Dali Temple Small Dining Room 2

Chapter 327 Fish-flavored eggplant pot ([-])
Bai Zhu stretched out his hands to the multi-treasure stand, picked up one from the pile of blue, purple, and blue inkstones, and looked at Zhang Wulin in that box.

Liu Yuan glanced at the Chengni inkstone raised in Bai Zhu's hand, and subconsciously picked up the one on the case that Zhang Wulin left on the cruise ship for comparison.

The patterns of the full moon clouds are almost exactly the same, the only difference is that Bai Zhu is holding a blue Chengni inkstone.

Zhang Wulin glanced at the blue clay inkstone with crab shells in Bai Zhu's hands, drooped his eyelids slightly, and said, "The craftsman made a mistake during the firing, and confused the blueprint I gave you, so I used the inkstone on hand for personal use." And show it to others." After a pause, before the two of them could speak, Zhang Wulin said again, "Your Excellency knows that Chengni inkstones are very valuable, and the customers who come to my place to buy inkstones are very particular, and they will not want to be treated like this." It is a grindstone that people enjoy and have tried. Since it is inconvenient for people to try new inkstones at will, I can only use this one for my own use."

Liu Yuan glanced at the Chengni inkstone in his hand, which obviously showed traces of use, and Bai Zhu looked at each other: When they first saw this Chengni inkstone and found it was an old inkstone, the two of them prepared to confront Zhang Wulin. Difficulty.Zhang Wulin's explanation seems to make sense.

Glancing at Zhang Wulin, who was drooping, Liu Yuan's eyes fell behind Zhang Wulin: it was the table used by Zhang Wulin, the owner of the Four Treasures Shop of the Study, on which there were all kinds of tea cups, food boxes and so on.

Glancing at the jade handle on the case, he paused on Zhang Wulin's pen, ink, paper and inkstone and Zhang Wulin's handwriting. Liu Yuan asked, "How is your calligraphy and painting?" He glanced at Zhang Wulin's body dark brocade robe.

Although Zhang Wulin, the shop owner of the Four Treasures of the Study, doesn't look rude, he really doesn't look like a gentleman. Looking at the few jade rings on his fingers, he is no different from an ordinary businessman's owner.

The handwriting on the bookkeeping paper is also mediocre. Although the four treasures of the study in the shop are all famous products, the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on his case are all ordinary things.

These are enough to prove that although Zhang Wulin is engaged in such a refined business, he is not a person who is obsessed with this way, but just a layman who makes money.

After coming out of the prison, the two chatted while walking, and when they passed by the public kitchen yard, a burst of strong and peculiar fragrance wafted out from the public kitchen yard.

Zhang Wulin paused a little when he heard the words, thought for a while, shook his head and said: "The talent is mediocre, so let's not waste the treasures."

Therefore, Zhang Wulin lied.

"Master Wen is back?"

Wulin's answer to this question was as frank as Liu Sanqing's, but...after the two of them left the Four Treasures of the Study shop, Liu Yuan immediately called Bai Zhu and said, "Zhang Wulin is lying!"

"Master Wen is back?"

This strong and unique aroma has never been smelled before, and it is obviously a new dish.

This kind of thing...it doesn't make any sense.

After hearing this answer, Bai Zhu and Liu Yuan exchanged glances, paused, and continued to ask Zhang Wulin: "Do you know Hu Siming and Liu Sanqing?"

The people in Dali Temple, who he doesn't pay attention to every day, can find out after a little research, and it's useless to hide it, but why are these two people asking these questions?

Liu Yuan gave two "tsk tsk", reacted, and winked at Bai Zhu with a smile: "I didn't expect the two children, Tangyuan and A Bing, to learn how to make a small stove, and I don't know what they make so delicious..." Then Before he finished speaking, he suddenly fell silent, realizing that something was wrong.

Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu looked at each other, and when they realized it, they immediately raised their feet and walked towards the courtyard of the public kitchen.

Why lie about things like this?Is there anything special about this cinnabar red Yuanyuecheng mud inkstone?The two were a little puzzled. All the evidence in this case so far was trivial and messy. It seemed that they were all trivial matters that were irrelevant, and they couldn't be connected at all.

But the two of them are still just "apprentices" so far. They can only cook the dishes taught by Master Wen before they become teachers, and they are far from being able to develop new dishes by themselves.

The two voices sounded almost at the same time.

Liu Yuan looked around for a while, then looked back at Bai Zhu, and Bai Zhu in that room also noticed the problem. After Zhang Wulin answered "calligraphy and painting are mediocre, lacking some talent", he pointed to the pen and ink that can be seen everywhere on Zhang Wulin's case. Utensils, said: "You are not too particular about yourself."

Bai Zhu nodded, and he also found the problem, so he said: "Cinnabar red and eel yellow are the most valuable Chengni inkstones, but they accidentally burned the patterns heavily. In this way, even if you keep it for yourself, you should also keep the one with green crab shell, instead of directly keeping the more precious cinnabar red inkstone."

Hu Siming still looked like he didn't know what to ask. When the two saw this, their foreheads hurt.

Zhang Wulin hesitated for a while, and said, "Hu Siming doesn't recognize it. Liu Sanqing knows that he is in the stone gambling business, but he is not familiar with it."

The two of them paused, and Liu Yuan was the first to react. He subconsciously looked up at the moon that had climbed up the treetops above his head, then turned his head, and said to Bai Zhu: "The public chef actually cooks a small stove?" His tone was a little suppressed. Surprised.

Liu Sanqing is a businessman, and those who can board the cruise ship of the Chamber of Commerce are all famous in the Chamber of Commerce.Liu Sanqing's business is special, not common in Chang'an City, many merchants in the chamber of commerce know about Liu Sanqing.

Bai Zhu sniffed, smelling the lingering fragrance in his nose, nodded and said: "It is indeed a small fire."

Master Tang Yuan and Master A Bing are really hardworking and studious. Even if Master Wen is not around occasionally, the dishes are still good.

After eating evening food, Bai Zhu and Liu Yuan still did not leave, so they made another trip to the prison and asked Hu Siming.

As for Hu Siming... Zhang Wulin, a businessman with one or two servants at home, doesn't need him to do the grocery shopping and cooking himself, so it's not surprising that he doesn't know him.

At this time, Tang Yuan and A Bing in the public kitchen were also exclaiming "wow" in unison.

Not long ago, Master Wen took the leftover eggplant and a bit of minced meat from Mu Shi and said that he would make a meat and vegetable dish to meet Mu Shi.

These two ingredients are very common. Although Master Wen is good at cooking, he often uses the most common and visible ingredients to make the best dishes. Is it a pity that the two of them didn't eat tofu stew with chopped pepper fish head?
The moment the thick casserole lid was lifted, the rich salty aroma locked in the casserole immediately spread in all directions.

The sliced ​​eggplant strips lay neatly in the casserole, each one soaked up the rich soup, the eggplant strips were shiny, and the eggplant meat was also dyed dark brown by the sauce, soaking in the red oil soup In the juice, the surrounding red oil soup is very viscous and is slowly bubbling. Wen Mingtang sprinkled a handful of green onions to add a touch of color to the whole fish-flavored eggplant pot, and then wrapped the casserole in a thick cloth. Put it in front of the two, smiled and said: "Come and taste this fish-flavored eggplant stew, see if it's inferior to that big meat dish?"

(End of this chapter)