I am the cook, but I am Li Er's son-in-law

The smell of stinky mandarin fish is not as strong as that from the large intestine.

Before it was served on the dinner table, Li Yuan was a little surprised when he saw it. Although the color was a kind of brown-orange, not so bright, it didn't seem as scary as he thought?
But when the dish fell on the table, a foul smell came over, hidden in the aroma of the dish, sneaked into the nose.

This made both Li Yuan and Li Jing frown.

The people at the two tables next door couldn't help but turn their heads to look sideways. This smell... delicate and moist.

"The dish still lives up to its name." Li Jing looked a little complicated. He picked up his chopsticks and looked at the other two dishes, but he felt a little uncomfortable. "This taste is really... better than that of the large intestine."

He is not going to eat it.

Originally, he didn't plan to order this dish. If Li Yuan hadn't forced the decision, this dish would never have appeared on their dinner table.

With a bitter face, Li Yuan picked up his chopsticks.

This was decided by him, no matter what, he must eat this dish.

This thing... is completely different from the large intestine.The large intestine smells bad when it is processed, but after it becomes a dish, it doesn't have such a strong smell.

But this dish, it still stinks on the table.

"Don't Da Lang eat it?" Li Jing withdrew half of his body slightly, looking at the dish cautiously with cat eyes.

Li Yuan glared at him, as a courtier, shouldn't he show his loyalty at this time, in order to prevent any problems with this dish, let's take the lead in trying it?
But Li Jing didn't have this consciousness at all.

I have retired and returned to my hometown, and I still want to bring myself into the status of a courtier?Besides... you used to be the emperor, but you are not now.You are now an old man Li with extremely bad luck.

Li Yuan held the chopsticks and put them down tremblingly. It was hard for him to imagine... how rotten the meat would be in something that emitted such a foul smell.

How could the store bring out this kind of dish.

But when the chopsticks touched the fish, it didn't feel soft as imagined, but unexpectedly elastic.

Li Yuan's eyes lit up, he removed the minced meat and chili on top, peeled off the skin of the fish to reveal the meat inside.

It was pink and tender, with a crystal luster.

With a little more force, the fish was smashed apart, like garlic cloves, and there was no sign of rot as Li Yuan thought, but this was the proof that could only be seen from the top of the fresh fish.

Picking up a piece, Li Yuan stuffed it into his mouth.

Yes, there is still some smell, but after entering the mouth, the smell dissipates a lot. After chewing, the fish meat is not very delicious, but there is an indescribable flavor.

This smell is dusty.

It reminded Li Yuan of the days when he was marching, the journey, the sunset, but after a bite, something seemed to have fallen in his heart, and he became heavy and at ease.

But before savoring the taste carefully, the meat in his mouth has already melted into it.

Li Yuan couldn't hold back, and took another piece of meat with his chopsticks.

Li Jing was dumbfounded watching from the sidelines, this... getting older, did Li Yuan finally awaken some strange habit, like Cheng Yaojin, he became interested in such stinky things?

But... this is different from the large intestine.

There is no way to avoid the smell of the large intestine, it is for that thing, the store can develop this thing, and it can be so delicious, which has surprised them.

But now... Li Jing doesn't believe that there are any fish that are naturally smelly.

It could only be made to smell so bad on purpose.

It's not surprising that the shopkeeper did this kind of thing. Anyway, the shopkeeper can do such wicked things, but people who still have this kind of interest in such evil tastes are not normal.

"Can you eat it?" Li Jing moved a little further away.

Li Yuan nodded and smiled brightly: "Of course it is edible, pharmacist, you should try it too, the taste of this dish is really beyond imagination."

"Really?" Li Jing didn't believe it.

Li Yuan clapped his hands and frowned: "I can still lie to you."

Although Li Jing didn't nod his head, he still showed such a look.

Li Yuan's face froze, and he waved his hand unnaturally: "At least I didn't lie to you this time."

Li Jing raised his eyebrows, he was naturally skeptical of Li Yuan's words, but...Since Li Yuan said so, he naturally chose to believe it.

Sit back a little, picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of fish, frowned, took a deep breath, held his breath, and stuffed the fish into his mouth.

When the tip of his tongue touched the soft and tender meat, Li Jing let out a cry of surprise, and then savored it carefully, the taste of traveling in a foreign country came out instantly.

"This dish..." Li Jing was a little surprised, the taste of this dish was much more complicated than its appearance.

Even... I can't even think of such a dish, and the taste that can be tasted in it is actually like this.

"The store owner is really amazing." Li Yuan sighed.

The two sipped their drinks, chatting about the past while savoring the dish.

Wait for Yin Xuan to come out of the kitchen.

Holding the bowl, Li Yuan sat down beside Yin Xuan, and asked, "Shopkeeper, how did you come up with such a dish?"

Yin Xuan glanced at him, waved his hand, and explained: "I heard a rumor before, saying that...Huizhou has less land and more people, so most people leave their hometowns to go out and work hard."

Li Yuan nodded, he had also heard such words.

Yin Xuan went on to say: "There are fishmongers who go out in Tongling, Guichi and other places, and they want to sell mandarin fish from those places to their families."

"However, there are many mountains in Huizhou, and the road here is difficult and dangerous. It will take five or six, seven or eight days to transport it to Jixi and other places, and the fish cannot be left to stink, so I thought of a way."

"Sprinkle a layer of salt on the fish, and when it reaches Jixi and other places, the gills of the fish are still red, the scales of the fish do not fall off, and the flesh of the fish does not rot, but there is a bad smell."

"I tried it out of curiosity, and it really is!"

"I also wanted to taste the difference between mandarin fish preserved in this way and ordinary mandarin fish, so I came up with this dish."

The origin of the dish of stinky mandarin fish is indeed like this, but Yin Xuan can't say that this is the custom of Huizhou itself, he can only pretend to do something he has heard.

Li Jing was a little emotional: "No wonder I can taste the taste of marching thousands of miles. It turns out that there is such a background, which is not a loss."

After hearing these stories, Li Yuan liked this dish more and more.

Who can resist dishes with stories?
The two of them looked at each other. They had always been interested in watching the excitement of the previous four cuisines, but now they are determined to be Huipai.