Although the place to eat is simple, the meals are very rich, there are fried crispy pork, braised pork, crystal grunt pork, sweet and sour chicken nuggets, braised bamboo rats, stewed chicken, these are all meat dishes, each meat dish has a lot of portions, either two large clay pots or two large clay bowls.

Vegetarian dishes are naturally indispensable, including fried spiced tofu, fried egg with chives, vinegared Chinese cabbage, fresh bean sprouts fried in chicken broth, and gravy rice noodles specially made by Gu Jinli for Shang Yuanyuan.

When making tofu at home, the bean skin was peeled, and Gu Jinli made a three-silk spring roll with tofu skin, blanched bean sprouts, shredded eggs, shredded chicken, and shredded green onions on the bread, and then smeared with a little starch sugar and boiled sauce with fresh sauce, which became a delicacy of spring.

Several families knew that Shang Xiucai's family was coming today, as long as there was no stall selling tofu, they all came to accompany them, and the Qin family also came.

However, only Qin Lao and Qin Sanlang came, Qin Erlang still didn't come, he still rejected them as before.

On the fire in the courtyard, Qin Saburo was roasting three hares and four carps on an iron plate.

The rabbit was hunted in the mountains the day before yesterday, and the carp was touched in the river of Dafeng Mountain this morning.

And the method of grilling fish was taught by Gu Jinli, Qin Sanlang has grilled it a few times, and now he has learned it.

He was busy alone in front of the fire, sometimes sprinkling spices on rabbits, and sometimes spreading sauce on grilled fish.

Shang Xiucai looked at it interestingly, walked over and asked, "Is this ...... Grilled fish? ”

He had never seen this method of grilling fish on an iron plate. In the past, when I went to the literary meeting, there was also the madman who grilled fish to eat, but they all skewered the fish on the branches of the tree and roasted it directly on the fire.

Qin Saburo nodded: "Well, Xiaoyu said, the fish grilled on the iron plate is delicious, there is no smoky taste, only burnt and delicious." ”

Shang Xiucai was interested in hearing this, so he stood aside and watched.

The courtyard was roasting fish and rabbit meat, and the hall was already full of women and children from several families.

The third grandmother knew that the Jiang family was an official lady, and she was afraid that the Chen family would be too rude and collide with the Jiang family, so she set up two tables in the hall.

One table is Lao Yan's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, Chen and the children of each family eat, and the other table is she and Cui's, Gu Jinli, Gu Jinxiu, and Cheng Ge'er accompany Jiang's mother and daughter to eat.

Gu Yumei was originally assigned to the Chen family's table, but she stood and refused to leave, and the third grandmother was afraid that something would happen, so she had to sit down.

Because Jiang's father was a county lieutenant, several families didn't dare to speak when they ate, and they ate carefully for fear of losing face.

Yuan Yuan was not afraid of life, and remembered what Gu Jinli said, there are more delicious things than sweet bean curd, looking at the table full of food, and asked Gu Jinli: "Sister, sister, are these things better than bean curd?" ”

Her chubby hand pointed to the plate of crystal clear gravy rice noodles and asked, "Is this it?" "It looks a bit like sweet bean curd, it's all shiny.

"Yes, this gravy rice noodle counts." Gu Jinli nodded, pointed to a few dishes with his hand, and said, "There are also this crystal grunt meat, sweet and sour chicken nuggets, and bean skin spring rolls, all of which are prepared for Yuan Yuan." ”

"Wow~" Yuan Yuan heard that there were so many dishes specially prepared for her, and almost drooled, and said to Jiang: "Mother, mother, if you want to eat, you have to eat." ”

Jiang hugged her and said, "Don't move, my mother will clip it for you." ”

Jiang saw that the gravy rice noodles were very soft and glutinous, suitable for children, so he sandwiched two of them, put them in Yuan Yuan's small bowl, and fed her.

Yuan Yuan snorted, ate a piece of rice noodles into her mouth, chewed it with her millet teeth, and after eating, said to Jiang: "Glutinous, delicious." ”

Jiang smiled and nodded her forehead: "Gluttonous cat." ”

Sandwiched two more crystal grunts of meat for her, and Yuan Yuan fell in love with it as soon as she ate it: "Sweet and delicious." ”

Jiang Shi listened to it, and also ate one, sure enough, it was sweet and sour, very delicious, she sighed: "These are all the foods of your hometown?" It's really full of color, flavor, and taste, and it's very appetizing to eat. ”

Many of the dishes on this table were something she had never seen before.

The third grandmother said with a smile: "Where is the food in my hometown, Xiaoyu figured it out by himself." ”

Jiang Shi was very surprised when he heard this, but thinking about it, there is nothing surprising that this kid can make tofu and make a few fresh dishes.

She praised Gu Jinli a few words, and ate all the dishes on the table, and the more she ate, the more delicious she felt.

The third grandmother saw that she was happy to eat, and her heart was put down.

Outside the house, the men also ate happily, although Shang Xiucai was a scholar, he could also drink and eat meat with them, and even carried a wine jug and a knife to cut the roasted rabbit meat, which was quite a bit of a madman.

But Shang Xiucai's favorite is gravy rice noodles and grilled fish.

The teppanyaki grilled fish did not have the smoky smell of grass and trees, only the burnt aroma and the deliciousness of the fish, and when he ate it in his mouth, it was crispy and juicy, so delicious that he ate half of it.

Then there is the crystal grunt meat, which is sweet and sour, very appetizing to eat, and fried bean sprouts in chicken soup, crisp bean sprouts and the deliciousness of chicken soup, which is really refreshing.

Especially in February, when this kind of green and yellow is not harvested, I ate cabbage radish for a winter, and suddenly ate bean sprouts, which is really not ordinary comfort.

The meal was a delight for both the guests and the hosts.

After eating, it was already less than four o'clock, and Shang Xiucai's family of three sat in Gu's house for half an hour, and when it was almost time to Shen, they said goodbye and left.

The third grandmother and Cui's packed up a return gift and brought it back to Shang Xiucai's family: "It's all home-made tofu, spices, bean sprouts, etc., it's not worth much, you can take it back and eat it." ”

Shang Xiucai and his wife did not refuse, and accepted the return gift.

Gu Jinli wrote down an embroidery by Gu Jinxiu, as well as the recipe for rice noodles, soybean milk, and bean sprouts, and handed it to Jiang.

Jiang Shi was very surprised to see that she actually wrote the practice of these three things to her, in Da Chu, almost no one would pass on their own skills, she hesitated whether to accept it?

Shang Xiucai said: "Take it, this is the child's heart." ”

Since you have to make old friends, you can't be so polite.

Jiang happily accepted it and promised: "Good boy, don't worry, these three things will never be passed on." ”

Gu Jinli didn't care, it was just some food with no technical content.

Several families sent Shang Xiucai's family out of the door, Yuan Yuan was reluctant to leave, grabbed the door of the courtyard, and said, "If you don't go, you have to eat delicious food." ”

Sister Xiaoyu's things are so delicious, she wants to stay and don't go back to eat steamed eggs.

Jiang Shi patted her hand lightly, and pretended to be angry and said, "You are so greedy, your sister Xiaoyu's family doesn't want you." ”

When Yuan Yuan heard this, he immediately looked at Gu Jinli with tears in his eyes, and said pitifully: "Sister Xiaoyu...... Yuan Yuan usually eats very little. ”

Gu Jinli almost couldn't help laughing, took out a fried five-spiced tofu wrapped in yellow paper, and handed it to Yuan Yuan: "Well, this is what my sister left for Yuan Yuan, Yuan Yuan took it and ate it on the road, and after eating, I will come to my sister's house to play." ”

Yuan Yuan let go of his hand holding the door, hugged the bag of fried five-spiced tofu, and nodded heavily: "Well, Yuan Yuan will come to my sister's house to play after eating." ”

Jiang Shi has no temper, how did she give birth to a daughter who loves to eat so much?

After making such a fuss, the Shang family finally left.

Shang Xiucai didn't ask Gu Jin'an, Gu Dexing, and Gu Dewang about their knowledge until he left, nor did he say anything about accepting apprentices.

Gu Dewang breathed a sigh of relief, Gu Dexing was very disappointed, although Gu Jinan was also disappointed, but he thought that since Ah Jiu accepted the words and articles they wrote, then Shang Xiucai would definitely read it, as long as he waited patiently, there would definitely be results.

……

At Village Chief He's house, He Dacang said to Village Chief He: "Dad, Jiang County Captain's son-in-law's family is gone." ”

Shang Xiucai pulled two carts of things to visit the Gu family, and the movement was not small, everyone in Dafeng Village knew about it, and the village chief's family was no exception.

"What did you give?" Village Chief He asked.

He Okura said: "The people who went to see the things said that they had sent a lot of things, such as rice, noodles, meat, vegetables, iron pots, farm tools, and wheels. ”

Village Chief He was shocked, and even sent iron pot farm tools and carts, these are all large things, and they can't be purchased without dozens of taels of silver.

However, with the wealth of the Shang family and the Jiang family, it is nothing to send a few dozen taels, and the most important thing is to see how you move around in the future.