After walking not far, the sky started to get dark.
Because it is winter, it gets dark quickly. Coupled with the heavy snow weather, the snow became heavier and heavier, so Bai Gu and his party settled in a small town.
After some inquiring, the Baigu people knew that this place was called Shayu Town. It was a small town with no more than a hundred households. Most of them made a living by farming and weaving, and were not considered wealthy.
Shayu Town belongs to a large city more than ten miles away, Guimian City.
Guimian City is relatively prosperous and has complete facilities. It only takes two or three quarters of an hour for the coachman to catch up.
But Wang Xizhou said that there is a special delicacy in Shayu Town that tastes pretty good and you can try it.
And except for Shayu Town, this delicacy is almost unavailable in other places. Even Guimian City, which is only a dozen miles away, has none.
Bai Gu made the decision and asked everyone to go to the best inn in Shayu Town.
But it's also because there's only one inn in the entire Shayu Town, and there aren't any more.
Bai Gu got out of the car, holding Bai Xiaoxiao, who had just woken up and was still a little dazed, and raised his eyes to glance at the inn in front of him, which was no more than a two-story building, with a simple appearance and some age.
Breathing small building.
Bai Gu twitched the corner of his mouth.
The name is a bit random.
Wang Xizhou stood next to Bai Gu and said with a smile: "Xizhou came here more than ten years ago. I didn't expect that after so many years, everything here is still the same as before."
Bai Gu thought for a while, then asked: "Brother Wang, how old are you now? You don't look very old now?"
Wang Xizhou chuckled, "Xizhou is now more than sixty years old. After this new year, he will be seventeen years old."
Bai Gu's eyelids twitched when he heard this.
Jiazi? Have more than enough?
Are you going to be seventy after the Chinese New Year?
At forty there is no confusion, at fifty one knows destiny, at sixty sixty is seventy years old, at eighty the staff is facing the direction, at ninety the fish is on the back, and at the age of a hundred it is the end of the world.
This Wang Xizhou is over sixty years old? Will you be seventy years old after the Chinese New Year?
Doesn't he look like a young man?
what's the situation?
Bai Gu was a little in disbelief, "Brother Wang, are you kidding? You, aren't you still young?"
"Go in first, go in first, sit down and talk later."
There was only a young shopkeeper and two waiters in the inn. Each was lazier than the other. They didn't bother to come forward to greet the guests when they saw them. They just sat on the benches. One was drowsy, while the other two were eating melon seeds and chatting, very happy.
Bai Gu frowned and asked for three superior guest rooms.
Seeing that big business was coming, the young shopkeeper opened his sleepy eyes and began to book rooms for Bai Gu and his party.
Wang Xizhou looked at the lazy shopkeeper and couldn't help but smile, "I wonder how Mr. Zhang's pneumonia is going. How is his health now?"
When the young shopkeeper who was writing the house bill heard this, he couldn't help but stop what he was doing and looked up at Wang Xizhou, "Who are you? How do you know about my father's situation?"
Wang Xizhou smiled and narrowed his eyes, "More than ten years ago, I passed by here and had a discussion with Mr. Zhang, the shopkeeper."
The young shopkeeper stared at Wang Xizhou with wide eyes for a while, and then he found a human face from the depths of his memory. He opened his mouth in shock and asked with some uncertainty: "You, are you Mr. Wang? "
Wang Xizhou smiled and nodded, "I didn't expect you to have grown up so much after more than ten years apart. It's really rare to still remember Xizhou."
The young shopkeeper smiled shyly, "Mr. Wang is a god! More than ten years have passed, and his style remains the same! Thanks to your bottle of elixir, my father's pneumonia is much better. Now he is almost in good health. Why don't you eat? It's so fragrant. Apart from the occasional cough, I rarely get any other minor illnesses."
Wang Xizhou smiled and said: "That's very good. If there is a chance, Xizhou would like to have another discussion with Mr. Zhang."
The young shopkeeper nodded hurriedly and said: "My father also misses Mr. Wang very much. He is now enjoying his old age in Guimian City. If Mr. Wang doesn't mind, I can go and bring my father to the inn..."
Wang Xizhou shook his head, "There is no need to trouble Old Shopkeeper Zhang running around. Xizhou and his friends are just passing by here and will continue their journey in the near future. When they pass by Guimian City, they will reminisce with Old Shopkeeper Zhang."
The young shopkeeper was stunned and looked at Bai Gu next to Wang Xizhou, who was only two fingers higher than the counter. "Since Mr. Wang and his friends are here, I have to fulfill my friendship as a landlord. In this way, you can go upstairs, these I’ll cover all the food and accommodation expenses for the day!”
Wang Xizhou was about to shirk the blame, but the young shopkeeper spoke first, "Mr. Wang, please don't shirk. If it weren't for your bottle of elixir, my father would have suffered a lot in recent years. I'm a rough person, I don't know. How can I thank you? This is my thank you gift."
Wang Xizhou then agreed, "Then it's better to obey orders than to be respectful. Xizhou has been bothering the shopkeeper for a few days."
"No, no, it's my honor for Mr. Wang to come to my place. No trouble, no trouble!" The young shopkeeper waved his hands quickly.
Bai Xiaoxiao tugged on Bai Gu's sleeves and said aggrievedly: "Brother, I'm hungry."
Bai Gu smiled and rubbed Bai's little head, "Okay, okay, bear with me for a little while, and I'll eat soon."
Bai Gu turned to look at Wang Xizhou again, "Brother Wang, how about we eat first and chat while we eat?"
Wang Xizhou nodded and said: "Okay." Then he said to the young shopkeeper: "Remember the third one, right? Just add another soup, that's it."
The young shopkeeper said with a smile: "Remember, I'm going to prepare it now. You guys wait a moment and the food will be served immediately! Ah Quan and Ah Qi, stop chatting and come over to help!"
The young shopkeeper rushed out of the counter in a hurry, grabbed the two waiters by their ears, and went straight to the kitchen.
Bai Gu raised his eyebrows.
It’s a pity that the owner of this inn cooks the food himself.
Just like the young shopkeeper said, wait a moment.
Bai Gu and others just went upstairs to clean up briefly. A waiter who had just been eating melon seeds and chatting on the bench went upstairs and called Bai Gu and others to come downstairs for dinner.
As soon as Bai Gu came downstairs, he saw that the largest table in the lobby was filled with several large plates and washbasins.
Bai Gu sat down and looked at the large plate of dishes he had never seen before. He couldn't help but curiously asked: "Here, what kind of dishes are these?"
Wang Xizhou pointed to one of the big plates and explained to Bai Gu with a smile: "These are some of the special dishes here, and they taste very good. For example, this golden plate of beef is called Jiasha Beef. The beef is chopped into strips, coated in egg liquid, fried until crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and then cooked with a secret sauce to become this beef with sauce."
Wang Xizhou pointed at a plate filled with dark unknown objects, "This is a steamed egg with nostoc. Separate the egg white and egg yolk, stir the egg white evenly, add condiments as a base, and then put on top of the egg white Serve the vegetables and steam them for a while. When the egg whites and the vegetables have initially set and formed, pour in the beaten egg yolks and steam until they are cooked; take them out, cut them into squares or diamonds, put them in a plate, and top them with the fungus. , yellow flowers, bamboo shoot slices, minced coriander, chicken soup or broth with a little flour, and a few drops of sesame oil to serve. Of course, some places boil eggs in white water, peel them and make them whole. This is another matter .”
Wang Xizhou pointed to the plate of pancakes in the middle, "This is a unique delicacy in Shayu Town. It's called dog urine. It's a pancake."
Bai Gu frowned, "Dog urinates, why is it called such a name?"
Wang Xizhou said with a smile: "The custom here is that when the bride first comes in, she has to cook a cake for her parents-in-law to eat. Legend has it that when a bride was making this kind of cake, she put one foot on the stove , and then took a small oil pot and poured oil while baking pancakes. The neighbor saw it and jokingly said that she looked like a dog peeing, so the pancakes she made were called dog peeing. Of course, the most convincing One explanation is that because oil was very precious at that time, people were reluctant to use more oil. When frying pancakes, the action of pouring oil along the edge of the pot with a small oil pot was like a dog peeing on the wall, so it was called "dog pouring urine". This is Knead the wheat flour evenly, roll it out, sprinkle with tonka powder, pour a little rapeseed oil to spread evenly, and roll it into a long roll. Then follow the direction of the roll and make it into a screw shape, cut into small sections, and flatten them one by one. Before burning Pour rapeseed oil into the hot steamed bun pan, put the pancake in, pour a circle of rapeseed oil along the edge of the pan, and keep turning the pancake to make it evenly colored. When the pancake is heated, turn it over immediately , then pour a circle of rapeseed oil along the edge of the pot, and keep turning the pancake until it is cooked and ready to eat."
Bai Gu was stunned, but he also twitched his lips.
This name is really strange.
Sure enough, the world is full of wonders.
As for the pimple soup, hand-caught mutton, braised carp and grilled seaweed, Wang Xizhou doesn't need to explain them. Bai Gu recognizes them all.
"Eat, eat, eat, eat everything. Try my craftsmanship. I don't know how good my father's craftsmanship can be." The young shopkeeper said with a simple smile, greeting everyone.
Wang Xizhou took a bite of the beef with sand and nodded: "It's not inferior to Mr. Zhang."
The young shopkeeper's face was full of smiles, and he was very happy with Wang Xizhou's evaluation.
At the dinner table, the dishes are fragrant and the smiles are even stronger.
