Daming Junior Scholar

Chapter 1004 Unique Dishes

Chapter 1004 Unique Dishes

Even Chen Yueying and others couldn't resist the charm of mahjong, let alone a person like Queen Mother Zhang who lived in the deep palace for a long time. After listening to Su Yunya explaining some rules, she happily sat down on her seat and started to touch the mahjong. Mahjong started.

Ordinary mahjong tiles seemed to be full of magic in Queen Mother Zhang's eyes. When she caught a good tile, she would laugh uncontrollably. In the end, Su Yunya reminded her that she would When revealing her intentions, Empress Dowager Zhang restrained herself a lot, with an unfathomable look on her face, but her heart burst into laughter.

I never thought about it, but an occasional idea would get such a big reward. While playing mahjong, Queen Mother Zhang couldn't help asking curiously: "By the way, who made this mahjong? Why is Aijia never Never heard of it?"

Chen Yueying, who was sitting at the head of Empress Dowager Zhang, couldn't help laughing and said: "I don't know, Empress Dowager, I'm afraid there is only one set of mahjong in the whole world. This is what my husband and wife made when he saw that our sisters were too leisurely all day long. I made a few copies, but the production process was too troublesome, so I didn’t make any more, and there is only one copy in the whole world.”

"So that's how it is." Empress Dowager Zhang nodded slowly, but she had another idea in her mind. Since He Jia'an can do it, he probably wouldn't refuse if he asked. It's just that I don't want to take a set of mahjong from him for nothing. I couldn't help but glance at Xiang'er who was standing on the side watching the excitement, and secretly made up my mind.

As long as you are on the mahjong table, time becomes something that is ignored by everyone. It was not until Eunuch Wan came over in a hurry that Empress Dowager Zhang realized that it was time to eat. She couldn't help laughing: "This mahjong It is indeed a good thing, with you guys, Aijia feels much younger."

Seeing Queen Mother Zhang's high interest, Chen Yueying pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Since the Queen Mother also thinks this mahjong is good, when I see Jia'an later, let him engrave another mahjong for you."

"Will it be too troublesome?" Queen Mother Zhang pretended to be worried.

"Hehe." Su Yunya smiled from the side: "If it was someone else, he would be too lazy to move, but if it was the Queen Mother, he would dare to be disobedient."

This made Empress Dowager Zhang very happy in her heart, she nodded repeatedly and said: "In that case, the Ai family will thank you both first."

"We are all a family, thank you for nothing." Su Yunya led the Queen Mother Zhang out, and at the same time told her about the material used in this mahjong. The heavy stone and the good wood feel are the most rare and precious. The one with the ivory is the ivory one, but it's a pity that there are not so many ivory in the He Mansion, otherwise it would definitely make one.

How can Su Yunya's little thought be hidden from Queen Mother Zhang, I like Su Yunya's tricks from time to time, obviously she doesn't lack this thing, but she has to put on a philistine expression.

"Okay, okay, there are still some ivory in the palace, you can get some some other day, and I will give you a copy, this time it will be fine."

With a triumphant expression on Su Yunya's face, she accompanied Queen Mother Zhang straight to the dining room of He Mansion with a smile.

The dining room of the He family is a bit different from that of ordinary people. He Jiaan has packaged it as a place similar to a bar in later generations. There are all kinds of decorations on one wall, and even the exquisite dishes are covered by He Jiaan. It is placed on a wooden stand, and a row of porcelain wine cups are placed on the bottom layer. When you look closer, there are various wine names written on it. It seems that these wine glasses should be filled with these wines that have been searched from all over the place. .

These were enough to surprise Queen Mother Zhang, but what made her even more curious was the table that the He family used to eat, which seemed to be as long as two or three feet long. What surprised Queen Mother Zhang was not how big the table was. It's big, but this table looks like a part of a big tree without any processing, even the bark is still on it, but it's just a layer of clear oil on the outside.

Looking at this table, Queen Mother Zhang couldn't help but said: "This table is made very special."

"If the Empress Dowager likes it, I will also send one to the palace some other day." Su Yunya immediately answered.

"Forget it, I'm used to the one from Ai's family. I'm afraid I'm not used to it when I'm not used to it. Well, Ai's family is also hungry. Let He Jia'an serve the food quickly."

After finishing speaking, Empress Dowager Zhang sat down on the front seat, and after a pause, she noticed that none of the women around her dared to sit down, so she just smiled, waved her hand lightly and said, "Everyone sit down." Next, didn't Yunya say that we are all a family, so why not be polite, you just treat me as the ancestor of the family."

Whoever has such an old ancestor in his family is really rich, and all the girls couldn't help but smile. At this moment, a strong fragrance suddenly penetrated into the nose of Queen Mother Zhang. "Yunya, what's the smell?"

Su Yunya is naturally very familiar with this smell, and said with a smile: "Queen Mother, this is the roast duck that my husband-in-law specially cooked for you."

"Roast duck?" Queen Mother Zhang shook her head after hearing this and said, "It's not that the Ai family has never eaten roast duck. How could it have such a taste? No, it must be wrong."

Does Su Yunya have the nerve to say that what the palace eats is called roast duck?The roasted duck needs to be eaten warm. The ones served in the palace are served warm. Naturally, they do not have the aroma of freshly roasted ducks. He smiled and said, "Don't worry, the Queen Mother, I'll see you soon."

While speaking, He Jia'an had already walked in with a wooden board, besides a sauce-colored roast duck, there was actually a gleaming knife on the wooden board.

Generally speaking, no matter whether it is in front of the emperor or the queen mother, outsiders are not allowed to carry such sharp weapons. I am afraid that someone will use a sharp weapon to assassinate the queen mother. The father-in-law also agreed, but when He Jiaan brought the roast duck, several eunuchs secretly leaned beside the queen mother, for fear that He Jiaan would violently hurt others.

But fortunately, He Jiaan did not come near the Queen Mother, but stopped at the other end of the table, looked at the Queen Mother from afar and smiled and said: "I don't know what to cook in a hurry, this rich roast duck is delicious. Xiaochen is good at dishes, and today I made a copy for the Queen Mother to taste."

Fugui Roast Duck?

The name is quite auspicious, and you can smell a good smell from a distance, but why is the roast duck served whole, and what is the use of these dishes in front of you?

Just when Queen Mother Zhang was puzzled, He Jiaan had already picked up the sharp knife, and moved the tip of the knife lightly. Soon, a piece of duck meat was sliced ​​off and placed on a plate beside him. , the duck meat on the plate gradually increased, and after a while, all the duck meat that could be removed from the roast duck was peeled off, and after the skeleton was removed, He Jiaan put the duck meat on the table. In front of the Queen Mother.

The duck meat was indeed very different from what she ate in the palace. Empress Dowager Zhang couldn't help but took a deep breath, but suddenly cast a cold glance at that Eunuch Wan, and the content in her eyes made Eunuch Wan feel anxious. Suddenly, it seemed that after going back, I felt better.

He Jiaan said again at this time: "This Fugui Roast Duck is very different from the method used in the palace. What you eat is hot and elegant. Hurry up and wrap a piece for the Queen Mother."

Su Yunya on the side quickly got up with a smile, picked up a piece of lotus leaf cake, dipped it in sauce, added some side dishes, and finally put a piece of duck meat on top, handed it to the Queen Mother's mouth and said: "Please try it, Queen Mother." Try the unique dishes of our He family."

Chapter 1005

Chapter 1005

Crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, fat but not greasy, it tastes delicious when wrapped in scallion white and dipped in sweet sauce.

A piece of roast duck was quickly swallowed. Empress Dowager Zhang's eyes fell on the roast duck in front of her, but she suddenly let out a faint sigh.

"What's the matter, Queen Mother, is it not delicious?" Su Yunya couldn't help being stunned for a moment, stretched out her nose and smelled the aroma of roast duck, but she didn't feel any different taste from the usual roast duck.

"It's not that it's not delicious, it's really delicious." Only then did Empress Dowager Zhang open her mouth quietly.

Only then did Su Yunya breathe a sigh of relief, she thought that He Jiaan's roast duck hadn't been cooked well today, and she lost her craftsmanship, since the queen mother said it was delicious, she quickly wrapped another one and handed it to the queen mother, laughing Said: "If the queen mother agrees, then eat more, and there will be spicy duck bone soup later, which is the most greasy."

With the roast duck first, Empress Dowager Zhang was naturally full of expectations for the next duck bone soup. After eating four pieces of duck meat in a row, Empress Dowager Zhang stopped and smiled at Su Yunya: "Enough, I have already eaten A lot."

"It's only four yuan. I can almost eat all of these normally." Su Yunya also knows the appetite of Queen Mother Zhang. The usual dishes only use a chopstick. This time, she ate four pieces of duck meat, which is already It gave the He family a lot of face.

Listening to Su Yunya's self-deprecating words, Empress Dowager Zhang couldn't help laughing and said: "You are only so old, it's time to be greedy, when you reach my age, you will know what to eat and what not to eat. "

"The queen mother is still young, what can't be eaten, why don't we make vegetable rolls at night, it's also very delicious."

Su Yunya's coquettish look made the Empress Dowager Zhang's smile even stronger, and she patted her on the head lightly, just as someone came in with a big porcelain bowl from outside, put it on the table, and opened the lid on it , A fresh and spicy taste got into Queen Mother Zhang's nose.

With the roast duck first, Empress Dowager Zhang felt that she should not be surprised anymore, but when the smell got into her nose, she was stunned for a moment, why hadn't she smelled this spicy smell before?

Also, what is that red thing floating on top of the soup?

Su Yunya was quick, she had already filled a small bowl for Queen Mother Zhang, carefully brought it to Queen Mother Zhang, and then said as if offering a treasure: "Queen Mother, slow down, this soup has a spicy taste."

hot?

Empress Dowager Zhang is not very sensitive to this taste. It is not that she has never eaten spicy food in the palace. Most of them have some condiments such as dogwood, ginger or peppercorns. What is this red thing? I have never seen it myself.

Carefully filled a spoonful, blew it gently, and then sent it to my mouth when it was not too hot. When it entered my mouth with a fresh, spicy soup, Queen Mother Zhang’s His eyes widened immediately, he swallowed the soup carefully, looked at Su Yunya in surprise and asked, "What is added to this soup, why does it have a special spicy taste?"

The Empress Dowager's expression at this time was no different from when she ate chili for the first time. Su Yunya smiled and picked up a chili pepper and said: "Please look, Empress Dowager, this thing is called chili pepper. Don't underestimate it, Empress Dowager. Its spicy taste But it is far more than the cornel we used before, it is only mildly spicy, if the Queen Mother thinks it is not spicy, you can add more."

She usually eats lightly, but when she occasionally eats spicy food, Queen Mother Zhang can't stop it. This soup is different from duck meat, so drinking more can be more nourishing.

After drinking two bowls of spicy duck bone soup, a thin layer of sweat formed on the forehead of Queen Mother Zhang, and she couldn't help but sighed: "The Ai family only heard that He Qing was like this in the palace. You have a great reputation, but you didn't expect to do other things, He Qing is also so good, it seems that a small county magistrate really wronged you."

Hearing what Empress Dowager Zhang meant, it was clear that she meant to promote He Jiaan, but He Jiaan smiled wryly, "It's just some heresy, and he doesn't see the big world. Jia'an claims that he has no great skills, so he can only do these trivial things. As for this official position, Jiaan feels that it has nothing to do with the adults, but whether it can uphold justice for the people."

This is so right that Empress Dowager Zhang couldn't be more satisfied. Although I have lived in the deep palace for a long time, I have seen many people who change their ways to seek officials. There is no one like He Jiaan. I have already mentioned it. In the beginning, as long as he followed his own words and climbed a few more steps, he would be promoted.

Who would have thought that with such a good opportunity, he was actually pretending to be crazy and foolish, and he had no intention of being promoted at all. What's even more weird was that when he said this, the wives and concubines around him didn't feel sorry for them, and they looked like they had no desires or desires.

This family is really weird, no wonder even a picky woman like Su Yunya is willing to marry the He family as a concubine. Listening to the conversation between her and Chen Yueying, it seems very intimate.