The first half of the hour passed quickly, and the scholars were cooking lunch one after another. The fragrance of Zhuangyuan noodles was wafting in the Gongyuan. The examiners in Hengjiantang smelled the fragrance and sang the empty city plan in their hearts.
Bai Hanlin said: "Everyone, let's eat first."
The Gongyuan is only used during examinations, so there is no canteen. In order to prevent outsiders from taking advantage of the chaos, the examination staff's meals are not allowed to be delivered outside. Fortunately, the examiners were able to bring the examination baskets into the venue. Those who stood outside the room to invigilate the examination
The yamen servants were much miserable. They could only bring a few pancakes and a bag of water to satisfy their hunger, so as to ensure that they could keep an eye on the movements of the scholars at all times to prevent them from cheating.
Not as good as above but better than below, the examiners felt quite satisfied and took out the food boxes sent by the servants one after another. Of course, most of them had prepared the popular food - Zhuangyuan Noodles.
Zhao Yuxuan, the daughter of Zhao Siyuan, the Minister of Rites, worked under Ye Zhenzhen. He was also very kind to Cui Weizhen. He pointed at the No. 1 Scholar noodles in his food box and said with a smile: "It seems that everyone is thanks to Minister Cui, otherwise we would be here now."
I can’t even taste a mouthful of hot noodles.”
Bao Ming, the always impartial and impartial imperial censor, also showed a rare soft look and nodded: "Mrs. Ning Guo thought ingeniously that Zhuangyuan noodles are indeed a good thing. I went to Jinzhou two years ago. Thanks to the Zhuangyuan noodles, I improved my appetite. Otherwise,
After a meal of steamed buns and naan cakes, I’m afraid I won’t be able to survive in Jinzhou with my old bones.”
Everyone was silent, not daring to answer. What they were thinking about was that after Yushi Bao went to Jinzhou and came back, a paper of impeachment was presented in front of the emperor. As a result, the prefect of Jinzhou was defeated and his glorious record was really daunting.
Yushi Bao was famous for his uprightness and hatred of evil. Even if His Majesty had something inappropriate, he would dare to speak out and remonstrate with him, let alone all the civil and military officials. Therefore, from the emperor down to the ninth-rank petty officials, everyone had a heart for him.
I'm afraid that one day he will include me in a book.
Back then, Cui Weizhen's father-killing enemy Su Chongde was impeached by him.
Therefore, Cui Weizhen was not afraid of Bao Yushi's dark face at all. Instead, he laid out the food in his food box one by one and said: "Zhuo Jing has prepared a lot of fresh food today. Bao Yushi can have a taste."
He lit the stove according to Zhen'er's request, put on the iron grate, and then poured the soup stock from the separate bamboo tubes into the iron grate. As the temperature rose, the rich fragrance began to emit.
Everyone swallowed unconsciously, their eyes glued to Cui Shilang's strange eating and unable to move.
Cui Weizhen didn't notice the unusual gazes of his colleagues. He frowned and thought about which iron grid should be better to put the food on bamboo sticks. There are six grids and six kinds of soup bases. If the wrong ingredients are placed, will the flavors be transferred?
Zhen'er's worry was indeed justified, he had completely forgotten...
In the end, he had no choice but to put the food on the bamboo sticks into the iron grid based on his feeling. When he raised his head, he met the curious eyes of his colleagues.
Zheng Tingzhen, the restaurant owner of the Imperial College, asked everyone's doubts: "Servant Cui, what kind of food is this?"
"Oden." Cui Weizhen said: "It is said that it is a cooking method introduced from the Japanese country."
"That's unheard of."
Zheng Jijiu watched Cui Shilang take out various sauces and snacks from the food box again, and felt that the Zhuangyuan noodles in his mouth were no longer fragrant.
Cui Weizhen took out the small bowls at the bottom. There were exactly six of them. Zhen'er should have specially prepared them for him and his colleagues to use together. He couldn't help but smile and said: "These are the sauces and preserved meats made by Zhuo Jing himself. Douban
Sauce, meat sauce, tomato sauce, sweet and spicy sauce, pork breasts, cumin beef jerky and various snacks, if you don't mind, feel free to try them."
Bottles and cans of all sizes were set up on the table, which made these grown men who had never been in the kitchen look at them for a moment. They had never even heard the names of many things, let alone recognized them.
Cui Weizhen was not an overly enthusiastic person. After saying hello, he started eating by himself.
The first thing he ate was cuttlefish balls. He took out a bamboo stick of balls from the iron grid and put them into a porcelain bowl. He poured another spoonful of tomato sauce on it. The sweet and sour taste mixed with the aroma of seafood exploded in his taste buds, and then added
Top it with fresh and thick crucian carp soup as a base. After eating one bunch, you will be left wanting more.
Resisting the urge to eat another bunch, he tried all the other ingredients. Various meatballs and meat balls, with different sauces, have different tastes. If he gets tired of eating, he can also eat a few bunches of bean curds or vegetables.
To relieve tiredness, not to mention Cui Weizhen's favorite snacks and dried meats, after a round, he didn't even have time to eat the No. 1 Scholar Noodles, he already felt full.
The aroma of the oden was really strong. Seeing that Cui Shilang was eating with gusto, others couldn't help but salivate. Zhao Siyuan, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Zheng Tingzhen, the restaurant owner of the Imperial College, boasted that they had good relations with Jingning's house, so they took the lead to take a small bowl and choose from various
The food was eaten.
Mr. Zhao had a special liking for sweet and spicy sauce. After tasting it once, he couldn't bear to part with it anymore. He poured whatever food he wanted into it. The red color stimulated the attention of others.
Zheng Jijiu likes meat sauce, pork jerky and cumin beef jerky. The bursts of fragrance make others forget their reserve. Bai Hanlin, Guanglu doctor Zheng Hanwen and Bao Yushi all reach out to eat,
After trying it myself, I realized how wonderful it tastes, especially the meat sauce, which is great news for a group of elderly people with bad teeth. If it can be used to mix rice, I am afraid they can eat an extra bowl of rice.
Woolen cloth.
Doctor Zheng looked at the meat sauce on the table and hesitated to speak. After all, he didn't have the nerve to ask. Yushi Bao was an upright person and outspoken, so he directly asked: "Servant Cui, I have a secret brewing recipe. Can you compare it with Madam's?"
How can I exchange meat sauce?"
The recipe of the meat sauce is not surprising, but this jar of meat sauce is particularly suitable for the other party's taste. Cui Weizhen originally thought it would be okay to just give it away, but thinking about Zhen'er who likes to study food, he nodded in agreement.
"Yushi Bao is interested. If you like other sauces, I will have my wife deliver them to your house."
Bao Yushi accepted his love and ordered his wife's favorite flavor - ketchup.
With Bao Yushi taking the lead, others followed suit. However, they did not have any secret recipe, so they had to use various inkstone calligraphy and paintings in their own collection to exchange for it. Among them was the only copy that Cui Weizhen had been searching for for a long time. Such a bizarre development was unexpected.
He couldn't laugh or cry. He must have never imagined that the food she cooked could have such a magical effect.
Seeing Cui Weizhen become the focus of the conversation, Zhao Hongrui was so angry that he had a stomachache, liver pain, and pain all over his body as he chewed on the dry naan bread. He didn't even bother to eat the No. 1 Scholar noodles, let alone the oden and various kinds of noodles that Cui Weizhen brought.
Grow the sauce and eat it.
So while others were eating enthusiastically, he could only eat dry food with warm water, which made his dissatisfaction with Cui Weizhen even higher.
