Chapter 300: The Cousin of "Fuwa" 28
Chapter 300: The Cousin of "Fuwa" 28
"Okay, all the things have been moved. You don't have to see us off, my son and daughter-in-law are here to pick us up." Old Liu said, pointing at the people in front.
"Okay, Uncle Liu, Aunt Liu, take care. We'll see you again someday!"
"Okay, you guys go." Old Liu waved his hand and followed the people in front of him.
"Xiuqin, let's go back too. There are still many things we haven't discussed."
"Well, let's go." Gu Yong and Li Xiuqin took Gu Qian back to the shop.
Looking at the messy shop, Gu Yong and Li Xiuqin got busy again.
The two of them divided the work, Li Xiuqin cleaned up things in the house, while Gu Yong cleaned all the tools outside.
After Li Xiuqin cleaned the house, she went outside to help Gu Yong clean it.
After a busy period, they finally cleaned everything and put it outside the store to dry.
After this operation, both of them were exhausted and sat on the stools to rest for a long time before they could recover.
"Brother Yong, I can't do it anymore. Let's take a break. At worst, we can postpone opening the business for another day."
"Yeah, I think so too. We have only just cleaned up the shop and haven't bought the ingredients yet. As the saying goes, a skilled cook cannot cook without rice. How can we make buns without ingredients?"
"That makes sense. Then let's go shopping tomorrow and open the store for business the day after tomorrow?"
"Well, it should be almost ready tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow should be in time."
The two of them rested for a while, and when it was time for dinner, Li Xiuqin didn't even cook, and directly suggested taking Gu Qian out for a simple meal.
The three of them went to a nearby restaurant, ordered three dishes, and had a delicious meal.
After returning to the shop, Gu Yong and Li Xiuqin continued to work and then rested early.
The next morning, while Gu Qian was still sleeping, Gu Yong and Li Xiuqin set out for the market that Uncle Liu had told them about.
There, they bought a lot of meat, vegetables, flour and other ingredients, as well as a lot of bowls and chopsticks, and boilers for cooking noodles, filling up the entire cart.
After returning with a full load, the two began to prepare for opening a store.
They only planned to make two kinds of buns, one meat bun and one vegetable bun.
A meat bun costs two cents, and a vegetable bun costs one cent.
These are all market prices. Gu Yong and Li Xiuqin also asked about them specifically in order not to disrupt the market.
The two of them divided the work, Gu Yong chopped the meat and Li Xiuqin processed the vegetables, and soon, the two kinds of meat fillings were ready.
However, the meat filling can be made in advance, but the dough cannot.
You can only wait until the evening, let the dough rise in advance, calculate the time, and then you can start wrapping the dumplings the next day, which can save a lot of time.
For dinner today, Li Xiuqin made her newly developed meat sauce noodles. This was not what Gu Qian had given her in her dream, but her own creation based on the meat filling for steamed buns.
Because she tasted the meat filling and it was very good.
So she tried adding some small seasonings to the meat filling and stir-frying it with oil. As a result, the aroma of the meat and the oil were all stir-fried out. When she poured the meat sauce on the noodles, the taste was very attractive.
Because of the enthusiastic response from Gu Qian and Gu Yong, Li Xiuqin excitedly decided to add pork sauce noodles to the menu.
At the same time, they also sell plain noodles and dumplings.
Yangchun noodles are actually vegetarian noodles, with only vegetables and nothing else.
As for dumplings, the same meat filling as that of steamed buns is used, so the meat filling can be used for three purposes.
After completing all the preparations that could be made in advance, the two finally dared to relax.
That night, they all went to bed early.
At three o'clock in the morning of the next day, Gu Yong and Li Xiuqin got up in the dark.
After getting up, they didn't dare to waste a moment and started making dumplings directly.
When the dumplings were almost done, Gu Yong started to light a fire. Soon, the dumplings were successfully steamed.
As the sky gradually brightened, the first batch of buns came out of the oven.
The aroma of the steaming buns filled the air, attracting passers-by to stop and take a look.
Li Xiuqin placed the buns in the steamer at the door, while Gu Yong was responsible for greeting the guests.
"Fresh hot buns! Meat buns are 2 cents each, and vegetable buns are 1 cent each!"
"This bun shop is finally open. It was closed a few days ago. I had nothing to eat in the morning, so I didn't have the energy to work."
"Yeah, but I think the boss has changed. Isn't he the old man and old woman from before?"
"Hey, if you didn't tell me that I hadn't discovered it yet, then can it still taste good?"
"You'll know after trying it. We need something warm to fill our stomachs in the morning anyway."
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The shouting attracted many people who got up early, and soon a crowd gathered in front of the stall.
"Give me two meat buns" "Give me some buns, one meat bun and two vegetable buns"
One of them was quick to pay first, and then shouted loudly: "I paid four cents for two meat buns!"
Li Xiuqin saw it with her sharp eyes, and immediately wrapped two meat buns with oil paper and handed them over: "Two meat buns, take them."
The man took the bun, walked out, and immediately took a big bite.
The moment the bun entered his mouth, the man's eyes lit up.
"Delicious!" Then he finished a big bun in two bites.
There was one bun left but he didn't bother to eat it. He grabbed it and immediately squeezed into the crowd again.
If he didn't think of asking a few stewards in the mansion for this kind of delicious food, he was afraid that he would have wasted all this time.
"Boss, give me ten more meat buns and ten more vegetable buns!"
Although he hasn’t eaten the vegetable buns yet, since the meat buns are so delicious, the vegetable buns must be good.
Besides, if you eat too many meat buns, it’s okay to eat a vegetable bun to cleanse your mouth.
Gu Yong and Li Xiuqin both heard the loud shout. They looked at each other in surprise and gradually stopped what they were doing.
This caused dissatisfaction among the others who were waiting.
"Hurry up and give me the buns, we are in a hurry!"
"What are you doing? Everyone is still waiting!"
"Sorry, sorry, your buns are ready." Gu Yong and Li Xiuqin reacted and apologized quickly, and their hands moved much faster.
Then, Gu Yong made room and asked, "You want ten meat buns and ten vegetable buns, right?"
"Yes, thirty cents, right? Count them." The man handed a string of copper coins to Gu Yong.
"Hey, it's thirty cents." Gu Yong took the copper coins and quickly packed twenty buns and handed them over.
"It's a bit much, please take it."
"Okay, your buns are good and delicious."
"Thank you for the compliment, come back after you've eaten well!"
As soon as this business was done, most of the buns in the steamer were empty in an instant.
Soon, all the buns in the steamer were sold out.
There were even some people who didn't buy any, and kept asking Gu Yong and Li Xiuqin to make more tomorrow.
"I didn't expect our buns to be so popular!" Li Xiuqin smiled from ear to ear.
Gu Yong wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Yeah, it looks like we really need to do more tomorrow!"
Although both of them were extremely tired, no amount of tiredness could outweigh their expectations for the future of the bun shop.
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