Chapter 39: The Feast (2)
Shen Canglang was reminded by Steward Wang, and Fang felt that he had lost his words.
I saw that the painters and the neighbors on the left and right looked at him with a smile in their eyes.
He peeked at Chen's mother again, and was a little relieved, her face did not show any unhappiness.
Just smiled at him gently.
The uneasiness in his heart was suddenly replaced by ecstasy, and it seemed that Chen's mother agreed.
At this moment, Grandma Wang's eldest son, Wang Da Niu Huodi, got up from the chair and took a large jar of wine to come to him to fight for wine despite Grandma Wang's dissuasion.
An urn-like voice sounded: "Hey, aren't you the second son of Shen Daguan in the capital, do you have the courage to fight with me?"
Shen Canglang was a little annoyed when he saw that he was very rude and had no words, but seeing that he had helped Siyu, he suppressed his anger and said unhappily: "Okay, what is the spelling?"
He is in the capital, others call him the fairy in wine, and he is also very good at drinking, and when he sees someone coming to fight with him, he has a little confidence in his heart.
Steward Wang was busy coming over to persuade him, but was stopped by the butcher Zhang next to him, "Come, brother, look at you fat and strong, we may be peers!" ”
The neighbors were even more coaxed, and the four painters were also very good at drinking, and hearing them come like this, they became even more interested.
At this time, Siyu shouted softly: "It's served, I want to fight wine, eat something and fight again, drink on an empty stomach, it's not good!"
The tense atmosphere between the two just now immediately disappeared with a soft cry from Siyu.
Wang Da Niu's tall and sturdy body, the whole person was like a black iron tower, but the moment Siyu's eyes touched him, he immediately obediently retreated to his seat.
And Shen Canglang saw her smile like a flower, and when she didn't hear what she said just now, she couldn't help but feel a little happy in her heart.
Suddenly, a heart-piercing pain came from his toes, and it turned out that Siyu secretly stepped on him and looked at him angrily.
The eyes were fixed on his face, and flowed through his heart, although he had not drunk, he was drunk.
At this time, several sisters and aunts who helped Siyu had already begun to serve several dishes.
In this first wave, there are a few cold dishes, cold dishes, and hot dishes, which are all common dishes in the countryside, but they are prepared by Siyu, and the taste is very different.
Shen Canglang wanted to stop Siyu, but when he saw her go back to the kitchen full of fireworks, he felt distressed.
Suddenly, a painter shouted, "How do you make this dish, how can I be willing to eat it!"
It turns out that this egg custard is really different.
The most strange thing is that the surface of this egg custard is extremely smooth like a mirror, but that's all, I just drew a picture of a lady with sauce.
Under the even outline of a few strokes, a woman with long hair hanging down her shoulders has a slender figure and a quiet face.
But that's all, what's more amazing is the clever use of the color of egg white and egg yolk, matched into silver and yellow, like the sea water under the moon, which makes people look at it.
A beautiful woman, with silver waves rolling under her feet, how can people be willing to swallow.
As soon as the painter said this, everyone found out that this egg custard, some of which were actually poems and paintings.
At the table with children, I drew some tigers with teeth and claws to suit the situation, and a few drops of sauce were actually lifelike, which means that the children grew up strong.
There are Confucian students who are about to participate in the township examination this year, so they draw some five sons to Dengke, and there are newlywed couples, they draw two mandarin ducks playing in the water, and so on.
Exclamations abounded, although everyone knew that Siyu calligraphy and painting were unique, but it was the first time to see painting on this egg custard, and they praised it one after another.
Shen Canglang felt as sweet as honey in his heart, as if he was really his daughter-in-law who was praised by others.
Seeing him laughing so happily, everyone simply coaxed together: "Since you want to marry Siyu, you know that Siyu is our common daughter, come, come, come, you come to give us a cup!"
When the four painters and Steward Wang heard this, they were dumbfounded, there are not hundreds of guests who came today, but also eighty, such a table and table of respects, Shen Ergongzi, how can he stand it!
But Shen Canglang was extremely arrogant, regardless of the Wang's stewardship, he stood up: "Okay, thank you for the help of the neighbors that day, let my sweetheart Siyu get out of trouble, I will do this cup first!"
Shen Canglang wanted to pick up the glass of wine on the table, but he never expected that the three-dollar wine glass had already been replaced by a large bowl.
And the big bowl is full of a bowl of clear green bamboo leaves.
This time it was Shen Canglang's turn to be dumbfounded, seeing this big bowl, he could only hold it with his two hands.
thought to himself, such a big bowl of bamboo leaf green, if he wanted to drink it himself, he was afraid that he would have to get under the table on the spot.
But how can you take it back when the words have already been spoken?
Steward Wang, when he saw such a big bowl of bamboo leaves, he wanted to toast on his behalf.
However, he made this move. It caused a lot of boos from the neighbors, and during this time, a child made a childish protest, "He is cheating!" ”
It caused a lot of laughter.
Shen Canglang hurriedly pulled Steward Wang aside, picked up the bowl of wine, and said with a smile: "This is my housekeeper, known as Wang Fatzi, his heart is too real, you can rest assured that this bowl of wine, I will not find someone to replace it."
With that, he took the bowl of wine and drank it straight down, and there was not a drop of silk left.
He raised the bowl high and pulled it down, and sure enough, not a drop flowed down, causing a cheer at once.
Zhang Butcher, who was sitting at the bottom, wore a clean robe today, and he was even more sympathetic to seeing that this second son of Shen was so bold.
snatched the wine jar and gave it to himself first, poured a big bowl of wine with a bang, and walked up to Shen Ergongzi: "Shen Ergongzi, I have always known the prestige of your family, originally a family like you, the daughter of our neighbors on Changjie, Chen Siyu, she can't climb high!"
Speaking of which, this man who is usually full of flesh suddenly had tears flashing in his eyes, and his eyes were full of reluctance.
"But seeing you so sincere, we are also very pleased, I only hope that if you marry her, you must treat her well in the future, she is the daughter of all families on our long street!"
This Zhang butcher's words caused all the neighbors to shout in unison: "Yes, he is our daughter, our daughter, we watched her grow from childhood to adulthood, step by step into a big girl!" You've got to treat her well! ”
After he said this, he encouraged all the villagers and neighbors to stand up and toast Shen Ergongzi and said, "These people on our long street will toast you together, and I hope you can treat her well!"
At this time, Shen Canglang realized that almost all the big guys were holding a big sea bowl, and that sea bowl was three times larger than the sea bowl in his hand.
This is almost in time, and I saw that everyone picked up the pot of wine with both hands, and drank it in a few sips, extremely arrogant.
When Siyu saw this scene in the kitchen, her eyes turned red, and Chen's mother next to her hurriedly hugged her and persuaded in a trembling voice: "Girl, isn't a woman willing to win the heart of one person in this life?" Shen Gongzi is good! ”
Siyu's heart was slightly touched, and he thought, that's the son of a cabinet scholar, what about me, can I really like him? I'm as lowly as mud!
At this time, I heard Shen Canglang swear loudly: "Don't worry, I, Shen Canglang, will definitely marry her, and I will never lose her for the rest of my life, I will treat her well!"
After Siyu heard this, she felt very sweet in her heart, turned around and went to the kitchen, turned the spoon up and down, and the dishes were served very quickly.
The Siyu family has never been so generous, and suddenly has such a large sum of silver, and they don't care about inviting the neighbors to a big meal.
There is no shortage of pork, duck and fish meat on the banquet. Siyu burns every dish with great care, and the taste is extremely delicious, which is not inferior to those famous chefs in restaurants outside.
The neighbors are just ordinary people like such extravagant pigs, ducks and fish, and they may not be eaten all year round.
Where is it?
Don't look at that butcher who kills countless pigs all year round, but even he doesn't dare to be so generous.
This made the neighbors open their bellies, and adults and children were all happy to eat.
And those, the painters brought by Shen Canglang, savored every dish, nodded incessantly, and exclaimed, "Oh, the dishes made by your Siyu are really authentic!" ”
The short and fat man said, "I don't think it's inferior to the guests in the capital!"
The tall and slender man took a mouthful of fatty braised pork and put it in his mouth, but he felt that the meat was fragrant, and fat but not greasy, and even the pork skin had a crispy feeling, too, and nodded again and again.
"I think it's just the imperial chef in the palace!"
His words made Shen Canglang even more curious and busy, and he took a bite of beef and put it in his mouth.
He didn't know how Siyu handled the beef, and felt that the beef was layered, soft and delicious, and did not lose its tendons
Salty, sweet, sour and spicy, there is no shortage of everything, too, nodding his head when he eats, but he soon discovered an interesting phenomenon, that is, they all think that these dishes are very well cooked, but Chen's mother shook her head again and again.
"Oh, my family thinks of the rain, and I spoiled this plate of shredded tofu again."
After Shen Canglang heard this, he looked at the hot vermicelli tofu shreds in front of him, and didn't feel anything unusual, he took a bite of fresh and sweet and delicious, the tofu was soft and glutinous, the vermicelli was glutinous, and there was a salty and sweet sauce.
It is said that there should be no defects, but when she heard Mother Chen say this, she asked carefully: "Aunt Chen, this dish is very well cooked, are you too humble, your daughter Siyu is already doing very well."
I heard that Chen's mother said lightly: "This dish, the taste, there is nothing wrong with the plating, but it's a pity that it's the last process."
Shen Canglang was a little stunned.
In his impression, when Chen's mother entered the kitchen just now, she didn't seem to know how to cook, how could she know that this dish still owed a process.
Chen's mother was on the side, and when she saw that his eyes were full of doubts, she smiled: "After this dish of vermicelli tofu shredded is put out of the pot and put on a plate, it must be splashed with hot oil to cover the heat in it. It has already fallen down, it should be this dish served, and it is not a little hot to get its taste! ”