Chapter 11: Assorted Hot Pot (Part II)
The ancients had a poem: green ants make new wine, and the red clay stove is small. If you want snow in the evening, can you drink a glass of nothing?
When Zhang Yi took a cooking class in modern times, the teacher said that the red clay stove refers to hot pot, and there are two main types of hot pot in ancient times, one is a copper hot pot, which is eaten with shabu; One is a small stove with a fine charcoal fire and a clay pot on top, and a variety of vegetables and condiments are served on plates and plates.
Eating hot pot on a snowy day is a great enjoyment of the ancients, Zhang Yi has always thought so, and now she has crossed into the ancient rich daughter Liu Yiyi, and she still thinks of hot pot when she sees snow.
The book says that Lin Yuxiao is not a picky eater, as long as it is delicious, so Liu Yiyi simply turned out all the ingredients in the big kitchen, and asked a few masters to help with it, washing vegetables and making the stove, hoping that this meal can satisfy you.
I heard that the guests who came today are Qincha and the prefect, for the sake of the safety of life and property of Master Liu, and the young lady personally cooks to express her heart is also a way of hospitality, and no one in the kitchen suspects that her eldest lady's motives are not pure.
Liu Yiyi worked in the kitchen in her last life, and when she was a chef, she could be sure at a glance that the kitchen of the Liu family was good, and she was absolutely assured of the ingredients here.
Chicken is cut into shreds, lean pork is cut into thin slices, fish is cut into thin slices and thorns are removed, as well as boiled and shelled eggs, shelled and head and tail prawns, watery shiitake mushrooms and vermicelli, fungus, white fungus, and bamboo shoots and spinach that are very difficult to see on the dinner table of ordinary people in ancient winter, and naturally cabbage and tofu are indispensable in winter.
Liu Yiyi planned to show her hand, so she carefully arranged these raw materials into the form of flowers, birds and fish, and the color and shape of each plate were eye-catching even if she didn't eat them.
Before it was served, she was praised by the people in the kitchen, but Liu Yiyi didn't dare to be careless because of this, the ingredients in the hot pot are important, the soup base and seasonings are even more important, and she must do everything herself to have the confidence to give people to eat.
The atmosphere in the living room outside is not bad, and the prefect of Mengzhou does not have any expectations for the cooking skills of the eldest lady of the Liu family, he thinks that Master Liu must not only invite one meal, for the sake of Liu Yiyi's rich father, he does not care about the little girl a lot.
Of course, Yue Linfeng recognized Liu Yiyi, and he had seen many women find various excuses to rely on Lin Yuxiao before...... Even relying on him, there are many people who pretend to be pitiful in tears, so he can tell that there is another secret in Liu Yiyi's appearance, how to describe it? That expression was indeed not the first time I saw Lin Yuxiao, but it was not an enemy meeting or a reunion after a long absence.
I just can't describe it, Yue Linfeng is even stranger.
Lin Yuxiao didn't want to stay, suddenly a woman looked at him with tears in her eyes, and then she was misunderstood, it was strange that he could be happy, he didn't treat Liu Yiyi as a madman but still sat here, it was because of Yue Linfeng, Yue Linfeng passed on his voice to him, saying that this inexplicable Miss Liu was the woman he met the night before.
The aroma of glutinous rice and pork comes from the Liu family? Lin Yuxiao sat down.
There is still more than an hour to get to the meal, these ancient people are better at calculating time than Liu Yiyi, Master Liu is afraid that a few adults will be bored, so he specially asked the housekeeper to take a few celebrity calligraphy and paintings to appreciate, of course, he does not forget the safety of his own family: "It seems that Liu will not have a son in this life, there is only one daughter who knows what will happen to his son-in-law in the future, I just hope that he can give up business and enter the office, and of course these family properties will be used by me, as a father-in-law, to fully support him." ”
Today's state of the world is Shinong industry and commerce, the highest status of scholars, the more money a businessman has, the more inevitably a copper-smelling comment, Master Liu hopes to change the door one day, this everyone can understand.
"The son-in-law and grandson are their own family, and the money is given to them, of course, I don't feel distressed, but what is the matter with the hard work of the Liu family for several generations? I'm really anxious these days, and I don't hide a few, I didn't know that the Qin mission was coming a few days ago, I even wanted to put a reward on the list, whoever can catch the gangsters, I will marry my daughter, and use the Wanguan family property as a dowry, fortunately, the prefect invited the Qin mission to solve the case in time, and the top and bottom of Mengzhou can finally rest assured. ”
Master Liu was actually hinting in his words that if the two Qincha adults could solve the case, he could also give his daughter and Wanguan's family property to one of them, and he hoped to find a son-in-law who would be an official, Yue Linfeng and Lin Yuxiao would meet the conditions.
Master Liu really took his daughter as a prize...... Yue Linfeng thought of Liu Yiyi's reason why she said she went out in the middle of the night that night, and she didn't lie.
He wants money and has other ways, how troublesome it is to take a woman...... Lin Yuxiao was not moved at all by Master Liu's words, as for the famous calligraphy and paintings that Master Liu took out that were said to be worth 100 gold-can you eat them? Can it be exchanged for a universal currency?
Judging from the appearance, Lin Yuxiao is definitely the most elegant, and only Yue Linfeng is present who knows that this little junior brother has nothing to do with talking about poetry and painting, and it is really Liu Yiyi's way of apology that is in line with Lin Yuxiao's heart.
"Sir, the young lady said that it is ready, and you can invite the guests to move to the dining room." The butler came in to report.
Finally perfunctory for an hour, Lin Yuxiao still had some expectations for the Liu family's cooking skills because of Yue Linfeng's words, and was invited into the dining room by Master Liu, and first saw that there was only a stove on the dining table, and a casserole was sitting on it, and the boiling water in it brought out the fragrance of the soup base, which was not bad and smelled good.
Liu Yiyi was waiting in the dining room, and she couldn't help but be excited when she saw Lin Yuxiao again, "Yiyi is preparing a mixed hot pot today, and the hot pot has another name called warm pot, which is very suitable for warming up on snowy days in winter; It is also called Yipinnabe, because the hot pot contains many ingredients, and the flavor pressure is like a pinnacle. ”
Fortunately, the introduction was the one she was most familiar with, and Liu Yiyi didn't stammer, no matter how nervous she was.
"Adults, please." Mr. Liu was very satisfied with the hot pot his daughter chose, and he was anxious to taste it just by smelling the fragrance.
There are hosts and guests, guests are still officials, and they have to give up their seats to each other before they are greedy, and let Liu Yiyi look at the hot pot and be anxious, and this soup base will be cooked again!
Lin Yuxiao has the same heart as her: "Governor Li is the magistrate, Master Liu is the master, and the two are elders, so they should sit in the main seat......" He said and stretched out his hand to pull the Governor of Mengzhou to sit down first, and asked Master Liu to sit opposite Governor Li's Mansion, and he and Yue Linfeng sat down left and right.
Since the Liu family has entertained the local gentry, this row of seats is not easy to take into account, the dinner table is round, and the surrounding background layout is not the main or secondary, if it is usual, Li Zhifu will sit casually with a few polite words, but today Qin Cha is here, he can't find a place by himself first, and Lin Yuxiao pulls him to sit first, and he doesn't have to raise himself politely.
A few people let it actually be who sits down first, not who sits in which seat, which content Liu Yiyi has not yet been able to see, she saw that people were finally seated and hurriedly asked the kitchen to bring the ingredients and spices.
The ingredients are plattered by Liu Yiyi's own hands, and the shape of the flowers, birds and fish is even the first time that Master Liu has seen it, so he can immediately be sure that this is not made by those cooks in the kitchen, so he came politely with a proud tone: "The little girl usually likes to cook, and she changes her tricks to make me happy as a father, and this platter is also one of them, which makes you laugh." ”
Obviously, I just took out this hot pot for the first time...... Liu Yiyi was very happy and grateful for saying good things about Master Liu in front of Lin Yuxiao, and she decided that she would often make hot pot for Master Liu in the future.
But the most important thing now is Lin Yuxiao, Liu Yiyi is nervous about his reaction to her cooking skills.
Lin Yuxiao's eyes stopped at the dining table, the food served one after another was enough to reflect the sincerity of the cook, the aroma of the hot pot soup base made this snowy day warm, and it was absolutely impossible to put the ingredients into such a good-looking platter without care, and all kinds of condiments for the hot pot were also placed on another small table.
There is soy sauce, sesame paste, small sesame oil, leek flowers, shrimp paste, vinegar, tofu, minced green onion, minced coriander, minced snow red...... There are more than a dozen, and one is packed in a small bowl, and you can match it casually.
is indeed a thoughtful service, and Lin Yuxiao's dissatisfaction with Liu Yiyi has really disappeared.
"Yiyi, Daddy and a few adults still have something to discuss, you go back to the embroidery building first." It's okay for his daughter to cook herself, but if her daughter wants to stand like a maid and wait for them to eat and drink, Master Liu can't bear it and feels shameless.
“…… It's ......" Liu Yiyi wanted to stay, but she didn't want to be evaluated as ignorant, so she had to walk out with her head down.
It's time for lunch, but Liu Yiyi doesn't have the slightest appetite, she went back to the embroidery building and closed the door, her hand almost trembling opened the jewelry box and took out the novel that traveled here with her, the white-clothed young man on the cover was still smiling, but Liu Yiyi's heart was beating wildly!
How could there be such a magical thing in the world, the Lin Yuxiao she saw with her own eyes actually looked exactly like the boy on the cover!?
What's going on? She crossed over inexplicably, and she also brought a novel with her, wearing the world in the book, and the male supporting role in the book was the beautiful boy on the cover of the novel!
Coincidental? That's too much of a coincidence!
Liu Yiyi was puzzled.
"Yiyi, Daddy is coming up!" Master Liu shouted downstairs.
Liu Yiyi was startled, hurriedly put away the novel, and at the same time hurriedly stopped: "Daddy, you don't have to come up, Yiyi will come down!" ”
The ancient staircase was made of wood, and it looked quite thick, but when he thought of Master Liu's weight, Liu Yiyi didn't dare to let him step on it......
In addition to the lady's embroidery building, the Liu family has two floors, and the other buildings are all bungalows, Liu Yiyi since the crossing, Liu Yiyi still head back into his daughter's embroidery building, Liu Yiyi hurriedly went downstairs, and saw Liu Lao sitting peacefully on the Taishi chair in the living room downstairs, how could he have the slightest desire to go upstairs.
...... "He wouldn't be aware of the dangers of this weight, would he?" Daddy, where's the guests? "Didn't it be written in the book that Yue Linfeng also inspected the Liu Mansion once, but now why don't you see him and ...... He?
"A few adults are going to other homes." It is not only the Liu Mansion that is targeted by the murderers, but Master Liu cannot continue to stay guests.