Elegance and slowness have some similarities. There is no such thing as being in a hot-tempered and fiery mood and someone would call it elegance.

Finally, Li Mengxi spent a lot of effort, cut large pieces of beef, and filled each small pottery bowl with a bowl of beef. Twenty bowls were filled. At this time, all they were missing was seasoning.

After getting up, Li Mengxi returned to the stove. Using a new iron pot, Li Mengxi poured the two large bowls of sweet and sour sauce he had prepared into the pot.

Fried fish doesn't have much flavor, but when the sweet and sour sauce is heated up and the pot sizzles, the sweet and sour flavor quickly dissipates as soon as the sweet and sour sauce is heated.

An obvious feature of cooking methods such as frying and cooking in iron pots is that the smell of food will evaporate particularly fully.

The food was not ready yet, but just smelling it made Liu Bei look sideways.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The sweet and sour sauce will be ready in a moment. Take it out with a copper spoon and put it in a large bowl. Then while it is hot, Li Mengxi puts the sweet and sour sauce on the plate and arranges twenty

The sweet and sour fish was poured over.

Considering that the essence of the dish of sweet and sour fish lies in the sauce, Li Mengxi specially prepared a lot more sauce, so that each of the twenty fried large fishes was completely covered.

Full of sauce.

Sweet and sour fish is ready.

Then, Li Mengxi peeled the garlic, crushed it with a stone mortar, added vinegar to make some garlic juice, and then poured the juice over the twenty portions of cooked beef.

Then, Li Mengxi poured many meatballs into a pot of boiling water and added half a spoonful of butter to the pot.

While it was cooking here, Li Mengxi heated up the pot and began to fry eggs. Omelette was the only dish that Li Mengxi was confident that he had mastered the technique. He cracked an egg into the pan and slid it into the pan without waiting for the egg to heat up.

In two seconds, Li Mengxi grabbed the handle of the small wok with one hand and the spatula with the other. He shook the pot and moved the spatula, turning over the eggs.

The backside of the egg also sizzled for a few breaths in the hot pot, and Li Mengxi immediately shoveled it out.

Following the same method, Li Mengxi flipped the pan and fried eggs very quickly, frying a total of forty eggs.

During this process, the big man didn't have the skills to stir-fry in an iron pot, so everyone felt very strange when they saw Li Mengxi's movements of flipping the pot and swinging the spoon as smoothly as flowing water.

Liu Bei quietly watched Li Mengxi busy, and the smile on Liu Bei's face deepened.

After finishing the omelette, Li Mengxi took out two small bamboo tubes. One was filled with refined salt, and the other was filled with crushed peppercorn noodles that he had taken time to make. He then lightly sprinkled both sides of the omelette with refined salt and lightly sprinkled with peppercorn noodles.

If you eat fried eggs sprinkled with salt, in later generations, the salt intake must be too much, which is very unhealthy. However, in the late Han Dynasty, most people in the world were salt-deficient, and there were few reports of excessive salt intake. Therefore, pour

Salt is optional for seasoning.

After twenty fried eggs were put into bowls, Li Mengxi looked at the meatballs. The meatballs were boiling in a pot of meatball soup and were rolling up and down. They were already cooked.

Take a big bowl, fill it with twenty larger bowls, and put the tachyons one by one. When everything is ready, Tian Bu, the military doctor from outside, comes.

When Tian Bu looked at the room full of people, he didn't want to come in, so he asked outside, "Military advisor, the buns have been lying around for a while. Do you want to bring them back?"

Just in time, the steamed buns are ready too.

"Bring them all," Li Mengxi said to military doctor Tian Bu.

Tian Bu nodded and went back to get the steamed buns.

When Tian But brought a basket of steaming white flour buns, everything was ready.

Li Mengxi smiled at the people who had been waiting in the room for a long time and said, "It's good to keep you waiting."

Turning around, Li Mengxi said to Guan Yu, "General Guan, help me share the feast."

Guan Yuli stood up and walked over.

When Liu Bei saw Guan Yu moving, he came to help. Liu Bei also moved, and Jian Yong couldn't sit down anymore. Then Jian Yong also moved. Most of the scholars from Zhuozhou were people Jian Yong had known through his travels, and most of them were

It was because of Jian Yong that he chose to join Liu Bei. In other words, Jian Yong was the leader of the Zhuozhou scholars. Therefore, when Jian Yong stood up, the scholars would also stand up.

Liu Bei brought a big fish and was about to send it down. When he saw that all the scholars stood up, Liu Bei laughed, "Everyone, sit down, sit down! Don't come over, it's hot with oil, don't burn it!"

After Liu Bei found an excuse to appease the scholars, he walked up to one person with the sweet and sour fish and put the fish down. Seeing that the other person was still standing, Liu Bei smiled and said, "Sit down! Don't see anyone else, just treat yourself as home and sit here."

Come on, eat first!"

The scholar scratched his head, chuckled, and looked down at the fragrant big fish on the plate. He raised his head and looked at his companion. The companion nodded to him and said with a smile, "You can eat first."

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The atmosphere in the room was excellent. The situation was that Li Mengxi, Guan Yu, Liu Bei, and Jian Yong took over the servant's duties, serving dishes, serving soup, and delivering meals to the scholars.

This trip was the best explanation for Corporal Li Xian, and the scholars in Zhuozhou were deeply moved.

Halfway through the delivery, when Liu Bei passed by Guan Yu who was serving the dishes, Liu Bei gently pulled Guan Yu without leaving any trace, and whispered in a voice that could only be heard by the two of them, "Yun Chang, how about you sit at the door?"

Guan Yu was stunned for a moment, glanced at the door, and then understood immediately. Guan Yu nodded and handed the big fish in his hand to Liu Bei. Liu Bei took it tacitly and sent it down.

At this time, Li Mengxi was so busy serving food that he didn't notice the small details happening at the door.

Guan Yu walked up to a young scholar at the door, smiled at the scholar and said, "Come on, little brother, let's change with someone." Guan Yu pointed to a spot inside and said with a smile, "It's hot in the room, so I'm happy to sit there.

It's cool at the door."

The young scholar was a little frightened. Guan Yu wanted a position, but he didn't dare not give it to him, so he had no choice but to obey Guan Yu.

Then, Guan Yu and the young scholar each carried their dishes to the seats inside. Walking back from the inside, Guan Yu also brought his own dishes back. With this change, Guan Yu moved from the innermost to the middle of the door.

Right in the middle, facing the door.

After everything was settled, everyone had their meals distributed. On the low table in front of each person, there was a large food plate with a sweet and sour fish, a small bowl of beef drizzled with garlic sauce, and two pan-fried fish.

Eggs, a bowl of meatball soup, and a white flour steamed bun.

After finishing everything, Li Mengxi naturally sat down in the empty seat next to Liu Bei. As soon as he sat down, he saw at a glance the tall Guan Yu sitting at the front door, chatting with the scholars next to him.

Li Mengxi was slightly surprised, but didn't think about it deeply.

In fact, there is a subtlety here.

Today's banquet was organized by Li Mengxi from beginning to end. When setting up the seats, Li Mengxi saw that there was no room for both sides, so he cleverly placed them side by side at the door.

But this is very inappropriate. There is no seat at the door for the banquet. This is very unethical. Allowing guests to eat at the door is as rude as letting people eat outside.

Therefore, Liu Bei specially asked Guan Yu to go to the door.

In this way, the room was laid out, with Liu Bei sitting in the center, and Guan Yu sitting in the most awkward position at the door. Therefore, when other people at the door saw that Guan Yu was also sitting at the door, they didn't have so many thoughts in their minds.

Liu Bei had a good understanding of human nature and solved the embarrassment silently.

When the banquet officially started, Liu Bei picked up the kuaizi and put the kuaizi on the low table. He glanced around, smiled and raised his chopsticks to invite, "Come on, use the kuaizi, don't wait until it gets cold."

All the scholars below bowed their hands to Liu Bei and saluted. After seeing Liu Bei move the first fast piece, they picked up the fast piece one after another.

Among all the dishes, the sweet and sour fish looks the best, has the most aroma, and is the most attractive.

Liu Bei picked up a piece of fish with a kuaizi, put the fish, noodles and sauce into his mouth.

As soon as Liu Bei took it into his mouth, the sweet and sour taste made Liu Bei's eyes light up.

After taking a bite, Liu Bei couldn't help but pick up another piece and tasted two pieces in a row. Liu Bei nodded repeatedly. He turned his head and looked at Li Mengxi next to him, who was also looking over with a smile.

"How is it? Is it delicious?" Li Mengxi said proudly.

Liu Bei smiled and nodded. He was obviously very satisfied with the sweet and sour fish.

Li Mengxi reminded him at the right time. He smiled and said, "Xuan Degong, the essence of sweet and sour fish is on top of the sauce." As he said that, Li Mengxi picked up Kuaizi, picked up a piece of fish, dipped it in the sauce, and demonstrated, "Eat the fish."

At this time, you can dip it into the sauce to make it taste more delicious."

Liu Bei heard this and tried it according to the law. Sure enough, the tender fish meat dipped in the sweet and sour sauce tasted great when eaten together.

In other words, when eating a banquet, in later generations, when eating, it was a time to talk about things and connect with each other, but it was different in the Han Dynasty. In the Han Dynasty, people were not allowed to talk while eating.

So, there was only the sound of eating and it was very quiet during the banquet.

After eating for a while, Xiao Bian ran back. After being crazy for a long time outside, Xiao Bian came back and saw many people in the house. He stood motionless outside the door. Guan Yu at the door turned around and saw Xiao Bian standing outside the threshold.

, stretched out his hand and pulled Xiao Brick in, "Come on, Brick, you can eat at my place."

"I don't want it!" Xiao Zhuan struggled, "I want to go to my brother's place!"

Guan Yu didn't let go and pulled Xiao Bian into his arms. He pinched Xiao Bian's cheeks and asked with a smile, "What? There is food here, why don't you go to your brother's place?"

Xiao Zhuan pushed Guan Yu's hand hard, trying to struggle out, "Let go," Xiao Zhuan said anxiously, "I'm going to my brother's place! Don't catch me."

When Li Mengxi saw this, he spat out the fish bones in his mouth. He waved to Xiao Bian, "Come, come here, don't disturb General Guan."

Guan Yu stopped trying to figure out Xiao Zhuan and let go of his hand. Xiao Zhuan got out of trouble and ran towards Li Mengxi with a puff of smoke.

This little episode made everyone burst into laughter.

Among the seats, Jian Yong was in the first place on Liu Bei's left hand. Just now he saw Guan Yu playing tricks on Xiao Bian, and Jian Yong saw it all.

Seeing that Guan Yu and Xiao Zhuan were very close, Jian Yong couldn't help but look back at Li Mengxi. Jian Yong thought to himself, the relationship between these two brothers and Liu Bei is really good.

Xiao Zhuan came to Li Mengxi's side. Li Mengxi gave both of the two fried eggs to Xiao Bian without eating any of them.

Xiao Bian picked up the omelette, and after one gulp he ate half of the omelette. After another gulp, he finished the omelette. He picked up the second one, and after another gulp, only half of the two fried eggs were left.

There was only one bite left, and Xiao Zhuan remembered that he still had his brother. He handed the half-eaten omelette to Li Mengxi's mouth, "Brother, you eat."

Li Mengxi took a look and shook his head in disgust.

Li Mengxi disliked his brother's saliva and didn't want to eat it, but Xiao Zhuan insisted on stuffing it into his mouth, so Li Mengxi hid.

Jian Yong was full of endless curiosity about Li Mengxi and paid attention to Li Mengxi all the time. Seeing the childish behavior of Li Mengxi, Jian Yong secretly smiled.
To be continued...