After arriving at Mu's house, Mu Bangxiang skillfully closed the courtyard door, and when she turned around, she saw Li Yan, sitting on the steps, holding two pig's heads and panting, not to mention how funny it was, she couldn't help laughing.

"What are you laughing at, it's not to avenge you." Li Yan dropped the pig's head, his robe was stained with blood, the smell was fishy and smelly, he frowned, and said, "You have to buy new clothes." ”

It's a little cost-effective, but Mu Bangxiang still agreed, as long as she thought of Li Facai's embarrassed appearance, she felt extremely happy.

After resting enough, Mu Bangxiang began to clean up the pig's head, and Mu Sanwei laid his hands on the side.

Blanch the hair with red-hot tongs, carefully pluck all the hairs on the pig's head, and then put it in a large iron pot, add rice wine and ginger to remove the fishy smell.

After the bleeding foam is gone, pick it up and wash it, then throw it into clean water and start brine.

Mu Bangxiang asked Mu Sanwei to cook, but he was afraid of revealing the secret, so he insisted on refusing.

Mu Bangxiang was not reluctant, and added bay leaves, star anise, ginger and other ingredients to the pot to boil.

Two hours later, the pig's head was boiled to a crisp.

The pork head is cut into thin slices and served with a sweet noodle sauce, garlic, and hot sauce, and is eaten with shiso leaves.

The most amazing thing is the pork ears after cold dressing, and the warm rice wine is a match made in heaven.

Li Yan still disliked it at first, but once he moved the chopsticks, he couldn't stop.

He touched his round belly, inexplicably worried, if he continued like this, he would not be fed a big fat pig.

After a few bites of hastily eating, Mu Bangxiang put the prepared dishes into the food box, and told Mu Sanwei to lead Li Yan to work in the mansion, and then took Mu Bai out of the door.

When the two of them arrived at the private school, it was quiet inside, and there was no sound at all.

"Is Mr. Ma here?" Mu Bangxiang called softly, and a person came out of the house, it was Mr. Ma, he saw that it was Mu Bangxiang and the two, and he turned around and was about to go back.

Mu Bangxiang hurriedly stopped him: "Sir, I specially made a few dishes, please try them." ”

"No merit is not rewarded." I had a bad headache today, Mr. Ma asked the students to go back first, I wanted to rest for a while, I didn't want to be disturbed by Mu Bangxiang's sister and brother, so naturally I didn't have a good face.

Mu Bangxiang was unmoved, after she opened the food box, Mr. Ma was stunned, it turned out to be pig's head meat, he likes to eat this most on weekdays, but the wine shop and restaurant dislike this thing smelly, so no one is willing to do it.

In the past, when the mother was still alive, she would always cook for her herself, followed by her daughter.

When they were gone, Mr. Ma never took a bite again.

"Sir, my sister is a cook, and the food she makes is very good, please try it." On the way here, Mu Bangxiang explained the plan, Mu Bai also supported it, he was very confident in his sister's craftsmanship, as long as Mr. Ma tasted it, he would definitely agree to him to study in a private school.

In the end, Mr. Ma did not refuse, he led the two to the main house, Mu Bangxiang placed the three plates of dishes on the dining table, handed over the chopsticks, and bowed to the side.

She looked around, and it was strange that she didn't see the woman this time.

Mr. Ma tasted a piece of pig's head meat, there was no fishy smell at all, the meat was soft and glutinous, and it had a bit more fragrant fragrance than ordinary pork.

There are also pig's head ears, which are spicy and strong, and take a sip of wine, the taste is very good.

While eating, Mr. Ma's eyes suddenly turned red, and tears fell on the bright red pig's head meat, splashing everywhere.

It is said that men don't flick when they have tears, especially this kind of old-fashioned gentleman.

Mu Bai hurriedly looked at his sister, Mu Bangxiang didn't know how to persuade him, and after a long time, his crying stopped.

"I smiled, I think of my own lady and daughter, they are also masters of cooking pig's head, but it's a pity that ......" Mr. Ma wiped away his tears and sighed long, the lady told her to take good care of her daughter on her deathbed, but she disappeared inexplicably when she saw the age of marriage, and he really didn't know how to explain it like a lady.

He got up and went to the back of the screen, and when he came back, he had an extra box in his hand, and when he opened it, he took a closer look, and it was a pink velvet flower, which looked very exquisite.

"Yanyan always said that my father was stingy and didn't even buy her a velvet flower, but now she has bought it, but the person is gone."

Mr. Ma handed the box to Mu Bangxiang: "You are about the same age as my daughter, and today you made pig's head meat, which can be regarded as a kind of fate, if you don't dislike it, please accept this velvet flower." ”

Mu Bangxiang didn't want to say it, but she suddenly remembered that Li Yan once said that the deceased would be attached to something that she was obsessed with before her death, and if that woman was really Ma Yanyan, she should be attached to the velvet flower.

"Then thank you, Mr. Ma."

Mu Bai pulled Mu Bang Xiang and motioned her to hurry up and talk about coming to the private school to study.

Seeing that Mr. Ma was so sad, Mu Bangxiang didn't know how to speak.

"Why do you want to come to study with me?" The two small actions of the sister and brother were naturally also seen by Mr. Ma, although he did teach a lot of promising disciples, but there were more people in Wudong Mansion who were more knowledgeable than him.

"Mr. Ma, I don't know if you remember the child you met in the pear orchard two years ago?" Mu Bai's clear eyes were full of anticipation.

It's a pity, Mr. Ma shook his head.

It doesn't matter, Mu Bai continued: "That day, a lady lost her money bag, and she saw that it was a child who stole it, and I and another official's child were caught. ”

Hearing this, Mr. Ma seemed to remember something, and heard him say again: "The children of the official family said that he had been familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics since he was a child, and he would never do such a shitty thing, and the charge fell on me, a child who couldn't read big characters. Only you stood up and said you saw that the child stole it. ”

"At that time, I also said that the purpose of reading is to understand reason and debate right and wrong, not to make him feel superior." Mr. Ma remembered that because of this incident, his private school was closed for a while by the child's father, but fortunately, a student who was a Beijing official came forward and the private school was able to reopen.

"Since Mr. remembers, then please teach me to read and reason, and debate right and wrong." "Poof", Mu Bai knelt on the ground, his expression was extremely sincere, he relied on his good memory to mix like a fish in water in the gambling house, if he hadn't met Mr. Ma, I am afraid that this life would have passed in a mess.

It turned out that there was still this past, Mu Bangxiang was very pleased, and she slowly knelt down.

"Sir, please take my brother."

"Good boy, I naturally want to accept you." Mr. Ma is very emotional, the teacher is also a teacher, and the person who teaches him to be virtuous is also a person. (Taken from the Western Han Dynasty Dai Sheng's "Book of Rites")

Mr. Ma prefers to teach his disciples how to behave than to teach people knowledge, and when he finally meets such a good child, of course he will not refuse.