Yangcheng

Unlike the health-preserving and nourishing soup a few days ago, what Tang Jianwei sent today were all solid and hard vegetables.

The first dish is fried lotus root.

This coupling is to cut the lotus root into a finger-wide thick slice, and then cut the thick slice with a knife, but not completely cut off, into the shape of a sandwich.Sandwich the pork stuffing between two slices of lotus root, coat the outside with batter and egg liquid, and deep-fry until golden.

The deep-fried lotus root is crispy on the outside and crispy on the inside. It is tender and delicious when eaten together with the hot and sour sauce prepared by Tang Jian. It goes well with rice.

The second dish, Tang Jianwei called it "boiled fish".

"This yellow soup doesn't look like water, but wine." Tong Boyi speculated seriously, "But it doesn't taste like wine, could it be tea?"

Tang Jianwei stood beside Tong Shaoxuan and said, "It's actually oil."

"Oil?"

"Yes, this pot of yellow soup is actually not water, but sesame oil. The reason why it is called 'boiled' is because the fish fillets and side dishes are boiled in water, and then poured with hot oil to enhance the flavor."

"Such a big pot is full of sesame oil, Shen, I really thank you." Song Qiao also worked as a cook when he was young, and he knew that it was time-consuming, laborious and costly to press the sesame oil, so the whole big Cang only had the occasional meal at the state banquet in the imperial city. It can be seen that frying or frying cooking methods, ordinary people use more steaming methods.

Tang Jian smiled and said: "My mother is out of sight. Ah Shen doesn't have any other hobbies, and she has been fond of eating since she was a child. In order to eat delicious dishes, Ah Shen is not afraid of hard work. Before eating this fish, there is one thing that needs to be reminded. Although this fish is called boiled, it is actually covered with Sichuan peppercorns and peppers, and then poured with hot oil. It doesn’t look hot and spicy on the surface, but you still need to be careful when eating it, otherwise your tongue and throat will suffer.”

This prickly ash is everywhere, it is a domestic spice, it can be bought from the north to the south, and it is also one of the favorite spices used by the people of Da Cang on weekdays.

And the Shujiao was the one that Tang Jianwei brought from Boling, and there was not much left. She had already visited all the markets in Suxian County, and she couldn't buy them at all.She has always been very sparing, and this time she was only willing to put three or four fish in a big pot of boiled fish.

However, there is no need to put more of this sky red, as long as three or four sticks can create a big pot of spicy power.

Although Su County is located in the southeast, it is surrounded by mountains and the sea. It is hot and humid in summer and cold in winter. Every year when the weather turns cold, the people like to eat spicy and hot food to survive the cold winter.

Tong Changting, who was born and raised in Suxian County, is already addicted to spicy food, and his heart has long been moved by the spicy aroma.With great anticipation, he picked up a piece of fish and entered it cautiously.

The fish meat is not broken in the mouth, but quite tenacious.The fish meat is boneless and full of texture, quite chewy.

Just like what Tang Jianwei said, the fish meat seemed to be warm and unflappable, but it was actually quite hot.

This hot, pungent, and numbing sensation instantly conquered Tong Changting's sense of taste, the fragrance overflowed between his lips and teeth, his hot eyes were filled with tears, and his nose was snotty.

There is a kind of masochistic joy that engulfs the eater unconsciously along with the action of devouring the fish.

This fish is plump but not greasy, and more importantly, it has no spines at all, making it easy to eat.

His lips were so numb that he lost consciousness, and he still couldn't stop eating. Tong Changting only focused on eating, but he didn't realize that his appearance was quite rude.

Song Qiao hurried over with a handkerchief and helped her husband wipe it clean.

"Look at you, how old you are, how can you eat like this in front of children." Song Qiao was curious, "Is it so delicious?"

Tong Changting was still sucked by the hotness, pointing to the boiled fish:

"Try it, it's really enjoyable!"

Seeing Aye's appearance, Tong Boyi was even more curious about boiled fish.

He is very familiar with the smell of peppercorns, but what is this red one?

It smells dangerous...

Seeing Aye's painful and excited appearance after eating, he felt even more itchy, picked up a piece of fish fillet and carefully put it in his mouth.

Seeing him like this, Tong Shaoqian smiled and said, "Brother, are you afraid of being bitten by fish fillets?"

If it was normal, Tong Boyi and Tong Shaoqian would have made trouble for each other.But when the fish enters the mouth, I can feel the spicy stimulation filling the whole mouth, and there is a faintly unique and familiar taste mixed in this fragrance, which makes Tong Boyi only focus on tasting the delicious food, and doesn't care what his sister said at all.

Song Qiao and Tong Shaoqian also tasted the fish fillets, and soon their foreheads began to sweat, but their mouths couldn't stop.

"What is this red thing..." Tong Shaoqian pointed at Shujiao with chopsticks and asked, "Why, my mouth is swollen!"

Tang Jianwei then explained to her that this is a kind of chili pepper produced in the remote Sichuan region, called Shujiao.

Tong Shaoqian seldom eats spicy food, and he is not very interested in spicy food, but this spicy taste is completely different from the spicy food she has eaten before.

It's so spicy, it's so spicy that it makes her scalp tingle, but at the same time, she wants more!

Song Qiao's mouth was also red and swollen. Compared to the rest of Tong's family, she was a restrained person. She put down her chopsticks and rested for a while, so as not to look hideous after eating.

I took the opportunity to savor it too. In addition to being fresh and direct, this boiled fish also has a strong and familiar aroma that makes people want to stop.

Song Qiao asked Tang Jianwei what the scent was, and before Tang Jianwei could speak, Tong Shaoxuan expressed his guess in advance.

"It's scallion oil, right?"

Tang Jian nodded slightly and smiled: "Madam is right, it's scallion oil."

Tong Changting praised: "It turns out that scallion oil is added. I said that it is spicy and has a burnt aroma. Then what kind of fish is this fish? Why is the meat thick and firm, without any fishy smell, and it doesn't even have thorns?"

Tang Jianwei said: "This is a snakehead, which is what we commonly call black fish. I found this black fish in the market yesterday. It is not an ordinary fish raised in a pond, but it is cultivated in shallow rivers with lush aquatic plants. It is also a carnivore. Fish, so you can’t taste the earthy smell. Black fish can not only nourish and recuperate, but also grow muscles and nourish blood, which is very nutritious. In fact, it also has spines, but its spines are much less than other fish. A spine of bones joined together."

Tong Shaoxuan looked up at her: "So you removed all the spines of the black fish?"

When sitting on the chair and looking up from the bottom, Tong Shaoxuan's eyes widened unconsciously, as if he had grown several years younger out of thin air, which made Tang Jianwei have the urge to touch her little head for a moment.

Fortunately, she held back, otherwise this scene would be too warm, full of the meaning of motherly kindness and filial piety, what should she think of the real lady who is sitting opposite her.

"Yes, it doesn't take much trouble to remove them all." Tang Jian replied in a small voice, "Ma'am, don't worry about me."

Tong Shaoxuan did not speak, and turned his attention to her bowl again.

The remaining soup is stewed with the head of the black fish.

But from Tang Jianwei's hand, it must not be that simple.

Chop the whole head of black fish into two pieces from the middle, put it into the soup, add sliced ​​ginger and pepper.Crack two more eggs, beat them and pour them into the soup.

The complex and unique deliciousness of the fish head, the strong taste of pepper, and the thick egg liquid are intertwined and sublimated, and all the dampness and coldness are swept away in one mouthful of hot soup.

The few home-cooked dishes that Tang Jianwei prepared tonight are really delicious, and they are very suitable for a family to sit around and eat together.

It is said that in the previous dynasty, because women should not see others before they get married, even at home, they shared food and ate their own.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, women were allowed to do business and become officials, and the trend of men and women fighting each other gradually disappeared.

After tall tables and chairs became popular in Dacang, the bustling family eating together soon replaced sharing food.

Tang Jianwei watched Tong's family eating quite lively, discussing with each other, and serving each other's food, she was also very happy.

However, she has not formally passed the door, and it is not convenient for her to stay here, so she bids farewell to everyone and sees you tomorrow.

Seeing that she had worked so hard to cook two dishes and one soup, the Tong family members left without even sitting down. They all looked at Tong Shaoxuan and urged her up with their eyes.

Tong Shaoxuan: "..."

The bustle behind him quickly disappeared with the footsteps, and Tang Jianwei's smile slowly froze as the darkness engulfed his face.

The scene of the family sitting together and eating dinner beautifully seemed to have happened to her not too long ago.

At that time, she also had Ye Niang, sisters, and a family.

She wasn't born alone either.

After coming out of the front hall, he was suddenly wrapped in coldness.

Some drizzle fell from the dark sky and landed on the padded jacket Tong Shaoxuan gave her.

The rain in Su County is not the same as that in Boling. The rain in Boling falls as soon as it falls, and each one is bigger than a bean, and it is quickly poured down by the north wind.

The rain here is very thin and soft, and it easily stays on the eyebrows and eyelashes, making people itchy.Not like rain, more like fog.

Some time ago, she also told Zitan that the climate in Su County is hot, and it is often so hot that people are sweating in autumn. Maybe in winter, they don't even need to use a charcoal basin.

She didn't expect how long it would take, when an autumn rain fell and the climate changed suddenly. Even though she was wearing a jacket, she was still shivering from the cold.

If the cold in Boling in winter is the fist of cold wind and ice and snow, and the cold that hits the face directly, then the cold in Suxian is the Gu worm that penetrates into the bones and the heart, making people feel sick. Frozen, cold with ice slag rolling in the blood.

Tang Jianwei felt that she was already wearing a lot, but she didn't expect a gust of cold wind to blow her through.

After coming to Su County, she seemed to be very busy all the time.

Busy dealing with Tong's family, busy running with Tong Shaoxuan, busy running a stall, busy making money...

When she looked back, autumn had already come to an end.

The year is not far away, and the six years of Tianxian who left her with deep pain will pass.

The warm home she was used to, those loves that should have belonged to her, were also sealed under the loess, never to return.

Tang Jian raised his head slightly, trying to find the first star that Ye Niang taught her to identify, but after looking for a long time, he couldn't find anything except black as ink.

Isn't that what the old legends say?

After the family members die, they will become stars in the sky. As long as you think of seeing them, you can see them when you look up.

Family members will always be by your side.

So those legends are all lies, and they are all self-comforting lies.

She couldn't see, feel, or have anything at all.

Lost is lost forever.

She lowered her head and smiled self-deprecatingly. Just as she was about to leave quickly, she suddenly heard someone calling her name.

"Sanniang."

Tang Jianwei's heart was knocked open by this gentle call, trembling and soft.

It's her family calling her!

Tang Jianwei looked back immediately, the beige gauze lamp illuminated the bamboo forest into a color close to white.Tong Shaoxuan was still wearing the blue fur head that he wore when he went to the academy, a tight-waisted Hu suit, and small leather boots.

The candlelight in the thin gauze lantern was blown flickeringly by the wind, Tong Shaoxuan's face was smaller than the slapped face, those cherry lips had not yet parted, and the shyness hidden in the big smart eyes seemed to have replaced him. The master spoke.

It turned out to be Tong Shaoxuan.

The light of surprise and anticipation in Tang Jianwei's eyes quickly extinguished and was replaced by gentleness.

But Tong Shaoxuan caught the slightly different expression at that moment just now.

She could probably guess why Tang Jianwei showed a fragile look, perhaps it had something to do with her changing her address.

San Niang.

Tong Shaoxuan is very grateful to her for cooking for Tong's family, and also intends to ease the relationship between them.After all, as the end of the year is approaching, the wedding day of the two of them is about to be fixed. Rather than being like enemies all day long, it is better to get along well.

Besides, it is impossible for her to remain unchanged for the rest of her life.

Tang Jianwei has been calling her "Madam" for a long time, she just called her "Sanniang", not too close nor alienated, which is very reasonable.

Unexpectedly, the sound of San Niang made that Tang Jian feel a little unhappy.

When she left the front hall just now, Tong Shaoxuan noticed that when Tang Jianwei saw the Tong family's happy family, she showed a sense of loss for a moment, maybe she didn't even notice it herself.

She must have thought of some unpleasant memories.

Even a carefree and strong person like Tang Jianwei will sometimes be sad.

Tong Shaoxuan felt a little regretful, she shouldn't have changed her name at this time, and it made her feel even more uncomfortable.

"Isn't it a bit inappropriate for me to call you that?"

Tong Shaoxuan walked slowly through the bamboo forest and walked towards Tang Jianwei.

When she stood in front of Tang Jianwei and looked at him at the same level, she found that she was almost the same height as Tang Jianwei.

Tong's Mansion is not big, and the gravel road wrapped by the bamboo forest is even narrower, because of the terrain, there are some twists and turns.

The two stand opposite each other in the bamboo forest, and there is a sense of tranquility in a tryst here.

"It's pretty good." Tang Jianwei's smile stripped away the obvious sweetness on weekdays, a little bit bitter, but even more beautiful, "My family used to call me that."

Tong Shaoxuan looked at the tip of his little leather boots: "If you don't feel disgusted, I'll call you that from now on."

"I'm not disgusted, how could I be disgusted." Tang Jianwei paused for a moment, and said with a smile, "Thank you."

"What's there to be thankful for... My mother asked me to tell you, don't rush back, just eat something here. You have worked so hard to cook, and you just left without eating a bite , how can we get along with it?"

Tong Shaoxuan actually wanted to say something nicer, but he didn't know why every time he faced this woman, let alone the spoken words, even his tongue became extremely stiff.

Tong Shaoxuan was clumsy with his tongue, but Tang Jianwei already understood what she wanted to say.

"We're all a family, why bother with these things. My sister and Zitan are waiting for me to go back, and I have left food in the west courtyard."

Tong Shaoxuan raised his head.

"Don't worry, it's the same as the dishes brought to you."

"...There's no need to rest assured, I'm not so greedy."

"That's right, I didn't really like my cooking."

"... Tang Jianwei, did you do it on purpose?"

"Why did you change it back again? Didn't you say that you will call me San Niang from now on?"

Tang Jianwei saw that the child was teased twice, his face gradually fluctuated, but he was not really angry, his heart was warmed by her fresh face and vigorous vitality...

It seems that it is not as cold as before.

Tong Shaoxuan still wanted to argue with her a few more times, but Tang Jianwei waved his hand back and said:

"Go back quickly, if today's food is cold, it won't taste good."

Tong Shaoxuan nodded, and took two steps back: "Then let your sister and Zitan come to the front hall for dinner next time." After finishing speaking, he added, "Otherwise, my mother will always miss me. .”

"Come over after we get married."

"..."

"Have you fixed a date, Ye Niang?"

"I don't know, I haven't asked yet."

"Okay, I'll ask another day."

"I am leaving."

"Ah."

Tong Shaoxuan walked a few steps, then turned around, and found that Tang Jianwei was already on the veranda of the west courtyard, and quickly stepped into the darkness.

Is the gauze lamp so dark?Tong Shaoxuan looked up, was it this dark before?

This lamp cloth is not transparent at all, and it is not as transparent as the roof tiles.

No, it must be remodeled.

When Tang Jianwei returned to the west courtyard, both Zitan and Tang Guanqiu hadn't eaten yet, and were sitting at the table counting their money.

"What are you doing? Why don't you eat?"

"I told the eldest lady to let her eat first, but she refused, saying that she wanted to eat together when Auntie comes back." Zitan counted the silver coins without raising her head, and said in surprise at the end,

"San Niang, do you know how much we have earned these days?"

Tang Jianwei only settles the accounts every day, and doesn't care about the money. All the money he earns is handed over to Zitan for her to put it away.

Zitan loves food as well as money. Since she was a child, she liked to save money. Now that she followed Tang Jianwei to a different place to start a business from scratch, she started to do business again, and her enthusiasm for counting money every day has increased a lot.

"Tell me, how many are there?" Tang Jianwei sat down by the table and took a sip of hot soup to warm up his body.

"Ten taels!" Zitan said happily, "Except for the transaction cost and the money for daily cooking and buying ingredients, we have already saved ten taels of silver!"

Unexpectedly, Tang Jianwei was not too excited, but said flatly, "It's only ten taels."

"Ancestor! The whole family only earns a month, and you have already earned ten taels! Sanniang, you are really a genius in business! This is just the beginning. In the future, we, master and servant, will work together and we will be able to Let the Tang Corporation spread and flourish as soon as possible!"

Tang Jian smiled and said to her: "Zitan, you only think about running a small breakfast stand? You can't think about anything else?"

"I think so! I can't wait to open the restaurant right now! Earn a thousand or eight hundred a day!"

"It will be opened in the future. I will give myself a small goal, first to build the No. [-] restaurant in Su County."

Tang Jianwei ate a piece of fish calmly, but what he said made people speechless.

Zitan helped the two sisters to fish out the plain noodles from the heat preservation pot set on the charcoal, and said excitedly:

"It's definitely possible! Our San Niang is going to open the No. [-] restaurant in Angzhou, the No. [-] restaurant in Da Cang! The industry spreads all over Da Cang!"

Tang Jian took the face with a smile: "I accept your good words."

Zitan handed the face to Tang Guanqiu, but found that she didn't answer it, she lowered her head and didn't know what she was looking at.

Tang Jianwei put his head up and found that she was counting the candies in her palm.

"one two three four."

She held four candies in her palm, each of which was wrapped in beautiful glass paper of different colors.

Tang Jianwei asked her, "Sister, why are you counting the candies?"

When mentioning these candies, Tang Guanqiu had a clear smile in his calm eyes:

"These are what Ah Ying bought for me."

Tang Jianwei and Zitan looked at each other.

"Ah Ying said that she will come back to see me after I finish eating all the candies."

……

After Zitan ate a bowl of noodles, he ordered a bowl of rice, mainly to eliminate the side dishes under the boiled fish, and it was better to eat with rice.

Today's food is so delicious, but Tang Guanqiu ate very little. After two mouthfuls, he sat in the corner and ignored anyone. He just counted and counted the four candies, keeping his eyes on him for a moment, full of thoughts.

Zitan finally put down the bowl and chopsticks, and fell to the ground on his back, his eyes straightened.

"San Niang, starting from tomorrow, you really can't cook such delicious food anymore. Otherwise, I'm afraid that one day I will burst my stomach and die..."

"Red sandalwood." Tang Jianwei said, "Did you buy those candies for her?"

"No." Zitan stood up with difficulty, "It seems that the eldest lady has always carried it with her. I saw her take it out on the way to Su County, but it was still a lot at that time."

"really……"

"So what?" Recalling what the eldest lady said just now, Zitan's back went numb, "No, no, isn't it... Could it be that the eldest lady will, will she come back?"

Zitan didn't have the nerve to explain clearly, if he really came back, in what form would he come back?

What the hell...

Tang Jian said with a slightly cold face: "Shen Yue has nothing to do with Eldest Sister, and she is no longer Eldest Madam. You don't need to call her that in the future."

"...San Niang, I still have a chance to address her? Can I not give up this chance?"

Although Zitan has great strength, he is timid, and is most afraid of those gods and ghosts.

Hearing Tang Jianwei say this, his face was paler than the bowl in front of him.

"With me here, what are you afraid of?" Tang Jianwei was the complete opposite of Zitan, who was not afraid of anything except her mother beating her broom since she was a child.Back then, she ransacked the haunted house in Boling, inside and out.

"And it's not as evil as you think." Tang Jianwei understood what her sister meant by counting candies.

Before Shen Yue and Tang Guanqiu got married, she had already gone to the front line several times with the army and made many achievements. It can be said that she is young and promising.

Every time he goes out for an expedition, it takes a long period of time. Tang Guanqiu spends his days alone in Boling worrying about his stomach. He can’t eat and sleep well. Only when Shen Yue comes back and sees his lover intact can he have a good night’s sleep.

In order to alleviate Tang Guanqiu's melancholy, Shen Yue would buy a bunch of candies before going out to battle, put them in jars and gave them to Tang Guanqiu, telling her that you eat one candy every day.

"I'll be back when you finish eating all the candies."

Tang Jianwei watched this incident in silence a few times. Tang Guanqiu got a toothache from eating sweets, and it was Tang Jianwei who gave her peppercorns to suck, which relieved it a little.

"So, when the eldest lady left Boling, she brought candy to wait for Shen Yue to come back."

After listening to it, Zitan was no longer afraid, and felt even more sour.

"What if after counting the candies, the eldest lady... Shen Yue still doesn't show up? It's impossible for her to show up. Isn't the eldest lady even more sad then?"

After Tang Jian felt bored for a while, he said:

"I won't make her sad."

Zitan knew that Tang Jianwei would do what he said, and he would do what he said.

After the stalls were closed early the next day, she asked Zitan to push the cart back by herself. She went to the market and didn't come back until noon.

"one two three four."

Sitting in front of the desk, Tang Guanqiu ate one candy, counted and found four.

She seemed to realize that something was wrong, so she counted again, and she still counted to four.

"In four days, Shen Yue will be back."

Tang Guanqiu happily said to Zitan.

Since then, every day, she will repeat this sentence.

These four candies have never been missing.

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Tong Shaoxuan: Have you found the point of this chapter?

Tang Jianwei: Are you finally willing to change your mind?

Tong Shaoxuan: No!I have grown taller!Has grown tall!I'm as tall as you!

Tang Jianwei: ...

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Today's menu:

【Fried lotus root】

Some places call it fried lotus root folder, I can make this dish, really...

【Boiled Fish】

Everyone is familiar with boiled fish. I recommend a boiled fish shop called Longrenju. Their boiled fish has a strong taste and is really delicious. After eating, you can also remove the oil in the boiled fish. Bottle it, and take it away with chili peppers beaten into chili oil, and cook and eat at home.

It's so fragrant TT!After the epidemic is over, we must go to eat again.