In the afternoon of the second day, when things in the restaurant were almost busy, the carriage from He Yuanwai came.
Shulin let go of Heizi, ran over and hugged Li Hehua's leg, blinked at her, looked at her, and the person who looked at him couldn't say anything without him.
This little guy is so powerful now that he knows how to deal with her like this.
Li Hehua couldn't, so he had to bring Shulin with him. The little guy was so happy that he narrowed his eyes like a little mouse who had stolen rice, and buried his face in her neck and smiled.
Zhang Tieshan looked at him and shook his head. In the future, this strict father will have to be his responsibility.
He Yuanwai's friend's house is at the end of Hua'an Street. It is a large house. The two stone lions in front of the door are taller than people.
Li Hehua originally thought that this friend He Yuanwai was also a businessman. Who would have thought that as soon as he entered the house, the scenery inside was unexpectedly elegant and poetic. It didn't look like a businessman's home, but rather like a mansion for literati.
Even Shu Lin was fascinated, he blinked his big eyes and looked curiously, with a look of amazement.
He Yuanwai seemed to understand their thoughts and explained with a smile: "Does this house look rather poetic?"
Li Hehua nodded, and Shulin also nodded his head.
He Yuanwai explained: "This friend of mine is not a businessman like me who is full of copper smells. He is a college student, and he is full of peaches and plums. Now he is here to take care of his life."
Oh, so that's the case, probably literate people like to pursue tranquility and nature when they get old, it's not bad to come to this small town to retire.
At this time, He Yuanwai took them to a hall where guests were entertained, and said as he walked, "My friend likes your cooking very much, and wants to see you, saying that after seeing you, you won't have to owe someone if you invite someone else. I'm in love, haha..."
While talking, they entered the hall, and as soon as they entered, before Li Hehua had time to look at anyone, a familiar voice of surprise came into his ears.
"Shu Lin - Aunt Lotus - Uncle -"
Li Hehua was stunned for a moment, and looked at the person who was speaking. Who is this little guy who isn't Gu Jinzhao
The little guy jumped down from the chair and ran towards them, and next to the little guy, in addition to an old man and a handsome boy, there was also Gu Zhijin who was looking at them in astonishment. husband.
Li Hehua is really surprised now, why are Master Gu and the others here
"Aunt Lotus—" Gu Jinzhao had already run over at this time, first hugged Li Hehua's leg and rubbed it, then hugged Shulin and said happily, "Shulin, why are you here?"
Shulin actually didn't know, so he could only shake his head when he heard this, and pointed at Li Hehua with his little finger.
Mother knows.
Gu Jinzhao turned his head and asked Li Hehua, "Aunt Lotus, why are you here?"
Before Li Hehua could answer, He Yuanwai also asked in surprise, "Do you know each other?"
Li Hehua nodded, pointed at Gu Jinzhao and said, "This is Shulin's classmate." Then he looked at Gu Zhijin who was walking over and said, "This is Shulin's teacher."
He Yuanwai was stunned, and then he couldn't help laughing, "It turned out to be such a coincidence, I didn't expect it..."
Gu Zhijin also understood a little at this time, looked at Li Hehua and said, "It turns out that the teacher said that the chef you are looking for is Madam, which is a coincidence." After speaking, Gu Zhijin respectfully looked at the old man sitting in the first seat, "Madam, this It's my teacher, Mr. Nangong, as I said yesterday."
This is really a coincidence. I didn't expect that the person who he and Zhang Tieshan said yesterday would find a way to come and visit will appear in front of us today.
Li Hehua and Zhang Tieshan looked at each other and hurriedly bowed to the old man above, "Meet Mr. Nangong."
Mr. Nangong stroked his beard, nodded with a smile, looked at He Yuanwai and asked, "Old He, is this the chef you said?"
He Yuanwai nodded, "Yes, this is the owner of Weiweiju, and the one who went to my village to cook that day. I'll personally invite you here today."
Mr. Nangong nodded with satisfaction, then looked at Gu Zhijin again, "Then this is also the parent of the disciple you mentioned?"
Gu Zhijin cupped his hands, "Teacher, that's right."
Mr. Nangong laughed, "That's a perfect coincidence, just right, everyone can chat together today."
So, he originally planned to arrange a room for Zhang Tieshan to take Shulin to rest, but Mr. Nangong invited Zhang Tieshan and Shulin to dine together. Zhang Tieshan thought that Shulin wanted to worship Mr. Nangong as a teacher, so he did not refuse and agreed.
Li Hehua followed the servants to the kitchen, put on an apron, and started cooking.
He Yuanwai likes to eat the Dongpo pork and squirrel mandarin fish that she made. I want to eat this one by name. Mr. Nangong likes to eat fish, so let her make two more fish dishes. Li Hehua simply asked everyone present. what do you like eating.
Gu Zhijin pursed his lips, and rather embarrassedly opened his mouth and ordered two of his favorite dishes, one Kung Pao chicken and one Mapo tofu.
The other young man dressed in fancy clothes should be the magistrate. He is not as modest as Gu Zhijin, and he ordered dishes rudely, and wanted to eat braised pork and pork knuckles.
Of course, the little guy Gu Jinzhao could not be missing from the people who asked.
"Jin Zhao, what do you like to eat? Tell your aunt directly."
Gu Jinzhao waved his hand, "Aunt Lotus, whatever you do is delicious, I love it, you can make it by yourself."
Li Hehua is about to be conquered by this little guy. How can he be so pleasing? It seems that he will also be a master who attracts girls in the future.
Everyone ordered the dishes, and Li Hehua arranged the rest of the dishes herself. She added these additional dishes: fish head with chopped pepper, fish with pickled vegetables, pork with plum vegetables, old duck with dried bamboo shoots, shredded pork with Beijing sauce, hot and sour chicken feet, Osmanthus lotus root slices, lamb chops, spicy chicken fillet, Feilong soup, Dongan chicken and crystal meat.
Mr. Nangong's back kitchen is quite large, and there are all kinds of ingredients in it. There are four cooks who help in the kitchen. It can be seen that this Mr. Nangong is indeed a person who loves to eat.
Li Hehua chatted with the cooks while cooking, and learned a lot from this chat. It turned out that these cooks were brought by Mr. Nangong from the capital. Asked if they would like to come here with him to continue working in the kitchen, and those who were willing to come here followed.
One of the fat cooks in her 40s said: "Our husband is a very good man. His students love him very much. Knowing that he will come here to retire, they are very reluctant. Many students want to keep him. No answer."
Li Hehua's mind moved, and when he picked up a plate of vegetables, he asked: "Really? I have been living in the village, and I don't know much about Mr., so he is so powerful."
When the fat cook heard this, she patted her thigh and was very excited, "That's not true, our husband is amazing, many people come to him to ask him for articles, calligraphy and painting, and there seem to be a lot of high-ranking officials. Well."
"Oh? Really? That's really amazing."
The fat cook nodded, "It's very powerful. It is said that the paintings that our husband drew are hard to find."
"Really, it must be very beautiful."
"No, we've seen Mr.'s painting by accident, it's really beautiful~"
While cooking, Li Hehua chatted with these cooks in his spare time. After more than an hour, the dishes were ready, and he also found out a lot of useful things.
It turned out that Mr. Nangong was indeed the dean of the largest academy in the capital before, but now he has given his position to his son, so he came here to retire, because this is his hometown.
Mr. Nangong is good at calligraphy and painting. His calligraphy and painting are hard to find. Many people hope to get his guidance. Many of his students are very powerful people.
It was not easy for Shulin to get his green eyes.
After Li Hehua finished the dishes, he was invited over by the hall. The people present were all informal and didn't care about the rules. What's more, Li Hehua was Shulin's mother, so they invited Li Hehua to have dinner together.
Since they didn't care, Li Hehua was even less likely to have the idea of caring. He didn't refuse and sat down next to Zhang Tieshan.
"Aunt Lotus, all the dishes you cook are delicious, you are amazing!" As soon as Li Hehua sat down, Gu Jinzhao gave her a thumbs up and praised her vigorously.
Li Hehua looked at him and saw that the little guy had already pushed food scraps in front of him, and the chopsticks in his hand were still stuffing vegetables into his mouth.
As for Shulin, it's actually not much better. His mouth was bulging, and his belly was bulging. Seeing Li Hehua looking at him, he was embarrassed and covered his belly, trying to press it inside. , don't be so convex.
Li Hehua couldn't help laughing. He quickly turned his eyes away from him, and moved his eyes to the dishes on the table. Seeing this, he couldn't help but feel a little ashamed. Just after the dishes were served, most of the plates on the table were empty, and everyone was in front of them. Lots of residue.
too fast...
However, for the creators of these delicacies, it is of course happy to see that what they make is so popular.
Gu Zhijin also had a lot of bones piled up in front of him, and there were quite a few in the bowl. He had never eaten with such disregard for his image, and he couldn't help but feel hot, and thanked Li Hehua, "Madam, your craftsmanship is really good, eat it. The people who can't stop chopsticks come..."
Everyone agrees.
At this time, Mr. Nangong said to Li Hehua, "Madam, thank you very much for coming to cook us such a delicious meal this time. The old man is very grateful. Here's a toast to you."
"Mr. Nangong is very polite." Li Hehua said hurriedly, but there was no wine in the glass in front of her at all, and she couldn't drink. Just thinking about whether to break the precept and have a drink, Zhang Tieshan stood up and raised his glass to Mr. Nangong. He said apologetically, "Mr. Nangong, I'm really sorry, my wife can't drink. If you drink alcohol, you will get drunk. I drank this cup for my wife next time, and I hope your husband will forgive me."
Mr. Nangong smiled and waved, "It's okay, it's okay, I've expressed my gratitude, you can do whatever you want." He finished his drink.
Zhang Tieshan raised his head, drank his own glass of wine, and waited for Mr. Nangong to sit down before he sat down.
Mr. Nangong saw Zhang Tieshan and Li Hehua's every move in his eyes, and nodded secretly in his heart. Although the couple were not rich and noble people, they were sincere and polite, and they had a degree of advance and retreat. The children who came to teach them are not bad. He was interested in the talent of that child in Shulin. It can be said to be a very rare talent once in a century. He didn't want to waste such a good seedling, but he still decided to look at the behavior of the child's parents. Now he has met Zhang Tieshan and Li Hehua. After that, he completely dispelled his doubts.
Shulin, this child, he accepted.
Mr. Nangong stroked his beard and opened his mouth to talk about Shulin, "You two must have heard from my disciple Zisu that I want to accept Shulin as a disciple. It's a rare coincidence today, so choose another day. Today, we can have a good discussion today, what do you two think about this?"
Zisu is Gu Zhijin's word.
Seeing that Li Hehua had mentioned the key point, he was busy with twelve points of spirit. Originally, she and Zhang Tieshan wanted to find out who Master Gu's teacher was. Now, it seems that this old gentleman is kind, refined and introverted. Shulin really worshipped him, and her achievements in the future are also extraordinary, how could she be unwilling.
Li Hehua said: "Sir, you are very talented. It is a blessing for my son to have your guidance. Even if he is too young, he doesn't like to talk, so he is afraid of making you unhappy, sir."
Mr. Nangong had already heard Gu Zhijin say something about Shulin, and he knew that this child was quiet and reserved, but it was nothing to him. He had many students, and among them there were people with strange personalities. There is talent, and the more distinctive the character is, God has arranged it in the dark, so he will never regard it as abnormal, and he will not care.
"You two don't have to worry, it's nothing, my students also have personalities that are not the same as ordinary people, but they are all talented people."
At this time, the county magistrate Huo Yi, who had been thinking about eating and not having time to speak, suddenly spoke up and said to Gu Zhijin with a smile: "Junior Brother, do you still remember our Senior Brother Shuohua?"
Gu Zhijin couldn't help smiling when he thought of his senior brother, how could he not remember? "Senior Brother Shuohua is a great talent. We Dawei's astronomy and geography books are all written by him. No one can match it. In the past, senior brother was willing to talk to us about astronomy and geography, but we couldn't understand it. I'm ashamed."
Huo Yi laughed, "No, Senior Brother Shuohua doesn't like to talk to people, that is, we are his senior brothers, so he is willing to take care of us, but he can't speak to us five words a year. I always thought he looked at us like he was looking at idiots."
"Pfft—" Everyone present was amused, Mr. Nangong smiled and feigned anger: "You, don't say that to your senior brother."
Li Hehua and Zhang Tieshan looked at each other with a sense of relief in each other's eyes. It seems that many of Mr. Nangong's students are similar to Shulin, and Mr. Nangong doesn't mind students with such a personality as Shulin.
Zhang Tieshan and Li Hehua stood up at the same time, Li Hehua was holding the tea, Zhang Tieshan was holding the wine, and said, "Mr. Nangong, thank you for being able to see the child, this is the blessing of the child, and also the blessing of our family, our husband and wife would like to thank You, Shulin will have to worry about you in the future."
With that said, Li Hehua took Shulin down from his seat and held him in front of Mr. Nangong, saying, "Shulin, Mr. Nangong will also be your teacher in the future. Hurry up and greet the teacher."
Shu Lin was a little confused, but he understood what a teacher was, so he obediently stretched out his little hand and held it in front of his chest, gave Mr. Nangong a salute, and stood up after a while.
Mr. Nangong smiled and stroked his beard, "Okay, okay, I will have another student in the future, and this is my last student."
Huo Yi smiled and said, "We will have such a small junior brother in the future."
Mr. Nangong shook his head and said to him: "Don't think your junior brother is young, his painting skills are far superior to yours, and none of your senior brothers can compare to him."
Hearing this, Huo Yi touched his nose and smiled embarrassedly. He is one of the worst painting skills among the many brothers and sisters, and he has suffered a lot because of this before.
The meal ended in a relaxed atmosphere. After the meal, Mr. Nangong took fifty taels of silver to Li Hehua as today's reward, but Li Hehua refused.
"Mr. Nangong, you will be my son's teacher in the future. If I ask for money to cook a meal for you, who would you be? This is the recognition banquet I hold for my son. Don't be polite to me. ."
Mr. Nangong laughed, and he didn't force it any more, he said jokingly: "I heard that Zisu said that he is a teacher, he has been eating your good food a lot these days, everyone is getting fat, am I a teacher? Are you being treated like this now?"
Li Hehua was amused by his humor, and said, "No, we don't have anything else in our family, but there are many delicious foods. The teacher of the child can't be without delicious foods. In the future, don't be polite to us."
Mr. Nangong smiled and waved his hand, "You're welcome, I don't have any other hobbies, I just love the word 'eating'. It's a blessing to accept a young apprentice when I'm getting old..."
After speaking, Li Hehua and Zhang Tieshan took Shulin to bid farewell. Gu Jinzhao rolled his eyes and took Gu Zhijin's hand, "Second uncle, let's go too, it's getting late."
Gu Zhijin looked at the sky, it was just noon, why was it early? This little bastard, it's true that he wants to go back to play with Shulin.
Gu Zhijin refused, "No, the second uncle has something to discuss with Mr. Nangong. I don't have time to go back now, just wait a little longer."
Gu Jinzhao pursed his lips, thought for a while and then said, "Second uncle, you are busy here first, I will go back with Shulin and the others, or go back to the mansion to take care of things first."
Also, what is there for him to do? Gu Zhijin was so angry that he wanted to beat him up, but if the little devil didn't want to do it today, he would probably run away, so he had to say: "Okay, don't talk about it, I know you want to play with Shulin, but you Be polite when you go, don't run around, and wait for the second uncle to pick you up, you know?"
Knowing that the second uncle agreed, Gu Jinzhao jumped up happily, "Aunt Lotus, take me with you—"