Chapter 244: Praying Mantis Catches Cicadas
After the seaside city, the next city is the coastal city, which is also a city facing the sea. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The food style of Lihai City is similar to that of Linhai City, but due to its geographical location, Lihai City is the largest abalone producing area in Dalan, and in addition to dried abalone, fresh abalone of various sizes can also be found everywhere in Lihai City.
Go straight to the beach, in shallow water not far from the coast, and if you're lucky, you can catch abalone.
Song Chen and Su Miao also took Xiaobai to join in the fun, Su Miao didn't have to go into the water, just carrying the small basket and then Song Chen and Xiaobai's harvest After a while, the basket was also full.
In addition to the general cooking method of braised dried abalone in sauce, steamed or braised fresh abalone, there is also one of the most direct ways to eat abalone - raw food. The fresh abalone you just picked up is sliced into thin slices with a blade, and then accompanied by shredded ginger, soy sauce, and a little vinegar. Even Su Miao, who has never eaten raw food, also ate several pieces.
Further north from the coastal city, there are inland cities, and gradually there is less fresh seafood. For this reason, Song Chen and the others deliberately stayed in Lihai City for a few more days. Before leaving, I bought some dry goods to take away. If the final destination is a snowy oasis, there will be no seafood to eat, except for wild fruits such as peaches and some game and vegetables, or some fish or something in the creek.
If there is no fresh food, let's replace it with dry goods first. Su Miao's freshness technique is not bad, and the dry goods have the mellow taste of dry goods.
The things that should be bought have been bought, and they have bought a full range of types, but there are not many of them, and the amount of dry goods is small, and they are all wrapped together as two bags about the size of half a small white head. Song Chen and Su Miao put them on the back of the horse one by one, which will not increase the burden of heavy snow and light snow at all. And when staying in the hotel, the two burdens were taken down and tied to Xiaobai's body, and it was hunched on, which was very convenient. Anyway, in the ten days that followed them, Xiaobai had eaten too much, and it was time to move more, and doing some physical work was a good way.
After heading north, they then arrived at Cuilan City. All the cities named after orchids are because of the abundance of this variety in the local area.
Cuilan City, as the name suggests, is the most famous is Cuilan.
Cuilan is a very unique variety, its flowers, leaf stems, and even the root system, the whole plant is emerald green, only when flowering, the emerald green of the stamens will be slightly lighter in the early stage, and slowly, it will also turn the same green as the flowers and leaves. Moreover, as the planting year increases, the emerald green color of the emerald orchid will slowly deepen, changing to a color close to that of jadeite. The size of Cuilan is not small, the big one can grow to about two feet, it looks like an ornament carved from jasper, many people like to place it in the study, hall and other places, it is a very popular variety.
There are many people who do orchid business in Dalan to collect the long-aged green orchids and ship them to other places to sell, because they are rare and can often be sold at a good price. Many local businesses in Cuilan City will also go to great lengths to get a pot of such an old tree Cuilan and put it in the store as the treasure of the town store. It takes skill to be able to raise the green orchid to the year of the jade color, and it can be called a rare sight. But the ordinary Cuilan can be seen everywhere in Cuilan City.
When Song Chen and Su Miao first entered Cuilan City, they were almost shocked. The city is emerald green. The locals are proud of this unique orchid, so wherever there are flowers and plants in other places, there are always green orchids here. On the street, at the doors, counters, private rooms, rooms of restaurants and inns, and even on simple wooden tables with stalls selling steamed buns or wontons on the street, there is also a small pot of cuilan.
The people of Cuilan City not only love Cuilan, but also spare no effort to make the local guests fall in love with this orchid.
Cuilan City is already located inland, but it has not yet reached the terrain of high mountains, the whole city is a plain, there are few trees and grass, in addition to Cuilan, the most famous thing in this city is the local animal husbandry. In addition to the settlements, there are small wheat fields in the suburbs near the main city, and beyond that, there are large grasslands, which are divided into grids of different sizes by fences, and each grid has a lot of cattle and sheep, some of which are raised to a certain extent and sold for slaughter and meat, and some of which are cows and sheep. Like the snow milk that Song Chen and Su Miao saw in the Eagle Country before, they can be seen everywhere in Cuilan City.
In addition to snow milk, the cow's milk and goat's milk are also made into various cheeses, milk chips, milk tea, milk tofu and the like. The cattle and sheep that are sold in large quantities and slaughtered in large quantities after the slaughter time are not only sold fresh meat, but also made into various types of jerky, sauced meat, meat pieces and the like.
It's another stuttering city. Song Chen and Xiaobai are very adaptable, but compared to them, Su Miao would rather have seafood in their mouths and mouths like they did in Linhai City. The meat of cattle is not as good as that of sea fish, but it is really strong muscles. But fortunately, in addition to meat, there are also various dairy products, which is Su Miao's appetite. While Song Chen and Xiaobai were happily eating large pieces of stewed meat and grasping the meat with their hands, Su Miao was drinking goat's milk or eating snow milk mixed with fruits. Otherwise, it's eating milk tofu. It's kind of self-satisfied.
Moreover, Cuilan City borders on Qiumiao Kingdom, a vassal state of Dalan, which is also a country rich in cattle and sheep. The people of Dalan are known for their love of food and deliciousness, and they have a great demand for watching, and many merchants come to Cuilan City to buy these savings, and the cattle and sheep of Qiumiao Kingdom will also rush to Cuilan City to trade.
Because the day of each batch of cattle and sheep slaughter will be different, there has been an endless stream of merchants who come to Cuilan City. In addition to those merchants to buy live cattle and sheep to go back, of course, when they come to the local area, they also have to taste the local specialties, so Cuilan City actually has a smell of meat almost all year round, after the cattle or sheep are slaughtered and cleaned up, the internal organs and bones are boiled with a large pot with firewood, and the other parts of the meat are directly hung on the street stalls after being cooked in water, and if you like to eat that part, you can ask the store to cut that part directly, and then heat it with broth, dip it in sauce and eat. Of course, in addition to this way of eating, there are also all kinds of stewed meat sauce, as well as directly hanging fresh, cutting off and grilling which position you like, and even more, roasting the whole sheep directly, beckoning three or five friends to drink and share together.
On the first day of Su Miao's entry into the city, Song Chen was better, and Xiaobai was simply immersed in the smell of the meat in Cuilan City. When the meal was approaching, they didn't go to the restaurant anymore, they just walked around the street, and they were already full.
After the two of them were satisfied, they began to find an inn to stay. Fortunately, on such non-seasonal days, although there are many people on the street, there are still empty rooms in the inn. Because of Xiaobai, Su Miao and Song Chen originally wanted a yard, so that Xiaobai could move back and forth. But the most upscale inn in Cuilan City did not provide this kind of independent courtyard for guests to stay, there was no way, Su Miao and Song Chen finally asked for two adjacent rooms.
When he sat down to rest in Su Miao's room, Song Chen still joked: "Miaomiao, you see, if we get married, we can only book a room when we go out to live in the hotel, and we can save a lot of money!" ”
Su Miao stuck out her tongue, put the things away, sat down and poured a cup of tea to taste it before pouring a cup and putting it in front of Song Chen: "Now you can only book one, but how embarrassing is it if you want Ah Chen to lay on the floor?" ”
"That's different......" Song Chen didn't mind laying on the floor, but he lived in the same room before he got married, so that some people could see it, and it would ruin Su Miao's reputation. Although she may not have cared too much about these trivial matters herself, he couldn't help it.
Su Miao knew that Song Chen was just talking about playing, and before Song Henghuan and them set off for Selangor City, Tang Yun gave him a thick stack of silver tickets, saying that it was part of the income of the shops and Zhuangzi in his name in the capital, and the silver in his hand was.
Coming from Lihai City, they had been in the dust for a long time, and they didn't go to lunch anyway, so Su Miao asked someone to bring hot water, and after they all washed up, they went back to their rooms to rest. When the guys came over just now, they had already planned the most popular restaurant in Cuilan City, and after a while, they would go there for dinner.
Originally, Su Miao wanted Xiaobai to go to Song Chen's side, so that Xiaobai, who always woke up first, couldn't disturb her, but Song Chen insisted on letting Xiaobai stay on her side, saying that Xiaobai could notice any movement, so that she could sleep with confidence.
Su Miao accepted Song Chen's kindness, so after taking a nap for half an hour, she was woken up by all kinds of fluttering Xiaobai in the house. When she saw Su Miao getting up on the bed and glaring at herself, Xiaobai was still looking at her innocently - it didn't harass her! It obediently got three feet out of her bed!
The reason why Xiaobai tossed was because it was hungry, and then he fidgeted when he thought of the meat he had eaten at noon. There was no way, although there was still some time before the meal, Su Miao still decided to take it to the Ya'an Restaurant recommended by the guy.
There didn't seem to be any movement in Song Chen's room. Su Miao thought about it, wouldn't it be a loss for her to be woken up alone, anyway, Song Chen always welcomed her to disturb him at any time...... So after putting on his coat, he jumped out of the window with Xiaobai and jumped into his room with Xiaobai in peace.
After entering, before he had time to look at the direction of the bed, he saw Song Chen sitting at the table, as if listening to something. Su Miao and Xiaobai were noticed by him as soon as they landed, and he quickly made a silent gesture towards them.
Su Miao quietly approached the table and sat down, Xiao Bai was already very familiar with Su Miao and Song Chen's various gestures, and he also lay on the ground quietly when he saw this.
Song Chen pointed to the wall in the opposite direction to Su Miao's room, Su Miao also listened intently, and heard a few people in a nearby room discussing something in a whisper, and it seemed that it had come to an end.
“…… Are you sure it's a thousand miles away? ”
"It's true!"
"Be careful, don't let them find out!"
"Yes, I'll follow from afar. The martial arts of these two people are not very high, and even if they are discovered, it will be easy for us to disguise our identities-"
Su Miao looked at Song Chen puzzled. The latter came over and leaned close to Su Miao's ear and said, "The people in that room are discussing stalking a pair of young men and women in the two rooms next to them. I thought at first they were talking about us...... Now it seems that it should be their room in the other direction. ”
"Oh-" Then it's no wonder that Song Chen has the leisure to meddle in things, Su Miao said indifferently, "Xiaobai is making a fuss about eating!" Are you hungry? ”
"Then let's eat." Song Chen had already dressed neatly, just so that he could move at any time to monitor the movements of those people next door, and now it seemed that the threat was not aimed at them, so he didn't bother to care.
Ya'an Restaurant was quite close to the inn they were staying in, one was on the street and the other was at the end of the street, Song Chen and Su Miao walked all the way with Xiaobai, and arrived in less than a quarter of an hour. As usual, they asked for a private room on the second floor, and the guys in the store strongly recommended their signature dish, hand-fingered meat, and Su Miao asked for one.
Song Chen also ordered some dishes that should be appetizing depending on the name of the dish, and the guy looked at Xiaobai and reminded them: "Then this white lion - do you want some raw meat?" ”
"No, I don't. Thank you! Su Miao patted Xiaobai, who was extremely active because he was hungry.
"Then do you want some boiled meat, there is no salt added." The guy was obviously well-informed, and seeing that they didn't want raw meat, he thought that maybe they were fed cooked meat, and the lions he didn't know, but the cats and dogs would lose a lot of their hair if they ate too much salt.
"Not anymore." Su Miao smiled, she understood what the guy meant. When Xiaobai ate with them when he was a child, he also lost his hair, but at that time, Su Miao made him a kind of medicinal powder, sometimes Xiaobai would mix some water into the water, and after it drank it, it could neutralize the salt it ate, so its hair has always been normal.
The guy was also a sensible person, and after seeing that the suggestion was rejected, he looked at the energetic lion again, and knew that maybe people had some special way to raise it, so he didn't say more, just smoked the dishes ordered by Song Chen, and withdrew after confirming that there were no mistakes or omissions.
The finger meat may be ordered by many people, and almost all of them are made and served, so the preparation in the kitchen should be sufficient, and the guy has already sent it in after he went out.
Xiaobai finally ate, and instantly became quiet. Song Chen and Su Miaojing each held a lamb chop and gnawed after cleaning their hands, the meat was stewed so crispy and soft, and it came down with a light bite, and it was very pleasant to eat.
Su Miao deliberately chose a relatively small one, and ate it after a few bites. The other dishes could not be served for a while, so she drank tea and watched the pedestrians coming and going on the street outside the window.
This wrong eye, Su Miao's time to look at it is a little long-