Chapter 26 Song Ziwen desperately eats pufferfish

Friends who love fish and shrimp once commented that puffer fish is the most plump and delicious fish.Puffer fish are highly poisonous, if one is not handled properly, if one eats it, one will die immediately. The saying "eat fugu desperately" has existed since ancient times, but those who are addicted to it can still eat it. It can be seen how tempting the greedy people are. There are puffer fish all over the Jiangyin Fortress of the Yangtze River, and Qingjiang County has the most abundant fish and the most tender fish. In addition, Wuhan is also a place that produces puffer fish and pays attention to eating puffer fish. In particular, Wuming Garden at Qiaokou in Hankou is a century-old restaurant that specializes in puffer fish.One year, Minister of Finance Song Ziwen came to Wuhan to inspect the financial and taxation business. The local financial and economic officials naturally followed the sticks and shoes every day, inspecting the east and the west for supervision.One day Song Ziwen suddenly said that there is a restaurant in Hankou that specializes in fugu, and he wants to try it.At that time, many people present looked at each other, and no one dared to answer.Song Ze said very wittily: "I know that no one dares to treat guests to eat fugu." Then he took out a dollar, "Let's sharpen our knives and eat ourselves!"

Since the Minister is like this, everyone went to Wuming Garden for dinner.The soup for boiled puffer fish in Wumingyuan is old soup, which is kept rolling on the fire every day. Naturally, puffer fish is boiled every day when there is no puffer fish.Song Ziyi was usually as healthy as a cow, and he ate a lot. Under repeated praises, he ate three big bowls in an instant, as if he was not satisfied.After returning to Shanghai, before old friends such as Qin Fen and Li Tang, he described the fatness and deliciousness of Wumingyuan puffer fish to the fullest.Later, colleagues from the Ministry of Finance, whoever came to Hankou for business, had to visit Wuming Garden once to taste the strange smell.Unfortunately, shortly after the start of the Anti-Japanese War, Japanese planes bombed Wuhan, and the Qiaokou area suffered heavy losses.