Chapter 31: The joy of housewarming is missed
After the New Year, when the earth rejuvenated, Bai Fan's new house was finally built, so he no longer lived in Laojun's view. After all, he also needed to support his personal family business!
When Bai Fan moved away, he also left a surprise for his nephew Li Chunfeng!
That was to sweep all the 100 Taoist scriptures that Li Chunfeng had copied in a month once again! It led to the fact that when Li Chunfeng helped Bai Fan come back to move home, he sat on the ground and burst into tears for half an hour when he found out that he had been in pain.
The thief who was killed in the sky! He came to rob him just after copying it? Don’t call him to catch him, otherwise you will be smashed into pieces!
I'm sorry for the book I copied for a month...
After hearing this next door, Yuan Tiangang covered his eyes and said to himself, "I can only express my deep sympathy for my master!"
Bai Fan's new house was not on the original site, but was directly built on his remaining ten acres of thin fields. Anyway, the saint gave him another five hundred acres of fertile land, which was just right for the house to build a house!
The mansion built according to Bai Fan's plan and construction gives people the first impression from the outside that is grand. Although it is elegant, it does not look shabby, and has a quaint atmosphere.
After entering the yard, it gives people a pleasing feeling. Although there are no carved beams, painted buildings, and pavilions, the layout of the yard is exquisite, and the various flowers and plants specially selected by Bai Fan makes flowers bloom in the courtyard all seasons, especially the front yard where guests are entertained.
After Fang Xuanling finished the construction, he was already reluctant to leave this courtyard and even joked that he wanted to buy this house with Bai Fan!
Lord Yan Lide, who was responsible for the construction of the craftsman, even spent money to buy Bai Fan's construction drawings. In the end, Bai Fan took the initiative to give him the drawings as a reward. Yan Lide promised that Bai Fan would contact him for construction matters in the future and would not take any money!
The backyard was built by Bai Fan more rigorously. After all, the backyard has many private parts, and there are many houses in the front yard, which is why Bai Fan received teaching from students in the future and had accommodation issues.
Bai Fan's joy of moving in the house, and the people he knew came to congratulate him. Cheng Demon, Changsun Wuji, Yu Shinan, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Yuan Tiangang's master and disciple, and Bai Fan's disciples were really lively!
Even His Highness and the Princess of Qin also sent someone to send gifts. What was surprising was that the Prince's Mansion also sent gifts. In the face of confusion, Bai Fan took them all!
When Bai Fan planned the mansion, he said that he didn’t have to ask for servants, maids and others to be self-reliant. So today everyone is also surprised that no one helps, so how can Bai Fan entertain so many guests?
Bai Fan was confident and invited several neighbors in the village to help buy some food. He brought four apprentices with him and became busy in the kitchen. His apprentices never knew that his master had such a skill? Is he going to cook himself?
After an hour, everyone believed it. It turned out that the master not only knew how to cook, but also had unparalleled skills in the world. I guess no one in the Tang Dynasty could compare to him in terms of food!
As a group of chefs, the four apprentices couldn't help but eat half full in the kitchen. At first, Changsun Chong questioned that the ancients said that Junzi was away from the kitchen! Later, he and Cheng Huaimo picked up chopsticks the most!
He sent some to several old men and uncles in the village, and threw a small case of wine and food to Li Chunfeng and a group of disciples to accompany them. Bai Fan personally accompanied the guests in the living room!
Although Bai Fan was sweating profusely, he was extremely happy in his heart. He finally settled his roots in this Tang Dynasty!
Bai Fan had everything in place. When he arrived at the guests, he saw that no one of them moved his chopsticks. He was surprised. Why is this? Could it be that he can't get used to our skills?
You should know that there was no cooking in this era. The Tang Dynasty still inherited the way of eating in the Qin and Han Dynasties. Most of the food was steamed, cooked and barbecued, and guests were also listed as small seats for banquets!
I can only bite off their tongues when I cook at this table. Why did I miscalculate?
"Dear sirs, brothers, why are the food prepared by me today not suitable for your appetite? Why don't you move your chopsticks?" Bai Fan asked.
Everyone sat upright, no one spoke. Yu Shinan, the oldest on the left, said seriously: "Dalang, do you know the words of a saint, 'A gentleman stays away from the kitchen'?"
Bai Fan almost fell to the ground. What's wrong with calling him Dalang? Although he is called his family ranking in this era, he still has a friendly term, but when he heard this, he couldn't help but think of the Wuhan University who sells cooked cakes!
I thought the reason was because of the few people. It turned out to be this sentence. Is this going to teach me a class?
"Old Mr. Yu, everyone knows this saying of Meng Sheng!"
Yu Shinan said sternly: "Since you know, why are you still going to the dirty place in the kitchen? You must know that you are a role model now, how can you not set an example? You also bring a group of apprentices to do such insulting things?"
Bai Fan also sorted out his mood and said seriously: "Old Yu said that forgiveness is not acceptable to Fan!
Anyone doesn’t think that there is anything wrong with teaching their students to cook by themselves. Although they are born with wealth and food, they are so-called to be prepared for danger in times of peace. If one day they are poor, unable to afford a cook, and unable to afford a restaurant? They can’t cook by themselves, and don’t know how they will live at that time?
Anyone who has only read one book of the Analects of Confucius since childhood, Confucius has never said this in the Analects of Confucius!
Since it was what Meng Sheng said, what happened before Meng Sheng? I wonder if Confucius was entering the kitchen? I wonder if Sheng Yan Hui was in the kitchen? As far as we all know, Confucius was poor since childhood, and later he had to serve his mother! Sheng Yan Hui was even more miserable, and even the poor were almost out of the way! Don’t they cook their own food and still have to hire a cook?
Since Confucius and Sheng have cooked with their own hands, why no one says they are not gentlemen?”
This! You! Yu Shinan is a little bit exhausted. Where did this kid come from so many fallacies?
Yuan Tiangang was laughing in his heart, and he wanted to educate my junior brother. I wonder if my junior brother was born with a strong mouth? Isn’t Lao Yu unhappy?
Cheng Yaojin even discussed it. Seeing that the dish was delicious, and listening to the boys next door fighting because of the food, he was really itchy. However, when he met Old Man Yu, he was fucked, he was not lucky!
Fang Xuanling said, "But since Meng Sheng, people have been following this sentence, so what explanation do you have? Did Meng Sheng really say it wrong?"
Bai Fan shook his head and said, "No, no, no, on the contrary, Meng Sheng's words are correct, but they were misinterpreted by later generations. Meng Sheng's original words were like this: A gentleman is a beast, and he cannot bear to see his death when he sees his life; he cannot bear to eat his flesh when he hears his voice. Therefore, a gentleman is far away from the kitchen.
This was when Meng Sheng persuaded King Xuan of Qi to practice benevolence and not commit murder!
From this we all see that this is taken out of context by later generations, so we later generations misunderstood, Meng Sheng is right!
Today, to thank you, Fan personally cooks and entertains. He is both self-reliant and expresses his respect for everyone. You cannot teach me this little scholar with such a fallacy! Especially you, Mr. Yu, don’t look at your age, but in the face of dialectical knowledge, Fan will not let you do it!"
"Okay, you little scholar, you are unreasonable. After enduring it for a long time, I am still hungry. Let's wait until I'm full before coming to argue with you!" Yu Shinan understood the truth and stopped entangling. He started to take the lead in moving his chopsticks with a joke!
Everyone burst into laughter, and the old devil even picked up the nearest plate in front of him and pulled it into his mouth!
Bai Fan smiled and said in his heart, but he didn't expect that Old Man Yu would have such a funny side!
A meal carefully prepared by Bai Fan was filled with the guests and guests. From then on, Bai Fan’s name of foodie spread in this small circle. Therefore, from time to time, they would meet in the Bai Mansion, and these old guys would come to have a free meal under various names!
Since the Cheng Huaimo brothers were brought by Bai Fan recently, their playmates, Yuchi Baolin, could not find anyone for many days, so the two of them sent someone to invite the Cheng brothers to Wangjinglou for dinner and reminisce about the past to see why they disappeared for so many days.
Not long after the food and food came, Cheng Huaimo spit out a large piece of mutton that had been eaten into his mouth, "Bao, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, what's the thing? It's extremely fishy and stewed. Just a portion of fat sheep stew, we'll cost three taels of silver! It's indeed a black shop!"
Yuchi Baolin was surprised and said with an unhappy face: "Old Cheng (I don't know what this guy is called Cheng Yaojin, also called Lao Cheng?), why haven't you seen the taste become heavier in a few days? Brother, I ordered the fat sheep stew you like most in your daily life! You don't appreciate it and you don't have to spit it out, you deliberately embarrass me, right?"
"It's really unpalatable, too unpalatable. Brother, I won't eat it anymore. The things in this restaurant are unpalatable, and it's not as good as the master's cooking! Let's go back and let the master make delicious food!" Cheng Huailiang also threw away his chopsticks and shouted loudly.
So Cheng Huaimu explained: "Da Hei, it's not me who targets you! Recently, our brothers recognize the next master. Master has a skill in cooking. I can eat a piece of rice for every meal of the old Cheng!"
True or fake? Brothers Yuchi Baolin expressed doubts!
Cheng Huaimu pulled Yuchi Baolin and shouted: "Let's go! You'll know when you take you to eat it once. Compared with the chef's cooking, this dish is just a pig food. It's really a black shop. Humph! Little Hei Er, let's go!"
A few people pulled away from Wangjing Tower and went directly to Sanyuan to find Bai Fan!
At this moment, at a table next to several people in Wangjing Building, a young man in a gorgeous dress attracted a waiter who ran the hall, "Go and call Cui Ping!"
The restaurant shopkeeper Cui arrived trotted, "Second Young Master, what's the order?"
"Go and send someone to check who the boys who just sat at this table are, who are the masters they call? If done well, maybe the business in our restaurant might be very popular!" Mr. Huayi ordered.
It turned out that this person was the second son of the eldest son of the Cui family in Qinghe. Last time Bai Fan wrote a poem in Jinglou, which caused the restaurant business to be in full swing. The Cui family directly sent the second son of the direct descendant to send a thousand taels of comfort to Cui Ping, the shopkeeper.
Coincidentally, I heard the conversation between Cheng Huaimo and the others while having dinner, so my eyes rolled and I thought of a plan!
Chapter completed!