Chapter 40: It's too speechless to be true!
The tone is so arrogant, it seems that the chin is taken back!
I still remember sleeping until now, she was shocked, scared and embarrassed when she removed her chin that day, it was only a few days, she forgot the pain of the scar, and she dared to provoke her when she was 100 days!
Did she forget her mother's warning!
Sleep didn't feel that my mother was simply ruthless that day, and immediately raised her little head!
Sure enough, I saw my mother's eyes squinting, although she looked silent, but she knew that her mother was angry!
The consequences are severe!
The sleeping little hand grabbed the placket of the mother's clothes and entered the battle state on his own, and he was even a little excited in his heart!
As a result, she was ready to watch the excitement, but her mother only said lightly: "Since you are cheeky and here, then find a place to sit, and you will be a guest at the door." ”
Everyone heard the sarcasm in her words, and looked at Meng Hongmei with a hint of watching the play, wondering how she would react.
After all, this woman is well-known for her sore teeth in the village.
And the Rong family is also notoriously difficult to mess with.
However, what people didn't expect was that Meng Hongmei was able to calm down this time and didn't reply again, found a table with an empty seat inside, and sat down with a handkerchief.
I didn't talk much for a while.
I couldn't figure it out when I slept and I always felt that it wasn't so simple for her to come to the door today.
After a while, another person entered the hall, it was Meng Hongmei's daughter.
As soon as she came in, she pretended to greet everyone affectionately and said, "There is a delay in the family, I am not late, right?" ”
There are few people in the village who are good with her family, but she stretched out her hand not to hit the smiling person, and the village chief's daughter-in-law replied with a face: "It's not too late, it's not too late, go and sit next to your mother." ”
Sleep noticed that Meng Hongmei's daughter didn't dare to look at her mother from the moment she entered the door, obviously she was still afraid.
I'm afraid that if I come back, it's even more weird!
Sleepy's two big eyes stared firmly at the mother and daughter, and saw Meng Hongmei's daughter whispering a few words in Meng Hongmei's ear.
Then, Meng Hongmei smiled and began to chatter.
"Sister-in-law of the Lin family, I heard that it was the chef in the town who came to hold a banquet on the Rongjia stove this time, and the taste of Jiangnan was still cooked, have you ever eaten Jiangnan cuisine?"
Aunt Lin grabbed a fruit in her hand and said, "I have lived in Dingzhou since I was a child, where have I eaten Jiangnan cuisine." ”
Meng Hongmei also pinched a fruit casually, and said in a somewhat nostalgic tone: "When I was young, I also went to Jiangnan with my husband's family, and lived in Jiangnan for seven years...... Ouch, I'm so hungry just thinking about it! ”
Aunt Lin had never heard of these dishes at all, and she didn't know how to answer her words, and this woman opened her mouth as if she was showing off, and she really didn't bother to pay attention to it!
Meng Hongmei didn't have anyone to talk to, so she simply sighed to herself: "Didn't you say that the Rong family invited a chef from Jiangnan, I don't know if I can eat it today." ”
Meng Hongmei's daughter secretly glanced in the direction of the Rong family, and whispered: "Mother, I heard that the cook who cooks today is the apprentice of Master Baicuilou, and the taste will definitely not be worse than what you eat in Jiangnan." ”
"Really? The apprentice of the chef of Pak Cui Lou? Then I should know! Meng Hongmei seemed to suddenly come to her senses, "I have to go and say hello!" ”
So saying, she was about to get up and go out.
A sister-in-law couldn't stand it anymore, so she pulled her down and said, "The chef is busy now, and the banquet is about to start, so don't go and make a mess!" ”
Didn't you see that everyone was too lazy to take care of you!
Which one is singing here by one?
At this moment, Rong Lao Si outside shouted: "It's time to open the table!" It's time to eat! ”
Rong Lao Er and a few people held high bamboo poles with cannons hanging on their heads, and as soon as they lit them, they crackled and bustled outside!
After the firecrackers went off, the assistant chef and Sister-in-law Chen began to serve the food.
According to the rules of Jiangnan, the front is cold dishes, Chen's sister-in-law and the village daughter-in-law are responsible for the front and back yards, and the village elders in the hall are helping the kitchen to serve the dishes, and the exquisite people have to introduce the names and meanings of the dishes in public.
Meng Hongmei saw the cook coming over with a tray, and put two plates of cold salad and sugar lotus root on the table, which were not only large in portion but also exquisitely arranged, not at all like the country table here with a big pot, and her eyes showed a little surprise!
The assistant chef smiled and gave a brief introduction to the villagers: "This cold dish is called vegetarian assortment, which is a common New Year's dish in Jiangnan, meaning perfect and festive, and this dish next to it is called osmanthus sugar lotus, which is commonly used in the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in Jiangnan. ”
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone got off their chopsticks and hurriedly put them into their bowls, for fear that if they were slow down, they would be gone!
Meng Hongmei hesitated for a moment, but when everyone was not paying attention, she grabbed the arm of the assistant chef and asked with a smile: "Little brother, I heard that your master studied under the master of Baicuilou, dare to ask which one it is?" I'm also often in the town, so maybe we're still acquaintances! ”
The young man had a heart, and replied directly with a smile: "My master, this aunt can not be seen easily." ”
With that, he turned around and walked away.
Meng Hongmei made a fuss, and subconsciously said sourly: "What is it, the ghost knows where the imposter came from!" ”
As soon as she said this, the whole hall fell silent!
Meng Hongmei realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly made up for herself: "I don't mean anything else, I know almost all the chefs and starters in this town, but I think that the young man just now is a face, so I asked more, and this vegetarian assorted and osmanthus sugar lotus root are common dishes in Jiangnan, and even apprentices will make them, so they are not famous dishes." ”
Everyone listened to her, but no one answered.
It's so speechless!
Just this appearance, this taste, is it nothing?!
At this time, another assistant chef came in with a tray, and hot dishes began to be placed on the table, Dongpo meat, pine nut bacon, braised fish head, sweet and sour loin, salted duck, eel paste, crystal trotters, grilled whole pig's head, Wensi tofu...... There are twenty-seven dishes in total, and the corners of the table are full!
also stunned the villagers of Baizhang Village!
Aunt Lin held the chopsticks, looked around and didn't know where to start, and exclaimed again and again: "It's so beautiful!" I don't even know how to pick up vegetables with these chopsticks! This table of dishes, there are no dozens of taels! But let the village elders see! ”
The village chief's daughter-in-law was also so shocked that she didn't know what to eat, so she sandwiched a small piece of tofu and said, "I don't think serious Jiangnan celebrity chefs may be able to make this table dish, but it's so delicious!" ”
"That's it! Hongmei, isn't that what kind of lion's head Dongpo meat you are talking about? Aren't you hungry for that taste? Eat it! ”
"Hongmei, you don't know each other at all, do you? Why don't you hurry up and taste what you're doing! ”
Meng Hongmei couldn't recover from the shock for a long time, and then glared at her daughter fiercely!
Didn't you say you went to the kitchen to see it, that person wasn't the town's chef at all, and he hadn't even seen it!
How can you still make such a top-notch Jiangnan dish!
This banquet is not to mention that it is in the town, even in the big families in the south of the Yangtze River, it is also the best!
Meng Hongmei's daughter bit her lip innocently, looking timid.
Meng Hongmei regretted her death, pulled her daughter's clothes and stood up, and said curtly: "I remember that there is still something in the town, sisters-in-law and aunts eat slowly!" ”
After saying that, she hurried away!
As soon as she walked to the door, she saw a carriage parked outside the gate of the Rong family's courtyard, and an adult wearing an official uniform came over with four yacha and asked, "This is the Rong family in Baizhang Village?" ”
Meng Hongmei's expression moved, she stepped forward boldly, thought she was in a soft posture and saluted, nodded and said, "This is the Rong family, dare to ask the official what is the matter?" ”
The county magistrate wearing an official uniform glanced at her solemnly, and said in an awe-inspiring tone: "The government is doing things, how can you ask more questions as a woman!" An old woman, don't behave in front of the official family, otherwise you will be punished for the crime of obstructing official business! ”
After the words fell, he took the yacha into the courtyard of the Rong family.
Meng Hongmei was frightened, her teeth trembled, and she was angry at the same time!
A county official is really majestic, if the previous lord and husband are still there, such a petty official has to look at her face!