The ultimate rebirth of the abandoned woman

Chapter 213 The Family Has a Good Wife ([-])

Dali Temple is the highest judicial organ in the Tang Dynasty, which is responsible for the trial of crimes committed by officials of the imperial court and cases of imprisonment in the capital, as well as local death penalty cases transferred by the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

Now it is the Zhenguan period, the politics is clear, the atmosphere in the officialdom is relatively upright, and there are relatively few criminal cases among the people, especially in the capital.

As the judges who hear the cases, the directors of Dali Temple are relatively light.

According to regulations, Dali Temple is equipped with six directors and 12 judges.Both directors and judges are qualified to hear cases, commonly known as 'judges'.However, the rank of directors is higher than that of judges, and they can participate in the discussion of major cases, while judges can only watch but cannot express their opinions.

There are not many criminal cases in Dali Temple, and the judges have a lot of time to get together and gossip.

A few days ago, the focus of the gossip was that Liu Sizhi, who was over seventy years old, left an official post due to his old age and infirmity, leaving a vacancy of the sixth rank. At that time, everyone was discussing who would fill this vacancy——whether it was a family that was weakening A child, or a humble student who is in the limelight?
For this reason, Wang Sizhi, the oldest of the remaining three Sizhi, opened the handicap, and took out his usual money to bet that the new Sizhi who succeeded him was a son of a family, with odds of [-] to [-].

Chen Sizhi, the youngest, followed closely behind, and also bet with his usual money that it would be a poor family scholar who succeeded him.

And the one in the middle, Ma Sizhi, followed him a little, and took out five hundred coins to bet against the poor family.

There is also a reason why the three of them chose this way, nothing else, it has something to do with their respective backgrounds.

Wang Sizhi was born in the Wang family of Taiyuan, and he was a son of a famous family in this dynasty.

The other two bets on poor family scholars were both candidates for imperial examinations to become officials.

Chen Sizhi, whose name is Yafu, has thousands of hectares of fertile land in his family, and he can be regarded as a well-known landlord in the local area, but in front of those aristocratic families with hundreds of years of family history and ancestral tablets all over the house, he is still just a humble scholar .

Ma Sizhi and Ma Jun are worse than Chen Yafu. The Chen family is a landlord after all, and the Ma family is simply a farmer who has just escaped the food and clothing line.

These two poor families, like many ordinary people or small officials and rich people in the world, both envy and despise the sons of the family, envy the long history and rich heritage of the family, and despise those dandies of the family who only rely on the shadow of their ancestors and do not know how to strive for themselves.

Especially Chen Yafu, I think he passed the entrance examination at the age of 17 as the bridegroom of the Jinshi Department, and then passed the selection of the Ministry of Officials and entered the most noble Guozijian. The sixth-rank Sizhi, who was promoted to Dali Temple as an official, can definitely be called a young and promising young talent.

With such dazzling achievements, Chen Yafu even despised those aristocratic dudes who guarded huge resources but did not make great efforts—collection of books. In the era when all reading was copied, the collections of Dingjia aristocratic families were even richer than those of the imperial court.

However, no matter how the three bet, the result came down quickly - Wang Sizhi won!
This new colleague is also the direct son of the Cui family from the Dingjia family, and married a daughter of the Xiao family from the same Dingjia family.

Tsk tsk tsk, a top aristocratic family.

Wang Sizhi accepted the copper coins he won with a smile, but he couldn't help sighing in his heart: You have to throw away goods if you compare them with others, and you must die if you compare people with others.

Chen Yafu's opinion of Cui Youbo was much better than that of other dudes from other aristocratic families. After all, Cui Lang was also a Jinshi, at least he was a promising young man who had real talents and learning, and was willing to give up his career to rely on his own real skills.

As for Ma Sizhi, he didn't express any opinion on this, he just felt sorry for the copper coins he lost: Well, the usual money can buy a little maid, more than 3000 eggs, and thirty buckets of good wine.

Cui Youbo didn't know the different ideas of the three colleagues. In the early morning, he came to the Yamen with great ambition, and then Dalizheng (the third in command of Dali Temple) helped him complete the formalities, and then led him to meet the three colleagues.

After some mutual introductions, Cui Datongxie officially became the director of Dali Temple.

Out of his preference for the sons of aristocratic families, Wang Sizhi took special care of Cui Da, told him many ways in the yamen, and some knowledge that Sizhi needs to have, and finally generously gave him a set of laws of the Tang Dynasty.

Chen Yafu and Ma Jun couldn't say how enthusiastic they were towards Cui Da, but they also showed kindness. When Wang Sizhi pointed Cui Da, they would interject a few words from time to time.

Good people have good rewards, and the kindness of the three of them to Cui Da was also exchanged for a warm banquet from the Cui family.

"Oh, I've heard about the reputation of Cui's recipes, but I just never got to see them. Today, Cui Lang invites us to dinner together. I want to taste it."

Wang Sizhi is also a foodie. He has eaten almost all the delicacies in Beijing and the private dishes of his own family and his in-laws. However, he really has no chance to taste the famous Cui family's private kitchen.Speaking of which, he and the Cui family also have a close relationship, but this relationship is too far away, not enough for the two families to invite each other for a banquet.

Chen Yafu and Ma Jun also showed yearning expressions. The family's food culture has a long history, which is one of the important reasons why they admire the family.

Cui Youbo knew that the family would send meals, but he didn't expect his wife to be so virtuous, and she thought of inviting his colleagues to eat together.

Seeing the expectant and envious eyes of the three, Cui Youbo's heart was almost bursting with pride.

And when the servants of Cui's family came in carrying heavy food boxes one by one, and respectfully told him that the food was cooked by the lady herself, Cui Da's sense of satisfaction almost reached its peak.

"This is the Cui family's secret watercress. This plate is scorpion soup, this plate is sunflower, this plate is cattail, and this plate is Huqin."

The boys first brought out four plates of spinach vegetables.

Then came the cold dishes: "This is cold cauliflower, sliced ​​lotus root in ginger sauce, fungus and spinach, and this dish is Cui's secret homemade carp."

After serving the cold dishes, the boy brought a big food box with three layers. When the boy opened the lid, a gust of hot air accompanied by a strong fragrance rushed towards him.

"Hiss, it's still hot?"

Cui’s house is not far from the imperial city, but it’s not too close, and the journey takes at least two or three quarters of an hour. During this time, it’s not difficult to keep the temperature of the food, but as before, even the aroma hasn’t changed. It's hard to come by.

There are two steaming dishes on each floor of the food box, and all of them are served on the food table. There are six dishes in total, including meat and vegetables, fish and eggs. Just smelling this aroma, everyone present can't help but sniff their noses.

Others don’t know why the food delivered is hot, but Cui Da knows that there are copper stoves or copper tripods on the bullock carts that Cui’s family delivers food, and the food is only half cooked before the cook puts it on the plate. After the ox cart, continue to cook on the stove, which can not only keep the heat of the food along the way, but also ensure that the food is just cooked, without reducing the original taste of the food.

"This dish is my wife's specialty, orange and shrimp."

After serving the hot dishes, the servant brought another food box. This food box is double-layered. There are two white porcelain plates on each layer. There are six golden oranges in each plate. It is also decorated with flowers carved from lettuce.

"Hey, there are peony patterns on this orange?"

Chen Yafu saw with sharp eyes that each orange was engraved with patterns, and the plate closest to him was rich peonies. Although they were all peonies, the size and appearance of the flowers were not exactly the same, and each one was exquisite.

Cui Youbo had eaten the orange custard 'made' by his wife, and he knew the secret of this dish. He reached out and removed the orange cover, revealing fresh, smooth and tender shrimps, followed by an unusually sweet Fragrance.

Seeing this scene, Chen Yafu suddenly remembered that he and Wang Sizhi went to a county outside Beijing to investigate the case last year. The local magistrate invited them to be guests.

Afterwards, Chen Yafu was still puzzled and asked Wang Lang why he didn't eat.

With the pride unique to the family, Wang Lang sneered: "If you lose your cooking, you won't eat."

At that time, he still felt that Wang Lang was too picky, but now that he has seen the delicacy of Cui's food, he finally understands the meaning of Wang Lang's words.It is estimated that Wang Lang is already being polite, if he puts it on a more arrogant family member, he might add a few words of 'not eating'.

"What is this?"

Chen Yafu secretly talked about Wang Ziqian, but Wang Sizhi pointed to the round buns made of lotus leaves on the white porcelain plate and asked Cui Youbo.

How could Uncle Cui know, he only knew that this dish was not from Cui's family.Then it should be Xiao's family food, but Xiao Nan hasn't cooked it a few times since he married him, and he hasn't cooked this dish once in a while.

The boy who delivered the meal was very clever, and hurried forward to explain: "So that the gentleman will know that this dish is made by my wife herself. It is called Bihe Tuanbao Rice, and it is Xiao's special dish. I heard that the previous dynasty Empress Xiao likes the fragrance and elegance of this package of rice very much."

Bihe group meal?
what is that?
The four of them were very curious, but none of them would show timidity in front of the servant.

After the servants retired, Cui Youbo, as the host, warmly invited everyone to taste.

Wang Ziqian was more free and easy, he was the first to untie the lotus leaf bag, and saw the lotus leaf slowly let go, revealing a round rice ball, the rice ball was shiny with oil, and there were many small dings in it, like What diced meat, diced mushrooms, diced bamboo shoots and so on.

Picking up a long-handled silver spoon, Wang Ziqian took a spoonful of rice, brought it to his mouth, chewed it lightly, and then nodded vigorously: "It's delicious, it's really Xiao's private dish."

However, Chen Yafu went towards the orange shrimp in front of him, picked up a shrimp with his chopsticks, took a small bite, he let out a gasp, and then asked Cui Youbo, "Cui Lang, this, is this fried in oil? Is it the same as the fried dishes in that Cui's restaurant?"

Uncle Cui was taken aback, then smiled and said: "Yes, the menu of Cui's restaurant is derived from my Cui's cookbook, hehe, it's just a gadget used by my cousin to earn some money."

At first, the Cui family didn't know about the restaurant that Cui Huibo and Cui Wei opened, but after the cooking became popular in the capital, Cui Shouren and Cui Ze only heard about it.

When the two gentlemen found out, they were very angry, and immediately ordered someone to call Cui Liu, and scolded him so much that Cui Liu almost knelt down and begged for mercy.

If it wasn't for Ming'er, the brother of Xiaoliu's family, written on the title deed of the restaurant, Cui Liu's family would most likely be kicked out by the old man--the parents are here, selfless, you kid open a restaurant and dare to use Cui's name, what are you? What do you want to do? !

Although the restaurant was not confiscated, the recipes of the restaurant were included in the recipes of the Cui family.

Cui Wei was very unhappy, it was obviously her 'invention', okay, how could the Cui family forcefully take it away?
Cui Liu threw her a word, "If you want a recipe, yes, then get out of Cui's house."

Cui Wei is just a little blindly confident, but her mind is quite clear. She knows that in ancient times, for a woman, if she leaves the shelter of the family, let alone the recipe, even her little life may be taken away.

As a result, Cui's recipe added more than a dozen private dishes.

Seeing this, Xiao Nan boldly stir-fried vegetables with meat oil, and many special dishes were born...

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