Chapter 118 Enjoying It

It was still dark outside, but the lanterns hanging on the doors of the shops on the street still had a faint glow after a night. The shops were still closed, and three or five vendors began to appear on the street, carrying baskets on their shoulders, pushing carts, and setting up stalls.

At this moment, vendors delivered vegetables to Yipinzhai and took them to the kitchen. In the past, the upstairs would not open until later in the morning, but today, the vendors delivered vegetables much earlier. However, it was not that if the delivery was late this time, it would be useless. Instead, from today on, the upstairs would have to deliver vegetables twice a day. Now that Yipinzhai’s business was good, the amount of vegetables delivered every day was increasing, and the vendors were so happy that their business was getting better and better that they couldn’t stop smiling.

Today, Yipinzhai was officially launching its morning tea, so Cao Xiangnan got up early and went downstairs.

"Let me introduce you to everyone. This is Mr. Cao Xiangnan. All the new dishes in our restaurant are made by Mr. Cao." Shopkeeper Fang also got up early in the morning and brought Cao Xiangnan to the kitchen to introduce him to everyone.

Yesterday, several chefs in the kitchen had seen Mr. Cao once and thought he was just an unimportant person. Unexpectedly, all the new dishes in their restaurant were made by this Mr. Cao. Suddenly, everyone looked at Mr. Cao differently.

Yipinzhai has four chefs, and now two of them are in charge of morning tea. Manager Fang introduced them to Cao Xiangnan, "Xiangnan, this is Master Jiang, and this is Master Cheng, both of them are great chefs in our restaurant."

In addition to the two chefs, there are four apprentices helping out. Here, there is one chef and two apprentices doing odd jobs, so there are not many people on hand now. After getting to know everyone, time is running out, so Cao Xiangnan began to assign tasks, asking people to wash what needs to be washed, and to cut what needs to be cut first.

The half-fat and half-lean meat was chopped up, and Cao Xiangnan showed the two chefs how to mix the stuffing, and led the two chefs to make snacks. The two chefs are worthy of being the chefs of Yipinzhai. Basically, they understood what he explained once and quickly got the hang of it. In the major categories of snacks, not all of them need to be taught by him step by step. Some things can be done with just a little guidance from him.

There are no machines for making rice noodles like in modern times. Cao Xiangnan is now thinking about how to make a tool for making rice noodles, which will save a lot of trouble, but now it can only be steamed in a pot with a steamer. After the rice milk is ground, the rice noodles are made according to the different fillings. Although there are many types of rice noodles, everyone is busy in an orderly manner.

Baskets of steamers are stacked up, and the fire below is steaming, and bursts of fragrance come out of the baskets.

When it was daybreak outside, there were more and more people on the street, and horse carriages were passing through early. The door of the restaurant was opened, and a row of tables were placed in the middle of the lobby. On the tables were large and small steamers with various kinds of snacks.

The young man who lived upstairs got up early and went downstairs. He smelled the smell and saw the small steamer on the table with steam coming out of it. He walked over curiously and asked, "What's in it?"

"Come, young man, try one." Cao Xiangnan opened a steamer and said to the young man.

Seeing the young man pick up one and put it in his mouth, and seeing the other party's expression, he wanted to reach out to take the second one, so he covered the cage, smiled slightly, and said, "What you just had is a small cage bun, with thin skin and lots of stuffing. The stuffing is made of fresh pork, which is made through a secret recipe. It is full and juicy, and tastes fresh and fragrant."

"This is shao mai, made with half-fat and half-lean pork, water chestnuts and other things chopped together, and then wrapped in tofu skin. This is fried spare ribs, and this is..."

Seeing the other party swallowing his saliva, Cao Xiangnan smiled even more happily, showing his white teeth, and said, "Why don't you go sit over there, young man, order anything you want to eat here, and we will send it to you."

"Good boy!" Seeing the boy smiling happily, Ling Xuan pointed at the boy who had been talking to him for a long time and said straightforwardly, "Send a copy of what you just said."

Then he took the servant behind him and found a table to sit down.

"Okay, come right away." Cao Xiangnan was already proficient in doing business. If he had known that he had introduced more just now, he would have instructed the waiter to send all the things he had just introduced to the young man. As

soon as the door opened, there was a big order. In his mind, he was calculating how much money he could charge for such a table of food.

The waiter put a small stove on the table, put a small pot on it, and put charcoal fire underneath, boiled water, and brewed tea. Ling Xuan sat there looking at these strange things, took a sip of tea, and felt that it was not bad.

A table of snacks came up one basket after another, opened the lid and put them on the table. The table was full, but there were not many things in each basket, mostly only three or four.

Yipinzhai has many regular customers. The old man who heard that Yipinzhai had fresh food today came here early in the morning with his cage and walked his bird. When he saw the various snacks on the table, he went to take a look. Knowing that there was something delicious, he found a seat and sat down. A waiter came to introduce it to the guests.

More and more customers came, and almost all the seats in the lobby at the back were full. Today, everyone likes to have morning tea in the lobby on the first floor. If you have something delicious here, ask the servants to get it. If you don’t have enough, ask the servants to get it again.

Soon, the tea and snacks on the table became less and less. Fortunately, there were ready-made ingredients in the kitchen. Cao Xiangnan hurried into the kitchen to continue making food. The best-selling ones were the steamed buns, and the meatballs were also popular. Steamed chicken feet and steamed spareribs were also sold. Almost all the men who came liked to eat meat, but there were also boys who liked to eat some cold porridge. Kimchi was also served.

By the time Fang Ziye got up, the threshold of Yipinzhai was about to be trampled down early in the morning, and the seats below were already full.

Hearing the servant say that there were many guests below, he said "hmm" without any emotion on his face. After getting up and washing up, Fang Ziye did not go down to the lobby, but went to the seat reserved for him on the second floor. The view here is excellent, and he can see the lobby on the first floor below.

Seeing Cao Xiangnan helping downstairs, Fang Ziye's mouth corners couldn't help but rise, and a different expression appeared on his face.

"Ershun, your master is up, right?" Cao Xiangnan, who was in the lobby, saw Ershun coming down and knew that it was Fang Ziye who got up. "Yes, the master is up." Ershun looked at these baskets of food. He had eaten these snacks before, so he naturally knew that they tasted good, and couldn't help swallowing his saliva.

There was no need for Ershun to come. Cao Xiangnan took a tray and started putting cages on it. He had put all these things there, so he knew what was inside even with his eyes closed. He took them and brought them over.

"Mr. Cao, Ershun, come and get them." "No problem, let's go."

"Are you up early?" Fang Ziye saw Cao Xiangnan coming up when he was sitting there. He asked when he saw him.

"Yeah, I'm used to it. I came up to have breakfast with you. I'm starving. I've been busy since early morning." Cao Xiangnan put the cages there one by one and opened the lids. There were still hot snacks inside. He was selling them as he went out, so they were all freshly out of the cages.

Fang Ziye waved his hand, and Ershun, who was coming to serve, also went down. "Thank you for your hard work," he said.

"No, I'm very happy." Cao Xiangnan sat down with a happy smile on his face.

The morning tea business was very good. The snacks on the table were quickly sold out and restocked. The kitchen was still making snacks.

It was not until almost noon that the kitchen stopped making snacks. The snacks on the table were all sold out. The tables in the lobby were put away, and the kitchen in the back was preparing lunch.

It happened that he had time at this time, so he went to prepare for the barbecue. The most important thing was the spices for barbecue, and he had to buy these spices.

There were many caravans coming and going in Nanyang City, and there were also many goods here. Cao Xiangnan thought that the spices here should be more complete. There were several spices that he could not find in Fenshui Town, so he could go and look for them now.

The carriage was waiting at the door, and Fang, the shopkeeper, went over with him. The two got on the carriage, and the carriage left. With Fang the shopkeeper, he introduced Nanyang City to him along the way. Walking from street to street, Cao Xiangnan looked out the window at the busy streets outside. They had arrived at the place they were going to.

Fang had been in Nanyang for so many years that few people here didn't know him. Fang was also familiar with the shopkeepers and shopkeepers here. The shopkeeper said that Fang was very enthusiastic. After the two greeted each other, the shopkeeper asked, "What are you going to buy, Fang?"

"I brought this little brother here to buy something today." Fang said.

Later, Cao Xiangnan skillfully asked the shopkeepers if they had the spices he was looking for. After walking around, he actually found quite a few, and some of them were found in the medicine shop.

In a shop, he found a bag of chili peppers, and Cao Xiangnan bought all of them, thinking of taking them back to plant. He planned to take several spices back to Caojia Village to plant them and see if they could be cultivated, so that he could save a lot of trouble in the future. These spices were hard to find, and they were also expensive after such a long journey. With

Fang the shopkeeper there, Fang said hello to the shopkeeper, and someone would deliver these spices to Yipinzhai in the future.

On the way back, Cao Xiangnan introduced these spices to Fang the shopkeeper one by one, including how to use them. Shopkeeper Fang listened carefully and nodded from time to time, "I didn't know you knew so much."

Cao Xiangnan smiled foolishly. He memorized these things when he was working as a waiter in a restaurant in his previous life. He also helped out in the kitchen, so he learned these things naturally. He was also very fortunate that those difficult days left him with endless wealth, which made Cao Xiangnan what he is today.

The carriage returned to Yipinzhai. These spices had to be dried and air-dried, and then crushed and sieved to make fine powder before they could be used. When he came back, Shopkeeper Fang ordered people to handle these spices. Cao Xiangnan followed and gave some instructions. Seeing that there was no problem, he stopped following.

The kitchen is busy at this moment, Cao Xiangnan went into the kitchen again.

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