Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Warm Pot Family Feast
Wu Cong was also hungry and said, "I remember that I found a box of moon cakes in the storage room just now, can I eat that box of moon cakes?"
As soon as Xia Zheteng heard that there were moon cakes, he didn't wait for Ximen Jing to reply, ran into the storage room in three steps and two steps, and came back with a huge mahogany box.
This box is very beautifully made. The mahogany has been brushed with tung oil many times, the dazzling eyes of the bright tile, the silver wire and the gold thread are pinched on it to outline a pattern of Chang'e running to the moon, surrounded by bas-relief eight immortals to enjoy the moon and flowers of the four seasons, which looks simple and generous, elegant and chic.
Xia Zheteng opened the lid of the box, revealing four small copper boxes, and when he opened the copper box, inside was a moon cake wrapped in tin foil. He said: "Simon, you decrepit boy, everyone has been cleaning for you for a long time, and you don't take out good things to share." ”
Ximen Jing said lazily: "This moon cake is the year before last, and now it can be used as a wheel by pressing the bearing, can you bite it?"
Xia Zheteng didn't give up, put it in his mouth and bit it, almost choked his teeth, he handed the moon cake to Wu Cong, and said, "Brother Cong, you are vigorous, help break it." ”
Wu Chong was really unambiguous, grabbed the moon cake with both hands, carried the strength of nine oxen and two tigers, and shouted! To say that Wu Chong's strength could break even a brick, but this moon cake was unscathed.
Ximen Jing gasped with a smile and said: "Don't bother, there are chickens, ducks, and fish on the balcony, and there are lamb legs in the refrigerator, but they are all raw. ”
Huang Di went to the balcony and walked around the kitchen, and said: "There are a lot of things enough for us to eat, but you don't even have oil, salt, sauce, and vinegar at home, so why don't you hurry up and buy it, and buy a few bottles of good wine by the way!"
Huang Di opened a list and wrote down the seasoning ingredients that needed to be purchased. Xia Zheteng pulled Wu Cong to purchase. Ximen Jing didn't want them to break the bank, so he ran to the bedroom and took out the envelope given by Gao Jianguo the day before yesterday.
At this time, Wu Cong looked at the moon cake in his hand and was unwilling, ran to the kitchen to find a kitchen knife, and chopped the moon cake in half with a fierce knife. Throw a piece to Xia Zheteng, nibble on a piece himself, and say while gnawing: "This taste is really good, but I didn't taste any filling!"
This moon cake can't be chewed at all, it can only be put in the mouth to smack the taste, Xia Zheteng said vaguely: "This piece seems to be shark fin filling, and there are two abalone fillings in the box!"
Wu Chong was stunned for a while: "This, this can't be one or two thousand boxes?"
Huang Di interjected: "You are poor, this box alone is worth thousands, plus moon cakes, it will cost at least tens of thousands." ”
The two often joked, but Wu Cong was not angry, and laughed: "Long live Lord, if you think this box is good, keep it for yourself, post a photo on it, and no one will rob it for you!"
Huang Di suddenly became anxious, and scolded: "Bastard, curse Lao Tzu to climb the chimney before the New Year!" said that he was going to use a kitchen knife to cut him when he went into the kitchen.
Ximen Jing hurriedly grabbed him and pushed Wu Cong and Xia Zheteng to go shopping. He opened the envelope in his hand and saw that it was a beautiful knife, a full 10,000. couldn't help but be slightly surprised, Gao Jianguo was too generous. This is a bit troublesome, the American knife is a good thing, but it is not circulated on the market, and you have to go to the bank to settle the foreign exchange and exchange it for Huaxia currency to use. Ximen Jing didn't have any other money on hand.
"It's okay, I'll put it on first!" Xia Zheteng waved his hand and pulled Wu Cheng out of the door.
Huang Diyu was still angry, scolded and scolded the backs of the two of them, pulled Ximenjing to the kitchen, and began to clean up those chickens, ducks and live fish.
Ximen Jing hadn't done any of this, so he was in a hurry. Huang Di complained: "You live alone, and you don't learn to cook, it's really enough, come and follow me well, so that you can find a daughter-in-law in the future." ”
Ximen Jing said: "I'm looking for a daughter-in-law and someone who can cook, why do you learn this!"
Huang Di held a kitchen knife in his hand and sighed: "This is reasonable, I have followed the pots and pans for half my life, and now I don't even have a daughter-in-law, hey, bring those two fish!"
Both fish are carp, one big and one small, the small one is just down, the big one can be described by the word Shenjun, long beard, huge mouth, fine scales, red in color with golden, jumping alive and jumping with five or six pounds.
Huang Di said, this is the authentic Yellow River carp, now it is easy to see, today you have a mouthful, I will make you an authentic Lu dish - sweet and sour live carp.
When the fish were being chopped, a miracle occurred. Huang Di took out a thumb-sized, rounded bead in the fish's jaw.
Ximen Jing's eyes were about to pop out: "Aren't all pearls out of mussel shells, how come fish also have pearls?"
Huang Di washed away the blood stains on the beads on the faucet, thought for a while and said: "I heard the old man in the line say that all aquatic species may give birth to pearls over time, and the beads on this fish should be called fish eyes, and the idiom fish eye mixed pearls come from here." ”
The beads are not big, but the color is restrained and deep, exuding a rich aura. Ximen Jing suddenly realized that he remembered a sentence in the spiritual record: "All pearls are gathered by spiritual energy, and they are made over time, fish, mussels, turtles, and turtles are all produced, especially in the jaws of fish, and the rest are secondary." ’
Ximen Jing was overjoyed in his heart, he didn't care about the value of the beads, he thought of the cameras in the police station, and he didn't know if this bead could replace Sui Zhu, so he immediately put the beads away.
Huang Di is not an old cook, and after a while, the chickens, ducks and fish will be cleaned up, and the leg of mutton will be chopped into large pieces, and everything is ready only to the east wind. About an hour, Wu Cong and Xia Zheteng also came back with a large bag.
I bought all kinds of materials and ingredients, and I also bought a few kinds of vegetables and fruits, and moved a box of Yuncheng special songs.
In the afternoon, the room is filled with the smell of food. Dry roast chicken, spicy chicken, stewed duck with old ginger, scallion and blood duck, sweet and sour live carp, bad fish fillet, a large pot of red braised mutton, and a few delicious cold dishes, green vegetables, chicken, duck and fish are all full, and a table is full.
The four of them sat around, filled their glasses, and drank heartily.
After three rounds of wine and five flavors, Ximen Jing picked up his wine glass and said, "Today, first, to celebrate the housewarming of this big official, and second, I asked my brothers to discuss one thing, let's go first!"
Everyone was curious, and after drinking all the wine, Huang Di asked suspiciously, "What kind of moth do you want?"
Ximen Jing poured wine for the servants, and then said slowly: "I have sold the original apartment and decided to open an art investment company." ”
The servants suddenly became interested, and looked at Ximen Jing waiting for the following.
Ximen Jing said: "Nowadays, there are more and more people who are vassals and elegant, and according to the style of their homes, they have to hang a few Chinese paintings or Western paintings, but most of them do not know about works of art, and they are not buying famous works! I have channels to know many artists who have not yet become famous. ”
Xia Zheteng asked, "Then you plan to trap them?"