Chapter 229: Take a bite and you’ll know everything
The abacus was clattering here, and sounds were coming from behind the house one after another.
"Sister Yue, it's done. I'll be right out—" Ye Zhaodi's loud and clear voice came from behind. Not long after, she came out carrying a coal stove and asked Chu Yue, "Sister Yue, where did you put it?"
Chu Yue pointed outside the store and said, "Put it there."
Chu Yue just bought the coal stove today, and it is currently burning firewood. As a modern person, Chu Yue can do everything else except fire-making skills. Before, when cooking at home, it was Lu Yuanbao who made the fire and pulled the bellows, but this time Chu Yue arranged for Ye Zhaodi to do it.
Ye Zhaodi was quite capable and lit the coal stove in a short time. As for the firewood, it was the fir table that Chu Yue bought for three dollars yesterday.
After taking out two small yellow croakers, Chu Yue asked Lu Zhanlin to chop the Eight Immortals Table into small pieces of wood, which came in handy today.
A wire mesh was placed on the coal stove, and a few potatoes, eggs, red dates, and walnuts were placed on the wire mesh and roasted over a low fire.
After a while, the potatoes were baked, the outer layer was crispy and golden, and looked very fragrant.
Chu Yue put the roasted potatoes into a bowl, cut them into four pieces with two knives, revealing the soft side inside, a little bit of fine salt, and a handful of Liupo chili powder. It was so fragrant!
Since there were no customers in the shop, Ye Zhaodi squatted next to Chu Yue and watched Chu Yue roast potatoes.
In Ye Zhaodi's eyes, Chu Yue was smart, beautiful and rich. Rich people ate meat and fish for every meal, so they never ate potatoes.
Potatoes are eaten by poor people.
So when Ye Zhaodi first heard Chu Yue say that she wanted to roast potatoes, she was confused. But once the potatoes were roasted, they smelled delicious! What a delicious smell!
Ye Zhaodi touched her belly and swallowed her saliva.
Chu Yue handed the steaming potato to Ye Zhaodi and inserted a bamboo skewer into it. "Zhaodi, eat it."
"Then I won't be polite." Ye Zhaodi was close to Chu Yue, so she didn't hesitate. She took the small bowl, eager to eat, but it was too hot. She blew on it and said, "Sister Yue, why are you roasting potatoes all of a sudden?"
"Aren't you asking what the chili powder tastes like? You'll know after you eat it." Chu Yue wasn't asking for the roasted potatoes, but for Liu Po's chili powder.
She checked yesterday's sales and found that not a single serving of Liupo Chili Noodles was sold.
This is Liu Po! (Speaking up for Liu Po.)
Chu Yue was very confused as to why no one would buy such a good thing. Later, after listening to Ye Zhaodi, she realized that it was not that the thing was bad, but that everyone simply didn't know what it was.
Looking at the red color, we knew it was chili pepper, but seeing how red it was, it also seemed very spicy, so we all shook our heads and refused it, thus wasting such a good thing.
Ye Zhaodi blew on it for a long time, picked up a piece of potato dipped in red chili powder with a bamboo stick, and put it into her mouth.
At the beginning, seeing how red it was, she was mentally prepared to cry and have snot running from the spiciness.
But - after taking a bite, the spiciness is only slight, and it has more of a fragrance, like crushed peanuts, melon seeds, or even walnuts. Anyway, it is very fragrant!
The spicy taste of the chili powder and the softness of the potatoes are perfectly blended together, leaving a lingering fragrance on the tongue.
Ye Zhaodi unknowingly ate the entire potato and was about to grab a second piece. When she felt Chu Yue's smiling gaze, she hurriedly said, "Delicious! Really delicious! Sister Yue, I've never eaten such delicious potatoes!"
Ordinary potatoes, with just a handful of chili powder, can be transformed into a delicious dish.
Chu Yue finished roasting the second potato and squatted beside the coal stove with Ye Zhaodi. While eating, she said, "If it tastes good, eat more. We will have this for lunch at noon. There are also eggs. Roasted eggs are also delicious. One for each of us."
Chu Yue knew that Ye Zhaodi was embarrassed, so she said, "You worked hard yesterday, eat more today."
Besides that, Chu Yue also arranged, "After you're full, bake some more potatoes."
"You still want to roast it when you're full?" Ye Zhaodi's mouth was red from eating, and her eyes were sparkling with confusion.
Chu Yue said, "Roast them, roast them a little longer. Then cut the potatoes into small pieces and sprinkle them with chili powder. For the guests coming in the afternoon, ask them to taste the potatoes first, and then introduce the chili powder."
"Sister Yue, I understand! After they eat, they will definitely buy our chili noodles!" Ye Zhaodi immediately understood Chu Yue's intention.
Chu Yue nodded. She thought more long-term. Liu Po's chili noodles had an exclusive recipe. Even if other stores also sold chili noodles, they would definitely not be as delicious as hers.
When city dwellers get used to eating chili noodles, every time they think of it, they will think of her shop.
Thanks to this taste, she can attract many repeat customers.
After a while, the fragrant potatoes and chili powder really attracted the first customer, but this person turned out to be Pei Hanchuan.
When Pei Hanchuan got closer, he realized that the person squatting next to the coal stove was actually Chu Yue. He was dumbfounded and asked, "What's wrong with you? Even if business is bad, you don't have to squat on the roadside to eat, right? Did you lose money yesterday?"
The young master has no idea of the sufferings of the world and speaks lightly of the word "loss".
However, if Chu Yue really said that she was losing money, Pei Hanchuan could buy everything in her store on the spot.
Chu Yue didn't respond to Pei Hanchuan's words. Instead, she poked a piece of golden potato with a bamboo stick, dipped it in chili powder, and handed it to Pei Hanchuan.
She just said two words, "Do you want to eat?"
This question stunned Pei Hanchuan.
The young master of the Pei family has eaten everything. He even flew all the way to Shanghai to eat steak. But they actually stuffed his mouth with a small potato, and there was that red chili powder. Was they trying to murder him with the chili powder?
Pei Hanchuan's mind suddenly opened up, but Chu Yue and Ye Zhaodi in front of him couldn't stop eating, their mouths were red and they were panting. Even though it was so hot, they still refused to stop.
Ye Zhaodi swallowed a mouthful of baked potatoes and enthusiastically recommended them to Pei Hanchuan, "Master Pei, you'll know once you try them. Sister Ayue's baked potatoes are so delicious!"
Is it really that delicious?
Then he would reluctantly do so and have a bite for Chu Yue's sake.
Pei Hanchuan took the bamboo stick from Chu Yue's hand, frowned, and put one into his mouth.
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