor saw it, he couldn't help stomping his feet, "Wow, you're still making fun of slaves."

"The stinging sting is here, and the rain will come naturally." Seeing that her clothes were all wet, Tao Zhiyun hurriedly said, "It's still cold now, Meteor, go and change your clothes quickly, lest you catch a cold."

As soon as the words fell, Meteor sneezed, "Ha Chirp!" Then he shivered uncontrollably.

Cuiyun hurriedly pulled her into the room.

Aunt Xiufang, who had just walked out, looked at this scene, and couldn't help showing a smile on her lips, and asked, "Miss, what snacks are you making today?"

At this time, it was still very early before dawn, and through the window paper, one could faintly see that it was still dark outside.Tao Zhiyun quietly listened to the sound of thunder and rain outside, she didn't know what she was thinking, when she heard Aunt Xiufang's voice, she came back to her senses, and said with a smile: "Today is the Waking of Insects, the spring thunder bursts, the rain is abundant, and the thunder shoots are also Time to go."

"Lei Sun?"

"Lei bamboo shoots are said to come out after thunder strikes, hence the name. Lei bamboo shoots are the freshest among the bamboo shoots and are known as the first bamboo shoots. Bai Juyi once wrote in "Eating Bamboo Shoots": "Zi Shea Gu Jin , Su Mu breaks new jade.'Lei shoots are slender, yellow-green in color like jade, and can be eaten raw after being dug out. There is no dregs in the mouth, slightly sweet and non-astringent, and the mouth is full of the fragrance of bamboo."*

"The lady wants to?"

"Eat the right food in the right season, so that you can better feel the breath of nature. Since there are bamboo shoots, of course we have to make use of them. Today, our store has a new dim sum—shrimp dumplings."

After raining for a long time, it finally stopped.Tao Zhiyun opened the door and took a deep breath of fresh air. By the way, she felt that the air in ancient times was fresh.

When the sky was slightly bright, there was a man in black and short brown walking past Dow's morning tea shop carrying bamboo shoots.

When he saw the name of the store, he put the burden on the ground, with a simple and honest smile on his face, and came to the door and said, "Shop, do you want bamboo shoots? Delicious Lei bamboo shoots, just dug this morning, very fresh, one bite Go down, crispy and sweet!"

Cuiyun was ordering food for the guests, and when she saw it, she hurriedly said to Xiao Er: "Xiao Yang, go and tell Miss, just say that Lei Sun is here."

Chu Yang had a handsome appearance, his patched clothes were washed white, and he looked very clean and tidy. Hearing this, he simply replied: "Hey, I'll tell the lady right away."

Tao Zhiyun was steaming the barbecued pork buns, when she heard that Lei Sun was coming, she smiled with almond eyes and walked quickly to the door of the shop.

Seeing that Tao Zhiyun's clothes were unusual, the man knew in his heart that it was the shopkeeper who came out, and hurriedly said with a smile: "Look, the top-quality thunder bamboo shoots have just been dug."

Tao Zhiyun peeled the skin of a bamboo shoot, looked at the color of the bamboo shoot, and was very satisfied in her heart, and said with a smile: "Okay, I want all of your bamboo shoots, and if there are any in the future, please send them here."

"Okay, thank you store, thank you store."

Tao Zhiyun asked Chu Yang to carry the bamboo shoots into the kitchen, then peeled and cleaned the bamboo shoots, and prepared to make crystal shrimp dumplings.

Shrimp dumplings have a history of [-] years. They look like a round half moon with twelve folds on the belly.The skin is light and slightly tough, crystal clear, and you can see the slightly orange-pink shrimp meat inside at a glance.Bite down, the slightly tough skin is mixed with the tender shrimp meat, and the mouth is full of the fragrance of bamboo shoots. *

The most special thing about Crystal Shrimp Dumplings is its crystal-clear, crystal-like skin.In order to make this special layer of skin, it is not flour, but Chengfen.Chengfen is pre-processed gluten-free flour. *

Pour boiled water into the flour and knead the noodles. After reconciling, add some lard to knead the noodles, because lard can promote the emulsification and shortening of the noodles.After kneading the noodles, put the noodles aside to wake up. At this time, you can prepare the stuffing while the noodles are waking up. *

Peel and cut the shrimp into sections, cut the bamboo shoots and meat into small pieces, chop the onion and ginger and set aside.Then pour shrimp, bamboo shoots, meat, etc. into the plate, add appropriate amount of oil, salt and cooking wine and stir well. *

Knead the wake-up noodles into strips and cut them into small pieces, then grind them into dumpling skins with wooden sticks, and wrap the stuffing like dumplings.Put the wrapped shrimp dumplings into the steamer, and after steaming for a while, the crystal clear shrimp dumplings are ready. *

When the crystal shrimp dumpling came out of the cage, Meteor stared wide-eyed, "Miss, the skin of this shrimp dumpling seems to be transparent!"

"The crystal name of the crystal shrimp dumpling is derived from the skin of this shrimp dumpling," Tao Zhiyun explained. Seeing the cute little appearance of Meteor, she couldn't help laughing again: "Meteor, help me taste the meat of this shrimp dumpling." Does it taste good?"

Meteor narrowed his eyes with a smile, "Okay! Miss, don't worry, Meteor promises to complete the task!"

The shrimp dumplings just out of the cage were still a little hot, but Meteor ate the whole thing in his mouth, breathing happily while being scalded.

"Miss, it's delicious."

"There are still many in the kitchen, so come and get them if you want to eat. But don't just focus on eating by yourself, there are Cuiyun, Aunt Xiufang and Chu Yang." Tao Zhiyun looked at the greedy meteor, and nodded her nose in amusing, Laughing: "Little greedy cat."

Royal Palace.

After coming down to court, the new emperor summoned Qi Yi to discuss matters in the imperial study.

As soon as Qi Yi sat down, Xindi smelled a fragrance.This smell is unique and domineering, it is a kind of slightly sweet lingering, long-lasting.

"Okay, Qi Yi, if you steal something good, don't share it with me." He suddenly moved closer to Qi Yi and sniffed it, and said with a smile, "It smells so delicious, it must be delicious."

The new emperor and Qi Yi met at the end of Wei, and later fought together in the world, had a lifelong friendship, and married Qi Yi's sister, Qi Xinyue. The relationship between the two is naturally very close, and their daily relationship is the same as before.

Qi Yi replied softly: "It's the barbecued pork buns from Dow's Morning Tea Shop. It's white and delicious. It's really delicious."

"Dao's morning tea shop? I have eaten all over the capital, why haven't I heard of this shop?" When talking about eating all over the capital, Xindi looked proud.

"This store just opened yesterday, and the owner of the store is Miss Tao."

"Tao Zhiyun?" The new emperor's face was a little cold, and he changed the topic a little bluntly, "The barbecued pork buns must be nothing more than that. Mingguang, forget about these irrelevant people and things, let's talk about business."

Qi Yi, whose name is Mingguang.

He knew that the new emperor still had some grievances in his heart, so he followed the new emperor's wishes and talked about serious matters.It's just that I can't help but have some doubts in my heart. The new emperor is obviously not a small-minded person, so why has he harbored grudges against Tao Zhiyun for so many years?

After discussing the business, Qi Yi went to the official office, and only the new emperor was left in the imperial study.

The new emperor approved a few memorials, then dropped his pen in a state of distraught.

No, as a senior foodie, how could he know that there is delicious food but not taste it?But wouldn't it be embarrassing to eat like this?

Got it!

The new emperor coughed and called out, "Dequan."

The chief eunuch Dequan responded swiftly, and went in swiftly.

It didn't take long before he came out with a complicated heart.

Thinking of His Majesty's order, he summoned his apprentice and told him: "The miscellaneous family entrusted you with an errand, and you should go to Tao's morning tea shop with your legs and feet. Remember, buy every kind of food, buy more, and hurry up." Come back later, understand?"

The apprentice agreed, turned around and wanted to do it.

Dequan was out of breath, and shouted in a low voice: "Where are you going! You come back to the miscellaneous family!" He swung his apprentice with a whisk, and said in a low voice: "The most important thing is, you must go quietly, so that you don't get caught, understand? ?”

"Just buy something to eat, and quietly?" the apprentice asked in confusion.

Dequan kicked him lightly, and cursed: "If you are told to go quietly, go quietly, and ask what you want!"

The apprentice responded, and waited for a while, seeing that he really didn't have any other orders, so he went to work quickly.

After half an hour.

The new emperor closed the palace door tightly, and sat alone at the table, smelling the aroma, full of anticipation, and ready to eat.

There are two rice rolls on the table, six pork buns, twelve crystal shrimp dumplings, and two cups of soy milk.

"Tsk tsk, why did you buy so much? It's too extravagant, too extravagant." The new emperor looked satisfied in his heart, but his mouth was not right, and he seemed to be reluctant to say: "In order not to waste, I reluctantly put them all away." Finish eating."

He first looked at the snow-white barbecued pork buns, "You look pretty good, let me see if you are really delicious."

He held the char siu bun, bit half of it in one bite, and then commented: "The stuffed meat is quite novel, but the others are average." Anyway, he ate three char siew buns in a row, and then Barely stop the chopsticks.

He turned his attention to the delicate and tender rice rolls again, and when he picked them up with chopsticks, he found that it was as thin as a cicada's wing.He was slightly startled, dipped in the sauce and took a bite.

"Slippery, extremely smooth, delicate and tender, with a slight bounce, paired with a slightly sweet sauce, it is extremely delicious."

Just as the new emperor was intoxicated, the closed door of the temple was opened.Wearing a nine-tail hairpin and a bright yellow palace attire, an unmistakably bright beauty walked in.

"Sure enough, Jinlang is stealing delicious food here, and he didn't call me out." Qi Xinyue's brows were tender, and her heart softened when she saw it.

Yan Yujin smiled and said, "How could it be? I'm just trying to see if it's delicious. If it's really delicious, I'll tell you so that you won't be disappointed."

"Then are these foods delicious?" Qi Xinyue's eyes looked expectant.

She loves food as much as Yan Yujin. The two met because of food, and fell in love because of the same passion for food.In other words, this is the love of two foodies.

Yan Yujin said: "The pork buns and rice rolls are both good, but rice rolls are my favorite."

However, Qi Xinyue took a fancy to the crystal clear shrimp dumplings at a glance.

"what is this?"

"Crystal Shrimp Dumplings."

Qi Xinyue picked one up and took a bite, the slightly tough skin and the springy shrimp meat bounced off in her mouth, and the bamboo shoots in the stuffing made the shrimp meat extremely fresh.One bite, as if smelling the melting of winter snow in early spring, as if eating the whole spring.

Qi Xinyue's eyes were full of amazement, she ate six crystal shrimp dumplings in a row, and then she was full.

While she was rubbing her belly, Yan Yujin snorted and said with a smile: "Look at your exaggerated appearance, I also ate crystal shrimp dumplings, and the taste is just good. How can rice rolls be delicious!"

"Nonsense! Crystal Shrimp Dumplings are the best!"

On this day, Yan Yujin and Qi Xinyue argued for a whole day which was the best rice rolls or crystal shrimp dumplings. In the end, Yan Yujin was locked outside the hall by Qi Xinyue who was in a hurry, and could only sleep in the Hall of Mental Cultivation alone.

But Yan Yujin's wave was not innocent, after all, what he offended was the dignity of a foodie.

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The author has something to say:

*1. Bai Juyi's "Eat Bamboo Shoots": "Purple sheaths, old brocade, plain muscles, new jade."

2. "It can be eaten raw after being dug out. There is no slag in the mouth, slightly sweet and non-astringent, and the mouth is full of the fragrance of bamboo." Adapted from "Shoots come out when thunder strikes in early spring, the freshest of the bamboo shoots"

3. Others are from Baidu Encyclopedia, with deletions and modifications

Note: Thunder shoots are mainly distributed in the hills and plains of northwest Zhejiang and Jiangxi, and are known as "the first bamboo shoots in the south of the Yangtze River".