143 Splurge
Wearing a well-tailored crimson shirt, Ran Tang brought the food to the door of the private room, and Xiao Er, who had already had a private room, took it and put his hands on the table.
From passing the dishes, serving the dishes, distributing the vegetables to serving the tea and pouring the water, a complete set of actions are done in an orderly manner, never dragging mud and water, and rarely bumping or impacting, and not even a trace of noise can be heard.
Old Uncle Zhong sat stiffly in his seat, looking at a new dish in a daze.
At the beginning, he was brought here by Liu Wan's little boy, he instinctively felt that this restaurant would not be cheap, but he didn't expect it to be so high-end.
A small private room, from the ground to the wall to the house dǐng one by one, the more I look at it, the more frightened I become, the more I dare not look at it, and I can't escape from here.
When he was young, he followed his master to eat in some luxurious places, and he was a person who had seen a little of the world, but the decoration, arrangement, and rules of this restaurant still surprised him.
"White boiled tofu - hee-hee, it smells so good!"
Liu Wan smiled at the new dish and held his chopsticks to clip it.
"Guest, please wait—" Xiao Er reminded with a smile, and at the same time took out a handful of small spoons from a plate in the palm of his hand, but it was not the kind of round small spoon that was used to drink the first soup just now, this time the spoon was wide and flat, the magnet was thin, and it fell lightly in a small porcelain plate the size of a copper coin that had been configured.
White plate, white spoon, the whole body is white, almost transparent.
Xiao Er bent down, held a small plate close to the large porcelain basin, and then carefully scooped up a spoonful of tofu with a spoon.
Strange things happened in front of everyone's eyes.
The contents of the large porcelain basin were originally white in the gray porcelain bowl, like freshly peeled eggs, and when the transparent juice fell into the white spoon and white plate, the round and white mass turned into a mass of crimson.
Liu Wan's eyes widened in curiosity.
"Wow, it's discolored—"
Hu Ma and a few other mothers-in-law looked stupid, and they pulled their necks one by one to see that they couldn't tear their necks off.
"Hey, daughter-in-law, this white water tofu is so strange, it will change color!"
Lancao and the others also exaggerated their mouths.
Old Uncle Zhong was so angry that he just wanted to scold his mother, and said in his heart that it must be a trick that this Jiuxiangju deliberately did≥∏dǐng≥∏diǎn≥∏ Xiao ≥∏ said, .≮.o∧s_(); , What kind of paint is mixed in the white water tofu, used to coax children, don't want to hide from his old clock's sharp eyes.
The dumb aunt took the lead in scooping a piece of Xiao Er's movements.
Once the trembling soft body like tofu slid into the white porcelain plate, a layer of red quickly oozed from below, and in the blink of an eye, the red soaked the whole piece of tofu.
Liu Wan took a look, couldn't wait to pick up the disk and pour it into his mouth, he had been sick and weak for a long time, his hand trembled when he raised it, and the juice flowed a little, but he couldn't eat the piece of tofu in his mouth.
Still don't believe in this evil, Liu Wan stretched out his hand and grabbed it on the plate, he used to eat, when he was in a good mood, he was fed by the maids, and when he was bad, he simply scratched it with two dirty hands. Since being with his aunt, he has learned to use chopsticks to pick up his meals. This hurry, the old problem has been committed again.
The thin little hand grabbed it and put it in his mouth, but the tofu cube was as slippery as a fish, fell down his chin and shattered on the table.
Liu Wan felt a pity, and hurriedly grabbed the broken scum, the strange thing was that those scum looked at Qing Lingling, but as soon as his hand touched it, it suddenly turned into a ball of clear water, where could he still catch it.
Liu Wan put his wet fingers into his mouth and sucked, shouting incense.
Except for Aunt Liu Wan, who can be regarded as the master at this table, everyone else is a subordinate, but everyone has eaten tofu, and no one has ever seen tofu be so strange, it will change color and turn into water.
Mama Hu carefully scooped up a spoonful and put it into her mouth, smacked her mouth for a long time, and suddenly smiled and shouted: "This clear water tofu is so delicious, I don't know how to make it, if we learn to go back, we will often make it and eat it." ”
Xiao Er, who had been standing behind him with a smile and did not speak, took over at this time, and said with a smile: "This sister-in-law, listening to the accent, you are not our Lingyi people, if you say that you want to learn other small ones, don't dare to talk more, if you want to learn this craft and take it home, then the small one will have one more mouth, you really can't learn this clear water tofu, and you can't do it without this Lingyi realm!"
As soon as the words came out, the table was suddenly quiet, and everyone stopped their chopsticks to look at Xiao Er, this tone is not small.
Hu Ma was competitive, and sneered, "What kind of good things, do you have to make them locally?" I don't believe it, I don't believe it, there is no shortage of ingredients in our house, and there is no shortage of chefs of various dishes in the east, west, north and south, so I don't believe that I can't do your ......."
The dumb aunt swallowed a piece, cleared her throat, and suddenly interrupted Mama Hu and looked at Xiao Er, "Actually, this is not tofu at all, nor is it clear water." I remember a slight note on the "Lingzhou Centennial Palm Test", saying that Lingyi this place is low, the temperature is warm, the warm river flows from north to south, the river water is clear and sweet, the river is rich in gelatin, it is a specialty of Lingyi, this gelatin fish is unique, only in Lingyi local survival, once it leaves the homeland river water will die, even if someone puts the gelatin fish together with the warm river water into the utensils and takes it to other places, but out of the Lingyi ground, the gelatin fish has long changed the taste when cooked. Warm river water, boiled glue fish, looks like clear water tofu, this dish was famous in the world hundreds of years ago, but unfortunately since the founding of Dongliang country, the climate has changed abruptly, the warm river water is gradually cooling, and this delicate and difficult to raise glue fish has long been extinct in the warm river. So we can't be sure that the raw material of Guifanzhuang's 'white jade diǎn bone' is still not a precious glue fish. If so, then we're in luck. ”
White jade diǎn bone?
Everyone looked at each other and listened dumbfounded.
Xiao Er, who had always been reserved, was also dumbfounded, and couldn't help but look at this little girl who was not very conspicuous at first.
Yes, it was a little girl, but she had a woman's hair, she was plain white, and there was no beaded hairpin ornament on her black hair.
A single thin person, wrapped in a plain cotton shirt, with a slightly pale little face exposed in the round neck.
What did the little thin man call her? It seems to be a daughter-in-law, and a lady, so she is the wife of this little man, and at their age, it can only be a child daughter-in-law.
A child daughter-in-law will have such a high level of knowledge?
I actually memorized the name of the dish just by flipping it over, and I also tasted the specific ingredients used.
Xiao Er hurriedly smiled, "The ingredients used in this white jade diǎn bone are indeed glue fish, the river has frozen since this winter, it is the fattest time for the glue fish, we specially raised a fishing team, everyone chiseled ice fishing, originally to catch other fish species, unexpectedly caught a rare glue fish for many years." As he spoke, he gave Liu Wan a thumbs up, "This prince really has a vision, and at a glance, he has diǎn the treasure of our restaurant, the signature dish, from hundreds of dishes." ”
It turns out that this is a white jade diǎn bone, it turns out to be the treasure of the signature dish plus the town store?
Everyone's eyes widened.
Only Uncle Zhong is so distressed that he digs meat, what kind of signature dishes, the so-called treasures of the town store, are all bull's * fart, the one in front looks like a stewed hen, it is enough ten taels of silver, and now what kind of signboard is this, it must be more expensive! This little boy is really a loser, and this meal must cost a lot to eat.
The lord let himself escort this group out, that is actually to hand over all the qiē to himself, but he failed to stop them from coming here in time, allowing them to eat such a precious thing here, squandering the lord's money, how can he explain to the lord when he goes back?
The more Uncle Zhong thought about it, the heavier his mood became, and he was no longer able to lift the pair of chopsticks in his hand.
Strange, their dishes looked golden, as if these chopsticks were not ordinary things, not bamboo chopsticks, not wooden chopsticks, but ...... Made of ivory.
No wonder it was heavy to grab, and it made my wrists sore.
Liu Wan tasted the fragrance, and simply brought the porcelain bowl in front of him, and a big spoon stretched it out, meaning that the bowl was his own.
As soon as the dumb aunt raised her hand diagonally, a chopstick was put straight on her wrist, and he screamed in pain, "Daughter-in-law, what are you doing?"
"Don't do anything, everyone shares delicious, there is no way to eat like you, and Uncle Zhong and Aunt Hu are all older people than you and me, in front of them, we shouldn't monopolize the delicious one. When they've tasted it, we'll eat it again. The dumb aunt didn't look at him, and her tone was light, as if she was talking about family life.
Liu Wan looked at his daughter-in-law stupidly, his eyes were full of disbelief, what's wrong with this daughter-in-law, hasn't she always been very good and spoiled by herself, everything is obedient, why did she suddenly learn a lesson, and she is still so iron-faced and selfless?
Do you want to put down your chopsticks and play a tantrum with her?
Do you want to fall asleep with your eyes rolled over and pretend to be dead and pretend to be sick?
Do you want to wipe your eyes with both hands and cry non-stop?
He played all the trump cards that used to toss people in his heart, and he was able to rectify those old women and little girls, but he was accurate, and he often tossed them so much that they couldn't cry or laugh.
Do you want to try this little daughter-in-law too?
The dumb aunt stretched out a thin white wrist, holding a spoon, and filled a piece of gelatin fish on a small plate in front of Uncle Zhong, for Hu Ma and others, for the coachman, and for the three maids, but it was not for Liu Wansheng.
After a round of turns, the porcelain basin was empty, and only the last piece remained.
Every time a spoonful is served, Liu Wan's heart hurts, this dead woman, stinky woman, is so excessive, Young Master Ben hasn't eaten enough, you dare to ......
But this stinky woman didn't seem to be afraid of him, put down the porcelain bowl and wiped her hands with a snow-white cloth towel, and her eyes fell lightly to Xiao Er, "Glue fish, also known as color change fish, is transparent when placed in dark tableware, but once it is put into white utensils, it will immediately change color and turn rouge." This delicate delicacy cannot be cooked with ordinary utensils, but can only be carved into a stone pot with warm stones produced on the banks of the warm river, and then simmered with wheat straw to bring out the most abundant fresh fragrance and translucent gelatin. As for you to use this delicate porcelain to eat glue fish, in fact, it is a bit too exquisite, the world's food, the highest state is not to keep improving, but to follow nature, from nature, to nature, if you use the kind of coarse porcelain bowl common in the countryside to serve this kind of fish soup, it will feel better. ”
Look at her at such a young age, it is very rare to be able to taste the taste of glue fish, and he can't think of saying this opinion, he didn't know these things before, if it wasn't for the fact that the owner of the restaurant was overjoyed after rediscovering the glue fish that day, and told everyone these secrets about the glue fish on the spot, he would definitely think that this little girl was talking nonsense.
Liu Wanyan watched everyone eagerly pick up the white porcelain plate in front of them, close to their chins and then enjoy their food very carefully.
That's how they ate? Did they really eat it?
Woo, this group of excessive people, don't you know that my eldest son Liu Wan hasn't eaten enough?
If you continue to lose your temper, will you even be eaten by these excessive people? Looking at their salivating eyes that can't swallow their tongues, what else is impossible?
So it's stupid and unwise to lose your temper at this moment.
So, Hu Ma Lancao and the others, for the first time, saw this former little overlord Liu Wan, and he didn't need anyone to help serve him, he obediently raised the spoon and scooped up the last piece of glue fish and put it in his mouth. In the end, even the remaining diǎn soup in the porcelain bowl was picked up and drunk.
"A total of two hundred and thirteen taels and nine pieces of silver. Please check the menu yourself. ”
Xiao Er's last dish was not a dish, but a piece of white silk on a white jade plate, on which a menu and unit price had been neatly written with a small sheep's hair, and finally a total price.
"If you erase the odds, you only need to pay two hundred and thirteen taels of silver. ”
Liu Wan is more lively than anyone else, he has already grabbed the white silk and shook it away, he doesn't know much how to read and understand, he is not interested in it at a glance, and looks back at the old Zhong, "Uncle Zhong has paid the bill." ”
Lao Zhong staggered out, his hands trembled and he untied his purse from his waist, trembling for a long time, and took out a silver ticket, and when Xiao Er took the silver ticket to find change, Old Uncle Zhong finally couldn't support it, and sat down on the chair with a butt, his face was pale, and he raised his hand to point at Liu Wan, "You, you...... Very good......"
Liu Wan didn't bother to interpret other people's eyes, but instead grinned, his thin lips grinned, "Daughter-in-law, mother-in-law, let's come here to eat every day in the future, okay?"
"More than two hundred taels of silver?" Mama Hu was so surprised that she spit out the food she had just eaten.
"Nothing for the silver!" muttered her other companion.
"We don't have enough money to save up for 10 years. Shen'er muttered.
"I can't let them squander like this anymore-" Mama Hu's face darkened, "How can I explain to the eldest lady when I go back?"
All kinds of strange glances were cast on the dumb girl. It seems that it is her fault that she takes everyone to eat such a good meal, and she should take everyone to eat pig food.
Liu Wan is a patient, and he is that kind of disease, what he does is naturally unreliable, but your dumb aunt can't indulge him so much, can he go on like this?
It's really strange to people, why didn't they care about these things when they just enjoyed the food, and now they remember it when they are full of wine and food?
The dumb aunt took these things to heart, smiled quietly, took Liu Wan's little hand and deliberately raised her voice high, "Okay, the lady promises you, the lady will bring her husband to Jiuxiangju to eat every day, until we get tired of eating and then change places!"
These words made Mama Hu's nose crooked, and she fiercely accumulated the information in her heart to report to the eldest lady when she went home. (To be continued.) )