Allure

Chapter 12

When Zuo Nanxia and his party led them downstairs and out in front of Teng Hongyu, those in the yard were already eating and changing their cups, enjoying themselves.

It is the happiest thing for the guests and the host to have a good time. During the conversation, Zuo always praised the wild vegetables in the small shop for their flavor. He hadn't tasted them for many years. The store boasted a bit, and left a phone number to reserve a table. Naturally, Minister Xu was so happy that he packed it up from ear to ear.

Zuo Nanxia was about to leave, but when he saw Lei Dapeng's squinting look at people, he remembered something, walked up to the three of them and said, "Thank you, young people. I really have eyes. I don’t know Jin Xiangyu.”

"I'm not lying to you, isn't it delicious?" Lei Dapeng managed to say something human.Zuo Nanxia nodded with a smile, gave a thumbs up and said: "Okay, very good, this time back to Luzhou, I can taste you bastards, it's a worthwhile trip."

Well, everyone took it for granted that they had eaten these so-called 'bastards', but unexpectedly, the silly Dapeng immediately heard a language problem, and pointed at the old man and scolded: "Is it cursing? What do you call us bastards, yes The bastards we made."

Everyone was stunned and laughed, Zuo Nanxia hurriedly explained that he made a slip of the tongue out of joy, and bowed his hands in apologetic manner, Lei Dapeng was amused by this, waved his hand, and said generously: "Come on, don't follow me!" You are generally knowledgeable. Remember my godmother's shop, come and taste it when you have free time, and next time you meet us, I will treat you to some rare things. In this land of Luzhou, there are only things you can't think of, and there is nothing we can't find. "

It's really hard for this buddy to make everyone go crazy. At this time, everyone understands Dapeng's straightforward temper and doesn't mind anymore. Zuo Xiying didn't say much, and quietly set up the camera, clicking I took a few photos, and took several close-ups of Lei Dapeng's lovely ugly face, which was really impressive.In the camera, Zuo Xiying saw Shan Yong who was handsome, smiling, and quietly staring at her. He thought of the situation by the reservoir for no reason, his hands trembled, and he found something that surprised her, so he put it down. camera, and when the conversation stopped, he pointed and asked, "What is that...?"

what is it then?Still in Shan Yong's hand, he was holding two lotus couples cut in half. Instead of eating, he inserted a straw into the hole of the lotus root, sucking something rhythmically. Simuxian smiled and lifted the short The bucket next to the table, a few of them are upright, with straws inserted in them, and they are passed directly to each of the four people present, and they are instructed to take it. When everyone is puzzled, just listen to the little man's explanation He writes: "Iced lotus root wine, hung in a well to cool down. The wine is koji wine with a sweet taste. It is sweet, iced and fragrant, mixed with the taste of lotus root. This is the only one in Luzhou, and there is no other branch."

Naturally, this is the only one in this family. This method is the way of drinking that the boss and Lei Ge thought of, which is both fun and delicious.

Zuo Nanxia received it in his hand with great interest, took a sip, straightened his neck immediately, felt the sweetness and refreshing feeling all over his body, and gave a thumbs up. They have been tossing about everything that is edible. Try it, it tastes really good. His father used to work in Lu Winery and was a sommelier. Try it... Miss, this wine has been diluted, it is not intoxicating at all. "

She seemed to take special care of Zuo Xiying, standing aside and persuading her attentively, Zuo Xiying put it in her mouth, and took a sip like drinking a drink, suddenly a cold fragrance mixed with the smell of wine and lotus root came straight to her nose, um He almost choked, and then raised his head, the three brothers grinned and laughed non-stop, and Zuo Xiying, who was very reserved, suddenly got a big blush.Teng Hongyu reprimanded these wild boys, and turned around to teach Zuo Xiying that this must be tasted slowly, no matter how low the degree is, it is still wine.

Zuo Xiying blushed in embarrassment, and walked out of the courtyard with the crowd, while the drinkers were slurping, taking a few sips of cold, sweet and fragrant low-alcohol wine after the meal, Even if you are unhappy, it is natural to praise them, waiting to send everyone away. When they returned to the yard, the three boys including the son were all holding their heads and peeking behind the door. Teng Hongyu waved her hand: "Go back, go back, Everyone is gone, what are you looking at?"

"Godmother, what's that girl's name?" Lei Dapeng asked curiously.

"What do you call them? You're such a fool, it's up to the girls in the village to say whether they like you, do you still miss that one?" Teng Hongyu scolded.

"No, no." Lei Dapeng followed the godmother anxiously, and asked: "I think she and the godmother are a good match, and it would be good for me to be my godmother."

"Oh, it's more or less the same." Teng Hongyu was overjoyed, and looked back at Lei Dapeng's longing eyes, and slapped his forehead in a daze: "Oh, I forgot to ask his name, it seems that his surname is Zuo, what is his name? I know... But it’s still a waste of time to ask, the accent is either from a local, or a local, can’t your godmother afford to support such a daughter-in-law? Why don’t you try it, your mother will definitely be able to support her.”

Although Lei Dapeng is a bit stupid, he still has this bit of self-knowledge, so shut up and say nothing, this girl shocked the eldest and third children into heaven, so naturally she is not our brother Lei's favorite.

While talking, he went back to the table, a family of three brought two outsiders, such a table match often appeared in Shan Yong's house, Lei Dapeng didn't treat himself as an outsider, Si Muxian felt embarrassed, and was often dismissed by the hospitable Shan Yong. Yong dragged home.I was eating, but unexpectedly business was good today, and there was another business, but the fat aunt next door came to find Master Shan to make some stewed chicken and mushrooms.If anyone is too busy, they will definitely pull you to help. Dad and mom haven't eaten a few bites, and they are busy preparing again.

Mom and Dad got up together, only took a few bites of the corn pot stickers, and there was still half of the hot bastard soup left. Shan Yong was sitting in front of his parents and joking. The melancholy of disappointment creeps up on the brows. Unlike these eaters, no matter how good the delicious food is, they don’t feel much in their parents’ mouths. In other words, after falling from the family and life falling into a trough, the hardships of life have already worn away those feelings. Leisurely and elegant.

Si Muxian caught this subtle worry, and he seemed to sense Shan Yong's thoughts.A little embarrassed, I don't know how to persuade.

There is another one who has no thoughts at all, Lei Dapeng packed the unfinished turtle into an insulated lunch box, saying that he would go back and give his parents a taste, this guy is stupid if you say it, he is not stupid, just take a look at that The two brothers, naturally judged how much they admired that beautiful woman, sat down, and educated the two with earnestness:
"Brother Egg, you two, don't be so stupid that you can't think about it. It's like a broken relationship. You don't even know the name. Why are you thinking about it? On this issue, we have to be realistic. Point, let me make a suggestion... Tomorrow, sell the bastards you got back to the hotel. Let's go to the sauna together. If it's auspicious, Dage City often has stunning scenery, and the price is not expensive. A bastard can get a girl There is still a surplus... How to say it, money is a bastard, earn it after spending it; girls are also a bastard, let's change it after we finish it, no such nonsense... Hey, go or not? I have always wanted to go Ah, a happy life has to be created with both hands, but our sexual life can't always be solved with our hands, right?"

Lei Dapeng lowered his voice, and asked so expectantly, Si Muxian covered his mouth and smiled, his face slightly embarrassed, the latter sentence was taught by him and was quoted by Lei Dapeng, Lei Ge's male problem has long been unresolved Big problem.As for Shan Yong, he rolled his eyes and stared at Lei Dapeng, ignoring him.It has been taught more than once that eating, drinking and having fun is an elegant person, eating, drinking, whoring and gambling is a bad person, and it took several years of hard work to teach Lei Di, a bad person, to be a refined person.

The two didn't express their views, Lei Dapeng became anxious, slapping the table and urging: "Is it okay for me to treat you? Give me a quick word, will you go or not?"

The two of them didn't speak, but someone spoke, and the godmother stuck her head out from the kitchen, and asked bluntly, "Where are you going?"

Lei Dapeng stared blankly, surprised, and quickly covered up: "It's okay, it's okay, godmother, I'm not going anywhere."

"Get the hell out of here and go back to school. I'm so old and I can't stop worrying about you. Dapeng, especially you. Whenever I can't find you, your mother will call me and complain about my family. Shan Yong has led you to hell... I don’t know how your school is managed. It’s not about eating, drinking, having fun, or being mischievous, or you’re just walking around, and you’re a college student. Those who herd sheep and donkeys in the village don’t have your freedom. Sloppy... Are you finished eating? If you finish eating, go back early at dawn and call me in the dormitory..."

Teng Hongyu spoke in a crisp and high-pitched voice, and gave a long lecture while working, and didn't turn back until all three of them responded.Lei Dapeng knew that although the godmother was kind, she was never very polite to her godson or her own son.In the past, godmothers played the role of Yang Qiniang and Mu Guiying in the theater troupe, but when she became disobedient, the big broom bump came up after her like a pistol.

After eating, the three of them packed up their things, put them in the car, bid farewell to the house, and returned to the city while the sky was still bright.

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In the extended Mercedes-Benz that went down the mountain first, when the car reached the foot of the mountain, Zuo Xiying in the back seat was still holding the lotus root. There was not much wine in the hole of the lotus root. With the refreshing taste of lotus root fragrance, when you look closely, the lotus root is straight lotus root, no more than ten centimeters, and it looks like a delicate horn cup in the hand. The lotus root is peeled, and the white, tender and smooth color is really beautiful. Look at it It took a lot of thought to come up with a light bottle of wine, it was so delicious and delicious that so much effort was put into it, which made Zuo Xiying laugh dumbfounded.

Looking back, Zuo Nanxia was also looking at it, holding it for a long time and was reluctant to throw it away, Zuo Xiying joked in a low voice: "Dad, I think this restaurant's food accomplishments surpass yours."

"Hehe, it's true." Zuo Nanxia nodded, holding the lotus root to enjoy, and said uncertainly: "I seem to have seen this kind of drinking method somewhere... This is a refined person's drinking method."

"No way, that one, the one with the messy face..." Zuo Xiying smiled and gestured, she was deeply impressed by Lei Dapeng, but when everyone laughed, Zuo Xiying inexplicably stared at him. The scene of passing by the shore of the reservoir, the wild offspring that my father spoke of is still fresh in my memory.

"Yes, yes, I remembered." Zuo Nanxia seemed to be thinking about the wine for a long time, and the words came out immediately, Minister Xu's daughter looked at it in surprise, and Zuo Nanxia said: "Yes, Bitong wine, It is to pull a lotus leaf from the pond, hold wine on the leaf, use a hairpin to pierce the junction of the leaf and the stem, the wine enters the stem, hold the stem and suck it. There is a poem that says: The wine tastes like a lotus, and its fragrance is better than that of a lotus. Bing, that’s what this kind of wine is… it’s just the taste of ancient Jiangnan literati, so it’s really rare to see it here.”

"Mr. Zuo, don't think too mysteriously. Maybe it's just like what the proprietress said, some kids are just playing around." Minister Xu said with a smile, obviously he didn't understand the elegant way, and he drank it early after drinking. The lotus root was thrown away.Turning around to talk, Zuo Nanxia unexpectedly shook his head: "No, I met this young bastard in the morning, Minister Xu, think about it, if you work hard to catch a net, you have to prepare a bastard with one egg and two layers in advance. Add seven or eight kinds of expensive ingredients, and then cook it in the most time-consuming and laborious stone pot, which is considered nonsense? Didn’t you see that the young man told us about the materials, workmanship, and cooking? , this cooking is quite ancient, it really is a lot of strange folks since ancient times."

"It's not a strange person." The driver interjected, and said straightly: "Old Zuo, you don't understand the market. Nowadays, wild things are expensive. Wild fish and wild beetles are several times more expensive than artificially raised ones. We have someone here who specializes in doing it. What about this business. The price is not low when it is delivered to the hotel.”

"Hehe, driving for profit is the same as doing it for elegance. The process is the same, but the results are very different. There are many elegant things that cannot be weighed by profit, such as the ancients cooking wine with green plums, cooking tea with fresh snow, toasting to invite the moon, and stepping on the snow. Appreciating plum blossoms has nothing to do with profit...Maybe the one we met today who caught turtles in water and boiled eggs in a stone pot is also an elegant person, haha. Otherwise, if it is not a coincidence, we will spend money, who will give it to you Take the effort."

Zuo Nanxia smiled and said, Minister Xu and the driver both laughed. When they looked back at their daughter, they suddenly saw her cheeks flushed. I don't know if it was because she was too drunk, or because she remembered the embarrassing incident on the bank of the reservoir.

A group of people chatted and laughed, and entered the urban area not long after, the night came and the lights came on, the car was driving smoothly, and the old man Zuo was talking a lot. From the customs of various places to eating habits, it seemed that such an old age did not work in vain. Walked by There are quite a few places where I have eaten and eaten. Minister Xu listened carefully and memorized, occasionally interjecting a sentence or two. It was said that there was another visitor from Luzhou University, Zuo Nanxia, ​​who was chatting a lot, heard that he was an old friend, so he went straight to the hall happily, and had a comradely hug with an old man with full hair, who seemed to be an old friend , Straight to invite that person to go upstairs.

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The driver had just parked the car and got out of the car when suddenly someone jumped out from behind the car, which startled him, and then he saw that it was Manager Feng from the hotel. It is not easy for the distinguished guest to step down, so he pulled the driver and asked in a low voice, "How is it?"

"What about it?" The driver froze for a moment.

"How did you eat?" Manager Feng asked.

"Good." The driver nodded.

"Is Mr. Zuo satisfied?" Manager Feng asked again, the most concerned question.

"Satisfied, very satisfied, the old man was so happy, he kept talking non-stop." The driver whispered.

"What about Minister Xu, didn't you say anything?" Manager Feng was relieved when he heard that.

"No, I'm happy to say that, another old man came and went upstairs together." The driver said.

Well, Manager Feng finally let go of the burden on his heart. He stroked his chest and let out a long sigh of relief. When he was about to send the driver to rest, he pulled the driver again. The nervousness became strange, and he asked strangely. : "I see your silly joy, what did you eat to make you happy like this?"

"Bastard." The driver blurted out.

"What?" Manager Feng asked with his eyes wide open.

"No, it's just the egg that bastard laid... No, it's not the egg that bastard laid, half of it is, half of it is not, what kind of egg is it that is not, one egg has two layers and three flavors... Eh, how should I put it. "

The driver explained repeatedly, but the more he explained, the more confused Manager Feng became.The driver explained for a long time before he made it clear that this set of gold and jade is full of gold and jade, perfect and perfect, and then added fuel and vinegar to this bastard.

Hearing this, Manager Feng was stunned.Others don't know the goods, but Manager Feng, who runs the hotel, is very interested. He listened to the soup, asked carefully about the workmanship, and then asked about the taste. After asking about the same, he stopped asking. After a while, the two chefs of the hotel rushed out. Without further ado, Manager Feng got into the car with a wave of his hand: "Let's go, ring horse village."

The driver didn't dare to be negligent, and drove back the same way. He heard what Manager Feng and the chef said on the way, but the two chefs didn't really believe it. It is even more unbelievable to make it into egg whites, let alone one egg with two layers and three flavors, and this is not the whole pot of soup. If the big kitchen of that store is still barely enough, but it has to be in a farmhouse, who would believe it? With this kind of culinary skills, the three of them fought back and forth, but the driver understood it, and dared to eat such a rare thing, even the chef in the shop didn't believe it could be made.

As a last resort, Manager Feng dragged the driver to testify, which surprised the two of them even more. The eagerness to see them was greater than that of Manager Feng. Eat all over the sky is particularly evident in this business. If there is such a dish that tastes both elegant and vulgar, and is both palatable and gimmick, I am not afraid that those who are delicious will not pay for it.What's more, Manager Feng already knew that Mr. Zuo was a gourmet, and it should be extraordinary to satisfy this old man.

Going back slowly, going fast, on the way Manager Feng also kept a secret to teach a few people not to let the farmhouse find out.When we arrived at Xiangjiazhai, we found Lao Shan’s house. The pot was already turned off. Fortunately, there was still soup in the pot. Without saying a word, the two chefs went into the kitchen to find a guy to ladle the soup, and cleaned it up. A group of people was in a hurry, searching inside and outside the house, but the driver with sharp eyes found the half-eaten bastard, and the chef put it away like a treasure, Shan Changqing and Teng Hongyu were stunned. I don't know what happened, before I figured it out, I stuffed a few hundred yuan bills in my hand, the pedestrian prevaricated a few words, and walked away in a hurry.

"Old Dan, what's the matter with everyone today? My head was kicked by a donkey, and I was forced to give me five hundred at the dinner table, saying that it was a good reception, and the leftovers were also bought later, and I was given to... Here are a few, six hundred." Teng Hongyu looked at the taillights of the Mercedes-Benz, and then at the hundred-yuan bills in her hand, she was dumbfounded, a little confused, the leftovers were worth more than the whole table.

"They want to serve that pot of soup and that pot of eggs." Shan Changqing said lightly, with a hint of playful disdain on his face, how can he not understand the thoughts of these businessmen after opening a restaurant.Teng Hongyu understood what she said, and said with a laugh: "Then let them make trouble, if they want energy production, we will get rich early."

The couple knows how complicated it is, and the son and his classmates have nothing to do to play tricks. It took a week of work before and after this pot. The taste must be good, but you have to measure it To make money, I am afraid that the chef must be exhausted first. The couple turned around and entered the door. Shan Changqing said intentionally or unintentionally: "Hongyu, my son took the trouble to make it for us to try. Don't keep training your son." go."

"You don't know what he is. He didn't fight for three days, and he went to the house to expose the roof tiles. It's only because of family accidents in the past few years that he understands something. If you want to put it aside, he doesn't know that I am him except for asking for money. Mom. Just two years later, I think his tail is about to turn up again." Teng Hongyu said angrily as soon as she stuffed the money into her waist.

"There is no one who can't find a child. I would rather he is still as naughty as before. It will be hard for you and the child to spread such a waste material like me. When the store closed down and the house was sold that year, he led you two Back here, my son took a year off from school to take care of the two of us, and he was doing small jobs, chopping firewood and lighting a fire, and buying vegetables and medicine. Qing wiped his face and said it inadvertently, but it was an eternal apology in his heart.

"Don't mention this, haven't we all survived it? It's better to let him suffer earlier than to suffer in the future." Teng Hongyu remembered the incident at home, her eyelids were sour, and she closed the courtyard door.

In the small courtyard, the wooden door, and in the quiet night, the couple whispered to each other, talking about how much money they had saved, buying a house for their son, marrying a daughter-in-law, whether it would cost money to find a job, where to find a way, etc. Trivial things like that, the result is the same as usual, far from the expected number, from the longed-for life, far, far away...

(End of this chapter)