After questioning Second Young Master Yuan, it was natural to call Third Miss Yuan, who was in poor health, to question her.

However, the first people to see Third Miss Yuan and her group were not Liu Yuan and others, but Wen Mingtang and others who were carefully washing the “crab bosses”.

It was probably because of the majesty of the Dali Temple that Third Miss Yuan and her two maids became nervous as soon as they entered the Dali Temple, saying they wanted to go to the toilet. When they came out of the toilet, they walked aimlessly, perhaps because they didn’t know the way, and ended up in the public kitchen yard.

And then…

Liu Yuan and others waited for a long time but did not see Third Miss Yuan and her group coming, but instead saw Ah Bing coming over to report the news.

“Lin Shaoqing, Liu Sicheng, Bai Sicheng, that sick Miss Xishi has fainted, Ji Caimai has asked someone to find a doctor!”

How could she faint when going to the toilet?

Liu Yuan looked unhappy: “Did these two siblings do this on purpose? The elder brother is irritable and easily angered, and he knows nothing when asked; the younger sister fainted when she went to the toilet, did she pretend to faint to avoid interrogation?”

Liu Yuan’s face looked unhappy, and Bai Zhu’s was not much better. Even Lin Fei, who had always been good at facial expressions, had a hint of displeasure in his eyes.

Facing the ugly looks of the three people and the suspicion of everyone, Ah Bing’s little face looked a bit indescribable.

As for where this indescribable thing came from, when they heard Ah Bing’s story on the way to the public kitchen, the three of them also felt that this matter was really speechless.

It was no secret that the public kitchen was eating crabs today, after all, the large baskets of crabs were placed there!

It turned out that Third Miss Yuan and her group wandered around and ended up in the public kitchen yard, where they ran into people who were cleaning crabs.

Those basketfuls of “crab bosses” looked like delicacies to Wen Mingtang and others, as well as people in the Dali Temple and Yu Jijiu, frequent visitor to the public kitchen. Third Miss Yuan, who was in poor health, saw the dangling crabs, and her face, which was already much whiter than that of ordinary people, became even paler. She was shaky and something was visibly wrong. When Wen Mingtang and others noticed and looked up, Miss Yuan San actually staggered and fell to the ground!

“Is there such a thing?” Liu Yuan shook his head immediately after hearing this, “Was she pretending?”

“We didn’t believe it at first. After all, people are not made of tofu. But after Master Wen looked at it for a long time, she said that it didn’t look like she was pretending, so she asked Ji Caimai to find a doctor.” Ah Bing said.

Liu Yuan couldn’t help but frown when he heard this: “This Third Miss Yuan fainted when she saw a crab. Will she faint after she wakes up and is interrogated for a few sentences?”

Ah Bing spread his hands and looked at the public kitchen yard a few steps ahead. He listened to the complaints coming from inside and winked at a few people: “We haven’t even complained yet, but the other side blames us first!”

As the group entered the courtyard, the two maids from the Yuan family pointed at Wen Mingtang and Tang Yuan and complained, “Do you know that every time something happens to our young lady, it’s extremely dangerous? If something really happens to our young lady, can you afford to pay for it?”

Wen Mingtang and Tang Yuan were not soft-hearted people who could be easily manipulated. The other party was fierce, but Tang Yuan’s eyes were wide open, and he pointed at the two people with a brush in his hand, and his momentum was even stronger than the other party: “This is a public kitchen, we are brushing crabs here, you came in by yourself, we didn’t know you wanted to steal crabs, it’s good enough, you want to turn the tables?”

The two maids explained, “It’s just that we took the wrong road. Our young lady had her hand pinched by a crab when she was young, and she has always been afraid of these swaying crabs. If she hadn’t been frightened by your basket full of crabs, how could she have fainted…”

“The crabs are in the public kitchen, but you are not invited to see them!” Tangyuan rolled her eyes and snorted.

The two maids were about to speak when Wen Mingtang, who was holding a crab with its claws dangling behind Tang Yuan, spoke nonchalantly, “Are you afraid of crabs? Why aren’t you afraid when you eat them? I guess you still think they smell delicious!”

The two maids’ faces froze visibly when they heard this. They were about to speak when Wen Mingtang, who was holding the crab, said, “I can smell the aroma of the crab dipped in vinegar. Don’t deny it. Look, there’s a crab carving in your sleeve pocket that Hongyanlou gives after you had the crab roe noodles!”

Ji Caimai on the side rolled his eyes and pretended not to see it: he would not intervene, lest he be accused of bullying! The two girls were enough to make the master and servant who broke in for no reason feel embarrassed!

The doctor had better come quickly and take away this sick young lady lying on the ground. They are afraid of getting into trouble.

Two maids: “…”

They were already in the wrong, and this was the Dali Temple, and they were facing Tang Yuan and Master Wen, so what else could the two maids do?

Liu Yuan looked back at Lin Fei behind him, and seeing Lin Fei shaking his head at him, he simply retreated and waited until the doctor came to take Third Miss Yuan and her group away, and then he walked back into the public kitchen yard.

When the doctor came over, Wen Mingtang and others who had already sat down and continued to brush “Crab Bosses” heard the sound and looked at the three people coming over.

Lin Fei walked to Wen Mingtang and stopped, then looked down at him: “How do you know that Third Miss Yuan’s fainting was not fake?”

“There were red lumps on her face, neck, and ears. She was breathing heavily before she fainted, and the smell of crab roe on her body was too strong,” Wen Mingtang said, rubbing his nose. “She must have just eaten crabs, and it seems she is allergic to crabs… Oh, she must have eaten something hairy, and her body couldn’t take it.”

So the fainting of this sick Xishi was not fake! But since she had been afraid of crabs since she was a child and had such a delicate body, it seemed unreasonable for her to not know whether to avoid or not to avoid eating.

Apparently, Wen Mingtang was not the only one who thought so.

When Liu Yuan heard Wen Mingtang say that “the body can’t stand eating hairy food”, he couldn’t help but ask, “Did Third Miss Yuan do it on purpose?”

Bai Zhu shook his head: “No one knows whether it was intentional or not.”

“But even if she fainted, she would eventually wake up.” Bai Zhu said this with a puzzled look on his face, “What on earth are the Yuan brothers and sisters thinking?”

Wen Mingtang didn’t care what they were thinking. She just paused while looking at the “Mr. Crab” in her hand, and suddenly said quietly: “I haven’t eaten that crab roe noodle for a long time!”

There were many ways to cook crabs. If the farm could send more crabs, it would be worthwhile for her to prepare several ways to eat crabs…

Facing Wen Mingtang who was looking at him intently, Ji Caimai: “…”

After a moment of silence, Ji Caimai said, “Let’s make the Ròu xiè bāo first, and then we’ll talk about the crab roe noodles later!”

A bowl of crab roe noodles at Hongyanlou was not cheap. It was not an exaggeration to say that it was extremely expensive among noodles. Even he had never eaten it because he was reluctant to spend money! It was great if Master Wen could cook it!

(End of this chapter)

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