Reborn Craftsman

Chapter 18 Golden Bean Steamer
Mingchen Hotel.

Sitting by the window, Zhang Xiaoying ordered a table full of dishes.

Liu Dageng looked a little flattered: "There are so many dishes, there are only four of us, can we finish this?"

"It doesn't matter if you can't finish it, master, it doesn't cost much!" Zhang Xiaoyu quickly opened a bottle of Quanxing Daqu, and filled the wine glass in front of Liu Dageng with two taps: "This wine is made at home. Preserved, 82 years old, you drink to see how it tastes."

"I'm not a great master!" Liu Dageng explained with a wry smile, and he was already under psychological shadow after shouting.

"Don't be modest!" Zhang Xiaoyu said holding a wine bottle to pour wine for Liu Xing, but Liu Xing stopped him directly: "Are you trying to kill me? I'm only 14 years old and I can't drink. "

"Also, my dad is really not a master, so don't mention this in the future!" Liu Xing warned seriously.

"Good! Good!" Seeing the strange atmosphere, Zhang Xiaoyu had no choice but to agree.

Although he didn't know why Liu Xing and Liu Dageng didn't accept the title of master master, he knew one thing very well, that is, the father and son Liu Xing and Liu Dageng were very low-key.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Xiaoying, who had been silent all this time, picked up the teapot and gave Liu Xing a cup of steaming hot tea: "Since you don't drink alcohol, then eat vegetables, sister will accompany you."

"Of course you have to be together, but I feel a little uneasy about the meal today. Do you have anything to ask me, no! My father!" Seeing that there was no one else around, Liu Xing directly said what was in his heart.

"You're still smart!" Zhang Xiaoying picked up a piece of fish for Liu Xing: "Have you heard of the golden bean steamer?"

This was said to Liu Xing, but Zhang Xiaoying and Zhang Xiaoyu looked at Liu Dageng.

Obviously, he wanted to find some kind of answer in Liu Dageng's eyes.

However, the siblings were disappointed, Liu Dageng showed no expression on his face, as if he had never heard of this golden bean steamer.

It was Liu Xing whose eyelids twitched and almost spit out the tea in his mouth.

Zhang Xiaoying is very good at observing words and expressions, and after a smile, she put aside the topic: "Okay, okay! The dishes are almost ready, let's eat first, and talk about everything after we finish eating."

"That's right, the boiled fish in Mingchen Restaurant doesn't taste good when it's cold, Liu Xing, try it!" Zhang Xiaoyu laughed along, but with his right hand, he picked up the wine glass and drank liquor with Liu Dageng.

Liu Xing looked at his shriveled lips, and secretly thought that this Zhang Xiaoyu was really not a good person. He even wanted to get his father drunk and asked about the inside story of the golden bean steamer. It's a pity that his father is a fake master craftsman. Can't say one or two.

Even master bamboo craftsmen probably know very little about the inside story of the golden bean steamer.

After all, the golden bean steamer is a legendary bamboo product, which was lost in the Ming Dynasty. He knew the inside story from his master, and he had no basis for whether it was true.

Now that Sister Zhang is asking about the golden bean steamer in the name of eating, I'm afraid there are great interests involved in it, if he doesn't ask clearly, he will definitely not tell what he knows.

Zhang Xiaoyu and Zhang Xiaoying didn't know this, they kept trying to persuade Liu Dageng to drink, and tentatively asked some questions about the bamboo craftsman's craftsmanship.

It seems that Liu Dageng's capacity for alcohol is not good at all. After drinking two cups, about four or two, he was drunk and talking nonsense: "Don't ask about the bamboo craftsman, even if I know it, I won't say it. This is the rule!"

"We know, but you just need to tell us the inside story of the golden bean steamer!" Zhang Xiaoyu said with a smile when she saw that Liu Xing was only focused on eating.

"You brothers and sisters really want to know?" Liu Dageng hiccupped and almost didn't scare Zhang Xiaoyu and Zhang Xiaoying, but just as he was about to continue talking, he tilted his head on the dining table and fell asleep stand up.

This sleep made Zhang Xiaoyu and Zhang Xiaoying confused, and wanted to wake up Liu Dageng, but with Liu Xing present, they dared not mess around, so they had to eat sullenly.

After eating and drinking, Liu Xing leaned on the chair and looked at Zhang Xiaoying: "Sister, it's not mean to treat you to dinner today! I won't dare to come next time."

"Don't say that, sister is not malicious!" Zhang Xiaoying replied awkwardly.

"Then why did you get my father drunk and ask about the golden bean steamer?" Liu Xing asked seriously.

"Because my golden bean steamer is almost rotten and useless, and without the golden bean steamer, my family can't make the black bean sauce in the secret recipe!" Zhang Xiaoyu glanced at Zhang Xiaoying, and whispered the reason.

"What?" Liu Xing was stunned upon hearing the words, unable to speak for a long time.

Since there is really a golden bean steamer in this world, and there is still a real product in 93, he is not dreaming!

"Liu Xing, what my brother said is true. Although this golden bean steamer is made of bamboo, if you want to repair it or make a new one, it will be impossible without the attainments of a master bamboo craftsman. I Inviting your father to dinner today actually has no other meaning than to let him repair the golden bean steamer, and it would be even better if he could make a new one!" Zhang Xiaoying spoke slowly, revealing her purpose.

"Don't worry, as long as your father can do any of the above two points, money is not a problem!" Zhang Xiaoyu added.

"It can't be done! You are looking for the wrong person." Liu Xing smiled bitterly and shook his head: "The method of making the golden bean steamer has been lost since the Ming Dynasty. It is said that the price of beans steamed by using it can skyrocket a hundred times, so there is a golden bean steamer With this name, although my father's bamboo craftsman skills are not bad, but do you think he can reproduce the golden bean steamer in the world?"

"What if we have a unique copy of the golden bean steamer?" Zhang Xiaoyu lowered his voice and looked at Liu Xing.

"Ah?" Liu Xing was quite surprised.

Zhang Xiaoyu's words were just a joke to him.

If there is, it is tantamount to a treasure in the world, and its value is immeasurable.

"Liu Xing, at this point, my sister will tell you the truth!" Zhang Xiaoying saw Liu Xing's disbelief, and he said seriously: "Actually, my ancestors were also born as master bamboo craftsmen, but there are no descendants to pass them down. , this craft has been lost, and the solitary copy of the golden bean steamer is left by the master bamboo craftsman of the ancestors, and it is also the best proof that there is a master bamboo craftsman in my family."

"I understand!" Liu Xing nodded slowly, he no longer had any doubts about Zhang Xiaoying's words.

Because the Zhang family’s fermented bean industry is really inseparable from the master bamboo craftsman, from the dustpan for drying beans to the steamer for steaming fermented bean at high temperature, no!Golden bean steamer, these are inseparable from the category of bamboo products.

And now he has finally figured out the whole process of making the Zhang family's secret fermented soybean meal. Before that, he didn't understand how to incorporate the aroma of rosin into the fermented soybean meal under high temperature, but now it is clear at a glance.

It turns out that it all has something to do with the golden bean steamer.

(End of this chapter)