Chapter 37: The Gala Dinner
Gao Ye's sheep had already been slaughtered by the cook, but Gao Ye decided not to make roast sheep, mainly because he didn't bring any spices with him when he went out. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Just these two sheep, it is really difficult to hide the pungent smell of mutton without two catties of spices, especially cumin, which is still lying quietly in North Africa and the Mediterranean coast, and I don't know how many years it will take to eat it.
However, Gao Ye's room is indeed different from that of other armies, the biggest difference is that the cooks are all trained by the cooks in Gao Ye's house, and they are no longer those low-level goods who can only cook things, and they are proficient in frying and cooking, and the cooking utensils in the room are naturally complete. Although he is out on weekdays, Gao Ye always eats the same things as everyone else, but as long as he has leisure, Gao Ye still prefers to eat stir-fried vegetables.
So Gao Ye asked two soldiers to carry these two slaughtered fat sheep, and followed him to the room, all of them were cooks from Gao Ye's house, of course they knew Gao Ye's usual hobbies, not to mention anything else, isn't this kind of thing fried by someone else? Therefore, when Gao Ye entered the room, none of the cooks were surprised, but they all stepped forward to salute, took the fat sheep, and prepared to divide them into small pieces.
By the time Cao Cao rushed back from the bazaar, the sun had already begun to set in the west, and Cao Cao not only brought back a hundred catties of burning knives, but also brought back Lao Zhu, who bought wine. Without him, because he took the jade pendant of the high night to buy wine, how could Lao Zhu not come with him to meet the head of the family when he saw it?
When Cao Cao found Gao Ye who was cooking in the room, his jaw almost fell off in shock! "Mingxi, you, you actually cook by yourself?"
"Haha, Brother Meng De, little brother, I like to scratch my mouth the most on weekdays, so ah, it's also a common thing to go to the kitchen." Gao Ye laughed and explained disapprerovingly.
"But, but Mingxi, the sage said that the gentleman is far away from cooking."
"I'm not a gentleman." Gao Ye said with a smile, "The battlefield is like killing people, and you will stay away from the kitchen because you can't see the cattle and sheep being killed?" Self-deception doesn't bring such a thing. ”
"No... Bring? Cao Cao was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help asking, "What does it mean not to bring this?" Is this the dialect of the state? Cao Cao obviously didn't want to argue with Gao Ye about this topic, in fact, he himself felt that what Gao Ye said seemed to be very reasonable, there were countless killings on the battlefield, what are the accumulated military exploits? Isn't it just how many enemies you kill? It seems a bit out of place to discuss the issue of "gentlemen cooking far away" here. So Cao Cao decisively shifted the topic to the statement.
Gao Ye couldn't help but be stunned, and accidentally blurted out the words of the later generations, no wonder Cao Cao didn't understand, but Gao Ye still turned around and explained to him very simply. Then I saw Lao Zhu standing aside. Then he smiled and said, "Old Zhu, why are you here?" ”
Lao Zhu smiled and said: "Lord Cao came to me with your jade pendant to carry wine, how can the old man not come to meet the head of the family?" ”
"Okay, okay, don't be restrained, don't leave since you're here, celebrate with us at night, ah, celebrate together." Gao Ye was talking, adding water to the flour, and he was going to make a noodle meal for everyone to eat in the evening.
Cao Cao saw Gao Ye's cooking happily, and couldn't help but cook with Gao Ye on a whim, but he had never done such a thing, and he was naturally at a loss at first, and he didn't know what to do, but fortunately, he had roasted sheep in the army, so he volunteered to roast a sheep for everyone to taste.
Gao Ye was naturally noncommittal, he didn't have such an idea just now? But because there was no spice, I gave up. Since Cao Cao wants to roast, let him roast it, as for how it tastes in the test, it doesn't matter, when others hear that it is Cao Cao's roasted sheep, even if it is so unpalatable that it can't be eaten anymore, someone will still stretch out their thumbs. At least in Gao Ye, Liu Bei would definitely do it.
Therefore, at the beginning of the banquet that night, the sect member sat at the top, after all, he is now the highest official here, and he is the general who protects the Wuhuan. Before the dish was served, he first brought the wine up, put a jar in front of one person, and the sect member set the tone as soon as he came up, and then talked about the three lords first.
The reputation of burning knives has long been known to everyone in the world, and no one will be as mentally prepared for his intensity as he is for the first time. Everyone was drinking to the end of the glass, even drinking the three lords, and even the high night was nodding. But fortunately, I finally started to serve the food, and I ate a few chopsticks of mutton into my stomach, and finally suppressed the wine.
Everyone drank good wine first, and now there are delicacies that they have never eaten before, and all of them are appetizing, and the atmosphere of the dinner party can't help but become more enthusiastic. Especially after knowing that the sheep was roasted by Cao Cao himself, everyone gave Cao Cao a thumbs up. Even Gao Ye admitted that Cao Cao's roasted sheep was really better than himself.
Since the wine banquet has begun, there is naturally no reason to go cold, especially when you know that there are a lot of burning knives, which is enough for everyone to drink happily, the atmosphere is even more warm. Liu Bei didn't know how much he drank, but he still raised his glass, walked up to Gao Ye and said with a smile: "Captain Gao, this glass of wine, I Liu Bei respects you!" If you hadn't taken me and the three brothers to suppress the thieves that day, we wouldn't have made this meritorious service and waited here for the imperial court to commend you. Come on, do it! ”
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"Today's blessing to Tuo Mingxi, to be able to drink such a beautiful wine, come and come, I also have to give you a bowl!" Sun Jian laughed on the side.
"Okay, Brother Wentai, do it!"
"Haha, Mingxi is really a young hero, and he drinks a lot. I have also heard of Mingxi's prestige in Youzhou, this bowl, I respect Mingxi. The sect member also laughed and laughed.
When Gao Ye heard this, he hurriedly stood up, raised his glass with both hands and said: "Lord Meng's praise, my lord's defense against Wuhuan in Youzhou is even more prestigious, and this cup should be respected by my lord." ”
"Haha, okay, don't push around, come, do it!"
After a lap, Gao Ye didn't know how many glasses he had dried, anyway, the one-pound wine jar in front of him was already empty. Even Zhang Fei came to pay respects to himself, saying that he couldn't even enter the big tent without himself, let alone drink such a good wine, come, do it first.
Gao Ye finally had a new understanding of Zhang Fei's good wine, as Liu Bei's brother, it was naturally difficult for these captains and generals to sit on an equal footing, and Liu Bei saluted them one by one, so naturally he replaced the two brothers and saluted these generals and captains together.
But who made him Zhang Fei and Gao Yeripe? Seeing that everyone had finished saluting Gao Ye and began to praise each other, he held a wine jar and saluted Gao Ye cup by glass, and after three glasses, Gao Ye grabbed his arm and said, "Yide, you are trying to kill me." Gao Ye smiled bitterly.
"Eh, I can't say anything, I respect you." After Zhang Fei finished speaking, he had another drink with Gao Ye, until he was silently pulled back by Guan Yu, and Gao Ye breathed a sigh of relief. With the chef serving a bowl of steaming noodles to each person, Gao Ye can be regarded as recovering from the drunken state, although the dizziness is terrible, but it is serious to eat something quickly, drunk on an empty stomach is the most hurtful, how can a drunkard like Gao Ye not know?
When everyone heard that this noodle was cooked by Gao Ye himself, it was even more jubilant, with the green vegetable leaves, as well as the fat and thin mutton slices, plus the snow-white noodles, everyone saw that their appetizers moved. Every day, I gnaw on the pot and gnaw my teeth to the point that my teeth are about to fall out, and it turns out that the noodles can still be eaten like this!
For a while, no one came to Gao Ye to drink, everyone bowed their heads to eat noodles, and the laughter and laughter almost came to an abrupt end, and for a while only the sound of sucking noodles was left in the big tent. I didn't feel like it was fun, so I finished eating a bowl one by one, slapped the table and shouted for another bowl!
"Mingxi's food, I see, is not inferior to the ancient Yiya!" The sect member urged the cook to put noodles for him, and at the same time praised Gao Ye with a thumbs up.
Gao Ye also drank too much, and the alcohol was on his head, so he naturally didn't care about talking anymore, and laughed: "What is this, that is, the conditions in the barracks are poor, if I have the opportunity to cook a good meal for you, let you know what it means to be delicious." If nothing else, let's just talk about pork to ensure that you enjoy your meal. ”
"Eh, Mingxi, this is wrong, pork is cheap meat, how can it be delicious." The sect member frowned.
"Hehe, don't believe it, just have a chance to try it." Gao Ye smiled, "I promise, I guarantee that you still want to eat again... Eat ......" Gao Ye said, and the whole person lay on the table, and there was no reaction.
The sect member couldn't help laughing and said: "This high night, it turns out that he drank too much, ah, hahahaha, hurry, come on, help him go back to rest." With that, two soldiers hurried in and helped Gao Ye away.
"Come on, come on, let's keep drinking!" The sect member laughed, and the others laughed too, raising their glasses together, and drinking them all in one gulp. A celebratory dinner, knowing that the moon was over in the middle of the day, the generals and generals were drunk and fell on the table one by one, if there were no personal soldiers to carry them back to the big tent, I was afraid that they would have to sleep here like this tonight.
When Gao Ye woke up, it was already the next morning, he didn't remember anything about yesterday, and his last memory was still stuck in the fact that Zhang Fei drank three glasses of wine with him, and he didn't know what he said after he drank too much, and he didn't know how he returned to the camp. As soon as he came out of the big tent, Gao Ye realized that his habit had been defeated by last night's alcohol, no need to ask others, as long as he looked at the sun already overhead, Gao Ye knew that it was probably time for lunch.
As soon as he thought of this, he felt even more hungry, and hurriedly ran to the room to find something to eat. Finally filled his stomach, returned to his camp, only to see that Cao Cao was already here, couldn't help but greet him, by the way to ask him about his intentions, Cao Cao smiled: "I came here to find you, ready to take you to Luoyang City for a walk, you are new to the city, I always want to do my best landlord." ”
When Gao Ye heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, he had long wanted to visit Luoyang City, didn't Cao Cao's proposal fall into the middle of the box? In the barracks, it is natural to wear a helmet and armor, but now that I want to go to the city, I naturally wear ordinary clothes, Gao Ye hurriedly returned the clothes, pulled up Cao Cao and left, and Cao Cao laughed a lot, I didn't expect that Gao Ye, who has always been calm, also has such a childish time!