Otherworldly Days

Nanyang City is a necessary place for north-south travel. It goes west to the town gate, east to Fengdu, and south to Guzhou. As early as a hundred years ago, a caravan traveling from north to south passed by this place, and the caravan would stop here. As a result, Nanyang, a central metropolis, is gradually moving here, and it is also the big city closest to Zhenmenguan. Outside the Zhenmenguan, there are other small countries outside the Great Wall.Goods from outside the fortress will come in through the town gate and be transported to Nanyang City, where they will be transported to various places in the Feng Dynasty.

"No need, I'll come back soon after I go out for a walk." Knowing that shopkeeper Fang is busy, Cao Xiangnan also refused to accompany shopkeeper Fang, and he came out of Yipinzhai without sending another person to follow him.

On the bustling street, there are shops lined up on both sides, signboard flags flying at the door of the shops, and all kinds of yelling can be heard in the ears.The criss-crossing roads, the endless flow of people, the slow carriages, the foreigners in different clothes pulling tall horses, everything in front of him was intertwined into a picture and blended into his mind, with the atmosphere of this era.

Cao Xiangnan walked along one street to another, and occasionally stopped in front of a stall to have a look before walking to the next place.

In this way, he walked around outside alone, and then returned to Yipinzhai.

The boy at the door saw the young master who came back, and hurriedly greeted him, "Master Cao, you are back, the shopkeeper told me to wait here for you..."

Upstairs in the wing room, Fang Ziye, who had taken a nap for a while, woke up, and the slaves who followed him were waiting on him. After waking up and asking, he found out that Cao Xiangnan had gone out.Shopkeeper Fang knew that his boss had woken up and asked about Cao Xiangnan, so he asked the servants who followed him to wait for Cao Xiangnan at the door. He was relieved when he saw the person who came back, and hurriedly led him in.

"Is your body better?" Cao Xiangnan asked with a smile when he saw that the person who had woken up from a sleep was much better.

"Well, it's much better. Where did you go just now?" Seeing Cao Xiangnan coming in, Fang Ziye asked.

Fang Ziye was still dressed in black, with a piece of white jade hanging on his waist.His long hair was fixed with a headband, and the back of his head was a long ponytail. The simple attire still couldn't hide the beauty of this person.

"I didn't go anywhere, I just walked around here, took a look, and came back." Seeing that Fang Ziye's face was much better, he knew that he was just seasick, and now that he got off the boat, it was fine, Cao Xiangnan Not worried about him either.

The two of them came down from the wing room upstairs and the box on the second floor.

Yipinzhai in Nanyang City is a three-story circular tube building, and the tallest building here is three floors.Upstairs are rooms for guests staying in the building, the first floor is the lobby, and the second floor is private rooms.

It was dinner time at this time, and many guests in the building came to eat, and there was an endless stream of people coming in and out of the gate.Recently, the business of Yipinzhai has surpassed several other restaurants, and the business is particularly good.

"Master, what do you want to eat? I'll go down and ask the kitchen to make it for you." Seeing that his master vomited all day and hadn't eaten anything all day, knowing that his appetite is not very good, Er Shun carefully walked in front of his master. asked.

Fang Ziye frowned, thought for a long time, then looked at Cao Xiangnan, and said, "Pickled fish."

Seeing Fang Ziye looking at him, Cao Xiangnan burst out laughing, "Okay, I'll go down and make it for you, do you want anything else?"

During Fang Ziye's stay with him for a few days, Cao Xiangnan made him a dish of fish with pickled cabbage, but he didn't expect him to want to eat it.Yipinzhai in Nanyang City didn't have pickled fish yet, and it happened that the goods shipped together today included several jars of sauerkraut and kimchi that he specially packed.

Since Fang Ziye said that he wanted to eat, Cao Xiangnan also went down without saying a word.

"Please, Mr. Cao, the big boss's appetite has not been very good recently, and it is rare for him to have something to eat, please take care of Mr. Cao." Shopkeeper Fang accompanied Cao Xiangnan down, knowing that Cao Xiangnan was going to the kitchen to cook for his big boss, He was also afraid that Cao Xiangnan would not like it.

"Well, I know, I'm glad that someone likes the dishes I cook. He hasn't been polite to me for a few days in my house, hahaha..." That's true, when Fang Ziye lived in his house , He will make whatever he wants to eat at any time, Cao Xiangnan said with a smile.

To him, Fang Ziye is actually like a friend, even if he cooks two dishes for a friend, it doesn't matter.

"Haha, that's true. It's rare for me to see the big boss treat anyone like this. I think the big boss regards Mr. Cao as a friend." Hearing this, shopkeeper Fang felt the worry in his heart disappear, knowing that their big boss also liked him. Cao Xiangnan brought the people here together, otherwise their big boss wouldn't have lived in their house for a long time before leaving.

When he arrived at the kitchen, he knew that shopkeeper Fang was busy, so Cao Xiangnan asked him to keep a servant here to follow him, and let him go out to do his work, and leave him alone.The chefs in the kitchen saw that Mr. Cao was brought here by their shopkeeper Fang himself, and they were also somewhat polite to him. Some of them were curious, but others were also disdainful.

Everyone in the kitchen is busy at this time, Cao Xiangnan doesn't care what others think of him, and directs the servants sent by shopkeeper Fang to help with work. It happens that there are grass carp in the kitchen, he cleans them neatly, removes bones, slices, Chopped sauerkraut, ginger and garlic.

"Zi——" Once the oil pan is hot, put in Chinese prickly ash, remove it after frying until fragrant, put in ginger, garlic and wild sansho pepper neatly and start to stir-fry, then add sauerkraut to stir-fry one after another.It just happened that I was not busy at the moment, so I came over to watch Mr. Cao cook when he smelled the smell. The chef who was disrespectful to Mr. Cao just now, his face has changed, and he is watching seriously from the sidelines. stand up.

While frying, Cao Xiangnan explained to them how to make this dish by the way, so as not to have to teach them separately, he emphasized the points to pay attention to, and said, "Remember, the water must be boiling water. Put the fish head and fish bones in, and spread out the fish slices one by one...as soon as it is cooked, start the pot immediately."

In addition, another pot was fried with pepper oil, put in red pepper and garlic slices and sauteed until fragrant, then poured the boiling oil into the fish soup just now, and a pickled fish dish was completed.

At this time, the people in the kitchen who smelled the smell couldn't help looking over, even outside, the guests who smelled the smell were also asking what was going on inside.It's just that no one is allowed to enter the kitchen, otherwise the guests outside would want to go in and take a look.

After finishing one main dish, Cao Xiangnan also cooked two light side dishes, and then someone followed him out with the dishes.A large pot of red fish with pickled cabbage came out, even with the lid on, the smell wafted out.

"What kind of dish is this? It smells really good. I want to have a plate." The young man in red, who was shaking his fan, couldn't help but glance at the dish that wafted out of the pot. He was smelling the smell outside. I really want to eat it, and I want to rob when I see someone serving it. "My master wants it too, give me one." The rich and noble master ordered it directly.

Cao Xiangnan stared at Cheng Yaojin who ran out halfway, Fang Ziye was still upstairs waiting for him to eat!He glanced at the young man in red, and then at the old man who wrote "I'm rich" on his face, and there were two others who were on par with this old man, thinking what to do with this ?

This is because someone sent money to his eyes but he couldn’t pick it up. Why didn’t he meet so many local tyrants in Fenshui Town who said “I’m rich, and I’ll give you money if you give me delicious food” Woolen cloth?

Shopkeeper Fang rushed over as soon as he received Xiaoer’s words in the lobby. Seeing so many people gathered around to eat pickled fish, he hurriedly smiled and said, “Masters, this dish has not yet been released. The dishes, the ingredients are not prepared enough, I am afraid it will take a few days to be launched in the building, I hope the masters will forgive me."

Cao Xiangnan received shopkeeper Fang's wink, and hurriedly led people upstairs, and handed it over to shopkeeper Fang to deal with.

"Hey, don't go, kid!"

Shopkeeper Fang asked someone to stop him, and dragged the food-addicted Mr. Zhou, maybe he wanted to grab his big boss's food. It was his big boss's food, and he could share it all. ? !

"Old Fang, we've been acquaintances for so many years, isn't there an on-site event? You let me do that all of a sudden, and let the kitchen be done by someone else." Seeing that it was impossible to use force, Mr. Zhou used a soft that's it.

He has come to Yipinzhai every day recently, and the new dishes that Yipinzhai has recently launched are really to his liking, so much so that when he goes home, he finds the dishes tasteless, that's why he came here.

Finally managed to get into the private room, Cao Xiangnan asked people to bring the dishes to the table.

"What's the matter?" Fang Ziye stood in front of the window and looked outside, seeing the people who came in as if they were chasing outside, he couldn't help asking.

Cao Xiangnan told Fang Ziye about the encounter with Cheng Yaojin just now, "If the shopkeeper Fang hadn't come over, our dinner would have been robbed." Fang Ziye walked over and sat down. After listening, he snorted, Said, "Let them wait!"

A person who has been hungry for a whole day smells this smell and does not wait for Er Shun to come over to serve him, so he does it himself.

"Drink a bowl of porridge before you eat." Cao Xiangnan saw that this man had been hungry for a whole day and hadn't eaten anything. He was afraid that if he ate such a stimulating food, it would be bad for his stomach, so he put a bowl of porridge in front of him. , Said, "Eat it to pad your stomach, it's not good for your stomach to eat such a heavy taste when you are hungry."

The two of them were eating their dinner in the private room. Fang Ziye had a good appetite, probably because he was very hungry, and he was just eating hard.The two of them almost finished a pot of pickled fish until their stomachs were full and they slumped in their seats.

Cao Xiangnan didn't eat anything in bed today, and he was hungry now.

Shopkeeper Fang came in and briefly talked about what happened just now with his boss. Cao Xiangnan also gave a suggestion. When the pickled sauerkraut is ready, we will officially launch the sauerkraut fish.

But in this way, Fang Ziye had to give out all his rations. Fortunately, he agreed in the end. The happiest thing was Shopkeeper Fang, and he left happily.