Chapter Twenty-Seven: Flower Buns

Zhang Zhaohua said this to Gao Chi here, where Gao Xu held two auspicious steamed buns in his hand and looked at them over and over. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

"This steamed bun is beautiful, flowery and green," he picked up one and looked at it carefully, and said in surprise: "There are words on it!"

"Fu Shou Lu Xi," Zhang Zhaohua said: "This is a good luck flower bun, this steamed bun can't be eaten alone, everyone has to eat it separately." ”

He broke one open, took a bite and said, "Although it is Xuan and soft, the taste is average." He said so, but after a while he ate two.

"Didn't you say that this bun tastes average," Zhang Zhaohua said with a smile: "Then you still eat it, it won't be that you haven't eaten it for a long time." ”

"I haven't eaten it for a long time," Gao Xu said: "I didn't think steamed bread was delicious before, but since I crossed the Yangtze River, I ate some sweet and greasy pastries every day, and I knew the benefits of steamed bread." As he spoke, he began to complain that all these pastries in the south of the country were "puff pastry and rotten filling", and he could grab ten of them with one hand, and he couldn't eat enough to stuff them into his mouth, just sticky to his teeth.

"I finally saw the buns," he gestured, "There are five buns in such a small cage drawer, and when you bite into it, it is actually soup filling, and your mouth is full of buns!"

"I also stayed in the south for a year," Gao Chi said with a smile: "He grew up in the north since he was a child, he is a noodle belly, and he eats rice by counting rice grains, and the snacks made of rice are like chewing wax." ”

"It's still our Tongzhou pastries and fruits that are delicious," Gao Xu said: "Pancakes, ingots, twist flowers, white strips, sugar piles - they taste good and have a stomach!"

As he spoke, the chairman of the other side made a noise, and it turned out that a huge flower bun had been brought to the table.

Zhang Zhaohua looked up and saw that this flower bun was as big as three people hugging each other, with three layers of upper and lower layers, layered coloring, with magenta yellow, magenta green, and red as the keynote, but it was far away, and it was not clear what patterns were carved on it.

Then a man stood up, as if he was the priest of the wine ceremony, and explained the pattern and meaning of the flower bun endlessly. It turns out that the bottom layer of this is that there are nine lions with beautiful shapes clustered with a blooming chrysanthemum, which means "nine generations live together", which is a praise to the villagers in the wine ceremony; the upper layer is carved with three dragons shaking their heads and tails, saying that it is "carp jumping over the dragon gate", which means that they are looking forward to returning to Texas and will also appear Dengke scholars; the top layer of hoops is empty, just sprinkled with a handful of grain beans, please guess what the purpose is.

In the end, it was Wang Han, the king of Zhou, who said: "The so-called 'with the deed of the deed to restore the Tang Gong, the handsome and handsome is not a double', this bean is to sacrifice the god of Ji and the god of the contract of the two gods of agriculture, I hope not to forget the difficulties of the people's crops." ”

Si Zheng praised loudly, and there was a sound of praise in the banquet, and even Gao Xu was happy when he heard it: "When you float a big white!"

He happily raised his glass and took a big sip, and then Zhang Zhaohua got his wish to see his twisted face.

"What kind of wine is this, why is it so unpalatable!" Gao Xu choked and coughed, his round face flushed.

In the end, it is a wine made by the farmer himself, and there is not only residual residue under the glass, but the color is also cloudy, and the taste is strange, with a pungent smell. In this era, the liquor with high purity is sold for money, and the wine that is not sold for money is home-brewed, because a few years ago there was a ban on alcohol, and the people were not allowed to make wine privately.

The flower bun was cut on the table, and they also sent a large piece here, Gao Chi and Gao Xu both wanted to taste it with great interest, but Zhang Zhaohua didn't eat a bite.

"The more complex the pattern of the flower bun, the worse the edibility," Zhang Zhaohua looked at them after eating a few bites, and said with a smile: "The stronger the ornamental this thing, the weaker the taste, don't you see that the upper layer is dry?"

"Sure enough, it looks exquisite," Gao Chi said, "but it tastes like chewing wax." ”

Flower bun is a Shanxi craft, ten days before the wine ceremony, Wang and seven or eight Shanxi women in the village were busy steaming flower buns, Wang had not shown such a craft before, but because the family was finally full, who could be willing to use white flour to steam such a flashy thing - But now that everything at the wine ceremony is public, she doesn't feel distressed, and finally after making this big flower bun, there are still about fifteen catties of fabric left, and after being divided equally, Wang used these fabrics to make several tiger-shaped flower buns for Zhang Zhaohua.

Zhang Zhaohua only knew that this thing looked good-looking after eating it, not to mention that the big flower bun on the wine ceremony should have eight or nine days, although it will not be spoiled, but the taste is definitely not very good.

Zhang Zhaohua also found that although the two brothers couldn't eat the flower buns, they still stuffed them into their stomachs one bite at a time.

It seems that they are not deceiving, if it weren't for the strict family education, they would not have such a habit. Because the poor people swallow things in their stomachs because they are hungry, but the rich and noble people must have the right education to prevent them from wasting things.

"Don't eat steamed buns," Zhang Zhaohua saw that some fish was delivered, and said, "Eat fish and meat, just eat it." ”

The braised carp made of this braised carp is bright in color and fragrant, which attracts everyone's appetite. When Zhang Zhaohua saw that there was an extra pair of chopsticks in his favorite fish head, he immediately said urgently: "Hey-"

"What's the matter," the chopsticks stopped as desired, and Gao Xu frowned, "Could it be that in this small place in the poor countryside, there are so many things to pay attention to eating fish?"

Zhang Zhaohua's eyes rolled and said, "Eat fish, you tell me." ”

"The fish's eyes are given to the officials, and the high glance is given; the fish beam is given to the distinguished guests, called the mainstay; the fish's mouth is given to the friends, and the lips and teeth are relied on; the fish's tail is given to the subordinates, and the heavy responsibilities are entrusted; the fish's fins are given to the juniors, and the wings are called to fly high; the fish belly is given to the new knowledge, and the heart's heart is put in the heart; and the fish buttocks are given to the frustrated, and there will be a blessing in the future. Gao Xu finished speaking in one breath, and said proudly: "This is the importance of eating fish, this is the way in officialdom, what, which piece do you want me to clip for you?"

Zhang Zhaohua originally wanted to say not this, but after listening to it, he shook his head and said: "It's just a fish, there are so many exquisitenesses, then I'll clip this for you, what tricks can you say?"

Gao Xu looked down at the place where she actually pointed to the gills of the fish, and said dumbfounded: "What is there to eat in the gills, who will clip that!"

"Of course you can," Zhang Zhaohua said: "You can say so much, and I can also - clip the gills, which means 'to enjoy face'." ”

Gao Chi was stunned for a moment, and happily lay on the table and laughed endlessly.

No, the laughter is so low, Zhang Zhaohua blackened for a while, and then took out a piece of meat from the fish's belly, and said, "Clip this piece of meat, what do you mean?"

Gao Chi smiled: "Fish and meat can be eaten at will, and it is said that there is more than every year." ”

"No, my meat came out of my stomach," Zhang Zhaohua said twice: "In the stomach, it's liver and gallbladder care!"

Gao Chi Gao Xue was happy for a while, but suddenly he didn't know what he thought, Gao Chi's face changed first, and Gao Xue gradually stopped smiling when he saw his brother's expression.

"What's wrong," Zhang Zhaohua chuckled in his heart: "Did I say something wrong?"

Gao Chi shook his head, was silent for a long time, and suddenly asked: "In this world, is there really a love for each other like brothers and sisters?"

Poor baby, I don't know what I have experienced, I doubt society at such a young age. Zhang Zhaohua thought for a while, and said in a small voice: "Hey, I said, have you read "Water Margin"?"