Chapter 2 First Encounter with Shu Yu
"It's so delicious! This refreshing feeling, accompanied by the strong aroma of fresh fish, is so delicious! Liang Qingshu took the lead in taking a tentative and shallow taste, and her eyes lit up in an instant! This is a taste she has never tasted, and it is much better than the fish soup made by Aunt Wang in the house! Aunt Wang is the cook of the Prime Minister's Mansion and is responsible for the meals of the masters in the mansion. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"Really, really? Hurry up and let me taste it too! Shen Yanjiao saw Liang Qingshu's face full of satisfaction, and her heart was also itching, so she hurriedly took the spoon in Liang Qingshu's hand, and couldn't wait to take a sip, "Ah, hot, hot, hot!" She couldn't eat the hot fish soup in a hurry, Shen Yanjiao was burned with tears, but she was reluctant to spit out the delicious food in her mouth, and after finally swallowing it, she bent her eyebrows with tears in her eyes: "It's so delicious!" Then I couldn't wait to put down the spoon and take a few bites of the tender fish. It's fragrant and delicious, the fish is fragrant, fresh and smooth, the mouth is scattered, and it slides straight down the throat into the stomach, and there is still a cool vanilla fragrance in the mouth! It's such a match! I'm going to include it in my world's best recipe when I go back! Shen Yanjiao usually likes to tinker with some novel food, she has a book called "The World's Supreme Cookbook", which records many strange recipes, but without exception are delicious foods that she has researched, which may be one of her many interests!
"The two little ghosts seem to be playing at home, and the fish soup they make is really so fragrant?" Not far away, a figure of about ten or twelve years old smelled the fragrance wafting in the wind, muttered to himself, staring at the two little people who were eating happily without blinking, and couldn't help licking his lips, and the longing in his eyes was unobstructed.
"Master, do you want to subordinate me?" The guard behind the figure stepped forward and saluted. "Hmm." The sun shone on the speaker's face, and he was a young man carved in pink! Dressed in a rich and elegant atmosphere, there is also a dragon jade pendant pinned to the waist, which seems to show that its owner is not bad.
Shen Yanjiao and Liang Qingshu were concentrating on destroying the fish soup, and they didn't notice what was happening not far away.
"Where are you from? Did you make this fish soup? If so, I would like to ask you to sell it to me, rest assured, money is not a problem. The person who came was the guard of the young man in Chinese clothes, I saw that he was walking to Shen Yanjiao's side, holding a silver ingot in his hand and saying, his behavior was not offensive, even in the face of Shen Yanjiao, who was dressed in ordinary clothes, there was no contempt in his expression, seeing the slave knowing the master, it can be seen that his master is usually a reasonable person.
Shen Yanjiao and Liang Qingshu stopped their chopsticks and looked at each other, their eyes full of doubts. "Where did this person come from? and with silver...... Silver! Shen Yanjiao thought to herself, but when she saw the silver ingot in the hand of the visitor, her eyes couldn't move! She quickly took the silver from the guard's hand and stuffed it into her arms, the speed was so fast that even the battle-hardened guard didn't react and was stunned for a moment, shook his head and smiled.
"Deal!" Shen Yanjiao replied briskly, thinking that there was still a fish by the river, and as for the one to take home, just catch it again, nothing is as important as the silver in vain. Seeing that Shen Yanjiao agreed so happily, the young man was also stunned, and then walked out, waved at Shen Yanjiao and Liang Qingshu, and said, "It's so troublesome girl." "The etiquette is thoughtful, although it is not childish, but it also has the demeanor of a handsome son.
"Childe is polite." Liang Qingshu, who had been a little shy since she saw the strange man just now, also returned a salute at this time, and her actions were standard and thoughtful. Shen Yanjiao didn't care about so much, and saw that the guard man had taken off the pots and bowls and other cooking utensils from the carriage not far away, and began to light the pot by himself, so he threw down the hot and unfinished fish soup, got up and went to the river to slaughter the fish and clean it.
The young man's curious gaze followed Shen Yanjiao's movements, staring closely at her movements, as if he had missed something. After Shen Yanjiao finished washing the fish, her eyes rolled, and she quickly picked a few fresh vanilla leaves from the grass around her, and after washing them, she tore them into her arms and put them in her arms.
Shen Yanjiao concocted it in the same way, watching the water boil, she put the fat fish into the pot, simmered until it turned white, and then added the torn vanilla leaves. "Wait, what are you putting there?" The young man asked curiously when he saw Shen Yanjiao putting green leaf-like things into the fish soup.
"A unique recipe!" Shen Yanjiao replied while adding it, but she tightly hung on the young man's appetite. Seeing that it was almost over, Shen Yanjiao paused when she was about to reach into her arms to take the salt shaker, turned her head and asked the man like a guard: "Uncle, did you bring salt?" The guard was slightly stunned when he heard this, then turned around and took the seasoning baggage, took out the salt shaker and handed it to Shen Yanjiao. Shen Yanjiao looked at the big salt jar in her hand, and her saliva was about to flow out, there was a pound of salt here! shook his head, but unfortunately it wasn't his own, he just received a silver ingot, so he wasn't greedy. I sprinkled the salt into the pot and tried the taste, and the fish soup was ready to be cooked.
"Alright!" Shen Yanjiao stepped aside, and the guard took a silver needle and probed into the soup, and after seeing that the silver needle had not changed color, he said, "Master, you can eat it, and my subordinates will serve it to you." After speaking, he laid a straw mat in front of the young man, put a low table, placed the mat, took a set of silver bowls and chopsticks, filled a bowl of fish soup and put it on the table, and said, "Okay, master, please use it." And he stepped aside, and said no more.
"There are so many rules." Shen Yanjiao pursed her lips disdainfully, and secretly scolded herself, walked towards Liang Qingshu, and then eliminated their pot of fish soup that had not yet cooled, you must know that the fish soup is good when it is hot, and it will smell fishy when it is cold, thanks to this in summer, it is not as fast as cold. Liang Qingshu had already eaten, wiped her lips lightly with a handkerchief, and couldn't stop peeking at the young man in Chinese clothes, her face was slightly red, as if dyed with a layer of hazy glow, and her little face was bright and moving.
At this time, the exclamation of the teenager was heard: "It's really delicious!" The color of this fish soup is white, dotted with green leaves, the soup is rich and accompanied by a refreshing feeling of fragrance, although the soup is thick but not greasy to eat, smooth and soft and warm like jade, it enters the throat unimpeded, and the feeling exudes a warmth from the stomach all over the body; And this crystal clear white fish meat is a must, melt in the mouth, tender and not rough, lips and teeth fragrant aftertaste and sweet, it is really wonderful! After speaking, the young man looked at Shen Yanjiao and the two, although the two of them were friends, but because of their different family backgrounds, the difference in clothing made the young man preconceived that Shen Yanjiao was Liang Qingshu's maid, so he nodded to Liang Qingshu as the "master": "I should really thank the girl for this delicious food today." ”
Liang Qingshu was stunned for a moment and just wanted to explain, but saw Shen Yanjiao secretly pull her cuffs, shook her head slightly, understood what she meant, and replied to the young man: "Childe is polite, it's just a matter of raising your hand." ”
"I don't know the girl's name? Where do you live? In Xia Rong Shuyu, it is an honor to have a strong girl here. The young man got up and said to Liang Qingshu, seeing the defensive look in Liang Qingshu's eyes, he said tightly: "It's not offensive in the next place, it's just that this fish soup is too delicious, and I can't eat it again after I think I go back, it's a bit of a pity, if the girl is inconvenient to tell her name and residence, I don't know if the secret recipe of this fish soup can cut my love and buy it with a lot of money." ”
"Hooked!" Shen Yanjiao was overjoyed in her heart, but she pulled Liang Qingshu silently on her face. The two have already had a tacit understanding, and they knew what the other party was thinking with one look and one movement, and after a deep sigh, Liang Qingshu replied: "The little girl's family lives in the city, her name is Liang Qingshu, and the son is polite, but the formula of this fish is not mine...... I'm afraid I'll disappoint my son. Rong Shuyu was stunned for a moment, then thought about it, looked at Shen Yanjiao and wanted to speak, Shen Yanjiao hurriedly interrupted his move, and said: "This son is embarrassed, but the secret recipe of this fish soup is passed down from our family's ancestors, presumably the son also knows that the secret of this fish soup lies in the added herb seasoning, which is a rare seasoning that is difficult to cultivate in our family for generations, and there are not many of them, so ......"
When Rong Shuyu heard this, he frowned and said secretly in his heart: "Could it be that this maid wants the lion to open his mouth?" It's just that when he looked down at the soup in the bowl, he felt a little reluctant. I wonder how many taels of silver this girl plans to sell this seasoning? Rong Shuyu suppressed a trace of displeasure in her heart and spoke.
seemed to understand what the other party was thinking, in case the other party was dissatisfied, it would be a big loss to lose this deal, Shen Yanjiao hurriedly said: "The son misunderstood, but this is related to the secret of the family, and the little woman can't make the decision, so she needs to go home and ask the elders." Rong Shuyu was slightly relieved when she heard this, and said: "So, Shuyu is impatient, I don't know the girl's name, how to contact it?" ”
"The little girl Shen Yanjiao is honored to have a strong son, but because of the remote part of the home, why don't you contact the son after consulting the elders?" Shen Yanjiao replied.
"That's very good." Rong Shuyu paused, glanced at the guard, and then said: "The girl can go to the Beijing Restaurant Xiangsihai to find the shopkeeper there, and mention my name." ”
The restaurant in the capital is fragrant, Shen Yanjiao secretly wrote it down, looked at the sky, and pulled Liang Qingshu to get up and say goodbye: "If it is getting late today, it is inconvenient for our two women to stay here for a long time, so we will take the first step, son, please do it." So he packed up his things and left.
"Blue, what do you think?" Rong Shuyu watched the two small backs gradually disappear, and said to the guards beside him.
"Hui Gongzi, although these two brothers and girls are young, they are transparent in their words and decent, and they are well-mannered, they should have received a good education and have an extraordinary family background, do you want your subordinates to go back and investigate?" The blue guard replied respectfully.
"Hmm." Rong Shuyu nodded and said, "Take the rest back, let the cooks taste it, and see if they can taste how sacred this seasoning is." ”