Chapter 1740 Meeting the Uncle Again
In the front yard of the Zhu Mansion on Fulu Street, after the identity of the uncle Zhu Shouren was verified, he and his two friends, Wolong and Phoenix, were invited from the ordinary guest room to the VIP guest room.
It was so cold outside that Zhu Shouren and the others couldn't help but shiver while walking outside. However, as soon as they entered the guest room, they felt a warmth rushing towards them. Being in the guest room was like traveling through the four seasons and being in a warm spring. .
"Why is it so warm in this house? How many charcoal stoves must be burned to make the house so warm?"
Hu Wei couldn't help but sigh as soon as he entered the room. .
"Yes, you can get a lot of money just by burning charcoal today." Uncle Zhu Shouren couldn't help but echoed.
"Huh?" Xia Qiang, who came in last, couldn't help but exclaimed after entering.
"Ahem. Brother Xia, calm down." Uncle Zhu Shouren glanced at Xia Qiang, coughed, and reminded him to pay attention. We are scholars with status. Don't act like a bumpkin. Being looked down upon.
"No, Brother Zhu, Brother Hu, have you noticed that there is not a single stove in this room?" Xia Qiang said to the two of them with a surprised look on his face.
“Impossible, it’s so warm inside the house, there are ten or eight stoves that can’t keep it so warm.”
Hu Wei and Zhu Shouren shook their heads.
"But look, there is no stove in this room?" Xia Qiang pointed to the size of the room and said to the two of them.
"How could that happen?" Hu Wei and Zhu Shouren shook their heads and looked around the room, and then their eyes couldn't help but widen, getting wider and wider.
Let me go, it’s true, there are beds, tables, chairs, and cabinets in this room, but there is no stove, not a single one.
How can it be so warm without a stove? !
For a moment, the three of them were like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, dumbfounded, no, dumbfounded.
“Three gentlemen, the VIP room is equipped with Zhurong heating exclusively produced by our Zhurong Trading Company, that’s why it’s like this. warm And. Masters, have you seen the pipe on the wall? That is our Zhurong radiator."
The steward who led the three people to the VIP room pointed to the heating pipe on the wall and told Uncle Zhu Shouren and others. The three explained.
"What is Zhurong heating?" Uncle Zhu Shouren and others asked curiously.
“This was invented by our uncle and lady. There is no need to burn a stove in the house. You only need to install a Zhurong radiator, and you can enjoy the warmth of spring in winter. There is a boiler room in our front yard, which is responsible for burning Heating can be delivered to various rooms in the house equipped with Zhurong heating through pipes.”
The steward replied.
The three of them didn’t know how serious they were.
At this moment, several girls came in carrying steaming hot, tasty and delicious food.
In the blink of an eye, the Eight Immortals table in the VIP room was filled with delicacies that were full of color, fragrance, and flavor, including chicken, duck, fish, delicacies from mountains and seas, stir-fried, deep-fried, braised, braised, braised, and crispy. Boiled, steamed, stuffed, stewed, grilled, smoked, stir-fried, pickled and drunk, shredded with honey, simmered and fermented.
In order to maintain the temperature, there are small charcoal stoves simmering under several hot dishes, making them simmer. The fragrance is doubled.
The three people who were studying the radiator were instantly attracted by the delicious food on the table, and all of them salivated wildly.
God knows how they lived all the way from Yingtian to Suzhou. They slept in the open without enough food to eat. They ate tree roots and gnawed tree bark. They went to steal chickens in the village and were chased by dogs. They went into the river to catch fish. The fish was too cold and too slippery, and I didn’t even notice any fishy taste at all.
At this moment, looking at the table of chicken, duck, goose, delicacies, and especially the fragrant and shaky plate of elbows, the three of them walked uncontrollably towards the table little by little. move.
“When I see the elbow, I can’t help but think of Mr. Dongpo’s poem, ‘cooked with grass and the whole heart is fragrant’. Mr. Dongpo is worthy of being Mr. Dongpo. This elbow must be tied with the straw that ties the meat. Put them in the pot together and cook them until they are fragrant."
Uncle Zhu Shouren shook his head and chanted poetry, his mouth watering as he looked at the tempting plate of elbows on the table.
"I remember it was 'Grass Pearls Fragrant', right?" Xia Qiang scratched his head and murmured in a low voice.
"Well, let me taste the difference between the elbows in Suzhou and the elbows in my hometown." Uncle Zhu Shouren said and couldn't wait to pick up the chopsticks. He didn't even have time to sit down, so he picked up a chopstick.
I haven’t seen any meat or fish in ten days, and I really can’t bear it anymore.
After eating it with chopsticks, it was like opening a Pandora's box. It was so delicious. I don't care about my image and I am a scholar. This meager self-control was instantly shattered by this elbow.
Hu Wei and Xia Qiang originally wanted to pay attention to the impact, but when they saw that Zhu Shouren was like a starving ghost reincarnated, half of his elbow disappeared after a few chopsticks, they could no longer sit still and did not take action. , all the elbows were eaten by Zhu.
"Ahem, let's try the food in Suzhou and see how it's different from our hometown."
The two said a word of respect and took off their chopsticks.
After the first bite of elbow meat, just like Zhu Shouren, their negligible self-control was shattered.
The whole person was like opening a Pandora's box. He was out of control and joined the battle group regardless of his image.
There is no way, as the saying goes, food is the most important thing for the people, not to mention that they have been sleeping in the open air for more than ten days without seeing meat and fish, and they are hungry. They really can't resist the temptation of the delicious food in front of them and surrender.
"Ahem, you three gentlemen, the bath water and change of clothes are ready. Do you want the three gentlemen to take a bath and change clothes before eating?"
The steward coughed and reminded.
"It's not too late to take a shower and change clothes after eating."
Uncle Zhu Shouren shouted about the last bite of elbow meat he grabbed, without raising his head, and said vaguely.
"Yeah, it's not too late to take a shower after eating." Hu Wei and Xia Qiang couldn't agree more with Zhu Shouren at this moment.
The three of them were like starving ghosts reincarnated. In order to grab food more conveniently, the three of them didn't even sit down, they just stood there in a hurry.
The table was filled with a dazzling array of exquisitely plated delicacies, but within a short time, half of them were cooked by the three of them.
From afternoon to evening, I ate for a long time, but before I finished eating, the bath water also changed from hot water to cold water.
Zhu Pingan received the news that his uncle Zhu Shouren had arrived with two friends. He settled in and explained the affairs of the camp. When he entered the city and came to the house, the three of them had not finished eating yet. They happened to see The three of them are shy and handsome.
With disheveled hair, ragged clothes, rolled up sleeves, one foot on a chair, a chicken leg in the left hand, and a duck leg in the right hand.
Although he had learned about the situation of his uncle and others from the messenger, Zhu Ping'an's mouth still couldn't help but twitch when he saw it with his own eyes.
How did this happen?
My grandparents favored my uncle. He always got a lot of money from the old couple, and often went to my father's place to play in the autumn breeze. Every time he went out, he ate, drank and had fun. He never treated himself badly and liked to pretend to be outside. It looks like a jade tree facing the wind.
Why is this so? (End of this chapter)