Chapter 5: Encounters in a Foreign Country
Haifeng was naturally not a place for the ancients to live, and the people who came here were not willing to set foot on this land at all, except for the merchants who bought mountain goods in the local area. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
In Shen Kuohai's opinion, the young man in front of him must have had a problem at home, and he had no choice but to come to this wild place to seek opportunities like him, and he couldn't think of any other reason.
"Long admiration, long admiration! The old man Zhong Wancai has seen Shen Gongzi! Lao Zhong also gave a salute, as an old housekeeper with decades of experience, he naturally had no problem dealing with this kind of occasion, and introduced Zhang Yi next to him: "This is my son-in-law!" ”
"Zhang Yi has seen Brother Shen!" Although there were some doubts about the actions of the fat man in front of him, but they were all fluent in Guanzhong spoken by the Tang people, Zhang Yi also let down his guard in his heart, arched his hand and did not answer his question, but pointed to the crowd behind him and said: "It seems that Brother Shen has gained a lot today, congratulations, shipped to Chang'an, I believe that whether it is fur or dried meat, it can be sold at a good price!" ”
Speaking of business, Shen Kuohai's eyebrows suddenly danced, and the big slap of Pu Fan slapped Zhang Yi's shoulder, and he laughed on his shoulders: "There is not enough money and goods to worry about, why don't we go to my brother's place for a drink today?" “
"Very good! The joy of life is not too long to meet the nectar of the drought, and when you meet your old acquaintance in a foreign land, you should indeed be a big white when you meet Brother Shen today! Zhang Yi did not shirk and followed Shen Kuohai into the carriage generously.
Shen Kuohai's residence is actually a three-in, three-out courtyard by the east gate, the house is not tall, but it is very spacious, because it is conducive to storage, except for a few rooms, the other rooms have been transformed into warehouses, or piled up fur or wind-made dry goods, which seems to be only orderly.
"Brother Zhang, Steward Zhong, please take a seat!" After instructing the account room to deal with the aftermath, Shen Kuohai brought two plates of game and a pot of wine with a smile on his face: "Being in a foreign land, but it is a little shabby, and when I return to Chang'an another day, my brother will definitely go to Luliuzhai to make up for you!" ”
As he spoke, he poured wine into the three thick bowls.
The dish is a good dish, pure natural musk meat, the meat is smooth in the mouth, but the taste is a little unacceptable.
There is salt and tasteless boiling, and the black thing on the meat doesn't know what it is, smelling it is disgusting, and Zhang Yi spit it out after just a few chews!
I can't eat it at all!
Looking at the old Zhong and the fat man Zhang Yi who ate with relish, he knew that he was wrong, not to mention that in this era of the Tang Dynasty, even rich families could not see meat every day, even if it was good for half a month, dare to think about the taste? As for beef and mutton, it is not something that ordinary families can eat at all, not only is it a restriction of status and status, even if you have money, there is nowhere to buy it!
So it's really strange that the taste of meat is not good, Shen Kuohai, didn't you see Lao Zhong seeing the minced meat on the ground that was chewed twice, and the pain in his cheeks?
"But not the right appetite?" Shen Kuohai immediately put down his chopsticks and asked with concern.
It is indeed a bit rude, but it definitely takes a lot of courage to swallow the black piece of meat in front of him into his stomach, and when he thinks of the unknown substance on the meat fermenting in the stomach, and then digesting it with the minced meat into a pile of black and smelly paste, Zhang Yi's face becomes more and more ugly.
The food can taste bad, but you must at least be clean!
Could it be that it is in line with the sentence that if you don't dry up, you won't get sick if you eat it?
With difficulty, he spit out the remnants of his mouth again, and Zhang Yicai said with an embarrassed face: "Brother is really a waste of Brother Zhang's kindness, maybe it is because of the water and soil that he is not accustomed to seeing the delicacies but not being blessed, why don't you make amends for the younger brother's chef to make a dish with the seafood he got in the afternoon?" ”
I really didn't dare to move the chopsticks, so I made up a reason to be unaccustomed and ran towards the kitchen.
Shen Kuohai fell into deep thought for Zhang Yi's explanation, although most people are more or less unaccustomed to the situation, but this situation will definitely not be what Zhang Yi shows now, and the situation that Zhang Yi showed is exactly the first time he ate bran pickles with his subordinates when he first entered the business road.
It was three years ago, and he still clearly remembers that the disgusting expression at that time was exactly the same as Zhang Yi now!
Lao Zhong naturally didn't think of it so much, he was now worried about his young master, but there was a distinguished guest in front of him, but he couldn't leave, so he had to accompany Xiao and pick up the sea bowl and said with a smile: "Thanks to Shen Gongzi's hospitality, the old man will give my young master a cup of honor!" .....”
Seafood is a fresh word, whether it is fish or crab, because it lives in the sea all year round, it has enough salt, the reason why it needs to be put in the ginger shreds, in fact, the main purpose is to better amplify the umami of seafood, so that people can play a beautiful effect in the taste.
I have to say that in a place like Lingnan, it is simply a luxury idea to find a piece of ginger, and after communicating with the Baiyue chef in the kitchen for a long time, Zhang Yi did not get what he wanted, so he had no choice but to clean the sea crab and put it directly in the steamer after dissecting the internal organs.
It's nothing more than a little ginger missing, and a unique fresh aroma comes out as the steamer gets hot.
So a huge sea crab appeared in Zhang Yi's hand, broke off a pincer, bit off the carapace outside, and a piece of crystal-like crab meat slipped into his mouth, and the unique taste of eating seafood in later generations instantly conquered the taste buds.
Seeing the sweetness of Zhang Yi's eating, Baiyue's chef's saliva couldn't help but fall, flowing down his mouth, dragging into a long silk thread, which was particularly eye-catching.
The most uncomfortable others were uncomfortable, and as soon as they threw their hands forward, most of the remaining crabs were thrown into the hands of the cook, and after gesticulating, he ordered him to clean the remaining unsteamed sea crabs, and quickly packed them and took them away, Zhang Yi carried the steamer into the lobby.
"Brother Lao cooks the food himself!" Seeing Zhang Yi coming, Shen Kuohai immediately got up to greet him, stretched out his hand and took the steamer and put it on the table, and said with a smile: "It's just that my brother used this method in order to escape from drinking, and he should be punished for drinking!" ”
For the liquid that faded out of the bird's smell like mash, in addition to a little bit of wine, Zhang Yi felt that its name should be called a drink, and under the stunned gazes of Shen Kuohai and Lao Zhong, a large bowl of wine went into his stomach.
"One more bowl!" The sweet and sour taste made Zhang Yi feel that such a drink was very suitable for him, and in his previous life, he liked to drink some low-alcohol drinks very much, but he didn't expect Datang's wine to be so right.
"Young master, do you want to eat food first to pad your stomach?" Lao Zhong was a little worried about Zhang Yi's body and hurriedly comforted him.