Chapter 018 Golden Bean Steamer
Mingchen Hotel.
At the window, Zhang Xiaoying ordered a table full of dishes.
Liu Dageng looked a little flattered: "There are so many dishes, and we are only four of us, can we finish eating?"
"It doesn't matter if you can't finish it, Master, this doesn't cost much!" Zhang Xiaoyu opened a bottle of Quanxing Daqu quickly, and filled the wine glass in front of Liu Dageng in two strokes: "This wine is a treasure in the family, it's from 1982 years. Drink it and see how it tastes."
"I'm not a master!" Liu Dageng explained with a bitter smile. If this continues, he will have a psychological shadow.
"Don't be modest!" Zhang Xiaoyu said as he held the bottle and wanted to pour wine for Liu Xing, but was stopped by Liu Xing: "Do you want to kill me? I'm only 14 years old and can't drink."
"Also, my dad is really not a master, so don't mention this in the future!" Liu Xing warned seriously.
"Okay! OK!" Zhang Xiaoyu saw that the atmosphere was a little strange, so he had to agree.
Although he didn't know why Liu Xing and Liu Dageng didn't accept the title of master, he knew one thing very well, that is, Liu Xing and Liu Dageng were both very low-key.
Zhang Xiaoying, who had been silent, saw this scene and picked up the teapot and gave Liu Xing a cup of steaming tea: "Since you don't drink, then eat food, sister will accompany you."
"Of course you have to go together, but I was a little uneasy when I ate the meal today. Do you have anything to ask me? No! My father!" Liu Xing saw that there was no one else around him, and directly said what he was thinking.
"You're still smart!" Zhang Xiaoying picked up a piece of fish for Liu Xing: "Have you heard of the golden bean steamer?"
This was said to Liu Xing, but Zhang Xiaoying and Zhang Xiaoyu looked at Liu Dageng.
Obviously, I wanted to find some answer in Liu Dageng's eyes.
However, the brother and sister were disappointed, and there was no expression on Liu Dageng's face, as if he had never heard of this golden bean steamer.
However, Liu Xing's eyelids jumped and almost sprayed out the tea in his mouth.
Zhang Xiaoying was very good at observing her expressions. After smiling, she left the topic: "Okay, okay! The dishes are almost done. Everyone has dinner first and then say anything after you have something to say."
"Yes, the boiled fish in this Mingchen Hotel is not delicious because it's cold. Liu Xing, please try it!" Zhang Xiaoyu followed him and laughed, but he picked up the wine glass with Liu Dageng and drank the white wine.
Liu Xing looked at his pouting mouth and thought to himself that Zhang Xiaoyu was really not a good person. He actually wanted to get drunk his father asked the inside story of the golden bean steamer. It’s a pity that his father is a fake master of bamboo craftsmanship. I’m afraid he can’t tell anything even if he gets drunk.
Even if he is a master of bamboo craftsmanship, there are probably very few who know the inside story of the golden bean steamer.
After all, the golden bean steamer is a legendary bamboo product and has been lost in the Ming Dynasty. He knew that this inside story was also what the master said, and there is no basis for whether it is true or not.
Now Sister Zhang is asking about the Golden Bean Steamer in the name of eating, but I am afraid that the benefits involved are very important. If he doesn't ask clearly, he will definitely not tell what he knows.
Zhang Xiaoyu and Zhang Xiaoying didn't know about this. They kept persuading Liu Dageng to drink and tentatively ask some questions about bamboo craftsmanship.
Liu Dageng seemed to be unable to drink at all. After drinking two glasses, he was about 4 taels and was drunk and talking nonsense: "Don't ask about the bamboo craftsmen anymore. Even if I know, I won't say it. This is the rule!"
"We know, but just reveal the inside story of the golden bean steamer to us!" Zhang Xiaoyu said with a smile when he saw Liu Xing just burying his head to eat.
"You brothers and sisters really want to know?" Liu Dageng burped, almost scaring Zhang Xiaoyu and Zhang Xiaoying. However, just as he was about to talk, he tilted his head and lay on the dining table and fell asleep.
This sleep made Zhang Xiaoyu and Zhang Xiaoying confused and wanted to wake up Liu Dageng, but Liu Xing was present, so they dared not do anything randomly. They had to eat in a bad mood.
After Liu Xing had enough food and drank, he leaned on the chair and looked at Zhang Xiaoying: "Sister, it's not interesting to treat you to dinner today! I won't dare to come next time."
"Don't say that, I have no malice!" Zhang Xiaoying replied awkwardly.
"Then why did you get drunk my father asked about the Golden Bean Steamer?" Liu Xing asked very seriously.
"Because my golden bean steamer is almost rotten and I can't use it anymore. Without the golden bean steamer, my family can't make the fermented black beans in the secret recipe!" Zhang Xiaoyu glanced at Zhang Xiaoying and whispered the reason.
"What?" Liu Xing was stunned when he heard this and couldn't speak for a long time.
Since there is really a golden bean steamer in this world, and there are still real products in 1993, he is not dreaming!
"Liu Xing, my brother's words are true. Although this golden bean steamer is a bamboo product, it is impossible to repair it or remade it without the attainment of the master of the bamboo craftsman. I invited your father to dinner today. In fact, there is no other meaning. I just want him to repair the golden bean steamer. If it can be made new, that would be better!" Zhang Xiaoying spoke slowly and said her purpose.
"Don't worry, as long as your father can do any of the above two points, money is not a problem!" Zhang Xiaoyu added.
"You can't do it! You've found the wrong person." Liu Xing smiled bitterly and shook his head: "The method of making a golden bean steamer has been lost in the Ming Dynasty. Legend has it that the price of beans steamed with it can soar a hundred times, so the name Jin bean steamer was named. Although my father's bamboo craftsmanship is OK, do you think he can reproduce the golden bean steamer with the world?"
"What if we had a gold bean steamer made? " Zhang Xiaoyu looked at Liu Xing in a low voice.
"Ah?" Liu Xing was very surprised.
Zhang Xiaoyu's words were just a joke to him.
If there is, it is nothing like a treasure on earth and has infinite value.
"Liu Xing, when it comes to this point, I will tell you the truth!" Zhang Xiaoying saw Liu Xing's disbelief, and he said seriously: "Actually, my ancestors were also from master bamboo craftsmen, but they were not passed down by their descendants, so this craftsmanship was lost. The lonely book for making golden bean steamers is left over from master bamboo craftsmen of his ancestors, and it is also the best proof that my family has master bamboo craftsmen."
"I understand!" Liu Xing nodded slowly, and he no longer had any doubts about Zhang Xiaoying's words.
Because the Zhang family’s industry of fermented black beans is really inseparable from the bamboo craftsmanship masters. From the dustpan for drying beans and the steamer for steaming fermented black beans at high temperature, no! Golden bean steamer, these are inseparable from the category of bamboo products.
And now he finally understood the entire process of making the Zhang family's secret fermented black beans. Before, he didn't understand how to incorporate the fragrance of rosin into the fermented black beans under high temperatures, but now it is clear at a glance.
It turns out that all this is related to the golden bean steamer.
Chapter completed!