The Red Mansions

Chapter 29 The Buddha Jumps Over The Wall

By the small river, the breeze blows with the fragrance of grass.

The sun was warm, and Jia Yun was lying on the green grass, with her head resting on her slender legs, and the scent of a girl lingered in her nose, which made him feel relaxed in an indescribable way.

With a smile on her face, the charming woman stroked Jia Yun's cheek gently with her palm, and thought to herself, "Brother Yun's skin is really good, better than a woman's skin, rosy in the white, but still masculine. grow up like this?"

Jia Yun closed her eyes slightly, only to feel the soft palms of the charming hands, the delicate skin, with a little warmth, mixed with a trace of very faint body fragrance, which is faintly visible and indistinct, making people addicted to it.

After an unknown amount of time, Mei Ren suddenly said, "Brother Yun, are you still going shopping at the market?"

Jia Yun opened her eyes, took the hand that the charming woman put on her face to play with, and said with a smile: "There is no rush to buy things, you can go to the shop anytime before it opens."

Originally, he was going to buy it today, but when Meiren heard that he was going to take a walk by the river, she insisted on following him.

Jia Yun thought that Meiren probably didn't feel safe when she came to her home at this moment, so she agreed after a little consideration, but it was inconvenient to go shopping.

Because he has a lot of things to buy, such as large tanks for brewing wine, vinegar, fermented bean paste, soy sauce, etc. After buying, most of them will be put in the space, and only a few will be placed at home for display.

Charming asked curiously: "Brother Yun, what does our shop sell?"

"Sell food." Jia Yun sat up, stretched, and replied.

"Food?" Charming asked suspiciously, "What kind of food are you selling?"

Jia Yun smiled and said, "You will know when the time comes."

It was late, and the two walked back while chatting.

Jia Yun found that Mei Ren's condition was getting better and better, unlike the sadness in her eyes a few days ago.

He didn't comfort Meiren, after all, Jia's Mansion was the place where she grew up, and she couldn't calm down Meiren's sad mood with just a few words.

Only time can dilute everything.

……

Rongguofu.

In the big kitchen, it was in full swing.

Holding a teacup, Jia Yun walked back and forth in front of the six stoves, each with a jar on it.

Because Yuanyang came to him a few days ago and specifically said that he wanted to make court dishes, so Jia Yun came over early in the morning.

The reason why we have to come so early is that some dishes are very delicately cooked and quite time-consuming.

For example, Braised Shark Fin, which uses Luzon shark fin as the main ingredient, is served with a six-hour slow-cooked chicken broth.

The finished braised shark's fin is golden and bright, elastic, fresh and fragrant, thick and smooth, has the effect of nourishing the middle and Qi, strengthening muscles and bones, and has a high taste value.

There is also Buddha jumping over the wall. Although there is no time-consuming dish of braised shark's fin, it still takes time.

The main ingredients of Buddha Tiaoqiang are [-] kinds of raw materials such as shark fin, fish lip, fish maw, sea cucumber, abalone, deer penis, crab roe, scallop, etc. and blended soup.

There is too much seafood in this dish, which is not suitable for northerners, so it is necessary to add game such as venison and poultry that northerners like to eat.

The method of Buddha jumping over the wall is to simmer dozens of raw materials in a jar. After installing it, put the wine jar on a charcoal stove, simmer it over a low fire for two hours, and then open the lid. Put it in the altar.

Immediately seal the mouth of the altar, simmer for another hour and take it out.

When serving, pour the almond chorizo ​​into a large basin, open the gauze bag, and put the pigeon eggs on top.

At this time, the Buddha Jumping Wall not only has a common meat flavor, but also maintains its own characteristics.

It tastes soft and moist, with a strong meaty aroma, but not greasy. The ingredients penetrate each other, and the taste is delicious.

During the simmering process of Buddha Tiaoqiang, there is almost no fragrance coming out. On the contrary, when the altar is simmered, you only need to lift the lotus leaf slightly, and the aroma of wine will be pungent and enter the heart and spleen.

The soup is thick and brown in color, but thick but not greasy.

When eating, the aroma of wine is mixed with various aromas, and the fragrance is wafting everywhere, rotten but not rotten, full of fragrance, and endless aftertaste.

Therefore, if you want to present the original flavor of various delicacies, you have to spend more thought.

At this time, Jia Lian came in from the outside and walked directly to Jia Yun.

"Brother Yun, how are the meals prepared?" Jia Lian asked.

Jia Yun glanced at him, smiled and said, "It's fine on my side, the rest is up to Senior Lu."

Lu Anyun, in his sixtieth year, is the head chef of the Rongguo Mansion's big kitchen, and he is good at cooking Beijing and Jiangsu dishes.

Jia Lian nodded and said: "Master Lu is an old man in Rongguo Mansion, so there is no need to ask, by the way, what are these six jars made of?"

"Buddha jumped over the wall." Jia Yun replied after taking a sip of tea.

Jia Lian walked around several stoves and asked curiously, "Is this what you call Buddha jumping over the wall?"

Because Jia Yun cooks palace dishes, many ingredients cannot be bought in the market, so she had to go to Wangfu, Houfu, Guogongfu and other places to find a way, so Jia Lian came forward to do this in person, but it took him a lot of money. A lot of thought.

Seeing Jia Yun nodding, Jia Lian shook his head and smiled and said, "Brother Yun, you don't know that for the ingredients you mentioned, our two houses also fought hard, and almost sent out all the family stewards, and even I went out and ran away." It took a whole day to barely get these ingredients together!"

As he said that, he sighed: "It's also fortunate that you said in advance which ingredients you want. If you invite you to cook at the last moment, you must be in a hurry!"

After Jia Yun heard this, she laughed loudly and said, "Haha, when I was writing the list of ingredients for Yuanyang, I was actually quite nervous. After all, some ingredients are really hard to find."

"However, when I thought about the great business of your family, and I didn't want to miss the opportunity to cook a real big meal, so I made up my mind and gave the list to Yuanyang. Now that I think about it, my decision at that time was really right. gone."

"You...you've made me suffer." Jia Lian pointed at Jia Yun with a smile, and seeing six wine jars, she wondered, "Didn't you set up five tables? Why are there six jars?"

Jia Yun laughed and said, "When I come across such good ingredients, I don't want to save some to taste? But the most important thing is that my mother has never eaten so much food. I want to bring some back for her to taste."

He had told Yuanyang about this in advance, and Yuanyang agreed.

This time, when I came to Jia's house to help cook, many ingredients were extremely rare. Jia Yun not only wanted Mrs. Bu to taste it, but also wanted to send some to Xia Baichuan.

Short-handed, soft-mouthed.

After asking Xia Baichuan to eat a few more delicious meals, it will probably be much easier to ask him to teach me how to read.

Of course, it is enough to know this kind of generosity to others, and it is not enough for outsiders to understand.

"Well, you are a filial person." Jia Lian nodded and smiled, not feeling that there was anything wrong with it. Jia's mansion wastes countless ingredients on weekdays, and Jia Yun's mouthful is no different.

Before Jia Yun could speak, he looked left and right, and then asked in a low voice, "Brother Yun, I heard that the ancestor is going to invite you to be the butler of the big kitchen. Is there such a thing?"

"Jia's mansion is really a sieve, there are no secrets at all." Jia Yun thought to himself, pondered for a moment, and then replied softly: "I don't want to hide it from Uncle Lian, it's true, but I don't plan to go to the mansion. Come do something."

"Oh? Why is that?" Jia Lian asked unexpectedly.

You must know that the Jia family's family in Beijing's Bafang family basically centered on Dafang's side, and no one would not want to work here, so Jia Yun's answer was somewhat beyond Jia Lian's expectations.

Jia Yun sighed, and said, "You can't have both. I want to study and take the imperial examination, so I don't have much time to cook."

After all, a cook is a cheap job. In the past, his family had no money, so he had to come out to earn extra money.

Although the family doesn't have much money now, as long as the store opens, the economy will be much easier, and there is no need to come out to cook for others.

Jia Lian nodded and said, "You can screw it clearly..."

After the two chatted for a while, it was late, and Jia Yun started cooking. Jia Lian had nothing to do, so she just stayed and watched.

At night, Rongguo Mansion lit countless lights, illuminating the mansion as if it were daytime, and it was very lively inside and outside the courtyard, like a festival.

If an outsider saw it, they would really think that the Rongguo Mansion had something important to celebrate.

But in fact, this is really just a small dinner in Rongguo Mansion.

It can be seen that the happy life of a wealthy family is far beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

Nearly an hour after nightfall, Jia Yun's dishes were finally ready.

"Pouched tenderloin..."

"Cherry meat..."

"Braised Fat Duck..."

"Stir-fried phoenix tongue..."

"Roasted deer tendon..."

"Chicken jumping..."

"Osmanthus shark's fin..."

"Hundred birds facing the phoenix..."

"Buddha jumps over the wall..."

“Yellow Braised Shark Fin…”

The name of each dish was called out by Jia Yun, and the servant who delivered the dishes also sang along until it was delivered to the table, and the diners could also know the name of the dish from the singing.

After the dishes were served, Jia Yun put the dish she was going to take back into a food box and put it away. The food boxes were all from Rongguo Mansion, and she would return them when she had time tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

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