Although the third grandma's eyes were a bit strange, Wenlan didn't think much about it.
After a pause, she reached out and lifted the lid of the bamboo basket.
When the spring breeze blows head-on, the feeling is simply sour and refreshing.
Wen Lankong immediately covered her nose with one hand, and took the small bamboo basket in her hand away from herself. She asked Chu Lian complaining in a nasal voice, "Third grandma, what the hell is this! Why is it so stinky! Is it?" What food has been spoiled after a long time."
Chu Lian smiled, and took the small bamboo basket from Wen Lan, "It's not bad, this thing has the same taste."
"Ah?" Wen Lan didn't dare to let go of her hand covering her nose, she stared at Chu Lian in surprise, it was hard to imagine how such a smelly thing could be used as food.
"Is this edible? It's dark and smells so bad." The smell alone would drive people away, let alone eat it.
Chu Lian smiled mysteriously, "Don't think it smells bad, once you taste its taste, you will be addicted."
Although Wenlan didn't open her mouth to dislike the stinky tofu in the small bamboo basket, her conflicted eyes had already betrayed her.
Seeing that the third grandma washed her hands carefully and really wanted to deal with the stinky tofu in the bamboo basket, Lan couldn't help but stop and said, "Third grandma, otherwise, don't make this dish, and the two servants will make the rest." A few words are enough."
This sour taste was served in front of old Zheng Guogong, and it didn't make him faint...
Considering that the smell of stinky tofu is indeed a bit smoky, Chu Lian thought for a while before saying, "Okay, I'll make less and eat it myself, so I won't send it to the tent."
Ask Lan Wenqing to agree quickly.
They went out and brought a special small stove from the Hou's mansion. Charcoal was burned in the stove, and a small specially made iron pot was set up on it.
Chu Lian poured the tea oil prepared earlier into the iron pan, heated it up and started frying stinky tofu.
The stinky tofu is cut into square blocks as big as half a palm, carefully picked up with chopsticks and put into the oil pan.
The stinky tofu cubes with a black layer on the outside fell into the golden tea oil, and small bubbles formed around them. After a while, the tofu began to fluff and swell, and it can be picked up when the outer layer is fried to a browned layer.
Because he was only going to eat to satisfy his hunger, Chu Lian only made a small dish, which was only four yuan.
Four pieces of plump stinky tofu that is black and yellowish are placed on top of the porcelain white delicate porcelain plate. Finally, the slightly spicy and sweet chopped pepper sauce that has been prepared earlier is spread on the deep-fried stinky tofu.
The whole plate of stinky tofu has a bad smell, but it still looks good on the plate.
Black and red, with a burnt aroma.
Standing aside, Wen Lan stared at Chu Lian's familiar movement with her mouth wide open.
She thought Chu Lian was joking before, but she didn't expect to make a dish with that stinky tofu.
I don't know why, smelling this weird smell, she actually had the idea to go up and have a taste...
Chu Lian didn't have time to care about what she was thinking, she picked up a pair of clean wooden chopsticks beside her, couldn't wait to pick up a piece, put it on her lips and blew it, and then put it into her little mouth.
The stinky tofu with a special fragrance is eaten into the mouth, and it is bitten down. The light tofu taste, the burnt shell, the salty brine, the fragrance of tea oil, the sweet and sour sweet chili sauce, these The taste touches the taste buds to bring a novel experience in the mouth, and the taste will soon become addictive, making you eager to taste it.
Chu Lian's small mouth moved quickly, and because of this long-lost familiar taste, his almond eyes narrowed in enjoyment.
Sometimes, whether a person likes to eat something, whether he thinks it is delicious or not, can be seen from his facial expression.
The current Chu Lian has an expression of enjoying the food.
Because there are too many delicious foods in modern times, Chu Lian used to act as normal no matter what dishes the maids like Xiyan Wenqing made.
When they were eating those dishes, they all lamented that there was nothing in the sky and nothing on earth, but Chu Lian didn't express anything special.
It felt as if she had grown up eating such exquisite cuisine.
Inevitably, it also made the big maids around Chu Lian feel a little frustrated.
It's rare to see a face full of enjoyment and nostalgia while eating food like today.
It has to be said that sometimes a special snack can indeed awaken a person's special memories and make people happy.
Stinky tofu is such a snack for Chu Lian.
Soon, a piece of stinky tofu was eaten, and Chu Lian sighed slightly in satisfaction.
Wen Lan looked at her master but couldn't help swallowing her saliva.
She felt that she must be in a daze now, she obviously didn't like the stinky smell of that black tofu at all, why did she suddenly want to try it now.
"Third... third grandma, what does it taste like?"
Chu Lian glanced at the small table next to her, the corner of her mouth slightly raised, "Try it and you'll know?"
Wen Lan glanced at the stinky tofu, then at Chu Lian, then closed her eyes, reached for the chopsticks, picked up a piece and stuffed it into her mouth.
Wrapped in the mouth, it was not as unacceptable as imagined, and then I took a bite, the juice of the chili sauce was deep in the tofu, and it was slightly sweet, and there was a special taste lingering on the taste buds, washing your taste.
Wen Lan only dared to chew a few times in small mouthfuls at first, but then moved her mouth faster and faster, and when one piece was eaten, the hand holding the chopsticks seemed to be out of control and wanted to pick up another piece.
It's a pity that it was blocked by Chu Lian, "There are only two yuan left, and the rest is mine. You can do the other things quickly."
Wen Lan reluctantly looked at the plate of stinky tofu with two pieces left, and smiled flatteringly, "Third grandma, I see that there is still a basket of that thing, why don't I fry it up after the guests' meals are ready?" some."
Chu Lian knew that another girl had been captured by stinky tofu, and she didn't stop her, "Cook first, and you can spend the rest of the time doing whatever you want."
Only then did Wen Lan cheer up.
The old Zheng Guogong, who couldn't wait to eat, had been standing in front of the tent for a long time, and the older he got, the more childlike his personality became.
Seeing that Chu Lian had already started to eat, he raised his beard and stared at him, and walked over with his hands behind his back and his face poised.
Before Chu Lian picked up the chopsticks and started to eat the second piece of stinky tofu, he was startled by the old man who suddenly made a sound behind him.
"Jinyi, what did you steal! What delicious food did you cook, and you don't know how to honor your elders!"
Old Zheng Guogong's wrinkled face is very serious, people who don't know think he is really angry!
If he hadn't had a lot of contact with this old glutton, Chu Lian really wouldn't have guessed what the old man was thinking.
As soon as old Zheng Guogong came, Chu Lian didn't want to eat alone, and immediately handed a pair of clean chopsticks to Old Zheng Guogong very wittily.
"The old man came at the right time. I was just about to ask Wenqing to send a copy, so you are here. Let's try it first."
Wen Lan watched Old Zheng Guogong pick up a piece of stinky tofu and put it into his mouth. First, he chewed it slowly twice, and then his eyes lit up, and his mouth moved much faster. Do not question it
After eating a piece of stinky tofu, Old Zheng Guogong asked eagerly, "What is this? It tastes so strange, but it's delicious!"
"Stinky tofu." Chu Lian replied calmly.
Old Zheng Guogong stared, "Stinky tofu? Is it really stinky tofu?"
Chu Lian was also a little speechless, "Can you smell the stench?"
The old man rolled his eyes, "Of course, the old man's nose is fine."
"Then you just ate it so stinky?" Chu Lian was really surprised. If you have never eaten stinky tofu, you would want to hide away when you smell it for the first time, let alone taste it yourself. Don't be scared. Running is fine.
The old man had already eaten the last piece while he was speaking.
He smashed and smashed his mouth, obviously wanting more.
The old man glanced at Chu Lian, "The old man saw that you ate, and you enjoy eating everything that is not delicious, so there is no hesitation for the old man."
Not to mention just this kind of stinky tofu with a faint smell, even if it is durian or the terrible canned herring, old Zheng Guogong will not hesitate to eat it when he sees Chu Lian eating it...
After hearing old Zheng Guogong's explanation, Chu Lian was so ashamed that he didn't know what to say.
"Just what is this called stinky tofu, make a few more and send it to me." Old Zheng Guogong put down this sentence, turned around and left contentedly.
There was no other way, old Zheng Guogong called for food, Chu Lian could only ask Lan to make more.
During lunch, there were several large pots of vegetables on the wooden table in the tent.
Although it looks a little rough, but the portion is full, and the taste is the most authentic.
It is suitable for Guo Xiaowei, Zhang Mai, Xiao Hongyu and others who have been in the army.
Chu Lian, Sima Hui and Princess Duanjia set up another table and ate food behind the screen.
I made several more stinky tofu. Unexpectedly, everyone liked it very much.
It really deserves to be a folk snack sold in the streets and alleys of later generations.
During the meal, Captain Guo patted He Changdi on the shoulder beside him, "Zixiang, do you know what your face looks like now?"
He Sanlang glanced coldly at the old boss beside him, and snorted coldly.
Before Colonel Guo could continue to speak, Xiao Hongyu laughed, and said impatiently: "Haha, I know, I know, brother He's expression is just like this stinky tofu, do you think so, hahaha..."
He Changdi: ...
Zhang Mai picked up a piece of fat beef in sour soup, and glared at Xiao Hongyu, "Stinky boy, what are you talking about?"
Xiao Hongyu patted Yuanliu's head in a foolish way.
"Eat your meal!" He Changdi warned.
Rubbing his wife's cooking in his tent, there is still so much nonsense, and he has the guts to scold him, does this little stunned young man really not want to mess around anymore
Eating delicious dishes in the tent was enjoyable, and suddenly a guard outside the tent came to report.
He Changdi put down his chopsticks, and asked with a stern expression, "What's the matter?"
The guards were He Changdi's personal soldiers in the northern border army, and the young man said respectfully: "Master, Chief Wei is here."
Manager Wei is Wei Chenghai, the personal servant of Emperor Taiping.
Why did he choose the time for individual people to eat.
Everyone in the tent heard the conversation between He Changdi and the guards.
Everyone had to put down their chopsticks, and Eunuch Wei was also invited in by the guards.
Eunuch Wei entered the tent, followed by two young eunuchs, one of whom was still holding a food box.
Eunuch Wei saluted everyone first, and then smiled and said: "Hey, what a coincidence that the miscellaneous family came, the old Duke and the princess are also there! I don't know what delicious food Jinyi Township has cooked."
Since Chu Lian was asked, naturally Chu Lian stepped forward to answer, "Eunuch Wei is joking, I just asked the servant girl to cook a few home-cooked dishes."
Eunuch Wei smiled more and more gently, "Your Majesty was joking, and the miscellaneous family can smell that smell over there. It's really special."
Hearing Eunuch Wei's words, Chu Lian almost choked on his saliva.
She pretended to glance out of the tent casually, and sure enough, Emperor Taiping's luxurious camp was not far away, the east wind was blowing today, they were cooking food at the windward side, and they could smell it at the downwind side.
If it wasn't for Eunuch Wei still present, Chu Lian's expression of remorse would have been revealed long ago.
He Changdi saw Eunuch Wei's strange attitude towards Chu Lian, and before Chu Lian could speak again, he took a step forward to block his wife, and said first, "May I ask why Eunuch Wei is here?"
Wei Chenghai frowned slightly, feeling dissatisfied in his heart. He Changdi suddenly interrupted the conversation between him and Chu Lian, but he was a man in the palace, so such a small emotion would not be shown.
He still had a smile on his face, "It's rare to have this opportunity, the Holy Majesty also wants to try Xiangjun's craftsmanship, no, the miscellaneous family has the cheek to come here."
Speaking of which, Eunuch Wei glanced at the little eunuch behind him again, and the little eunuch looked very winkingly, and immediately offered the food box in his hand, "The Holy Majesty said, you can't ask the Xiangjun to do it for nothing, this is a reward for the Xiangjun .”
The gift from the elders cannot be denied, not to mention the gift from the great boss of the Great Wu Dynasty, Emperor Taiping.
Chu Lian took it with both hands, thanked him, and when he turned around, he looked at He Changdi soothingly.
Chu Lian's movements were quick, of course she could only cook the meals for Emperor Taiping herself, and Wenqing Wenlan could only help from the sidelines, besides, when making food for the emperor, one must be careful from the beginning to the end.
Fortunately, it was not a complicated dish, and it was ready in three quarters of an hour. I handed it to Eunuch Wei and asked him to take it to Emperor Taiping's camp.
When the work was over, everyone in their tents had enough to eat and drink. Because there was still hunting in the afternoon, everyone dispersed back to their camps early.
Only after Chu Lian and He Changdi were left in the camp did Chu Lian open the food box that Eunuch Wei had sent.
As soon as the food box was opened, Chu Lian opened his mouth in surprise. The small delicate food box contained bird's nest.
It is not an ordinary bird's nest, but the best snow swallow, and it is the most complete dragon tooth cup.
This kind of bird's nest was a tribute in the Great Wu Dynasty, and only a small part was transported from the Xinluo Kingdom every year, and only the most distinguished women in the palace could enjoy it.
Such ingredients are extremely precious and expensive even in modern times.
It's just that there is no reason why Emperor Taiping rewarded her with such a precious tonic...
Chu Lian stared at the heavy Xueyan in front of her, her eyebrows frowned, and then she looked up at He Changdi who was thinking about something next to her, "Husband, why did His Majesty send such a valuable thing? What do you think he means?"
He Changdi glanced at Chu Lian with his deep phoenix eyes. Many things that happened today made him flustered for a while.
He stretched out his hand and rubbed Chu Lian's small face, then shook his head, "I can't guess the meaning of the Holy Majesty for the time being, let's wait and see."
Chu Lian simply put aside the things that he couldn't figure out, and ordered Wenqing to put away these top-quality blood swallows.
"Wait to go back and send it to my mother."
Although Mrs. Jing'an's chronic illness has been cured, her body has been exhausted for so many years, and it is time to need these top-quality supplements.
He Changdi's heart warmed up, and with a little force on his arm, Chu Lian was lifted to sit on his lap.
"No, Mother just sent me tonics a few days ago." He Changdi said in a low voice, pecking her tender cheek.
Chu Lian grabbed his big, well-articulated hand and played with it.
"But it's useless for this blood swallow to stay with me. I'm in good health! I don't want to eat such a thing."
Sometimes when you are in good health, you don’t need tonic, which will make your body delicate, which is not good for your health.
He Changdi didn't understand Chu Lian's meaning for a while, and he didn't know how his brain was long, so he wanted to go wrong.
He bent down slightly, and put a muffled smile close to Chu Lian's ear, "Why, are you overwhelmed with worry? Don't worry, you have a husband, and you can put out the fire whenever you want."
Chu Lian really admires He Changdi's brain circuit, why is it so dirty when he says a normal thing out of his mouth!
In Emperor Taiping's luxurious tent, Eunuch Wei put all the dishes brought back from Chu Lian in front of him.
Emperor Taiping's eyes lit up, and he pointed to the dishes in front of him, "Are these made by Lian'er?"
Now in private, when no outsiders were around, Emperor Taiping called Chu Lian by her nickname, as if this would allow him to get close to his daughter.
Eunuch Wei is a confidant of Emperor Taiping, so of course he understands why Emperor Taiping is happy.
He smiled and said: "Yes, the Lord Xiang made these dishes by himself. She also told the old servant that this dish is called stinky tofu. It tastes a bit strange. If the Holy One doesn't like it, just take it away."
Emperor Taiping's nose twitched. The smell of stinky tofu was indeed very strange. Although it had been deep-fried, the smell was much lighter than before, but the special smell was still stronger than other dishes.
But it was made by Chu Lian, Emperor Taiping's appearance made people have no doubts, even if the stinky tofu in front of him was poison, he would taste it without hesitation.
"No, I have to taste everything."
Since Emperor Taiping said so, Eunuch Wei would naturally not ask for boring dissuasion.
Eunuch Wei called a special eunuch to test the poison, and Emperor Taiping impatiently stretched out his chopsticks and took a piece of stinky tofu into his mouth.
Just like the old Zheng Guogong, a piece of stinky tofu captured the taste of Emperor Taiping.
Then he tasted other dishes, because Chu Lian cooked it for Emperor Taiping alone, so the portion of each dish was not much, it happened to be the same bowl, even if he ate all of them, he wouldn't be too full.
Just when Emperor Taiping was having dinner in a good mood, Concubine Wei Gui arrived with Princess Le Yao.
Before entering Emperor Taiping's tent, Emperor Taiping and Eunuch Wei heard Princess Le Yao's voice inside.
Eleven-year-old Princess Le Yao is still a child, and her voice is clear and clear, but it is not pleasant.
"What's the smell in Father's tent, why is it so smelly, it smells so bad! What are you dead eunuchs doing to eat, and you asked Father to live in such a smelly tent? You don't even want your heads!"
At first, Princess Le Yao's voice was clear and clear, but later it became nasal, obviously because she pinched her nose.
Eunuch Wei glanced at Emperor Taiping in fear, and then immediately pretended to be a quail and shrank back.
His master's face darkened in an instant, it was obviously the extreme calm before the storm!
After a while, Concubine Wei's voice also sounded, "What are you still doing, didn't you hear what the princess said? Hurry up and get some flower dew!"
There was the sound of footsteps "da da da" and they walked away quickly, probably after listening to Wei Guifei's words, they went to get the flower dew.
At this time, the curtain of the tent was lifted from the outside, and Wei Guifei led Princess Le Yao into the imperial tent.
Once you enter the imperial tent, the smell of stinky tofu becomes stronger.
Princess Le Yao was already sensitive and disliked the smell of stinky tofu. She was pampered and spoiled. She wore fragrant clothes and wore floral dew. Where had she ever smelled such an unpleasant smell? Her eyes fell on Emperor Taiping's right away. On the dining table, I saw a black and disgusting thing in a white porcelain plate, and I was sure that the unpleasant smell came from that thing.
Don't need to be scared by others, Princess Le Yao can't control her nausea—vomited...
This situation was so sudden that Concubine Wei Gui who was beside her couldn't stop it even if she wanted to.
He could only watch helplessly as his daughter spat out the dirt on the clean and spotless Persian carpet in the royal tent.
Just now Emperor Taiping was still eating, and now that Princess Le Yao came here, he couldn't eat even delicacies from mountains and seas.
Eunuch Wei was stunned.
He admitted that the smell of the stinky tofu dish was not good, but Ren Ren could bear it. Princess Le Yao's reaction shouldn't be so exaggerated... It still makes the Holy Majesty how to eat.
The stinky tofu was still praised by the Holy One just now...
Emperor Taiping slapped the jade chopsticks on the table, and said angrily, "What's going on!"
Concubine Wei Gui was taken aback by Emperor Taiping's gloomy and displeased expression, and quickly ordered the maids around her to deal with Princess Le Yao, while answering Emperor Taiping's angry question.
"Please calm down, my lord. Yao'er didn't do it on purpose. She is sensitive to smells. She is a child and has a weak spleen and stomach. When she smelled the bad smell in the tent, she couldn't help but vomited."
"Take it down!" Immediately, two eunuchs came up to help Princess Le Yao and send her away from the imperial tent.
Concubine Wei had no choice but to agree, she walked carefully to Emperor Taiping, and said flatteringly, "Your Majesty, it's Yao'er who offends you. For the sake of her being a child, forgive her."
Speaking of this, Concubine Wei glanced at Emperor Taiping's dining table again, staring at the dark dish, and said with distaste: "Besides, this dish is really stinky, how does the imperial chef cook, it should be punished!"
Emperor Taiping lost all interest and did not want to listen to Wei Guifei's explanation.
Waving at her, he said impatiently: "You go down too. I'm tired and need to rest."
Concubine Wei Gui didn't expect Emperor Taiping to be so angry. At this time, even if she was unwilling, she could only bless Emperor Taiping and leave the imperial tent.
After Wei Guifei went out to inquire about it, she realized why Emperor Taiping was so unhappy.
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