Chapter 445 Like
Lou Li hugged Zhu Huaizhen and stayed half asleep and half awake for the whole night before saying goodbye.
Before leaving, Lou Li actually looked back.
"Ali, why are you so shy? I'm planning to go to the capital." Zhu Huaizhen smiled like a flower, his eyes moving.
Shangjing, the capital of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, had extremely cold weather and snow fell all year round.
"Zhen'er, I want to do something for you." Lou Li whispered with a resentful look in his eyes.
Well, this is not a difficult task, it’s a waste of her Zhu Huaizhen’s expression.
Zhu Huaizhen rubbed his forehead, feeling helpless.
"Then peel the crab for me. I haven't eaten crab for a long time." Zhu Huaizhen joked.
After hearing this, Lou Li felt a little unhappy.
Because Chen Mingan had previously taken over the job of peeling crabs.
Crabs are cold in nature, so Zhu Huaizhen can't eat too many of them.
So, he couldn't peel the crab.
"If you don't want to, forget it. Let's say goodbye now." Zhu Huaizhen was ready to leave.
Seeing this, Lou Li immediately took Zhu Huaizhen into his arms.
Just peel the crabs, he's willing to do that.
So, Lou Li prepared three baskets of big crabs.
There are Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs, which are pure and clear, with green shells, white bellies, golden claws and yellow hairs, and creamy meat. There are also Yangjiang red flower crabs, which have light red shells, six spines on their foreheads, and sweet and plump meat.
There are the Zhoushan swimming crabs, with their spindle-shaped carapace, large bodies, rich meat, and plump fat. There are also the Dongyi red-haired crabs, bright red in color, with beautiful shapes, firm meat, and a fragrant sea flavor.
There are stone crabs, which come in golden, scarlet, and cobalt blue, and are meaty and sweet.
There are crystal crabs, which have a snow-white appearance, almost transparent in color, and have tender white meat that is sweet, fine and smooth.
There are red-haired crabs, which can be cooked in salt water. The crab meat is plump, rich in crab flavor, and very delicious.
Lou Li is a very particular person.
Steamed crabs are placed in a green-skinned bamboo steamer; braised crabs are served on a Longquan kiln celadon-glazed plate with a double fish pattern; spicy crabs are placed on a white-glazed plate with a gold-buttoned official mark; salt-baked crabs are placed on a green jade crabapple flower-shaped eight-curve long plate; and scallion oil crabs are placed on a white-glazed plate with black and yellow flower patterns.
"Zhen'er, you listen to the opera first, I'll peel the crabs." Lou Li smiled evilly, his eyes full of tiny stars.
Orioles chirp at dawn in the jade trees of Jinling, flowers bloom early in the Qinhuai waterside pavilions. Who knew the ice would melt so easily? I watched him build his red mansion, I watched him entertain guests, and I watched his mansion collapse. Here, amidst the mossy, blue tiles, I once slept in a dreamlike state; I've witnessed fifty years of rise and fall. No one in Wuyi Lane is surnamed Wang, ghosts cry at Mochou Lake, and owls roost on Phoenix Terrace. Dreams of the ruined mountains are the most real, the old land hard to lose. I don't believe this map is changing manuscripts. I'll compose a lament for Jiangnan, and sing it until I grow old.
Zhu Huaizhen did not treat himself badly. He lay on a beauty couch surrounded by black lacquer and gold-painted scrolls of poetry and paintings, holding a round fan with a mahogany handle embroidered with pomegranates, cats and butterflies on a silk surface, stroking it intermittently, as lazy as a Persian cat, listening to "Peach Blossom Fan".
Lou Li sat on the rectangular table and unfolded a set of eight exquisite silver crab pieces, namely a small square table, a waist-shaped hammer, a long-handled axe, a long-handled fork, round-headed scissors, tweezers, axe, and a small spoon.
Lou Li first grasped a pair of round-headed scissors, snipping off the crab claws and legs one by one. His movements were as smooth and efficient as sweeping the fragrance of pear blossoms from a doorway. Then, he grasped a waist-shaped hammer, located four points on the crab shell, and struck them in a circle, his movements as casual as picking up a red pomegranate. He then weighed a long-handled axe and delicately split the carapace and belly button. He then took up a pick, tweezers, a fork, and a hammer, picking, pinching, forking, and hammering, extracting the golden, shiny crab roe and the snow-white, tender crab meat. His movements were as smooth and effortless as if he had plucked the heartstrings of a fox demon.
Aww, the golden crab roe and tender white crab meat were stacked separately on the glass plate, making Zhu Huaizhen squint her big grape eyes in happiness. Well, she liked this separation.
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