After settling Boss Liu and the others, the first thing Li Xiu did when he returned home was not to find a way to help Boss Liu and them take revenge, but instead plunged into the kitchen to prepare for cooking. That's right, it's just cooking, the meat sent yesterday hasn't been eaten yet, the pig's head and pig's feet haven't been processed, and he asked Boss Liu to buy all kinds of seasonings before, and it's almost a dish.

The pig's head is the most difficult to deal with, so Li Xiu was the first to take the pig's head, the whole pig's head has been cleaned, he used a big knife to split the pig's head in half, and then scalded it with boiling water, then boiled in the pot, boiled until eight minutes cooked, and then fished out, and put it in the cold well water to soak it for later use.

Originally, the pig's head was the best to make a grilled pig's head, at least Li Xiu liked this dish very much, but this dish was too complicated to make and took too long, although Li Xiu liked to eat, but he only knew the general method, and he was not confident that he would make it at one time, so he changed to another method, that is, the garlic pig's head meat, which is spicy and refreshing to eat, and it is not greasy to eat.

The key to garlic pork head meat is to soak it in cold water after cooking, and you have to change the water several times, and finally make the meat white and hard, and cut it with a knife as thin as paper, so that it is delicious to mix with garlic.

Taking advantage of the time to soak the pig's head meat, Li Xiu cut the pig's feet into several pieces, blanched them and added various seasonings to stew, this time they made braised pig's feet, turned to low heat after boiling, and boiled for more than an hour, until the soup was thick and bright, with a bit of gelatinous texture, this was considered a success.

In addition, there was a large piece of meat left in the dumplings yesterday, fat and thin just to make braised pork, and after the three meat dishes were made, Li Xiu fried a mung bean sprouts with high heat, and finally made all the four dishes of three meat and one vegetarian, and then took out the food box and put the four dishes into it, looked outside, it was just close to noon, and then he smiled slightly and walked out of the yard with the food box.

The beginning of winter has passed, today's weather is not very good, there is a thick layer of dark clouds overhead, it seems that it wants snow, the river water in the yellow canal is very clear, but there is a thin layer of ice on the riverside, it seems that it will not be long before the entire river surface will be frozen, it seems that the winter of the Tang Dynasty is earlier than the later generations.

Still under the dead big willow tree, the middle-aged man who was called Ma Ye by Boss Liu held a straight fishing rod, sitting on the bamboo couch and waiting for the fish to take the bait, Li Xiu suddenly had an illusion at this time, now his own is not like a small fish in the river, it seems to be free, but in fact, he can't even control his own fate.

Thinking of the above, Li Xiu suddenly sighed, it seems that what he thought before was a little too simple, but now is not the time to think about this, I saw him walk next to Ma Ye at the moment, and he didn't disturb the other party fishing, just stood there quietly, his expression was also very respectful, after all, if he has a request for someone, he naturally has to show a look of asking for someone, he doesn't think that he has any domineering spirit in him, a shock can make people cry and shout and run up to help.

For Li Xiu's arrival, Ma Ye didn't even look at him, it seems that he is not only strange-tempered, but also a cautious eye, and he is still obsessed with what happened last time, which makes Li Xiu can't help but smile bitterly, it seems that it is not easy to achieve his goal, he can only try his best, and then it depends on the will of God.

Time passed little by little, Li Xiu stood for half an hour, and finally saw that it was noon, Ma Ye squinted at him and said, "Boy, standing next to me for a long time without speaking, what is your intention?" ”

"Hehe, I offended a lot of juniors last time, and I have been feeling very ashamed these days, so I prepared a few side dishes to make amends to Uncle Ma!" This Ma Ye and Li Jing are comrades-in-arms, and they are younger than Li Jing, so Li Xiu naturally called the other party Uncle Ma, and he didn't say a word about asking for help, because how to ask for help is also a skill, and it needs to be done step by step, otherwise it may not be able to reach it quickly.

"Reparations?" Ma Ye glanced at Li Xiu with interest at this time, his sharp eyes seemed to be able to see through people's hearts, and then he suddenly smiled and said, "Isn't it a little late for you to make amends for this crime, and you actually waited for more than half a month to come to make amends, this is a bit unreasonable, should you have something to ask me?" ”

Damn, the person who can go from a house slave to a general is really not a foolish guy! Li Xiu was also shocked when he heard this, but he was silent on the surface, but instead sighed and said with an aggrieved expression: "Uncle Ma, we are also neighbors, you also know the situation in Zhuangzi this year, if you are not afraid of your jokes, the reason why I came to fish that day was because I couldn't find even a grain of grain at home, and the tenants in the Li family Zhuangzi also ate pig food every day, and the children were hungry and wild dogs grabbed food, so the younger generations didn't do anything else for more than half a month, and got up early every day to find a way to improve the lives of the tenants. Finally, it was a little better, and I also had some food and copper coins at home, so I prepared a few small dishes to make amends to Uncle Ma! ”

Li Xiu's face was sincere when he spoke, because what he said was the truth, but he just concealed some details. Ma Ye has also been paying attention to the changes in the expression on Li Xiu's face, and naturally he found nothing, but he still said with some disbelief: "What can you do in more than half a month, and you are still ashamed to improve the lives of tenants, although you only have five tenants, but you also have dozens of mouths, it's not that I underestimate you, it's already God blessing that your tenants don't starve to death this winter!" ”

Hearing Ma Ye's words, Li Xiu was not angry, he didn't even have an excuse, he directly opened the food box, and then took out the dishes inside, the food box was divided into several layers, each layer had a dish, and the top layer was garlic pig's head meat, but Ma Ye smiled dumbly when he saw it: "You are not very sincere in making amends, you actually invited me to eat pig's head, why didn't you order good meat?" ”

Li Xiu found that this surnamed Ma not only had a strange temper and a small heart, but also had a very cheap mouth, but he had a request for others, so he decided to pretend that he didn't hear it, and continued to take out the second dish, this time it was braised pig's feet, although the red ones looked very attractive, but Ma Ye still saw at a glance that this was a pig's feet, and smiled again: "Pig's head and pig's feet, the next dish will not be a pig's tail or a pig's water, right?" ”

Hearing this, Li Xiu really couldn't wait to take out yesterday's pig intestine and stuff it into the other party's mouth, and it was not washed, but if he couldn't bear it, he would make a big plan, so he decided to endure it again and again, and continued to take out the third plate of braised pork, which finally made Ma Ye say to himself with some changes: "This is a little sincere, but this meat smells very fragrant, but I don't know how it tastes?" ”

In the end, Li Xiu took out the fried bean sprouts, and then Ma Ye's eyes finally lit up and said: "This is good, bean sprouts are very sought-after in Chang'an City, and they are usually difficult to buy, but the steward in the house didn't buy them today, I didn't expect you to send a plate!" ”

Ma Ye said that he was not polite to Li Xiu, picked up the chopsticks and ate a few mouthfuls of bean sprouts first, but as soon as the bean sprouts entered his mouth, he immediately praised him loudly, and even said "delicious", the bean sprouts themselves are tender and crispy, and they are delicious when stir-fried, but the chefs of this era in the Tang Dynasty have not yet invented stir-frying, even the chefs in the princess's mansion only cook the bean sprouts and mix them cold, which is naturally not as delicious as Li Xiu's cooking.

After eating a few mouthfuls of bean sprouts in a row, Ma Ye turned his gaze to the meat dish next to him, originally for the powerful, pork is cheap meat, and generally tasteful magnates disdain to eat pork, but Ma Ye was originally born as a domestic slave, and he is a military general, so he doesn't have so much stinky attention, and then he picked up a piece of braised pork and threw it into his mouth, only to feel that this piece of pork is fat but not greasy, soft and glutinous and sweet, which made him widen his eyes again, he didn't expect pork to be so delicious?

Next, he tasted the braised pig's feet and garlic pig's head, and found that they also have their own characteristics, although the four dishes taste different, but they have a common characteristic, that is, they are very delicious, and the practice of these four dishes is also very novel, at least he has never eaten similar dishes, which makes him feel appetizing, and after eating a few large mouthfuls of dishes, he suddenly stretched out his hand to Li Xiuyi and said: "Take it!" ”

"What?" Li Xiu was stunned and didn't understand what Ma Ye wanted, and looked at the other party as a matter of course, as if he wanted something that he should have prepared, but for a while, the two of them looked at each other with big eyes, and neither of them understood what the other party meant.

"Wine!" After a long time, Ma Ye said loudly, since it is to make amends, even the dishes are ready, how can there be no wine, and several dishes are so delicious, so the wine that goes with it must be unusual.

Li Xiu finally reacted when he heard this, not that he deliberately didn't prepare wine, but that he had already made up his mind not to drink anymore, so there was no concept of wine in his mind at all, and it was too late to react at this time, but it was also difficult to **** Xiu, only to deliberately shake his head and sigh at the moment: "Wine is a poison that pierces the intestines, Uncle Ma is better to drink less, and such a delicious dish, the little nephew really can't find a wine that can match it, so he simply didn't prepare!" ”

"! I think you forgot to prepare, or you don't have the money to buy alcohol! This Ma Ye was so difficult to fool him, he guessed the truth of the matter at once, but he didn't get angry, turned his head and took out a small wine jar and a wine bowl from his food box, slapped open the wine seal and poured a bowl of wine, and then put it in front of Li Xiu, and directly picked up the wine jar and poured a few sips and shouted, "Good wine!" Joyfully! ”

was debunked by Ma Ye all at once, Li Xiu also felt a little embarrassed, but his face had already been experienced, and he quickly regained his composure, looked at the bowl of wine in front of him at the moment, then lowered his head and sniffed it, and then showed a disgusted expression.

The wine in the bowl is as amber as amber, it is the oldest rice wine in China, the reason why Li Xiu showed a disgusted expression is not that the rice wine in front of him is not good, but the performance of disgust for Ma Ye, because rice wine generally does not exceed 20 degrees, but looking at the heroic actions and words of the other party when drinking, it is like drinking more than 60 degrees of Erguotou. In later generations, rice wine was combined with Confucian culture, so it was also known as the wine of the literati, of course, women can also drink, like the eight-foot man in front of Ma Ye, drinking rice wine with a heroic face, how to make people feel a little funny.

"Boy, what kind of expression do you have, don't you dislike my wine?" Ma Ye not only had a cheap mouth, but also sharp eyes, and suddenly saw the disgusted expression on Li Xiu's face, and immediately questioned the wine jar.