Chapter 67 Taro Cake
“Actually, I was supposed to come in the afternoon, but my mother was so angry that I didn’t dare to go out. I just served my mother for dinner and washed up, and then I dared to go out quietly, hoping for summer. Madam, please don’t blame me.”
“Madam Xia runs a stall and does business. She will inevitably encounter some difficult diners on weekdays. If someone is difficult to deal with. Or they are looking for trouble, so they just sent people to Sifang Gambling House to look for me. I will solve these messy things for Madam Xia. Madam Xia will feel at ease when doing business in the future..."
Wu Xiongyi The words were eloquent and did not give Xia Mingyue any chance to interrupt. After finishing speaking, she stood up and gave Xia Mingyue a deep bow.
“I apologize to Madam Xia again, and thank Madam Xia again for helping my mother that day. It’s getting late, so I won’t bother Madam Xia anymore, so I’ll leave first.”
After that, he bowed again and strode away.
Xia Mingyue, "..."
Jiang Zhuguo, "..."
What I know about this vigorous and resolute speed is that he came to apologize and thank you. If you don't know, just assume that he is delivering goods.
“This Mr. Wu Lang is quite a nimble person.” Jiang Zhuguo smiled awkwardly.
"Probably because it was night time, his reputation was not very honorable, and he was afraid that he might cause some trouble for us." Xia Mingyue opened the snacks Wu Xiong brought as she spoke.
The snacks are neatly wrapped in paper boxes and oil paper, with two large packages and four small boxes, each containing different snacks.
Misandao, Miguozi, taro cake, glutinous rice sticks, mung bean cake, red date cake, peach cake, cat ears.
These are the best-selling and most popular ones in Zhao Ji Dim Sum Shop.
Xia Mingyue gave Jiang Zhuguo a box of cat ears and honey sandao and asked her to keep it as snacks. Most of the rest was given to the Lu family next door, and she only kept a box of taro crisps and Mung bean cake.
Taro cake is the most old-fashioned type of hollow taro cake. The fried skin is crispy, and the inside is hollow and network-like, then coated with sticky maltose and a layer of fried white sesame seeds.
The crispiness is enough that it can turn into a small pile of dregs with just a pinch. When eating, you need to put one hand on your chin at any time to catch some crumbs.
It is this enough crispiness that makes people have endless aftertaste after entering the mouth. The right thickness of maltose does not make people feel too sweet. On the contrary, because of the crispness after solidification of maltose, it is even more Adds the crispy texture of taro cake.
The fragrant sesame seeds on the surface make the taro crisps still have a strong fragrance in the mouth even after they are eaten...
Taro crisps are also called polygonum flowers (some say they are called heavy snow). Dates), when Xia Mingyue was still in modern society, she loved such traditional food when she happened to eat it. She even tried to make it several times, but it was not satisfactory.
She never thought that the taro cake made in Zhao Ji’s pastry shop would taste exactly like her childhood memories.
Sure enough, there is a reason why Zhao Ji’s business is good.
Xia Mingyue was appreciative in her heart, and even licked her lips. She wanted to get another taro cake to deal with the glutton in her stomach, but when she thought about how hard she had just finished eating, she had no choice but to stop thinking. , just wash up and tidy up, and go to bed early.
Jiang Zhuguo stared blankly at the two boxes of snacks Xia Mingyue gave her for a long time.
She couldn’t remember the last time she had snacks, but now she had two boxes at once, which made her feel a little unreal.
But the sweet smell that kept filling her nostrils reminded her that this was reality.
Jiang Zhuguo held the two boxes of snacks in his hands, with joy on his face and in his heart, and subconsciously wanted to take them back and let his mother have a taste.
But when I think of the rice dumplings I took back last time...
Unless she forces them into her mother's mouth, I'm afraid these two boxes of snacks will only end up in her father's hands.
She didn't understand why her mother was always worried and harsh on herself even though her father was eating well and wearing decent clothes outside.
The more Jiang Zhuguo thought about it, the more irritated he became, so he simply took apart the two boxes of snacks and tasted them himself.
The sweetness and crispy texture immediately spread in your mouth. The wonderful taste made Jiang Zhuguo's eyes mist.
I wonder, 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 Gambling House.
The gambling house at night is more lively than during the day.
The high-pitched shouting, the shaking of dice, the clanking of coins... When gathered together in one place, it was deafening.
Wu Xiong looked around the casino and found nothing unusual. He sat down at a small table in the corner and poured a bowl of wine to drink.
The aged sorghum wine has a strong entrance, which makes Wu Xiong feel very comfortable.
Someone hurriedly ran over from the backyard, looked around the casino, found Wu Xiong and hurried to him, "Boss, something happened..."
"What happened?" Wu Xiong The bear frowned.
"Sun Gou Sheng ran away." The man replied, "In the afternoon, we followed the boss's instructions and locked up Sun Gou Sheng and Tian Dazhuang in the woodshed and took good care of them. But when we just went in to deliver the food, We found that Sun Gou Sheng was missing. We guessed that Sun Gou Sheng was afraid of being beaten again tomorrow, so he ran away. "
"But boss, don't worry, this Sun Gou Sheng doesn't have household registration documents and wants to be in the county town. There is no other way to make a living. The most you can do is follow the refugees and beg for food, which will not end well. "
"It's an advantage for him!" Wu Xiong gritted his teeth.
Such people should be whipped every day to make their memory long.
He originally thought about changing it to a thicker whip tomorrow, and the brine should be soaked in thicker water.
I never thought that I would actually run away.
“Tell the brothers, if you encounter this bastard in the county town, beat me up hard!”
Seeing Wu Xiong’s harsh words, the man shrank his neck and responded. made a sound.
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Wu Xiong apologized to Xia Mingyue and invited some people to dinner. In the next few days, people often talked about it.
Even some people’s chat routine has changed.
"Brother Zhang, what are you..."
"How did you know that Wu Xiong paid for my meal that day?"
"..."
And some people showed off more bluntly, "I am someone who has been invited by Wu Xiong. You haven't."
"..."
These words would occasionally reach the ears of Xia Mingyue and others, which made Ms. Lu's eyes widen in shock, "Good guy, what you know is that you know that Wu Xiong is not a good person. If you don't know, why don't you?" I thought Wu Xiong was some kind of great hero.”
This kind of thing is nothing worth showing off.
Jiang Zhuguo nodded in agreement.
A vicious person like Wu Xiong cannot be classified as a good person.
Xia Mingyue did not say a word, but was thinking about a very important thing in her heart - repairing the house!
Henan's old-fashioned snack taro cake is also called polygonum (I found it on the Internet). It is also called Daxuezao. When I was a child, I only heard it was called taro cake.
Hollow and crispy, very delicious. There are two types, one with sesame on the surface and one with icing sugar on the surface. Hanging icing was more common when I was little, and now you can search it on a certain website. I will post a picture for you later~
(End of this chapter)