When the beef was half-simmered, a strong aroma was already coming out of the pot, which made the two bandits feel unbearable. Have you eaten?"
"It's still early, at least half an hour before the meat becomes tender." Lin Dan picked up the handkerchief and wiped his hands, "Can the two eldest brothers take me to my carriage? I want to get some seasonings."
The two bandits immediately became alert, pointed at the bottles on the stove and scolded, "Don't be too busy, there are all kinds of seasonings here, isn't it enough for you?"
Lin Dan didn't panic, and explained warmly, "That's right, my beef stew needs a seasoning to fully taste it. You two escort me to go, escort me back, I'm a weak woman, how can I still get from you guys? Can't you run away under your hands? If you have this seasoning, this pot of stewed beef will be several times better than it is now."
The two bandits smelled the strong fragrance in the air and thought that it was more delicious than now. How could it be delicious? This royal chef's craftsmanship is really not better than ordinary people's. They turned to think of Lin Dan's method of slaughtering cattle, and they were a little timid. .
Lin Dan took the initiative to take out a piece of rope and wrapped it around his wrist. The two bandits nodded reluctantly, and before leaving, they locked the kitchen door to prevent Shaoyao and Du Juan from running out. The three of them walked to the deepest part of the cottage and went around to find a cave with vines hanging outside.
The two bandits pulled open the vines and scolded, "Go in and find yourself, hurry up!"
Lin Dan took a look inside with the torches of the two, and saw that his five carriages were parked in the cave, and there were dozens of other large locked boxes, all of which were stolen goods. She walked in with only a quick glance, climbed into one of the carriages, knocked open the mud seal of a large urn, scooped a few spoonfuls of wine with a long spoon, put it into a small empty jar, and quickly covered the urn with brown paper , fasten firmly with a rope.
Although she moved extremely fast, it only took a few breaths to seal the wine urn, but the two bandits still smelled the indescribable aroma of the wine, and they felt a little suffocated.
"What kind of wine is this, how can it be so fragrant?" The two of them coveted.
"It's just an ordinary drink. I brewed it myself, it's not worth anything." Lin Dan's expression stiffened, his eyes dodged.
The two bandits gave her a deep look before taking her away. After returning to the kitchen, Lin Dan poured the wine in the jar into the beef stew and stirred slowly with a spatula. The already full-bodied soup became thicker and more mellow under her stirring. Each piece of stewed beef was covered with a layer of shiny and sticky juice, and a strange aroma permeated everywhere. This aroma is as good as a sharp weapon. It breaks through the doors and windows of the kitchen and wanders over the cottage, which is fascinating.
"Quick, quick, bring us some beef." The bandit in charge of guarding Lin Dan and the others urged by knocking on the empty bowl.
"Two eldest brothers, the meat hasn't been stewed yet, we have to wait for a while." Lin Dan kindly explained.
"It doesn't matter if it's rotten or not, as long as it's cooked, you can fish it if you want it, what nonsense!" The two bandits were so anxious that their eyes were red. The rest of the bandits also smelled the smell and ran over, saying that they had to taste the meat in the pot. Fortunately, the bandit leader could hold back, otherwise the kitchen would have been ransacked long ago.
"What kind of wine did the woman put in the pot to make it smell like this?" The bandit leader immediately grabbed his subordinates and questioned him after leaving the kitchen, twitching his nose from time to time to smell the aftertaste in the air.
"Boss, I'll show you." The two bandits said as if offering treasures: "It will take a while for the food to be served, why don't we brothers drink first?"
"Okay, go and bring the wine out." Several people carried the big urn to the main hall, tore open the kraft paper and looked inside, suddenly feeling a little dizzy. Without him, this wine is too fragrant. If you open it and smell it, it is stronger than ordinary burning knives, and it is more mellow than Wuliang aged wine.
"Hurry up and fill it up for me, hurry up!" The bandit leader took out a big bowl and shouted anxiously. After drinking it up, he was stunned for a while, and then he laughed and praised the good wine. The rest of the people couldn't hold back either, one of them scooped up a bowl of drinks, and the strong aroma of wine filled the air, attracting more people...
Xiaozhu and the others had gathered together to discuss how to escape and how to rescue the shopkeeper. Suddenly, they smelled an indescribably strong aroma of meat. They became quiet and said with certainty, "The shopkeeper is making beef stew with rice wine!"
"I'm hungry!" one of the servants murmured, licking his lips.
The rest of the people look at me, I look at you, and whine in their stomachs. As long as the shopkeeper cooks, people who are not hungry will feel hungry immediately. Even the man with closed eyes opened his eyes and looked in the direction of the kitchen, his Adam's apple wiggling up and down uncontrollably.
Everyone was quiet for a moment and began to discuss again, but they did not expect a domineering aroma of wine to invade from all directions, making them red-eyed. Being caught, beaten, and imprisoned, Xiaozhu, who has never lost control of his emotions, spat fiercely and scolded, "Damn, these beasts who are struck by the sky and thunder, dare to steal our wine!"
The handsome man who had always remained silent suddenly asked, "What kind of wine is this?"
Xiaozhu gritted his teeth and said, "I don't know if you have heard of a legend in Zhongshan County - in the past, Liu Xuanshi sold wine at Zhongshan Restaurant..."
The man was very knowledgeable, and immediately said, "Xuanshi is drunk, Qian Rijiu?"
Xiaozhu glanced at him in surprise, nodded and said, "Yes, this wine is the legendary Thousand Days Wine. Manager Lin traveled in Zhongshan County for three years and traveled to many places, and finally restored the recipe of Thousand Days Wine, and the brewing was successful. It was buried in the ground for seven years, and was dug up recently. It was going to be sold in the capital for a good price. When the wine urn was opened, there was already a wine worm in the urn. Thousands of days, but can be drunk for three days and three nights."
"Xuanshi drunkenness" is an allusion that has been circulating for hundreds of years. It is said that there is a person named Di Xi in Zhongshan County. Di Xi sold him a jar of wine, but forgot to tell him that this kind of wine has great stamina and must be controlled. If you get drunk, you can stay awake for a thousand days. Liu Xuanshi returned home after drinking and died of drunkenness. His family thought he was dead, so he was buried. After a thousand days, Di Xi suddenly remembered this incident and hurriedly went to look for it. The Liu family dug up the buried Liu Xuanshi, just as he had just woken up, there was still a strong aroma of wine permeating his body, and the people around him could smell it. After seeing it, I was intoxicated until I woke up in March.
Passed down to later generations, this kind of wine was named Qianrijiu, and it can be called a true fairy in wine.
The nose was soaked with the aroma of wine, and the noise of mountain bandits drawing wine fists lingered in his ears. The handsome man licked his dry lips and gritted his teeth: "Sure enough, they are a bunch of beasts!" He broke the rope as soon as he finished speaking. , stood up with a sullen face. He originally wanted to wait until late at night, but now he can't bear it anymore.
"You, you, how did you get the rope off?" Xiaozhu and the others looked at him dumbfounded.
"You guys stay here first, I'll go to save Manager Lin, and you can come out and join me when you hear the whistle." Afraid that a few people would run around and startle the bandits, the handsome man released a few people's ties and then specifically warned them, and then pulled them with his bare hands. The iron chain on the broken door bolt was restored a little, and sneaked in the direction with the strongest meat smell.
Lin Dan was frying beef tendon, while Shaoyao and Dujuan shaped the battered beef into balls and put them into the milk soup boiled with beef stick bones. When they saw the man who pushed the door and entered, the three of them were stunned for a moment, but Lin Dan was the quickest to react, and immediately pulled the other person in and closed the door with his backhand.
"Why are you here, Xiaozhu and the others?" she asked in a low voice.
"I'm here to save you." The man's weapon has been confiscated by the bandits, and he is picking out a kitchen knife in the kitchen at the moment, his tone is very calm, "I'll take you out of the cottage first, don't run around when you enter the forest, and follow the creek. Go down, wait for me in the open area at the foot of the mountain, and Xiaozhu and I will come later." The scene later will be a bit bloody and not suitable for women to watch. corpse.
After thinking about it, the man went to pull Lin Dan's wrist, but she was gently pushed away, "There are more than 30 gangsters in the stockade, you are only one, how can you handle it? You sit and eat something, and later We can go down the mountain." As he spoke, he brought a plate of beef with spring onion, and shoved the bowls and chopsticks into each other's hands.
The man took the bowl and chopsticks subconsciously, devoured a few mouthfuls, his eyes shone with a light of contentment and enjoyment, he paused for a moment, and his tone was slightly embarrassed: "Now is not the time to eat, just follow me. Walk!"
"What are you going, sit and eat!" Lin Dan gently patted the man's outstretched hand, with a slight smile in his voice.
The man looked at the back of his itchy hands, and at Lin Dan's smiling face, before he fell silent, his eyelids drooping.
Shaoyao and Dujuan looked at the stewed beef that had been scooped up in the pot and complained, "I told them that the meat was not simmered, and it had to be boiled for a while. They wanted to scoop it out to eat, which would really spoil things!"
"It's fortunate to only spoil things and not people." Lin Dan listened, and the smile in his eyes deepened, "There's no more noise, let's go have a look."
The man immediately put down the bowls and chopsticks and stood up, but Lin Dan pressed his shoulders back, "You sit, we'll go." Huan Luo and the two little girls carried a plate of hot dishes and walked out unhurriedly. . Even if they encounter bandits, they can use the excuse of serving food to cover up, and they are not afraid at all.
The man touched his shoulder with a strange expression, and then followed closely. The group came to the hall smoothly, only to see bandits lying on the ground, and a few lying on the table, snoring like thunder. The air was filled with an insoluble aroma of wine, and as soon as the door was pushed, it rushed over, making people unable to walk. There were also snoring sounds from several other houses, which showed that these bandits could not resist the temptation of Qianrijiu after all, and they were already drunk.
Shaoyao and Du Juan stood on tiptoe and looked at the wine urn placed in the center of the hall, gritted their teeth and said, "The whole jar of wine has been harmed by them!"
Lin Dan touched the heads of the two little girls, and said the same thing: "It's fine if you don't harm anyone, let's pack up and go."
The man looked at the drunken man all over the floor with a surprised expression. He never expected that it would be easy for him to solve the problem without anyone else to save him.
Lin Dan bypassed the man and said slowly, "With me, there is nothing that can't be solved by a meal." As soon as he finished speaking, there was the sound of horses' hooves outside the cottage, and a group of torches were approaching faintly. I don't know what happened.