Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Chapter 151 It’s night

There are two Eight Immortals tables in the main hall of the upper room. Although there is no distinction between men and women like the wealthy people, there is a screen in between, but the two tables are still slightly separated.

In Gu Erzhu's words, it is rare to have time to sit down and have a good chat. Let the children sit farther away, so that we men can drink more happily at the same table.

Dishes include Liu's thinly cooked mutton with scallions, braised carp, steamed prawns, and fried hairtail pieces; Zhou Banxia stir-fried nine-turn large intestine, sweet and sour pork loin, and shredded sweet potatoes.

The nourishing chicken soup that Aunt Cai had stewed before, the braised dried beans and ribs, braised cabbage, mixed shredded radish, peanuts, and two plates of braised meat platters.

The dishes on the two tables were almost identical, with no difference in the size of the portions. The table for women and children also had an extra dish of sesame oil egg custard and a sweet pumpkin and red date soup.

It can be said that it is very rich, even richer than the New Year's Eve dinner. Even the seafood sent by Master Yun is not used for the New Year's Eve dinner. Two big varieties are served tonight.

Looking at the two tables full of dishes, let alone Mr. Li, Zhou Shun felt really different. The feeling of being valued by his in-laws was honestly very comfortable.

The children were so happy that they couldn't eat anymore. Mrs. Liu teased them about what else they wanted to eat, but none of them could think of anything.

Li Chunsheng is here. Recently, someone from the Gu family has brought a New Year's gift. Li Chunsheng is bound to be invited to the table by Gu Erzhu, which is more or less normal.

He was not worried about his wife being unable to keep her mouth shut, so he had to coax his four-year-old son and almost three-year-old daughter from time to time.

Don't talk about what your grandma's and aunt's families eat outside. If people hear about it, you won't be able to eat anymore. Even your grandparents will rob it for your eldest brother and sister and they will eat it all.

Fortunately, his child followed his uncle and aunt, and he was very smart. Even his daughter, who was almost three years old, knew that her old aunt and uncle were still going to take the top exam and had no money.

Otherwise, just by hearing what they ate during the meal, without talking to outsiders, his parents would be able to conclude that the child's aunt must be working as a maid in a powerful family's old lady.

And it does.

The development of Daliang's catering industry has combined the dietary characteristics of the Song and Yuan Dynasties, bringing it to a new level, and the cuisine varieties have become more and more diversified.

It’s just that many varieties of cuisine are only popular among the upper class and big restaurants. It’s good for farmers at the bottom of society to have a hot and delicious dish that can fill their stomachs. How can they have the money and energy to do so many tricks? When I come out, I am not from a powerful family.

Li Chunsheng was just a sister-in-law who came from a wealthy family and had a lot of experience. He also had Aunt Cai, the cook, who had stayed in a wealthy family, so the Gu family's meals were not bad.

This is also the reason why Zhou Banxia is not worried about arousing doubts. Today he not only made braised meat, but also made three special dishes that consume oil and sugar.

In fact, just like these three dishes, the method of making braised food has been around for a long time. Yunkelai’s signature dishes such as soy sauce chicken, soy sauce duck, and soy sauce beef are also strictly speaking a type of braised food.

It's just that nowadays great emphasis is placed on secret recipes, and the application of spices is still in its infancy. Many spices that were used daily in later generations are still used as medicines.

Eat and drink enough.

The braised food in the big iron pot has been soaked for some time. Although it has not been soaked enough to taste, we cut the braised food into small pieces and tasted it. Everyone felt that the taste was already very good.

Gu Wenxuan's comment was not surprising at all. The braised meat made by his wife naturally tasted very good, and it was a real secret recipe. Otherwise, there would be no celebration.

Since everyone has agreed, it is not yet the first watch. If it is later, the child will be more likely to freeze while asleep.

He simply picked some braised food and put it in a food box, then packed a portion of persimmon cakes, maltose, peanuts and melon seeds, stuffed them into the carriage together, and asked Uncle Cai to take Li Chunsheng's family of four home first.

In fact, Li Chunsheng's home is not far from his home. It is the first village he passes when he leaves the village entrance and goes to the town.

If it hadn't been for night, it would have taken less than two quarters of an hour for the carriage to come and go in broad daylight.

"Why are you in a hurry?" Gu Erzhu was unhappy when he saw that his in-laws were also in a hurry to go home. He joked, "How much money is there hidden under the toilet? Tell me quickly." Zhou Shun laughed and waved his hand to signal the third uncle to just go about his own business. There’s no need to accompany him. “It’s not like I need ten thousand taels of silver anyway.”

Gu Wenxuan saw that they were chatting shoulder to shoulder again, so he went back to the kitchen.

This time his wife is here.

There is a lot of stuff left in the stew.

After picking some out, he took out the New Year's gift for Zhou Xiucai, changed his clothes and put on his book bag. As Gu Wenxuan expected, the carriage came back and he could go to Zhou Xiucai's house.

As soon as he got on the carriage and left, Gu Erlang also sat on a mule cart, taking the braised meat and a cart full of new year's gifts to his master, Dr. Dong.

Zhou Banxia felt that the two brothers were quite interesting. If they didn’t send them out early, they wouldn’t send them out later. They had to wait until the night before Little New Year’s Eve to send New Year’s gifts to their doorsteps.

Gu Wenxuan also found it very interesting. Instead of giving New Year's gifts, he could have a small stove in the cram school every night. However, after delivering the gifts, he could only go there once every three days.

It was already the second watch when he returned from Zhou Xiucai's house. Gu Wenxuan could guess the time without looking at the alarm clock on his phone. It was at least ten o'clock.

The second pot is already cooking in the kitchen.

"Did you give them all away?"

almost.

I gave some to Grandpa Gu, Grandpa Gu Er, Clan Chief Zhou, the elders of the two clans, neighbors and a few people with good relationships to try.

"The last home I went to was the old home, and I also brought this year's tribute to my two elders. Our parents just came back not long ago. So much homework?"

Zhou Banxia was surprised, "Ten articles in three days, and I have to practice calligraphy for an hour every morning and evening. What does Grandpa Six want to do? Did you intentionally guide me?"

Gu Wenxuan originally wanted to ask the second elder if he was too young? Hearing this, he couldn't help but smile, "You know me well. Going there every three days is just two trips on New Year's Eve."

He would be too busy before the sixth day of the first lunar month, and he would be too busy to spare even this little time. "

This is true.

Zhou Banxia nodded in agreement and asked if Zhou Xiucai had mentioned how he did in today's exam tonight. Has his paper been corrected and corrected tonight?

"Yes, as you expected, what he corrected first was actually my test paper." Gu Wenxuan pointed his finger at the window and wrote, "It's all there, otherwise I wouldn't be back so late."

Zhou Banxia entered the study and only took the paper from Gu Wenxuan. For a moment, he really didn't notice that there was paper on the desk that was weighed down by a paperweight.

"In addition to the reviewed papers, there are also two recent articles written by Gu Dalang." Speaking of this, Gu Wenxuan was very happy.

He couldn't even find out when Zhou Xiucai found Gu Dalang's recent articles, so he was waiting to show them tonight for him to read every now and then.

He said that he originally wanted him to take a closer look and see how big the gap was.

Now, just treat it as a reward, and the reward for him is indeed not comparable to that of Gu Dalang.

Zhou Banxia glanced at the stinky Gu Wenxuan in a funny way, reached for the article written by Gu Dalang on the desk, and read it slowly after sitting down.

(End of this chapter)