Chapter 36 Perfect Match

Although I made one more barrel today, it sold out faster than yesterday.

In just one and a half hours, the three large buckets of spicy soup were sold out.

Some people who didn’t get to eat it looked regretful.

Old Mrs. Ye smiled and said, "I'm sorry, we're sold out today. Please come earlier tomorrow."

The crowd then dispersed in disappointment.

Ye Caiping was cleaning the table when a slightly plump middle-aged man came over and put his empty bowl in front of Ye Caiping.

"Thank you for your patronage."

"Hey, aren't you the young lady selling ginseng?" said the slightly plump man.

Ye Caiping also recognized him. This person was the one who bought her ginseng last time, Fang, the shopkeeper of Ping An Hall: "Yes, it's me."

"This spicy and spicy soup is really delicious. Is it made with peppercorns and peppercorns?" said Shopkeeper Fang.

Old Mrs. Ye and Sister Jin'er paused in collecting the bowls and their expressions changed slightly.

Ye Caiping nodded calmly: "Yes, this word Hu means pepper."

"Oh, young lady, you have a really creative idea. You know how to use medicinal herbs in food. I will come to drink again tomorrow."

"Okay, thank you."

After Shopkeeper Fang left, Old Lady Ye and the Jin'er sisters gathered around him nervously.

Old Lady Ye whispered, "Cai Ping, he, he figured out our secret recipe?"

Although she didn't know what pepper and Sichuan pepper were.

Ye Caiping answered the question irrelevantly: "What was in the cabbage that my sister-in-law fried last night? Did mother taste it?"

Old Mrs. Ye was stunned for a moment, and Ye Huaner quickly answered: "Add lard residue to stir-fry together!"

"Also, tell me everything you want to put."

"Well... first you have to put in the cabbage and the oil residue, then... salt, lard, and soy sauce."

Ye Jiner added: "I also tasted sourness, so I added some vinegar."

Ye Caiping nodded and looked at Old Lady Ye: "Look, isn't it obvious? We all have a sense of taste and can probably tell what's in it. The same goes for my spicy soup."

"But...we don't know what those medicinal powders of yours are..." Old Mrs. Ye frowned.

Ye Caiping smiled and said, "That's because you're not a doctor. Even if ordinary people don't know the herbs, the shopkeepers, waiters, doctors, and herbalists in the pharmacies can guess the general idea after taking a bite."

"Then... the secret recipe of Hu La Tang will be leaked, right?"

Old Mrs. Ye was very nervous, and even Ye Jin'er and her sister looked worried.

Ye Caiping said: "They can guess most of them, especially the obvious flavors of pepper and Sichuan peppercorns, which can be guessed after just one bite. As for the other dozen or so spices, even those with particularly good tastes cannot guess all of them correctly."

"Besides, even if we guessed everything, there's still the ratio. It's not something that can be easily tasted out. And everyone has different tastes. Even if it's stir-fried cabbage, different people will make it taste different."

"Some are awful, and some are delicious. So don't worry."

After listening to this, Old Lady Ye and the other two finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Old Mrs. Ye smiled and said, "I am just getting old and confused."

"Hey, what are you talking about?" At this time, the fat aunt next door came over with a smile, holding a plate of meat buns in her hand, "Come, eat buns."

Ye Jin'er and Ye Huan'er were stunned and looked at her suspiciously.

They knew very well how hostile Auntie Pang was towards them in the past two days. Now you are giving them buns to eat?

Auntie Fatty’s husband smiled and walked forward: “Thanks to you guys today, our steamed buns and fried dough sticks were sold out in an hour! In the past, we had to wait until noon and might not have sold out.”

Ye Caiping smiled and said, "Hot and spicy soup with fried dough sticks is always a perfect match! Of course, steamed buns are not bad either."

Aunt Fat’s husband suddenly remembered what Ye Caiping said yesterday. At that time, Ye Caiping said that in a few days, their business would get better and better.

At that time he thought it was just a polite remark, but he would have thought that within a few days, the next day, their business would pick up!

This is all thanks to the spicy hot soup!

"Sister, don't blame me. It was I who didn't know what was good for me yesterday. This is an apology and a thank you gift. Please forgive me for turning aside."

Aunt Pang is also a straightforward person, her temper comes and goes quickly.

When you should be angry, you should hate the other person. When it’s time to thank, you can kick away the previous hatred and thank sincerely.

Ye Caiping took it and said, "Okay, thank you then."

Aunt Fat and her husband waved their hands and went back to their stall.

They still have half a bucket of brown rice porridge left. Let's see if they can sell it all before noon.

Ye Caiping distributed the meat buns to Old Lady Ye and the other two.

Old Lady Ye licked her lips and smiled, "We ate it yesterday, so we don't need it today. I'll take it home for Yong'er and the others."

Although Ye Jin'er and Huan'er wanted to eat it very much, they put the buns back on the plate because they thought that Old Man Ye and others had not eaten yet.

Ye Jin'er said, "My cousins ​​haven't eaten it yet, leave it for them."

Ye Caiping smiled and said, "No, you guys eat it! I'll buy a few more later so that everyone in the family can eat. The stall closes early today and your uncle Bajin is still in town, so let's ask him to take us back in advance."

"good!"

"You guys close the stall here, I'll go buy some things and call him."

After Ye Caiping finished speaking, she left with the basket on her back.

The town is at its busiest time. Ye Caiping bought 20 meat buns, 10 steamed buns, 14 pieces of osmanthus candy, and 5 kilograms of pork belly on the street.

After thinking about it, I went to the pottery store and bought a big casserole. Then he went to find Ye Bajin.

In the open space where the ox cart was parked, Ye Bajin was leaning on the cart and yawning. He was a little surprised when he saw Ye Caiping:

"Sister Caiping, why are you here? Is there something wrong at the stall?"

"No. The Hu La Tang stall has closed early. Please take us home first!"

Ye Bajin looked at the sky and the shadow of the long pole not far away. It was past midnight (10 a.m.) and it was still early.

Yesterday he sent the villagers home at noon and then came back to pick up Ye Caiping. Now the time can also be staggered in reverse.

"Okay, let's go now!"

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Old Ye family.

As soon as Ye Daquan saw the ox cart slowly driving into the door, he rushed over excitedly and started moving things diligently.

"Oh my, why are there buns?" Ye Daquan suddenly exclaimed. He found a basket of big white buns and steamed buns.

"This is today's lunch." Ye Caiping smiled and took down another casserole.

Inside was a pot full of brown rice porridge, which Ye Caiping bought from Aunt Pang's house.

Thinking that the buns were not enough, I bought some steamed buns and a pot of porridge and took them back to have lunch.