Chapter 109: Within Bliss (2)
'Master, feel free to bring me a few plates. If you have a seat, sit down. Eat if you can, business is so good today, I won't pick a place just now.
He sat down, and the chef first gave him a bowl of fish soup, a fresh fish soup made from the whole fish, which was quite thick, and Li Chen drank a bowl first, slowly gnawing the fish inside.
After a while, a young master gave Li Chen a few small plates, if they were seen by modern people, they would definitely say that they were sashimi, but the details were not quite the same as those eaten by the Japanese.
Most of the food in it is filamentous, and a few are small pieces and flakes. No matter the size or shape, it is very light and thin, and delicate.
Li Chen took a plate by himself, filled it with some bean drums, garlic paste, mustard, and some chopped green onions, and began to eat it happily. It's so beautiful that it takes a few bites, and it's delicious. Sure enough, it's a good knife worker. It's not in vain that he spends a lot of money to invite people, and the sashimi knife work is not good, and the taste is poor.
Before the crossing, he didn't like Japanese food very much, he didn't like to eat sashimi, and he always felt that raw fish didn't taste right. I don't like sashimi, I can only say that I don't want to be strong for sushi, and he can't get used to eating sushi with raw fish and meat, the only thing is running water, which can be eaten.
But after the crossing, he occasionally ate sashimi, and felt that it was okay to eat, so he didn't reject it. Modern sashimi, officially known as Japanese sashimi, is called Japanese cuisine only because the eating habits of Chinese people have changed, otherwise it is still Chinese cuisine.
Some people may think that this is biased, but the Japanese have learned and passed it down, and it has changed somewhat. Li Chen felt that this made sense, he didn't like Japanese-style sashimi, why did he like it again when he came to the Tang Dynasty. Probably because I ate authentic Tang-style sashimi and cut fish, so it was his taste.
After Li Chen finished eating two plates of cut fish, the chef gave him two more plates, and these two plates were no longer sashimi, but sushi. Fish and vinegared rice are very appetizing, and Li Chen puts a sushi in his stomach in two bites, and he really wants to eat rice to satisfy his stomach.
Sushi does not seem to be a thing that the Tang people are used to, and it is said that it first spread from Southeast Asia to the southeast coast of China, and then to Japan. It was supposed to be a food for travelers, so why use vinegar rice, on the one hand, for the taste, and on the other hand, it is easier to preserve with vinegar. Later, it slowly evolved into one of the representatives of washoku.
Gobbled up a few plates of food, especially after the sushi was down, Li Chen had something in his stomach, and he chewed it more slowly and chewed slowly.
Next, the chef didn't give him anything more, but he was not in a hurry, grabbed his chopsticks and began to eat running water, which is the kind of noodles that are put in running water and eaten with chopsticks. Seeing a ball of noodles flowing over, Li Chen picked it up, dipped it in the sauce, and ate it, it tasted good.
Li Chen doesn't know the origin of this flowing water, anyway, it is also Japanese food. Now that the day is slowly getting warmer, it is the right time to eat this noodle.
Li Chen ate several balls in a row, and felt that he was five points full. The purpose of getting water to the third floor and then surrounding the second floor is threefold, one is to cool down, the second is to increase the taste, and the last aspect is to make this future Japanese cuisine, and now Tang cuisine.
Kill the fish now to keep them fresh, otherwise in this era when there are no refrigerators and freezers, how can those fish stay fresh at all times? Fish can only be preserved when there is water, so try to buy fresh catch, and then breed them in ponds, and slaughter them when they are used to ensure freshness.
Five minutes full, and now the chef has served a small plate, a plate of crabs. It's a shame to hear that Westerners don't eat crabs and say they look scary.
Westerners eat fish, not river fish, but only sea fish. Because river fish are spiny, Westerners have to eat and drink well, as if they only like to eat large pieces of meat, and sea fish have more meat and fewer spines, all of which are big spines. Except for the sea fish, that is, lobsters and oysters, these are all shells, and there are no stingers. That's really weird, crabs too, eat lobsters and don't eat crabs, it's weird.
Li Chen, like Westerners, likes large pieces of meat, eats fish and likes to eat fish with fewer spines, the difference is that he doesn't hate eating crabs.
Li Chen carefully pulled the crab legs apart, began to suck the crab meat, carefully peeled off the crab shell, chewed and swallowed slowly and finished eating the crab, feeling that it was almost over, so he got up and continued to inspect Elysium. As you walk, you can reminisce about the taste of the crab you just got from it.
'It's a strange taste for the Tang people. The crab just now, if it was modern, might not be able to sell. Modern crabs are boiled and fried, but the Tang people like sugar... The dish of crab just now was so sweet that it had to be marinated in molasses for many days in advance, and only served until the sweetness seeped into the crab meat. I have to say that thousands of years apart have changed Chinese tastes a lot.
After lunch, Li Chen left the restaurant and began to inspect again, and he came to the puppet theater. This is a place for a few small hosts, however, Li Chen did not let a few small people spend every day here to perform meaningfully, from the decision to ask for a puppet stage, Li Chen asked Ergou to select more than ten children, as puppet show reserves, began training, today came in handy.
Walking into the puppet theater, the appearance is the same as other theaters, the only difference is that the place near the stage is darker, but the back is very bright, so that the shadow is clear. In order to save costs, Li Chen specially designed that when it is sunny, the sunlight can be reflected through the copper mirror as a light source for the stage. When the light is low, a large candle needs to be lit.
Seeing that there were also crowds here, Li Chen dared to be satisfied with today's income. Because it happened to be a meal, the doctor had to walk between the tables like flowers and butterflies, collect the empty plates of the guests, or serve the guests' meals.
The puppet show on the stage is playing a passage of Tang Romance, and it is Ayi who is speaking. Originally, Li Chen didn't plan to open a puppet theater, because the speaker was difficult to find. The puppet show can't just act, but also has to say lines. Illiterate, how do you read the script?
At this time, Ayi found him. He said that he wanted to learn to read and write, because he liked to talk very much, and he wanted to be a speaker in the future. To be honest, Li Chen still has a good impression of Ah Zheng and Ah Yi, because these young people are very motivated and diligent, and they want to help them, but literacy can be learned in three days.
I don't have to be literate, I just need to be able to read a speaking book. ''How can I read a speaking book if I can't read...'' Wait...', who stipulates that you must be literate to read a speaking book...
A few of them are in the store every day, as long as they listen and cooperate with the books, they should be able to understand. Listened, added books, added something... Phonetic symbols.
Zhuyin symbols, not Roman pinyin, dignified Chinese, what to do with Roman pinyin, although Li Chen also thinks that Roman pinyin may be good, at least learn English, you can take Roman pinyin to phonetic, phonetic symbols to mark the pronunciation of single words, always a little strange.
There are 26 English letters, a little more phonetic symbols, there are 37 of them, plus five tones, marked with flat sounds, upper sounds, and de-sounding symbols, almost all Chinese characters can be marked with pronunciation.
Li Chen first taught a few children phonetic symbols, which is not difficult. Then let them mark a few books with phonetic symbols, as long as they teach Ayi a few of them phonetic symbols, they can almost rely on pinyin, to read all the speaking books.
The problem of how to expand influence and increase the number of speakers that bothered Li Chen was easily solved. Whether the speaker speaks brilliantly or not depends on talent. But when the problem of literacy is solved, the biggest problem, the problem of talent, can be solved. Finding a gifted speaker is much easier than finding a gifted and literate speaker.
At the intermission, one of the jugglers came to the stage, and the others were busy preparing for the next scene. The experience learned from the Seven Little Blessing Wine Shop did not lose it because it was changed to a larger theater, and after two consecutive performances, it would change the project, so as not to let people order something and sit for a long time.
After seeing that there was no big problem, Li Chen left. Go to the Debai Theater next door. This is a place that specializes in performing a hundred plays, anyway, all kinds of juggling can be seen here, in order to diversify, Li Chen found a lot of people.
However, some artists are attracted by Li Chen's moon money, and some are in the nature of flower arrangement, occasionally here, and occasionally go to the temple to get a play. This kind of thing depends on the reward.
There is no problem here, Li Chen instructed the theater to be in charge, to pay more attention to the safety of the performers, and to manage things, their main responsibility is to manage the theater, be responsible for the logistics of the theater, or mediate the disputes of the guests. At the worst time, for example, in the event of a fire, they have to guide the guests to escape, so Li Chen arranged one for each theater, which could not be saved.
There is no problem here, Li Chen transferred to a shop that sells dim sum and sweets, that is, the outsider rented it, and saw that they were also very busy, although they did not have Li Chen's strange secret recipes, but their business was also very prosperous.
Li Chen found the proprietor, the two sides said goodbye after greeting each other, everyone was busy, Li Chen was busy patrolling, the proprietor saw him sweaty, and knew that he got out of the kitchen. Not surprisingly, their family has an ancestral unique dim sum technique, and if he doesn't drill the kitchen, he has to drill his son.
Li Chen reminded him to pay attention to the candles and hygiene issues, and left. Next door is Wang Xianyan's speaking field, and now there is no puppet show to speak, but there are more fixed teams of blowing, playing and singing, and they will match the speakers with music with the right rhythm.
There is no problem here, Wang Xianyan is an old player, he is very good at controlling the scene, he will control the audience's emotions, and he has been fascinated by him, without the help of puppet shows, and it does not reduce its charm.
Li Chen turned his head and left, no problem, he didn't expect to be blocked by a panting maid, "Li Dongjia, I finally found you." ’