Su Xian looked at the person who spoke, an old man who couldn't tell his age, with a white wrap around his head, wearing a white cardigan with a black gown on the outside, and a neat long beard. His gray beard half-covered his thick lips, his body was slightly fat, and his eyes were so small that it was difficult to tell whether he was asleep or awake at a glance. In the winter, he actually wore a pair of clogs barefoot, and I don't know if it was because of a white robe or because of that beard, it really looked like a fairy wind and bones.

"Su Ji is the family's property, and the second girl is in charge of the cooking, this is the eldest girl and the third girl, both are sisters of the second girl, and this pure girl is a cousin. And this Su Xiaoxiu is the younger brother, I didn't expect Brother Su to serve us the food by himself today! Xu Zhizhou smiled and patted Su Yan, who was serving him food, and said. The relationship between the yamen and the official school is like the relationship between the regular army and the reserve army, no one knows what kind of characters can be produced in the reserve army, so if they see it, they will first hang up the name of a teacher and student in order to develop in the future, Xu Zhizhou is familiar with many students in the Fengzhou official school, and naturally knows Su Yan.

"Back to my lord, my sister is afraid that those guys will shrink back and hinder your adults' Yaxing, so I let the students come to help." Su Yan replied with a humble smile, "The second sister's words are not afraid that the students will not listen." ”

"It's rare that your sisters have such a harmonious relationship." Xu Zhizhou praised with a smile.

"It is indeed rare, the unity of sisters and brothers is the greatest blessing of a family, just as I often say that a branch is easy to break a bundle of branches but no one can break it, the most important thing in a family is to unite as one." Master Jingming stroked his long beard. Said earnestly.

"What the Master said is that this is exactly the truth, but unfortunately many people in this world do not know it. For the sake of fame and fortune, there are many ugly things, and the lower officials can often encounter this kind of thing in the Zhizhou Yamen, alas! Xu Zhizhou echoed with a hint of flattery.

"Looking at the age of these two young ladies, the girl in charge of the kitchen is not very old, right?" Master Jingming seemed to be interested in the female chef and asked with a smile.

"Shopkeeper Su is seventeen this year, although he has a family, but he hasn't been out of the cabinet yet." Xu Zhizhou replied with a smile, "Shopkeeper Su's father was also a celebrity chef in the past. After dying of illness, Shopkeeper Su inherited her father's craftsmanship and carried forward the family industry again. ”

"I see, it is not bad that a young girl can carry on her father's legacy and carry it forward!" Master Jingming nodded repeatedly. "I have also seen such a girl when I traveled, and there is a girl with a diametrically opposite temperament to her, and it is said that it is a late winter ......."

Venerable Jingming likes to eat and drink though. The pomp and circumstance are not too big. No one needs to serve you or let you do it, pour yourself a drink, eat yourself, laugh with others while eating, and from time to time one or two short but worth remembering stories will pop up. seems to treat everyone equally, whether it is the official who picks him up or the guy who serves him food, his attitude is always the same, and there is no indication that he is a philosopher who is appreciated by the emperor and has followers all over the country. This is an ordinary old man when he speaks. Kind and approachable.

"He is worthy of being the king of the story of Yue Liang Kingdom. I almost listened! Su Xian stood in the kitchen holding the tray, looked at the ceiling at a forty-five degree angle, and sighed softly.

Su Miao, who was busy, glanced at her and reminded, "You haven't forgotten that you just went in to serve the food, right?" ”

"Ahh Su Xian came back to her senses at this time, let out a low snort, and covered her lips.

"Please pay attention, you are fellows, either believers who go to the square to listen to the story, or if you want to listen, you have to wait until the feast is over." Su Miao was speechless, and emphasized word by word.

"Yes." The nine half-brains were still immersed in the story, and only half of their brains were in the face of her, and the buddy answered unevenly.

"Second sister, I'll tell you the story of that poor good girl and her bad girl, it's so pitiful, I'm going to cry!" Su Yan's eyes were red, wiping the slightly wet corners of her eyes while saying to her urgently.

Su Miao looked at him, twitched the corners of her mouth speechlessly, and emphasized again: "You guys are going to serve the food!" ”

"Yes." The nine men answered again, this time in a neater order than before.

"The story told by Master Jingming is really so good?" After the nine people went to serve the food, Su Miaohu asked suspiciously.

Huiwei glanced at her, and before she could answer, Lai Shun had already said in a loud voice:

"Dongjia, I've heard it, I've heard it, it's really good, the last time Master Jingming came to Fengzhou to tell the story of the snow child and his mother, at that time, the audience cried a lot, and no one had dry eyes."

“…… Is it? "Su Miao lived in an era where information was too developed, she knew too many things, and she couldn't understand that listening to philosophical stories and chicken soup for the soul in an era when information was blocked and books were expensive, was a very rare and exciting thing, so she couldn't quite understand their inner excitement.

"Boss, I still remember that story, let me tell you the story of Snow Child and his mother?" Lai Shun was obviously overexcited when he mentioned it.

"Next time." Su Miaopi said with a smile.

At this moment, only a crisp sound was heard, accompanied by a rather terrible scream, everyone turned around in surprise, and a series of low screams sounded. Zhou Cheng's pale and iron-blue face had been twisted into a ball, and the sleeve of his right arm was wet, and there was still a slight white smoke on it. Tongxi stood across from him in horror, the casserole in his hand had fallen to the ground and shattered into several petals, and a large puddle of hot broth flowed on the ground. I don't know how I was careless, all the soup in Tongxi's hand was spilled on Zhou Cheng's arm, and as a result, Zhou Cheng's arm was also burned, the soup stock was also spilled, and even the casserole was broken. Tongxi was dumbfounded and looked panicked. Zhou Cheng was naturally in pain and anger, and he was furious, and slapped Tongxi's face purple, and Tongxi covered his face and didn't dare to say anything.

Su Miao glanced at it and ordered lightly: "Come to Shun, quickly rinse him with cold water to see how it goes." The sixth son, clean up the ground. ”

The two responded, and Lai Shun stepped forward to let Zhou Cheng follow him to the dishwasher, and pulled out the plug in the bamboo tube on the wall, and cool groundwater flowed down, and Zhou Cheng himself was in pain. Hurry to rush.

Su Miao walked over to see him roll up his sleeves, and saw that his elbows were red and white from his forearms, as if a layer of skin had faded, and a large patch of dense blisters had formed on it. The injury was not light.

"Yo, so strict, come to Shun, go and call the clerk and beans to come in and send Zhou Cheng back, by the way, I will see some medicine in Langzhong, and the medicine money will go to my mother to pay two taels of silver first."

Lai complied and turned to go.

"Ah Miao. It's not tight, it's just a hot one, and I'm still dry. When Zhou Cheng heard that he was about to be driven back halfway due to his injury. I was anxious, so I quickly turned my head and tried to smile like nothing.

"It's so hot, and it's your right arm that hurts, you can't do anything even if you stay. It's better to go to Lang Zhong as soon as possible. ”

"Ah Miao. Don't worry, I'm fine! Zhou Cheng thought she was worried about him, smiled happily and happily, and tried to comfort him in a calm tone.

"Go back, you've almost done what you need to do, and you won't need anything next. clerk, take him to see Langzhong, all the money is out of the public account. Su Miao then said to Zhou Cheng. If you don't feel well, you can rest at home tomorrow. When you feel better, when to come back. If you are also considered a work injury, the medicine will be paid for in the restaurant, and your salary will not be deducted during the vacation. ”

"Ah Miao, I really don't need to ......"

"Let's go back. Instrument! ”

"Brother Zhou, I'll send you to see Langzhong." Seeing that Zhou Cheng's arms were blistered, the clerk couldn't stand it and turned his head away, and said.

Zhou Cheng couldn't resist Su Miao to drive him away, so he had no choice but to leave with the paperwork and beans, and went out to find Lang Zhong.

Su Miao glanced at the boiling soup pot in the corner, her eyes flashed slightly, walked to the stove, and continued to cook tangerine peel rabbit meat.

In the bamboo box, Ding Zhifu and others were listening to the story of Master Jingming while tasting the stewed mutton, Master Jingming took a sip of Su Ji's signature fruit wine, sighed long, and asked beautifully:

"What a good wine! After drinking wine for so many years, it is the first time I have come across a wine with such a distinct and rich taste. ”

"Master Hui, this wine is made by our host, which is a multi-flavored fruit wine made by grapes, plums, plums, pomegranates and secret spices through layers of fermentation. It was Amu who replied, as the head of the original pigeon building, he also had a lot of experience in serving dignitaries.

Master Jingming looked at the fruit wine in the porcelain cup, which was brighter than rouge and clearer than the clear spring, and praised with a smile: "Wonderful wine, wonderful wine, the word 'wonderful' is good!" ”

"Master Hui, the word 'Miao' is just our host's name." Amu said with a smile.

The people in front of the table were stunned, and then burst into laughter, and Master Jingming stroked his beard and said with a smile:

"Those who can make this wine must be able to afford the word 'wonderful', and those who can afford the word 'wonderful' must also be a wonderful person!"

"The mage's words are even more wonderful!" Xu Zhizhou took the opportunity to give a thumbs up and praised.

Everyone laughed louder, but they were very disdainful of Xu Zhizhou's sycophants.

Master Jingming sandwiched the vegetarian dishes again, and only then did he enter the mouth, light and refreshing, with a sweet aftertaste, which was actually an indescribable pure and elegant supreme delicacy, and praised in surprise:

"This cabbage is really good, what's the name?"

"Master Hui, this dish is called Golden Hook Cabbage." Su Xian, who served the food, replied softly.

Master Jingming looked at the plate, and sure enough, he felt that the cabbage was golden in color and shaped like a hook, and nodded. The political envoy Xia Bu on the side was also interested, and asked with a smile:

"How is this dish?"

"Back to my lord, wash the selected cabbage hearts and cut them vertically, boil water in a pot, and put in the cabbage hearts to blanch until soft. Pour oil into the pot, and when the oil is hot, add minced ginger, shrimp and mushroom slices and stir-fry until fragrant. Put the cabbage heart into the pot, pour two tablespoons of water for soaking the shrimp, then pour a small half bowl of broth, add salt, cover and simmer over low heat until the cabbage is soft and rotten, and put it on a plate. Add water starch to the soup in the pot and cook until thick, pour sesame oil, add a spoonful of chicken powder made of chicken, and pour the boiled thick juice on the cabbage, which tastes smooth and delicious.

"It's just a cabbage, and there is such an exquisite approach, which shows that it is thought out!" The envoy nodded in admiration.

"This is ......" Master Jingming stared at the elegantly colored, well-layered, and extremely delicate and gorgeous vegetarian dish that came up at the back end, and asked in surprise, "This dish is a vegetarian dish on Dinghu?" ”

"Master Hui, he is indeed a master of Dinghu."

"This is also what your girl's owner did?"

"No, it's our sous chef's specialty."

The practice of Dinghu Shangsu is extremely complicated, it is necessary to wash and soak snow fungus, osmanthus fungus, elm fungus, yellow fungus, shiitake mushroom, straw mushroom, bamboo sunflower, lotus seed, white mushroom, silver needle, bamboo shoot flower, and cabbage sum, respectively, and simmer and cook with oil flavoring materials, and then take white fungus, flower mushroom, bamboo sun, fresh mushroom, yellow fungus, lotus seed, mushroom, bamboo shoot flower in order, part of it is built into a circle along the bottom of the pot, and the rest of the materials are filled in it, and it is buckled on the plate, showing a well-layered "mountain shape"; Oil, wine, vegetarian soup, salt, sugar, soy sauce, and wet starch are cooked in a sauce and poured on the "mountain". Snow fungus, cabbage sum, silver needle around the edge, osmanthus fungus spread on top. The appearance of this dish is fine, the color is elegant, the layers are clear, the taste is fresh and smooth, the fragrance is overflowing, fresh and refined, and it is definitely a good product for the banquet.

Master Jingming took a chopstick and put it in his mouth, his eyes suddenly lit up, he nodded again and again, and exclaimed:

"Wonderful! Wonderful! I have only eaten this dish in Liangdu once before, and I only thought it was fresh and gorgeous at that time, but I didn't expect the same dish to be eaten again in Fengzhou, which is more refined than the one I ate in Liangdu! Good! ”

The political envoy Xia Bu nodded in agreement, Xu Zhizhou was embarrassed to eat, so he could only secretly clip one chopstick after another.

As the finale, the beef is served, lined with colorful side dishes, and the beef has been cut but still in its original lump shape, and the rich aroma fills the box from the moment it is served.

In the mouth, the meat is juicy and tender. The beef is made with the finest tenderloin, which heats the surface of the beef quickly at a high temperature without breaking the fibers, which requires a lot of experience and craftsmanship. The gravy is quickly sealed, giving the beef a very distinctive dark gold color on the surface and a beautiful pink color on the inside. The gravy is rich, soft and delicious, the hot and tempting gravy spreads out with the chewing of the teeth, and the aroma of the barbecue is perfectly transmitted to every taste bud that stretches the mouth, hovering and wandering in it, so that the most natural taste of beef is brought into full play.

Xia Bu and the others nodded frequently while eating, not even wanting to speak. Master Jingming's beard was stained with soup, and a pair of eyes that seemed to be asleep were wide open at this time, shining and golden, until a piece of beef was half gone, and he asked:

"Is this beef famous?"

"Master Hui, this is the sister's specialty dish, Su Ji's super luxury supreme steak." Su Xian bent over and replied with a smile.

Everyone was stunned for a few seconds, and the political envoy Xia Bu laughed first:

"This name is also vulgar!"

"The vulgar is fresh!" Master Jingming smiled and said, "I really want to see what this wonderful girl is like!" (To be continued......)