Chapter 3 Wonton Stand
And her cooking skills seem pretty good? Seeing Ai Cao's eyes widened, Mother Liu laughed, "I didn't believe it at first. Look, it smells so good. I guess the girl just didn't want to show off her skills before."
"Our girl is so amazing." Ai Cao smacked his lips.
She has a good-looking face, can sing, dance, play the moon guitar, can read and write, and is also a good cook...
To be frank, if she were a man, she would definitely marry such a good girl home.
Why doesn't the Second Master know that he is thinking about me...
The stewed chicken is soft and tasty, with a smooth and tender texture, and the noodles are also chewy and delicious.
When Mama Liu cooked the noodles, she added some tender spring spinach leaves. The slightly sweet taste further enhanced the rich aroma of the chicken and the fresh taste of the noodles.
Su Yujin couldn't help but nodded while eating.
That's just right.
Because the dinner was to her taste, Su Yujin ate a bowl and a half of noodles and a lot of the whole piece of chicken. After finishing the meal, she even burped.
Ai Cao and Mother Liu also ate two full bowls before they were willing to put down their chopsticks.
As the weather was getting warmer, the remaining half chicken could not be left behind, so it was cooked at noon the next day.
Different from last night’s braised chicken nuggets, this time I made a dish called Three Cup Chicken.
This was the first time Mother Liu heard of such a method, so naturally she wouldn't do it. However, she felt that as a servant, it was inappropriate for her to always let Su Yujin cook. So she asked Su Yujin to watch from the side and told her the method while she did the cooking.
Stir-fry the scallions, ginger and garlic in a pan, stir-fry the chicken pieces, add soy sauce, rice wine and rock sugar, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat. Sprinkle some scallions on it when serving.
The chicken nuggets are fragrant, tender and delicious, with a slightly sweet taste, suitable for the mouth, and paired with soft and glutinous white rice...
Su Yujin herself felt that it tasted very good.
Ai Cao and Mother Liu were once again cowardly and scooped up all the soup and used it to soak their rice.
The flowers and plants in the flower garden were sold for a few more days until the garden became empty, with only a relatively tall osmanthus tree left.
The osmanthus tree represents nobility, so mugwort suggested that it would be best to stay.
Su Yujin was thinking about picking some osmanthus flowers in autumn to make osmanthus honey or osmanthus cake, so she nodded in agreement and asked Mama Liu and Ai Cao to carefully search the flower garden.
Mother Liu went to the street and bought some bean seedlings, cucumber seedlings, etc. and planted them one by one. She also found some leek roots, loofah seeds, garlic, etc. and planted them all together.
In March, spring is in the air. The vegetable seedlings that fill half of the yard are full of vitality and green, which is quite pleasing to the eye.
Seeing this, Su Yujin couldn't help but nod her head in satisfaction.
It looks a bit like that.
After waiting for a month or so, you can eat fresh and delicious self-grown vegetables and save some money.
And next, she needed to consider how to make money to support herself and her two servants.
In the afternoon, Su Yujin called Ai Cao and Mother Liu over.
"You have seen what I look like now."
Su Yujin said, "Second Master hasn't been here for a long time, and I've spent most of the money I had. I've already secretly pawned the valuable jewelry and clothes for silver, and sold the flowers in the flower garden. It can be said that I've sold almost everything that can be sold."
"Even so, we only have two taels of silver in our hands. Even if we budget carefully, we can only survive for a month or so. After a month, we will not be able to make ends meet."
"So I thought, it's useless to just wait for the Second Master to come. Why don't we think of ways to do something to make money, so that our lives will be better in the future."
"I've been thinking about it. We're not familiar with other businesses, and we don't have much capital. But my cooking skills are pretty good. How about we sell some food?"
Ai Cao almost blurted out, "Great, the girl's cooking skills are so good, our food business will definitely be good."
"Nonsense! How can a girl show up in public like us?" Mother Liu stopped her.
It only says that it is inappropriate to show up in public, but it does not mean that the food business cannot be done.
Su Yujin thought for a moment and said, "Why don't we try to sell some wontons first? I'll make them, while Mama Liu will roll the dough and cook the wontons, and Ai Cao will greet the customers and clean up the bowls and spoons."
After all, she is a good cook. Things like wontons, which have a staple food, soup, and are meat, are very popular among people coming and going on the street, and most of them are willing to have a bowl.
There just happened to be three of them, and the division of labor was just right.
"Young lady, don't blame me for being nosy. If the Second Master knew that you were selling wontons in public, he would be very angry." Mother Liu reminded her.
After all, the Second Master is a member of the Ministry of Revenue, and is considered a famous family in the capital. His mistress actually wants to show up in public and do a small business...
Mother Liu couldn't imagine how ugly the Second Master's face would be if he knew about this.
"I've thought about this, but Mother Liu doesn't have to worry."
Su Yujin smiled and said, "If Second Master really still cared about me, he wouldn't have left me here for so long without any news, so I guess Second Master won't come again in the short term."
"Besides, I squandered all the money that Second Master gave me. If Second Master comes back and sees me being so restless, he will definitely be unhappy. In that case, I might as well show an attitude to show that I sincerely regret my mistakes."
Generally speaking, setting up a stall to sell wontons is a helpless act, but there are reasons for it.
And given the current situation, if I don’t do the wonton business, I’m afraid there is no other way to continue to survive.
Mother Liu thought for a moment after hearing what she said. Even though she felt helpless, she nodded and said, "What the young lady said makes sense. I will listen to her in everything."
"In that case, let's get started." Su Yujin ordered, "Mom Liu, go buy some pork, green onions, ginger and other ingredients, and try to roll out the wonton wrappers. I'll try to mix the wonton fillings. Ai Cao, go get the stove, long benches, long tables and other things we'll use for the stall."
"Yes, girl."
After deciding to do it, the three of them got busy.
Two days later, a new wonton stall appeared on the streets of Qinghe County.
Passers-by saw the new "Su Ji" sign, looked at the neat and clean stall, and asked, "How much is a bowl of wontons?"
"Ten cents a bowl, guaranteed to be generous and tasty." Ai Cao's voice was loud and pleasant. "Sir, would you like a bowl?"
"Give me a bowl of wontons!" The guest sat down.
"Okay." Ai Cao agreed and put the wontons wrapped by Su Yujin into the pot.
After the water boiled for a while, I took it out and put a few river shrimps and chopped coriander in it. Then I scooped a little oil from the jar next to it and poured it on it.
"What is this watering?" the guest asked.
"The scallion oil is very fragrant. You'll know once you try it." Ai Cao brought the wontons over.
The guest was skeptical, so he took a sniff and found the food was fragrant and mellow, so he scooped up some wontons and started eating.
The thin crust and large fillings, as well as the rich soup, made the guest feel unsatisfied after finishing a bowl. The guest thought for a moment and then shouted, "Another bowl..."
Rolling around for support~ (End of this chapter)
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