77. Chapter 77
In Ming Yijun's view, this is nothing more than cannibalism between human beings. He didn't want to care about this kind of human affairs, but when he saw that Zhan Lu's eyes were full of sorrow and fear, and his little face turned pale with fright, he had no choice but to make up his mind to wade into this troubled water. He thought for a moment and said:
"Since this person has been here for a long time, I am afraid that the evil method he wants to perform requires a lot of soul. He was very cautious and didn't dare to use more soul breaking wine, and only took a little soul every time, which was difficult for people to detect. Fortunately, we still have a little time to prepare, which is enough to save the people in Qingping County. Although it can't leave them unharmed, at least it can be recovered. ”
Zhan Lu was very happy to see that he was willing to help, and hurriedly asked:
"What can Lang Jun do? Say it quickly, but is there anything I can do?"
Ming Yijun smiled:
"If you want to do this beautifully and not be investigated, you have to work hard. Since the soul-breaking wine is a medicine, there is naturally a soul-renewing medicine that can be solved. The materials for this soul renewing elixir are not difficult to find, and it is not difficult to refine, but it only takes a day or two. White rice can replenish the qi in the body, consolidate the source and nourish the source, if this soul-renewing medicine wants to work well, it also needs to be matched with white rice. All you need to do is make a snack with white rice as the main ingredient, mix it with soul-renewing medicine, and sell it to those who have taken soul-breaking wine, which will naturally help them renew their souls. It's just that you need to think about what kind of snacks are suitable for drinking. ”
Zhan Lu is not very good at making snacks with rice, she racked her brains to think of several things, but none of them seemed to be suitable for drinking. She thought about it for a while, and suddenly remembered that she had seen a kind of dim sum in Lin Mengniang's notes, so she turned around and went back to the house and took out Lin Mengniang's notes to flip through:
"A few days ago, I read Mengniang's notes, which said that she had been to Yingzhou by sea. Wouldn't it be appropriate for people there to make a dim sum out of white rice, which is extremely crispy and delicious, and goes well with wine?"
As she spoke, she had already turned to the page she was looking for. According to the note, this food is called senbei and is a favorite snack and wine for Yingzhou people. To make senbei, you first crush the white rice to make a rice cake, wait until the rice cake is dry, cut it into slices, and grill it over a charcoal fire. The rice cake will swell up and turn into senbei. While grilling, brush the senbei with some soy sauce and it will taste wonderful.
Zhan Lu had never made similar food before, and she couldn't imagine what kind of thing the "fairy shell" depicted in Mengniang's notes was. However, Mengniang's notes were written in detail, and she decided to try to do it once.
Now that we've made up our minds, everyone is busy. Zhan Lu began to prepare the rice needed to make Xianbei, and Ming Yijun threw Ah Zhen into his treasure bag and asked her to find the materials for refining the soul rejuvenating medicine for him.
The place in the wine shop is small, and Ming Yijun wants to refine medicine here, and he can't use a large gossip furnace, so he thought about it, and found a small ding from his pocket that was not much bigger than the palm of his hand, and decided to use it to refine medicine.
All the progress was going smoothly, but after seven or eight days, all kinds of things were ready to stop. Ming Yijun's soul-renewing elixir had also been refined quickly, and Ah Zhen Niangzi ground the elixir into a fine powder for him and mixed it into the materials for making immortal shells. According to Ming Yijun, the antidote doesn't need much, just a little is enough to eliminate the influence of the Soul Breaking Wine.
Zhan Lu's senbei was almost ready, she found a small charcoal stove, put it in front of the store, and then put the prepared semi-finished products on the fire and roasted them, turning them over from time to time, and brushing some soy sauce with a small brush.
Under the charcoal fire, the senbei made a beeping sound and gradually swelled. The soy sauce used as a seasoning is grilled and mixed with the aroma of rice, giving off a very attractive flavor that makes people stand by.
Most of the people who go to South Street to drink will pass by here, and whenever they see anyone carrying a wine gourd, Zhan Lu will always greet them warmly:
"Let's try the freshly baked senbei!"
Many of those who went to South Street to drink were former customers of Zhan Lu. They hadn't come to Zhanlu's liquor shop for a long time, and they felt embarrassed, so they usually liked to buy some dishes here in Zhanlu, but now they don't come. But this time, when they heard Zhan Lu greet them, they were embarrassed to pretend not to hear, so they had to come to Zhan Lu.
Zhan Lu didn't mention that they didn't come to drink, but just smiled at them:
"I recently learned to make a snack to accompany the wine, so I'll give you one to try first?"
Hearing her say this, the drinkers suddenly realized. It turned out that Zhan Lu saw that he couldn't sell wine and had no business, so he simply changed to a snack with wine. I was embarrassed not to drink here, but she greeted her so warmly, and because of her feelings, she always had to buy some to taste. What's more, when drinking, it is necessary to have some snacks to accompany the wine. Therefore, every drinker who passes by here buys some senbei to some extent.
The people of Qingping County had never seen this snack before. Except for the drinkers who used to drink here in Zhanlu in the past, most of the others just stood here and watched the excitement. Zhan Lu didn't care either, so he took some fairy shells and distributed them to the people watching the excitement and invited them to taste them.
The people who watched the excitement gladly accepted Zhanlu's gift and ate it while standing in front of the wine shop. For a while, the front of Zhanlu's liquor shop was filled with a crisp sound of "click", which sounded very pleasant.
Senbei is not a particularly amazing food, but it has a very earthy aroma. However, this mixture of soy sauce and rice is the perfect match, and the resulting fragrance is indescribable, and the crispy texture makes you can't help but eat it one bite at a time.
After those people finished eating the fairy shellfish in their hands, they smelled the aroma of roasted fairy shellfish on the tip of their noses, and they couldn't help it, so they paid for it, bought the fairy shellfish they had just made, and took it home to eat.
Zhan Lu also took a fairy shell, but he didn't eat it himself, but sent it to Ming Yijun's mouth:
"Is it delicious?"
Ming Yijun took a bite and smiled:
"I've only eaten this kind of Yingzhou dim sum once before, and now that I think about it, I really miss it. ”
Zhan Lu took the wine jug and poured a glass of wine for Ming Yijun:
"This wine was made in the year we met, and it's been so many years. ”
Ming Yijun took the wine glass and drank it all, and sighed:
"It's still your wine, how can the soul-breaking wine sold by that strange man on South Street be as good as your wine? Those people don't understand at all, and they trample your good wine lees. ”
Zhan Lu just laughed and went back to roasting the senbei. Ming Yijun took the wine jug and poured himself a drink, and used the fairy shell to accompany the wine, thinking that the taste was very beautiful. He didn't drink a lot of alcohol, and after drinking for a long time, he was already a little overwhelmed, and his face was like a peach blossom.
He felt a little bored by drinking on his own, and forced himself to stand up. Staggered out the door. When I raised my eyes, I saw Zhan Lu busy working there, and her back looked very gorgeous. He took two more steps forward, stood behind Zhan Lu, stretched out his hand to put his arm around her slender waist, and whispered in her ear:
"What kind of soul-breaking wine is his wine, you wine...... It's really Soul Breaking Wine...... Whole...... Teach me to break my soul. ”
His voice was extremely low, like alcohol. His breath was also filled with a strong smell of wine, which made people slightly drunk. And there seemed to be a bit of coquettishness in his tone, like honey, so sweet...... Some panic.
His head rested on her shoulder, and she turned her face to look sideways, and saw that his eyes were half-closed, as if he were drunk and about to fall asleep. With a white face and red cheeks, he looks particularly pitiful and cute. The long eyelashes are so curled that you can't help but want to reach out and touch them.
It was rare for Zhan Lu to see him so weak, and it seemed that whenever he drank too much alcohol, the thick nerves that originally belonged to the beast would become slender, making him more like a human man.
He was drunk, a little ignorant, he couldn't figure out where he was, and he just pestered Zhan Lu. His mouth was babbling and talking, some of which he could hear clearly, and some of which people couldn't understand at all, in short, they were all idiots, which made people blush.
They stood at the door, and some passers-by laughed when they saw them:
"Zhan Lu lady, why don't you help your husband back to the house?
Being laughed at like this, Zhan Lu's already red face became even redder. She tried to push him away, but he was too strong for her to push at all. His hands wrapped around Zhan Lu's waist and quietly pulled her clothes loose.
Zhan Lu only said that he was too drunk, but when he turned his head to look at him again, he saw that he had opened his eyes, and his starry eyes were bright and bright, with a sly smile, where did he seem to be drunk!
She was ashamed and annoyed, her expression suddenly changed, and she didn't know where she got the strength to push him away at once. He took two steps back, still smiling at her, the confused smile he didn't usually have.
Zhan Lu looked at him carefully, only to see that his body was a little swaying, and his eyes became confused, only to understand that he was really drunk. She was a little helpless, so she had to pack up the charcoal stove, pull up the sleeves of his robe and lead him into the wine shop.
As soon as the door of the wine shop was closed, he glued it again, two gorgeous red lips to her ear, biting her earlobe and complaining:
"Alu...... I drank your soul-breaking wine, and your soul was broken by you, you have to compensate me!"
Zhan Lu was confused by him and asked casually:
"What do you want me to pay you?"
He gnawed on her ear, rubbed her chest with the help of wine, and blinked:
"I want you to stay with me...... Whole**. ”