The Legend of Shushan Xuanjian

Chapter 29 Xiao Family Wonton
After Bai Fu's daily morning exercise, he likes to go to the alley with his seniors to stutter for breakfast.There are three stalls at the entrance of the alley all year round, Aunt Zhong who sells bean curd, brother Liu and sister-in-law Liu who sells red oil pot helmets, and old man Xiao who sells wonton pickles.

Although these three stalls are simple, their taste is the essence of Chengdu snacks, and the taste is quite pleasant.

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Aunt Zhong put the hand-ground tofu into the pot and steamed it for a while, took it out and put it in a small bowl, added meat and bone broth, mixed in crispy peanuts, chopped coriander, capers, and shredded kohlrabi, and finally poured secret chili oil on it. Take a sip, it's so hot that you sweat, and it's so refreshing to your throat.

Brother Liu's Guokui is famous for its "dry, crisp, white and fragrant".Hard and chewy, crisp inside and outside, white and shiny, mellow and delicious.

Next to the stall was a big barrel, the top cover was removed, and the inside was filled with mud to form a hearth with a big belly and a small mouth.Brother Liu was kneading the dough on the chopping board, constantly rubbing the fermented dough in his hands, and when he was satisfied, he put it aside to wake up;

After the diners ordered, Brother Liu stretched the waken dough wide and elongated, sometimes in the shape of crabapple leaves, sometimes in the shape of shoe soles, and finally shook a wooden box. The bottom of the wooden box was chiseled into sieve-shaped holes, which contained sesame seeds. You can do as many or as few times as you want.

After kneading properly, Brother Liu quickly put the pasta into the hearth, where a pot of raging charcoal was burning.After making the kang for a while, Brother Liu used a pair of special pliers to gently take out the pot helmet, which had nearly doubled in size, from the furnace, and handed it directly to Aunt Liu.Mrs. Liu adds sugar according to diners' needs, and adds salt and chili for salty dishes.

The freshly baked pot helmet is charred on the outside and tender on the inside, soft and suitable, and it is hot to hold, so it is just right to eat.Hollow, crispy on the outside, layered on the inside, thick on the side, absorbs juice, and does not leak soup.

The pot knuckle with red oil beef offal is the perfect match for Liu's pot kuih: use low-cost beef offal scraps, wash, stew, slice, serve with soy sauce, red oil, pepper, pepper noodles, sesame noodles, etc., mix well, sandwich In the freshly cooked Guokui, the hot noodle scent enhances the aroma of the meat to the extreme, and the greasy meat is absorbed by the Guokui and becomes invisible. It is fragrant, crispy and soft, and it is enjoyable to eat.

Next to it is old man Xiao's chaoshou picker. Put a bowl of shredded chicken chaoshou, put soybeans, chives, scallions, coriander leaves, celery segments, and pour the secret sesame oil, and it's all done!

The right hand is crystal clear, the soup is steaming, the vegetables are green and yellow, and the pulp is fresh and attractive; the left hand holds the bright red oily beef offal pot helmet, even if you are not hungry, you will still be saliva.

The bean curd is tender and sour, the beef offal is fat but not greasy, and the shredded chicken is mellow and warm to the stomach. Although it is a street snack, the fragrance can fill the cheeks and the taste can soak the six organs.Bashu scenery, wine is not afraid of deep alleys.Not only the common people love to eat, but even the officials often patronize it.

Among the three, Bai Fu's favorite is old man Xiao's chicken shredded handmade.Duan Fuyin once praised his family: "Today's Yiguan family's famous food, there are Xiao's wontons, and the fat soup is drained, and you can serve tea."

After eating for a long time, Bai Fu and the others became familiar with each other.

Bai Fu asked, "Uncle Xiao, what's the secret to your delicious Chao Shou?"

The old man Xiao said: "Chop meat sausages finely, add bamboo shoots and rice or wild rice stems, leeks, and vine flowers, and wrap them evenly with a little Sichuan pepper and almond paste. When the soup is boiling, turn it with extremely boiling soup. Do not cover it, it will rise when it floats, and do not stir again. Do not use amomum in the stuffing, use only belching.

Bai Fu had nothing to do, so he also helped old man Xiao and helped him outflank his hands.Bai Fu's hands are quick, and he can wrap a large plate in just one stick of incense.

Old man Xiao looked at it and shook his head, said: "You young man, you are so ruthless, you only wrap a little bit of meat with each hand."

Bai Fu joked: "Uncle Xiao, who sells wontons in the world, how can anyone dislike the stuffing stuffed with meat? What's more, except for old diners, who can eat more stuffing and less stuffing?"

The old man Xiao did not refute, squatted on the bench, took a puff of dry cigarette, and said slowly: "There is more stuffing, but less stuffing. Don't others know it, and don't you know it? Why benevolence? Peace of mind or not.

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On this day, Li Gan, the imperial envoy, came to Chengdu to announce the decree, holding high the sign of silence and avoidance, and the guard of honor was majestic.When the people saw it, they hurriedly avoided it.An old man in business moved slowly, and before he had time to close his stall, the guard of honor arrived in front of him.

This Li Gan is a celebrity in today's world, he is arrogant.This time I came to Xishu to proclaim the decree. I thought that the land of abundance would be rich, so I asked for a fat job, but I didn't expect that the ceremony I received was very different.Especially Zhao Kunlun, the garrison general at Jianmen Pass, is even more ignorant of the world.On the pretext of military affairs, even the banquet was omitted.

After traveling thousands of miles to Chengdu, the governor of Chengdu didn't know the rules. He knew that the imperial envoy was coming, so he didn't greet him ten miles away from the outskirts of the city.Li Gan was feeling unhappy, when he heard someone blocking his way, he felt agitated, so he ordered his subordinates to directly push him to the ground and hit him with twenty killing sticks.It can be regarded as a stern advice to the officialdom in Chengdu.

The old man didn't resist, and after suffering twenty sticks silently, he got up, afraid of the dirt on his body, went straight to his stall, picked up the ravioli picker, and walked swayingly to the depths of the alley.

Before the execution, the small school was quite worried about how to explain if the old man was killed on the spot with a stick and aroused public anger.At this time, seeing the old man acting as usual, he was even more terrified, and quickly reported to Li Gan, saying that the stick hit the old man like it was hitting soft leather.

Only then did Li Gan realize that the person who was beaten was an old man, and he was also afraid. Fortunately, he was fine.

When I was in Chang'an, I often heard that there were many strange people in Bashu, but it was true.So he secretly called the soldiers beside him and asked him to follow the old man to find out the situation.

The old man was carrying the pick, and his movements looked slow, but when he reached Jinli, he disappeared into the alley after a few shakes.The soldier's eyes were blurred and he lost it.

However, this personal soldier was born as a fast tracker, and he is a master of tracking.Look left and right, and turn into a small courtyard.Then I heard old man Xiao's voice from the courtyard: "I'm very embarrassed and humiliated today, but I have soup."

It turned out that this old man was none other than the old man Xiao from the Xiao Family Wonton.

(End of this chapter)