It was almost noon, and Zhang Zong walked out of the room with a yawn, but his eyes were hurt by the bright sunshine outside the room. Then he used water to wash his face, and then his dizzy mind became clearer.

Last night, Xue Shao treated her to a treat, and the two of them ate and chatted. It was not until the second update that the genius ended. However, after the end, Xue Shao did not ask Zhang Zong to go back, but took him to visit the East City. Although there was a curfew in Chang'an City, the curfew only closed the gate of the yard, and the people were not prohibited from going out. Therefore, after the curfew, each broke through the yard and formed a small market, especially the east and west cities.

The East City is not as large as the West City in terms of business scale. After all, the West City is the starting point of the Silk Road, but most of the people living around the East City are powerful and powerful, which makes it full of luxury shops and night markets very lively. Many playboys who are unwilling to go out during the day also ran out at this time, and they all called their friends to pass by.

It was Zhang Zong's first time to come to Dongshi, so the two of them played until the middle of the night. Finally, Xue Shao sent him back. Zhang Zong knew that he would definitely not get up today, so he hung the sign of "Stay Day Off" on the door last night, and he was not in a hurry to open the door to do business.

The dozen or so boxes of gifts sent by Princess Chengyang were piled in the yard. Yesterday, Zhang Zong had no time to clean up. While he was fine now, he opened the box and found that the gifts inside were really complete, including gold, silver, copper coins, silk, etc., and all the food should be used.

Now Zhang Zong sorted out these things in different categories, then moved them to the room little by little. After doing it, he picked up scissors and began to trim the flowers and plants in the flowerbed.

The gardenia and jasmine in Furong Garden fostering had been moved out yesterday, leaving a space in the flower garden empty. The business of the flower garden was too good a few days ago, and most of the potted flowers and plants were sold out, which made the flower garden much empty all of a sudden.

"It seems that I have to find time to ask Manager Wang Xiao to send a batch of flower pots!" Zhang Zong said to himself as he looked at the open space in the flower bed.

But at this moment, suddenly, there was a knock on the door outside. Zhang Zong had to put down the scissors in his hand. He originally thought it was a customer who came to buy flowers, but when he opened the door, he was stunned and said, "Sanlang, why are you here?"

The person outside the door was Xue Shao. He saw the other party smiling and said, "Brother Shi, what you said yesterday is counting?"

"What...what?" Zhang Zong didn't react for a moment.

"Why did Brother Shi forget? Didn't you say you wanted to cook a lot of delicacies for me?" Xue Shao also said a little aggrieved at this time.

Zhang Zong slapped his forehead when he heard this. Yesterday he did say that he was cooking for Xue Shao, but only one night later, the other party came to him. Isn't this too impatient? It seems that he still underestimated the determination of a foodie.

"It's okay to cook, but there's nothing at home now. I have to go to the vegetable market. Come in and wait!" Zhang Zong said as he invited Xue Shao in. Since he agreed to the other party, he naturally could not go back on his word.

"No, no, I'm ready all the ingredients!" Xue Shao said, pointing behind him. At this time, Zhang Zong realized that there was a servant behind him pushing a car, and there were a lot of ingredients piled up on the car.

"You are really thoughtful!" Zhang Zong said with some amusement when he saw this.

Zhang Zong invited Xue Shao in, and a truck of ingredients was pushed to the door of his kitchen. Then Xue Shao asked the servant to leave, and he worked with Zhang Zong to move the ingredients to the kitchen. During this process, Zhang Zong also took a look at these ingredients and found that it was really complete, including pigs, sheep, chicken and other meats, as well as various vegetables and even seasonings.

"You have too many of them!" Zhang Zong smiled helplessly, holding two lamb legs. They couldn't finish them today, let alone other meats. The weather is so hot now, it's difficult to preserve them.

Xue Shao next to him just giggled. It was his first time buying vegetables. He bought them directly when he saw what he wanted to eat. He didn't think so much at all.

"It takes one or two hours to cook. If you are hungry, go to the living room. If you are worried about the table, it was your mother who sent it yesterday." Zhang Zong said to Xue Shao at this time that it took a lot of time to process so many ingredients.

"No, I ate so late yesterday. I'm not hungry at all now. And I also like to watch people cook. I can help you with the ingredients when staying here!" Xue Shao shook his head and refused.

Zhang Zong did not insist when he heard this. He immediately started to process the ingredients and handed over some simple work to Xue Shao. As a result, Xue Shao actually did it very seriously and did not have the awareness of "a gentleman farewell to the chef". This made Zhang Zong nod his head secretly. It seemed that Princess Chengyang's tutoring was quite good.

Xue Shao called for a braised pork. This dish needed to be simmered on low heat at the end, so Zhang Zong first processed the pork belly and then placed it on a small stove to simmer. In addition, he made a small recipe based on the ingredients and seasonings. For example, he was surprised to find that there was cumin and mutton in the seasonings, so a dish of cumin and mutton is definitely indispensable.

Cumin is native to Egypt. The pharaohs of Egypt used the spice of cumin. Later, it was spread to India and Central Asia BC, and finally spread to the Central Plains along the Silk Road. It is a very important barbecue spice.

In addition, Zhang Zong also made fish-flavored shredded pork, sweet and sour pork ribs and other dishes. Finally, Zhang Zong cleaned up a chicken, filled it with various seasonings, picked a few lotus leaves from the pool in the garden, wrapped the whole chicken, then pasted it with yellow mud, and threw it into the fire to make beggar chicken.

In addition to the above meat and vegetables, Zhang Zong also stir-fried a few vegetables. Although there were already cooking in the Tang Dynasty, it was not popular. Only a few chefs in big restaurants mastered this kind of cooking skills, and they are generally only used for meat. Fried vegetables like this are still rare. At least Zhang Zong did not see them yesterday.

Finally, Zhang Zong made six meat, two vegetables and eight dishes. Yesterday he found that Xue Shao was a carnivore like him, and there was also a spicy and sour soup. This dish was originally made of pork belly, but Xue Shao didn't buy it, so Zhang Zong changed to shredded sheep belly. Unfortunately, there was no chili, so he lacked the spicy taste, so he could only increase the amount of pepper.

When Zhang Zong was cooking, Xue Shao next to him was stunned, especially when he was very interested in the beggar chicken made of yellow mud. It was probably the first time he had seen this cooking technique. When Zhang Zong finally knocked open the shell of the beggar chicken, a salty and fresh aroma rushed over, which made Xue Shao swallow his saliva with a "gudong".

"Come on, try my skills. I haven't made it for a long time, and I don't know if it has regressed!" After the dishes were ready, Zhang Zong also greeted Xue Shao with great enthusiasm.

Xue Shao couldn't wait any longer. He picked up the chopsticks and tasted the beggar chicken first. As a result, he was so hot that he was inhaled, but he was reluctant to spit it out. Finally, he finally chewed a few sips and swallowed it. He immediately exclaimed: "It tastes delicious, salty and fresh, especially the taste of chicken to the extreme. I have never eaten such a fragrant chicken!"

After saying that, Xue Shao didn't wait for Zhang Zong's response and immediately launched an attack on other dishes. The braised pork was fat but not greasy, the fish-flavored pork was salty, sour, spicy, sweet and fresh, and the cumin mutton was soft, tender, and spicy. Even the fried vegetables were unique, making him unable to stop chopsticks.

Seeing Xue Shao's voracious look, Zhang Zong laughed, then picked up the chopsticks and tasted his masterpiece, but he still regretted that because he lacked some important seasonings, such as chili, he could only use other seasonings to make up for it, which caused some deviations in the taste of these dishes.

Of course, only Zhang Zong felt that the taste was not good. For Xue Shao, who had eaten these dishes for the first time, these dishes were extremely delicious. Various fresh cooking techniques also opened his eyes. In the end, he couldn't sit still until he ate them. As a result, he stood up and ate them with a chicken leg in small mouthfuls.

"Brother Shi, hiccup~, the dishes you cook are so delicious. I originally thought that the dishes in Dongmulou were good, but compared with the dishes you cook, it was so different!" Xue Shao praised Zhang Zong with a burp.

"Dongmulou's craftsmanship is quite good, at least I can't make the dishes they cook." Zhang Zong said modestly with a smile.

Xue Shao just had something fresh. In fact, the dishes in Dongmulou are more complicated and the knife skills are more exquisite. They are only limited by the times and the cooking techniques are a bit single. If Zhang Zong teaches his cooking techniques to the other party, he may be hundreds of times better than his.

"By the way, how did you ask what I asked you to inquire about?" Zhang Zong hesitated and asked. Yesterday he asked Xue Shao to inquire about his father. He originally planned to ask again during the meal, but Xue Shao was only concerned about eating and had no mouth to answer.

"This..." Xue Shao's little face showed a bit of embarrassment and said, "It was too late to go back yesterday, so I ran to my mother's place to ask this morning. As a result, my mother refused to tell me some things, but I still found two useful news."

"Tell me quickly!" Zhang Zong felt a deep heart when he heard this, but he still urged.

"First, your father did serve as an official, and he was a bachelor's degree in Chongxian Pavilion, and his level was not low. Second, your flower garden was actually part of Furong Garden before, and later it became your private residence for some reason, so it was separated by the palace wall."
Chapter completed!