Chapter 20 The Prince Doesn't Eat Pork
Zheng Butcher Zheng Xiang is a hardworking and capable person.
Although he kills pigs with knives every day, he does not have a trace of murderous spirit on his body, and he is not filial piety, but also very righteous.
His daily work is simple, buy pigs, kill pigs, and sell meat.
He is the only one who sells pork in the vegetable market, but the business is not good, because the people of Chang'an rarely eat pork.
People say that if a pig looks ugly, it will become ugly if it eats its meat!
It's just nonsense!
I eat pork every day, have I become ugly!
Although I wasn't good-looking.
However, he was ready to change careers.
There are several mouths in the family waiting for dinner, and they can't make money, so they have to drink the northwest wind.
Today was the last pig he sold, and when he sold all the meat, he went to sell mutton.
Lao Wang in the stall next door can kill three sheep a day, and he can sell them all before dark, so happy that his big mouth is almost grinning to the back of his head.
The mutton stand was overcrowded, and his pork stand was deserted.
Without contrast, there is no harm.
No one buys pork anyway, and at this moment, he is napping on the stall.
"How much pork do you have?"
The sound is familiar.
Zheng Xiang looked up, wasn't the person in front of him the one who came to buy pork yesterday, he bought dozens of catties yesterday, and he ate it so quickly?
That's right, it's Rifle.
"I want four trotters, one hind leg, two ears......"
"Do you want to sacrifice at home, so much at once?" Zheng Xiang rarely squeezed out a smile on his face.
Laifu shook his head, "There are two distinguished guests at home today, my young master wants to invite them to a pork dinner, don't say, your pork is really good, my master and young master like to eat it." ”
Last night, when Gao Erniang was practicing in the kitchen, Laifu sat next to him like a dog, and he didn't eat less, and he also liked the taste of pork.
After last night, he had a new dream in life: to eat pork every day.
Although Zheng Xiang was a little confused, his mood was much more relaxed.
Don't all big families scoff at pork? Their family actually loves pork?
At first glance, they are very tasteful people. Alas...... If only every household in Chang'an City was so tasteful.
Put the pork in the back basket, and Laifu did not forget to instruct: "I may come back tomorrow, no, it is estimated that I will have to come to buy your pork every day in the future, you keep it for me, if you can't buy it, you will be beaten to death by the second young master when you go back." ”
Zheng Xiang said with a bitter face: "I'm really sorry, tomorrow, I will change my career and stop selling pork." ”
"Why?"
"You know, very few people want to eat pork......"
Zheng Xiang is one of the people who has been defeated by the cruel reality, even if his pig-killing skills are the best in Chang'an City.
No one eats it, what can be done.
Laifu didn't think so.
You see that I came to Fu, I was originally just a small guy who couldn't be ranked in the Suguo Mansion, but now I can't hang out in front of the grandfather and the young master every day, and I have become a senior servant, and the housekeeper Cheng Dong looks at me differently than before.
Therefore, when encountering a noble person like the second young master, the reality is not terrible at all.
"Lao Zheng, you must change your career, within three days, there will be a lot of people rushing to buy pork, listen to a brother, yes!"
After speaking, Laifu happily left with a large basket of pork on his back.
I went to the kitchen tonight to wait, Gao Erniang was already enchanted and would definitely continue to practice cooking, so he deliberately bought more.
It's fun to be able to eat fragrant pork.
After Laifu handed over the ingredients to Gao Erniang, Gao Erniang began to get busy again, learning from the second young master, washing and blanching the ribs......
She started her new career as a chef.
Unconsciously, she actually fell in love with cooking, and sighed again and again while cooking, the second young master is really a celestial!
There are two nobles here today, but they have to cook the dishes well, and they must not let the second young master lose face.
The stew in the pot gurgled, and Gao Erniang felt a sense of accomplishment.
She even snuck a piece on the sly.
When you bite into it, your mouth is full of oil.
One word, incense! Two words, it's so fragrant!
Today's dishes are almost all pork, which was specially ordered by the second young master.
The second young master said that now is the time for the Li brothers to grow their bodies, and they should eat more meat to supplement their nutrition.
The dishes of the Cheng family are very distinctive, not on plates, but directly in pots.
Just when Li Chengqian and Li Ke were secretly amazed at the new-style round dining table, pots of pork were served.
Pig's trotter soup, stewed winter melon with pork ribs, stir-fried meat with chili, cucumber mixed with pork ears......
Cheng Chuliang asked people to bring water, let the two wash their hands, and said: "Our family doesn't like to divide the meal, we all eat together, and there are many people who eat fragrantly, don't mind the prince and the king of Shu." ”
Li Chengqian, who has eaten all the delicacies in the world, smelled the fragrance of the vegetables, and they didn't have the heart to take care of Cheng Chuliang, looking at the dining table, they couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
"What kind of meat is this?"
"Pork!"
"Bold Cheng Chuliang, what the people don't eat, you actually let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Lord of Shu eat, what kind of crime should you be guilty of!"
Li Chengqian's attendant eunuch Lu Jin stayed behind Li Chengqian and didn't speak, like a dead man, but this opening startled Cheng Chuliang a lot.
Malegobi, why are you talking so loudly, you want to die!
This is the second time Cheng Chuliang has seen a live eunuch, except that he has no beard on his face and no third leg underneath, and his appearance is not much different from that of the masters.
As soon as he heard that it was pork, Li Chengqian's expression changed instantly, with a look of disgust, although he didn't speak, the meaning was very clear, this palace doesn't eat pork!
Cheng Chuliang was too lazy to take care of them, so he took care of himself and served a bowl of pork ribs and ate them with relish.
Gao Erniang is very talented as a chef, go back and teach her a few dishes to fully tap her potential, and in the future, my brother will not have to cook and smell the fumes himself.
Li Ke saw that Cheng Chuliang was eating with a mouth full of oil, and couldn't help but swallow a few mouthfuls of saliva, he couldn't bear it anymore, learned from Cheng Chuliang's appearance, scooped up a piece, and tried to eat it.
Then, he never stopped.
"Big brother, this pork is delicious, you can try it too."
Cheng Chuliang said angrily: "How is it compared to your family's imperial kitchen?" ”
Li Ke was too embarrassed to speak again, and buried his head in nibbling on the pig's trotters in his hands.
Cheng Chuliang, this kid is very bad, is it necessary to ask such a boring question, that is, your food is delicious, otherwise you dare to slap this king in the face, this king must make you look good.
Li Chengqian was very entangled.
To eat, or not to eat?
This is pork, ordinary people don't eat it, as a prince, how can he eat such a cheap thing.
However, seeing that the third brother and Cheng Chuliang are eating so well, even if Cheng Chuliang is pretending, his third brother is an honest person, and it is impossible to play this palace.
Would you like to try it?
Is that dead eunuch Lu Jin a fool, can't he see that this king has the urge to taste it, and he is still pestle like a wood, he really has no eyesight at all!
No one gave him a step, so he had to find his own steps.
To be a prince to do this, it's really a fucking discount.
Li Chengqian coughed lightly a few times and picked up the bowl by himself.
Lu Jin not only didn't hurry forward to serve him, but stopped him and said: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, you can't eat this cheap thing, not to mention the ugly appearance of pigs, it's good to eat and be lazy, and it is said that if you eat pork, you will become like a pig." ”
Li Ke and Cheng Chuliang, who were eating pork, glared angrily.
Malegobi, you will become a pig, your whole family is a pig!
Li Chengqian was also angry, "The third brother can eat, and he can eat everywhere, why can't this palace eat!" ”
Lu Jin's face turned green, this is over, and the three bigwigs in front of him are all offended.
I am wronged, isn't it all for the sake of the prince?
Li Chengqian had already filled himself a bowl and was about to eat it, but he was stopped by Lu Jin again.
"His Royal Highness the Prince, slave maid taste it first!"
"Get out!"
Cheng Chuliang can see that he is also Li Shimin's son, but the eldest grandson is different.
When Li Ke ate just now, he didn't see this dead eunuch trying to test poison for him.