"Okay, I've got that in mind. I've really decided to participate in the fashion design competition. If I need any help, I'll let you know. Thank you, Lu Sinian!"
No matter what, Lu Sinian has shown her sincerity beyond friendship, and she is still grateful in her heart.
The two of them walked all the way back to the New Vision Clothing Store. Ma Kaixuan had already been waiting in the store. When he saw Lu Sinian and Zhang Yaoyao coming back, he immediately greeted them happily and said excitedly.
"Wow, you two are finally back! I have a surprise for tonight!"
Ma Kaixuan and Lu Sinian looked at each other, and Zhang Yaoyao spoke subconsciously.
"What surprises have you brought?"
Could it be a surprise? He'd just mentioned cooperation in the morning, and in the afternoon, he was talking about a surprise. Zhang Yaoyao felt uneasy, afraid that he might actually pull off something shocking.
Ma Kaixuan stood up excitedly, walked towards the backyard, and greeted the two people as he walked.
"Come on, I'll take you to the small courtyard at the back. I guarantee you'll be surprised!"
"What the hell is this guy doing?"
Lu Sinian and Zhang Yaoyao looked at each other and followed.
The three of them came to the small yard at the back, one after the other, and saw that the large barrel used to hold milk was filled with clear water. At this moment, there was a huge creature pushing its large pliers and spitting bubbles in it.
The three of them took a closer look and saw that there was a huge king crab in the bucket. The king crab was too big to fit in the bucket, and the king crab's big claws were waving outside the bucket.
Zhang Yaoyao looked speechless and said sullenly.
"Ma Kaixuan, this is the surprise you brought. Isn't it just a king crab?"
When I saw this guy’s mysterious expression before, I thought he was holding something extraordinary. It turned out to be just a king crab. In the 21st century, they are everywhere on the streets. Because they have been artificially bred, they are not rare at all.
When Ma Kaixuan heard what Zhang Yaoyao said, his brows subconsciously frowned and he retorted.
"Zhang Yaoyao, you don't understand. This king crab is a good thing. It's imported from Russia. My uncles and aunts happened to be on a business trip there some time ago, so they brought it here. You can't eat it normally."
Even a large enterprise like the Ma family has to ask someone to airfreight king crabs from abroad during festivals before they can eat them.
It happened that his uncles and aunts went on a business trip to Russia and brought back dozens of them. Each family got one or two. Thinking that Zhang Yaoyao's cooking skills were pretty good, he secretly caught one and brought it to everyone to try. Unexpectedly, he was met with disdain from Zhang Yaoyao.
Zhang Yaoyao was directly shocked by Ma Kaixuan's words and said subconsciously.
"What? You said these king crabs were shipped from Russia. Do they really need to be imported?"
Hearing Zhang Yaoyao's face full of disdain, as if the king crabs were everywhere, Ma Kaixuan was about to refute when he heard Lu Sinian's low voice explaining.
"Yaoyao, you don't understand this, right? Starfish aren't a rare commodity in Aicheng, but king crabs are. We have to import them. People without a lot of money haven't even seen one. If we want to eat king crabs, my grandfather has to ask someone to ship them over from abroad!"
Zhang Yaoyao: “…”
Okay, I am not well-informed. King crabs these days are probably all wild and not farmed artificially, so it is not surprising that they are all imported.
Thinking of this, Zhang Yaoyao walked around the king crab twice and asked the two men beside her.
"Since it's imported high-end food, how are you going to eat it?"
Steamed or salt-baked? Or stir-fried? It doesn’t matter!
Lu Sinian and Ma Kaixuan looked at each other and shrugged.
"It doesn't matter, as long as there's food to eat!"
He didn't know how to cook the king crab, but Zhang Yaoyao was such a good cook, so he could eat it however she wanted. Even if the woman he loved made a dish of poison, he could swallow it.
Zhang Yaoyao: “…”
You two are really casual! Zhang Yaoyao, who has a lot of mutual fans, subconsciously gave a method.
"If you don't have any objections, let's make salt-baked king crab!"
The two shrugged and said in unison.
"what ever!"
Anyway, they are two grown men who can’t cook, let alone be proficient in making delicious food. They just eat whatever Zhang Yaoyao cooks.
Zhang Yaoyao: “…”
After finally getting a wild king crab, Zhang Yaoyao decided to use a different method.
That is baking with salt.
The so-called salt-baked king crab is not an ordinary salt-baked method. Instead, various spices are fried until fragrant and then sea salt is added to fry until cooked. Then the king crab is brushed clean all over the body and the sea salt that is fried together with the spices is wrapped on the king crab like a mummy, covering it completely. Then, following the method of beggar's chicken, the crab is wrapped with fireproof paper, then wrapped with lotus leaves, and then wrapped with yellow mud, buried in clean sand, and roasted over a high fire until the king crab is cooked.
The king crab cooked in this way not only maintains its original freshness and tenderness, but the spices wrapped in sea salt can also absorb the flavor quickly, ensuring that it is so delicious that it will make your tongue curl.
Fortunately, although Lu Sinian and Ma Kaixuan weren't great at cooking, they were definitely good at helping out. When it came time to make the salt-baked king crab, the two grown men were busy helping Zhang Yaoyao with a lot of things. When the king crab was ready and served, Zhang Yaoyao scooped up some seasonal vegetables and a clams and vegetable soup, and then prepared to eat.
Mrs. Yan and her colleagues had already finished get off work, and most of the customers in the store had left. Zhang Yaoyao greeted A Yue, closed the store door, and prepared to serve dinner.
They didn't notice at all that in the Rourou Clothing Store across the street, a pair of resentful eyes were staring at their tightly closed door, as if they were about to spit fire.
Zhang Rourou, who was sitting opposite, was already starving. After an entire afternoon, several waves of customers came to her shop, but she had not made any deals. At this point, she was already tired and hungry, and could only endure the hunger and wait for her family to bring her food.
Who would have thought that not only was there the aroma of food wafting from the New Vision clothing store across the street, but Zhang Yaoyao even had Ah Yue close the store in front of her and go straight to eat without even calling her.
Zhang Rourou was so angry that her face turned black, and she cursed in her heart with gritted teeth.
"Zhang Yaoyao, I'm your cousin after all! You didn't even call me when we were eating. Could it be that one meal can make you broke? You're so uneducated. As expected, country women are country women, very stingy."
Zhang Rourou cursed Zhang Yaoyao in her heart, but Zhang Yaoyao was fine.
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