Border Cook

Chapter 67 Taro Crisp

"Actually, I should have come here in the afternoon, but my mother was angry and I didn't dare to go out. I just waited for her to eat and wash up, and then I dared to go out quietly. I hope Madam Xia will not blame me."

"Madam Xia usually runs a stall to do business, and it is inevitable that she will encounter some difficult diners. If someone is difficult to deal with or comes to cause trouble, just send someone to the Sifang Casino to find me. I will help Madam Xia solve these messy problems, and Madam Xia can do business with peace of mind in the future..."

Wu Xiong spoke incessantly, without giving Xia Mingyue any chance to interrupt. After he finished speaking, he stood up and bowed deeply to Xia Mingyue.

"I want to apologize to Madam Xia again, and thank you again for helping my mother that day. It's getting late, so I won't bother you any more. I'll take my leave first."

After saying this, he bowed again and then strode away.

Xia Mingyue, "..."

Jiang Zhuguo, "..."

With such swift and decisive speed, those who knew that he came to apologize and express gratitude would know that, if not, they would just think that he came to deliver the goods.

"This Mr. Wu is actually a capable person." Jiang Zhuguo smiled awkwardly.

"Maybe he thought it was night time and his reputation was not so glorious, so he was afraid that he might cause us some trouble." Xia Mingyue said as she unpacked the snacks that Wu Xiong had brought.

The snacks were neatly wrapped in paper boxes and oil paper, in two large envelopes and four small boxes, each containing a different snack.

Honey three-knife, honey fruit, taro cake, glutinous rice strips, mung bean cakes, red date cakes, peach cakes, and cat ears.

These are the best-selling and most popular items in Zhaoji Dim Sum Shop.

Xia Mingyue gave Jiang Zhuguo a box of cat ears and honey three knives and asked her to keep them as snacks. She gave most of the rest to the Lu family next door and only kept a box of taro crisps and mung bean cakes for herself.

Taro crisps are the most old-fashioned hollow taro crisps. They are fried until the skin is crispy, and the inside is hollow and has a network-like texture. They are then coated with sticky maltose and then a layer of fried white sesame seeds.

It is crispy enough that a light pinch will turn it into a small pile of crumbs. When eating, you need to keep one hand under your chin at all times to catch some crumbs.

It is this sufficient crispness that makes the crispy fragrance after entering the mouth endless aftertaste. The perfect thickness of maltose does not make people feel too sweet. On the contrary, the crispness of the maltose after solidification adds to the crispy taste of the taro crisps.

The fragrance of sesame seeds on the surface makes the taro crisps still have a rich aroma in your mouth even after you eat them...

Taro crisps, also called Polygonum multiflorum (some people also call them Big Snow Dates), were a traditional food that Xia Mingyue loved when she accidentally ate it when she was still in modern society. She even tried to make it several times, but the results were not satisfactory.

She never thought that the taro crisps made in this Zhaoji Dim Sum Shop tasted 80% similar to her childhood memories.

It turns out that there is a reason why Zhao’s business is always so good.

Xia Mingyue admired it in her heart and licked her lips. She wanted to get another taro crisp to satisfy her cravings, but when she thought about her stomach that had just been full with great difficulty, she gave up the idea and just went to wash up and go to bed early.

Jiang Zhuguo stared at the two boxes of snacks that Xia Mingyue gave her for a long time.

She couldn't remember the last time she had snacks, but now she had two boxes of them, which made her feel a little unreal.

But the sweet smell that kept drilling into her nostrils reminded her that this was reality.

Jiang Zhuguo took the two boxes of snacks in his hands, his face and heart full of joy, and subconsciously wanted to take them back to let his mother taste them.

But when I think of the dumplings I brought back last time...

Unless she forced the two boxes of snacks into her mother's mouth, she was afraid that they would end up in her father's hands.

She just didn't understand. Her father was eating well and dressing decently outside, so why was her mother always so worried and harsh on her all day long?

The more Jiang Zhuguo thought about it, the more annoyed he became. He simply opened the two boxes of snacks and tried a few himself first.

The sweet and crispy taste spread in his mouth immediately. The wonderful taste made Jiang Zhuguo's eyes misty.

I'm confused, can't I eat such delicious food by myself?
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After Wu Xiong left Xia Mingyue's house, he went straight back to Sifang Casino.

The gambling house is more lively at night than during the day.

The loud shouts, the shaking of dice, the clinking of silver and coins... when gathered together, it was deafening.

Wu Xiong looked around the gambling house and found nothing unusual. He sat down at a small table in the corner and poured himself a bowl of wine.

The aged sorghum wine had a strong taste in the mouth, making Wu Xiong feel very comfortable.

Someone hurried over from the backyard, looked around the gambling house, found Wu Xiong, and hurried up to him, "Boss, something happened..."

"What's the matter?" Wu Xiong frowned.

"Sun Gousheng ran away." The man answered, "In the afternoon, we followed the boss' instructions and locked Sun Gousheng and Tian Dazhuang in the woodshed to keep a good lookout. But when we went in to deliver food just now, we found that Sun Gousheng was gone. We guessed that Sun Gousheng was afraid of being beaten again tomorrow, so he ran away."

"But don't worry, Boss. Sun Gousheng doesn't have any household registration documents, so he can't find any other way to make a living in the county. The best he can do is to flee with the refugees and beg for food. He won't have a good ending."

"He got it easy!" Wu Xiong gritted his teeth.

People like this should be whipped every day to teach them a lesson.

He had originally thought of changing to a thicker whip tomorrow, and the salt water should be made thicker.

I never thought that he would escape.

"Tell the brothers, if you encounter this bastard in the county, beat him up!"

Seeing Wu Xiong's harsh words, the guy shrank his neck and responded.
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The fact that Wu Xiong apologized to Xia Mingyue and treated some people to a meal was often mentioned in the following days.

Even some people's daily chats have changed.

"Brother Zhang, what are you doing..."

"How do you know that Wu Xiong paid for my meal that day?"

"..."

Others were more straightforward in showing off, "I was treated as a guest by Wu Xiong, but you weren't."

"..."

Occasionally, these words would drift to the ears of Xia Mingyue and others, shocking Lu's eyes widened, "Good fellow, those who know know that Wu Xiong is not a good person, if they don't know, they would think Wu Xiong is some great hero."

This kind of thing is not something worth bragging about.

Jiang Zhuguo nodded in agreement.

A vicious person like Wu Xiong certainly cannot be classified as a good person.

Xia Mingyue didn't say anything, but was thinking about a very important thing in her mind - repairing the house!

　The old-fashioned Henan dessert taro crisps is also called Polygonum flower (found on the Internet), and some say it is called big snow dates. But when I was young, I only heard it called taro crisps.

　　Hollow and crispy, very delicious, there are two types, one with sesame on the surface, and the other with icing on the surface. The icing was more common when I was young, and now you can search it on Taobao. I'll post a picture for you later~
　　
　
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