Chu Xiu's face was completely red, but she heard Su Nuannuan scolding with a smile: "Concentrate on your chess, what nonsense are you talking about." After that, she patiently said to Chu Xiu: "This Buddha Jumps Over the Wall is complicated to make, but it is also simple. It's just a matter of mastering the steps and the timing. Listen to me and tell you in detail. First, prepare all the ingredients. Then use this century-old Shaoxing wine jar, put water on the fire and boil it, put in the shark fin and fish lips, and then pour some rice wine to blanch it for half a cup of tea, then take out the shark fin and fish lips for later use. Then blanch the dried fish in boiling water, which takes less time than half a cup of tea, and then Then put the pork belly and mutton into the soup, drain all the blood and water, take them out, and wash off the foam on them. Then put the rooster into the soup, drain the impurities in the meat again, take them out and wash them. Of course, this is because I like to eat roosters. In the south, they prefer old hens, saying that hens are more flavorful. It all depends on personal preference. Well, the next step is to put a whole piece of ginger into the soup pot, break it with a knife to make it easier to flavor, and then put star anise, bay leaves, and rock sugar in it. For a wine jar as big as this, you should put four or five green onions to enhance the flavor, and then..."
Su Nuannuan was very familiar with the recipe of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall. She talked about it in detail without any hesitation. Poor Miss Chu Xiu, her family was just a commoner, and the most complicated dishes she had ever made were steamed fish and stewed chicken. Even though she was born smart, she couldn't help but stare at this. Duan Tingxuan and Long Pingzhang also shouted, "Don't talk about it anymore. Our brains are all mush. What dried fish, pork belly, rooster, shark fin, and fish lips, we are dizzy. The chess pieces on the chessboard have become ingredients."
Su Nuannuan laughed loudly. Seeing that Miss Chu Xiu also looked dazed, she comforted her, "It's okay. I've said it before, the steps are just too complicated. If you learn the steps and control the heat, anyone can make this dish. How about this, I'll write down the steps and let your brother Aniu teach you?"
Chu Xiu nodded as if she had been pardoned. Duan Tingxuan shook his head. He turned the chess pieces in his mind back to their original form, and then asked Su Nuannuan: "In addition to this Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, Nuannuan, what else are you going to cook when you go to Fu Shengxiang tomorrow? Let me tell you, killing people is not enough. It's enough for us to suppress them. You should be more honest. Don't bring out lion's head, eggplant box, etc. at once. At least leave them a way out, right?"
"Don't worry. I'm definitely more honest than you. Listen to what he said. On the surface, I seem to be very honest and sincere, but in fact, I'm extremely arrogant."
Duan Tingxuan and Long Pingzhang both laughed at this. The young marquis placed a piece in the middle, eating up three of Long Pingzhang's pieces in one go, then nodded and said seriously: "The one who knows me well is Nuannuan."
The fight between Fu Shengxiang and An Le Lou spread throughout Linqing City in one day. People in this prosperous city always like excitement. Now there is suddenly such a big excitement, who wouldn't be happy? When Fu Shengxiang went to challenge, not many people knew about it. However, after two days of word of mouth, everyone knew about it. Everyone just hated that they had to wait three days to see the big excitement. As a result, it was suddenly announced that An Le Lou would go to Fu Shengxiang to challenge one day in advance. This really catered to everyone's expectations. People started to sleep on the ground in front of Fu Shengxiang the night before. By the next morning, the four streets in front, behind, left and right were crowded with people.
Little did she know that in Fu Shengxiang's kitchen, Su Nuannuan was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. Facing the table full of ingredients, she kept muttering, "Where on earth did that bastard Li Qiushan go? Besides, if you ran away, where did you put my wine jar? This... Duan Tingxuan, check carefully to see if he is a spy sent by Fu Shengxiang?"
"No, no, Nuannuan, if he was Fu Shengxiang's spy, he wouldn't just use the wine jar as a target." Duan Tingxuan comforted his wife, and suddenly saw Siping running in from outside, shouting, "Here he comes, here he comes..."
"What's coming? Explain clearly." Duan Tingxuan shouted, frightening Siping so much that he stopped immediately and panted, "It's... Shopkeeper Li who came, with two people, carrying two large wine jars, as big as this..."
Siping gestured as he spoke, leaving Duan Tingxuan and Su Nuannuan confused. They simply asked Siping to watch in the kitchen, and then ran to the balcony, where they saw Li Qiushan yelling at the top of his lungs, asking the crowd to make way for him. Fortunately, he was the owner of Anle Building, and the crowd retreated to watch the show. Otherwise, not to mention that he brought two large wine jars with him, even if he was alone, he would not be able to squeeze in.
Su Nuannuan's jaw almost dropped as she watched the three people panting upstairs. Li Qiushan wiped the sweat from his forehead and panted, "Madam, the wine jars you asked for... are here. They are... they are all filled with Shaoxing wine that are hundreds of years old. I finally found out that a winery had these two treasures, so I bought them at a high price."
"This is a treasure." Su Nuannuan nodded and affirmed Li Qiushan's achievements. It was a Shaoxing wine jar that was hundreds of years old. It was hard to find this even with a lantern. The young marquis was even more straightforward. He waved his hand and said, "Okay, find a car to load it and send it to the Marquis' Mansion in Beijing carefully. Let your second master reward you." It would be useless to give it to him if he didn't do it for nothing. Anyway, his brother was rich now.
"My Lord, you can't be so mean, can you?" Li Qiushan was shocked. "I was thinking of treating these two wine jars as the treasures of our store, but you're asking me to take them all to the mansion. This... this won't do."
"What's the matter? I just want two jars of wine, and you dare to refuse? Your second master doesn't dare to take my words so lightly, and you are so bold?" The young marquis remained calm and put on a face of bullying.
"No... You can't do this, my Lord. At least... at least leave me one. The money earned by Anle Tower belongs to the Marquisate, right?" Li Qiushan was about to cry when he heard Su Nuannuan say decisively, "Shopkeeper Li has cleared these two large jars. Even if he has no credit, he has worked hard. I'll make the decision. You can keep one."
Originally, Li Qiushan and his wife wanted to stay, but after seeing the bully face of the young marquis, the eldest grandmother's behavior of taking advantage of the young marquis became a big deal. So they hurriedly thanked her with tears of gratitude, but saw Su Nuannuan's face was unfriendly and said: "But Manager Li, you got these two big jars, are you going to make Buddha Jumps Over the Wall?"
"Yes. I was afraid that my wife would use that jar first, so when I found out yesterday that Lu's wine shop had two big jars, I immediately hid that jar. Now, I have been haggling with them until this morning, and finally we have come to an agreement on the price. I was afraid that my wife would be anxious waiting, so I hurriedly brought people here. Fortunately, we made it in time, otherwise it would be my fault if they delayed us."
"Such a big jar, can it hold 50 kilograms of wine? How much ingredients are needed to fill it up? Are you stupid? Our ingredients are very expensive." Su Nuannuan was so angry that she wanted to pull Li Qiushan's ears. Isn't this guy usually very smart? Why is he confused now?
But Li Qiushan smiled and whispered, "Don't worry, Madam. The ingredients will arrive soon. You can just show off your cooking skills and make a jar and a half of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall. I have my own ideas."
"What suggestion?" Su Nuannuan was puzzled, but saw Li Qiushan shaking his head without saying anything. She couldn't help but spit in hatred, "Bah! You are still keeping us in suspense. Do you think I'm interested?" After saying that, he turned and went into the kitchen, followed by Chu Xiu, Siping and the chef of Anle Building.
Just as Duan Tingxuan was about to go in, he heard Li Qiushan whisper, "Master, you and Lord Long can stay outside and play a game of chess. I will serve you."
"What do you mean? What kind of chess should I play now?" Duan Tingxuan was puzzled, but saw Li Qiushan smiled and said, "Now is the time when everyone is paying attention to us, we have to act calm and confident. Besides, Madam, this Buddha Jumps Over the Wall takes too long, if the people below get impatient, I don't know what they will say. With people like me and Lord Long playing chess on this balcony, everyone will be patient when they see you so leisurely."
"You can't even get rid of me with this excuse, and you still want to get rid of your family's young master?"
Long Pingzhang sneered, but seeing Li Qiushan bowing and smiling to ask for help, he shook his head and said, "Well, I'll just do it for the meticulous care you've given me these days. What do you think? Tingxuan, I'm dedicating myself to your family's business. How are you going to thank me?"
"I'll ask Nuannuan to be a matchmaker for you and Miss Chu later." Duan Tingxuan smiled. Li Qiushan quickly brought a table over and set up the chessboard for the two of them. He stood by and served tea.
An hour later, the two men who had already played three games of chess watched Li Qiushan send away the boss of Fushengxiang. Duan Tingxuan snorted coldly: "What do you mean by calm and confident? You clearly treat us two as door gods. You are too bold." It turned out that in just a short while, more than a dozen groups of people wanted to rush in to see what was going on, but they quietly retreated after Li Qiushan told Duan Tingxuan the identity of Long Pingzhang.
"Don't be angry, sir. Actually, you are not guarding the door for me, but for my wife. If you think about it this way, does my guilt seem to be much lighter?"
"Hmph! You're good at talking." Duan Tingxuan snorted with a sullen face, glanced at Long Pingzhang and said, "I'm tired of playing chess. The weather is cool, so why don't we each take up a pen and describe the prosperity of Linqing City? How about that?"
Long Pingzhang readily agreed. Although both of them were average in chess skills, they were both masters in painting. Although they were not as good as those famous artists, they were also skilled. It was a pity that they were busy with government affairs on weekdays. Otherwise, if they concentrated on this, they might become masters of their generation.
"Master, I have to order this from you. This painting of yours must be kept in our Anle Building as a treasure. It must not be given away to Fu Shengxiang." Li Qiushan was a man with clear eyes. When he heard this, his eyes lit up. He was busy preparing the pens, ink, paper and inkstone.
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