Chapter 17: Little Greens Have Spring (2)
Dingxiang Building, Changxiang Pavilion, Xiangmanlou, and called Taiyuan "three incense", are the best restaurants in Taiyuan Mansion, of course, they are also fighting with each other.
And if Tang Xiu's small green vegetables want to be sold at a high price, ordinary small restaurants can't hold it up at all, so from the very beginning, Tang Xiu set his sights on the Dingxiang Building on the first floor of Taiyuan.
It's just a pity that Tang Xiu never thought that the reputation of the owner of his body had reached the point of stinkiness in the entire catering industry of Taiyuan Mansion, not only Taiyuan "Sanxiang", but also other small restaurants that he had not originally put into consideration.
Now that he has figured out what happened, Tang Xiu reorganized his thinking, and couldn't help but set his sights on the last incense in the "three incense" - Xiangmanlou.
Compared with Dingxianglou and Changxiangge, Xiangmanlou has always had no unique food of its own except for good drinks, which is one of the reasons why Tang Xiu is eyeing Xiangmanlou.
The white rice vegetarian in Dingxiang Building, the barbecue fresh marinade in Changxiang Pavilion, and the mellow spirits in the fragrant building.
It seems to be very good, but after tasting it carefully, it is not difficult to find the weaknesses and shortcomings of Xiangmanlou.
Restaurant, although there is a wine word, but it is still a restaurant in essence, it is good to have good wine, but it can also prosper if it is not, after all, for a restaurant, delicious food is the foundation of the foothold.
Therefore, in this era of Buddhism, the white rice vegetarian food in Dingxianglou will be popular. In this peaceful and prosperous season, when the people are getting richer and richer, Changxiang Pavilion's barbecue and fresh marinade can occupy a place in the world.
Only the fragrance is full of buildings, although the Tang people are good at drinking, but how many alcoholics and drunkards are there in the world who are not good at drinking?
For ordinary people and wealthy families, ordinary drinks are sufficient, and they are more willing to spend money on food that satisfies their cravings than fine wines.
Standing in front of the door of Xiangmanlou, Tang Xiu did not choose to go in directly, although when he entered Xiangmanlou before, the attitude of the guys in the store was not bad compared to Dingxianglou and Changxiangge, he did not ignore it, nor did he speak coldly, let alone directly blast Tang Xiu out of the store.
On the contrary, the attitude of those guys was quite enthusiastic, and they did not turn him away because of Tang Xiu's evil deeds. However, people only allowed Tang Xiu to dine in the outer hall, and they didn't want Tang Xiu to enter the inner hall, so Tang Xiu naturally didn't have the opportunity to see the shopkeeper in the inner hall, so Tang Xiu, who didn't have half a cent in his pocket, had no choice but to withdraw again.
The dishes are not enough, and the service is good.
For a service industry like a hotel, attitude is everything.
So after touching a nose of ash in other places, Tang Xiu finally chose Xiangmanlou again.
"Young Master, everything you want is here!"
In an open space not far from the gate of Xiangmanlou, Tang Xiu sat cross-legged on the ground, and Tang Lu held a pile of firewood borrowed from nowhere and placed it beside Tang Xiu.
At this time, in front of Tang Xiu, several stones of different sizes, a casserole filled with water and the size of a bowl, and now with the dry firewood that Tang Lu brought, a simple picnic structure came out.
"Make a fire!"
Set up the casserole with stones, leaving a gap for filling firewood at the bottom of the casserole, Tang Xiu gave an order, Tang Lu squatted down and seriously lit a fire against the dry firewood.
The people around came and went, and from time to time there were people who cast strange glances at the master and servant sitting on the ground on the street, and there were many other old friends who knew Tang Xiu, but none of them came to greet him.
"What are these two people doing, aren't they crazy?"
"That, it's the one who sits on the ground and fiddles with the basket, I know, the famous loser boy in our Taiyuan Mansion, the wealth of the family, once scattered, have you heard of it, is the one who doesn't give money for dinner?"
"Tut-tut, I didn't expect that the Tang family, who was still beautiful half a year ago, is now so depressed that he wants to beg on the street, pitiful! Lamentable! Alas! ”
"Son, do you see it, if you dare to learn from Tang Xiu in the future, this is a lesson! No matter how big the family is, it can resist such a ruined son to cause trouble, if you don't want to ask for food on the street in the future, it's best to learn a little thrift for Lao Tzu now, do you hear? ! ”
"Tang Xiu, tsk......t"
On the side of the road, in restaurants, in teahouses, many people's eyes are quietly watching Tang Xiu's master and servant on the street, and all kinds of voices are endless.
In this regard, Tang Xiu was unconscious, and still sat there with a calm expression, carefully picking the greens in his hands, removing the roots, picking the leaves, and dismembering most of the small greens in the bamboo basket into pieces of leaves.
"Young master, the water is boiling."
The firewood under the casserole was burned vigorously by Tang Lu, and after a while, the water in the pot began to tumble upward, steaming.
Tang Lu lowered his head and didn't dare to look around, now he and the young master were sitting on the ground like beggars and making a fire on the street to make food, Tang Lu couldn't help but think of the situation when he and his mother wandered around the street begging before he met Master Tang Su, he hadn't been so ashamed for many years.
Therefore, it was really hard for Tang Lu to imagine how Young Master Tang Xiu, who had always loved face, would make such a lowly move to surrender his identity today. And looking at Tang Xiu's appearance, Fei Dan didn't feel inappropriate, but there was a trace of comfort, could it be that amnesia was really so powerful that even a person's temperament could be completely changed?
"Alright, let me do it from below."
Tang Xiu replied lightly, moved forward twice with Cailan's buttocks, approached the casserole, grabbed a handful of green vegetables at random and put them all into the pot, and then raised his face to Tang Lu and asked, "Where are the dishes and chopsticks you are looking for?" ”
"Oh, here." Tang Lu took out a palm-sized shallow dish and a pair of simple bamboo chopsticks from his arms and handed them over.
Taking the chopsticks and putting the plates aside, Tang Xiu picked up the chopsticks and stirred them gently in the casserole, submerging all the green vegetable leaves in the water.
The firewood at the bottom of the pot was still vigorous, and soon the boiling water in the casserole, along with the greens, was gently tumbling again.
As the greens rolled, a faint fragrance gradually diffused with the continuous water vapor in the casserole, and as time passed, this fragrance became more and more intense.
"Almost!"
The greens were turned over three times in the boiling water, Tang Xiu picked up the saucer and picked out a few from the pot, put them on the end of his nose and sniffed them gently, plain, elegant, and a trace of sweet original flavor, superb!
"Come, Tang Lu, how about tasting it?"
Seeing that Tang Lu, the kid, was swallowing saliva with the green vegetables on the plate, Tang Xiu smiled lightly and reached out to hand over the plate.
Tang Lu was a little surprised, and after swallowing his saliva, he hurriedly shook his head and refused: "The young master hasn't eaten yet, how can it be the turn of the villain, or the young master will eat first." ”
"If you want to eat, you will eat!" Tang Xiu's face tense, Zheng Sheng confessed: "Remember to eat slowly, eat in small bites, you have to eat this plate of green vegetables for at least half a quarter of an hour, as for how to eat, you can do it yourself." ”
"Huh?"
Tang Lu was stunned for a moment, and looked down at the dish in his hand, three or five slices of green vegetables, what can be eaten in two bites, but it takes half a quarter to eat, what kind of trick is this young master doing?
However, seeing that Tang Xiu said solemnly, Tang Lu still nodded and agreed, no matter what, those few vegetable leaves on the plate are indeed very tempting, isn't it just to eat slowly, so what's the problem?
Lifting the chopsticks, he picked up a green leaf and gently handed it to his mouth, then Tang Lu gently opened his mouth and slowly bit down a leaf stalk the size of a finger, and then closed his eyes slightly, with an intoxicated face, and his movements were extremely slow, chewing little by little......
"Goo-dong!"
"Goo-dong!"
"Goo-dong!"
“……”
At the same time that Tang Lu swallowed the first mouthful of green vegetables in his stomach, many passers-by around him, and many idlers in the tea shop of the restaurant next to him, also shook their throats at the same time, and the sound of swallowing saliva came and went.
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