Chapter 59
Su Haoyi had never seen such a hurry rain, almost pouring down from his head.
The carriage canopy is soaked with tung oil, which can protect against rain, but it can't continue to move forward even if it's a storm.
After only walking less than one-third of the road, the horse will not be able to stand it if it continues, let alone Mo Tong who is rushing the car.
Su Haoyi looked at the roadside and realized where he had already walked, so he said, "We'd better go to the small shop on the roadside to shelter from the rain. The rain comes quickly and I'm sure it's going quickly. It's not too late to rush the road after stopping."
There was an umbrella in the car, and more than one handful. Mo Tong first helped Su Haoyi out of the car, and Sima Lantai got out.
Even under such circumstances, Sima Lantai was still as calm as usual, and followed Su Haoyi into the Zhu Grandma's snail shop next to him calmly. Even though his clothes were wet and his hair was blown away, he was still calm.
Mo Tong quickly took the handkerchief to Su Haoyi and his son. At this time, there were no customers in the store and the small shop was cleaned up very clean. Su Haoyi was a regular customer here, and greeted the shopkeeper with a smile.
Grandma Zhu is old and cannot take care of business in the store. Now the one who manages the store is her daughter and son-in-law. Fortunately, the couple are also diligent and diligent, and the business in the store is as good as usual.
"Please sit down, please," Sister Zhu brought a pot of tea and three tea cups: "Thanks to this rain, my small shop can also be rich."
Of course, Sister Zhu knew that Su Haoyi and the others came to shelter from the rain. Sima Lantai was very famous. Although Sister Zhu had only seen him from afar, she had no doubt that this must be the first son of the famous capital.
"I'm sorry, sister," Su Haoyi said while pouring tea: "Are there any cooked snails? Give us two plates."
This snail shop specializes in cooked snails, including large snails and small snails.
"Yes, yes, it's just done." Sister Zhu replied with a smile: "What are you going to eat?"
"Everyone needs to use a plate of five-spice, a plate of sweet and sour, and a plate of mixed-square." Su Haoyi said: "Everyone uses flower buds."
"Wait." Sister Zhu said: "I'll go to the kitchen to get it."
"It's boring to sit idle. Let's try his snails. The taste is really good." Su Haoyi smiled and said to Sima Lantai: "Young master will never eat these folk things. Today, by chance, just try it as fresh!"
Sister Zhu is really a quick person. After turning around, she had already brought a large tray of vermilion red, with four or five plates inside.
Su Haoyi said: "This game is a match for this little fairy boy."
Mo Tong sat on the table next to him, and Su Haoyi also ordered a serving for him when he ordered the dishes.
Soshu snails are made of large screws. Most people use toothpicks when eating, because the snail is hard to dig in the shell.
Therefore, each plate of snail meat must be accompanied by more than a dozen toothpicks.
The soshunails here are all installed in an envelope-sized flower bud. People in Tiandu call this kind of flower flower a pocket flower. A flower is divided into six petals, with a white color and a fragrant smell.
The most rare thing is that its petals are flexible and difficult to break. Although they are double-layered, they are all sealed. Cut off the side close to the center of the flower to make a natural pocket.
Many people in Tiandu like to eat snail meat, and often like to pack it and take it away. Most shops use oil paper bags.
Grandma Zhu was skillful and used the petals to hold the snails, and one of them was just enough to hold a plate.
It is very convenient to hold in your hand. Even if you throw it away after using it, it will melt with the soil in a few days and will not appear dirty at all.
In addition to Su Haoyi's sousbean snail, Sister Zhu also gave her four plates of mustard, sea melon seeds, and side dishes. They were all clean and very particular.
"Young master, don't do it, I'll peel it for you." Su Haoyi had the courage to invite Sima Lantai to eat the snail, but he would never dare to let him do it himself. His snow-white clothes were splashed with a stain, which was blasphemy. Moreover, his clothes were long robes and wide sleeves, so they were not suitable for eating the snail.
Su Haoyi asked Sister Zhu for another pocket flower, spread it on the plate in front of Simalan's table, and carefully picked the snail with a toothpick and placed it on it.
He polished the Hsinchu chopsticks and handed them to Sima Lantai: "Young Master, try it."
"I'll do it myself." Sima Lantai also wanted to learn from Su Haoyi's appearance and get started directly.
"Wait, wait." Su Haoyi jumped up and carefully rolled up Sima Lantai's sleeves, and then put two handkerchiefs on his front.
He was still worried and said, "There is a lot of juice hidden in this snail, which is easy to splash out. Young Master is slower."
It was not until Su Haoyi saw Sima Lantai being able to successfully eat the snail with a toothpick, but Su Haoyi was relieved.
Mo Tong, who was standing beside him, had already had a lot of food, and he didn't care to wipe the soup with oil stains on his hands, and said, "Young Master Su is really the best in the capital. It's so good to choose a small shop."
"It's a coincidence today," Su said kindly: "We just stopped here."
"Why don't you eat?" Sima Lantai asked Su good intentions. He was particularly elegant in eating, and he peeled one and wiped his hands.
Su Haoyi thought to himself that even if such a person is secretly eaten, it will be difficult to detect.
"Ah, eat, eat." Su Haoyi picked up a snail and put it on his mouth and sucked it gently, then ate the snail meat into his mouth.
"Huh? Young Master Su, don't you use toothpicks?" Mo Tong said in surprise.
"Hehe, I'm a veteran of eating snails, so I don't need toothpicks." Su said with a smile.
In fact, this trick was learned from a girl in Chuyao Pavilion. The key is that her tongue can be hard, which tastes fast and tastes good.
Su Haoyi is quite easy to learn. When the girls in Chuyao Pavilion ask her for something, they often use tricks to change. If Su Haoyi wants to learn, they agree, and if they don’t want to learn, they will change one.
She felt that if she had more skills than she could, she would be better than not.
The freshly cooked snails have a sweet taste and a quiet fragrance of flowers. They are a rare and unique flavor in autumn.
"I often ate this when I was a child." Sima Lantai said: "I hadn't gone to Xianyuan Mountain at that time, and my mother liked to use this to drink."
"Mrs. must be a very interesting person," Su said kindly: "I have always thought that snails are the most suitable thing to drink, especially rice wine. Prepare a large plate of snail meat on rainy days, cooked with ginger slices and rock candy on the rice wine. While watching the rain, drinking and eating snails, and knowing how to get close to others, it is really a great joy in life."
Su loves rain with good intentions, so he is always the most relaxing in rainy days.
But the rain did not stop at this time, and it was still falling.
At the same time, Princess Mura was rushing to Yuxianlou.
"Princess, it's raining too much, why don't we avoid it?" said the car driver.
"You guys! It's just a little rain, what can't you go?!" Mura'er cursed: "Today, you have to send me there!"
Sadly, the princess finally arrived at Yuxianlou, but found that Su Haoyi and Sima Lantai did not come at all.
"Princess, the rain is too heavy, and the General Bridge has been flooded with water. No one in the north of the city can come." The subordinates reported truthfully.
"Even God can't get along with me!" Mu Rar'er was angry and had nowhere to vent.
Chapter completed!