The rise of the prince

Chapter 58 Wine and Braised Pork

Li Ye really didn't want to go. To be honest, it's too cold to stay at home to warm up and tease the little girl. If he insisted on going to see some flowers, he refused in his heart.

"I don't know how to write poems and lyrics. Why do you ask me to do it? It's not comfortable to go. I'm asking for trouble, so please forgive me." Li Ye said helplessly.

De Gong was dissatisfied: "What are you talking about? Did the old man ask you to write poems and lyrics? You kid thinks too much of yourself. Even if you are an old man, you are afraid of being ashamed. I asked you to go this time to see that you and the old man know each other. I am an old friend, so I invite you. Besides, it is also good for you to meet many young talents."

While leading them to the main hall, Li Ye said: "I appreciate the kindness, but I am a layman, I can't see any flowers, and young talents have nothing to do with me, I don't want to go to the cold for nothing."

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After talking about the few people who had already taken their seats in the main hall, Qiu'er and Yue'er were already waiting in a sensible manner, offering them fragrant tea, and then retreated to stand quietly beside Li Ye.

Seeing his slick tongue pushing and resisting again and again, De Gong's face turned dark, he blew his beard and stared and said: "Don't chatter with the old man, the old man came to the door in person with a gift today, and you still evade sophistry like this, you boy"

"Is the son afraid that we will know very little by then, and you will feel bored and depressed. If so, I can talk with you all the time at the poetry meeting." Gillian was also anxious, and hurriedly interjected.

Degong glanced at his granddaughter in surprise, but Gillian dodged her eyes and stopped talking.

Li Ye was helpless, now that he had talked about this, what else could he do? No one has this kind of treatment, and he is still a little moved in his heart. It would be too hypocritical to refuse.

"Okay, okay, you've already talked about this, if I don't go, I will be a sinner through the ages, then there will always be a bar at the poetry festival, then I will go to drink." Li Ye waved his hand.

Only then did De Gong stroke his beard and look serious: "This is not bad, but you are a sinner through the ages, don't use words and phrases indiscriminately, and be careful that misfortune comes out of your mouth.

There is wine, of course, and it is good wine. In the plum garden, there is a wine master I specially invited, Master Qian. His wine is famous all over the capital, but you can't buy it. "

Only then did Li Ye realize that the two boxes that De Gong brought were filled with wine.

He stepped forward happily, and directly opened the two gift boxes. There were indeed two jars inside, which seemed to hold only one kilogram. Under the dumbfounded gazes of Degong and Gillian, he directly picked up the teacup next to him, unsealed it and poured the wine .

"You kid, how can you open the gift box in front of others, just open it and drink it!" De Gong was so angry that his fingers trembled, pointing at him.

"Ah?" Li Ye was taken aback for a moment, and then remembered that there seemed to be a rule against making a salute in front of others, and he waved his hand indifferently: "It's okay, it's just the three of us today, if you don't say it, no one will know .”

De Gong was choked and stunned for a long time, unable to say a word, Gillian couldn't help smiling, raised her skirt and stepped forward: "My son, let me do it."

Li Ye handed her the wine jar, and he was in a dilemma, the small jar could not be held with one hand, and his hands were afraid that the wine glass would fall over, so someone helped him, he held the wine glass, and Gillian poured it for him.

The wine is still boiled wine, light off-white, just out of the mouth of the altar, Li Ye can smell that the degree is much higher than what he drank before, and it is true that he took a sip of the wine glass, but it will not exceed [-] degrees anyway. up.

"Not bad, good wine."

Although I was angry with Li Ye and offered wine in person, but now seeing this kid praise De Gong so much, he couldn't help stroking his beard with complacency: "That's natural, except for the old man's plum garden in Beijing, there is no place where this wine can be produced. Thousands of gold are hard to come by, and many people can't return what they ask for from this old man."

"It's really good, but my palace will have good wine a few years ago, and I'll give you some." Li Ye poured another glass, sealed the mouth of the altar with Gillian's help, and asked Qiu'er and Yue'er to take it down and put it away .

"Where did you get the good wine?"

Li Ye clapped his hands and said, "Of course I brewed it myself."

"You make wine, hahaha." Degong stroked his beard and laughed three times: "Did you just hear a few words and think that making wine is easy, if everyone can make good wine, wouldn't everyone in the world be rich and wealthy? .”

Li Ye didn't explain to him: "You just wait, but when the time comes, there will be nothing more to ask for."

"Hmph, you kid, are you a fool, why would I beg you, but don't come begging for my Plum Garden wine after you finish drinking, is there too much?" De Gong looked up at the ceiling at a 45-degree angle proudly.

"Since you brought wine with you today, that's just right. I invite you to taste the pork that I have invented a new cooking method. If you invite others to eat meat that people think is despicable, they may scold me. If you invite you to eat it, it will be fine." It's gone." Li Ye said as he walked to the door, and asked the waiting servants to call the servant in charge of the daily purchases in the kitchen.

Hearing this, Degong was once again furious, and almost spit out half of his fragrant tea: "You kid, you know it's cheap meat, and you don't invite others to eat it, but why do you let this old man eat it!"

Gillian blinked curiously: "Could it be that the prince has some novel cooking method?"

Li Ye nodded: "Not bad, that's why I asked you to try it, don't worry, it will definitely not be bad."

Degong is still depressed, and always feels that he is being treated as a person who tastes food (tests poison before meals).Gillian nodded happily: "Of course it would be great if I can help the prince."

After a while, the servants in charge of purchasing arrived, and Li Ye gave them a list of things to buy, including dried peanuts, ginger, cinnamon, star anise, red dates, sugar, and pork belly.What Li Ye wants to do is the most simple and delicious braised pork.

After all, in order to maintain body temperature in winter, the human body consumes a lot of energy, is prone to hunger, and needs a lot of fat. It is the most suitable for eating braised pork.

After finishing the order, Li Ye rolled up his sleeves: "I'll go to the kitchen to make it, you guys should wait here or go with me."

Now both the grandpa and grandson were stunned.

"My son, you have to do it yourself." Gillian said in disbelief.

"That's right, they don't know how to do it. I can only do it myself. If I teach the cooks in the kitchen, I can let them do it." Li Ye said.

De Gong frowned, and then he opened his mouth to say something but stopped: "Gentleman, that's all, it's a waste of time to tell you the way of a gentleman. It's not strange for you to do anything, but you have to cook if you don't do well. It's a woman's job."

"The palace has the rules of the palace. The son can do whatever he wants, regardless of whether it is a woman or not. Whether you want to go or not, you can wait for me here." Li Ye picked up the glass of wine he had just poured.

Gillian hesitated and nodded, "I'm going."

Degong waved his sleeves: "Could it be possible that you let the old man blow the cold wind here, but I just went there to have a look, and I didn't go into your kitchen."

"I know, I know." Li Ye walked away with his glass of wine in his hands as he said, and his grandpa and grandson followed behind him, somewhat curious and nervous at the same time.Li Ye didn't want to make braised pork on random, it just happened that Mr. De sent this wine.

The method of braised pork is similar, and there are differences in different regions. For example, some places put green onions, some don’t, some are sweeter, and some are salty. However, Li Ye’s own cooking has one key point that cannot be saved, that is, spirits. Remove fishy smell and enhance flavor.

Usually the alcohol content is too low to achieve this effect. Although the Meiyuan wine that Degong sent today is not as good, it is still worth using.

(End of this chapter)