Chapter 8: The Dumpling Feast
Xi Yunzhi let Han Feng push the cart into the city, and then went straight to Guangjin Building, the largest restaurant in the city, when Xi Yunzhi was helping in the Xi family's shop, he often followed the shopkeeper around, and knew that there was a cook in Guangjin Building who loved to cook game, and these pheasants and ducks were the most suitable to sell here.
Unless it is Orion, ordinary people can't get game at all, there are not many people who can cook, so there are relatively few people who sell it, plus the climate, even Orion is reluctant to go up the mountain in winter, at this time it is early spring, everything has not fully recovered, there must not be much game on the market, with these judgments, Xi Yunzhi, who has always been steady and steady, dared to make this decision.
When Xi Yunzhi told the people who ran the hall about her intentions, the people who ran the hall immediately went back and told the shopkeeper and the chef, and after a while, she was led to the back door of the restaurant to see the goods.
The owner of the restaurant knew her, and after a few words of greeting, he also accepted the goods, and promised that if Miss Xi still had such goods in the future, he would still accept them.
Xi Yunzhi thanked the boss with a smile, asked Han Feng to collect the money and walked back to the crowded street.
Han Feng still felt a little unbelievable at this moment, once before, he and Zhao Yi had been on the street for a whole morning and no one cared, but Mrs. only said a few words to others, and all the mountain goods in the whole car were sold. After weighing the money bag in his hand, it was eighteen taels, which was the largest amount of money he had touched since he came out of the General's Mansion, and he was so excited that he couldn't speak.
"Madam, if Zhao Yi and I go to the mountains to hunt every day in the future, will we be able to make so much money every day?"
Han Feng handed the money bag to Xi Yunzhi, but his eyes were still fixed on it and he couldn't pull it out.
Xi Yunzhi saw that he was a little stupid, and couldn't help but smile and shake his head: "In a few days, when the weather gets warmer, there will be more wild meat sellers, and it won't be as smooth as today every time." ”
Han Feng nodded with some disappointment: "Oh, I thought this was the way to make money." ”
"......" Xi Yunzhi only smiled and did not respond, and after the two walked around the market for a while, she said to Han Feng:
"First go to the rice store to buy a bag of rice and a bag of flour, then buy some vegetables and fresh meat, and eat dumplings at noon."
As soon as Han Feng heard that there was something to eat, he immediately accepted his disappointed look and happily followed Xi Yunzhi to the rice.
While walking, Xi Yunzhi's eyes glanced at the lively Huanxi Lane, as if he saw a few familiar faces, it was the shopkeeper Zhang of the Xi family silk village and the second housekeeper of the Xi Mansion Gui Ning, they were arguing with the time-honored mutton shop shopkeeper Lao Liu in Huanxi Lane, Lao Liu pushed the shopkeeper Zhang and Gui Ning out of the mutton shop with an angry face, and told them to get out, Gui Ning and the shopkeeper Zhang scolded and walked out of Huanxi Lane and walked to South Street.
Xi Yunzhi also loves to drink some hot mutton soup in Lao Liu's shop in winter, an old and a young man rarely fall in love, and he has a little private friendship, seeing that he is angry, his face is full of sadness, and he is puzzled, so he asked Han Feng to wait for her at the entrance of the alley, she walked into the alley and talked to Lao Liu for a few words, and then she understood the whole story.
It turned out that Lao Liu's daughter married to Gannan three years ago, Xi Yunzhi knew about this, after all, when Xiao Liu got married, she also came here to eat happy wine, and she was too much, and her husband's family was originally good to Xiao Liu, but after three years, Xiao Liu's stomach still did not move, which made Xiao Liu's husband's family, the aunt in charge of the family call the shots, and asked Xiao Liu's husband to take a concubine, Xiao Liu washed his face with tears every day, and the letter to Lao Liu and his wife a while ago was full of tears. Within a few days, he decided to leave the store in Luoyang and move his family to Gannan to support his daughter.
Lao Liu's mutton shop has been open in this Huanxi Lane for more than ten years, with the ancestral old skills, it is famous in Luoyang City, how many people secretly stare at his craftsmanship on weekdays, this time Lao Liu turned the shop in a hurry, some people want to take advantage of him, not to mention the price reduction, but also proposed to ask Lao Liu to hand over the ancestral recipe of cooking mutton before he was willing to top his store.
And among these people who saw the stitches, including the two that Xi Yunzhi saw just now, if it was someone else, Lao Liu would not be so angry, it turned out that Gui Ning failed to apprentice a few years ago, and sent someone to Lao Liu's mutton shop to steal the teacher and frame him, and put laxatives in the mutton soup he cooked, wanting to discredit Lao Liu, but fortunately, Lao Liu noticed the peculiar smell in the mutton soup, and only then did he avoid the catastrophe, and naturally hated Gui Ning to the core.
Now, Gui Ning wants to accept Lao Liu's shop at a low price, not to mention, but also asks him to hand over the ancestral formula, Lao Liu is even more angry with him, and bluntly says that even if the shop is closed, he will not sell it to him Gui Ning.
Xi Yunzhi comforted a few words, Lao Liu was very useful, he always felt that Xi Yunzhi was a good lady, but it was very pitiful to be in the market since he was a child, and he had the intention of maintaining, and although Xi Yunzhi had the heart to help, but after all, his ability was limited, and he was still worried about buying rice and grain to go back, so he was relieved a few more words, and walked out of Huanxi Lane.
Bought rice noodles in Nanshi, and brought some vegetables and vegetable seeds by the way, although Xi Yunzhi has not planted the land, but the basic order is still known, in the past in Xifu food and clothing were deducted, she once thought about planting rice and vegetables by herself, even if it is hard, at least she will not be hungry, but the Xi family's garden is used to plant flowers and plants, she has no land at her disposal, so she will give up, now the husband's family lives at the foot of Lishan, there is a princess mausoleum halfway up the mountain, the husband's house does not occupy a large area, there is a lot of open space around, and there is no problem to grow some vegetables.
When he returned home, Xi Yunzhi asked Zhao Yi and Han Feng to unload the rice and noodle dishes into the kitchen, and he began to pick up vegetables and chop vegetables, while Han Feng couldn't help but pull Zhao Yi outside to boast, what Mrs. is too good at business, Mrs. is too powerful, and other words came out of Xi Yunzhi's ears one after another.
In the past few years, Xi Yunzhi has been treated coldly by others, Xi Yunzhi has never understood what it is like to be respected and recognized, and he only felt a little embarrassed at the moment, so he called Han Feng to come in to help, which interrupted his gushing praise.
A meal of dumplings and let the young and old of the Bu family be shocked, before the pot came out, they sat on the table in a row, facing the lingering fragrance wafting out of the kitchen, shedding the expectation of Halazi, the first plate of dumplings out of the pot, Zhao Yi almost rushed over, quickly took it, the moment it was placed on the table, the young and old of the Bu family were like electricity, eager to swallow three in one bite.
Xi Yunzhi walked out of the kitchen and looked at them, then looked at the closed courtyard door, and couldn't help but ask inappropriately:
"Master, Uncle Yan, do you know where your husband has gone and when will he come back?"
If he doesn't come back, she'll have to secretly hide lunch for him again.
Bu Chengzong was eating Huan, wrapping a mouthful of dumplings, but he could still pop out a sentence from the cracks of the dumplings, only to hear him say vaguely:
"Leave him alone, I guess I'm going to shoot birds in some tree."
Xi Yunzhi was puzzled: "Fighting birds? ”
Han Feng was more kind, and he was willing to rest his chopsticks under the strong enemy, and turned his head to explain to Xi Yunzhi:
"Hitting birds means idleness, is there anything else madame?"
"......" Xi Yunzhi nodded clearly: "Yes, yes, I'll go down." ”
Seeing this, Uncle Yan knocked Zhao Yi and Han Feng's heads with chopsticks, and pretended to be angry and said, "You two boys, you dare to instruct your wife to do things, why don't you go and help!" ”
Zhao Yi and Han Feng looked at the remaining half of the dumplings on the table, and hesitated, but under the eye knife that Yan Bo was enough to kill people, they reluctantly put down their chopsticks and ran to the kitchen, saying as they ran:
"Ma'am, let's help."
Seeing them walk into the kitchen, Bu Chengzong and Yan Bo looked at each other and smiled, and Bu Chengzong said to Yan Bo in a very low voice:
"Well done, those two boys are too good to eat."
Yan Bo laughed, and the bottom of the kettle took a salary to intercept a thin-skinned dumpling that the old man had just picked up.
In the dead of night, the sudden movement from the door made Xi Yunzhi, who was originally sleepy and asleep at the table, moved, and when he opened his eyes, he saw Bu Tan walking in from outside with an expressionless face, and his body was stained with late-night dew, making his whole person look even thinner, like a sword out of the sheath, murderous.
"Husband, are you back?" Xi Yunzhi hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, Bu Qin nodded coldly and walked past her to the table.
Xi Yunzhi didn't make a sound when he saw him avoiding it, put on a piece of clothing and walked out of the door, Bu Qin didn't know what she was doing out, so she walked behind the screen to change her clothes, and walked out from behind the screen, and saw Xi Yunzhi walking in with a steaming plate, completely ignoring the cold face she received before, and her smile was still the same:
"Husband hasn't eaten yet, this is the dumplings made today, Uncle Yan said you don't like to eat leeks, so I got these shepherd's cabbage fillings."
Bu Qin looked at her and didn't speak, her eyes fell on the dumplings the size of night pearls, her full belly was full of hot water vapor, it was very tempting to look at, Xi Yunzhi put the plate on the table, beckoned to Bu Qin, and asked him to eat.
Looking at her innocent smile, although Bu Qin still felt a little dazzling, but anyway, her smile was not as annoying as he imagined.
In fact, to put it bluntly, what's wrong with her? From his defeat to his broken leg, from being demoted to Luoyang to marrying her as his wife, from beginning to end, she was the most passive one, what reason did he have to look at her coldly and speak coldly?
Seeing Bu Qin dragging a leg with impaired mobility, Xi Yunzhi happily moved the stool and set the chopsticks for him, until he sat down and started eating, she suddenly remembered to ask:
"By the way, does the husband prefer to dip in soy sauce or vinegar?"
Bu Qin took a bite of the dumplings, only to feel that the aroma in her mouth was overflowing, and saw her waiting aside like a puppy waiting for the owner to speak, her heart moved, and she blurted out:
"Vinegar."
After finishing speaking, he wanted to bite off his mouthy tongue, but looking at Xi Yunzhi's back as he walked out quickly, he consciously swallowed his anger again.
Xi Yunzhi quickly brought him a plate of vinegar, plus a plate of snacks, and smiled softly:
"There are a few dumplings made today, only this plate is left, if the husband is not full, then use these snacks to eat."
Seeing Bu Tan's gaze fall on the dim sum, Xi Yunzhi hurriedly explained: "These are also made this afternoon, when I have nothing to do, fresh." ”
In fact, she deliberately made some more stuffing and skin today, because she understood the combat effectiveness of the Bu family, but she didn't expect it to be enough, she almost secretly left this plate of dumplings, afraid that her husband would not have enough to eat, so she slipped into the kitchen to make these small snacks after Zhao Yi and them rested.
Bu Qin didn't know the appetite of other people, followed him to Luoyang, no one knew how to cook, so they were eating together every day, just like when they were marching, eating some light and tasteless wild vegetables today, eating some mountain mushrooms tomorrow, and roasting a little pheasant and duck the day after tomorrow.