NOVEL NEXT Chapter 69 Marlboro
Li Keyang, the boss of the Xingjue ship, came up to the stalls beside the ship in the evening to take stock. He was quite surprised to see that all the durians at the Atai fruit stall were sold out.
Artai told Li Keyang that a girl of thirteen or fourteen years old took it away.
"Haha, I didn't expect there to be anyone as good as me."
"Boss, do you want to bring back some durians next time you sail?" Artai asked.
"It depends on the situation. Mr. Nalan doesn't like durian. If he doesn't nod, it will be out of the question."
Li Keyang remembers clearly that on the day he arrived in Hong Kong, Nalan Jue came to inspect. He took out a durian and got the word "stinky" from Nalan Jue.
Li Keyang returned to the ship and re-checked the account books. In a few days, Nalan Jue is expected to come to inspect the Xing Jue's preparations for going to sea.
The owner of the ocean-going ship Xingjue is engaged in the silk and jewelry business, but recently Mr. Nalan asked him to buy some more food that was not available in the Huai Kingdom.
Shopkeeper Huang from the coconut shop was counting the goods, and shopkeeper Liu Xiangniang from Ruifeng Building came to buy coconuts with her two boys.
"Hey! It's Shopkeeper Liu. Are you here to buy coconuts today?"
"Exactly, according to the old rules, I will buy 200 kilograms of coconuts."
"Shopkeeper Liu, please come in and have tea." Shopkeeper Huang invited Liu Xiangniang into the tea room.
The boy and the coolie from the fruit shop went to move coconuts together, and Liu Xiangniang asked shopkeeper Huang about the movements of the Xingjue.
"Shopkeeper Huang, when will the Xingjue return when it sets sail next?"
Shopkeeper Huang wrinkled his eyes, thinking that Shopkeeper Liu might be taking advantage of the ship's arrival at the port and the oversupply to buy goods at a lower price.
"Shopkeeper Liu, I don't know about this. You can rest assured that your coconuts will be of high quality."
Seeing that there was no news from Shopkeeper Huang, Liu Xiangniang sat down briefly and left the fruit store.
She did not go to the port where the Star Jue was located, but went straight back to the inn in Wutong Port. She asked the boy to go to the port privately, and in the name of applying for a porter job, she figured out the approximate time for the Star Jue's next return voyage. The flight has been confirmed to take place in ten days.
In the evening, inside the Wutonggang Inn.
A foreigner packed his luggage and said goodbye to the innkeeper Xie.
"Mapolo, where are you going this time?" Shopkeeper Xie asked.
Ma Boluo spoke not very fluent Chinese and said: "Thank you, shopkeeper, I will go wherever there is delicious food. My horse's nose is sharper than mine!"
After bidding farewell to the innkeeper, Ma Boluo rode on his little brown pony and leisurely left Linzhou Wutong Port, heading north all the way to Nanquemen in Lihua Town.
“The seafood smells so spicy and spicy, I’m so hungry!”
Ma Boluo followed the scent and came to the door of Liuxiang Snacks. In the store, people were simmering fish maw next to a copper stove pot. The waiter from time to time put charcoal into the chimney in the middle of the small stove pot.
“Da Huai Country is so amazing!”
Maple tied his horse at the door and went into the shop.
It was almost midnight, and there were only two diners left in the store. Another strange-looking foreigner came in, attracting everyone's attention.
Ah Xing stepped forward and said, "What do you want to eat? We have noodles, soup, and hot pot!"
"Let's have one like them." Ma Boluo pointed to the Bo Xia Gong hot pot on the next table.
"This is Bo Xia Gong, a meat hot pot. Would you like mutton, rabbit meat or fish maw?"
As soon as Ma Xi returned to Lihua Town today, she processed all the fish bladders and started selling them that night.
"What did they eat? I smell seafood."
"What they serve is "Spicy Fish Maw Hot Pot" and the seafood is "Grilled Squid". Would you like one?" "
"Then the fish maw spicy hot pot and grilled squid are the same as theirs. Give me one of each."
Ah Xing reported the menu to Mao Xi and whispered: "Shopkeeper, there is a foreigner I have never seen before tonight. Will his taste be different from ours?"
Seeing this, Mao Xi looked towards where Ma Polo was sitting. He looked like a middle-aged European with a long curly beard.
There are actually foreigners, so they have to promote her Cabernet Sauvignon.
"Ah Xing, after the food is served, go and ask him if he drinks wine."
Mao Xi took out a squid and started making grilled squid.
She washed the squid, skewered it on a bamboo skewer, and applied it with oil, soy sauce, and cumin powder. During the baking process, she used a shovel to flatten the squid, and then sprinkled it with chili powder, cumin powder, and lemongrass powder. .
Luda served the fish maw spicy hot pot and a plate of dipping sauce. The fish maw had been cleaned and punctured and placed on the plate.
Mabolo imitated the customer next to him, picked up a piece of fish maw, rolled it in the boiling water a few times, then dipped it in the sauce and served it in one bite.
The fish maw has been soaked in the spicy soup, and it is not fishy at all. When you bite it, it is spicy and crispy. It is simply amazing!
Ma Boluo imagined that he was like a fish, floating up and down in the river...
"Guest, your grilled squid is ready!" Ah Xing's words interrupted Ma Boluo's food imagination.
He picked up the bamboo stick and took a bite. It was sticky, slightly sweet, crispy, smooth and tender! The heat of the barbecue reminded him of the scene of his ancestors skewering game on the fire.
"Guest, would you like a pot of wine? Our wine, Cabernet Sauvignon, is delicious!" Ah Xing once again brought Marlboro back to reality.
"Wine?" Ma Boluo was surprised. He took the bottle of wine from Ah Xing's hand and smelled it. Isn't this the red wine from his hometown?
"If you want good meat and good wine, the waiter will bring you a pot!"
Ma Polo happily took a bite of squid, a sip of red wine, and another sip of shabu-shabu fish maw, and started eating.
The other diners in the store finished eating and went home, leaving only Mapopo.
After Mao Xi and Mrs. Chen finished their cooking, they tidied up the kitchen and were about to close up. Seeing that the horseradish was still unfinished, they stepped forward to ask.
"May I ask where our guests are coming from? But they are passing by Lihua Town?"
"Hello, friend! My name is Marlboro, I come from Italy, I am a food traveler, I want to eat all over the Huaihe Country!"
Italy! Marlboro? Ma Xi was a little surprised at the moment. Isn't this a traveler from another era?
"Mr. Ma, you can actually stay in Lihua Town for a while. There are delicacies from all over the Huai Kingdom here!"
"It seems pretty good. I'm writing my food travel diary. If there's any delicious food nearby, boss, please recommend it to me."
After Ma Boluo settled the bill, he found an inn to rest.
After everyone packed up and returned to Liujia Village, Mao Xi took some durians out of the space and was about to put them on the dining table.
"Sister, what does it smell like? It's a little smelly, but also a little fragrant?" Xiaodouzi's little nose was very good, and he immediately smelled the smell of durian.
Mao Xi dug some durian meat into the plate and said: "I went to Wutong Port today and brought back some durians. They are fruits from Nanzhou. I don't know if you can eat them. They smell bad, but they taste good. , let’s try it, everyone?”