Ying Tianfeng Assassination 14
Taking advantage of the good atmosphere, Zhu Yuanzhang pointed to the packaged oiled paper bags and dishes and asked:
"Eh, didn't you say that you prepared special snacks, open them all and take a look, and let me, an old antique who has not eaten fireworks in the world for a long time, have a long insight. ”
Bai Xiaoyi quickly opened the packages one by one, revealing the simple but colorful snacks inside. The rogue boy stood up and introduced as if pointing out the country:
"Duck blood vermicelli soup, osmanthus glutinous rice lotus, crab roe buns, beef pot stickers, red bean wine stuffed balls, osmanthus duck, dried sesame oil shreds, champion beans. These eight local snacks are the eight unique Qinhuai that are popular all over Yingtianfu. And this last bowl, let's sell it first, and after eating these snacks, let's taste this unique finale delicious!"
Looking at the dazzling array of food on the table, Zhu Yuanzhang joked with a smile:
"Stinky boy, you said so much, don't just let us eat blindly with our eyes closed. Since you are proficient in this way, why don't you introduce which one you should eat first and then that one, and what kind of door is in each dish?"
Scratching his head with a smile, Bai Xiaoyi took a bag of boiled crispy beans, and then introduced:
"This one is called 'Zhuangyuan Bean', according to legend, there was once a cold window reading hard reader, his family was poor, whenever he read until late at night, to see his hard mother, he deliberately cooked the soybeans at home with red yeast rice and red dates, used to nourish the child's body. In the end, the scholar really became the champion in high school, so the beans made by the mother became the champion bean. These beans are slightly bitter in the mouth, salty and fragrant after chewing, and sweet after swallowing. Just like the hard reading of the cold window, you must first eat the bitterness, and then match the saltiness of sweat, in order to reap the sweetness after success. This 'champion bean' seems ordinary, but there is a mother's love for her child, and there is also the bitterness and sweetness of a scholar's life. ”
Hearing Bai Xiaoyi's introduction, Zhu Yuanzhang clapped his hands violently and praised:
"Good! What a champion bean, what a good bitter and then sweet! This dish is wonderful! It really tastes!"
After that, everyone put the beans in their mouths one after another, and sure enough, just like Bai Xiaoyi introduced, this seemingly ordinary bean really has a wonderful taste of bitter and then sweet. Coupled with the story told by the young man, several people showed satisfied expressions on their faces.
Seeing that everyone was happy eating, Bai Xiaoyi hit the railway while it was hot:
"Now that we've finished the appetizers, let's try the two main dishes, crab roe buns and beef potstickers. This crab roe bun is made of the crab roe of the seasonal Yangcheng Lake hairy crab, which is fragrant and delicious, the soup is not greasy, thick but not oily, and a small bun can make you feel satisfied with tasting a whole crab. The other beef potstickers are even more subtle, although the common beef and green onions are also used, but some sweetness is deliberately added to the potstickers here. However, you should be careful when eating, the juice will leak when you bite into the two staple foods, the juice will spray when you bite hard, and the bite is too small and not too enjoyable. Therefore, I suggest that you eat one bite at a time, so that you can fully experience the taste. ”
Listening to Bai Xiaoyi's words, Zhu Wei glanced at it disdainfully, and muttered in a low voice:
"Foolish and nonsense, how can any bun spray juice. ”
As she spoke, she took a bite of it. As a result, a thick soup squirted out from the other end of the crab roe bun, and coincidentally sprayed Yan Jin, who was sitting opposite, on the face.
Hurriedly covered her mouth, Princess Baohui's face didn't know if it was because of fright or guilt, her face was red and white.
Shaking his head with a wry smile, Zhu Yuanzhang said jokingly:
"If you don't listen to the old man, you will suffer in front of you, and it will be fine if you don't listen to what Xiao Yi said. ”
As he spoke, the long-faced old man shoved the fried golden potstickers into his mouth in a big gulp. He chewed heavily, and kept raising his thumb and praised:
"It's delicious, it's really rich, it's good!"
Yan Jin, who was sprayed with soup, took the rag handed over by Bai Xiaoyi and wiped it indiscriminately. But from beginning to end, this cold-faced uncle did not change his expression in the slightest. He just sat there with his eyes, nose, nose, mouth, mouth and mouth, and conscience, like a Buddha statue.
Shrugged his shoulders indifferently, Bai Xiaoyi continued:
"After eating the staple food, let's try two special side dishes, osmanthus chicken and dried sesame oil. In fact, these two dishes are relatively common in Yingtian City, that is, ordinary salted chicken and cold dried shreds. However, the taste of these two makes it unique. Let's talk about this chicken first, which adds some aroma of osmanthus, which tastes both delicious and elegant scent of salted chicken, which is unique. And this dried sesame oil shreds, the selection is also the characteristics of the bean skin, tender but not old, dry but not broken, with the secret sesame oil and soy sauce, a bite of salty and fragrant, spicy and refreshing, is the most greasy and appetizing dish in this hot season. ”
The mouths of the people who happened to have eaten the main food were a little greasy, and after these two refreshing side dishes, they immediately had a great appetite.
Zhu Yuanzhang praised with satisfaction:
"Hmm...... You kid really know how to eat, these dishes are orderly, and the combination of meat and vegetables is also ingenious, so what should you eat later?"
Bai Xiaoyi, who was full of pride, put four bowls of strange-looking things in front of them, and said loudly:
"After eating the main food and side dishes, let's try this duck blood vermicelli soup again. This snack isn't really that unusual, it's all over the street. It's just that because it uses a main ingredient similar to duck offal, it should be difficult to eat in the palace where the old man lives. This snack soup is delicious, the vermicelli is tendonous and elastic, and the duck intestines, duck blood, duck liver, and duck gizzard are full of portions. Drinking a bowl to nourish blood and qi is of great benefit to your body. ”
This kind of somewhat bloody food is not inappropriate for Zhu Yuanzhang and several elderly people, but Zhu Wei, who has been pampered since childhood, showed a look of disgust. She pointed to the other two delicate-looking objects and asked:
"Hey, little brother, what are those two, desserts? ”
Glancing at this little girl who called herself back and forth, Bai Xiaoyi said helplessly:
"Back to the little senior sister, these two dishes are desserts, they should be eaten after the main dishes are eaten......" Before the words were finished, Bai Xiaoyi caught a glimpse of Zhu Wei's sword eyebrows and raised them again. The young man who really couldn't afford to provoke this little ancestor had to give in and said: "Okay, good, I was wrong, I'll say it." These two are osmanthus glutinous rice lotus root and red bean wine stuffed with balls. There is nothing to say about the latter, it is nothing more than adding red bean paste on the basis of traditional sake dumplings, which means affection. And this osmanthus glutinous rice root is an authentic delicacy, sticky glutinous and mellow glutinous rice is poured into crisp lotus root, and poured with honey - juice prepared with sugar osmanthus and honey. The sweetness of osmanthus flowers, the fragrance of lotus roots, and the softness of glutinous rice. The three echo each other, just like the love and sweetness of young men and women when they fall in love, sweet and endless. These two snacks are the first choice of those men and women in love in Yingtian City, from which you can eat the kind of love that is sweet to your heart. ”
While Bai Xiaoyi explained, he twisted his body pretentiously, causing Zhu Yuanzhang and the others to laugh. Princess Baohui, who only worships those heroes and heroes, muttered with disgust:
"Huh...... It's disgusting...... Sure enough, it's a scoundrel......"
Too lazy to deal with Zhu Wei's sarcasm, Bai Xiaoyi looked at what everyone had eaten, and the young man pretended to mysteriously bring out the last tightly wrapped pottery bowl, and he deliberately hung people's appetite and said:
"Ladies and gentlemen, I see you've eaten pretty much enough. So finally, I will show you the most popular food in the streets and alleys of the market in the past two years!"
As he spoke, Bai Xiaoyi lifted the oiled paper wrapped in the pottery bowl, and the next moment, a strange stench hit his face, smoking all the people at the table to cover their mouths.