Dali Temple Small Dining Room

  Chapter 6 A Jar of Sauerkraut

  Chang'an City is still bustling at night, and there are endless customers in the restaurants and taverns on the roadside.

   But these... have nothing to do with Zhao Ji Restaurant.

   A few scattered diners in the lobby were absent-mindedly picking the vegetables in the bowls. After pulling for a long time, the vegetables didn't move much, but the small plate of sauerkraut that was given as a gift went down a lot.

   Zhao Dalang alone can entertain this few guests.

   Mrs. Liu gave Zhao Dalang a blank look, threw the rag back into his hand, and went into the kitchen. Not long after entering, she carried a large bag of things wrapped in oiled paper to the backyard.

  In the backyard, Zhao Lian was grooming the black dog Ah Mao with a brush. Seeing Mrs. Liu approaching, one person and one dog subconsciously stepped back.

   This action and reaction naturally fell into Liu Shi's eyes. Liu Shi, who had nothing to do with Zhao Lian, immediately glared at the black dog, Mao, and scolded something shameless.

  The black dog Amao lowered his head and whined a few times, causing Zhao Lian to feel distressed again, and couldn't help complaining to Liu Shi: "Mother, what are you doing?"

   Mrs. Liu opened the greased paper bag in her bosom, took out something from it, handed it to Zhao Lian, and said, "Go! Change her egg!"

  Zhao Lian looked at the egg in Liu's hand, which was not much bigger than a quail egg, and was speechless: "Mother, how could you do such a shameless thing?"

  She, Zhao Lian, is not a big lady who doesn't touch the spring water with her hands. She knows how to buy and cook vegetables on weekdays, and she often visits the market. It seems that the egg in Mrs. Liu's hand, which is not much bigger than a quail egg, is something bought in the market as an extra, and it is not worth much.

  The eggs that Sister Wen used to make fried noodles were almost the size of a palm, and they were the best in the market.

  Not to mention, in terms of size alone, two or three of Mrs. Liu's eggs are probably as big as one of Sister Wen's.

  Zhao Lian felt that Liu Shi would lose all face: I really don't know how her mother can always come up with such dirty things?

Mrs. Liu, who was "faceless and skinless" by Zhao Lian, slashed at her fiercely, stretched out her hand and grabbed Zhao Lian's ear, and did not let go until Zhao Lian cried out in pain. What is it? I really don’t know how expensive the rice is if I’m not in charge! How much does the restaurant earn a month? I don’t know what to do, should I ask you to think about that useless thing like daddy’s? "

  Zhao Lian: "..."

   "Then you can't do such a thing!" She blushed and said, "Even the eggs have to be exchanged, so how shameless it is to say it?"

Mrs. Liu sneered when she heard the words, rolled her eyes, and said, "Who said that egg is hers? An egg is an egg, so why not write the name?" The egg the size of a quail is said to belong to Wen Mingtang, so what can the girl film do with her?

  After Zhao Lian listened, she glanced at Mrs. Liu, and said in silence, "...you really wrote your name."

   After finishing speaking, he went back to the house and took an egg out of it.

  The palm-sized egg was placed next to Liu's quail eggs, which was even more eye-catching.

Mrs. Liu looked at the "^-^" painted on the big slap egg, her face was extremely ugly, and she cursed: "I really haven't seen such a person! You have to make a mark when you buy an egg, lest someone steal her Is the egg not working?"

  I don’t know why this inexplicable mark always looks like Wen Mingtang’s smiling face, looking at the egg as if mocking her.

  Zhao Lian heard the words, glanced at the quail eggs in Mrs. Liu's hand, and said, "Mother, are you still ashamed to say that? Didn't you just want to exchange sister Wen's eggs?"

   Haven't seen such a person yet... Aren't you such a person yourself?

   Mrs. Liu gave her a hard look, feeling aggrieved in her heart: Although she is a daughter who crawled out of her stomach, she doesn't know who she looks like with her sincere temperament.

Mrs. Liu, who couldn't change her eggs, looked at Wen Mingtang with an ugly expression. Seeing Wen Mingtang folded her arms, leaning against the door frame, and looking here in a leisurely way, she sneered: Liu Su'e, the only one in the neighborhood, has always taken advantage of others. Yes, today is really the first time that this girl was called to give the anti-general a film!

   Just wait and see! Mrs. Liu gave Wen Mingtang a hard look, then turned and left.

  …

  Early the next morning, after getting up and washing up, Wen Mingtang talked to Zhao Lian and went out.

   When it was time to eat breakfast, Mrs. Liu looked behind Zhao Lian with a large pot of watery porridge: "What about the empress Wen, the criminal officer?"

"Mother, what are you talking about?" Zhao Lian glanced at Liu Shi dissatisfiedly, and when she saw the pot of porridge she was carrying, she suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness, and she sighed , sat down, and said, "Sister Wen has gone out, people don't want to eat your breakfast!"

When she heard that Wen Mingtang had gone out and refused to eat her breakfast, Liu's face became even more ugly. She lowered her head and looked at the porridge boiled with water, her face turned green: "Why didn't you say it earlier, then Why did I make this pot of porridge?"

  She made this pot of porridge on purpose just to force that shrewd girl surnamed Wen to leave early! Who knows that people don't come to eat breakfast at all, what should I do? Who eats this big pot of porridge boiled with water?

  …

  Wen Mingtang didn't know that Mrs. Liu had come up with such a moth in the early morning, but he just went out of Zhaoji Restaurant to find a nearby breakfast stall for breakfast.

  After sitting down, the boss brought the breakfast.

   It’s not really a special breakfast food. Steamed dumplings are served with a bowl of clear mung bean porridge and a side dish.

  Wen Mingtang saw the side dish at a glance, and paused for a moment when his eyes fell on the side dish.

The boss brought the breakfast food and was about to leave seeing Wen Mingtang looking at the dish, so he introduced it: "This is sauerkraut, and it is delicious with porridge!" The boss pointed to the dish of sauerkraut and introduced, "I made it myself Yes, the taste is mostly similar to the sauerkraut in Zhao Ji restaurant!"

  The couple at Zhaoji restaurant were so poor at cooking, if it wasn't for this dish of sauerkraut, they would have closed the shop early.

  Nowadays, the old customers who occasionally go to Zhaoji Restaurant to eat are not in the picture, but this mouthful of pickled sauerkraut somehow. However, the couple was very greedy and refused to sell only sauerkraut. They also made a rule that they could only give it away and not sell it. Only when they ordered three big dishes could they get a plate of sauerkraut.

  This sour, salty, spicy food is really appetizing, but even with such a "signature", it made the couple's business worse and worse.

   Looking at the sauerkraut made with vinegar and salt brought by the boss, Wen Mingtang raised his eyebrows.

   She taught Zhao Sishan how to pickle pickled cabbage, and Zhao Sishan taught Zhao Dalang and his wife. Originally it was just an addition, but unexpectedly it was used by the couple.

"But although the taste is similar, they are different after all." The boss looked at the small dish of sauerkraut, sighed, and said quietly, "The couple at Zhaoji Restaurant looked at this sauerkraut recipe like eyeballs. Yes, some customers were curious at the beginning, and wanted to see how sauerkraut was made after entering the kitchen, but they almost told the two of them to the government, saying that his signature recipe was worth thousands of gold, and the guest stole it, at least Sentenced to ten or eight years!"

  Is that so? Wen Mingtang, who was holding up the porridge bowl, paused for a moment, thinking of the action of Mrs. Liu quietly holding a jar and stuffing it under her and Zhao Lian's bed when it was dawn, he couldn't help laughing.

  I've seen people who are tossing around, but it's really rare to see someone who can do it like Mrs. Liu!

   She suffered from her "lost battle" yesterday, and it's getting worse today!

  Wen Mingtang shook his head, Zhao Sishan really saw the right person, her brother and sister-in-law are really superb! I went to see Zhang Caimai in a while, so I had to find a place to move out quickly.

  As for Zhao Dalang and Liu's family... I think Zhao Sishan would be more willing to take care of it himself.

  (end of this chapter)