Food in the Song Dynasty: My System Connects Mountains and Seas

Chapter 181

Wen Shu walked over curiously, but found two yellow-billed bluetail fish and a golden fish all over.

"Bring it to me again?" she asked.

The fat-stealing bird kept nodding.

Wen Shu smiled, rubbed its head with both hands for a while and said, "Thank you, but the rabbits at noon haven't been eaten yet, so let's make one for you at night, and we won't eat it." "

After all, she picked up the golden fish and went to the kitchen, but when she was halfway there, she suddenly realized that something was wrong.

She lowered her head to look at the golden fish in her hand, this fish seemed to be too beautiful!I don't usually see such beautiful fish for sale when I go to fish stalls.

After thinking for a moment, she was startled, her eyes widened slightly, could this be a fish?

Thinking of this, she hurried back and asked, "Where did these fish come from?"

The fat-stealing bird was silent for a long time before he understood what she asked, and turned his head to the west.

Wen Shu immediately sat down on the ground.

My goodness!The west side is where the imperial city is located, so this fish was stolen from some fish pond in the imperial city, right?

Wen Shu stared blankly at the fish on the ground, dazed for a while. After a while, she got up from the ground and carried all three fish into the kitchen.

It doesn't matter, the fish is dead, and they can't be put back. The most urgent thing is to destroy the corpses and wipe out the traces.

But the fat-stealing bird should be taught well, otherwise it will not only lose its own life, but also her and her father will be implicated if it behaves like this again in the future.

With fear and worry, Wen Shu quickly removed the scales and gills of the three fish, and made three fish dishes with different ingredients and different tastes.

Jin Cancan made fish sticks for the fat-stealing bird, and she put the remaining two dishes of fish into the storage basket after being braised in soy sauce and steamed.

After dinner, her father was called away by Uncle Sun as usual, while Wen Shu moved a small stool and sat next to the fat stealing bird, telling her where to go and where not to go.

Although it would be silly to talk about such a stake with a bird, Wen Shu had to.

Half an hour later, I don't know if the fat-stealing bird understood, but it just stared at her blankly with those red eyes, neither shaking its head nor nodding.

Forget it, take your time!
Wen Shu sighed, went back to her room and fell asleep, and woke up the next morning when the sky turned pale.

After a brief wash, Wen Shu took advantage of the semi-dark sky to make breakfast, and when the sky was completely bright, Wen Shu stepped out of the city on the morning sun.

This time she went out of the city, she deliberately brought an extra small bamboo basket, so that she could dig some bracken and spring bamboo shoots along the way. Last time, the bamboo shoots and fern wontons seemed to be quite popular.

The tea shed is slowly being built. Things can’t always be the same, and some new dishes have to be added slowly. As a delicious and easy-to-cook staple food, Wen Shu thinks it can be added, and because there are The storage basket keeps fresh and can even be used as a feature of the tea shed.

What she didn't know was that when she just walked out of the courtyard, the fat-stealing bird inside also set off, but this time it didn't fly elsewhere, but quietly followed her all the way out of the city.

Wen Shu walked out of the city for a while, and then came to the place where the bracken bamboo shoots were dug last time.In order to dig more bracken and spring bamboo shoots, she spent a lot of time on the road, and when she got to the tea shed, the sun had already risen high.

Fortunately, Mrs. Zhao is a diligent person. When she entered, the other party had already boiled water, a pot of tea soup and three baskets of solid steamed buns.

Wen Shu greeted with a smile, put down the cabbage, and went to look at the water tank behind and inside the house.

Seeing that there were not many fruits in the tank, she picked up the bucket and pole to fetch water from the small river opposite. It was only then that she realized that the fat-stealing bird was following, because of the reflection in the water.

She looked up at the sky, and with a wave of her hand, the fat-stealing bird flew down from the sky and landed beside it.

"Why are you here? Do you feel bored at home?"

The fat-stealing bird didn't reply, just looked at her so firmly.

"Forget it, come on, come on, you can stay on the mountain behind the tea shed during the day, so you don't get bored and cause trouble for me, there is a lot of food on the mountain, and you are not afraid of going to some rich and noble family, and letting people shoot you Shoot."

At noon, Wen Shu was making wontons with Mrs. Zhao, when a few men suddenly came in from the tea shed, tall and short, fat and thin, but judging from their expressions, they might not be serious diners.

Sure enough, before the group sat down, they heard one of them yelling: "Shopkeeper, quickly serve a few catties of mutton, and bring some jugs of good wine."

Wen Shu hurriedly stepped forward to apologize and smiled: "I'm really sorry for the guest officers. The shop is newly opened and has not yet prepared vegetables and drinks. Now there are only Xu steamed buns and tea soup in the shop, as well as wontons of bamboo shoots and fern. I don't know how many "

"Fucking hell only eat steamed buns, men want to eat meat." The person who spoke kicked the stool next to his legs away.

Wen Shu frowned, but still said kindly on his face: "You guys want to eat meat, there is a Ping'an tea shop half a mile to the east, and the stewed mutton made by his family is very good, you can go there Go try it."

"That's the man who came here, so I don't need your advice." A man said in a vicious voice.

"Since you guys don't want to be top-notch, please go elsewhere." Facing the person who was obviously finding fault, Wen Shu knew that it would be wrong to say anything, so his tone was no longer soft.

"Hey, I'm going to drive you away. A small tea shed thinks he's too high-ranking." The speaker had a black mole on his mouth, and a hair growing on the mole. His movements and expressions kept trembling.

Wen Shu was about to go back, but at this moment, Mrs. Zhao quietly pulled her to the side and said, "Don't be impulsive, this gang is a gang formed by gangsters from several nearby villages, it seems to be called the Scythe Gang. In the area around here, they do evil and forcefully collect protection fees. There are no one who doesn’t know who set up stalls and tea shops nearby. Come on, they are so ruthless that they can do anything."

"Sister-in-law said they have been around for a long time, does the government know?"

"Knowing what's the use, Zhou Butou in the yamen is the leader's uncle, so they are not afraid of the government."

Hearing Mrs. Zhao's words, Wen Shu pondered. Sister-in-law Zhao asked her to spend money to buy peace and not to conflict with these people, but her tea shed only earned a hundred cash a day. If she paid the protection fee, What else does she have to earn.

But if you don't pay, this group of people obviously won't just let it go. There are seven or eight people in the hall, and she can't beat them alone. Even if they can beat them, it will be troublesome if they disturb them every day.

After thinking for a while, she winked at Mrs. Zhao.

Mrs. Zhao reconciled and said that she agreed, and hurriedly stepped forward to smooth things over: "Oh, you heroes, calm down, the shop really doesn't have meat, but I wish to make friends with each of you. How about the shop paying for you heroes to eat in the city? There are many butcher shops here, and the taste is good."

The members of the Scythe Gang saw that there was only one woman and a young lady in the store, and the young lady was still very beautiful, so they couldn't help feeling something different in their hearts.

"Originally, it's just for now. I'm afraid it's not enough just to invite us to eat meat. I heard this little lady's voice is clear and bright. I think she has a good voice. Why don't you sing a song for the men to make them happy?" , we will cover this store in the future.”

(End of this chapter)