The old patriarch and Li Baichong brought the meals prepared by Huang Tinghui to the living room.
All of a sudden, the dining table in the living room was filled with all kinds of delicacies.
Stir-fried pork with chili pepper, crucian carp soup, grilled fish on iron plate, sweet and sour pork ribs, stir-fried vegetables, minced eggplant...
The dishes are rich and tempting.
"Ting Hui, during this time I always tell my cousin that it's your grilled fish on the iron plate!"
"If nothing else, your skill in grilling fish on the iron plate is really top-notch."
"Eating this piece of grilled fish on the iron plate will leave you with a lingering aroma and endless aftertaste!"
While talking, the old patriarch took a piece of fish and put it into his mouth.
The skin of the teppanyaki grilled fish is crispy, but there is a fishy aroma in the mouth, which quickly melts in the mouth. You can see from the expression of the old patriarch how much he enjoys it.
"You!" Li Baichong smiled and pointed at the old patriarch. Not to be outdone, he picked up a piece of fish and put it into his mouth.
The feeling cannot be described in words.
Seeing the old patriarch and his husband eating happily, the little girl couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh.
As for Lu Qiaosi, he pointed to the pot of crucian carp soup that exuded a strong fragrance and said to Huang Tinghui, "Daddy, daddy, Qiaosi wants to drink soup!"
"Okay, okay!" Huang Tinghui heard Lu Qiaosi's request, picked up a small porcelain bowl, scooped out a spoonful of fish soup, and put it in the bowl.
The snack foodie drank fish soup and became much more well-behaved.
After eating several mouthfuls of fish, Li Baichong put down his chopsticks.
Although there is a saying in Confucian classics that "eat without speaking and sleep without speaking", Li Baichong did not have so many rules.
After all, rules are dead and people are alive.
Who says you can't talk at the dinner table?
"Tinghui, recently the mountain chief sent me a letter, which is related to you!!" Li Baichong looked at Huang Tinghui and said.
Hearing what Li Baichong said, Huang Tinghui became interested for a while.
"Sir, what's going on?"
"It has something to do with the capital!" Li Baichong took a sip of wine and then said to Huang Tinghui.
"Capital?" After hearing Li Baichong's words, Huang Tinghui was even more confused.
He has never been out of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, so how could what happened in the capital have anything to do with him?
"Do you still remember the jade Buddha you found for the Xiao family?"
"Of course I will never forget this!"
"The Jade Buddha takes the waterway from Hangcheng to the capital!"
"But in recent years, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal has fallen into disrepair and has become blocked!"
"So the Jade Buddha was stuck in the middle of the road, and naturally it missed the birthday of the Queen Mother!"
"How can the Emperor not be angry when his biological mother's birthday gift was blocked in the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal?"
"The emperor was about to have a seizure, but someone stopped him!" At this point, Li Baichong picked up another piece of fish and put it into his mouth.
He gave Huang Tinghui a pass.
"Guess who made the move?"
Hearing Li Baichong's question, Huang Tinghui smiled helplessly.
"Sir, you still like to ask questions so much."
"If the student guessed correctly, this person should be the chief and assistant minister of the current dynasty, Xianggong Zhang, who has all the power in the government and the public. He is less than one person and more than ten thousand people!"
Hearing what Huang Tinghui said, Li Baichong showed a happy smile.
"Hahaha, hahaha..."
"I made a bet with the mountain chief in my letter at that time, saying that you would be able to guess it!"
"I bet on a book written by the mountain leader, but the mountain leader refuses to bet with me!"
"Now it seems that I was not wrong in my bet!"
"It's just that the mountain leader is too cunning!"
Li Baichong took a sip of wine unwillingly, and said with a smile to Huang Tinghui.
"That's right, it's Mr. Zhang!"
"In the whole world, the one who can persuade the emperor and make the emperor change his mind is the former emperor's master. It is Zhang Julu, the chief minister of the current dynasty!"
"Just when the emperor was furious, Zhang Shoufu came out. He told the emperor about his filial piety, and said that the birthday of the Empress Dowager was originally a happy day, and it would not be a good thing if she was stained with blood because of it!"
"Finally, Zhang Shoufu also advised His Majesty from the perspective of natural and man-made disasters, saying that the Xiao family cannot be blamed for this incident, but the people from the Ministry of Revenue are responsible for the blockage of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal."
"Within a few words, His Majesty's anger dissipated, and the matter of the Jade Buddha was over!"
"If Mr. Zhang hadn't taken action, the disaster of the Jade Buddha might not be over yet!"
Li Baichong told Huang Tinghui the matter lightly.
After hearing his mentor's narration, Huang Tinghui also shook his head.
As expected, different statuses lead to different roles.
I spent so much effort to find the Jade Buddha, but in the hands of a person like Zhang Julu, I only need to give some advice to today's emperor.
But the incident that brought disaster to the Xiao family was settled easily.
This also gave Huang Tinghui more feelings.
"Brother Hui, what kind of food are you cooking? It's so spicy!"
"It's obviously just pork, why is it so delicious!"
"It's so delicious, it's so delicious!" The old patriarch picked up a piece of pork with chopsticks and put it into his mouth. He had never eaten chili and raised his brows. His whole appearance was indescribably sour.
"This thing is called chili pepper, and it was spread to our land of China by the Ban people!"
"The reason why I was able to obtain this thing is really an accident!"
"Zhang Cheng met some people in his early years and got some seeds from their hands, and pepper seeds are one of them!"
“Pork, beef, and mutton stir-fried with chili peppers are all wonderful, very delicious, and go with rice!”
Hearing what Huang Tinghui said, the old patriarch nodded quickly, "This thing is indeed good for food!"
“Delicious, really delicious!”
"Brother Hui, if you don't have the talent for reading, even if you want to be a cook, your future will definitely be limitless!"
"With this skill, even the royal chefs in the palace can't compare with you!" The old patriarch who enjoyed the meal couldn't help but praise Huang Tinghui.
However, this sentence aroused dissatisfaction from Li Baichong, "Humph!!"
"Mingzhang, don't talk nonsense!"
"Everything is of inferior quality, only reading is good. Only by reading can you become a superior person and have a greater place to display your talents."
"Ting Hui is talented. If he indulges himself in the subtle skills of cooking, how will he realize his ambition in the future?" Li Baichong did not want his most talented disciple to be beguiled by the old patriarch's few words.
So he immediately said to the old patriarch.
After being lectured by his cousin, the senior patriarch, who was usually the most senior, laughed and was speechless.
However, the atmosphere at the dinner table was still very harmonious. Lu Qiaosi, a snack eater, finished a third of the sweet and sour pork ribs.
As for the old patriarch and Li Baichong, they were not polite. They ate the iron plate grilled fish cleanly.
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Chapter completed!