Yu Jinnian turned his back to the shop door, and concentrated on observing the hard-working horse. At this time, there was a commotion around him. He was about to look back, but was hit on the back by a broken bowl flying from the sky. He made a mouthful, and the edges and corners happened to knock on his flesh. He was caught off guard and almost collided with the face of the oddly tall horse in front of him.
"Who hit me?" Yu Jinnian said angrily after being sprayed with anger.
As soon as the words fell, two figures staggered and were thrown out from the inside. One of them was a Taoist boy with a very small stature, and the other was a Taoist priest with a long beard, wearing a big green dero, with a waist strapped to his waist. Holding a medicinal gourd and holding a yin and yang ring in his hand, there was a pungent smell of wine on his face.
As soon as he smelled the wine, Yu Jinnian remembered the punishment he had suffered on the meat mushroom before, and subconsciously hid behind Ji Hong's shoulder, and the front of the shop suddenly retreated into an empty circle, causing the master and apprentice to fall face to the ground.
Immediately afterwards, a burly man chased after him aggressively, threw a dusty bundle on the ground, stepped up and grabbed the Taoist priest's skirt and swung his bow left and right, scolding with scarlet eyes: "You bloody murderer! Old thing, my son just had a heat rash, but you lied to my wife that it was possessed by an evil god, a good-looking baby, and told you to put him to death! I caught you today, and I will pay you, dog Fate!"
A little lady followed behind him, clinging to the door frame and weeping, presumably she was the strong man's family member, the mother of the innocent child who died.
When everyone heard this, they all sympathized with the strong couple. Some people also recognized that the Taoist priest had been bluffing and cheating in his own home before, so you scolded me at every word, while the aunts and daughters-in-law went to comfort the crying and swollen eyes. little lady.
The little Taoist next to him was quite loyal, so he got up and dragged his master outside with all his might.
During the struggle, the burden in the Taoist priest's hand was scattered, revealing a corner wrapped in gold and silver, how could everyone let him go, they snatched the burden away, and when they opened it, they found that it was all kinds of red hairpins, jade and emeralds. , a dazzling array of things to see, as well as the venison buns from Pinhuilou and the tender spring tea from Xiangmingju, I am afraid that ordinary wealthy people may not be willing to buy them.
Shake off those yellow paper and red talismans, and then look carefully, there is also a purple cave garment inlaid with gold and silver, with silver clouds coiling under it, and colorful golden cranes soaring above it, with wide sleeves and long lapels, it is really dazzling!
It's just a Taoist priest who travels all over the world, how can he have so much money! What's more, it's just a gem Zhuchai that only women can use, it must be unjust to get it! The common people are all poor people who work hard to get rich with their own hands. How can they not be jealous when they see this outfit
"Is this the real Qianji who has been making a big splash recently?"
"Isn't it? A few days ago, my prodigal daughter-in-law invited him to do it at home. That's the number in one mouthful!" The person who spoke made a gesture in his sleeve, which made others round their mouths in shock, "Look He looked decent, but he turned out to be a charlatan!"
Someone said sadly: "Oh, I invited him to do the exercises before, and I also ate his 'life-prolonging' talisman water soup! I can't blame me for always feeling uncomfortable in my stomach these days..."
Everyone scolded the old and the young with their own words.
"My cave clothes, my cave clothes! Don't touch my cave clothes..." The 'Thousand-Ji Daoist' panicked, and hurried to grab his precious cassock, but the more precious he is, the more precious he is. If he refused to return it to him, Qi Ba tore it together with both hands, and after a short time, he heard a "呲拉—", and a huge hole was torn out of the luxurious cave clothes.
Once the farce starts, how can it easily dissipate.
Yu Jinnian picked up a few talisman papers from his feet, and before he could take a closer look, he was escorted away by Ji Hong and others. This store was originally introduced by a customer of the second son of the Min family. The owner of the store is the brother-in-law of this customer. He originally wanted to curry favor with them. Who would have imagined that such a good show would happen before entering the door? , the man's face is not very good-looking, it turns gray and white.
"What's the matter, just find another place!" Min Mao said carelessly.
Wiping off his cold sweat, the doorman hurriedly responded: "Yes, yes, what the third son said is true. If you don't dislike it, you can visit our Dongchong mansion for a few days. Although our place is not as green as the south, it is more It also has its own scenery...”
Dongchong Mansion is just where the north and the south meet. The land transportation is convenient, and the river transportation also extends in all directions. A Xia'an Grand Canal passes by the city, bringing countless golden mountains and silver pools, red lights and green wine to the city of Dongchong Mansion. A happy city in between. A branch of water from the canal penetrates into the hinterland of Fucheng, and at the end of this branch is Xiaohefang, the gold-selling cave in Dongchong Mansion.
The most indispensable thing in Xiaohefang is the rich who throw gold and silver, and those who have money and power are like crucian carp crossing the river.
They walked in it together, and they didn't feel strange anymore.
The doorman wanted to take them to live in the most luxurious restaurant out of the desire to make up for it, but Ji Hong was born with a quiet nature, and he felt a headache when he saw the commotion there, so he finally found a secluded place outside Xiaohefang. Stay at the inn. But although it is secluded, it is not desolate. You can see the painting boats in Xiaohefang from a distance by opening the window.
Occasionally, I heard a few chants coming with the wind.
Hearing the sound of the piano, Yu Jin couldn't help thinking of the Lu Yanjia family who parted ways in Heluo City, and whispered, "I don't know what happened to them with a smile." He sighed, closed the window slightly, got up and went downstairs, habitually Run to the back kitchen.
And outside the window, on the water surface between the river squares, a small boat swayed past, causing ripples on the silent river surface, and walking in front of the painted boat with carved beams and painted buildings in the center, I saw a black shadow clinging to it. He grabbed the rope hanging from the painting boat and jumped on it nimbly.
The singing and dancing on the boat was endless, and several dancers with bare shoulders and navels were dancing an exotic dance, their slender nails painted with Kodan were pinching the hem of the skirt, and their waists were twisting like water snakes.
But the man in deep clothes didn't go in, he went straight around and came to another door at the back, he knocked on the door lightly, and then dodged in.
There is a secluded and elegant room behind the door, and the partition wall is made of some strange material, which cuts off most of the singing and dancing sound separated by that wall, and the decadent sound penetrates into this room, leaving only a faint string and a half music. Inexplicably, there is also a taste of elegance.
There was a man sitting in the room, stroking a cup of warm wine in his hand, feeling quite tired.
The visitor bowed his head and said, "Master, that real Qianji... is not worthy of his name, he is a charlatan. When he came down, he was being wrestled and sent to the government..."
bang-
The wine cup was dumped on the table, and the attendant hurriedly came up to wipe it, fearing that the freshly heated wine would scald his master's hand, so he took out a white silk from his bosom, and saw the opponent's palm slightly clenched into a fist, he said worriedly : "Master, your arm is...or is it still..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard a cold shout: "Get out, when will you need to talk too much!"
"..." The attendant lowered his eyes, closed his lips and retreated.
When he went out, he was stopped by another attendant, and carefully looked at the light in the room: "Why, is the master in pain again?"
The man snorted, and imitated his master: "Get lost, when do you need to talk too much?"
When Yu Jinnian came to the kitchen, he found a side door behind the kitchen, leading to an open area by the water. A shopkeeper was returning with a few bamboo baskets. He tiptoed to take a look, and found that there were several baskets of dried lily leaves. There is also another person squatting by the water, using a long pole to lift a fish cage net from the water.
"Guests, be careful where you step, the water is very slippery." Seeing him curious, the fisherman said, "We bought live fish in the shop and kept them in nets in the water. Kill it to feel fresh!"
Yu Jinnian nodded in agreement: "That's true!" It's just that they had eaten all kinds of fish in the south, and they didn't find the fish so attractive when they came here. At the beginning, I saw two elm trees growing by the water, and at this time the branches were full of clusters of tender green samaras.
The elm coins were fresh and attractive. Yu Jinnian borrowed the long pole from the shopkeeper and the bamboo basket, stood under the tree and hooked branches, grabbing handfuls full of elm coins.
The shopkeeper from Gouyu came over to help him, and said with a smile: "The customer actually eats this food!"
"This is a good thing. It's better than any delicacies from mountains and seas." At this time, the elm money is just right, the juice is full, and the pieces are upright. It seems that the leaves are almost rounded. Yu Jinnian said and put a few pieces by the water After washing, I put it in my mouth and chewed it. It was really crispy, tender and sweet, full of juice, and had a unique fragrance.
Apparently, this bag of elm money brought back memories of the shopkeeper, and the two felt like they hit it off right away, and even forgot about their job of delivering fish, and sat down with Yu Jinnian to chat under the elm tree.
Speaking of the Qianji real person he met earlier, the shopkeeper was filled with righteous indignation: "I said that he was a charlatan, but there are a bunch of idiots who are rushing to be deceived by him! This time, I was finally caught, but It's so satisfying!"
It turned out that the Taoist priest came from unknown mountain in the past half a year, and led the little Taoist boy to deceive people everywhere. At first, he only did rituals for people, expelled evil spirits, collected a lot of money, and prepared a golden crane cave clothes Outfit, often put on to pretend to be a master of Taoism. Later, I don't know where I learned a little bit of medical skills, so I dared to use some talismans, water and yellow paper to cure people's diseases under the guise of immortal masters coming to the world and rejuvenating their hands.
There are some people who have minor illnesses that are nothing to worry about, and they are grateful to him after they are cured. This kind of back and forth, erroneous hits, even made him have a great reputation as "the real person is alive", and there are many others. Patients who came from thousands of miles away came to him for diagnosis and treatment.
But if you do too many things that damage your life, you will always show your feet. Today's farce is really called the reward of the world.
Yu Jinnian said: "This cure is nothing compared to anything else. How can there be any immortal master down to earth, let alone rush to the doctor when you are sick."
The shopkeeper also nodded: "Who says it's not, but once this disease spreads on my head, I will become a fool!"
The two of them sighed, and each returned to the back kitchen with their own things. The shopkeeper had a few words of friendship with him, and seeing Yu Jinnian's delicate skin and tender meat, they rolled up their sleeves and said enthusiastically: "The customer wants to eat What, let us do it!"
Yu Jinnian smiled and said: "No need, I can cook this kind of side dish by myself, he also likes to eat my cooking, if someone else cooks it, maybe he will lose his temper and refuse to eat this crude wild vegetable."
He spoke smoothly, but he didn't know that the listener had a heart, so he tried his best to figure out the "he" here several times. Almost all of them in this group were men, only Qing Huan was a girl of the right age, but the girl looked at him. She doesn't look like a young lady, she's just a girl, how can she stand the treatment of such a young master who cooks for herself
He couldn't think about it for a long time, and the man didn't think about it anymore, he quickly gave up the small stove, and stood aside to kill the fish and remove the scales.
Yu Jinnian put the picked elm coins in a wooden basin and washed them clean, boiled hot water, blanched the elm coins, and used some salt to kill the insects in them. After a while, there were a few tiny leaves The worms struggled to get out and floated on the water, and at the same time, the color of the elm pieces became more emerald green.
He took out the blanched elm money and drained them, and put them in a large bowl with stuffing, and then borrowed flour and soybean noodles from the shopkeeper.
This method is exactly the steamed elm money that is often eaten in my hometown. The store owner couldn't help but think of his parents who had passed away many years ago. , I thought what happened to him, but after careful questioning, I found out that it was because of homesickness, so I generously agreed to give him a bowl of steamed elm money.
The drained elm money is evenly mixed with flour and soybean noodles, covered with a piece of cheesecloth the size of a bowl, and steamed in a pot.
The shopkeeper flattered: "I didn't expect that the young master is so noble, and he can cook such country dishes. If these elm coins have spiritual knowledge, and they know that they are so inferior, they can be enjoyed by a big man like you. They are really lucky.”
Yu Jinnian said with a smile: "There is no distinction between high and low in vegetables, it's just that the cooks despise them without authorization. As long as there is a caring person, even grass roots and leaves can make a gluttonous feast. Only this elm money To put it bluntly, it can still be chopped up, use the front tip to grind the stuffing, make dumplings and eat steamed stuffed buns, or make soup, both have the same fragrance. If it is more delicate, just use the juice of this elm money to make crystal cakes... "
While talking, the elm money on the cage was almost finished steaming. He lifted the lid, took off the steaming bowl, and made a sauce with minced garlic juice, cooked sauce, salt and a little sugar, and steamed it. A pour on the elm money!
The unique fragrance of elm leaves and salty garlic are intertwined, which makes people's tongues spin.
Yu Jinnian divided the dishes into two small bowls, and served a bowl for the shopkeeper to taste, then continued to pick out ingredients to make some delicate side dishes. The journey was tiring, and the stomach and intestines were already tired at this time. Eating meat might affect the night's sleep. Just as fish soup was being stewed in the kitchen, he made a reservation in advance to keep a portion of clear soup.
He is kind, and the rewards he gives are in place, so the dishes in the kitchen are strictly for him to use, but the chef in the kitchen may not think highly of him, just squinting at him walking back and forth on his own territory, watching him take He put down the leek again, picked up the lettuce and shook his head again, feeling very upset.
It just so happened that someone from the front came to pass a message to order, and the chef slammed the pot and ladle angrily and said: "Fuck! It's just the beginning of spring, where can I catch eels for him to cook? These young masters of rich families are so honest. It's fine to eat pearls and jade at home, why bother to come out and harm us people!"
His spoon was falling right in Yu Jinnian's hand. How could he criticize and scold Huai Huai's angry words, he could understand in a flash of his mind. Yu Jinnian whispered to the chef: "Don't go crazy! We can't mess with that guy outside, he's from Xiaohefang."
The chef is actually just a coward. Hearing this, he knew that those who had fun in Xiaohefang were either rich or expensive, and he was a little embarrassed, but: "...then I can't do it, I really can't do it! This Season, there are really no eels!"
"This..." It was also very distressing to go to the boy.
Yu Jinnian had just dug out a handful of dried bamboo shoots from under the kitchen cabinet, seeing the two of them looking at each other at a loss, he interjected and said, "Although I don't have rice eels, I can make a vegetable eel, which tastes better than the real eel. It’s even worse, I wonder if that person outside is willing to make up for it?”
The two of them glanced at Yu Jinnian each, and the boy ran away, presumably to go to the front to answer. Not long after, he trotted all the way back, bowed and smiled at Yu Jinnian, and said, "The old man said that he wanted to eat eel because he heard that eel has the effect of strengthening muscles and bones. Since the season is not right, there is no such thing , you might as well use something else instead. This...do you need to bother the young master?"
Yu Jinnian waved his hand to show that he understood, originally, even if there was no such incident, he still wanted to use dried bamboo shoots to make soup, but now he just cooked an extra bowl, which is not a troublesome thing.
A handful of dried bamboo shoots, soaked in clear water for a little bit, are torn into small strips with bare hands. After the dried bamboo shoots are soaked in water and softened, the taste of the bamboo shoots is very different from that of the fresh bamboo shoots. It loses the fresh crispness and tenderness, but it has another kind of strength, and the color of the dried bamboo shoots is also different. Slightly withered and yellow, it is somewhat similar to cooked shredded eel, so he used dried bamboo shoots to make this vegetable eel.
Putting the torn bamboo shoots aside, he softened another handful of sweet potato powder. In addition, the shells of the freshly picked spring bamboo shoots are peeled off, and only the white and tender cores of the bamboo shoots are kept. Yu Jinnian carried the skimmer and looked around, the boy immediately came up and asked him what else he was missing.
Yu Jinnian shrugged his nose: "Is there any soup in the store?"
The store clerk who had a good chat with Yu Jinnian smiled and replied: "Young master has a really good nose! It is cooking chicken soup. Our store has a special dish called tofu in chicken sauce, so there is always a stove in the store. chicken soup."
"That's great, can you give me a crock pot?" After Yu Jinnian said that, the boy naturally didn't dare to neglect, he immediately went over to fill a pot, and came back to sit on the fire.
Afterwards, the dried bamboo shoots, shredded spring bamboo shoots, and mushrooms were placed in a chicken soup crock and simmered over low heat. After finishing these, only the sweet potato powder was left. He told the shopkeeper that it would take about a stick of incense for the chicken juice to boil , and then add sweet potato flour, once the thread flour is stretched out, it can be served and enjoyed, just ask them to help deliver it to the room.
Afterwards, he cooked two other side dishes by himself, brought them back to his room together with the steamed elm money he had made earlier, and went to enjoy the world of two with Ji Hong.
After entering the door, Ji Hong was chatting with Min Ji, and the second young master of the Min family said: "The twelfth master lost his trace as soon as he crossed Heluo City. Looking at the situation, it is estimated that he turned around and took the waterway in Heluo City."
Ji Hongdao: "Isn't it closer to him to go directly north, and instead go to Heluo City by detour?"
Min Ji said: "Then who knows. But we found Jing Zhong's whereabouts near Heluo City. We were on the way to follow that person. For some reason, one person seemed to be following him as well, and was also caught by the people under me. He fought as an enemy once. Although the man was a little injured, everyone in my Min family recognized him at that time, and it was undoubtedly from your Ji family, I guess... it was Jing Zhong."
Ji Hong put down the pen in his hand and let out a light breath.
"Why," Min Ji smiled, "Didn't you still blame him for betraying Second Brother, why did you breathe a sigh of relief when you heard the news that he was fine today?"
Ji Hong shook the letterhead of the book to dry slightly, folded it, put it in an envelope and handed it to Min Xuefei: "I hate him, but now I understand that hating him is useless, so what if he dies there, second brother After all, there is no escape. In the final analysis, it was not Jing Zhong who killed the second brother, but the person behind everything."
"You suspect—" Min Xuefei frowned, and when the door slammed, Yu Jinnian came in with a plate of food, and he stopped talking. concern.
The young man took out the dishes from the food plate one by one and put them on the table. Ji Hong got up to help him spread the dishes and bowls. Min Ji glanced at him briefly and said without end, "You are... very different now. "
Yu Jinnian looked up at him, but Ji Hong smiled and said, "There is no such thing as a static person."
Min Ji: "As long as you don't regret it."
He opened the door and went back to the room from the second floor. He saw a waiter hurriedly carrying the dishes and ran down below, and entered an elegant room. It can be seen that it should also be Mr. Xiaoyao of which family. He couldn't help laughing at himself: "There are so many rich and noble children."
The guy served the freshly baked vegetarian eel soup, carefully watching the face of the guest officer in front of him.
The man was wearing a long purple dress, wearing a jade crown on his head, and his brows were furrowed. He seemed to be a busy worker. Looking at his black hair, but there were fine and small folds at the end of his eyes, he seemed majestic for no reason. Those of them who have been serving a group of rich children all day long can tell at a glance that this person has a distinctive aura in his bones.
The strange thing is that this person is obviously not left-handed, but he still wants to eat with his left hand.
The buddy was puzzled, and he went away to pay attention.
The man suddenly dropped his spoon and said, "Reward."
The attendant behind him took out a bag of silver pearls and put them in the waiter's arms. The waiter suddenly came back to his senses, and was about to leave thankfully, when the man caught off guard and asked, "How about cooking?" He is still in the back kitchen, so I would like to trouble this little brother to recommend one or two."
"This..." The man quickly stood still, nervous for a while and didn't know how to answer. He hesitated for a while, so he had to tell the truth: "Oh, to be honest, my lord, the cook is not my cook, but a stranger. Young master, he cooks for his sweetheart. Just when you ordered that rice eel, we couldn’t make it. When we were distressed, the boy said he could cook a rice eel..."
The guy thought he was going to be reprimanded, but whoever thought that the other party was just silent for a while, he smiled, waved his hand and said, "That's all. I thought that this cook was quite...to my taste, so I planned to hire him." Go back and be a private chef. If that's the case, forget it."
"Hey, hey..." The man couldn't get a word out, he hurriedly left the room, and wiped his sweat quietly.
The attendant who followed said: "It's rare for the young master to appreciate this person's food, why don't you go down and ask..."
The man turned his palms slightly, signaling that he didn't need to mention the matter again: "With such leisure time, the person who chased us has been caught?"
"This..." the attendant lowered his head, lost all confidence, "No, tell him to run away."
The man finished eating the vegetarian eel soup slowly, and he didn't get angry. He just reprimanded lightly, "What a waste", put down the spoon and was waiting to get up, then glanced at the empty bowl again, and ordered: "Go to the back kitchen and have a look. This... vegetarian eel soup, is there any left? Take some back."