For the people in the town, these farmers who face the loess and back to the sky, is there any reason not to buy when the Daqin people's grain team passes by?
So when Yu Sheng went to cook, they had already surrounded the red-turbaned dwarf.
Later, I stopped cooking for the rest of my life and jumped around outside the crowd, trying every possible means to squeeze in. "Let me see, too."
It was just that the others spoke softly and refused to give in, but Zhou Jiuzhang was so happy watching it that he forgot his expectations for Mapo Tofu.
"Whose wallet fell?" Seeing that he couldn't squeeze in, Yu Sheng shouted outside.
None of the folks bowed their heads.
Yu Sheng could only take out a copper coin and throw it on the ground. The clear sound of the copper coin immediately attracted everyone to check.
Yu Sheng took the opportunity to squeeze in and said, "Let me see, the inn is running out of food. I'm about to buy it."
Li Zheng threw the copper coins on the table and slapped Yu Sheng on the back of the head, "You're a prodigal, sitting on the ground eating nothing, and now you've ruined all the big vats of food left by Lao Yu?"
Yu Sheng said with a smile, "Uncle Zhang, the business is booming and the consumption is huge. You should be happy for me."
He picked up the grain book on the table, pointed at wheat, beans, and rice and asked for a lot.
The three-foot-tall dwarf with a red turban stood on a stool and spent the rest of his life ticking off a list. Several bags were just a few ticks. The people of Daqin could only understand this.
When he turned to the back, Yu Sheng was surprised and said, "Hey, is there wild rice here? Here's a bag. Hey, are there also medicinal seeds?"
Yu Sheng hurriedly squeezed out and pulled Cao'er over. He took out another copper coin and was about to repeat his trick. Unexpectedly, everyone saw Cao'er coming and got out of the way.
"You're right, my status is not as good as hers." Yu Sheng muttered and entered the kitchen.
The lobby was still crowded, and Chu Ci and Zhou Jiuzhang were bored. They sat outside and watched the Qin people, under the command of the villain, fetching food from the backs of the beasts of burden according to orders.
While three Daqin men were working, they would take a piece of cake the size of a door panel from the back of a beast of burden and stuff it into their mouths.
When dregs fall, they would rather drop the grain in their hands than catch the dregs with their hands and stuff it back into their mouths with a look of satisfaction on their faces.
"I think I'm hungry." Zhou Jiuzhang said while lying on the table, swallowing a mouthful of saliva.
Bu Ju was tasting wine, and Chu Ci looked at the two storytellers sitting next to him in trance, and no one paid any attention to him.
"By the way." Zhou Jiuzhang suddenly sat up straight, "I heard from the folks that there are bamboo rats in the bamboo forest. How about we shoot a few of them when we go back?"
"Okay." Chu Ci turned around and said.
With a "wow" sound, the aroma of stir-frying came from the kitchen, and Zhou Jiuzhang lay down on the table again, "I'm even hungrier."
Fortunately, Yu Sheng brought out the dishes within a short time, and to accompany the Mapo Tofu there was a portion of fried vegetables.
The male and female storytellers also had their share.
This made the woman so grateful that she pulled the man to his feet and couldn't help but bend down to say thank you to Yu Sheng.
Yu Sheng felt quite uncomfortable, waved his hand and ran away quickly.
Zhou Jiuzhang looked at Tofu, and for a moment he was a little reluctant to do anything. Chu Ci was surprised, "Have you changed your character?"
"The first bite of a delicacy is the most delicious. Do you know why?" Zhou Jiuzhang saw the two shaking their heads and continued: "Because there is a sense of anticipation."
"Once the expectation is satisfied, the whole tongue will jump, and the delicious food will never be forgotten again." Zhou Jiuzhang promotes his food philosophy.
He pointed at the red, white and green dish on the milky white porcelain plate, but without any heat at all, "This dish is full of color and taste. I have to make myself greedy before eating it."
Bu Ju chuckled at Chu Ci and said, "Then let's eat more and let Jiu Zhang be greedy for a while."
Zhou Jiuzhang immediately refused, "Don't bother me, let me try it first."
He quickly picked up a chopstick and threw it into his mouth, "Ha, it's so hot, so hot."
Chu Ci was putting it in his mouth when he heard the words and stopped, "I don't dare to spit it out if it's hot."
"Hmm~" Zhou Jiuzhang shook his head and took a bite. He felt that the small piece of tofu exploded with vitality in his mouth. It was numb, spicy, hot, tender, fragrant and fresh all at once hitting his taste buds.
Zhou Jiuzhang hurriedly picked up another piece, blew it a little and put it in his mouth. Even though it had already boiled on the tip of his tongue, he couldn't stop him.
"It's great." Zhou Jiuzhang sighed, and said to Yu Sheng who was bringing out the dishes again, "Shopkeeper Yu, I'm completely convinced."
Yu Sheng wondered, "What to serve?"
"Your cooking skills." Zhou Jiuzhang pointed at Mapo Tofu and said, "Minced beef and tofu complement each other so well. I don't know how you came up with it."
Yu Sheng said humbly: "Where, where."
Chu Ci also took a sip, chewed it slowly and said, "Shopkeeper Yu, please stop being modest."
"Humility? You are worrying too much. This is not what I thought of at all." Yu Sheng finished teasing the three of them and went back to cooking.
Zhou Jiuzhang was not annoyed at all after being tricked. He chased after him and asked what seasonings were put in, and then brought over three bowls of white rice.
"This Mapo tofu is the best dish for rice." He sat down and said, but Bu Ju pointed at the neglected plate of fried vegetables with an expressionless face, "Try this."
"What, it's not cooked yet?" Zhou Jiuzhang said while picking up the vegetables.
No wonder he thought so, because the vegetables were tender green without a trace of oil on them, as if they had been picked and washed before being served.
Take a piece of green vegetable into your mouth, bite it gently, and the juice will overflow. Before it reaches the tip of your tongue, the fragrance has spread between your mouth and tongue.
When the dish was completely chewed, Zhou Jiuzhang stopped talking. He kept chewing it until it was no longer chewy, then reluctantly swallowed it.
But the surprises are not over yet.
When the green vegetables fell into his stomach, a warm air slowly spread to his limbs, making his whole body warm.
This warmth is like the warm sun in winter. Even in the hot summer, you don't feel uncomfortable.
"Is this spiritual power?" Zhou Jiuzhang asked in disbelief.
Chu Ci nodded, "I feel it too."
There is not much spiritual power in green vegetables, even for Zhou Jiuzhang, a two-qian martial artist, it is not much, let alone his three-qian strength.
But the purity of this spiritual power can be easily detected in the vast ocean of his three coins of internal power.
If his internal strength is nourished by this pure spiritual power for a long time, no one among the martial arts masters of the same level will be able to rival him in terms of internal strength.
"I finally understand why shopkeeper Yu scolded the dog for being ungrateful when he spit out green vegetables," Bu Ju said.
Zhou Jiuzhang remembered, "I heard from Yu Sheng that these vegetable seeds come from Zhaoyao Mountain."
"No wonder." Chu Ci said.
"Top-quality ingredients paired with top-notch cooking skills are amazing." Bu Ju said, "Just this one dish can rival Xunweizhai."
He said to Zhou Jiuzhang, "Don't you look down on Mr. Xunweizhai's character? Why not invite Mr. Yu to Yangzhou City to sing opposite him?"
Zhou Jiuzhang glanced at Yu Sheng.
I saw him bringing a plate of green vegetables for Li Zheng and the others to taste, bragging about his cooking skills from time to time, and pretending to be humble and complacent when others praised him.
Zhou Jiuzhang shook his head, "Forget it, the fewer people know about it, the better, so as not to be able to taste such delicious food again."
Chu Ci was paying attention to the conversation between the two storytellers next to him again. After hearing them taste the dishes cooked by Yu Sheng, the woman said happily: "Brother, this dish is so delicious."
The man nodded and heard the woman say again: "A town with such delicious food must be no ordinary town. The mirror must be here."
Mirror. Chu Ci murmured softly while picking up the food.