In the front yard of Zhu's Mansion on Fulu Street, after his uncle Zhu Shouren's identity was verified, he and his two friends, Wolong and Phoenix, were invited from the ordinary guest room to the VIP guest room.
It was so cold outside that Zhu Shouren and the others couldn't help but shudder when walking outside. However, as soon as they entered the guest room, they felt a warmth rushing towards their faces. Being in the guest room was like traveling through the four seasons and being in a warm spring.
"Why is it so warm in this house? How many charcoal stoves must be burned to make the house so warm?"
Hu Wei couldn't help but sigh as soon as he entered the room.
"Yes, you can get a lot of money just by burning charcoal today..." Uncle Zhu Shouren couldn't help but echoed.
"Huh?" Xia Qiang, who was the last to come in, couldn't help but exclaimed.
"Ahem...Brother Xia, calm down." Uncle Zhu Shouren glanced at Xia Qiang, coughed, and reminded him to pay attention. We are scholars with status. Don't act like a country bumpkin and be surprised. People look down upon.
"No, Brother Zhu, Brother Hu, have you noticed that there is not a stove in this house?" Xia Qiang said to the two of them with a surprised look on his face.
"It's impossible. It's so warm inside the house. Ten or eight stoves can't keep it so warm."
Hu Wei and Zhu Shouren shook their heads.
"But look, there's no stove in this room?" Xia Qiang pointed to the size of the room's furnishings and said to the two of them.
"How could..." Hu Wei and Zhu Shouren shook their heads and looked around the room, and then their eyes couldn't help but widen, getting wider and wider.
I went there, and it was true that there were beds, tables, chairs, and cabinets in this room, but there was no stove, not a single one.
How can it be so warm without a stove? !
For a moment, the three of them were like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, dumbfounded, no, dumbfounded...
"Gentlemen, the VIP room is equipped with the Zhurong radiator produced exclusively by our Zhurong Trading Company, so it is so warm. Gentlemen, have you seen the pipes on the wall? That is our Zhurong radiator."
The steward who led the three people to the VIP room pointed to the heating pipe on the wall and explained to the uncle Zhu Shouren and the other three people.
"What is Zhurong heating?" Uncle Zhu Shouren and others asked curiously.
"This was invented by our uncle and young lady. There is no need to burn a stove in the house. You only need to install a Zhurong radiator, and you can enjoy the warmth of spring in winter. There is a boiler room in our front yard, which is responsible for burning the heating. It can be heated through pipes. Warmth is delivered to every room in the house equipped with Zhurong heaters."
The steward replied.
The three of them didn't know what to do.
At this moment, several girls came in carrying steaming, tasty and delicious food.
In the blink of an eye, the Eight Immortals table in the VIP room was filled with delicacies that were full of color, fragrance, and flavor, including chicken, duck, fish, delicacies from mountains and seas, stir-fried, deep-fried, braised, grilled, crispy, braised, steamed, stuffed and braised. Boil, bake, smoke, stir-fry, pickle and drunk, simmer in honey sauce and ferment...
In order to maintain the temperature, there are small charcoal stoves simmering under several hot dishes, which doubles the aroma.
The three people who were studying the radiator were instantly attracted by the delicious food on the table, and all of them salivated wildly.
God knows how they lived all the way from Yingtian to Suzhou. They slept in the open without enough food to eat. They ate tree roots and gnawed bark. They went to steal chickens in the village and were chased by dogs. They went to the river to catch fish. The water was too cold and the fish was too slippery. I haven't seen anything fishy at all.
At this moment, looking at the table of chicken, duck, goose, delicacies, and especially the fragrant and shaky plate of elbows, the three of them moved uncontrollably towards the table little by little.
"When I see the elbow, I can't help but think of Mr. Dongpo's poem, 'cook the whole grass with the whole heart to get the fragrance.' Mr. Dongpo is worthy of being Mr. Dongpo. This elbow has to be put into the pot with the straw that ties the meat." It’s just fragrant.”
Uncle Zhu Shouren shook his head and chanted poetry, looking at the tempting plate of elbows on the table, his mouth watered.
"I remember it was 'Grass Pearls Fragrant', right?" Xia Qiang scratched his head and muttered in a low voice.
"Well, let me taste the difference between the elbows in Suzhou and the elbows in my hometown..." Uncle Zhu Shouren said and couldn't wait to pick up the chopsticks. He didn't even have time to sit down, so he picked up a chopstick.
I haven’t seen any meat or fish in ten days, and I really can’t bear it anymore.
After eating it with chopsticks, it was like opening a Pandora's box, it was so delicious, no matter how careful I was about my image, I was such a scholar, my little self-control was instantly shattered by this bite of my elbow.
Hu Wei and Xia Qiang originally wanted to pay attention to the impact, but when they saw that Zhu Shouren was like a starving ghost reincarnated, half of the elbow disappeared after a few chopsticks. They could no longer sit still. If they didn't do anything, the elbow would be surnamed Zhu. All eaten up.
"Ahem, let's try it and see how Suzhou's food is different from our hometown..."
The two of them said a word of respect and took off their chopsticks.
After the first bite of elbow meat, just like Zhu Shouren, their negligible self-control was shattered.
The whole person was like opening a Pandora's box. He was out of control and joined the battle group regardless of his image.
There was no way, as the saying goes, food is the most important thing for the people, not to mention that they had been sleeping in the open air for more than ten days, without seeing any meat and fish, and they were hungry. They really couldn't resist the temptation of the delicious food in front of them and surrendered.
"Ahem, you three gentlemen, the bath water and a change of clothes are ready. Do you want to take a bath and change your clothes before eating?"
The steward coughed and reminded.
"It's not too late to take a shower and change clothes after eating."
Uncle Zhu Shouren shouted about the last bite of elbow meat he grabbed, without raising his head, and spoke vaguely.
"Yeah, it's not too late to take a shower after eating." Hu Wei and Xia Qiang couldn't agree more with Zhu Shouren at this moment.
The three of them were like starving ghosts reincarnated. In order to grab food more conveniently, the three of them didn't even sit down, they just stood there in a hurry.
The table was filled with a dazzling array of beautifully arranged delicacies, but within a short time, half of them were cooked by the three of them.
From afternoon to evening, I ate for a long time, but before I finished eating, the bath water also changed from hot water to cold water.
Zhu Ping'an received the news that his uncle Zhu Shouren had arrived with two friends. He settled in and explained the affairs of the camp. When he entered the city and arrived at the house, the three of them had not finished eating yet. He happened to see the three of them with shy stomachs. The heroic figure...
With disheveled hair, ragged clothes, sleeves rolled up, one foot on the chair, a chicken leg on the left hand, a duck leg on the right...
Although he had learned about the situation of his uncle and others from the messenger, Zhu Ping'an's mouth still couldn't help but twitch when he saw it with his own eyes.
How did this happen?
My grandparents favored my uncle. He always got a lot of money from the old couple. He also often went to my father's place to play in the autumn breeze. Every time he went out, he would eat, drink and have fun. He never treated himself badly. He always liked to pretend to be like a tree in the wind outside. appearance.
Why is this so?
