Chapter 44 Happy New Year's Eve Dinner

Butler Zhou put a box on the floor of the study and reported: "Alang, this is what the boys found by cleaning the small yard in the west the day before yesterday, or it may be something belonging to the previous house owner. The old slave does not dare to be self-sufficient, so I report it to Alang."

This house is quite large, the Lin family has a small population, and there are not many servants. When moved in earlier this year, the main yard, hall and garden were all renovated and cleaned, but the servants' yard and the utility yard that were not used. The place is negligible. This time, thoroughly cleaned it during the New Year, and then removed some old sundries.

Most of these old debris are worn out, and the servants have cleared them out and piled them in the yard, and they are going to be set on fire together. Butler Zhou, who went to inspect, found these books to be used as kindling objects.

These books are not well preserved, many of them are rotten, and they are famous masterpieces, and they are not worth much now. Butler Zhou is half a scholar. He picked up a book and flipped through it, and it turned out to be a rare book written by a great scholar in the previous dynasty! Others include poetry collections, travel notes, and letters. Occasionally, you can see the owner's handwriting, which is very elegant and refined.

Butler Zhou thought about it, then took it all away, dusted off the dust, and put it in a box. After seeing Lin Yan at home on vacation, he brought it over.

Lin Yan put down the document in his hand, stood up and walked over. Picking up the top rare book, flipping through it, I saw the handwriting I saw on the pavilion in the garden.

"Just leave it here." Lin Yan nodded to Butler Zhou.

Butler Zhou bowed and retired.

Lin Yan didn't think it was dirty, so he put the booklets on the table and turned them one by one. It is said that when the house was raided, the study area was the most important, but these may be in the bedroom or somewhere else, so they were not taken away. Later, when the house was sold by the official, these books were left to the servants of the next owner. inside.

From these books, it seems to be able to see the elegant and easy-going servant of the Ministry of Rites, who loves poetry and wine, has fun, is a little bit naive, but does not lose his sense of proportion.

Lin Yan remembered the somewhat unruly remarks made by Mrs. Shen, her high-spirited eyebrows and eyes, and the picture of a wild store in a mountain village full of seclusion. The root of it is here. It's just that the father is more noble and noble, and the daughter is a little evil.

Thinking of Mrs. Shen, there is actually something she belongs to below—a booklet.

The calligraphy is in the regular script of King Zhong, and although he is young, he can see that it is round and elegant, which is different from the current thinness and strength. The current character is thought to be later taught in the palace and in the doctor's degree.

In addition to this immature handwriting, there are two kinds of ink on the writing paper, one is graceful and beautiful, and the other is elegant and free. The graceful and beautiful one wrote: "The character of A Li is like lying down like sitting." The elegant and free and easy person said, "It is like lying down like sitting, straight and straight."

This was supposed to be written by Shilang Shen and Mrs. Shen. Although there are only a few numbers, everyone's mood is in front of them. Lin Yan smiled a little embarrassedly, they were really an immortal couple.

Thinking of the immortal companions, Lin Yan's mind somehow came to the pretty face of the little lady Shen, she raised her eyebrows and smiled, rather cynical, "The children of Shaoyin Guijie, I don't think I have ever frozen my siblings... When the charcoal fire is insufficient, in the middle of winter, the hands and feet are red, swollen and pus. If it has been cold all the time, it is fine, but it is just a crack and some pain. I am most afraid of suddenly approaching the charcoal fire.

Lin Yan pursed his lips, turned over the childish paper, and read the travel notes below.

The maid knocked on the door, "Alang, Mrs. Tai asked you to eat drunk pears."

"Just come."

When Lin Yan was flipping through Shen Shaoguang's elementary school workbook, Shen Shaoguang was frying and cooking with Yu San in the kitchen. The annual New Year's Eve dinner can't be sloppy.

The Shen family's New Year's Eve dinner has a sense of time travel. There are Tusu wine, Wuxin dish, and glutinous rice dumplings from the Tang Dynasty, as well as chicken, duck, fish, and dumplings, a standard for the New Year's Eve.

The chicken was made by Shen Shaoguang. Because it is a young, tender chicken, it is not stewed. After slaughtering, washing, cutting into pieces, marinating for a while to taste, then patted dry powder and deep-fried in the pot, fried a little brown, and served out. Take another pot, use pepper, onion, ginger and other soy pots, put the fried chicken in and stir fry, pour in a small bowl of Sanhe sauce made of clear sauce, sugar and rice wine, stir fry for a while, sprinkle with cumin powder and salt, ready to serve.

The chicken that comes out in this way has a burnt aroma that runs through the nose, and it smells mouth-watering.

Princess Yu's duck is a labor-intensive dish. After the duck is slaughtered, the bones are removed first. Shen Shaoguang didn't do well in this job, but Yu San did a good job. The tip of the knife sticks to the seam of the bone, and the bone comes out, but the flesh on the outside of the duck is not broken.

Shen Shaoguang has never been stingy with his own praise: "It's amazing! It's amazing!"

Princess Yu glanced at her, and the corners of her mouth twitched.

"I think if you are not a cook, you can also be a killer." The next sentence, Shen Shaoguang didn't need to adjust.

The corners of Yu San's raised mouth pursed again.

After the duck is deboned, fill it with stuffing mixed with glutinous rice, bacon, mushrooms, diced bamboo shoots, green onions, and ginger, tie the bone out of the mouth with a string, add chicken soup, and steam it for two hours in water, a bit similar to the offspring Eight Treasures Chicken in a Bag. ①

This kung fu dish was made by Yu San after having lunch. By the time Shen Shaoguang fried the chicken, the heat was already enough.

The fish was bought by Achang after traveling all over the West Market the day before yesterday. It was a carp that weighed a pound. Shen Shaoguang made it into a classic sweet and sour fish. It was fried twice, the first time it was cooked, the second time it was crispy, the head and tail were uplifted, as if it were about to jump. The thick sweet and sour sauce is added on top, and it is bright red and beautiful.

Sweet and sour fish is Shen Shaoguang's specialty. Just like her in everyone's eyes, she is energetic, beautiful, and has a bit of "yes like this".

The meat is Shen Kee's classic signature clear soup lion head. Four big meatballs are placed together, which means happiness, luck and longevity.

In addition, there are also some fried dried tofu, mixed with vinegar and celery, fried fish, stir-fried wasatis, mutton and radish, etc., which are full of two food tables.

The four of Shen Ji didn't have much of a master and servant, and now they are sitting in a circle.

Yu San looked at Shen Shaoguang and waited for her to say a toast. Even the two foodies, A Yuan and A Chang, held back their saliva and waited for the little lady to speak.

Shen Shaoguang looked at them, "Let's eat? What are you waiting for?"

Yu San rolled his eyes and finally laughed.

A Yuan and A Chang also laughed, A Yuan picked up the chopsticks with kindness, and smiled at the chicken wings in front of him.

Shen Shaoguang took the knife and cut the duck into eight pieces, then took a large piece back into his bowl and ate it slowly.

Yu Sanze scooped up a lion's head with a spoon, digging it out and eating it.

Achang attacked from all directions, like a gluttonous glutton.

This is destined to be an exhausting night...

After eating for a while, started drinking.

The custom of this dynasty is that the youngest drink first. This is the so-called "younger gets old, drink first to congratulate him, old loses old, so drink later". A Yuan is slightly smaller than A Chang, so A Yuan comes first.

A Yuan drank a full glass with a smile, then A Chang, then Shen Shaoguang, and then Yu San.

Shen Shaoguang finally said two toasts, "Everyone is one year older, I hope we can make more money next year and someone can get off the list." Shen Shaoguang glanced at Yu San with a smile.

Yu San was considered an older young man at this time and should marry a bride. It's a pity that Shen Shaoguang is still not stable now. She pondered that after a year or two to be more stable, she sold Yu San's body contract and let him continue to be a good citizen. The relationship with the store can be changed to employment. A Yuan and A Chang are still young, so don't be in a hurry.

"What is divorce?" A Yuan asked first.

Single dog without knowing it! Shen Shaoguang explained to her the words that came after thousands of years: "It's just getting married and starting a family."

"Oh—" A Yuan and A Chang both looked at Yu San.

Yu San's face was slightly red, and glanced at Shen Shaoguang, "Little lady, let's think about yourself first."

Shen Shaoguang is cheeky: "you are old, you come first. I'm not in a hurry."

A Yuan and A Chang laughed.

Shen Shaoguang laughed along, and Yu San lowered his head and continued to eat.

Boy, I'm so sorry...

Shen Shaoguang felt that he had a bad taste in middle-aged women, but if you do the math, if the two worlds are added together, they are not already middle-aged...

Forget it, can't think about it, Shen Shaoguang continued to pour and drink. Although the degree of alcohol is low, but can't bear to drink for a long time, and gradually drink a little high. Shen Shaoguang talked about humorous jokes of later generations, heard A Yuan sing a piece of Chang'an minor, and forced Yu San and A Chang to dance again.

After thinking about the time, Shen Shaoguang went to place the dumplings a little floatingly under his feet.

Yu San disliked her, "Don't boil all the wontons!"

Shen Shaoguang told him popular science: "What is boiled and broken? It's called boiled and earned!" Then he greeted A Yuan and Achang, "In the future, when you boil wontons, 'broken' will be called 'earned'."

"Speaking of this, I remembered a joke. I said a little shop, in order to make a good taste, I deliberately boiled a few wontons during the Chinese New Year, and I wanted to shout, 'Have you earned it?' The person who cooked there replied:'Earn, earned'."

"As a result, the cook who cooked wontons this year was a newcomer. The owner asked: 'Have you made money from cooking?' The cook shouted: 'Don't worry, I can't make any money with me!'" Shen Shaoguang looked stupidThe cook, shouted loudly.②

Outside, A Yuan and A Chang laughed, and Yu San laughed helplessly.

The author has something to say: ① Refer to Yuan Mei's "Suiyuan Food List · Steamed Duck".

②It's also a joke didn't know where to read when was a child.