Chapter 208 What are you doing every day?

While the soup was boiling, Zhao Xiaojing used the quick module to process the vegetables that Su Yuchen needed to wash and a small portion of the prepared dishes, and then began to slowly prepare the braised side dishes.

Su Yuchen arrived at the store just after nine o'clock. Zhao Xiaojing briefly told her about the soup that was simmering on the stove, the pancake batter in the refrigerator, and the rice porridge in the pot that she had left for her, then she hurriedly rode her bike to the supermarket to buy flour.

When they returned from shopping, the shop was already neatly tidied. Yun Yongyuan, Ouyang Yidan, and Wu Kaile were already at their posts, busy with their respective tasks. Each of them was more diligent than the other, and their daily early arrivals, like a competition, amused Zhao Xiaojing.

Zhao Xiaojing secretly glanced at the operating profit calculated by Xiaozhi, and while smiling, she decided to go back and discuss with Su Yuchen to give everyone a bonus this month!

"Sister Jing! Are we having shepherd's purse dumplings for lunch?" As soon as Zhao Xiaojing came in with flour in her arms, Ouyang Yidan ran over excitedly.

"Huh? Who said that?" Zhao Xiaojing was confused.

"I guessed! There's so much shepherd's purse in the kitchen, and you bought some flour. I guess you're going to roll out some dough to make shepherd's purse dumplings!"

Ouyang Yidan trotted ahead and helped Zhao Xiaojing open the door curtain. Zhao Xiaojing walked sideways into the kitchen and first took a look at the pressure cooker. The pressure cooker was still on the stove, and the fire had been turned off as she had instructed.

"The flour is for making soup dumplings, little glutton! But if you want to eat dumplings, it's not difficult. We don't get off work at noon. We start kneading the dough and rolling out the dough at two o'clock. By four o'clock, we can always make a few dumplings to eat. You don't have to run home and can go to the night shift directly!" Su Yuchen smiled and teased Ouyang Yidan, who was staring at Zhao Xiaojing with stars in his eyes.

"Really? Then I can help you make dumplings. I have learned how to make northern dumplings." Wu Kaile, who was helping to wash rice, looked up and said blankly.

Zhao Xiaojing burst out laughing, and the other three couldn't hold it back either, and they all burst into laughter. Wu Kaile then realized that he was serious again. His eyebrows and nose wrinkled exaggeratedly, and he buried his head and continued to wash the rice.

"Making soup dumplings is great! I haven't eaten shepherd's purse soup dumplings yet. Sister Jing is amazing. She can make them!" Ouyang Yidan was still in high spirits. She turned around and put the rice washed by Wu Kaile into the rice steamer.

The menu only had a few dishes. Zhao Xiaojing and Su Yuchen would occasionally buy some fresh vegetables at the market. Aside from the rare seasonal vegetable rice bowl, they were all for their own family. So, when Zhao Xiaojing saw the extra shepherd's purse and flour today, she subconsciously assumed they were making it for her family.

However, since it was a rare opportunity to make soup dumplings, Zhao Xiaojing was indeed planning to make a few more for everyone to try.

She had just bought a lot of shepherd's purse and was planning to scramble it with eggs, but it seemed like it would be even better made into soup dumplings? Actually, she had never tried shepherd's purse soup dumplings before.

"I'll listen to you and make shepherd's purse soup dumplings today! And water chestnut soup dumplings together!

Everyone, eat less at noon, and come to the store early this afternoon for soup dumplings!" Zhao Xiaojing quickly organized the process, pouring the soup and ingredients from the pressure cooker into the soup pot, adding the dried shrimp, bringing it to a boil over high heat, simmering it over medium heat for a while, and then simmering it over low heat.

"There are also water chestnut soup dumplings? Great! I'll come at three o'clock!" Ouyang Yidan immediately responded with cheers.

"Junior sister, can I not go home at noon? I want to see you make soup dumplings." When Yun Yongyuan heard this, he immediately turned his head to look at Zhao Xiaojing with a thirst for knowledge on his face.

Before Zhao Xiaojing could answer, Ouyang Yidan's eyes widened. "Then I won't reply either! I'll help my sister wash shepherd's purse and peel water chestnuts!"

"I won't reply either, sister. I can also make dumplings!" Wu Kaile glanced at Ouyang Yidan and said behind her.

Zhao Xiaojing and Su Yuchen exchanged a look, both laughing. Su Yuchen looked at the three of them with amusement. "What the hell are you doing all day? We're just a small restaurant, why are you still exploiting yourselves?"

"That's right, we are just a small restaurant. I'll stay and you go back, Xiao Wu!" Ouyang Yidan said shamelessly.

"You two should go back. I want to learn how to make soup dumplings from my junior sister. There is no need for you to sacrifice your rest time here." Yun Yongyuan advised kindly.

"But I can really help my sisters. I really know how to make dumplings." Wu Kaile muttered in a low voice.

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After lunch, not only Ouyang Yidan, Wu Kaile, and Yun Yongyuan did not leave, but even Lu Hongwen, after hearing that Zhao Xiaojing wanted to make soup dumplings, stayed. He said that he had no classes at school and had to come over in the afternoon, and staying in the store would make it more convenient for him to continue delivering takeout in the evening.

Zhao Xiaojing was helpless, feeling that the employees' over-effort at work was also a problem. After the meal, a group of people stopped Zhao Xiaojing from cleaning up and held her down to let her rest, as she would be the main person making the soup dumplings later.

Zhao Xiaojing did not insist and let them clean up the dishes and clean the house. She leaned back in the chair behind the cashier counter and pretended to close her eyes to rest. She quietly projected the kitchen and entered the virtual space.

I have never made soup dumplings with new flour or shepherd's purse filling, especially the new flour. I only know that it is chewy, but I don't know how chewy it can be. I need to experiment a few more times to find the most suitable resting time and kneading degree of the flour.

After five hours of repeated experiments in the virtual space, Zhao Xiaojing opened her eyes. She knew the chewy and strong feeling that Wang Jiandang was talking about.

I didn’t understand it before because I didn’t compare it. I thought the crust of the unleavened bread made with cold water was quite chewy. Anyway, it feels good to eat it while it’s hot and the crust hasn’t started to get hard yet.

But this time, when I used the flour specified by Wang Jiandang, I found that no matter how you use some ingredients, they cannot beat the good raw materials.

The flour and noodles in Henan Province are very tough. They need to be boiled in 60% boiling water and then mixed with 40% cold water to make the noodles.

The dough made in this way is very chewy but not hard at the same time. It is very soft and chewy, and you can also taste the wheat aroma.

Before everyone had finished cleaning up, Zhao Xiaojing went straight to the kitchen and started kneading the dough.

The dough needs to rest for another two hours, and since everyone is here at the same time, the quick module cannot be used, and many steps have to be done more slowly. In addition, she also wants to chop the stuffing by herself to bring out the taste even more.

When Yun Yongyuan and Lu Hongwen saw that Zhao Xiaojing had already started working, they immediately sped up their work.

After a while, two heads appeared on Zhao Xiaojing's left and right sides.

"Junior sister, your way of kneading the dough is too strenuous. Although it can make it smooth, it is not labor-saving and takes longer time." Yun Yongyuan stood and watched for a while, frowning and staring at Zhao Xiaojing's dough. Zhao Xiaojing was stunned and turned her head to look at him.

"I watched the restaurant's pastry chef knead the dough for a long time and learned from him. Let me show you."

As Yun Yongyuan was speaking, he went to the side to wash his hands again, dried them, and stood over.