Outside the courtyard of King Ping's Mansion, hundreds of Li clan members drank wine and ate Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and children were lively and festive with firecrackers.

In the main hall, the banquet was deserted.

The prince is not there.

The second lady was quite cold, except for occasionally saying a word or two to General Song, she didn't say much.

The relationship between Li Yu and the second lady's stepmother is average, so naturally she didn't say much.

Zu'er seemed very happy, and it was very rare to be able to spend Chinese New Year's Eve with her father today.

Chu Tianxiu was a little depressed.

The rules of the royal family are strict, and the younger generations should toast the elders. Although the second lady looked at him unpleasantly, he had to follow Li Yu and toast the second lady together.

The palace Chinese New Year's Eve Chinese New Year's Eve rice, the pigs, mutton and fish were abundant, Chu Tianxiu didn't have much appetite, and hastily ate half a bowl, and this Chinese New Year's Eve meal was considered to have been eaten.

He thought about it, and when he returned to Yuyuan, he would get some of his favorite food.

...

After the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, General Song bid farewell to the second lady and the county lord Li Yu, and set off for Jinling City, heading to Yanzhi Mountain day and night.

Chu Tianxiu and Zu'er sent General Song out of the mansion together. What does General Song say is also half of his father-in-law.

The old general Song smiled and said, "Little Hou Ye, the little girl will entrust it to you in the future." She's young and ignorant, so take care of it! Zu'er, after waiting for the big gift, give birth to a big fat boy early. ”

He was extremely satisfied with this "son-in-law".

The name of the little dusk marquis is not very good.

But the family inheritance status of the Dull Mansion is here.

The Dull Marquis Mansion inherited the Chu State, a thousand-year-old princely royal family, which continues to this day.

The background is profound, and there is no family in the Great Chu Dynasty that can compare with it, whether it is the Xiang royal family or the top ten gate valves in Jinling, it is a big difference.

The little daughter of the Song family can follow the county lord Li Yu and marry the little dusk marquis, which is the glory of the Song family.

"Dad~!"

Zu'er is coquettish.

"General Song is at ease, Zu'er is very sensible."

Chu Tianxiu glanced at Zu'er gently, smiled, and the old general Song said: "This little marquis will not let her suffer." ”

The old general Song jumped on his war horse, took a dozen personal soldiers, and ran to the north on a snowy night.

"Dad, be careful on the road!"

Zuer shouted.

"Old General Song, take care!"

Chu Tianxiu stood at the gate of the royal mansion for a long time, staring at Old General Song and the others, and disappeared at the end of Chinese New Year's Eve.

...

Chu Tianxiu and Zu'er sent off the old general Song and returned to the Yu Garden in the palace.

Li Yu and Di'er have also returned.

Back in Yu Garden, Chu Tianxiu suddenly felt a lot more relaxed, this is his territory!

Eating Chinese New Year's Eve dinner with the second lady, she was not happy about her cold face, this New Year's dinner.

"Husband, I see that you seem to have only eaten half a bowl of dinner, and you have to keep watch on Chinese New Year's Eve and stay up until the early morning of tomorrow before you can sleep."

Li Yu asked with some concern, "Why don't you let the dining room bring some dishes?" ”

"On weekdays, there are big fish and meat every day, but this time for the New Year, I feel that the chicken, duck and fish meat in the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is too greasy to eat."

Chu Tianxiu touched his flat belly, suddenly his eyes lit up, and he thought of an idea, "Let's keep the New Year while we barbecue." ”

Anyway, Chinese New Year's Eve has to keep the New Year, there are still two or three hours from the evening to the early morning, there is nothing to do, and the barbecue in the Yu Garden should be used to pass the time.

At night, the ancients had no entertainment.

In Jinling City, except for a very small number of places that are open all night such as green buildings and wine shops, ordinary people can only have wives and children hot kang heads, and sleep as soon as it gets dark.

There is no TV to watch the Spring Festival Gala at all, and there are mobile phones that keep swiping.

If you don't find a way to pass the time, this year's celebration will be difficult.

"Barbecue? What is that? ”

Li Yu said curiously, "Like a hunter entering the mountain, skewer the meat and roast the big meat?" ”

"Almost! However, Uncle Ben likes roasted eggplants and roasted leeks. ”

Chu Tianxiu said: "Zu'er, go to the dining room to get some fresh fruits and vegetables, you don't need too much meat!" Spices, get more. ”

"Okay!"

Zu'er immediately ran excitedly.

Grilled vegetables? Uncle's idea is really peculiar!

Di'er's eyes also lit up.

Chu Tianxiu took Li Yu and Di Er to sweep out a vacant space in the courtyard and set up a bonfire barbecue grill.

The three of them lit a fire.

A pile of wood began to crackle.

It was a bit cold, but it was still warm to bake your hands in front of the campfire.

In less than a stick of incense, Zu'er happily came back with a group of cooks and grandmothers, carrying burdens and some big baskets.

It contains a large number of ingredients, water and wine, salt, vinegar, sauce, sugar, various spices, as well as kettles, retorts and other kitchen utensils.

Followed, and the steward of the dining room, bowed down with a face full of flattery, and greeted Chu Tianxiu respectfully.

Since Chu Tianxiu expanded the greenhouse on a large scale in the Pingwang Mansion, the newly built floor heating room, vegetables, melons and fruits are all in the hands of the uncle.

This steward seems to have one more master, and he has tried his best to please his uncle.

The cooks and grandmothers put down their things, bowed down and left, leaving Yu Garden in a hurry, only the steward stayed.

The steward pondered, several masters of Yu Yuan are people who don't touch the cook, and if they want to do a barbecue, there must be someone to do it.

He volunteered to stay.

Chu Tianxiu rummaged through the basket and found a few round fat eggplants.

He didn't know why, the eggplants of this Da Chu were all round and fat, not the long and thin eggplants of later generations.

There are also a few shallots, garlic, a small bottle of sauce, a bottle of vinegar, a bowl of salt and sugar, a small amount of black pepper, cumin powder.

Then there are star anise, peppercorns, and ginger, which are in a bottle.

It's a pity that the Great Chu Dynasty didn't have such a thing as chili peppers.

Chu Tianxiu feels so miserable!

For him, a person who is not spicy or happy, there is no chili pepper in the dish, which is simply terrible.

Fortunately, there are peppercorns from Shuzhong and peppers transported from the Western Regions, which are slightly spicy.

"There's a little little pepper... Can't you bring more from the dining room? ”

Chu Tianxiu asked strangely.

"Uncle, these are transported from the Western Regions. Merchants in the Western Regions were often robbed by the Huns, and it was intermittent that spices from the Western Regions were difficult to transport. Just such a small jar, which is enough for dozens of taels of silver, is still a reward given to the palace by the palace for festivals. ”

The steward hurriedly explained.

"Forget it, it's going to be used!"

Chu Tianxiu frowned.

"Aunt Xie is considerate!"

The housekeeper finally relieved himself and said flatteringly, "Uncle, what do you want to eat?" The villain is also a good cook, come to help you do it! ”

"Don't move!"

Chu Tianxiu immediately interrupted him.

If you don't do barbecue yourself, what's the point!

Make it yourself, that's the greatest pleasure of barbecue.

"Uncle, today, I'm going to make you a barbecue treasure of the town store - 'garlic grilled eggplant'!"

Chu Tianxiu made the ingredients first, then took two round eggplants, brushed them with oil on the noodles, and roasted them on an iron plate.

When it is tender, cut and cut it with a skillful knife to prevent the soup from flowing out.

Shred the eggplant, then spread with minced garlic, sprinkle with pepper, add sugar, salt and minced fish, grease and grill.

Once roasted and tender, sprinkle chopped green onions and a little oil on the eggplant meat.

"Husband, how can you do anything?"

"Uncle... Can make good food? ”

Li Yu, Zu'er, Di'er, the three daughters all opened their mouths wide, and they were all stunned.

They never thought that Chu Tianxiu would actually be able to cook skills. The gentleman is far away from cooking, and the prince is even more unlikely to touch these!

"Meaningless, I know a lot of things."

Chu Tianxiu was proud.

In his previous life, he often cooked barbecue at home, and this craft is extremely skillful!

If it weren't for the limited props and materials, he would have wanted to make a mandarin duck hot pot directly.

By the way, the person who promised Zu'er that he would cook her a mandarin duck hot pot almost forgot about it.

Wait a minute!

The steward of the dining room is even more eyeballs that are about to bulge.

Spices in eggplant?

Isn't it enough to stir-fry eggplant with just a small amount of salt and oil?

As the top chef in Pingwangfu's cooking, he never thought that he could put so many spices in eggplant.

Garlic, pepper, sugar, salt, minced fish... It's all eggplant condiments!

If he dares to do this, the prince must beat him to death.

Could it be that this is the legendary, extremely mysterious, and most extravagant dish of the Dull Mansion?!

Eggplant, in summer, is a penny and a basket, and there are many in the field that cannot be sold.

Eggplants in the winter are more expensive.

But it's nowhere near as good as pepper and spice, which is more expensive than gold.

When the palace also feasted on festivals and invited guests, it beat elk, bears and leopards in the mountains, and all kinds of delicacies from the mountains and seas, and only then used pepper and other spices to make rare dishes, and suppressed the fishy smell in the meat to entertain guests.

In the homes of the commoners in Jinling City, even salt is in short supply of expensive things, counting the grains of salt one by one to serve the dishes, and don't even think about the spices.

Such expensive spices, sprinkled on a basket of roasted eggplant?

Is this a roasted eggplant, or a silver!

"This..."

The housekeeper stared at the balls, and his little belly and legs were trembling.

Only the Duhou Mansion, the first mansion of the Great Chu, can come up with such a luxurious way to eat roasted eggplant.

Burn silver!

The steward couldn't bear to look at it, and when he heard the sound of the spices "snorting" and exploding on the eggplant, he felt that his calves were cramping.

This is such a superb barbecue skill, he is afraid that he will never have the opportunity to learn it in his life. The palace will definitely not give him a chance, put spices in the eggplant.

Since my uncle can make barbecue by himself, this Yuyuan doesn't have anything to do with him.

The steward was sad, turned around three times, and said goodbye to the county lord and his uncle.

Of course, Chu Tianxiu didn't keep him.

There are only a few eggplants in total, which is not enough points.

Soon, four fragrant garlic roasted eggplants were baked.

"It smells so good!"

Zu'er squatted by the campfire, staring at his uncle roasting garlic and eggplant, his eyes shining, his nose sniffing, and he kept swallowing saliva.

"I've roasted a garlic roasted eggplant and tried my handiwork."

Chu Tianxiu handed a few roasted garlic eggplants to the bowls of the three of them.

Zuer took the bowl, smelled the aroma of eggplant garlic roasting, took a deep breath, and couldn't help but take a sip of eggplant garlic juice.

In a flash!

The soft eggplant and the roasted sweet garlic juice were mixed together, swallowed into the abdomen, and a strange garlic fragrance, sweet but not greasy, fragrant but not oily, penetrated into her heart and lungs.

"Woo~!"

Zu'er was about to cry.

Is this still the eggplant she used to eat, and it doesn't taste at all?

It's a fairy delicacy, a delicacy that can only be enjoyed by people in fairyland!

In her life, she had never eaten such a delicious roasted eggplant. It was much better than any delicacies she had ever eaten in her life.

In comparison, the dishes in the palace are as unpalatable as coarse wood.

No wonder my uncle has never had much appetite in the palace, and he has long disliked the dishes in the palace.

Zu'er eats the fastest.

Yu'er and Di'er were still slowly tasting the taste of this magical garlic eggplant.

She had already pinched the garlic eggplant with her hands, blew the cold hard, and quickly ate a fine one.

Even the eggplant skin was licked clean.

Sucked the two white onion jade fingers clean, and then looked at Chu Tianxiu's bowl with a greedy face... The last garlic eggplant!