After paying homage to the ancestors, I strolled around the various courtyards of the old house.
When we returned to Shitou Xiaolou, the Hong family was in another lively scene.
Daqing Hong Yankang also sent red envelopes to Hong Yanwen's family of three and Hong Yanru.
He also took out some tie clips, wallets, lighters, hair oil, perfume, lipstick, and toys that he brought from Hong Kong from his luggage and distributed them to his brothers, sisters and the Hong family children.
Co-author went to Hong's house yesterday, and all the things he brought were for Mr. Hong, Lu and Cheng.
Fashionable gadgets like these are his gifts for other relatives.
No need to ask, young people are so fresh. Besides, who doesn’t like gifts?
Therefore, although the children of the Hong family are already at the leading level in the Mainland in terms of material comfort, they do not lack such things.
But after receiving such a gift, he was still in high spirits and full of laughter.
And no one thought that even Li Fu was involved.
Hong Yankang also presented him with a set of razors with both hands.
He also said sincerely that courtesy is light but affection is high, and asked Li Fu not to dislike him, and thanked him for helping the Hong family over the years.
This not only surprised Li Fu, but he also thanked him with a smile.
Hong Lucheng also nodded secretly after seeing this, feeling that this eldest nephew knew etiquette, was steady, considerate, and was a good person.
But that's nothing, until Hong Yanwu drove Shou Jingfang to pick him up.
Hong Yan's merits of thorough etiquette were brought to the extreme.
At that time, when Hong Yankang saw his cousin, who was a close friend of his family, he went up to him without saying a word and greeted him seriously according to the old rules.
Although Shou Jingfang was very surprised and kept talking.
"Hey, almost forty years have passed since the Republic of China. There is no need to talk about these old principles anymore. It's okay to be casual..."
But Hong Yankang still insisted on this, and even claimed that he was following his mother's orders.
"To tell you the truth, when my mother was in Hong Kong, she repeatedly warned me that if one day I could come back to the capital, whenever I met relatives of the Hong family or elders of my family friends, I should bow according to the old rules.
Don't be careless. Let everyone know that the eldest grandson of the Hong family is well-educated and knows the rules..."
As a result, just a few words made Shou Jingfang feel good about him immediately.
The old man couldn't help but sigh at this.
"Your mother's ethics are very strict. She has always taught her children and grandchildren to treat honesty and humility as virtues in life, and to love family and country as the foundation of their lives. It is also difficult to be a sister-in-law. It is not easy to be the eldest daughter-in-law of the Hong family. It is so far away from Beijing.
, she still remembers this in her heart..."
Of course, at this point, both parties realized that the atmosphere had become a bit heavy due to the topic.
So in order not to spoil the fun, they all hurriedly changed the topic elsewhere.
"Cousin, there are no good Chinese medicine doctors in Hong Kong, and no one's Huang Qi skills can match yours. But there are more types of medicinal materials there, almost all good things from Southeast Asia. I brought back some rhino horns and ambergris
, and I hope you will accept it, so that I can help you treat illnesses and save people, and indirectly accumulate some merit."
Hong Yankang remained calm and handed over a tall hat.
How could Shou Jingfang not smile happily? It was like a spring breeze.
"I'm so ashamed of myself for the award. This is obviously a generous gift from you, why do you act like you're begging me? My nephew, you are so polite..."
"Look, my cousin has nothing to offer in return. Let's do this. I think your complexion is a bit yin-deficient and yang-high. Although it's not a serious problem, you have suffered from headaches, dizziness, insomnia, and excessive dreams for more than a year.
of……"
"I'll take your pulse in a moment. How about I return the favor by making you feel refreshed and put to sleep?"
But this time, Hong Yankang also looked surprised, and quickly clasped his fists.
"Cousin, let me tell you, there is really no doctor in Hong Kong who can compare with you. Your diagnosis is so accurate."
"In the past year, I really haven't slept well. I only get about five hours a day. Even taking sleeping pills doesn't help. I always thought it was due to mental stress that I didn't get enough sleep."
"I also had a headache, but I thought it was a side effect of sleeping pills. Only now do I understand what happened."
"If you can cure me of this problem, it will be very worthwhile for me to come back. My nephew is really grateful."
"Hahaha", everyone present laughed.
For lunch, the Hong family opened two tables in the restaurant.
The elders, including Li Fu, were at the same table with the men, and the sisters-in-law and Hong Yanru were at the same table with the children. There were exactly eight people at each table.
The dishes on every table are the same.
They are all "roasted sea cucumber with green onion", "two hundred milk", "roasted prawns", "kung pao chicken", "soft fried tenderloin", "three kinds of explosion", "osmanthus meat", "winter melon cup"
Eight courses.
I have to say that the craftsmanship of Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan is indeed very good.
Every dish here tastes particularly delicious, especially the "roasted sea cucumber with green onion".
Even though everyone here is a person who knows the taste, when everyone tasted it, they couldn't help but give a thumbs up, and they couldn't find anything wrong with it.
In fact, this is not surprising, it is said that the difficult ones cannot be mastered and the difficult ones are not difficult.
What kind of ability does "Zhang Dashao" have?
With his guidance, it would be strange if something went wrong for such important Cai Hongyanwu and Chen Liquan.
Don't mention anything else, just a little trick, which is enough for other cooks to ponder for a lifetime.
What?
That is sea cucumber roasted with green onions. If you want to have the aroma of green onions, you have to boil the green onions in the soup in advance and then skim them off.
When cooking, don’t put the green onions right now. The fresh green onions added later are just for the sake of appearance.
If you don't understand this, you won't be able to get the onion flavor no matter what you do.
What's more, Hong Yanwu and the others also have advantages in materials.
There are a total of thirteen varieties of sea cucumbers, but only Liaodong "grey ginseng" is suitable for this dish.
And they have the best "dried sea cucumber" in Liaodong given by the "general".
Not even "Zhang Dashao's" skills can make up for this material gap.
Without this authentic and good stuff, no matter how you make it, it won't be the same.
In this way, the craftsmanship and materials are the reasons why this dish is so amazing.
But that's not all there is on the table.
In addition, each table adds a roast duck taken from the nearby "Judequan" main store, which is the real main course.
As the undisputed representative delicacy of Beijing, the taste of roast duck is beyond debate.
Say goodbye to Hong Yankang in my hometown. Once I taste this familiar delicacy but have been isolated for many years, I can't let it go.
I ate three rolls of duck in one go with my mouth full of oil. Only then could I catch my breath and take a break.
According to him, although Hong Kong also has roast duck and roast goose.
But the seasoning was too strong, the taste was too sweet, and it still had bones.
Unlike roast duck, it has a friendly taste and can be eaten freely. You can add noodle sauce, yellow sauce, hot sauce, or you can mix onion shreds, cucumber strips, honeydew melon strips, and golden cake strips.
The most important thing is science.
The roast duck in Beijing is not only warming and nourishing, but also pays attention to making the best use of it. Only the best duck meat is used to make rolls.
The remaining duck rack can be filled with half soup and half salt and pepper.
That’s really one duck, three meals, different flavors, you can enjoy them all just by buying one duck, and you can still eat them healthily.
At this point, Hong Yanwu added another sentence, "Brother Yankang, you have forgotten the good luck of eating ducks - 'all gathered together'."
As a result, everyone burst into laughter again.
But so far, the importance of this seat has not been exhausted.
Because in addition to the champagne, wine and "Napoleon cake" brought back by Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan for afternoon tea.
Shou Jingfang didn't come empty-handed that day. He brought a jar of "yinchen wine" that he had just brewed to the Hong family.
According to the "Supplementary Materials of Materia Medica", the so-called "Yinchen" is "because it survives the winter and grows new shoots from old roots, so it is called "Yinchen".
This kind of wine is not only beneficial to longevity, but also has the effects of clearing away dampness, dispelling jaundice and reducing jaundice. It also has the metaphorical meaning of removing the old and spreading the new, dispelling evil and strengthening the body.
Like Dog Days or New Year's Eve, there is no better time to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new than to drink Yinchen wine.
In this way, drinking this now will naturally be appropriate and healthy.
So everyone ate delicious food and drank a lot from small cups to small cups.
Not to mention, although this wine has a high alcohol content and is chilled, it has a unique flavor and does not burn your heart at all. On the contrary, drinking it makes you feel refreshed and pleasing to the eye.
Moreover, the color of the wine is as green as green ants and as green and lovely as French mint julep, which is really pleasing to the eye.
People like Hong Yanwu, who prides himself on being well-informed, drank it for the first time, and soon couldn't help but praise it.
Unexpectedly, Hong Yankang also remembered that he had drunk a kind of French absinthe.
He said it was also such a beautiful green color, and it was said that it was also made from wormwood.
It is also easily addictive and has a more powerful narcotic effect than other alcohols.
When drinking, there is a silver spoon placed horizontally on the wine glass, and small cubes of sugar are placed on top, which melts into the wine to make it easier to drink.
As a result, it actually makes Yinchen wine even more extraordinary.
Because Shou Jingfang immediately corrected Hong Yankang's statement and seriously told him not to touch absinthe again in the future.
According to Shou Jingfang, that thing is just similar to Yincheng wine.
Although all plants of the genus Artemisia are used in the Asteraceae family, the sub-artemisia in absinthe is not artemisia.
The biggest difference is that absinthe is slightly poisonous, and when made into wine, it has a hallucinogenic effect and damages the brain. It is basically like a glass of poisonous wine.
Yinchen, on the other hand, is beneficial and harmless. It is a longevity and health-preserving wine.
Therefore, the French in Old Beijing regard wormwood as the "xo" of China, and the difference between the advantages and disadvantages cannot be ignored.
In addition, there were many apothecaries that made Yinchen wine at that time, but only "Heniantang" and "Yanshoutang" could make green Yinchen wine. The ones made by other stores were light brown or straw yellow.
If you want to drink green Yinchen wine, in addition to going to "Laohe Niantang" in Caishikou, you can also go to "Yanshoutang" in Chongwenmen.
The reason why the green wines of these two companies are green is because they all come from a set of secret recipes for making green wines passed down from the palace.
In addition, "Yanshoutang" even has some other unique varieties of wine.
For example, rose wine is purple-red, bergamot wine is bright yellow, and orange wine is yellow-red.
After opening the can, the aroma is overflowing, each of which has health-preserving effects.
At that time, many dignitaries and officials from foreign embassies rushed to buy it and made reservations all year round.
This is also a source of huge profits for their drug stores...
In this way, Shou Jingfang spoke, and everyone present listened.
The next generation of the Hong family, including Hong Yankang, all felt that their eyes were opened and they gained insights.
But I have to say that Hong Yanwu may be the only one who really takes it seriously.
It's just that his eyes were rolling, his expression was thoughtful and excited, and he didn't know what he was thinking about.
It happened to be at the same time.
On a yacht in Victoria Bay far away in Hong Kong, several Hong Kong "little sailors" including Hong Yanxiong.
He was also drinking the green French poisonous wine happily.
But the Hong family sitting in the small foreign-style building had no way of knowing...