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Green bamboo.

The waning moon is hazy, and the pavilions are beautiful. The cold rain is beautiful, and the feast is appreciated.

There is no song and dance of warblers, and there is no drum music.

It's not a staggered crowd, nor is it full of friends.

Everyone was entertained by the scene, and there were delicious delicacies here, and there was no one who was tired of it, and they were all intoxicated.

"Shopkeeper of the Valley,"

The person who spoke was Hong Yangrong, the shopkeeper of the time-honored restaurant in Hejian Mansion - Juya Building. I saw him holding a small plate, and he was in a food plate on the long table, picking up a few pieces of tangerine peel and garlic bones, and putting them in the small plate.

And the person he called was the proprietor of the Ruicang Grain and Oil Store in Hejian Mansion.

"This 'buffet' of Babaolou is really ingenious, you say, can we Juyalou also hold a meeting for him in Hejian Mansion?"

Hong Yangrong smiled and said to Gu Cai, not in the standard official dialect of the Great Song Dynasty, but with some Hejian Mansion accents.

He wears a crow-blue silk jacket and high leather boots. He was not very old, about thirty years old, he was a tall man, with a square face, and he was very burly. There is a black mole on the chin and a pair of eyes that shine brightly, making people feel rough and shrewd.

Gu Cai was a middle-aged man of about forty or fifty years old, of medium height, thin, but his shoulders were very broad, his long beard was a little gray, his eyebrows were thick, and a pair of half-squinted eyes could not see any expression at this time.

"If Juyalou wants to hold a buffet, Gu will be the first guest of your store. Gu Cai put down the plate in his hand and replied. Between his words, there is also the tone of Hejian Mansion, but it is not as thick as Hong Yangrong.

Hong Yangrong forked a piece of garlic bone with a fork, he looked at the fork carefully, and said: "Although this small fork is not as flexible as chopsticks, if you stand like this, holding a plate in one hand and holding food with a fork in the other, it is really very useful." ”

As he spoke, Hong Yangrong put the garlic bone in his mouth. The pork ribs are crispy on the outside, juicy and tender on the inside, and the aroma of tangerine peel and garlic blends together, which makes people have an endless aftertaste.

"This pavilion, tableware, and utensils can all be imitated in Juyalou," he picked up another piece of garlic bone, put it in his mouth, and sighed while chewing: "However, such an extreme jade plate delicacies and gluttonous feast cannot be learned in any way." ”

Gu Cai nodded: "Exactly, exactly." ”

He forked a piece of beef into the small plate in his hand, no, according to "An Guohou", it should be called "steak".

This steak is grilled just right, with one more being too charred and one less being too soft. When the fragrant fat melts, it flows down the slope of the meat surface into the meat, sealing all the precious juices in the beef.

It's mouthwatering.

But the grain was not in a hurry to eat, he smelled deeply, the spicy and strong spice taste, people couldn't help but think of the boundless grassland.

"This spice is from the Western Regions?" Gu Cai's words were not a question, but seemed to be an affirmation.

Not long ago, several merchants from the Western Regions, who were said to be from the "Great Food Country" or "Great Stone Country", used to sell this spice to their Ruicang Grain and Oil Store.

However, when the grain material smelled the spice, he only felt that his nose was choking, and his intuition deduced that there would be no Klook, so he politely refused.

Now when I taste the beef, it is fragrant and unforgettable.

Hong Yangrong nodded and replied, "I heard that it is a spice called 'cumin', which was purchased by the Marquis of An from the merchants of the Great Food Country. ”

Gu Cai muttered, "Sure enough, sure enough...... Alas, the old horse stumbled, and he actually lost his eyes. ”

"What's wrong with you?" Hong Yangrong asked with concern when he saw that his expression was different.

"It's just a small thing," Gu Cai shook his head and came back to his senses, "By the way, why have we been talking about food?

Hong Yangrong pointed to the window dining table not far away and said, "The master's family is still talking over there." ”

Gu Cai looked in the direction he was pointing and saw that "Hou Lelang of Anguo" and His Royal Highness Chai Jue were discussing something with the two opposite.

"Oh, it's them?"

Gu Cai blurted out.

Hong Yangrong is in the catering business, and most of the people he knows are from Hejian Mansion, and he doesn't know the two of them, so he is curious: "Who is it?"

"Zhanghe, the owner of Yuezhou Dingyuehe, and Lian Hongye, the owner of Hangzhou Wanyi Commercial Bank. ”

"Ah, it's them!" The name of Ding Yue and Wanyi Commercial Bank, Hong Yangrong had also heard of it, and he asked Gu Cai curiously: "So, Zhenkun in Yuezhou, and Fuxi in Hangzhou, is there anyone here?"

Gu Cai looked around, shook his head blankly, and said, "It's strange, it's someone who doesn't have them." ”

Hong Yangrong smiled: "It's not strange, it's not weird." ”

"Huh?"

"Isn't there no one in our Shunlong Commercial Bank in Hejian Mansion?"

Gu Cai rolled his eyes and understood: "Interesting, interesting." ”

Hong Yangrong smiled and said, "I think this 'buffet' is very suitable for such an occasion for business negotiations." ”

"Oh, why?"

"Do you want to," Hong Yangrong explained: "If it is like a weekday banquet, people sitting at a big round table in a mess, you persuade me to drink, I advise you to start a meal, you say a word, I say a word, he says a word, and if someone comes to get drunk, what else can be discussed?"

Gu Cai agreed: "You say this, I really want to be like this now, the master loves to talk to whomever he wants, we can't talk for the time being, so we feast and eat happily, and when he takes the time to talk with us, we can eat and drink to our heart's content, and we can talk comfortably." That's how hospitality is discussed. ”

Hong Yangrong sighed: "It's a pity that not everyone thinks as much as we do, and some people may think that An Guohou has neglected him." ”

Gu Cai looked around, and there were indeed one or two people with uncertain expressions. He forked another piece of steak in his mouth, savored it, and said leisurely: "Shun is so good that my brother and sister-in-law are dissatisfied, how can there be the best of both worlds in the world?" Shopkeeper Hong, I think this 'buffet' is really promising, you might as well give it a try." ”

Not far from the two of them, a man held a tray with more than a dozen full glasses of wine on it.

Hong Yangrong didn't answer, but walked up to the guy, took two glasses of wine back, handed one to Gu Cai, clinked glasses and said with a smile: "Chenggu shopkeeper is noble." ”

The cereals also clink glasses, and then savor the wine in the glass.

It is a wine from the Western Regions, but it is slightly different from what you usually drink, with the freshness of mint and the fragrance of osmanthus, and there is a faint strong and spicy taste of horse fur wine.

Fresh and pleasant, mellow fragrance revealed, people are still unsatisfied, like wandering in the breeze, dancing with the beauty under the starry sky, and like aftertaste in the dreamland.

Gu Cai was overjoyed, called the guy with the wine, and asked, "Little brother, may I ask what kind of wine this is?"

The man said politely: "Back to this master's words, this is the wine that the Hou master specially taught us to blend." ”

"Blending?"

"Yes, the aged wine from the Western Regions is mixed with the horse qiu wine from our Babao Tea House, and then flavored with mint, osmanthus and cinnamon. The name of this wine is: 'Guests and hosts are happy'. ”

Gu Cai and Hong Yang Rong praised and convinced.

"There is still such a practice...... It's an eye-opener, it's an eye-opener. ”

"Good name, it's really a pleasure for the guests and hosts!"

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