The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty - Chapter 59

The bell rang during the lunch break, and officials from all the rooms of the Kaifeng Mansion ran toward the common destination.

One of the officials was stepped on his foot and almost fell over accidentally, and his shoes fell off. He was delayed for such a short time. Many colleagues have already passed him. The little official could only put on his shoes and continue running.

Where are you going? The answer is, the cafeteria.

From two decades ago, Shao Yin ordered to improve the food in the cafeteria, and in a short period of time, the cafeteria completed its transformation.

Five days ago, the dishes were completely new, and I don’t know where the recipes came from. It’s almost as if they were not made by the same group of cooks. And even the same dishes will be much more delicious than before.

The limited supply of pearl prawn balls, eight-treasure rice, duck mud and other dishes are even more popular. They can only be served early. This is one of the reasons why everyone rushes towards the cafeteria after work.

These dishes are not only delicious, but also very innovative. Bianjing people are good for sweets and love soup. The duck paste has a lot of paint but is not mixed, the taste is strong but not messy, it is between the soup and the vegetable, and it also has the effect of health preservation. It is really wonderful.

You know, as a native of Bianjing, I have tasted countless different kinds of food and fruit. In addition, in recent years, the Daxiangguo Temple International Food Festival has gathered food from all over the world, which has improved everyone’s taste.

Under such circumstances, the new dishes in the canteen can still stand out, resulting in such a crowded situation. It can be seen that the canteen has indeed spent a lot of thought.

Even many officials who were on vacation every day came to the government office to work, just to taste the canteen dishes that their colleagues praised, which shows its appeal.

As for the officials of the second-level administrative agencies, after hearing about it, they also tried to come to the government office to report their work, and by the way, they mixed up with a working meal.

The Kaifeng government office, which was originally a little depressed due to a lot of affairs, seemed to become active because of it, especially during the time when the lunch hall was running.

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While everyone was running, two people also walked unhurriedly in the direction of the cafeteria.

This was when Zhao Yunchu had found someone to find the Kaifeng government office. He was about to come in, but it was a shock. After all, his clan status was different from others, not to mention his father’s status was quite special.

But at least he wouldn’t be stopped outside. Da Song’s clan was treated very well. Starting from the age of seven, he would be granted official positions, and he was promoted very quickly. As for the title, it is gone. The prince of the clan family cannot be passed down, and the eldest son will be attacked by the first class. Unless there are special circumstances, the others are only officials, and the title may be awarded after death. Rao is so much more generous than ordinary people.

And with the benevolence of today’s officials, in order to show the care for the clan, it is even more so. Like Zhao Yunchu, he was granted a ban on serving the left at the age of seven. This year he was also a trainer of the Ruzhou regiment. Although it was only a vain and no real power, it was fine to receive money and food.

Because of this, Zhao Yunchu had to attend the meeting. Recently, because of this incident, he was distressed, otherwise it would not be the first time he came to Kaifeng Mansion to find Yunyan back at this time.

At this time, Zhao Yunchu confided his worries to Yun Yan back as he walked.

There are three types of the Song Dynasty, which are divided into different places. One is the Daqing Palace, which is held on important days such as New Year’s Day. One kind is called Chang Chao, held in Wende Hall.

The Chui Gong Palace looked at the direction, and the participants were all officials from the Privy Council, Sansi, and Kaifeng Mansion, and Bao Zheng would also go. As for the Chang Dynasty, many officials did not attend. It was held after the Chuigongdian court meeting. After the officials attended the Chuigongdian court meeting, they loved not to go.

In other words, the Chang Chao Chao Hui is the Chao Hui that waits for the officials to finish the Chui Gong Dian. If you come to Wende Dian, just listen to it. If you don’t come, it will end immediately. Most of the time they didn’t come, so the officials just waited, waited, and waited, which was extremely time-consuming. And for this kind of North Korean meeting, officials have to attend the next day.

For such boring things, Zhao Yunchu’s brothers usually take time off all the year round, and no one is holding them anyway.

Zhao Yunchu only had two hobbies in his life, Buddhist scriptures and Ge Yan. He was usually bored, so he wanted to go to the court. But in this way, wouldn’t it be more lazy than his brothers? As a result, Zhao Yunchu’s approach was strongly criticized.

After listening to Yun Yan, he comforted: “Your brothers have problems with the three views. Your eldest brother is really weak. Zhao Yunliang and Zhao Yundi stay up late every day, and one knows that they are greedy for men. It’s so embarrassing. Blame you.”

Zhao Yunchu aggrieved: “But, even my mother said I was stupid…”

Yun Yan replied: “…”

Unexpectedly, the princess was so upright.

Yun Yan calmed down and said, “Your mother loves you. This silly is the same as I call you silly white sweet. It’s a nickname! If you want me to say, go to the dynasty meeting, you should get up early to exercise.”

The brothers of Zhao Yunchu’s family, except for those who weren’t raised, are left. The boss is in poor health and the second and third are not upright. The fourth one will declare that he is resolute. Yun Yan replied that he basically didn’t. People will be jealous of their family… this is also a good thing.

“Well, my dad also supports me…Is it a support? He means, go and chant if you are bored.” Zhao Yunchu felt that he still got comfort from Yan Ge. Seeing how good Yan Ge said, exercise, this Are you concerned about him?

Where did Yun Yan go back to know what Zhao Yunchu was thinking, and he couldn’t even think of it. From then on, Zhao Yunchu’s baby really went to attend every pilgrimage unimpeded, and it would become a legend.

As a result, everyone is complaining, what’s wrong with this clan? Isn’t it all weird in this line?

Yun Yanhui brought Zhao Yunchu to the canteen of Silusi. Although he is a newcomer and his level is not high, he has been in charge of the reform of the canteen recently, and he has to teach the cook himself, so it can be regarded as half of his home court. Up.

After that, for a period of time, the Kaifeng officials who had just contacted Yun Yanhui couldn’t figure out which department he belonged to and how many places he could see him.

When discussing with each other, some thought he was from the canteen, some thought he was from Tianqingguan, and some thought he was Shaoyin’s servant, and thought he was from various departments of the Third Hospital…

“Why are there so many people?” Zhao Yunchu was very surprised. “Are there so many chefs?”

Zhao Yunchu didn’t send him or stayed in the Yamen. Naturally, he didn’t know the situation of the Yamen chefs. He thought that the officials were so keen on canteen food.

Yun Yan replied: “Of course not.”

This is the hottest period since the opening of the Kaifeng government office canteen, and it is still setting records every day. Presumably during the assessment, you will find that after the reform of the cafeteria, the attendance rate has increased…

“I changed the food in the cafeteria,” Yun Yanhui was extremely proud, “otherwise I would invite you to eat here.”

Zhao Yunchu was very supportive: “Brother Yan is amazing!”

Yun Yan didn’t look at those who lined up for food, and directly took two meals from the back kitchen.

The side dishes include tofu with prawn oil, stir-fried rice white, the current signature dish, pearl prawn balls, duck paste, and eight-treasure rice in small bowls.

Zhao Yunchu had eaten the eight-treasure rice when he went home in Yunyan, but the pearl shrimp ball and duck were not confused. He first tasted the appetizer of the side dishes. The tofu with shrimp oil was fried so that the surface was browned and bubbling. The top was sprinkled with chopped green onion, which looked beautiful in blue and white.

When I picked it up, I smelled it, not a bit of bean odor, but a fragrant smell of shrimp oil.

Take a bite and break the browned epidermis, and there will be some hot soup flowing out of it, which combines the aroma of sauce and shrimp oil. The light tofu itself is delicious, fragrant and tender because of the soup. No wonder someone can just eat a bowl of rice with tofu like this.

As for the pearl shrimp ball, it is of course much larger than the real pearl, white to transparent in color, and covered with green cabbage leaves. Use a spoon to scoop the prawn ball, a prawn ball and diced ham in a spoon.

Just eat like this, it is full of the umami flavor of shrimp. Dip it with some salt and pepper to make it more flavorful.

There is also the most popular duck, which is sloppy, sloppy in appearance, but not sloppy in taste, with distinct layers.

The mellow duck soup, simmered duck meat, shredded yam, and tender shiitake mushrooms are mixed together, smooth and delicious, and can be drunk like porridge, but it is more fragrant than porridge.

“I like this.” Zhao Yunchu ate the duck muddledly.

Yun Yan replied and poured him the remaining half of his bowl, “This, our sir also likes it the most, and also gave it four words, called ‘rarely confused’.”

When Zhao Yunchu heard this, he nodded again and again, “There is a Zen opportunity.”

“What is Zen? What about chickens and ducks.” Yun Yanhui was not happy that he was still talking about Zen at the dinner table, and told him to eat quickly. These days, the prince Huangsun loves to talk about Zen.

Zhao Yunchu immersed himself in eating, Yun Yan went back to eat slowly, and still had time to look around and see how the market reacted.

Regardless of their posture, the officials who came to eat in the cafeteria were as dedicated as Zhao Yunchu. The officials are okay, and the young officials from bad backgrounds have poor manners, and they are almost like pigs. They can’t wait to be swept away. Finally, after eating, I can’t wait to lick all the bowls clean.

So my packing rate during this period is also dropping rapidly, and everyone basically eats up on the spot…

At this time, someone sent a wooden sign, and everyone saw it, and they craned their necks to look at it.

The wooden sign is not surprising, and you can’t eat it. The point is that the name of the dish is written on the sign. This is the daily menu released by the cafeteria. Now there are new wooden plaques coming, meaning that there are new dishes. How can you stop everyone from looking forward to it?

When the back chef came to pick up the wooden sign, they found themselves strangely stared by everyone…

He also looked at everyone stiffly, and finally said stupidly: “Uh…tomorrow some dishes will be rotated.”

There was a brief silence in the canteen, and there was a lot of discussion.

“Aren’t you going to take a vacation tomorrow…”

“It’s endless, let’s see what new dishes are.”

“Oh, recently I went home for dinner and it was dull, why can’t the cafeteria make an extra copy to go back…”

“I’m going to Xia County tomorrow, my God!”

“Will you not change the duck? My favorite duck is QAQ”

“Me too, Bao Shaoyin said so well, it’s rare to be confused…”