Chapter 262 I can see through it at a glance
The two kitchen assistants were very cautious about Chen Xu's cooking with this golden and clear oil, which looked like water. This oil looked bland and tasteless. How delicious the dishes made were? When cooking, they had to use large oil to make them fragrant.
Chen Xu naturally filtered it out of the two assistants' disgusting expressions, rolled up his sleeves and cooked it himself, a dish of vinegar and yam, a dish of cold winter bamboo shoots, a dish of braised fish, a dish of home-cooked tofu, a scrambled egg, and a dish of crispy meat specially fried.
Among the traditional Chinese food methods in later generations, frying, cooking and frying is the most commonly used technique, but the premise of these methods is to use clean oil, especially fried dishes, which is not possible. Therefore, today, with clear oil, Chen Xu couldn't wait to make a plate of the most classic fried food, crispy meat.
The crispy meat is made of the best pork belly, cut it into thin slices, then dip it in the sauce on top and fry it into golden brown. At this time, most of the fat in the pork belly is oozing into the noodle sauce, so it will taste crispy on the outside and tender on the inside and have a strong aroma. You can eat it like this or add ginger, green onion and garlic sauce to the pot and steam it for 20 minutes. Of course, Chen Xu was too lazy to do this. When he was a child, he loved to eat crispy meat directly fried. Of course, not only meat, but also lotus root slices, potato slices, yam slices, and even tender Chinese toon leaves or pepper leaves. The fried tastes better.
Therefore, as several dishes in the kitchen gradually started to boil, a stream of strange fragrance spread throughout the cafeteria, especially when frying crispy meat, not only the two assistants drooled, but even Chen Ping and Ying Bu, who were sitting in the next room, swallowed almost at the same time.
"Hiss, what kind of dish is this? How could it have such a strange fragrance?" Ying Bu was full of surprise and had the urge to jump off the kang and go to the kitchen to take a look.
"Brother Ying, don't be anxious, you will know when the dishes are on the table!" Chen Ping said licking his mouth.
In the past half a month, they have been traveling back and forth in Funiu Mountain and searching for more than a dozen towns. Not to mention the disciples of the Immortal Family, the peasant family didn't see much. When asked about the disciples of the Immortal Family, everyone shook their heads and said they had never seen them before. Therefore, they passed by Qinghe Town today to prepare to go back. At the same time, they also decided to spread the rumor that they were so that others would no longer be fooled.
But by chance, I met Chen Xu here.
"Brother Chen, this place is called Qinghe Town. Could it be related to the legendary Qinghe wine?" Ying Bu suddenly remembered something.
"I also have this guess. Qinghe Town is different from the towns we passed by a few days ago. Not only are the villagers united, but Chen Xu is so young and has become a lid. He is also loved by villagers. Even Gao Yao, the son of the Nanyang County Magistrate, is so afraid of him. It can be seen that he is a strange man. Let's take a look at it later!" Chen Ping said.
"So good!" Ying Bu nodded repeatedly.
After about half an hour, two assistants brought several dishes into the room and placed them on a wooden table on the kang. Chen Ping said with some emotion: "I didn't expect that there would be a hot kang in such a remote place. I heard that this hot kang was spread to the world more than a month ago!"
"Yes, I have heard of this warm kang. Almost everyone is talking about this thing in the passing places. It is a good thing to keep the cold and sleep peacefully, but I don't need it very much in the south." Ying Bu said.
"Haha, don't you know that this kang was invented by our Lidian, and this kang was also spread from our Qinghe Town!" A helper serving the dishes said proudly.
"Really?" Chen Ping and Ying Bu asked in surprise at the same time.
"Of course it's true. The farm tools such as curved plows, threshers and rakes that are circulating outside are also made by our Lord Lidian..."
"Ahem~"
Just when this helper wanted to continue to promote Chen Xu's great achievements, another helper who came in to serve the food quickly coughed a few times. The helper quickly stopped and then looked at Chen Xu who had washed his hands and walked in calmly.
"The two of you are negligent and cook a few side dishes casually to try them to see if they are suitable for the taste!" Chen Xu also sat on the kang and said with a smile.
"Thank you for the hospitality of Chen Lidian. I have never had enough food recently, so I'm not polite!" Chen Ping and Ying Bu are not the kind of people who are so mom-sheep. Although they are not familiar with Chen Xu, they looked at a few dishes they had never seen before and smelled the tempting fragrance. They could no longer suppress their saliva. They felt like they were suddenly hungry and were about to part. Therefore, after accusing them, they picked up the bamboo chopsticks and started to eat.
"Hey, this is yam, but it's sour and crispy, with a lot of taste, and it's really delicious!"
"The fish is tender and delicious, and has never eaten it before!"
"What's so crispy and fragrant? There's meat inside..." Ying Bu was surprised after taking a bite of the fried crispy meat.
"This is crispy meat, inside is the meat on the waist and belly of Shanbo, and outside is noodle sauce. After frying in clean oil, it tastes like this, which is fragrant and crispy." Chen Xu also explained while eating a piece of crispy meat.
"What kind of dish is this square, soft, tender and fragrant, and has never eaten it before!"
"Oh, this is called tofu, it is made of beans!" Chen Xu also explained.
Chen Pingyingbu was like a hungry man who had been hungry for half a month. He asked while eating. Two pairs of chopsticks rose and fell, and soon the few dishes were reduced by a few dishes. At the same time, he drank two bowls of millet rice, which slowed down his eating speed.
"By the way, Chen Lidian, have you heard about the disciples of the Funiu Mountain Immortal Family?" Chen Ping suddenly stopped chopsticks and asked, and Ying Bu also stopped eating.
"I've heard of it!" Chen Xu nodded with a plain expression.
"Where is it?" both of them exclaimed excitedly.
"It's only in this mountain, the clouds are deep and I don't know where it is!" Chen Xu chewed a crispy meat.
"Please give Chen Lidian a detailed explanation!" Chen Ping excitedly put down his bowl and chopsticks and bowed.
"Only those who are destined to see it, and everyone in the world is bustling with money, fame and fortune. They hold their own unspeakable goals, not seeking the way of immortals, not seeking the way of humans, only seeking their own selfish desires, and not being sincere or calm. How can they meet the immortals?" Chen Xu continued to eat crispy meat slowly.
"Could it be... Could it be that Chen Lidian had seen a disciple of the Immortal Family?" The two were shocked at the same time.
"Whatever you see, what if you don't see?" Chen Xu put down his chopsticks and said lightly.
While cooking, I slowly recalled some information about Chen Ping and Ying Bu. They both followed Xiang Yu at first, and later betrayed Xiang Yu and defected to Liu Bang. Chen Ping, as the most important counselor around Liu Bang, was as smart as Zhang Liang and as brave as Han Xin. He was both civil and military. He used six strange plans to help Liu Bang finally seize the world and establish the Han Empire. He ended up doing good deeds. He made countless contributions in his life and left many legends. Sima Qian listed him as a family in the Records of the Grand Historian, and there were only six families in total. It is hard to say about Ying Bu. Before the rebellion, he was a prisoner with a tattoo on his face, so he was also called Ting Bu. However, although this person was brave, he was a natural rebel. He followed Xiang Yu to Xiang Yu and Liu Bang to Liu Bang, but his military achievements were outstanding. After the founding of the Han Dynasty, Ying Bu was named King of Huainan by Liu Bang, but he rebelled in the end, and the result was naturally very miserable.
"Actually, I know why you two came?" Chen Xu continued slowly.
"Why does Chen Lidian guess this? We are naturally coming for the disciples of the Immortal Family!" Ying Bu rushed to say.
"Haha, this is a self-deception. I can see through what you think in your heart at a glance!" Chen Xu continued to show off.
"Why did I come?" Chen Ping's face slowly calmed down, but his heart was beating and he felt a little numb on his back.
Chen Xu's eyes slowly swept across the two of them, and finally frozen them on Ying Bu's face and said word by word: "You are here to restore the country!"
"Crash~knock~"
Chen Ping and Ying Bu stood up almost at the same time, and the bowls and chopsticks were knocked over the ground. Ying Bu directly pulled out the long sword from his waist and pointed it on Chen Xu's forehead. The tip of the sword trembled violently, showing Ying Bu's fear in his heart.
"Bang~" The door of the room was suddenly knocked open, and Wang Wu and Wang Qi broke in at the same time. He pulled out his big sword and surrounded Chen Ping and Ying Bu in the middle.
"Drop the weapon immediately, otherwise you will be cut into meat sauce in an instant!" Wang Wu's big sword pointed at Ying Bu and shouted loudly.
"Brother Ying, don't be reckless!" Under the threat of the four great swords, Chen Ping felt cold all over. He couldn't understand why Chen Xu, a small Lidian, had such a brave guard around him. These four guards were murderous. As long as he and Ying Bu acted slightly, they would probably be killed instantly. Therefore, they could only endure the fear in their hearts and stop Ying Bu.
After more than ten seconds of fighting, Ying Bu threw the sword in his hand to the ground with a slam, and then sat down as if he had lost his strength. Even if the four guards in front of him could be severely injured, he would still be killed.
"You guys go out first!" Chen Xu waved his hand, Wang Wu nodded and bent down to pick up Ying Bu's long sword. Then the four of them left the room and closed the door again.
"Haha, the two are so timid, but they still want to restore their country. If they are so kind, please go home early to chop wood and farm. Don't sacrifice the lives of the King of Chu of Wei in vain." Chen Xu took up the teacup with a calm expression and took a sip of tea.
Based on the two of them's excitement just now, he confirmed a little bit in his heart. Chen Pingyingbu in front of him was most likely the two indifferent people who helped Xiang Yu and Liu Bang dig up the Qin Dynasty. So he slowly put down his cup and continued: "The restoration of the six countries is just a flower in the well. It seems beautiful, but it is actually ethereal, and it is destined not to succeed. Even if it is successful, it is just a flash in the pan. If you don't believe it, I can explain it to you!"
Chen Pi sat down with a ugly face and bowed and said, "Since Chen Lidian knows the purpose of my two coming, please answer your doubts. If the matter of restoring the country is successful, it will be stopped. If not, it will die. In order to restore the country, we have already put life and death aside. Therefore, if Lidian wants to use this to tie us up and sue the official, I am afraid that we will not get what we want!"
"Two guys sit quietly. Since I said it, I would not have such a plan!" Chen Xu waved his hands calmly, and his eyes fell on Ying Bu's face again. "Brother Ying Bu met a minister when he was a child, saying that you will definitely be king after being punished in the future..."
"Crash~" Ying Bu suddenly stood up again. This time, because he was too excited, he almost overturned the table for eating, and the table was filled with food and dishes.
Chapter completed!