Chapter 91 Crab Race

Wen Mingtang seemed unaware that the sauce in the house had been stolen. He neither searched for it in a big way, nor did he go around shouting about the thief.

It was as if nothing had happened.

Master Wang, who stole the sauce and sold it to a restaurant in the city, studied the recipe and waited for a long time without any news. He couldn't help but be surprised: Is this girl named Wen so easy to talk to?

Wen Mingtang, who was said to be "easy to talk to", was preparing the evening meal with Ah Bing and glutinous rice balls.

It rained twice in Zhuangzi today and the roads were flooded, so we didn't have time to deliver the vegetables.

Seeing that Zhuangzi had not sent any food today, Master Sun, who was making lunch, immediately used all the leftover pork meat from yesterday as lunch without any ceremony.

When it was Wen Mingtang's turn to cook dinner, there were no meat dishes to cook.

Ji Caimai, who had been dealing with Zhuangzi all day today, returned to Dali Temple after lunch. He saw that the stingy bastard Master Sun started to play tricks on everyone again while everyone was busy. The master called him out and scolded him.

After being reprimanded, Master Sun was obedient in front of Ji Caimai. When he turned around and saw Wen Mingtang, he sneered and muttered in a voice that Wen Mingtang could hear, "We'll see!"

This "wait and see" means that she will have no meat to cook tonight.

Ah Bing and Tang Yuan jumped to their feet angrily and greeted Master Sun and his family several times in succession. However, no matter how much they greeted them, there was nothing they could do as the evening eclipse was approaching.

After scolding each other for a while, the two of them had no choice but to look at Wen Mingtang: "Master Wen, what should we do now?"

Wen Mingtang glanced at the basket full of eggs and said, "Nothing! Let's just cook!"

I still wash rice, cook, and prepare vegetables as usual.

Several vegetarian dishes were quickly washed and cut. Wen Mingtang took Ah Bing and glutinous rice balls with him, put some stir-fried vegetarian dishes into the pot, and taught them how to pay attention to the heat and key points of stir-frying the vegetable dishes. No one was better than Sun and Wang. Like a master chef, he stir-fries the delicious vegetarian dishes until they are too delicious to eat.

After the vegetables were fried, Ah Bing and Tangyuan looked at the steaming vegetables on the counter: To be fair, with Master Wen's skill, these vegetables are naturally fried well, and they look green and clear. Makes you feel refreshed. But just eating vegetarian dishes always feels a little too refreshing. Besides, the officials who have been busy all afternoon are already hungry and their chests are pressed against their backs. How can they eat it if they don't order meat for dinner?

Just as he was thinking this, he heard a sound of eggs being knocked from the side.

Turning around, he saw Wen Mingtang cracking an egg and separating the yolk from the egg white.

What is this doing? Ah Bing and Tang Yuan looked over curiously.

Wen Mingtang called the two of them over to help, and then mixed the sauce with ginger, vinegar, salt, and sugar.

Ah Bing and Tang Yuan were making eggs and watching. Seeing this, Ah Bing couldn't help but ask Wen Mingtang: "Master Wen, what are you doing?"

Wen Mingtang put the prepared sauce aside, raised his head and smiled at him, saying, "Let's have a crab race!"

What? Race... crab? Ah Bing and Tang Yuan looked at each other when they heard this, then looked down at the separated egg yolks and whites in their hands.

This...making crabs with eggs?

Wen Mingtang didn't say much, he just calculated the portion. After the two of them separated the yolks and whites of the eggs, they poured in the prepared sauce, and then poured vegetable oil into the pot. After it was heated, they immediately added the large portion. Pour the bowl of protein into the pot, quickly spread it with a spatula, and immediately remove it from the pot after it is formed.

The two of them looked at Wen Mingtang's movements and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Master Wen makes the fried egg whites so fast!"

Wen Mingtang didn't say anything, and added the egg yolks. The same method was used, but it was faster than frying the egg whites. After the egg yolks were poured in, he immediately raised the pot aside and used the remaining heat to break up the egg yolks and fry them into shapes.

After the pot is finally lifted, the egg whites are placed at the bottom, and the egg yolks are placed on top. Plates of yellow and white egg yolks and egg whites are arranged on the countertop.

Is... just like this?

The two of them looked at the egg white and yolk. To be honest, if you hadn't seen Master Wen make it with your own eyes, it did look very similar to the plump crab meat and crab roe during the August Mid-Autumn Festival.

But this taste...

Wen Mingtang handed a plate over and said, "Let's eat the evening food first!"

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After working hard all afternoon, it was finally time for dinner. The case of the puppet show was just concluded, and Mr. Zhao took the initiative to take away the summary part of the case file. Liu Yuan and others rarely had time to spare, so they took a few story books to pass the time.

It was probably because they had read too many cases that they were no longer interested in the fairy tale books. Instead, they were most interested in the fairy tale books.

After watching stories about monsters harming people and Taoist priests catching monsters all afternoon, when the bell rang for the evening meal, the two of them hurriedly threw down their storybooks and ran to the kitchen.

The pot of Master Sun's braised pork for lunch was so old that my colleagues picked the meat stuck between their teeth all afternoon, which made me feel uncomfortable. I was thinking about Master Wen's evening meal!

When I arrived at the public kitchen, I took a quick look and saw several fried vegetable dishes that I had seen before. There was nothing to say. Master Wen’s craftsmanship was displayed here, so it would not be unpalatable, but the yellow and white ones...

Bai Zhu was surprised when he saw it: "It's not even August yet, Zhuangzi has sent crabs?"

Ah Bing, who had finished his evening meal at the side, licked the vegetable juice at the corner of his mouth with unfinished content, opened his mouth, saw Tang Yuan secretly waving his hand towards him, and immediately closed his mouth without saying a word, just serving food for everyone.

Ah Bing, who usually talks a lot and can't help but talk, actually remained silent? Liu Yuan glanced at him, took the plate, and walked to the nearest food table with Bai Zhu and sat down.

Naturally, the first chopstick turned towards the plate of yellow and white crabs.

When the crab roe and crab meat is put into your mouth, the delicious flavor of the crab meat dipped in the ingredients comes from the tip of your tongue. The crab meat is slightly harder than the crab roe, and the sauce brings out the freshness of the crab meat. It really seems like eating it during the Mid-Autumn Festival in August. The crab meat is delicious, and the crab roe is still dripping with oil, making it softer and more tender, with a crab fat-yellow feel.

After taking one bite, Liu Yuan couldn't help but nod his head and praised: "What a fat crab! I'm afraid I can't get down such a big bowl without four or five. Everyone goes down with four or five... I'm afraid there aren't that many in Zhuangzi." Crab!"

To be honest, the crab meat and crab roe are so real that they look just like the real thing! But after staying in Dali Temple for how many years, everyone knows how many things there are in Zhuangzi. Even when August crabs are on the market, it is impossible for one person to get so many crabs, let alone such thick and creamy crabs.

Although you really can't taste any difference in your mouth, it can't be a real crab. Everyone in Dali Temple still has this ability to infer.

Ah Bing, who had been holding back his words for a long time, finally got Tangyuan's permission and spoke out: "This dish is called Sai Crab, and Master Wen makes it with eggs!"