Chen Xiuli smiled slightly, with a look of pleasure in his eyes, but he didn't reply.

Jing Zhaoyin is not far from Wang Shishi's shop, and while talking and laughing, he has returned to the shop.

As soon as she got out of the carriage, the shopkeeper stepped forward to help Wang Shishi and said, "Miss, are you back?" Chef Hua just came looking for you. ”

"Manxi is here?" Wang Shishi was pleasantly surprised.

"Yes, Chef Hua's family is here, I think I came to ask the young lady to eat." The shopkeeper said again.

"Auntie, they're here too, that's great." Wang Shishi had already arranged for someone to pick them up, but she was busy with Chen Xiuli's affairs today, so she didn't go to the house in time to ask.

"Let's go, cousin, let's go next door for dinner." Wang Shishi didn't even go back to her own home, handed over Chen Xiuli's luggage to the shopkeeper, asked him to take it back and settle it, and took Chen Xiuli to the house next door.

After Hua Manxi looked at the account book here, seeing that it was already dark, Wang Shishi estimated that she was about to come back, so she went back to the next door to prepare dinner.

Her mother and uncle brought a lot of family specialties from Shishan County, she came to Beijing for a few months, and she was also very greedy, so tonight she made all the family specialties.

Hua Manxi washed the bacon and sausages at home, and then cut them into thin slices.

Put the bacon in the pot, fry until the oil comes out, the fat part becomes transparent, then put the chopped capers into the pot and stir-fry together, and finally sprinkle a handful of chopped green onions before coming out of the pot.

Bacon and capers are salty, so this dish does not put any seasoning, so as not to be too heavy, this capers were originally soaked with chili peppers, so sour and spicy delicious, plus bacon, it is really an artifact for rice.

After making this dish, Hua Manxi is followed by fried green pepper sausage, which is also a home-cooked dish, it is simple and fast to make, put the sausage into the pot and fry it, add a little water to simmer, and finally add the green pepper to it, and fry it until it is broken.

The shiny green peppers, the oily sausages, the crystal clear eye color, the fat and thin taste, and a little spicy green pepper are also a super dish to eat.

In addition to the first time, the uncle also brought a lot of dried seafood, squid soaked and stir-fried with some spicy seeds, dried abalone soaked and boiled in chicken broth, and dried dried shrimp for stir-fried vegetables.

After a while, Hua Manxi made a table full of dinner.

As soon as she took off her apron, a figure in an apricot yellow dress pounced on her and hugged her.

"Miss me, I haven't seen you in days." Wang Shishi laughed.

"Do you want people, or do you want vegetables?" Hua Manxi said with a smile, and then saw Chen Xiuli who was drinking tea, "Lord Chen is here too?" This is a distinguished guest. ”

Chen Xiuli smiled at her and nodded, and said softly: "I can smell the fragrance of vegetables from afar, so come and eat it." ”

"Lord Chen's words are serious, it is our honor for you to be here." Hua Lanxiang added tea to Chen Xiuli and said politely.

"Okay, you're welcome, let's eat at the table, what I made today is a specialty brought from Shanxian County." Hua Manxi pulled Wang Shishi, and everyone went to the table, talking and laughing while eating, just like when they returned to Shishan County.

"Today is really a good day, firstly, Manxi got the golden knife of the imperial kitchen, and he will enter the palace to see the world in a few days, and secondly, my cousin has also been successfully separated from the Chen Mansion, and he will settle here in the future, you will stay here for a few more days, he is not busy with official business, and he can take care of you." Wang Shishi sighed while eating the dishes, "It's been a long time since I've eaten the dishes made by Manxi, it's really delicious!" ”

"Separated? But isn't Lord Chen still married? Kyoto has different rules than we do? Can I break up if I don't get married? The eldest aunt was a little shocked.

"His situation is more special, and it is better to divide it than not to divide it." Wang Shishi grinned, and quickly opened the topic and said, "Auntie, you are too right to bring this dried seafood, Chen Xiuli is going to die of hunger!" ”

The eldest aunt is also a sincere person, and wondered: "This is not right, didn't you bring it with you when you came?" I brought so many dry goods, didn't you give them to Master Chen? Manxi, that's your fault—"

"Ahem, ahem! Ahem, ahem! Hua Manxi was also shot while lying down, and a mouthful of sausage was stuck in his throat, and he coughed violently, because the sausage was fried with chili peppers, and the spicy taste surged, and he immediately choked on tears.

"Take a sip of water." Chen Xiuli sat next to Wang Shishi, quickly poured water, crossed Wang Shishi and handed it over, Hua Manxi took the water, and poured a few sips in a row, and then smoothed the breath.

"Hahaha, speaking of this, blame me, blame me, you don't know wow, the specialties of Shishan County have been sold almost all the way, and I have earned thousands of taels! Some of the money in this house is the money from the sale of dry goods! ”

But isn't it, along the way, it's like picking up money, Miss Wang has been in business for so many years, and she has never tried such a profitable book.

"What! Those dry goods can be sold for such a high price! I knew we were going to do a little more. "The eldest aunt was incredulous.

When it comes to fooling people, no one is more powerful than Miss Wang, she shook her head seriously and said: "No, aunt, the so-called strange goods are habitable, and things are scarce and expensive, if they are too much, they will be worthless." ”

Hua Manxi watched Wang Shishi bluff her aunt and uncle into a daze, and she was amused, and hurriedly gave her a bowl of dishes with a large number of chopsticks, and said, "Eat, you, so many delicious foods can't stop your mouth!" ”

The people at the table started talking and laughing again, and they were happy.

However, in the Patriotic Mansion, it is a different scene.

The subordinate who came back from Shishan returned to the Lin Mansion, and immediately went to tell Mrs. Lin about the situation, and told Hua Manxi about his reluctance to recognize his father from beginning to end.

"What! She didn't want to admit her father! She's just a mountain girl, do you know what kind of family our Lin Mansion is? Mrs. Lin was looking forward to being able to let the wild girl replace Feng Xuan to fulfill the holy decree, who would have thought that people would find it, and people would not be willing to admit it!

"I know, that girl, in fact, came to Kyoto a long time ago, and I heard that she participated in the imperial chef selection and was selected to be the imperial chef." The retribution replied.

"Imperial Chef?" Mrs. Lin frowned slightly, "Then this matter will be difficult to do, if she enters the palace and gets the blue eyes of any master, it will not be easy to rectify her." ”

"Madam, the little one thinks that we still have to strike first." The steward's eyes darkened, and he leaned close to Mrs. Lin's ear and whispered a few words.

Mrs. Lin frowned and pondered for a while, then nodded and said, "Okay, just do as you say." ”

Hua Manxi and they had dinner, and listened to Wang Shishi's suggestion, and followed Chen Xiuli to visit the most famous night market in Kyoto, although she had been in Kyoto for a few months, but she had been busy choosing the imperial chef, and had not really come out to shop, so she readily agreed.

There are four main streets in Kyoto: Suzaku Xuanwu and Blue Dragon and White Tiger. One of the most famous night markets is the night market on Suzaku Street.

This night market is not far from Yipinju, Wang Shishi and Hua Manxi have passed by, but it is the first time to walk slowly like this.

There are shops on both sides of this night market, selling pen, ink, paper, inkstone, rouge and gouache, clothes and cloth, food and snacks, lighting and playing, gold and silver jewelry, dazzling, row upon row, really dizzying.

Of course, when it comes to the most pyrotechnic atmosphere, it is natural to have those stalls in the streets and alleys. Steaming dumplings, noodle soup, sweet and sour rock sugar gourds, fragrant fried skewers-

"In addition to the shops in this place, there are more varieties than our Shishan, and this snack is not a little worse than our Shishan, hey, leaving Shishan, it is a luxury to want to drink a cup of milk tea." Wang Shishi sighed.

"How can it be extravagant, you see, there is a prosperous shop transferred, let's go and see, if it is suitable, take this shop down, and open another milk tea shop in Kyoto, which will be prosperous." Hua Manxi said sharply.

"Oh, really! Manxi, your eyes are so sharp! Wang Shishi exclaimed, pulled Hua Manxi and walked to the shop.

Chen Xiuli shook his head helplessly, and said with a smile: "Other people's girls go shopping first to look at rouge gouache and jewelry, you two are good, patronize the shop." ”

Although he teased, the pace under his feet did not fall and followed.

Hua Manxi was not mistaken, there was really a shop transferred, it was a shop that sold pastries.

This shop has two floors, the upper floor is for guests to drink tea, and the lower floor is dedicated to buying dim sum cakes, because it is mostly a business for women and girls, so the decoration is quite elegant, there are lamps and words, there are flowers and grass, Wang Shishi has not yet entered the store, she likes it, secretly pinched Hua Manxi's hand, and said in a low voice: "This shop, I must take it down." ”

The three of them entered the pastry shop one after the other, and when the shopkeeper saw the guests, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet them: "A few guests, do you want to go upstairs to drink tea, or do you want to take away the cakes?" ”

Wang Shishi just wanted to start talking about the store, but Hua Manxi held her hand and said in a low voice: "We are from out of town, go upstairs to drink tea, and take a look at any delicious snacks by the way." ”

"Xiaoshun, greet objectively and go upstairs for tea." The shopkeeper smiled and asked Xiao Er to take them upstairs.

The stairs of this shop are all new, with the fragrance of wood, up to the second floor, all of them are separated private rooms, there are special tea sets, the decoration is very elegant and special, Wang Shishi is more and more happy.

"Guest officer, the special snacks of our store are jade white jade cake, pea yellow, kidney bean roll, gold and silver two-color cake, two-color bean cake, hawthorn cake, yam cake, gold-wrapped silver egg yolk roll white potato, sweet potato glutinous rice pearl cake, etc., drink all kinds of flower tea, sour plum soup, and Da Hong Pao, Ming Qian Longjing, rain after Longjing, Junshan silver needle, Shanghao Pu'er are available." The little two introduced diligently.