Since Liu Xu worshipped Kou Zhun as his teacher, when Kou Zhun was not busy, he would call Liu Xu over and give him some instructions on how to behave in the world. Fortunately, Kou Zhun didn't ask Liu Xu to go to the study exam, most of the time he asked Liu Xu to chat together, and sometimes asked Liu Xu to express his opinion on something, Kou Zhun mentioned it again, Liu Xu was very relaxed. Although Kou Zhun is in a high position, he is really approachable and easy-going, and Liu Xu is also very willing to learn some experience from him. Kou Zhun has never had a child, and he came to Qingzhou alone to take up his post, without bringing his family, after several contacts, he admired Liu Xu very much, so he treated him as a nephew and gave careful guidance.

Of course, sometimes Kou Zhun will also sigh that Liu Xu has unique insights, and he may be able to achieve great talents in the future, and it is a pity not to study for scientific examinations. Although Kou Zhun was also able to recommend Liu Xu to the imperial court through recommendation, he was not a literati official from the Great Song Dynasty who was born in the scientific examination, and he was not orthodox after all. Liu Xu didn't care about this, anyway, he didn't think that one day he would be in the temple. Fortunately, although Kou Zhun felt sorry, he knew that Liu Xu had no intention of studying for the scientific examination, so he did not force him to study and study.

Liu Xu has been very busy recently, not only to learn from Kou Zhun, but also to go to his father-in-law to learn martial arts. Sometimes I go to the winery for some guidance, and occasionally I need to go to the county school to show up, after all, I am still the scholar of the county school, and Lin Tinghua attaches great importance to himself, and he can't be too faceless. In short, Liu Xu's life is very busy and fulfilling now.

Liu Xu worships Kou Zhun as a teacher, but few people know, but Liu Xu naturally can't help but tell Xu Jin'er. Xu Jin'er was happy to hear that Liu Xu worshiped Lord Zhizhou as a teacher, and Xu Jin'er, who had already given up on Liu Xu's study and scientific research, couldn't help but rekindle a little. However, when Liu Xu told her that she had rejected Kou Zhun's kindness in sponsoring him to participate in the exam, and just followed Kou Zhun to learn some ways to deal with the world, Xu Jin'er couldn't help but be a little annoyed, and Liu Xu was beaten up at herself. The person who was sent to the door was the same, Xu Jin'er couldn't be angry, she was looking forward to getting ahead all day long! However, Xu Jin'er was a little wronged by Liu Xu, and he hated to be a good person, but at his own level, even if he participated in the exam, the examiner wanted to release the water, and it was difficult to win himself.

Liu Xu now learns martial arts with Xu Yanxin every day in the Xu Martial Arts Hall. However, learning martial arts requires laying a foundation from an early age, and Liu Xu studied halfway, and his progress was very slow, and he did half the work. Fortunately, Liu Xu doesn't want to learn much martial arts, he can boil his body, and just learn some self-defense skills by the way.

Every time he learns some skills from Xu Yanxin, Liu Xu will find Xu Jin'er to practice. Although Liu Xu came to the martial arts hall every day to mingle, he was very familiar with Xu Yan's disciples, and he was even more embarrassed every day with Ning Hao, a bad friend, but when it was time to practice, Liu Xu would go to Xu Jin'er. Although he was always abused by Xu Jin'er, Liu Xu was reluctant to practice against those rough guys in the martial arts hall. Those guys always hurt when they hit themselves with their legs and feet, but Xu Jin'er's powder fist will always stay on him. Besides, when he practiced with Xu Jiner, he could always rub some oil and make some cheap, and Liu Xu was always happy to do it. Liu Xu, who has settled down in life, has regained his witty, clever, and slightly frivolous surname. Although Xu Jiner can always beat Liu Xu in the dark every time she practices, in the end, it is Liu Xu who always makes a bargain. However, although Liu Xu has some playful elements every time he trains with Xu Jin'er, his ability to resist hitting and his reaction speed have really improved a lot.

The calm and comfortable life made Liu Xu sincerely fall in love with the life of the Great Song Dynasty.

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Liu Xu has always wanted to show his stir-fry to Cui Ye, but he has never had the opportunity.

Now that he has nothing to do, Liu Xu decided to invite Cui Ye and Wang Zeng to his home to try his craft.

Liu Xu and Xu Jin'er went to Dongguan Vegetable Market to buy the vegetables, meat and condiments they needed, and when they got home, they started to work.

Now Xu Jin'er is under the influence and guidance of Liu Xu, and her cooking skills have also been greatly improved. Originally, Xu Jin'er wanted to give Cui Ye and Wang Zeng a hand today, but Liu Xu had other plans today. He has been thinking about how to fool Cui Ye into opening a restaurant with him again, so that he can account for half of his shares with this stir-fry skill, so Liu Xu decided to personally show him a hand today, shock him, and strive to fool this matter today. As for the work of choosing vegetables and changing knives, it was naturally arranged for Xu Jin'er. Not to mention, people who have practiced kung fu are very good at cutting vegetables, and the dishes that have been changed by Xu Jin'er are the same width and width, and the thickness is average, which is very beautiful. Although Xu Jin'er was reluctant in every way, after Liu Xu's flickering, Xu Jin'er happily went to choose vegetables and change the knife. This also made Liu Xu a little impressed by his foolish kung fu.

In later generations, as an authentic Shandong native and an authentic foodie, Liu Xu still has a certain understanding of Lu cuisine, and he can cook a lot of Lu cuisine. Today, Liu Xu decided to make sweet and sour carp, Sixi meatballs, Jiuzhuan large intestine, braised pork, which are his own hard dishes, which are also famous classic Lu dishes in later generations, and then stir-fry a few fresh vegetables. I believe that Cui Ye and Wang Zeng, who are Qilu people, will definitely be able to satisfy their appetite for these classic Lu dishes.

Originally, Liu Xu would have many dishes, but the variety of ingredients and ingredients in Da Song was limited, and now he can only sit a few of the best ones. Half of the classic dishes of Shandong cuisine are seafood dishes, but although Qingzhou is not far from the seaside, it is difficult to eat seafood in Qingzhou with the current transportation and storage conditions. However, Liu Xu is confident that these new dishes that have never appeared in the Great Song Dynasty before will definitely impress Cui Ye.

Although these dishes are not difficult to make, it also takes some time, and Liu Xu is also busy immediately.

It was almost noon, when Liu Xu's last dish, vinegared cabbage (cabbage), came out of the pot, Cui Ye and Wang Zeng came with a meal.

Xu Jin'er brought the specialty dishes made by Chef Liu himself to the table one by one.

Now Liu Xu and Cui Ye's winery has a lot of income, although they still live in the former courtyard, but the furniture is purchased at home, which is not as shabby as when Cui Ye and Wang Zeng came before.

Everyone sat down, and Xu Jin'er was also called by Cui Ye to sit down, anyway, there were no outsiders, just the three of them, and they didn't pay so much attention to it.

Liu Xu opened a jar of soju, served it to Cui Ye and Wang Zeng, and invited the two to taste their own craftsmanship.

Cui Ye and Wang Zeng couldn't help but hesitate when they saw that the table was full of dishes that they had never seen before. The appearance of Sixi meatballs and braised pork looks acceptable, but the sweet and sour carp is drenched with a layer of black I don't know what it is, and the nine-turn large intestine looks even more greasy, okay, these meats are reluctantly acceptable with oil. After all, since ancient times, nobles have fried lambs and pigs in butter in spring; fried pheasants and dried fish in dog oil in summer; frying veals and fawns in lard in autumn; In winter, it is eaten with mutton fat fried fresh fish and wild geese. But even those greens are like oil, can you eat this? The two hesitated for a while, and were reluctant to put down the chopsticks. After all, in their cognition, most of the vegetables are boiled and eaten, and they should be in the shape of clear soup and little water, and there should be no oil.

Cui Ye hesitated for a moment, and asked astringently: "Second brother, inside the plate of mushroom rape, it looks oily, is it oil?" ”

Liu Xu said: "Exactly, this plate of fried rape with shiitake mushrooms is fried in soybean oil. In fact, Liu Xu's later generations liked to use peanut oil to fry vegetables, but unfortunately there is no peanut oil in the Great Song Dynasty today. The vegetable oil on the market in the Great Song Dynasty has sesame oil, soybean oil, vegetable oil and tea oil, but at this time, vegetable oil has not been eaten by the people of the Great Song Dynasty, but is mainly used for lighting, and is also used for lubrication, pharmaceutical, papermaking, lacquer, wax making, etc.

Wang Zeng heard Liu Xu say that the green vegetables were fried with soybean oil, and he couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Second brother, put soybean oil in this dish?" Can you eat this soybean oil? ”

Liu Xu smiled: "You will know if you have tasted it!" After speaking, Liu Xu didn't wait for them, and ate with chopsticks first.

Liu Xu saw that he didn't demonstrate that this dish could be eaten, they really didn't dare to put down chopsticks, Xu Jin'er also followed the chopsticks, she had already tasted the stir-fry many times, and she would not hesitate.

Cui Ye and Wang Zeng saw Liu Xu eating as if it was delicious, and immediately hesitated and stretched out their chopsticks. The chopsticks of the two of them invariably stretched out to the four happy balls, because they found that the dishes on the table were not so greasy. The two of them each took a piece from the ball, put it in their mouths and chewed it.

When the two tasted it, they were immediately full of praise. Without waiting for Liu Xu to persuade the dishes, the two of them, who were originally a little resistant to the dishes on the table, had already put off their chopsticks and picked up the other dishes and sent them to their mouths.

When the two of them tasted each other, the two of them shouted that they were delicious, and they immediately ate them like a storm. Cui Ye said vaguely while dealing with a large piece of braised pork: "This is pork, I didn't expect pork to be made so delicious by the second brother, fat but not greasy, soft in the mouth, really delicious." "At this time in the Great Song Dynasty, the noble beef and mutton were cheap to eat pork, and many nobles disdained to eat pork. It is said that in history, it was not until Su Shi invented braised pork (Dongpo meat) that pork was widely accepted. At this time, Liu Xu invented braised pork in advance, and I don't know if it can change the fate of pork in advance.

Cui Ye was dealing with the braised pork, while Wang Zeng was feasting on the sweet and sour carp. Wang Zeng asked Liu Xu while eating: "This carp is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and the sauce is sweet and sour, what is this method?" Never seen before. ”

Liu Xu replied with a smile: "This is called sweet and sour carp!" ”

Cui Ye sighed while eating: "The second brother dined at my house that time, saying that it was my family's dishes, and I secretly laughed in my heart at the time that the second brother didn't know anything. Now that I have tasted these unheard of new methods and dishes of the second brother, I know that what the second brother said is true. The dishes in my house that claim to be delicious are really bland and tasteless compared to the dishes of my second brother! There are many new dishes and practices, I don't know where the second brother knows? With this secret skill, it is enough to open a restaurant. ”

Liu Xu said with a smile: "The younger brother is trying to discuss with the eldest brother about opening a restaurant!" This method of stir-frying, sweet and sour, and vinegar is what the younger brother learned from a lost ancient book. I invited the eldest brother and the third brother to come today, just to let the two of you taste it, take a look at this craft, is it enough to open a restaurant? ”

Cui Ye heard Liu Xu say that these new methods were learned from the lost ancient books, and he couldn't help but smile meaningfully: "How can the second brother have such a coincidence, the secret technique of brewing soju was inadvertently found from the lost ancient books, and the new cooking method was seen from the lost ancient books." My Cui family has a huge collection of books, why haven't I discovered these ancient book secrets. There are only a few books on the bookcase of the second brother, how can you always find the secret skills? Cui Ye said as he looked at Liu Xu's broken bookcase that didn't have many books.

When Wang Zeng heard what the two said, he immediately looked at Liu Xu's bookcase with wide eyes and said, "Could it be that the second brother's bookcase really contains all the lost ancient books?" Wang Zeng paused, rubbed his hands a little excitedly, and continued: "That, what, second brother, can you borrow a few copies for the younger brother to see." "Wang Zeng loves to read, he doesn't want to find any secret skills from ancient books, but he is curious, and when he encounters good books, he is not happy to read them. Although Wang Zeng studied orthodox Confucianism, he studied under Zhang Zhen, a teacher who also collected from various schools, and inevitably dabbled in all schools. Wang has read countless books, and in addition to the subset of traditional scriptures and histories, he also loves to hunt for curiosities. As soon as I heard that Liu Xu's bookcase seemed to be full of strange books, I was immediately moved.

Liu Xu smiled awkwardly: "If the third brother wants the books in my bookcase, I can give you the whole bookcase, but I'm afraid that there won't be any books that you can see." Big brother don't want to laugh at me, I don't know if my eldest brother thinks these new dishes are used to open a restaurant, is it enough? Liu Xu didn't want to talk more about the origin of this dish, so he shifted the topic to the restaurant.

Cui Ye replied with a smile: "That's enough, as soon as these new dishes are on the market, I'm afraid they will cause quite a stir like soju." There is a restaurant on the bank of the Nanyang River in my family, which has been struggling to maintain. If the second brother is interested, I will ask for the restaurant, and you and my brother will open a restaurant together? It's still the same as the old rules, the same as the winery, you contribute technology, I contribute capital, and the shares are half of each! ”

Liu Xu would not be unwilling, isn't this his purpose today, and immediately replied with a smile: "I don't dare to ask for it, so it's decided!" ”

When the goal was achieved, Liu Xu was very happy and worked hard to persuade wine and food. Cui Ye and Wang Zeng were not polite, they ate and drank happily, and the guests and hosts were happy for a while! .

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