In the front yard of Zhu Mansion in Fulu Street, after his eldest uncle Zhu Shouren was verified, he and his two best friends, Crouching Dragon and Phoenix, were invited from the ordinary guest room into the precious guest room.
The cold outside was heavy, Zhu Shouren and his friends couldn’t help but cower as they walked outside, but as soon as they entered the precious guest room, they felt a wave of warmth coming over them, and being in the precious guest room was like travelling through the four seasons and being in the warm spring.
“Why is this house so warm, how many charcoal stoves must be burnt to make the house this warm?”
Hu Wei couldn’t help but sigh as soon as he stepped inside.
“Yes, this day’s charcoal burning alone must cost quite a lot of silver, right ……”Eldest uncle Zhu Shouren couldn’t help but chime in as well.
“Ah?”Xia Qiang, who came in last, couldn’t help but exclaim in shock when he came in.
“Ahem ……Brother Xia is calm.”Eldest uncle Zhu Shouren glanced at Xia Qiang and coughed, reminding him to pay attention, we are a scholar with status, don’t be shocked like a bumpkin and be looked down upon.
“No, Brother Zhu, Brother Hu, did you guys notice that there is not a single cooker in this house?”Xia Qiang Wu said to the two with a surprised face.
“Impossible, the inside of the house is so warm, there are not ten or eight cookers baking not so warm.”
Hu Wei and Zhu Shouren both shook their heads.
“But, look guys, where is there a cooker inside this house?”Xia Qiang pointed to the size of the house’s furnishings and said to the two.
“How can ……”Hu Wei and Zhu Shouren both shook their heads and looked around the house, then their eyes couldn’t help but widen as well, wider and wider.
I go, it’s still true, there are beds and couches, tables, chairs and cabinets in this house, but the only thing is that there are no cookers, not a single one.
There is no cooker, how can it be so warm?
For a while, the three of them were like Liu Laowei entering the Grand View Garden, staring at the dog, no, dumbfounded ……
“Three lords, the VIP room is installed with our Zhu Rong Merchant House’s exclusive Zhu Rong heating, that’s why it’s so warm. Three masters, see the pipes on the wall, that’s our Zhu Rong heater.”
The steward who guided the three to the VIP room pointed at the heating pipes on the wall and explained to eldest uncle Zhu Shouren and the other three.
“What is Zhu Rong Heater?”Eldest Uncle Zhu Shouren and the others asked curiously.
“It was invented by our aunt and young lady, there is no need to burn a cooker in the house, you only need to install Zhu Rong heaters and you can enjoy the warmth of spring in winter. We have a boiler room in the front yard that is responsible for burning the heaters, and can send the warmth through the pipes to each room in the mansion that is fitted with a Zhu Rong heater.”
The steward returned.
The three people were uncertain.
Just then, several maids came in with steaming hot, colourful and delicious dishes.
In the blink of an eye, the VIP room’s eight immortal table was filled with a dish of colour, aroma and flavour to give a full range of delicacies, chickens, ducks, fish, meat, mountain treasures and sea food, fried and fried, fried and collapsed and pasted and simmered, grilled and crispy and braised and shabu-shabu, steamed and brewed and blanched and stewed and simmered, baked and grilled, smoked and stirred and pickled and intoxicated, drawn and honeyed and simmered and spoiled ……
In order to maintain the temperature, several hot dishes have a small charcoal stove simmering underneath, cooing and cooing, doubling the aroma.
The three people who were studying the heaters were instantly captivated by the delicious dishes on the table, and one by one, their saliva secreted madly.
God knows they from Yingtian to Suzhou this way is how to live, the wind food, food, eat roots, nibble bark, the village to steal chicken, the results were chased by the dog, down the river to catch fish water is too cold fish is too slippery, froze a bit of meat and fish have not seen.
At the moment, looking at this table of chicken, duck and goose meat, delicacies, especially the plate of fragrant, wobbly elbows, so that the three of them uncontrollable footsteps little by little to move to the front of the table.
“When I see elbows, I can’t help but think of Mr Dong Po’s verse ‘and the grass whole boiled through the heart of the fragrance’, Mr Dong Po deserves to be called Mr Dong Po, this elbow ah has to be boiled in a pot with the straw that ties the meat together in order to be fragrant.”
Eldest uncle Zhu Shouren shook his head and chanted the poem, his mouth watering as he looked at the tantalising plate of elbows on the table.
“I remember it’s ‘Grass Pearls through and through’, right?”Xia Qiang scratched his head and muttered in a small voice.
“Well, I’ll taste what’s the difference between this Suzhou’s elbow and the elbow from back home ……”Eldest uncle Zhu Shouren said and could not wait to pick up the chopsticks, and could not even sit down, so he got on the chopsticks and clamped a chopstick.
Ten or so days have not seen meat, really can not help it.
A chopstick down, as if it opened the Pandora’s Box, too delicious, what pay attention to the image, what readers, this insignificant self-control was instantly shattered by this mouthful of elbow.
Hu Wei and Xia Qiang originally wanted to pay attention to the impact, but seeing Zhu Shouren with a hungry ghost like, a few chopsticks down, the elbow disappeared half, they can no longer also sit down, no longer do not do it, elbows were all eaten by the surname Zhu.
“Ahem, we also taste to see how Suzhou’s food is different from our old home ……”
The two men said a word of salvation and also got down their chopsticks.
With the first bite of elbow meat, they were just like Zhu Shouren, and their minuscule self-control was shattered.
The whole person was like opening a Pandora’s Box, and in one fell swoop, ignoring their image, they followed and joined the fray.
There was no way, as the saying goes, food is the only thing that matters to the people, not to mention that they had already been starving for ten days or so, not seeing any meat or fish, they really couldn’t resist the temptation of the food in front of them, and surrendered their arms.
“Cough cough, the three masters, the bath water and change of clothes are also ready, do the three masters want to bathe and dress before having their meal.”
The steward coughed and reminded.
“It’s not too late to bathe and change clothes after the meal.”
Eldest uncle Zhu Shouren shouted the last bite of elbow meat he had snatched in his mouth, and without lifting his head, he said vaguely.
“Mmmmm, it’s not too late to bathe after eating.”Hu Wei and Xia Qiang couldn’t agree with Zhu Shouren more at this moment.
The three of them were like starving ghosts, not even sitting down in order to grab the food conveniently, they just stood and winded their way through the food.
The table is full of beautifully plated food, not a moment later, the three people to create half, no longer look like.
From the afternoon, eat to the evening, a whole half a day to eat, but also not yet finished, bath water also from hot water into cool water.
Zhu Pingan received his eldest uncle Zhu Shouren with two close friends driving to the news, settled, explained the camp matters, rubbed the dark into the city to come to the mansion, the three also have not finished eating, just in time to see the three shy stomach wind swept the Yingzhi ……
Cloaked hair, ragged clothes, rolled sleeves, one foot on the chair, left hand a chicken leg, right hand a duck leg ……
Although he had already learnt about the situation of his eldest uncle and the others from the mouth of the messenger, but after seeing it with his own eyes, Zhu Pingan still couldn’t help but twitch the corners of his mouth.
What’s going on here?
Grandparents favour the eldest uncle, the eldest uncle always from the old two where to get a lot of silver, but also often go to the old father where to beat the autumn wind, every time you go out is to eat and drink, never treat yourself, habitually like to put on a jade-like appearance outside.
Why is it so?
