Chapter 45: Exploding Eel Pieces? Storytelling
Fish scale pattern.
The tentacles are cold.
Li Luotang thought about it, spread the red silk tied to the hilt of the knife, and looked at the light and saw that the dark pattern was a word "大". Yi Jing once described to her the characteristics of the thirty-six hundred-refined steel flying knives lost in the Casting Villa.
These six flying knives are obviously six of the thirty-six flying knives stolen from the Caoqi Villa.
"These six flying knives are pretty good, but the number is too small. It would be great if there were a few more." Li Luotang said deliberately.
The blacksmith smiled and said, "That customer still has it in his hands."
"Where does he live?" Li Luotang asked.
"Young Master, sorry, he didn't tell the little one." The blacksmith said apologetically.
Li Luotang asked, "Why do you give him the money after the knife is sold?"
"That guest will come every few days." The blacksmith smiled.
Li Luotang's eyes flashed slightly, "Let's do this, when he comes again, you will ask someone to go to Hongfu Inn to find me, my surname is Li."
"Okay, Mr. Li." The blacksmith agreed.
Li Luotang bought the six flying knives for 100 taels of silver, and with Ren Juege, Sai Xishi left the iron shop.
After walking out of the Cuihuofang, Ren Yuge asked: "What's the problem with the flying knife?"
"This flying knife is the lost treasure of the village in the Zhuqi Villa. The owner of Zhuqi Villa asked Brother Yi to help him catch the thief and retrieve the flying knife and sword. Since I have encountered it, I will check it out." Li Luotang said in a low voice.
"If this person can steal things from the Casting Villa, he must be very skilled, so be careful when acting." Ren Yuge did not advise her not to care about this matter.
"I will be careful." Li Luotang said righteously.
"Look for a shop and have lunch." Ren Yuge suggested that he saw it almost noon.
"Okay." Li Luotang agreed.
Sai Xishi pursed her lips. Although she had a little shadow on eating in the restaurant, Li Luotang and Ren Yuge both said that they had to taste other people's dishes in order to learn from others' strengths.
The street they are now located is closest to Kuiyuan Building, and they ate lunch at Kuiyuan Building. Kuikui is homophone; Kuixing, commonly known as Kuixing. Kuiyuan means a person with the highest talent among his peers. The boss named the store Kuiyuan, which means it goes without saying.
The Kuiyuan Building with a paper-shaped structure is higher than the Dengke Tower, with a total of seven floors. This floor can indeed be called the first floor of Lin'an City. In addition to the dishes, the major restaurants also have other characteristics to attract customers. Dengke Tower is singing songs, and Kuiyuan Tower is storytelling.
The storytelling stand is in the middle of the building, and there is a four-plan table on the stage. It is not yet noon and has not started to speak.
"Let's have dinner in the lobby on the first floor." Sai Xishi looked at the storytelling stand, her eyes shining. She liked to hear about storytelling very much, but unfortunately she had heard of it once when she grew up so old.
Although the people who built the Kuiyuan Building allowed storytellers to be heard on every floor and in the rooms, the first floor was still the clearest and the rich expressions of storytellers could be seen.
Ren Yuge and Li Luotang had no objection.
Before the food was served, the storyteller came. He was an old man over 50 years old. He stood on the stage, picked up the awakening wood and knocked it. The hall suddenly became quiet.
"Last time, Shubao fainted when he walked into Dongyue Temple. Seeing this, the Taoist rushed to help him, but where could he help him? He had to report to the master of the temple. The master of the temple was named Wei Zheng, and he had become an official and a magistrate. He was just because the treacherous minister was in charge of the Tao and practiced with a crown..."
Sai Xishi held his cheeks with both hands, stared at the storyteller with both eyes, and his expression was serious and focused.
Ren Juege and Li Luotang smiled.
The guy brought the dishes, including duck sauce, chicken with stewed chicken, raw eel slices and lotus leaf mortar steamed ribs, and a pot of apple juice.
"Shi Shi, don't just listen to stories and don't eat vegetables." Li Luotang picked up a duck leg and put it in her bowl.
"Oh," Sai Xishi answered unconsciously, his eyes still staring at the storyteller.
This girl!
Others have a passion for drinking water, but she is full when she hears the story.
Li Luotang's eyes flashed slightly, "Brother Li, please feed her."
Ren Yuge was stunned, "This is not suitable."
"Just let her be so hungry? It will make her body so hungry." Li Luotang said with a sad face.
Ren Yuge glared at Li Luotang, don’t think he couldn’t see this cramped girl, because he wanted to see his embarrassing attitude.
Li Luotang playedfully sticking out his tongue and gnawing on the chicken wings.
"Little Junior Sister." Ren Yuge reached out to Sai Xishi's eyes and waved it.
Sai Xishi came to his senses, "Senior Brother, what's the matter?"
"Eat vegetables." Ren Juege picked up a piece of ribs and put them in her bowl.
"Thank you, my junior brother." Sai Xishi smiled sweetly.
The sauce duck and roe chicken taste good, but the raw eel slices are the most famous for Kuiyuanlou. The eel meat is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and the fragrance is everywhere; after a bite, the meat is tender and sweet and sour.
"No wonder this dish is unique in all the smell, the color, fragrance and taste of this dish." Li Luotang praised.
Ren Juege will take the exam for Xi Shi, "What kind of eel is better?"
As a fisherman's daughter, Sai Xishi opened her mouth and said, "The fish body is yellow-brown, has no cracks, and is smooth and mucous to the touch, which is a better eel."
"How do you know whether eel fillets are made of live eels or dead eels?" Ren Yuge continued.
"Once you look at the blood color, the living is bright red, the dead is purple-red. Secondly, you look at the blood clots, the living is striped, and the dead is scattered. Thirdly, you look at the flesh, the living is thin feet, and the dead is rough. Fourthly, you look at the skin, the living is black and bright, the skin is smooth, the dead is gray, and the color is slightly dark." Sai Xishi replied.
Li Luotang touched his forehead and only selected eels, he paid so much attention to it. It was so troublesome. She would be responsible for eating it.
Then Ren Yuge asked about raw eels, what should I pay attention to? He also pointed out why raw eels are so delicious.
Sai Xishi was immersed in the cooking skills. When she finished digesting what Ren Juege said, the storyteller said: "...Shubao thanked him and went on horseback. If you want to know how Shubao is going, let's listen to the next breakdown."
"Ah, that's all." Sai Xishi hadn't heard enough.
The guests at other tables also shouted that the storyteller would say another story. The storyteller bowed to him, "Thank you, the old and young men for their support. I rely on the storyteller to make a living, and I also invite the old and young men to give me some money."
Three boys with trays, one collects money in the lobby on the first floor, and the other two go upstairs to collect money. Tell me a book and then collects money. This is an old routine.
Sai Xishi took out a few copper coins and put them in the tray. Ren Juege and Li Luotang also took out a few copper coins and put them in the tray.
Soon, the boss had at least one hanging of money in his tray.
The storyteller did not wait for the other two boys to come down from the building, and began to say, "Shubao has been away from Erxian Village, and it can't take dozens of miles. It's too late, and there is a small shop on the side of the road. Shubao gets off the horse and goes into the shop..."
This section of the book was finished again, and Sai Xishi was still not satisfied, but unfortunately the storyteller had left the stage. Ren Yuge called the clerk to come to check the bill, and Li Luotang comforted Sai Xishi, "You want to hear, we'll come again tomorrow, right, Brother Ren?"
Ren Yuge smiled and said, "As long as you like, you can give the storyteller a special message to you."
"Really?" Saisishi asked in surprise.
"Of course it's true." Ren Yuge smiled.
Chapter completed!