During the Qing Dynasty, when the Empress Dowager Cixi was eating, she was afraid of being poisoned, so she arranged for a eunuch to stand at the door of the dining room. When each dish was brought in, he would eat it first. When he did not fall down, the Empress Dowager took off her chopsticks.

In the spring of 1908, the old eunuch Pinshan died. Bian Beihu, a young eunuch in his 20s in the imperial kitchen, was appointed to replace eunuch Pinshan. However, the Queen Mother was also ill at this time and did not eat in the kitchen. She always asked the imperial kitchen to cook some porridge.

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On October 22, the old queen mother died, and Bian Beihu was sent out of the palace without even having a single meal.

After the little Bian father-in-law left the palace, he lived in the eunuch compound in Haidian, together with other retired eunuchs.

Most of the eunuchs who left the palace in those days liked to live in Haidian. Now it has become a place where China's intellectual elite gathers.

Little Bian's father-in-law also followed the example of other eunuchs and first married a daughter-in-law named Lengxiao.

Three years later, when the Qing Dynasty turned into the Republic of China, the original monthly retirement benefits were gone. The savings around Xiaobian's father-in-law were quickly depleted, so the wife sneered a few times and ran away from home without knowing her whereabouts.

Xiao Bian's father-in-law was poor and was picking up rags in Haidian Town. He was seen by Fourth Master Leng in the city.

Fourth Master Leng was a wealthy bannerman with a solid family background. He himself had new ideas and opened a pig farm called Xingfu Village in Haidian Town.

Fourth Master Leng saw that Little Bian's father-in-law was pitiful, so he took him in and prepared feed at Xingfuzhuang pig farm.

By 1918, China miraculously transformed from a defeated country that was at the mercy of others 18 years ago to a victorious country in the world war. The whole country was rejoicing and all walks of life were prospering.

Wow, many new restaurants popped up in the capital in an instant. In order to compete and promote, the merchants used all kinds of tricks.

There was a reporter named Shi Hua from the "Duowei Tabloid" in Beijing. He found out from somewhere that Father-in-law Xiaobian was the last eunuch serving as a food eunuch for the Empress Dowager Cixi, so he went to the Xingfuzhuang pig farm to find Father-in-law Xiaobian and asked him if he had anyone who wanted to eat and drink.

Do you want to do a job that can make money?

Father-in-law Xiao Bian said, you won’t make fun of me, right?

Why don't you keep such a good thing for yourself instead of giving it to me?

Shi Hua said, "No one in China can do this job except you."

Then, Shi Hua roughly explained what he meant to Eunuch Xiaobian, that is, "Duowei Taobao" would promote Eunuch Xiaobian and open a column called "Beihu Jinkou" to comment on various dishes.

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Father-in-law Xiaobian said, Brother, let me tell you the truth, although I have the title of tasting butler, I have never tasted a main meal. I can’t even distinguish between vermicelli and shark fin. How did I do this job you mentioned?

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I'd better mix my pig feed.

Shi Hua said, "Eunuch Bian, you don't understand this."

Whether it's good or bad, it's all decided in advance.

Whoever pays more to the newspaper will tell us whose food is better. I will write the article then, and you will just show off.

Little Bian's father-in-law rolled his eyes and said, OK, this job is better than mixing pig feed.

From 1919 to 1928, the "Beihu Jinkou" column of Beijing's "Duowei Tabloid" became a hot topic among diners and the catering industry in Beijing. Father-in-law Xiaobian was successfully made into a gourmet, and his mouth became

If you have a real Chrysostom, you can't even try to get good words out of his mouth if the restaurant or restaurant doesn't give him enough money.