After the gourmet up dressed as a spoiled man

The group of people did not delay on the road, and finally arrived at the outskirts of the capital after traveling in the carriage for six days.

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The group of people did not delay on the road, and finally arrived at the outskirts of the capital after six days in the carriage.

The temperature in the capital city is no lower than that of Lutai Mountain. Li Yu opened the curtain of the carriage and looked around. The carriages passing by in twos and threes on the official road, and patches of cultivated land on the side of the road were covered with snow and covered in plain snow. more up.

"We'll be able to enter the city in another hour." Lin Shiyou glanced at the sky, but it was rare to see the sun, revealing a faint halo, the sky was no longer gloomy with snowflakes, and his vision became brighter.

"You don't need to take a carriage!" Li Yu stretched, "No matter how good a carriage is, it's tiring to sit every day."

Brother Dong squinted his eyes and burst out laughing. Brother Yu and him were very excited when they started on the road. After sitting for a day, they felt back pain and leg pain. After sleeping on the bed in the inn at night, they couldn’t bear it the next day left.

Li Yu smiled knowingly, "Finally I can take a good rest."

After successfully entering the city, the carriage went straight to the house that Lin Shiyou bought. Zhou Mingting had already sent someone to clean it up, and arranged a few servants to wait for them there.

Member Liu first went back to the old house to meet the elders, and before leaving, he leaned into Brother Dong's ear and said, "I'll pick you up tonight, let's go to my private house, and visit the old house another day."

Brother Dong's ears became hot and he pursed his lips and laughed out two dimples, and nodded slightly.

Lin Shiyou stood at the entrance of the house and looked around. The location is good. The entrance of the alley is a wide east-west street, full of shops, noisy and prosperous.

There was a voice at the door, and the servant in the house immediately opened the door to greet him, "Mr. Lin is back, we were arranged by Master Zhou."

It was an old housekeeper who opened the door, Lin Shiyou recognized him, he was an old man in Zhou Mingting's mansion.

"Uncle Zhang, please excuse me."

Butler Zhang waved his hand. The young master arranged for him to come because he trusted him. Anyway, he was always working everywhere. It would be more convenient if there were fewer people. "Mr. Lin, you are welcome. The house is packed. Come in and check."

Behind them were two young servants who moved swiftly to carry the luggage. Li Yu brought Dong Geer Zhang Meng and the others into the door, stepped on the flat ground paved with blue bricks, and walked inside to see a courtyard with twists and turns, surrounded by trees , It’s just that it’s winter and the surroundings are bare. When the branches sprout in spring and summer, and then plant some exotic flowers and plants, it will be a unique scenery.

After looking at several houses, Li Yu nodded from time to time, and was very satisfied with this house. Lin Shiyou also breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his appearance, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, as long as Xiao Yu likes it.

The boy put the luggage into the main house, Zhang Meng and Li Qing chose a wing room, which was a good size and had everything in it, enough for the two of them to live in.

After tidying up, Butler Zhang invited everyone to eat in the dining room. After a busy morning, everyone was hungry, and the simple sweet potato cakes and rice porridge were delicious.

After sitting for a while, Brother Dong went to the guest room to rest. Li Yu and Lin Shiyou went back to the main house and took a closer look at the room. It was twice as big as their hut in Lujia Village. There are mahogany tables, chairs and cabinets, as well as celadon vases and bonsai decorations. There is a small pear blossom beside the door. The curtains and bedding at the head of the bed have been replaced with new ones, and there are hidden shelves beside the bed.

Li Yudong glanced around and touched the vase to see the novelty, "My husband, we bought this house for less than 300 taels, what a bargain!"

Lin Shiyou leaned on the head of the bed and followed his movements with his eyes. After a while, he opened his arms and smiled, "Xiao Yu, don't be busy, come and accompany me for a while."

"I'm sleepy."

He snuggled into Lin Shiyou's arms, his eyes curled up, "Go to sleep, I'm sleepy too." After speaking, he obediently closed his eyes.

Lin Shiyou shook off the quilt, wrapped him in his arms and gently put down the bed curtain.

It was getting late, the earth dragon was burning in the room, the people on the bed were sleeping soundly, half of Li Yu's face was pressed on the pillow, the exposed side face was white and moist, and the corners of his lips were slightly parted, breathing deeply and shallowly.

Several voices came intermittently from outside, "It's late at night, why don't you wake up! I've been here for a long time and haven't seen anyone!"

"Hey, master, please keep your voice down. They were tired from the journey for the past few days, and they went to bed after lunch."

"Uncle Zhang, don't I miss Lao Lin? We haven't seen each other for more than half a year. I just came over after talking about business."

The person who spoke and complained was Zhou Mingting. He was wearing a thick cloak, and his hair was tied with a jade crown. The temperament is not vulgar and suave.

Lin Shiyou also often lamented that he was poor in his homework since he was a child, and his mind was only thinking about business matters. Not only did he not smell like money for so many years, but he was more bookish, and he was more like a teacher than a scholar.

Steward Zhang listened for a while, and replied with a smile on his face: "Young master, don't worry, they will get up soon."

In the house, Lin Shiyou was awakened by the voices outside, and knew that Zhou Mingting had arrived as soon as he moved his ears.

He squeezed the center of his brows and cursed in his heart, "It's still so noisy, this guy only looks like a gentleman on the outside, and he has nothing to do with gentleness in other respects."

"Is Xiaoyu awake? Zhou Mingting is here."

Lin Shiyou smoothed Li Yu's sleepy hair beside his forehead, and lightly patted him on the shoulder, "Get up, okay, I'll be sleeping for a while."

Li Yu grunted reluctantly and turned over, obviously refusing.

Seeing that he was unwilling to pay any attention to him, Lin Shiyou suddenly thought of something. He lowered his voice and said deliberately, "Zhou Mingting must have brought some good wine. Xiaoyu doesn't want to taste it?"

Li Yu couldn't hear clearly, only heard "someone is coming" and "good wine", he slowly opened his eyes to wake himself up, rubbed his eyes, the corners of his eyes were instantly flushed, turned his head and asked : "Sir, who's here?"

"Zhou Mingting."

Lin Shiyou pulled him up and straightened his clothes, with a smile on his lips, "Let's go out and have a look, this guy can't wait."

As soon as he opened the door, he saw Zhou Mingting standing upright in the yard with his hips crossed, and he spoke first, "Brother Lin is really busy, I've been waiting in the yard for so long without seeing anyone!"

Lin Shiyou shook his head helplessly, "I haven't seen you for so long, and you just made fun of me when we met. Master Zhou, don't you want to say something else?"

The old friend is still familiar. After such a big change in the family, he has not seen a trace of decadence. He is as high-spirited as before, with firm and confident eyes. Zhou Mingting looked at it quietly for a while before he was completely relieved. I didn't lie to him, my brother really has the ability!

"What else can I say, I found such a good house for you. I still want to hear your thanks."

When Zhou Mingting relaxes, he likes to make jokes and jokes. There are familiar people here, and he is even more happy. Before hearing Lin Shi's answer, a voice came from behind him, "Please trouble Mr. Zhou, my husband and I like it very much." This house."

Li Yu only wore winter clothes without a cloak, and his blue robe made him lean and straight, like a green bamboo in the garden, and his black hair was tied behind his head with a faint luster like black jade.His skin was cold and pale, his eyebrows were drawn like ink, and his slender lips were slightly raised beside Lin Shiyou.

"This is... Brother Yu?"

Zhou Mingting's expression was slightly startled. He went to Lin's house to meet brother Yu a few times before, and he only thought that he had a good appearance but an honest personality. When he saw people, he just bowed his head and pursed his lips and didn't like to talk. He secretly felt it was a pity.

Goodbye today, brother Yu has changed a lot, he still has the same appearance, but standing beside his friend with a calm demeanor, looking straight at everyone with bright eyes, without restraint, so that he can match Lin Shi.

Zhou Mingting was satisfied in his heart, and greeted warmly with a smile on his face, "Brother Yu is getting more and more handsome! I heard from Lao Lin that you have opened a shop in Lutai Mountain and it is booming. Opportunity to try Brother Yu's craftsmanship?"

Li Yu knew that Zhou Mingting had a forthright personality and was enthusiastic towards others, but this was the first time he had met him, and somehow felt that he was not a businessman, but a scholar.

Lin Shiyou jokingly said, "Let's talk about the good wine you brought first, and then we'll think about what good dishes to pair with it."

"You still know me!" Zhou Mingting took a step forward and pulled Lin Shiyou's sleeve, "Let's go and see what I brought!"

Li Yu went to call Brother Dong and Zhang Meng, he wanted to show his skills for dinner, butler Zhang said just now that the kitchen has prepared dishes, and the cook is also an old man from the Zhou family, and she cooks the lunch.

The porridge was soft and sweet, and the sweet potato cakes were made soft and delicious by adding flour to the sweet potatoes. After a long journey, they ate a bowl of porridge and felt warm in their stomachs.

"Uncle Zhang, is there a whole chicken in the kitchen? I'm going to make a dish." Li Yu carefully asked about the ingredients needed.

Butler Zhang replied: "We have everything, and the ingredients are all ready! We can prepare whatever you want."

"That's great."

Li Yu directly dragged Brother Dong to the kitchen, and tonight's main course was to make scallion chicken.

"Brother Yu's kitchen is so big, it's much more spacious than the one in our shop."

The room is warm, Brother Dong wakes up and the blush on his cheeks hasn’t faded. Now he regains his energy and looks around, “I don’t know these kinds of spices.”

Li Yu leaned forward and glanced at it. It was the yellow gardenia that was going to be used later, and there was mung bean cake steamed by the cook.

He casually picked up one and handed it to Brother Dong, asking him to fill his stomach first, and teach him a new dish.

The method of scallion oil chicken is simple. Add half a pot of water to a large pot, break open the yellow gardenia and throw it in to boil. The water will turn yellow. After the whole chicken is processed and the internal organs are removed, put it in the pot for a few times.Li Yu took out some firewood from the stove and turned down the fire, added a spoonful of rice wine and a handful of scallions to the pot, and covered the pot.

"The key is to cook on low heat. If the fire is too high, the chicken skin will fall off." Li Yu's brows and eyes were blurred by the heat from the side of the pot, and his voice was wet. Brother Dong nodded while watching, and sat on the side holding it. The pastry ate like a little hamster with bulging cheeks.

"Cook it for a quarter of an hour, turn off the stove, and keep it simmering for another quarter of an hour. It should be done."

He put salt in the pot and turned off the firewood. The big pot is the most suitable for stewing, and the pot is still hot for an hour!

Brother Dong understood, and asked with a smile: "Are you going to make scallion oil?"

Li Yu cut the shallots into sections, burned a tablespoon of hot oil and poured them on the shallots, and the fragrance of the shallots was released in just a moment.

The cook was busy with the other pot, and she couldn't help sniffing, "Brother Yu, this green onion smells really strong, and the chicken will definitely be delicious after pouring this onion!"

Li Yu lowered his eyes and smiled, staring intently at the time, and after two quarters of an hour, he was finally able to boil the pot.

The whole chicken was dyed light yellow, and the heat was right, and the chicken skin did not fall off, and it was steaming hot with the aroma of spices.

Zhou Mingting stared at this dish as soon as it was served. He has eaten it all over the big restaurants in the capital, and he has never seen yellow steamed chicken.

He stopped chatting with Lin Shiyou, and turned his head to stare at the table eagerly.

The cook brought a few more dishes, and when everyone arrived, she was finally able to move her chopsticks. Zhou Mingting never left his eyes on the scallion chicken. Lin Shiyou was also surprised. When did he miss eating so much? It's all going to flow down.

Seeing this, Li Yu hurriedly greeted him: "Everyone, try this scallion chicken, I've never made it before."

Brother Dong swallowed dryly just now in the kitchen just smelling the smell, and he was not polite at this time, he put a small piece of chicken into the bowl, before he could eat it, he heard Zhou Mingting moving faster on the opposite side He sighed: "This chicken is really fragrant! Brother Yu's craftsmanship is really good, Lao Lin, you are really blessed!"

He picked up a chopstick of chicken. The skin of the chicken was shiny with scallion oil. The skin was thinly wrapped around the tender chicken. When a piece of meat was torn off, the sebum connected to the top trembled slightly. The aroma is mixed with the aroma of scallion oil, and it smells of spices. When you bite into it, the juice is overflowing. The chicken skin is not fat or greasy, and the meat is fresh and tender. Chew it with chopped green onion and you will feel delicious and have an endless aftertaste.

The big guy buried his head in eating, and he ate up one dish in a short while. The cook only picked up a few bites of the dish. Li Yu looked ashamed and looked at Lin Shiyou as if asking for help. Did he prepare too few dishes for the guests? Yes, I'm really sorry.

Lin Shiyou caught Li Yu's eyes, and then glanced at Zhou Mingting. He was feasting, and he was the one who ate the most. He even forgot to drink the good wine he brought.

He shook his head at Li Yu with a nice curve of his mouth, as long as the acquaintances are full!

The dinner table was silent for a while, and after the plate of scallion chicken was completely eaten, a few people made a sound. Zhou Mingting glanced at everyone and wanted to say something, but there was a loud belch as soon as he opened his mouth!

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Lin Shiyou squinted his eyes and looked at his friend. How many days have you been hungry?

Zhou Mingting's face turned red for a moment, and he glanced around inadvertently. Seeing that everyone's faces were normal and not joking, he breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately changed the subject: "Old Lin said in his letter that he wanted to open a shop, and I found it for you. There is a shop for rent in these three streets. It used to be a rice and grain shop. The place is spacious, and you can open the shop after redecorating it."

Li Yu asked: "How is the location, let's go and have a look tomorrow."

"The location is good. The few streets near your house are busy commercial streets." He said nunuzui: "Old Lin is familiar with it."

Lin Shiyou recalled for a moment that he and Zhou Mingting had been here a few times, and visited the morning market and night market.

"We've been away from Beijing for so long. I don't know what new styles the restaurants in Beijing have. Do you have hot pot?"

"What is hot pot?"

Zhou Mingting frowned slightly and asked in doubt, "Is it roasted with fire?"

Zhang Meng listened silently for a while after eating and drinking, and couldn't help sighing triumphantly, "This friend of the shopkeeper looks richly dressed, why hasn't he heard of anything! He doesn't even know about hot pot."

They have known Lin Ge and his wife for so long in the town, and they have indeed eaten a lot of delicious food. The shopkeeper's craftsmanship is so good and varied, and people outside the town have never seen it before!

Li Yu patiently explained hot pot to him. Zhou Mingting immediately became interested after hearing what he said, and shouted, "Can I try this next time? It sounds delicious!"

The corner of Lin Shiyou's mouth twitched quietly, and he looked at him playfully, "Then we'll open a hot pot restaurant, and when you come to eat in the restaurant, I'll give you a cheaper price."

Zhou Mingting's eyes widened suddenly, he slapped the table and said with a smile, "Did Lin fall into the eyes of money? We have such a good relationship and you still want to charge me money?"

Everyone present laughed, this Mr. Zhou is also an interesting person!

After talking about the shop for a while, almost all the dishes on the table were eaten, Zhou Mingting paused, "My wine is the best Qiulubai, I will give you a few more jars next time."

Lin Shi nodded in response, it was getting late, his servant was already waiting at the door with a carriage, Zhou Mingting waved his hand and walked out of the courtyard, and just as he was about to get into the carriage, he saw another decoration behind him. Luxurious carriage.

The horse stopped, Zhou Mingting waited for a while and saw a man getting off the car.

"Is Brother Dong here? I'll pick him up."

Li Yu sent Brother Dong out, and Liu Yuanwai took his hand, greeted him, got into the car and left.

"Hey, who is this?"

Lin Shi looked at the direction where the carriage left and said in a deep voice: "This is a friend we made in Lutai Town. His family is doing business in the capital. I will introduce you to him some day. Maybe you can cooperate."

"That's good, Lao Lin, if you know me, there is no business that I can't negotiate!" He patted his chest and said proudly, "You have to remember this, I think he is like a businessman, and I am the same as me." Do it!"

Seeing off the guest, Li Yu has already returned to the house and waited. It is convenient because there are many people in the house. The bath water has been boiled and brought into the house. He took a comfortable hot bath and urged Lin Shiyou to go to bed early. Go to see the shop.

The next morning Lin Shiyou woke up early, prepared hot water and clothes for Li Yu to put on the bed after washing, he was used to doing these things, and he liked to wake Li Yu up most every day.

The bed here is big and comfortable, Li Yu was disturbed to sleep, so she separated from his embrace and rolled to the end of the bed.

He waited quietly for a while and saw that the person on the bed was soundly asleep, so he simply used the old method for a while, then Li Yu sat up with a flushed face, and gave him an angry look, "Sir, get me some clothes."

Today the sun was warm and the wind was low, the two of them strolled slowly to the door of the shop, and sure enough they put up a sign for rent.

In the store, there was only one person holding his face and thinking about his calculations. When he saw someone coming, he immediately cheered up and smiled, "Do you want to rent a shop?"

"You are the shopkeeper? How much is the rent?"

As soon as the words were finished, a shrill voice sounded from outside, "Oh, you've been taken advantage of again. This shop is very ominous! Whoever rents it is in trouble!"

The author says:

Brother Yu: "If you don't believe in rumors, don't spread them!"