Riding the wind of rebirth

"The survival of Liuquanju is related to the dishes it sells." When you get here, you have to follow the old rules and drink rice wine.

This rice wine cannot be the "Shaoxing Yellow" that is famous in later generations, nor can it be the "Yanjing Yellow" that is of poor quality due to the changes in the capital's water quality, but the "Shandong Yellow" and "Shanxi Yellow" that were sourced from two nearby provinces. .

Asking the waiter to warm up the wine, Mr. Wang introduced the place to everyone: "In the early years, Liuquanju was funded and opened by Shandong people. In front of the store is a three-front shop, and there is a wide yard in the back. The business is naturally Shandong cuisine. "

"Later, I adopted the methods of the imperial court and became halal. I became good at grilling, stir-frying, stir-frying, and simmering, and developed many of my own special dishes."

“The first is Shandong noodles, including grilled steamed buns, silver rolls and red bean paste buns.”

"The grilled steamed buns here used to be the best in Beijing. They are brown and crispy on the outside and white and soft on the inside. They are steaming hot when you break them open, and are filled with an alluring aroma of wheat."

"The old man is not a son of a man." Mr. Yuan teased him: "How can you invite guests to dinner and introduce steamed buns to them first? You two have bloated bellies, so you can save food money?"

"Hahaha..." Everyone laughed.

Pour the hot wine evenly and combine it with dried and fresh fruit fennel beans according to the rules of Laohuang Hotel, and everyone can drink and chat at the same time.

“In the early years, the caraway dishes here were the most authentic. Among them, caraway seeds and fresh milk were made in the palace and were very popular.”

"Others such as lotus agar-agar, cloud-sliced ​​abalone, fish bone with fruit, golden sea crab, hot kidney, etc. are all quite good."

"After that, we also introduced some new dishes, such as fried eel paste, fried dough sticks and eight-treasure rice, etc., which are also good."

"Another special feature is the 'whole crab feast' here, which uses crab as the main ingredient and a variety of auxiliary ingredients to make dozens of hot dishes, cold meat and noodles."

"But it's not on time, we won't be able to eat it this time."

Qi Lao took a sip of rice wine and said with some emotion: "In the past, the three-bedroom and four-bedroom houses were all in the layout of a shop in front and a factory in the back. The backyard was the brewing workshop. There used to be a big willow tree in this courtyard, and there was a spring well under the tree. , the well water is clear and sweet."

"The owner is using the spring water here to brew rice wine. It has a mellow taste and is called 'Yuquan Wine' by diners."

"It's a pity that I can't drink it now!"

“The old store was a good place to collect news.” Mr. Yuan said with a smile: “Friends from the press like to invite interviewees to gather here. Everyone is drunk with rice wine, and they come up with many stories. "

"Ah yes!" Mr. Qi said with a smile: "Do you know the great reporter Wang Zhuyu? He almost broke the threshold of Liuquanju back then. Every time he used drinking wine for interviews, his colleagues laughed at him. He replied: 'The drunkard's intention is not in drinking, but in drinking. Social news too.'"

At this time the food was served and everyone started chatting while eating.

Sure enough, all the dishes that Mr. Wang mentioned before appeared on the table.

"I seem to remember this place." Zhou Zhi thought about it at this time: "Did one of Lao She's novels use this place as the background? It seems that the layout and structure are somewhat similar."

"Yes, the novel you are talking about is called "Under the Red Flag." Liu Zhengyun also remembered: "It is the background of Lao Liuquan."

Mr. Wang smiled and said: "There are also people who are known as 'Beijing experts', the folklore artist Jin Shoushen, the dramatist Jing Guxue, and the old journalist Jin Jishui. Their alcohol addiction is not ordinary. They are Liuquanju's 'bowl of wine'" These three are not only literary friends but also distant relatives. Every time they have free time, they will meet for drinks. When they are happy, they will write a few poems and even sing a few lines of skin yellow. "

"Then it's almost the same as the Seahorse Club." Mr. Ma smiled and said, "But now it's changed from singing to disco."

"There are many regular customers now, both young and old." Qi Lao said: "I know that Pu Jie and Hu Jieqing have both inscribed plaques on this store." Hu Jieqing is the wife of Mr. Lao She. She became a monk at the age of 40 and started to learn painting halfway, but she has extraordinary talent. After receiving the true biography of Qi Baishi, he became a famous painter.

Pujie was an old man from the previous dynasty who later became a war criminal. He studied calligraphy since he was a child. He first studied Yu Shinan and then studied Shoujin style. Finally, he was influenced by his master Zhao Shijun and became his own style. His works are elegant, vigorous and graceful.There is a saying in the field of calligraphy and painting: "Shu Tong's roundness, Pujie's sharpness" vividly describes the characteristics of their calligraphy art.

Everyone's conversation turned to the latest news in the capital, and everyone started chatting about their own things. When they were interested, they crossed paths with each other, which was quite lively.

Only now did Zhou Zhi have the opportunity to chat with Wei Yi and Wu Qiaomu.

Wu Qiaomu has a calm personality, but this calmness is actually something he shows deliberately, but he is actually quite detached in his heart.

The main reason is that this guy heard a saying from Zhou Zhi when he was a child, "Taishan collapses in front but does not change its color; elk rises to the left but does not blink." He thought it was very awesome and deliberately trained himself to be like this.

But if you want to please girls like this, you have to think too much.

It stands to reason that as a top student and a top athlete, he should be very popular among girls in school, but this sworn brother is an exception.

The royal sister Su Meng doesn't like Wu Qiaomu and often complains about his "love to pretend" in front of Zhou Zhi.

Only those who can understand the sultry "flesh" underneath the sworn brother's shell will fall in love with him.

Fortunately Wei Yi is this kind of person.

Wei Yi has the character of a gentle elder sister, cheerful, generous, and tolerant, but she also has a smart, charming and naive side in front of her relatives.

For a girl like this, she can easily control Wu Qiaomu.

Even Mr. Yuan likes this "beautiful couple" very much and always likes to see them together.

It is a mystery as to when the relationship between the two was established. Wu Qiaomu is very tight-lipped. Every time he asks Zhou Zhi, the answer is "love at first sight".

Zhou Zhi estimated that the love at first sight that Mr. Qiao was talking about was probably the time when he was selling balloons during the first year of high school. Later, the two began to exchange letters and gradually talked about life from study to life. When they came to the capital to study together, they officially met at a certain time. The relationship is established.

It should be said that Miss Wei Yi played the role of "counselor" for a period of time in Wu Qiaomu's life. She is a female junior and holds a gold brick. This is a perfect way to describe the relationship between Wei Yi and her sworn brother.

The parents of both families were very supportive and wished they could get the certificates tomorrow.In his most exaggerated thoughts, his godfather and godmother never imagined that his son's girlfriend could be the first female graduate student in Jiachuan and the first person in Jiachuan to enter the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an intern.

Not to mention how outstanding Miss Wei Yi’s achievements were during her time at school.

And Wei's parents also like the tall and handsome Mr. Qiao. Although this child is a bit dull, he is also an "intellectual's dullness", just like Hua Luogeng boiling his watch like an egg, which brings with it a halo of immunity. of.

In fact, even Zhou Zhi sometimes carries such a halo now. When he is distracted, everyone will think: "This kid may be thinking about something again. It's better not to disturb him."

Apart from this "muteness", Mr. Qiao is full of advantages. He almost replicates the "road to academic supremacy" that Miss Wei Yi has gone through. He also has an additional sport, calligraphy and painting. He is really capable of literary and martial arts. .

This kind of uncle is at least one of the best in Jiachuan County, and he is hard to come by.

"Have you been in touch with you a lot on the plane?" Zhou Zhi was also very pleased with the "strong alliance" between Wei Yi and his adopted brother, but he was more concerned about his good buddy: "This guy seems to have become aggressive when he got to school, Sister Yi Can you also persuade him?"