MTL - Chang’an Small Restaurant-Chapter 44 happy new year dinner
Butler Zhou put a box on the floor of the study and reported: "Alang, this is what the boys found when they cleaned the small courtyard in the west the day before yesterday, or maybe it was the property of the previous owner. Special, special report to Alang."
This house is quite large, the Lin family has a small population, and there are not many servants. Places such as the Servant's Yard and the Debris Yard were too negligent. This time, the New Year's Eve was thoroughly cleaned, and some old debris was removed.
Most of these old debris are worn out, and the servants have cleared them out and piled them in the yard, and they are going to be set on fire together. Butler Zhou, who went to inspect, found these books to be used as kindling objects.
Butler Zhou is half a scholar. He picked up a book and flipped through it, and it turned out to be a rare book written by a great scholar in the previous dynasty! Others include poetry collections, travel notes, and letters. Occasionally, you can see the owner's handwriting, which is very elegant and refined.
Butler Zhou thought about it, then took it all away, brushed off the dust, and put it in a box. When Lin Yan was at home on vacation, he brought it over.
Lin Yan put down the document in his hand, stood up and walked over. Picking up the top rare book, flipping through it, I saw the handwriting I saw on the pavilion in the garden.
"Let's put it here." Lin Yan nodded to housekeeper Zhou.
Butler Zhou bowed and retired.
Lin Yan didn't think it was dirty, so he put the booklets on the table and turned them one by one. It is said that when the house was raided, the study area was the most important, but these may be in the bedroom or somewhere else, so they were not taken away. Later, when the house was sold by the official, these books were left to the servants of the next owner. inside.
From these books, it seems to be able to see the elegant and easy-going servant of the Ministry of Rites, who loves poetry and wine, has a sense of fun, is a little naive, but does not lose his sense of proportion, is easy-going, but has his own arrogance …a true literati romance.
Lin Yan remembered the somewhat unruly remarks of the little lady Shen, her high-spirited eyebrows, and the picture of the wild store in the mountain village full of seclusion. The root of it is here. It's just that the father is more noble and noble, and the daughter is a little evil.
Thinking of Mrs. Shen, there is actually her thing below—a booklet.
The calligraphy is in the regular script of King Zhong. Although he is immature, he can see that it is round and elegant, which is very different from the current thinness and strength. The current character is thought to be later taught in the palace and in the doctor's degree.
In addition to this immature handwriting, there are two kinds of brush and ink, one is graceful and beautiful, and the other is elegant and free. The graceful and beautiful one wrote: "The character of A Li is like lying down like sitting." The elegant and free and easy person said, "It is like lying down like sitting, straight and straight."
This is supposed to be written by Shi Lang and Mrs. Shen. Although there are only a few numbers, everyone's mood is in front of them. Lin Yan smiled a little embarrassedly, they were really an immortal couple.
Thinking of the immortal couple, Lin Yan's mind somehow came to the pretty face of the little lady Shen, she raised her eyebrows and smiled, rather cynical, "Young son of Shaoyin Guijie, you have never been frozen before. Hands and feet... When I was in Ye Ting, there was not enough charcoal fire. In the middle of winter, my hands and feet were red, swollen and pus. If it has been cold all the time, it's fine, but it's just a crack and some pain. I'm most afraid of suddenly approaching the charcoal fire. "
Lin Yan pursed her lips, flipped through the childish writing paper, and read the travel notes below.
The maid knocked on the door, "Alang, Mrs. Tai asked you to eat drunk pears."
"Just come."
When Lin Yan flipped through Shen Shaoguang's primary school workbook, Shen Shaoguang was frying and frying with Yu San in the kitchen. The annual New Year's Eve dinner can't be sloppy.
The New Year's Eve dinner of the Shen family has a sense of time travel. There are Tusu wine, Wuxin dish, and glutinous rice dumplings from the Tang Dynasty, as well as chicken, duck, fish, and dumplings.
The chicken was made by Shen Shaoguang. Because it is a young, tender chicken, it is not stewed. After slaughtering, washing, cutting into pieces, marinating for a while to taste, then patted dry powder and deep-fried in the pot, fried a little brown, and served out. Take another pot, use pepper, onion, **** and other soy pots, put the fried chicken in and stir fry, pour in a small bowl of Sanhe sauce made of clear sauce, sugar and rice wine, stir fry for a while, sprinkle with cumin powder and salt, ready to serve.
The chicken produced in this way has a charred aroma that is savory and mouth-watering.
Princess Yu's duck is a time-consuming dish. After the duck is slaughtered, the bones are removed first. Shen Shaoguang didn't do well in this job, but Yu San did a good job. The tip of the knife sticks to the seam of the bone, and the bone comes out, but the flesh on the outside of the duck is not broken.
Shen Shaoguang has never been stingy with his compliments: "It's amazing! It's amazing!"
Princess Yu glanced at her, and the corners of her mouth twitched.
"I think, if you're not a cook, you can be a killer." The next sentence, Shen Shaoguang didn't need to adjust.
The corners of Yu San's raised mouth pursed again.
Steamed for two hours, it is a bit similar to the eight-treasure chicken of the descendants. ①
The fish was bought by Achang after traveling all over the West Market the day before yesterday. It was a carp that weighed a pound. Shen Shaoguang made it into a classic sweet and sour fish. It was fried twice, the first time it was cooked, the second time it was crispy, the head and tail were uplifted, as if it were about to jump. The thick sweet and sour sauce is added on top, and it is bright red and beautiful.
Sweet and sour fish is Shen Shaoguang's specialty. Just like her in everyone's eyes, she is energetic, beautiful, and has a bit of "yes like this".
The meat is Shen Kee's signature clear soup lion head. Four big meatballs are placed together, which means happiness, luck and longevity.
In addition, there are also some fried dried tofu, mixed with vinegar and celery, fried fish, stir-fried wasatis, mutton and radish, etc., which are full of two food cases.
The four of Shen Ji didn't have much to do with master and servant, and now they are sitting around.
Yu San looked at Shen Shaoguang and waited for her to say a toast, even A Yuan and A Chang, the two foodies, held back their saliva and waited for the little lady to speak.
Shen Shaoguang looked at them, "Eat? What are you waiting for?"
Yu San rolled his eyes and laughed.
A Yuan and A Chang also laughed, A Yuan picked up the chopsticks with kindness, and smiled at the chicken wings in front of him.
Shen Shaoguang took the knife and cut the duck into eight pieces, then took a large piece back into his bowl and ate it slowly.
Yu Sanze scooped up a lion's head with a spoon, digging it out and eating it.
Achang attacked from all sides, like a gluttonous glutton.
This is bound to be an exhausting night…
After eating for a while, I started drinking.
The custom of this dynasty is that the youngest drink first. This is the so-called "the young get old, drink first to congratulate them, the old lose their years, so drink later". A Yuan is slightly smaller than A Chang, so A Yuan comes first.
A Yuan drank a full glass with a smile, then A Chang, then Shen Shaoguang, and then Yu San.
Shen Shaoguang finally said two toasts, "Everyone is a year older, I hope we can make more money next year, and someone can take off the list." Shen Shaoguang glanced at Yu San with a smile. .
Yu San was considered an older man at this time and should marry a bride. It's a pity that Shen Shaoguang is still not stable now. She pondered that after a year or two to be more stable, she sold Yu San's body contract and let him continue to be a good citizen. The relationship with the store can be changed to employment. A Yuan and A Chang are still young, so don't be in a hurry.
"What is a divorce?" A Yuan asked first.
Single dog without knowing it! Shen Shaoguang explained to her the words that came after thousands of years: "It's just getting married and starting a family."
"Oh—" A Yuan and A Chang both looked at Yu San.
Yu San's face was slightly red, and glanced at Shen Shaoguang, "Little lady, let's think about yourself first."
Shen Shaoguang cheeky: "You are old, you come first. I am not in a hurry."
A Yuan and A Chang laughed.
Shen Shaoguang laughed along, Yu San lowered his head and continued to eat.
Young man, I'm sorry...
Shen Shaoguang felt that he had a bad taste in middle-aged women.
Forget it, I can't think about it, Shen Shaoguang continued to pour and drink. Although the degree of alcohol is low, but I can't bear to drink for a long time, and gradually I drink a little high. Shen Shaoguang talked about humorous jokes of later generations, heard A Yuan sing a piece of Chang'an minor, and forced Yu San and A Chang to dance again.
Thinking about the time, Shen Shaoguang went to place the dumplings a little up and down.
Yu San disliked her, "Don't boil all the wontons!"
Shen Shaoguang told him popular science: "What is boiled and broken? This is called boiled and earned!" Then he greeted Ayuan and Achang, "In the future, when you boil wontons, 'broken' will be called 'earned' ."
"Speaking of this, I remembered a joke. I said a little shop, in order to make a good mouth, I deliberately boiled a few wontons during the New Year, and I wanted to shout, 'Have you earned it? ' The cook over there replied: 'Earn, earned'."
"As a result, the chef who cooked wontons this year was a newcomer. The owner asked: 'Have you made money from cooking?' The chef shouted: 'Don't worry, I can't make a profit even with me here. !'" Shen Shaoguang shouted, looking at the stupid cook. ②
Outside A Yuan and A Chang laughing backwards and forwards, Yu San also smiled helplessly.
The author has something to say:①Refer to Yuan Mei's "Suiyuan Food List · Steamed Duck".
②It's also a joke I didn't know where to read when I was a kid.
