SanjitNovel Chapter 1219 All are Outcasts
Chapter 1219 All are Outcasts
After arriving at the hotel, Su Xing and He Xu checked in, and it was almost lunchtime.
Jin Wei and Xiao Wang arranged for Su Xing and He Xu to have lunch.
The restaurant they booked had exceptionally large portions, and they ordered a whole table of dishes.
Su Xing looked up at Jin Wei and met her smiling eyes.
wake:"……!"
She strongly suspected that Jin Wei had discovered something beforehand...
The dishes are all served, let's dig in!
A few people chatted while eating.
The food culture in the three northeastern provinces is similar, so Su Xing naturally found the dishes in Fengtian (Shenyang) very familiar.
He Xu's maternal grandparents are from H province. He has visited Northeast China many times since he was a child and is used to the food here.
However, although they are generally similar, there are still some differences in the dishes.
Jin Wei and the others kept urging Su Xing and He Xu to eat more, and Jin Wei would occasionally use serving chopsticks to put food on Su Xing's plate.
"Try our sweet and sour pork. By the way, Miss Su, you're from H province. You don't make tomato sweet and sour pork there, do you?"
“Yes,” Su Xing said. “Where we’re from, we mostly make the old-fashioned sweet and sour pork, which is mainly sour and fragrant, with a rich and mellow vinegar flavor.”
Jin Wei smiled and said, "Then why don't you try our tomato-braised pork and see if you like it?"
Su Xing picked up a slice of sweet and sour pork and put it in her mouth.
Under the expectant gazes of Jin Wei and Xiao Wang, He Xu picked up a slice of tomato and sweet and sour pork.
Just as the two swallowed their tomato and sweet and sour pork, they noticed that Jin Wei and Xiao Wang were both looking at them.
Xiao Wang pressed further, "How was it?"
He Xu nodded, "It's not the refreshing sourness of old-fashioned rice vinegar, but the rich fruity aroma of tomato sauce after it's been cooked. It's sweet but not cloying, and the sourness is very mild and not harsh."
Jin Wei and Xiao Wang then looked at Su Xing.
Su Xing said, "The meat core is so tender that you can bite into it and it's juicy, which contrasts sharply with the crispy outer skin. The end also has a hint of salty and savory flavor, which perfectly balances the sweet and sour taste. It's quite delicious."
It's delicious, but she still prefers the old-fashioned sweet and sour pork, the kind with a strong, clear, pungent vinegar smell that you can smell as soon as it's served, and the kind that pokes your teeth when you eat it – that's the authentic sweet and sour pork!
In the hearts of people in H province and Kedah province, the old-fashioned sweet and sour pork is the king, while tomato sweet and sour pork and other jam-based sweet and sour pork are outliers!
She certainly wouldn't say that aloud; she just muttered it to herself.
Jin Wei and Xiao Wang both laughed.
"People from H province are more used to the old-fashioned sweet and sour pork, but wouldn't it be nice to try our new style of sweet and sour pork once in a while?"
"Come on, try this cold chicken frame salad."
Fengtian is famous for its chicken frames, which can be prepared in various ways, such as mixed chicken frames, stir-fried chicken frames, smoked chicken frames, braised chicken frames, fried chicken frames, and teppanyaki chicken frames.
The cold chicken frame on their table was ordered as a cold dish.
Su Xing ate about 80-90% full at lunch and was quite satisfied.
The generous portion sizes are really great...
in the afternoon.
Jin Wei and the others then took Su Xing and He Xu to the Liaoning Provincial Museum.
The Liaoning Provincial Museum was originally located on Shifu Road in Shenhe District and was previously known as the "Shifu Museum".
At the end of March 2015, the "Municipal Government Hall" closed. In May of the same year, the first phase of the Liaoning Provincial Museum Hunnan New Hall opened.
They are now heading to the new museum located in Hunnan District, Fengtian.
The restaurant where they ate was about ten kilometers away.
Jin Wei said, "The first phase of our new museum is now open. It is estimated that it will take another two years for it to be fully open. In the future, we would like to invite Ms. Su and you to visit our museum again. At that time, all 22 exhibition halls will be fully open, and we are sure you will find it worthwhile."
Su Xing smiled and said, "Sure, I'll definitely come again when I have the chance."
More than half an hour later, they arrived at their destination.
The museum's exterior resembles a warm, smooth jade box. The horizontally expansive three-story main structure is solid and stable, without any superfluous decorations. Only off-white lines are used to outline the boundaries between the windows and the walls, as neat and clean as the facets polished by a jade craftsman.
Su Xing raised his camera and took several pictures of the museum's exterior from various angles.
After Jinwei finished filming, she smiled and said, "Let's go inside."
"Ok."
The group entered the museum.
Jin Wei herself is a master's student in museology, and she has worked at the Liaoning Provincial Museum for many years, so she is very familiar with the museum's collection.
This time, she will personally act as the guide for Su Xing and He Xu.
Jin Wei led them around, explaining as they walked: "The first phase of the new museum has a total of 8 exhibition halls open. We'll start from the third floor and go down. The 'Ancient Liao Province' exhibition hall is considered the core exhibition area of our museum..."
They went up to the third floor and had just stepped into the first exhibition hall when a piece of green jade caught Su Xing and He Xu's eye.
The Hongshan Culture cloud-shaped jade pendant lies quietly in a temperature-controlled display case, its edge adorned with swirling cloud patterns that meander like flowing water.
"This is one of our museum's prized possessions. The hook-shaped jade pendant from the Hongshan Culture is a core jade artifact of the Hongshan Culture during the Neolithic Age in China and a symbolic object of the Liao River Basin civilization. With its unique 'hook-shaped cloud' design, exquisite craftsmanship, and profound sacrificial connotations, it has become a key physical object for understanding the spiritual world and craftsmanship of the Hongshan ancestors. This hook-shaped jade pendant from the Hongshan Culture in our Liaoning Provincial Museum is a benchmark among similar artifacts."
Jin Wei lightly tapped the glass of the display case with her fingertips, introducing it in a calm and unhurried voice: "Look at the openwork in the middle, as thin as a cicada's wing. 6000 years ago, craftsmen didn't have power tools; they ground it all out bit by bit using jade-cutting sand."
She pointed to a shallow mark on the corner of the jade pendant, "When the old museum exhibited it, the conditions were limited. This water stain was left because the temperature and humidity were not well controlled. Now the equipment in the new museum can keep it warm and moist forever."
Su Xing and He Xu leaned closer to examine it closely; the patterns under the light and shadow seemed to still retain the warmth of the ancient people's fingertips.
As they turned the display case, the bronze luster of the Western Zhou Dynasty coiled dragon lidded wine vessel with scrolling kui patterns immediately caught their eye.
The lid of this half-person-high wine vessel is adorned with a coiled dragon, its horns curved like a crescent moon, while the kui patterns on the body of the vessel are both fierce and lively.
"This was unearthed in Chaoyang in 2000. The old museum only dared to display it in a corner, for fear that tourists would bump into it." Jin Wei said with a smile, "Look closely at the dragon's claws. The dragon claws of Central Plains bronze artifacts are usually very sharp, but this one is round, which shows that the Liaoxi culture and the Central Plains culture were already merging during the Western Zhou Dynasty."
She pressed the interactive screen next to the display case, and black-and-white photos from the old museum period popped up. "This important piece was only displayed in a simple wooden cabinet back then, unlike now with anti-glare glass and smart lighting..."
Su Xing and He Xu listened attentively to Jin Wei's explanation, occasionally interjecting with questions they wanted to know.
Jin Wei answered all their questions carefully.
Su Xing held up his camera, listening and continuously taking pictures.
In one afternoon, they only visited one and a half exhibition halls.