Datang First Chef

Li Sanniang first hugged Mo Wenyuan and said, "It's tall." Then she bent down and hugged the lower middle Heiyang and said, "Fat."

With Mo Wenyuan around, even a mother who is eager to love her son can hardly say things like being starved and thin, but Mo Wenyuan sighed after seeing Li Sanniang: "I haven't seen you in half a year, and my mother has lost weight." Good-looking is still good-looking, but Her cheekbones are obvious to the naked eye, and she has the beauty of "making people haggard for Iraq".

Li Sanniang looked at Mo Wenyuan quietly and said, "It's not just me who lost weight, but the puppy and Erniang also lost weight." In the half a year since Mo Wenyuan left, no one lost weight. From frugality to extravagance, from It's hard to save extravagance, and I'm used to Mo Wenyuan's dishes, so only his apprentices' dishes can be eaten, but the apprentices work for the restaurant, and if they are asked to cook for their own family members, it is to seek personal gain. The disciplined Li Sanniang would never do it.

They usually eat big pot rice with the guys in the restaurant. Sometimes it tastes better when a few apprentices cook it, but it tastes worse when it's the servant's turn. They often wander between the two ends of delicious or not.Their taste buds have been cultivated, and they would rather eat less than bad taste, and they will lose weight after a long time.

Seeing Li Sanniang's appearance, Mo Wenyuan felt very guilty: "You have to make up for it, I will be in charge of the house from now on."

Li Sanniang said: "You're exhausted, it's not too late to rest for a few days."

Mo Wenyuan smiled and said, "Ma'am, do you think I look tired?"

Li Sanniang saw him in high spirits, with clear eyes, she couldn't help nodding and said: "You are very energetic."

"I want to go home and rest for a day, and then go to Daxingshan Temple to say hello to the masters. This time, thanks to the two masters who gave me the Vajra Subduing Demon Pestle, and the sheep following me, I really don't know what will happen. .”

After hearing this, Li Sanniang asked suspiciously: "Isn't it just that you met the weasel spirit? Could it be that you will encounter danger again later?" The beating of the bone spirit happened half a month ago, and the Buddhists have not spread the news. Now only a few eminent monks know about it Mo Wenyuan was afraid that Li Sanniang and others would be worried, so he went directly from Chang'an to Luoyang, so he pressed the button and didn't say anything until now.

He said honestly: "There is indeed one thing that I haven't told you, Auntie, please don't panic after listening."

An ominous premonition surged in Li Sanniang's heart.

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Knowing that Mo Wenyuan came back today, the house was full of joy, Zhao Erniang and Mo Xiaogou set aside free time to clean the house, they suddenly heard the sound of sheep's hooves, Mo Xiaogou said: "Maybe Dalang is back." He hurried out to greet him.

After going out, he saw Li Sanniang, who was furious and majestic like raging waves, and Mo Wenyuan and Zhong Heiyang, who were behind her with their heads bowed like frost beating eggplants. Xiaogou Mo hurriedly smoothed things over and said, "What happened?"

Li Sanniang sneered, "Ask him what happened."

Mo Wenyuan was scolded by his mother, so he told Mo Xiaogou the key points of picking up a dozen bone spirits. Then Mo Xiaogou heard that the corpse demon had escaped from Master Xuanzang, and felt dizzy, wishing to bend his fingers Hit Mo Wenyuan hard on the head a few times.

He's too courageous, he doesn't say anything when he encounters such a thing, and keeps them in the dark until Chang'an... Xiaogou Mo is like a raging fire-breathing dragon, his stomach is full of flames ready to go out, he finally knows Why the other party would be downcast when he came back? My aunt must have taught him a lesson.

He pointed his finger at Mo Wenyuan, trembling: "You you you you you... hey you!"

Needless to say in the evening, from a happy family reunion banquet to a meeting of critics and struggles, Mo Wenyuan and Zhong Heiyang are not unrepentant people with granite heads. I vowed never to dare not report again, God knows if they will write a letter when they encounter a monster again.

The Criticism and Fighting Conference was really late, and it was too late to make a big meal. Mo Wenyuan saw that the courtyard was full of sauerkraut, and had an idea, and made the old altar sauerkraut and mutton noodles, but it was a pity that beef was not easy to eat, otherwise he could The taste of the noodles is a hundred times better than that of Kang, Shi and Fu.

Sauerkraut mutton and sauerkraut beef have their own advantages and disadvantages. If you really want to compare them, you can't tell the difference. The mutton made by Mo Wenyuan is not stewed, but fried.

Large pieces of meat are shaved into thin slices of mutton, fat and thin, and stir-fried with shredded sauerkraut strips.The sauerkraut is taken out of the jar and drained. During the stir-fry process, chopped green onion and ginger are added, mixed with lard. The trend of rushing out of the crack of the door and spreading to the courtyard.

Several people in the family seemed to be in a better mood after taking turns educating Mo Wenyuan, and they hadn't experienced the charming aroma coming from the kitchen at night for more than half a year. They were inspired by the aroma and became gangsters.

Zhong Heiyang simply waited at the door. It was not surprising to see the three people who came late. They used to be good friends who opened the door. The fragrance continuously penetrated into his nostrils, and suddenly there were three more nostrils to share He was not happy about the aroma.

The more discerning Mo Wenyuan heard the movement at the door, and said loudly: "Big bowl or small bowl?"

"Big bowl!"

"Big bowl."

"Big bowl."

"baa baa baa baa baa"

Super bowl!

Mo Wenyuan said that he received the information and prepared the noodle soup seasoning while pulling the noodles.The noodles they eat are all pulled by Mo Wenyuan himself. His unique skills are comparable to those of the chefs at the Lanzhou beef noodle stall. Wide noodles, thin noodles, and knife-cut noodles are all made by him from the first step of kneading noodles. make arrangements for.

Thin noodles are more suitable for mutton in sour soup. Only thin and firm noodles can be combined with the mouthwatering sour soup to the greatest extent. The soup base is a combination of mutton bone soup, sour soup and noodle soup. The three are perfect If one of them is missing, it will be incomplete. The sauerkraut and mutton are stir-fried to produce juice, and the juice and vegetables are covered on the soup surface, and the covered noodles are freshly baked.

Mo Wenyuan put the four big bowls and one super bowl on the plate, opened the kitchen door, and saw four pairs of green eyes glowing with starving ghosts without any surprise, he said: "Let's eat at the table."

Different from the first half year, the meal time became the happiest moment for Li San's family again.

"Snap--" "Snap--" "Snap--"

The sound of sucking noodles came one after another. The thin noodles on the top layer absorbed the juice of sauerkraut and mutton, exuding a meaty aroma. The mutton was tender. I don’t know how Mo Wenyuan fried it. The thin mutton slices were tender inside and burnt on the edges. , the crispy taste makes them unable to stop; the sauerkraut is rich in water, and it will make a tooth-souring sound when chewed. The sour juice is drained first not only does not affect its taste, but absorbs the mutton juice and liquid lard instead, They can eat a large bowl of noodles just by eating sauerkraut.

The noodles and dishes were cleaned up, and everyone was reluctant to give up the noodle soup, and they drank it all.

Puppy Mo burped in satisfaction, every pore of his body was filled with warmth.

Eating delicious food is so blissful!

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Daxingshan Temple is a must. The ups and downs of Luoyang City have already reached the ears of many monks in Daxingshan Temple, and Mo Wenyuan has to go to report safety.

The monks were very strict. Mo Wenyuan didn't want Li Sanniang and the others to know, so no one said anything. In addition, the monks also helped deal with the follow-up incident. He was very grateful to someone who extended a hand of friendship after the thrilling incident. .

Mo Wenyuan was carried into Daxingshan Temple by a black sheep. When he arrived at the temple, it was snowing. The snowflakes were not big, and there were few pedestrians on the street. He was walking on the street wearing a bamboo hat and coir raincoat. Uncompromising firmness.The winter snowflakes fell one after another, coating the tiles of the temple white. After entering the east gate, the temple was as lively as ever. The bad weather could not hinder the studious monks. They held classics in one hand and held umbrellas in the other.

The figure of Zhongheiyang was bigger than when he left. After entering the door, he attracted everyone's attention. The monk looked at Mo Wenyuan whose face was covered by a bamboo hat and hesitated: "Mr. Mo?"

Mo Wenyuan raised his bamboo hat and smiled, "It's me."

It is daytime now, but this situation can resonate with "Chaimen hears the dog barking, and returns home on a snowy night".

Mo Wenyuan was very popular in Daxingshan Temple. After recognizing him, the monks who were dealing with chores, the monks who were about to run to the main hall, and the monks who came out from the Sutra Pavilion and held scrolls all put down the food in their hands for a while. The center clustered and stood.

"Are you back?"

"How are you?"

"Luoyang is dangerous, it's better to come to Chang'an."

"How long do you want to stay this time?"

"Amitabha, it is good to return safely."

There are many monks in the book who know the inside story, and even if they don't know, they have heard most of it ignorantly. They know that he encountered spirits and monsters in Luoyang City, and he only got through the difficulties by following the Zhonghei sheep and the Vajra Subduing Demon Pestle on the left and right.

"Let's learn two more tricks from Master Huizhi this time!" An older translator monk said sincerely, "Master Huizhi's ability to eliminate demons is still unmatched by anyone in Xingshan Temple. I see Mo Xiaolang Jun, you have an indissoluble bond with spirits and monsters, it is better to plan ahead."

Mo Wenyuan couldn't help complaining: "Isn't it an unresolved relationship? Luoyang city is so safe. I haven't heard of any ghosts in the corridors of the two capitals for several years, but I just ran into it."

What a ghostly monster system, the fantasy Tang Dynasty is not friendly to cooks at all.

Zhongheiyang has also received praise from the monks for being a good protector.The monks in Daxingshan Temple all knew that Mo Wenyuan's crotch and the middle black sheep under him had supernatural powers, and they accepted it well.

Middle Black Sheep: "Baa baa baa baa baa"

That is, who would he protect if he didn't protect Mo Xiaoyuan?Mo Xiaoyuan is a treasure in the world!

During the chat, Huikong rushed over in a hurry. According to the age disparity in Xingshan Temple, Huikong was Mo Wenyuan's peer. The two had always been close, and they could be said to be best friends. Afterwards, he sent several letters to Mo Wenyuan to take care of him. It was really great to see him come back intact.

Huikong first looked at Mo Wenyuan from top to bottom, and after making sure he was fine, he said: "A few days ago, the monk from Tianzhu brought me a bag of beans. I figured you would like it, so I saved it first." Huikong I have been with Mo Wenyuan for a long time, how can I not know his preferences, various ingredients that are not available in the country are his favorite, if you give Mo Wenyuan an ingot of gold, it is better to give him the freshest seeds.

Mo Wenyuan's eyes lit up, and he wanted to say let's go and have a look, but before he blurted out, Huikong said again: "The two masters, Huiyuan and Huizhi, are waiting for you. Go see them first and then look at the seeds."

"Okay, okay." He turned around and patted Zhong Heiyang on the head, telling him to follow Huikong first, and come to him later, Zhong Heiyang agreed.

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Huizhi and Huiyuan have a very good relationship. They are brothers of the same generation, and now they are both entrusted with important tasks in Daxingshan Temple. Needless to say, Huiyuan is responsible for all the scheduling of common things, and is committed to a high level of integration between Buddhism and secular affairs. Since the Tang Dynasty when more believers were developed, his work can be said to be the busiest and most important in the temple.

Not to mention Huizhi, he has great supernatural powers. In the fantasy Tang Dynasty, there are always undecent monsters raging. If you encounter them unfortunately, only monks and priests who can subdue demons and eliminate demons will be most useful. Zhizhi is low-key, but he has also dealt with many monsters. He is also proficient in illusion, which is one of the sources of strength for Daxingshan Temple to stand upright and stand out from the crowd.

As soon as he entered the meditation room, Mo Wenyuan felt a warmth rushing towards his face. When he took a closer look, there was no charcoal-burning brazier or heater on the ground. The room was much warmer than the outside. It was probably due to Master Huizhi.

Monk Huiyuan expressed concern, but unfortunately his ability to transform demons is not very good, and he has little say in the Baihuling corpse demon incident, but Huizhi talked for a long time, and said that it seems that Mo Wenyuan has not fallen behind Practice, you can teach Thaksin's Buddhist spells.

In order to be physically strong and make cooking easier, Mo Wenyuan never stopped exercising for a day. After returning from Luoyang City this time, he knew the bad news that he was being targeted by monsters, which made Mo Wenyuan very interested in learning the method.

He has already understood the weight of the "low-profile version of Tang Sanzang", and he also knows that his future will not be very peaceful. His map currently only extends to Luoyang, but Li Sanniang's ambitions are not like this. She has already made plans for the opening of the Jiangnan store. The preliminary preparations are to wait for the weather to warm up and the ice and snow to melt and go south to open a store.Even if Mo Wenyuan didn't follow at the beginning, he would go to Jiangnan to visit in the later stage, as well as Jinling, Taiyuan and other places. I believe that in the not-too-distant future, Li Sanniang's restaurants will be like winter jasmine, with the warm spring wind blowing, sweeping across the city. China Mainland.

After Master Huiyuan left, there was an incident between Mo Wenyuan and Master Huizhi. The latter first praised him for using the magic pestle well, and the mantra he chose to recite was also the same day.

"I want to pass on some Buddhist scriptures to you in case you need them."

"Using the magic weapon first is enough. I bought their Taoist magic weapon from an old Taoist a few days ago. It has a protective effect. Its durability is not as good as Master Xuanzang's Jinlan cassock. The effect is not the same once. Far."

What is the protective effect of the Jinlan cassock?

Not to mention that it is almost as good as the tower's defense ability, even if it is only half of it, Mo Wenyuan will happily accept it.

He looked at Monk Huizhi with tearful eyes and said, "What virtue and ability do I have? I really can't repay Master Huizhi so hard."

Under normal circumstances, Master Huizhi would only smile back quietly, or it was his duty, but today he didn't want to be a good person, instead he was "proud of being favored" and negotiated terms.

"I don't ask too much. It's a small matter to bring you this thing. If you really want to thank me and repay me, you can send it to me when you make new meals."

Mo Wenyuan immediately said: "I just happened to make a sauerkraut soup cake and bring it to you, Master."

Huizhi's face turned green when he heard the news, sauerkraut, sauerkraut, why is it sauerkraut again, have they been unable to get around this word recently?

The pills newly refined by Taishang Laojun were sauerkraut-flavored, and the soup cakes that Mo Wenyuan enshrined to him were also sauerkraut-flavored.

He used to like sauerkraut quite a bit, but now he really can't.

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After returning to Chang'an, Mo Wenyuan's time became tense again. When he was in Luoyang, he would also review the Buddhist scriptures given to him by Master Huizhi and the methods of subduing demons. The review did not take a lot of time.Learning new knowledge is different. He is young, studious, and receptive. These advantages make his learning efficiency higher than ordinary people. However, Mo Wenyuan still spends a lot of time in the temple. He goes to Tibet every day. In the Jingge, the market exchanges experience with other demon-hunting monks, learns from each other, promotes each other, and deliberates on the new knowledge they have learned.

The high-intensity study brought physical exhaustion and spiritual enrichment. Even Li Sanniang felt distressed when she saw it, thinking that Mo Wenyuan was suffering too much.

He himself thinks it's good. There are several reasons. One is that Mo Wenyuan is used to busy work, and he can't get used to the happy life when he slows down the pace and doesn't think about it. The second is that he knows that monsters are very harmful to him. He needs to master as many skills as possible.

Zhong Heiyang was undoubtedly shocked by Mo Wenyuan's academic ability. He ate harder and spent a lot of time meditating. The way of gluttonous growth is to eat, eat, and eat. The power in his blood will make him thrive.

So, did learning spells slow down Mo Wenyuan's exploration of food?

Of course not, not only not, but he found a new busy point. The Tianzhu beans brought to him by the monk Huikong touched the spark of Mo Wenyuan's inspiration, and his food menu was updated.

The beans brought by Monk Huikong are exactly the mung beans that Mo Wenyuan has been thinking about!

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Mung beans were introduced to China from India in the Northern Song Dynasty. There were no mung beans in the Tang Dynasty, but later scholars found traces of mung beans in Yunnan, which proved that this kind of beans may have existed in China 2000 years ago, but they were not recognized by humans. Know.

Monk Huikong's understanding of mung beans comes from the monks in Tianzhu and the Tianzhu shop in Xishi that he often goes to.Birds of a feather flock together, and people divide into groups. After staying with Mo Wenyuan for a long time, he will always learn a lot of knowledge about food actively or passively. Monk Huikong is not interested in eating methods, but to find out the medicinal value of food and when they were introduced to China His past and present lives are very interesting.

Mo Wenyuan once thought that if Monk Huikong used his unique ability of being cautious, careful, and rooted in every word, and used these characteristics in academic research, he might be able to advance the term "textual research party" hundreds of times. Invented thousands of years ago.

He showed a bag of mung beans in front of Mo Wenyuan and said: "A few days ago, my friend from Zhuzhou came from afar, and he brought this with him. He also mixed beans with sugar and boiled water for us to drink. After drinking, I found that it tasted sweet. , far better than the taste of soybeans boiled in water, so I specially asked for a few beans and went to Tianzhu store to ask, and a store sold me a bag of beans."

Staring at the mung beans, which are the same size and size as modern mung beans, Mo Wenyuan almost cast out his star eyes.

Huikong saw Mo Wenyuan's expression and said: "Mr. Mo Xiaolang, do you know how to eat this bean?"

Mo Wenyuan followed kindness and said: "I know, I know, the Bodhisattva told me in my dream."

Bodhisattva: Hehehe.

Huikong smiled, he had heard this reason many times, believe it or not, now he doubts, who told Bodhisattva to accept the offerings from Mo Wenyuan every time, is a real foodie visible to the naked eye.

"How can this thing be eaten?"

Mo Wenyuan muttered: "You can make more food." For example, mung bean soup, mung bean cake, vermicelli, mung bean cake, mung bean porridge, mung bean ice cream and mung bean smoothie are also very good when there is ice in winter. Ingredients.

"I don't know if I have a good fortune?"

"Of course!"

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The mung beans bought by Huikong alone were not enough, so when he had free time, Mo Wenyuan took Zhongheiyang to wander around the West Market in an attempt to receive more mung beans.

Mung beans are probably the more common beans in Tianzhu. All the businessmen in Tianzhu who saw them showed a look of sudden realization, and then shook their heads and told Mo Wenyuan that they didn't sell them in their shop. At most, they had some home-grown food.

"The price is lower, lower than sugar, and similar to the price of soybeans." Soybeans are almost the least valuable thing. Why do they have to travel thousands of miles to sell mung beans in Chang'an? The profit is really low.

After transferring all the shops, he only collected five big bags, including the mung beans that the businessman kept for himself. He could only hope that Zhongheiyang could find the mung beans.

However, the omnipotent Zhongheiyang was also depressed, with melancholic snot bubbles hanging from his nostrils, and his bleating voice was not very confident.

Tianzhu, I can't go where I want.

Only then did Mo Wenyuan know the unspoken rules among the gods, just like Tang Sanzang's relatives can only bring the scriptures back to the West, even the supernatural Taotie can only scurry around in China's territory because of the rules However, vassal states such as Koryo can be patronized, but Tianzhu is not really a vassal state.

Mo Wenyuan said: "So you can't go abroad?"

Zhong Heiyang baa baa baa baa baa baa: Yes, yes, but we have to go there in person and keep our feet on the ground.

Of course, the supernatural powers of traveling thousands of miles and turning somersaults one hundred and eight thousand miles cannot be used. He can only walk forward step by step on the legs of a lamb. Merchants on the road are more efficient.

Mo Wenyuan said: "Are there mung beans in the country?"

It's a pity that Zhongheiyang gave him a negative answer. There are only two ways to find mung beans, one is to find a merchant to import, and the other is to grow it yourself.

The best time to plant mung beans is from the end of May to the beginning of July. Converted to the lunar calendar, it would be around April at the earliest. Mo Wenyuan spent a short time thinking about the method of obtaining mung beans. He planned to use a two-pronged approach, going to the import and planting two parallel plants. road.

First find familiar Tianzhu merchants to buy mung beans as much as possible, part of which is used for related food, and part of which is to prepare in advance for next year's cultivation.

Their family has a large piece of land, part of which was left by the ancestors, and part of it was given to Mo Wenyuan by the saint as a reward. These days, it is much more convenient to give land than oil, grain, rice, noodles, and money. There are no pits in the mountains and plains. The wasteland can be given to him as long as the officials are sent to measure it.

The merchant who helped Mo Wenyuan collect mung beans was the one who bought him sugar back then. On the one hand, he informed the caravan to bring a large amount of mung beans when he came to Chang'an next time, and he has already found a buyer; Fellow villagers, see if they have any mung beans for themselves or extra mung beans. Mo Wenyuan is a big customer, and he is even a well-known figure in Chang'an City. Being friends with him is beneficial but not harmful.

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After Mo Wenyuan came home with a large amount of mung beans, he sharpened his knife and eagerly wanted to cook. The first thing he wanted to do was to have fans that he was thinking of. Coincidentally, when he stewed duck a few days ago, he wondered why there were no fans, otherwise You can make duck blood vermicelli soup, minced garlic vermicelli, hot and sour vermicelli with minced meat, minced garlic vermicelli, and stir-fried vermicelli with baby vegetables. I didn’t expect to get the raw materials in less than two months.

In later generations, vermicelli has become one of the common foods in China. It is made of various materials, such as mung bean starch, corn starch, and sweet potato starch.Mung bean vermicelli is considered to be the best vermicelli. Vermicelli made of other materials are inferior in taste and transparency.

Before making vermicelli, he also needs to prepare a small tool. The reason why vermicelli is made of silk is that the diameter of each vermicelli is about 0.5 mm, so he needs a special vermicelli colander.

It is not difficult to build this thing, he drew the design drawing to a familiar craftsman, and it was made quickly.

After the production, there is only one job, and that is to be a fan.

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The method of vermicelli is not difficult, and it is simpler than bean products. Mo Wenyuan directly found a skilled bean product worker as a helper.

The people in the store trusted Mo Wenyuan. Even though mung beans were a new ingredient that they had never seen before, they were not afraid of problems with monk Huikong and the Tianzhu businessman speaking out.

Soak the selected mung beans in cold water for 2 hours, and blanch them in boiling water for a minute or two before entering.

Refining after soaking, fermenting after refining, the starch precipitated after fermentation is the raw material of vermicelli.

Grind the starch again and add water to make a paste. Mo Wenyuan holds a colander in one hand and fills the spoon with the other hand. The paste passes through the colander and pulls out a streamlined liquid. The liquid is cooked immediately after entering the cauldron. The waiter is below. Wait, take the long bamboo chopsticks, put the vermicelli into cold water, wash it with fermented physalis, and finally hang it on the bamboo pole to dry, and the vermicelli is ready.

The mung bean vermicelli was hanging on the rack, fluttering in the wind. Passing Li Sanniang, Zhong Heiyang and the guys passed by, they couldn't help but look up. They all thought in their hearts, how does this taste like?

"Is it like Hoto?"

"The appearance is similar, but the taste is unknown."

After two days in the sun, the vermicelli that had faded from the yellow-green color appeared pinkish white under the refraction of the sun, crystal clear and not translucent. After seeing it, Mo Wenyuan felt proud and thought that its quality might be comparable to that of Longkou vermicelli.

Middle Heiyang: "Baa baa baa baa."

What kind of food can this thing be used for?

"I want to make a duck blood vermicelli soup, then bake a few scallops, and use vermicelli as a condiment."

Thinking of their taste, Mo Wenyuan wanted to drool!