Cultivation of Immortals Begins with Drilling Wood To Make Fire

The diners inside are in twos and threes, not too many.

Judging from the appearance and attire, most of them are caravan members who travel to and from various places to rest here. They often want some stews, naan bread, and wine to eat and drink.

It seems to be a certain habit of the merchants in the Western Regions, their conversations are very low.

So this Xinhua restaurant is quite quiet inside.

The shopkeeper was leaning behind the counter, arranging the beads of the abacus, while the two young men gathered at the door of the back kitchen, whispering something. It wasn't until Fang Chang and Sang Ziping stepped through the threshold that they raised their heads and greeted, "Guest officers, please!"

Following the guidance of the two boys, Fang Chang and Sang Ziping walked towards a certain table by the window.

During the action, Fang Chang smiled and asked the shopkeeper behind the counter: "Shopkeeper, the name of this store on the plaque outside is a bit interesting, I don't know where it came from?"

Seeing the customer talking to him, the shopkeeper let go of the abacus beads in his hand and said with a smile:

"The customer is actually interested in this? To tell you the truth, this is actually very common. It has been seven or eight years since the small shop was handed down to me, and it has been here for three generations."

"The reason for this name is that the ancestor who founded this restaurant, Yuxin, and another partner named Qiuhua, each took the last letter of their names to form this Xinhua restaurant."

"After several twists and turns, the other party's descendants only took the shares as dividends and no longer took charge of the business. The name of the restaurant has not changed during this period, but these years, the guest officer is still the first one I saw, and I am interested in the name of the small shop."

Fang Chang nodded, which solved his doubts.

Although he can know the reason by pinching his fingers, he still prefers to ask himself.

This kind of smooth feeling of solving the mystery, mixed with hearing new stories, is a good experience.

The shopkeeper of the restaurant greeted the waiter with a smile on his face, and added pork ear shreds to Fang Chang and Sang Ziping who were already seated.

It's a treat from the shopkeeper.

Thanks to the shopkeeper of the restaurant, the two stretched out their chopsticks to eat the shredded pork ears mixed with courgette shreds, and asked the boy next to them:

"What food is there in the shop?"

The young man was very clever, and immediately replied:

"Now there are naan cakes just out of the pit in the kitchen, and reconciled noodles that can be sliced ​​and cooked in the pot at any time, and there is also a big bucket of white rice, which is produced in the rice fields next to Juhai. It tastes sweet. These three staple foods can be topped. Hungry."

"There are also all kinds of cold dishes, as well as sheep's cheeks and hooves, which are marinated with the method passed down from the Central Plains. A bowl is very cheap, with enough oil and salt, it is very suitable for rice. There is also a signboard of the shop, which is hand-caught mutton."

Hearing this, Fang Chang stretched out his hand to interrupt him and asked:

"Hand mutton? What's the point?"

Seeing the interest of the previous guests, the young man said excitedly: "There is a large area of ​​land near here that is severely saline-alkali. There are not many plants and trees growing there, but there are also some plants that are not resistant to salt-alkali. Although it is difficult to graze on it, it is difficult to raise them on saline-alkali land. The sheep that come out have no smell of mutton and taste sweet, and they are delicious when boiled in clean water."

"Then let's have some." Fang Chang waved his hand and asked, "How do you sell the hand-caught mutton here?"

The boy said, "It's calculated according to the basin."

Fang Chang said: "Then let's serve two pots first, one for each of us, let's talk if it's not enough."

Sang Ziping next to him nodded, but the boy was a little surprised: "Guest officers, the pots here are very big, so be careful not to eat them."

With a proud wave of his hand, Fang Chang said: "You don't have to worry about it, we will take it with you if you can't eat it. Let's continue, what else do you have here?"

The boy said:

"The small shop also sells donkey meat. Every once in a while, it takes a donkey to sell. The donkey meat tastes very good, but most of it has been sold out today, and the rest can only be cut into one plate."

"There will be no more dishes. If it takes another two months, I must come here. The master chef recently got some new recipes. He has already learned the cooking method of the Central Plains. After two months, he will be able to master them. At that time, the guest Guanlai Xiaodian, in addition to these original signature dishes, can also taste the flavor of the Central Plains.”

"Then there is wine. We have good wine here. It is produced in the grape valley next to Juhai. There are good grapes all over the mountains and plains. Each grain is big and sweet. It is more mellow after being used to make wine. The guest officer must come to a bottle. .”

Fang Chang said with a smile: "There is no need for dishes from the Central Plains. The two of us traveled here from the Central Plains, and we cut up the plate of donkey meat, added some random vegetables, and served some white rice. That's it, hurry up and prepare." Well, we've been walking for a long time, and we're already hungry."

The little guy nodded, and then ran to the back kitchen with a long voice, "Okay~!", and informed the master chef behind to prepare the meal.

Hand-caught mutton is very fast, because this is not freshly made, but has been prepared long ago.

The sheep raised in the saline-alkali soil are cut into large pieces and stewed with only clean water.

Although various spices have been widely grown in the Central Plains, there is no seasoning, let alone spices, or even salt in this dish.

The store only provided a small knife and signaled Fang Chang and Sang Ziping to cut and eat by themselves.

At the same time, the boy brought up two shallow plates with some white powder in them.

Sang Ziping touched some of it with his hand, tasted it and said with a smile:

"It's salt."

Fang Chang did not use the small knife provided by the store, but took out his own small jade table knife from his arms, grasping the meat with one hand and cutting it with the other. The texture of the small table knife is no longer like jade, it is extremely sharp, whether it is mutton or mutton bones, it will be cut off when touched.

Sure enough, as described by the two guys, the meat has a mellow taste without any peculiar smell, and it melts in the mouth after a long stew.

When eating, you only need to dip a little salt, and you can clearly taste all the original flavors of the ingredients. The lamb bones are also stewed soft, and you can eat them with good teeth.

It's not a problem for someone like Fang Chang who can treat copper and iron as snacks.

"It's really good meat."

The two had a full meal while praising, and there was nothing left, including bones and soup.

There was not even a single bit of the donkey meat and rice steamed in the small wooden barrel left, and they ate them all up like a storm.

The two boys next to him were a little startled, and one of them was even worried: Will these two guest officers eat up the table in the shop?

Fortunately, the two of them acted fast enough to pay for it after eating.

It was getting dark outside, but the setting sun had sunk half of his body behind the horizon, hiding him.

"Find a place to sleep overnight, and then continue westward."

"Um."

"etc?"

After walking a few steps and turning a corner, Fang Chang suddenly called Sang Ziping to stop.

"What's wrong? Mr. Fang." Sang Ziping was very puzzled. He followed Fang Chang's line of sight, but found nothing.

"Look there."

Fang Chang pointed to a place in the middle of the road and said to Sang Ziping.

Thank you for changing the wrong name.