90. Draw
After Ning Xi got the note, he thought about leaving quickly, so he decided to make a jade palm to give Yu Qinglin according to his own ideas, and then get out.
Jade palm, don't use the bear's paw to use the pig's hand, Ning Xi has been foraging around for food during this time, and she has not found the storage of the white cloud pig's hand, so she can rest assured that she can launch this idea.
There is a live spring water in the garden of Yufu, Ningxi has seen it, the spring water flows down from the rockery, it is cool and clear, and the taste is sweet, which is the best choice for making Baiyun pig's hand.
The so-called Baiyun pig's hand, the choice of nature is the pig's front hooves, the front hooves are small, the bones are small, the meat is tender, the tendons are thick and obvious, the taste is relatively firm, and the hind hooves are thick, and the fat is more, and it will be a little too fat to eat.
Ningxi selected eight good-looking pig's front hooves, as long as the part of the front hooves, remove the hair, scrape, remove the hoof nails, put them in boiling water and boil them for an hour, wash them with cold spring water while they are hot, wash them with flowing spring water for an hour, change the water in the pot and boil, then put in the pig's trotters and cook for half an hour, take them out and wash them for half an hour, and so on three times.
Finally, blanch it with boiling water, take it out and let it cool and soak it in sweet and sour sauce for three hours.
In the end, the finished product has crispy skin and crispy meat, sweet and sour, without any fat and soft feeling, and the color is as white as jade, which is completely worthy of the word "jade palm".
As for "offering longevity", Ningxi is to pinch a wonderful and beautiful longevity peach with fish mushroom, after steaming, the red soup boiled with amaranth is colored, this color is also exquisite, Ningxi takes a capillary and tough brush, lightly dip a little red soup, and then take a bowl next to the longevity peach, the brush scrapes lightly on the edge of the bowl, and the red soup will turn into a very fine light mist and splash on the longevity peach, evenly colored.
Ningxi dyed the longevity peach into a dark red at the top and light at the bottom, looking at it from a distance, it was almost chaotic, eight snow-white pig hands were placed next to the plate in turn, and the red and green pepper shreds were decorated around, and a plate of beautiful and delicious "jade palm offering longevity" was ready.
After this dish was delivered, Yu Qinglin was very satisfied, rewarded Ningxi with a lot of silver, and persuaded each other bitterly, hoping to stay in Ningxi for a few more days.
Before leaving, Ning Xi inquired about the situation of the second lady as if unintentionally, it turned out that the second lady was originally from the Qinglou, but somehow she was taken by Lord Yu, and took her home, obeying her and pampering her.
Back at the residence, Jun Qianyu was already waiting for her in the room, and Ning Xi handed him the paper ball he received intact: "Fortunately, I am not dishonored." ”
Jun Qianyu nodded: "Thank you for your hard work." ”
Ning Xi was always a little uncomfortable in his heart, and he didn't want to say anything polite, so he just lowered his head and wrapped his fingers around the belt of his clothes, Jun Qianyu stood up: "I'll go first." ”
Ning Xi never held back, and asked at his back, "The chess pieces you planted in the Yu Mansion are the second lady or the maid next to the second lady?" ”
Jun Qianyu paused for a moment and didn't look back: "It's the second lady." ”
"Oh, I see." Ning Xi said in a low voice, and Jun Qianyu strode away.
Ning Xi's heart is difficult to discern, in comparison, her chess piece is much better than the second lady, at least she doesn't need to take her own life in order to complete the task.
But why? She came to this world and worked hard to survive, was it just to become a pawn for him, to help him complete the task at any time when he was in need?
No, she didn't want to, if she could get out of the way, she would rather not do Sungai Tower and start over in another place, but could he really let her go and let her leave as she wished?
"Ningxi, don't leave quickly, the draw is about to start." Rong Daquan anxiously urged her, the topic of the final final was from the ancient books, excerpted from the ancient books a few recipes that have long been lost, let the contestants draw lots, and do whatever they draw, not only to test the chefs' cooking skills, but also to test creativity, to see who can restore the food closest to the original meaning from a simple name.
Ning Xi cleaned up his mood and went to the lottery with Rong Daquan, and the four people who entered the finals, in addition to Ning Xi and Rong Daquan, there were Han Xiangfei, who was young but had extraordinary cooking skills, and Chen Dexiang, a local tyrant and fat man.
After the four people arrived, a waiter sent a wooden box, four bamboo tubes in the box, each person can draw one, Chen Dexiang was the most anxious, he took one at the beginning, Ning Xi raised his hand, signaled Han Xiangfei and Rong Daquan to take it first, he each took one, and the remaining one, Ning Xi slowly took it in his hand.
Unplug the bamboo tube and take out the paper that is rolled into a long tube, and the name of the dish each person wants to make is written inside.
Chen Dexiang was still the most anxious, and first read out the dish he was going to make - "a hundred birds return to the nest", and someone next to him wrote it down with a piece of paper.
Then Rong Daquan and Han Xiangfei also said what they were going to do, Rong Daquan drew "Red Plum Beads", Han Xiangfei drew "Shazhou Treading Cui", Rong Daquan scratched his head, what is this "Red Plum Beads", he really has no clue, he looked at Chen Dexiang, who is also a fat man next to him, with a little envy, and the birds are still nesting, at least he can know what raw materials to use.
As for Han Xiangfei, he still had no expression as always, he looked cool, and he couldn't see what he was thinking at all.
The waiter in charge of recording finished recording the names of the dishes of the three people, and turned his gaze to Ning Xi, who had always been the most confident one, and it seemed that she had never seen her anxious and worried moments, but at this moment, she stared blankly at the unfolding note in front of her, her face was pale, and fine beads of sweat oozed from her forehead in the autumn weather.
"Ningxi, what's wrong with you?" Rong Daquan called her worriedly.
"Huh?" Ning Xi turned her head to Rong Daquan without focus, as if she heard him call her, but she didn't seem to understand at all.
"Waiting for you, what dish did you draw?"
"Shih Tzu Milk." Ning Xi said slowly.
"Shih Tzu milk?" Rong Daquan frowned and said, "What the hell is this?" "Xi Shi He knows that the beauties of the Yue Kingdom during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period are said to have the appearance of shy flowers and closed moons, and the appearance of sinking fish and geese, but the Xi Shi in this dish definitely does not refer to the beautiful Xi Shi, what does the breast refer to? Is it creamy cream, or is it an ingredient like milk? But no matter what it is, it won't make Ning Xi worry like this, right?
What's more, there is still half a month before the start of the game, and there is time to think about it slowly.
"Ningxi, it's over here, let's go back first, shall we?" Rongda Quandao.
"Oh, good!" Ning Xi replied in a daze, turned around and left.
"This way, this is the way out." Rong Daquan hurriedly pulled her, but before the words fell, Ning Xi almost tripped on the threshold again, so frightened that he quickly grabbed her, and didn't dare to let go, so he kept pulling her back to the residence by her sleeve.
Seeing them coming back, Meng Shuangshuang came out of the house: "How is it, what kind of questions did you draw?" But no matter what, it will definitely not be difficult for Ning Xi, right? ”
saw that Ning Xi's eyes were dull, and he didn't know what he was thinking, while Rong Daquan had a fat face and wanted to cry without tears.
"What's the matter, did you really draw a difficult question?" Meng Shuangshuang asked in surprise.
Rong Daquan said depressedly: "I don't know if the topic is difficult or not, but Ningxi, it has become like this since the lottery, and I don't know what to do." ”
Meng Shuangshuang came over to support Ning Xi: "Ning Xi, what's wrong with you?" ”
Ning Xi shook his head: "It's okay, I want to go back to my room and rest." ”
"Alright then, I'll help you in."
After entering the room, Ning Xi leaned on the head of the bed: "You go out first, I'll just stay alone and rest." ”
"Well, what do you remember to call me?" Meng Shuangshuang went out worriedly.
Ning Xi leaned on the bed, closed his eyes, and the scene of that day appeared in front of him again.
On that day, she made a dish of Shih Tzu milk.
Others don't know what Shih Tzu milk refers to, but Ning Xi is very clear, "the king of a hundred fish", "Xi Shi among fish", "the freshest in the world"......
These dazzling monikers all belong to the same species of fish: the pufferfish. An ingredient that is extremely delicious but deadly toxic.
The puffer fish has a peculiar appearance, the body is cylindrical, the belly is several fat, the skin surface is smooth and scaleless, and the fish belly is snow-white, like a balloon that has been blown up, so it is also called bubble fish.
Puffer fish is delicious and not easy to make, but that is relative to others, for Ningxi, cooking puffer fish is easy,
That day, as usual, she made a dish of Shih Tzu milk and brought it to the stage with confidence.
There is another plate, which contains the part that is removed from the puffer fish, and it is also the part of the puffer fish that contains toxins, which are a pair of fish eyes, a pair of liver, a pair of kidneys, a pair of fish gall bladders, and a pair of fish skins.
According to the rules, the first bite of the puffer fish must be eaten by the chef who cooks the puffer fish, Ning Xi took a bite and ate it without care, the confident expression on her face had not subsided, and suddenly her stomach hurt like a stir, numb from the lips and the tip of her tongue, she couldn't speak, and soon she was paralyzed and couldn't breathe, and finally, Ning Xi only heard someone shouting her name, but she didn't know anything.
When she woke up again, she had already come to this world, and she still couldn't figure out why this happened when she was completely sure that there was no mistake in the operation, and Shih Tzu milk had become a nightmare for her, a dish she no longer dared to touch.