The more mysterious she pretended to be, the more curious everyone present became.
They are all people of high status and usually pride themselves on being well-informed. It is rare for them to have such an opportunity to shine, so they naturally hope that they can be the one to decipher the secret.
Weng Xiaoxian, the second young lady from Caobang, was the first to guess: "It's not a hot pot, and it's cooked on the lake. Could it be fish soup?"
"Exactly!" Shan Rou, the daughter of the captain of the city gate, sneered: "What kind of fish soup? Do you think this is in your Caogang, and you don't get tired of eating fish every day?"
"You?!" Weng Xiaoxian instantly became furious, "Then what did you say?"
Shan Rou thought for a while and said seriously, "If you ask me, since today is a tea party, this thing must be related to tea, maybe making milk tea?"
"Milk tea is not a rare thing. What's so good about cooking it?" Weng Xiaoyuan, the third lady of Caobang, said disdainfully: "Only those of you from a small family would regard it as a treasure!"
Seeing the tit-for-tat confrontation between their two families, everyone laughed and said nothing.
Aunt Liu was afraid that they would cause trouble to the Chu family if they quarreled too much, so she said at the right time: "Okay, okay, I think your guesses are quite reasonable." She turned to look at Shi Chunquin and said with a smile: "
If you don't reveal it, they will start fighting."
Although this was an exaggeration, it relieved the originally tense atmosphere.
Shi Chunfen nodded slightly and glanced at Li Yan.
Li Yan understood immediately, and with just one order, the cooks present began to heat up the pots, and actually set up three large pots at the same time.
It wasn't until they started throwing things into the pot that anyone present was shocked and said, "Fried tea! They are frying tea!"
Everyone looked at it intently, and saw that the thing thrown into the pot was sharp and green, what could it be if it wasn't tea leaves?
Weng Xiaohuan sneered and attacked again, "So it's fried tea. What's so strange about that?"
Anyway, in her eyes, nothing is surprising.
Shi Chunfen lowered his eyes and spoke calmly, "The delicacies in this world are not only about the ingredients themselves, but also the cooking techniques. Countless people can put their efforts into a dish from the time it is cooked to the time it is served. The treasures from mountains and seas are indeed precious, but
Isn’t the sweat evaporated for it precious?”
Her voice was not loud, but it was inexplicably full of persuasiveness. In addition, the women who cooked tea were really working hard. One pot, two green pots, three cooked pots, pots and pots were connected together, and the tea leaves were flying. When will these women in the boudoir
After seeing this kind of scene, I felt novel for a while.
Weng Xiaohuan was reluctant, "No matter how precious it is, it's just tea. Does the young mistress plan to let us go home with an empty stomach today?"
This time when Chunfen didn't answer, Shanrou said angrily: "I just haven't served the food yet, why are you so anxious?!"
Although she had already known from Aunt Liu that the two families were not fighting each other, Shi Chunfen did not expect Shan Rou to be able to speak for her, so she looked at the other party gratefully, nodded and said: "Yes, the main course is still to come.
"
Weng Xiaohuan's mouth was temporarily closed, and he just glared at Shan Rou angrily. The daughter of a mere city gate captain dared to act wildly on the head of the Cao Gang.
Shan Rou glared back unwilling to be outdone. She had always been upright and could not stand the Cao Gang's bullying of the weak for a long time. People like this would be eliminated by the court sooner or later!
After a brief quarrel, everyone's attention returned to the tea-frying performance. It has to be said that these cooks have worked hard. The green tea leaves are stir-frying and spinning in their hands, creating a lively scene until the stir-fry in the pot
When the aroma of tea came out, all the tea leaves were fished out and put aside.
"Is it time to make tea next?" Weng Xiaoxian guessed.
Shi Chunquin smiled and shook his head, "Just wait and see."
Everyone held their breath and watched, but saw the cooks scooping up the tea leaves, and then spreading fried rice, corn, and peanuts into three pots respectively. They continued to stir-fry until the aroma was fragrant, then scooped them up one by one, and then poured them into the pots.
Pour in clear spring water, add the fish soup and bring it to a boil, and finally pour in the fried ingredients one by one. In a short time, a pot of tea soup filled with the aroma of tea is ready.
Li Yan led the cook in the mansion to scoop up the tea soup one by one and deliver it to the guests present.
Dan Rou couldn't wait to take a big sip, and before she could swallow it, she deliberately said: "It tastes so good. I've never seen it eaten this way!"
Weng Xiaohuan sneered from the side, "It tastes good if you haven't seen it before. Are you a pig?"
But after taking a sip of tea soup, she gradually stopped talking.
This tea soup was created during the Spring Equinox. Because the Chu family was extravagant, even the top-quality tea bought outside had to be selected one by one in the kitchen, and the ones that looked a little washed out one by one, and those
The so-called secondary tea is just the color is lighter or the tea tip is missing due to the long journey, which does not affect the taste. The cook in the house cannot bear to throw away these secondary teas, so she divides them up and drinks them privately. The spring equinox is at that time, and the tea is used.
Those times of tea and excess ingredients in the kitchen created a unique tea soup.
Every time when spring is cool and autumn is cold, she and the cook in the house will cook a pot like this. The fish soup is delicious, the tea is fragrant and greasy, the fried rice is crispy, and the cornstarch is sweet and tender. A few simple ingredients can satisfy all taste buds.
Rao is the most picky cook in the house, and she is full of praise for this dish.
It just so happened that the tea party needed a staple dish, and I thought there was nothing more suitable than this.
But the food prepared for these ladies and ladies cannot be reused, so all the ingredients are replaced with the best. Coupled with her carefully arranged tea frying performance, it becomes a delicacy, if not a delicacy.
Aunt Liu also tasted a bowl next to her. Rather than the taste of the tea soup, she was more surprised by Shi Chun Equinox's character. Young people tend to be brave. The more people lack something, the more they can't help showing off. She thought Shi Chun Equinox
No matter how indifferent he is, he can't help but search for treasures from mountains and seas to cover up his poor background.
But she didn't...
She chooses to amaze everyone in a way that is within her own capabilities, sincere enough but not too stupid.
After hearing Shi Chunfen explain how to make this dish, some people soon started laughing, "I just said it was fish soup, some people still didn't believe it!"
"You can't blame her. Who would have thought that the 'delicacy' that the eldest mistress of the Chu family is so confident about is actually a bowl of fish soup with tea leaves?"
"Maybe she is not like our Caobang, who has fish to eat every day, right?!"
The ones who spoke were naturally the three Caobang sisters. They sang in harmony, and their meanness was surprising.
Shi Chunfen just saw them eat several bowls, and thought they would not embarrass her again, but she didn’t expect that the quality of the food does not depend on the value or the intention, it all depends on a person’s mouth. No matter how delicious the food is, it only needs to be eaten.
If people don't acknowledge it, then everything is in vain, and the three sisters of the Weng family are obviously planning to eat it up without admitting it.
The Spring Equinox has considered value and taste, but it has not considered people's hearts.
The danger in people's hearts can be to turn a deer into a horse and confuse right and wrong.