"As long as you grab the middle part of its tail and pull it, the vein will come out!"
Chen Muxue was teaching the children how to prepare the crayfish. After all, there were nearly six catties of them. If she were to handle it alone, they would probably skip a meal.
The simple and honest Dafu was assigned the task of peeling garlic. Chen Muxue planned to prepare two flavors, one spicy and one minced garlic.
The minced garlic crayfish required a lot of garlic. If she split half to three catties of the minced garlic crayfish, she would probably need close to ten garlic to fully present the appeal of the dish. Moreover, the garlic in this world was not as big as the one in Chen Muxue's original world. Hence, peeling it was a very time-consuming task. It was not any easier than processing the crayfish, especially with having garlic-smelling fingers for the next three days.
Every time Dagui reached out to catch a crayfish, he would be so scared that he would shrink back. He couldn't catch a crayfish for a long time.
With the skill that Xiaohu had mastered, he first pressed the pincers of the crayfish with a pair of scissors, then reached out to catch it. He then captured the pincers of the crayfish in his hand, and the subsequent steps were very simple.
Surprisingly, the crayfish was so obedient in the hands of Xiaohua that it didn't even move its pincers.
If Chen Muxue had encountered such a well-behaved crayfish, she might have hesitated for a few seconds before taking action. However, Xiaohua did not seem to be surprised. She had little strength, so she gritted her teeth and pulled out the vein.
Foodies were very cold!
After she was done, Chen Muxue fried the crayfish. When the children saw that the crayfish, which had been a little green a moment ago, had turned red, they were all amazed. They looked much more delicious!
The spicy crayfish required a hotpot base, which obviously didn't exist in this world, so Chen Muxue sent Xiaohu to the pharmacy to buy some spices.
In the original text, Xiaohu was a cannon fodder and died early, so he shouldn't meet any strange people if he went alone! But Xiaohu was now at level five Qi Refining Stage. Even if he was a child, no one would dare to provoke him easily.
As for why she wanted him to go to a pharmacy, in ancient times, many spices were not used for cooking but were used as medicinal herbs. Because this world could cultivate immortality, there were more trades with places overseas, so the spices should be complete.
"If you can't buy it in the pharmacy, go to the grocery store. If you can't, go to the place that sells tea leaves. Remember, it's the place that sells tea leaves, not tea," Chen Muxue carefully instructed.
Nowadays, some people liked to add all kinds of messy things to their tea and boil it together. The tea that was boiled out was really a tea soup. It was said that when tasted, the taste would change hundreds and thousands of times, and one could comprehend some truth. Therefore, it was very likely that the place that sold tea leaves also had spices.
Xiaohu was a little excited. This was his first time going down the mountain alone!
Because of his recent nutrition, Xiaohu had grown a lot taller. He was no longer like before, when he looked like a four or five-year-old despite being seven or eight years old. Now, one could tell that he was a big child.
However, the definition of 'big boy' was based on ancient times. In Chen Muxue's eyes, he was still the age of an elementary school student.
Knowing that the spices were not cheap, Chen Muxue gave him fifty taels of silver and asked him to buy more.
Xiaohu didn't let them down. He brought back a big bag.
"I went to the pharmacy. The doctor who treated us last time said that the sect master's hot and sour noodles were very delicious and helped me get some spices. He said that a merchant from the western regions passed by last time, and he saved some for himself. He also asked me when the sect master would go down the mountain to sell the hot and sour noodles and spicy soup again. Recently, he has been thinking about it and has lost his appetite in his food."
"Sect Master is so awesome!" Xiaohua shouted after hearing this.
Chen Muxue patted Xiaohu's head. "Xiaohu completed his mission perfectly the first time he went down the mountain. Xiaohu is also very impressive."
After she finished speaking, she rolled up her sleeves. Since she had bought so many spices, she would make more.
They dared to think that one hundred taels would be enough to get rid of her. Once she gets the opportunity, she would close down that shabby restaurant in the small town.