Shen Langgui

On the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Supervisor Zhao hosted a banquet for all the people in the Yamen. Although Xun He didn't like this kind of dinner, as the second-in-command, he had to be the host no matter what.I was thinking about setting up a few banquets in Xunweizhai, and invited all the people from the Yamen to gather together. Unexpectedly, an accident happened, and Supervisor Zhao and Master Zhang came to visit.

That's how it happened.One day, Yinzhang delivered food to the yamen as usual, and Supervisor Zhao happened to be discussing with Xunhe.However, the food in the box was so fragrant, Supervisor Zhao turned his attention to the food box, so he had to open the seal to show others.

There are eight exquisite dishes in the food box, one is cured chicken leg shreds, one is Chunbulao fried winter bamboo shoots, the other is walnut pulp, and the other is fresh water chestnuts.The bottom two staple dishes are even more attentive.Among them is a bowl of small dumplings in fresh soup. The dumplings are close to the front and back, and the rings are round. One dumpling is like a petal.

Supervisor Zhao was surprised and asked, "Why are the dumplings discharged like this?"

Yinzhang smiled and said: "It's snowing today, and it's cold outside, Shen... The cook at home was afraid that the road would be cold, and the dumplings would be cold when they arrived at the yamen, so they came up with this idea. Arrange the dumplings after they're out of the pot , then topped with hot soup. The dumpling wrappers are heavy... the chefs in the house personally make and roll out the noodles. They are stronger than the noodles sold in the market, but they don’t melt when soaked in soup. Finally, seal the mouth of the bowl with a soft silver lid. Keep warm, it's still warm."

Xun He offered chopsticks, Supervisor Zhao took it, picked up one, broke the skin, a string of hot air burst out instantly, he couldn't help admiring: "Good guy, it's really hot!" Then he pointed to another food There are three square buns wrapped in green leaves on a blue and white porcelain plate with a white background. The leaves are green and the white plate is plain and clean. Just looking at it is pleasing to the eye.

The introduction introduced: "This is called Qinglong Woxue, and it is also the secret recipe of the cook at home. The son doesn't like meat, and the cook is afraid that the nutrition will be short, so he will add meat to the dish in a different way. The head here is beef. The beef is steamed, cut into cubes, and mushrooms, new bamboo shoots, mushrooms, five-spice tofu are prepared, all cut into cubes, simmered in bone broth, fried in sesame oil until fragrant, and mixed with soft fragrant rice; the outer layer Green leaves are Ruo bamboo leaves, after washing them with hot water, wrap them with bibimbap while the leaves are still warm, and tie them tightly."

Supervisor Zhao unbuttoned the tie of the square bag, and the rice inside was bright and crystal clear, with a fragrant fragrance.Xunhe pushed the boat with the current, so he left supervisor Zhao to have a light meal with him.After the meal, Supervisor Zhao asked: "The cooks in my house have been working for decades, and they may not be so meticulous. May I ask how many cooks the Qiu Mansion employs? They must be famous chefs from various restaurants, right?"

Xun He already covered his mouth, Yin Zhang smiled and replied: "There is only one cook at home, and he is self-taught."

"Yo! So capable? Dare I ask Mr. Qiu to let me come and have a feast?" Zhao Supervisor asked.

Xun He has changed from dumbfounding to embarrassment. Supervisor Zhao has always taken care of him, and it is rare to make a wish, but Shen Yue... If he agrees to let Supervisor Zhao come to the door, then Shen Yue will really become a cook for others ...

Just when Xun He couldn't make up his mind, Yin Zhang cut it first and then played: "Okay, okay, my cook is worried that there is nowhere to show off his good dishes. Mr. Zhao will come over some other day, and I will ask the cook to cook you a table of delicious dishes!"

Xun He: "..."

Master Zhang came looking for incense, and when he heard the last few words of the introduction, he hurriedly shouted: "I will go too, Mr. Zhao will take me!"

Xun He: "..."

Back at the mansion, Xun He really couldn't open his mouth to say such things that insulted Shen Yue's reputation, so he planned to hire another chef from Tianxiang Pavilion to replace him.Yinzhang, the girl, was outspoken, and said it all at once.Unexpectedly, Shen Yue's eyes lit up, not only readily agreed, but also sighed that it was rare to ask for him.

Xun He: "??..."

In a blink of an eye the appointed day arrived.

At the beginning of November, Jiangning entered winter, and there were occasional pieces of snow falling.Xianmian crossing takes tranquility and is located in the outskirts of the city.There is no dust in the clear night, the moonlight casts shadows into the water, the river waves are hesitant, and the dew is steaming.The moonlight falls on the tree, sparse as the remaining snow.

A small red clay stove, on which wine is simmering.There was hot phlegm in the stove, Beep Poirot, and suddenly the curtain was opened, and a series of characters entered the room one after another.

"Master Zhao, Master Zhang, please."

In the flower hall, a small Eight Immortals table was replaced, the center was hollowed out, a fire was placed, and a pot of water was burned.After they were seated, they introduced chapters and served tea.

Master Zhang's big mouth has never been closed all the way. Although most of them are complimenting Xun He's mansion, Xun He, who has always loved the cleanliness, still finds it noisy.No, after the compliment was over, Master Zhang changed the subject and asked Supervisor Zhao, "Master Zhao, why didn't you bring Yunniang with you tonight?"

Xun He: "..."

Yunniang was originally the oiran of Xingxiang Pavilion in Suzhou, especially Gongqin. Xunhe thought that after Supervisor Zhao lost his fourth wife, there was no one to resonate with him, so he made a long-distance trip to Suzhou to pay Yunniang, who was in her prime, 1 taels of money. Baiyin bought it, brought it back to Jiangning, and asked Yunniang to play a song in front of Supervisor Zhao.

There are beauties in the south, who dance to the city and sing intoxicatingly, not to mention Yunniang's scheming, even though Supervisor Zhao has a lot of affection for the old man, in front of such beauties, he finally surrendered and surrendered to the gentle country.

However, when Master Zhang asked about Yunniang when this man was having a banquet, wouldn't it be the same as asking her to come out to accompany the guests.Overseer Zhao couldn't help but look at Master Zhang, and Xun He was about to say something to break the embarrassment, when a voice protruded from outside the curtain: "Come here~"

All the people in the room, including the introduction, all looked back.But I saw a burly man entering the room, the silver plate on the shoulder was filled with white noodles, the man's head was hidden behind the white noodles.There was a sound of splashing, and everyone looked back. It turned out that the water in the pot boiled, and then white flakes flew down from the top. It was the man who had just entered the room. A leaf floats, a knife flies away from the face, the whitebait falls into the water and turns white waves, and the willow leaves ride the wind down the treetops.

However, Xun He put his hand on his forehead: "..."

Although Master Shen's appearance of "Look at me 72 changes" has long been envisaged, but the appearance of such a juggling boy is really beyond the preface's expectation, and the "Master Shen" was strangled in the throat with his mouth covered.

"Wow, beautiful! The last time I ate sliced ​​noodles, I ate them when I went to Beijing to report on my duties with Mr. Zhao and passed through Pingyang. The cook was not bad at that time, but some soup splashed on me, and now the noodles are rarely splashed when they jump into the pot. Good knife skills! Young man, show your face to Grandpa Zhang, and I will hire you back tomorrow to entertain the dolls at home."

Xun He: "..."

After listening to Master Zhang's words, Shen Yue paused his wrists and turned his head to look at the person coming.

Overseer Zhao has spent half his life in officialdom, and has always been vicious in seeing people.When the face-shaved man entered the room, Overseer Zhao felt that this man walked like a wind and was naturally mighty. At this moment, this man turned his head slightly, and Overseer Zhao saw his face clearly and felt familiar. : "Shen..."

Shen Yue put his index finger in front of his lips, signaling Supervisor Zhao to keep quiet.

Master Zhang didn't get a reply right away, so he said dissatisfiedly, "Hey, kid, I'm asking you something!"

Xun He & Supervisor Zhao: "..."

Overseer Zhao had no choice but to step on Master Zhang and stare at him.

Unexpectedly, Shen Yue himself became addicted to acting, and replied: "It is a small blessing to be favored by the uncle, if Master Zhao agrees, the young one will come to serve without waiting for an employment order."

As Shen Yue said, he had already cut half the pot of noodles, so he stopped.Immediately afterwards, the maid served the dishes one after another. There were slices of paper-thin chicken soup stewed tofu, a slice of multi-flavored lotus root slices with seven holes filled with different fillings, and stewed goat with sugarcane horseshoes cut into uniform cubes...

At the end, the maid served four more gold-painted lotus cups and a bottle of fine wine, Shen Yue picked up the square bottle, and filled the four cups with familiar methods.

Master Zhang took the wine, took a sip, and praised, "What kind of wine, it's mellow enough!"

Overseer Zhao smoothed things over and said, "Master Qiu is using it to entertain guests, it must be a famous wine in the world." Finally, he leaned closer to Master Zhang's ear and warned, "If you don't shut up, I will castrate you."

Shen Yue added wine to Zhang Zhushu, and explained: "The wine in the world comes from the inside out. For example, the autumn dew in Shandong, the gold plate dew in Kuocang, the mung beans in Huai'an, the Jinhua in Qianzhou, the Magu in Jianchang, The quarry in Taiping and the small bottle in Suzhou are both famous. However, what I bought today is not the above-mentioned famous wine, but Shaoxing Xiangxue wine. In the severe winter, it is suitable for tonic. This wine is brewed from grains. It is warm and nourishing. "

When he spoke, the noodles were cooked through, Shen Yue got up and served everyone a bowl.

I don't know if it is a psychological effect, Master Zhang listened to Shen Yue's eloquence, drank a few more sips, and instantly felt warm, so he stopped ordering the thick-eyed cook in front of him like scolding his servants, and said instead: "Boy, are you cooking this table?"

Shen Yue waved his hand to signal Supervisor Zhao that he didn't need to maintain it, and then said to Master Zhang: "Go back to your lord, the master ordered, today I must show my housekeeping skills and cook a table of good dishes for the two adults."

While speaking, Shen Yue sat down quietly, but Master Zhang didn't notice it, and said casually: "Oh, so that's the case. Xiaoqiu, you have a heart, but, your expression...is it unhappy?"

Xun He: "No, how can I be unhappy..."

Master Zhang nodded: "It's fine if you don't have one," pointing at a plate of plain-looking scrambled eggs with chopsticks, and asked Shen Yue, "What's going on here?"

"Returning to my lord, my master loves to eat crabs. Unfortunately, now that winter is coming, there are no fat crabs on the market. I used Donghai yellow croaker and Gaoyou salted duck eggs as the main ingredients, served with ginger and sesame oil, and made this dish. "Sai Crab" is not a crab but tastes better than a crab, so that my master can satisfy his gluttony."

Master Zhang put a piece of 'crab meat' in his mouth: "Well, it's really good! You slave, you know how to flatter your master...Master Zhao, how many times have you stepped on me today?!"

Xun He: "..."

Taking advantage of Supervisor Zhao's big eyes and small eyes, Shen Yue hurriedly dug most of the 'sai crab' into the Xunhe bowl with a spoon, fearing that Master Zhang would wipe it dry with his chopsticks.

Seeing Supervisor Zhao turn his head, Shen Yue smiled and asked: "When I entered the door just now, I heard all the adults discussing about 'Yunniang', but who is having a happy event?"

Master Zhang said 'Hi' and said: "Our supervisor Zhao is capable, Yun Niang, who is known as the 'rose with thorns' in Xingxiang Pavilion in Suzhou, was finally accepted by Supervisor Zhao obediently."

Shen Yue pinched Xun He's palm under the table, and said loudly: "What's so great about the 'rose with thorns'. I even chased after the 'rose with handle'."

Master Zhang really believed it: "What? How do you carry the roses?"

Xun He: "!!..." Let me die.