Shocking! The entire court was drooling with envy because of me.

What's going on? Why are there so many officials and constables?

Mr. and Mrs. Shen Chengzong were still in shock when they saw the officials.

He hurriedly and politely greeted them: "Gentlemen, what's going on? What happened?"

Xie Bantou sized Shen Chengzong up and down, frowning as he said, "So it was you who bribed Li Bao to deliberately ruin Madam Shen's fried chicken stall?"

"No...no..." Shen Chengzong subconsciously wanted to deny it, but he felt uneasy and thought that admitting it would bring bad luck.

Foreman Xie sneered, "Your name is Shen Chengzong?"

"Yes, yes, that's me."

"Then that's it, Li Bao has confessed. You deliberately sabotaged the fried chicken stand!"

"Men, take him away!" Xie, the head constable, shouted. Immediately, a group of constables rushed over and quickly tied up Shen Chengzong.

"Oh dear, it's a misunderstanding, it must be a misunderstanding!" Zhao quickly reached out and grabbed Shen Chengzong, explaining to Xie Bantou, "We're relatives with Shen Qing, why would we deliberately ruin her fried chicken stand?"

"We know nothing! Officers, please don't arrest us! Please don't arrest us!"

Shen Chengzong was terrified and hurriedly said, "Yes, don't arrest me, I didn't know, it's a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding."

But Xie Ban Tou wouldn't listen to Shen Chengzong. With a single order, his men dragged Shen Chengzong into the prison.

The county jail was incredibly dark, and the constables all looked fierce and menacing. Shen Chengzong had never seen such a scene before, and he was already sweating profusely with fear.

"Tell me, what exactly happened? What's the grudge between you and Madam Shen?"

Seeing Shen Chengzong's terrified expression, Xie Bantou finally spoke up and asked.

The reason for arresting this person directly was to get the truth out of him as quickly as possible. After all, those who offer bribes are cunning, and if they use money to bribe some powerful connections, it will be difficult to deal with the situation later.

Shen Chengzong was terrified and dared not resist at all. He quickly spoke up:

"We don't have much of a grudge. I'm her cousin, and now I've been adopted by her father, so I'm her rightful brother."

"Shen Qing is out in the public eye doing business, so it will be difficult for her to get married in the future. I'm doing this for her own good, to make her stop doing fried chicken business."

"Besides, according to the clan rules, I should inherit all of Shen's family business, including the fried chicken recipe. I just want to expand the fried chicken business left by Shen."

He said a lot, but every sentence was just an excuse to justify himself.

Xie Bantou was confused and frowned: "Stop, what adoption? What clan rules? You're both cousins ​​and elder brothers, what exactly is your relationship?"

"My uncle had no sons, only my sister Shen Qing. She passed away unexpectedly, which is why..."

"So you inherited your uncle's business and wanted to steal his recipe?" Xie Bantou finally understood.

"It wasn't robbery...it wasn't..."

Xie Ban Tou snorted coldly, "It would be strange if it wasn't robbery."

However, this was quite common in this dynasty; if a family had no sons, the family business would indeed be inherited by close relatives.

If we're talking about this, and if Madam Shen's fried chicken recipe really was left by her father, then it really should be inherited by Shen Chengzong.

But Madam Shen's cooking skills are really good, it smells so good! Shen Chengzong looks so lewd, he doesn't look like someone who can make delicious food at all.

"Give him a beating and lock him up!"

Xie Ban Tou made up his mind.

Regardless, let's lock up Shen Chengzong for a few days first. During these few days, he needs to find a way to let Madam Shen continue running the fried chicken business.

You know, his wife had been angry all day.

......

Shen Qing estimated that it was about time, so he purchased today's ingredients from the system, including flour, fresh meat, scallions, ginger, and so on.

Today's purchase limit is 200 servings, which is 200 baskets of crystal xiaolongbao.

For a delicious crystal soup dumpling, both the filling and the dough are very important.

First, let's talk about the filling. The "soup dumpling" effect is the soul of crystal xiao long bao, so making the aspic is a very important step.

Shen Qing scraped off the fat from the purchased pig skin, added scallions, ginger, cooking wine and other seasonings, simmered it over low heat for five hours, and then cooled it to form aspic.

This kind of aspic is wrapped inside a xiaolongbao (soup dumpling), and after steaming, it becomes full of soup.

With a swift and precise cut, the lean and fatty fresh meat is transformed into uniform small pieces. Then, various seasonings such as white sugar, minced ginger, minced scallions, sesame oil, and salt are added. Finally, the prepared aspic is chopped and mixed into the meat filling.

Thus, the filling is successfully prepared.

As for the dough, the reason why crystal xiaolongbao is called "crystal" is because the dough is so thin that it is transparent, just like crystal.

The core ingredient of this type of noodle is wheat starch, with a small amount of tapioca flour and rice flour added.

Shen Qing also kneaded in some lard, which made the dough smoother and more moist.

The dough needed to rest for at least fifteen minutes. Seeing that it was getting late, Shen Qing took advantage of the time while the dough was resting and pushed his stall cart directly to the Ghost Market.

It was completely dark, and the road was pitch black with few pedestrians.

Upon entering the ghost market, it was unusually lively, with many people setting up stalls, but selling all sorts of strange and unusual things.

Moreover, everyone, from the stall owners to the passersby, was wearing a mask.

There was a mysterious and eerie atmosphere.

Only Shen Qing remained dressed as she had during the day, pushing her cart and searching for a suitable place to set up her stall.

After a long while, she finally found one.

The location isn't great; it's in the innermost corner.

But Shen Qing wasn't afraid. As the saying goes, good wine needs no bush, and the aroma of her crystal steamed buns would attract all the diners.

Shen Qing quickly set up the stall, lit the stove, and prepared to boil a pot of water so that he could steam the food directly in the pot later.

Then he took out the risen dough and kneaded it continuously on the cutting board.

"Madam, what are you selling at this stall?" The stall owner next to me couldn't help but ask curiously.

The main thing is that this is the first time he has ever seen dough being kneaded in a ghost market.

He racked his brains but couldn't figure out what strange thing needed to be kneaded.

Shen Qing replied without looking up, "Crystal steamed buns."

"What?"

"Crystal Xiao Long Bao"

"What? What kind of treasure is that? It sounds like some kind of food?"

Shen Qing calmly replied, "It's just a kind of food."

? ? !

The stall owner's mouth gaped open. Selling food at a ghost market? What kind of operation is this?! It's too strange! Who would actually buy it?