Chapter two hundred and ninety-two people have self-knowledge
After my future brother-in-law moved to a new house, the new cook was able to make even ordinary steamed buns so delicious!
This was the first feeling that the hungry Zhu Er had after eating four large steamed buns in a row. The Aunt Liu that Zhang Shou brought from Rongshui Village was quite good at craftsmanship and could make a lot of things that he had never heard of before.
There are many tricks, but when it comes to making dim sum, it pales in comparison to the Zhu family. But the steamed buns he just ate were completely different!
It was obviously vegetable stuffing, but he didn't know how it was mixed with stuffing. At first, he just thought it was delicious, but then he looked at and tasted each one carefully. It was obviously delicious.
How come he can eat very ordinary vegetables, mushrooms, spring bamboo shoots, and a few bits and pieces of black and indistinguishable things that make him feel so happy that his eyebrows will fall off?
Although he is not tired of delicacies, he has eaten a lot of good things!
Zhu Er's eyes were rolling, staring at the kind-hearted woman in front of him, and he was even thinking about whether he should find a way to lure him back to the Zhu family - or whether he could spend more time with his future brother-in-law in the future.
While eating, he suddenly heard a loud voice: "Second Master Zhu, my young master invites you to come over!"
The person who spoke was Yang Hao. As the direct grandson of Mr. Yang, although he only learned some Tang poetry and Song lyrics and some basic arithmetic from Zhang Shou, and he hadn't even learned it yet, Yang Hao still firmly remembered his grandfather's words. After arriving in the capital,
, all the titles are put away, and only the three words "little sir" are used.
At this moment, when he saw that Zhu Erru, who had just woken up from a dream, actually raised his hand to Mrs. Xu, he was so surprised that his jaw almost dropped. It was not because of the disparity in status between the two, but because he had moved here early and knew clearly that the one who looked at him
Mrs. Xu, who looks like the mother-in-law next door, is such a scary person... She actually made a plate of fried scorpions yesterday and ate them all as if no one else was watching!
Yang Hao looked at the Mrs. Xu who was holding the plate with a smile and watching them leave with some trepidation. She wanted to ask Zhu Er several times what he had just eaten, but he finally swallowed the words that came to his lips. Until he took Zhu Er to Zhang Shou's study.
At the door, he hesitated again and again, but finally whispered two reminders.
"Second Young Master Zhu, Mrs. Xu is very good at cooking soups. She is better than Aunt Liu in many skills, but she... ahem, she can eat anything. She was showing off to Aunt Liu before, she once skinned a snake raw,
Eating raw snake meat almost made Aunt Liu faint from fear."
It is not surprising that snake meat is used in dishes. Zhu Er himself is a curious person and has tasted snake meat soup. As long as he does not see the speckled snake skin, he has no psychological shadow at all. However, Yang
It's easy to describe that when the cook Mrs. Xu ate raw snake meat just now, he couldn't help but get goosebumps.
"And..." Yang Hao paused and then said hesitantly, "Mrs. Xu said that she is very good at cooking a whole insect feast. It is... the insect of the insect."
Zhu Er finally couldn't bear it anymore. However, just when he was about to scratch his throat and spit out the steamed buns he had just eaten to see what the mess was, he heard Zhang Shou's laughter: "
The whole insect feast is a good thing, at least silkworm chrysalises, locusts, and scorpions, after being fried without seasoning, are quite delicious delicacies."
Zhang Shou came out from behind the curtain and saw Zhu Er's face turned pale with fright. He immediately stepped forward with a smile and patted his shoulder, and then said calmly: "Don't worry, although Mrs. Xu likes these scary foods, real soups and snacks
But they are both good at it, so they are different from Aunt Liu. I heard Ah Liu say that you had vegetable steamed buns there before? That was her specialty."
"It was a skill that could be sold hundreds of times a day on the market streets in outer cities. There were absolutely no scary condiments. She only made insects, an alternative delicacy, for those who could appreciate it. Otherwise, how could it be done?
Isn’t it a waste of natural resources?”
Hearing this, Zhu Er finally came back to his senses. He turned his head and was about to glare at Yang Hao, but saw the young man lowering his head and muttering in a low voice, "I saw it all with my own eyes." He couldn't continue to pursue the case, so he could only follow Zhang Shoujin angrily.
Room.
Immediately afterwards, he saw Zhang Shouchong gesture to Ah Liu in the room, and then Ah Liu retreated silently.
Sensing something was wrong, he couldn't help but tentatively asked: "What happened?"
"It can't be said that something happened. It's just that Ah Liu got a little unexpected benefit from going out this time."
Zhang Shou reorganized his sentence and repeated the first thing that Ah Liu had just said to Zhu Er. As soon as he finished speaking, he noticed that Zhu Er immediately frowned, and then let out a disdainful sigh: "Tangtang
The prince went out for the first time, but he was unable to control the government or the wealthy families. He even colluded with these guys and defrauded the common people. The descendants of Taizu were all disgraced by him!"
"So, I hope you will go to Cangzhou." Zhang Shou looked at Zhu Er and said something earth-shattering.
"Me?" Zhu Er pointed to his nose in surprise. Seeing Zhang Shou nod his head very definitely, he was surprised at first, but then immediately became depressed, and he involuntarily avoided Zhang Shou.
Eyesight, "I'm not a eldest brother with both civil and military skills. Except for a seventh-grade honorary guard title, which was given to me by my eldest brother, I don't have any official positions."
Although he felt that Zhang Shou could not cheat him, Zhu Er was not like Lu Sanlang and Zhang Chen who always had high self-esteem. After experiencing the farce that he caused after his father and brother's accident, he honestly didn't have much confidence in himself at all, otherwise
He didn't think that the good farmer's persona suited him very well. Therefore, he simply said bluntly: "Of course, even if I have an official position, I can't deal with the eldest prince."
"I don't have that ability." When Zhu Er said these words, he was a little dejected, but also a little calm.
Looking at such a future second uncle who always acted truthfully, Zhang Shou suddenly laughed. The reason why he directly mentioned the incident about the eldest prince first was because he wanted to see Zhu Er's nature, that is, which way to sit, and then
Let’s explore Zhu Er’s self-awareness. The conclusion he finally reached was not beyond his expectation, and was even better.
"Don't worry, I'm not asking you to go to Cangzhou to fight against the eldest prince. Over in Xingtai, Zhang Wu, Zhang Lu, and Zhang Chen are in the dark. Just three of them are just fighting against the government, local wealthy families, and a group of spinners whose attitudes may change at any time.
If you fight in the ring, you can't even say you have the upper hand. Not to mention you, even your eldest brother can't go to Cangzhou alone to deal with the eldest prince."
"Even in a war, you need thousands of troops to defeat the generals and seize the flag. If you go alone to a strange place to find trouble, it's not that a strong dragon cannot defeat the local snakes, but that a dragon is wandering in the shallows and being teased by a shrimp."
Zhu Er had always thought that Zhang Chen was really injured in a fall from a horse and was recuperating at home, and had laughed at his luck. But now he heard that Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu went to Xingtai with him. After his initial shock, he suddenly felt something
A deeper sense of self-destruction.
The three people with the surname Zhang that he looked down upon are now able to do business and be patient!
However, Zhang Shou said that even if his eldest brother Zhu Tingfang went to Cangzhou, there would be no solution. This statement made him feel a little more comfortable.
Before Zhu Er could make up his own little idea, Zhang Shou said calmly: "But what about the eldest prince? It's up to your father to take care of it. If I want to take care of it, I will take care of that stall in Xingtai. After all, Zhang
Chen, Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu are over there. What I want you to do in Cangzhou is actually something else."
Huh? Zhu Er finally felt a little more energetic. Of course, he also hoped that like Lu Sanpang, who tried to challenge the second prince in the street last year, he could compete with the eldest prince. From now on, he could also impress his father and brother and live a proud life. But he
Afterwards, I put myself into that fat little fat man's situation at that time, and finally felt that I didn't have the courage or eloquence at all.
Therefore, he immediately felt at ease and asked shamelessly: "Brother-in-law, what do you want me to do?"
"Actually, what I found in Cuiyun Room where Teacher Ge lived was not just the arithmetic classics he left behind."
Although he planned to reveal something to Zhu Er, Zhang Shou knew exactly what he should do, so he continued to push the pot onto the bamboo house without hesitation.
Seeing that Zhu Er immediately showed an expression of great interest, he said calmly: "That bamboo house seemed to have been occupied by other people later, so I found a notebook in it, which was said to be written by a servant of Taizu's side.
What remains.”
"The note says that in the past, Taizu dreamed of the Emperor of Heaven and saw the map of the world. Later, he ordered the Ordnance Bureau to make a ball, and he realized that beyond the Ming Dynasty, the world was huge. However, Taizu dreamed of the Ming Dynasty and went east, crossed the endless ocean, and saw a vast
The mainland is rich in products. There are sour tomatoes, crispy peanuts, spicy peppers, crispy and sweet corns, and soft and waxy potatoes..."
"There are also cottons with better quality and higher yields than today's cotton varieties. There is rubber that can flow out of the tree with just a light cut. There is also cotton that can be ground into powder and washed with water after being picked, dried and fried.
Refreshing drinks like coffee, cocoa…”
Zhang Shou did not shy away from making a fool of himself. Seeing that Zhu Er almost stared out of his eyes, he said earnestly: "I advised you to collect seeds before, and people thought you were a good farmer. This is also why. Nowadays, many people
The products are not unique to the Ming Dynasty, but were gradually introduced from other places over a long period of time. For example, watermelons, grapes, cotton from the Western Regions..."
At this moment, Zhu Er suddenly remembered what Ah Liu said to him before, and immediately blurted out: "Ah Liu said before that he once heard your brother-in-law recite limericks!"
"Better to eat without meat than live without bamboo. Better to live without bamboo than without peanuts. Better without peanuts than without tomatoes. Better without tomatoes than without corn. Better without corn than without potatoes. Better without potatoes than without potatoes.
Lobster; I would rather have no lobster than no pepper... At that time, I thought that I had never heard of these except meat and bamboo. It turned out to be from the continent to the east of the sea!"
If you have heard of it, that would be strange! I didn’t expect that Ah Liu would say this to Zhu Er... Probably because when he ate the food in Cangzhou, the boy was really shocked.
I don’t treat you as an outsider...
Zhang Shou thought so in his heart and said calmly: "This time when Ah Liu went to Cangzhou and wandered around the market, he accidentally discovered a seafood shop selling ketchup and fried peanuts. Although he didn't know it,
I really want to check whether the items sold in this store are actually produced overseas or are available today."
He pointed out these two things emphatically, and when Zhu Er immediately became horrified, he smiled and said, "Although it may just be the same name, Ah Liu said that the tomato sauce is extremely sour, and the fried peanuts are crispy and delicious, and he likes it."
I personally tasted it, but in order to avoid alerting others, I just bought some and left, and rushed back to Beijing afterwards. This matter is not a big deal, but a small thing..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhu Er shouted categorically: "Brother-in-law, stop talking, I'm going!"
Zhu Er took a deep breath, clenched his fists and punched the bookshelf next to him. The expression on his face was a little solemn: "To be honest, we, the descendants of honorable ministers, have grown up listening to the stories of Emperor Taizu, let alone
It’s probably true, but even if it’s false, I’m going to find out. The people don’t know, and I don’t know, either? Emperor Taizu disappeared after he went to sea!”
He paused as he spoke, then abruptly changed the subject and said, "Besides, the excuse of searching for seeds is already available!"
"To be honest, although I have been taking classes very seriously in the past few months, and the content of your lectures is not too difficult, I am actually not sure that I can enter the first class in the branch class. In this case, I
Why not leave a letter to my father and grandmother, saying that I have no ambition to pursue an official career and have run away from home... After all, the excuse of falling from a horse was used by that boy Zhang Chen, so I can't pretend to be sick, right?"
Zhang Shou did not expect that Zhu Er would actually plan to "run away from home." Even if it was just a superficial excuse, it was much more serious than Zhang Chen's "falling off the horse."
What's more, Zhang Chen's father, Duke of Qin, Zhang Chuan, didn't care about him at all. He could do whatever he wanted. He wanted people and gave them money. It was more conniving than ignoring him. But Zhu Er was different. He had such a father and brother.
, there is such a shrewd grandmother, if she comes up with an excuse to run away from home, if there is no result, after being brought home, she will have her legs broken by a family abuse!
Thinking of this, he had to speak clearly: "Of course Ah Liu found this out personally, but if there are any discrepancies, or if you rush to Cangzhou but no one is there, then this trip will not only be in vain, but also if you really miss it,
If you pass the branch examination of Banshan Hall, you may be said to be a deserter who gave up in fear of difficulties, and even the Zhu family will be swept in. Have you considered the consequences of this clearly?"
Zhu Er's face turned a little pale, and then he said deliberately and nonchalantly: "How will you know if you don't give it a try? Just bet on your luck!"
He no longer smiled playfully, but looked at Zhang Shou seriously: "Brother-in-law, you don't understand the status of the four words "Taizu Emperor" in the hearts of our descendants. When we were playing together since we were young, they were always there.
I wonder whether Emperor Taizu expanded his territory in other places after crossing the ocean, and whether he is still alive... After all, everyone said that he was the Ming Zun who descended to earth."
"Don't say it's me. If you tell Zhang Chen and the others, maybe they will drop whatever business they are doing to find evidence! Being laughed at and beaten, this risk is nothing compared to the whereabouts of Emperor Taizu.
?For this kind of thing, thank you brother-in-law for thinking of me!"
At this moment, Zhang Shou couldn't help but think to himself, that Taizu was really a deified person. He had founded the country for many years, but he still had such a large number of fans... Well, fans! But at this moment, he heard