Chang’an Small Restaurant

Winter solstice three days off, Shen Shaoguang had a "ups and downs", and had a meeting with a partner - from a little rich woman with a house and a car to a house slave who pays in installments; drunk once -Break up with boyfriend, break up unsuccessfully, simply agree to marriage verbally. In addition, I cried twice, causing the number of emotional out of control this year to exceed the standard. Shen Shaoguang summed up this way while drinking porridge on the morning of the fourth day of the winter solstice.

The porridge is yellow millet porridge with a moderate thickness; the porridge is mixed with tofu and pickles, with chopped green onion and sesame oil, as well as vinegar celery that the Tang people love; the staple food is minced meat rolls and bean noodles and chestnuts Mian Mai Mian Sanhe Noodles with small steamed buns and soft boiled eggs.

At this time, there is no very accurate timer at home. I don't know how the three princesses cook so well every time.

Speaking of boiled eggs, Shen Shaoguang remembered a novel he read many years ago. The heroine gave birth to a child. Her unreliable and extroverted husband brought dumplings bought from outside. The mother in the ward was complaining about her husband. ①

The mother's husband brought some boiled eggs to the ward, all of them as hard as rubber. The mother was very puzzled. The husband said that he did exactly what his wife said, put cold water in it, and boiled it for forty-five minutes after the pot was boiled. The mother said, "I said four or five minutes, you cook for forty-five minutes! Why don't you cook for four or five hours?" She also said that before giving birth to the child, she took her husband one by one to tell the house what and where. I'm afraid that when I go home after giving birth, my husband starves to death.

Shen Shaoguang was only in his teens at that time, the age difference was too great, and the background of his growth was different. It’s okay to have read this book, but I don’t know why I remember this passage clearly, especially the “four or five minutes” meme—the sensitivity of foodies?

Shen Shaoguang also remembered the lard bibimbap made by the female protagonist for the male protagonist. He mistook the sugar for monosodium glutamate, and the male protagonist ate this bowl of sweet lard rice in large mouths Going down - two people missed it because of their identity gap, and once they missed it, it was a lifetime.

Shen Shaoguang didn't know why she remembered such a long story, maybe the woman in love was especially sentimental.

As he said, thinking too much is not enough, always seek everything, how can there be so much everything? Life is like sailing a boat, we don't know what to expect, we can only choose people who are in the same boat.

Looking at her little lady's cloudy face, sometimes frowning and sometimes smiling, Ah Yuan asked, "But this meal is not to your taste?"

Shen Shaoguang smiled, "I'm thinking about bibimbap with hog oil."

A Yuan had never eaten when she was with the old master. Now, there are too many delicious things. After imagining it, she shook her head, not very interested.

Shen Shaoguang didn't eat it either. Mr. Cai Lan put lard bibimbap on the must-eat list before death, and Shen Shaoguang suspected that there were too many emotional bonuses in it. A spoonful of lard, a little soy sauce and chopped green onion, plus white rice, can there be any chemical reaction?

The store has ready-made lard, Shen Shaoguang tried to make a pot of lard bibimbap at noon. Compared with simply adding soy sauce, lard, and chopped green onion, her bibimbap is almost luxurious—with sausage, shredded chicken, pickled bamboo shoots, shrimp, and nothing else, red, green, and green, at least it looks pretty. , The hot rice volatilizes the aroma of the oil, and it smells very attractive.

A-Yuan was very arrogant in front of eating, and her previous disapproval turned into almost burying her face in the bowl.

Yu Sanyi has always been very resistant to Shen Shaoguang's strange rice, but after tasting this lard bibimbap, she also ate a bowl.

It's all strategy.

After the winter solstice, Shen Shaoguang spent less and less time in the kitchen tinkering with food like this. Shao Jie bought the Dongshi restaurant, busy decorating and arranging the storefront, setting up desks, supplies and personnel, and trying to open it before the new year.

In addition to the daily management of the original four restaurants, Shen Shaoguang is also thinking about how to make the Dongshi store a Shenji signature—this good location cannot be wasted, the key is not to let so much money go to waste !

East market is close to the imperial city, and there are many dignitaries living around. Nearby there are Chongren Square with a concentration of Niludi shops and Pingkangfang, the famous Datang red light district, which is different from the civilianization of West City. , Dongshi is simply the central business district in the central business district.

In order to create this Shenji signboard, which was a blockbuster, Shen Shaoguang and Shao Jie made some renovations on the basis of maintaining the unified characteristics of Shenji.

For example, adding a private room. The second floor is separated by a large piece and made into several private rooms for guests who want to be quiet. The private room is indeed "elegant". There are a few rich and luxurious or distant and indifferent paintings on the walls, a large dining table or a snack table on the wooden floor, and the rest are sandalwood couch, small incense table, silver mud screen, and Shu brocade hidden capsule. You have everything you need, and there are wax plums in the pot, and the incense burns in the furnace - eating here, a bowl of noodles costs thousands of dollars, you are embarrassed to say that it is expensive!

The elegant room for the "nobles" and the "entertainment" for the public diners are also unambiguous. Shen Shaoguang discussed with Shao Jie to open a space in the lobby on the first floor and build a stage, where Zhang Erlang and others from his family could perform "Reporting the Name of the Vegetable" and "Shen Ji from the Wall".

Shao Jie slapped his palms: "Exactly! Our 'teasing' is unique in the Dongxi market. It's not like they made two singers babble, and few people listen... "②

To play and sing to attract customers, this is what Shao Jie said.

Shao Jie added: "That day I went with my grandfather to the first week's family banquet, and there was a 'teasing' during the banquet. I heard that the two miscellaneous actors used to serve in the palace. Well, I don't think it's too bad, the key is - the joke is too old." Shao Jie pouted in disgust. The word "duanzi" was obviously learned from Shen Shaoguang.

Shen Ji's "duozi" is really new, but it's not that Shen Shaoguang has a big brain and is good at originals, or that she has a good memory and reserves a few G jokes, but that she has mobilized the people.

Shen Shaoguang felt that the "script" was the soul of this kind of performance. Just like the dishes, there is vitality and attractiveness.

Shen Shaoguang remembered the story of Mr. Liao Zhai who exchanged tea for stories, and decided to add such an interaction - invite diners to submit articles, the topics are limited to eating, and the requirements are funny and interesting. Anyone who submits will be presented with a plate of seasonal flower cakes.

This initiative has been implemented in four old Shenji stores. Sure enough, the power of the masses is unlimited, and a lot of interesting jokes have been collected. Shen Shaoguang compiled and transformed these jokes together. In addition to the series of Zhang Erlang, the stingy and greedy guest, he also added the series of elegant jokes that readers like, the series of boudoirs that are slightly fragrant, and the series of idiots that the public likes to see. Most of the stories are related to eating. .

Shen Shaoguang is not good at writing, and the ability to choose to compile is still passable, and I will not choose those with bad intentions, too violent, political affairs, etc. watch"—after all, we're here to have fun.

Diners, those who can tell such humorous stories are all good at it. At this time, I am very proud to see their jokes being performed. For those who are narcissistic, when they ask when they will act, they keep repeating it, not only by themselves, but also with friends and relatives.

Shao Jie is a "teasing" fan. He listens to a few paragraphs when he has nothing to do. That's why he especially dislikes others - without him, his appetite is nurtured.

Shen Shaoguang said again, "Just teasing is monotonous, let's sign a contract with Dongshi performers and Huxuan dancers, and let them come once or twice every ten days. Their reward will be kept for themselves, and we will pay them some extra money."

"That's even better!"

Shen Shaoguang did not invite the singing and dancing prostitutes of Pingkangfang to come, it is not because she is fresh and refined, but she cannot be invited - famous, beautiful, good at playing and singing, please once, too Expensive; not so good, please come for what?

In the twelfth lunar month, Dongshi Shenji wine shop opened.

Standing by the fence on the second floor, watching the diners from Yunlai, listening to Xu Shilang's classic opening "The Name of the Dish", Shen Shaoguang asked Lin Yan, who came to join him: "Is it true? Do you feel bad?"

"It's not bad, it's very good," Lin Yan smiled, "It's very good."

Shen Shaoguang felt a sense of completeness and narrowed his eyes with a smile.

"It's not worth the tea I'm waiting for you to drink."

Shen Shaoguang turned to look at him.

Because of the opening of the new restaurant and the seasonal menu change of the old restaurant, the New Year's greeting, etc., Shen Shaoguang is indeed busy, and even occasionally sleeps out. Lin Yan was also busy and took time to visit her, but she wasn't there...

Shen Shaoguang licked his lower lip, learned the tone of a prodigal son, and squinted at him: "Do you have the feeling of 'repenting and teaching your husband and son-in-law to find a prince'?"

Lin Yan couldn't help laughing.

Shen Shaoguang thought he would not answer, but he nodded with a smile: "I regret it very much."

The author has something to say:

①Wang Hailing's "The Colonel's Daughter" was written many years ago.

②This kind of performance was called "teasing" at that time.

It is still a chapter of busy time and busy career.