This old man who healed the professor's injuries was very talkative. The professor and Tang Chizhou were also happy to chat with the old man more in order to learn more about the local customs, especially some information about the mountain.

But for some reason, although the book that taught the Jews knew a lot about the old man's family, he did not take the initiative to mention it to the old man.

It was getting dark outside, and after more than a day of rest, the professor and Tang Chizhou felt that their spirit and body had fully recovered, and the injury on the professor's foot was also much more relaxed after the old man's healing.

The appearance of the professor and the two students seemed to evoke the old man's childhood memories of foreigners, and as soon as he opened his chatterbox, he talked even more. Before they knew it, it was time for dinner, and the professor mentioned that the old man had dinner with them, and the old man had a very bold personality and was not polite, so he stayed.

Tang Chizhou and the professor specially instructed the shopkeeper to get more delicious food and some wine. After a while, the meal came up. As a sinologist, of course, the professor cannot ignore Chinese food, the delicacy of Chinese food, as well as the variety and richness, is second to none in the world, so some people say that the best way to live is to "marry a Japanese wife, live in a Western house, and eat Chinese food" - Japanese wives are gentle and considerate, Western houses mean modern comfort, and Chinese food is the most delicious in the world.

Therefore, whenever the professor goes to China, he must order local special food, and this time is no exception.

Every dish comes up, the old man has to comment on it, because he is a local aborigine, and he is a person who has seen the world, so the old man can always say amazingly, it seems to be an ordinary dish, after he told it, there are a lot of interesting stories in it, the professor and Tang Chizhou listened while eating, and felt full of fun. I feel that this old man is really good, not only good at treating bruises, but also so open-minded and erudite, getting along with him, people feel natural and friendly, and feel that they can increase a lot of knowledge.

The professor even felt that this old man had the legacy of his ancestors - being kind to others, warm-hearted, and having a pure personality, which made people have no sense of distance at all. The character traits written in the Jewish books and on the old man's ancestors can be seen in this old man to a greater or lesser extent. As a result, the professor had a lot of good feelings for this old man.

Of course, the two students didn't know Chinese at all, they just thought the food was delicious, and before the professor and Tang Chizhou had time to taste a few bites, the two students quickly swept away.

Just when eating and chatting was very enjoyable, the shopkeeper said that the most special dish tonight is about to come up, this dish is the most expensive in the local area, because Tang Chizhou specially proposed to try the most expensive local dishes, which is also understandable, the Tang family is a famous doctor family who is making money every day, and lives in the most prosperous city in China at that time - Shanghai, their life taste and consumption habits determine that they like to try some more "high-end" things, and food is no exception.

After listening to this, the old man praised with a thumbs up excitedly: "This Mr. Tang really has a pattern, like a person from a big place, this dish is extremely precious, in our local area, the general rich people are reluctant to eat, saying that the money for this dish is enough to buy 5 messenger girls, not to hide a few, not afraid of a few jokes, I have grown up, I have only heard of it, once again, I also saw others eat this dish, but I have no financial resources, and I am not willing to be so extravagant, I didn't expect that Mr. Tuotang's blessing today can be feasted, That's really a blessing for three lives. ”

After listening to this, the professor couldn't help but be secretly a little surprised, is a dish so expensive? What kind of dish is this? But he was afraid of sweeping Tang Chizhou's interest, and thought to himself, people have worked hard to come to this trip with their own adventures and difficulties, and they should eat more expensive dishes, but the professor knows Tang Chizhou's temperament, so he is afraid that Tang Chizhou will pay the bill first, so he hurriedly asked the shopkeeper to calculate how much this meal is, and asked him to ask for it later.

Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper replied with a smile: "This Tang Ye has already paid for the meal, and also gave a lot of reward money to the small one, this is the lord from Shanghai, this kind of bearing and pattern, we can't compare with the people in this small place, I am not afraid of a few jokes, our store is the best in the county, so our local rich businessmen and giants, and the small ones are not less received, but Tang Ye is such a generous person, it is the first time to ......"

Hearing what the shopkeeper said, the professor felt very upset, and hurriedly said to Tang Chizhou embarrassedly: "Oh, Tang Gongzi, how can you still break the bank, you are enough to help......

Tang Chizhou smiled and waved his hand, and said lightly: "It's a trivial matter", after speaking, he leaned close to the professor's ear and whispered: "Actually, it's okay, for me, I don't think it's so expensive, ha", the professor will also smile.

The old man sitting opposite didn't pay attention to the conversation between the two of them, but excitedly smashed a few sips of wine while urging the shopkeeper to quickly serve the dish.

After a while, he heard the shopkeeper shouting loudly, "Jade Big Supplement Mutton Dish" is coming, Tang Chizhou couldn't help but burst out laughing when he heard the name of this dish-because he felt that since this dish was very valuable, the name should also be elegant and exquisite, but he didn't expect it to be such a vulgar name.

The old man on the other side seemed to guess the reason for Tang Chizhou's laughter, and he couldn't help but giggle, and said while playing: "Let Mr. Tang laugh, the name is indeed a bit vulgar, and it is not worthy of the precious strangeness of this dish."

Although the name is not very good, the rich and unique fragrance is refreshing, which makes everyone in the room feel very hungry, although they have eaten a lot just now, but when they smell this fragrance, they immediately feel like they have not eaten for several days.

Particularly precious dishes are often eaten with great care, and this dish is no exception, and it is served on a special plate - more precisely, a pot that slowly shrinks from the bottom to the mouth, a bit like a beaker used in the real yàn room, and has a lid on it. The old man said that this lid is made of a special kind of straw, which is considered a straw mat, and this straw mat will make the fragrance inside even stronger.

When the dish is placed on the table, the lid is not immediately lifted because it will be a little longer stuffy for that smell to be optimal. But the irresistible scent has spread from the straw mat to the whole room.

The old man suddenly asked the professor and Tang Chizhou with a mysterious face: "Do you know why this dish is served when people are almost full?" ”

The professor and Tang Chizhou both shook their heads in unison, and the old man explained a little proudly: "This is because the taste of this dish is extremely delicious, if people smell it on an empty stomach, it will greatly stimulate their appetite, and it is easy to cause too much eating, and cause severe damage to the stomach qi, and even eat to death." So. This dish must be eaten at about the same time, so that the stimulation of people's appetite will be relatively small. ”

After about five or six minutes, the people in the house struggled with their appetite in that special fragrance, and finally, the shopkeeper lifted the lid, and in an instant, the people in the room felt that the fragrance was even stronger, it turned out that one of the most important functions of the lid made of straw mat was to organize that special fragrance to come out of the pot.

The five of them couldn't wait to pick up the chopsticks and pick up the vegetables from the pot. At this moment, Tang Chizhou was suddenly taken aback, because by the dim light, he found that the so-called vegetables in the pot were just some leaves floating in the soup, and he didn't see any pieces of meat or anything like that, he fished them with chopsticks, and there was indeed no meat, but just some leaves. And the leaves are very large, like lotus leaves. When he picked up a leaf, he suddenly felt that the shape of the leaf was a little familiar, and when he took the leaf and unfolded it on an empty plate in front of him, he couldn't help but be surprised!

It turned out that the leaf was the leaf of the strange plant at the mouth of the valley! At first, Tang Chizhou didn't believe his eyes, but when he got closer to the candlelight and took a closer look, he found that it was indeed the leaves of the plant! But the rest of the people didn't seem to be aware, especially the two students, who had already gobbled up the two articles, and discussed in English as they ate: "Strange, why does this leaf taste like meat?" So fat and fragrant, what kind of leaf is this? But it's so delicious and it tastes great. ”

Tang Chizhou hurriedly looked at the professor beside him, only to see that the professor also picked a slice, bit it lightly with his mouth, and slowly tasted the taste. And the old man on the other side ate very deliciously, and he didn't even have time to speak.

Tang Chizhou; He hurriedly whispered to the professor, "Professor, look at this leaf, if it is the kind you saw in the cave in the valley yesterday."

When the professor heard this, he was also taken aback, and hurriedly spread out the leaf that he had bitten a few bites on, and also spread it out on a plate, and when he saw that strange shape, he was also stunned.

The two students and the old man were still gobbling up, and the professor wanted to stop them from eating it, because they should not eat it until they had thoroughly figured out the strange plant. But when I opened my mouth, I didn't know what to say. Tang Chizhou reacted similarly to him, just when the two of them hesitated slightly, the other three had already eaten all the leaves in the pot, as if they were not happy, and even the soup in the pot was drunk separately by the three of them, and there was not even a drop left.

Tang Chizhou suddenly asked the old man: "Old man, what kind of leaf is this, why is it so thick, and it is so big, so fragrant, and smells of meat, is it stewed with meat and special seasonings?" Why does it taste so delicious? ”

The old man drank not a drop of soup in the bowl, and he was almost gone. The old man smacked his lips, as if he was still savoring the incomparably delicious taste, and explained absentmindedly: "There is no meat in it, it is said that this is a special herb, and its leaves have the smell of meat, and if you taste it carefully, it tastes a bit like mutton, but it does not smell like mutton at all."