The scallion pancake was fried until golden brown on both sides, and a quick-fried egg was pasted on one side.

Although it was a fried egg, there was a lot of oil in the scallion pan. With such a lot of oil, the fried egg tasted like a deep-fried egg. You could see with your naked eyes that the outer layer was extremely crispy. Xun Zhou swallowed his saliva and subconsciously took a deep sniff, taking in the aroma of scallion oil, flour, and fried egg, and took a bite.

The outer layer of the fried scallion pancake was naturally crispy. When you broke the crispy taste and aroma with your teeth, the inside of the scallion pancake was exposed. Unlike the crispy outer layer, the inside of the scallion pancake was exceptionally soft. The pure salty aroma of scallion oil mixed with the aroma of crispy oil, with a soft and moist taste, was sent into the mouth. With one bite, it changed from hard to soft, from crispy to wet. Even the texture of the green onion was different, from the brown scallion on the surface to the fresh green onion leaves inside. The various ingredients and flavors were all clearly changed, but each one was extremely delicious.

As you bit into the scallion pancake like your teeth exploring a path, you could taste the crispy exterior, the green onions, and the fragrant oily inside, and then the green onions and the oily inside back to the crispy exterior, and outside the crispy pancake crust is the egg fried in “rich oil”.

The fried egg skin of the pancake was fried to a golden brown and the fragrance of burnt aroma of fried egg. Breaking open the thin layer of skin would reveal the tender and smooth egg whites. The tastes of several ingredients were all in one bite, and it was naturally rich and amazing.

Not surprisingly, this first bite turned into one bite after another. When he had eaten half of the pancake and egg and put the egg yolk into his mouth, he felt choked. Then he suddenly remembered that he had a bowl of soy milk and yam porridge at hand. He picked up the spoon again and hurriedly drank the porridge in the bowl.

Seeing Xun Zhou eating in a hurry, Ah Bing, who had a moment’s rest in front of the table, couldn’t help but say, “I’m not like Master Xun. If it’s a boiled egg, I’ll feel choked by the egg yolk, but not if it’s a fried egg!” After a pause, without waiting for Tangyuan to talk to Wen Mingtang, Ah Bing said, “If he was afraid of choking, he could have told me earlier so that I could fry the egg yolk until it was runny.”

The last sentence was filled with an indescribable confidence. If he hadn’t met Master Wen a few months ago, he wouldn’t have been able to master the heat. But now, practice made it perfect. Whether the omelet was cooked or not depended entirely on the skill of his hands.

As they were talking, Lin Fei and Zhao You entered the public kitchen with their food boxes. When they came to the table, Lin Fei raised his eyes and thought he heard Ah Bing’s sigh, so he said, “I want the scallion pancake with runny egg yolk!”

Ah Bing said “Oh” and glanced back at Wen Mingtang while making scallion pancakes. After Lin Fei finished his breakfast and left, he turned back to Wen Mingtang and said, “Master Wen, Lin Shaoqing’s taste is similar to yours!”

In fact, the first pot of scallion pancakes, soy milk and yam porridge were eaten by the cooks and Ji Cai from the takeaway stall. Among them, only Master Wen ordered a portion of scallion pancakes with a runny egg yolk filling.

Wen Mingtang glanced at Ah Bing, hummed, and said, “If not, why does Lin Shaoqing always cook his portion separately from others when making spicy dishes?”

Of course, this special care was not for Lin Fei, but Wen Mingtang was not a person who liked to put herself in a difficult position.

After he had finished the plate of food in front of him, Xun Zhou burped, touched his stomach comfortably, and then… looked up and saw several “secret” runners who had already finished eating and were waiting for him in front of him.

“Master Xun!” One of the officers handed him a steamed bun and a bamboo tube filled with water, and said with a smile, “Let’s go set up the stall!”

Xun Zhou’s happy expression froze on his face. Looking at his daily lunch, he couldn’t help but shudder: Why hadn’t those damn villains taken the bait yet? How long would he have to eat this unpalatable lunch?

…

The bad guy dressed as a vendor who was selling porcelain bowls at a stall sneezed as Xun Zhou was nagging him. The weather had been getting colder these days, and this set of autumn clothes might not be enough. It was time to change into winter clothes.

Because it was still early, the morning market had not yet opened. The “Taoists” and “poor scholars” standing against the wall had not come yet, so there was no need to watch the bait for the time being. The two of them could take a break and have breakfast.

Just as he took a bite of the bun he had just bought from the oil paper package, one of the vendors suddenly frowned, turned his head to the vendor next to him, and said, “I saw the man named Yang!”

Although he was talking to his companions, his tone unconsciously carried a hint of disdain.

This disdain was certainly not directed at his companions. Looking at the young man of the Yang family who appeared in the distance in their field of vision, wearing a new suit bought from Baoyuan, the merchant sneered and said, “This Yang is really willing to spend money!”

Baoyuanhao was a famous clothing store in Chang’an City. The new clothes of Young Master Yang were probably equivalent to the expenses of an ordinary person for half a year.

“A stingy man like Yang is actually very generous at this time!” Another vendor sneered and continued, “A man wearing gold and silver would never show it to a blind man. It seems that he is probably going to look for that lady!”

When the merchant mentioned that woman, he subconsciously frowned: “What a villain! To hook up with the father-in-law, he pushed his fiancée out as a replacement without even blinking an eye!”

Although none of them were good people, they still felt somewhat disgusted by Yang’s behavior.

“We know the meaning of brothers and family members, and we would attack strangers if we want to! But he is not soft-hearted when it comes to pushing people around him!” said the vendor, “I think if the benefit is big enough, his mother can be pushed out at any time!”

Another vendor shook his head, glanced at the newly dressed young master of the Yang family, and could not help but comment: “He looks like a decent person, but he is actually a beast in human clothing!”

The young master of the Yang family, who was dressed like a gentleman and holding a folding fan in his hand, suddenly sneezed, rubbed his nose, and continued walking forward.

Standing on the three-story teahouse, Lin Fei slowly ate the scallion pancake in his hand and watched the young master of the Yang family turn around and walk into a jewelry shop not far ahead.

Zhao You, who also saw the whole scene, rarely “returned to his knowledge” and used an allusion he heard from Wen Mingtang: “The early bird indeed catches the worm, and the early worm gets eaten by the bird! We are the bird and he is the worm. Master Xun and those guys were sitting in the public kitchen, taking their time to eat breakfast, and they missed this great show!”

Lin Fei ate the scallion pancake in his hand and said, “I didn’t expect him to come out so early, and since he is dressed like this, it seems that we will gain something today!”

Author’s note: I saw some cuties mentioned Meiling porridge. Soy milk and yam porridge is indeed Meiling porridge. I just ordered Meiling porridge from a Nanjing food stall at home recently, so I wrote it down.

However, the book does not use this name but uses another name^-^

(End of this chapter)

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