Tang Dynasty Mingyue Song Dynasty Pass

Chapter 187

As night falls, a round of bright moon hangs brightly in the sky. It has not changed since ancient times, but the waxing and waning will repeat every month, but the bright moon itself has never changed. It has been hanging there high since the formation of galaxies.

People today don't see the moon in ancient times, but this month once illuminated the ancients.The ancients and the modern people are like flowing water, and they all look at the bright moon.

In the small courtyard of the Su Mansion, the breeze was warm and peaceful, and there were crickets chirping rhythmically in the shade of the trees.

In the reception hall, many of Su Chen's specialty dishes were gradually served on the pear blossom wood Eight Immortals table, such as assorted pots, hot and spicy mutton slices, and stir-fried vegetables. The cooking methods were still different from those in the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Before the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, roasting and cooking were still the main methods of dishes; but in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, there was real cooking, and there were already iron pans and vegetable oil for cooking at that time, but it was difficult for common people to popularize high-quality iron pans. Most people can only buy poor iron pans at home, and cooking is easy to fry in use, so cooking was not popular in the market on a large scale during that period.

In the Song Dynasty, the economy became rich and the food culture was on the rise. There were a large number of iron pots in the homes of the common people, and the supply of cooking oil was sufficient, so that there were sufficient conditions for cooking. However, the seasoning was actually very simple at that time, especially for meat. It's not tasty, and stir-frying is still not a mainstream cooking method.

Using modern thinking, Su Chen ordered a high-quality iron pot from the blacksmith shop, and bought some lard, vegetable oil, mutton slices, a small amount of beef, etc., and added them according to needs when cooking, and prepared enough seasonings, so The taste of stir-fried vegetables is extremely special compared to stir-fried vegetables in this period.

All the meals were served, six dishes and one soup, very rich, let alone four people, even six people, it was enough.

Xu Qingwan walked into the main hall, looked at a table of dishes with good color and luster, smelled fragrant, and moved her index finger. She glanced at Su Chen, and felt a strange feeling in her heart: Has this great talent ever been a cook?

After Liu Mo Nong washed his hands and entered the room, his eyes lit up, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

For her, the daily fine clothes and delicious food in Xiangyun Pavilion are not as good as eating the dishes cooked by the man she likes in Su Mansion. The most important thing is that the dishes he cooks are really delicious!

"Let's all take your seats!" Su Chen took off his apron, washed off the hand stains, and came in with a smile, letting the second daughter and Ling'er take their seats.

At this moment, the sound of footsteps came from outside the gate, mixed with the voice of a woman appreciating: "It smells so good, the smell should be just out of the pot, and we haven't eaten yet, so we came just in time!"

When the voice came, Su Chen frowned and looked, and saw someone walking in from the main entrance, bypassing the stone wall screen, and entering the courtyard, three figures of girls were Peng Qingqing, Bai Susu, and the maid Xiaotong!

At this moment, Su Chen felt his right eyelid twitch wildly. For some reason, he had a premonition that the situation was getting out of control.

As the saying goes, there are three women in one play, now that four women meet, even if Su Chen doesn't understand girls' minds very well, he still feels a little embarrassed.

Peng Qingqing enthusiastically held Bai Susu's arm, moving and stilling, walking from the small courtyard to the main hall, the two women seemed to be surprised to see several female figures in the brightly lit hall.

"Hey, there are guests at home!" After Peng Qingqing said something, she found that Xu Qingwan and Liu Mo Nong in the room were all familiar faces.

"Susu, Qingqing, you are here." Xu Qingwan greeted the second daughter with a smile, her expression was natural, without any disobedience or embarrassment.

When Bai Susu saw Xu Qingwan, he greeted her with a smile. He got news from Qingqing beforehand that Su Chen had disclosed his identity to Xu Cainv, and Xu Cainv came to visit today, but he didn't expect that at dinner time, she would haven't left yet.

"Sister Xu, you're here too!" Bai Susu greeted politely.

Xu Qingwan nodded and said with a smile: "Well, you also know that I have admired Mr. Su's talent for a long time, but I have never met him. I found out his identity yesterday, and I came here to pay a visit to Mr. Su today."

"Don't dare to take it, Miss Xu has too much reputation." Su Chen smoothed things over for a while, and then asked Bai Susu: "Have you eaten with Qingqing?"

Peng Qingqing shook her head and said, "No, I'm here at meal time. I just plan to come to your house for dinner. Hurry up. The stools, chairs, bowls and chopsticks are ready."

Su Chen was used to Peng Qingqing's straight talk, and he didn't feel annoyed at all. He asked Linger to prepare the bowls and chopsticks, while he brought two wooden chairs and filled seats in front of the table.

Moments later, Su Chen, Ling'er and the four female guests took their seats, and it became six people sitting together.

The maids, Xiao Tong and Xiao Lan, were waiting by the side.

This scene is a bit weird, very similar to a man having dinner with his wives and concubines in a wealthy mansion.However, these women are too beautiful, and the best beauties are so troublesome, it is easy to shorten the life of the male master!

"Use your chopsticks, don't be polite!" Sitting in the crowd of women, Su Chen also felt rather awkward, and wanted them to eat quickly, and leave quickly after eating, so that the Su manor can be clean.

Bai Susu, Peng Qingqing, Liu Mo Nong, and Xu Qingwan glanced at each other and smiled lightly, then began to pick up vegetables for dinner.

Ling'er lowered her head and looked at these beautiful sisters a little embarrassedly. She felt embarrassed for her brother!

However, Su Chen didn't have that realization yet, he just felt that he had no special relationship with these four girls, it was just that they came and went more frequently.

One is a divorced partner!

A book printer friend who occasionally learns about martial arts!

A brothel Huadan who saved her life twice and was writing lyrics for her!

The most talented woman in Runzhou who came to make trouble after just two days of acquaintance!

There wasn't a single woman with whom he had confessed his feelings, so Su Chen didn't treat him specially. He was a little more cautious at first, but gradually he cared about eating and ignoring what they were chatting about.

But the minds of the four women are different.

"Congratulations to Miss Bai for being able to win the royal business opportunity for the Bai family at the tribute selection meeting this time. I heard that in Runzhou City, many merchants are now planning to cooperate with the Bai family and stay away from the Ding family." Talented woman Xu told Runzhou big and small news , is still somewhat well-informed, after all, the people who have contacts with her, in addition to great Confucian scholars and talented scholars, there are also some wealthy sons and yamen in Runzhou, and there are also news channels.

Bai Susu glanced at Su Chen first, and said with a light smile: "Thanks to Su Chen, who helped the Bai family plan, they were able to defeat the Ding family and fought a beautiful battle to turn around!"

When Su Chen heard that he was called by name, he raised his head and smiled, but didn't say anything else.

Peng Qingqing asked: "Sister Xu, have you stayed in Su's house all day?"

Xu Qingwan nodded slightly, and said with a light smile: "Yes, I asked Mr. Su a lot of questions, such as calligraphy and strokes, arithmetic symbols, poems and articles, the principles of gewu, etc. Today, I found that Mr. Su is knowledgeable and proficient in everything. Could it be that even Han Shilang has a heart of love for talents and wants to introduce Mr. Su to be an official in Jinling?"

When Bai Susu and Liu Mo Nong heard the news, they were all slightly stunned, and their faces involuntarily showed a bit of worry.If he went to Jinling to become an official, it would be difficult for them to see each other without telling each other.What's more, the identities of the two daughters, one is a businessman and the other is an actor, if they want to have further emotional development with Su Chen, it will be even more difficult.

Peng Qingqing said indifferently: "What's so good about being an official? Seeing that my father has been working hard in his official career all his life, he is worried about gains and losses and has no freedom. It's not as good as Su Chen is at ease now. He doesn't worry about food or clothing. He has nothing to do. He's more comfortable than those dudes. , like a Happy Marquis."

What does it mean to do nothing, more at ease than a dude!

After Su Chen heard the words, he protested in his heart to Qingqing's choice of words.

After a moment of silence, Bai Susu asked Liu Mo Nong, "Miss Liu, the performance of The Story of the West Chamber is coming to the end, right?"

Due to his status, Liu Mo Nong has always been far behind the helm of the Bai family, the daughter of the magistrate, and the talented daughter of the princess of Ningguo Duke's mansion, so he was eating quietly and silently by the side, and didn't talk much. When asked, Only then nodded and said: "I just got the scripts of the last two plays from Mr. Su, and the performance will be finished by the end of the month."

Bai Susu chuckled and said, "The theater fans in Runzhou City are going to have a good time."

Peng Qingqing asked Su Chen curiously: "After the end of The West Chamber, will there be a new play?"

Su Chen nodded and said: "Yes, the next one is The Peony Pavilion, which is similar to The West Chamber. It's also a love story, and it's equally exciting."

Peng Qingqing smiled and asked: "Can you reveal something in advance? What is it about? Are there any martial arts masters, similar to the story of Yitian Tulong?"

Su Chen smiled bitterly and said, "You're talking about martial arts legends, while the Peony Pavilion is about ancient romances, and the classification is different. However, if there is a chance in the future, you can stage some operas about fox fairies and ghosts. It won't always be about wits and beautiful ladies. !"

"Okay, fox fairy and ghost, it's very enjoyable to listen to!" Peng Qingqing is not very interested in the plot of the gifted man and the beautiful woman, but is very interested in the stories of martial arts masters and ghosts.

Liu Mo Nong smiled when she heard the words, in this way, she could get more scripts from Su Chen; she would then have an excuse to often come over to contact her.

Talented girl Xu asked curiously: "Yi Tian Tu Long, what kind of story is this?"

Peng Qingqing smiled and said: "It's the martial arts story that Su Chen told me. Because of the bloody incident caused by two peerless weapons, the six sects besieged Guangmingding. There are four beauties around him, Zhou Zhiruo, Zhao Min, Xiao Zhao, and A Li all like him, but he can't tell who he likes, how do you think he is a man!"

After the other women on the table heard the words, they glanced at each other. Except for Ling'er, there seemed to be exactly four women on the table. They couldn't help but look at Su Chen. How could it be such a coincidence?

"It depends on what I do?" Su Chen was a little surprised and puzzled.

Yang Ling'er's smiling face froze slightly, turning into a bitter melon color, looking at her elder brother, and thinking to herself: Brother Su Chen, you should take care of yourself, these women's thoughts, except that they didn't say it directly, but their affection, even a little girl like her can see it. The one who came out, only brother, has not yet awakened!

(End of this chapter)