"Brother Wang..."
"Hiss..."
Just one voice gave Wang Fan the feeling of having an electric eel wash his hair, making his whole body tremble as if shocked.
No need to look to know, the only one with such power is Liu Hehe.
"Behave yourself, or I won’t do business with you anymore!"
Wang Fan said decisively.
Liu Hehe rolled her eyes: "Tsk, no appreciation."
Liu Zhaofeng piped up from behind: "Sis, I’m telling you, you overacted. The South girls pick up a piece of cake while you pick up a piece of stinky tofu."
"Get lost! Go as far as your imagination can take you!"
After suppressing her unruly brother, Liu Hehe said, "Give a pig’s knuckle, have the at taken apart and add extra chili, and also, a pound of ribs, a pound of lotus root slices, and a pound of edama, and two big bones. No rice, add more scallions."
Having said that, she took out a white bag and placed it on the dining table, smiling smugly, "Today, no mixing with rice, today I’m using flatbreads."
Wang Fan looked down and saw a bag of large pancakes and a bottle of sauce.
He had eaten pancakes many tis but had never wrapped braised at with them. Mainly because he used to be so poor that he hadn’t eaten braised at often.
Thinking back to his childhood illness, it must have depleted his second uncle’s savings and even put them in debt, causing them to not eat well daily.
Liu Hehe looked expectantly: "Brother Wang, with your braised at paired with my fresh-off-the-stove pancake, I can only imagine how delicious it must be. Chop faster, I can’t wait!"
Wang Fan shook his head helplessly and sped up his gestures.
Fortunately, this knife never cuts hands, otherwise, it might turn into a dramatic "Mary Sue" scene.
While Wang Fan was busy, Liu Hehe wasn’t idle either. She picked up the unopened sauce jar, held the lid with her left hand, and gave the bottom of the glass bottle two mighty slaps with her right hand.
"Bang, bang."
The two dull sounds seed to announce to the world how forceful these slaps were.
After two slaps, she correctly took the sauce bottle and gently twisted it open.
Liu Hehe quickly used chopsticks to spread a thin layer of sauce over the pancake cut into four pieces before uniformly layering the scallions Wang Fan handed over.
"Co on, Brother Wang, the braised at is the last thing we need. This is going to be delicious!"
...
Lou Xinyu, Ke Peiyao, Wu Qian, and Zheng Yaoyang were all left open-mouthed, watching Liu Hehe’s actions, except Lin Mu, who seed unfazed.
Even though Wu Qian and Zheng Yaoyang have been here a few days, they’ve mostly been fooling around, without much interaction with local girls.
Imagine it: a slender and pretty girl, about 1.7 ters tall, slapping a big peach can-like glass bottle, then simply twisting it open. Does that make sense?
Isn’t it supposed to be the case that such little girls can’t even open bottle caps?
Wu Qian couldn’t help but exclaim: "A Northern beauty with strength unparalleled. Marrying her would make one feel very secure."
He then looked seriously at Lin Mu: "I think I’m in love."
Lin Mu glanced at Wu Qian’s bamboo-like figure: "No, you’re not."
Wu Qian got anxious: "I’m serious! Is there anything I should be aware of when marrying girls from Harbin?"
Lin Mu said solemnly: "Firstly, you must listen to her at ho; secondly, she’ll listen to you outside; thirdly, don’t expect she’ll still listen to you at ho. I advise you to watch yourself!"
...
Wang Fan had already finished cutting the at, putting it on the serving counter for those who ordered it.
Liu Hehe moved aside a bit, took a large handful of at with chopsticks, and added it to the pancake.
Then she folded the bottom up and the sides inward, completing a braised at wrap with ease.
She generously handed the wrapped pancake to Wang Fan: "Brother Wang, this wrap’s on , hahaha."
Wang Fan pointed to the mask on his mouth: "Can’t eat while working, it’s not sanitary. You have it."
Liu Hehe shook her head, drew a plastic bag from a food cart and put the pancake inside, handing it to the serving counter before leaving.
Wang Fan, bemused, placed the bag aside, only turning to prepare braised at for other custors.
Liu Zhaofeng was already adeptly setting up a small table. Liu Hehe joined him, placing the bag on the table, and they eagerly began wrapping pancakes again.
The pancake was just about 10 minutes from being fresh out of the oven, at a perfect temperature.
Their movents were remarkably in sync; starting with dipping a handful of scallions in sauce, spreading it on the pancake, then layering the scallions on the pancake as a brush. A hefty chopstickful of pig’s knuckle at, skin, and lean at went on top.
Quickly wrapping it up, the siblings bumped their wraps together as if toasting then took back their wraps, opened their mouths wide, and took a full bite.
"Owooo..."
This was not the siblings’ spoken voice, but the sound Ke Peiyao imagined.
From the minute she saw the siblings start wrapping, her eyes hadn’t left them.
This is the legendary way of enjoying large bites of at, isn’t it? It must be quite satisfying.
"Slurrrp..."
I want to eat!
Liu Zhaofeng was already squinting with delight, and it could be described as bubbling with happiness.
The pancake chef had honed his craft for decades, with great skill.
The pancake was a perfect blend of white and slightly golden brown, its surface gleaming with an oily sheen, exuding a tempting aroma. One bite and you can feel the dough’s tenacity and elasticity without it being too hard or too soft.
With modest pressure, the teeth easily penetrate the dough layers to the stuffed braised at and scallions.
The braised at remained soft, tender, and fragrant, with scallions adding a hint of spiciness.
Under such delicious temptation, Liu Zhaofeng began to chew vigorously.
Vigorous chewing is necessary; the pancake’s elasticity was undeniable, and folding it thickly required so effort to manage everything in his mouth.
Each bite into the pancake releases a bit of its wheat aroma, and as saliva mixes with the starch, a sweetish flavor builds in the mouth.
At this mont, the braised at and scallions begin to dominate.
The juices and fats from the braised at start to mix with the pancake during chewing. The pancake, absorbing the juices, becos softer and easier to chew, but the flavors of the braised at and scallions amplify, seeming to elevate in taste with each successive chew.
Liu Hehe and Liu Zhaofeng indeed showed a sibling bond, with their pancake eating style remarkably identical right then.
Holding the pancake in both hands, their faces glowed with joy, eyes narrowing with delight, while their mouths chewed non-stop like hamsters. From beside their faces, Ke Peiyao seed to see rainbow bubbles rising into the sky.
Being a fellow food lover, Ke Peiyao knew well that this was the utmost happiness one could show only when tasting sothing truly delightful!
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