Chapter 57: Reading the Red Mansion and Tasting Roast Duck
Chu Lian never thought that the noble Duanjia County Lord outside would be like this, a little awkward, and a little arrogant.
She couldn't help but smile, "Okay, I know." ”
"By the way, I can only make this cat's snack for me alone, otherwise I will take you for the crime. ”
Chu Lian added another sentence in his heart, Lord Duanjia is not only awkward and arrogant, but also a little possessive.
The two ate snacks and drank honey water in the flower hall, during which Princess Wei asked someone to send some rare cherries in the late season to satisfy the hunger of the two, but it was extremely interesting and did not disturb her daughter's relationship with her favorite friends.
Seeing that it was noon outside, the county lord of Duanjia coughed slightly, "Chu Liu, how about I take you out to eat today?"
Chu Lian was really a little crying and laughing, the lord of Duanjia County was too jumpy, and she was a guest in the palace, shouldn't she stay in the palace, what the hell is going on to eat outside.
Seeing Chu Lian staring at her with wide eyes and being silent, the county lord of Duanjia pursed his lips, "Okay, I want to eat the roast duck from the Red Mansion, are you going or not?"
Reading the Red Mansion?
One of the top restaurants in Shengjing City, famous for roast duck, which is like a modern "Quanjude".
Chu Lian still has a "Guilin Ju" to take care of, but he can go and see what the best restaurant in Shengjing City looks like.
Chu Lian smiled and nodded.
Lord Duanjia excitedly asked the maid next to him to inform Princess Wei, and asked a grandmother to go to the front yard to arrange a car.
Before noon, the county lord of Duanjia and Chu Lian came to the side gate of Yuehong Mansion, and the two of them got off the carriage with the help of their subordinates, Chu Lian looked at it casually, and his eyes widened slightly.
Sure enough, this Yue Red House is extraordinary, it is in the best part of Zhuque Street, and there are countless people who come and go every day, and at this time, from their position, the lobby on the first floor of Yue Red House is already full.
There was a special guy at the side door to lead the two in, and the lord of Duanjia seemed to be a frequent visitor to the Red Mansion, and the two were led to a private room by the man with a lot of eyesight.
As soon as the county lord of Duanjia opened his mouth, he ordered several dish names, some of which Chu Lian had never heard of.
Chu Lian looked at the decoration in the private room of the Red Mansion, which was exquisite and luxurious everywhere, and there were even potted plants on the flower table near the window, which were excellent at first glance, and they were elegant and noble everywhere, so he didn't know how the food here was.
The county lord of Duanjia held his chin with one hand, and his eyes stared at Chu Lian's smart eyes without blinking, "Chu Liu, you haven't been to such a place?"
Chu Lian didn't expect the Duanjia County Lord to ask directly, he smiled when he heard the words, and shook his head, "It's true that I've never been here, this is the first time!"
In the original book, Chu Lian didn't have a good relationship with the sisters in the family, and he was suppressed by his stepmother, and the private money was even less pitiful, not to mention that he had the opportunity to come out to play, I am afraid that he didn't even have the money to reward his subordinates when he left the house, how could he have the opportunity to come to the Red Mansion This is the top restaurant in Shengjing City.
When the lord of Duanjia heard her confession, he guessed that her life in the British Mansion was not easy, but he saw that her eyes were clear and clear, and there was not the slightest trace of darkness and resentment, but he liked her temperament more and more.
"Then you eat more today, and when you run out of food, let's go to the Defeng Teahouse opposite to sit down, I heard that there is a repertoire of "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix" in the Defeng Teahouse today. ”
It's rare to have a like-minded person to eat, drink and have fun together, Chu Lian is very arrogant about this kind of thing, the two girls are like girlfriends going out shopping, of course they are not comfortable, Chu Lian agreed in one bite.
When all the dishes were served, Chu Lian, who was still looking forward to it, couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth twice after seeing the dishes on the table.
There are more than ten signature dishes on the whole table, only one roast duck can still be seen, and the rest of the dishes are not much different from those eaten in Jing'anbo Mansion.
And the county lord of Duanjia on the opposite side looked at this table full of dishes, but his eyes were bright, and the big girl who was waiting next to him had already started, and put a piece of roast duck meat on the plate in front of the county lord of Duanjia, and also sandwiched a piece for Chu Lian.
In front of him are two small plates, one with dark soy sauce and the other with finely ground salt.
Lord Duanjia pointed to the two milky white dishes in front of him and said, "Chu Liu, this roast duck piece is delicious when it is eaten with soy sauce and fine salt in front of you, try it quickly." ”
After the county lord of Duanjia finished speaking, he seemed to be impatient to pick up the duck pieces in the bowl and put them in the small dish in front of him and dip them evenly, and then stuffed them into Yinghong's small mouth, closed his eyes slightly, and looked like he was enjoying it.
After eating a piece, he smacked his mouth for a while, and then looked at Chu Lian expectantly with a pair of big eyes.
Chu Lian had no choice but to stretch out his chopsticks and follow the method of Lord Duanjia and put the piece of duck meat of moderate size in his mouth.
Chu Lian: ......
Although the duck meat is crispy and oily, it is white and tasteless! No wonder it is served with soy sauce and fine diced salt.
Although soy sauce and fine salt can enhance the flavor, but wrapped in a layer of duck meat, the taste is uneven, a mouthful, as if eating half a mouthful of salt, and now even if it is the top of the grinding fine salt that compared with the salt of later generations, the particles are too large, the duck meat is chewed to the inside and there is no taste, the outside is stained with salt and soy sauce salty to death, where is delicious!
Chu Lian, who was used to having a light taste, suddenly felt bad, and was stared at by the expectant gaze of the Duanjia County Lord, Chu Lian was not easy to spit it out, so he hurriedly chewed it a few times, and swallowed it with difficulty.
Seeing her eat a piece, Lord Duanjia coughed twice and asked, "Chu Liu, how is it, is it to taste?"
Chu Lian glanced up at the Duanjia County Lord, although her face was indifferent, the look of eagerness to make people affirm in her eyes was very obvious.
Chu Lian couldn't bear to brush her kindness, so he had to avoid the seriousness and said lightly: "It's okay." ”
Hearing her answer like this, Lord Duanjia immediately frowned, "Isn't it delicious?"
Chu Lian smiled awkwardly, she was already numb, and the meals of the Great Wu Dynasty were estimated to be like this for the imperial banquet in the palace.
Suddenly, Lord Duanjia's eyes were brighter, "Chu Liu, do you know how to make a more delicious roast duck?"
Chu Lian was about to refuse, but the county lord of Duanjia immediately said: "Don't lie to me! Otherwise, I will tell my father that you are bullying me." ”
Forehead...... Chu Lian didn't expect that the county lord of Duanjia, who was friendly a moment ago, suddenly became arrogant.
Think about the identity of King Wei, and then think about the withering British government and her father who has no ability and only works idle, forget it, this father is too powerful, and it is completely hopeless to fight for his father.
Chu Lian was still very knowledgeable, "County Lord, the more delicious roast duck is not counted, but at least it is slightly better than the roast duck in the Red Mansion." ”
Chu Lian said and stretched out his white and tender right hand, pinched the two fingers together, and compared.
Lord Duanjia never thought that this Nizi in front of her would really be able to make roast duck, her eyes rolled, "In a few days, I will invite you to come to the palace, how about we make roast duck together?"
The lord of Duanjia said this, and he laughed in his heart, hum, he had already said that this broken roast duck was like a broken roast duck, and the fourth brother also spent a lot of money to buy the secret recipe, and now even Chu Liu can make something more delicious than this, she really laughed to death, next time Chu Liu does it well, the first one will be given to the fourth brother to taste, not angry with him.
The county lord of Duanjia thought proudly, and completely forgot how he had thought about coming here to eat roast duck in the Red Mansion.
However, this roast duck has won Chu Lian's evaluation, and it seems that it is really not as delicious as what I have eaten before, and I always feel that it is a matter of whether I eat it or not.
Chu Lian didn't know why, on the day he came to get together with the county lord of Duanjia, he was just mixing up in eating and drinking.
I couldn't laugh or cry.
The county lord of Duanjia in the Red Mansion originally fell in love with a roast duck, and the other dishes were not eye-catching, and now the interest in the roast duck was also stirred up by Chu Lian, and the two girls ate some casually, but the fruit wine in the Yue Red Mansion tasted sweet, sweet and delicious, so that the two of them drank a few more glasses.
The joke that Lord Duanjia and Chu Lian said in the private room here, neither of them knew that it had already fallen into the ears of the people next door.
Tang Yan couldn't help but put his fist on his lips, his cheeks were flushed, and he finally couldn't help laughing in his chest, choking and coughing twice, and then he no longer deliberately covered it up, but laughed out loud.
The fourth brother King Jin in the mouth of the Duanjia county lord was already full of displeasure, and the blue eyes that were so different from ordinary people glanced at Tang Yan on the other side coldly, which made people shudder for no reason.
Tang Yan received such a warning look, and hurriedly held back a smile, pretending to be serious and said, "Your Majesty has the courage to ask His Royal Highness, how much silver did you buy for the secret recipe of this roast duck?"
King Jin's face froze, and another eye knife flew over, "Tang Yan, do you feel that you have too much money, and you still have money left to eat in the Red Mansion?"
Tang Yan immediately closed his mouth with interest, but Yu Duanjia was the county lord, and when he saw the crispy yellow roast duck in front of him, he had no appetite.
He sighed, "I don't know how the roast duck skills of the county lord, a close friend of the boudoir, are, and the lower officials really want to taste it." ”
King Jin did not hesitate to give a cold look, and said coldly: "You are still addicted to eating!"
Tang Yan coughed twice in embarrassment, and hurriedly got back to business, "Your Highness, He Saburo has arrived in Liangzhou, and this is the letter he sent someone." ”
Tang Yan is a subordinate official of the Jin Dynasty and a strategist, so he is quite reused.
King Jin took the letterhead from Tang Yan's hand, only read the letter written to him by He Changdi, and the other two letters were given to Jing'anbo's mansion, and he put them away well, and when he was ready to return home, he sent someone to send the letter to Jing'anbo's mansion.
"You arrange a team of people to Chang Di and listen to him. ”
Tang Yan nodded.
The two of them discussed the matter here, and King Jin heard that the two little women next door were about to leave to listen to the play in the Defeng Teahouse opposite.
Recalling what He Changdi said in his letter that he should take special care of Chu Lian, King Jin and Tang Yan also got up and quietly followed to Defeng Teahouse.
In fact, the sentence "take care" in He Changdi's letter to King Jin was written through gritted teeth, and when he wrote these two words, his pen was still a little shaky, and he almost oversmudged. I don't know if King Jin can understand the entangled anger in his heart.