Chapter 525 The rain is frying outside the window
Chapter 525: The rain is frying outside the window
Li Bai came to the third floor in a daze and fell into the room. The room was filled with moisture, but it was stronger than the heavy rain outside. There was a cool mat on the couch, and a pillow and a blanket next to it.
"Customer, please lie down first, and ginger candy water will be delivered immediately." The guy helped Li Bai lie down and ran out quickly. Soon he came in and then added a charcoal brazier to his hand. He opened half a window farthest from the couch to prevent Li Bai from being poisoned. Another guy also came with ginger soup.
Li Bai felt very cold, and he thanked him in a blanket, picked up the bowl, and drank it with anger. Most of the bowl of Hongtang water was poured into his stomach. Li Bai finally felt more comfortable and said to the guy who was concerned about it: "Thank you, stir-fry a dish for me, salty, and more meat, I'm afraid I can't survive without nutrition."
The guy looked embarrassed and said, "Customer, please be salty, meat... It's gone. If you come one hour earlier, you can still eat the last bit. Otherwise, you will wait tomorrow, and the yamen will send the meat to our store tomorrow, and then there will be it."
"Oh, the meat is monopolized, okay, if I don't die this time, someone will die. There is no meat. Is there any water? Carry a pot of water."
Li Bai gritted his teeth and suddenly remembered that he had the things he gave when Brother Mojie broke up, and he was just right to eat.
There is naturally no shortage of water, the guy ran out and took a pot of water in a moment.
At this time, Li Bai had already taken out the aluminum foil packaging from his arms. Under the gaze of the two guys, he carefully tore open one mouth, and asked the guy to pour water in it. When this one is filled, pinch it, tear the other mouth open, put it in the little thing that made the soup, and let it pour water.
The two guys had never seen this thing before. Considering that the inn was not busy at the moment, they were not in a hurry to leave for a while, and waited curiously with Li Bai.
After waiting for half a quarter of an hour, Li Bai was already hot when he touched the packaging again. He was blowing and unpacking the entire packaging according to the instructions on the packaging.
The smell of spicy diced meat immediately filled the room.
"Fragrant!" The two guys couldn't help but speak at the same time, their eyes widening, trying to see clearly what was going on.
The wide-open packaging not only contains diced spicy meat, but also crystal grains of rice that are as bright as white jade, stretching out their attractive figure.
Li Bai sucked his nose twice, stared at the food for a few breaths, and muttered, "Damn it, didn't you say that the peppers were just tried and eaten? Didn't you say that the special essence rice in the northern part of Hebei Road is still in the breeding period and can't take too much for people to eat?
They actually came to the lunch box in the inner courtyard of Zhang and Wang's family. If I hadn't come out and met Brother Mojie, I wouldn't have known that there would be such a good thing during the Chinese New Year. I'll find a way to get some back."
"Ke, keen, what are you eating...? It's so fragrant, the red one, and rice, why haven't you seen the little one?" A guy couldn't help asking, his nose twitching indifferently.
While continuing to tear the packaging and looking for chopsticks, Li Bai said, "It's right that I haven't seen it before. Have you seen the canned food before? Do you know how it came out? The fuck is the food prepared by the two families of Zhang and Wang for the inner courtyard when they went outside. Come on, let me tell you that the red one is chili pepper, and the rice like jade is the special rice on the Bohai Road. You may be able to eat it after a few years. Usually, I can't eat it in the capital."
While speaking, Li Bai had found the chopsticks, picked it out, and found a small piece of fermented bean curd. He was looking for pickled vegetables. The two guys were swallowing their saliva and smelling them while watching.
"Huh?" Li Bai, who was searching for pickled vegetables, was suddenly stunned. Then he picked out a small package in a large package and stared at the small words on it and read "White tablets relieve pain, yellow tablets relieve fever, powder stop bleeding, one tablet at a time, twice a day. If conditions permit, go to the clinic and take care of it."
"There is actually medicine." Li Bai happily tore open the small package, which contained five white and yellow pills, and there was a smaller package inside. After pinching it, he knew it was powder.
"Customer, uh! Sir, is this medicine?" the guy asked curiously without knowing his words.
"Well! Just eat it with the soup. As long as it is not a serious illness, I will not die in a while." Li Bai happily picked up a yellow pill and held it in his hand and laughed.
The guy also laughed, "Sir, why don't you always say it's good to be an official? Those who are away from home can still carry such good things with you, including food, rice and medicine, hehe."
"Go and get a small plate. I can't eat it alone, so I taste it all, it's enough." Li Bai was happy to see that he had medicine and generously invited the two guys.
One guy hesitated, and the other guy had already run out to get the plate.
After the plate was brought, Li Bai put out one quarter of the rice and spicy diced meat, left half of it himself, took out the pickled vegetables, and took the medicine first with the soup.
The two guys chewed each piece carefully when eating rice, and chewed slowly when eating diced meat. They were so spicy that they were sweating profusely, but they refused to vomit it out. Li Bai also ate it all over, which was even more effective than ginger candy water.
"Sir, I'm a little bit too much. What grade can I get to eat this thing?" A guy ate one-third of the things in front of him, stopped and stopped eating, and asked while wiping the sweat on his forehead.
Li Bai took another sip of the soup, gasped for a few times, and said, "You can eat it today, and the taste must be better than what we eat."
The two guys were choked by Li Bai's words and did not dare to speak out. The emperor was not something they could discuss.
"There are also the chief executive, Gao Lishi, who can eat it. He wants to eat it at any time and someone can make it for him at any time. Zhang Zhong, the Minister of Works, can eat it without asking him to do it himself. Others make it for him in different ways. Only three officials can eat it. Oh, and there are also a few old men who have retired to have such blessings.
What are the remaining people, such as princes, princes, princes, tutors, etc. If you think about it, don’t think about those below the third rank. They can get a part of them. If they eat them, they will be gone this year unless they look for the priest.”
Li Bai didn't need anyone to ask, and then said what he knew. He was so furious that he had a fever and forgot his identity no matter who he was facing.
After hearing Li Bai's words, the two guys opened their mouths neatly and widened their eyes, a little scared and a little excited, as if they were involved in a secret operation.
A guy was attracted by the taste of spicy diced meat, stood up cautiously, and asked nervously: "That master, you...you are..."
"I'm not that high-grade. This thing is eaten by the inner courtyards of Zhang and Wang's houses in Sanshui County. Do you understand?" Li Bai knew that the guy had misunderstood and explained.
"I understand, understand, the Zhang and Wang families in Sanshui County, we understand, sir, are you doing things for them?" The guy nodded repeatedly and looked at Li Bai enviously. It seemed that it was very honorable to be able to do things for the Zhang and Wang families.
Li Bai was a little depressed. When he was just now, his friend didn't envy him. He said that he was doing things for the Zhang and Wang families. What could he envy? There were more people working for the Zhang and Wang families.
Li Bai wanted to deny that he was sent by the emperor, but then he thought that he was indeed following Zhang Xiaobao's path. Although he is in the Ministry of Revenue, anyone who has reached a certain level of status knows which party he belongs to, and it is impossible not to admit it or not.
Li Bai nodded, admitting what the guy said.
The guy immediately became careful and gave another guy a wink. The guy stood at the door without closing the door, and poked his head out to look at the wind.
The guy standing in front of Li Bai first ran to the window and closed the window. Then he came back and said to Li Bai in a low voice: "Go and contact Zhang Xiaobao quickly and say something big happened in Hongnong County."
"What's the big deal?" Li Bai's heart also raised.
"Boss is a big deal, I'll tell you, that's it..." The guy muttered to Li Bai.
The fog is thick, the smoke rises over the windows and the water tinkles on the eaves of the pavilions and platforms. The Cistanche is full of red oil and flowers, and the cows and sheep are fat and thin. The rain is hazy and the eyes are hazy.
"Mr. Wang, it's hard to come from afar. Try it and taste the lamb transported from the north." In the Hongnong County Government, in a water pavilion near the water tower, the county magistrate Yan Zheng sat on the lower left of Wang Wei with a eager look on his face, picked up a piece of fat and thin meat with chopsticks and put it into a mandarin duck pot, and smiled and persuaded him to eat it.
Wang Wei had already changed his clothes and took a shower. At this time, he looked at the hot pot in front of him. He didn't know what was put in the clear soup, but he knew that he must have used a lot of things and then hung out the clear soup.
On the other side, there were spicy, and there were Cistanches of some kind of animal whip. I think it was either tigers or deer, ginseng whiskers, peppers, and other things I didn’t know.
Looking at the food on the table, I had all the beef and mutton, and it was all full of fat and thin marble patterns. The half-foot-long prawns were struggling in the basin, and the river crabs as big as plates were still waving their big claws. I don’t know what variety of shellfish was opening and closing in the shallow water box.
There are also fungus, red mushrooms, net bag mushrooms, etc., which cannot be called by themselves. They fill the table in front of them and occupy a table next to them specifically for placing ingredients.
When Wang Wei touched the ivory chopsticks, jade-carved bowls and plates, and eight crabs made of jade-carved gold inlaid with jade, he didn't know how to speak for a while.
If you see these things in the palace, Wang Wei will not feel anything. If you see them at Zhang Xiaobao's home, Wang Wei also thinks they are very ordinary and can even be better than the one in front of you, that's right.
But this thing appeared on the dining table of a county magistrate. What aristocratic family do you have? What son-in-law of a big businessman? Why have you never heard of it? How much is your salary a year? Where did you get the peppers a county magistrate?
"Master Wang...Master Wang?" County Magistrate Yan Zheng saw Wang Wei look left and right, and he just didn't move his chopsticks and called out softly.
"Oh, oh, eat, the crabs in autumn are fat, haha, County Magistrate Yan is so lucky, this is..." Wang Wei shook his head, woke himself up from his imagination, and pointed at something he had never seen before with chopsticks and asked.
He looked solemnly and smiled and introduced: "Sir, are these oysters? They are delicious and slightly salty. They can be roasted, stewed, steamed, or cooked, and eaten raw, and can be used as medicine. They are rare and excellent products. They are not common in the mainland and are also called oysters."
"Oh~!" Wang Wei suddenly realized that he knew what the oysters were when he talked about. Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan sent a lot from Jilizhou to the capital. Almost every official was assigned, but it was just done and had no shells. It was said that it was a specialty of Jilizhou and was breeded, and it was not worth it.
Some wild pearls can be found in them. It is also said that before winter this year, a batch of fresh ones will be shipped back. After processing, the officials in the capital will taste the taste of raw oysters.
Thinking of this, Wang Wei picked up an oyster from a shell and threw it into the spicy side and gently rinsed it. After a while, he felt that it was almost cooked, so he picked it up and eaten it. It was fresh, indeed fresh, and there was a special freshness, just like... It was like a bottle of oyster sauce sent by Zhang Xiaobao and the others in spring... the taste of oyster sauce?
However, the oyster sauce is less soft and tender in the taste of the oysters. It seems that the things Zhang Xiaobao gave are really good people. They may be able to eat fresh things when they go back. At that time, it would be much more comfortable than what they eat now. Eating Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan is called a big eater. Eating the solemn thing in front of you is Minfei Paste.
Yan Zheng didn't know what Wang Wei was thinking. He thought Wang Wei was shocked by the smell of oysters, so he also picked up one and directly smeared it in the soy sauce on the plate. He sniffed his eyes slightly and asked, "Sir Wang, how about it?"
"Great kindness!" Wang Wei praised, looking at Yan Zheng's raw food, remembering Zhang Xiaobao's mention of what would happen if he didn't pay attention to raw food, and complained to him, "Eat you to death."
"Mr. Wang, try the crab again." Yan Zheng directly reached out and broke off the crab claws with the claws tied to the front pliers, and took out the translucent meat from it, and picked it up with chopsticks and put it in the pot. After a while, it turned completely white. He picked it out and put it in his mouth, and said, "This is the hairy crab in autumn, each weighs more than one pound."
Wang Wei nodded, but clamped it with the cut meat roll. At this time, the meat roll had loosened and the thin meat was piled on the plate. When it was pinched, it also brought some blood. It rolled in a pot and took it out. It was slightly dipped in a little leek flower. It was tender and fresh when eaten.
"Good meat, good meat! It's really fresh, bloody fresh, and the rain outside the pavilion is gurgling. This scene is rare. Lord Yan invites me to have a meal here. He raises a knife to cut the meat and boils it in water. One thread of red and white is fresh. The cattle, sheep, and the clouds make the curtains and rains turn into curtains."
Wang Wei bit a piece of pepper skin hard in his mouth, and the bright red water dripped down the corner of his mouth.
Yan Zheng felt awkward when he listened to Wang Wei's poems. How could he hear the feeling of helplessness and the sky shed tears? When he looked at Wang Wei again, he was scared and said nervously: "Sir, Lord Wang, why are you crying? Are you broken?"
"No, I didn't cry, it's so spicy, it's so good. I accidentally rubbed my lips when I was eating chili peppers. Come on, eat!" Wang Wei licked his mouth and said.
Chapter completed!