(No system, no cheat, no troublesome relatives, no CP.) Li Yu was very capable. Her childhood spent as a 'left-behind child' made her yearn more for home and a life of financial freedom. La...
Roujiamo is the most difficult breakfast to imitate. They can make pancakes, but if they don’t know the secret recipe of braised pork, they will never be able to taste the ingredients no matter how much they try.
She decided to add roujiamo to her stall.
Now that you have made the decision, take action.
After finishing his stall today, Li Yu bought 10 kilograms of pork belly and went to the grocery store to buy spices for the braised meat, including star anise, tsaoko, Sichuan peppercorns, ginger, cooking wine, broad bean paste, and rice wine. But even that wasn't enough.
Li remembered that there were also cinnamon bark, dried tangerine peel, angelica dahurica, etc. These were medicinal herbs, and Li Yu went to the pharmacy again. The medicines in this era were really ridiculously expensive. These three ingredients weighed less than a pound, and cost Li Yu nearly 500 coins.
Li Yu prepared today's lunch after returning home. She asked Yang Liu to make some simple noodles, while Li Yu herself prepared her new food - braised pork.
Although she knew how to do it, she had never put it into practice.
First cut the pork belly into pieces, then blanch it in water, then put it into the pan to fry sugar color, add cooking wine, star anise, salt... and so on. This is the process of braising meat.
But in practice, it wasn't quite that way. The heat was the hardest part. As the meat in the pot simmered and sizzled, the aroma of it wafted into Li Yu's nose. She swallowed, feeling a bit impatient.
Li Yu also cooked about 20 eggs and braised them with the braised meat. Finally, the braised meat was ready and Li Yu couldn't wait to taste it.
"It's so salty!" Li Yu covered his face and muttered softly, completely ignoring the fragrance in his mouth.
It's okay. Failure is the mother of success! I'll know how much salt to add next time! Li Yu didn't give up.
While the meat was stewing, Li Yu baked some pancakes and picked some green peppers from the vegetable garden. She planned to let everyone try roujiamo for dinner tonight.
Needless to say, at dinner time, Roujiamo replaced leek dumplings and became the most delicious pancake.
Xiaobao said to Li Yu, "Grandma, what should I do? My stomach is full, but my mouth still wants to eat."
Li Yu laughed and replied, "Don't eat if you're full. We'll eat again tomorrow. Be careful of stomachaches if you eat too much tonight."
"Okay then," Xiaobao said reluctantly.
After dinner, the family sat together to discuss pricing. Li Yu wasn't particularly familiar with local prices, so he let his three sons decide.
In the end, everyone agreed on a roujiamo (a meat bun) for 4 wen and an dandanjiamo (an egg bun) for 3 wen. That's twice the price of a meat bun, which Li Yu thought was reasonable. After all, marinade ingredients are really expensive.
There are also pancakes made of white flour.
As expected, Li Yu and his friends attracted a large number of customers as soon as they set up their stall the next morning.
There's no need to advertise this at all. Just put it there, lift the lid, and the overbearing aroma of the braised meat will start to spread. No one will question whether it tastes good or not, they'll just be afraid of not being able to get it.
A person who often comes to Li Yu and her friends' stall is called Shi Yuqi. He was the first customer when they first started their business. He is a famous foodie in town.
He comes from a wealthy family and has no other hobbies except eating delicious food. Although his name sounds like a scholar, he actually didn't even pass the examination to become a Tongsheng.
The old man had a good business back then, so he wanted a scholar to appear in the family. However, Shi Yuqi did not make any achievements in his studies, but he was often seen eating everywhere.
After failing to pass the examination for the title of Tongsheng for ten years, the old man finally gave up and decided to eat since his family had money anyway.
Shi Yuqi was thinking about what to eat early this morning. He had tried all the breakfast stalls in the town and didn't want to eat anything new.
Although these chive dumplings are delicious, it is not a good idea to eat them every day.
As he was walking between the breakfast stalls thinking about what to eat, he suddenly smelled a fragrance that he had never smelled before. The fragrance was so overbearing that he could smell it from halfway across the street.
Wait for him to follow the scent.
Well, it was the same lady selling it again. There were already a lot of people gathered in front of the stall. Shi Yuqi hurried forward. According to his intuition, there would definitely not be enough to sell soon.
As expected, his guess was correct. When it came time, there were only three left, so he simply bought them all.
He ordered two with green peppers and one without. He planned to take it back for his grandfather to try.
The customers ate up all the food today! Even Li Yu couldn't resist and ate two roujiamo (Chinese roujiamo) without leaving any.
Well, actually, she forgot. Today's sales were three times what they were yesterday! She made over 600 wen! Holy crap!