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Add salt, soy sauce, a little cooking oil, five-spice powder and other side dishes and mix well to make a vegan filling.

Knead the hot flour into dough, cut into pieces, roll into round skin that is half as thick as the dumpling skin, wrap the fillings, pinch into crescent dumplings, and make some pleats on the edges.

Fry in a pan until both sides are golden brown and the surface is slightly reddish brown.

This is vegetarian oil dumplings.

You can also make sugar-coated dumplings. Replace the filling with brown sugar when making sugar dumplings. After mixing it with flour, wrap it with hot dough and fry it in a pan.

After draining the oil from the fried dumplings with a large colander, pour them into a basket and eat them whenever you want.

It goes without saying that the vegetarian fried dumplings with leeks, eggs and tofu have a refreshing taste. The noodles are soft to begin with, and after frying they become even more fluffy and soft, yet still a little chewy, and the more you chew them, the more fragrant they become.

When you take a bite of the sugar-coated cornmeal, the sugar juice overflows, your mouth is full of sweetness, and it is extremely delicious.

The two kinds of sugar corn are fragrant and delicious when eaten hot. After cooling down, they are not less soft at all, but have a more mellow and fragrant flavor. They are delicious whether eaten as a staple food during a meal or as a snack for a lunch break.

Everyone praised the fried dough sticks highly.

I can’t stop eating the fried dough sticks.

Xia Mingyue felt relieved, especially when she saw Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu enjoying their meal. She smiled so much that her eyes narrowed into slits.

When she was young, she often stayed at her grandmother's house. At that time, the material conditions were limited and there were not many snacks to eat on weekdays. Fried dough sticks like this became the most delicious thing in her childhood memory.

When going out, he would hold up two big fried dough sticks, and even put them in his pockets without a care, eating and playing at the same time, until his mouth, hands and face were covered with grease, but he still ran and played wildly without a care.

It's extremely happy.

Xia Mingyue took out a lot of fried dough sticks and packed them into two portions. She gave one to Mao Sanli to take back, and the other to He Shunzi.

Mao Sanli had his fill at Xia Mingyue's place and left. When leaving, he tied the oil paper bag tightly to prevent the aroma from leaking out at all, so as to avoid himself from being tempted to eat it on the road.

He brought the fried dumplings home smoothly, put them on a plate, and brought them to Yin Lingyou.

Yin Lingyou looked at the fried dough sticks on the plate for a long time before picking one up and putting it in his mouth. He chewed it carefully for a long time before slowly swallowing it.

"Was this fried dough stick also made by Madam Xia?" Yin Lingyou asked, frowning.

"Yes." Mao Sanli said with a smile, "Not only fried fried dough sticks, but also fried radish balls, tofu balls, hemp leaves, and steamed bread slices..."

When Mao Sanli was at Xia Mingyue's house, he ate all the fried food and didn't stop until his stomach was full.

But now when I think about it, I still feel unsatisfied and can't help licking my lips.

"What else can Madam Xia do?" Yin Lingyou asked again.

"In addition to the food I brought back before, there are many more to cook." Mao Sanli counted on his fingers, "The Dezhou Braised Chicken, Braised Donkey Meat, and Pickled Eggs that I brought back for Master last time were all made by Madam Xia."

"And the pickled vegetables and fermented rice wine I brought to Master last time were all made by Madam Xia. Yes, I also heard that Madam Xia is going to open a restaurant with someone else. It is estimated that it will be open in April. Madam Xia will be in charge of the dishes in the restaurant."

"It's just that I haven't tried the dishes in the restaurant yet, so I don't know how they taste. But since they are made by Madam Xia, they must be good. Today I heard them say that Madam Xia is going to teach her apprentices how to make roast duck. The skin of roast duck is crispy, so it's also called crispy roast duck..."

Crispy roast duck. Just by saying the name, Mao Sanli imagined a duck in his mind. It was shiny and greasy, with a crispy and greasy skin. He was so greedy that his mouth was almost watering.

After hearing these words, Yin Lingyou fell silent for a moment, his brows furrowed even tighter.

Does this Miss Xia know so much about cooking?

Not only can they cook, but they also make everything delicious.

In comparison, the medicinal foods he made only had the effect of nourishing the body and strengthening the body, and were far from being delicious.

I finally understood why Wu Jin resolutely stepped into Lady Xia's home and never looked back...

Not to mention Wu Jin, even he now, after eating the food prepared by Madam Xia for several days, wishes he could eat it every day.

Even if he could become Wu Jin, it would be fine!

Yin Lingyou put another fried horn into his mouth thoughtfully.

Only after all the fried dumplings on the plate were eaten did Yin Lingyou call Mao Sanli over and whisper something to him.

Mao Sanli's eyes widened as he heard this, "Master, is this really necessary?"

"When have I ever joked with you?" Yin Lingyou glanced at his apprentice and said unhappily, "You're so startled. What's wrong with you?"

"But but but..."

Mao Sanli rubbed his hands nervously, "We really don't have much money left."

Yin Lingyou's expression suddenly froze, "How could this be?"

Then he waved his hands again, "Impossible!"

Just kidding, when he and Mao Sanli were fleeing... Oh no, when they traveled here, they had a lot of valuables in their hands, including a thousand taels of silver. Even if they just ate and drank all the time, based on their consumption level, it would be enough for a lifetime.

How come there is no money?

"It's true." Mao Sanli took out his account book and looked through it. "Take last year for example. Master had to go into the mountains to look for herbs. He spent twenty taels just on fur clothing to keep warm."

"In September of the year before last, Master saw someone selling ginseng picked in the mountains. He thought it was of good quality and had excellent medicinal properties, so he spent forty taels of silver on it."

"Last February, a man came to me for treatment. The patient was dying. Master took out a lot of medicinal herbs to treat him. Seeing that the patient's family was poor, he did not charge a penny for the medical expenses, but gave him five taels of silver."

"In August of the year before last, Master was enjoying the delicious rouge pork jerky from Qulin County. On the way to buy it, Master had an argument with someone. Out of spite, Master bought all the rouge pork jerky in the shop, spending 18 taels and 5 cents of silver..."

Yin Lingyou, "..."

Did these things happen? Why doesn’t he remember them clearly?
Especially the meat jerky and stuff, is this something a doctor like him would make?

"Ahem..." Yin Lingyou stroked his beard, "Since it's a thing of the past, let's not think too much about it, right?"

Mao Sanli closed the account book and looked at his master helplessly.

What happened in the past has indeed happened, but now we are faced with a problem and we have to solve it, right?

"Since the family is short of money right now, just sell some things." (End of this chapter)