Chapter 36: The Joy of Fish and Wine (1)
The quality of life changes with changes in economic strength.
It's a sentiment to still eat Wootou when you have money, but it's not the norm, unless the person is rich but also sick at the same time.
In countless bloody scenes, the overbearing CEO sits at a roadside stall and eats stinky tofu. This is just a character design forced on the boss to pave the way for his subsequent pretense and slap in the face. If you think that the boss eats it every day.
Stinky tofu is too stupid, unless the boss runs a scam company.
It is human nature to eat what kind of delicacies you have.
Gu Qing has money recently, but he doesn’t know the exact amount. He is not interested in money and has never touched money. He misses the days of fishing in the river when he had no money the most.
What Gu Qing was most happy about today was that he finally bought an iron pot from the salesman.
The iron pot was specially made by the blacksmith in the city. Most of the pots these days are used for cooking and steaming. There are also iron pots, but they are in the shape of a "tripod", which is far from what Gu Qing needs.
The iron pot that Gu Qing ordered was just like modern ones. When the salesman delivered the iron pot to his home, Gu Qing felt happier than he had ever earned.
The curious salesman stayed to see how Gu Qing used this strange-looking pot, but Gu Qing sent him away unceremoniously.
You have to take precautions against being cheated on by others. It would be rude to chase people away after the food is finished, so you should chase them away in advance.
First make a fire on the stove, put the iron pot on it and heat it. When it is almost red, add a little soybean oil, use a spoon to spread the soybean oil all over the pot surface, and continue to burn. After burning for a while, take the pot away from the stove and let it cool down.
Rinse the pot once, add some vinegar, continue to heat it on the fire, and rinse it one last time.
This pot is considered tame.
The iron pot is very useful. It can be used for frying, frying, braising, stewing, etc. It is much better than ordinary clay pots.
Prepare ginger, green onions and a fish just caught from the river. After the oil boils, add the fish to the pan and fry on both sides until golden brown. Cut the ginger into slices and put it in the pan to remove the fishy smell. Add an appropriate amount of sauce and sprinkle the green onions after the pan is cooked.
, a braised fish dish is completed.
Gu Qing expressed great satisfaction with his masterpiece, lowering his voice and saying deeply: "High-end ingredients often only require the simplest cooking methods..."
A fat head came over and exclaimed: "It smells so good! Young Master is so good at cooking. I have never seen such a cooking method before."
Gu Qing was startled, and when he saw that the owner of this fat head was Hao Donglai, he sighed in disappointment.
I thought someone was so polite and sent me a pig's head, and I was so happy for nothing.
"What's wrong with Shopkeeper Hao today?" Gu Qing deliberately avoided the topic of food and moved the braised fish further away.
"Yes. Yesterday, I asked someone to talk to a manager of the Shuzhou Zhen Office. The matter about the porcelain clay was probably settled. However, the manager was rude and demanded a lot of filial piety before he agreed."
Gu Qing frowned: "With the high cost, can we still make money from the porcelain we make?"
Hao Donglai said with a smile: "Compared with the profits of porcelain, the contribution to Zhen Guan's office is just a drop in the bucket. Shuzhou has always been prosperous, and there are many Tubo merchants and Hu merchants from the Western Regions. They highly respect the porcelain of the Tang Dynasty. As long as we
It is burned very finely and can be sold at a high price, so Mr. Shao Lang can rest assured."
Gu Qing hummed and said, "I'll leave everything to the two shopkeepers. I'm only responsible for firing the porcelain. If there's any problem with the porcelain, you can come to me. If there's something wrong with the accounts..."
Glancing at Hao Donglai, Hao Donglai said hurriedly: "I guarantee with Xiang's head that there will be no problem with the accounts, but... I don't know about Shi Daxing. He has always been deceitful and greedy, and he manipulates the accounts behind his back.
Maybe his hands and feet..."
Gu Qing smiled: "What a coincidence. Last time Shi Daxing called me aside alone, he told me the same thing, saying that you might tamper with the accounts."
Hao Donglai was stunned for a moment, and then his big fat face trembled with anger, and the flesh on his face rolled, one after another.
"Framing! Slandering! How unconscionable! I, Hao Donglai, have always behaved myself and behaved according to my duty. I never disdained to do the things of a villain. Shi Daxing slandered me behind my back. I am a despicable villain and a shameless person! Ha - ugh!"
Gu Qing smiled and sighed, why do businessmen all have the same moral character? It seems as if they all went to a certain training center before doing business. They were taught how to frame disputes despicably and shamelessly, stir up trouble, and be eloquent... These are the professional skills of businessmen.
ah.
The braised fish on the table was steaming. Gu Qing stood up and waved to Hao Donglai with a mysterious look on his face. Hao Donglai was stunned, thinking that Gu Qing had something secret to tell him, and hurriedly followed Gu Qing to the yard.
Gu Qing kept walking, and Hao Donglai didn't stop either. He followed Gu Qing stupidly to the door. Then Gu Qing patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "There is something important that I must tell you..."
Hao Donglai cheered up: "Say."
"The world is big and the most important thing is to eat. It's noon. Go back and eat quickly. I won't keep you."
After speaking, Gu Qing turned around and closed the door.
Hao Donglai stood outside the door blankly, and then slapped himself gently. How could he forget that this guy had a protective temper and brought humiliation to himself?
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Gu Qing sat in the front room and served himself a bowl of rice. The bamboo chopsticks were first used to explore the belly of the fish. This was Gu Qing's habit of eating fish. He chose the tenderest part first. The belly of the fish had less spines and tender meat, which was his favorite.
parts.
When the fish meat entered his mouth, he suddenly felt like he was floating up. Gu Qing showed a satisfied expression, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised with a happy smile.
This is life.
After a few bites of rice, only half of a fish was left. Gu Qing was planning to have another bowl of rice when a snow-white figure silently floated down in the yard, quietly looking at Gu Qing who was eating fish.
Gu Qing suddenly felt his ears itching. He turned around and saw a girl in white standing in the yard.
She is young, about sixteen or seventeen years old, with picturesque features and cold and solitary features. She is carrying a small wine jar in one hand and a short sword in the other, like a fairy coming out of a painting.
Stained by the world.
After Gu Qing looked at it, he pointed at the door and said, "How did you get in?"
The girl said nothing and pointed to the wall behind her.
Gu Qing suddenly realized: "You climbed in through the wall? Don't you know how to knock on the door?"
The girl couldn't help but said: "I flew in."
Gu Qing twitched the corner of his mouth: "This is my home, can you please fly out again?"
The girl ignored his words and pointed to the fish on the table: "What are you eating? It's very delicious."
"Braised fish, the portion is too small, so I won't invite you. I'll treat you next time." It was his instinct to protect food.
The girl raised the wine jar in her hand and said, "I'll trade wine with you."
Gu Qing hesitated. Of course the fish was delicious, but the wine tasted even better. In his previous life, he often had nightmares and had to rely on alcohol to hypnotize him. Over time, he became addicted to alcohol. In this life, he didn’t have any addiction at all, but he drank half a jar on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival.
After drinking some nondescript fruit wine, Gu Qing found that his alcohol addiction had relapsed.
The wine jar in the girl's hand is indeed very tempting.
Chapter completed!