Chapter 105 Cold Noodles
Old Lady Wen looked at Zhu Ya Ren and said, "Zhu Ya Ren, please wait a moment."
"It's okay, it's okay." Zhu Ya Ren smiled and took a sip from the bowl on the table: "Hey, this is not boiled water, nor is it sugar water, what is this?"
Wen Zhen smiled and said, "This is coconut juice. It tastes sweet and refreshing. Drinking it in the summer is very refreshing and thirst-quenching."
"Miss Wen's shop is very famous in town. Every time I wanted to have breakfast there, I saw a long line."
"Does Zhuya have no time to wait?"
"Yes, I believe many people want to come to your shop for breakfast, but unfortunately there are too many people and often they can't wait."
Wen Zhenyi kept this situation in mind. If things go well in the future, will she start a takeout business?
On the other side, Ma Yinghe and Old Lady Wen entered the room.
Ma Yinghe closed the door and asked, "Mom, is there not enough money?"
"It's a little short. These six mu of land require 42 taels of silver, plus the cost of replacing the land deeds, which adds up to 42 taels and 6 cents. I also need to pay the broker's commission of 10%. I only have 40 taels of silver on hand right now, which means I'm still short of 7 taels of silver."
Ma Yinghe went to the alley and took out a purse. Inside was ten taels of silver. "Mother, here are ten taels of silver. They are the profits from the shop these days."
Old Lady Wen held up the purse in her hand and said, "If you give me all this, will it be enough to buy things in the store?"
"It's enough. There are still three taels of silver in the store, and we still have rice and flour. We shouldn't need any more expenses."
"Okay, let's buy the land first. Now we have six more acres, which is enough for your father and me to work on."
After saying this, the two came out of the room.
Old Lady Wen sat on the stool and said, "Mr. Zhu, we have bought these six acres of land."
"Okay, we can go and get the land deed replaced now."
"Okay." Old Mrs. Wen said as she pulled Old Man Wen and went to the town government office with Zhu Ya Ren.
Wen Zhenyi watched them leave before looking at Ma Yinghe: "Mom, is there not enough money?"
"It's just enough now. Luckily, business hasn't been delayed in the past few days, otherwise I'm afraid it really wouldn't be enough."
"We are out of money again now?" Wen Zhen said with a smile.
"You girl, you are so happy even though you have no money."
"We have no money, but we have land." Wen Zhenyi didn't care at all.
Ma Yinghe shook her head helplessly: "I'm telling you, the shop only has two or three taels of silver now, so you should take your time when buying the ingredients."
"Got it. I won't overspend."
Wen Zhenyi had bought a lot of medicinal herbs before, including several recipes for herbal tea. She planned to sell some cold dishes to help diners cool down.
But we are still missing the important ice, so we have to wait a little longer.
Old Lady Wen and the others were gone for most of the day, and when they came back they looked extremely unhappy.
Wen Zhenyi looked at Zhu Tao and said, "Little Taozi, please help me pick the chrysanthemum leaves I bought this morning. Don't get the old or yellow ones."
"Okay, I'll go now." Zhu Tao got up and went into the kitchen.
"Grandma, did you meet Zhu Taoniang?"
When Old Lady Wen saw Zhu Tao go to the kitchen, she whispered to her, "Her mother came to replace the land deeds, and now she is the only one in their family who can run around."
"Is her son still not well?"
"I'm afraid I can't hold on any longer."
Wen Zhen had a feeling that Zhu Tao Niang would eventually run away with the money from selling the land deeds.
Old Mrs. Wen didn't want to talk about the bad things that happened in Zhu Tao's family. It is true that God sees what you do.
Zhu Tao was picking chrysanthemum leaves in the kitchen, but she didn't care at all.
Wen Zhenyi returned to the kitchen and looked at today's ingredients. The weather was too hot and no one had much appetite, let alone meat or vegetables.
She was going to make some cold noodles today. She remembered that she had bought sweet potato flour before, but she just couldn’t remember where she put it.
"Xiao Taozi, do you remember where the sweet potato flour is?"
"It's in the rice and flour warehouse. Do you want it now?"
"I can get it myself." Wen Zhenyi found the sweet potato flour in the warehouse and went back to the kitchen with it.
Pour in an appropriate amount of sweet potato flour, add clean water and stir evenly, and let it stand for a cup of tea.
"Xiao Man, come and help me make a fire."
"Coming." Wen Yongman ran into the kitchen, sat at the stove and started to light a fire.
Wen Zhenyi found the small iron plate he had used before, boiled hot water in a pot, put a steamer in it, stirred the sweet potato batter again, poured it into the iron plate, and turned the plate to make it even.
Put it in the steamer and steam it for a few moments until small bubbles appear on the cold skin. Take out the plate, rinse it with cold water, and gently take out the cold skin.
Wen Yongman looked at the things he had made with curiosity: "Sister, is this for making Shanhaidou?"
"No, this is for making cold noodles. We're having cold noodles this afternoon."
"It sounds pretty cool."
"It tastes very refreshing." Wen Zhenyi also asked Zhu Tao to help cut some shredded carrots, lettuce, cucumbers, coriander, etc.
She fried some peanuts and sesame seeds in another pot and let them cool down for a while before using.
Wen Yongman smelled the aroma of peanuts: "Peanuts smell so good."
"The peanuts fried this way are delicious, but they can easily cause a sore throat."
Wen Zhenyi saw that the amount of cold noodles was enough for everyone, so he started preparing other seasonings.
Gently rub the cooled peanuts with your hands, and the red coating on the outside will be blown away by the wind.
Wen Yongnan helped her crush the peanuts a little, put them in a bowl, and then helped her blanch the cut vegetables.
Wen Zhenyi cuts the cold skin into strips of the same width, puts some in each bowl, adds blanched vegetables, crushed peanuts, sesame seeds, and seasons with salt, soy sauce, chili and other seasonings.
As soon as this was done, Mr. Shen and his grandson arrived.
Wen Zhenyi asked them to take the cold noodles out: "Today we only have cold noodles, nothing else."
Shen Xiucai looked at the transparent cold noodles and said, "It looks cool."
Shen Hanxing had already recovered a lot of his appetite, but because of the hot weather, he had no appetite anymore.
Wen Zhenyi handed him half a bowl of Liangpi: "Try this."
"It looks quite appetizing."
"Try to eat. I see your appetite isn't as good as before."
"It's too hot, so I don't feel like eating."
"Brother Shen, have you asked for saltpeter for me?"
"I asked, it should be here in a couple of days. I found a bag for you. Is that enough?"
"That's enough."
"But what do you do with this saltpeter?"
"When the saltpeter arrives, you'll find out when you come over."
"Okay, it'll only take a few days. Have you already made the sign for your shop?"
"We started working on it when we first moved in. It should be done in the next two days."
"That's pretty quick. When are you planning to open?"
"Wait until the tables, chairs and benches are ready!"
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