Border Cook

Chapter 219 Spring Pancake with Shredded Pork

Wait, the county magistrate just said that we shouldn’t rush to catch this…

They were waiting for Gensheng to bribe more people to cause trouble, and the county government would have a legitimate reason to arrest these people, interrogate them and hold them accountable, and send them one by one to repair the city wall.

Until Gensheng completely stopped his actions, and then based on the confessions of these people, they directly arrested the mastermind behind the scenes.

This way, you kill two birds with one stone!
The county magistrate is worthy of being the county magistrate!
Feng Maocai admired Pei Chenghe very much and bowed to him, "I understand."

"Since you understand, then just work hard." Pei Chenghe said with a smile, "Also, remember to send more yamen runners to patrol the streets to prevent innocent merchants doing business from being implicated and bullied for no reason."

"Yes." Feng Maocai responded again.

After going out, his expression became very serious.

Under his rule, people doing normal business will never be allowed to suffer unwarranted disasters.

Those who cause trouble behind the scenes must be dealt with one by one!
Feng Maocai, with his hands behind his back, walked all the way to the classroom, gathered the yamen runners from various places and the patrolling constables and detectives together, and reminded them to do their work carefully and conscientiously in the next few days.

Here, in the evening, when Xia Mingyue saw the various Xia Ji franchisees coming to report the quantity of goods they would need for the next day, she also kept everyone for a brief meeting.

"There has been some unrest at Xia Ji's these past two days. Food stalls and snack carts have all suffered some damage. Everyone has figured it out. They are targeting Xia Ji specifically."

"Although I don't know how Xia Ji offended the other party, and what the other party's purpose is in punishing Xia Ji, but it is my fault that I have made you all worried."

"Here, on behalf of Xia Ji, I would like to apologize to you all."

Xia Mingyue bowed deeply to everyone.

A crowd of people hurriedly reached out to stop him.

Jiang Erniu and his wife were the first to say, "This is not Madam Xia's fault."

"Yes, this is not Madam Xia's fault." Ding Quan and his wife also said hurriedly, "Someone is jealous of our Xia's good business and wants to do bad things. Madam Xia, don't take the blame on yourself, and we all must not blame Madam Xia for this. Those people just want to make us alienated from Madam Xia. They will be happy without the prosperous Xia's business in the future."

"Yes, we must not fall for this. Especially at this time, we must unite more and never let those with ulterior motives succeed."

"Mrs. Xia, please don't say anything shameful. Everyone knew about Xia Ji before. We were able to do business smoothly because of Xia Ji's name. If we don't give up just because Xia Ji is hated by others, what will happen if we don't?"

We can share happiness but not hardships?

They are not that kind of people and cannot do such a thing!
"Don't worry too much about this, Madam Xia. I think the county magistrate is protecting us now. Those who are looking for trouble have never been released since they entered the yamen."

"I noticed that there were many more yamen runners patrolling the streets this afternoon. With the help of Wu Xiong and others, we are not afraid of those bad guys!"

"Let's all be more careful and get through this difficult time."

"That's right, we are of one mind and we are not afraid of those people!"

Everyone expressed their opinions, constantly comforting Xia Mingyue, and discussing how to deal with the situation in the next few days. Seeing that everyone was so open, Xia Mingyue no longer said anything pretentious about implicating guilt, and just discussed with everyone what to do now.

First of all, when setting up a stall, try to bring as many people as possible with you so that they can help or report to the police in time if something unexpected happens.

Secondly, in order to avoid excessive economic losses in the past few days, we have reduced the amount of food sold every day and shortened the time of setting up stalls, so as to maintain daily operations to a certain extent while avoiding some accidents and unexpected events.

Next, when setting up a stall to do business, you need to be extremely alert, be smart, and respond to every move. Don't be afraid or intimidated by those people...

By the time all this was said, it was already dark.

Everyone went home, and Xia Mingyue and the others cleaned up and started preparing dinner.

Because of Xia Ji's affairs these past two days, everyone has been on edge and very nervous. Apart from the busy work in the central kitchen, no one cares about unimportant things like daily meals.

As long as it is a hot meal and I can eat my fill without feeling hungry, it is enough.

The brief meeting with franchisees today made Xia Mingyue feel much more relaxed, and she felt that it was more important than ever for everyone to cheer up.

One way to cheer up is to eat delicious food to stimulate the secretion of enough dopamine, which makes people feel happy and refreshed.

It’s just that at this time, the food at home is limited...

After Xia Mingyue walked around the kitchen, she decided to make spring pancakes wrapped with shredded pork for dinner.

Use hot water to mix the flour into a smooth dough, pinch it into small pieces, roll it into round cakes as thin as a cicada's wing, brush it with a thin layer of oil, and steam it.

Xia Mingyue uses the Beijing-style shredded pork in spring rolls.

Cut the lean meat into shreds as thick as chopsticks and as long as fingers, mix it evenly with egg white, sweet potato starch, rice wine, salt, pepper, etc., marinate it for the time it takes to make a meal, put it in a pan and stir-fry evenly. When the shredded meat changes color and turns white, pour in the hot oil with chopped green onions, ginger and garlic, then pour in the sauce made of sweet bean paste, sugar, soy sauce, rice wine and water, and finally use starch water to thicken the sauce.

The sauce for the shredded pork is cooked until it becomes thick. Each piece of shredded pork is coated with a thick sauce, which looks bright reddish brown. Sprinkle some cooked sesame seeds on top and it is ready to be served.

When eating, spread out the thin spring pancake, put enough shredded meat in the center, spread it into a wide strip, and add some shredded carrots, shredded green onions and other side dishes.

It was winter and there were no crisp and fragrant cucumbers. In order to make the spring rolls with shredded pork taste fragrant and delicious, Xia Mingyue specially cut the cabbage stalks into small shreds and added some blanched mung bean sprouts. It also tasted crisp and refreshing and very delicious.

For this kind of spring pancakes wrapped with shredded pork that is a combination of meat and vegetables, there is no need to prepare other dishes or staple foods. Just cook a pot of thick sweet potato and rice porridge to eat.

The spring rolls are soft and flexible, the shredded meat is fragrant, the sauce is full of flavor, and the side dishes are refreshing...

To sum up the whole thing, it can be summed up in two words – delicious!
I have been very nervous these days and have been eating very simple meals. Now that I can eat such delicious food, I feel that it is not only delicious but also a great enjoyment.

A faint smile appeared on everyone's face, which had been serious for several days.

Very satisfying!
Seeing this, Xia Mingyue felt even more relieved.

In the following few days, Xia Ji was still not peaceful, and people who were causing trouble continued to be sent to the county government.