Datang First Chef

Between the ice bowl and the kiss, Big Black Sheep chose the ice bowl after a difficult choice. This is the obsession of foodie!

But unfortunately, the dream is different from the reality. Even after eating the ice bowl, he still feels very dry and hot. There seems to be a flame burning in his internal organs. No matter how much ice he eats or how much water he drinks, the flame cannot be extinguished.

In the uninhabited desert, he was burned repeatedly, and finally woke up from his dream. The goat's long hair was glued together with sweat, and his figure shrunk several times, like a cat that fell into the water. A skinny one remained.

In this thin body, his lower body which is different from ordinary sheep is particularly obvious. The sheep is consciously rubbing on the ground, but it has no intention of getting rid of it.

The sheep bleated helplessly, and the desire to cut off the lower body rose again in his heart, but the thought only lasted for a moment, and then he dismissed it.

The movement of the big black sheep was quite loud, and Mo Wenyuan was woken up. He has good night vision, and he saw the long and thin big black sheep in a shadow, so he lit the lamp with sparks and said: "Sheep, what's the matter? "The swaying flames illuminated a small half of the room, and he opened his eyes wide when he saw the wet sheep: "You idiot..."

The big black sheep bleated guiltily and said: Mo Xiaoyuan, your soup is too potent.

Mo Wenyuan looked at him silently, thinking that it is rare for you to get angry after drinking the tonic soup, sighed and said: "You should eat less mutton, I will make you some to clear the fire and relieve the heat recently to clear your heart Eat with few appetites."

He thought to himself that he had two patients who needed to be recuperated, one kidney was too weak and the other was too good.

Thinking about it, his eyes moved down, and he saw the sheep's undisguised support for the sky.

stare……

The big black sheep looked a little shy, he thought of the dear Mo Wenyuan in his dream, his lips moved slightly, and he was speechless.

"Sheep, do you have something to say?"

Sheep: Yes, can you talk to me?

The words lingered in my mind for a long time, but did not blurt out. Finally, the shy big black sheep looked at Mo Wenyuan sincerely, "baa baa baa" and said: Can you make me an ice bowl?

Mo Wenyuan pondered: "If you can find fruits, vegetables and ice, it will be no problem."

It has entered the cold winter, but there are still many fruits in the tropical regions such as the South China Sea, and ice can be made by Big Black Sheep.

In the middle of the night, the big black sheep was holding the crystal clear ice bowl, and his heart was full of bitterness.

Lips, lips and tongues intersect QAQ!

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The curative effect of the diet was very effective, and Shen's family did not disclose it to the public in order to avoid Mo Wenyuan's difficulty. However, after a few months, Shen Hui's face became ruddy visible to the naked eye.

The abbot of Daming Temple helped him diagnose one or two, and said with a smile: "Dalang's pulse condition has become much stronger recently."

Shen Hui himself already had a premonition. Whether his body is weak or not, he himself has the deepest feeling: "I have already felt that my strength has increased a lot recently, and I have slept well."

The most important thing is sexual intercourse. His kidney yang is insufficient, and he is often sluggish in sexual affairs, so he is pure-hearted and ascetic, and rarely does that. But after recuperation, he has vaguely reflected this feeling in the morning. something he never had.

I asked the doctor secretly before, and said that after a period of recuperation, there will be no harm to the heirs.

His family has been passed down for several generations, and Shen Hui is also the only heir. It is great that he can master this path.

Everyone in the Shen family knew about this, and they were very grateful to Mo Wenyuan. They wanted to offer a big reward here, but Mo Wenyuan of course refused. Afterwards, the Shen family changed their strategy and decided to let him expand in the south of the Yangtze River. Great efforts were made when buying a property to make his work smoother.

People in the Tang Dynasty were very simple, especially when they owed favors to others.

Because of the silence of the Shen family, unless they are close friends of Mo Wenyuan, the rest of them don't know what he has done recently, they only see him busy, and there are a lot of nourishing food in the shop, which also shows that it is Yin People with deficiency and yang deficiency can eat it.

Among the doctors in the south of the Yangtze River, there are many people with good eyesight. When they saw the ingredients in the soup and contacted the therapeutic prescriptions in the medical books, they were amazed.

……

Mo Wenyuan wanted to write a book, but the longer the time dragged on, the more content he had in the book. Today, "Tianzhu Food Tour" has expanded into "Qi Min Yao Shu", a small encyclopedia for the general food industry. Moreover, he had only written half of it, and he thought that the original name was no longer appropriate, so he decided to change it.

Gourmet travel diary?Food talk?Mo Dalang's menu?He thought of a few names and found them very rustic, not at all like Qimin Yaoshu.

After thinking hard for a long time, Mo Wenyuan decided to put aside the matter of naming and sort out the book of medicinal diet. During the half a year of recuperating Shen Hui's body, he sorted out more than 30 dishes, all of which have the effect of recuperating the body, and some can Nourishing yin and tonifying yang, some can nourish kidney deficiency, some can clear away heat and relieve fire, and some can improve eyesight. The recipes, cooking methods, efficacy and medical knowledge of these dishes are recorded on paper one by one, forming a A not-so-thin little book.

Mo Wenyuan showed it to the abbot of Daming Temple, who said bluntly: "This book can be seen by doctors all over the world. Since Mo Dalang has written it, why not print it with woodblock printing and recommend it later?"

"feasible?"

"Why not?"

……

Celebrity effects exist in every era, and Mo Wenyuan is a celebrity in this era, so his dietotherapy book was discussed by doctors and doctors as soon as it was published.

Doctors in the Tang Dynasty were clearly graded, and there were not many institutions that accepted doctors. The government-run comprehensive department was the Imperial Medical Office. It was their job to promulgate medical policies and train professional doctors.

It is the Shang Yao Bureau that treats the royal family.

There are not many institutions among the people, and most of the famous doctors who can help the world by hanging pots have been recruited into the Shangyao Bureau, or into the Imperial Medical Department to teach students. Those who really treat the people are mostly unskilled medical workers and monks in temples.

Some of the monks in the temple, like the abbot of Daming Temple, have great virtue and great wisdom, intensive study of medical skills, and abstinence of desires. They are well-known both in the government and among the people.

Mo Wenyuan's dietary prescription has been verified by the abbot, and he has passed the enlightened path. Even the doctors with high status in the imperial medical office dare not ignore it easily. Some ancestors studied it, but they didn't detail the cooking method of the dishes. They only talked about the function of a certain ingredient, but they didn't know how to match it.

He turned out to be the first person to eat crabs.

This matter was passed on and on, and it actually reached the ears of the sage. After the pilgrimage meeting, he said to the minister beside him: "Have you heard that Mo Dalang wrote a book called "Food Therapeutic Prescriptions"?"

Some of the ministers had heard about it, some had never heard of it. Fang Xuanling was old at this time, but still in good spirits. Hearing what the sage said, he took the initiative to respond: "There is such a thing."

"When will Mo Dalang change to study medicine?"

"In my opinion, it's not considered a study of medical skills. This book was completed by him with the assistance of Master Kongchan."

"But the abbot Kong Chan of Daming Temple?"

"It's him."

"That makes sense." The sage changed his posture, "Is it really effective to combine medicine with food?"

"I heard from the doctor of the Imperial Medical Office that the prescriptions in the book seem to have been carefully thought out, and the effects of the ingredients are also in line with the symptoms."

Whether it is effective or not, they haven't gone through clinical trials, so they can't give an answer hastily, but looking at the theory, there should be no problem.

The sage nodded and winked at the waiter beside him. The man lowered his head and understood Li Shimin's meaning. After this conversation, he must find a copy of "Food Therapeutic Prescription" and present it to the sage.

The conversation should have ended abruptly at this point, but thinking of Mo Wenyuan's current age and the things he has done to benefit the country and the people, the sage started again and said: "Mo Dalang walks everywhere, is extremely talented, and often contributes to For the benefit of the people, if you think about it, can you give him an official?"

The official selection system in the Tang Dynasty was quite different from other dynasties. Before the Anshi Rebellion, the imperial examination system was not yet mature. Especially in the Zhenguan period, there were generally three ways to become an official. Children from poor families, as well as local famous figures were recruited into the palace to appoint officials.

Li Shimin once wanted to confer the title of medicine king Sun Simiao, but was rejected. He also tried to drag Xuanzang to fight with him, but of course he was still rejected.

He pondered for a while, based on what he knew about Mo Dalang, if he was awarded an official position, he would probably be rejected, but with his merits, it would be impossible to justify it without going through the motions.

Due to the entanglement between the two, the matter was delayed.

Fang Xuanling knew what was on Li Shimin's mind, and after seeing the saint's question, everyone made eye contact without speaking, so they took the initiative to say: "Mo Dalang has reached the age of weak crown, but judging from his ambition, it seems that he has no ambition to be an official."

The saint nodded again and again, he thought so too.

"With Mo Dalang's wisdom, if he is recruited into the palace, there is no position for him to do." Could it be possible to directly enter the Shangshi Bureau to cook food for the saint?Although Li Shimin was a little cautious when he thought about it, he also knew that it was absolutely impossible for Mo Wenyuan to agree.

"It's better to let him stay among the people, and let him go with the embassy when there is something similar to going west to fetch sugar. If it's such a matter, Mo Dalang probably won't refuse."

The sage was in a good mood after hearing this, and he felt that he was worthy of being a house minister. He knew that he didn't want to say anything, and he proposed a perfect solution.He smiled inscrutably and said, "That's good."

……

"Food Therapeutic Prescription" was published in Jiangnan, but it radiated from Jiangnan to the north and south of the motherland at an extremely fast speed. Not only the places with Li Sanniang's restaurants, but also the places without restaurants were also affected.

The sound of hurried and messy footsteps came from outside the door, and a middle-aged man rushed into the shop and asked the shopkeeper: "Shop, shop, can you sell medicinal food?"

Before the shopkeeper could open his mouth, the guest officer interjected, "Of course there are herbal meals, and I don't even look at what store you're in. The Li Sanniang restaurant in Luoyang City is also there. As far as the herbal meals are concerned, there is no other store that is more authentic than this place." .”

After the beginning of spring, Li Sanniang opened another store in Luoyang City, and now the branches have spread all over the country, even in the barren and remote Liangzhou City, you can buy Li Sanniang's soy sauce and pickles, such as Chang'an Luoyang, a big city, A store can no longer meet the objective needs, so Mitafang can only open another store.

After "Food Therapeutic Prescription" came out, medical temples all over the world first learned about it, and rushed to buy the book one after another.

Logically speaking, ordinary people have little to do with books. Even in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the literacy rate of common people was very low for a long time. The big and small vulgar places all over the world.

It has been sung for a long time, and even children with a yellow mouth can say a few words, "Snow pear with rock sugar cures cough".

The dishes in "Food Therapeutic Prescriptions" have been compiled into catchy nursery rhyme jokes, such as mutton with orange peel, cinnamon and white reed, or orange peel and orange meat with rice to make porridge. People heard it everywhere. Thinking about it in their hearts, they can do this too!

Although the vulgar monk said well that these prescriptions can only nourish the body and cannot cure diseases quickly, but ordinary people are in good health, and the occasional illness is caused by sudden cold weather and coughing, what is needed is this Fangzi, the price of oranges, pears and other fruits is not high, much lower than hiring a medical worker, and it may not be curable if you find a medical worker.

The folk medical workers in the Tang Dynasty were not very reliable. Their medical methods were comparable to the bloodletting therapy in medieval Europe, and they often used moxibustion when they felt uncomfortable.

The method of moxibustion is to burn moxa on the patient's meridians and acupoints after burning it. You can often smell the smell of barbecued meat when roasting. The root cause of the disease.

This method is very easy to cause infection, but also very painful.

The common people weigh it, it is still a reliable point of food supplements.

When Li Sanniang entered the house, she saw people who brought their own pots and pans to buy medicinal food. She was not surprised by this situation. Since her son wrote the book, the world has regarded the food in Li Sanniang's restaurant as orthodox, and people often buy it.

There are also many more street vendors hawking along the streets and alleys, and they all say that the porridge and rice are made according to the prescription in "Diet Therapeutic Prescription".

Sanniang didn't look sideways, and was about to go forward, when she suddenly saw someone familiar with the people who bought herbal food today, she stopped and said, "Why is Wang Lang here?"

Wang Wei laughed and said, "I want to buy mutton scorpion soup and eat it back."

"Sheep and scorpion soup, could it be that Wang Lang also lacks energy and blood?"

"No, no, it's just a greedy mouth, and I think the soup is delicious."

Li Sanniang breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, and said immediately: "Even if it's delicious, you can't eat too much. Wang Lang still remembers that a guest officer was in the shop a few days ago, his face was red, and his nose was bleeding..."

There are always some people who don't listen to the advice and take the medicinal diet as a meal, and eat whatever is nourishing. After a long time, even if there is no deficiency or supplement, something goes wrong.

"I'll save it, I'll save it, Sanniang, don't worry."

After Li Sanniang left, some people in the line chatted: "I heard that Widow Li in Quanshanfang has a son. I'm afraid that he has a strange wind recently. He keeps coughing and coughing every day. It's useless to eat a lot of folk remedies. Afterwards, I made rock sugar pears every day and gave it to my son to drink, and for several days, my cough was relieved.”

"Therapeutic prescriptions are really useful?"

"There are always uses. As long as you eat the right medicine, you can always improve."

"Then Widow Li is said to have gone to the White Horse Temple on purpose to say that she wanted to hang a tablet of longevity for Mo Dalang."

The tablet of longevity is a card for living people, mostly for benefactors.

"It doesn't matter if you stand up or down. It doesn't mean that Mo Dalang is a disciple of Buddha, and he married a fairy in the sky. Sooner or later, he will return to the position of God."

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Li Sanniang was busy working in Luoyang alone, but it wasn't that she didn't care about her son. On the contrary, she cared deeply, sending letters to Mo Wenyuan every now and then.

She has heard most of the rumors and gossips in the world, but she doesn't believe them very much. She thought to herself: I believe that my son was born extraordinary, but the fairy who went to heaven that day was obviously a nonsense.

She had seen Mo Wenyuan speak in the name of Bodhisattva since she was a child, so she knew his courage very well.

After entering the room, she was sitting upright at the low table and began to write a letter to Mo Wenyuan.

After the previous rumors came out, she was quiet for a while, and the matchmaker finally stopped harassing her, but recently, perhaps because of the publication of "Diet Therapeutic Prescription", their hearts were revived, and people came to try one after another.

"Even if there are female immortals in the sky, they will have to wait many years before returning to the heavenly court. During this period, it is necessary to have a marriage in the mortal world."

"I don't know what this girl's tongue is, but she has a quick mind since she was a child, and she is good at reading medical books. Since Mo Dalang is writing dietotherapy prescriptions, this girl must be of benefit to him."

"This girl admires Mo Dalang very much, and she can memorize medicinal recipes..."

"This woman..."

"This woman..."

The matchmaker's chanting was like a magic spell, and Li Sanniang's head grew dizzy when she heard it. She could only use 12 points to invite them all out with a stiff smile, and then picked up a pen and wrote to discuss the matter with Mo Wenyuan.

She also had some thoughts. Before Mo Wenyuan was young, it was not in a hurry to marry a wife. Then this year, the happy news came from Chang'an, saying that Zhao Erniang was pregnant, and they would have a child soon.

Li Sanniang thought that Mo Wenyuan's age had finally reached the normal, or even late marriageable age. As a mother, she had to care about it.

"My son Wenyuan, a matchmaker came to my door recently, asking about girls from various families. My mother felt a headache when she heard it, but I have passed the year of weak crown..."

Mo Wenyuan, who was far away in the south of the Yangtze River, didn't know that when he was enjoying the happy life of a bachelor, a letter probing whether he wanted to get married was sent from Luoyang.

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Before receiving Li Sanniang's letter, Mo Wenyuan was making desserts.

This dessert is different from other foods he has made in the past. It existed in the Tang Dynasty, and for Tang people, it is a very honorable thing to be able to eat this dessert.

The food he made is called "Sushan".

It takes a long time to cook Sushan, so Mo Wenyuan doesn't make it often, but the taste of this product is definitely worth the time it takes to make it. Even modern people have to be captured by the taste of Sushan.

Because Sushan is the Tang Dynasty version of creamy ice cream!

Moreover, the milky fragrance is rich and the taste is mellow. According to Mo Wenyuan, its taste can be compared with the best Hokkaido ice cream. Who can not love this ice cream in the hot summer?

The big black sheep was waiting to eat, drooling.

Under normal circumstances, Sushan can only be eaten when the royal family holds a banquet, because making this food requires an ice cellar, but the big black sheep has a way to make ice, so there is no need to consider this matter.

The milk is boiled repeatedly and then processed to get the "crispy" in Tang's mouth.

Slowly heat and melt the pastry, and you can get a very soft daigo, which is between melting and non-melting.

Mo Wenyuan said: "Sheep, take a breath."

The wind mixed with ice slag blows over Daigo, and the dim sum, which is so soft that it can turn into liquid at any time, becomes hard with the naked eye. A handful of chopped almonds.

A plate of crispy mountain for myself, and a plate for the big black sheep. Two small spoons were placed on the side of the plate, and the sheep became a human shape, and the two sat cross-legged at the table to eat.

The ice-cold temperature, the soft noodle texture that is not hard, and the mellow milk taste——

Mo Wenyuan narrowed his eyes. Almonds and milk are always a perfect match. When chewing the powder, the unique vegetable aroma of roasted almonds lingered between his lips and teeth.

The heat of early summer was driven away by Sushan, not only him, but the big black sheep sighed with satisfaction after eating: "It's so delicious."

"It was delicious."

"Except for the scorching summer, can I eat crispy mountain at other times?"

The cool wind that can freeze the milk is always there, and the big black sheep stared at Mo Wenyuan with longing eyes, hoping that he could taste the masterpiece of milk all year round.

"No." Mo Wenyuan ruthlessly refused, "The production process of yogurt and yogurt is too cumbersome, and the quality of those bought by barbarian shops is not good. They are delicious, but it takes too much effort. Let’s eat it when it’s hot!”

After hearing this, the big black sheep drooped its head.

The two of them ate half of Sushan, and the waiter's voice came from outside the door: "Da Lang, there is a letter from San Niang!"

"Auntie?" Mo Wenyuan was taken aback. Li Sanniang usually sent letters at the beginning of the month, but the last letter arrived in Jiangnan only ten years ago. The connection is so tight, and I don't know what happened.

When he unfolded the letter and scanned the contents at a glance, Mo Wenyuan was deeply entangled.

It turned out to be a matter of marriage!

I think he is only 20 years old. In modern times, he has just entered university, and it is absolutely impossible to say that he will get married at this age. However, in the Tang Dynasty, he has become an older youth, which is really unexpected.

Li Sanniang's letter did not intend to urge him to get married, but she couldn't help asking him if he had a girl he liked, what plans he had planned, and whether the matchmaker from Jiangnan came to urge him.

He thought about these questions one by one, only to realize that although he had seen many beautiful women, he had never thought about getting married.

I am afraid that I have studied cooking too much, and sometimes I have to worry about the puberty of the big black sheep when I have free time. After going back and forth, I never think about my own affairs.

After the big black sheep finished eating, Su Shan said vaguely: "Mo Xiaoyuan, what are you looking at? What did you write in A Niang's letter?"

"It's about my marriage."

The big black sheep's expression immediately wrinkled together: "Do you want to get married? When will it happen?"

"I haven't thought about it." He looked at the big black sheep and said, "You and I stay together day and night, and you don't know if we're married or not?"

The big black sheep seemed unintentional and muttered: "Why do you need to get married, you and I live like this, isn't it good?"

Mo Wenyuan gave him a meaningful look, Yang only felt that his little thoughts could not be hidden in his eyes.

"Let's talk! Let's talk!"

"I still have to think about getting married."

That night, monk Huizhi, who was soundly asleep, was suddenly awakened by the cries of Taotie.

"Bodhisattva Bodhisattva, what should I do, Mo Xiaoyuan is actually thinking about getting married!"

Buddha:"……"

What does Mo Wenyuan's marriage have to do with me!Is it possible that I can still beat mandarin ducks with a stick!