"Hey, why are you stepping on me?" Chai Yan whispered.
Hang Baiqiu said unhappily: "Step on you? It's easy to step on you!"
After saying that, Hang Baiqiu turned his head away angrily.
Seeing that the joke was wrong, Chai Yan quickly apologized: "No, no, no, don't be angry. I'll apologize to you. Isn't it okay to apologize? Calm down..."
When Yuan Zhixian saw that Chai Yan was actually willing to apologize to Hang Baiqiu in front of everyone, he immediately understood that this female official's identity must be special, and immediately told everyone to be serious and stop laughing.
Under Chai Yan's kind words, Hang Baiqiu's anger quickly dissipated.
"Seriously, what exactly are orangutan lips?" Hang Baiqiu asked.
Chai Yan stopped joking this time and explained seriously: "Many people mistakenly think that orangutan lips are the lips of orangutans, but they are actually the facial meat of elk."
"Since it is the meat on the face of an elk? Then why is it called orangutan lips? What does it have to do with orangutans?" Hang Baiqiu asked puzzledly.
Chai Yan smiled and replied: "That's because the muzzle above and below the front of the elk's mouth looks very much like the lips of an orangutan after drying, so it's named Orangutan Lips."
"So that's it, you should have made it clear earlier!" Hang Baiqiu glared at Chai Yan, complaining about his behavior just now.
Yuan Zhixian smiled and picked up the wine glass and said: "Master Chai is so knowledgeable that I admire you. I would like to express my gratitude to Master Chai and Commander Hang with this glass of wine!"
"You're welcome, you're welcome..."
Then, Chai Yan and Hang Baiqiu both picked up their wine glasses and took a sip, but Yuan Zhixian drank it all in one gulp.
During the dinner, the word "Bazhen" appeared many times in everyone's chat, which aroused Hang Baiqiu's curiosity.
Hang Baiqiu asked: "What are the eight treasures you are talking about?"
Hai Wenbin reacted the fastest and immediately replied: "Sir Hang, in addition to orangutan lips, the eight delicacies include camel humps, bear paws, monkey brains, elephant pucks, shark fins, sea cucumbers and abalone! These eight ingredients are popular among everyone.
Call it the Eight Treasures."
After hearing this, Magistrate Yuan and everyone nodded in unison, saying that Hai Wenbin was right.
Hang Baiqiu nodded slowly and said: "As expected of Bazhen, they are all rare ingredients!"
After saying these words, Hang Baiqiu turned his face and noticed that Chai Yan looked thoughtful, so he asked: "When it comes to Bazhen, are you greedy?"
Chai Yan smiled slightly and said: "Actually, the eight treasures are also classified. For example, there are mountain treasures, sea treasures, bird treasures, grass treasures..."
Hang Baiqiu immediately became interested: "Are there so many kinds of eight treasures? What are they?"
Hai Wenbin was very interested in novel things and asked: "Master Chai, can you tell me what Shan Bazhen is, what are Hai Bazhen and the other two kinds of Bazhen?"
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Chai Yan thought for a while, raised his fingers one by one, and counted: "Let's talk about the Eight Treasures of the Mountain first. In fact, the Eight Treasures that Master Hai just mentioned already include several of the Eight Treasures of the Mountain. They are,
Hai Wenbin listened carefully and couldn't help but said: "It turns out there are leopard fetuses, rhinoceros tails and lion breasts. I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it..."
Hang Baiqiu said enthusiastically: "What about Hai Bazhen?"
"The eight delicacies of the sea...caviar, shark's fin, sea cucumber, fish maw, fish bones, abalone, fish lips, scallops." Chai Yan replied.
Everyone present nodded after hearing this.
Later, Chai Yan also talked about what is the Eight Treasures of Birds and what is the Eight Treasures of Cao...
After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but praise Chai Yan's broad knowledge.
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After the dinner, when Chai Yan and Hang Baiqiu returned to Hai's house, Cheng Jiu and Guan Maochun had already returned.
After they transported the potatoes to the ship, they picked up Forthwaite on the way.
As soon as Forthwaite saw Hai Wenbin, he couldn't help but rushed over excitedly, gave him a strong hug, and spoke in English that no one could understand.
But even if they couldn't understand it, Hai Wenbin and everyone else could tell that Forthvitt was happy that Hai Wenbin was safe and sound.
Chai Yan acted as translator for the two of them for a while, and then suddenly asked: "Master Hai, do you know why Forthvitt traveled thousands of miles to come to our Shengguo?"
Hai Wenbin was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said: "I don't know, I don't quite understand what he said, but seeing that he is very interested in my vases, I think he is probably doing business..."
Chai Yan shook his head and said: "Master Hai, it is true that Forthvitt is interested in your vases, but he is not here to do business, but wants to learn how to make porcelain, and then return to China to open his own porcelain shop!
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"Open a porcelain shop?" Hai Wenbin looked at Forthwaite in surprise.
Falthvitt didn't understand what the two said, so he asked Chai Yan in English: "Mr. Chai, what did you mean just now?"
Chai Yan translated what he just said to Forthvitt, who immediately affirmed it, and then expressed his strong desire to learn to make porcelain.
After Hai Wenbin learned about it, he said enthusiastically: "That's very easy to handle! We have several porcelain kilns in Liuju County. If Ah Fu wants to learn, I can introduce them to him!"
Chai Yan translated it according to the original words, and Forthvitt was immediately excited. He took Hai Wenbin's hand and said "thank you."
Chai Yan was also happy for Forthvitt and said: "Mr. Forthvitt, although the Hai family is willing to introduce you to the porcelain kiln, I still want to remind you that if you want to learn how to make fine ceramics, first of all, you
You have to learn our language well, otherwise, no matter how strong your practical skills are, if you have no theoretical knowledge, or you cannot communicate with the masters, you will probably achieve nothing in the end!"
Forthvitt nodded immediately, secretly made up his mind, and said: "Mr. Chai, thank you for the reminder! I promise that from now on, I will work hard to learn Sheng Guohua!"
"That's good, I wish you success!" Chai Yan said and patted Forthvitt's arm to encourage him.
Seeing that it was getting dark, Chai Yan proposed to leave the city and go back to the boat. He was still thinking about the baskets of potatoes on the boat.
Before leaving, Chai Yan also specifically told the Hai family to go to Tingzhou Port to buy as many potatoes as possible, and then transport them directly to the capital and deliver them to him.
The Hai family was naturally happy to agree to this. After all, this would be considered as having contacts with officials in the capital, and the Hai family's business would be able to grow bigger and bigger in the future!
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After leaving the city and returning to the boat, Chai Yan's first sentence was to ask where the potato was.
Knowing that all the potatoes were put in the glove compartment, Chai Yan couldn't wait to rush over.
When Hang Baiqiu followed him to the glove compartment, Chai Yan's face was filled with joy, and he carefully inspected the potatoes in the basket under the oil lamp.
Hang Baiqiu stood at the door and looked at it for a while, then asked: "Chai Yan, you bought so many potatoes at one time, when will you finish eating them?"
Chai Yan replied without turning his head: "Who told you that I only use it for food?"
"What do you mean by this?" Hang Baiqiu asked confused.
Chai Yan raised the corner of his mouth, turned to look at Hang Baiqiu proudly, and said, "Tell you, I'm going to plant these potatoes!"
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