Datang First Chef

In Chang'an City, there is a strong custom of climbing high on the Double Ninth Festival. Today, people who have money and leisure will wear dogwood, call for friends, and climb high to look far away.There are quite a lot of literati in Chang'an city, and the princes of aristocratic families also gather together. They will never miss this festival.

Mo Wenyuan agreed to travel with Wang Wei and others, and they agreed that the place to climb was Leyouyuan.

Leyou was originally a favorite place for people and low-level officials in Chang'an City to climb mountains. Li Shangyin wrote "Climbing Leyouyuan". Near dusk."

Leyou was originally located in the southwest of Chang'an City. It was the highest highland in the city. After climbing it, you could see the Great Wall.Mo Wenyuan came to Leyouyuan many times when he was a child, and Li Sanniang brought him here. Their family has a lot of activities, and they always go out for outings during festivals or good seasons for outings.

Hearing that Mo Wenyuan was going to Leyouyuan, Li Sanniang missed it very much, and gestured: "I think you were so tall back then, so you ran fast and climbed to the top of the original place by yourself." waist, and now he has grown very tall, surpassing Sanniang by more than a head.

"You have been active since you were a child."

Mo Wenyuan just laughed and didn't speak. When Li Sanniang was reminiscing about the past, he quickly packed and took a lot of food away.He made a multi-layer food box a long time ago. The wood he used is very good. His friend monk Huikong also painted beautiful patterns on the surface of the box. Whether you look at it from near or far, it is like a work of art. .

He brought a large amount and variety of things, ranging from steamed cakes for the Double Ninth Festival to snacks and snacks that are often eaten, and some steamed cakes and fried foods. In addition, he took away some chrysanthemum wine in a bamboo barrel.

At this time, in addition to chrysanthemum wine, many people drank cornel wine, but he really didn't like the spicy and bitter taste of cornel wine, and Mo Wenyuan had tried it before. Just gave up.

The big black sheep is in a very good mood recently, walking like it is drifting, and the sound of bleating is also loud, and it sounds so damn sweet, Mo Wenyuan is still muttering in his heart, it is the cry of the little ewes when they are in spring Not as sweet as him.

One person and one sheep walked out the door.

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It is said that people are divided into groups by likes, and Wang Wei’s friends in the capital have similar personalities to him. It’s hard to tell if they have a family status. , some of them have a little bit of economic sense in doing business, and the one who is the best at learning is Shen Yu, who was born in the Imperial College.

Everyone gathered at the entrance of the workshop, Wang Wei finally saw these fellow lovers in Chang'an City, and finally understood Shen Yu's current figure, the others were also a little fatter, with plump cheeks and fleshy belly.

Fear arose in his heart, wouldn't it be the same for me in the future?

The lords didn't know what he was thinking, and chatted friendlyly: "I heard that Mo Dalang is coming too?"

"Not only him, but also the legendary sheep with great supernatural powers is also coming."

"When Mo Dalang comes, I will be lucky!"

"Food blessings, I don't think about anything other than blessings. Mo Da returned from Tianzhu, has the ability to subdue demons and eliminate demons, and is highly valued by saints. It is also very beneficial for us to travel with him."

"Don't say that, after all, Mo Da was born in Bai Ding, and those with eyes above the top don't think much of him."

"Today we gather together to climb high and look far away, so why do we say something disappointing?"

"Extremely great!"

When Mo Wenyuan came, he saw the gentlemen gathered together in groups of three or four, chattering louder than hundreds of ducks talking at the same time.

Everyone saw that he had greeted him first, and then turned his attention to the sheep. Some people thought that he would take the sheep away when he went out to climb. They really knew that he was not an ordinary sheep, otherwise he would not even be able to climb the slope.

After Mo Wenyuan arrived, after a while, everyone was there, and he went to Leyouyuan.

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Many people went to Leyouyuan today. The scenery here is beautiful, with gurgling water and rustling branches and leaves. The land is flat and high, and you can look at Chang'an City from here.How can no one come here in such a high place?

A gentleman in the team sighed, "It's the Longshouyuan, the scenery doesn't need to be here."

Longshouyuan was close to the Daming Palace, and it was the place where the royal family entertained the ministers from afar.Daming Palace is originally located in the northeast corner of Chang’an City, which is the highest corner on the ground. It is said that you can see the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in the south of the city from the Hanyuan Hall in the palace. Needless to say, you can see the Big Wild Goose Pagoda from there. Higher and farther.

"You have never been to Longshouyuan, why do you say that?"

"That's right, if you can really travel with the saint in Longshouyuan, why are you here with us?"

"I, although I have never seen the scenery of Longshouyuan, but my grandfather has. After returning home, he once said that the scenery of Longshouyuan is not as good as that of Leyouyuan."

Shen Yu teased: "Don't be provoked by the shooting ceremony, and don't say that if the shooting skills are not good, even I don't want to go to Longshouyuan."

The man pricked his neck to refute Grandpa's excellent shooting skills, while Wang Wei, who was the inviter, cared about Mo Wenyuan and said: "There is a place for practicing shooting in Leyouyuan, and I will definitely go there later, Dalang shoots." How is the technique?"

Holding "Shooting Ceremony" on the Double Ninth Festival is a relatively rare activity that ordinary people don't usually do. This activity is related to ancient etiquette activities. The content is simple, but it is more than archery. , Some people were fined to drink alcohol, and some people were allowed to abstain from alcohol at all.

The ethos of this event was brought by the royal family. In the early Tang Dynasty, the whole country practiced martial arts. Li Yuan, the great ancestor of Tang Dynasty, had excellent shooting skills. Therefore, shooting ceremony activities were often held. When Li Shimin came here, it was not often held, but festivals of all sizes But it will be so, the Double Ninth Festival is one of the festivals where shooting salutes are performed.

Since this event was led by the sage, other people followed suit without mentioning it. Those who could not enter the Daming Palace competed in other places. There were many people in Leyouyuan, including some elegant men, so some people set up archery facilities. The hall is for people to use.

After hearing this, Mo Wenyuan said: "It's not enough, it's not enough." It was his own archery skills.

Wang Lang saw that he was suspicious. He knew that Mo Wenyuan was used to being modest, and never boasted of his own advantages or skills, so from his indistinct words, you couldn't tell whether he was good at archery or not. .

After he really couldn't think of the result, he decided to let Mo Wenyuan go to shoot the bow first. If it is not good, just stop after a few rounds of shooting. They all know each other and they all go here to play. As long as they are in a good mood good.

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Their team is very conspicuous, the well-dressed but slightly fat men are not eye-catching, the real important thing is the big black sheep.

The sheep pricked up its ears to listen to people's comments: "Oh, what a spirited sheep!"

"Could it be Mo Dalang's end?"

"Probably yes, besides him, which other sheep is so pompous?"

"That's true."

He was satisfied with his heroic appearance, and even more satisfied that his name was firmly tied to Mo Wenyuan. Thinking of this, he felt a little sweetness in his heart, like eating a few pieces of sweet cake.

The young people in the team were young and strong, and they reached the highest level of the original in a short time. At this time, there were several groups of people on the top, but not many.Some of them stood and recited poems to the sun, while others sat cross-legged and sipped drinks and snacks.

"If we don't hold a poetry meeting? I always feel that no one is singing poetry at this time, which is a bit boring."

"But when the competition is held, whoever writes poems, let me first say that I am not good at reciting poems."

"Why don't you just start eating like this?"

"Great goodness."

After chattering and discussing for a long time, the gentlemen abandoned their original idea and just got some food.

There are also literati groups around them. After hearing the conversation of a group of ignorant gentlemen, they sneered. They can't even sing poems.It is impossible to describe their mood with the word contempt.

But when they saw the food spread on the ground, they were speechless. Their food was too rich, right?

There is no need to remind them about the picnic. A large piece of thick cloth is spread on the ground, and the gentlemen sit on the ground. The hooves of the big black sheep are clean. The gentlemen walked with him, not only did they not smell the smell of the sheep, but He also smelled a fresh fragrance from him, and his eyes looked cleaner than people.

The food box brought by Mo Wenyuan has a total of eight layers, and each layer has a large area. The exquisite pastries are arranged in a random order, like those sticky cakes without sorghum noodles, which he spreads with slender leaves On the bottom of the food box, fully wrap the body of the sticky cake——

The other gentlemen also brought some food, some were bought by Li Sanniang's restaurant, some were made by private chefs, and some were bought from other famous shops in Chang'an, scattered all over the floor.

Mo Wenyuan also took out the bamboo tube containing the chrysanthemum wine and said: "This chrysanthemum wine is brewed by myself, and the taste is quite different from the usual ones bought in the market."

Gentlemen, is it okay to hear it?Like a hornet's nest that was suddenly blown up, they all gathered around the bamboo tube like hornets ready to fly, and the wine was no longer an ordinary thing for them, it was pure gold and jade, it was Qiongzhi nectar , It is the blue goose of empowerment, after eating it, they will be able to feel like they are in heaven.

Mo Wenyuan took the bamboo cup from his bag as if he hadn't seen their urgent eyes.A bamboo joint is used to make a cup, and the layers are stacked together, which is convenient to carry.

The clear wine slowly flowed into the cup. Wang Wei sniffed its aroma first, and then tasted it carefully. The cool taste of autumn chrysanthemums slid down the throat and into the stomach pouch.

He closed his eyes as if he could feel the cool autumn wind blowing on his face, and thousands of chrysanthemums bloomed. They were different from swaying lotus flowers or gorgeous peonies, and they had their own leisure and leisure.

Climbing high and looking far away, blowing the wind and admiring the flowers, it goes perfectly with chrysanthemum wine.

After drinking some wine, everyone's chatterbox was opened. Many people urged Mo Wenyuan to tell what he had seen on his trip to the west, while Wang Wei stared and asked when the grocery store in Luoyang City would open.

"This matter is still under preparation." He sighed, "Opening a store is not a big deal, but there are many people in the store and it is difficult to manage. If you don't know the place well, won't it be troublesome?"

After hearing this, Wang Wei wanted to shake Mo Wenyuan's shoulders desperately, look for me!Find me!I'm more or less a local snake, can you solve this kind of thing for you?

But he would never lose his composure, so he sat upright and said sincerely to Mo Wenyuan: "If this is the case, I can help a little."

Mo Wenyuan never expected that he could gain such a reward after going out. He once again lamented the importance of socializing and making friends, and talked with Wang Wei about this matter.

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Not long after the Double Ninth Festival, Li Sanniang took advantage of the opportunity to go to Luoyang to set up a store, while Mo Wenyuan was left in the capital. First, he faced the frenzy of matchmakers that everyone avoided, and second, he dealt with his own experience of traveling west.

He said earlier that he wanted to compile "Tianzhu Gourmet Tour" into a book and published it. He didn't just talk casually, he really had this idea. Mo Wenyuan is a modern person after all, and he is a modern person who often introspects.In the Tang Dynasty, the recipes of most chefs were kept secret, passed down from generation to generation in a small area, and there was basically no exchange of information.He himself can understand why he did this, even in modern famous restaurants, unique dishes are secrets that are not handed down.

But there is a problem here. A small part of Mo Wenyuan’s cooking was developed by him, which has never been done before, but most of them are learned from modern times, such as the cooking method of braised pork, and other It is said that it is a chef, but it is anyone who knows how to use it in a home cooking restaurant.

Anyone with a conscience would be sorry to use the knowledge accumulated by the public and accumulated from generation to generation for personal use. It's better to use his name to talk about it than to hide it and use the public's social resources for personal use.

While sorting out "Tianzhu Gourmet Tour", he kept adding and subtracting, and added a lot of new content that he thought should be known. Because there were too many additions, the speed of writing was not very fast. After a few months, it was only A small part is done.

When he was writing a book, it is said that the wise monk who went to the Western Regions for a tour finally came back. When he saw Mo Wenyuan, he couldn't even hold back the smile on his face, thinking that he really found a bad one before. The excuse made him want to go back to Chang'an to buy food, but also to sneak around and change his appearance.

Seeing Huizhi again, Mo Wenyuan was very pleasantly surprised, and hurriedly said, "Master Huizhi."

Huizhi nodded to him and said, "It's been a long time since we left in the Western Regions. I miss Mo Dalang so much, so I come here when I return to Chang'an." His eyes are very honest, yes, I miss Dalang very much ……vegetable!

Mo Wenyuan was very moved, he was really flattered that Master Xindao Huizhi valued him so much, he rushed in and made tea for him.

Monk Huizhi has a close relationship with Mo Wenyuan, so he directly entertained him in the room. When he was busy making tea, Huizhi noticed the papers spread out on the low table, leaned over and took a look: "Mo Dalang What is it?"

Mo Wenyuan didn't avoid suspicion, and said directly: "It's what I saw and heard all the way in Tianzhu."

The Huizhi monk or Guanyin Bodhisattva knew that Xuanzang wrote articles along the way, and the articles were collected into a volume, which was named "Da Tang Western Regions". Could it be possible that Mo Wenyuan also imitated Xuanzang and wrote this volume?

He tentatively asked, "Is it impressive?"

Mo Wenyuan said: "Of course!"

The book has not been bound into a volume, but it is stacked one by one. Mo Wenyuan made a paper bag and put them in the bag in order to avoid getting them in the wrong order.

Huizhi's reading speed is not slow, so when Mo Wenyuan was making tea and serving tea, he read several books, and the more he looked at them, the more serious his expression became, and the more he looked at them, the more serious his expression became. What is the purpose of organizing these contents?"

"Of course it will be compiled into a book, and let people watch it."

"Do you know that many of the above contents are untold secrets in many chefs' families?" The storage time of dishes, Mo Wenyuan is writing is an encyclopedia, the center of the book is delicious dishes, but around this center, he continues to expand outward.Just like the same long river with many branches, it has a common source, maybe it is the snow on the snow-capped mountains, or other, after experiencing the common source, with the change of landform, the river appears Numerous forks.

The scary thing about this book is that he not only wrote the source, but also wrote the bifurcation. It is simply "Qi Min Yao Shu" in the food industry. No, not only that, the above content is more practical than "Qi Min Yao Shu" .

Food is the most important thing for the people. Even if you don’t pursue delicious food, mastering methods such as pickling and roasting that can store ingredients for a longer time, and this method is available to every household. The content of this book is really good for the common people. gem.

Facing monk Huizhi's question, Mo Wenyuan answered indifferently, he said: "I know it, but those methods may be untold secrets to others, but to me they are born. Knowing things."

"I am loved by the immortals, and I have this talent. For me, these methods are not obtained after careful research, but a gift from heaven. A Niang taught me that I can't get something for nothing. Although I am a little ashamed, these methods are for me. As far as it is concerned, it is obtained without hard work.”

"I thought about it. Since I was born with some skills, there is always a reason. Mencius once said: "Heaven will send a big responsibility to people. I don't think I am the one who takes the big responsibility. I will do my best as well.”

"Some of these methods can benefit the country and the people. I am a small talker, and it is impossible to spread all the methods to everyone. However, it is necessary to do what should be done, and there is no need to worry about it alone." Start with small things, It is necessary to promote its dissemination, just as the "Qi Min Yao Shu" of the Northern Wei Dynasty is now often used by people and can draw experience from it, I hope this book can also play a similar role."

It was the Wisdom Bodhisattva, or the Bodhisattva was shocked when he heard Mo Wenyuan's words. From the sincere words of the other party, he captured a larger pattern and a great wish to benefit the people of the world.It is true that there are not many people who are born with supernatural powers, but many of them are only willing to make profits for themselves, and they are unwilling to repay others when they are rich.

It's not that Mo Wenyuan didn't seek profit for himself, but his non-monopolistic thinking did reveal the Buddhist idea of ​​benefiting all beings.

His name as a Buddhist disciple is not groundless. Even if there is no gradient, the plain thoughts in his daily life are full of Zen.

Monk Huizhi's expression was strange, he seemed to be moved, and seemed to have other thoughts. After a long time, he sighed: "The achievement of this book is comparable to that of Tang Xuanzang who learned from the Western Paradise. In Qianqiu!"

Mo Wenyuan waved his hands again and again: "It's just a book about food, how can it be compared with Master Xuanzang?"

Huizhi said: "This is not quite appropriate. Master Xuanzang went to the west to learn scriptures, spread Buddhism, and brought scriptures back to the Tang Dynasty. It can fill people's thoughts and save all living beings. This is the spirit of benefiting the people."

"Mo Dalang's book involves many aspects, but if the content of the book is known to everyone, not to mention the icing on the cake and the food is more delicious, it is the method of planting, the method of pickling, etc., which can make some people It is beneficial for the people to spend the winter safely.”

Mo Wenyuan said: "Master's words really upset me." But he didn't take what he said seriously, at most he was happy after hearing it.

But he didn't know what kind of idea his actions made Monk Huizhi think.

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Sun Wukong ushered in a rare visitor, and Guanyin Bodhisattva, who often avoided him, found him at night, which made Monkey King a little flattered.

Bodhisattva said: "You have a good relationship with Mo Dalang, do you know about his writing?"

Sun Wukong said: "I vaguely know it." He added, "But if you want to know about it, you might as well ask Master instead of me. Since seeing Master on the way west, the relationship between the two of them has become more and more profound. We often exchange ideas together.”

Talking about Sun Wukong a few times doesn't taste good, he has already foreseen such a situation, the master is so handsome, too domineering, very attractive.

After the Bodhisattva heard this, he went to Master Xuanzang again. After talking about Mo Wenyuan's thought, Xuanzang nodded and said, "Indeed, Mo Dalang has always been very Buddha-nature, and he cared about the common people. God, he should also be among them." Not to mention that I heard that many people in Chang'an worship him as a hearth empress.

Compared with later generations, the Tang Dynasty was still an era where it was easier to enshrine the gods, but what kind of golden immortal Da Luo Jinxian, the lowest threshold of the earth immortal is easy to step into, the Bodhisattva didn't know it, but he knew Mo Wenyuan's After the act, he thought about why he was worthy of the title of an earth immortal.

After getting Master Xuanzang's answer, he thought about it more deeply, so he left everyone alone and went back to the incarnation of wisdom in Daxingshan Temple to think about this time.

Thinking about an unexpected visitor interrupted his contemplation.

"Gluttony?" Master Huizhi was extremely surprised, he went to the Three Treasures Store for everything, why did he come to find him?

Under the surprised eyes of monk Huizhi, the bleating big black sheep entered the monk's dormitory and changed its shape.

He was probably in his teens, and he was an out-and-out handsome young man with splashed ink hair, bright almond eyes, and full of momentum.

However, the handsome Taotie did something frenzied. He pointed at a certain part of his body carelessly at the wise monk, and said with a deep expression: "I have been sleeping at night, and this thing is as hard as iron, which makes me toss and turn. Can't sleep, what's going on?"

Huizhi: "…………………"

Someone, drag this rogue who harassed the monk out!