Chapter 82 Eating Crabs Together

Shao Jie came to Chongxian Square Shenji Restaurant again.

Shen Shaoguang greeted him with a smile: "Shao Langjun is here. The pickled goods merchant you recommended sent a few jars of Cangzhou sugar crabs. Would you like to steam two and try?"

Shao Jie thought for a while and waved his hand: "Forget it, I won't eat it. Since I opened a restaurant with the little lady, my waist has grown several inches. My mother used to think that I was thin, and now I can say it's alright. That's right. I'm just afraid that if I keep getting fat like this, I won't be able to marry a bride."

Shen Shaoguang looked at Shao Jie carefully, he seemed to have gotten fatter, but it wasn't outrageous. The aesthetics of men in this dynasty inherited some of the legacy of Wei and Jin. Shao Jie is not the first to hang up, according to the latter's standard, it is just right now.

Shen Shaoguang comforted him unconcernedly: "Shao Langjun is still far from Yu Zisong's belt ten circumferences, it's okay, it's okay."

Shao Jie tilted his head and ran on her: "I have something to ask, Lin Langjun has been eating Shenji's meal longer than me, so why is he not fat?"

Shen Shaoguang rarely fails in such matters, and he said to him seriously at the moment: "There is something in the human body called 'gene', and Lin Shaoyin probably has this kind of 'eating fat gene'."

Although Shao Jie had never heard of chickens before, he still understood, "I asked you to say that, born?"

Shen Shaoguang nodded heavily.

A Yuan walked from the side with a smile on her face: "I'll just say, it doesn't matter what you eat more or less, it's all given by Ye Niang!"

Shen Shaoguang: "..." There was a feeling of shooting myself in the foot, and I had a premonition that A Yuan was going to break the precept today.

Shao Jie laughed: "Silly maid! That's your little lady complimenting people, can't you hear it?"

Ah Yuan stopped and asked with a smile, "Ah? Who are you praising? Praising me?"

Shao Jie: "..."

A Yuan happily carried the box and left, Shen and Shao looked at each other silently, and laughed in unison.

Since he wanted to lose weight, Shen Shaoguang brought two cups of clear tea that couldn't be clearer. The tea did not contain minced ginger, pepper, sugar, salt, various dried and fresh fruits, and naturally there was no suet, pork, milk, etc. cheese.

Shao Jie took a sip and frowned.

Shen Shaoguang smiled secretly in his heart and asked him if he had found a new store that he could use again.

Shao Jie nodded, took out a roll of paper from his sleeve, there were several storefronts on it, the addresses, sizes, prices were noted, and a sketch was drawn.

Shen Shaoguang took it and looked at it.

Shao Jie is the real Monopoly player. After the first branch was stabilized, he continued to open the second store and even the third store non-stop.

Shao Jie is not that unremarkable, and there are many branches, centralized management and centralized purchase of goods can save a lot of costs. The key is that the current capital reserves and profits can support this operation, so Shen Shaoguang will let him do it.

Shen Shao took a look at the two, and agreed to look back together.

This is the first time to steam sugar crabs in the store, Ah Yuan brought a tray over, "Yu Saburo asked Shao Langjun and the little lady to taste, this sugar crab is better steamed in water, or smoked with wine and cinnamon. Steam better."

The crab Yu Sandu had already cut it open, revealing the caramel-colored crab roe.

Shen Shaoguang looked at Shao Jie, Shao Jie gave up the cup of tea that he hadn't had two sips in all, "Steaming a crab is so important? Probably should add wine and cinnamon to fumigate better, right?" Shao Jie thought, maybe The little lady is right, fat or thin depends on what the chicken is for, eat more or less, it's fine.

Shen Shaoguang asked him to eat first.

Shao Jie took a piece and bit the crab roe first, "Well, it's sweet, fragrant and fresh, is this steamed?"

Ah Yuan nodded.

After Shao Jie ate the steamed one, he ate another one and tasted it carefully, "The water-proof one is a little sweeter, but has more crab smell. It is steamed with wine and cinnamon, and the sweetness is lighter. No fishy smell - I still love this steamed one, isn't it just like eating crabs? What does the little lady think?"

Shen Shaoguang was slowly picking the meat from the crab claw, and when he saw him asking, he smiled slyly: "Why do you need to choose yourself? Let them compete for one game. The wine shop will hold a 'crab competition' and let diners vote, and the winner will be the winner. We will draw three lucky winners from the voters, and each will give a basket of six crabs and a jar of new wine."

Shao Jie: "..."

Shen Shaoguang continued: "This ten-day is the confrontation between the sugar crabs, the next ten-day is the sugar-crabs against the bad crabs, and the next ten-day is the crabs that have been marinated in sugar and wine against the live crabs, and you can get another one later. Deep-fried crab vs. steamed crab...let's just get a crab month."

What else can Shao Jie say? He sincerely praised Shen Shaoguang: "As far as the little lady's whimsical ideas are concerned, we will definitely be able to cover the entire Chang'an City with wine shops, and then open to Dongdu, Beidu, Hedong, Shannan and even Jiangnan."

This time, it was Shen Shaoguang who was speechless. It turns out that Shao Langjun has already spread our business map to the whole country in his mind?

Shen Shaoguang licked his lips, "Don't you think about visiting a few in Hudi?"

Shao Jie knew she was funny, and cooperated with the authentic, "It's not impossible... Let these barbarians also taste our things, don't just cut half-cooked meat with small knives all day long."

Shen Shaoguang: "..." The sense of national superiority of the people of the Tang Dynasty is really everywhere.

"I asked Lang Jun to say that, our food is full of poetry and rituals? Then if we open the store to Fanbang Hudi, will it be regarded as enlightenment?"

Shao Jie: "...Little lady thinks too far."

Shen Shaoguang said with a smile: "The key, in this case, should the court give us some subsidies?"

Shao Jie and Shen Shaoguang laughed at the same time, it was a good dream!

Shao Jie did what he said, and contacted a few crab suppliers to ensure the supply, and the two branches started the crab theme.

The poetry wall outside the store also changed naturally.

A Yuan took the powder to paint the wall, and regretfully said to Shen Shaoguang, who was thinking about the composition, "The little lady took great pains to paint it, but it has been wiped away in just a few days. It's a pity..."

The advertising pictures outside followed the newly launched dishes in the store. What A Yuan erased was a freehand ink-and-wash sea bass with its tail waving, which was quite leisurely. The inscription is also very suitable for the artistic conception of the painting: "Why do you think about the south of the Yangtze River".

A Yuan only thinks that the fish is vividly drawn, and has no feeling for the "Thinking of the Sea Bass". In fact, she is more concerned about the roast leg of lamb in the last issue. Well, I still dreamed." Ah Yuan swallowed.

The leg of lamb is also written with a work belt, and the colors are gorgeous. Shen Shaoguang even specially painted the sparks splashed by the oil dripping on the leg of lamb. Some guests joked that they thought the mural was "sound and smelly".

Shen Shaoguang said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay, go for the mutton, and the crab, just slowly dream."

Ah Yuan was reluctant to part with the old, but looked forward to the new.

Lin Yan had been busy for a few days, and when he came to Shen Ji, Shen Ji's "crab war" was already in full swing.

Lin Yan looked at the crab on the poem wall outside, and laughed, this painting of A Li is really "freehand".

On the wall was an incomparably gigantic crab, yellow with red, half of its shell uncovered, and its flesh full of cream. This is nothing, after all, there are already the same huge and brightly colored chrysanthemum fish and lamb shank.

The difference from the previous issues is that there is a person next to the crab, only drawn with ink lines, not as tall as the crab's legs, wearing a head, a robe with a single stroke, a very obvious beard, and two polka dots. Eyes, a look of astonishment. The inscription next to it is "Strong Crab".

Li Taibai said, "Yanshan snowflakes are as big as a seat", and A Li is "a crab is comparable to a house." Lin Yan walked into Shenji with a smile.

The lunch guests had already dispersed, A Yuan was counting the "votes", and Shen Shaoguang was drinking tea next to her, looking at her with a smile.

Seeing Lin Yan come in, Shen Shaoguang said hello, "Lin Langjun—"

Lin Yan nodded, suddenly remembering that she was called "Yan Lang" that day, and he didn't know when he would be able to hear her call him like that again.

A Yuan said: "It's better to have more steamed sugar crabs in water. In the past few days, the steamed sugar crabs with wine and cinnamon have lost more than 30 votes."

Lin Yan asked with a smile, "Is this a 'sai crab'?"

Shen Shaoguang blew the pat: "It's Lin Langjun, you can tell when you hear it, but it's not the 'sai crab'."

Ingenious words! Seeing her smiling face, Lin Yan really can't wait...

Shen Shaoguang asked with a smile: "Lang Jun also comes with two crabs? Do you want to eat our signature sugar crab this ten days, or steam two live ones?"

Lin Yan smiled and said, "Let's live."

Shen Shaoguang added: "Lang Jun can eat it! In fact, steaming alive is the greatest respect for this kind of fresh food-because it can best preserve its umami taste. It is not easy to store and transport, and there is no way to think of it.”

Lin Yan completely made her laugh, and Shen Shaoguang also squinted and smiled at him.

Yu San, who was cleaning up the crabs over there, rolled his eyes, who blew the sugar crabs into the sky these days? What about the sugar crabs eaten by Emperor Yang in the previous dynasty with the golden dragon and phoenix on it, called "Golden Dragon and Phoenix Crab"; what about the three tribute crabs Cangzhou sugar crab, Guangling sugar crab, Jiangling sugar crab, Cangzhou crab paste fat, Guangling crab roe Fresh, Gangneung sugar crab meat is tender... hehe! The little girl's mouth!

Now as long as Lin Yan comes, Shen Shaoguang puts down his work and sits with him.

Although it's fun to sit in front of the beautiful woman with big eyes and small eyes, but if you want to make a beautiful woman happy, you have to say something.

Shen Shaoguang was clever and told a joke to Lin Yan: "I said that there was a monk in the past, when the autumn wind came up, when the crab's feet were itchy, he also learned from ordinary people who bought crabs to eat."

Although he had only heard the beginning, Lin Yan had already curled the corners of his lips.

Shen Shaoguang pursed his lips, your smile is not right, okay?

Lin Yan held back a smile, "Go on."

Shen Shaoguang revived his interest and continued, "The crab scratched the wall of the pot with thorns. The little disciple who was burning the fire couldn't bear to hear it, and he even recited the scriptures. The monk felt that he should also recite something, so he recited 'Goodness is goodness, It's good when it's cooked, it's good when it's cooked...'"

Lin Yan looked at her with a smile.

Shen Shaoguang can basically be sure that Lin Shaoyin has no entertainment skills. He is probably the kind of person who shouts the wrong thing when listening to a play, and listens to the cross talk "噫" who is wrong... Forget it, beauty.

Just as Lin Yan was about to say something, the attendant brought the steamed crab, a ginger vinegar saucer and wine.

Shen Shaoguang said with a smile, "You can't eat crabs without alcohol, so Mr. Lang should drink a little."

Lin Yan nodded with a smile.

Shen Shaoguang personally boiled wine for him. First, slowly pour hot water into the pot for scalding wine, consider the time, touch the wall of the pot with your fingers, the temperature is suitable, pick up the wine pot, shake it slightly to make the wine in the pot evenly heated, and then use The cloth towel wiped the bottom of the pot and poured a cup for Lin Yan.

Looking at her elegant movements, Lin Yan remembered what happened when he and Li Xiang were drinking here last year. How could he have thought that the two of them would look like this at that time?

Lin Yan cleaned his hands in the clear water brought over from the hall, took a crab, lifted the lid, and slowly picked the meat and peeled the yellower into the small plate.

Ming Nu came over and sat at the table with a serious expression.

Shen Shaoguang just ate it so cold and arrogant, broke off two crab legs, and plucked the meat out to feed it. He reasoned with it again: "This can't be eaten too much, it's cold, and it's not good for the stomach. The princess' cat is already ill, and it's a lesson from the past."

While Lin Yan peeled crabs, he usually watched her play with cats.

Put the meat in the crab claw into the plate with the crab claw, Lin Yan took a small spoon and poured some ginger vinegar over it, and pushed it to Shen Shaoguang: "Eat it while it's hot."

Shen Shaoguang looked at him and accepted his hospitality with a smile.

Only then did Lin Yan peel the crabs for himself. While peeling them, he asked nonchalantly, "Ali, did the eldest princess tell you something?"

The author has something to say: the story of the monk eating crab is also a joke that didn't know where to read when was a child.