Chapter 102 Bet
When you take a bite, the slight "crunch" sound as your teeth bite through the crispy skin of the tofu balls explodes in your mouth, followed by the crispy and fragrant taste spreading in your mouth.

Next, the unique rich flavor of tofu and the fresh fragrance of two kinds of radish rushed in, quickly occupying the entire tongue, and then quickly occupying the entire mouth...

Even after a whole tofu ball has been swallowed, the wonderful taste in your mouth still lingers and makes you linger on the aftertaste.

The man subconsciously took the second one, and the third one...

When I got the fourth one, I suddenly came to my senses.

This is the City God Temple!

He is stealing the City God's meals!
It's a sin!

The man hurriedly bowed again and again in several directions, including the main hall and the offering hall, confessing his sins to the City God. He also promised not to put tofu balls in his bowl when he had lunch later, to show his repentance.

After the tofu balls are fried, scoop the oil in the pot into a jar to cool for later use. Leave some oil in the pot and cook the chopped green onions and garlic. Quickly fry the cut tofu slices in the pot, stir-fry evenly, and pour in a large amount of boiling water before the skin changes color.

After the water boils, add soy sauce, five-spice powder, pepper powder, thinly sliced ​​tofu, cleaned spinach, leeks, and sweet potato starch paste...

Season with salt and balsamic vinegar, pour a little rich sesame oil on it, add some chopped coriander, and finally pour in a lot of fried tofu balls.

Xia Mingyue tasted it and felt that it met her expectations, so she asked someone to invite a temple priest over.

As soon as the temple keeper arrived at the bedroom, he smelled a strong fragrance. He immediately felt relieved and walked to the kitchen in two steps. When he saw the big pot of brightly colored and fragrant tofu meatball soup, his eyes brightened.

This is what Chef Lai did...

No, this looks even better than what Chef Lai made!
The temple keeper took a small bowl, scooped some with a large iron spoon, and tasted the soup.

The soup is delicious and easy to make people feel impulsive.

An urge to drink up all the tofu meatball soup in one go.

But this is the meal of the City God...

The temple keeper shook his head and rejected this sudden rebellious thought. He also suppressed the urge to drink a large bowl of soup and said, "Madam Xia's cooking skills are really good. This tofu meatball soup is very good."

After that, he looked guilty again, "Just now I was very worried whether Madam Xia could do it, but now I was worrying too much, Madam Xia's skills are really good."

After the temple keeper said this, the shame on his face became even more intense.

Why does it feel like he is so short of words today? Apart from his good craftsmanship, he can't think of anything else to praise Madam Xia?

Or maybe this tofu meatball soup was too delicious and I swallowed my brain along with it...

"Thank you for your praise, temple priest." Xia Mingyue bowed.

Such a humble and polite attitude made the temple keeper have a better impression of Xia Mingyue. He saluted her again, then ordered someone to bring the bowls and plates that the City God usually used and serve meals to him.

One bowl and four plates.

A plate of fried large tofu slices, a plate of fried tofu balls, a plate of white tofu cut into squares, a plate of freshly steamed buns made from two-layer flour, and a bowl of tofu ball soup.

After being dressed up, they were carried by children and temple priests all the way to the offering hall, and placed on the table of the City God, and then they bowed according to the rules. The people who had watched the play on the stage earlier also went to the hall or the entrance of the hall and bowed like the temple priests.

After some formalities, lunch was distributed to everyone.

The meals are free and are distributed in the name of the City God. Many people believe that after eating them they can gain the protection of the City God and be free from disasters.

Therefore, there were quite a lot of people queuing up to receive meals at this time, but everyone abided by the rules, lined up in turn, thanked the person who distributed the meals after receiving them, and bowed to the City God at the gate of the temple. Only then did they disperse to various places to enjoy the meals that came with the City God's blessing.

The tofu soup in the bowl has tender green spinach, snow-white tofu, golden tofu slices with a hint of white cut surface, tender yellow chives, and reddish brown soup...

Just looking at it makes your appetite growl, and after taking a sip, the rich and fresh flavor of the soup and the crispy outside and tender inside of the tofu balls covered in the soup make your tongue and stomach start to scream like crazy, urging your fingers to move the spoon so that you can have a second bite.

Those who helped in the kitchen were the last to receive their food.

The person who had eaten several tofu balls earlier, when receiving the tofu soup, specifically asked the person serving the soup to put the balls aside and just give him some soup.

Today's tofu meatball soup tastes excellent, especially the tofu meatballs that are fried until crispy, fragrant and delicious. Many people want to eat more, but they can't say it out loud, and just silently wish they could have a few more meatballs.

Although the person serving the soup didn't know what the other person was thinking, he could guess a thing by looking at the people who got more meatballs and were very happy. When he saw that someone didn't want tofu meatballs, he immediately laughed and said, "You are really rare. There are people who don't like tofu meatballs."

The man could only smile awkwardly and laugh it off.

It's not that he doesn't like tofu balls, it's that he likes them too much, so he can't eat them at this moment.

Perhaps only he himself knows the feeling of this, and others cannot understand it.

You can't let others feel...

Those who had previously bet on how Xia Mingyue's cooking skills compared to Chef Lai all got their answer after drinking a bowl of tofu soup.

It cannot be said that Xia Mingyue's cooking skills are much better than Chef Lai's. It can only be said that Chef Lai is still a dozen blocks behind Xia Mingyue.

Everyone understood what was going on, but they didn't say anything. They just took out money from their purses and placed it on the table of the City God in accordance with the previous agreement.

Lou Shanzi, who had previously expressed doubts about Xia Mingyue, was also convinced. He took out a hundred coins and presented them to her. He even walked up to Xia Mingyue and bowed to her.

Xia Mingyue and Lu were eating steamed buns and drinking tofu soup. They were both shocked to see people like this.

"Don't blame me, Madam Xia." Lou Shanzi explained, "Just now I thought that Madam Xia's cooking skills were not as good as Chef Lai's, and I even made a bet with others. Now that I have tasted the tofu meatball soup made by Madam Xia, I know that Madam Xia's cooking skills are really good."

"I looked down on Madam Xia before, so I came here specially to apologize to her." After Lou Shanzi said this, he bowed properly to Xia Mingyue again.

"My dear, you are too polite." Xia Mingyue bowed. "Chef Lai has worked in the City God Temple for a long time. I am recommending myself today. My dear, you don't know me and don't know my background. It is reasonable for you to have doubts. You don't have to blame yourself."

"Thank you, Madam Xia." Lou Shanzi smiled, and then went to help those people clean up the dishes.

Xia Mingyue and Lu were busy drinking up the soup in their bowls.

(End of this chapter)