This afternoon, Yu Qingze was in the shop watching the master mason whitewash the dry stove. Halfway through the brushing, he suddenly heard the gong beating outside, and the sound faded away after a while.
The two walked to the door and saw nothing, but found that people on the street were talking excitedly.
After listening to it for a while, Yu Qingze learned that it turned out that the township exam was released, and Jiang Tianrui, the second young master of the Jiang family in the south of the city, won the sixth place - Ya Kui, this is the person who announced the good news.
The master mason sighed after hearing this: "Boss Liu is so proud, my brother-in-law has won the prize!"
Yu Qingze was very happy when he heard the words, and said, "Yes, I will congratulate him later!"
The two were talking when suddenly another gong sounded.
The master mason went out to look, wondering, "Anyone else got hit?"
Soon, news came from the crossroads.
It turned out that Cai Chenxi, the eldest young master of the Cai mansion, had won the first name, Jie Yuan. The person who announced the good news had reported the good news in Yunzhou, but Cai Chenxi had not returned from Tongshan City recently. Go to the Cai Mansion in Tongshan City to report again.
"You won the first title! Boss Yu, you heard it, the eldest young master of the Cai family is really good. His father, Mr. Cai, won the first title, Jie Yuan!" The master mason looked very excited.
"Really?" Yu Qingze asked in surprise.
The mason master nodded, and went into the room to talk to Yu Qingze while continuing to work, saying, "That's right. Back then, Mr. Cai was a man of influence in Tongshan City, and he was the youngest among their batch of township exams. I remember, it seems. He was seventeen or eighteen at that time. Later, because his grandfather passed away, he wanted to keep filial piety, so he didn't go to the capital to take the Spring Festival exam the next year. Then two years later, his youngest passed away again, and it was delayed for a few more years, alas It's a pity, otherwise, it might be the youngest champion."
After Yu Qingze heard it, he sighed with emotion, "Is there such a thing?" This Mr. Cai, his luck when he was young was really bad.
The master mason nodded, picked up the shovel and plastered, and said, "Fortunately, he passed the exam and was sent back to Tongshan City as an official. I heard that he could stay in the capital, but I don't know why he came back."
Yu Qingze didn't answer this, the officialdom was very complicated.
"By the way, Boss Yu, after the stove is cleaned, the windows in this room have to be opened to ventilate, and the smell of this lime is not very good. It can be used after it dries, and the smell will dissipate after a while. "The mason master said to Yu Qingze again.
"Okay, sorry to bother you."
It didn't take long for the master mason to finish the ash. He packed up his tools and saw that there was still a little slurry left in the bucket, so he said to Yu Qingze, "Boss Yu, I see a large piece of the wall in your backyard fell off. Wall ash, there is still a little bit left here, how about I smear that piece for you?"
Yu Qingze's eyes lit up, and a piece was peeled off from the outer wall of the storage room, which was very unsightly, and he said, "Okay, thank you."
The two moved their positions again, and went to the backyard, where the mason master scraped it again, made the bottom, and began to brush the dust.
After the master had finished and left, Yu Qingze took a good look at the prepared stove again.
The stove is L-shaped and divided into two parts. Inside is the stove on which the stove is placed, which will be used to keep the food warm at that time. On the side facing the guests, there is a platform with a width of 50 cm, which can be used for placing dishes for guests. The height is higher than that of the inside. The overall height of the stove is about ten centimeters; the middle is separated by a low wall ten centimeters high.
Looking at the white countertop, Yu Qingze felt that the color was not very good-looking, and it was easy to get dirty and not easy to clean up, so he thought that when he got home, he could let his grandfather make some bamboo mats and put them on the table outside, so that it would not get dirty so easily.
After thinking about it, he packed up, opened all the windows facing the yard, locked the door and went back to the food stall.
Jiang Tianrui and Cai Chenxi were both successful, and they had to prepare some gifts to congratulate them.
Such a big happy event, it's not good to always give snacks or something. After talking to Brother Le, Yu Qingze went out to buy gifts.
After buying gifts, Yu Qingze went to Liu Ji.
"Congratulations, brother! My brother-in-law is a great success!" Yu Qingze congratulated Boss Liu when he saw him.
Boss Liu has received the news, and his whole person is very happy. He doesn't have the usual serious black face at all. When he sees Yu Qingze, he even smiles without concealment: "Brother Yu, thank you, thank you, too. Tian Rui is proud of himself! Today is really a good day! Hahaha... "
Yu Qingze handed him the gift, but Boss Liu didn't show any courtesy to Yu Qingze, and accepted it directly, saying it was for Jiang Tianrui. Then the two chatted together hahaha for a while, and then Yu Qingze returned to the food stall.
The next day, while there was no one in the morning, Yu Qingze went to the Cai Mansion to congratulate him, and then he was kept by Mr. Cai.
"Xiaoyu, I happened to be looking for you." Mr. Cai asked Yu Qingze to sit down and said.
Yu Qingze asked, "Old man, do you have anything to do with me?"
Cai Laofu said: "Don't you know Yuan in Xi'er? Yesterday, every family in the city sent people to send congratulations, and they are all rich and famous in Tongshan City. I'm going to hold a flower viewing party tomorrow, and invite the heads of each family. Lang Lai's gathering can be regarded as a thank you. Originally, Xi'er was supposed to preside over this matter. Isn't he in Yunzhou, so I had to come here. So I wanted to invite you to make some snacks and entertain guests. "
When Yu Qingze heard this, he immediately replied, "This is a good thing. What kind of snacks do you want to use?"
Mr. Cai thought about it for a while, and said, "You should have some salty and sweet ones. Anyway, everyone likes to eat what you make. Give me an idea. It's almost enough to get eight or nine kinds."
Yu Qingze thought about it and said, "Okay. How many people are there?"
Old husband Cai replied: "There are nearly 15 or 6 families of husbands, maybe they will bring their little brother over together, so they have to prepare for 20 or 30 people."
Yu Qingze asked again, "Is it morning?"
Old man Cai nodded: "Yes. The flowers bloomed well in the morning."
"Okay old man, I'll bring Brother Le over tomorrow morning." Yu Qingze nodded in agreement.
After listening to him bringing Brother Le over, Mr. Cai asked, "If Brother Le comes over, what will you do with the food stall tomorrow? Will it delay your business?"
"It's okay, someone is taking care of me." Yu Qingze shook his head. The head mistresses of various families are there, and this is a good opportunity to promote dim sum.
Hearing what he said, Mr. Cai was relieved and said, "That's fine, then you and Brother Le will have to work hard."
"It's okay, you're welcome."
"When will your shop open? We'll have to take a look then."
"It will take a few days, about twenty-two."
"Okay, you are sure to send us a letter when the time comes, and the old man and I are going to take a look."
"okay."
On the same day, Yu Qingze went to the kitchen to communicate with Fu Bo again and asked him to prepare all the materials, and then he went back.
In the evening, they made three items that could be eaten cold first, and the others would be cooked in Cai Mansion when the time came.
In the middle of the night, Yu Qingze got up and soaked the white fungus. When he was about to leave, he soaked the lotus seeds and took them with him.
He was going to push the white fungus out at Laofu Cai's flower viewing party to make a white fungus, red jujube and lotus seed soup.
Early in the morning, just before dawn, he and Le Geer set off. At the food stall, let Grandpa Chang go there in the morning. When they are finished, Grandpa Chang can go back.
Let Fubo and the people in the kitchen help. They prepared all the desserts before the flower viewing party started, and they also made more according to what Mr. Cai said, and then let the couples take them back.
In the back garden of Cai's mansion, preparations were made for this flower viewing party.
Chrysanthemums of various colors are in full bloom, sweet-scented sweet-scented osmanthus is floating, purple phalaenopsis blooms leisurely, red roses and begonias all lead the way...
The well-dressed heads of families of various sizes arrived one after another. As expected by Mr. Cai, they also brought many younger brothers, from all ages, and it was very lively.
Cai Chenxi is at the age of marriage and has not yet been married. It is estimated that everyone has some thoughts.
Old man Cai led them into the garden, where tables, chairs and refreshments were already arranged.
The couples chatted and laughed, and enjoyed the flowers for a while.
There were two younger brothers who saw some snacks on the table, told them Ah Me, and went over to have some snacks.
"Ah, this snack is delicious, we'll buy it when we go back, okay?" A little brother said to him with a snack in his hand.
Hearing this, the couple looked at the red bean cake in the hands of the little brother, and found that this dessert was not available in the market.
"Hey, this snack, Mr. Cai, is this what Yu Ji made?" a couple asked.
Mr. Cai nodded and said, "Yes, I specially invited him to do it. Come and sit down and try his craftsmanship."
As soon as I heard that it was made by Yuji's boss, everyone was excited, and they sat down and started to taste the heart.
These days, they have tasted several kinds of Yuji's dim sum from Cai's and Zhao's houses, and they all taste much better than the dim sum of other dim sum shops in Tongshan City, but Yuji's side is rarely sold. Can only be customized.
The man in charge of Zhao's house tasted a glutinous rice cake and said, "This boss Yu's craftsmanship is really good. A while ago, our old man also invited him to make the desserts at his birthday banquet. It's like, it made our old man happy."
A husband who has been there replied: "Yes, I also tasted it at the birthday banquet. It not only looks good, but also tastes good."
The couples discussed the snacks again.
"Boss Yu also made a new dessert today, called Tremella, Red Dates and Lotus Seed Soup. Everyone should try it." Seeing that it was almost time, Mr. Cai beckoned to ask Mi Ge'er to have the last dessert served.
Mi Ge'er brought the tremella soup and backed away.
Mr. Cai greeted: "Everyone, try it. Boss Yu said, this dessert is very good for our brother. It can also beautify the face, nourish the yin and moisten the lungs, and drink more is good for the body."
When everyone heard this, they all drank curiously.
The lotus seeds are soft and glutinous, the red dates are thick and sweet, and the boiled white fungus is soft and tender.
They fell in love right away.
"It's delicious." "It's good."
They have seen lotus seeds, red dates and wolfberry, but they don't know the transparent white fungus inside.
"What's this clear, slippery thing? I don't think I've ever eaten it," a couple asked.
Old man Cai replied: "Boss Yu said, this is called Tremella, which is white fungus."
"White fungus? Oh, isn't white fungus inedible? I know this stuff, it will make the skin itchy after eating it." A husband said immediately when he heard that it was white fungus, and put down the spoon a little startled.
When the others heard it, they were so frightened that they put down the spoons in their hands and looked at Old Man Cai suspiciously. This can't be eaten, how did Mr. Cai take it out for them to eat
Cai Laofulang continued to drink on the ground, and after taking two more sips, he said: "Don't worry, it's alright. Boss Yu said this thing, eat it immediately after picking it up, and then go to the sun again, it will be like what Huangfulang said. That way, if you soak it in water after drying, it will be fine. Do you think I will be fine after eating it?"
Earlier, when Fu Bo saw Yu Qingze take out this thing, he recognized it as white fungus. Later, Yu Qingze explained it, and after it was done, Brother Le drank it in front of them, and went to bask in the sun for a quarter of an hour, it was fine.
Seeing that Brother Le was indeed all right, Uncle Fu was relieved to tell the old man.
Seeing that they were skeptical, Mr. Cai smiled and said: "This is a good thing, don't blame me for not reminding you, when you go back, don't regret not drinking. If you still want to drink, you can only go to Boss Yu's shop. Drink money."
Seeing what Mr. Cai said, there were a few more courageous, like Mr. Zhao, who continued to drink. Mr. Cai drank it. What were they afraid of? Whatever happened, the old man wouldn't hurt himself.
The taste was really good, so the husband of the Zhao family asked old husband Cai, "Old husband, is Boss Yu still here? Can I buy two catties from him and try it out."
Old man Cai looked at him and nodded, smiled and said, "You are a good person. But he said that the quantity is not large, and he will not sell tremella alone, and he will put them in the store to make desserts. When the store opens, go to his store. Drink."
"When will his shop open?"
"It's said to be in a few days, maybe the twenty-two days."
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