Border Cook

Chapter 21: Vegetarian Fried Dish

He also left his trowel there, which seemed very strange.

"Maybe someone stole his trowel and put it there on purpose, intending to frame him?" Xia Mingyue expressed her guess.

The bearded man laughed when he heard this. "What you said is exactly the same as what the head constable said the other day. He also said that although Liu Caisheng is suspicious, he is most likely not the murderer. He also needs to find the dirty things before he can be convicted, so he didn't arrest Liu Caisheng."

"This is ridiculous. Since he got the silver ingot, he must have spent it all. Why would he leave it at home and wait for others to check? Besides, even if someone else deliberately stole the trowel and left it at the owner's house, why didn't the thief steal from someone else's house, but stole from Liu Caisheng? It must be because Liu Caisheng is not a good person!"

Xia Mingyue, "..."

It was just like in her previous life, when she was learning to cook, some classmates were jealous of her excellent cooking skills and secretly replaced the ingredients she prepared for the exam before the exam. When she reported it to the teacher, the teacher replied, why not replace someone else's but yours, it must be that you have done something wrong in your daily life that angered everyone.

And these words coming out of the teacher's mouth soon turned into sharp arrows in the mouths of others, stabbing her one by one.

Her reputation became extremely bad and she was ostracized everywhere, so she had to transfer to other culinary schools. She even became depressed for a while and lost interest in her beloved cooking.

The depression and helplessness she felt during that time were deeply engraved in her mind. Even after traveling back here, Xia Mingyue still found it difficult to breathe.

After spending a moment to calm down, Xia Mingyue lowered her eyes and said, "Since the government has not yet made a final decision, it is better not to say these words. If Liu Caisheng is not stealing, this kind of sewage will probably ruin other people's lives."

Don't be a snowflake in an avalanche, lest you become an indirect murderer.

The bearded man was speechless after being confronted. After a long while, he said angrily, "Where did you come from, little girl? You said this without knowing right from wrong, without knowing the truth. It makes me look like an unforgivable villain."

"Go away, if you need to find someone to do the work, go find someone else. Don't get in my way."

The bearded man waved his hands impatiently to chase them away.

Xia Mingyue was no longer in the mood to look for someone to do the work for her, so she took Lu and planned to go home first.

Zeng Liu caught up with them upon seeing this and said, "Ladies, please stay."

After Xia Mingyue and Lu stopped walking, he hurriedly said, "You two are looking for someone to make a brick bed, right? My name is Zeng Liu, I specialize in making brick beds, my craftsmanship is very good, I'll give you a cheaper price, only 600 yuan, how about it?"

"Let's talk about it later." Xia Mingyue declined.

I heard from Mrs. Lu before that people in the military camp need several months to come back to visit their families, so there is no need to rush to have a brick bed or something.

"Five hundred dollars!" Zeng Liu gritted his teeth.

The price dropped so much all of a sudden that Xia Mingyue felt uneasy. She didn't want to talk to Zeng Liu anymore and left with Lu.

Watching the two people walking away, Zeng Liu spat on the ground in frustration, "You're not willing to do it for 500 yuan. You must be crazy because you're poor!"

"That's not right." A round-faced man who also did bricklaying work interrupted, "I've seen that young lady on West Street. She sells cakes on the street all day long. Her business is booming. How can she be poor?"

"Who cares how much money her family has? If she's not willing to spend money, she's poor!" Zeng Liu was still angry and cursed again, "She'll be poor all her life!"

Especially those who speak for Liu Caisheng must be extremely poor all their lives.

Otherwise it will be unbearable!

Xia Mingyue and Lu started to get busy after returning home.

Because Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu were very fond of Wu Jin, they found a piece of bone and tried to coax Wu Jin into their home so that they could touch it.

Unfortunately, no matter how the two brothers tried to tempt him, even when they placed the bone in Wu Jin's earthenware jar, Wu Jin did not even look at them. He just squatted in front of the nest and ignored them.

"Wu Jin, these are bones, your favorite." "If you are willing to come home with me for a while, I will give you more bones, the kind you can never finish eating!"

Who believes it!

Don't paint Dapan too exaggeratedly. Is he such a dog that can be easily fooled by food?

Who are you looking down upon?

Wu Jin still ignored the two of them and even felt a little bored, so he simply lay down and rested his head on his front paws.

After a moment, he even closed his eyes.

Zhao Dahu, "..."

Zhao Erhu, "..."

The two people, feeling frustrated, took turns sighing.

"Brother, do you think this Wu Jin is a fool who can't even recognize his bones?"

"You never know. There is no dog that doesn't eat bones..."

Wu Jin: "..."

You are stupid, your whole family is stupid!
I don't know where the bone was picked up from. It's a dry bone. Not only does it have no meat on it, but it's also weathered and cracked. What is it for? Is it going to get stuck in your teeth?
The two men and the dog were playing around here, which made Xia Mingyue, who was working there, laugh. She said, "Since Da Hu and Er Hu like you so much, you can go to the yard over there with them and play for a while. Come back after dinner is ready in the evening."

After Xia Mingyue spoke, Wu Jin slowly stood up, still ignoring Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu, and walked out on his own.

But no matter who you are, as long as Wu Jin is willing to go to the yard to play, that means he is making progress!
Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu were overjoyed and jumped back.

Soon, bursts of laughter were heard from the yard next door.

Xia Mingyue smiled and continued working with Lu.

Now there is another kind of vegetarian pancake, which is filled with carrot, black fungus, egg and vermicelli.

Carrots that have been stored over the winter have slightly less water than newly harvested carrots. They are less likely to lose water when making stuffing and have a unique sweetness. Fungus enhances the crispy taste, eggs add rich aroma, and vermicelli serves as a embellishment, making the aftertaste more intense.

After the carrot, black fungus, egg and vermicelli pancakes started to go on sale, they immediately became as popular as the leek, egg and vermicelli pancakes, and even surpassed the scallion meat pancakes in sales at one point.

The number of requests for carrot-stuffed pancakes from the county school has also increased a lot.

After everything was done, Xia Mingyue started to cook dinner.

All the ingredients for making pies were available. Xia Mingyue simply kneaded some dough and made a pot (called a pot lid or a comb in some places) of dumplings stuffed with carrot and eggs.

The wrapped dumplings do not need to be boiled. Just put them one by one in the oiled pot while they are still raw. When the bottom turns slightly golden, add water, bring to a boil, and simmer over low heat.

Boil until dry, then add water and simmer.

When all the dumplings in the pot are cooked, pour in a thin layer of flour water. When the bottoms of all the dumplings are crispy, the pan-fried dumplings can be taken out of the pot.

　I'm currently reading Fei Da's "Chang'an Hao". Are there any cuties who like Fei Da's works as much as the author?

　　
　
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