At night, Xia Mingyue and others went to bed early.
At this time, the Yamen was still brightly lit.
Pei Chenghe and Feng Maocai personally tried the case and were very attentive.
In addition to the fact that Xia Mingyue is Lu Qiyan's wife, more importantly, Zhao Guangfu used despicable methods such as bribing people to drug Coptis Lianshui.
This matter can be big or small.
To put it mildly, it was just a matter of jealousy between merchants.
But speaking more seriously, if you stir up trouble and destabilize people's hearts, everyone will worry about whether food is safe for a long time.
At this time, everyone was scolding Yueran Restaurant. If he was not severely punished, it would be difficult to appease people's hearts.
And if this matter is dealt with hastily, there is no guarantee that no one will follow the same example and cause even greater trouble.
In short, this matter needs to be handled with caution and punished severely.
While Pei Chenghe and Feng Maocai were discussing, someone reported that the county schoolmaster Zhou Zhiqing came to visit Magistrate Pei.
Zhou Zhiqing has served as the county school principal for many years. He has been conscientious and prestigious. In recent years, the county school has produced numerous talents, and Zhou Zhiqing is also indispensable.
Pei Chenghe respected Zhou Zhiqing very much and asked Feng Maocai to deal with these matters for the time being, while he went to meet Zhou Zhiqing in person.
“It’s been a long time since I last saw you, Mr. Zhou Shan.” Pei Chenghe smiled very respectfully, “Please sit inside, Mr. Zhou Shan.”
“Come here, serve tea!”
"You're welcome, Mr. Pei." Zhou Zhiqing handed over, "Things are busy in the county school. It's approaching the end of the year, and there will be spring at the beginning of next year. So there are many chores to be dealt with, so I won't go in and have tea with Mr. Pei. I'll keep the story short. Let me tell you the reason for my visit today.”
“Mr. Zhou Shan, please tell me something.” Pei Chenghe handed over.
“I have been in the county school for a long time, and I usually don’t care about external affairs. There is always little information in the county school, so I don’t know much about many things. It’s just the relationship between Yueran Restaurant and Xia Ji today. Things got heated "Yang is known throughout the city, and everyone in the county school knows it."
Zhou Zhiqing said, "It's embarrassing to say that Mrs. Xia, the shopkeeper of Xia Ji, is considered to be my student." , who always behaves honestly and never interacts with others When trouble breaks out, I just go about my business peacefully, but to be targeted like this by Yueran Restaurant, with one after another plot against me, is really pitiful."
"As Mrs. Xia's wife, I am also the wife of Mrs. Xia. Elders, think about it If you want to go, you should come forward and say a few words, so I came here late at night to implore Mr. Pei to deal with it impartially, to give justice to Xia Ji and Madam Xia, and to eliminate the unhealthy trends in the entire Jinqiu County. "
When Pei Chenghe heard this, his expression suddenly became complicated.
Without Zhou Zhiqing’s plea, he would have known what to do.
It’s just that Zhou Zhiqing has always been highly respected and has a good status, but he also has the arrogance of some scholars and doesn’t like to make friends everywhere, but today he is willing to go out for Lady Xia...
It can be seen that Xia The lady is well behaved, virtuous and respected by others.
And he is respected by people like Zhou Zhiqing.
Power is indeed something that makes people fear and respect you, but if you have power but also possess extraordinary qualities, it will make people sincerely convinced and willing to respect you.
Pei Chenghe was in awe of Xia Mingyue and bowed deeply to Zhou Zhiqing, "Mr. Zhou, please rest assured. Since I am the magistrate of Jinqiu County and the father and mother of the people, I will definitely speak for the people and serve the people." Seeking good fortune."
"This matter will be handled impartially, and the people who deserve justice will be able to eliminate the unhealthy tendencies in Jinqiu County and warn all those with evil intentions." "Since Magistrate Pei made such a statement, I feel relieved." Zhou Zhiqing handed over his hand and said, "Magistrate Pei is busy, so I won't bother you much. I'll take my leave."
"Zhou Shanchang walked slowly."
Pei Chenghe briefly sent him off, and then returned after Zhou Zhiqing had gone far.
The expression is serious and the fists are clenched.
The next morning, Xia Mingyue got up early and started to implement her purchasing plan.
Yesterday, she was delayed for a whole day because of the matter at Yueran Restaurant. Xia Mingyue realized that she didn’t have much time left for her, so she simply grabbed Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu, two and a half-year-old laborers, and asked them to help push On the flatbed truck, I searched everywhere for the ingredients and seasonings I needed.
As the Chinese New Year approaches, there are many people in the county. At the end of the year, there are also many people who go to the county to sell their poultry and grain. The small stalls on the street are next to each other. There's no end in sight.
Xia Mingyue likes to pick out her favorite ingredients in the busy market. Now that she saw a lot of fresh things, everyone wanted to buy them back.
Live chickens, live fish, and live ducks are no problem. I bought some fresh duck eggs, bought a can of pickled cabbage from the farmer's wife, and saw the freshly slaughtered mutton. Xia Mingyue was also going to eat it. A piece of tendon meat...
The flatbed truck was quickly piled up, but Xia Mingyue kept looking for it until she found a place selling freshly slaughtered donkey meat. She rushed over and asked for a large piece. .
Seeing that she had almost bought everything, Xia Mingyue, Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu pulled the flatbed truck back.
After arriving home, I was busy again, packing all the ingredients.
Soon, the day of the dish tasting agreed with Shopkeeper Ge came.
Shopkeeper Ge and Wu Xiong came as usual. When they came, they brought a jar of tea to Xia Mingyue.
“This is the newly obtained Biluochun. It is named after the clear green soup and the shape of a snail. This tea is refreshing and sweet in the mouth, with endless aftertaste. I drank it well and specially gave a jar to Lady Xia.”
"Thank you, Shopkeeper Ge." Xia Mingyue took it and opened the lid.
The unique fragrance of tea wafted out immediately, making Xia Mingyue sniff it again and again, and couldn't help but squint her eyes, "It is indeed good tea."
"I heard that Biluochun is a very famous type of green tea. It needs to go through seven processes of picking, picking, spreading, high-temperature fixing, rolling and shaping, rolling into balls to reveal the texture, and slow fire drying. It is also important to keep the tea in hand and the tea in the pot. Knead while frying, stir-fry and knead together, operate continuously, and serve. "
"The tea produced in this way can be said to be the finest tea, very delicious, and it costs a lot of money. It really cost shopkeeper Ge."
Xia Mingyue is well versed in gourmet food and knows a lot about it. Although I don’t know much about tea, I have drunk a lot and know a little bit about it.
"As long as Madam Xia likes it." Shopkeeper Ge saw that Xia Mingyue also knew something about tea, and knew that what he gave this time was not a secret gift, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up.
"Please wait here for a moment, shopkeeper Ge and Brother Wu. The food will be served soon." Xia Mingyue said with a blessing, and then entered the kitchen.
Jiang Zhuguo also followed and helped Xia Mingyue.
Shopkeeper Ge and Wu Xiong were waiting in the main room while drinking tea and eating nuts.
Soon, the dishes were served.
Cold egg, fried salt and pepper mushrooms, five-spice donkey meat, ginger lotus root slices, peacock steamed fish, braised pork, Mapo tofu, Texas braised chicken, Luoyang cabbage...(End of this chapter)< br>