Chapter 12 (53) Fish Chest

The wine shop is not large, only one and a half doors, with seven or eight long and short tables. The hall was a little gloomy, an oil lamp was lit on the counter against the wall, and a man wearing a scribe's scarf and a blue cloth robe gathered under the lamp, holding an account book or something like that in one hand, and a bald pen in the other, shaking his head and pouting and sighing with a sad face, and he didn't even glance at Tian Xiu when they entered the door. Until the guy sang and shouted, "Old guest, two by one!" Hot soup and hot towels are here one by one! Only then did he raise his head, staring back and forth.

Suddenly, the sad look on the shopkeeper's face changed to enthusiasm. He immediately put down the account book in his hand, walked out from behind the counter, wiped his hands vigorously on his clothes as he walked, grabbed the threshold in three steps and two steps, took the dust whisk in the hands of the guy and first helped Wang Shaoqing sweep the dust on his body, brushed his shoulders and sleeves, brushed the front placket and swept the back clothes, and waited for Wang Shaoqing to stomp his feet and beat the soil on the upper of his shoes with a dry cloth, and then turned around to help Tian Xiu. How could Tian Xiu let him help with such a thing, he turned to the side and avoided the past, stretched out his hand and said, "Dust me!" I'll do it myself! ”

Only then did the shopkeeper realize that this seven-grade official was actually a fake son, and he had said a lot of pleasing words countless times, and when he got into his stomach, he was stunned for a moment, and his face changed to a cramped and uneasy look, rubbing his hands and saying, "...... Ah, how good is that! The door-to-door are all guests, how can adults do this little thing? When it is spread out, others will definitely say that it is not my family's! He said it nicely, but he still didn't reach out to help. The words were said to Tian Xiu, but a pair of eyes looked at Wang Shaoqing, and said, "Two adults, please inside." Do you want a private room one by one? ”

"You still have Accord here?" Wang Shaoqing was stunned. He saw very clearly on the street, although this wine shop is a two-story arrangement on the first floor and one bottom, but the height of the upper floor is very limited, not to mention the low cornices, and there are no carved mullions on several windows. He glanced into the hall, and borrowed the light of the lamp on the counter, and then he saw two places on the right side that were covered by cotton curtains, and it seemed that behind the cotton curtains were the private rooms that the shopkeeper had mentioned. He pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "Forget it." The sky is not good, and the private room must be dark, and it is not as bright as the outside. He turned around and asked Tian Xiu, "What does Lord Tian mean?" ”

Tian Xiu handed the dust to the shopkeeper and said, "Just outside." ”

The two of them picked a table and sat down in a slightly inner place, washed their hands and faces with the hot water sent by the wine shop, and each held a hot tea soup to slowly relieve their fatigue, and there was a gossip in their mouths. There are no other guests in the wine shop, two or three big guys, you come and go, in the blink of an eye, I will send four-colored fruits and four-color preserved fruits, and the enthusiastic shopkeeper put two oil lamps in the lamp niches on the walls on both sides, and helped them fill the tea soup, then asked with a smile: "Two adults, what do you want to eat and drink?" ”

"Two meat and two vegetables, the soup is casual." Wang Shaoqing took a sip of tea soup and said casually, "Do you have any good wine dishes?" ”

“…… There is a fish belly. ”

Wang Shaoqing frowned and looked left and right. Fish belly is a raw fish with the head and tail removed, cut into thin slices or thin strips, and then dipped in ginger, garlic sauce, mustard, coriander, sauce, orange peel and salt to make a sauce. But there are many more that are not done well. The trick of this dish is that the fish fillet should not be too thick, and the second is that the miso must be delicious, otherwise, if you can't suppress the fishy smell of the raw fish, it will really be called a dish that spoils the table. Looking at the volume pattern of this wine shop, he couldn't see where there was the atmosphere of "maid Jinpan carp".

The shopkeeper saw his hesitation, and immediately said, "Please also try the 'wisp flying crystal' of the small shop." Don't hide it from adults, the name of my shop's 'Wisp Fei' is because of this 'Wisp Fei Crystal'. Then he took his eyes and looked at Tian Xiu. He is a person who opens the door to do business, what kind of person has he never seen, Wang Shaoqing is already an old person, he is resolute, it is difficult to impress with just a few words, and he only expects Tian Xiu to help this "little favor".

Wang Shaoqing was still silent, and Tian Xiu said: "Then serve a small dish first, let's taste it first." "She is used to living a budget-conscious life, and she is a woman, and she is not afraid of others saying that she is stingy. She thought that a small plate of fish tartilla was not worth a few, and if it was delicious, it would be delicious, but if it was not delicious, then she would just put a few coins to make money; Thinking about it, Wang Shaoqing won't say anything. As she spoke, she suddenly remembered something and couldn't help but smile and shake her head.

The shopkeeper naturally didn't know what she was laughing at. Seeing that Wang Shaoqing did not object, the shopkeeper's eyes immediately narrowed into a slit with a smile, clapped his hands and said, "Okay, I'll go and cut the fish fillet myself!" ”

Tian Xiu saw that Wang Shaoqing had some smiles on the corner of his mouth, tilted his head and stared at the empty street, he knew that he had a mind about shaking his head and laughing just now, and hurriedly said: "A few days ago, it was the night before we went to Xiaoluoyi, and the Shangguan General of the Liyuan Battalion held a banquet to entertain Princess Changsha and Uncle Yingxian. The Linyuan Pavilion where the banquet was set up also had a dish of fish belly, called 'crystal belly', one by one, this dish Lord Wang must know. This is a famous dish in the East Market, and anyone who goes to Linyuan Pavilion must order it, but Uncle Ying didn't taste a bite......

Having said this, the unhappiness in Wang Shaoqing's heart had long disappeared without a trace, and he asked, "Uncle Ying didn't eat a bite?" I really can't figure out what that is. ”

Ying Bo said that it was the doctor's advice to avoid tongues. He has an eye disease, and whenever the seasons change in autumn and winter, he must avoid all kinds of spicy and fishy food. As a result, he almost didn't eat a single bite of the table full of wine and food that night, watching others feast, holding the bread and sighing shortly. ”

Wang Shaoqing raised his face and laughed, applauded and said, "He should have such retribution!" He ordered us to run back and forth, just as he taught him wine and delicacies, but he couldn't satisfy his appetite! And he said, "What about then?" Did he follow the doctor's instructions? ”

"I still picked up a few chopsticks." Tian Xiu said with a smile. That night, she and Shangguan Rui both said that they would invite Shang Cheng to eat and drink, but the host ate happily, but the guests couldn't touch the meat, and things in the world are so coincidental! Especially when Shang Cheng mixed lettuce with salt, he took a bite of the bread and swallowed a mouthful of lettuce and glared at several people angrily, and the gritted teeth and indignant look made her especially memorable. When the shopkeeper mentioned the fish sauce just now, she immediately recalled the situation at that time, and she couldn't help laughing......

Wang Shaoqing said: "The last time I asked him how to make the Heavenly Observatory, I saw him once in Ying Bo's Zhuangzi, and he was a very hearty person. It's a pity...... "It's a pity, he just skimmed the topic." Maybe it's a pity that Shang Cheng broke his appearance, or maybe it's a pity that he has all his skills, but he can only sit in shackles and spend his time in vain...... Shaking his head slightly, he added, "That's right! One by one, Lord Tian, I have seen Uncle Ying's resume in the newspaper, and the few words are unknown, I wonder if Lord Tian can know Uncle Ying's past story? According to the Di newspaper, it has only been three or five years since he has been a soldier on food. ”

Tian Xiu lowered her eyes and fell silent. After a long time, she said faintly: "You can know one or two by looking at his current appearance: it is all his meritorious lord Lu who fought for his life on the battlefield and earned it with a knife and a gun." ”