Chapter 252: Chapter 175: Baked Lobster with Egg Yolk! Madam Shen’s Signature Snack—Fried Sausage! [Seeking Monthly Ticket]_2
Upon hearing this, Chen Yan could no longer dwell on her grievances. She finished the lobster meat with her rice and then began to look forward to the crayfish in the evening.
"Today I’ve been so wronged, so it wouldn’t be excessive for me to eat fifty, right?"
"Not excessive, not excessive at all."
"No, fifty is too few; make it sixty. Tonight I’ll eat sixty crayfish. Who’s in favor, and who’s against?"
No one objected. After all, not many people would be eating crayfish tonight, so they could eat as much as they wanted without restraint.
After eating her fill, Chen Yan had initially wanted to go to the audio-visual room on the basement level to watch an old movie, but she worried she might fall asleep and miss the evening crayfish. So, after Lin Xu finished cleaning the kitchen, she returned to the small living room on the second floor.
"You two go on in and do whatever you need to do. Just remember to keep it down. I’ll keep watch for you, but if I fall asleep, you absolutely must not forget to call me for dinner!"
Good heavens. Chen Yan was close to developing a stress disorder.
"What nonsense are you spouting, Stinky Yanzi? I’m just going to chat with Xu Bao for a bit."
Shen Jiayue pulled Lin Xu back into her room. Although she said she just wanted to chat, she locked the door immediately.
They had been interrupted several times before. Now I can finally give my Xu Bao a proper kiss!
She turned around, just about to reenact the scene of a female seal ambushing a male seal, when Lin Xu pulled her into a tight embrace and proactively kissed her.
Hmm, I can’t always be on the defensive. I need to take the initiative and attack occasionally. That’s the only way to firmly grasp the upper hand in this battle.
"Xu Bao, do you know how much I miss you every day? When I can’t see you, I feel so anxious."
Kissing, they soon tumbled onto the bed. Shen Jiayue hugged Lin Xu, pouring out her longing for him.
When they first opened the shop, they would see each other twice a day. But now that Lin Xu had gone to the Fishing Platform, she could only see him once a day, and each meeting was a hurried farewell. This was excruciating for Shen Baobao.
Lin Xu said, "After this cooking competition is over and we’re engaged, I’ll take you back to my hometown’s scenic area to stay for a few days. Then we can be together every day. How does that sound?"
"Great, great! I’ll start packing right now!"
As soon as Shen Baobao heard they were going to Longqi Mountain Scenic Area, she immediately prepared to get out of bed and pack her bags.
Haha! I don’t just want to stay at that tent campsite where you can see the starry sky; I also want to stay at the cliff hotel and in that old house where Xu Bao lived back then. I remember the fans even named that house the Demon Cave. Hehe, I never imagined I’d get to stay in the Demon Cave myself!
But she had barely sat up when Lin Xu pulled her back. "It’s too early to pack now. We probably won’t be able to leave for about a week."
As he spoke, they hugged each other again.
"Yueyue, your clothes are so smooth."
"That’s my leg..."
"Your clothes are so slippery; my hand slid right onto your leg."
"Stop it..."
「At four o’clock in the afternoon.」
Old Lady Shen sat on the living room sofa, holding the chubby Dundun, while Han Shuzhen was telling her about Dundun’s amusing antics.
"When Guofu snores in his sleep, Dundun jumps onto the bed and tries to cover his mouth with his paw. He almost got his paw bitten! I woke Guofu up, and he said he dreamed he was gnawing on a Pork Trotter, one that wasn’t even cleaned properly and still had all the hair on it..."
The old lady couldn’t stop laughing. She quickly hugged Dundun and asked which paw had almost been bitten.
「Meanwhile, in the kitchen.」
Lin Xu, who had taken a nap in Shen Jiayue’s bed, was now preparing the premium crayfish Aunt Liu had bought.
Last time, they had bought green crayfish from Uncle Yu’s supermarket, which had slightly harder shells. This time, however, Aunt Liu had bought red crayfish, which were larger. These crayfish had already been washed several times with an ultrasonic crayfish washer.
Lin Xu skillfully used scissors to cut off the crayfish heads and remove the innards. Then, he pinched the middle scale on the tail, twisted it, and with a gentle tug, pulled out the vein. After preparing one, he tossed it into a basin and continued with the next.
Aunt Liu had bought around ten pounds of crayfish. Since they hadn’t eaten their fill last time, Shen Guofu had specifically instructed Aunt Liu to buy more this time. The basin held at least ten pounds of crayfish. This would definitely allow his father-in-law to experience the satisfaction of eating crayfish to his heart’s content.
Just as he was busy, Old Lady Shen walked in. "Xiao Xu, are you tired? I’m thinking of making some Beijing snacks. Would you like to try some?"
Hm? Beijing snacks? Are we talking about those visually stunning and appetizing treats like pea flour cakes, donkey rolls, Mung Bean Rolls, and green bean cakes?
Lin Xu was immediately interested. "Grandma, what are you going to make?"
"Fried Sausage!"
"Fried... Sausage?"
The names of Beijing snacks are certainly bold and intense-sounding.
However, Lin Xu was quite interested in trying it, as he had never had it before.
"Then I’ll look forward to eating it, Grandma."
He continued preparing the crayfish, while Old Lady Shen took a long, grayish, cylindrical ingredient from the refrigerator.
Is this the ’sausage’? It looks nothing like Pork Large Intestine, does it?
Old Lady Shen, having grown up in Beijing, was quite familiar with these kinds of local snacks. As she busied herself, she told Lin Xu about the history of Fried Sausage, explaining how it evolved and transitioned from a dish for royalty and nobility to a common folk snack.
Fried Sausage originally derived from fried deer tails during the early Qing dynasty. Deer tails were considered a rare and delicious ingredient, always tasty no matter how prepared; "steamed deer tail" is even a dish mentioned in traditional crosstalk comedy routines. However, deer were uncommon, and their tails were exceedingly hard to come by in Beijing at that time. So, clever chefs stuffed pork filling into Pork Large Intestines, then sliced and fried them to imitate deer tails. Surprisingly, this imitation was also very well-received, and this became the earliest form of Fried Sausage.