Let’s also say that after Tangxi left Jiuzhongxian, the first person she went to this time was the Cao Mansion, not the Han Mansion. The reason is also very simple. Cao Guojiu’s residence is relatively close to Jiuzhongxian.
At this time today, it should be said that it is already evening, and Tangxi has been to Cao Mansion for so many times, and this is the first time he has seen so many people from Cao Mansion. Uncle Cao Guo, Cao You, Cao Ping, and even Miss Cao Han,
They appeared together in the main hall. No matter how stupid Tangxi was, he knew that the Cao Mansion should be discussing a very important matter now. This conclusion could be drawn from the different expressions of everyone.
Uncle Cao Guo was sitting upright and looked like the head of the family. His second son, Cao Ping, looked very excited. It seemed that the matter discussed today had a lot to do with him. What surprised Tangxi was that it was the eldest son Cao Ping.
Lu Yao, the one who interacted with him and Lu Yao the most, was sitting there with a deep look in his eyes. It was hard to tell what he was thinking. Sitting next to him was his sister, Cao Han, who had a special relationship with the young master.
.Now even Tangxi knows that the eldest lady of the Cao family has a very special relationship with the young master. After all, except for the eldest lady of the Han family, Han Yunyu, the young master has never written novels for other women, and asked him to send them specially.
. However, Tangxi adheres to the principle of never asking anything that should not be asked, and has never asked Lu Yao about the relationship between him and Cao Han. Now he has a vague feeling that the number of Cao Han's roots in the young master's loss is also related.
Seeing Tang Xi coming over, it can be said that the Cao family members in the main hall stopped communicating. To be more precise, they should have stopped arguing. Cao Han's expression formed a strong contrast with Cao Ping. At this time, she was
Sitting on the chair, looking very angry.
However, when Cao Han saw Tang Xi, he suddenly smiled and immediately stood up from his seat, opening his mouth to say hello to Tang Xi. However, just as she was about to get up, Tang Xi saw Cao Yougui sitting next to her.
Catching her a look, Cao Han froze there for a moment, neither getting up nor speaking.
However, Cao You stood up, looked at Tang Xi, and said, "You are here to find me, right?"
Tangxi remembered that Lu Yao had told her before that whenever Cao Yi and Cao Ping of the Cao family were in the mansion, they must say they were looking for Cao You and hand the manuscript to Cao You alone so that no one else could find out the clues.
Therefore, Tangxi said that Mr. Lu Yao had something he wanted to tell Mr. Cao You. Cao You then said a few words to Uncle Cao Guo, and then took Tangxi to a corner.
"There should be something you want to give me." Cao Yu got straight to the point and said. It seemed that he was in a bad mood today, and his words lacked the usual pleasantries and easy-going.
Since he had family matters to deal with, he couldn't do much inquiring. Tang Xi then took out the manuscript from his left sleeve and handed it to Cao You. Different from the past, Cao You picked up the manuscript and read it briefly and said, "Well, Lu
Yao has become more thoughtful, and this time I know that the name of the novel and the number of pages have been marked on the manuscript, so that it will not be sent to the wrong one, right?"
Tangxi smiled awkwardly, and then nodded. He felt that the Cao family had something to discuss today, so it was inconvenient for him to stay longer, so he was about to say goodbye and leave. Unexpectedly, Cao You made an explanation before Tangxi left.
"You go back and tell Lu Yao that there are some things he should do quickly, otherwise it will be too late."
Although he didn't know what Cao You meant by his words, Tangxi naturally didn't dare to neglect him. He knew that besides Zhe Kexing, Pan Wen and Chen Chen, the people who had the most interactions with the young master and the most talked about were probably
Cao seduced the young master.
After leaving Tangxi in Cao Mansion, we went to Han Mansion. The atmosphere in Han Mansion was obviously much better than that in Cao Mansion. At this time, Han Yonghe and his family were having dinner. For them, a person of Tangxi's status was here.
When the time comes, Han Yonghe will naturally not meet him in person. In the end, Han Wenyuan came out and took the manuscript of "The Story of the Stone" from Tang Xi. Lu Yao had explained before that when he met Han Wenyuan, by the way, he asked
How is Han Yunyu doing lately? Did you have any comments about the manuscript?
So, Tangxi asked Han Wenyuan what Lu Yao had told him. Han Wenyuan smiled and said that Han Yunyu's mood had stabilized a lot recently, and it seemed that he was addicted to Lu Yao's writing again, and asked Tangxi to go back and give it to him.
Lu Yao told him to prepare well for the imperial examination. He looked forward to the day when Lu Yao and Han Yunyu got married.
After Tangxi left the Han Mansion, he had a comparison in his mind between the Han Mansion and the Cao Mansion. What interested him most was what the people in the Cao Mansion were arguing about in the manor just now, and whether he wanted to tell what he saw today.
Tell Mr. Lu Yao?
At this time, Lu Yao, who was in the Fairyland of Wine, was talking to Yang Tao again and again about his original intention of holding a new Cuju competition, and why he wanted to work so hard in industry and catering.
It's strange to say that in terms of status, Lu Yao and Pan Wen actually gave Yang Tao similar impressions. Pan Wen was the son of a wealthy businessman, and Lu Yao was no less impressive. He was the head of the Ministry of Household Affairs at the time.
The son of the minister Lu Xu, so these two have the same identity here in Yang Tao, that is, the second generation of rich people.
It can be said that Yang Tao was unwilling to listen to someone with such status. Therefore, during the previous contact with Pan Wen, whenever Pan Wen told Yang Tao about the various things Lu Yao had done, he would also
When there were interesting things happening between them, Yang Tao would always agree with Pan Wen very perfunctorily. In the end, he alienated Pan Wen and Chen Chen because he couldn't bear it.
But the strange thing is that Yang Tao is sitting on a chair at this time, listening to Lu Yao's boastful talk, and carefully thinking about what Lu Yao said. In fact, there is no difference from what Pan Wen told him. However, when Lu Yao spoke, Yang Tao did not listen to Pan Wen.
There was such a strong sense of resistance when I spoke.
Perhaps this has more to do with Lu Yao's more down-to-earth character and his speech showing more ways of thinking about issues from the perspective of the common people. Yang Tao's impression of Lu Yao also changed because of Lu Yao's speech.
Changes. If Yang Tao was still a little skeptical when Pan Wen told him Lu Yao's grand ambition before, but today, when Lu Yao told Yang Tao what he wanted to do and his purpose, he was very convincing to Yang Tao.
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Of course, it’s not just Lu Yao’s speech. Over the past few days, Yang Tao’s understanding of the new Cuju competition has
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The deeper the degree, the deeper the level of communication with all participating team members, the more he can understand the role played by Lu Yao in this competition. In this event alone, Lu Yao has achieved considerable success, let alone
The bank that will benefit the people is about to open, as well as the food street and hot pot restaurant that Lu Yao mentioned.
However, Yang Tao did not forget the reason why he appeared here today because of Lu Yao's eloquent speech. From Lu Yao's speech, Yang Tao had already learned that for the new Cuju competition, Lu Yao would not only improve people's physical health
Another important purpose of quality is to narrow the gap between the inner city and the inner city. Yang Tao doesn't understand this very well. After all, he is a commoner in the inner city. His purpose is very clear. He can only support himself by taking care of himself.
However, the important part that Lu Yao mentioned in shortening the gap between the inside and outside is the hot pot restaurant. And hot pot is the reason why Yang Tao was invited to appear here tonight.
Lu Yao said that the purpose of coming to Yang Tao today was to eat hot pot. He would not tell Yang Tao the real purpose of coming to him today until he evaluated the taste of the hot pot.
Yang Tao was a little confused when he heard that the steaming copper pot on the table, plus a lot of offal food, they cooked it, and it was called hot pot?
After Lu Yao finished talking about this, he drank a large cup of sour plum soup, and then looked around impatiently. Obviously, Lu Yao was also waiting for Zhang Maocai's arrival. Talking about business was secondary, and the main thing was today's hot pot, which was the same as before.
There is a big difference in what Lu Yao cooks for his family in Lu Mansion.
First, in terms of ingredients, today’s meat and pork ingredients are all carefully selected by the Zhao family’s dedicated personnel and are very fresh. And the second and most important point is,
Lu Yao had people prepare the bottom of the butter pot before, so today, half of the copper pots are water pots, and the other half are the butter and spicy pot bottoms. What a treat it was to be able to eat spicy hot pot in the Song Dynasty.
Therefore, while Lu Yao did not forget his main purpose, he was actually full of expectations for today's hot pot, so he was very anxiously waiting for Zhang Maocai's arrival.
After a few minutes, Lu Yao finally heard footsteps. The door was pushed open, and Zhang Mao walked in.
Yang Tao looked at Zhang Maocai. It can be said that except for a few meetings related to the new Cuju competition, these two people have never met at other times. Moreover, it can be said that the two of them had zero communication before, not a word.
We've talked to each other before, so we're still very unfamiliar with each other.
And Yang Tao could already tell from Zhang Maocai's eyes that this guy was just like him. It seemed that Zhang Maocai didn't expect that Lu Yao would call Yang Tao here today. However, with Zhang Maocai's memory and emotional intelligence, he sat down.
After that, he instantly greeted Yang Tao like an acquaintance.
Yang Tao, who was involved in the world, naturally knew that this was the professional habit of businessmen, so he politely replied to Zhang Maocai.
Zhang Maocai seemed very calm about Yang Tao's appearance. He did not rush to ask Lu Yao why Yang Tao appeared here. He just sat there quietly, looking at Lu Yao, waiting for him to speak.
However, Lu Yao's next move could be said to be completely beyond the expectations of Zhang Maocai and Yang Tao. After Lu Yao briefly introduced Yang Tao to Zhang Maocai, he didn't say much. Instead, he looked impatient and wanted to go immediately.
Start moving the chopsticks.
Both Yang Tao and Zhang Maocai felt strange. There was no need to say more about Yang Tao. He didn't know much about hot pot at all. He only heard Lu Yao talk about it after he arrived in this private room. Therefore, Yang Tao
He almost thought that Lu Yao looked down on him, so he put a table full of sesame ingredients for him to eat. If Lu Yao hadn't explained to him later that these things were the soul of hot pot, he would not have eaten these things, saying
Maybe he would have left the table angrily at this time.
Therefore, when Yang Tao saw Lu Yao like this, he was not only surprised, but also shocked. He thought to himself that Lu Yao was a kid from a rich family, how could he see things like brain hair and hairy belly?
His eyes lit up. Is this food really so delicious? No, even after Lu Yao explained it to Yang Tao, as soon as Yang Tao sees these two ingredients and thinks about their original bloody appearance, he still feels...
It's hard to swallow, which is why Yang Tao didn't do it when Lu Yao asked them to use chopsticks.
Compared to Yang Tao, Zhang Maocai already had a first impression of hot pot. After all, as Lu Yao's partner, the reason why Zhang Maocai is here today is because Zhang Maocai wants to experience it for himself to see what this hot pot is like.
It's not as delicious as Xiang Lu Yao said.
Therefore, when Lu Yao introduced hot pot to Zhang Maocai before, he had already told Zhang Maocai all the ingredients needed for the hot pot and the things that could be tasted. As a big businessman, Zhang Maocai's family conditions naturally need not be mentioned.
Basically, there is no problem if you want to eat anything, but Zhang Maocai himself has never eaten the food that Lu Yao said was eaten by officials before. His thoughts are the same as Yang Tao's, not to mention Zhang Maocai's heart.
He somewhat looked down on Yang Tao. He felt that the so-called coaches were no different from the people who worked under him, except that Yang Tao's boss was Zhao Hu. What's more, after the Cuju competition, Yang Tao basically
It is impossible to be on an equal footing with him in the world, and he might go back to where he came from. Therefore, the biggest question in Zhang Maocai's mind now is that he still hopes that Lu Yao can tell him why a guy with Yang Tao's status can be beaten by Lu Yao today
Make an appointment here to taste hot pot.
However, Yang Tao also felt a little strange about Lu Yao's attitude towards him. Although he knew that the hot pot was made by Lu Yao, looking at Lu Yao's current expression, he was also excited. This food is really delicious.
To this extent, even Lu Yao, who has always been calm, was a little out of his mind. However, as Lu Yao's partner, Zhang Maocai's performance was much calmer than Lu Yao's.
Lu Yao couldn't think about what these two people were thinking. However, when Lu Yao picked up a piece of mutton and put it into the spicy soup base, he still looked at the two people present, and saw that neither of them had any thoughts.
Lu Yao also knew what he meant by moving his chopsticks. He might have lost his temper just now, so he said to these two people:
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"You two, hurry up and use your chopsticks. This thing needs to be eaten fresh."
Yang Tao still didn't move, but Zhang Maocai picked up the chopsticks very wisely. In order to show his sincerity in cooperating with Lu Yao, Zhang Maocai picked up a piece of tripe with his chopsticks and put it into the pot.
Seeing this, Lu Yao quickly told Zhang Maocai the principle of boiling the tripe with "7 ups and 8 downs". Zhang Maocai was a little confused and thought to himself, is there a way to do this? But since it was Lu Yao who said it, Zhang Maocai
I followed the instructions obediently and cooked them with the bottom of a spicy pot.
After some operations, Lu Yao signaled to Zhang Maocai that he could eat it. Zhang Maocai wrapped the tripe with sesame sauce and ate it in one bite.
The next second, Zhang Maocai showed a very surprised expression. Yang Tao looked on, and he was also more interested in the taste of this thing. However, Zhang Maocai immediately picked up another piece and put it in the pot to cook.
Look, this taste should be okay.
Lu Yao turned his head and looked at the motionless Yang Tao, and said: "It's time to eat now. The so-called eating without talking and sleeping without talking. At this time, except for the taste of the food and how you feel about the hot pot, don't talk about anything else."
Yes, whatever you want to ask, I will tell you later."
After saying this, Lu Yao put the cooked mutton into Yang Tao's dipping bowl, and asked Yang Tao if he felt it was a little dirty. If he was sensitive to this, he could put it himself.
Even in ancient times, Lu Yao had seen people with mysophobia, and this person was someone that Lu Yao had never expected, his friend Pan Wen.
Every time Lu Yao had dinner with Pan Wen and Chen Chen, whether it was in the Lu Mansion or the Fan Building, Pan Wen's mental obsessiveness would be clearly displayed. He would never let anyone else help him pick up the food, and even if it was
Pan Wen would take out the bowls used for drinking or the chopsticks used for eating and clean them once or twice. Pan Wen's behavior is not actually a disease. Some people do have such a habit, such as
He was very concerned about others using the same plastic bottle to drink with him. However, Lu Yao never expected that Pan Wen, a person who was unruly and informal in other aspects, would pay so much attention to this aspect. This may have something to do with their Pan family.
It has something to do with their family tradition. And because of this small detail, the relationship between Yang Tao, who is sensitive, and Pan Wen is even more rigid. Yang Tao's background is naturally incomparable with Pan Wen, so he has no knowledge of this aspect.
There are so many people who are very picky, but because Lu Yao didn't know much about Yang Tao, he still wanted to ask, so as not to make Yang Tao angry again.
Yang Tao smiled and said that there was nothing wrong with him, then he picked up the mutton that Lu Yao put in his bowl with chopsticks and ate it.
Speaking of which, Yang Tao was not a person who could eat spicy food before. People in the Song Dynasty may use a lot of salt when cooking, but there is absolutely no such thing as too spicy, not to mention the spicy hot pot base made by these kilograms of butter.
Got it.
Yang Tao felt smoke in his throat after taking this bite. Then he understood the reason why Lu Yao asked people to cut the mutton into thin slices. The Zhao family really has two brushes in choosing mutton. The meat is delicious, fat and
It's not greasy, and paired with the spicy soup base and sesame sauce dipping sauce, it's really delicious.
Lu Yao also smiled when he saw Yang Tao's expression of great enjoyment. It seemed that the two of them would not be able to speak for a while and would enter a stormy mode. He could finally have a peaceful meal here.
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Later, Lu Yao picked up a whole piece of brain flower and put it into the spicy soup base.
It had been a long time since he had spicy hot pot. Lu Yao had forgotten for a while. When he tasted the deliciousness of the naohua, Yang Tao and Zhang Maocai beside him did not calm down at all.
It can be said that Zhang Maocai was amazed by the taste of that mouthful of hairy tripe. That bite completely broke Zhang Maocai's prejudice against the taste of these offal foods. He put duck intestines, hairy tripe, and brains all in the copper pot.
Among them, one bite after another, it is so delicious.
As for Yang Tao, he only made some mutton and beef at first. Among them, Yang Tao was deeply impressed by the egg beef (which is modern tender beef) and spicy beef made by Lu Yao.
For poor people, eating beef is a luxury, let alone tasting it in such a novel way.
However, Yang Tao still didn't break his grudge against offal ingredients. It wasn't until he looked at Zhang Mao that he put pieces of tripe and duck intestines into the pot. He knew that if he didn't hurry up, he might not have a chance to eat them.
.Not only Lu Yao, but also Zhang Maocai was full of praise for these ingredients. It seems that they should not be unpalatable.
So, Yang Tao also tried eating duck intestines and tripe. Yang Tao still really couldn't eat the brains.
Unexpectedly, after tasting this, Yang Tao was directly conquered by the taste of Spicy Duck Farm. It was really delicious.
Both Yang Tao and Zhang Maocai, while sighing at the deliciousness of hot pot, also admire Lu Yao from the bottom of their hearts. You know, Lu Yao is not only a gourmet, but he is also the organizer of the new Cuju competition, and there are so many
The boss of the industry, so much work is placed on him, he can actually handle everything in an orderly manner. Taking Yang Tao as an example, just asking him to manage a Tigers team, he now feels a little bit confused every day
He was exhausted physically and mentally, but Lu Yao was able to make both ends meet.
It seems that the Lu Yao mentioned by Pan Wen and Chen Chen is not a boast. This man does have some real skills. Now Yang Tao's thoughts about Lu Yao have become like this.
The three of them ate for a while, and most of the ingredients on the table were wiped out. Overall, the spicy pot base was pretty good. Lu Yao looked at the ingredients on the table, suddenly thought of something, and then asked the two
The man said: "I will go to the kitchen and prepare some staple food. You can continue eating, but remember to leave some for me."
After saying that, Lu Yao got up and left the private room, went downstairs and went straight to the kitchen.
This spicy hot pot must have some noodles at the end, and Lu Yao planned to make some hand-rolled noodles himself.
At this time, Zhang Maocai and Yang Tao were the only two people left in the private room.
