"It's dangerous! It's dangerous!" Sui Sui jumped and shouted and ran into the entrance of a bowl of noodle restaurant. Er Niang, who was fetching water, opened her sleeves a little cautiously, "Mother, smell it, does it smell good?"
Yu Jinnian also came back covered in cinnamon, and he heard the mother and daughter talking and laughing from afar.
Erniang covered her mouth and smiled softly, looked up and saw Yu Jinnian coming in, she also made fun of him and said, "You two little thieves, where have you gone so wild again?"
"Sui Sui, you complained to Er Niang as soon as you came back, and I don't know which little girl made a fuss about going to see it first, see if I don't deal with you!" Yu Jinnian made a gesture to catch the little girl, Sui Sui said "ah" Screaming and jumping away, he ran behind Erniang to reveal the tip of his head, and the two of them chased after each other to play hawk and chicken, which made Erniang laugh heartily.
Enough playing around, Yu Jinnian found a bamboo plaque, poured the sweet-scented osmanthus flowers in his sleeves into it to dry, Sui Sui also stood beside him when he saw her, imitating Yu Jinnian's way, holding up his sleeves, and dumped them in with a clatter.
Seeing that the two children, one big and one small, are as harmonious as brothers and sisters, Erniang was very relieved. After a while, she suddenly remembered something and said, "There is indeed an osmanthus tree in Yanzi Alley. It was from Cheng Bo's house before." It was planted, but in the past two years, Cheng Bo and his elders passed away one after another, so the yard was empty."
Thinking of the strange man he saw at the door today, Yu Jinnian couldn't help asking: "Is that yard unowned?"
Er Niang said: "Who knows? If it is unowned, the government should have sent someone to clean it up in the early years, but after so many years, the yard is still the same, and no one has moved it. I guess there is still an owner?"
For a while, there was no owner, and for a while, there was an owner, but the man really wanted to enter the hospital, Yu Jinnian was a little confused. In other words, that courtyard is just an ordinary small courtyard next door. I heard from Erniang that the original owner, Cheng Bo, used to be a servant of a big family. Later, as he got older, he resigned from the owner's house and returned to his hometown. Come, add this house for the elderly, and also worked as an accountant for several years. The old man is kind and knowledgeable, and he is respected by the neighbors. The only pity is that Cheng Bo's family has never seen any relatives Come, so that the two elders went away without illness, and it was still a trivial matter for the neighbors.
That being said, the man was even more suspicious.
Just thinking about it, Suisui tugged on his sleeve, Baba blinked and asked, "Brother Xiaonian, what are you having for dinner?"
Yu Jinnian came back to his senses and thought, that's all, anyway, he has already invited the man to have a meal of apology, if he really comes tonight, he will know whether it is true or not; Erniang, mother and daughter have improved their food.
When it came to food, Yu Jinnian had to think about it, since it was an apology, the food should not be too prevaricated, it had to show some sincerity to speak, but it also couldn't be too extravagant, and he couldn't afford it.
After thinking about it, he gradually drew up a menu in his mind, and immediately checked the ingredients and prepared.
Sui Sui volunteered to help, and Yu Jinnian saw that her eyes were extremely sincere, with a pair of eyes shining like black grapes, as if to say "I will not be messed up", so he gave her some big, fat and fresh side ears, Namely mushrooms, tell her to slowly tear them into small pieces.
The little girl obediently moved Zhang Xiaoyu to sit at the door, and she really started to work decently.
Yu Jinnian also took a basket and started peeling the garlic.
During this period, Sui Sui sneaked a few glances at him, and finally couldn't bear it any longer, and asked him what he had for dinner with a raised face. Yu Jinnian smiled in his heart, it turned out that the help was fake, and it was real to spy on the military, so he opened his mouth and said quickly: "Pearl meatballs, dried ruyixiang, colorful osmanthus wings, garlic golden melon, three delicacies side ear soup, and ingots Egg rolls for snacks."
"..." Sui Sui swallowed, feeling even hungrier. She smacked her small mouth and muttered for a long time, as if she was dumbfounded, then suddenly stood up and ran to Erniang's room, "Mother, mother! Sui Sui told you Big deal!"
While talking, Yu Jinnian also peeled the garlic on hand, all of them were fat and plump, so he ignored Sui Sui and went back to the kitchen to start cooking. Aunt Lu's Fragrant Liver" matter, he can't control it.
The first dish he will make is "Golden Melon with Garlic".
The so-called golden melon is pumpkin, which is named for its golden color after being boiled in oil. You can tell from the name of this dish that the main ingredients are garlic and pumpkin. Garlic can warm the heart and invigorate the stomach, and pumpkin can nourish the heart and Qi. He thought of the man he met under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree. It was very light, so I guessed that he might have deficiency of spleen and qi, so I drew up this dish.
This golden melon must be baked in a crock pot to be delicious. He first used a small oil brush to coat the bottom of the crock pot with a layer of oil, then threw white and fat garlic cloves in to make a layer, and sprinkled some nutmeg, Angelica dahurica, fragrant leaves, green onion and ginger slices not only play the role of seasoning, but also have different effects such as warming and dispelling cold. Finally, put the pumpkin petals cut into boats into the casserole In, add salt sauce and a little water.
This is the most time-consuming one. It needs to be boiled on a high heat first, and then turned to a low heat and simmered slowly.
The stove was steaming, and Yu Jinnian's cheeks were burning red. He raised his hand to wipe the fine sweat from his temples, and then proceeded to the next dish. He first hammered the cleaned chicken wings with a small wooden mallet, which was for the wing meat It is more elastic when you eat it, and you use scissors to file a hole on the tail of the wing, and clip out the bones inside a little bit to make a boneless wing. Put it aside and marinate it with sauce and sugar for a while, and prepare to make colorful osmanthus wings.
This dish was researched by Yu Jinnian in the previous life after he tasted chicken wings with rice in the snack street. Although the glutinous rice with boneless chicken wings was novel and delicious, he felt a little greasy and disturbed his stomach after eating it. He started to prepare it when he got home. This has been reworked.
He turned the glutinous rice inside into colorful diced vegetables, which is more refreshing and relieves greasy. The diced vegetables here are whatever you have on hand. Yu Jinnian chose carrots, cucumbers, cowpeas, corn kernels and white lotus root, chopped them into small pieces, boiled them in water, mixed them with the freshly picked osmanthus flowers, and stuffed them into the boneless chicken wings .
Yu Jinnian rolled up his sleeves and was about to put his wings into the frying pan, when there was a sound of running outside the door.
Sui Sui rushed in in a panic, shouting hastily: "Oops, come here!"
"What's coming?" Yu Jinnian was puzzled.
Sui Sui pointed to the front hall: "That fierce man!"
When Yu Jinnian heard it, he subconsciously thought it was some troublesome diner, so he walked out. After all, this has happened before. It was before, when Erniang was selling some cheap drinks in this noodle restaurant, there was a rogue who drank and made trouble, molested Erniang, and even got into a fight with the waiter at that time. The trouble went to the county government, and Erniang felt lingering fears, so she stopped the wine business and only sold noodles.
Before I even got to the front hall, I heard that the facade that was supposed to be bustling was quite silent.
Yu Jinnian was puzzled, what kind of powerful person had come, and his subordinates raised the curtain at the same time.
Take a closer lookâsomeone is sitting in front of a small square table, with a solemn expression, as if he is not in a shabby small noodle restaurant, but sitting in some high-end teahouse, waiting for someone to serve him. And because his posture was incompatible with the noodle shop, he was about to stand up and smash the scene in a second, causing the diners on the surrounding tables to stay away, creating a isolation zone around this handsome man.
"..." Yu Jinnian was stunned for a moment before realizing it, but since he was a guest, there was no reason not to welcome him, so he walked out with a smile, "Are you here?"
Hearing the sound, the man raised his eyes coldly, glanced lightly at the strange blush on the young man's face, and then his long eyelashes like black feathers slowly fell down, and it took a long time before he responded with a low "um".
Although he was a bit colder, his voice was very warm. Yu Jinnian stood beside his table and had nothing to say for a while: "... Well, it's a little early, and the dishes just came out of the pot."
The man said calmly: "It's getting late, it's already past half hour."
"..." Yu Jinnian had nothing to say for a while again, his face was quiet, but he couldn't help crying in his heart, what's the matter with this person, why does he like to talk to death so much? Would a casual exchange of pleasantries kill him
There is a set of coarse porcelain tea sets on every table in the noodle shop. Because the people who come and go to the noodle shop are rough people, few people care whether the tea in the pot is warm or cold. At this time, the man stretched out his hand, picked up a small pot on the table, and poured himself a cup of tea. He first touched the teacup with the back of his index finger, and when he saw that it was cold, he put it down again.
Yu Jinnian saw that his hands were half hidden in his sleeves, his fingers were really white and slender, and there was an inconspicuous pen callus between them. It's getting late now, and although there is dew, it's not too cold, but this person has added a dark smoke-colored cloak compared to when he first met in the afternoon, making people like Yu Jinnian, who has a small stove physique, feel stuffy and hot.
He bowed to take away the cold teapot, and said calmly, "Wait a minute."
So I turned to the kitchen to make tea again.
When passing by the backyard, I smelled the aroma of sweet-scented osmanthus flowers drying in the bamboo boards, so I had an idea, twisted the sweet-scented osmanthus flowers in, and took out a few plums from the small pot that had been salted before, and put them into the teapot and filled them with hot water. Close the lid a little.
Taking advantage of this leisure time, he put the stuffed boneless chicken wings into the pot and stewed, and slowed down the fire under the pumpkin crock before going out with the teapot in his arms.
As soon as he opened the curtain, he met the man's gaze, as if the man had been staring in this direction since he left, expecting him to come out again, which made Yu Jinnian feel an inexplicable embarrassment for a moment Come.
But this misunderstanding was quickly cleared by him, maybe people were just looking at the pattern on the curtain.
Yu Jinnian put the hot teapot by the man's hand, smiled and said: "It's cold, right? This is osmanthus plum tea. It's sweet and sour and very delicious. A little drink can warm the intestines and also appetize." After a pause, he continued, "It was really presumptuous in the afternoon, and I picked the sweet-scented osmanthus of my boss. It turned out that the girl in the family was young and clamored for two. No, she has already been punished."
He chuckled, and without changing his face, he threw a big pot on Sui Sui's head. Sui Sui, who was peeping secretly behind the curtain, was so angry that he didn't know who had his sleeves full. flowers!
The man looked at the scented tea in front of him in a daze, his expression as if he was in a state of concentration, he remained indifferent to what he said, which made Yu Jinnian very embarrassed, he could hardly bear this strange aura, and when he was about to get up and run away, the man suddenly stopped him, Shen Shen asked, "May I ask what your name is?"
Yu Jinnian stood still, blinked and replied: "Yu Jinnian. Every year is more than a year, and it is a beautiful year."
"...Jinnian." The man slowly grinded his name between his lips and teeth for a while, and suddenly smiled, "Good name."
Yu Jinnian stared at him, not quite understanding what he meant.
"In the next quarter, people from the north came here to visit a Shibo. He should have lived in the osmanthus courtyard, but now the courtyard door is locked, and Shibo's family has disappeared... I don't know if the young master knows about him? "The man rubbed his fingers against the steaming teacup, and the corners of his eyes were slightly raised. Such a half-smile made him even more beautiful. It made people feel that it would be a great sin to treat him coldly for no reason.
Yu Jinnian stood there stupidly for a while before remembering to answer, secretly annoyed that a "twenty-eight-year-old" upright young man was attracted by a man one day.
"Master Ji is talking about Cheng Bo's family?"
Ji Hong nodded: "Exactly."
Yu Jinnian bowed his head and said, "My condolences, Mr. Cheng Bo and Mrs. Cheng have already gone on a crane in the early years."
Ji Hong didn't react when he heard it, he just closed his eyes and said nothing, and when the scented tea in the cup was getting colder, he moved his sleeves slightly, said "Excuse me" and got up to leave, staggering, He didn't even know that the corner of his jade-colored sleeve had been lifted into the teacup.
Seeing him strange, Yu Jinnian always felt uneasy in his heart, before he took his second step, he stretched out his hand and grabbed him.
The man turned his head and looked at him puzzled, with a slight frown between his brows.
Yu Jinnian still didn't let go, and said stubbornly: "Since you're here, why don't you stay for dinner? The food is already in the pot, and it was originally intended to entertain you. Besides, since Mr. Ji is the nephew of Bo Cheng's family, he can also be regarded as that The owner of the yard is gone, we picked the sweet-scented osmanthus in the yard, we should make an apology."
The words were a bit preposterous, but Ji Hong was tempted.
Seeing that the man finally nodded and agreed to stay, Yu Jinnian also showed a relieved smile, and told him "don't leave here, the dishes will be ready after the meeting", and added hot scented tea for him before returning to the back kitchen to work go.
Sitting at the table, Ji Hong felt drowsy, and for some reason he listened to the boy's words, and really stayed to eat, but he couldn't help but think of the boy's crooked eyes when he was leaving. Can't bear to refuse. He held the teacup with two fingers and took a sip slowly. As the boy said, the sweet and sour plum was mixed with the elegant scent of osmanthus. It was very warm in the throat and the taste was very familiar.
After drinking the hot tea, he felt more and more sleepy, and because of this pot of sweet-scented osmanthus and plum tea, he recalled the past again, as if he had opened a vent in the cold night, his whole body became heavy and cold, so he had to gently shake his head Leaning against the wall next to him, he forced himself to close his eyes and meditate.