Chapter 39 Are those locusts enough for the officials to enjoy themselves?
Chapter 39
"Xian, Xian nephew, is it really that delicious?" County Magistrate Xu couldn't help but swallowed Xingzi and stared at Yang Qian's chopsticks.
But seeing him move his chopsticks so fast, in the blink of an eye, at least seven or eight fried locusts fell into his stomach. He didn't have time to speak, he just nodded and made a gesture of invitation, indicating that the two of them would come and taste it.
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Zhili also swallowed hard and Xingzi nodded vigorously to prove it loudly.
"It's really delicious. I just stood by the stove and thought it was so fragrant. I couldn't help but eat two. It's so delicious. It tastes so crispy and tender..."
"When I was young, my family was also poor, so I have tasted this stuff, but I really don't think it tastes good. Let me give it a try..."
Xu Xian Cheng couldn't help it. After all, these were locusts, not arsenic.
He picked up the clean chopsticks next to him, picked up one and put it in his mouth. After taking a bite, Xu County Cheng couldn't help but narrowed his eyes...
Seeing this scene, Magistrate Xu, who was about to take action, hesitated again. "How?"
"This taste seems to be different from the locusts Xiaguan ate when he was a child. I will wait until Xianguan tastes two more locusts before I can taste the taste..."
"..." Haha, looking at your eating image, you look like a starving ghost reincarnated. I won't believe what you say. County Magistrate Xu snorted angrily and decided to take action himself...
"What are you talking about up there with the county magistrate and the county magistrate? It's been so long and you still haven't come down..."
Manager Chen, who was greeting the servants in front, took the time to come over at this time. He smelled the appetizing aroma and couldn't help but swallow.
"Brother Zhili brought up a plate of fried locusts before, and he just came down and brought two more plates." The servant guarding the bottom of the stairs replied in a low voice.
"Uh, uh?!" Manager Chen was completely stunned and looked at the servant with wide eyes. "You said it was Zhili who brought fried locusts to the officials and the young master?"
"That's right, just listen to yourself, it's a great time to eat up there..." The servant swallowed Xingzi and raised his finger to the top of the stairs.
"...I really didn't expect that this locust could actually behave like this."
"Yes, the county magistrate, I finally realized that my family was poor when I was a child. At that time, eating this stuff without salt or oil was just a waste of good food..."
"Hey, that Zhili guy, I'm out of wine. Could you please go get another pot quickly?"
"Oh, I can't afford to be called an official. I'll go right now..." Zhili's voice came, and then he saw Zhili hurriedly coming down the stairs carrying a wine bottle.
"Zhili, what are the county magistrate and the county magistrate doing? Isn't it eating something..." Manager Chen raised his fingers at Zhili, pulled him aside and asked.
"Yes, it tastes great. This is the master's handiwork. It's weird if it doesn't taste good. At first, the two officials were coy and coy, but now they are eating more happily than the master..."
"I'm going to get some wine first, and then I'll see if there's anything left in the kitchen. I don't know if the locusts will be enough for the two officials to enjoy themselves..."
Manager Chen watched Na Zhili rush away with dull eyes, completely confused.
It seems that the young master is really not making excuses. He really wants to make the locusts into delicacies. He shouldn't have already made them into delicacies...
After taking a look at the location of the kitchen, Manager Chen walked towards the kitchen with unprecedented agility.
He felt that he had to try it himself to see if the taste of this thing was really as tempting as the two officials above said.
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"...Um, is it gone?" Magistrate Xu, whose cheeks were slightly red from drinking, rummaged through the plate with his chopsticks, picked up the thick insect legs and threw them into his mouth, asking with a rather regretful tone.
"I'm really sorry, you two officials. I'm really out of it. I just collected a few kilograms today, and they're all here." Although Zhili didn't eat a few, seeing the way these two officials were eating, he was very happy.
Have a sense of accomplishment.
The young master is really amazing. The leeks he grows are plump, crisp and tender, and they grow very fast. The laying hens he raises lay one egg a day very diligently.
Moreover, the young master can also cure typhoid plague. Now, the young master has actually made locusts, which everyone hates, into a delicacy that makes people salivate.
I really don’t know what else in the world this young master can’t do.
Yang Qian looked at these two people with some resentment. Today, he really had to endure the hospitality and had a hard time.
Except for eating seven or eight at the beginning, chopsticks were not used for almost the whole process. It was just like Magistrate Xu and the Prime Minister of Xu County, eating a fried locust and sipping a sip of wine.
But just like this, the two old men still looked like they were still unfinished, which really made Yang Qian feel happy and depressed at the same time.
Happily, the taste of the fried locusts seems to be quite good, and it can be accepted by everyone.
What's depressing is that I only ate so much of such a delicious thing, and I feel a little sorry for not being able to finish ten bowls of it.
County Magistrate Xu touched his belly and looked at the empty plate in front of him, seeming to feel that the way he had eaten before was a bit ugly.
"This, this is really...I really didn't expect that this harmful little insect can actually cook such tempting and delicious dishes. It's really..."
Xu County Cheng drank the remaining wine in his glass and burped, with a look of unfinished expression on his face. "This is really a rare delicacy to go with wine..."
"It seems that the two elders also think this food is edible?" Yang Qian threw away the chopsticks in his hand and smiled enthusiastically on his face.
"That's natural. I was too ignorant before."
Magistrate Xu nodded in agreement, looking at Yang Qian with undisguised appreciation.
"I heard people say before that my nephew is a talented young man in this county. He is not only well-read, but also has a quick mind. Now I know that the books my nephew has read far exceed my expectations."
"Whether it's Ruan Xiaoxu, Tao Hongjing, or Yu, I have never heard of these people.
But I didn’t expect that my wise nephew is only fifteen years old, but he is already able to quote scriptures and learn these miscellaneous arts at his fingertips.”
"No wonder he is able to do amazing things at such a young age.
I have been relieved of the plague in Xingze. Now that I have come up with the method of cooking locusts, I am afraid that I will feel quite regretful if I don’t have this thing to accompany my wine in the future..."
Yang Qian smiled shyly. "You two elders are overly praised. Qian just happened to read those miscellaneous books, and now we are worried about the locust plague..."
"So, I thought, instead of using money to lure people to hunt locusts, it would be better to make the temptation even greater."
After hearing Yang Qian's words, County Magistrate Xu nodded slightly.
"Then I don't know what my nephew is going to do next. If it is useful to the government, just ask..."
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