Chapter 19 Shredded Potato Burrito
The next day, just after four in the morning, when it was still dark outside, Shen Qingyue started preparing early.
Fortunately, there was a corridor and living room between their house and Aunt Dahua's house, so the noise from this side could not be transmitted to the other side for the time being.
As soon as Shen Qingyue moved, Shen Mei also stood up beside her.
"What should I do?" she whispered.
Shen Qingyue said, "Sister, shred the potatoes, be careful not to get them on your hands."
The eldest sister said, "Okay." Then the two sisters divided the work and started working.
Shen Qingyue went to the door to wait for the goods. She had ordered the first pot of tofu from the tofu shop early yesterday.
After a while, she saw someone coming. Shen Qingyue quietly opened the door and gave the tofu and the money she had prepared in advance to the other party, saying, "I'll give you the tofu plate tomorrow."
The people in the tofu shop were very happy when they received the money and said, "Okay." They had thought they wouldn't get the money so soon.
He had dealt with these small business owners before, but none of them were as straightforward and generous as individual customers.
Today, when he suddenly saw Shen Qingyue was happy, the corners of his mouth kept rising, and he was a little more talkative than usual: "Do you still want it tomorrow?"
Shen Qingyue said, "I'll tell you this afternoon." Although she was confident in her craftsmanship, setting up a stall was a process.
She has to plan the quantity for the second day based on how much she sells on the first day.
Shen Qingyue took the tofu back.
The amount of food in a lunch box is large, so it takes a long time to prepare the food.
The eldest sister Shen Mei is indeed an experienced cook in the Shen family. She quickly grated a large basket of potatoes into fine shreds.
Shen Qingyue prepared a multi-grain batter to make pancakes.
Chen Mei was very knowledgeable about noodles. After taking one look, she said, "Let me do it."
This kind of multi-grain pancake is very simple to make. Just scoop a spoonful of batter and shake it evenly on the pan, sprinkle some batter on the pan, and finally peel it off, and you will have a complete round pancake.
Chen Mei was coming. She got the first one right, and as the pan heated up, she cooked it, practically one a minute. She made fifty.
Aunt Dahua knew that Shen Qingyue and her sisters were going to set up a stall today, so she got up early to help. She woke up a little after five o'clock. When she arrived at the small kitchen, she saw that Shen Qingyue and her sisters had already cleaned up the place.
Just as they were about to stir-fry, Aunt Dahua whispered, "Hey, what time did you get up?"
Shen Qingyue said: "Around four o'clock."
"You've made so much in just one hour." Aunt Dahua noticed that many of them were not fried yet, probably because she was afraid of waking people up!
Aunt Dahua felt soft-hearted and said, "Don't worry about your village chief uncle. He sleeps so soundly that even thunder can't wake him up."
When Shen Qingyue heard this, she saw that it was getting light outside, so she quickly cooked the dish that required a lot of effort, and the stir-fried vegetables would be ready soon.
After Chen Mei baked the pancakes, she started to knead the dough. After kneading the three-in-one dough, she covered it with a curtain and waited for the dough to ferment on its own.
Shen Qingyue bought chicken skeletons, and the stewed potatoes tasted delicious.
She doesn't plan to sell the lunch boxes at a high price, so she uses cheap parts.
There is also a lot of tri-bone meat on the chicken skeleton, and the fragrance spreads quickly.
Aunt Dahua couldn't help but feel her stomach growling after smelling the fragrance.
Shen Qingyue fried the shredded potatoes. After the potatoes were cooked, she quickly stir-fried them a few times, sprinkled them with seasonings, and served them for later use.
Then I started to fry the sauce, using more oil to make it look oily and moist. I also made a chili pepper using the chili peppers I harvested in the village yesterday.
The villagers like spicy food. This pepper is so spicy that you can't buy such pure peppers anywhere else.
Sometimes when the seasons change, the villagers feel like they have no appetite and just pick some peppers and eat them on the spot.
The spicy aroma of the chili peppers spread, as well as the aroma of the fried sauce. The smell early in the morning makes people swallow their saliva frequently.
Shen Qingyue said, "Aunt Dahua, let me make you a roll, and you can give me some suggestions."
When Aunt Dahua heard this, she quickly agreed.
Then Shen Qingyue took a plastic bag and put it on her hands, using it as a makeshift glove. These days, plastic bags are more expensive than oil paper.
After inquiring about the price, Shen Qingyue only bought two stacks and was reluctant to buy more.
Shen Qingyue spread the pancake on the wax paper, brushed it with the oily sauce, sprinkled a layer of freshly fried, still steaming shredded potatoes on it, and said, "Aunt Dahua, can you handle spicy food?"
"Yes, add more chili." Aunt Dahua sucked her saliva, not knowing how Shen Qingyue made the chili so fragrant.
Upon hearing this, Shen Qingyue boldly added some roasted pepper sauce, brushed a little more cooked sauce on it for seasoning, and then neatly rolled it up with oil paper. A pancake was ready.
Aunt Dahua was still hot when she first took it, and the wrap was emitting an enticing aroma.
Then they heard rustling sounds coming from the inner room, and then saw the village chief coming out with a coat on and walking towards them.
Although Shen Qingyue was renting a house, she felt a little guilty for disturbing someone's sleep and asking, "Village Chief, did I wake you up?"
The village chief said: "No, I'm normal now. What did you cook that smells so good?"
He is the village chief and he still puts on airs. Just now when he was sleeping, he felt a fragrance coming straight into his nose.
The village chief couldn't sleep at all, and got up in a daze following the fragrance.
When I came out, I found that it was almost dawn outside.
The village chief immediately noticed the wrapper in Aunt Dahua's hand.
Shen Qingyue said, "I'll roll another one for you, this one with chili peppers." After cooking for a few days, she also noticed that the village chief didn't eat much chili peppers.
When the village chief heard what Shen Qingyue said, he took the roll from Aunt Dahua and said, "I eat spicy food too, but I don't eat much. I'll eat this, and you can give her another roll!"
Aunt Dahua looked at the village chief speechlessly. Having slept in the same bed with him for so many years, she could of course see that he felt embarrassed.
But I can’t just take hers. I just got it and haven’t held it for two minutes.
But in front of the Shen sisters, Aunt Dahua decided to save some face for her man.
Shen Qingyue was a quick person and quickly rolled the second one.
The village chief has already eaten.
One bite and his dormant taste buds fully awakened. The sharp chili flavor, the fragrant aroma of cooked soy sauce, the crispy shredded potatoes and the chewy crust, the rich flavors made him quickly take a second bite.
The village chief ate voraciously.
The more he ate, the more he started sweating. It was so spicy. But after the spiciness wore off, it brought an unprecedented sense of comfort. After the spiciness wore off, he still felt a little nostalgic for the taste. It was truly amazing.
Aunt Dahua also got the burrito and took a bite. Before she swallowed the small burrito in her mouth, she already raised her thumb and said in a vague tone that it was delicious.
The cakes at Shen Qingyue's house were quite large, but the village chief was a big man in the village, and he ate them easily, so they were not enough for him.
Shen Qingyue immediately rolled a second one. This time, she used less chili pepper according to the village chief's taste.
The village chief took it and quickly took a bite. This one was more to his taste, but he didn't know if it was because the spicy pepper had made him feel uncomfortable. This one was obviously milder and he couldn't find the fiery feeling he had just felt.
But it’s just as delicious.
The village chief said to Shen Qingyue: "I think I like spicy food more."
Shen Qingyue said, "Okay." Then she made another burrito with plenty of fillings, this time with roasted pepper sauce.
The village chief waved his hand and said no, but Shen Qingyue still gave it to him.
Aunt Dahua saw it and said, "You eat it. If you can't finish it, give it to me."
The village chief said in a muffled voice, "It's ready to eat."
Aunt Dahua rolled her eyes at him. "Tsk! I don't know what being poor is all about."
Now he has to take food from her hands, and he has to go around in circles when he wants to eat. If Shen Qingyue wasn't smart, no one would know what he wants with his awkward personality.
After eating three burritos early in the morning, the hot and appetizing feeling immediately made him feel full of energy in the morning.
He said to Aunt Dahua, "I'm going to the village committee. Don't forget to give the money for the cakes to the two children."
Shen Qingyue said: "No, you treated us to fish and braised pork a few days ago. These cakes are not worth anything."
In order to reduce costs, the noodles are made of a mixture of mixed grains and white flour. Potatoes are cheap, and the villagers sell or give away peppers at a discount. Only the seasonings and craftsmanship are worth a little money.
The village chief looked at Aunt Dahua and signaled to her that she must pay, and he left first.
Aunt Dahua said, "This is your first time doing business, so you need to make sure it goes smoothly. I won't give you much, just fifty cents, just for the opening."
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