"It's okay to have tofu and vegetables, I don't want to be called Hanako, just make do with it. But the pork, people with a little bit of money don't eat it. I'm not used to it. The old man followed her all the way in like a tail. Seeing her standing there stunned, her mouth muttering.

Lin Xiaozhu was angry and funny. But she remembered. When Su Dongpo was demoted to Huangzhou, he once wrote a poem and said: "Huangzhou is a good pork, the price is as cheap as dung, the rich refuse to eat it, and the poor do not understand how to cook it." Slow fire, less water, when the fire is full, it is beautiful! It can be seen that the status of pork in ancient times was extremely low. The main reason is that they think that pigs and dogs are dirty animals, and the status of pork and dog meat is very low. It has always focused on grass-eating sheep and cattle. It's just that cattle, as an important production tool in ancient times, were ordered to be banned. The Song Dynasty was rich and extravagant, and this ban was in vain, and the beef tax was collected at the same time as the ban on killing, which led to the description of "cutting two catties of beef" in "Water Margin". It was not until the Ming and Qing dynasties that the ban on cattle was strictly enforced, and the monsoon climate of China's mainland was not conducive to the growth of pasture, and it was difficult to raise sheep.

Although I don't know what dynasty this is, Lin Xiaozhu, who was born at the grassroots in his previous life and grew up eating pork, has a very deep affection for pork. The whole body of the pig is full of treasures. Dongpo meat, plum cabbage button meat, sweet and sour loin, gold and silver pork belly, fat sausage, stir-fried liver tip, five-spiced elbow, braised pig's trotters, ......" read a long list, and finally took a breath and made a closing statement, "All in all, except for pig hair and pig teeth, the whole body of the pig is not unusable; Braised and stewed, fried and stewed, which place can make countless good dishes, the taste is diverse, fragrant and mellow, good quality and low price, it is an indispensable ingredient for ordinary people to live at home. If you don't eat it, that's definitely your loss! ”

Damn, she made her drool when she said it. In this ancient time, she had eaten pork on the night she first arrived at the villa. The pork here is different from the tasteless feed pigs in the previous life, even if it is cooked with the simplest cooking method, it is still fresh and sweet and mellow, and has a unique taste.

The old man was said by her, and then looked at the intoxication on her face, and couldn't help but yearn for it. But he pretended to be disbelieving, snorted lightly, and glanced at Lin Xiaozhu: "Is it really as delicious as you say?" Why don't you make me a dish? If it tastes really good, I'll believe you, and I'll invite you to eat the six fish tomorrow. ”

Speaking of the six fishes, his eyes lit up: "You don't know, in this town, the most famous one is the six fishes." This kind of fish is definitely a rare fish, except for the cave two miles southeast of Qingxi Town, it can't be found anywhere else. When this fish is cooked, it can produce oil by itself, just put it in the pot...... Tsk, that's called a incense! "A fried fish with a hundred carats" is definitely not an exaggeration. I have been salivating for this fish for a long time, and today I finally ate it. Ahh He smacked his lips and missed it infinitely, "That fish is very tender and fat, as soon as you put it in your mouth, it looks like it's going to melt, you don't have to chew it, it's gone; And it's fresh...... Alas, it is only today, old man, that I finally know what it means to be fresh! After drinking such a mouthful of fish soup, you can really swallow your tongue......" At this point, he closed his eyes and swallowed his saliva, "Now that I think about it, it seems that this mouth can still have the umami taste of that fish!" The ancients said that the aftermath lingers for three days. After eating these six fish, I can really explain this sentence! Alas......"

The old man who dared to love came to this town to taste the food. It's just that this doesn't taste like six fish, is it really as good as he said? Lin Xiaozhu was so itchy and salivating by what he said!

The old man smacked his lips and reveled in intoxication for a long time, then he opened his eyes and cocked his beard proudly: "Do you want to eat?" It's easy, as long as you make the pork you said delicious, I'll invite you to eat it. How's that, girl? ”

Lin Xiaozhu wilted suddenly: "I can't cook for you today, I have to leave immediately." Tomorrow, I'll do it for you tomorrow. As for the six fishes, when your family came to pick you up, you paid the bill in the tavern, and I will definitely eat it when I have time. As soon as she heard the old man's description, she knew that this fish was definitely not cheap. Otherwise, I wouldn't have spent so much money on two meals. His twenty taels of silver can't be spent any longer, so let's bear with it. One day, she will have to eat all the world's delicacies.

The old man was not reluctant, stretched out his hand to stroke his beard, and nodded understandingly: "Okay, then tomorrow." ”

While the two were talking, the voice of a big cow came from outside the courtyard gate: "Is anyone at home?" ”

"Uncle Niu, come in." Lin Xiaozhu walked out. The old man followed.

"I don't know what to call them." Da Niu looked at the two and smiled.

"You can call me Xiaozhu." Lin Xiaozhu knew that if Yuan Tianye wanted to find out here, he would know it as soon as he talked about his appearance, and he couldn't hide it at all, so he simply didn't change his name or surname, and directly said his name.

"My surname is Xue." The old man looked at Da Niu and the young man who was following him, and then at Lin Xiaozhu, his gaze became softer and softer.

"Master Xue, Miss Xiaozhu, this is my cousin, named Zhang Dong." Da Niu pointed to a young man of about twenty years old who followed him and said, "Because there is only one old father in his family besides him, and he has been sick for many years. So he has been doing housework well since he was a child. His house lives next door to mine, a few steps away. There is no need to eat and lodging, just that after finishing the work here, Master Xue can allow him to go home and cook a meal and take a look at his father. ”

Lin Xiaozhu turned his head to look at the old man: "Grandpa Xue, I asked Uncle Niu to find this Zhang Dong to serve you." Do you think it's a good fit? ”

Old Man Xue waved his hand indifferently: "Don't ask me, anyway, I was picked up by you, naturally everything is up to you." ”

Lin Xiaozhu couldn't cry or laugh. However, she could be regarded as having figured out the old man's old childish temper, and she didn't care about him, turned around, took out a handful of copper coins from her arms, counted them, and handed them to Zhang Dong: "This is eighty-five yuan, which is considered an advance of your five-day salary." This is twenty Wen, Master Xue's food expenses tomorrow. I've bought today's dishes just now, so go buy some firewood and cook for the old man. After speaking, he handed over another twenty wen, "This is the money to buy firewood." ”

Zhang Dong saw that Lin Xiaozhu hadn't signed the contract, so he directly handed over the money to him, and couldn't help but be moved, and said repeatedly: "I don't need these twenty wen, just bring some firewood to my house." ”

"Take it." Lin Xiaozhu estimated that Uncle Xue would reward people with more than this money, where would he ask Zhang Dongbai to produce firewood and grass? A handful of the money was stuffed into Zhang Dong's hand. He turned around again and took out the rest of the money in one go: "This is the remaining fifty-eight wen." You give Zhang Dong twenty copper coins a day, which is enough. Remember, you have to save money. ”

Old Man Xue's gaze at Lin Xiaozhu became softer and softer, and he didn't shirk, took the money and put it in his arms, and instructed: "Remember, girl, you come over tomorrow to cook for me." I asked Zhang Dong to buy the meat in advance. ”

"Okay, I won't forget." Lin Xiaozhu didn't dare to delay any longer, and waved his hand, "Then I'll go." ”

She ran out of the courtyard gate, turned to the corner and stood for a while, listening to the voices of the three people in the courtyard still in the same place, and then she returned to the backyard along the root of the wall, turned over the collapsed place, and went down from the well.

Fortunately, the old man asked someone to clean up the yard, probably thinking that it was enough to clean up the front yard, and no one was sent in the backyard at all. In addition, this well is located in the corner of the backyard, blocked by several large bushes of holly, Lin Xiaozhu moved some miscellaneous items to pile up next to it, moved a rotten table and put it on it, and there was a broken tablecloth on the table, which could not be found without looking carefully.

However, Lin Xiaozhu has always been skeptical about this passage, for this courtyard, and about Old Man Xue's various behaviors. It's not that she has a lot of heart, there is a master like Yuan Tianye who has more heart and eyes than a sieve, she really can't think about it too much. But once she had decided to try this passage, she decided to go with the flow. If this is really a mistake, then the most fundamental mistake has already been committed, so why care about one or two more mistakes? So her current attitude is Aurora Single. Anyway, she doesn't have the heart to run away now, even if this passage, this courtyard, and Old Man Xue are all traps laid by Yuan Tianye, she can be regarded as handing in an answer sheet that Yuan Tianye is satisfied with, right?

PS: Recommended ending text of Ling Shui: [bookid=1973226, bookname="Liangtian Qianqing"], [bookid=1781633, bookname="Crossing the Tea Words and Colors"]