Chapter 211 Isn’t it all wasted?
When Wen Zhaodi made dumplings, she always smelled a faint sour smell.
"Mom, is this noodle going bad? It smells a bit sour."
The meat filling seems to have some flavor.
Zheng Jie Xiu smelled it and it did taste a bit sour.
"What's sour about it? It's just that it's been sitting around for too long and the dough has become a little sour. It's still edible after steaming, and you won't notice any sour taste."
"In the countryside, even if meat is left out for several days and becomes rancid, we still eat it."
Zheng Jie Xiu felt that it only had that little flavor and he probably wouldn't be able to tell anything.
Wen Zhaodi was unsure, thinking that it was not a good idea to sell dumplings made with spoiled dough and stuffing. But then she thought, if she didn't make the dumplings but steamed them and sold them, wouldn't the dough and stuffing be wasted?
You can't throw it away, it's all money.
If I don't pack and sell these, I won't be able to recover the cost of buying meat and noodles, so I have no choice but to pack them.
At 5:30, people from the meat processing plant and the vegetable factory came to deliver goods to the grocery store. As soon as they got off the car, Wen Zhaodi came up to greet them.
"You're delivering the goods so early, you haven't had breakfast yet, right? Our buns are just steamed."
The delivery driver glanced in the direction of the bun shop, nodded, and said, "I'll buy a few after I unload the goods."
Wen Zhaodi: "Okay."
As soon as Yu Hui walked to the door of the grocery store, she saw Wen Zhaodi soliciting customers.
Seeing her coming, Wen Zhaodi returned to the bun shop.
Yu Hui stood outside the grocery store, waiting to pick up her goods. The aroma wafting from the bun shop filled her nose.
She frowned, smelled something wrong, and took another deep breath.
I rubbed my nose immediately. The steamed buns smelled quite fragrant, but there was also a sour and stinky smell in the fragrance.
Just like the smell of spoiled meat and flour, most people may not be able to smell it, but Yu Hui has had a sensitive nose since she was a child, and she is a good cook who loves cooking, so she can smell it right away.
She looked at Wen Zhaodi with a complicated expression. She was standing at the door of the bun shop. She was selling buns made from rotten meat and sour bread. Wasn't she afraid of making other people sick?
Moreover, if the diners find out that there is something wrong with her filling and dough, even if there is nothing wrong with the people, it will damage her reputation and people will definitely not come again.
Yu Hui took over her cargo and gave the money for the meat to the driver.
"Thank you, Master Zhang. I'll need the same quantity tomorrow."
Chef Zhang said, "I heard that your noodle shop is doing very well and sells out in one afternoon. Why don't you order more meat and sell more?"
Yu Hui smiled and said, "This amount is enough for now. If there is more, I won't be able to handle it, and I won't be able to control the taste. This is just right."
After hearing what she said, Master Zhang said nothing more.
Yu Hui put the meat into the store and just locked the door when she heard Master Zhang's angry voice.
"The meat filling is stinky and the noodles are sour. How can anyone eat it? Give me your money back."
Yu Hui took two steps forward and stood watching from a distance.
When the employees of the grocery store heard the noise, they all ran out to see what was happening.
The other drivers who originally wanted to buy meat stopped coming forward after hearing what Master Zhang said.
Chef Zhang threw the nine buns he had paid for into the steamer, and left the half-eaten bun on the counter.
Wen Zhaodi panicked, and Zheng Jiexiu was a little flustered too. But seeing that the grocery store and the other drivers were watching, he remained calm, hands on his hips, and said loudly, "Don't talk nonsense. Our meat filling was freshly mixed today, and the dough was freshly kneaded too. How could it be smelly and sour?"
Seeing that she still refused to admit it, Master Zhang became even angrier.
"The filling is stinky and the dough is sour. Try it yourself."
"We ate several of them ourselves after steaming them, but we didn't notice any sour or smelly ones. You might have a problem with your tongue." Zheng Jie Xiu refused to admit it.
They ate the steamed buns after they were made. They did have some flavor, but you couldn't tell the difference if you didn't eat them carefully.
I didn't expect that a rough guy who drove a meat delivery car and smelled of meat could actually taste it.
Master Zhang's face turned red with anger. He picked up the buns he had bought, walked to the grocery store and the other two drivers, and distributed the meat buns to them.
"Try it. Is it stinky? Is it sour?"
The grocery store employee and two drivers took the buns, glanced at Wen Zhaodi and Zheng Jie Xiu in the bun shop, lowered their heads and took a bite.
"Pooh..." Xiao Zhao's family was well-off. His parents both worked in offices at the city's supply and marketing cooperative. He had never eaten any stinky meat or sour noodles. After taking a bite, he felt so disgusted that he vomited.
"What a disgusting smell." After saying that, he spat twice and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand.
"What do you mean?" Master Zhang pointed at Xiao Zhao and looked at Zheng Jie Xiu and Wen Zhaodi.
Sister Tang and the others took a bite. Although they didn't spit it out like Xiao Zhao, they didn't continue eating it either. The change was obvious on their expressions.
They were older, not as young as Xiao Zhao, and didn't want to offend anyone, so they didn't say anything.
The two drivers were outspoken. As they ate, they said, "The meat is indeed flavorful, and the noodles are a bit sour."
They had all experienced famine before, so this little taste was nothing to them. In line with the principle of not wasting food, they finished the buns.
Zheng Jiexiu stiffened his neck and said, "You gave away all the buns, what else can we say?"
Even if the buns tasted a little bit, he let them eat them. He couldn't ask them to return the money.
Master Zhang pointed at Zheng Jiexiu, so angry that he was speechless. After a long while, he said, "You can do it."
He turned around, opened the car door, and drove away.
Seeing this, Wen Zhaodi and Zheng Jie Xiu both breathed a sigh of relief.
Sister Tang, Xiao Zhao and the others also went back. The two drivers didn't buy any buns and drove away.
After watching the farce, Yu Hui also went home.
Wen Zhaodi saw Yu Hui walking past her shop and felt very embarrassed to be laughed at by her so early in the morning.
I was thinking resentfully in my heart, wondering how she must be laughing at me in her heart right now.
As soon as Xiao Zhao returned to the grocery store, he threw the buns in his hand into the trash can.
Sister Tang snatched it away and said, "Don't throw it away. I'll take it back to feed the dog."
She had a lion dog at home, and when they heard that she wanted to take the buns back to feed the dog, the others gave them to her.
Xiao Zhao walked up to the counter and, while sorting the merchandise, complained, "This Secretary Wu's wife and mother are so dishonest! They're making steamed buns out of rotten fillings and sour dough and selling them."
Sister Tang said as she sorted the goods: "I guess they stocked up too much yesterday and didn't pack up the rest."
The man at the meat counter said, "The heat of autumn hasn't left yet. The meat and the dough must have tasted good if they were left overnight."
"They probably saw that Captain Gu's wife's noodle shop was doing well, so they stocked up on the filling and dough. They didn't sell out all the ones they made yesterday, so they didn't dare to make more, so they made them today and sold them."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com