Ordinary people will never be soldiers, and after a few words from the fact that there are boats coming over on the water, it is inferred that there are water bandits. However, Zhang Shou has always been accustomed to using 100,000 imaginations for Ah Liu's words, so his first reaction was to hold the reins of Zhu Ying on the side.

It was only when he looked far away and saw a small boat on the gently flowing river, and there seemed to be a fisherman wearing a hat on it, and he gradually relaxed.

At this time, the old salted fish once again played the characteristics of an old horse, he stepped forward and shouted: "Hey, are you going to fish today?" Are there any fresh fish, shrimp and crabs, and if so, quote a price! ”

The fisherman wearing a hat on the small boat immediately propped up the boat, and shouted with a smile: "I just caught a net of fish in the morning, and most of them were sold to Master Liu of Liujia Village in front of me, and there are still two live fish left here, which are four or five catties. This is a fresh carp, tender and fat, and it is definitely not lost to the Yellow River carp! ”

"One hundred dollars, why don't you grab it? There are as many fish in this floating river, even if a country urchin, a fierce man plunges into the water, maybe he can pick up one or two, just your two fish, fifty wen at most! ”

"Brother, you're talking nonsense with your eyes open! If this is placed in the capital, such a fresh fish, to say the least, it will cost one or two hundred wen a catty, our Cangzhou water has more fish, but twenty or thirty wen a catty is at least. The guests all rode tall horses, and they came to calculate the dozens of dollars with me? That's too bullying, isn't it? ”

The old salted fish had already jumped off his horse and went to the shore, spitting and arguing with people: "Riding a tall horse is a rich man? We have just returned from selling horses from the north, and we have to break every penny in half! You say twenty or thirty dollars a pound of fish, then you have to be fresh, you are just someone else's leftovers......"

Although Zhu Ying also stayed in Rongshui Village, she had never seen such a fierce bargaining scene, seeing that the old salted fish and the fisherman were back and forth, and in the end, it took several rounds to make a deal at a price of sixty-five yuan, and she immediately raised her eyebrows in confusion.

For her, copper coins have never been the currency for daily expenses - except for a few beautifully cast gold melon seeds, there are more than a dozen silver coins in her purse, and it is absolutely impossible to carry such a worthless and heavy thing as copper coins. Seeing that the old salted fish counted copper coins to the fisherman, like the rumored miser, she couldn't help but glance sideways at Zhang Shou.

Zhang Shou smiled at her: "Don't think that the old salted fish really cares about the thirty-five yuan, think about it, we will let him pay for the fish?" No matter how much he spends, will we give it to him? ”

Zhu Ying had just suddenly realized that the old salted fish, who had already given the last copper coin, smiled and came back with two fish with a straw rope in a hurry. Behind him, the fisherman also smiled and walked away, obviously, he was actually quite satisfied with the price of sixty-five wen. And the old salted fish was also very satisfied, and when he arrived in front of everyone, he proudly showed off.

"Although you don't care about these money, you still have to fight when you should fight, otherwise you will be regarded as a wronged boss if you are not careful. Although this carp has been in the net for a long time, it is still alive in the end, and it is immediately marinated after a while, and it can be roasted and eaten over a fire. Let's not rush to take a break to eat and go, and avoid the time when the sun is at its strongest."

With this year's travel experience, Zhang Shou thought that he was very insufficient, and immediately looked at Ah Liu. And Zhu Ying was also very self-aware, and immediately consulted Zhu Hong and Zhu Yi.

Although Ah Liu had been to Cangzhou once, he was the same as Zhu Hong and Zhu Yi, this was the first time he had gone out of the city, so he thought about it and nodded at Zhang Shou.

And Zhu Hong also said: "It's almost noon, it's good to take a break." However, the weather is cool today, so let's start early after resting, after all, I don't know how long it will take to get to Maliu Mountain. If the eldest lady and Shou Gongzi are tired, after departure, they can take turns to take a nap in the carriage. ”

"Nap is free." Zhang Shou shook his head suddenly, "On this road, it is inevitable that there will be bumps in the carriage, so it is better to ride a horse." "The off-road vehicles with the best suspension systems are bumpy on this kind of road, let alone horse-drawn carriages......

"That is, this carriage is also suitable for resting when stopping, and it is easy to get dizzy when sitting on the road!" Zhu Ying also didn't have any interest in riding in the carriage, but then glanced at the old salted fish with some suspicion, "Then again, you really know how to grill fish?" ”

As if to repel Zhu Ying's unreasonable suspicions about herself, the old salted fish snorted lightly, rolled up his sleeves and went to work. Only Ah Liu patted the bag of dry food, and said that he would not eat it, and went to the neighborhood to see if there were any other game, and he disappeared in a moment.

After two quarters of an hour, the two disemboweling carps were finally roasted, and Zhu Ying, who was filling her stomach with snacks in the food box under the shade of the tree, was suddenly surprised. As for Zhang Shou...... His eyes rightfully fell on the layer of chili powder on the grilled fish!

Although Zhu Hong and Zhu Yi said that they had watched the old salted fish from pickling to grilling, they were still furious because of this layer of red powder, and they didn't worry about letting Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying eat something outside, so they had to carefully share a fish tail first.

As a result, they were unprepared and choked on the sudden pungency and coughed, and Zhu Hong almost drew his sword because of it.

Although the person was immediately stopped by Zhang Shou, the old salted fish had already seen the other party's wary move, and the expression on his face was very innocent: "That's chili, Dr. Zhang used it to cook before, the taste is spicy, he and the eldest lady like it very much, it's definitely not poison!" If you don't believe me, I'll eat it all! ”

Speaking of this, he complained again: "If you really want to poison it, where can you make a fuss in the condiments, a puffer fish is roasted and sent, even if you don't add any seasoning, you have already been poisoned!" ”

All the people here are northerners, for pufferfish, Zhu Hong and Zhu Yi have only heard of it, and Zhu Ying has also seen it from the book, it is said that when Emperor Taizu was on his southern tour, he said that he was desperate to eat pufferfish, but he was dissuaded by the minister with tears in his eyes, and finally did not eat it. So, she immediately said curiously: "Is the puffer fish really so poisonous?" I'd love to see it! ”

Zhang Shou looked at the old salted fish who wanted to explain vividly, and suddenly took over the conversation: "The puffer fish is a specialty of the middle and lower reaches of the river, and Cangzhou is still a part of the way away from the big river, where does the puffer fish come from?" Besides, puffer fish is the migratory season from January to March, and the meat is the fattest, after this season, it is difficult to catch and the meat quality is not good, who will fight to eat it? ”

"But Yingying, don't take it lightly, puffer fish is delicious, but it is indeed very poisonous, especially the liver and fish bones. If the cook doesn't handle it well and breaks his hand, his life is also in danger. ”

"Although there is a sentence in the poem of the Dongpo monk, 'Artemisia is full of short reed buds, which is when the puffer fish wants to go up', there is also a folk saying, the Tao is Artemisia, that is, the willow artemisia sprouts can solve the poison of the puffer fish, and the same cooking can remove the toxicity, but how to remove it, in fact, no one can say it well. So just listen to it, don't take it seriously. If you really eat it to death, the gods can't save it. ”

Lao Xianyu didn't expect Zhang Shou, a northerner, to really be able to say that he was ugly about puffer fish, although he just casually said to scare people, but in the end he was a little ridiculous, but he couldn't help but think in his heart, this Dr. Guozi seems to be too good at eating.

When he saw Zhu Ying smiling and dismantling a piece of fish belly meat and chewing it slowly, and praising the taste with satisfaction while tasting it, he smiled.

There are more people and less fish, and the old salted fish is really good at concocting grilled fish, so after a while, the fragrant and hot grilled fish is eaten up by everyone.

Although it is just a simple salt and pepper seasoning, the fish marinated for not enough time to cause it to be less flavorful, but it is rare to change the way to eat, although everyone is not so exaggerated as sucking fingers, but Zhu Ying, who is most afraid of fish bones, eliminated all the fish belly meat alone, or affirmed the technique of the old salted fish from the side.

Because Zhang Shou didn't mention it, Zhu Ying ate with relish again, and Zhu Hong and Zhu Yi didn't remember to leave a little for Ah Liu until they finished eating. So, when Ah Liu came back and saw two pheasants hanging next to his mount, Zhu Ying immediately remembered this incident and was annoyed that Ah Liu didn't leave a little.

But what she didn't expect at all was that Ah Liu glanced at the old salted fish who got carried away, and suddenly laughed.

"Isn't it just grilled fish? I've eaten...... The young master did it. ”

The old salted fish was almost choked by his understatement tone, and glanced at Zhang Shou, who was calm and relaxed, and he said stupidly: "Dr. Zhang is really good at craftsmanship, I didn't expect this kind of smoky roasting technique to be able to, is this still a way to live?" ”

Zhang Shou smiled and said: "My grilled fish is different from yours, but this kind of wilderness can't be done." It's too dry to marinate and grill, and after the fish is grilled over the fire, then spread all kinds of side dishes such as lotus root slices and cucumber slices on the bottom - oh, potato chips should be fine, then drizzle with the sauce, and even better with your chili peppers, put them on a charcoal fire on an iron plate and continue to cook......"

Speaking of this, Zhang Shou paused, and when he saw the old salted fish looking at him dumbfounded, he smiled and said: "This kind of charcoal-grilled fish, the sauce is delicious, the side dishes are delicious, and it has a little more flavor than the grilled fish in the field like you are now." Well, when I used to be at home, I used to make it and eat it occasionally, Ah Liu, this kid has a bad mouth, he likes the boneless black fish the most, if it's not a black fish, he doesn't eat it at all. ”

Actually, river tuan, mandarin fish, black fish...... A lot of fish with few spines and fat are good ingredients for grilled fish. And in a place like Rongshui Village, it takes a lot of effort to find a black fish or mandarin fish. Because both black fish and mandarin fish are the upper layers of the food chain, they are also fierce predators in the water!

Zhu Ying's eyes sparkled when she heard this, and she spoke after a while: "Ah Shou, no wonder you can cook a good dish...... You can even figure out so many famous names even for grilled fish, you are really a top foodie! ”

Zhu Hong and Zhu Yi couldn't help but be dumbfounded. Lady this statement...... It's too explicit, isn't it? Will it make the prospective aunt unhappy? What man would want to be called a foodie?

I very much agreed with Zhu Ying's evaluation, and the old salted fish also peeked at Zhang Shou, but he didn't see the angry scene he guessed, but saw Zhang Shou laughing disappreciatively: "Thank you Yingying for your compliment." People take food as the sky, and I have no other hobbies, just good appetites! Gentleman cooks, for me, that can't be done! ”

Although his craft was disgusted by Ah Liu, when he set off on the road again, the little frustration in the heart of the old salted fish had already flown out of the clouds.

Zhang Shou calmly admitted that he was a foodie, and the big stone that had been hanging in his heart finally fell a little - because it proved that Zhang Shou was able to mix and match his ingredients to make delicious dishes that he didn't expect at all, and that should be because of the foodie's talent. As for the manuscript of Emperor Taizu, of course, it also played a certain role.

Therefore, from Ah Liu to Zhu Er's contact with him, Xian Yunhe's incident should be purely a lot of coincidences, all of which came together, and there will be no other reason.

When everyone came to the foot of Malu Mountain, it was almost time. After all, after eating a lot of time at a meal, and the scenery in many places along the way was good, Zhang Shou was happy to accompany Zhu Ying to watch the horse for a while, and before he knew it, it was too late. Even at this time, the villagers can still be seen on the mountain road, in the words of the old salted fish, the Wanghai Temple in the mountain is full of incense.

Seeing that it was still early, Zhu Ying couldn't help but say: "I heard that there are many secret passages in Malu Mountain, this time, I have to see it!" ”

"Hey, the eldest lady has even heard of this?" The old salted fish was suddenly a little surprised, and then said with a smile, "This is said to have been dug by the Qi State when it defended Yan Zhao during the Warring States Period. It's just that this tunnel is intricate, and the map has long been lost to where it has gone, and there were children who were lost in it in the past, so few people went. ”

Without waiting for Zhu Ying to continue this topic, he hurriedly haha: "My vegetable garden is in the east of Shandong, a grange under Wanghai Temple. Emperor Taizu did not allow Buddhist temples and Taoist temples to occupy more than 100 acres of land, but the monks of Wanghai Temple had a great advantage in resisting the Shandong bandits who fled to those small islands in the eastern sea, and they got a large salt pan and 400 acres of land nearby. ”

"I killed all my brothers and family, and I became a monk in the monastery in a fit of anger. He has good martial arts, and no one dares to mess with him in the temple, so he robbed the grange of stewards and monks, and handed over hundreds of stones and rice and hundreds of loads of vegetables every year, and no one else cared about him. He has a dozen good apprentices with sticks, and my vegetable garden is a refuge for him, and of course I am not afraid of being coveted by others. ”

What about liars!

Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying exchanged glances, and they both had such a thought in their hearts. Immediately, the two of them heard Ah Liu's flat voice: "Can you afford to raise a stick monk?" Is this Wanghai Temple, or Shaolin Temple? ”

The old salted fish was not angry, but said with a smile: "The little brother guessed correctly, my brother is from Shaolin." ”

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Just one update, a regular update before the meeting...... Yesterday I didn't write a word a day, and I got up at five o'clock in the morning to code words, 555