Chapter 38: Foodies
Hongchen's teahouse, not only can the tea attract people, but also to attract foodies, it naturally depends on food.
She thinks that her tea is just like that, of course it is not bad, with her more than a lifetime, but fortunately in the Xia family for a few years of knowledge, she also thinks that Qixian wild tea can be ranked in the forefront of domestic tea, and the tea produced in the tea garden outside is not better than the wild tea here.
Perhaps because of the good water and soil, there are a few wild tea trees on the mountain, which seem to be better than the top cloud tea.
However, there are very few, very few, and what is usually used to entertain guests is just a general high-quality, or even a medium-grade one.
Literati and scholars who have good tea love to drink this, like Xue Baiqiao, who has not yet retreated from the habit of being a child, but he loves the snacks and snacks of the teahouse, and runs once a day, especially in the morning, as if he can't eat it, he will feel uncomfortable.
Hongchen is providing food to the guests, but there is no way, it is all caused by her family's books.
When she first bought books, in the end she still had a high vision, except for some ordinary books that could be bought on the street, most of them were still exchanged from her own Yujue space, although they were old books, but because the people who gave the books were not simple, and the books in the collection also had a history, she picked out the too special, and the rest was also not seen by ordinary scholars.
Some of them, even only in the Imperial Palace's inner library, are possible to collect.
For readers, the attraction of books is so great that even Hongchen did not expect it, and there are often people who forget to eat and drink when they read books.
At the beginning, Hongchen planned to take care of the villagers in Zhoucun and Jiangjiazhuang, and let them set up a stall at the door of the teahouse and cook a simple meal or something, but unfortunately, she wanted to get it well, but those blind dates in other people rarely had her kind of vision, that is, they were willing to do small business, and that was to go to the gate of Yanshan Academy.
That's the place that's really prosperous.
There is a small town near the academy, and there are all kinds of shops, teahouses and restaurants.
Since everyone didn't have this mind, Hongchen could only figure out his own way.
There are a lot of books in her store, and she is afraid that she will stain the books, like a restaurant, so it is naturally inappropriate for people to eat and drink in the house, and it is too complicated to eat, and those people who read books are impatient.
Let's just say that an old gentleman who often comes, seems to be a little related to Zhang Zhen, sits for most of the day, orders a pot of tea and reads a book, and refuses to move the place when it comes to eating, only takes out a piece of Hu cake from his arms and pours it.
Later, Hongchen prepared more snacks, and this one was so good that he didn't even bring Hu cakes.
You can't really let them eat the dim sum in the store every day, those dim sum only charge the cost price, and it can be very complicated to make, that is, these people want to eat, and Hongchen still thinks it's not very cost-effective.
After thinking about it, it is more appropriate to have a snack or a snack.
In the morning, I sometimes prepare some baked pancakes that are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, with an omelette, or meatloaf or something in between.
Sometimes it's a delicacy called finger cakes, which she found in a book about various local specialties that she found herself, and it's easy to make.
In addition, there are egg scones, multigrain pancakes and the like.
Hongchen himself loves to eat, and if he wants to eat anything one day, he will make more by the way and put it in the teahouse for those who read.
She didn't provide it at noon, and she didn't want to rob the business of other restaurants.
In the evening, I simply boiled a big pot of stew, all kinds of meat and vegetables were chopped, skewered with bamboo skewers, and even the soup was served, and the taste was also very delicious.
I have to say that the chef Qu Sanniang recommended by the family is really a good craft, a little mention, it is more attractive than the description in the book, Hongchen can't stop eating, so much so that he can't wait to change the tricks every day, just use the simplest staple food, and can also send a dry of scholars at will, and let these people be grateful.
Speaking of ordinary food, it is just the taste of Xue Baiqiao, he delicacies in the Hou Mansion, he doesn't like it, and the amount of food is not much bigger than that of a cat, but when he comes here, he loves Hongchen's craftsmanship very much, not only did he think that she cooked the best noodles in the world, but now he loves all kinds of snacks she makes.
This gluttony is so great that peace doesn't want to see him.
Who asked him to even taste the yogurt that Hongchen made for Ping'an, and he tasted it as soon as he tasted it, and he didn't even give Ping'an a foundation.
"Woo, woohoo!"
On this day, Hongchen was reading to Xiao Jasmine, when he heard the cry of peace outside, he couldn't cry or laugh, as soon as he went out, Xue Baiqiao really slipped to the front of the backyard again, staring at the little root milk stick saved in the safe food bowl and drooling.
Ping'an's two front paws protected his bowl, his back hair stood up, and he whined at Xue Baiqiao, his face full of threats.
"Good."
Hongchen easily pushed Ping'an and its food bowl into the courtyard, and stuffed a small ceramic pot of candied fruit into the little marquis's hand.
Both were immediately pacified.
She is now very proficient in doing this, she has not learned it in her previous life, and she has not had the opportunity to learn the skills of coaxing children, and she has practiced it in advance in this life.
Xue Baiqiao didn't mind, he ate slowly with special cherishment, found a stone pier to sit down, and talked to Hongchen while enjoying it.
"I'm afraid that Qixian is going to be in trouble, you have nothing to do recently, but don't go out and run around, it's best to go back to Jiangjia Village to live for a while." His Royal Highness King Li exterminated the last group of Huang Mang rebel thieves in the south of the border, captured more than 300 people of the thief leader and his wife and concubines, and wanted to return to Beijing to offer prisoners, just passing by you. ”
Hongchen was stunned.
Huang Mang's rebellion has been in trouble for more than three years, is this completely extinguished? Also, around this time.
Xue Baiqiao sighed, "I didn't expect that the demon king of the mixed world would actually have to rest in Qi County, I heard that there is still some kind of human sacrifice, to select the beauties in the captives, and to accompany the burial of his dead brothers, it seems that you Qi County people will inevitably be uncomfortable for a while." ”
Hongchen lowered his head and said nothing.
Xue Baiqiao also lost the strength to speak.
King Li is the ninth son of the Emperor of the Great Zhou, only twenty-five years old, with great military achievements, the prestige shocked the four countries, in the Great Zhou Dynasty, such a place where the emphasis is on literature and light on military force, such a prince, it is really not a matter of celebration, and he also has a violent temperament, every time he fights, whether it is to fight with the enemy, or to suppress bandits, he has always liked to promise before the war, if he can win, the army will be rewarded for three days, and the soldiers under his men will loot all around, and even from time to time there will be a massacre of the city, the ministers of the court, there are many criticisms of it, but the emperor loves him, He has never turned a blind eye, and when he makes a big fuss, he will punish his teacher, punish his lieutenant, and rarely punish him.
So much so that King Li became even more foolish, and even the title was chosen by himself, not the word 'virtuous', but the word 'powerful', saying that it was majestic.
Hongchen flicked his sleeves - who would have thought that the last person to get the throne in his last life was not the third prince, the fifth prince, or the little prince, but this one who had never been considered as a candidate for the prince, the ninth prince Li Wang!