Dali Temple Small Dining Room

  Chapter 351 Ground Pot Chicken (2)

  Wen Mingtang was startled by the sudden sound, the dough in his hand trembled, he lost it, and threw it on the table beside him.

  Looking up at the passers-by, Lin Fei, who suddenly spoke in that room, didn't realize it, and continued to ask, "Is this the evening meal today? What are you doing?"

   "Floor Pot Chicken." Wen Mingtang looked at him and replied, "This is a cake stuck to the wall of the pot."

Lin Fei nodded when he heard the words, and walked in around the table. After saying hello to Zhao You who greeted him, he picked up the misplaced facial mask, threw it into the clear water, and glanced back. Turning to the clay stove that Wen Mingtang had prepared, he said, "Bring the pot to this clay stove later? Cook while eating?"

  Wen Mingtang let out a "hmm", collected himself, calmed down, looked at Lin Fei, and asked, "Why is Lin Shaoqing here? It's a new year, and the house will have a New Year's dinner."

  He is not like her and Zhao You, he has nowhere to go, so why did he come to the public kitchen for the festival?

Lin Fei looked intently at the face powder sinking in the clear water, without moving his eyes away, but said in his mouth: "My grandfather's old friend is not feeling well. He invited the imperial doctor, so my grandfather went to visit his old friend and is not at home. My brother will be in the middle of next year. I'm about to get married, and the two families have to move around. Today's banquet is more important than food, and I don't like it. Besides, the guests at home these days... must not be very happy to see me, so I came out and happened to let my mother take care of me Take a break."

  Wen Mingtang: "..."

Although Lin Fei said it lightly, with a simple sentence, but listening to the meaning of that sentence, one can know that these days, Lin Fei's actions probably caused a headache for Madam Hou, who was sandwiched between Madam Lu and Lin Fei. up.

It's not surprising that Lord Jingguo visited his old friend who was unwell, but it was Prince Jingyun's kindness. Wen Mingtang thought for a while, and couldn't help asking Lin Fei: "Lin Shaoqing, it's always your elder brother and future brother-in-law. No, will it be not good to look at the world's sophistication?"

Lin Fei took a bite of the crispy rice cake that Zhao You handed over, chewing the soft and silky crispy rice cake, and said slowly: "On the surface, my father and brother must say something. I don't know how to deal with people. , I am afraid that I am more satisfied with my sensibleness."

  The ground pot chicken noodles need to be soaked in clear water for a while before sticking to the pot wall. Wen Mingtang took a break with his hands free, and looked at Lin Fei.

Lin Fei didn't seem to think that she and Zhao You were outsiders at all, and continued to speak lightly: "Although I work in the Yamen of Dali Temple, I will not conflict with my brother's future succession, but I have a close relationship with Your Majesty. I understand very well. It’s not good to be sophisticated and slick.”

  Even though the relationship with his elder brother is still harmonious, there are some things that Lin Fei does not understand.

  Wen Mingtang also understood: that Lin Shizi is not bad in terms of means, but...he is not so outstanding in the crowd. Such things as titles... In short, human nature cannot stand the test.

  After understanding it, Wen Mingtang didn't say any more, but raised his hand and lifted the lid of the pot beside him. Seeing that the ground pot chicken inside was almost ready, he picked up the thick cloth and brought the pot to the clay stove through the thick cloth. The low-leg clay stove is placed in the middle of the food table. It is the main course today. Wen Mingtang brought over a thousand sheets of tomatoes sprinkled with a layer of fine sugar, neatly mixed with scallion oil, and turned around to see that it had already been processed. Put the chicken offal into the pot and make a stir-fried chicken offal.

  The soup is the fermented wolfberry soup prepared. It tastes alcoholic but not intoxicating. It is warm and sweet, with a unique aroma of fermented glutinous rice. Wen Mingtang likes it the most.

After Lin Fei and Zhao You sat down, Wen Mingtang walked over with the pot of "clear water noodles", lifted the lid of the pot, looked at the "slowly" bubbling soup, Wen Mingtang took out the noodles Cakes, pinched with hands, shaped into pancakes, and stuck to the wall of the pot with a "snap".

   This method is really novel, both Lin Fei and Zhao You's eyes fell on the ground pot chicken in the middle of the pot, watching Wen Mingtang paste the pancakes along the pot wall with great interest.

  When Wen Mingtang finished posting halfway, Lin Fei said: "I've cleaned my hands, can you let me try?"

  Looking at the novelty, everyone wants to try it, and this book is not difficult. Wen Mingtang smiled, said a few things to pay attention to, pushed the pot of "clear water noodles" in front of Lin Fei, let Lin Fei post it himself, and went to serve the wine-stuffed wolfberry soup.

  By the time Wen Mingtang came back with the soup, Lin Fei had already finished posting the remaining cakes, and he was looking up at her with a clear questioning expression in his eyes.

Wen Mingtang glanced at the cakes pasted on the wall of the pot, nodded and said "Not bad", from the corner of his eyes, he caught a glimpse of the corners of Lin Fei's lips, but because the movement was too fast, he disappeared in a blink of an eye. Is she wrong.

   Shaking his head, he didn't get entangled in such trivial matters. Wen Mingtang poured the sweet soup made with wine for the two of them, and then replaced the wine with the soup.

  But before moving his chopsticks, Wen Mingtang asked Lin Fei, "Can Lin Shaoqing share the food?"

  Da Rong still has the rules of sharing food, but it is not forced, it all depends on personal preference. The public chef didn't talk about it, and scored points regardless of division. First, Yu Jijiu invited him to cook a banquet, and Wen Mingtang prepared the dishes according to the rules of sharing food, one serving for each case. Later, when I went to the Hou Mansion, serving as the sous chef for Master Xing was considered a small banquet in the Hou Mansion. After all, only Mrs. Hou and Lin Fei were there, but it was probably because when they were in Sichuan and Shu, Mrs. Hou and Mrs. Lu did not share the rules when they got along. Even Madam Hou didn't ask them to share food and prepare dishes.

   This ground pot chicken, because there were only two diners, Zhao Youtong and himself, Wen Mingtang only prepared serving chopsticks, and did not plan to share the food. Now that Lin Fei is here, Wen Mingtang is really a little uncertain.

  Lin Fei shook his head, picked up the serving chopsticks, and said, "Just use this, and the fun of sharing the ground pot chicken will be gone."

  Wen Mingtang nodded "Oh" and started to move his chopsticks.

The ground pot chicken with the pancake was still simmering for a while, and then I ate a few dishes next to the chopsticks: the aroma of thousands of soybeans and the unique aroma of scallion oil complement each other, refreshing and delicious; the stir-fried chicken offal is obviously still here The other products in the stewed ground pot chicken, chicken gizzards, chicken intestines, chicken hearts and other pickles that are not used by others on weekdays have been completely removed from the fishy smell. It was hot, sour and delicious, quite appetizing, which suited the appetites of Wen Mingtang and Lin Fei, both of them ate a lot.

   Zhao You, who is not good at eating spicy food, likes it but dare not eat too much, so he simply stretched his chopsticks towards the tomato mixed with sugar.

  The tomatoes mixed with sugar, which were prepared earlier, have already begun to produce juice. The melted sugar water is immersed in the sweet and sour juice of the tomatoes. I think Wen Mingtang's original intention was to use this dish as an after-dinner meal. But the refreshing taste of sweet and sour appetizers caught Zhao Yousheng halfway. He didn't stop until the ground pot chicken was boiled and opened the lid, and turned to look at the stewed ground pot chicken.

Half of the pancakes that had been attached to the pan wall were completely soaked in the soup at this time, and the other half affixed to the pan wall was slightly lifted away from the pan wall like the usual baked pancakes. Quite interesting.

  In the dense mist, the soup was bubbling "gulu gulu", and the tempting aroma permeated from the black iron pot. The three moved their chopsticks one after another, reaching for the chicken nuggets and pancakes in the pot.

  The color of the chicken nuggets has been dyed the same color by the thick brown sauce. The viscous sauce is wrapped around the chicken nuggets, glowing with a seductive oily sheen. It is sent to the lips and blown into the mouth. After the entrance, the taste is salty, fresh and fragrant, because it has been stewed for enough time, and the bones can be easily separated with a sip.

  The taste of this chicken is impeccable, and the pancakes taken from the wall of the pot are the soul of it. The half that is close to the wall of the pot is slightly burnt at the entrance, but it is different from ordinary rice cookers, because Wen Mingtang picked the right time when he opened the lid, and the other side that is not close to the wall of the pot is still soft. The rice crust is softer, and it is burnt harder than ordinary noodles, giving it a special taste.

  The half of the noodle cake soaked in the soup has absorbed enough of the soup. The noodle cake smells mixed with the aroma of chicken and sauce.

  It is amazing that the same piece of bread can taste two completely different textures.

Zhao You ate hard, obviously a qualified eater, but Wen Mingtang and Lin Fei were halfway through eating, and when they felt a little full in their stomachs, they slowed down the movements of their hands by coincidence, and sipped the warm fermented glutinous rice soup , started chatting.

   It was Lin Fei who said at the beginning: "Is there any harvest today?"

  Already guessed that she would go wandering around Shengyefang today, and Wen Mingtang didn't intend to hide it from Lin Fei, after all, it's best to handle Wen Xuance's affairs openly.

  Whether it is the enemy left behind by Wen Xuance or the inexplicable Princess Liyang, compared to her opponent, she is now an out-and-out "weak".

  For the "weak", doing privately is equivalent to putting one's life on the mercy of the enemy, and business is always the best choice.

  So when Lin Fei opened his mouth, Wen Mingtang nodded and said, "There were a lot of people when we went, so I went to eat a bowl of noodles at the back, and found something interesting." Then he told what he saw and heard in the noodle shop.

  After hearing this, Lin Fei said: "The couple who opened the noodle shop, Xu Tong, didn't deal with the Liyang Prince's Mansion either. It's a bit deliberate to say this in front of so many people."

Wen Mingtang gave a "hmm" and said, "I think so too. I don't know who they are, but I just feel that this couple seems to be deliberately spreading the word that the servant girl sneaks out of the back door every day at that time. In this way, the palace, which has not suppressed all the things in the first place, may be even more confused."

  As for what the palace wanted to suppress, Ji Caimai and the diners who ate noodles knew it, and Lin Fei naturally knew it.

"It was said by Jiang Chengzu in the prison who wanted to protect himself," Lin Fei said, raising his eyes to Wen Mingtang, and said, "The beauty lamp case involved a lot, and after it was handed over to Mr. Those who should be convicted are convicted, and those who are not guilty are released. Jiang Chengzu himself cannot escape the death penalty. But in order to survive, he actually revealed a shocking secret."

Speaking of this, Lin Fei stopped and looked at Wen Mingtang: "This matter... If I didn't know that it had nothing to do with you, I would have thought it was you who did it." Before the girl could speak, he said again, "Because this is the most beneficial thing for your Wen family!"

  (end of this chapter)