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

After returning to her room, Shen Qing opened the system while holding the rice dumpling.

[Ding—Congratulations, host, for completing today's restaurant mission]

[Ding—Congratulations, host, you have unlocked a new food category: Bo Bo Chicken]

[Ding—Due to the host's lack of progress in conquering the royal family, the Bobo Chicken is subject to a penalty of being sold.]

[Sales penalty: When asked "Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?", customers must answer "Shen Qing is the fairest of them all" before they can make a purchase.]

Shen Qing: "..."

What is this? This punishment is way too cruel!

If she were to shout these words out loud, how narcissistic she would seem to the diners.

Good heavens, a magic mirror, a magic mirror? These ancient people don't even know Snow White.

"Cough cough..."

"Could we change the punishment?"

【cannot】

The word "system" is incredibly ruthless.

Well, the system is just a ruthless task-issuing machine.

Bo Bo Chicken is perfect for summer, and it's not difficult to make.

Whenever she thinks of Bo Bo Chicken, she recalls the phrase: "Bo Bo Chicken, one yuan a skewer of Bo Bo Chicken."

That's kind of funny.

Just thinking about what she had to do tomorrow made her feel kind of funny.

I even don't want today to end...

......

At this moment, the Xiao family mansion was already in complete chaos.

Mr. Xiao sat upright at the head of the table, his face ashen. "Where did Xiao Mo go? What happened? I've already given the money to Eunuch Zhao, and he agreed. It seemed like the deal was about to be done, so how did this happen?"

"That girl has always been well-behaved, who would have thought something like this would happen? I've already sent people to look for her."

Xiao's mother looked worried, her brows furrowed with concern.

Her daughter was always well-behaved, but she messed up on such an important matter.

The couple was extremely worried, fearing that the Xiao family would lose its chance to turn things around, and also that they would have wasted their money.

Just then, Xiao Yu, Xiao Mo's brother, entered the room with a letter in his hand.

"Father, Mother, someone has delivered a letter. It's said to be from my little sister."

Mr. Xiao grabbed it, opened it, and took a look.

It clearly says inside: Dad, Mom, I'm leaving. Don't worry about me or look for me.

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Enraged, Xiao's father slammed his fist on the table several times, his anger intensifying: "Unfilial daughter, unfilial daughter! Such a good opportunity, a golden opportunity, gone just like that!!!"

"Find it! Go find it right now! You must find it before tomorrow!"

Father Xiao was unwilling to accept it. He had waited and hoped for so long. Was all the glory of the Xiao family going to be for nothing?

Xiao Yu said helplessly, "I don't know where my little sister went; there's a good chance she'll be lost."

"I think it's fine in Ping'an County. The court doesn't need me because they lack foresight. I advised you before, Father. If you had realized this earlier, my little sister wouldn't have run away to suffer."

Snapped--

Xiao's father grabbed a teacup and smashed it directly at Xiao Yu.

"What nonsense are you talking about? This is all for you, for the sake of the Xiao family! Send people to look for them right now!!"

Xiao Yu frowned; his father was using the same old tricks again.

The Xiao family, the Xiao family, the younger generation of the Xiao family consists of only him and his younger sister.

I really don't understand what his father was thinking. He won't die if he doesn't become an official.

"Okay, I'll go find it right away," Xiao Yu said.

He turned and went out, randomly found a few servants, and had them wander around the city aimlessly to get it over with.

He knew where his little sister was.

Today, fearing that his younger sister might be in danger, he stayed close behind her.

Seeing the boy gathering herbs and the girl hugging each other from afar, he almost couldn't resist rushing over.

God knows how terrified he was that the two of them would elope. His younger sister was living a life of luxury, but if she followed a poor boy, she would definitely become a bitter gourd.

Fortunately, the woman surnamed Shen took her younger sister to the Shen residence.

It's good for him to hide away for a while. He can bring his younger sister back after the beauty pageant is over.

......

Another day full of energy.

No, that's not right, it's about to be a day of humiliation.

Making Bo Bo Chicken takes quite a long time. This morning, Shen Qing took five or six children and short-haired Xiao Mo to Zhiwei Restaurant.

At this time, a long queue formed at Zhiwei Restaurant as usual, with Zhao Gou's conspicuous soft couch at the very front.

Shen Qing usually remained calm when he saw these diners.

But today, before it even started, she already felt ashamed.

"Hey, why does Madam Shen look a little different today?"

"I feel like Madam Shen has been looking at us more often, and she seems more humane now."

"I bet there's an even more amazing and delicious meal coming today!"

"..."

The diners started discussing it, and their anticipation grew even stronger.

Shen Qing strode into Zhiwei Restaurant.

Upon closer inspection, the stall selling "钵钵鸡" (a type of Sichuan-style boiled chicken) already had a name, and everything was ready.

Shen Qing had the children do chores like sweeping and wiping tables, and then taught Xiao Mo how to make sparkling drinks.

Sparkling drinks are easy to make and require almost no advanced culinary skills, so Xiao Mo quickly learned how to make them.

Shen Qing himself began making Bo Bo Chicken.

The predecessor of this snack, Bo Bo Chicken, was actually the old-fashioned cold-dressed Sichuan pepper chicken from Leshan, which originally only sold pre-cut chicken pieces.

Because it is sold soaked in a pot, it is called "Bo Bo Chicken".

The term "钵" is actually a Sichuan dialect term referring to a deep, large basin made of coarse pottery. This type of basin is thick, insulates against heat, and prevents spills.

Later, all meat and vegetable skewers sold soaked in earthenware pots were called "bobo chicken".

The most important part of making Bo Bo Chicken is the seasoned cold broth.

Shen Qing selected the best chicken and pork bones, put them in a pot of cold water, added scallions, ginger, peppercorns, etc., and simmered them over low heat for an hour. He then ladled out the soup for later use.

When making the soup, she first braised chicken feet, beef tripe, chicken wing tips, and beef aorta, and then blanched vegetables such as potatoes and wood ear mushrooms. All the ingredients were skewered.

Next comes the process of simmering chili oil.

Heat oil in a wok, add scallions, ginger, and garlic, then add dozens of spices such as Erjingtiao peppers, Chaotian chili peppers, Sichuan peppercorns, star anise, bay leaves, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Fry over low heat until the oil turns red, then turn off the heat and sprinkle with white sesame seeds.

The aroma of this chili oil alone is incredibly enticing.

Next, pour the cooked chili oil into the broth, add salt, sugar and other seasonings to make a red soup, and sprinkle with plenty of white sesame seeds.

Once the broth has completely cooled, you can soak the skewered ingredients in the red broth.

It takes half an hour for the ingredients to absorb the flavors.

The employees at Zhiwei Restaurant had been itching to get back to work for a while.

"It smells so good!" Situ Liang's eyes lit up, and his mouth was watering.

I really want to eat it!!

Xiao Mo was a little embarrassed, but her eyes remained fixed on the skewers in the earthenware bowl.

What couldn't resist even more were the children, who were practically crawling over the edge of the earthenware pot.

"Later, I'll let everyone have a taste," Shen Qing said with a smile.

"Ah! That's great, long live Sister Shen!!" the child shouted.