16. Stay away from the three highs, start with me
After seeing Luoyang City with his own eyes, Guo Peng was an eye-opener.
How else to say that Luoyang is the imperial capital, and Qiaoxian is the county seat.
Ten county towns are not worth a city of Luoyang, the size of Luoyang, the height of the city, the crowding of people, and the number of armored soldiers are all the first time Guo Peng has seen it, which can be described as an eye-opener.
However, traveling to Luoyang is not now, Cao Song is waiting for Guo Peng at home, Guo Peng soon came to Dahonglu Cao Mansion, and Cao Song personally stood at the door to greet Guo Peng.
"Student Guo Peng, meet Da Honglu."
Guo Peng dismounted from afar, walked to the front of Cao Song's mansion, and saluted Cao Song with standard etiquette, although he had already made a marriage with Cao Lan, but now this relationship has not been officially established, and it is difficult to say that he is afraid of his father-in-law.
However, Cao Song was full of worry on his face, and personally stepped forward to hold Guo Peng's hand.
"Xiao Yi, I heard that you met robbers on the road, but were you injured?"
Guo Peng shook his head.
"No, although the thief is fierce, but fortunately, thanks to the effective guard, the captain Zhang Meng is brave, and there is no danger."
Cao Song looked at Zhang Meng, the captain of the guard who was following behind him with an abnormal expression, and a group of guards, and nodded.
"Since Guo Lang is asking for credit for you, then, reward! Come and take them to receive the reward. ”
"Yes."
Immediately someone went with a group of guards to receive the reward.
The guards threw grateful glances at Guo Peng.
"Xiao Yi, I frightened you, I didn't think it through."
"In today's season, this kind of thing often happens, Guo Peng is a man, if he can't meet it, he will draw his sword to fight, that's all, Da Honglu doesn't need to worry."
Cao Song already knew that Guo Peng had shot five people and killed one person, and was deeply surprised by this, and thought of Guo Peng's daring to kick Xu Shao's ass when he was eight years old, and suddenly felt that Xu Shao's evaluation was not just to save his face.
Guo Peng is really brave.
To survive in Luoyang, you need not only wisdom, but also bravery, Guo Peng is full of courage, but also smart, and the future will be a great tool.
As soon as he thought of this, Cao Song appreciated him even more and looked forward to him, so he clenched Guo Peng's hand and said softly: "Xiao Yi, why do you and I need to be so separated? You and my little girl have already made a marriage, we are our own people, and you still don't change your words? ”
Looking at Cao Song's earnest eyes, Guo Peng showed a gentle smile.
"Son-in-law to see my father-in-law."
"Hey! That's right! Hahaha! ”
Cao Song's face was full of happiness, and he took Guo Peng's hand affectionately and took him to the inner hall, Cao Song's wife Ding was waiting in the inner hall, and when she saw Cao Song pulling Guo Peng in, she immediately greeted him with a smile.
"Xiao Yi, you are here, your father-in-law and I are looking forward to the stars and the moon, but we are looking forward to you! I heard that you were robbed, but it scared the hell out of me, are you okay? ”
Guo Peng immediately stepped forward to salute.
"My son-in-law visits my mother-in-law, please rest assured that Xiao Yi is fine."
"Hey! It's good to have nothing to do! It's good to have nothing to do! ”
Ding's face was full of happy expressions, and he also stepped forward to take Guo Peng's hand, and greeted him with warmth, making Guo Peng remember the love he had for himself before his biological mother died, which was real love.
Since the relationship has been opened, it is his own person, and Cao Song feels that his family can recruit a son of the scholar clan as a son-in-law.
He had already shown off in his circle of friends in the capital, but today he called him to his home to pick up Guo Peng's wind and dust together, and Cao Chi was the only one.
Cao Chi came to Cao Song's mansion about half an hour after Guo Peng's arrival, and when he saw Guo Peng, he came up cheekily and shouted "niece and son-in-law", and he insisted on asking for the title of "uncle" from Guo Peng's mouth, and he looked extremely happy.
Then there was a sumptuous reception banquet, but there were only four people who participated in the banquet, Cao Song and his wife brought one Cao Chi and one Guo Peng.
Cao Song and his wife sat at the top by themselves, and then Guo Peng and Cao Chi sat on the left and right sides of the head respectively, with a single table and a single table, and many ingredients were not seen by Guo Peng in Qian County.
"Xiao Yi, even if you eat, you must be tired after traveling for so long, eat more."
Cao Song personally walked down to pick up vegetables for Guo Peng, Guo Peng was flattered, and hurriedly said that he couldn't help Cao Song up, poured wine for him and Ding, and then poured wine for Cao Chi, which was a little etiquette for the younger generation.
They admired Guo Peng's background, and Guo Peng could not be proud of it.
After eating some things slightly, Cao Song kept asking his subordinates to bring Guo Peng some fresh things, all of which could not be eaten in Qian County.
But to be honest, Guo Peng has eaten enough of these steamed or boiled or roasted foods.
There is no iron pot, no stir-frying, not so many seasonings, the food of this period is said to be exquisite, but naturally it cannot be compared with modern times, and there are not many ways to season and remove the fish, the seasoning is basically only salt and sauce, and the cooking technology is too poor compared with the Song Dynasty.
This is not something that ordinary people can enjoy, ordinary people often can't even eat salt, so they do everything possible to save salt.
During this period, people's tastes were outrageously light, and Guo Peng, a heavy taste person who likes thick oil red sauce, regretted that he was sad for a long time, and hated that he was not reborn in the Song Dynasty or the Ming Dynasty.
But it's okay, less salt and less oil, you can't gain weight, you won't get high blood pressure, as for sugar, ordinary people don't want to eat it for the rest of their lives, Guo Peng's family is not too rich, and I haven't seen a few pieces of starch sugar.
Healthy life, green diet, stay away from the three highs, start with me.
He is not interested in stir-frying in an iron pot, and he is not interested in making all kinds of seasonings to enrich his appetite.
In the troubled times when the mountain rain is about to come, he can't afford to have the dream of relying on the iron pot to stir-fry vegetables and eat them freshly, and the entire economic environment does not allow him to do so.
Open a restaurant?
The big head soldier crossed the border and demolished your restaurant in minutes, and went back to burn it as firewood.
He would rather put these efforts on reading, practicing calligraphy and martial arts.
As for the appetite, then eat a little, at most sometimes it is really a bird in the mouth, then get a chicken or something, get some salt to taste, get some ginger and garlic to remove the fish, and then the mud is wrapped and roasted, called flower chicken, which is worthy of its own five internal organs.
Nowadays, eating these local specialties of Luoyang, as well as the tribute specialties from other remote places that are said to be brought from the palace, it tastes a little tasty, not to mention anything else, the food in Cao Song's house is at least enough in terms of saltiness.
But to put it bluntly, there is no iron pot, and the cooking tools are basically clay pots and the like, and what is made is some soup and water, and he would rather eat a bowl of wheat rice than eat this.
But the old father-in-law and the mother-in-law give a banquet, and they must eat very sweetly, and the more they eat, the sweeter they are, and the happier they are, which also meets their expectations.
So Guo Peng ate it very sweetly, although he ate a lot, but he ate very elegantly.
And whether to say it or not, the taste of a steamed venison and a steamed fish with sauce is really good, the seasoning is very good, Guo Peng has eaten all these two dishes, and there is nothing left.
As for the steamed mutton, to be honest, the smell is really too strong, and there is not much pepper, Guo Peng really can't stand it.
Cao Song and Ding looked at each other and smiled, and wrote down what Guo Peng liked to eat, it turned out that the steamed venison and fish meat were the most in line with Guo Peng's appetite, and the mutton didn't like it, okay, remember.