Liang Chuan asked Yi Niang to bring a burning firewood, which ignited the leaves on the top of the mound. "Whether it succeeds or not, whether you want to be hungry or comfortable this year depends on this fire." Liang Chuan solemnly threw the fire into it in front of Yi Niang and Brother Zhao, a puff of white smoke gradually came out from the top, the two of them were in a complicated and nervous mood, they had never seen this method, there were fewer people in the south who used charcoal, and even fewer people who made charcoal, and there was a big stone hanging in their hearts.

The flames penetrate through the top and slowly burn downward, slowly. Liang Chuan rubbed his hands and said to Yi Niang: "Yi Niang, what about the chicken I asked you to get?" ”

Yi Niang mentioned the pheasant she just got disgusting, killing chickens without plucking feathers, the internal organs are cleaned up, and the outside hair is not faded clean, can this be eaten? The third brother's things are getting weirder and weirder.,I've never seen this charcoal toss.,This chicken hasn't seen such a toss.,It's okay if the wood is ruined.,If this chicken is broken.,What to do?,What a good chicken.,How long have a few people not eaten meat.。。 Alas, no matter what, Yi Niang handed the chicken to Liang Chuan.

Brother Zhao's mind is relatively simple, and when he heard the food, he was energetic and asked: "Third brother, what is called flower chicken!" Is it called a chicken made by Hanako, so it is called 'called Hanako'? ”

Yi Niang and Liang Chuan both called Hanako when they were children, she knew the bitterness of the past, but she didn't know when Liang Chuan would do this What is called Huaji.

Liang Chuan said in a hypocritical manner: "The Legend of the Condor Heroes, do you know?"

The heads of the two men shook neatly like a wave drum, and said, "I don't know! ”

Liang Chuan narrowed his eyes, but he didn't smile, "Of course you don't know each other, Teacher Jin didn't write it out to give you a feast for your eyes, where will you know!" ”

Yi Niang and Zhao Di threw white eyes at Liang Chuan.

Liang Chuan shook his head and said: "This is called flower chicken, a famous snack in the south of the Yangtze River, with a long history, it is a special dish made by wrapping the processed chicken with soil and lotus leaves, and baking it." Now there are no lotus leaves, but you can still do it, wrap the chicken with mud, set up a fire to burn the mud, and the chicken will be cooked when the mud is hot. That year, Huang Rong used this to conquer Hong Qigong, and only then did he get Brother Jing, and today I will let you try it! ”

Huang Rong? Hong Qigong? Brother Jing?

Liang Chuan instructed Brother Zhao to dig some yellow mud in the mountains, and this time it didn't take much. Brother Zhao smelled and ate sensational, and his movements were fast, and a little boy dug up a lot of yellow mud. Liang Chuan asked Yi Niang to take the water and pour the water into the yellow mud pile, this mud should also be pasted on the chicken, but it can't be dry like the mud just pasted outside the firewood pile, this mud should be thinner, because the chicken has not even faded its feathers, and the muddy water should be soaked to the root of the chicken feathers.

Brother Zhao is a greedy person, and when he saw Liang Chuan ruining good things like this, he quickly called out directly: "Ah! Third brother, why are you ruining this fat chicken like this, can you still eat it like this! ”

Liang Chuan snorted, "I haven't seen it, I'll let you see the world today!" Don't be in a hurry, don't panic, you can beat me and scold me again if it's not delicious, please don't disturb my artistic creation now! Recruit brother, go, dig me a hole as big as this chicken here! Liang Chuan pointed to where he was standing.

Brother Zhao couldn't help but say, a big hole came out, usually digging birds and digging mouse holes, this is familiar! Liang Chuan put the mud ball into the soil pit, the mud ball was roughly flush with the ground, leveled the soil that had just been dug out, and then took some inferior firewood that could not be made of charcoal and piled it up in the position where the chickens had just been placed, lit the fire, and the fire slowly burned more and more.

Liang Chuan did the work in his hands, and began to give Yifa and his younger brother literacy in his mouth, "Do you want to hear the origin of this chicken?" "If you want to say it, just say it! Don't sell medicine in a gourd. Liang Chuan said: "This chicken, originated in the south of the Yangtze River, it is called "called Hua Chicken", it is some stolen chickens that ask for rice, wrap the chicken with mud, set up a fire to burn the mud, and the mud burns the chicken and it is cooked, this is a dish that cannot be elegant. It is said that when an emperor fought the world, he often suffered defeats, and once he lost battles, and accidentally wandered into the wilderness, starving for several days. The sky is endless, and when he met a man named Hanako who saw him pitiful, he gave him the "called Hua Chicken" that he thought was a delicacy. This emperor was sleepy and hungry, so he naturally thought that this chicken was extremely delicious. ”

Yi Niang and Zhao Di are also people who have not seen much of the world, and once this person has not had much contact with the community, he loves to listen to all kinds of lace in the outside flower world. When Yi Niang heard Liang Chuan say that the emperor was defeated, she immediately said: "I know, this emperor must be the high emperor of the Han Dynasty!" Emperor Gao used to compete with King Xiang for the world, and he was chased by others behind his ass every day and beaten to the ground, and he couldn't even eat after losing the battle, it must be Emperor Gao! ”

Liang Chuan didn't expect Yi Niang to know Emperor Gao, Emperor Gao is Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang was a public security director in Surabaya before Liu Bang won the world, and he was a ruffian, a group of pigs and dogs around him, but he didn't expect to let him get the world in the end, this process is not a simple process, but he is often beaten in the middle and can't eat like a lost dog, listening to Liang Chuan's allusions to think of Han Gaozu is very reasonable.

Liang Chuan didn't say that there was another emperor who was also a beggar in later generations, this emperor was Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Bang had a lot of similarities, because they couldn't believe it, Liang Chuan glanced at Yi Niang, cast an appreciative gaze, and said: "I didn't expect Yi Niang to know Emperor Gao, smart!" ”

Yi Niang used to occasionally go to the market to watch the troupe sing, so she also knew a little bit and was a little proud in her heart.

"Of course, this is what the chef came up with himself in order to add points to this dish, you think about it, the emperor is the supreme of the Son of Heaven, how can he go to eat food called Huazi! The cook dared to bring the food called Hanako to the palace, didn't he think his life was too long? You say don't you? ”

Liang Chuan's words were two nods in succession.

Liang Chuan continued: "After this Emperor Gao finished eating the chicken, he asked what the name of the chicken was, and Huatou was embarrassed to say that the chicken was called "Huaji", so he blew that this chicken was called "Fugui Chicken". Emperor Gao was full of praise for this chicken. Hanako later learned that this homeless man later became emperor. This "called flower chicken" also became a "rich chicken" because of Emperor Gao's golden mouth. The one called Hanako eats the same dish as the Son of Heaven, but this identity is one in the sky and one underground, and it has been passed down to this day, and it has also become a famous dish that has been listed in the Hall of Elegance! ”

Brother Zhao said: "Third brother, you can even fiddle with this dish for the emperor, who do you learn from, who will cook the emperor's food in our poor countryside!" ”

Liang Chuan said: "This is just a legend, whether the emperor has eaten it or not, it is impossible for him to tell me such a bad thing back then, you say yes!" Hahahaha! ”

Even Yi Niang was amused by Liang Chuan.

Brother Zhao was impatient, and urged Liang Chuan from time to time: "Third brother, when can I eat this chicken, I can't wait." ”

Liang Chuan said: "Don't be in a hurry, this chicken is not stewed or fried, if you are in a hurry, it will not be cooked thoroughly, and you will run to the stomach if you eat it." When our charcoal is almost burned, the chicken will almost be ready to eat. ”

At this point, Brother Zhao immediately put his whole person on the ground, staring straight at the small holes, Liang Chuan said that if you can see the firewood in the hole becoming red, it is charcoal burned.

Because there is not much food, some people often can only eat one or two meals instead of three, this is the case with Yiniang's family, as for Zhaodi, he is usually hungry and used to it, not to mention two meals, even if he can eat one meal every day, he is satisfied.

The sun was setting in the west, the partridges were wailing in the woods, and the evening wind was blowing colder and colder on people. Yi Niang had already cooked rice in the house, and Brother Zhao was still lying on the ground motionless looking at the situation in the charcoal stove.

The smoke from the thatched hut drifted slowly, and the red light from the charcoal stove gradually reflected on Zhaodi's face. Zhao Brother will look at the stove for a while, see how the chicken is burning, and add firewood when the fire is weak, and take care of the fire like a little baby, for fear that the fire will be cold.

"It's time to eat! You're both coming back for dinner. "There was a call from the artist's voice in the room.

"Third brother! Third brother! This charcoal is burning red! Come and see! Brother Zhao saw that the fire in the mud cone had completely burned to the bottom, and hurriedly called Liang Chuan to come over to see what to do. The excited throat provoked the black nose to jump happily.

Liang Chuan sat in the yard watching the sunset, he didn't worry about food and clothing in the past, but he was mediocre every day, and he had to consider all kinds of things in work and life, unlike now, the conditions were extremely difficult, but he could just think about how to eat enough, and there was no other pressure, he could look at the slanting sun with a grass stalk, and watch his wife tease the dog.

Liang Chuan heard the call of his brother Zhao from a distance, got up and patted his ass and went to the charcoal stove, looked at the extent to which the firewood in the furnace was burning, squatted down, and red light shot out from several small holes, reflecting the warmth of the red face, and it was almost possible to seal the furnace.

"Brother Zhao, you take a little mud and seal the hole below and the opening above, the fire will be extinguished in a while, but you have to cool it down, let it be sealed all the time, and we will open it again after eating, you dig out the rich chicken first, we just have dinner!"

"Okay!" Brother Zhao was so happy that he was dancing, and he was finally going to eat this fat chicken! He went and fetched a little water, put out the fire, and then with a stick in his hand, he shoveled it vigorously, first clearing all the soil around the chicken, and the rest of the chicken carefully carried it out. The mud on the outside of the chicken is completely burnt hard, like a round lump of dirt, and there is still steaming on it!

Liang Chuan said to Brother Zhao: "Brother Zhao, take that chicken to the house, we're going to eat!" ”

There was no table in the house, so a wooden pier was used as a dining table, and the three of them tightly surrounded this wooden pier. The big earth lump was placed on it, and the saliva of the younger brother was like a waterfall. Yi Niang brought a bowl of rice to everyone, dry, the same rice without side dishes, and the smell of rice wafted all over the house, which made people's appetite move.

Liang Chuan said that if he still drinks gruel today, he won't be able to taste it. Yi Niang and Zhao Di have tried this way of eating, but meat is always meat, and the taste is wonderful.

The three of them sat with bowls in their hands. Liang Chuan looked at Yi Niang, who was his wife, and then looked at Brother Zhao, the benefactor who couldn't eat his stomach, and sighed with emotion in his heart, and said solemnly: "Today is the first time we eat meat, we want to thank Brother Zhao's pheasant, today is also the first time we burn charcoal, I don't know if the charcoal will be successful, but it will be successful!" Starting today, our days will get better and better, and I will let you live in the biggest room and sleep in the biggest bed! Liang Chuan's tone became more and more passionate, and his gestures exuded a charming domineering spirit.

Yi Niang didn't expect Liang Chuan to say this at all, the tears in her eyes were rolling inexplicably, she just felt that she could eat and sleep well in these three points, where would she expect to live in a big room and sleep in a big bed.

He is his husband, wherever he goes, he will go with him, he sleeps in a thatched house, and he will squeeze with him. Brother Zhao is a hard-working person who no one cares about and no one wants, he has no last meal, where will he think about tomorrow, Liang Chuan and his wife took him in, although Liang Chuan became different from the Liang Chuan he knew, but he didn't think much about it, who was good to him He knew it well, Brother Zhao said: "Third brother, you... This is... , I'll follow you and live in a big house! Sleep in a big bed! Hahaha! ”

Liang Chuan looks like he is excited, he is in a humble room, but he is ambitious! He said to Brother Zhao: "Brother Zhao, you bring a wooden stick here, we will eat chicken!" Brother Zhao rushed out in a hurry, and came back with a thick rod. Liang Chuan took the wooden stick he handed over, and smashed it against the flower chicken, and the mud shell outside cracked in response, split into two, and gently broke it with his hand along the crack, and the mud shell on both sides stuck to the chicken feathers and brought it down at once! "Yi Niang, quick, go get some salt!"

This is called the flower chicken will generally be wrapped with lotus leaves or film, but now it is winter, where do the fresh lotus leaves come from, not to mention any film, the soil method in the field is to treat it with hair, directly wrapped in mud. After baking, even the mud is knocked off, and the chicken feathers are stuck to the root of the yellow mud, and the hairs will be brought down! Because the internal organs are also cleaned, you can eat them directly when you peel them off, and you can also give them to the black nose to eat if you pour water on the internal organs. In this way, the lotus leaf is saved, but the only drawback is that the hygiene is poor, and now you can eat the meat to thank God, and I am afraid of unhygiene, and the age itself is not high in hygiene, and the virus and bacteria are completely incomparable with later generations, so this way of eating is still completely acceptable.

The pheasant was already fat, and the heat rose from the surface of the chicken, and even the hair was not plucked, and the fat under the skin was retained. Liang Chuan gently wiped the surface of the chicken with salt, salt is also a valuable ingredient in this era, the Huangchao Chaos in the Tang Dynasty was made by a salt dealer, the state is very strict in the control of salt, because of the salt chaos, it is not uncommon. But salt is indispensable, in ancient times, it was heavy physical work, without salt, the feet were weak, and the work could not be done, let alone fighting. The crystal white coarse salt was lightly smeared, and the golden grease and snow-white coarse salt contrasted with each other, which was beautiful!

Liang Chuan folded a chicken leg and handed it to Yi Niang and said: "The lady has been taking care of me for months, and it is extremely hard, and there is no way to repay it. Yi Niang wanted to push it back and give the big one to Liang Chuan to eat by herself, but she looked at Liang Chuan's face very resolutely, so she was not polite and put the chicken leg on the rice.

Liang Chuan broke another chicken leg and handed it to Brother Zhao: "Brother Zhao, you saved my life, I can't repay it, but I promise you, today I use your chicken to invite you to eat chicken legs, and you will follow me in the future, I will let you have chicken to eat every day!" ”

Yi Niang looked at Liang Chuan affectionately, she didn't expect Liang Chuan to create such a vigorous career, she had always been silently with Liang Chuan. A woman is a sensual animal, and if you hit the weakest part of her heart, you will conquer her. Brother Zhao was tearful when he heard this, no one would ever be so good to him, like a relative, give him food and live for him, and promise him to eat chicken legs in the future. He took a bite of the fat chicken leg, and the tears couldn't stop flowing, Yi Niang saw him crying, and she cried too, Liang Chuan saw that both of them were crying, and his responsibilities as a man were heavy, and the corners of his eyes were moist unconsciously.