Dali Temple Small Dining Room

  Chapter 366 New Year's Day Dessert (2)

  Zhao Mengzhuo's eyes are so obvious, Ji Caimai can't pretend not to see it, and he grabs some prepared sweet and spicy dried fish with oil paper bag and hands it to Zhao Mengzhuo.

   This dried fish, which is much smaller than the little finger, he saw when he passed the market a few months ago. At that time, he saw it was really cheap.

  But after buying it, I regretted it. What can this little dried fish be eaten? Apart from going back to feed his cat, I really can't think of any other use.

  However, when Master Wen saw those dried fish, his eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but sell the dried fish in his hand, and then...then he didn't see the dried fish for several months, until today.

   If there is really anything, it will not be unpalatable in the hands of Master Wen.

Watching Master Wen fry the soaked small dried fish until crisp and dry, and then stir-fry the dried fish with pepper, ginger, garlic, sugar, wine, sauce, etc., and sprinkle cooked white sesame seeds before serving Stir fry again, and it will come out of the pot.

   I have to say that the dried fish that I thought was fed to the cat was different immediately after being fried like this. The smell of fresh fish mixed with sweet and spicy sauce and sesame is very attractive.

  Although Master Wen said that it would be better to eat it cold, but they really couldn't stand the tempting aroma, and several people couldn't help but stretched out their chopsticks to taste the dried fish that no one wanted before.

  Although it has the umami taste of fish, the taste of dried fish is completely different from the tenderness of fish. The dried and crispy dried fish has a chewy texture. With the following chewing, the sweet and spicy sauce and the aroma of cooked white sesame become more and more chewy, which makes people want to stop.

  After tasting, because there are still important things at hand, those who make dim sum make dim sum, and those who make orders take orders, so the dried fish is put aside for the time being to cool down.

  Cheng Cheng thought, the dried fish has been cooled now, but they haven't finished the task at hand, so Zhao Mengzhuo was attracted before they had time to taste the cooled dried fish.

   After receiving the dried fish from Ji Caimai, Zhao Mengzhuo only had time to sniff it, but before he could finish his mouth, an officer came in from outside to look for him.

  Although he was in a hurry to celebrate the New Year, there were still many trivial matters in the yamen, so Zhao Mengzhuo had no choice but to put the pack of dried fish that he didn't know how to taste into his sleeve pocket, and left with the guards.

Seeing this, Ji Caimai grabbed it again with oiled paper and stuffed it into his mouth. After he finished eating and swallowed it, he said, "Fortunately, Mr. Zhao didn't taste it, otherwise... this dried sweet and spicy fish tastes very good, but the quantity is not enough." Too much, just enough for me to try something new.”

Seeing that Ji Caimai tasted it, the A Bing and Tangyuan in that box were not far behind, and they stretched out their hands to grab the cooled dried fish. Compared with when it was hot, it really cooled down, and the crisp and dry taste was stronger. more delicious.

A few people handed me a hand, and quickly divided up the dried fish, licked his lips, Ji Cai still had a lot of interest in buying, and said: "Next time, I will see this kind of dried fish for sale in the market, and I will buy them all and share them with Master Wen." Make this sweet and spicy dried fish!"

  After eating the dried fish, he picked up the strainer, and was about to continue frying the glutinous rice **** with crabapple crisps. He let out a "huh" and asked, "Will Bai Sicheng and Liu Sicheng come back today after their trip yesterday?"

  Her father, Lao Yuan, is the driver of the two. If these two don't come back, her father won't come back either.

  The group of people left after noon yesterday and half past noon. If there is no major delay on the way, they will definitely be able to reach Xianyang before the city gate of Xianyang is closed. That's it... I slept all night, I'm busy all day today, and I can come back tomorrow at the latest. If he did things quickly, he only slept half the night yesterday, so he can come back today.

  Wen Mingtang gave a "hmm", looked at the glutinous rice **** in his hand that had stopped moving, took the strainer from the glutinous rice balls' hands, put the prepared crabapple cakes into the strainer, and carefully sank the strainer into the oil pan.

   Cakes such as crabapple crisps and lotus flower cakes need to be deep-fried at low temperature.

  There is nothing wrong with being a daughter who is worried about her father, not to mention... Looking at the Tangyuan with an obvious look of worry on her face, this girl's eyelids have been twitching since this morning, and she feels a little restless.

There is a folk saying that "the left eye jumps for money, and the right eye jumps for disaster". Wen Mingtang doesn't know the source of this saying, but in the past, when Lao Yuan followed those officials to the scene of a murder, even if the other party was a vicious person, Tang Yuan never lost his mind like this . So, he patted the glutinous rice **** on the shoulder and brought a bowl of hot milk and glutinous rice balls.

The glutinous rice **** sat down next to A Bing, who was watching the fire behind the stove, and drank a bowl of hot milk. I don't know whether it was the warmth of the stove hole or the milk that played a role, or the presence of A Bing next to her made her feel at ease. Tang Yuan, who seldom took a nap, actually fell asleep by relying on A Bing.

  Snacks are no longer available in the afternoon today, and there are no ingredients on the Zhuangzi, so it’s hard for a clever woman to cook without rice.

   Therefore, no one came in to disturb the whole public kitchen all afternoon.

  Focus on nature and do things faster. In one afternoon, Wen Mingtang almost made the pastry that needs to be fried in the oil pan.

  She was making cakes in this side quite smoothly, but the glutinous rice **** that were sleeping on A Bing's lap in the other side seemed a little uneasy, tossing and turning all the time.

   When Shen Shi was approaching, Wen Mingtang looked at A Bing who was sitting behind the stove hole.

Ah Bing nodded to her, knowing that it was time to make evening food, so he gestured to her, and when he was about to reach out to pat the glutinous rice balls, he saw that Ah Bing on the other side suddenly screamed "Ah" and sat down. stand up.

This reaction really startled the two of them. When they came back to their senses, when they were about to look at Tangyuan, they saw Tangyuan looking at them with red eyes. When they met their gazes, they suddenly "" "Teng" stood up and said, "I...I want to go see my father!"

  Such a sentence without beginning or end really stunned the two of them.

  Wen Mingtang reacted first, thinking about her restless behavior this afternoon, and asked Tang Yuan: "But did you have a nightmare?"

   Tangyuan nodded, and when Wen Mingtang asked what the nightmare was, she refused to say anything, and could not stop murmuring, tears streaming down her face: "I...I want to go and see my father!"

  If Lao Yuan was in Chang'an City, he would have seen it as soon as he saw it. There were not many people eating in the past few days, and her dishes were all prepared early, so she could do it alone.

   But Lao Yuan is not in Chang'an right now, but in Xianyang...

  Wen Mingtang was also a little worried, and at this moment, A Bing looked at Tangyuan who was weeping and couldn't help but said: "Master Wen, can I ask you for a vacation with Tangyuan?"

  During the conversation, the movement here caught the attention of Ji Caimai, who was doing accounts, and he walked over. Hearing this, after a moment of hesitation, he immediately asked Wen Mingtang: "Master Wen, can you cook night food by yourself?"

  Wen Mingtang nodded, understood what Ji Caimai meant, thought for a while, and said, "If you have a carriage and an experienced driver, you can send the two children to Xianyang!"

  It is only Shen Shi now, and when Bai Zhu and Liu Yuan left yesterday, it was only half an hour earlier than now. There are many people returning home during the New Year's Eve, Xianyang and other places deliberately postponed closing the city gates for an hour, if the road goes smoothly, it is not too late.

  Ji Caimai nodded after hearing this, and said: "My second nephew has only come back from a foreign country in the past few days. Although he is young, he is an experienced driver. He has time to take the two children for a trip. Only A Bing's family will send someone to tell him about it."

  Wen Mingtang heard the words, and immediately said: "When Zhao Youlai picks up the food later, I'll just ask him to go."

  So... it was finalized, and after greeting Wen Mingtang, Ji Caimai took A Bing and glutinous rice **** out of the public kitchen.

  (end of this chapter)