Volume 1 The Rise of Dingxi Chapter 79 Ascending and Collapsing [5]
Di Weitai waited until Zhang Xueyu and Tang Zhongsong sat down, but he didn't say a word when everyone talked, always looking left and right with a smile, even if someone accosted him, he just nodded lightly, noncommittal.
Liu Ruiying could see that this was something on his mind......
I'm afraid that Ou Yaming's words still gave him a lot of things to think about.
As for what he was thinking about and how he would decide, Liu Ruiying couldn't guess it anyway.
Tang Zhongsong's position was arranged next to Liu Ruiying, and as soon as he sat down, he squeezed his eyebrows at Liu Ruiying.
"I don't know if there's any wine to eat today...... Did you see a liquor shop on the long street outside?"
Tang Zhongsong asked.
Liu Ruiying recalled and shook his head.
Although he had walked the long street before, his spirit was unusually muddy...... If it weren't for following Jiu Sanhan and Ou Xiao'e, I'm afraid I would have to get lost.
Speaking of which, it was the wine three halves standing on the small bridge at the entrance of the tea house to feed the fish that made him suddenly come back to his senses, where did he still have the heart to pay attention to whether there was a shop selling wine?
Although Liu Ruiying knew what wine was, the sweet and sour food was extremely unpalatable.
And before he came to the Dingxi Domain, Liu Ruiying almost didn't drink a drop of wine, although this wine is not wine, but in the final analysis, it still has a wine word.
Speaking of which, this Tang Zhongsong is still the guide of Liu Ruiying's wine road.
Although the climate of the Dingxi Royal Domain is dry, the world of Bogulou, surrounded by mountains, coupled with the moisture of the river that does not freeze in all seasons, is warm and moist.
Although it is not like spring all year round, it is really much better than outside.
"Home-cooked food, not high-end, and nothing exquisite, everyone is comfortable at will!"
Divi said.
Several dishes have already been put on the table.
Liu Ruiying thought that Di Weitai would say something impassioned, just like when Huo Wang, the king of Dingxi, bought wine in Jiying Town that day.
But what I didn't expect was that this Tianwen Sect just said a few words in such a plain way, and took the lead in using chopsticks.
Ou Yaming raised his cup by himself and looked at the deer with a meaningful smile.
"What are you anxious about?!"
Lu Mingming just raised his chopsticks, but he didn't want to put them down and replace them with wine glasses.
He naturally knew that Ou Yaming was going to start their gamble, but before drinking, why don't you eat something to cushion your stomach? Otherwise, I'm afraid that I won't be able to drink a few glasses and get drunk.
Lu Ming secretly wondered in his heart, Ou Yaming usually drank and rarely took the initiative to attack.
It has always been until he has raised his glass and delivered it to his eyes, and then he will slowly raise the glass and drink it all.
I don't know how to suddenly change his strategy today, or he is so confident, he thinks that there must be only one person in the pool for a while.
Liu Ruiying looked at the dishes in front of him, there were not many, only a few small plates, but they were all extremely exquisite.
Ou Xiao'e pursed her lips, feeling that these dishes were too bland......
Look at one, it's plain.
Look at it again, it's still plain......
And there is not a single dish with chili peppers, not even a drop of red oil can be seen, but how can she eat it?
Thinking that at the Xiangteng Inn in Dingxi Wangcheng, Ou Xiao'e asked the little second brother to put more chili peppers, and the third half of the wine also had a conflict with the people in the Xiangteng Inn for this, and almost made a big fuss.
Liu Ruiying's gaze swept over everyone, and finally returned to him.
"Why don't we go first?"
Tang Zhongsong handed over the cup and said.
Liu Ruiying smiled helplessly and said:
"Good!"
Tilt your head up and you'll have a cup of belly.
Unexpectedly, although this dish is bland, this wine is extremely strong!
After taking a bite, Liu Ruiying was like swallowing a burning firewood, burning from her throat to her stomach, and then continued to burn non-stop.
"Wow, this wine is enjoyable!"
Almost at the same time, Ou Xiao'e and the three halves of the wine both stared at the wine.
Both are alcoholics, and they have a paranoid love for the spirit.
For the first time, the third half of the wine did not drink with its wine gourd, but directly raised the glass.
Ou Xiao'e was more direct, she seemed to dislike the cup was too small to drink, so she simply vacated her bowl and poured the wine directly into the bowl.
It's just that this move was seen by Ou Yaming, but he couldn't laugh or cry......
"Xiao'e, is it because my Ou family lacks you to drink?"
Ou Yaming said with a smile.
"Ah...... No, the head of the house, I ......."
Ou Xiao'e was just a little excited when she saw the spirits, but she forgot what kind of occasion it was, and she also forgot that her family master was also present.
For a while, holding the bowl, I didn't know whether to drink it or put it down.
"Haha, does Miss Ou think this wine is not bad?"
Di Weitai said with a smile.
Ou Yaming said that Ou Xiao'e was breaking down in person, but he was actually giving him face.
Then the master, don't you have to say a few words to solve the situation?
As the time went by, the atmosphere became more and more harmonious.
"What Lord Di Lou said is that this wine is really excellent! not only the wine is fragrant, but also strong. After drinking it, there seems to be a fire burning, which makes people feel unhappy without vomiting!"
Ou Xiao'e said.
"Don't vomit, don't be happy!" that's a good word. In fact, this wine is the real Shixian wine, and what is sold in the outside room is nothing more than getting a little koji, and then blending it yourself. It can't be said that they are fake, but they are not orthodox after all. Only this wine is brewed in strict accordance with an ancient wine recipe that Bo Gulou Shixian liked to quote back then, and it has not deviated from the original taste for hundreds of years. Although the mouth is a little hot, as you said, once it brews in the belly, there is a feeling of not vomiting and unpleasant!"
Divi said.
"There have always been hundreds of poems about the poet fairy fighting wine, and if he drank the wrong wine, he might not be able to write so many poems. ”
Ou Yaming said.
"Not necessarily...... Wine can only be regarded as a change of medium, and Shixian drinking only makes his mind more comfortable, his emotions more intense, the speed of writing poems faster, and his style more heroic. If you can't write poetry, or if you can't write poetry, no matter how much good wine you drink for him, you won't even touch the pen and ink except for spitting up a lot of wine for you. ”
Lu Mingming said.
"It's the same way, just like me, no matter how much I drink this poetry fairy wine, I am a person with no literary talent. ”
Ou Yaming looked at the syrup in the glass and shook his head.
"Xiao'e, you drink less! This wine is extremely precious, and it should be left to Lord Di Lou and your uncle Ming Ming to drink it, and after drinking, write more good articles to revitalize Wendao, but it can't all enter the stomach of vulgar people like me. The blacksmith should drink some loose wine!"
Ou Yaming continued.
Ou Xiao'e heard the joke in the words of the head of the family, and after nodding, she actually took the bowl and toasted Lu Mingming.
Someone toasted, and Lu Ming was naturally not good at refusing.
He can make jokes in front of Ou Yaming, but how can he be embarrassed to twist and pinch in front of a junior?
Seeing Ou Xiao'e raise the bowl, he was also embarrassed to serve another cup, so he had to pour the wine into the bowl and drink it all with Ou Xiao'e.
When the bowl was put down, I felt that something was wrong......
The words that Ou Yaming said to Ou Xiao'e before, when she asked her not to drink too much, she also carried and praised Di Weitai and Lu Mingming.
But in the last sentence, the blacksmith only drank loose wine, but intentionally or unintentionally hooked Ou Xiao'e to come to toast to himself.
After all, he's a blacksmith, isn't he?
When you don't hold a pen, you take a hammer.
When the paper is not laid, a fire is lit.
Now Lu Mingming finally knows where this Ou Yaming's confidence comes from......
It turned out that it was all on Ou Xiao'e, this girl!
Ou Yaming knew that Ou Xiao'e had a lot of alcohol and a bold personality, so this became a good gun for him tonight.
Just now, the shot only showed a little cold light, and it had already made Lu Mingming drink a big bowl of belly. If there are three, four, five or six bowls, where can there be a state to deal with Ou Yaming?
But Lu Ming has nothing to say, others Ou Xiao'e is a member of the Ou family, listening to the words of the head of the family, and toasting to the friends and seniors of the head of the family, no matter what, he will never return.
Otherwise, not only will it seem that he will not give Ou Yaming face, but also appear to be putting on a score in front of his juniors, and in the end he will lose all the people of Bogulou.
It's just that he didn't calculate it in a thousand ways, Ou Yaming would have such a hand, thinking that this must be the countermeasure he had decided before he set the content of the bet with himself.
No wonder he didn't eat a mouthful of anything before, so he raised the wine glass, it turned out to be a retreat, and let Ou Xiao'e be the pioneer and take the lead, and when the snipe and mussels competed, he would sit back and reap the benefits of the fisherman.
Lu Ming smacked his lips and took a sip of tea.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she looked up, Ou Xiao'e held the bowl in front of her again, saying that it was a tribute to three times in a row! .
Liu Ruiying saw this scene in his eyes, and thought to himself that what he said was indeed right! This Ou Yaming is really good at doing business! No wonder the Ou family has developed so rapidly over the years!
The wine talk depends on the hearts of the people, the wine bureau depends on the people's feelings, Ou Yaming is relaxed and quiet, it seems that Lu Ming will not be able to run away from this waterhole tonight......
From the residence of Di Weitai, it can be seen that he is a person who lives an extremely simple and elegant life.
There is a way that the taste of the world is Qinghuan, and tonight's dishes also correspond to this.
is different from the Dingxi King Huo Wangzhi Wine Jiying Town that Liu Ruiying participated in last time, but this time, it is much more tranquil and gentle.
If it is said that the table of Huo Wang, the king of Dingxi, is fire, and the table of Di Weitai of your Bogulou is water.
There was another bowl of soup on the table, and there was only one piece of tofu in the soup.
The soup is clear, but the taste is extremely refreshing, and the umami and fragrance are looming, like a large blank space in an ink painting, which makes people think about it and can only praise it secretly.
The only meat dish is a meatball, which seems to be made from a mixture of fish and chicken, and under repeated knife cutting, it resembles a blooming snow lotus.
A small piece of tangerine peel is placed next to the meatball, which is not eaten as an aroma, but for diners to smell the aroma and eat the meatball.
It was the first time Liu Ruiying had seen such a strange way of eating.
It has always been common sense to serve vegetables with rice, or with rice, even if it is with vegetables, it is common sense to serve vegetables with soup.
However, no matter which combination it is, after all, you have to eat both foods in your mouth at the same time.
In addition to the original fragrance, there is also a layer of slight acidity, but this aroma is formless and can only be smelled, but it is impossible to chew and swallow like meatballs.
And this fragrance is extremely fragile, only a faint wisp, Liu Ruiying gasps a little, and it will be blown away without a trace.
This is no longer simply a person eating vegetables, but a vegetable test people.
Only by devoting oneself to the dish in front of you can we find the shallow joy in this cup and plate.
There are always exceptions, though.
The two big fat brothers of the tall and thin smoker didn't have the patience to taste the aroma and eat fish balls.
The two of them held the dishes on the table as if they were drinking, and as soon as they raised their heads, they poured them all into their mouths, as if they didn't need to chew at all, and swallowed them like that.
However, Liu Ruiying enjoys this simplicity hidden under the gorgeousness, although the appearance is exquisite, but it still needs to carefully remove the illusionary fog on the surface, through the changes of the four seasons, and feel the taste of returning to the basics.
"These two dishes are called Baimeijing and Hongmeijing, which is a special feature of Bogulou!"
Di Weitai said, pointing to a dish on the table in front of him.
"Dare to ask Di Lou Lord this Bai Meijing, what kind of material is Red Meijing made of? Why does it look like meat but not meat, and it seems to be vegetarian and non-vegetarian?"
Ou Yaming asked.
"The master of the Ou family has good eyesight, and this dish is indeed as you said, it seems to be meat but not meat, and it seems to be vegetarian and non-vegetarian. ”
After speaking, Di Weitai raised a glass of wine, motioned to everyone, and then closed the glass and drank it.
"These two dishes are first used to mix the juice soaked konjac leaves as the backing, and then carve red plum blossoms with carrots, white radishes carve out white plum blossoms, and then wrap and steam with marinated bean skin, and after the pot is released, the bean skin is untied in a circle, and it is immediately a lively scene of this March plum blossom. And this bean skin is marinated with gravy, so these two dishes are indeed as the Ou family master said, like meat but not meat, and vegetarian and non-vegetarian!"
"I see!, but after Lord Di Lou said this, I was embarrassed to move the chopsticks......
Ou Yaming said.
"Why are you so hypocritical? I can't eat because I don't drink enough!
Lu Mingming finally finished dealing with Ou Xiao'e, and raised his cup towards Ou Yaming with a sigh of anger.
Ou Yaming touched the tip of his nose and smiled innocently, but he also responded to this glass of wine.
Anyway, he already has three bowls of base, and this is the first cup tonight, so what's there to be afraid of?
Liu Ruiying now understands Di Weitai's path a little.
He is not as simple and simple as he seems.
It's that he knows how to filter his life and even his life.
In the era of war, the people were not able to make a living, and even a lump of rancid rice would be fought over by everyone.
At that time, people had no choice, and survival was the only requirement.
But now this is no longer than before, when people have more time to improve their taste, cultivate aesthetics, and flaunt elegance when food and clothing are solved.
Although thousands of flowers are blooming and a hundred schools of thought are contending, it is inevitable that there will be a lot of dross mixed into it.
When Liu Ruiying was in the Central Capital Investigation Division, he hated those sycophants and people who went with the flow. He believes that staying awake at all times, thinking and analyzing calmly and independently is the most basic thing to be a human being. But he also likes to deal with people, chat and talk, such a pull of the sea and the sky, and be able to learn from each other's strengths.
Divitai had long since passed the time of accumulation and growth, and he had begun to think about his needs from a higher level.
It's like the two 'red plum kings' and 'white plum kings' on the table.
The taste doesn't matter for a while, but it's not simple and simple just by doing it.
But why did Divitai come up with these two dishes alone?
Because these two dishes are probably the most in line with his aesthetic and taste buds.
As for the other complicated dishes, they are all filtered out.
It's a kind of scrutiny, but also a feeling.
Along the way, Di Weitai has not only the restraint when he is proud, but also the optimism when he is suffering, the elegance when he is hateful, and the sobriety when he is confused.
"How is it, are you still used to this Bogu Building?"
Liu Ruiying asked about this soup Zhongsong.
"Are you used to it?"
Tang Zhongsong asked rhetorically.
"I can't talk about whether I'm used to it, isn't it like this? ”
Liu Ruiying shrugged.
"Our brothers are really a pair of brothers and sisters now...... Am I not the same? Think about how long it has been since I've touched pen and paper, read and write! Let me touch a girl's face, it's almost the same, I'll be able to please the other person, and I'll be able to return with a full load. ”
Tang Zhongsong said that he unconsciously drank several glasses in a row.
"Broken, broken, broken......"
Tang Zhongsong said as he looked at the empty flask.
It's hardly big, only about five or six taels.
As soon as he saw that the jug of the pine in the soup could not pour out the wine, the waiter behind him immediately replenished a bottle.
"What's wrong? What's wrong?"
Liu Ruiying asked puzzled.
"I made a pact with the old man before I came, and he was going to drink me to death, and I said that if I drank him, he would shave that beard!"
Tang Zhongsong pointed at Zhang Xuexue secretly, and whispered to Liu Ruiying.
"Just now you said this, but it tricked me to drink a pot of empty pot, in my opinion, this wine must be very powerful, I guess I will lose in a while......"
Tang Zhongsong held his forehead and said faintly.
"Lost? Did you lose?"
The wine three and a half came over with a wine jug at some point, and it seemed that he had drunk a lot, and his walking steps were a little vain.
However, the wine was drunk all day long, and it was difficult for Liu Ruiying to judge what kind of situation he had reached now.
When Liu Ruiying and Tang Zhongsong were talking just now, he came over and drank a few rounds with Ou Xiao'e leading the wine jug.
Sure enough, girls are the most beautiful when they are drunk.
Ou Xiao'e's face appeared two blushes, and her words were a little coquettish, Liu Ruiying didn't expect that she was so spicy on weekdays, and she was shy after getting drunk.
He even spoke to the third half of the wine with the word 'please'.
"I can't stand it, you are the Ou family's 'sword heart', I am the prodigal son of the rivers and lakes, where do I use the word please! Take it back, take it back! I can't bear it. ”
Ou Xiao'e saw that there was still wine left in the wine jug in the hand of the third half of the wine, so she asked him to pour himself a glass.
Unexpectedly, she was ridiculed by the wine, but Ou Xiao'e did not reply for the first time, but lowered her head a few inches.
"It's me who is going to lose!"
Tang Zhongsong said to the third half of the wine.
After thinking about it, Ou Yaming can use Ou Xiao'e as a gunman, why can't he use the three halves of wine as a gunman?
After he talked to Zhang Xuejiu about drinking, he did not declare that he could not find a helper.
Looking at the three halves of the wine like this, he is naturally a master who can drink, he knows the amount of Liu Ruiying, and he can't help at all, if he lets the three halves of the wine with him, he can still shave off this old man's beard nine times out of ten!
Immediately, he smiled at the wine and said:
"Last time we met in Dingxi Wangcheng, we didn't drink well, but unfortunately we couldn't enjoy it today......"
"What's the reason for this?, why can't you have fun when you have wine and food?!"
The third half of the wine was a little unhappy, he felt that Tang Zhongsong was just making excuses and making excuses.
"I've made an appointment. ”
Tang Zhongsong said with a tangled face.
"What covenant?"
The third half of the wine thought that he had something to do later, so he couldn't drink too much.
"I agreed with him to fight, so I can't get drunk with the third half brother, after all, I have a limited amount of alcohol, and this person can't break the appointment without trust, right?"
Tang Zhongsong arched his hand and said apologetically.
"That's right...... Since you have promised others, you must naturally do it, otherwise the wine will be tasteless. ”
The wine san nodded and said.
Tang Zhongsong couldn't help but feel happy when he saw that the three halves of this wine were so good, and then said:
"But if I still have the strength to fight after the fight, then even if I die drunk here, I will definitely have a few drinks with the third half brother!"
"A few cups are enough, dozens of cups!"
The wine squirmed and said with a smile as he pinched the glass.
"But is that what you just said about losing?"
As if suddenly enlightened, the wine asked instead.
"yes, that's exactly what it is...... I think I may not have seen Brother Ruiying for a long time, after losing this loss, I lost face by myself, and the two brothers didn't drink wine is where my heart knot lies!"
Yu Nakamatsu said impassionedly.
"What are you afraid of, we're going to help you too!"
The wine three and a half grabbed Liu Ruiying's arm, and made arrangements for him in an instant.
Before Liu Ruiying's fish ball reached his mouth, he was disrupted by the wine and rolled down from the spoon to the table, and then fell to the ground again.
"Haha, make up another copy for Liu Xingqi!"
Di Weitai didn't mind looking at the meatballs on the ground, but commanded.
"Thank you, Lord Dilou!"
Liu Ruiying got up and thanked him.
Di Weitai waved his hand to show that it was okay, picked up the wine by the way, and drank a glass with Liu Ruiying from afar.
Liu Ruiying saw that there was an empty small table behind Di Weitai, but there was no food and wine on it, but a complete set of pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, I don't know what it was for.
"How about it, let's go together to help, even if we can't help you fight, but we can't lose momentum!"
The third half of the wine said to the soup Zhongsong.
"This ...... It's not impossible to help, after all, we didn't say in our prior agreement that we couldn't find reinforcements. ”
Tang Zhongsong said after a little hesitation.
"That's better, the three of us work together, I don't believe it, I can't drink him alone!
The wine three halves said.
casually took a few pots of wine from the waiter's tray, and pulled Liu Ruiying to fight wine with Zhang Xuexue with Tang Zhongsong.
Ou Xiao'e saw the excitement of the three of them talking on the side, although she also wanted to join in, but after all, she was a daughter, and the head of the family was still sitting opposite, and after thinking about it, she felt that it was better to be more restrained, so she had to forcibly press her own mood and sit honestly in place, but she felt that the spirits in the cup were also like light soup.
Occasionally, he looked up and found Ou Yaming looking at him with a smile.
This made her even more embarrassed...... It's like his little trick has been kicked out in public.
"Go, the young people should be together! ”
Ou Yaming used his strength to send this sentence directly into Ou Xiao'e's ears.
After Ou Xiao'e heard it, the information was abnormal, she looked up at Ou Yaming and smiled, then served the wine, picked up the cup, and walked towards Zhang Xuexue's side!
"What, do you have the heart to find a husband for this girl?"
Lu Mingming naturally noticed Ou Yaming's actions and said jokingly.
"Hey, this girl...... The idea is still big, it's useless to force it, let her follow her fate!"
Ou Yaming said.