"There's something big going on in the ghost market tonight!"

"What's the big deal?"

"Great joy!"

"Whose big event?"

"Master Qian is getting married again!"

"Wow! It's a real joy! Which restaurant is invited to handle this banquet? ”

"Yuanbao Building!"

Tonight's Xiling Ghost Market is indeed different from the past. Master Qian's wedding banquet even alarmed the Ghost City Committee, and he specially cleared out an empty space and set up forty-nine tables of banquets!

Living people like nine, ninety-nine double yang, the ancients believed that eighty-one is the number of the yang. The dead like to use the numbers seven, seven, seven, forty-nine, and even yin. Master Qian, who can set up forty-nine tables of banquets in this ghost market, is really not an ordinary ghost!

Mr. Qian was a rich man during his lifetime, and his family had 10,000 acres of fertile land, 100 houses, 10 bars of cattle and sheep, and a herd of slaves! He was "lucky", he enjoyed a lifetime of wealth, kicked his legs before the land reform, and died. His children and grandchildren were also relatively open-minded when they were liberated, and they scattered their money and wealth in time to get a good name, and they didn't suffer much when they were **. In recent years, his descendants have slowly gained momentum and become wealthy merchants.

When Mr. Qian's grandson had money, he remembered the good fortune of his ancestors, thinking that it was the ancestors who accumulated yin virtue to bless him with victory in the shopping mall. In addition, he believes in feng shui ghosts and gods, not only does he burn a lot of paper money, but he also marries his grandfather for a long time. When Master Qian was in the yang world, he had nine aunts and wives, and now he has seven rooms in the underworld!

Marriage is not like a living person, male ghosts and female ghosts fall in love freely, and the two are happy together. The family has to ask the master to do it, bury the bones or relics of the man and woman together, and then write the eight characters of the birth date on the yellow paper and burn it, which is considered to be officially completed.

If it is only because Master Qian is the biggest ghost rich man in Xiling Cemetery, it is not enough to have such a big pomp and such a high status. His biggest favorite is to eat, and he is willing to spend as much as he wants in order to have a bite of deliciousness. So all the restaurants in the ghost market regarded him as a gold medal customer, and later when the food supervisor was selected, he was naturally among them.

Since you want to charter a wedding banquet, you naturally have to ask a restaurant to buy it. Master Qian booked Yuanbaolou to host his wedding banquet this time, and specially invited Zhao Laodao to go out of the mountain to cook the main dish in person. This is a big business for Yuanbao Building! It is said that other sects are also very angry about this.

For this reason, Tang Laoguo also sent a message, so that Lin Da Chopsticks' stall stopped for a day, and also went to Yuanbaolou to help cook. Ma Xiaostool and I finally had the opportunity to get together to work together, and naturally we felt very cordial and chatted non-stop. Fortunately, Jin Dasco didn't look down on Fat Lu and didn't let him come, otherwise it would be embarrassing for me to meet him.

Rich people pay more attention to pomp, and Mr. Qian has money, and he is even more particular: Mrs. Qifang, 7749 tables of banquets, and even the main dish chose a seven-pound wild yellow croaker. This big yellow croaker is not cheap, it is said that the price of Yuanbaolou from the outside is more than 100,000 yuan, and I don't know how much I received when I sold it to Mr. Qian?

But where is the forty-nine tables of wine so well prepared? We had to be busy from nine o'clock in the evening with our feet on the ground and our hands on the ground. In fact, there are still a lot of miscellaneous people in the Yuanbao Building, but the kitchen has been busy. I was moving the table and wiping the chairs outside, when Jin Dasco suddenly came out and called me: "Xiao Zhai, come into the kitchen to help!" ”

I was overjoyed, and I quickly responded, and ran over. Jin Dasco pointed to several rows of forty-nine large empty plates and said to me: "You just follow Qin Xiaotable to make cold dishes together, the materials are all made in advance, but only the two of you can touch them!" ”

Those ingredients are indeed cold and cold, bubbling yin, and they are specially made ghost meal ingredients. With so many plates of cold dishes, Qin Xiaotable would definitely not be able to finish it alone. Cold cuts are also very simple to make, the slicing of the slices, the shredding of the shreds, and then the plating. Plating is more aesthetically pleasing, but it doesn't require special cooking secrets.

My knife skills are good in the class, and I am very quick to use and the plate is not slow. Qin Xiaotable was very dissatisfied with my arrival, and his face was not very good-looking, but he didn't dare to express his objection clearly. However, his cold dishes are very beautiful, and it seems that people are still a little clever, but the knife skills are not as good as mine. If it was a cooking competition, I might lose to him, but now it's a banquet, and it's all about speed!

When I understood this, I deliberately wanted to compete with him, and continued to speed up. As a result, forty-nine plates of cold dishes were made, and I completed thirty-one plates alone, which made Qin Xiaotable's face turn blue with anger.

Jin Dasco was also impressed by me when he saw it, and asked me if I knew how to cook?

I said, "I'm majoring in chefs, and I'm about to graduate!" ”

Jin Dasco listened thoughtfully, but didn't say anything more. Later, however, he arranged for me to do some work that required knife work, as if he was deliberately examining me. Of course I gave it my all and I did a great job.

At 10:50 in the evening, the dishes for the banquet were almost ready, and it was almost the last main dish, braised yellow croaker. At this time, Zhao Laodao combed his big back hair, wore a suit of formal clothes, and walked in leisurely, not like a chef at all, but like a teacher. He entered the Yuanbao Building, except for nodding his head when Jin Da Lao called him "Master", he didn't smile at any other time. Jin Dasco waited for him to put on a special chef's uniform and put on a high hat, so that he finally had the appearance of a master.

When our cooks saw that Zhao Laodao was going to go out to cook in person, they all stopped what they were doing and gathered around the stove to watch. Qin Xiaotable also wanted to see it himself, but he came to drive us back to work, but Jin Dasco said: "It's rare that my master personally takes the spoon back, so let them open their eyes!" ”

I saw Zhao Laodao reach into the water tank and grab the seven-pound wild yellow croaker, lift it out and press it on the cutting board, and then slapped it with his hand, and the big yellow croaker that was still wagging its tail immediately did not move. Others thought he had slapped the fish to death, but I knew that the fish was not dead, but he had just stunned him. If the fish is killed in the first hit, the meat quality of the fish will inevitably be affected. And now he just stunned the fish, and with his quick knife skills, he can indeed extend the life of the fish for a short time, ensuring the freshness of the fish to the greatest extent.

Zhao Laodao's knife work is really powerful! There was hardly any pause in his hands, scraping, disemboweling, deboning, and finally devising. Among them, deboning is the most popular part of the process. It is too difficult for a live fish to remove the bones one by one from the abdomen without destroying its surface, and at the same time without injuring the internal organs!

After Zhao Laodao finished cutting the fish, he immediately put the fish in the pot and began to cook the classic braised large yellow croaker. When he fried the ghost meal, the movement was much more than that of the golden spoon. Zhao Laodao was full of yin power, bringing a burst of yin qi churning, and the pot was also full of blue light, which actually reflected the fire in the gas stove blue. When the fish finally comes out of the pot, the temperature in the whole kitchen seems to have dropped by a few degrees, and it is very cool!

After Zhao Laodao finished burning this main dish, he wiped his hands, changed his clothes and went back. It seems that he is just a temporary worker hired by Yuanbaolou, and he will leave after finishing his work, and the wedding banquet behind him has nothing to do with him.

The main course is on the table, the wedding banquet is all ready, and when the time comes, the banquet will start on time. The host's family is also the groom tonight, and the official Qian master still has to say a few words as usual. He raised a glass of wine in his hand, saluted for a week, and said: "Dear Xiling's fathers, old folks, uncles and aunts, big ghosts and small ghosts, old ghosts and new ghosts, tonight is my money's big day!" On weekdays, thanks to everyone's care, give me face, I am grateful! Tonight, I specially set up a wedding banquet, please come together to be happy, and you must eat and drink well! Done! ”

After that, Master Qian tilted his neck and finished the wine in the cup in one gulp. The forty-nine ghost guests all applauded at the same time, and then they also raised their wine glasses and replied in unison: "I wish Master Qian and Aunt Seven a happy marriage, a good marriage for ten thousand years, and an early reincarnation!" ”

"Oops! What to say? Diao Dashuai, who was sitting on the chairman, listened to everyone's congratulations but was not happy, stood up and scolded: "You ghosts with broken tongues, how can you wish Master Qian to be reincarnated as soon as possible?" The old man Qian now has a seven-room aunt's wife, and the coins in the tomb are piled up as high as a mountain, and the flowers can't be spent. ”

When the surroundings listened, there was another round of laughter. Master Qian was not annoyed, and said to Diao Dashuai with a smile: "Dashuai, although the ghost life is good, it is only a matter of time before reincarnation!" No taboo, no taboo! ”

"Ouch, old money! What Diao Dashuai said also makes sense! "Aunt Seven is a young female ghost, and her appearance is actually not bad. She leaned on Master Qian and said angrily: "People have just married you, why are you willing to rush to reincarnate so quickly?" People want to enjoy a few more years of good life! ”

"Yes, yes, yes! No hurry, no hurry! The shopkeeper Weng usually speaks slowly and pretends, but at this time, he has a flattering face, and he also flatters him, "Aunt Seven, Master Qian's favorite thing is to eat." Now, when it comes to eating, my old man is the best! In the future, we can get closer and closer, and I will introduce you to delicious food! ”

"Yo! The aunt and wife of the old man Qian, what do you want to get close to? Hehehe! A female ghost sitting next to the shopkeeper laughed. Her appearance is even more outstanding than that of Aunt Seven, and she is also dressed in a fancy way. She smiled like this, and all the male ghosts were fascinated, and many single ghosts drooled unconsciously.

"Uh...... It's my slip of the tongue! I made a slip of the tongue! Punish yourself three cups first! The shopkeeper Weng was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly picked up the wine glass and drank three glasses of wine in a row.

"Ahem!" Another old ghost in Tsing Yi sitting opposite coughed seriously twice, and said with a straight face: "Tonight is Master Qian's big day, don't make such an insulting joke!" ”

The female ghost seemed to blame her when she heard the old ghost's words, and "cut" to show contempt. The shopkeeper hurriedly came out to play the round again, and said, "A joke is a joke!" Don't mind Mr. Qian! Then let's wish Master Qian and Aunt Qi together, when they are ghosts, they will be kind and loving, rich and noble, and they will still be husband and wife in the next life after reincarnation, how about it? ”

"Good! Or the shopkeeper Weng, you can speak! Let's have another drink! Diao Dashuai raised his glass and shouted.

"I wish Master Qian and Aunt Seven, love and love! Wealth and wealth are shared! Continue to be a husband and wife in the next life! Everyone toasted again.

Master Qian has always been happy, and at this time, he and Aunt Seven also raised a glass of thanks and said, "Thank you for your love!" After eating this glass of wine, please move the chopsticks! ”

The big guy couldn't wait for a long time, with the sound of Master Qian's "moving chopsticks", all the ghosts cheered, picked up the chopsticks and started eating, and some even went directly to catch them, as if they were all devouring like hungry ghosts.

However, when everyone shouted like this, there were still a few ghosts who felt unhappy. Master Qian's other six aunts and wives are not qualified to sit at the main table, so they can only sit at the second table, and behind each of them are standing two paper maids waiting, but they all elongate their faces, full of resentment and dissatisfaction. It seems that ghosts will also be jealous!

Mr. Qian held a wedding wine, and invited all the ghosts with heads and faces in Xiling, and it was even more amazing to be able to sit at the main table. Among them, the five supervisors of the Diet Committee are all here: Weng Shopkeeper, Diao Dashuai, and two other members: Lou Zhifu and Qi Meng.

Governor Lou is the old ghost in green clothes. This old ghost is really old! The ghosts in Xiling Cemetery are the ghosts of the Republic of China who have been dead for a long time, and they generally wear Mao suits and have short hair. For a longer time, the ghosts of the Qing Dynasty wore long robes and braids. But this prefect Lou is a ghost of the Ming Dynasty, and he has been dead for almost 500 years! He usually wears the Tsing Yi patch official uniform when he was buried, wears a winged black gauze hat, and is independent. He was indeed a prefect during his lifetime, and his surname was Lou, so he was called Lou Prefect.

Governor Lou was an honest and honest official during his lifetime, and he was not idle after his death, and continued to uphold justice for the "ghost people". On this Xiling, whenever there is a conflict or dispute between ghosts and ghosts, they love to find Governor Lou to judge the case and break the prison for them. For this reason, Governor Lou felt that he had a heavy responsibility on his shoulders, and thought that the unjust ghosts and people in Xiling could not do without him, so he kept dragging on and refused to go to the prefecture to report for reincarnation. And those ghost people who have received his favor also find some yin supplements to honor him from time to time, so that his resentment will not go away, and he can stay in Xiling all the time.

Since Governor Lou is a "ghost official" who is jealous and hateful, and is selfless, he is naturally on the same page as Diao Dashuai, a lawless and loyal "ghost bandit". I don't know how many times these two ghosts have fought on weekdays! Governor Lou naturally can't beat Diao Dashuai, but he is right, with the support of the majority of ghost people behind him, as well as the support of the Xiling Cemetery Committee. And although Diao Dashuai is the most powerful ghost on Xiling, he has few people, and he still can't fight Lou Zhifu after all, so he can only pick some timid and afraid ghosts to blackmail for himself and his gang of big and small ghosts to eat, drink and have fun. He occasionally goes to the ghost market to eat overlord meals, such as the last time he went to Yuanbaolou. The fact that these two rivals were able to sit down at a table to eat peacefully tonight also shows how big Master Qian's face is!

Another supervisor is called Qimeng, who is the beautiful female ghost who fascinates all the ghosts. She was a movie star in the Republic of China during her lifetime, and she was also a long-sleeved courtesan who was good at dancing, and she was very good at seductive and provocative things. Mo said that it was an ordinary male ghost, and even old ghosts like Master Qian and Shopkeeper Weng were fascinated by her. So when the food supervisor was first proposed, they also selected Qimeng.

And Qimeng's number one suitor is Diao Dashuai. Diao Dashuai has been fascinated by Qimeng and can't stop. Although the ghost only has a soul left, no body, and many things can only be thought about, but cannot be done, but the ghost is the continuation of human desires, and this "thinking" is enough to make Diao Dashuai fall under Qimeng's pomegranate skirt, and be willing to let her send and support her.

Therefore, of the five members of the Xiling Ghost City Food Supervision Committee, one is the ghost who knows the most about eating, one is the richest ghost, one is the most powerful ghost, one is the most qualified ghost, and one is the most beautiful female ghost.

The main course of braised wild yellow croaker is naturally only for guests at the main table. This is a ghost meal cooked by Zhao Laodao, the legendary figure of Yuanbaolou, after eating, you can have a lot of grievances, nourish the yin and nourish the soul, and prolong the yin life. However, the ghosts who can sit at this table have all seen the world, and after making some concessions, everyone still asked the groom to move the chopsticks first. Mr. Qian took the head of the fish directly and sandwiched the fish brain into his plate. Then he gave a pair of fish eyes to Aunt Seven, these are the most essential parts of this dish, and the rest is eaten by others.

"Hmmm! Good dish! Delicious! When Mr. Qian took the first bite, he praised it.

Other distinguished guests also praised one after another, but among them, the one who could say the way had to be the shopkeeper. He said: "This seven-pound wild big yellow croaker is the best among the fish!" The meat is as tender as fat, and the taste is fresh and fatty! Coupled with the excellent craftsmanship of Master Zhao Laodao, this braised large yellow croaker is ruddy and shiny, the fish meat is boneless and thornless, and the sauce is completely inhaled into the fish, fragrant and delicious, it is really a rare delicacy! ”

"Huh!" Qi Meng said with a smile: "The shopkeeper Weng is really an expert, and he can say so many things after just one bite." But I don't know if this braised fish has the effect of nourishing the skin after eating? ”

"Yes, yes!" The shopkeeper Weng hurriedly replied, "This fish is more nutritious than ordinary pork, beef, mutton, chicken, duck and goose meat!" Coupled with Master Zhao's strong yin skills, Miss Qimeng, after you eat it, it is guaranteed to be of great benefit to the soul! Also, I recommend that you eat more of this fish skin, which can help you look beautiful like a flower! ”

"Hehehe! You can really talk! ”

"What the shopkeeper Weng said must be right!" Diao Dashuai also came to borrow flowers to offer Buddha at this time, and with a pair of chopsticks, he took off half of the fish skin, sandwiched it in Qimeng's bowl, and said, "Come on, Miss Qimeng eat more!" The more you eat, the more beautiful it gets! ”

"Thank you, Dashuai Diao!" Qi Mengjiao thanked her bit by bit, and threw a wink at the end. When Diao Dashuai saw it, his bones were almost crispy (if he still had bones left).

This plate of braised wild yellow croaker made the guests at the main table eat very comfortably and applauded again and again. Although the guests at other tables could not eat such a superb delicacy, the dishes on the table were still very rich, and they all praised the delicious dishes of Yuanbaolou!

As the chef of Yuanbao Building tonight, Jin Dasco only smiled and nodded when he heard such a compliment, and responded modestly. But Hou Dapen took this opportunity to be in the limelight. He was not invited by Master Qian, so he brought a bottle of wine and frequently toasted with the old ghosts. Others praised the dishes in Yuanbaolou for being good, and he also nodded his head and thanked him, accepting it calmly, as if he was in charge.

Halfway through the banquet, the people from the ghost show troupe also came to join in the fun. Mr. Qian spent money to set up two plays: "Tianxian Pei" and "Carrying the Flower Sedan Chair", and he deliberately sang it at the wedding banquet to help the wine. But as soon as the play was sung, Diao Dashuai couldn't listen to it anymore.

He had already drunk too much wine at this time, and regardless of the opinion of the host, he stood up and shouted: "What age is it, and you still listen to this kind of 'babbling' old-fashioned drama?" There will be new fashion in the new era! You flutes and strings, play dance music for Lao Tzu! Let's ballroom dance together! "There are still more ghosts in this ghost market after the Republic of China, and when they say they want to dance, most of the ghosts applaud.

"If you don't listen to a good play, what kind of dance do you dance?" Governor Lou's only preference is to listen to the play, and he was so troubled by Diao Dashuai, he was angry, "This is the drama ordered by Master Qian himself, what are you doing?" ”

"I'm going to jump! You old devil with rotten bones, can you manage it? Diao Dashuai rolled up his sleeves and scolded back.

Seeing that these two sworn enemies were about to "go to war" again, Master Qian hurriedly persuaded: "Lord Lou, the wedding banquet should be lively, since everyone is willing, let them make trouble tonight!" ”

Governor Lou saw that the master's family did not object, so it was not good to lose his temper again. But he sat for a while, and saw that the male and female ghosts all came together and danced around their waists, shook their heads again, and said angrily: "Men and women don't kiss, what kind of system does it become to hug each other so openly." He got up and said goodbye to Master Qian, out of sight, and went back to his tomb in advance.

Governor Lou left, and Diao Dashuai acted even more recklessly. He first dragged Qimeng to dance for a while, and wanted to take the opportunity to rub some oil, but Qimeng slapped him with a chuckle and pushed him away.

Diao Dashuai took advantage of the wine, and went to invite Master Qian's one-two-three-four-five-six aunts to dance one by one, and finally wanted to hug the most beautiful seventh aunt beside Master Qian. Master Qian's face finally became not very good-looking at this time, and the shopkeeper Weng saw that the situation was not good, so he hurriedly went over and pulled Diao Dashuai away.

The other ghosts saw Diao Dashuai taking the lead and started dancing, so they also jumped up. A single ghost who can't find a female ghost as a dance partner dances with a paper figure, and in the end it's just a group of demons dancing wildly, and the ghosts are carnival, which is unbearable!

When the commotion reached the end of the day, seeing that it was about to dawn if it didn't end, Hou Dapen and others hurriedly came over to persuade them to clear the field. Tonight's wedding banquet made Yuanbaolou make a lot of money, and those of us who ran the hall also got an extra red envelope, and everyone was happy.