Chapter 13 Noodles
If Aunt Xia is angry, they will definitely not be able to eat delicious food in the future, so they will definitely handle this matter well.
Anyway!
"Don't worry, Mom and Aunt Xia, we promise to complete the task!" Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu nodded vigorously, picked up the small bamboo basket left by Zhang Mingyi and Zhang yesterday, and walked towards the county school.
The expressions were serious, the steps were firm, and they even kept looking around with a vigilant look, for fear that someone would snatch the pancakes in their hands.
Twenty-four pancakes were forcefully escorted out with the appearance of twenty-four taels of gold.
Mr. Lu couldn't help but hold her forehead, and Xia Mingyue also pursed her lips and smiled.
“I really don’t know if these two bastards can do well.” Lu was still very worried.
"When the children grow up, they have to experience and practice. I think Dahu and Erhu are well-measured and will not be wrong."
Xia Mingyue comforted, "Sister-in-law, I still put my heart back." In the stomach.”
Lu opened her mouth, but in the end she didn't say anything, but nodded.
She tried not to put her heart in her throat.
After waiting restlessly and anxiously for more than half an hour, Lu finally waited for the return of Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu.
As soon as the two entered the door, Mrs. Lu greeted them and grabbed their arms, "How about it, have you delivered it? Can you get the money back?"
"Don't worry, Mom. The twenty-four meatloaf were all sent to the county school and handed over to Zhang Langjun."
Zhao Dahu straightened his chest and finished speaking. Zhao Erhu took out the money bag in his arms and said, "Two hundred and ten cents, not a penny more."
Two hundred and ten cents?
This time it was Lu's turn to be surprised, "Why are there so many more pancakes?"
"Zhang Langjun said he wanted some more pancakes." Zhao Dahu replied.
"That's right." Zhao Erhu nodded, "Zhang Langjun said he wanted twelve black vegetable meat patties, ten green onion meat patties, and ten chive egg pancakes, so he gave us a deposit to bring them back. , let us also say something to Aunt Xia.”
"Then that's not right." Mrs. Lu counted on her fingers for a long time, "Thirty cakes, half of the deposit is only 118 cents, why are there two more cents?"
"Zhang Lang "You said it was an errand fee for the two of us," Zhao Dahu said, "But I have discussed this with Erhu. We don’t want the money, so we gave it to Aunt Xia.”
“That’s right.” Zhao Erhu said, “We are paid as workers, so we must not collect any extra money from the guests. We have to hand it over.”
Seeing the two brothers say this, Lu felt relieved.
As Xia Mingyue said, these two children have really grown up.
Do things so that adults can rest assured, keep your mind straight, and don't take advantage of small things.
"Well done, Mother will make scrambled eggs for you at noon." Ms. Lu was very generous, "Eat two for each person!"
When children do something right, they should be rewarded in time, so that Just do better next time.
Xia Mingyue was also making lunch and noodles at home at this time.
Usually, glutinous rice noodles are mostly made with buckwheat flour, but the glutinous rice noodles here are made with sweet potato noodles.
The glutinous rice noodles pressed out of pure sweet potato noodles are dark and shiny, with excellent color and unique taste. However, because the sweet potato noodles are not sticky enough, the pressed glutinous rice noodles are very easy to break when cooked. Xia Mingyue was mixing the noodles. According to the ratio of one to one, white flour was added.
The glutinous rice noodles pressed out in this way have the fragrance of sweet potato noodles and the tenderness and smoothness of white noodles. After cooking in the pot, pour a ladle of cold water on it before serving, which makes the glutinous rice noodles even more delicious. The noodles have a bit more chewy texture. Garlic sprouts are stir-fried in a pan with some meat cubes left over from making meatloaf in the morning. Add enough soy sauce to make the soup, which is bright in color and rich in taste. Finally, add spinach that has been blanched for a while to give it a slightly sweet taste and full of fragrance.
When ready to eat, scoop out a spoonful of the fragrant chili oil and pour in an appropriate amount of vinegar...
Smooth and tender in the mouth, full of sour and spicy taste, delicious Incomparable!
After taking a bite of the noodles, Xia Mingyue felt that every inch from her throat to her esophagus to her stomach was being pressed and felt very comfortable.
If you want to praise this bowl of glutinous rice noodles, Xia Mingyue thinks it should be "have another bowl"!
In the next few days, the bakery stall business continued as usual.
Mr. Zhang did not dare to come back to stir up trouble, but the number of cakes made by Xia Mingyue and Mrs. Lu increased day by day. Now they need to make more than 150 cakes a day and sell them on the street.
The number of pancakes delivered to the county school has gradually increased to about fifty per day.
A rough calculation shows that the money earned every day can reach six to seven hundred cash.
The future is bright!
Xia Mingyue raised the corners of her mouth, took out part of the money buried in the kang hole, and first went to the street to buy two new bamboo baskets, and then went to the blacksmith shop on the street.
A kitchen knife, a one-foot-two-inch iron pot, a custom-made large-sized cast iron pot with a flat bottom that is more convenient for making cakes, and a large-sized soup pot.
The shopkeeper of the blacksmith shop, surnamed Guo, after listening to Xia Mingyue’s description, reached out and scratched the back of his head, “Ms. Xia, I know you sell cakes on the street, and you probably bought these things for making It’s for business, but the things you want together use too much iron. I’ve been working a lot these past two days and I don’t have enough pig iron. I guess I’ll have to wait for a while.”
During times of war, a large number of weapons were needed, and iron ore became somewhat scarce, making it difficult for ordinary people to obtain iron tools.
"How long will it take to wait?" Xia Mingyue asked.
"It will take about half a month to wait." Shopkeeper Guo said with a smile, "But Madam Xia can take away a kitchen knife today. This one is ready-made."
Xia Mingyue, "… …”
The gap is a bit different from expectations.
But it's better than nothing, just add it little by little.
"Okay, let's buy a kitchen knife first." Xia Mingyue said, "Can I ask shopkeeper Guo to cut off the blade and sharpen it faster."
"I work. Madam Xia, don't worry." Shopkeeper Guo agreed, "But I have some work on hand right now, Madam Xia, I'll pick it up in the evening."
"Okay," Xia Mingyue agreed and left the blacksmith. After entering the shop, I planned to take a stroll on the street.
While shopping, I arrived at Shopkeeper Qian’s powder shop.
Xia Mingyue took the opportunity to look at the open space against the wall on the side of the door that shopkeeper Qian said.
The wall of the powder shop must have been renovated in the past few years. The green bricks are very neat and smooth. They are about four meters long. The doorway is slightly protruding, forming a small corner. Short "L" shape.
It can be said that the large and small layouts are very suitable for setting up a stall with a shed.
But Xia Mingyue asked Mr. Lu that although the powder shop was owned by shopkeeper Qian, his wife Liu was very capable and many of the powders were made by her own hands.
It can be said that the cosmetics shop is basically supported by the Liu family, and shopkeeper Qian is also known for being "henpecked".
If Mrs. Liu disagrees with setting up a stall here, it will be unhappy.
Xia Mingyue wanted to expand the scale of her business, but she was also worried about its potential risks. After thinking for a moment, she walked into the powder shop.
In fact, the glutinous rice noodles taste very good when fried. If fried with sweet potato sticks, it will be delicious!
(End of this chapter)