At 7 o'clock in the evening, the store was very busy, so Li Shuping asked Qin Ye and Xiao Ye to wash all the crabs.
After the guests had left, Qin Rong, Qin Ye and Lin Xiao cleaned up the table, washed the dishes and swept the house.
Li Shuping steamed the rice, peeled the cleaned crabs, cut them in half, put them in a pot, added salt, white pepper and cooking wine, and marinated them.
Cut the fresh and crisp cucumber into strips, and peel the goose egg-shaped potatoes and cut them into strips.
I cut some ginger, garlic, and dried chili peppers, and prepared some dried peppercorns, cinnamon, star anise, and rock sugar.
Li Shuping decided to eat these crabs in a different way by making a pot of spicy crabs.
Prepare the ingredients and add thick oil to the pan.
When the oil is hot, roll the crabs in starch, coat the cut parts with starch, and fry them in the pan.
As soon as the crabs are put into the pot, the aroma fills the air.
Smelling the fragrance, Qin Rong became more motivated to wash the dishes.
Lin Xiao was also working hard to wipe the table. When she finished her work, she could eat the delicious spicy crab.
"Excuse me, can I still eat dumplings?"
Xiao Zhao stood at the door of the store and asked. He smelled the aroma of fried crabs and couldn't help swallowing his water.
Qin Ye raised his head while sweeping the door, looked at the two people outside and said, "Excuse me, we are closed. Please come early tomorrow."
"Let's go." Gu Zhenyuan said to Xiao Zhao.
Xiao Zhao said "Oh" with regret.
"Uncle Gu." Lin Xiao, who was holding a clean rag and planning to wipe the table again, saw Gu Zhenyuan at a glance and ran over with the rag.
Seeing Lin Xiaoyu calling him, Gu Zhenyuan turned around and answered.
"Haven't you eaten yet?" Lin Xiao asked.
Before Gu Zhenyuan could answer, Xiao Zhao touched his belly and said, "Captain Gu and I went to the suburbs to investigate a case today. We were busy until dark and came back. We are almost starving. We passed by the dumpling shop and saw that the lights were still on. I wanted to try my luck and see if there were any dumplings left, but I didn't expect you were closed."
"Uncle Gu, wait a minute." Lin Xiao ran into the kitchen holding a rag.
"Mom, Uncle Gu and Brother Xiao Zhao are here. They are so hungry that they haven't eaten yet. They want to come to our house to eat dumplings."
As Li Shuping was frying crabs in the pan, she said, "All the dumplings are sold out today. So, let them come in and wait for the meal to be ready, and then eat with us."
There happened to be some unfinished dumpling wrappers in the refrigerator, and Li Shuping had originally planned to cook some noodle soup for tomorrow morning. Now that she had enough rice, she could tear some and cook them and mix them with the spicy crab broth.
Lin Xiao went to welcome the two of them in, asked them to sit down at their usual dining table, and poured them two glasses of water.
"Captain Gu, Public Security Xiao Zhao, please sit down and eat with us later." Li Shuping said to Gu Zhenyuan and Xiao Zhao in the kitchen.
Gu Zhenyuan nodded and said, "Okay."
Xiao Zhao swallowed and said, "Sister Li, you've already fried crabs. How can we just eat some of them? We're going to celebrate the festival in advance tomorrow."
He and Captain Gu really came to the right place.
Fry the crabs until golden brown, then remove them from the pan and fry the potato strips until golden brown on all sides.
Leave some oil in the pan, add ginger, garlic, and dried chili peppers, sauté until fragrant, then add bay leaves, star anise, and Sichuan peppercorns, then add the bean paste.
Li Shuping loves braised dishes and always has bean paste at home.
When the bean paste is fried with red oil and aroma, pour the fried golden crabs into the pan, add rock sugar and stir-fry evenly.
Add potato strips and cucumber strips as side dishes, add salt and soy sauce, add boiling water and simmer for about ten minutes, uncover the pot to collect the juice, add scallion segments, and a pot of fragrant and spicy crab is ready.
Li Shuping scooped it directly into a basin and asked Qin Ye to take it out.
Lin Xiao and Qin Rong scooped up the rice and picked up the chopsticks.
Li Shuping pulled the dumpling wrappers out of the refrigerator, smeared oil on her hands, and tore them into long pieces in a few strokes, which she placed on a clean chopping board for later use.
"Mom, it's time for dinner." Lin Xiao shouted.
Li Shuping washed her hands, wiped them on her apron and walked out.
"It's just one dish. Don't be disgusted. Just eat it." Li Shuping sat down next to her daughter.
Lin Xiao handed her the chopsticks.
Xiao Zhao looked at the delicious spicy crabs, swallowed the water and said, "To be honest, I don't want to live like this."
"Hahaha……"
Qin Rong and Lin Xiao were both amused by his words.
"Sorry for disturbing you." Gu Zhenyuan said to Li Shuping.
Li Shuping waved her hand and said, "We are so familiar with each other, it would be awkward to say these words. Let's start eating. Just act like you are at home and be polite."
"We bought these crabs ourselves, and the Li family sent them as a gift."
Gu Zhenyuan: "Li family?"
Li Shuping nodded. "I helped Mr. Li's granddaughter a little bit ago, and now he sent me a basket of crabs, as well as a lot of foreign canned food, chocolates, and biscuits."
Gu Zhenyuan nodded without asking what help he had provided.
The family started eating as soon as the spicy and delicious crab meat entered their mouths. There was no more talking at the table.
They were all chewing crabs and slurping the crab meat.
This pot of spicy crab is not only delicious, but the side dishes of potato strips and cucumber strips are also very delicious and tasty.
Seeing that they had eaten much less, Li Shuping boiled the pulled noodles, put them in a small bowl, and mixed them into the soup.
The noodles mixed with spicy crab soup were also very delicious. Xiao Zhao ate so much that he raised his head.
A pot of spicy crab, even the soup was eaten up cleanly.
"Are you full?" Li Shuping asked Xiao Zhao and Gu Zhenyuan.
Xiao Zhao patted his bulging belly and said, "I'm full."
"Thank you for the hospitality." Gu Zhenyuan said and looked at his watch. "It's getting early, so we'll leave now."
"Okay, take your time, and drive carefully at night." Li Shuping walked the two to the door.
Gu Zhenyuan turned his head and nodded slightly at her, walked to the car parked on the side of the road, opened the door with the key and got in.
Xiao Zhao sat in the passenger seat, and forgot to lean towards the driver's seat and waved to Li Shuping at the door.
Gu Zhenyuan frowned as he looked at the head stretched out to his chest, then turned his head to look at Li Shuping who was standing at the door of the store and waving, his deep eyes becoming softer and softer.
"Captain Gu can leave now." Xiao Zhao said.
Gu Zhenyuan withdrew his gaze and started the car.
The second day is the Dragon Boat Festival. Li Shuping called the Honglian team yesterday and asked them to help deliver an extra chicken today. She also asked Qinye to get an extra pig's foot and a few pounds of pork belly from the meat processing factory.
She asked Qin Rong to invite Chunbao over in the evening to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival at home.
Thinking that it was a holiday today, everyone would probably go home to eat with their families in the evening, so there should be more people coming to eat dumplings. Li Shuping also prepared some goods so that she could close early in the evening.
At around nine in the morning, Mother Wang brought over twenty homemade salted duck eggs, and Mother Zhao also brought over homemade rice dumplings, both salty and sweet.
At around ten o'clock, Gu Zhenyuan also came with a basket of zongzi, saying that the nanny at home had packed them because there was still a case to investigate, so he put the zongzi down and left.
Li Family
Li Yunshu returned to her parents' home carrying a basket of rice dumplings.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw my parents and niece Li Zhenzhen sitting around the dining table making zongzi.
When will Zhenzhen come back?
"Mom and Dad, I told you that we would bring back rice dumplings for the Dragon Boat Festival. Why did you make them yourself?" Li Yunshu walked to the dining table carrying rice dumplings.
Old Mrs. Yu frowned and said, "Today is the Dragon Boat Festival, let's make some rice dumplings to have some fun."
"Aunt." Li Zhenzhen looked at her and called out.
Li Yunshu smiled and nodded. "When will Zhenzhen come back? Why didn't you tell Auntie?"
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