Pawn Crossing the River

Biyou Palace is very large, so naturally the three of them will not dine in Tianshi's study, but have their own special hall.

Qi Xuansu saw several female crowns from Biyou Palace floating into the restaurant like clouds, holding various cups and plates and placing them one by one on a round table.

In fact, this is a typical ancient ritual meal-sharing system, but with Zhang Yuelu’s craftsmanship, it is unlikely that one person can serve one portion. In Qi Xuansu’s view, Zhang Yuelu’s cooking is like throwing dice, it is completely random. It is very likely that three people will have three flavors. . Therefore, the Taoist priests of Biyou Palace had to temporarily arrange a round table.

However, this round table is still a bit big, and the various cups and plates only occupy a corner of the huge round table. Fortunately, there are only three people dining.

After washing his hands, the Heavenly Master naturally took the main seat, with Qi Xuansu sitting on his left and Zhang Yuelu sitting on his right, enjoying themselves.

The Heavenly Master waved his hand to the female crowns standing around: "Yue Lu has not done much, so I won't keep you with me."

Because the Celestial Master is usually very kind to the people around him, these female crowns are not very frightened and turn around and leave with a smile.

It was precisely because of the Tianshi's kindness and kindness that Qi Xuansu's nervousness was greatly relieved.

But Zhang Yuelu's craftsmanship gave Qi Xuansu an ominous premonition.

Zhang Yuelu stood up and served food to the two of them.

It looks like rice, but mixed with some lotus seeds, red dates, and longan.

Qi Xuansu asked without changing his expression: "What is this?"

"Lotus seed soup." Zhang Yuelu said matter-of-factly.

The Heavenly Master's eyebrows moved slightly, but he didn't speak.

Qi Xuansu was silent for a moment and said slowly: "I thought it was a new type of lotus seed cake."

"What do you mean?" Zhang Yuelu raised an eyebrow.

Qi Xuansu said bluntly: "There is not enough water."

The Heavenly Master picked up the bowl and said with a smile: "Lotus seed cake is also good. You must have a staple food when eating."

Zhang Yuelu corrected again: "Soup."

The old man and the young man nodded and stopped arguing.

Qi Xuansu took a bite. At least it was sweet, not salty, which was good.

Zhang Yuelu took another glass cup and did not open it in a hurry: "Tianyuan, don't use your magical powers to cheat. Guess what kind of dish this is?"

Qi Xuansu twitched his nose: "It smells of river fresh food and the aroma of rice wine. It can't be drunk shrimp, right?"

"Smart!" Zhang Yuelu opened the lid of the glass cup, and then he saw many river shrimps scrambling out of the glass cup, running for their lives with rice wine all over them.

Qi Xuansu clearly saw Tianshi's eyebrows moving again.

Because the dish of Drunken Shrimp consists of eating live shrimps, and the glass cup is opaque, Zhang Yuelu did not expect such a sight, and was immediately in a hurry.

Qi Xuansu had no choice but to help catch the shrimps. At the same time, he secretly cursed in his heart. His vision was quite high. He could just stir-fry some vegetables, but he wanted to play tricks. He must have messed up.

The two heavenly beings took action together, and naturally a few river shrimps could not escape the sky net. They were quickly stuffed back into the glass cup, but this drunken shrimp was inedible.

Qi Xuansu sighed: "Let the shrimp get drunk for a while longer."

Tianshi, who had already picked up the chopsticks, smiled lightly and said: "It's the first time I've made it like this. It's pretty good. Just be careful about your alcohol intake next time. What else?"

Zhang Yuelu glanced at Qi Xuansu and pulled out another plate: "Clear water cabbage."

Before Qi Xuansu could speak, Tianshi, who had eaten it before, couldn't help but said: "This dish is not easy to make. It must first be cooked with ham, chicken and duck meat in water for twelve hours, and then minced with lean meat. The mud is placed in the pot to absorb impurities, and this process is repeated until only a bowl of clear soup is left. Divide the bowl of clear soup into two parts, one part is used to steam the cabbage, and the other part is poured on the steamed cabbage. This is the process. It takes at least two days and two nights, Yuelu, how did you do it in such a short time?”

Zhang Yuelu said in surprise: "You still want to make soup?"

She didn't have much time, so she just looked at the name and thought it was boiled cabbage.

"It turns out it's a new method." The Heavenly Master was very happy.

Qi Xuansu stretched out his chopsticks to pick up a small cabbage: "It's really pure water, pure and white, without any fishy taste, and there's not even any salt."

Zhang Yuelu glanced at Qi Xuansu again.

Qi Xuan put the cabbage on the lotus seed cake without changing his expression: "It goes well with white rice."

In fact, with Zhang Yuelu's swordsmanship, sword skills are not difficult at all. Even if he cannot carve flowers, it is not far behind. The so-called color, aroma and taste, the word "color" is actually quite good. Zhang Yuelu will not do the thing of using salt as sugar. The only bad thing is the word "self-study". Zhang Yuelu doesn't have much time, so he can't If you focus on this, you can only read a few pages of recipes in your free time, without asking for a thorough explanation, and just take it for granted, which will naturally lead to disaster.

Zhang Yuelu was too lazy to correct him anymore, and even said, "I learned this dish from a story book."

Qi Xuansu secretly shouted in his heart.

I haven't learned to walk yet, so I want to run away. How much do you despise cooking? Although it can't be said to be close to the Tao, it can't be done in three or two days. Fortunately, Zhang Yuelu is not arrogant enough to create his own dishes.

Zhang Yuelu introduced: "The main ingredients of this dish are tofu and ham. First cut a ham open, dig twenty-four round holes, cut the tofu into twenty-four small balls and put them into the holes respectively. Tie the ham and steam it. When it is cooked, all the flavor of the ham has been absorbed into the tofu, but the ham is left out. This steamed tofu also has an interesting name, called 'Twenty-Four Bridges on a Moonlight Night'."

Qi Xuansu complained: "If you dig thirty-six round holes and put thirty-six tofu balls, will it be called 'Thirty-Six Tiangang Ginseng Beidou'?"

The Heavenly Master smiled and still cheered: "The tender tofu will rot when you touch it. If Yuelu didn't have the cultivation of heaven and humans, how could he cut it into twenty-four small balls? The precision and difficulty involved are no less than that of rice grains. Carving words and carving the core into a boat would be easy if cut into squares. How could there be a square-shaped moon in the world? There are so few, so this dish is extremely rare.”

The Heavenly Master said this, and Qi Xuansu could only nod in agreement.

However, in Qi Xuansu's opinion, the appearance of this dish is pretty good, but the taste is hard to say. Originally, Qi Xuansu had high hopes for this dish. After all, ham would not be unpalatable no matter how much it was cooked. However, the delicacy in this book was "the ham was discarded and not eaten." If you eat tofu, then Qi Xuansu will be very pessimistic.

Qi Xuansu looked at Tianshi again and found that Tianshi had no intention of moving his chopsticks. He could only take the initiative to stretch out his chopsticks, pick up a tofu ball, and put it into his mouth.

Then Qi Xuansu didn't speak for a long time.

He had to admit that this was Zhang Yuelu's most successful dish, but the story in the storybook should not be taken seriously after all. The tofu was delicious, but it was salty, and even the saltiness had overwhelmed the taste of ham, leaving only It tastes so salty and bitter.

Zhang Yuelu looked at Qi Xuansu expectantly: "How is it?"

Qi Xuansu swallowed the tofu in his mouth without changing his expression, nodded and said: "Very good, you can try it yourself."

Zhang Yuelu is such a smart person. How could he be fooled? He waved his hand and said: "This is made for you. I won't be late to eat it after you finish it. Since you think it's good, eat more."

Qi Xuansu never expected that he would be defeated by Zhang Yuelu, otherwise he would end up harming himself by harming others, so he could only eat a few more tofu balls.

To be honest, it's almost like eating salt.

But Qi Xuansu still had to pretend as if nothing had happened, which was really a big chore.

Zhang Yuelu smiled and said: "Since you like to eat, then this 'Twenty-Four Bridges on a Bright Moon Night' is yours."

Qi Xuansu swallowed a tofu ball and said sternly: "How can this be done? Even the Heavenly Master has never tasted it..."

Before he could finish his words, the Heavenly Master said: "As we get older, we don't like these new tricks. I think this lotus seed cake is good."

Qi Xuansu took a deep breath.

He knew that the Heavenly Master was an elder, so he could eat if he wanted to, and if he didn't want to eat, he wouldn't. In the end, it would have to fall on his head.

Qi Xuansu could only say: "There is one last dish, it's not too late to eat after seeing it."

Zhang Yuelu is quite self-aware. He already knows what level he is from the results of the previous few dishes, so the last dish is already a broken pot: "Four dishes and one soup, and the last one is pearl emerald white jade soup."

Qi Xuansu's expression suddenly changed.

The Heavenly Master said with great interest: "This name is indeed rich and majestic."

The Celestial Master is an immortal, but even an immortal cannot know everything about the world. What’s more, the Celestial Master has already gone away from grains as early as twenty years old. He only eats occasionally, usually once a year, such as the annual Laba porridge. Naturally, he will not pay attention to what he eats. Heart.

But Qi Xuansu was different. Wufu didn't pay attention to fasting. Moreover, he was born in poverty and knew the sufferings of the world. Naturally, he also knew what the so-called "Pearl Jade White Jade Soup" was. It also had a name, mixed leftover vegetable soup.

To put it bluntly, cabbage and spinach leaves are "jade", tofu is "white jade", and crispy rice grains are "pearls". The soup made from these few things is just like making flowers, not to mention Zhang Yuelu Can't make flowers yet.

Zhang Yuelu opened the lid and saw two colors: green and white. The appearance was unsatisfactory. As for the taste, it was something poor people ate, so naturally it wasn't much better.

Tianshi is an old man, and he can tell what is going on just by looking at it: "The second virtue of Taishang Taozu is frugality. This dish, as well as the previous 'Clear Water Cabbage', corresponds to the virtue of frugality, okay, Very good. Xuan Su, this is Yue Lu’s heart, don’t waste it.”

Zhang Yuelu served Qi Xuansu a bowl very cooperatively: "Tianyuan, you are a martial artist and have a big appetite. You just said that cabbage goes well with white rice, and you also like 'Twenty-Four Bridges on a Moonlit Night', so 'Clear Water Cabbage', 'Twenty-Four Bridges' "The Bridge on a Moonlit Night" and "Pearl, Jade and White Jade Soup" are all yours."

Qi Xuansu forced a smile: "That's great."

The Heavenly Master ate a bowl of lotus seed cake, then stood up and left the table, leaving a table of delicious food for Qi Xuansu.

Zhang Yuelu held his chin in his hands and watched Qi Xuansu eating intently.

Qi Xuansu sighed, how could he bear to refuse Zhang Yuelu's "kindness"?